OL.XI
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, MAY, 11, 1922.
NUMBER SEVENTEEN. :
ETERANS; BUREAU
TAKES HOSPITALS
VII Hospitalization Work Now
' Under Direction of Veter
an' Bureau
- WASHINGTON The final step in
consolidation of all government vet
eran relief agencies under one head
, v taken in the executive order
MCmed hv President TTavtinr A-I1
29th which transfers from the United
States Public Health Service to the
United States Veterans' Bureau all
hnftnitalci rurinor tn tioohlwl
. War veterans. The transfer was ef
-- m a a . i . . . .
iectea unaer we autnoritv contained
in Section 9 of the Sweet pill, enact-
ea Dy tius congress.
Y The order affectg 57 hospitals now
in operation one purveying depot and
nine hospitals under construction
The istitutions are scattered among 2
states and include such well known
hospitals as Fox Hills, New York, and
he Edward Hines, Jr.,' Hospital, at
1 aywood Illinois, as well As several
econverted camps. All facilities,
roperty and equipment -in these hos
pitals are transferred to the Veterans
3ureau. The commissioned perssone
ael of the United States Public Health
Service on duty in these hospitals
will be detailed by the Surgeon Gen.
era! of the Publi Health Service, who
arc paid out of Veterans' Bureau
funds, will be transferred and given
appointment in the Veterans' Bureau.
' The umber of bedsin the hospitals
thus taken over is 17,000. Approx-199
imately 13,000 patients arenow under !
treatment therein.
J Coincident with this transfer of
hospitals has been the passage by
Congress of the Langley bill and its
.approval by the President, carrying
1 an appropriation of $17,000,OOQ for
the construction of aditional hospitals
facilities. Thia is the third hospi
tal appropriation made by the Con.
Crest since the war; $9,050,000 was
appropriated on March 3, 1919, and
118,600,000 on March 4,1921, which
, with the present appropriation and
three deficiency acta makesa total
Of $46,145,000 for ' hospitals. The
latest appropriation was made in or
der to enable theVeterans Bureau
to care for all pationtain institutions
owned supervised and managed by the
government
The chief dissatisfaction
among the veterans has been the con
tract institutions whiqh the. bureau,
through inadequate resources of its
own, was obliged to utilize. .With the
passing of the contract instituton it
will be possible to standardise the
care of all the 30,774 psttents'now
, under the bureau's jurisdiction. That
the former crowded conditions ef yet
ran hospitals has been effectively
relieved since the organisation of the
Veterans' Bureiu is evidenced by v.e
records of the bureau that there ia . luluirga ana macninery, was soiu at
now a surplus of 7.000 beds in bureau j the courthouse door Monday to satis
kn.nitl. The additional soace is re- fy claims of creditors. There were
quired however, for
cart of the 2,893 tuberculosis and
4,236 neuro-piychiatric patients now
being treated in outside institutions.
Th consolidation of the Public
Health Service honpitala under the:another sale will be ordered.
Veterans' Bureau completes the un-i
Ideation of veteran relief agencies jEawerth Lmim Set fr May 141k.
which has been the constant aim 01
the present administration, and which
was made possible by the Sweet law.
ThVTlard ngminUtUon enuVed
- . 7. . -
:!7L.fcrL;:
'SI V.: veteran; under theory a. Young People. Day. with
.
Old system, was oblged to pass thru
the red tape of the United State
Public Health Service for his hospital
isation, the Federal Board for Voca
tional Education for his rehabilita
tion, and the War Risk lasuranco Bu
roea for his cobpensaUoa.. As a re.
suit, the whole service waa clogged
with delays.
