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- in!.- . -4,- ; .-i 4 f '.7 iv r-v ;VV:'v ii;,ii.:lU . " - T-NCrV '11' .A"1 " . J I - : hi - J:la. L. G THE HOME PAPER J ( READING TO THE" HIND 13 WHAT EXERCISE IS TO TIIE BODY) EVERY THURSDAY VOLUME X. THE DEAUrCnj .KEVS, TI IURSDAY, OCT. 20, 1S21. nu:.:2za 4i. MI fAMOTTVTTH ; LAT)PPt02LEiIS Secretary .Wallace Name Com mittea To Study Land - ' - Problems' f WASHINGTON, D. O, Oct" 15. Secretary Wallace has appointed a committee of six scientists of the De partment of Agriculture to consider the entire problem of land utilisation especially with respect to thecoun 1 try's future requirements; ' '"V.- ; In appointing the committee Sec T retary Wallace suggested that as the - -: basis of the 'work to be undertaken v earef uT'cdnsideratioU'should be 'de voted to the country'! present crop i 7 ? production, home iftonsumptton : and .foreign demand, relating :the land iow under Cultivation to vresent and near future demands.' It seems to the Secretary that' this study should ji be followed by a more careful sur . man ciBBsuicBi'.un uniu ama yei, been ' made of lands , which can be brought under cultivation in the fu ture, and the conditions necessary to - make it profitable under the plow. ; Swrrey Arid, Swamp, aad Cvt-Over . j . , - 'La, 1 .t The suggested survey would ' ln ; , 'elude the arid lands of the West suit " able for irrigation,, swamp , lands which can be reclaimed by drainage, knd the cut-over timberlanda of the Various sections. la ' studying the tut-over lands consideration will be ' given to their possibilities both . for cultivation and for reforestation. . The personnel of the committee of six is. as followsr '- ''".? 'y.'i'lT' ': Dr. Lv Gray, agricultural ecc-nomiit,- Office of Fans Uanagement sdn Fans Economics, chairman. ' VC. P;Fipr,agr08tologlstlnharge - forage . crop investigations, . Btsreau ."t.0f Plant Industry. . -; , t Dr. G.; IL" Rommel, Chief Animal ' , Husbandry Division, pureaa o' Ani mal Industry. -C -S C F, Marbut, scientist in charge, soil survey Investigations, Bureau of ; .sons. : , - .;;;-: " . E. E. Carter, ;J assistant . forester, r-Forest Service, , ' 8.' n. McCorr.' Chief. Division . of . Agricultural, Engineering, Bureau t " PubUe Roads.- -- - . , At the present time a litUe , le-i . than, half the total rational area ,ia in farms and -only about one-j'irter . of tho'itotal 'area U improved land. Many persons, deceived by theee . ,fattai t5ume that t're U aa unlim- lted reserve sBpr-'y c' farm ni uch Is not the cae, bowtver; by far the greater part of the 1,000,000,000 - acres oot yet in farms probaUy can never U ud fC the grow of . crops, and tht tt of e reserve bud whkh may be, rejarde J as po - teatiai farm land can be brought Into use only at heavy erpeote foro elear .Jnf. dramlng, irrigating, or fertUixa- tioa. ' ."" . far Capita Acreage DeerwaUaf. . PcoalatJon tacreases land area does not The acreage ef improved f.rm Und cer capita, for lnataace. -ft dedlsed at aa over-inereaalng rate siaee 1190. By 1950 the total 'Mftntatioa at a normal rate of - growth, probably will bo about U0 t)00,000. Tali weuia requiro aa ad dition of 241.000,009 acres of !m prvd land if present per capita acreage of improved land is main tained. "..'" V This situation prtients the na tional problem of how bit to uae dralnable, IrrigaUe, cut-over, and lands of Inferior quality that bereto fore have been rtjecUd aa umult tble whether they shouM be brought under the plow or r-r J trmporaxfly'or permafliriUy tot for oata or grasing. . t The rate of oi-anioa of our j.a tioaal area a'ao is an l'-r,-t f-f-tor for eoealdtration. -ie t-e iwpend'.eg , dn:i..i '. t a U- . -aniiv..t of the 1 f f r(rric:'pr, tre art V y . rf ' ty we koU coni.Ji-r i.a ctr- fu"y b,-,i'e f"uri'.r.f a" y conid eretle f lr v..r cul UvaUoa 4il ;. yf t i r. I' rt years. Tse f. lir;i lit? tree of frm eirc'-. t'- 7 1 " rations ef s prv! l!e ir.fffa tf rUa!t,:rU lapotU UU tl'.a cr.