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VOL. XI .
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1922
NUMBER TWENTY SIX
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EASKER PLEADS
FOR MERCHANT
MARINE IN U.S.
ARMY APPROPRIATION BIU, x
WILL BENEFIT STATE
BOLL. WEEVIL IS
MAKING HEADWAY
Is Necessary in Order
PHILADELPHIA, July7, The
spprovai-of the-Army-Appropriation
Kill Kv PpAeanf Tnv)imn 4- niDB
pointed out at the headquarters of ,CP N C U
the Atlantic Deeper Watrwaya .Aa- tv Prosuects Now Indicate
f Hal cvviauwn, weans iiiucii iu me iiurtu
Country May Hold Ex
port Trade
i Carolina dstrict, which will benefit
' 1 T T A 1
uifiienuiijr lrum Annual
Harbor allowances
in that bill
Rver and
as now carried
Three Fourths of Crop.
NATION OWNS 1430 STEEL SHI'S De rememDerea, congress suDsmu-
. i ted the estimates of the Chief En-
KA LEIGH, July, 8 The cotton
For this work, it will i crop is short of the probable needs
By
Albert D. Lkr, Chairman
U. S. Shipping Board
Nations, like individuals, are sel
dom the master of. their own
destinies. Whether America wills
it or no, the time has come when we
must perforce occupy the first place
on the stage ofworld commerce a
place never .occupied in history by
any nation not strong in its own
right in sea power. Sea power
means a strong merchant marine; for
there is no need of a navy save to
protect the nationals, the shores, and
the water transportation of a nation.
" "TheT first act ever passed by ah
American congress was one designed
to -encourage American shipping. Du
. ring the period from the establish
ment of our republic until the civil
war, America developed into one of
the leading mararime nations of the
world.
HalUd by Civil War
With the finding of gold in Cali
fornia, the lure of adventure and
profit attracted our young men from
the seaboard and the Alleghenies to
the great and at that time undevelop
ed westward. The movement then
inaugurated (a movement of vast im
portance to ourselves and, indeed,
the whole world) marked the begin
ning of the decline of the American
'merchant marine.
The hurt given our marchant ma
rine through the civil war, bistorical
... ly known o . all, followed by the
great demand for men and. capital In I
the; development of our country re
sulted in a steady drop of interest
in shipping.
At OatMt of World War
At the start of the world war in
1914, America's passenger fleet in
the North Atlantic had dwindled to
the shameful total of six, to wit:
The Finland, Kroonland, St. Paul,
SL Louis, Philadelphia, and New
York. The aid given them in the
way of postal subsidy by our gov
ernment waa undoubtedly the chief
reason-four of them were able to
. continue in service at that date.
In other worts, 1914 found s no
gineers amounting to $42,815,661 for
the $27,000,000 proposed by the Di
rector of the Budget, on the ground
that an intellgent estmate was to be
preferred to one admttedly arbitrary
and insufficiently considered. What
this means to the North Carolina dis-
PRISONERS WILL .
WORK THE ROADS
County Commissioners Decide
To Create Convict Road
Forces
THIRD DISTRICT BANKERS f
TO MEET IN BEAUFORT
trict is clearly shown by the following
figures :
Scuppernong River $15,000
Neuse River 12,000
Beaufort Harbor 24,000
Inland Waterway Beaufort to
Jacksonville 20,000
Cape Fear River (2 projects
105,000
Sundry smaller projects 17,000
despite everybody sayjng "I told you
so" concerning the ten per cent in
crease in acreage of the cotton crop
The conditian of 71 per cent of a
full crop was lower than expected,
for that is only two per cent above
last year's condition for Jun 25th,
North Carolina is forecasted by the
National Crop Reporting Board to
have a 13 per cent increase in acre
age and three-fourths of a full crop
prospect, which is nine per cent bet
ter than at this date last year, but
12 per cent less than the final con
ditional average showed. N
"The state's acreage is still ' less
than in 1919, reports the Coopera
tive Crop Reporting Service for
North Carolina. 'The condition of
the cotton crop is expressed as late
grassy, small and in "need of dryer
condition to permit of cultivation
and grass killing.
