North Carolina Newspapers

ycLU:.:2S. ti:z zzavtczt i;zv3 t::u day, ;nov. 3, 1:21. . r.ur:zrr.43. t m m ea . v ww.1- Oh31?VHL Record of AciieTc-t-t Curbs The Year of Chooser of Th Beaufort Chamber - of Com merce waa reorganised la February, 1921, with a membership of approxi mately, fifty, Thi membership has increased from time to time until at the presnt tim there art eighty members on roll. " . , . .. - - Th Seer and Board of Direc tors have , been;quietly, , worldnr mee its organization, pursuing many dif- ferent lines in an effort, an organ ised effort, to make of Beaufort, a better town for Its people and to draw to Beaufort, other people, The following is a synopsis of what has -v avwiuyutunt UUIUlg Ul year; 1st i Securing for Beaufort, Free Hail Delivery Service. This service has been secured as soon as tha City ' A. A . . . ... ... AULHOnnAa mut WlfK tha Mmiva. W 4v wmm u wmv . a VrJtaaa V ment of the postoffice department In regard to the numbering of the ; streets, and nouses, and these steps are now being taken by the 1 city. This service will give us two city carriers, who wO make two trips dai ly, and cover most of tha town.' a si m- zna. we tare secured a recom mendation from Secretary of War, Weeks, for an appropriation of $30,- 000 for the deepening of the channel in Tayiors vreea and 14,000 ; per year for tha malntalnance -of this channel. This will mean a great deal to our water industries, since tt will both deepen and widen tha chah ttl from Beaufort harbor . to Core Sound, admitting the us of . much larger vessels than can at present time go through this channel. " 3rd. Wa secured through sleep ing car (Pullman) aervic between Beaufort and Washington, D. &, dur ing the summer months. This serv ici wmm ci rmmi oeneni to ui mo- . : . a j a . ' -1a wwkwak mtCfaafa eaa-Vja wiatatayl 4a yaw wvw r-wsB wea wsustrw t-v come to the ioatt during the summer. 4th, . Ve works J la" connection !.V IV. t- 1 ... f r . Kinston, New Ecrn, and other cities op state i recurmg Sunday excur sion trains into Beaufort during the summer, a v. as not oi.ly a great eonovenie the people living in the Icteri. , tut brought .a great m.mw Clnrxf- vi, at, in nanfart durinc the summer. ' . v.t nr. I -III! 1 . V. re and conslderal's' other. Improve DuaU t" the loading facilitiea at the freight iiot," v-hlch 'wtre'of untold benefit la tha handling of. the potato crops and ether shipments of freight . 6th. Tbrouxh the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce, a Dollar Day advertised and nut on in the early,' spring, that brought a great many people to the town and was a decided success from an advertising staaapoini. a a Tth. Through the efforts of , the Chamber of Commerce, the Swarth- mor Chaetauqua Association was secured for a five day entertainment ht m eitr durlnc last Mar. This waa a wonderful saccesa both from .financial and an entertainment stand- nolat " Oar folks beiag so" we pleased that sixty flv people ei our " . . . at .. elty signed a contract for return en tailment tha coming year, Eth. We secured from the State Insurance Department, an Inspector who came to our town, made a thwr oogh survey and left - Instructions, whkh when carried out, wOl give ns much lower fire Insurance rate thaa a aew have. 9th. We have tha promise el the Government Engine- la charge this district to fill ap the ea Urn end Of front street, si so n at V dre?r Is Sfila workings U -5n wurV - la the ajaf eat territory. - ICth. The Chamber of Commerce worllrg la conJuscUon wllh tho iwh- er title otranUaUooa tt tVe io-m, yt an the b. 4 A of Jul ''. ra tion t'-at ae etr h" ktJJ la Ce city. ' UtH. Oce of Vie t i rt.rt thirst dose ty the Chamber of Coin- merte was the er;r..i:.on cl a I e J ral rarra la3 Ai-'-'-' T! This Ax!atUa was erEr,lita ky the fxreUry la ArrU ef C U Jr. U aew las ea t'.e. ar;'aUona for aver :CO,C09 la loers from trvora thaa ttlf saereUra. The AukxU tloa ha weat-'y VjltaJ l en arrra'r ttom t-Se TUil UnJ 1 en J U-lrty ;;::,'!'