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VOLUME X.
BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1921
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REGULAR MEETING
OF COUNTY BOARD
Several School Election Or
dered, Court House Ground
To Be Improved
Quite a good deal of business was
transacted by the County Commis
sioners at their rgular meeting here
on Monday. Several special elec
tions for school- purposes were or
dered and the revaluation matter was
taken up and acted upon as stated
elsewhere in this paper. County
Road Supervisor Geo. J. Brooks came
before the board and stated that he
understood that there was consider-
, able criticism of him as to the way
in which he was carrying on his work
and that if the board was not satis
fied with his services that he would
resign. He stated that he had not
neglected his work and made expla
nations as to what he had done. The
board did not ask for his resignation
and seemed satisfifted with Mr.
Brooks' explanation of the matter.
The minutes read as follows:
Beaufort, N. C, June 6th, 1921.
The Board of County Commission.
era, of Carteret County met at the
usual place of meeting in the Court
House in the town of Beaufort,
North Carolina on Monday, June Cth,
1921 in regular session with all mem
. ben present to-wit: C. R. Wheatly,
Chairman; J. L. Edwards, Geo. G.
Taylor, B. F. Small, and H. 0. Piner
MAKING PREPARATIONS
FOR BIG CELEBRATION
Lieut. E.Walter Hill who is chair
man of the arrangements committee
for the fourth of July celebration de
sires to have a numbei of mounted
marshals for this occasion and wishes
to secure twenty-five horses and sad
dles for that day. Those who can
furnish either horses or saddles or
both are requested to communicate
with Mr. Hill. One of the ornament
al features of the parade will be 13
ladies' on horseback representing the
thirteen original states and dressed
in appropriate costume. It is also
proposed to have one lady on horse
back who shall represent Columbia.
It is for these riders as well as the
marshals that horses are needed.
The committee is going right ahead
with its work and they propose to
make the fourth a sure enough' big
day in Beaufort There will be
big parade of ex-service men and all
soldiers and sailors in the county are
requested to send in their names at
once to Lieut. Hill signifying that
they will attend and take part in the
celebration. Two bands, St. Paul's
and the Graded School, have been se
cured and there will be plenty of
music to hip on the celebration and
entertain the crowd.
A prize of $15 will be given to the
boat that comes out first in the boat
race and not for the best decorated
boat as announced in the News last
week. All boat owners who desire
to enter for the race should send in
GOOD SCHOOL FOR
NEWPORT SECTK
Will Erect A Fine Building and
Consolidate Several School
In That Section.
FIRST MEETING
A LENGTHY ONE
The minutes of the last meeting were ejr names ai once to ueuienam
read and approved. AJ l counly 18 e'1-
Mr. Geo. G. Taylor stated that'tible to enter the race.
Hannah Humphrey had moved from The News is informed that a big
Carteret to Onslow county, and upon fireworks display and a grand ball is
motion duly made and passed she was 'to take place at Atlantic View Beach
taken off Poor Fund. in the night of th fourth. After the
The Auditor submitted financial ! day's program is over here all who
reports for the months of April and desire to do so will have ample time board to see aboout improvements
Mav which were accepted and or- " s 10 oeacn ior sun uiuiuij . wnicn uiey wisn maue w meir
The people living in and around
Newport are going to have one of the
best schools in this part of the coun
try as the result of the action of the
Board of Education here Monday in
consolidating the schools of that
community. The Board composed
of R. T. Wade, W. H. Taylor and W.
Irvin Willis and Secretary L. B. En-
nett met here Monday to consider
the Newport matter and others that
came before it. Mr. Jno. J. Blair,
of Raleigh, who represents the State
Department of Education in the mat
ter of the construction of rural
school buildings was present at the
meeting,
The schools affected by the consol
idation scheme are those of Newport
Union Point, Holly Springs, Venolia
and Carteret Lodge. About four
hundred children will be taken in by
the consolidation. It is proposed to
erect a modern school building at a
cost of some $65,000 and to maintain
the school eight month in the. year.
The trustees of the school are A. L.
Wilson, D. B. McCain, W. B. Garner,
C. P. Garner and C. Gould.
The board took up the matter at
the proposed consolidation of schools
in Straits township and after due
consideration decided that the eW-
tion which was to have been held in
July should be indefinitely postponed
This action is intended to give the
people time to think the matter over
and come to a decision as to what
they really want. Committees from
Stacv and Davis came before the
Board Consider Many Matters
Will Make Effort To Im
prove Light Plant.