-'-y. n 4 t- r'taent dfrre'iD la itnL t;i a--;c-'tral ar:- rt'-e s I'rl. oct 07?t;'.'-. a i U t i V J f 1 i . 1 1 t t x r on5-'o f fna oat DRAFT DODGERS LIST PROVES ALMOST PERFECT - ; x ;?-. : Washington, Oct 17. The -policy of the war department to make pub lie the names of all alleged draft de serters Is being thoroughly vindicated by results. This decision, announced early in the administration of Secre tary Weeks, created a perfect furore of criticism at the time. Secretary Weeks and his advisers stood by their guns, confident that their policy was & wise one. They believed that it was only just to those" who had an honorable war record that those who had not should be published. .While admitting that the list as published might hot be 100 per cent accurate, the -War " department "be lieved the quickest way to rectify any errors .which might have crept into their records would be to publish the list and have the mistakes corrected, by reason of the publicity of them, High Prcnta- ef Accuracy Up to-date a few ? over 100,000 names oi alleged draft deserters nave been published . by ' the war depart ment." Publication, of these ' names has resulted in the discovery that 348 Of that number ; ivere i wrongfully charged with desertion, and their names have been officially removed from the War Department's list, and their records in the War Department have been' cleared . of any ; odium. This shows that only one-third of one per cent of the ' War Department's lists were in error, which is a record of accuracy of which the department is Justly, proud. Z-y' .', . 7 "As soon as the lists began to bo printed some local newspapers se verely criticised the accuracy of the lists and cited alleged cases of gross error. . As fast as these newspaper stoma appeared the War Department set , about to investigate them. ' ' In some eases, 848 covering all of them, the War Department found there had been a mistake in its records, but in the majority of 'the charges of inac curacy it found that newspapers wer being Imposed upon, by relatives or friends of the men charged with de sertion. The majority of stories thus carried were '"not t bated apon facts, ger.prti'y ttlng some fabrica tion which v. as fuLUred on "the pa pers by the 'interest J f irl'es ia the hope that throvih Ka pul'.lca'Joa lo cally, the r.:n c! ared v.ith desertioa migght poije w l . ij victliiis of some mistake by the War Dt partmenL "Between f" J nd SO.COO more aamos' remain tj le p-..' ::. '.ed by the War Departmeiit. v OFFICERS CAPTURE I!C' r.rillM- ., . y;.er. v.;.--' Prohibition oJ3cers W. D. Al'en, J. V. Itaduree and Deputy S-.eriJ Jotn V.i;te made a trip into Craven county yetrday and maJe a suc cessful haul. One of the largest and beat liquor making outT.U seen , in this section was captured and a" ne gro operator named William Martin along with it. The still was located on King's creek about' S 1-1 miles from Blades and some 20 miles from Beaufort' - ' -; ' . The eflcers destroyed a 75 gallon copper still, 26 fermenters, a lot of beer, meal and other stuff. BeaiJee this they captured a good bono nd cart and the man Martin, The pris oner was brought here and carried before IT. 8. Commiiwior.tr C. II. Bushall. lie waived examination and was bound over to Federal court which convenes in K Bern next week. The court wUl Lut two weeks and it U onderatood that a very heavy docket is to bo tried at that time. ' BAPTIST C1IURCH SERVICES. Oa account ef C.e bad weather the rHy wtlch wh to have taken jLce at U.e L.;.