-'ir k.ra i -imi ta, Tl e kar.a it aJs V e vtry a f -e a4 cad v.'EATi:ra kx:ts YACHTS IH PORT. For several days sow . Beaufort harbor has been pretty well filled with yachts, f.hirj boats and other craft detained here on account . of the bad weather,' Beginning last week there were stil easterly winds, then southeasterly and southwesterly followed with considerable - r rain. Now the skies ar clear and the wind has gone t tie .northwest and brought much cooler weather. It is likely that a period of calm will last for,, a few days now and the boats will c take advantage of it and go w,.thelr way Among the many yachts in the har bor recently, one of the prettiest was the Sea Horse tha property of Mr. J. A. Allison, of Indianapolis and Mi ami Beach. This' vessel which Is on ly a few weeks old, met with the mis fortune of having a bole stove in her port bow and considerably' bruising the bow during the storm Monday ight The accident was caused by the Sea Horse running afoul cf 'a barge on which, according , to ; the crew of the yacnt, no - lights .were burning. The hole la not mirs thai two feet tn circumference anl can be repaired without much difficulty. . Mr. Allison who is aboard the Sea Horse has as his guests among others Mr; Thoa. R. Shipp, former publicity agent of the Harding campaign com mittee, Mr. John Oliver La- Garee, associate editor of tha National Geo graphic magazine and Mr. Reginald Werrenrath well known in . musical circles In Boston - and elsewhere. Noth with standing the unpleasant In cident of a few days bad weather tha yacbtmea seemed to be enjoying their uip. . , - will go a long ways towards ending the money stringency that has pre vailed In tha county during the. past year. . This la purely a farmers or ganitatiotK and wOl continue to . do business for the farmera.of the coun ty so long as any of them sire la peed of its services, , ; . " , -J2th. The Chamber of Commerce working with the people of Uerrimoa and . Lukens sectiona of the county, has secured a motor boat mail service between Beaufort . and . Merrimon Lukens, daily, six times rr ,we k Ibis service opens up a daily com munication' between Beaufort' anif a lection pf'the county t' t Las pre viously beea aimost "IsoUtcd,-. and il) prove a great benefit both to Cesufort and the sections served Jiy thia route. '"- .'.'. -- ... 18th. "Tha 'Secretary has lust been advisedly tha railroad compa nles through the Corporation Cora- misaion that Beaufort will soon be given the same freight rates on flour from Norfolk,' as New Bern has, and aao a reduction in freight rates --on coal tf Beaufort,' This will mean a considerabU saving In freight on both these commodities. 14th, "Ey far the most far reach ing and Important achievement of the Chamber of Commerce Is the recent arrangement made with the Southern Express Company to handle flah oys ters, clams, 'scallops and any other kinds of sea food on the afternoon trains out of ' Beaufort and to put them la Richmond in time for the paxt days market. Prior to thia ar rangement, sea food could not be ahlrped on the afternoon .trains and reach Richmond the follow la day Is time for the day's markets and as reault our sea food dealers bad lost their Richmond builneaa. The re sult of this was that they bad to refute to bay certain klnda of fith, which was a great handicap to the ttl'ri Indottry. It le ImpoaalWe M .' -,t th valae of this en tr! 5 t 'rr , ' lit - : .Hon to t'.e above, the C'in-r of Commerce ha worla :j .oU,tr cW'e oerr Stations of tke town la many other thlifft. per, (..'..'.: ,-r la C.e' ru''.c h4!jt of oar ' an J 1U rtnetal wtlfare, Whkh fate fortUt tis t mentiua. . It la U.e purree ef the .".cra o l? e Citmlfr ef Commerce to pot oa a wen.ltriVa camrt'r ea Teet'hy, ':;': ;r t.h.-for the fTM t aecurinf aew mtmttra. This canv l t.-H. ty a erc'.l toir.r; r - ' to-ra e rr"'-'i ly Tmtt 1 a-i etfry t'.'. it! of I' ,:i le t'.ftn a errortuai'y t-s beccn-.e a r.?rf ar.J a' J la .h'-'S U r.ake a ':r, l'.r, T-- fwit" Tl's r.n town.' -.lee :'l : evt :;'' T la etti'.a a Oil JZcad-Qi uoara or tonnutstrt n. Hoad r.:tir. V.iy ZJ.ll Hard SurfeceJ . -Z'U- Roiu! To Cr4TCa Lia The peoplt of Carteret county will ' soon have an opportunity of saying whether they defire to have this county connected with .. the - State's system of hard surfaced roads or not. The News is informed that the board of county commissioners will ' take the matter up at its meeting on Mon day and will probably call an election on the question. - , . . The election .will i probably . take place early In December and will be for the purpose of getting an expres sion of .opinion from . voters as to whether they wish the coommission- ers to issue bonds to build the roads or not The commissioners have au thority to issue bonds for, the pur poses without calling an election but they have no desire to exercise this power.; They take the view that they are simply the agents of the people and are there to do what the voters want done. So no matter what they aa individuals think about tha road question they want the people to ex press their opinion first : ' " f As no doubt many of the readers of tha Newt already know, tha State of North Carolina proposes to build a highway from the coast to the Ten aessee line. In fact some sectors of this highway are already finished and other are In course of construction. Still other links of the highway have been authorized and contracts let for them.. . Last week a contract was let for a link of this road beginning Hn the east side of Trent river coming towards Carteret county for ten miles. Another contract waa let for link In Witm county. A contract . 