Under the present system, with all
agencies centralised in the United
BUtee Veterans Bureau, red tape
has Uen eliminated delays reduced to
a aalolmum, and every fort ass boon
made to make relief ef and aVatt
able to every aeody veteran. Finally,
Ue eonsoUdatkHi of the hospital aer.
tic of the bama wM maht It P-
alhl to bring a merged efficiency Iff
ta that kott dlfleult branch of th?
teViran relief adanlnletraUoa. '
Mr. W, T. Davfs Newtert yU a
fciulnets vlsi'.a ert TocmIsji
APRIL WEATHR; REPORT.
, April did not live up to its repute-,
tion for showers thia year.
According to the report of Weather
Observer Chas. Hatsell there were
only 3.20 inches, of rainfall for the
month. There were 19 clear days,
4 partly cloudy and 7 cloudy ones.
The warmest weather was about the
middle of the month when, the tern
maximum and miniudo..U
perature reached 76 . degrees. The
maximum and minimum temperature
Was as follows. . v
Date Max,
1 .!..-. -72
2 69
8 64
4 70
5. ;.L.-67
Min.
60
45
48
67
65
.65
65
60
64
65
65
63
60
65
67
61
62
66
64
60
49
6.
65
65
7.
8
9
10.
11. -
12.
13
70
.75
. .73
75
- 75
73
.-- 741
76
. ..76'
74
76
76
70
69
65
63
63
... 65
...70
14. ..
15.
16.
17.
18. ..
19.
20. ..
21. ..
22. -
55
48
44
43
60
63
48
46
45
23. ..
24. .
25. -
26. ..
27 75
28. 67
52
30 67
CANDIDATES GETTING BUSY.
Mr. E. G.: Eobbs of Ciinton was
here Tuesday in the interest of his
father's candi4cy for the , Demo
cratic nomination fro Congress. Mr.
Samuel H. Hobbs who is the eandU
date, is basing his claims mainly
upon his interest in matters that are
of special concern to farmers. The
News understands that he expects
to make a speech in Beaufort at an
early date. On Tuesday he epeoke
to a good crowd in Balboro. Another
candidate Mr. Matt Allen of Goldsbo-
ro spoke here yesterday but not on
political subjects, his address hav
ing been undr . th aeoBro
ing been under the auspices of the
Daughters of the Confederacy. The
Honorable. Chas. L. Abernethy made
a speech in Atlantic at a school
commencement last week and it is
understood that his friends are ac
tive in hia behalf.
COOPERAGE PLANTSOLD.
The plant of the Beaufort Cooper
age Company which embraces land.
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to buy, This is In addition to
for 8100. This sale is subject to conflr
. . .. ... ... .
mation by tne coun ana in cae
5 percent r.U. 1. made in ten d.y.
,5 percent
In crmmeration of the 12nd anni
versary of the organization of Ep
Leagu
I Episcopal Church. South, May 14 will
throughout eoun -
. ...i.u
view of organising Epworth League
chapter In every church where such
an organisation does not exist. It
is expected that all of the 6500 chap
ters will observe the day and that
an, offering will be made bor Leag
ue Extension., On Toung People's
Day last year th League chapters
reported $3,000 raited for Letgue ex.
tension. , :
Th' formation of Epworth Leaf
um wm authorised by the general
conference of 1190 which , met In
8. Louts, and as staled by the au
thorisation, the pew errmnlsalios) waa
for th "promotion of piety and
loyalty to th Church anog. th
Young 'PeepU. ",
Tho genera subject for Youg
reople'a Day on (to anniversary ah.
Mrranca, Mty II, a anaouncad by
Ralph E. Notlner , of th gvaeral Ep
worth League board at NahvUle,
Teaa k How we , c w. ha'p ,th
Cturth and hew the Churth fan
build vp a League."
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Th following realty transactions
have been recorded: , v- '
Jast'l. Mason and wife to Vernon
Mason 1 1-2 acres in Hunting Quart '
township, consideration $10. -. ." ;
Ivy B Willis and others to Jas, M.