"The natioal prospect of 11,065,
000 bales, would be 139 per cent
which was more than half. The re-' more than last year's crop but only
port of Observer Chas. Hatsell shows ' 82 per cent of that made two years
that there were sixteen clear daysego. It is claimed by some organ
four cloudy ones and ten partly ganizations that the present prespect
cloudy. The hottest temperature re- will not meet the trade's require
corded was 86 degrees which occur- mens.
ed on the 11th, 12th and 29th. The "In North Carolina, the boll wee
rainfall fcr the month was 12.01, vil is gaining conspiciou headway
inches which was the heaviest so along the southern border in Robe-
for this year. The temperature fig- son. The crop perhaps will be dam-
JUNE WEATHER REPORT.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
rainfall last month was very heavy
there were 16 clear-days in the month
ures follow
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aged heavily.No appreciable re-
69 duction has been made in any oi tne
gg 1 counties excepting Columbus 50 per
co ! cent, Brunswick. 65. and slight d-
crease in acrengv i j
north-east of these
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The; minutes of the county com-!
missioners on the first Monday were
not received ty the News in time for
last week's issue and therefore thye
appear in this number. The official
report follows:
EEAUFORT, N. C.
JULY 3rd, 1922:
The Honorable Board of County
Commissioners met this the 3rd, day
of July,. 1922, at their regular meet
ing place in the Court House at Beau
ort, North Carolina, with all mem
bers present to wit: C. R. Wheatley,
Chairman; Geo. G. Taylor; J. L.
Edwards; Henry O. Piner and B. F,
Small. -
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved. '
Dr. D. H. Reed came before the
Eoard and presentd a petition sign
ed by the citizens from various parts
of the County, requesting that a
whole time health officer be employ
ed. Petition was ordered filed.
No other business appearing the
Board took recess to meet again at
The Board reconvened again at
2:30 o'clock P. M.
o'clock P. M. with all members pres
ent.
. Mr. A. H. Harris, County Farm A
gent, came before the Board and
presented n outline of the work for
the coming year. Said outline was
approved by the Board.
Ordered by the Board that work
on the Oyster Creek road be dis
continued immediately.
Ordered by the Board that the
County Auditor be instructed to buy
from the County Board of Educa
tion the Bonds for the following
18.
19.
20.
2U
22.
longer a merchant marine poweV, but. 23
one utterly dependent on foreign J 31.
flairs for the carnage 01 our -surplus 35
and, of course, we had had to pay,
and pay heavily, for the service ren
dered by them.
Fortunately f:r im C'cst C'.aln
and it, allies, in 4he prosecution of
the world wtr, needed sll the mater
ials we ciud give them, and there-
fore sent their ships ut shores
la their own interest ,
Baildiaf f. f M a Cap
We all rtmemWr the feverish ea-
.thusiasm with which, through treas-
ft
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29.
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83
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82
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is Just north of the effective area
of the weevil Lincoln to Polk shows
considerable increase. Also North.
ampton to Hyde and the adjoining
portions of Harnett, Johnson, Wake
and a ttrip along southern Nash
Lthrough Edgecombe." -
"The fertiliser sold for the past
spring shows an increase of almost
40 per cent in North Carolina but
the heavy rainfall will reduce its
r effect considerably. A considerable
' i . A
Q i reduction in ine usage t i-uiwm bv-
70 meal is noticable
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75
What is called a group meeting of
the'bankers of the third division' will
be held in Beaufort, on the 9th day
of August The third division com
prises some fifty three banks that
are located in Smpson, Duplin, Len
oir, Jones, Craven, (Onslow, Pam
lico and Carteret counties.
Mr.' U. E. Swann ,of Beuf ort who
is chairman. of the ''executive com
mittee attended a meeting of - the
committeemen in Nw Bern Wednsday
night and extended arf invitation to
the association to hold its conven
tion here and the same was accepted.
This is the first time the bankers have
ever met "in Beaufort ' They . have
visited New Bern, Goldsboro and oth
er places and a meeting is to be held
i Mount Olive in the near future.
Chairman Swann sent out a num
ber of letters today-to the bankers
telling them of the meeting and urg
ing them to attend. It is thought
that many of hem will attend and
bring their families with .them. It
is possible that 150 people will be
here for the convention.