4 for a hard surfaced roaa in rmuco county-waa.gjvcn 'out, at the. same time aa the other two. . . On account of the State not being able at present to sell ita road bonds - WILL PRESENT PLAY. V The Senior Cics of ?.. auort High th ia a Rush," School will pretext "H a ccmedy in trie i ts at t'.e Ecaufert Graded School auditorium .Friday night, November 4th, et eight o'clock The play promises to be the pest of the rearon and will fiirnhh an hour or so of geaulne amuaement " , . r , It is hr three acta. '.- Aet I. Ruth in a ruth to obtdn a socreUry's position, owever, she finds time to - shock an ambitions aunt, to accept a week-end invitation, to dismlsa two persistent suitors and to" adv!e ft prospective , bride aad groom.' . - 1 , I . Act 11 Ruth in rushfor I a train, however, faU decrees that she and Juliet hre the waiting room with two fellow travelers, whkh re sults ia a delightful conf uaioa of Id en ties, eloper aad lunatics. '- "t Act IlL-RutA In a rush for the border line. , - The cast of character k as f oL low: Mrs, Brown all Ruth's aunt Martha rime. Juliet Raymond, r.... Ruth's friend Alice rotter . . j Roth MaeDonald, ..always 1 a ruah Eatelle Caffrey Susie : Ines Willie ' Leonard Bruce, poor but aristocratic i Clifford Lrwla Warns AMey, ..rich but weultured Dick Duncan DwsVt Lambert ........an eloper Willie Sanford retry ratton ......another eloper Margmret-Gibbe Ciibert Lam'n ......... Torn Totter A. vajre rtli'o Grant .S million. Jmt Noe . j Dadle Eodtrra ....a ticket sgent - C'aJys Wetks f Ja L'oore Torlfr;. --Roth's Mt ITtr'Jia rierce The time Is the preaent aad the ee aa eattera city, j Aft ITakea 'r-ore's ret' Jnee. Art Il-Ia the puee .la Rath waJUr.g toess at jr.. . s JaeCa. Aft III, A ftw bovTs klcr. A.' ...'ea fl i4 11 ri.a. ' ' .. . w m ,,r m vsjj sr II Trc! Hj Call Oect'ca To DeclJa advantageously and perhaps for oth er teasons not many contracts are being' let for road work, so some counties are advancing the money to the State and thereby getting their roads sootier, than they would othe erwisaThe iNews understands that Wayne and Craven and -perhaps Pamlico are putting up the money for the State in the road contract referred to above. 'v' y-K- 'f When the State borrows money for road work from the counties it do'es so with the understanding that work will be done as soon as possible and the money refunded within five years or less time. This is the plan which ttie voters of 'Carteret will pass upon.', It b sugggested ' that Carteret county: advance the money to build two hard surfaced highways from Beaufort and Morehead City to connect, with the State highway at the Craven county line. Tit is esti mated that it will require about 1700, 000 to build these two roads. It is estimated that an eighteen foot road with a dirt road on either side will cost $25,009 a mile and ' tha two roads mentioned would be about twenty eight miles in alL' , ; The only cost to tha county la this proposed transaction .would be the interest for tha period of perhaps three to five years. After tha roads are finished they belong to the State and are kept up by the State without any expense, to the county whatever. These roads no doubt win be con structed by ytbe State soma time or other whether the county helps or not but as so many sections are clamor- ir.jr for' Etata roads nowadays, the general impresaioa is that not much will be done In this county for some time to come, unless the county does put up the-money. . H t . METHODIST RALLY. DAY A SUC- cess. t .? (Contributed.)' ' Last Sunday was Rally Day at Ann Street Methodist Church and it was quite an enthusiastic "rally that they had. Tha decoration committee had been busy end the plants and flowers were arranged in a "Atost artistic manner. .The special exercies .by the '.Sunday School began at ,103!) o'clock when the Sunday. School. pu pils marched into the, crowded