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COTTON IS STILL
MOVING UPWARD
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'Sensational Advances In .Cot
- ton. Tobacco I Doing
, Fairly Well At Present
, Perhaps the most sensational ad
j vane in th history of the cotton
' , market took place on Tuesday and
.Wednesday, of this week. ; For two
days in succession .wild excitement
-rprevailed on the 'markets T. of . New
-York and New Orleans as well as for-
eign markets 'and the fleecy staple
went soaring, The markets in this
country were, closed Monday which
i, was Labor Day but they made up for
lost time when they opened, ; The f u
;ture markets for aU months advanced
v 200 points which is all they are al
lowed to go up" in one' day by the
market rules, Spot , cotton ; closed
at 20.10 and May futures at 20.50
"on the New York market. Other
markets showed , about :, the same
-j strength. .(,"' , '-, jVV .
It was thought by some that re
action would occur on . Wednesday,
- and in fact it did come. The market
' opened strong and went up about
" $10 a bale. It soon reacted though
and went- down" considerably. . Spot
closed at 19.75 and October at 19.50.
Spot cotton passed 21 cents in New
York before it" reacted. There ' fa
considerable excitement among the
cotton manufacturers and they are
gaid to hare started- buying on a
rather large scale, : . - ' '
Tka tobacco situation is not at.
" tracting the attention tha' the coton
market is getting but nevertheless
' there is a great deal of interest in it
In North Carolina and other tobacco
tata," The tobaeeo towns In. aas
, tern Carolina opened their warehous
es Tuesday and although the breaks
were not large considerable tobacco
was sold on them. The result of the
sales seems to he about what was ex
' neeted. Good tobacco is selling very
well and low grades are selling low,
Some tobacco sold as high as 50
cents a. pound and some trashy stuff
old as low as 1 cent t
, Wilson is the biggest market in the
- east and the salee there averaged
about 20 cents. On some of the
other markets the tverages seemed
to be lower although the exact figures
1 were not given. Upon the whole the
impression seems to be that every
thing, considered iobacco la ; doing
pretty well and it is possible that as
- better grades are brought to 'market
. the prices will show considerable
improvement . 1. .
AUGUST WEATHER
, The weather report " for August
compiled by Observer Chaa. Hatsell
shows that there was 4.69 rainfall
' in this community, the heaviest rain
fallin on. the 21st which was J-41
inches. ToliTaay was the 20th"
Ji lelflperatur that day went to 89
and dropped that night to 74. The
temperature day by day is given be-
low. , - . "
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CITY
RIE3.
CLAIMS SE.
Morehead City claims second series
of ball games between them and our
town when the second series actually
stands , Morehead . City 2 and. Beau,
fort 2, with the first series won by
Beaufort
To add more light, to these games
wish to herewith submit their his
tory. .
An agreement was made :on Au
gust 7th, to play a series oi : five
games, starting-the 8th and consecu
tively, played leaving out the ,11th,
12th and 13th until- finished; As per !
agreement Beaufort went to more
head City on the 8th. The 9th we
had rain, in AM. so Morehead City
was called at 12 M. and told not to
report as the grounds were" too wet
to consider playing, giving them suf
ficient notice to keep their team from
preparing.,-On the. 9th they refused
to 'come to'; Beaufort, their pitchers
needing rest f or Jarmville trip on the
10th. but Beaufort didn't holler" for
feit Again on the 15th after . the
Farmyille trip they would not come,
giving the same excuse ' as ' before.
On the 16 th they came to Beaufort
and on the 17th we went there and
before going advertised by printed,
circulars all over Eastern part of our
county, the gam her on Thursday
the 18th.' After winning the game
there .on the 17th, they again seeing
they needed more rest for v their
pitchers,' refused to com here on the
18th.' and our advertising broadcast
at heavy eosV Did Beaufort cry
forfeit? . No, .wo wero playing to
bring the two towns on mere friendly
terms and wt meant to hold to this
aim at all times.
The first series ended after a long
time on August 20th, Beaufort easi
ly winning the series by getting three
out of the first four games. ;
The second aeriesbegan on An-.
gust 23rd and the first four games
played, each winning K two. on. w
27th it rained hard as every - one
knows until 1:30 o'clock. 1 called
Mr. Gorhana on th telephone, , he
mwrmitt It WSJ tOO Wet but. if WO
wero coming ho would burn oil on
field and get it as good as possible.
the result of our conversation was.
the cam was called off for the day
and an arreement made to play three
more games the last half of week,
and at this time play double header
on, one of these days to decide th
second series. " II this was noi possi
ble a morning game was to be played
the first half of the week.
