Newspapers / The Beaufort News (Beaufort, … / April 6, 1922, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Beaufort News (Beaufort, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
RE ADING-TQ THE-MIND-IS-W HAT EXERCISE IB-TO-Tliro nnnv- n COMMENCEMENT A BIG SUCCESS Large. Crowd Present Harker Island Won Prize In The - , Parade WEATHER IN MARCH WAS VERY PLEASANT THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAYAPRII. 6th 1922 OFFICIAL MINUTES! By a unanimous vote of all con cerned it was agreed that the coun y commencement exercsea held in 3eaufort last Friday were a big sue ;ess. Even the weather ' which at Irst was threatening, came through andsomely and a light shower .that 'ell merely laid the dust and made he occasion more enjoyable. A remendou crowd from all parts of lie county came and all seemed to jnjoy the occasion very much. ,The parade of all the schools that ,ere represented was a long and very nteresting one All of the schools nade a fine appearance, - Harker's aland won' the prize for the best ppearanc in the parade aird Straits ,nd Davis received honorable men Jon. The Beaufort School and St. ?aaul's bands and drummers from forehead City furnished the music 'or the marchers and quickened their ,teps. . After the parade had been finish ad the crowd gathered on the west tide of the court-house and heard President W, I Poteat of Wake Forest deliver an intreesting address.. Dr. Poteat was introduced in a few well chosen words by Mr. Leslie Davis and then proceeded to discuss the subject of educaton which' he said was the 'biggest business that the State Is now ondetakgng. Dr I 'o teats address was filled with in teresting facts and was illustrated rith many wtty anecdotes. la the afternoon the various con testa took place and a meeting of the ounty school committeemen was hel . n the court-house. " A county school committeemen' wfa organised of which J. R, Morris of Atlantic was fleeted President and A. L. Wilson f Newport Secretary. Enthusiastic peeches on school matters were made 'ij e.veral of those who attended the meeting. The. contest between representa tive of the schools for; the various prizes were all interesting and re jected great credit on the partici pants. The results of the contests -trt at follows: ; PaTaJT" 1 Best Appearance in Parade.. $15 'ibrary or set of maps. barker's Island, Honorable mention ade of Straits and Davis. ' ' EarolWeM .Greatest per cent of enrollment 15 Library .or set of maps. Will e announced later. Data not all ' yet - . ' Pest Chorus of iral schools '' I. ma pi. Won hool. March weather in this vicinity was far better than that' of January and February as the records of- Obser ver Chas. Hatsell show. There were 5.51 inches of rainfall, ."8 cloudy days, partly cloudy and W-nlear ones. mere was only one day when the weather was really cold,; which was on the 23rd when the temperature aroppea to 85 above zero. " The warmest figure reached by the ther mometer was 74 ' on the 28th. On account of the mild weather very lit tle luel has been used and nobody U bothered much about the coal strike. The temperature day by day was as follows: 1. . 2. 8. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. .. 9. ... 10. .. 11. . 12. .. 13. .. 14. . 15. . 16. .. 17. . 18. . 19. . 20. .. 21. 22. 23. . 24. 25. .. 28. . 27. . 28. ... 29. 30. .. 31. .. 53 58 64 59 63 68 67 ' 65 58 65 66 67, 67 68 65 ' 63 ' 59 54 65 55 56 62 68 73 71 74 70 72 73 OF COUNTY BOARD Commissioners Order School - Election For Smyrna Town ship to Be Held. BOARD OF EDUCATION. The County Board of Education held its regular meeting hero Monday all members being present. 'The board decided that a special elcetion should be called for the purpose of decidng on a bond issue of $1,000 and a maintenance tax of 30 e for the consolidated district of WUliston, Snyrna and Tusk. B II. Hardy was appointed school committeeman at South River. A contract was let to Hancock and bars to move the old school building on, Harker's Idand Won by and join it to the new one. It will then bo used as an auditorium. The contract price or the work is $750. AMETEUR FISHERMEN BECN So far this spring the anUtuer .fishermen have not done much fish ing, in .local waters. It is a little 25 voices fram.but thew will start pVetty soon. Mr. $15 Library or set! Don C B. Van Deusei of Ashville by Straits Hifh !,nd Mr. A. J. Cooke, Proprietor of the Davis Houra tried the'r luekxup! Beaufori nV'C April 3rd, . 