church auditorium and rendered a snoot in teresting' and " Inspiring program. The program was as follows: Song by tha school accompanied by the Sunday School band. - ' Prayer. ' - ' Recitation Mia Clyde Norton. Duet Mrs. H. Vt Hendrix and Mrs. DaUy HataaU. . RaelUtion Mies Evelyn Wright , Song School, "Tha Fight is On." Reading Mis Alice Potter. ' ' Duet Mieac Bessie Jones and Mar garet Sanford, Recitatio Mies Cleaaor Jones. Song Jamea Waeetiy. . RaciUUoa, Dialogue Mary K. Hol land and Anna L lumley. Daet-Mra. R. H. HID and Mr. Floyd . Johnson. ' , . RociUtion Mbe VhrUa Barton a. lUar lliaa Mar K. Holland and 'Laura Euro. ' A short but Inspiring talk by Mr. F. R. Seeley on cborch flnsacUl needs, followed . by . collection, 1 and mailt by the band. , Cberua. RociUUon MU lilllaa Spvingle. Song IHas Ylrfinls Cowa.' RoclUtloa Klaa Rath Norcem. Aa Impre-rtTe.aad apliftlng ser mon, wae rre-(d fcy the fU, af ter tHh the report of the Banday gcbool fecretary waa feai, aWwlng sttfniance of three bandrei a4 Ifty as I a eotlecUaa f i:is.l. This c "action eurraeeenua wia the ar ' tfirtdl B&aJe the teUl Ra'.'r l r roSecUoBS fIIS.40.. . t! ..Jren bo gat sack aa latere- j and belffal program ere te be 1 . 'f ceaipllmenUd aa sre the ladies i e aa petlent'y treiaed them. Rat ty ahld stl . Ue Susday Eh:a aet have Rry Dy ettaad aaeea evar ' taadaf 1 Let's thiah abevt t'tt- ".. . - YAa FiNArrcs coard . AIDS BUSINESS' PERIOD VTaEhir.ton, D. C Oct 21 The best and surest te&t of any govern ment agency ia the manner in which it functions. For that reason it is interesting to note the work being performed by the War Finance Cor poration under the additional powr ers granted it by the present session of Congress, whereby it is enabled to aadrt agricultural and livestock A record of its loans during tie first three weeks of October is fairly illustrative of the. work it Is doing. These -, loans aggregate $4,155,868. The first loan made during tha month of October was 'an advance of $175,- 868 to a Chicago financial institution which had made loans of that amount on livestock in Idaho, On October 19th the corporation approved of a loan of $1,000,00 to an institution financing the livestock , interests in Montana and Wyoming On the same day it made three loans of $65,000, $21,000 and $42,000, respectively, to three different banks in Texas to be applied to the livestock industry; $20, 000 to a bank in Georgia to be ap plied on general agricultural lonas, and $500,000 to another bank in Georgia to finance tha export of cot ton. ; . Diversity of Loans MaJa. In between these two date! the corporation had approoved of loans of $215,600 to livestock interests In Wyoming; $1,250,000 to a coopera tive association of fruit growers In California; $102,000 to two Kansas banks financing livestock Interests; 130,000 to an Indiana bank which had made loans for agricultural pur poses; $235,000 to a bank in North Craolina for agricultural purposes; $1000,000 to a bank, ia South Caroli na for agricultural purposes; $400,- 000 to South Carolina cotton Inter ests... V.- ., ? :' ' This list gives an Idea of the man' ne m -whfch-tha War Finance Cor poratlon Is gooing to the rescue of the agricultural interests of the coun try. . Its largest single loans was ap proved the last week In September. This was a loan of $15,000,000 to a cooperative association of grain deal ers in Minnesota,- South and North Dakota. ' - . , Mr. Eugene Meyer,' Jr., Director of the War Finance, Corporation, has Just returned from an extensive trip throughout the west, no ia very op timistic over the outlook.' - Accord ing to Mr. Meyer the knowledge that the War Finance Corporation 14 able and ready to assist all legitimate ag. ricultural and livestock Interests is restoring confidence throughout the western section of the United State which, la Mr. Meyer's opinion, la al most aa Important a factor aa the ac tual loaning of money. - Coaideatea B4atg Battered. "We have been able to ease the whole situation." ears Mr. Merer. Since tha banks la California knew that wo would advance half of their requirements, they wished to advance the entire amount Tha growth of confidence 1 illustrated by a man In Colorado who inform us that now ha is certain that be win be able to get credit when he needs It ha will buy 1,000 head of cattle to graxe on Ian that has bee a going to waste. Uta baa responded to tha need by form ing a company with subscribed cap ital of $500,000 to make llveatock as fa Utah aad Idaho. Western Nebraska