After the agreement between us,
h or someone over his O. K. claims
nI nubliahes it Morehead "City
wins second series, Beaufort forfeit,
lng last game. From these- facte
let the public decide. ' : - . .
Would like to state in conclusion.
that Beaufort and , Morehead City
have played II games this ' season.
Beaufort wirmrrrg" seven and More-
hseadTlty four. -
Fleas find room in your paper for
th abov account ' ' . -
R. B. WHEATLY,
. ' Mgr. Bufort Club,
CAROLINA, EXrOSlTlON .
Charlotte, N. C SepUrober
At Itatt one day of the Made-ln-Carollnas
Eipotlon will be" e great
!ntret particularly to the bankers
and buslneM mta of Caroiiaas. That
day will be Thurayc September 22,
whea Governor W. P. G. Harding, of
the ftderal reMrv board, Chairman
McLean, of tb war finance corpora
tion, sad Senator F. M. Elmmona, of
firure In
una tt, 1 i
Utatlon matttrs before CongT
01 deliver adJresae en financial
andTeromerclal problems f U pres
ent tlma.
' CATCHING FAT BACKS.
The Geo. I. t.Uur eae into the
v.. v.. w. ....'. from a tr'o down
.bout Tort-mouth ith 10.000 mn
UJa in Ut bold. "He fh weie
t. i. . ..n The I !tr la
ta'the only boat of the Effort
47!rr.p and Oil Cory lUl u l
70 wtk t n'r fcot R . u 'ri
71 tUt tU tcmpany wul Urt lU tLr
,ruxu H -w - ' -
Ub.Is aUwt tk f f rtt ef OcUter.
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MOREHEAD
SCHOOL ELECTIOU
F0?i WKITE OAK
Citizens Ask For Election On
-Consolidation In While
' ' Oak Township
The Board of Education 1 held .a
two days session' here Monday and
Tuesday, all members being present
A good part of the morning of the
first day Was taken up listening to a
delegation from. Harlowe .who were
under the. impression that somebody
was about to put Over a consolidation
scheme on them. The idea was that'
a plan to consolidate the school dis
tricts of Harlowe, Core Creek - and
Wire Grass was about to be effected
and the delegation wished to oppose
the proposition. They Wer assured
by the board that no such proposition
was before the board and therefore
no action was to be taken on itr "
I A delegation 'from th : western
part of th county cam before the
board with a petition' asking, that the
schoolss in the White Oak district ex
cepting Stella,' b consolidated. The
request was granted and th election
will be held on October th 22nd.
Zhe board took up th matter of
repairing th school building on Bar
ker's Island and decided finally . that
th best thing to do would b to build
new house which will be dob. Sev
eral representatives of truck manu
facturing concerns cam befor the
board but none succeeded in gettisg
an order - The -board expects to buy
a truck befor very long for th"New
porf district A number .of bills
wer audited and other routine mat
ters attended to by th board after
which it adjourned.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Realty deedg
recently ' recorded
ar as foIlowt -. ., . '
w. u riu and wue to urayaan
M. faul lot on Front street, Beaufort
consideration 81,000,
BenJ. T. Willis and wife to Van. B.
Willis t acres on Barker's Island,
consideration $15.
M. J. Willis and wife to P. D. Mur
phy 5 acres on Ilarker's Island, con
sideration $500.
Van. B. Wlllla'to P. D. Murphy 2
acres 'on Harker'a Island, considera
tion $100.
L. L. Lewis to P. D. Murphy 2
acres on Harker'a Island, considera
tion $140.
Iredell Murphy and others to Char
lie Pake 1 acre in Smyrna township,
consideration $200. !"
Lemuel H. Take and wife to
Browning Finer lot on Gordon street
Beaufort, consideration $1,290. "
Cornie Gould and wife to T. D.
Hewitt ex.. 8 lota near Morehead
City, consideration $50.
a T. Cilllkin and wife to Cape-
Lookout pevelopment Co., lot No. 18
In' block 42 Morehead City, eonsid
eration $1,000.