Kirman 35 acres in Smyrna township
consideration $4000 '
H. C. Jones and wife to J.es. V.
Caffrey lot 47 old tewn, eBaufot,
consideration $400. ,,'; ." t
R. Felton and wife to Summie
Smith piece of land in Beaufort. town
ship consideration $5.
Wm. J. Peartree and wife to Isaac
T. Noe part lot 162 old town, Beau
fort consideration $800.
W. H.Whealton and wife to Geo.
T. Whealton 1-4 acre in Morehead
township, conaidration $50.
Thos. R. and Jos. Pigott to Jas.
C. Rodwick 5 acres in Straits town
ship.- . ' ; : v
Y. W. and J. C. Gaskill to Jas C,
Rodwick 3 acres in Straits township,
J. F Morris and others to Dan
Morris 2 acres in Hunting Quarter
township, consderation $550.
Wm." L. Smith and wife to Isaah
D. Smith 3 acres in Smyrna town
ship, Consideration $10.
Henry C. Roberson and wife to
J. B. Killingsworth 2 acres in Smyr
na township, consideration $2Q00.
J. M. Dickinson and others to
Clarence Simpson part lot 48 in New
town, Beaufort.
1 Jas. B. Smith and wife to Joanna
Taylor 10 acres in Beaufort town
ship, consideartion $10.
E. H. Gorham and wife to Nettie
Lee Parker lots 5 and 11, Morehead
City, consideration $500
Cape Lookout Development Co. to
Jas. E. Gaskill tract of land in White
Oak township, consideration $10
John A. Day and wife to T. L
Goodwin 2 acres, in Cedar Island
township, consideraton $1.00.
Albert E. Day to T. L. Goodwin
2 acres ia Cedar Island township
consideration $10.
MAR.1IACE LICENSES.
Register of Deeds Troy Morris has
granted permits to wed to the fol
lowing named couples:
Ulmont Rose and Blanche Gaskill,
Sea Level. Alonsa D. Brinson, of
of Oriental, and Daisy Nobles of Lu
kins; A) van Leon Nance, New Bern
and Effie Alice Willis of Beaufort.
SOME RETAIL PRICES
SHOW CONSIDERABLE DECLINE.
Ra!e!eh. N. C. May 4. 1922 The
chief of. our agricultural industry
Secretary Wallace, Is greatly Inter
estcd in the trend 01 farming ecu
vities, plantings productons, aind
prces. Those statistics are essential
to him in order that he may sise up
He has requested oC the State
situations and plan accordingly,
crop statisticians, a .quarterly price
report on the - things that farmers
that f"m-
era rat for the r cods they produce,
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re
port for May 1st, offers very inter
esting comparisons with a year ago.
Those articles showing the grettett
decline were rope $5 per ent):
calico (27 per cent); and overalls
(24 per cent). Th things hav
ing the least decline were gasoline
engines (none), most of the hard
wares and fruit Jars (5 per cent).
.TheaveragedecimeofreUllprlcesof
aj artlc, for . p,rU
ef North
.
Carolina waa twelve (12) per cent.
Th price of farm products fell
with sudden and long drop two year
aro while th manufacture red artic
les bv declined slowly. That is the
difference between regulated and In.
Ulligent Industrial management and
th fanner plan wher each producer
unwisely thinks h can compete with
other In th marketing of erep
Th buyer I wis to both trends and
th 'farmer' weekneeae or lark of
Crop report eeold help oar crop
producer more than any other dees,
if the yweuld but rtody them eao-
fttltf -and determln t trends f
apply and demand,
. ; Co-opretiv qtatistlcUa.
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: MOTHERS DAY
Sunday le Mothers' Day and aU
who attend th services wUl be.pro
ony ted with a r. '
' Ifsrry A. Day
' " ror First Baptist Ourch
MEMORIAL DAY
OBSERVED HERE
Solemn and Imposing Ceremo
nies Conducted In Honor
of Confederate' Dead
Exercises in memory of the Con
federate dead, under the auspices of
of the Daughters of the Confederacy,
were observed here yesterday. A
crowd that completely filled the covin.'
ty court room was present and gave
its undivided atention to the speeches
and music.