Allen T. Bowler, Secretary of the
North Carolina Bankers' Association
will be present at the convention and
will, make an address. There will
also be other speakers. A committee
from the Chamber of Commerce here
will assist in arranging some form of
entertainment for the visitors. They
will probably be carried over to At
lactic View Beach and given a sup
per there. On account of the crowd
ed conditions of the Hotels it will
probably be necessary to entertain
SOLDIERS INVADE r
CAMP GLENN AGAIN
Twelve Hundred Men Assent
sembeled for . Practise Drill ,
Governor Morrison to Re-' I
, view Them
The area, of-ineread r.gUacbooUespectivey i Sea Level, St
MR. BUCKMAN LEAVES.
77
72
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEET
INC,
. A Meeting of the directors of the
Chamber of Commerce was held in
thf ir headquarters Mondsy evening at
. l I 1 - . t M t 1 1 .L . L M n 1
nry arains, inipyn-ui w , n o cioca. in mi aosence o rresi-
at all available poipU, resulting in dent Seeley, Vive President W. A.
mvcrnment building of more than Mace presided over the meting. A
committee composed of F. R. Seeley,
U. E. Swann and W. L. Standi was
1,700 ships with more than 11,000,-
000 dead-weight tons capacity.
We started to build these ships that appointed to draft resolutions in
we night .quickly and in great quan- memory 0f M. C Holland 0 former
tit carry our men and supplies to mmb, G W. Huntley asked to
the battle fr6nt. No one factory, relieve from serving on the Bi
brought the war te a quIcW conclu- Centennial end U. E. Swann was put
Job than the kaiser's recognition 1 0B ln pjct A resolution express
that America was verily arranging to 'in- tw nUaiure of the Ward because
-pan the Atlantic with a bridge of ,ot th, tction of the County Commls
hips.. jsioners In arrsnging for the services
So that If every ship built or then!of A j. Hsrris as County Farm
!nf built by the government, In-Ugent and wss unanimously passed,
ol'ving a total cost of more than tnM pi trict Bankers Asaocia
ree billion dollars, had been dlaraan t,on u tIptcted to bold a conven
d or sunk at the war's end they jtlon t Beaufort at en early date and
old roterIy bare paid for thenv
vs In the short cut that result
a'the ending of the vsr and la
saving of men and treasure.
!UatM Rar i Prpritr
sppily,. while everything else ere
S for war pnrpoiece has had. to be
rid as scrap, Aaterkal war
a committee composed of J. A. Hor-
naday , Jr Julian Hamilton and W.
0. If ebene was ppolated to make
the arrangements for their entertain
ment. -, . . - ; .
BANK STATEMENTS COOD.
e. ,e . ,
Tfca statements ef the basks here
mart hast piartj has pen tarn- mll1MmT t- iw News this week and
I peace time asset, thus U004 md by the business folks
Ung the possibility of. 6nng cf NUty. The statements shew
tord lata the plowshare. It k Um1 banks are la a healthy cou
nt that after the war UW mom 4 they wlU tamper wlta
the great prosperity America ftf Mj vr la the State ef the
'onti&Md oae page ir)i .'else ef Besafori.' 1 ' '
Mr. Cecil Buckman left this morn
ing for Bsltimcre after having spent
four weeks in Beaufort as the guest
71'of his sister Mrs. N. W. Tsylor. The
71 j trip to Baltimore will be taken thru
the country in Mr. Buckman s csr.
He will be sccompanied by nis sis
ter and Mr. Nelson Tsylor Jr. Mr.
snd Mrs. Bayard Taylor and Mrs.
E. G. Porter will be in the psrty as
far as Goldsboro.
From Baltimore the three will con-
tiue to Boston to visit Mrs. Taylor's
son Mr. Cecil Tsylor.
Mrs. Tsylor will be gone most of
the summer snd may meet her son
George Edwsrd at Annapolis In Sep
tember upon his return from a cruise
to southern Islands and lands.
Miss Geraldine Smith, daugh
ter of Reverend O. F. Smith who Is
trending some time here srrived In
Besufort Fridsy evening from Louis
burg with her friend Miaa Lucy Per
ry Borts.
