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THE "BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1922.
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CITIZENS ASKED
BOARD TO CANCEL
ITEMS IN BUDGET
CAPT. ALBERT LEWIS V,
EXPLAINS COAL PURCHASE
TO THENEKAL PUELIC: v -
This ig to whom if may concern.
In regard to the coal contract; that
there has been go much said about
and the impression has tried to be
Many Came Expecting Stormy, made that the: town was getting an
Meeting- There Waa Some 4nferior grade of coal and the ex-
tfickermg But Ho GJSat Deal r'0?8' Yhed up by me
jand anybody else, ig a pure, straight
SEVERAL LADIES PRESENT I ov 'if'. coal cont--"t wag ac-
cepted, by the commissioners assem-
About seventy five people, possibly
lew more, crowded themselves in
to the commissioners' room at the
City Hall Monday and endured the
heat for two hours while they listen
ed to a discussion of the town bud
get and town matters in general.
bled at the town hall, all being pres
ent, I mean each' and every one of
them were there. . There was a pro
tection clause insrted down to $3,25;
The Company sent this contract back
with the clause eliminated and claim
ed that the town was protected thru
tne labor Clause to a greater extent.
NOMINATION WON
BY ABERNETIIY
After A Warm Contest Former
Beaufort Citizen Wins by
Good Majority
There were a few ladies present, 'The Beaufort Ice Co., had a similar
contract. Sometime during the life
of this contract coal prices declind.
I asked the Eastern Coal and Export
Corp., to reduce the price of this
coal. They refused to do it on the
grounds that that grade of coal had
not deehned any in nrice. Steam
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but the men, did about all the talking
except that Mrs. Sa'lie Shelton ask
ed the board, as a representative of
. the Community Club, to require au
. tomotiles to use mufflers. A few of
those present evidently desired to do
something that would be of benefit
' to the town, others came merely out Coal did continue to eo down
. of curiosity to see what would hap-:-dvi8ed these neoole on both of ths
peir and some came hoping to see attracts toT accept no more coal
sensational attack made on Mayor but go in the open market and buy
BuahaU and some of the commission-' coal The JcetCo did so, but the
era. One or two little spats occured town of Beaufort did continue to buy
-but the matter was nothing like so'some more of this coalf and then
warm as some evidently expected it terwards went in the open market
would be. tn(j bought more coal and are buy-
Mayor Bushall called the meeting ine it todl.v in the 0Den The
io oraer ana Eiaiea u&i me Doara town 0f
would be pleased to hear any sug
- gestions as to the budget that any
, citizen might wish to offer. Those
. who accepted the invitation to say
i something were J. H. Potter Sr, A.
I T. Gardner, N. W. Taylor, A. D. O'
I . Brien, C. T. Chadwick, Seth Gibbs,
, and Reverend E. B. Craven.
' commi&ioners present were Duncan,
Ford, Huntley and Lewis. Mr. Pot
ter asked some questions about the
, all of this coal having retained 60
cents per ton on all coal bought of
the Eastern Coal and Export Corp.
on this contract from August 1st
' 1921 to Januaryy 1st 1D22.
BLUE JAY I have learned from
the firtt that this coal came from a
The jgrnsll mine in W. V., and was call
ed Bice Jay Mine; Blue Jay District;
and the exact "commercial name of
The Democratic Congressional pri
mary held last Saturday resulted
in a victory for Charles L. Abernethy
of New Bern. The News has not ben
able to learn the official vote of any
county except Carteret which gave
majority of 1427. The Democratic
vote in Carteret county in 1920 was
2100 so the full vote was not polled
Saturday. The indications are that
the vote was rather light throughout
the district. Abernehy's supporters
claima majority for him of about
1400. It appears that he carriedS
counties, Carteret, Craven, Pamlico,
Jones and Dnplin. Allen carried
Wayne, Sampson, Onslow and Fender
Several days ago Mr. Allen conceded
the nomination of his opponent. Last
week he spoke here to a small crowd
and in the course of his remarks
stated that if ' Mrr Abernethywere
nominated he would never take his
seat in Congress. He did not ex
plain what he meant by the remark.
