North Carolina Newspapers

SENATORS ANSWER - BITTER ATTACKS Government Offices Jammed with Partisans Without Regard to Merit System WASHINGTON During the course of ill-temepred and intemper- ate atttacks which Democratic sena-iH. tors maae upon the President be cause of his dismissal of certain offici als connected with the United S ates Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Republican senators made some very pointed comments regarding the hy pocrisy of Democratic professions of friendship for civil servjce. Sena tor New, Republican of Indiana said: "Mr. President, I undertake to say and to attempt to justify by facts that there never was so partisan an administration as the one which clos ed on March 4th 1921. That admin istration filled up the department s here with incompetents to the paint where if acaller on business wanted to reach the head of one of the de partments he had to elbow his way through a crowd, like getting up to the ticket wagon of a circus. That was the condition in regard to te departmental offices; the appontees and the Secretary was instructed to fairly crowded each other out on a note of thankg to Mr Buck. the sidewalk. Ten thousand of them j man expressing the thanks of the have, very happily, been separated Ciub. It was voted to use the money from the service since the present ad- at once for the purchase of new ministration came in; a great many;kook more thousands pan be separated to the very great benefit of the service; and, speaking for myself, I very earn- estly hope they may be; but whether or not they shall be,I do not under take to say.". Senator Moses, Republican of New Hampshire in commenting 'upon the Democratic trades, said : ' "I want to say, apropos of the per formance that has gone on here on the floor of the Senate because of what is described as an outrage, the removal of 27 office holders, if Re publican senators eight and nine years ago had devoted their time and taken the time of the Senate in the discussion of questions of that char acter, there would ave been no leg islation whatever because we saw Demo&atlc administration come in and absolutely ravage every depart ment of the public' service. And Jtien when they had filled all the posWt offices with their selections they put over them a blanket of civil service law. I wish to say that the whole pretence in the matter about the Bu reau of Engraving and Printing is absolutely childish and ridiculous." In the course of the debaate. Sen ator Harreld, Republican of Oklaho- ma, Drougni out me ...v a I aL. AT. .4 alt mniIuv t a Jaw enacted Dy me ve-M:r.Uc cress In I9ib mere was a ininnw to the effect that appointments under the law could be - striction or liTi'itif v-t .h. e Civil service rules nouiu nut v'i . I ! 1 . 1 . It . . ...... th.t HtiHn that! t'me thousands of Democrats were in- ducted into office and then blanketed under the clvU service protection. . ?-j o.n. Nn-ric ii is rmi"-u - . -Renublican of Nebraska, to adminis-iyterday and last night, w ... r ttr the mosi acavmng .... - - . - of th. Democratic' hypocrisy in thl.(confPrred on a class of 33 c nd.d.tc. effort bv a long lamentation by Sen- . Vw Van. ator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, oepior- un, ana rew sm.. Ing the alkged prostituUon of civil! work was conferred by the degree service by the present administration uams from Washington and Golds lie read Into the record te letters -boro. A banquet was served by the written from Hitchcock's office by his ' local Odd Fellows at Centenary .r.t.r durine 1919, which Methodist church Tburlay evening as s v mw - 0 proved, ss he salL that imcncoca . . . 1 t. "believes in civil service when we Republlcsn party is la power, and he believee to the victors belong the spoils when the DemocrsU aro in con trol. The tears ho Js shedding now for th clvU service were loars-ot atone- when Wood row WUson wsl In, the White House. Ho U complain. Ing now because officials are pattlhf Desnocrats out ad.Rpublic4ns la bat when Woodrow . WUoa was in pewer 44 keforo t eolloagiio'i ro-. atortiea U the Senate was so close at kasd ko was depundlng thst De SMcratls politicians be placed In offtce aad that tU Civil Service Common Wald be fccrspd.., Bsaator Nerrls nMciBe charges a4 ote4 let- ten sb4 sWwwantt wrltto by '.: ... .1 l nrtrr 'in-sHrrr tVet he was spaila saart tbo soost ataggented typo during tk Demo raUc