1922. - The Honorable Board of County Commissioner met this the 3rd day of April, 1922, at their regular meet mg, place, in the Court Hai,. Beaufort North Carolina, with .H members present to-wit, C. R Wheat 40 ley Chairman; George G Taylor; J. 45 u fcdwardr: Henry O. !iner and 45 Small... 7;v 39 ine minutes of the last meetng : 40 were reaa and approved. : ' ' ; V . 43 - Mariah Hill (colored), Beaufort, 50 N. C. came before the Board and 42 stated that she was over ninety years 42 ed that she be allowed some aid from 50 old and finable to work, and request 67 the poor" fund. - , 48 ' Th Board ordered that Mariah 45 Hill ( colored), Beaufort, N. C. be 56 allowed $5.00 per month from , the 52 Poor fund. - 42 ' The Board ordered that Eilen Mum 44 lord's allowance from the poor fund . 43 be reduced for $10.00 to $5.00. tt 45 The Board oredered that Mingo .57 Howard Stella, N. C, be paid $5.00 42 per month from the poor fond. 38 The Board ordered that LvC. Can- 35 non (over age) be refunded his poll 40 tax and error corrected. 49 1 Dr. B. F. Royall, Morehead City, 55 IN. C. came before the Board, pre- 60 sented a bll for Hospital servce and 63 medical attention for Ike Dudley and 4 A I.. I ll I .1 . . oj asaeu uiai ut same De paid 63 The Board ordered that the bill 64 presented by Dr. B. F. Royall be paid. Mr; W. L. SUncil. County auditor came before the Board and asked that the Court House Jaaitressa be paid $25.00 per month.- . ' The Board ordered that the Jan itress be paid, $25.00 per month. The matter that Mr. Herbert Davis brought before the board last meet ing could not be settled at this meet ing because the parties Interested were not present. The matter was deferred Until the next meeting and the Clerk ordere io notify the inter- Mr. I, Springle came before the Board and asked to be relieved of his 1921 taxes. After due consider ation the Board was of the opinion that Mr Fpringle's condition warrent ed his request; therefore .the Board ordered that Mr. Springle be relieved of his 1921 taxes. Mr. John Banka Morehead City,' N. - C. came before . the Board and AMERICA WILL BUED MONUMENTS President Recommends Com mission to Supervise Mem :' orials to A. E. F. WASHINGTON. The President, at the request of the Secretary of War ras recommended to the Congress legislation providing for the "creation of a-Battle Monuments Commission The composition of the proposed com mission as recommended is as follows the Secretary of War, one United Sattes Senator, one United States representative; a general of the Uni ted States army, the national comman der of tha American Legion, one army officer designated by the Secretary oi war, who gjiall act as the secre tary of the commission It is. proposed, that this commis sion shall have the specific duty of erecting suitable memorials to com memorate, the services of. American forces in France, Belgium and Italy, It is intended that special monuments of artistic design will be used to mark the. following places of unusual historical importance in connection with the American exneditionarv Forces! where the first American sol dier was killed in Europe; where first American? soldier was wounded at the front: where German raid on First Division November 3rd 1917, took place, during wheh the first three American soldiers were killed in ac tion and the first American prisoners were taken; first sector held by American division acting as a com plete unit; where the 11th U. S. En gineers fought at Cambrai, after the British lines had been broken and hedl the Germans In check "until the Brit ish and French brought up reinforce ments; sector where the 6th U S. Engineers held the Germans in check March 21, 1918: sector mat king the location of the 369th, 370th, 871st, 372d Regiments, which were brigsded witn we rrencn troops; spot near Casarsa, Italy, where the 83d U & Infrantry was engaged. In addition to these special pwn- uments, bronie" tablets will be plac ed rinrklrs certain buildings of in- terc-t in c?nrecron with the Ameri can forces in France. Ouilne map monuments will, ba . rected showing former positions of the American troops in the battle sectors, These monuments will be