Some thought there would be a con
test over the result of the primary
but there does no appear to be any
thing of the sort in prospect and it
seems tb&t Mr Abernethy will Test in
peace until Nevember when Hood the
nominee will take a whirl at him
The Carteret county vote follows:
PLAYMAKERS OF
CAROLINA WED
Marriage of Two Prominent
University Students Held in
St." ' Paul' "Church
this coal I had foreotten. but in
sewer-work and discussed the elec- wrjting to these people on several
trie light department and the police occioM j told them l wouid alw4y,
department; he said the citizens M it B,ue Jay coa, Arvd when j
should not be taxed to keep up the ordered E!ue Jay thty would know
. light and water department and rath- ti what , wanUd and M
that particular grade, as it was con
sidered by the different plants here
to be the best coal ever put in their
furnaces. And since that time the
Virginia R. R. has bought the Blue
Jay mines because of its superior
quality and this coa) is absolutely off
er than see this done he favored clo
ig the plant down. He said that the
police department cost $2200 a year
and was not worth 22 cents. These
remarks brought forth loud ap
plause. ' The Reverend Mr. Craven
stated that he favored the police be-
i a i . i r j x i m a 1 i
ing maae w ao meir uuiy ana u of market M(, cmnnot
did not they should be dismissed. h one
Commissioner Huntley took the, Th,f 0 fertJfy lht , ncver
Precinct
Stella
Bucks Store
Sanders Store
Eldorado
New port
Hull Swam?
Salter Path
Morche. d City
Paufort
Wire Grass
Long Pine
Harlowe
Merrimon -E.
Wards Creek
W. Wards creek
Straits
Barkers Island
Marshallberg
Smyrna
Davis - Shore
Piney Poiat
Mill Point
Abernth'y Allen
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WILD CXTS PROWL
ON WATER FRONT
floor and read a prepared sUtement re;e,ved for n-ices in selling' White Point
In which he set forth his views. He
coa any more than a very nominal
opposed installing me nre aiarm gum p,,- and iUtemenU of
tern and read from law books show- n th coft, I haY gold ar B0W in
ing that the board had no right to my offlcf and ny bu,lneM .
put It in. Attorney C. R. Wheatley wmU to M wll, p,MM conw
came with law books prepared to at- my oCc BJJ txamn, to hU
tack kthe fire alarm matter but there htrU COBtent i
' Albert L Lewis.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
were to many who wanted to speak
that he gave up and went to the court
house. The coal question and rais
in tit anlarivi were UQ dilUl4ed
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amid considerable confusion and dis- folHwng deeds have been re
order. Thecitiiens voted on sever-'corJed fcy Regiter of rj, Troy
al propositions. They passed one Morrli.
asking that nothing be fT I E' Taylor and wlft t,, N. H T.y-
ur, p-.uh lor and wife, 59 acres in Harlowe
Id resolution endorsing Mr. Hunt-lMp, conrfderaUon 1800.00.
lev'a actions. As a member of the' Thos. Duncan and wife to Jose
,ard Mr.
('at the
SM and al
Ir&ed from the town's minutes. This
Ul!d,r.ot meet a very etithuilaitic re
ccptioa and was not pasted. Some
body made a motion that the electric
day current be discontinued. Mr.
(Urdner opposld Gtis and succeded
n killirg the motion. Coramiuioner
Iuntley as a member of the board
Tered a refolutlon In regard to the
re' alarm lystem and other things.
The motion did not receive a second,
. hereupon Mr. Huntley offered his
n!f nation but the erowd yelled no
t this time Commissioner Duncan e-
,e a&dtald that the criticism of the
rd arose from the whiskey trials
d said Cat UsaUey was working
, try to eleet L, W. H asse t Gerk
' the Superior Co art. This created
nethlnf of an sproaf and the
.rre was denied by Mr. Huntley
1 several ethers. The snooting
i adjourned, ' "
t the aiurneoa soasioa of the
1 ef eemsslsaibafTs the bodget
sdopted sd is pablUhed In fall
here la the News. iml
vrhaUver for flre figntJR, T'
was made. TWe ifteraooa ee
i was entirely peaeeful and but
''was done. S. P. Ilaacock casao
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CONTRACT LET.
Miss Elizabeth Lay of Beaufort
was married tj Mr,. Paul Green of
Llllington Thursday night ni 7 o'
clock i St. Paul's Church Beaufort
The service was performed by the
bride's father Dr. George W, Lay,
who is rector of the church , here.
The bride was givn away by her
brother Mr. George B. Lay of Kins
ton.
Miss Lay was dressed in gray voile
and wore orange blossoms and the
the veil in which her mothr was mar
ried. She carried a small white
prayer book in place of flowers. ;-
The church was decorated with
summer flowers and candles. When
the bride and groom walked down
the isles dusk was just falling and
the only lighe in the church was giv
en from the tallow candles rising out
of : banks' of flowers" in the" front of
the' church and silhouetting the forms
of those taking part in the ceremony.