Cape Lookout Development Co.
to C. T. Cillikln 14 lata at Cap Look
out, consideration $1,000.
FIRST DEER KILLED
The first deer killed this Fall was
cn today a week ago which waa the
first day of SepUmber. A party
eompoeed ef Sheriff Thomas and
Mmwts. i. E. Gillikla, Seth CibU and
one or tw other whoa name were
not learned went ' over in Oystor
creek neighborhood and cam back
with two deer. One wasa yearling
and the other, a full gTwn buck.
The bunting season last till Febru
ary the first . ;
I4R. ALLEN WtLUS PASSES.
. Mr. A!!n Willie an elJeHy cltise
of Eeofort vho lired n the eastern
pert ef town !!! rtther suddenly at
aie home here o Monday. Mr. Wit
1U tie father of Meaara. Jallus
and TKornas WU!ia both of whom
eorvNe blm.
VICE DItS SUDDEN
LY. rlh eair, very sud Jenly and ft
i;i,"r l Mrs, !ns Harris Rice
t I rt I rm hrr Tu'-'y evening.
? jv it U k.cvf H to acute I -V revtlen.
T5e Ir.ttrii -n was rr.J i the Iple
rf(l rrtf'.ry. I'r. Lire U.gur-
:! tf It
n i Y rr ' f
I'd 1"'
I.u' mr-,4 and l.lUe eon
L'r. and Mrs. lie-
DRUM FISHING 13 f.f'K." r : U
' .. T;J. VERY EXCITING SPORT
I feed drum, spotted bass, ; channel
bass or whatever you wish to call
them are putting in their annual fall
ppearncer here now and sportsmen
who like really strenuous fiishing Can
get it by applyingat the right place.
Some drum sUy in the waters around
her probably all the year round but
they are most numerous in Septem
ber and October and that is regarded
as the best time to fish for them.
Drum feed on small flsfih and pur
sue them Itf"thr. shallow; water, the
favorite hunting grounds being along
the beach a few yards from the shore.
Fishermen put on bath suits-or rub
ber boots and wade out Into the water
about waist deep and cast their lines
into th breakers. It requires some
prscticeto cast well but some men
get -my expert at it A rod and
reel and a proper hook and lin con
stitutes the, best outfit for .channel
bass fiishing although many use hand
lines -and manage to make good
catches with hthem. ; Th best place
around here to catch th big , bass
is a shoal in Beaufort inlet known
as Willis' lump and th time to go is
at low tid because th lumn is
covered with water at high tide. '
Last Friday Mr. A. B. Cooke, Mr.
Jo Anderson and the News man
spent about two hours, on Willis lump
casting for drum and whfl they got
only on drum, caught by Mr. Cook
and a shark caught by Mr. Anderson,
they. bad enough, sport to make th
trip worth while.' Each ofth party
gotaevcral strike but were unable
to land th fish. Th News man
hooked two that must have been
about th largest in th ocean for
they snapped strong lines in two as
easily as if they had been made of
paper.... Not only did they break th
lines but th last on jerked th ex
cited fisherman sprawling on his back
in the Atlantic ocean. Next Urn th
..Wer
-fishing ha will take
lin strong enough to bold young
hale. Furthermore he is ready to
testify that standing waist deep in
th breakers with a strong and vio
lently ' excited drum at the end of
lin trying to pull you into th At
lantic is a thrilling experience. It
is more than likely that one who has
had this experience once will not be
satisfied until he tries the adventure
again, " : ' . . '. . ' -
BUILDING AND LOAN
DIRECTORS MEET
" The directors " of" the" Beaufort
Building and Xoan Association held
their first meeting of th new fiscal
year Wednesday evening in the of
fices of Secretary Duncan. The ob
ject of th meeting waa to elect offi
cers for the ensuing year and to at
tend to other matters. G. W. Hunt
ley who has been president of the
association sine it started two years
sgo declined re-election and W. G.
Meban was chosen for the office.