-t tb-rth lait Eun ''y Vai '"--''.. !t '"1 . tsVa jrliare U.! Lwir.Jjy and an l..UrL, f . r:;rasi S.-a bet x , 1 U " S t'e r-": ' li""-J. r.ZYV tL. L Smu.I in l'r. J n N. Ponrae who ft i . i r - r '. 1 ! , i ' ' 1 1 t t ' ! t .' 1 j L-.-.J J. t. aJ.i.i i I 1 i ty J I: -i U "-: f ,'Vt 1 L'r. 1'-..' 2 ' i vf T l.vil, vm 1 re t' ' we " '" J fa fr?ra tf t it -i 1 J- J. CARTEPiET COIOT CENSUS IFIGUHES Population Has Increased And Illiteracy Decreased. ; Bet-. ; ter Than Stato Average. , 7 '. ;. ''.'. MMHaaaaw V. . '' 'y' A bulletin recently issued bv. the Census Department of the - Federal Government discloses much id re gard to the population of the State, and the coounties and towns thereof, that is of; great taterest Among a great many, other things it shows that the State's population in 1920 was, 2,559423, that of these 1,783,- 779 were white, 763,407 negro, 11, 824 Indiansv Chinese? 88rf Japanese 24, and 1 Hindu. V North Carolina's foreign born population is 0.3 which is the lowest in the Union. The rate of iBliteracy f or the State, which includes persons 10 years of age and older, is 13.1 and is much better thank ten years ago when the figures were 18.5. I Carteret county's ' population in 1910 was 13,776 and in 1920 it be came 15,384 which was a 'considera ble gain. 'The illiteracy figures show i. nA At.. ' uuyiviciuum . u v uia per centage of illiteracy was 16.7 and in 1920 it was 9.9 which is better than the State's average. Other figures as to Carteret county's population are as follows r mU Sa. f Color r Raeet Nativity, -.. f . .... ,., ' '.. j- Total Population .15,884 Male Female 7,74$ ..I. 7,33 ;..12,962 Native whiu llli Male .... ....6,546 .-..'616 pa-. -112,882 p- i '. Female 'iiirrr.'r... Native . whibs-r-nstivs ., '; rentage Native white foreign rentage Native white mixed rentage';''.--.' ..... Foreign-born white . Male ..-.i... , Female -L. .......... Negro .-...-...... pa- . ... 56 ..." 1 36 --. ' .. 27 ... I WS5 .'Male wl. k. 1,172 Female-.!.. ...... Chinese- 1.213 ... v.. 1 84J e.. 0.2 ...V 154 Pes, cent native wl.lte ... Pef cent fortijn-born v ' ' Ter cent Negro Age, School AtUndaaca, an J Citlaea Total 'under 7 yars of a?e .. 2,824 Total 7 44 13 years, jjtclusive 2.648 Number, attending school.. 2413 Per-eent attending school., 83.8 Total 14 and 15 years ..... " 663 Number, attending school.. 614 Per cent attending school.. 77J Total 16 and 17 years .... 179 Number attending school. 814 Per cent attending school.. .644 Total 18 te 20 years, Indttaivo 847 Number attending school.. 181 Per cent attending school.. 2L - . Illitoraay. :. ; Total 10 years of age and over 11437 Number CUteratea ' ... 1,121 ' Par cent illiterates .. . 9.1 ..Per cent, illiterates In 1910 16.7 Native. white 9,619 Number l". terete ......... 754 Per cent illiterate 7.8 rore!gn-born -white ........ 3' Number illiterate ........ 1 Per cent illiterate ............. Negro : ; .'. 1,711 Number U'.trrate ...... 366 Per cent UliUrata. . 214 Dwi:.e. 4 Faaaie. Dart" number ...... 3431 FamiUea, r.v- T .......... 8,413 PEACE TREATIES PASSED "Waalvlngton, Oct. 18. ThO admla- faany," Auilria, and Banyary, were 'r-'"" IlTthee-e to-'r't. the ' fi t;.e f.r-t to f j C5 to 10. r t '. more t' n , ts a nacaaaary to-t...'j Ja, ai 1 I i I . c. tf riungv lrr, f ,la aUence ef ; te 17. - - -;tetd the s le peeee t il.- ' . , '1 sUte of l . -1 p y pow ; r f cn'y f " -".loo ai t 1 f : I ) - ;-.:Ui ; ; ' . e laa '- I -' v-.