The groom's best man was Mr.
Hugh Green his brother. The four
sisters of the bride, Misses Ellen,
Nancy, Lucy, and Virginia, and two
sisters of the groom Misses Carrie
Mcy and Irma were the bridesmaids
and were dsessed in rainbow cordor
ed organdies and poke bonnets.
The ushers for the occasion were
Messrs Henry Lay Joe House,
3 1 A. D., O'Brien and James Potter.
8 I ' The bride and groom left immed-
4 i lately after the service for Morehead
"0 City where they spent the night.
' 6 Today they will go to the beach and
9 in tbiaraoon they; Mil take the
0 train for Washington whede they
87 will stay for a few days. From there
24 they will go to Cornell where they
7 will attend summer school. After
4 ChrUtmas the two will voyage to
9 England end Mr. Green will attend
0 Oxford University on a fellowship
0 prize in Philosophy.
3 Miss Lay was born in New Hamp
3 1 shire but early moved to Raleigh
l; where her father became rector at
0 St. Mary's College. She graduated
0 from St. Mary's and moved with ber
0 family to Beaufort in the summer
0 of 1918. In 1919 the graduated
O from the University at Chapel Hill.
4 1 From then she was interested in
O.the Playmaker's work there and in
0 the past year has been bujy in work
of th Bureau ox Community irama
and has visited many towns through
out the state organising High School
On June 28th the State Highway
Commission let the contract for the 'Drama.
highway from Morehead City to the I She has written a number of plays
Craven county line. The contract and those of bers which have been
is for grading the bridges alone. I produced at the University and on tne
'MAYOR BUSHALL
(ANSWERS HUNTLEY
Bushall Says CrlmusKmner
Huntley It Responsible for
The High Price Town is
Paying for Coal Charges
Violation of Law-
Editor Beaufort News! , J
Editor of the Beaufort News:
Will thank you to give this letter
space in your paper in the next edi
tion: . , , . '
Commissioner Huntley has seenfit
to charge the Mayor with payinc an '
exorbitant price for eoal used at the '
Light Plant during the last year.
when the facts are as follows:
Under the date of May 16th, 1921,
the Board of Commissioners of the
Town of Beaufort, N C. entered into
a attract with the Eastern Coal and
Export Corporation, whereby , the
coal company was ' to furnish the
Town with Nine Hundred Tons of;
Coal at the rate of ont car every
twenty days at a price of $3.75 per
ton of 2000 pounds fra. b. cars at
mines, this contract to run until
March 81, 1922. '
. Before this contract was signed
by the Mayor and Clerk on behalf
of the town the following clause was
written in the contract: "The Purchas
er is also protected in case of decline
down to $3.25." This contract was '
then delivered to the representative
of the coal company, who forwarded
it to his company for their accept
ance, the coal company before sign- ,
ing cut out the clause whereby the
town was protected down to ,13.25,
and reuraed contract contract to
the town clerk, who presented it to
the Board, where the matter was dis-
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Tbt minutes were notictUM" 0" ,0s the representative
tir,e to get in this 01 tn eou company called in who
stated that the town was protected
in case of a decline, and the contract
was allowed to remain in force. .
Abou August the 1st, 1921 the
the price of coal began to decline,
but the Eastern Coal and . Export
Corporation refused to lower their'
price, saying, their coal bad not de '
in the bands of Commissioner Hunt- -ley,
who as chairman of the Electric ,
Seven eats imprisoned in the dark
upper story of N. W, Taylors ware
house who had fed only on rats since
early winter were discovered last
week when s loose board gave them
an outlet into the outside world).
The place of their confinement has
log been" boarded ' up and bow they
managed io get there is not known.
They were no . more than wild
beasts when they got to the light
and slunk along with their bodies
almost touching the ground. One
of them was so frightened . at the
sight of a man that she sprang over
board into the sound, She swam a-
shore and with the others hag been
in biding ever .since. Once . in a
while one catches sight of them but
for most part of the day they stay in
the dark places around the stores
anl wharfs.'.'.- W
. Early in the Winter. Mr. Taylor
noticed that the rats were growing
scarce around his warehouse and
soon seemed to disappear almost al
together. These rats seem to have
been the only food that the seven
prisoners had- to- live- on. -
How they managed to exist with
out water is truly a mystery. It
was water, water verywhere and not
a drop to drink" for under and
round the warehouse the waters of
Beaufort Harbor rose and fell with
the changing tide, . -
Two of the cats are larger than
the other five and Mr. Taylor thinks
that the five were raised from the
other pair.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The board of County Commission
ers held its usual monthly meeting
here on Monday and all members
were present
transcribed in
issue of the News and will be pub
lished next week, V' ?