Dr. F. C. Smith of Philsdelphia
who Is now doing work with the state
board of health spent the week-end
In Eeufort with his parents Reverend
and Mrs. C. F. Smith.
County eisminstions for school
tschera were held In the Court
ikuse Tuesday and Wednesday 0
tb'.s week.
Messrs Jamas Clawson and Hugh
Baker went to the cape Friday
arch of Ash and came back with
seventy or eighty pounds of macker
el, flounder and trout.
MARRIAGE LICENSES,
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The 120th North Carolina Infantry,
arrived at Camp Glenn last Saturday,
to encamp for a fifteen days stay.
Eighteen companies bf men are on
the ground making in all between
twelve and fifteen hundred soldiers.
In th regment are, a howitzer com
pany, a machine gun company from
Durham and one from Wilson and
a headquarters company from Winston-Salem.
' '' " ;" J -Captain
Don E. Scott is commanding'
officer and finds that the men are
looking good this year. Most of the
men are newly enlisted but there are
a ' good number of those who saw
service in th eA. E. F.
Morhead, Beaufort,' and the beach'
have been fille with kaki all this week
and the . shuttle train which, rune
evfy hotnr between- the-Gampand -Beaufort
has been carrying a goodly
number of the soldiers. The mili
tary police") who. have been keeping
guard over our town are privates
Bynum and Barns under the com
mnd' of Sargent Mathews. ;.
'' Instruction began Monday and in
cluded school of soldier squad and
platoon, camp sanitation, miUfery.
courtesy and ' diiipline. Target
practice of rifle companies began to-
some 01 tne visitors in private nomes. jgy , ,
" vr
Athletics are to plsy a big part in
TOWN OFFICIALS FIGHT.
schools respectively; Sea Level, Sta
cy and Davis. Bonds to be approv
by the County Attorney Said pur
chase to be in lieu of sinking fund
now on deposit in the bank.
Chairman of the Board and Coun
r Attorney are directed to settle
ith the Auditor for taxes collec-
ed by him for he years from 1917 to
1920 both inclusive.
Commissioners, B. F. Small,' Hen
ry u. nner ana J. u. r.awaras aia
on the 23 of June inspect part of the
road built under contract by Mr.
W. J. B. Shull, and have recommen
ded that the road from Oyster Creek
to station 162 be received as com
pleted; and also recommend that the
road be closed to traffic until all
bridges are completed. Any one pass
ing over said road will do so st their
own risk.
The following resolution wss or
dered spread upon the minutes.
Be it resolved by the Board of
Commissioners of Carteret County
in regular meeting asaemoiea, ana
held at its regular place of meeting
in the Court House, Beaufort North
Carolina, on the 3rd dy of July,
1922, that there be, and the same is
hereby created, s rosd force for the
purpose of working the convicts of
said Carteret County on the public
Roads thereof.
Be It Further Resolved, that a
rory of said resolution be present
ed to the Governor of the State ef
North Carolina, with special prayer
and petition, that his excellency mod
ify the sentences of any or all con
victs of said Carteret County that
may have been assigned to work on
the roads of any other County, and
who are now confined In the com
mon jail of the said Carteret County,
to the end that the work to be per
formed by the said convicts may be
performed on the roads of Carteret
County.
Done by order of the Board of
Commisaioners of Carteret County
this 3rd dsy of July, 1922.
C. R. Weaaty Chm.
Troy Morrik.
Clerk. Board of Commbaioners of
Carteret Count, North Carolina.
The returns from the election were
aaaned-. canvassed and th result
foond ta be as follows:
No of registered voters la said dis
trict 177 No voting for bond Issue
Ui and special Ul ISO, Ne voting
The verbal and written controver
sy tht has gone on for some time
between Mayor Bushall snd Commis
sioner Huntley resulted Tuesday ev
ening in-afight. - The incident tcturi
ed about' 7:30 in front of the store
of R. N. Dickinson : near the post
office. As the News heard it Mr.