aemilatrotoo. . , Senator Rlufceeik Ut'WTnplf wWetever to Senator Norrie tpetth, wkUk eaossd a sensation l to ANNUAL MEETING OF . BEAUFORT COMMUNITY CLUB At the annual, meeting of the Com munity Club- Thursday afternoon n w t.r i ,M, j President for th epast year, was re elected. Other officers elected were: Vice President, Mrs. M. L. Davis, Recording Secretary Mrs. .Jf. A. Hornadqy, Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. U. E. Swann, Treasurer. Mrs. C. Jones. Chairman of Civic De. pnrtment, Mrs. W. W. Shaw, Chair man of Health Department, Mrs. Murray Thomas,, Ghairman of Music Department Mrs. Joseph House. , The Treasurer made her annual report, reporting total rece'pts of $503.20, total disbursements $194.57, leaving a balance of $308.63. Of the receipts $106.25 was reported by the Music Department, $109.12 by the Ways and Means Committee and $14.28 by the Civic Department. The splendid .annual reports of these de partments will be published in full at an early date. Mrs. Bayard Taylor stated that $50.00 of the amount reported by the Ways and Means Committee was contributed by Mr. C. C. Buckman of Baltimore to be used for the ben efit of the Community Library. This generous gift was much appreciated, The President reported the Libra ry was ready for use and urged the members (lo take out membership cards whjch were ony lL00 a year It was also announced that the Travelling Library had arrived and thai any cStizen of eBaufbrt wta entitled to the use of it without cost. Two cthe'r gifts were reported one from the Town Commissioners to be used for some premanent town improvement, and one of $34.75 from the Chautauqua Association of last year. Delegates to the annual meeting of the State Federat'on which meets in Greensboro in May were elected. By virtuere of the office as President Mrs. Lay will be sent by the Cub. Mrs. F. R Seeley and Mrs. H. M. Hendrjx 'were the other delegates elected with Mrs. H, L. Potter and Mrs. Joseph House as alternates. - if wM Voted to -allow Mis. Lottie Sanders as chairman of the Entertain ment Committee the sum of $10.00 for buying necessary equipment for the social features of the Club. At the close of the business ses sion a deusant social period was spent, the Club members being ser ved tea and wafers by the Entertain- , ment Conunittce. . Corresponding Secretary FELLOWS MET ; NEW BERN ist-w U-k. n u. April -The j Odd Fellows of New Bern were hosts 'to the members of the order in this ; section at a degree demonstration and District Convention hfld nere heathe uuillianx, r i rm i'isiiirnrT vinrnMn 1 ,11 v. rvin from Baufort,Morehead City, Kins- C. L. Abernethy as toastmaster. Tae profjram at the banquet Included brief addresses by Grand Master L W. Moore, of Wilmington; Deputy Grand Master W. B, Coppedjs of Hocklnharo: Grand Secretory John D. Berry of Raleigh and Grand Marshal S. L. Wkltmore, of Greensboro and special musk by Mrs. Msry Corbell Pool. " ' The Grand Lodge of North Caro lina held a special oeaaioa aero yo- unUv. and several Past Grands re- cclvsd the Grand Lodge and Fast Grands degrees. . . ' v t Arrangrmento were mode to oid anotker Dogreo DesnonsciUoa at Klnstda. Tuesday, Jooe tk, Tka next aessioa of .tko Fourtk District CoaveutleU will k beW ta MortUad City m Aoffi '. , ato kecauae of kls terilftc arralngn sseat of Ws Nebraska oollg jo. . No spot In New Zealaad Is more than 75 miles from the sea. ESTABLISH MANY ' HIGH SCHOOLS Every founty In North Caroli na Will Have At Ltast -High School. . RALEIGH, Apr.lOth An epoch was marked in the educational de velopment of North Carolina when, Saturday afternoon, the State Board of Education appropriated $54,850 to aid in establishing standard four- year high schools in rural districts in counties which have not had such schools heretofore, thus assuring a standard high school for every coun ty n North Carolina. j , At the close of the last shooj year there were 28 counties in the State in which there was not a high school of standard grade. All of these 28 counties will be enabled to main tan such a school through the action of the Board of Educaton, and in addition there . wwill be established 15 other high schools in the rural heretofore had a high school of stand ard grade outside of the towns of these counties. "' This act of the board is made'pos sible by a law enacted, by the last General Assembly, and the 'appro priation