The exercises began with music
by St. Paul's band after which the
procession headed by Confederate
veterans, followed by the local chap
ter of the Daughters of the. Confed
eracy and school . children entered
the building. Superintendent C. W,
Pittman who made the announce
ments invited Dr. G. W. Lay to make
the invocation. This was followed
by the well known song "How Firm
a Foundation'' sung by the Daughters
the .school and quartette, Lieuten
ant E. W. Hill-next introduced the
orator of the day Honorable Matt
H. Allen of Goldsboro. Mr. Hill
ppaid a short but -eloquent tribute
to the men who wore the gray and
said it was very fitting that the speak
er of the occasion should be a man
who himself fought for his coun.
try in the Great war of recent days.
Major Allen who is a speaker of
ability, first paid a tribute to the
American soldiers in the war with
Germany. His speech which he read
from manuscript was devoted main
ly to a sketch of Jef erson , Davis
whom he pronounced a "Soldier, hero,
statesman and American." He said
that the Confederate statesman had
been bitterly assailed at times but
that he was a man of noble character
arid lofty ideals and. that in the cours"
if tmc his worth would be general!
recognised.' Major AJlen's speech
waaJiatened to attentively and gener
ocsly applauded. ' ' V
At the conclusion of Major Allen's
sneech a nuartette composed 01
Messrs M. Leslie Davis, Graydon
Paul, U. E. Swann and H: A: Day
r -1
sang "Remember Me 0 Mighty One."
Mr. Davis then on behalf of Mr. W
S. Chadwkk presented a handsome
Confederate flag to the Graded School
which was accepted with appropriate
remarVs by Superintendent Pittman.
The next number was a besutiful
solo by Mrs. Bayard Taylor "Th
Stars and Bars."
The entire audience joined in sing,
ing the Old North State and then in
the march to Live Oak cemetery
where accompanied by band music
the Daughters laid wreathes of flow
ers upon the graves of the departed
Confedrates. The other cemeteries
were visited and all of th grave of
veterans 49 in number were decorat
ed. THt POTATO SITUATION.
According to quotations sent In
by the Federal Agricultural depirU
ment Irih poUtoes.sre selling in
New York at $6 to $7 a bsrrel.
These Dotetoe come from Florlds
and it Is raid the crop there U about
three fourths sold, Sme reports
that reach here state that the eastern
ishore of Virginia crop Ha a week or
so late this year which condition s,to th. Seniors, to which the Seniors I you an4 tn. Junior and Senior classes
due to the rainy weather about plant- j replied. "Tls a Long Way to Gradua-. to eomt w oir to m n
in rtlme. Th crop in this sec-jtion" sung to the tun of Tlpperary. or 0f u,, gior,, Jt will be at tha
tion will probably be considerably This was followed by a delicious
ahorter than usual owing to the fct..u1er, served by the "Sophs. After
that the stand generally speaking l ,oppr, served by the Sophs After
not good. The potatoes that did jow, V(r tosited, and all went for
come up however ere looama wwi...
They have bee.i on sale on the lo -
eal market now for ten days and it
will not be a great while before
regular digging will begin:
MR NANCE
AND MISS
, WED '
WILLIS
Last Satorday evening at the home
f the bride Mis E1B Alic Willis
and Mr. Alvah L Nanc ef New Bern
were aa'tod In marriag. Xevereod
Harry A.. Day perfomed th nojtil
ceemo'iy M U pesene i a iewtiio New 1 asa au owner pi pnvaie
friends and relative., Th bride a
a daeghur if Mr and Mr, pavtd
Willi of teaafol and le well keewn
and popular I ere. Mr. Parte I
trpteyed on ii dredge boat Crwatea
aad at preaoat f nryly married eosv
pte wUl meJi thr hoeaa In New
Bern.