Maker lav organised a $200,000 livestock loan company. "Other companies are hi process ef formation la ether sections of the United States. Through the organ U satioa, ef thete compaalea to supple-' sent existing compaaie aad banke, the War Finance Corporation wOl be able to make Ita fanda available throoghoat Ue agrkultaral sections of the county. This wCl eaabla the llveeteek in t areata to keep their breeding herds aad to stop the Mark eting et Imatatare cattle et a tre mendous sacrlHee." ' Is here ew a CLug aad busting trip MAJLilACX LICENSE RegUtaw ef Deede Trey MorrU has rocaaUy graatad aaarrlag permits too the feiiowlag rev plea: Eaa'aeih U. CeakQ aad MUlle Ety yea, fea LeveL Waa. R. Madrea, Bfaatoa, . aad Aaala taUa. Beaufort. B. f. Dw ko-Itiicaholkja I7AP 7 rr-mr?Trm OctaLer IVices f.!ilc9 -Farmer - Lor Cr&MMIc LaLor ' RALEIGH, N. C;, Oct SH-As ev idence that the farmer is a good scout, the present situation la con clusive. Most crop have been sell ing at below pTwr prices. Many 1920 crops were sold at less than ' they cost the farmer, allowing him no time value. To say the least, ha waa the first to come to normalcy. even If it did ruin many of his class. The October prices, showing a slight advance over recent months, have made many of these essentially hard : driven producer quite optimistic and ' caused their smiles to reappear. Everyone appreciates t that high' ' prices and low incomes resulted in ; decreased demand The farmers' ac- ' tion .in decreasing acreages of cotton V and tobacco has resulted In far better ' net returns than were expected. J Of s course nature has played a heavy . hand of havoc In many sections of ' tha state and South, reducing the " supply. The wonderful 'production r of corn in Iowa has resulted in about one-third the price of the 98 cent av- . ersge received In North. Carolina.' Eastern counties are selling at lower price than are received in tha drought stricken piedmont ' areas. ' High freight rates permit of wide ' variations; , ,. - -. Tobacco is gradually Improving, the October prices averaging over 25 cents or slightly better than a year ago and 40 per cent of the average two years ago. The season begun ' on a basis lower than last year, but -has climbed upward. ' . Cotton, last year, averaged about five cents a pound above the October average of near' 19 cents, which in turn Is half of the April 1920 prices. The boll weevil combined . with the ' weather and reduced acreage to give ' the present crop the lowest yield per acre on record., The' production ert is therefore relatively high and price '. returns should correspond. The low . cost of production was at the expense . Lof the labor of the farmers' family , and himrelfT as he had no cash or credit to secure labor and fertilis ers. It 'is no compliment to other, Industrie that bs was forced to this . end. Supposed he had, with far more , cause,, done like many others, laid down on the Job? Yet he is usually blamed rather than credited for bis dUfalllng loyiiltr uid sacrifice. Oth er classes have followed a-far off ia getting back to where we ought to be ia costs of etaentlal products. ' Hogs at live weights were 50 per ' cent higher a year ago and. 100 per cent more two year ago than the? $9.50 per hundred pounds present sverage. All livestock have de creased noticeably. MCk, at 52 tente retail, has do- , creased 20 cents a gallon; peanuts at 5.8 cents per pound now, sold at 10 cents a year ego and the present crop is extremely poor; sweet pota- -toes at $1.15 per bushel are 60 cent lea than last year; In May cotton seed were selling at $11.01 per ton or 25 per cent of ' tha price 12 : months previous, while they hat ad- . vaneed to above $10 now; eggs at 87 . cent, are 15 cent cheaper than a year ago, and honey at 24 cent a pound Is seven Cents lower than a year Ago, although thia year ha been a record oone for poor produe- tion and lot of colonlea. , ' - ; A study f the price of commod- Itiea, ladicaUs that Ubor Is the big item ia high price levels. Farmer were forced to accept low prices while ether labor baa sot kept pace. , REAL' ESTATE TRANSFERS." The following . realty transfers have beea recorded recently:. ' t i D. M. Willis to Luther WUlla 20 ' acres la Hunting Quarter towth?p, consideration $10. ' ' R. E. Call and wife to J. R- I'U t:i acres In HarUwe tawmahlp, cen- sideratioa $10. Amanda Bmiih ta Jt. tract oa wea side t North Rirr, ron sideraUoa $110. R. B. Ball and wife ti V. T.. rU trart U Merrlm) ta . .. co 'ratio $1.