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CZAUFCHT. KC?TII CCUIIA, THUnTDAY, ZPTE?.:2in 15, l21 f
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TAX LEVY mitt, .
DYCOUIffYCpARD
Oa Account of Cellar Sclools
and Interest On He J Cead!
Taea llUr TLii Yer .
? At the regular meeting of the
Board el County Commissioners held
n the first Monday ia tibia month the
tax levy for 1921 u nude. The
rates as levied are as follows:
General County Fund :I15
County Bone and Poor Fund... .05c
Jtond Bond Sinking Fond .20e
Road and Bridge Mamtoinance..lOe
Total County Bate .-lte..i50e
As required by law and at the re
quest of the Board of Education the
following school tax rate, was levied
General School ft Salary Fund..32e
ere a. . a m ... .
ocbooi turning incidental
' Fund ..... 14c
Total School tate
46c
; The total rate for both county and
School purposes which will apply all
over the County and not T Including
the Special School Levies that have
bees voted in various school districts
: will be J 8c The increase of rate
was bronght - about ; front ' differnt
causes; a reduction of more than a
. nilTtaa rinTlar In tV viliKtU nf
property of the County,, which was
chiefly in the '. personal property;
, change of the law so that the County
has' to raise sufficient fundn- to run
the schools for a term of six months
instead of three as last year; te take
care of the .increased building pro
gram of the schools of the County,
and to provide interest and sinking
funds for ; additional ' road funds.
School districts that have Special
Levies will be increased according to
the amount of the levy in the several
districts, which varies. In the Beau
f 6rt Graded - School district the
Special Levy is .17 e wnica wui mate
a total rate of $1.28 la this district
JURORS CHOSE?! FOR
OCTOBER, TERM OF COURT
" The following godd and lawful cit-
ixens were drawn for the October
term of Court r ' , -
David S. Mason-,'. j.i.SUcy. N. C.
A. M. Garner. ......Nrwport, N. C.
Willie E. Guthrie, ..Beaufort, N. C
T. C. LewU .....;-.0tway, N.
Julius L-Willis ....Beaufort. N. C
K. i. Merrel, Beaufort, N. O, R.F.D
James J. Mason. ..Beaufort, N. C
W. T. Clover,.. "..Beaufort, N. C.
J. W. Of lesby Morehead City, N. C.
J. D. Fhilipe ..Morehead City, N. C.
W. JL Garner ..Beaufort, N. C.
S, E, Dudley ......PelleUer, N. C
C. T. Fulcher ...-UUaniie, N. C.
Harvey Ginikln ,Salterpeth, N. C.
Barmoa Hill .Atlantic, N. C.
Malby Taylor Swlevel, K. C
B. F. Guthrie, Morehead City," N. C
H. T. Banks - ..Lnkena, N. C
A. J. Longest,..- Beaufort, N. C.
Willie a Guthrie, Barkers laland,
N. C 4 -
Btaey Da via, Harkers Island, N. C
T. E. Plner ......Newport, N. C
L, C Cannon Bofue, N. C.
J. F. Nla .-..Merrimoa, NC.
Fred Lewis, ..Harkers Wand, N. C
J, F. Daniels ...Hee, K. C
George A. WU1U Davis. N. C
L, c. Telaoa ...... Wildwood, N. C
a. l. CUllkla ..... Otway, N. C
Bermoa Bin, MorV4 City, N. C
ttAar S. inaer Vullatoa. N.C.
J L, Morpkf. Viarhallburg. N. C
T. L. Piveff Eeaafort, N. C, K.T.D.
lBia L. Wade .....Wnilton, N. C
Baecham. Btasfort, N. CL
. P. D. ' 1
- i.h A. Calhrte. . Barkers IsUnd,
PASSES IITII IlRTltOAY.