NEWS HAPPENINGS
OF LOCAL INTEREST
The job ' of extending the sewer
lines in Beaufort is going ahead at
a satisfactory rate. Two forces are
at work, one on Cedar and the other
on Turner street and considerable
pipe has been laid. After the sew
er lines are put in place other crews
will put down ' water lines on such
streets as have no water connections
at present. If the town commission
ers desire it a part otthe sewer lines
can be put to use before a great
while Without waiting for the entire
system to be finished.
'. The yacht Betty R. which went
ashore last Friday morning at 2:30
o'clock while trying' to get into the
harbor, will be hauled out for re
pairs probably tomorrow at Morehead
City. An. insuance adjuster who
came , here . to look after the boat
thinks that she was not damaged
much, her rudder having been twisted
and some railing around the deck
broken off..- The yacht cost about
$50,000 and belongs to E. C. Crossett
of JlewJYork, The yacht was pulled
off the shoal by the fishing boats Bal-
sterand Elizabeth and got in the har
bor Friday' afternoon.
A nice eaten 01 blue fish was
brought to the market her Wednes
day by Mart and .Thomas Lewis' of
Harker'a Island' ."There were 2250
pounds of fish which were caught off
Diamond Shoals. The catch brought
the fishermen the neat sum of $337. '
Several fishing smacks from Beau
fort will fish' along the Jersey coast
this Summer and return here for the
sea bass fishing next Fall. The latest
boat of this type is the Margaret be
longing tO'J.H. Dill who also owns
the Johnlse. The Alice owned by
W. V, Bt Potter and commanded by
Captain Tom Nelson has been lit com
mission ' a few weeks. These- boats
as well a others- were buffi in Beau
fort and are good stout, seaworthy
craft weTl Suited" for ; deep aaaah,
Ing. ' 1
BasebeJl teams representing St
Paul' school and Strait. High school
played a game at the local, park yes
terday. Th New did not have a
representative . present but under,
stands that a disput took place In
the eight Inning and that the Strait
team left th field. According to re
port th score stood S to 8 at that
tim. St. Paul' claim that th gam
was forfeited to them while we un
derstand that Strait claim they won.
The New knows nothing about th
merit of th controversy.
SQPHMORE ENTERTAINS
(Contributed)
Mondsy afternoon the Sophmore
class of the Beaufort High School
entertained In honor of the "Sen
iors" At six o'clock the two classes and
the teachers asoembled on the front
campus. Here the trucks and car
were waiting to take them' ta the
place selected for the camp supper.
After a six mile ride the cars were
topped at an ideal camping ipot, on
;th west side pf th North Riven' ncut Engllah lesson a knock at th
j bridge. Then a big camp fire wa1, fcterrupted the cUsa. A aotet
. built, around which th merry crowd ; WM d.i,tMKi to Mrs. Chadwkk which
jr,thered. Th Sophmores sang songs
t 1 on wi nut, in.ui mwi
'igbL
At nine o'clock the return trip wasj
tajetartd. ,
It wa a delightful party .and the
Senior and th teachers think Umt
th Soph meres make charming host.
CLEANING UP CEMETERY.
Oeeaa View Cemetery has beta
thorowbly cleaaed p and l new In
presentab) ahap eicept for m it
tha privaU lota. President H. D.
Nerve w of the association 4er
lot who have not already 'n e
ta have theif lata cleaned up m or
der that th cemetery a a whet
may present a reepevUUa appaaraaca
Capt Ceo, Smith left Monday for
Chariest where ho wills p-od sev '
oral day.