BIRTH OF SON ANNOUNCED.
Information has reached here of
the' birth of a son to Captain and
Mrs Dan C. Hutton on May 20th.
They are now living in Ting Ting,
China Captain and Mrs. Hutton
have lived In the Philliuine Islands j Llht and Water Committee,, had the
prior to his trans fer to China- Cap- "J. as to buying all supplies, Includ
tain Hutton is an officer in the army,. br coal, and no bill was ordered
and is a' former resident of Besufort. I Pid until he hsd put his O. K oa
It With the buying cf coal left in
BIRTH OF DAUGHTER.
A daughter was born to Mr and
Mrs, J. p. Hodnett last Tbunday af
ternoon. The child has been christ
ened Dorothy Elizabeth. Mr. and
Mrs. Hodnett have" been living In
Beaufort a few months. Mr. Hod
nett is with the firm that is putting
in the sewer and water lines here.
The grading will cost 845,385 and
the bridges $27,005. The News un
derstands that it will be August or
September at the earliest before the
Ueaufort Craven highway contract
is let
BOY SCOUTS MEET.
Joseph
Crdner offered a motion. House and wife parts of Tots 80 and
M.k.v rfet.ztives be not 235 In Old Town consideration, $5,
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all record of the affair be 1 ""V--
S. A. Brinson and wife to Florence
E. Brinson 35 acies consideration, 1
$700.00.
The following transfers were made
in Morehead township: -
James R. Pell and wife to James
M. Willis 23 1-2 acres, consideration,
I12..0
James M. Willis Mortgagee to
James R. Be!l 23 1-2 acres, consid
erate II CC0.
Shepard's Point Land Company to
J. W. Janes and E. F. Neal block
149 bta 1, t. I, 14. 13, 18, coa
sidersUoa $100.
She par d Point Land Company to
J, W. Jeaes and E. f Email consider.
stioa $100. ....
J. W. Jones and wife .to E. P.
Neal la block 141 11 on divided ta
tereet la lota 1. t. I. 4. IX, It, It,
If, eonaideraUos $50. .
. Lewis' L, Smith and wife te B
L Jehasoa and wife ta square SI
lot It and easUra hilt sf let If,
eoaaideratiee $3101. . . .
A meeting was held Monday night
in the office of G. W. Duncan for the
purpose ox reorgals.ng tne Hoy
Scouts.
It was decided that a meeting
'" ht'd each Monday and Thursday
night and that a hike should be tak
en every Tuesday.
As may-patrols as possible are
to be formed, each patrol consisting
of eight boys.
If plsns work out contests in run
ning wrestling, boxing, racing and
other sports will be given a place
on the Ecout program,
On the bikes lac. boys, will cook
their meals sd will learn something
of woodcraft,'
Examinations for becoming third
Itnrmilw'l (filir of . tBS lUtl in
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elude the following: "When itcn
es Ride." "The Bug," "Trista", and
".Blackbesrd.." The first is to be
published in a volume of plays put
out by Henry Holt and Company.
The lart wss written In colsborstion
with Paul Greeo. Mifs LaT bad al
to shown much genius In stage de
signing snd has had a great deal of
this work of the Playmakers under
her PTfonsl supervision.
Mr Gren wss born in LI lington
and he gt&iatiti school at Bouies
Creek near there. He entered Car
ollia but ur" America's narticlpa
tion in the World War went to France
with the A. E. F. Re'.urnlrg to the
tti Uv in 1021. havinf won his
nni"""i
PS B Un Kspna key and one of the
TTnlwrsitv'a trites in Philosophy.
nil veir he took the Kennsn Fel-
lo.ihin orixe In Philosophy for study
.i a .nA mi this be wll to vo
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n.ford next yesr.
Mr. Green Is proob'y k,,t
i in the state. One of
hi. nlirt "White Blossoms" won
nlace In Seribaer's 8ons recent pub-
lir.tion "Contempory One Act rlar
lu. kim vith the best In the
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS.