-.-y. oo- fa. . f.risU t;t t t ytt tJ r a u t RAILROAD STRIKE STARTS ON 30TD Unless SometKlni Prevents All Kauroad r.ien Vill Stop V's :.it: Work , Soon. : ; ;; ,c The long threatened and talked of strike seems to be about to get start ed. At a meeting of the heads- of the railroad unions held in Chicago last week the strike was agreed upon and called to start on October the 30th. . The railroads of. the country have been divided into four groups. The first grooup is to strike on the 30th and the other three are to fol low one -after another tweritv four hours apart. .The Southern Railway and the Seaboard Air Line are in the first group . ; VVr;1. Last Spring the ; Federal ' Labor Board authorized a reduction of 12 1-2 per cent the pay of most of the railroad workers. ; ,The ; Unions .' -objected to this decrease and a vote of tho members of the union, was or dered to be taken on the question of striking. 3 More than 90 percent ef the members voted in'favOr Of strik ing. . So the strike order seems to be agreeable to the, wishes of the mem bers of tho unions; .' i--..' Tho railroad presidents and mana gers also held a meeting fa Chicago last week and they passed a resolu tion asking for another reduction in tho pay of of tho railroad employes. They also agreed to reduce freight rates provided the cut ' In wages should be . allowed. , The railrooad managers claim they , cannot reduce freight rates unless wages corns down also, Tho union men say they are not only fighting a reduction in wa ges but also are opposed to making changes in certain rules and 'regula tions as to their work .which they say tho managers want to make. '". There are many people who think that although the strikes' has n called, it will never g i lr,. e." t They think a compromise of some sort will be. arranged, and the ro;. "a continue , to operate. President Harding called a conference of the Federal Labor Board and the Inter state Commerce Commission to con sider tho strike and to try to stop it. This . conference was held Monday. Today a conference between the La bor. Board and the labor union chiefs is scheduled to take place in Chicago and an effort will bo made to arrive at .some solution of tho trouble be tween the unions and the railroad executives. . r. :.V . If. tho strike goes into effect about half a million railroad workers will bo affected. Besides these men the telegraph operators are expected to strike also. If tho railroads do pot run factories will doso down and thousands of people besides tho rail road folks will bo out of employ ment 1 - ' t' , MAIL SERVICE TO MERR1M01. . . . . . '. . The' mail boat between Beaufort and Merrimou started last week and now makes a regular daQy trip be tween the two places. ' Tho boat comes hers in tho moroning and re turns to Merrimoa in tho afternoon. By reason ef this boat line the mail service between hero and tho Merri moa section has been greatly ' lav proved. : - COLLECTOR CRISSOM WILL ' SOON BC INSTALLED ClllUm Criasoss former secretary ef the Republics State. Executive CommitUe who was appointed CoL lector of laUrnal Revenue sad wheat borelnaUoa was cen firmed by tho Senate a short Una ago. has ar rived la Eala'gt and wUl shortly toko chargo of U eTa. .Mr. Crtaeom has arrr-d his bond, which U o very larrt one amosaling to IZiOf 600, and U raady to saaumo the da tUa ef U.e ef".co ss.sooo as the for aaal trart'er can bo made. ..The po- aiUoa of C (,:'. tor is this Uti to S very Imritant one aa North Carsli- aa c!'U anoro Fedaral taxae thaa aay Cov i era Ctato and mors thaa eieny eiLep tUtao. It to wndaratood