W. P. Smith' waa elected vice-presi
dent G. W. Duncan, secretary, and
C R. Wheatly attorney. The board
examined the audit recently made of
the association's books and regarded
the showing made as particularly
good considering the dull times for
the past year and a half. The asso
ciation holds first mortgage on about
$35,000 worth f real estate in and
near Baaafort which makes it a very
substantial concern. It has built a
number of houses her In th past
tw years snd has assisted in build
ing and repairing others.' The di
rectors of the institution think that
aext year will be S big one for it
On account of dull time some peo
ple were net able to keep ap their
payments and had to. withdraw. As
businese, improves msny eld stock
holders will return as well as new
ones come In.' The next series will
rtart la February and at that time a
big campaign w111 Pu(
th aaaecUlioa one at th largest In
astern Carolina.
LAND ASSOCIATION MEETING.
A sting of the Cartoret county
Farm Loan ActatSo I called for
Satarday the 10th at 10 'clxk.
The meeting will be held In the efike
of County Aud;tor W, L Stanctl
and all oxn.Uri are requettd to at-
tend. Ary etiiere who are rot anv
berg and wLa Uh to borrow money
fsrm lands are ala invited to at
Wad tie meeUng.
WILLEIPROVE
m?ai roads
Coard Orders Work Done. Oth-
. er Cuslness Transacted -Cy
Co. Commissioners a
Th minutes of the board of coun
ty commissioners af given in part
below. Th rest of th minutes will
appear in the next issue of th News;
Beaufort, N. C,
. " September 5, 1921.
The Honorable Board of County
Commissioners met this the 6th' day
September, 1921; at their regular
meeting place in the Court House in
th town of Beaufort, North Carolina
with all members present 'to-wit: C.
R. Wheatly, Chairman j - George G.
Taylor, J. L. Edwards, Henry O. Pi
ner and B. Frank Small. - - ,f.
The minutes of the last meeting
wer read and approved. ' ; V'
The returns of the Election in
Harker'l Island School District, held
August the 23rd, 1921, to determine
whether or not there should b lev
ied a tax of 50c on the 100 valuation
and $1.50 on the poll, being duly
opened and canvassed, . th - result
was found to. be as follows: Total
number registered 152; Total num
ber voting in favor c-f said i;e 118;
Total number voting sralnst said is-
su 85. The election was declared
duly carried as voted upon.
. Th returns of th Election in Har
lowe Township Consolidated School
District, held August 23, 1921, to de
termine whether or not there should
b a tax levied of 80e on th 100 val
nation for maintainanc and 90e on
th poll; and 25e on th $100 valua
tion for Bond tax and 75e on th
poll for building tax; .being duly
opened and canvassed, th result was
found to b as follows: Total num
ber registered 189; Total -number
voting for Said issue 81; Total nuns-
voting-for said isgo 51 1 Total num
ber voting against said issue 88.
Th election was declared duly de
feated as voted upon. '
The returns of the Election In Sea
level School District, held August the
Z3, 1921, to determine w nether or
not there should be levied a tax of
50c on th $100 valuation and $1.50
on the poll, being duly opened and
canvassed, the result wag found to
be as follows: Total number regl
tered 140; Total number voting in
favor of said issue 182; Total num
ber voting against said issue 8. The
election was declared duly carried as
voted upon. ' , .
,Th returns ef . the Election Jn
Stacy School District; held August
the 23rd, 1921, to determine whether
or not there should be levied a tax
of 50c on th $100' valuation and
tliO on the poll, being duly opened
and canvassed, the result was found
to be as follows: ,Total number reg
istered 93; Total number voting in
favor of aaid issue 87; total number
voting against bue 6. The election
was declared duly carried as voted
upon.
The returns of th Election in
Davis School District held August
23, 1921, to "determine whether or
not there should be levied a' tax of
50c on th $100 Valuation and $1.80
an th poll, being duly opened and
canvassed, the result waa found to
be as follows: i Total number reg
istered 171; Total number voting Is
favor ef aaid issue 112; Total num
ber voting against aaid Issue 59.
The electon vu declared duly car
ried as voted upoa. "
Mr. H. B. Salter appeared before
the Board and asked that the roads
and bridges, in Menlmo Township fot Road or Rest N. 2 be
be put in a passable condition. Th;Uken ver as a public hlxhway. It
Board ordered the County Engineer VM erdred that th road be accep
to proceed to Merrimon at once with i
big road force or such part thereof! Mr. Tom river and others cam be
aa is rrMary'to do all neceMry tart the Hoard and ked that Mr.
work on tU bTidjrw and roads ln,f, JM,U t relaetoted es Veterina
Merrlmon Towtuhlp. . . rUn ,utlng that bis service wss
Mr. J. W, Cuthrle came before the, folly seeded. It ws ordered tvt
Board and preeented a bi3 for uW'y,. Jj, u rtJBrtated.
sgo to hia Und by taking elsy fross k eUwr bariaeee arrrirg U
it AfUr due consideration tie b-H Woard took Itrm to meet sc a at
was rejected.