' The Cxty Fathers held their first
meeting Monday under the new plan
whereby they receive $5 a day for
their services, and to see that the
town got its money's worth they
made it a lenidswone. They beean
at 10:30 in tlramorning and taking a
recess fpr dinner7 stuck to the job un
til 5 o'clock. Mayor Bushall and
Commissioners Duncan, Ford, Gard
ner, Huntley and Lewis were all pres
ent
I One of the first things done was
the appointment of D. J. Godwin
Commissioner of Navigation. A mo
tion was made by Commissioner Ford
and the same was carried that a wa
ter spigott be placed temporarily at
some convenient point on Cedar
street, for public use.
' A motion was passed after consid
erable discussion that City Clerk Hill
be, instructed to advertise in The
Manufacturers' Record for bids for
completion of the septic tank. A
bonding company owes the town $3,
000 because the contractor failed to
carry out his contract on this work
and the object of the advertising is
to place the company in a position
where they will have to pay this mon
ey or be sued.
The matter of adjusting the rate
for electricity was discussed and
same referred to the Electric Light
Committee. A. I. Lewis came be
fore the board for the purpose of se-
SEA LEVEL MAN
KILLED HIMSELF FRIDAY
A -very distressing tragedy oc
curred last Friday at Sea Level when
Ralph G. Styron of that place killed
himself. A shot gun was the means
used and the top of the unfortunate
man's head was blown off by the load
of shot. The shooting took place at
about 11 o'clock behind the barn
near the home of the deceased man's
father S. H. Styron. Mr. Styron had
been in rather bad health for two
years or more and had grown very
despondent. This is generally re
garded as the reason for his com
mitting the rash act which he did.
Mr. Styron was 49 years old and un
married. His father survives him
and several brothers and sisters in
cluding the Rev. S. H. Styron ' of
Pine Level, N, C. Interment was
made Saturday evening in the family
burial grounds.
NAVY MUST BE
KEPTEFFICIENT
Ship MustKeep Up With The
Times Say Poindexter.
Texb Want Tariff
SLANDER CASE TRIED.
A slander case tried by Justice M.
C. Holland drew quite a large crowd
to the courthouse Monday afternoon
The ease was that of the State
against Ambrose Roberta of Beaufort
and the charge was that he bad slan
dered Mrs. L. C Howland. C R.
Wheatly appeared for the prosecu
tion and E. Walter Hill represented
the dfendant A number of witness
es were examined and the matter
was thoroughly threshed out ofter
which Magistrate Holland dismissed
the cat against Roberta. However,
he convicted both Roberts and Mrs.
Howland of disorderly conduct and
taxed them with the cost in the case
to be paid half by one and half by the
curing a contract for 18 cars of coal
lWt $3.75 per ton F. O. B. mines. The
Contract was given him. The ordi-i other,
iiance in reference to driving south
on Craven street was amended so i
that persons living on that street who
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U. D. C. MEETING.
WASHINGTON, June 7 In the
course of the debate in th Senate on
Naval Appropriation Bill Senator
Miles Poindexter, of Washington, ef
fectively disposed of the ridiculous
argument that ships carrying 18-
inch guns should not be built be
cause in a few years other nations
may build ships carrying 20-inch
guns. "The policy ox keeping the
Navy tip to date, of course was set-
tied a long time ago," the Senator
reminded his colleagues. "One
small ship of the American Navy to
day could very quickly destroy and
sink to the bottom of the sea the en
tire United Staees fleet of 1861. But
I apprehend that there are very few
people who would claim that w
should have continued, in the face of
progress of the world, to rely upon
the ships of the previous genera
tion." Frees ef the Biltia.
Congressmen Walter M. Chandler .
of New York believes that the Uni
ted States should recognise at one
the independence of the new rpublic
of Ethonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
In an extended speech in the House
of Representatives recntly, Mr.
Chandler paid high tribute to the
statesmanship, courage, and other
attributes of sovereignty possessed
by the citizens of the Baltic states.
"They merit our recognition and our
good will, our sympathy, and our
support," he said. "Their people
are literate, their statesmen are able
and accomplished, and their soldiers
are brave and unconquerable."