tUt 3o- tf. Bailey who has held iSe or., a f-r eht fears wH re lume e rrtftke of taw. Were la a.M a i;rt that ho saay bo t t Iho DemacraUe aa'Js f.r c?vraet fcl 1124. MENHADEN BOATS HAVE STARTED OPERATIONS AGAIN The fish oil and scran factories7 in Beaufort and Morehead City have started operations again after a long shut down. The factories '.' closed downr last year for the Christmas holidays and since that time " have done very little. A number of the boats have been out this week, but lew nsn nave been sighted and ;noo catches of any consequence made. Menhadens, are said to be nlentifiil along the Virginia and Jersey coasts but they have not gotten ' this ; far down yet. The prices of oil and scrap have not advanced very much but there seems to be more demand now than for a long time Yesterday several menhaden boats caught some - small ;. mullets and brought them in but were not able to sell many of them to - the dealers. The Balster, tho PUgrim and the Blades brought in ten to twelve thou sand pounds ach and after selling a few the men on tho boats proceeded to cut and salt the rest for their own use and that of their, friends. A great many mullets have - been brought hero -this season and while a lot of them have been sold tho deal- era still have considerable stocks on hand. ,.'.:. Tho sea bass fishermen have been engaged for several days in getting their boats and gear in order and will start very soon deep sea fishing for tho bass or black fish as : they, are tailed locally. : Captain Tom Nelson and his crew who have been on the Jersey coast all tho Summer fishing ia the Polly have returned and arc about ready to start work. Besides tho Polly th Annis and Johniso will engage in sea bass fishing and it is probable that some boats from Jer sey coast will come down and ope rate here for some months. .. 'Considerable fish have been com ing 'to this market, now for several weeks and tho -fiah' houses have been very busy-handling both fresh fish and packing- Others in salt. Most of them have been working night, and day to keep up with their business. Many varieties of fish are caught but there have, been - some . particularly fine spots, mullets, trout blue fiah and a few pompanos. . Shrimp have been coming fairly well and while oysters are not at their . best yet, some fairly good ones have . made their appearance here. COTTON GINNING REPORT. Owing to tho dry hot weather the cotton croo la North Carolina opened early and has been picked but rapid ly, consequently the Federal gtnners' reoort shows that tho crop Is being ginned faster than asuaL In 1920 tho report showed tnat on to October tho first only 31,691 had been ginned, this year up to Oc tober tho first 141432 bales bad beea rinsed. Tho figures for Car teret county were sot gives out by tho report and so wo are unable to publiah them. COMMUNITY CLUB NOTES. Tho Music Department of the Community Cub wtll bold Its regu lar meeting at tho homo oi Mrs. F. R. Seeleys at 440 o'clock Thursday 27th of October. MRS. WILL MACE, Secretary. Too sro Invited to a UaBoweea party At tho homo of the 'Inlet In a". TwlU be giv'a by the Community Club To which you've often been. October twenty-first to tho time, , The boar to come to eight- - Bring baaband or frUad and pillow .along, - ' Bo dumb bat not be late. - The Witches sad Cbeots wl3 all bo there .... - .'