The county board of Education
met last Monday with all members
present. ' " . ,
Dr. Reed .who was there asked the
board to Indorse the plan for s whole
time Helth officer. The reqeest
was granted. J
The committee from ' Sea Level
the bands of Commissioner Huntley,
there was no change made in the com-,
pany supplying the coal un:il about
January 1st, -1922 when coal had
dropped about two dollars per Jon,
the town in the mean " time being
charged $3.75 per ton for all coal
bought, and this while Commissioner
Huntley had complete charge of the
buying of all supplies for this depart-
ment, and the Mayor had no aay in
the matter at all. Furthermore,
there is not s man, woman or child
in t'e town of Beaufort who has .
resclcd Vie tixvh grade, bit who
knows that the Mayor of this too a
has nj voice in its government, ex
cept when there is a tie vote As to
the expense of running the light
plant. In the yeir 1020 it coit $12r
then asked that a school house be e-1 577.72 to run this pts.it in the year
rcted at Sealevel. After s discus-1 1921 with Commissioner Huntley ia
sion the board decided that since the charge It cost $15,73.77 The Water
state board of ducat!onwill not make (Department In 1920 cost 4,200.74 and
an appropriation for more than one In 1921 $4,779.00 wttn commissioner
school house to s township, Sea I-ev-
el would have to have its children
trsnsported to the Atlantic school.
Huntley In charge. I have been re
liably Informed that about three
months ago an agent of s coal com
Mr. George Finer and Mr. Andrew pany went to Commissioner Hu.it-
GUllkin were appointed school com- ley and offered to supply tne losn
mittecmen for Otwsy. .with s good grsde of coat on coa-
. , tract fr the sunt of $1.65 P-r Wa,
BRICKHOUSE FAMILY LEAVES. ' contract to run for one year. Did
. I this watch deg of the treasury accept
Mr. J. A. Brkkhouae left Beaufort thl offer, oi even communicate with
Thursday morning for RidgUnd, B. the Board of Commissioners, "NO."
C. where he will take position si I be told the representative sf this eoss
gcneral manager of the Chelsea Lnm-' pany who made this offer the "X"
ber Company. am not going to contract for caeL
. Mrs. Brtokbouae snd children left, "I" sm gotng to buy ia the open snar-
' Adertlee who 11 ttr ade las
bow ae seitlas e big sahtako. Me
second sad first class scoots will be
held ssd te sees those members saust l,nHntrv
Warn life saving, signaling, knot ty- -Grsnny Holing snother of bis
Ing the scout laws, woodcraft snd'pbyi wss printed la the September
many ether things. - tan sf the Theatar Magaslne. Other
plays that he has written see wsics
sv bees pet oa the stage by the
flaymakers Include. "The Last ef
the Uweriea.- "The MWer." The
Old Mas of Edeotoa The Lord's
Will " sad rBUckbeard" the last
be4ng written with the help ef Miss
It Is hoped that the beaiseas asea
mea ef the towa will cooperate la
the ssovement as far as pose this.
, Mr. Craham Doseaa U scout
Ut sndDabaey White aealstast
feloee.
Each harvest sesaoa spprosJsaste
ly tedoO.OOO pouads ef blaaer
tome Is sd fat blading the assail
grain crepe ef th United States.
the morning before for a visit to her ket Tday this same grade cf coal
nether la Princess Abbs Md, BhsJwUl cost the taws $3.65 if k raa he
wi!l o from there to visit her sister bousht at all. sad CoassaissMaer
la Baltimore ssd later ta her sister-
la-law's hosse ia Washlngtoa D. C.
Mr. Brickhoeee cane here several
years age te sasuae general sna-
Haatley ssys the Mayor Is. paying
sa exorbitant price for eoeL .
At s meetirg ef the Board ef Cpm
mtaslosers. Commissioner Hma'ity
gershlp of the Carteret Umber Conn breoght sp this eoal (raedka, a4 la
peay snd later became interested ta
the Beasfert Cooperigs Coiapaay.
eoanoctioa tSertwith read a paper ia
which he strewed the hard Vases sssd
te amount of mosey ipeit er aVotrt
Lore snd The Last ef the Leweries'hls love of the doIUr bebg the pre
111 ha iacladed in the Ilenrv Holt kU hre ef the dollar beUg the are
The Lord's WUT wi l be pablUh-' volume Telk Flays cf the Cxreliaa 'dctnlnacl cry to this WrgJvy eptii
ed I the Septaber Nwaaber ef Feet rUyssakers." . (Cont used see pege, See)
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