to the schools that will be affected' will range from $500 to $1250, the later figure being appro priated in most instances. A Jiigh school of standard grade must main tain at least an eight-months term, have three teachers devoting their whole time to high school instruc tion, and have an average attend ance in the high school department of not less than 45 pupils. . The developement of high schools within the State during the past two1 years has been most, encouraging. The enrollment in the high school department in 1920 was $0,868, while the enrollment foT the present term is 42,316, an increase of nearly 50 per cent in attendance. North Car olina' has heretofore been alroort at the bottom of the list of the states in providing high school advantages. Through this new aid from the State however, the growth of county high schools will soon place them on a plane with those of other states, making the opportunities' of high sehool education, vat home available to a much larger percenUge of the school population of the State., The remarkable growm ox con,t ,..- .h,p C0DRi(jMUan $450. . schools in North Carolina is regarded" ,g p as one of the grea!e.t achievements . M,rrimon t)Wjl. for educstion in the past several conidenltioni $1500 years. I Alexander Fereman to C B. Fore- The counties which wtfl n"jItc' man lot 30 In west Beaufort, Gal have at least one standard h'8n ianU roin. school as a result of the action of j SmaJ1 and wlf- - A? the Board of Education are as fol- 0,sby 262 ,cre, , Ntwport town lows: 'ship, consideration $2000. Alexandria, Alleghany, Ashe. Ber-t Mn Marth K Smlth ,nd ha4. tic, Bladen, Brunswick. Camden, Car - rituck, Dare, Davis, Davie, Franklin, teret, Caswell, Chatham, Clsy, Cur - Gates, Graham, Gfanville, Qreene, Haywood, Hyde, Jones, uenoir, con, Madison, Mcuoweii, ! Mnntr,.mrv. Onslow. Pamlico, Te. - -"" '' B..m! quimans, rerson, -v- Rockingham, Stokes, awain. r-..-- I whlnfton, Yadkin, 1 - - Ys;ey. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SETS DATES FOR CAMPAIGN lThe sUte board of elections tod.y announced Its calendar for the 1923 primary ana election. , Anril LI is for meeting of ciunty boerds of elecUon and appolntmtnt of registrars and pudges of election; April 21 U the expiration 01 wm. for f notkee of candidacies: April 17 Ua registration books open, and Msy 10 they dose, and tbU U likewise the last day for county csa dklsUt and suU senators to ftjo notlors of candidacy, May X u last da for ftUng statement of caos--aurn exponses, Jont I ts t) pri- palgn expenses. snsryn LEWIS HAMILTON , Mr. Warden Uh Mlao Sadie Kamlltoa or Sea Uvel were poletly marrlod at tho kot0 of Mr. d Mrs. W. W. Lewis Wednesday afuraoon, TVs eereooy was prof owed, by 4e Rev. W. W. Lrwt. Only t t Hoaos Were present to witness tka occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis re toned to their kome at Sea Uvel Thursday. L. A. GARNER IS DEAD. The information reached the News today that Mr. L. A. Garner a form er resident of Beaufort died on the 6th of April at Hallsville where he has made his home since January 1919. Mr. Garner was 70 years of age. The cause of the death was due to the effect of influenza which he had some time ago. He is survived by his widow, a daughter Mrs. S. F. Brinson of Ocean and a son C. L. Gamer of Washington, D. C. Mr. uarner lived in Beaufort 26 years and was Clerk tf the Superior court here 13 years. He was hiehlv es teemed in Beaufort and has many friends and acquaintances who were distressed to learn of his passing away. ' " " MARRIAGE LICENSES. Register of Deeds Troy Morris has issued permits to wed to the fillow ing couples:- Ivey Mason and Leonda Bullock of Atlantic Gustan . Johnson and Nellie New- kirk of Eeaufort.'. ' Warden Lewis and Sadie Hamil ton of Sea Level. . , NEWKIRK JOHNSON Last Saturday night a weddinir of much interest and " surprise took place at the home of Reverend Har ry A. Day when Miss Nellie Newkirk and Gustav Johnson was Joined in wedlock. Miss Newkirk is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur New kirk of Beaufort Mr. Johnson is a native of Sweeden and has many friends here who wish them a happy life. REAL ESTATE ERANSFERS. ' - The following deeds have been re corded at the office of the Register of Deeds: , V . Bank of Morehead City, mortgage to C. B. Daniels, 1 lot in the Oak smith subdvision, consideration $100. J. A. Speai to W. R. Wade, lot in block 109, Morehead City considera tion $900. E. H Gorham trustee to W. J. Hales lot 9 in block 23 MoC&ead City, consideration $100. Joseph W. Finer, to Elijah Finer 8 12 acres in Smyrna towm hip, con sideration $100. ..Manly F. Springle to Fred and Liz. tie Stewart, 20 acres adjoining the' 'land of Frank Suggs, Beaufort town , d A Dunanty lot In . Cjty lownhip( con,idcr,tion $200. j Joh u Robinson and wife tto ,Ua1I w peiliUer 2 1-4 anes in WJ.J!eoak township. conlderCion. , u, 0 c. ia w R ,.,............