. . . . To givt yoa a welcome tree. . . Yesll boar of - berriUo, UrriLle ; things - put enjoy tho evening too. . AD members of Club ore erged U notify Mrs. Bayard Taylor, . Chair. saaa sf Rafreahmeat CommiUae, la- aaedtately U they eaaaot attead. The members of tho Bealih De pertiaent of the Caaaaaratty Oab are requested to aoaat al tho heas of P. B. LefUa aa Marab Street Tboreday afternoon at 6 o'cleak. MRS. f. B. LCFTTM, ' Cl'tfrrnta" MS REBUKED M JUDS3.;LY0IJ Actual of Two Defendant.' f. w 4it;inj , rrom the tench r Two juries overthe .session of Superior Court which convened hero Monday morn ' occasi" of the criticism V? Edicts of ac' r L T cas 01 w- C Peter. on charged with assault with a deadly weapon and John Jones, of Barkers Is and chm.A ... '. . a . . w ' wtta viOiaL. told the Jurors that it would be ' Possible to over enforce the laws as long a, such verdicts were rendered. :--- wimuai'aocket occupied tho time of tho court from 'Monday morning at 11 o'cloock to yesterday afternoon at 4.-30 when adjournment orthe day w taken. One or two . criminal cases were continued to tho ; next term of courf Today the ti-lal of civil . actions is under way. ' The criminal docket ? which UA - lT0T """ on t than any thing else was nntuwnt k e.i., " VJ CMJ11CI- tor Jesse Davis whOs attorneys C. R. alter lun, M. LtJAa ir b Abehl Lulher UamUtoa have appeared for the ra rious defendants. The following cases wers disposed of: i a. uarvey, larceny, nol prossed John Jones, violatln Mvivui law, acquitted. . - , 1 , W. C. Peterson, assault with dead ly weapon, acquitted. Marion Edwards and W. IL Jbnes, assault, plead guilty; yet : : Ed. Buck. - Violating n.V(vui. - . f.vwuiuuu uw, plead guilty, not sentenced yet WJ a e .... 1 auwara usseu, violating prohibi tion law, plead rulltv. Wrm pended on payment of coats. . Arus Tsylor, violating prohibition Uw, plead guilty, not sentenced. -Bill R. Sammonda - vwiMa aeaats monds, cruelty to animals, not a true ' ". " ' 1..' -','.. . Manly Bailey, negro," carnal knowl edge of girl under 14, not guilty. , Jim Black and Mln,W. . r.-- - . .... ' wv.gv, violating prohib:tion law, Mlndora ueorge plead guilty, not sentenced yet . Black was triad inH mi.j - Wa x.ww and got two years on Craven county rosas, - Dr. L. Shame. without license, not a true bill. . : . Jas. Deseron and Harry Ball, Ur eeny, true bill. Judgment nisi sci fa. Walter Buck. rMn li w w - sa j wa ww aaa" nora, ran away. Judgment aial sci fa. John Ward, violating prohibltioa . law, Jury sUyed out all night and Bally brought ia verdict ef mlU. 'Not sentenced yet " 1 LevT Jonee and ITamll FnUV larceny, plead guilty; Jonec was sen tenced to roads for 12 months and Fukher for sis. These offenders were two youths from Morehead City. W. H. CiHikln, sailing mortrared property. Jury was out several hours ' sad brought la verdict of guT.ty. PROHIBITION DIRECTOR HERE. f i !.- aBBwaBB ., Federal Prohibiten Director R. A. Kohloaa, of 8eiiabury, was la Beau fort Monday night. Mr. RoUoae to making aa Inapectioa trip over tho eastern section of tho State looking into conditions. He was acromria- sied hero by oQcers N. E. Raoea, J. U landalL J. V. Madores and waa met hero by efflcer W. D. Allan. Mr.' ktohloes has only been in oT.ce a few mouths but sines be took c oar re bis force has made a fins record for blocklrg the blockaders. Mr. Koh loaa ears be wanla 00 inaa ta his forte who cassot do client Service aad to snaking hts arpointmenta with that end la view, C'sre he took charge ef the department a Urge number of eutU have 'beea de- vtreyed and a grtat cnany meo cap tar4 , The prehiliUun dlwlor ev Ueriuy icUnds to Ct every tiing pos tille to enforte the Velntaad act U North Carolina aad iU record tana far speaks far hie eciaacy aad that ft Tine see f tilt beMae e4 etl aiayWdy ea e?a4 ea tale a sswa Aro ye 01 Wg r I t 0
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