in the form of relief maps and will show in co'ored CITY: BOARD iMEETNG. " i mil sold, and authorized "Old Dick" the big black horse who has pulled r.city cart around the streets of ' Beaufort for Team" and has done service as a fire horse is to be sold. ; The horse and hs driver Sam Jones. Pigott have been a fam. Hiar sight in Beaufort for about 15 years but the horse U una i o years old and he -mut. h . ! younger successor. , At its meeting monaay tne Board of, Commission era ordered that he " be Commissioner Ford was to make the, sale. Elder W. J. Moore pastor of the Free Will Baptist church asked that a policeman be sworn Jn to prevent imsDenavior around the church. The request was granted wtft the under standing that no cost to the city result from it. On account of in firmity A. A. Lloyd was relieved of taxes for 1920 and, 1921. Commis sioner C. S. Maxwel was authorized to confer with the N. S. Agent Seth Wbbs in regard to securing gravel lor Broad street. The salary of Superintendent C. R. Manson was raised from $125 to $150 a month. The board recessed until 8:30 P. M. April l7th when bids for bonds will be opened. SENATOR LODGE Democrat will Make Special Effort to Defeat Massachu , l,tU Statesman : ST, PAUL'S WINS FIRST CAME The first match game of baseball of the season , took place at the ball park here last Friday afternoon. The contendingteams were the Oriental high school and St. Paul's. The result ing score was 14 to 12 in favor of St Paul's. The battery for' St. Paul's was Fulcher and Harrell. Tomorrow afternoon the two teams will play again, this time at Oriental. St. Paul's band will gq along and give a concert Oriental tomorrow evening. The boat for Oriental will leave at 9'clock in the morning 1 '' CATCHING BLACK FISH. THt weather for several months WASHINGTON What may' be termed the first gun jn the congress- , ional campaign , was fired in Massa. . chusetts by Senator George H. Moses, ' of New Hampshire, who opened . campaign, in that state in behalf of " the reelection of Henry Cabot Lodge to the-United States Senate. ; It is recognised in both political ' parties -that Massachusetts will ha V the scene of probably the most de termined attack of the Democratic ' forces upon the Republican position , this fall. The Democratic leaders and the Democratic publicity m'ediuma are making no attempt- to disguise " the fact that they woafd rather de feat Senator Lodge for re-election this : year than they would to accomplish .. almost any. other victory. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic Demo crats have stated they would rather ' defeat Mr. Lodge than they would to , carry the next Congress. ' , In order to leave no stone unturn- . ed in their effort to do this the'Demo- cratic organizations are preparing to ', send their most effective speakers to the 'state of Massachusetts center their organisation efforts in that state and . turn loose upon it all of their publicity. ' - The Republicans of Massachusetts, x The. Republican party leaders every- - where and the Republcan party organ- " isation cheerfully accept this chal lenge of the Democratic organization and are going to throw every ounce of their energy into the fight in sup- port of the senior senator from Mass. achusetts. .Even at this early data Republican leaders are offering Sen- '; ator Lodge ther services in his coin- ing campaign Senator Hale, of - nas Deen stormy ana onfavoraole for Maine: Wadsworth of New York. Ken- ocean 'fishing but some sea bait have caught recently. Captain Jim Ireland brought in 3000 pounds Monday and several of . the other boat in the black fish fleet have made fairly good catches this week. The season here will end about May the first ST. PAUL'S DEFEATS "SCHOOt " HICH . The Beaufort High School and the St Paul's baseball teams played a enamel battle front lines and numbers ! yesUrday. afternoon which re- 3lIiM Best speller to com 't three grades.' $5 gold piece, on by Letha Fulcher, Stacy. Pest speller to come from gram grades. $5 gold piece. Wen Mabel Holland, Bogua, . ReclUlUa ' Best recitation. Contest ether 1 or girl to com from the first grades. Ai giod plec. Won Berber Willi, S UveL f t RecltatloB. Boy or girl from immar grade of rural school. J medal. Won by Margaret Allen port . ' Recitation. Limited U one I from high