- .. - - Every .4 acrt jn Cedar Island town fon,jderitjon tyo ,''P. " DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. ; coonty conttntion of . the j Deroocr,Uc p., wU, b, heta Beaufort Saturday In the county ' ttttrthonae. The principal business ;o coBvtntion win be to nominate delegates for the State convention which meets In Ra'e'igb on April 10, Of coune any other buines whch j the convention may wUh to Uansact wiH be token up; as to whathet tho convention will endorse candidates for any of the county ftVee the News Is pot advised. SEWERACX WORKMS HttI . JteprmnUtWes of the firw of i . MiCrary Co of Atlanta kate ar. rived here and aro getting reedy to start active eperetJeas oa the sewer ad water bnsa. Tkeso wia are here are L R. Bodnett, soptrlntoft deet. Iwy 11. Sssllk, tngiMer 1 Vsk. Aaotla forooiaa. OUker, raea wlJI be kere and k aamUr of local sum will bo omployed on tlo Work TVs tneUTkiMinctt this week Is gvt- .1.- ...1. ..J -,.lrUli tarvtaev andlMM riaallv osiof taUag castor, doing of-er preliminary workJ Nost'efl if they bad to sneak Into a Wk weak, la all probability, tto Jlrt ..... - . if a will begin t 8 l-n esme t. ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL "STAGS PUT ANOTHER ON ORIENTAL. . (Contributed) . j On Fridav A nril 7t.h the" Rt. .Paul's School band and baseball team went ' to Orjental. : ; :.. ' - As the weather was bad all day, the Base Bali Game was postponed until Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock. . The band gave a concert Friday night which was enjoyed by all who heard it Saturday morning the game was played and the S. P. S. boys worked the best yet.' Bateries: Beaufort, i Harrell, Fulcher. Oriental; ' Nelson, ' Bookin. , ; - Fulcher fanned the first 0 . out of eleven that faced him And fanned 18 men in the game. - One error was made At the beginning of the seventh inning the score was 70 and Oriental was finally defeated by a score of 9 to 1. , . v i All of the boys enjoyed -their visit to Oriental and were treated with the greatest hospitality, while there. , Taylor scored . the run made by Oriental. The runs scored for Beaufort were as follows: ' Skarren 3, Harrell 2, Longest 1, Chadwick 1, Willis 1. The game was played in an hour and 20 minutes. The feature of the game was two excellent catches; one by Skarren and one by . Willis. BOARD DECIDES TO ' COMPLETE &EWER. LINES A special meeting of the board of commissioners of the town of Beau fort was held Monday evening at the City Hall for the purpose of con sidering a petition of citizens in re gard to the proposed bond issue for sewers and water. . The petitioners asked that an election be called for the purpose- of deciding .whether the bonds should be issued or not.' The board refused to grant . the petition on the ground that it was not legal in the first place because the law requires 25 per cent of reg istered voters which the petition did not have. Besides this when, the mat ter was first discussed months ago there was no opposition to the bonds and on the contrary the Chamber of Commerce and many Individuals bad urged that the work be done. There are 937 registered voters . on the here and the petition had only 195 names on them-whkh'to a 'per nL After a considerable discussion of the matter the board adopted a reso lution which sets forth their opinion as to the bond issue and then ad journed. CORRECTION SCHOOL RETORT In the account of the county edm- mencement In last .week's Issue of i 1 1 the News an error was u. r- I ..tn .. nricM awarded. II! , , . i should hsve read rrjze ior speller a goiu piece, ir . SdiooU. won by Annie Cuthris, Eeaufort. A $5 gold piece given for the best recitation from the I" ' mart grades was won by Charles , - , t umicoh CONGRESSMAN BR. N SON UN Much regret has Wen expressed j in Besufort by reason of the - that Congressman S. M. Brinson had returned to New Bern on account of i serious Ulness. air. t,nnon rTi" ! there last Saturday and was taken at once to a hospital, ine report reaching Beaufort aro that k's con dition la crfUcaL Last Wln'.er Mr. RrtHann krvmt eondderablo time in ' ' -r- ' , ... 