Oa Mnda'X.'. W. lL Tendrkk,
f Eeaufett, 'T''d his TJ btrtV
aj and has meltd t corgraU
aiaUone by reeaoa ef tat tcU Ut.
llaadrWks le aUe to ge akevt wwa
iny.rf tUt he waU to ge la
spite ef the hat weather and kU ad
vanced ere leP la very good
health. H Wl.kaiy that e'eaat
any peaf le la Carteret Cv ' e
are eiJt ".Mr. lleadrUk and If
iv. em's' Ue to k'
Ut. BearWk I
te peeufott since early mar.!.rf4 and ,V.ul , t ;.'" U.'.e T.tiu-
Ue etary frl.n.te kere U I't kr)"t i l' 1 1 ir eUut 10
fcg Ibat be wUl live to be el Wtt OM Jloa f aW-a f. j!Td v.Ik1i
I tint red. . e'ku4 U.a aroo4 SUt.
GRADXD SCHOOL MAKES .
- A COCO START
Beaufort Graded School began its
annual Fall session Monday with an
attendance of 864 pupils, Superin
tendent rittman, and a full corps of
teachers. The band tinder the leader-
tship of vllr, Eilsey Faul took a prom
inent part ia the opening exercises
and gave a good account of itself.
At the opening of the school Rev.
IL F. Eumpas offered a prayer after
the singing of America by the audi
ence and this was followed by an ad
dress on behalf of the trustees by
Ur. XX. Leslie Davis. Col. Fred
Olds of Raleigh told an interesting
story about a Cherokee Indian boy in
Western North Carolina that gave
great pleasure not only to the chil
dren but the grown folks also. '
superintendent ; rittman made a
few announcements and explanations
about the courses of , study ; after
which the pupils marched to the class
room and entered upon their duties.
The grounds around the school build
ing have been greatly improved, and
now present an , attractive appear
ance. The land on the " northeast
side of the buildin has been cleaned
up and will be. used for play grounds,
which , was necessary as the children
can no longer play in front .of the
courthouse as they have been accus
tomed to do. All ia all the prospects
for a successful school ' year seem
bright and a full attendance is ex
pected.- County Welfare .office Jaa,
W. Kasoa Intends to see that all chil
dren of school age are required to
attend. ' This of course applies not
only, to Beaufort, but everywhere la
the county. . ' " - "'' -,
ODD FELLOWS CONTEST.
Morehead City and "Beaufort have
two hustling Odd Fellow Lodges and
the same spirit of rivalry , between
these two por cities vexiats in the Odd
Fellfiw : orxanlsatlunr For the first
month 'of August' Morehead 'City
Lode wins in the contest for the
months of August, September : and
October for. attendance, and they
are determined that thia will he the
rsultwn Novembe 1st.'; Beaufort,
however. ' is moving steadily and. it
will take, the final .count' to decide jL
Mr.,IIi W. Noe U the Noble Grand
of Beaufort Lodge and , la genera!
charge,- being sttisttd by, Messrs. W.
II. Tyor and R. E. Chaplain as Cap
t&ins of the Red Ilusllers and True
Bloee respectively; the Morehead
City Lodge la presided over by Mr,
J. D. Daniels as Noble Grand and
Messrs. W. T. Davia and D. M. Eaton
as Captalna.' " f a
Mr. D. M. Jones is the District Su
pervisor for this section" which com
prises the counties. i uuven, var
teret. Onslow, Jones; Lenoir, Greene
and Pmlico. . " .
- JUDGE ALLEN IS DEAD
Goldsboro. Sept- Hon. ' Wil-
lUm R. Allea, associate Justice of the
Supreme court of North Carolina and
junior member of that body, paasad
asy at his home in this city at i
o'clock this afternoon. He suffered
a stroke of apoplexy and although
several pbysiclans hurried to
home he died without regaining coa
aclousneee. Judge Allan was 4 years of eg.
lis was one of Goldbore B best 6-
Uved clUsans end higbly bonorvd
inur all elaataa of MOtle. The
aews of hie sudden death was quickly
paaaed from Hp te l' and the knowl
edge that tils UMfuI life 6 tn
inaffed out fat a ahadow of dp
gloom ever the entire city.
MAKftlACE LICENCtl.