Mr. J. F. SalUton came before thai
Board and e&ked Ut a rvJudioa la
the velntti ef his Und, Th Board Mr. Je&a A, Kelso came before
told Mr. &aitoa that it had J- th Board la behalf f eertata ciU
rUdktlo I th matter. sens ef C!ocetef aad aVel tUt
Meeara. f '! and Marie repre -
jeenUng Ikaufurt I"Uh t rap and O.l.wajmay t the the d k at ".' ..-
Co., csme te fore ti e board f -r a re-
dut' -n In the vi'je ef ihtlr ;rtr-r-ly
AfUr das c onidrat:oe lie re
ift Wis ?;JcUd.
A r',""a s rr!ntd t U-e
CITY BOARD HAS
WATER TOWER PAINTED
The commissioners of the town of v
Beaufort were all on hand. Monday "
at the City nail to look .after the -city's
welfare and incldpntally to
earn the $5 which they are allowed
under the law.;, Mayor Bushall pre-'
sided over the meeting. 'There was t
not a great deal of business before '
the board And so they - got ' through
earlier than usual.
The street committee was instruct-'
ed to set the contractors who are do
ing the paving around Court Square y
and ascertain what they would charge 1 '
to build a sidewalk on Broad street'
from Turner to Craven and on Cra- t
ven to Ann street 1 O't '!'
Th matter of painting the city ;
water tank was , considered. Only
on bid was offered, that of Chapin
and Willis who offered to do th '
work for $300. ;, Their bid was ac
cepted and Commissioner Lewis wss t
sppointed to see that the job was
don properly. On motion of Com
missioner Huntley. W. L. SUncll was
elected city treasurer at a salary of ,
$10 per month, r ;
The matter of disposing of some :
iron pip which th city has, was dis- ,
cussed and Commissioner Gardner : -was
authorised to sell same. ' , . ;
J. IL Ives was relieved of taxes
on $1,000 becaus h invested th
money in a lot and paid taxes on th
lot ' . ' -V '
Commissioner Gardner brought up
the matter of th city's sinking fund
which h sajd was mor than $12,000
short of what it ought to be. Ther
was considerable talk about th situ. '
atlon- but no plan was offered to
mak np th deficit It wag decided
to advertise property of persons who
had not paid their city taxes In this
week's Issue ef th News.
.
TOBACCO SOLD WELL.
Mr. W. IL Jones of rout 1 was in '
town today and called at th News
odce. " Mr. Jones sold some tobacco
ia New Bern this week which aver
aged around 28 cents a pound. This
was not Mr. Jones' best tobacco eith
er, as he is holding that to sell later.
MRS. LIZZIE ANN MASOn
Mrs. Lizzie Ann Msson, wife of
Mr. Eva Mason, died at ber home in
Beaufort Sunday afternoon after a;
long illness from tuberculosis. She
was shout 47 years of sge. Her hus
band survives and also sister Mrs.
Henry Congleton.
WHY WE ARE LATE.
On account of a larger amount of
work this week than we have had in
a long time and also by reason of th
illness of our foreman the News is
sfew hours lato in coming out We
trust our reader will pardon this
delay especially as it Is the first time
It ha occurred in more than a year.
Beaufort Kews.
MARRIAGE LICENCES.
Marriage licenses have been is
sued to the following named evupleei
R. C. Gwthrl and Helen Caafield,
Morehead City. . . .
Harold E. Willis and Florence Le
on Cover, Morehead City.
A ilea Sawyer and Nor Whitting
ton, (col.) Morehead City.
InA kv Mr. J. A. Small asklnc that
I JO 'cUk.
TVe Bard
reconvened at 2.0
o'clock
jrread be bailt free the ! h sV
Ur. T? e Cuny V.
trwftej to lnr ,'
and r: it to U e I
ile le r"fr
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trfu'ar SBet-Vf.
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