1 - in a sanitarium. At one lime health' seemed consMerakry bettor and ke was able to resume kls duties lAConrssa. HU recent roUpee was a considerable, shock to ate '-" and admirers.' CONCRESSMAN MU1 OH DtAD Since tka above was pat Into typ tke News learns that Coagresssnan Brlnseo dtod thk ssoralndj at tke hospital at wkero ko kas keoa since kls return to No Bera. aontrlbuterwrHco: "Mea aro ao preverso thst rasa sore Uy . itoor from dirty alley oa Sunday rnlng to H."'to Trt6UF a kospltal and recently ko has beenjnr w po n the office of HARMONY EXISTS AT CONVENTION Republican ' Gathering - Last . . i-,''"; Saturday Heard Enthusiasm t ' tic Speeches Predicting , V :r : . JvS Success. ' -Mi' Carteret, county' Republ'cans held , an enthusiastic and harmonious con vention here , last Saturday, The ? " meeting began at noon and was held in the county courthouse. The prin- ' cipal business transacted was selecting i -3 delegates and alternates to the ' State, convention and the passage of several resolutions - and endorsing several persons for ; certain offices. The meeting was called to order J at 12:30 o'klock by Chairman C. H. , Wade, A. L, Wilson of Newport and , W G. Mebane were the secretaries-- . of the meeting, V. , ' ; ' A committee . composed of C. R. WheaUy O. B. Willis and C. G. Gas- ' kill was nominated to suggest a list of names for delegates and alternates. This list was presented and accept, ed by the convention with the amend.'?. ment added that any. Republican who -might wish to attend the State con. ' vention should be considered a del- egate. , , '.. .j , . , ' . The convention passed resolutions. , " endorsing John : M. , Morehead for ' National committeeman, ). W. Hill for Congressional nominee, , W. G. Mebane for. secretary of the Stat executive committee, D. M. Jones for. House of Representatives, A, L. Wil son for U. ,S, Marshal, V. B. Rous for postmaster . at v New 4 Bern. , ' A . resolution was . also - passed endors-, ing the national administration, tha State organization and the county ad ministration. : , : 'j .1 ", , , . In response to calls the conven tion was addressed by C. R. Wheatly, E. Walter Hill, J. F. Duncan and W, t G. Duncan. The speakers praised , the arhievmenta of the county and ' ' national administration and predict. ed a big republican victory in fo-. vember. ' . , , ; . - The delerates chosen for the State ' convention were also namd for the congressional, judicial and senatorial , -conventions. The . following named ' are the delegates and alternates: ; ' . DeUgatos , .Wlnfield Haskett, A. L, Wilson,. f t T7t.... V IT I...t1 l.Juul Gillikin, C. H. Wade, W. G Mebane,. C. R. Manson. T. .W. Nelson. James Daniels, W. O. Noe, K. R. Hsrdesty, E. F. Carrsway, E.H? Davis,. L.""' Murply, John Willis, W. I. WUlia,; nicnara roarie, vnTtunu Dora' Merrill, C. G. Taylor, J. L.' ' ' J' W. W, Chad wick, U1D wiuis, a W. nUl, A. T. Gardner, Leon Rice, W. D. Allen, J. S. Whitenurst, Den- w.tM. R,., willi. Remain . . ... . Gaikilh Geo. A. wuiis, w. 1. wnus, p Duncn c D Jcnt w A... Msec. Stephen Harris, Jacob Fine-,' John Duncan, J, A. Small, Walter Smith, Leslie Styron, John H. Mason, REPUBLICAN CONVENTON WINSTON SALEM. N. C. Apr.,11 1922 The Republidan Convention here to day was Nrg t,enthuistlc sd well attended. Chas. iA. Reynolds WM tlectj NaUonal CommltU.msn .and w Q Br,mhm SUU Chairman. c Vas barmonoos and confident of big gains l November. FIRE LOSS FOR JANUARY The fire loss ta North Carolina, during the moatk of January, aecord- 1 yui j nturanct Commissioner Sucey w. Wadf aggVefated, $1,080450 against 0j ow for the peeoeediag aaonth j - jwraber, and f 17.000 for tha ;wrwpoeendlng snontk of Jaansry 1921. One snBllnon loss per snotH kas Wen recorded before but Cv rnlssloner" Wsde; uWt Recall a.y sack (ire lot. for W executive MMths, afa overage dPy ' loss of $55,000 for ap long a period os 0 days. Tka largest lees before re corded for any aae sneatk wss A pill. 1921, $U4.07a, aJlkoark Comm sioner Wade ttotea that one mi!:: af that was awe lumber fire nr v. p,nrUm, The forme kalaer's palee la Ftr- fa been tied at a movie stoJio ilnca the wsr oaded.