Jefferson Davis
filed in th Reo-ister of Deeds and see the fireworks there at night buildings
. . ! tn fpAin nrlv morn till Lata at nieht Tuesday morn in? Mr. Blair made .... ,v- .tree
The Board ordered Mr. Martin there will be something going on and1, trip to Marker's Island to see whatLmpted from paying. iicenge tax on w" h.nQped. appropriate exer
Nelson admitted as an inmate of the a big time for everybody is assured. WM needed there in the way of a racfount of phyf,ical infirmities. e b
County Home subject to an examina-! gchool building and to talk maUewomnli!Wioner Duncan moved that
tion by the County Health officer. POTATOES MOVING FAST over with the people there. After the vm appropriate $100 for the
Upon motion duly made and passed conferring with the people there it Fourth of July celebration, which
the Board allowed the Tax Listers of The open weather this week has was decided that certain improve- WM done A motjon wai) adopted
the Ciunty to be paid at the rate of been quite favorable for harvesting ments should be made to the build n t() appy the Secretary of War for
$4.00 per day. and $'.'.00 per day for the potato crop and the producers now in use. permission to build a causeway across
their assistants. ure taking advantage of it fully. Town creek. Commissioner Gardner
The Board ordered that all the Trucks, wagons, and carts are con- Ri.rR.. , Tme WEEK made a motion which was adopted
that the Electric Light Committee
CUriSed.
township tax books except Beaufort, tinually pouring in loaded with po
Morehead. Newport, and Markers Is- Utoes and the trains are taking them
land be made up in the Auditor's of- away to the big markt. So far
fice about 15,000 barrel have left here
The Auditor was authorized to buy and almost as many more will follow,
a Monroe Calculating Machine to be The prices are low ar.d yesterday
used in making up the tax-books. they were bringing around $2.75 a
The Board recessed at 1.00 o'clock barrel, the day before they were
to meet again at 2.00 o'clock P. M. from $3 to $3.25 a barrel.
The Board reconvened at 2.30
O.clofk. DEMPSEY WOOD DIES SUDDEN-
Mr. W. H. Kanck, of Wilmington. LY.
N. C, appeared before the Board and
presented the following resolution. While on his way to Morehead City
Upon motion by Mr. J. L- Edwards. Tuesday morning to go on a fiflshing
seconded by Mr. B. F. Small, the res- trip Mr. Dempsey Wood a well known
.nnted. all members citinen of Kiniton died suddenly.
voting in favor of adoption.
(Resolution is on file.)
Mr. Albert Lewis appeared before
the Board and asked for aid from the
county for Mr. Sam Tolson, of Ports
mouth. N. C. He was allowed a;
monthly allowance of $10.00. I
Mr. D. B. Gamer appeared before
the Board and asked that the Csunty J c. D. Mathewwn, State HorUcuI
help to build a fence serosa his farm iurit will be here next Tuesday
at an approximate cot of $70. The ,,nlng to deliver a lecture on sweet
FINISHING UP BRIDGES
Heart trouble was said to be the
ause of his dea'h. Mr. Wood was
In Beaufort a few months ago and
has a number of friends acre.
FARMERS MEET TUESDAY
NIGHT.
A series of three games oi Dan - ' " on tne piano. N
have bee:i arranged for this wek be. Swann in regard to securing $10.-
twen the Beaufort club a'-d a team vuv io mnicr u.ijMu.r.Mc.n.
from Pikeville. The series began plant.
yesterday and will lust through to- A motion was passed instructing
day and tomorrow. The Pikeville street committee to have map made
team is raid to be composed of col- of sewers and survey for completion
lege players mostly and are repu-'of the sytem. The committee was
. i . i.... . a ,t K.ll Man. also instructed to order a car of
IU tU i'ln J 9 J( n i . v. v ... ' - '
ager Brooks of the Beaufor team re- gravel and see how it would do for
ceived a letter Monday from Msna- street improvements, also to look sf
ger H. C. Willis of the Marshallburg ter the work being done by city carts
team wanting to arrange to play The Clerk was instructed to adver
Beaufort at Sea Uvel tomorrow, tise for bids for whitewashing trees
the occasion being a picnic v.hich is and also to order uniforms for the,
to Uke place there. Owing to the police. The board adjourned sub
engagement here with the Pikeville ject to the call of the mayor.
team the invitation could not be ac- .