KhoeL Ms com j North Rver on Tuesday and although from the 'they had no shrimp for.blt they caught pretty fair lot of.prrch, croakers and one or -two trout With proper bait and wether conditions anglers may now find considerable sport In the sounds and rivers. In the fresh water streams of this sec tion black base and perch are ail ; jta. to be biting quite freely. of American troops engtged. The face of the block toward the obser ver will show the coat of arms of the "United States of America", and will be cut in bronze. stated that his property was valued!" The idea of relief map showing at $8500.00 and that he had sold the topography of the Immediate lo- $750.00 of the property and tnai caltty is that uerson looking at the he would like to have the value re- msp can lookout over the ground and du'eed $750.00. , ' ' pick out the places where the various The matter was referred to Oie fcrces fought and be able to trace County Auditor. (what ground was either lost r gain suited in victory for St Paul's by the ho re of 0 to 2. The runs made wer as follows For St Paul', Chad wlckl Fulcher 3, Longest 1, Harrell 2," Willi 2. For the High School on run each was mad by Lewis and Congleton. - T. E. FULFORD DIES SUDDENLY. The people oi Straits neighbor hood were very much shocke Sun day to learn of the death of Mr. T. M. W. T. Pin.r came before the'. TKU i. . n. 1,1.. in nn nation i El F"ord which took plac early Board and anked for pay for thewjO, bstt!e monuments, as the mon-I th,t,morn'n ,Mr Fulford was clay taken from his land and used vmtnu which have been erected on,ouna a,M n Da By un- 'lord. on the public highway. jbattlefrenta of previous wars do BotHt h" for som dsys The matter was deferred to a later give the visitor any Information w'.lch but not Wfrdd s being serl- YACHTS CONING NORTH. For leveral weeks now th yacht Have been trotting the bar htri o rout for their northern home. from Beaufort ther tab the Inland waterway and thus avoid the danger T ceme front ny school eUing ief the deep to a conaiderab! extant t thaa evea grade of work frem all report grt many fleaa- enables him to m'suslise the move No other business appearing the menu of the troops at that puticuhr Board took, recess to meet gln!plac. For thia reason guides are at 2:00 o'clock P. M. j necessary at all sucjj place In order The Bo.rd reconvened t 2:80; to rive the visitor an adeirast Mea told piece. straits. . Dh1mUm Won by Mabel sr4 craft have been la Florida water during th Winter but la few weeks tor praetleally all of then .win 'l Declantatlo. .Limited to one .have departed. Taetday the yacht ' from each rural high acaad $S Reglna boiad for Chicago arrived 1 Hece. Won by Fred Preseett'U Ceaufort- J after arosslng the Prt ' " bar the RgWs triit tt g ' P.Uw -Ue iut of fix, but with IKU sss'stane toenerpTesenuUtetocomtlfrBj CaptaJa JakrPgel I t fisa 1 lk lrt thre grae- ef any ng smack Aaala she got Into tsar. arhooL IliO. We ll Orde Ur all Hrit Abeul Uowa thtr fschu have passed ter thi week bound fr varied aottkra porta. of Sea Level , t girls of rursl echo) - - - , v w '- . - , - r - - - -w - 1 . - J - - " ,w t4t Srw . jtarowg Ui Moaday rvtwratg it tloned the Cpsrd f CotuhlasloBere tf- frflw ti pr1sry grad lr u-rk. U call BpocUl Ceotioa U bo held Ml If art ar4 vIirj l U twh- Ine at N report pit the wl-aad o'clock P. M. with all member pres ent " Mr. J. W. Meson csm before tSe Board and tsked that th bll for medical attention for Ml -eon -who was Injured on a school truck while on her way to school be pad by th Board. Th matter was referred to the Board of Education. of th troop movement. It la planned to erect monuments t sites of former division headquar ters of American forces at fie time the division held a sector. These monument will give sketch ef th per teach division p'ayed I nth war. It la also proposed to erect an appro mAM k.iiMIt- aha f tVa Nr. mannt cemeUrits In France, in or-Jy sick. Mr. Fulford is survived by his widow and three children. He was 58 year of eg. . CAFFREY FHlLLtrS. A marriage which was surprise to all except a few of their most Inti mate friend occured last Trursdsy ator Brandgee, of Connetticut and , such Western senator as Watson of ' Indian, and Lenroot of Wisconsin have anounced their intention oe cam paigning the staU-of Mssaachuset in behalf of ,Mr Lodge. , Senator Moses, who opened th campaign in behalf of Mr. Lodge in a recent speech at Havervill, Massa chusetts, "is going to devot consider- able of his time In Senator Lodge' . horn stat. Although the Democratic party is a unit in It desire, it is not a unit in regard to method that murt be -uxed If they would 'realise ther de sires. For Instance, 'ex-Governor .' Cox, of Ohio, who cam within 7,000 00r votes of being elected president in 1920, has announced his determi- . nation of going into Massachusetts and flaying th senator -- - Mr Cox' ambition to go into Mass achuietta and Tectur the people of that stat a to their duty Is rc?arded with anxiety by many of the wiser Democratic brothers. Mr Bryan, whoie political sagacity 'is secjr.d to none in the Democratic pir y, has advised that Mr Cox stay out of Msis achusetu. Mr. Bryan Is quit aver to opening up the Uaua of the Lagu of Nation again, which he rays will . certainly be th cate In event Mr Cox attempt to carry the fight to Senator Lodge in his homo stat. Mr. Tryan is very strongly support ed in hi position by Senator WaUh, of Mataachusoita. Mr. Col cannot go Into MasMchusetta aad trck th evening when Mr. Dan Caffrey flbta1 ef Mf . hlt titi. jeae.on . Aoory i nm.pe u UafM of K.. Morehead City wer united la wed-. . i,v. ...vi .i.. vii wiwsvai siijv ava is vav nsgsjv Mr. W. L Standi County Aod.tor, 'fcic, buOding will ba housed rVlcf pr sjnaiiinVM a w w i aw ' ordered to tell th SUwart Truck. Th Board ordered thai th bill for guarding Ik Dudley ba rejected. ' Th Board ordered that T. O. flmith, lte f thUfry Iifm ba put a prabatloa. , . a..tlllv4 vbgk. fl . xxfiflvigkeq KU of Dr! Dufy . fr Autopsy, UU glit EKsrp fr l0.09 wm prewntad tatha tl Md a waaj rejected. . , ' ' ' 1 r'v v'on by Rrth Frauces ifarrVftl C1!J. ' . "'t t frss h for th fimyra Townhlp CoaeetUlat- tip ' cherries brepfht ' from fcU ed School DlstrWt for th purpoa of de. JantrVo by rsift atMsnera Sr MU.!fV(h bonds In the um4 of, $12,501 maps of all operatlocs of all Amri- eaa force daring tl.c world war. This k desirable becsun it ' I be lie red BMtt visitors wHI av neither the tiese nor th money ta vis't tnort faa a rw r the lalUefietd aad ViU b "able, by conault'ng thee saapN ta rertaia eiactly where tley wish go wlta the eat we. to of tine and era-nae. 'At this; boDdlrg there will ,f' phanteU that will gtv additional hjorrical lnraatJon oa- carnirg Ue sMveaseaU ef Amerkaa fore la franc during th WeriJ War. - ! ' , Mia Aieate Lrffers of BUalU sum. e4 thswufs towa SatsrdAy ruSPrahm City feck. Th young ceopl or nuking their bom in Beaufort where they have many friend who wish there such hap pin eaa ta their married Ufe. MAR. RJ ACE LICENSES. Register of Deed Troy Morris ha ltud wedding license ta th following couples) , , ,' v - Dan Caffrey, Beaaforf nd Audry rhlltlp, Morehead City. Andrew Nance, Bug iim and Prl M. CirthrU, Wiidweod. ' C. W. Atklneon,' KJnstan, sd ABI tvrtyu Clt Morehead City ,'A ' Ernest !-!r (col) Waycros, Ca.' and Lepra Mergaa, Meaphia, Tena Stars eaa now ba saceeWa'ly photo of Senator Walah, who, quit a cog nisant f the publie sentiment la kit stat as waa Senator Lodge, was forced to desert th Democratic party in the Senate and support th Lodj reservation ta the treaty ef Versan ti s. Th fact that Maaaachuset s turn edlsi majority sow thing oomrtMnf Hk 400,000 gauv( Mr, Cox s-.d llh Lea ru ef Natione and n favor of Mr. Lodg aad hi attiteea sUt Sena tor Walah aad other Deader Ue lead en t th ceac)aUa Chat Mr. Co te at goUg ta reader taa perty an I par ticular rvk, r do Mr. LrAz any particalar daasaga, by thmhk. g that that lsa oot egmia la th I fute. In fact 8eostv 'la la aivi rd f rm be see circle that tho- E pub ef graphed la daylight Fr Meuet tha state ft keard with great g'e B!n at lt.0 f. at--aUIladr.. 'a M, C U cesalng late the ' r m il.tO pri; . Wen trf u tve r't f t ?'orli "At, 'rd for tlJaUaanc. fUealutioa fras New Bora wher she spent Tri-(French ftrUntlt baa succeeded b pb (and thay are pvayirg that t. fafvr. Mu ttJ , 'ptg f.TtV ' WU eeaboerd. , (remtmved on peg five) dy eheplng. togrsphirg stars up I th scvent (eaatlaaed a peg f ie) 42 i 4 . , i. I
The Beaufort News (Beaufort, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 6, 1922, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75