DR. P. B. LOFTIN
DIED YESTERDAY
Pitting of Well: Known And"
Popular Physician Brina,
Regret To Majiy'S i
Beaufort iJat one 'of it best citi
zens yesterday when Dr. , Preston
Brooks Loftin passed away after an
illlrfesa of about thr months. Dr. '
LoftW death' which waa caused hy '
cancer, poccured yesterday morning ;
at 1 :30 o'clock. For several' weeks '
past he has been very ill and his
death was expected at , almost " any
time ' He was 64 year of as-.
". Dr. Loftin was a natv of Wayno .
county but had lived in Beaufort for
a number of years and was known
by a great many people not only In !
Beaufort but all over the c6unty and
wa thoroughly respected and liked '
ujr ujciii. was a puouc spiriiea
And infAfrMtaatirtt man Im k(. tl .-
" - f.v,VMHIH UIU1I uiD IUCH
was always interested . in such mat.
ters as education, health and better
living con ditionSi r Ha wa a devout r
member, of. the Methodist Episcopal
church. - ,; ..''; ; ' 'i . m' . .- ',
-xne deceased is survived by Mrs.
Loftin, a daughter Miss Emily Loftin ,
and a brother who lives in Florida '
and sister who litres in Wallace thia
Stat. 1 -:'V.i '
'A large crowd attended tha fun-,
eral services which . took place in
Ann street Methodist church at 2
o'clock this afternoon and were eon.
ducted by the pastor of th church
Reverend E. B. Craven. The ser
vice were short and simple but im-.
pressiv Th choir rendered the fol -lowing
hymns "My Faith Look Up'
to Thee", Face To Face" and Peace,
Pcfect Peae.' Th follwing named .
were' th pal) ' bearers: - Active list, -0.
M. Jones, M L. Wright, F: B:
Seeley, John Ives, J. F Duncan, W.
V. B, Potter, W. ,B Whit, J.'H:
Potter Jr. Honorary' . list ' were:
Thna nnnnn, C. riiiiiHii. C. P
DyrH: p.ionea, fDr Gs W. Lay,'
Reverend H A. Day, John Foriaw
Dr. H. M: Hendrix. W. H Taylor.
Ernest Duncan, Lon Hill , ia No
, Th interment took place in Ocean
View cemetery The solemn! and -
impressive ritual of Masonic f ratarnl
ty was conducted by tha Franklin
lodg of Beaufort of which Dr.,
Loftin waa an enthusiastic member.
OAK RIDCE COMMENCEMENT.
The News acknowledges the 're
ceipt through Mr. Clarence W. Hall
of an Invitation to Oak Ridge Com.
mencement exeersises. Th com-'
which will be th seventieth will tak
place May) 14th loth. Mr. Halt
who is from Newport la on of th
speakers, Mr. Gerald Pelletie'r of
Stella Is a debater and Mr. C. W:
Thomu of Beaufort Chief Manager
of the Commencement.
SENIORS ENTERTAINED
BY FRESHMEN
(By a pupil)
Lent Toetday morning while th
i StnUt were engaged In a most dif-
-.,4, Mrs. Chadwlck, We want
rooms over 616 Front
Street from
S to 11 o'clock.
The Freshmen Gas .
This wss Indeed a pleaaant surprise.
So about I o'clock th guest be
gan to arrive at the appointed place.
- p.,,, wr, received by Mis
Margaret
Ramsey and each Senior wa
waa present-
-4 wllh A wblU sweet pea, th slaa
. aowtf , .
The rooms were decorated in red
ad wkJle tha color of tha Sealer
(las, la on of tha room table
were arranged for rook and ether
game. Dancing wa an Important
fester of tha evening.
About tea thirty dellciott sherbert
and cake were served by life 11 lea
Ann CBrian and LOlIaa Springlau
All were bavin; a Very good time
when It was dl revered (hat It was
qurt lete.- So th gvrvUaid goed
bye, declaring the Freshmen CUjm
their teacher Ukm GtiCUa very t'i .
imf host sees- . '
Mr. L N. Moor speat Sjid y li
Wtlhstoni ' , " f