Rtgtatt of Deeds Tray Mortis has
grnt4 termite te wed icenfy to
Ue foHewlrg coeplee:
Cldaea C. T3 and Frah R. Bell,
iJaskwe. ' ' , .
"Devil A, Janria, fua'ta and Irens
G. f :rt, CAovt tr.
' Jaurnty B. Fall. Eeaafert, R. f.
D., aad laWy Tear! Uh Marriwon.
CATCHING iC'.X tiUULETS.
Na Urjre eaUKa af taiuUtts hae
rtji.4 ae fr O la F1 Vwt V
.4 t. , ,fJ . . ,:.,:', a i . y t'4
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LOAILOIJ OPS
Collector Cailjy CrpIaLia Hair
Fuses I.Iay C Ztcsrtd .
1 .. Cy rcTtrs '-' ' !.,'
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Some days a$o County Auditor
W. L. Standi wrote Collector of Xa
ternal' Revenue J., W. Eailey in re
gard to the loans which the Federal
Government is making on farm pro
duets. Iir. Bailey replied to this let
ter and we are publishing his reply
herewith for the information of ottr
farmer friends. , It seems .that the
money can be secured through farm
organizations or local banks. It al
so appears that a warehousecompany
in - Grensboro .is willing to advance
money to farmers on cotton. ' The
letter referred to says:
1 Raleigh, N. C, Sept 10, '21.
Mr. W. I Stancfl,! '
County Auditor, - . ,
Beaufort, N. C" , -
My dear Mr. Stancfl: - I
I have your' letter of September
7th which is as follows: v
"Will yon kindly advise me what
action to take to secure- funds", for
the farmers of our County from tl
Federal Government for . helping to
nnance taem ounrguie selling pe
riod?:! wish to know. Jurt v. to can
get these funds, under what condi
tions, etc; in fact I would like to have
all. the information necessxry to htlp
our farmers iu securing funds.", . .
. t answer, as follows; . '
The EeUog bio, now an Act of
Congresa, eontemptes that farmers
desiring advances on- (heir products
shall make application for those ad
vances either through some retponst-
ble. farmer's organization ,or through
the local banks. 'The application
should be made to the 7ar Finance
Corporation, -Treasury - Department,
Washington, D. C
'I have letters from the llonorsbie
A S, McLean, one of the. directors
of the War Finance Corporation, in
which he says .that the .War Finance
Corporation will require, witn . re
gard te advances on cotton, that the
same ha!f he secured by nefotiable
warehouse. receipts. 'This brings be
fore vi.te ' cw'ty of obtaining
warehouse tpum. - I Lave a' wire to
day from J. E. La(.ljtm, Creensboro,
ii which he says that Ue Greensboro
Warehouse and Storage Company
can furnish cotton storage in quanti
ty and at low rates j aUo can get own-
era, of coton money st reasonable
rates and long terms.
There ia some storage available at
Raleigh, There is more at Norfolk,
Wilmington, Savannah and Charles
ton. ' '.'. " : 1
Mr. McLean ef the War Finance
Corporation states that the rate of in
terest charged by the War Finance
Corporation . ia seven percent
Whether Mr. Latham will charge aa
much, or more, I do not know.
So there are two ways of getting
advancee on cotton: One by way ef
application direct by organisations ef
farmers to the Wsr Finance Corpora
tion ; the other by wsy ef applytng to
local banks, the local bank la turn
obtaining the moasy from the War
Finance Corporation, or from other
soarcee.
la elthar eaae, warehousing facili
ties and negotiable waraheuae re
ceipts are contemplated.
I take it this answers year mqutry
rieaae note that JLam eat advtairg
anybody In thia letter either to hold
or not to hold cotton at pieeset
nrkee. The sua doae net live, it
seems to sae, who can afford to ea
rn me such a raepontitnity.'' It "ap
pears that if anyone wiahae to held,
e cerUla amoent ef fan da is availa
ble Sn4 tkia ft crjtt U bf gotten
widely before ear pjJe. la eedet
ttat 0y rty rt ftl that they have
te f'L On t f..t hand, now that
pricee are atarty lWe aa high as
they were, tKe If sr.4. the 11 see
aterthanta are ei.'. -M te be paid elf.