cepted. Manager Willis expressed OFFICERS CAPTURE MEN
great regret over the occurrence last AND STILL SUNDAY lh, wofk on
Friday when his team piayeo nere
and stated that he hoped to hav oth-1
v D-...f.r4 ! A short career and
er wiw w.-
Recent decisions of the supreme
court have determined some of the
U. D. C. Friday afternoon at the res- disputed interpretations ox tne in
idence of Mrs. C. A. Clawson, where ome tax law, The Treasury has
quite a number gathered to pay aiwn iU clainr-to hundreds of millions
tribute of love and memory to the of dollars paid in taxes. Eut, more
leader of the Confederacy. tho tht. ne ,1W Dn f,r
The exercises were presided overbed nd the principles under which
by Mrs. C. A. Clawson, the president. .t was drawn have also been estab
Several old Southern songs were ! lished. Not only will Treasury of
sung with Miss Emily Loftin and : fel in their future admin-
Mrs. G. I). Potter, Jr., accompanying Juration of the internal revenue act
Mr. N. L. Carrow "a now in lorce, but i-ongresa win nave
wa present and re- the benefit of the definitions and in-
lated some interesting stories of terpretations made by the Supreme
those days. Confederate flags were Court on various phases of taxation
Ufed very effectively in the decora- when the work of revising the income
tions. The exercises were closed tax laws is begun in the near future,
with singing the Star Spangled Ban. B.rUa Bo.t Marl-..
ner.
W. T. Davis, of Davis, and Chas.
Congressman Theodore E. Burton
of Ohio, is lending his aid, whenever
opportunity offers, to the further
ance of legislation for the benefit of
the American merchant marine. IU
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Hancock, of Marker's Island, wrre in ' , . " ' , .
... . . ... .w-.tmpt to reimburse me steamboat In-
town Monday on business with the . . .
. . .. rpecUon Srt.ce and the Bureau of
county commissioners. Messrs. Da- .
' ; KIvltl..n through fM aaad
nd Hancock have the contract to . . . j
affainsl snips, nr, Durwn mim -
vis
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duiio some DrioBr in u. ... .... i. ,;.. ,.f
nart nf th rountv and re nort M at i
; . . . locomotives and safety devices on
the work on them is going right , . ,
, a i . raiiwava i rrmu in ww K -
ahead. In a few weeks now the." , . ...
bridges will be finished and then just
SEND IN YOUR SCORES
y .l j l i. ernmen
a aoon as vur rvau wi vmi-
ed the entire route from Beaufort to ,
tv- n-..fir Mi la a newsnaDer
Board paased the following reaolu- jpouto curing and The Farmers Ex- waf)U -uW1,w M of neVs
Uoa: change. He coirea here under me lnUrwt ppi,. For this rea
THAT, WHEREAS, It appears to;,0ipictt of th. Chamber of Com-' w... . wm k oublished
the Board that the road doe not mmt Bnd )! business men and ""- ! whn ,.nt i from ny part of the
ska J. n 11 flatm!". hut I . ...atal lM at trivial tKlai maMil
rrMB Vl V lnsjtl VI sr. a. w WT WJ W I tluraTj w ev i " " ..-.a
croasea the Unds of D. ft. Sharp. Ueinf whkh wtl, U ,t the county, Uirow off on
rvques: of Mr. Garner be refused. Mllrt b0uM at eight o'clock. ' u-m or oth,r. Kmp, tU
Mr. J. F. Duncan came before the . ! Mm wJlt
Board and aaked that ssaUUnre be
given to the wife sad children of Mr.
Chaa. Maaon, of 8Ueey. N. C. who Is
an InmsU ef a hospital. Mr. Maaoa
a A.av. ala.
M aJloweq lis per -. . i- rDtaln John Wll
FISHING GETTING COOO.
Rev. Mr. Cheatham took s party
f men and ladle Ashing yeUr
' X i , lis' bt end bad a.ae very-god luck
Lr, th Bard and ssked that the HU(UIM
W --am.- - - '
In reporting games, howev.
on
the
for
what it doe.
a disastrous
lending was the esperienre of N. S.
I P-ls-h.r anil f W FndrU. two vounv
.... t . ii i I liUnlli. will Ka nnnd unand the
m-n r. r utia rauntv vm are anerea i ' r
. v.... .,taj ik.i. iu.i, in tha moan. i whole east will be in touch w
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shine whiskey busine-a a few daysinty eL iiusens sown mai
ago. Sunday morning Sheriff Thorn- !V "T t a uUphon line
aa and Deputy Sheriff W. D. Allen jconnecting up the east and also s
went over to the Mill Creek neigh- r mail service and they r.er to
borhood. about ai. miles from N " " "
. K.r. annK ,w. Kank. nf the ; MIor Ue year is quu
ing Industry was carried on' at gov-
t eipense, and he saw no rea
son why the same policy should not
be followed In service rendered to
Ovster Creek read U repaired. Th
matter was referred to the Co sty
Th Board rderd Mr. C. K.