Huntley spoke to Mr. .Bushall about
a rcent letter in the News and the Selling of the drinks snd other things
the progrsm and a plan has been
found by which winners in the dif
ferent contests can be fittingly re
warded. Last year private individu
als were allowed to set up stands and
to sell candy, drinks.tobacco etc, and
they got awsy with Jots of regiment
money;" Another'' f store .""of llasi" "
year's stay was that when the time'
to reward the athletic champions
came it was found that the treasury
held only five dollars. This yesr the -
word lie was pesed back and forth
between them and each struck a blow
at the other. Mr. Dickinson snd
Captain Beveridge separated the men
and neither of them received an In
jury of any consequence. Wednes
day moming both entered a plea of
guilty of assualt, In th court of Jus-
will be in the hands of the regiment
snd all the profits will be' turned lit-'
to prizes. '
Contests are being carried on now
snd the wesk are being eliminated
by the stronger ones. Wrestling
boxing snd baseball are the most iro-
portnt In the athletic part of - the
tice of the Peace T. S. Martin who(progrm. Besides these contests the
suspended judgement upon the psy-
ment of costs, smounting to the sum
of 12.20 each.
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING..
A recessed meeting of the board of
town commissienrs was held at the
City Hall Monday evening at 8 o'
clock. Those present were Msyor
Bushall, commissioners Duntfin,
Ford and Lewis. The session was a
short one snd commissioner Hunt
ley srrived Just ss the board'adjourn
ed. The cbjeet of the meeting was
to adbpt the license tsx schedule for
ensuing yesr. With a few excep
tions the license taxes remsin the
same they were last year. The
board recessed util next, Monday
night when the tax rate will be fix
ed. A motion waa passed author
ising that the military police doing
duty here during the encampmnt be
fed at the town's expenie.
Register of Deeds Trey Morris has
Issued only one marriage, license so
. tkU wmIi Th fartnnata eon-
ale were Vivian A Chedwlck- of gainst bond J" "d fc5 u
Gkueeeter and Adelaide WUlle ef t7. Msjority la Isver I.
Bmyn. I (Conttneed ea page five)
WORD FROM THE SOUTH SEAS.
Y. M. C. A. which is with the en
campment furnishes about eight
reels of moving pictures every night
in an open air theater. Besides this
the "Y" furnishes the camp with
Post Office service and provides a
plsce for the boys who wish to write
home '
Genersl A. J. Bowler who is in
command of CatrTp Bragg, near Fay-
etteville is visiting Camp Glenn this
week. He and Governor Morrison
will review the troops in a few days.
On this occasion there wi 1 be many
peop'e from all parts of the county
as well as elsewhere to witness the
drill.
JULY 17 TO 2a.
Mrs. N. W. Tsy!or has Just re
ceived word from her son George
Edwsrd who is with the four U. 8.
Navy ships cruising the south sess.
Mr. Tsylor had Just left Colon when
the letter was written and told of
having a One time while there and ef
meeting a number ef people from
Kentucky. The ships will visit be
sides Panama, the Islands of the Wset
Indies the Bermudas and will then
voyage to Halifax Nova Bcotls. They
ill later return to- the proving
grounds just off Norfolk and pot up
st Annspolis. Ernest Dsvis also of
Beaufort Is with the Beet thong
stationed oa another ship' than the
one George Tsylor Is on.
Mr. Tsyler was with the Beet in
Its cruise last year wW visits wer
neid te European ebuhtrles where
the mid-ehipmea were received - by
Royalty.
July -17 to 29 has st last reveal
ed its idenity. Its a revival , For
dsys and w seeks past peop'.e have
been asking "What In the world is
to hsppen from the 17 th te the 26th'
All over town little yellow slips have
been staring yoa In the fsce from
t'.ephone posts, boldly announcing
these two dales.
Reverend J. D. Hart Is the evan
gelist snd comes from' the First Bsp
tist chur:h..of Oxford N. C. to held
a ten dsys revival bete. Aa be be
gins bis servUe la Beaufort on Moa-.
day he will miss his own church bet
one 8nndsy.
Reverend H. A. Dsy of the Bap
tist church here has hsd experience
with this evangelist la Fsy etteville
and knows his worth. Reverend Kf.
Hart Is a great story teller sad will
be sure to Interest those who wsat
the. old fashioned goipal, preashed
In a way which ippeeU to the mod
era world. ' '
Mrs. Ales Stewart ad daughter
Margaret ef Washington DL are
bar an a visit to Mrs. S'-evrVe
mother Mrs, Emma BsIL "vt
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