Wkerertr pt 1 la, 1 tllah the
tenant frmri i e t. tUa Wa4 de-
liTrr4 vp U t jr ' .w'J be aCewed
i t ' i t f irr t f t icea. 1 am
'''.'... I- eoarte nyaalf. M
'unaeU d:tr4 tv.ir iua to ae
Ut rf! '..r. 1 le it vet. If I
I - .
'I tr.ty fsnts e pau4 Ut It Uey.lsLi tmniuri, rsmsica, ..re
;'! he ttti'.ui twenty eeftte a pe4.
Una storage, t tarsnca and totenaa.
Teara Very lnlf,
i. W. BA1LET.
: S0LD3S CLAEIS
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Jew.".''' Ccreaa VIU
. Ha tea Attica Ca All Sol-
WAS21XGTCN, Sept lSCre-
ated for ex-eervice men, the Veter
ans' Bureau, authorized by the Act
of Congress of August 9, 1921, will
in the course of time, move delays in
red tape which have" in the past hin
dered the administration of soldier
and sailor . relief 4 by Government
agencies," says .Colonel Charles R.
Forbes, Director of the Veterans' Bo-
reau. ."' -'.a ,:
The Veterans'! Bureau ! is empow
ered by law to care for. ex-eervice
men under a very liberal policy. It
embraces all of the functions previ
ously performed by all federal agan-
cies having to do with relief work of
any sort for ex-eervice men. Under
the Veterans' Bureau, fourteen re
gional ofieea and 140 sub-oSeee have
been established throughout the
eounry. The fourteen regional offl
cee will hear complaints, examine,
rate and award compensstion claims
grant medical, surgical, dental and
hospital treatment, convalescent care
and . grant vocational training. This
applies to eH claims filed subsequent
to the passage of the law. All claims
oa file in Washington prior to its pas
sage, wiH continue to be kandied In
the Washington office. In comment
ing upon the manner in which this
newly created bureau will operate,
Colonel Forbes says: t ,
"While the creation of the Veto-
rans Bureau eliminates one of the
ehief; difficulties in the wty of sol
dier relief , work, that of duplication
of effort, it must be remembered.
however, that the creation of the bu
reau is not in itself an immediate
panacea for all the troubles of the
ex-aervice person, and that toe much
moat not be expected in the very be-
ginning. It has taken several years
to build up the. reserve governmental
machinery, and it cannot be made
over in a night - ,' '..
"The work of decentralisation
which is provided for in the Vete
rans'. Bureau, to be really successful,
must be grsduaL To maW any has
ty steps wfculd be a calamity and, Jf
the ex-eervice men are1 'educated . te
feel that In a couple of weeks w$N re-'
ceive all they desire in the way of
compensation and medical treatment
and that all casee will be selt!e4 with
in twenty-foor h jure after receipt it
will defeat the purposes of the Sweet
BUI, creating the new bureau. Time,
and time alone.will prove the era
eieney of the Veterans' Bureau. The
work ef decentrallxatloa will el ne
cessity be greduaL and yet as prompt
as ia eonistent with proper luncuon-
ing and the wofk. , '
ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL OPENS.
The aaaual Fall - session ef : St
Paul's school began hare. Monday
with a good attendance ef pupils and
a full staff ef teachers. ' Appropriate
opening cxaTcieeo took place and the
school started off with good prospects
for a successful year. .
MUCH INTEREST IN REVIVAL.
The teat servkee . eondacted by
Reverend Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Me4
ama which have heea going ea here
for more thaa six weeks, are aUil la
progreaa sad drawing large crowds
every night ' At first the meetings
were not largely attenJad bet as they
heo-proceeded latereet hae grown
vatil the teat is pecked at sQ ef the
servicee. Oa last Soaaay 17 people
were baptised ly Imsaeralea la the
stare et f prlng Landing.