Hew to begis werk n th Wards
Crk Brtdg anset th atract
werded hiss s May, Sad.
pig fish, sea Was sitd sbarhs r
token In sbaut bar sad aalL
HKJtttRT ELUSON DROWNED
The bd? f Herbert Dtkasa aka
T. ft. COTTER DEAD.
Wrd was received bar recently
of th death f The, B. Cotter which
ccsrrvd st bis boo In WillUmsport
Penn., as May tbe 17th. Mr. Cot
Ur had been 111 for some vm with
heart trbU sad bis death was very
sodden, accurriag Jt after b sroee
frm his bd about sight 'cUk (
lb meriting, Re was I fly all year
f ag. Mrs. Cattor ba was Mia
Eaiilff Sanders, at Lycaatlnf cn-
r. Psan.. ssrvive kla. Mr. CUr
Brady Wade, f Mrbd towa-UM drowsed Batorday kft ta the
.hi. mrarTs reiisroai , inisae nswrvsj n .-vm
. ,ka lslft. iTsear saarnlnf abaut tv ba4rd
Tb Beard ordered that speelal J,,fda free where t accident jwaa st en time roonectd with taa
IHio be held In Ba Lev si Softool tarred. When fsnd lb Ud hotel tnUreto st flneburtt snd la
dirtrkt In HsnUng Qartr township. 't uneing poorUo. DLaan wh!fer tls condacUd tb Inlet Inn
. .k- r-.i9 a nam waa or- a ralorod snan. was mblord n bor. Mr. sad Mrs. CUr are r
Lrod to srepar U ptwper r-ls-'ib dredg C.rrltwk snd whB walk- membered by many awopl her who next weak- The two men are y.ung
Ton Melvln Willie was sppol-tod Ing n pip lin Ml aboard nd(how feol th deepest tympalh, for b.t both ar married snd bav fassW
coKTJKUto on met nvt h on "rwi f h" "MBt
Newport river discovered s still and
outfit tor making the stuff that is In
demand In this country at eight dol
lar a' gallon. Operations it ap
peared had not rogreasad far aa th
plant was Juat started Saturday ana
no whiskey bad yet boa made.
Artin unon Information which
they bad received tb elWers went
to th home f N. 8. Belcher en whose
placs the still was found and placed
kins ander srrest snd then s few
mineWo laUr they arretted E. W.
Fodrt charged with being s partner
la Um enUrprlsa. Tb two ases
wer breght to Bafft and placed
ia.jelL Meaday eaaralag tb prie,
ner wer bresgkt before Jastice f
the rVwre M. C Hellaad sad wpoa
their submitting to the charge f U
lUlt dlst.lllne a ere bound ever to
court b blia sneer s $(00 bond.
They will b tridln Superior Cr
ith the hip-
A Taoa Tarlf it
CngTeaman H. M. Wsrtbacfc, f
Texas was recently elected chairanan
of a committee f Repreoentatlvea
who ar arging tb Committee an
Ways and Means to put bides and
voe-vUblc ells a tb dutiable list la
FIRST Or SERIES U. MrmMMn Urtff bUL Hearing
WON BY BEAUFORT MW Uln9 conoUd bfer the
committo. and Mr. Warsabach Is
In lb first gam of tb aeries yes
terday Beaufort came from beblad
In th ninth Inning sad overcoming
a lead ef ta ruas beat Plktvllht aut
to a.
Tb Sitting both aUes was rath
er heavy Beaufort's slsggers getting
11 bit while tb PlkevUI sotamea
made als. J. Geffrey led off la ta
nrst la a ins with s bom rua snd
Rice, Sprlngl. Skarrea, Msdgln sad
Thomas all did gead work with their
war club, rtkevlll seems to bav
preparing to make a vigor prea.
lelion f bis cssa. . ,
COUNTY BOARD WILL
HEAR PROf ERTT OWNERS
la this iasu at U New tbar Is
sa sdvertisemewt which calls sttea
lioa to tb fact that peraoas wba ar
not aaUaied aa to tb way their real
estate la vsJood aa tb las booaa ssay
rook redreca. Tb Beard st Ca-
e. good too as ssd Is evldneOy going sauaUaer all! saeot sett Meaday st
to give the boas club s Strang fight the roanbooo to bear lh com
for lb seriea. 'pialnu , Hwrer, U caslainU
The areie by innings fellows: uat nrat b tied la writing aa ar
Boaufert . - I 0 1 t 0 1 bfr aett Mday.
Pikeville ...t OltOMI
! futterieo Boaufert, Mudgin and A sia pot eaop aod sb Boa
RWe Pikeville, Flower and EoMma for New a wbol yo aU foe IX.
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