INSPECTING COAST GUARD STA
TIONS
The Ua!te4 ttetee Coast Caar4
host CarlUa from Elisabeth City
Ute tie tiVor Koaday a4 la
rnJ'rg a few dr ia lae wstera.
TLa Carolina, Iksi U eeamd4
lr CatUle Crsy. m.Ve rru'.r ia -
rrtioa U'ra to all f Ua asii..as
I . . . . . i .
and F re tunda. After lnraipf
Fart tlaoa statics D Carolwia Vat
te g va i.Ut aa4 tVa her
relara Uijt
CCrOITIONS
ARE NOT SO BAD
. Washington, Sept 14. Those who
are disturbed over the 5,735,000 un
employed of today, overlook that in
1914 there were 7,000,000 cut of
work, a larger percentage of whom
were men and actual bread-winners
thn in the present unemployed, See-1
retary Davis said today in a " ttatev
ment ' "':.- .. :
Declaring that the country ' has
Just passed through a period when
every effort was made to induce wo
men and others who had not worked
for wages or salaries before to "work
and save strving Europe," lit. Davis
said present- unemployment figures
include great numbers- ef ; persons
epon whose earnings none actually is
dependent,""'-,;--. ' v' .
While we have out unemployed,
let us not forget the 12,000,000 who
are still at work," the statement said
"A further .encouraging fact it that
$500,000,000 is now available about
the country in the form of bonds al
ready issued, or approximately by the
State, county and municipal govern
ments for public works. r ; - '
Positive signs of business recover
ing has been furnished by the Conv
miseioner of Labor Statistics, Secre
tary Davis declared, adding: JSome
of these signs have an aspect of their
own. I put them out for others,, to
interpret as they please- But . one
must have his bead very much in the
air, these ( days, not to ' notice . the
growing prevalence of, silk hosiery
and the use of silks in general."
A' stir was caused all oves the
country, the stteraent said, "when
Senator UcCiDrmick called for the ac
tual firures on current nnemploy
ment, and these figures, as supplied
by . the Bureau of Labor and Statis
tics In the Department ef labor, were
found to, be 5,75,000. , Those fig
ures stand aa the best estimation
vailaUe, but they need to be read In
relation to the situation' of seven
years ago, as Wall as in, the light et
the. facte of today.
' "The statement had been constant
ly made, 4a the news and In .the edi
torial eolumns of newspspers, that
the Department of Labor reported
5,735,000 men being out, of work,
The Department of 'Labor has re
ported no such thing. '. It did report
that according to the best available
estimate that could be made there
are 5.7S5.000 fewer men, women and
children on the pay-rolls than there
were in March, 1920.Tbere U a
difference with a distinction. .
. "Here Is one salient fact to be
kept In mlni probably not more
than a third of these 5,735,000 art
the. principal bread-winners of the
family. ' ; 1'.
HOME TOWN PAPER WEEK.
It s very rare that the average
newspaper boosts its own business,
but gives quantities ef space la
boosting the affairs of others. t
Somebody suggested that it was
for the ewspaprsref the country to
adopt a week in which their own bus
iness should be given precedent, aad
the News thoroughly endorsee the
Idea,
The date set Is the second week la
November, from the 7th to the ltth,
Including that great world e-ent. Ar
mistice Day.
The official title far the week win
be "Subscribe For Tear Besne Town
Paper Week." ' .
Thousands ef papers will )old M
this event ae d 'ear readers will hear
more about it aa time goe an.
Every ready to help la any cause
that le la Ue Interests el a tur
community, better living eoed-Uona
and hater government we new ask
the readers and advertisers ef the
News to torn la and J end hand
.art "Subscribe for Tour Dome
Town Paper Wek." and boost for as.
INSANE VISITOR PUT IN JAIL,
Alpbees E, Moors, of Leaolr coun
ty, aa Inaaae man, arrived here UA
Honda y ea the evening trala and
cae4 some eifltesaeat arose 4 the
railroad statka by hie eseer antira.
lie had lea acting strangely ee the
trala and vh he arrived here he
jbacame aosneiraat bltere and waa
taken le twt4f by !Vef Ftyraa
mU was at Ue stetWa akea Ue traJ
fasse. Mr. ftrroa knt4 p Eher-
, am aw-a - a it a - Al..a IV
u iaa ai vm
aaa te Jta fctre M was 1H itJ
.Taaadav ka aSWeni frm Laolr
ecr.ty same lw4 a4 took kla lack
( to Eiostea.
TAX RATS FEiED
mrrn-nTrriAnn
TLtre Is Zqtz Iccrtaaa Lk Hxts
At Siown la ;i!araest
A special meeting bf the board of '
town 'commissioners was held yester
day afternoon in the c"ce of Mayor
vushall at which the matter of fixing
tie' rate of Uxi'Jon for the year was J
considered. Those - present were
Mayox Bushll, Commissioners Dun
can, Cardner, and Cuntley. A re
port of the Finance Committee in re'
gard to the matter of taxation which'
had been prepared several days ago
with the assistance of Mr. W. L.,
Stancil, was read and after discussion
on motion of Commissioner Huntley'
was adopted. The following are the
rates levied upon property for thia
year:
Bond Sinking Funds and Inter. ' A
est ...... I......:... .574.
General Fund JOc
Electric Light Special ....... ,25
'Total- . ; : 1.12c
The total bonded indebtedness of
the town Is $140,000., The interest1
and Installments on the sinking funds '
is $11,843 per year. The indebted
ness ef the General Fund ia $10,000.
The rate of 80c is expected to take
care ef the general 'current expenses
of the City Government and pay half
ef the $10,000 indebtedness:
The City has borrowed $10,000 for ,
new machinery and ' equipment ," for
th eletb-te l!rht nlant Thalarv of
25e will pay half of this amount and
the Interest for one year The tn-f
crease in the. rate was made neces
sary to tcke eare of the Indebtedness
which was incurred during the past ,
fear and to pay for improvements
in the electric light plant and lines.
SCHOOL TRUCKS BOUGHT
County Superintendent M. L.
Wright closed a deal yesterday for
IWU BVI1UVI WUI W Mm HTM SK u.
Newport, district The trucks have
abating capacity, of 85 and they
wi.l U able to get the children to
school la all sorts of weather unless
the rosda get 'impassable. . The New
port school will open on the 26th' of
this month. The contract for, the
new school building will be let on the
20th of September.
COOO FIRE RECORD.
The record of not more than $2
000 loss from fires in ten years' is
what the Beaufort Fire Department
claims for this city. In the last de
cade there haa been no big fire at all
and only two or three small ones and
as Just stated he lose would not ex
ceed $2,000 in value. It Is believed
here that no town of 8,000 tnhabitnu
bi Ue State can make a better show
Ing. Notwithstanding thia excellent
record Ue insurance rates are quite
high ia Beaufort. The Fire Depart
ment here haa recently Installed fire
extinguishers la Ue business part of
town and also at several places In Ue
residential districts. The department
has alae put 200 feet ef hoae la Ue
Duacaa building to be need la
of aa emergency.
HELD FOR HOG KILLING
Robert Sansona and hie soa J oka
were tried la magistrate . Holland's
court Monday m Ue charge ef hav
ing killed a hog belonging to Lerca
Fllllngame, The men live ea Ue
North River road about a mile and a
half apart. The killing le supposed
te have eccerred Sunday a week age.
Mr. M. Leslie Davia s r pes red for Ue
defendants and Mr. E. Walter 1113
for Ue proaecatioa and Ue case was
ararsaty eo tested. - The evidence
against Ue aee was rt'r clrruia-
etaatial bat Jastice ; ..'-:4 consid
ered It SttUieat to bind the defend
ants ever to Ue October term ef
court wkkh he did.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Only one real ette transaction
ha Veen recorded by Ue E'-'tr af
Deeds tii'j week. TUt wss from V.
A. IVJrwortH and wife te V.. I. Ar
thur la Uerhd C'y.f.'f tt ree V
at a eonsUersUea et (-3.