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THE BEAUFORT NEWS, THURSDAY JULY 27,1922.:
NUMBER TWENTY SIX
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ANSWERS WATTS
DOUBLE
PRICES?
WOOI'
PAID
FOR
Two f ymoY classmtogether Vith
two other men, representing the U. S.
SUtements' Mad ia Waynes-' DePwtment of Aurricultore and the
Tille Speech Declared to
4 , beMisleading vr
i,N. C. Department were In tonw bnv-
j inz wool from the Carteret County
V.;.'-' .sV'V'f !.. ' f'. ' I iarmera lor the wool 1 manuf actur
' -Replying to remarks made by com--in companies of he state last Pri
missioner, of Reyenue "A. D. Watts day. ' " . .
In "his "speech to the superior court! The highest that the farmer had
clerks at Waynesville on. Jujy 6, been offered; by oher agencies was
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the following statement has been is
sued by Murray R. Hubbard, of At
lana, tax commissioner for the
y ; Southern RaOway Company,
fj ;.'If the Teports of a speech made
. , at Waynesville by-Hon. A, -p. Watts
vy commissioner of revenue, which ap
v , Reared in the North Carolina- news-
papers of July 7 are accurate, this
are misleading and, speaking for .the
Southern Railway Company, these
' facts are presented. '
,,--; "The Southern Railway Company
. j in 1920 paid total taxes to Ihe coun
"ties, cities, municipalities, road dis
' triets, etc, in North Carolina in the
' syn of ..652,900.49. In 1921, un
I " der the stipulation with the State,
) ; "tias already ,paid to the counties
i municipalities, etc, the sum of $714,
V 877.9T. .
. . . ' "This railway is contesting! an in
, crease m its assesment which would
18 cents per pound. Friday they re
ceived as high as 86 cents and except
ing ten pounds of wool the lowest
price paid was 23 cents. ,' ; , .
This sale was made possible thru
the work ot Mr. A. L. Guthrie of
Marshallberg who went through the
county with County , Demonstration
Agent A. H. Harris and influenced
the farmers to .brin their wool to
Beaufort on the date, set V. ,
The men did the -grading and buy
ing were, as follows: ,.: :
, George T. Willingmyre of the U.
S. Department v of j Agriculture y at
Wasgtonj anl iii charge of the
wool work of the country.
Sam T., Green wood, , of the same
department and city wool classer.
V. W, Lewis, 'Specialist with the
Division of Markets at Raleigh and
of the C. Department of , AgricuK
ture. "" ,i. . . ,
George Evans, wool classer of the
bankers will ;: ; bureau reports .
jim here soon! on prohibition
Plan are Being Made to En
tertain Gro'up 3 Bankers'
Association '
Bureau Completely Reorganiz
ed and Placed Under Con- '
M trol of Efficient Official t
..TWA CXtTVTr"PMLT t-j jl !'
; The bankers are coming to B.-CT
fort on August the 9th and prepara- ( bition Commissioner Haynes invites
tions are being made by the local attention to the fact that less than
committee to make their stay here ,.:.8,000,000 gallons of whiskey were
an enjoyable one. . It is hoped that w,nwrawn " cnPd with 9,696 .
the town will make an impression' V Pvlous year, and
upon them that will be both r.1M,LleB ",000,000 gallons of. at
ant and lasting. A sail to the' beach 0 and other di8tillel BpiriU with
and a dinner will ho n.m'ti, j 'drawn as compared with 24,866,888
if there is time they will nrobahlv h,aIIona Previous year that the
taken on auto drives around : Beau
fort and -vicinity. Chairman ,U. E.
Swann is making every effort to get
a good attendance of the bankers
and has recently sent them a letter
urging them to come. Mr. Swann's
letter reads a follows: ,
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"Dear ir:
You have, no doubt, already re
ceived a letter from Secretary Hen.
dersoh urging you to attend a special
meeting of the bankers of Group 3,
to be held at Beaufort August 9th.
This letter is to remind you that we
are cerainlv exnectinir vou or some
-Tequire it to pay an additional sum same department in the office of lone from your bank. -Juetmake up
v" iu "iukui wui.Ul gneep extension Kaieign. . your mind riant now to get away
. wax.w. ii i""v 11, was wvwa rnese men makA no nrnflt ftnt. nl ilrom tM dp Kit a daw or two and loin
r' .that in pracucaiiy all ol toe counties rthe sales and were donw only through, us at the sea shore. The hotels may
, 4 in the state land, other ban railway government interest in sheep farm- be crowded but, lif so, we will take
. . IM was horixonUlly reduced from tag; They have visited a number of ! you' in our Homes. " ' 'v f
' in," nftT Per cent nd the" were .the counties of the stkte doing this Wednseday afternoon ' and night,
; increases in Ux rates in all but two;work and came here for their last August 9thf is the time. Beaufort is
s Wt of the counties through which thisi.top. ; 1 the place. Don't Forget. Cornel
Vr"roa run ranging from 12 1-4 i- .gj
Except for the rain the sale would
As hotel accomodations may
Withdrawn as eomnnreH with O.ffOA
May; were 796,720 less than in May,
1921V,--
Nearly .,3,000 cases' wrere repart
ed by general prohibition agents, and
fines amounting to $2,15 9,4 10. . were
Imposed by federal courts. - Three
andine-haltmiUiondollan worth, of
bonds placed in suit or proceedings
begun. Reductions in , rentals and
disposition of seized property amount
ing to $208,832 were effected and in
additional saving of $156,900' other,
wise Teffected. Under "the narcotic
lawgjover 200 violations ; wre - ex
posed, resulting in fully 75 per cene
convictions apd approximately $70
000 In fines. Sentences in both pror
hibition and narcotic cases were un
iformly much more, sever."". . 1
Important changes took place. A
year ago the plan ' was adopted 'to
have 'general prohibition agent work
directly under the . centrl office. , At
that- time the force was less1 than
ht twenty Jive men E, C Yellowley,
to 84 cents per hundred dollars. The ( have been held earlier but fot all limited, write or wire Mr. J. A. Hor- wteran of the internal f avenue btt-
. ! , . v m i an inAk ih f no nmnMf.
naaay jr., so ne may near irom you " - r
not later than Mondav the 7th, If ed ran nd DT late 'n lity
'..commissioner of Revenue says that that the number of sheep owners who
' "the reduction, in f valuation of other to Beaufort were well pleased
i K;?1 e,ut WM du tp dePeitd;with the results and Mr. Guthrie pre
V. 7 values brought about by, the heavy diets that if no hindrance Is met with
. J aIttP to the prices of producte of that there should be as nroch as five
t the farm. Wt found no fault with, thousand pounds of wool told from
C t.Qonly .,asked milar treatment j imtj next year S
for the railroads, which, were notj Thera about one hundred twenty
, s making money any mora than was fivc owners in Carteret coun-
the farmer. This, the Commissioner ly ad thousands of sheep. Before
, declined to give and, due to the in- , this time the wool had been sold to
crease in Ux rates, w were asked to , middlemen who waned a nice little
sum before . the wool finally teched
wUl do thia we will guarantee you employed on the force. They ren
a place' to Bleep. The local banks deren excellent service that it
.nH tt.. Tnwri R..nfnrt ai urva was . deemed advisable to continue
the manufacturers. Under 'the. sale
, . -i i j t. i
i system) empioyea rauay ue wooi
I was sold direct from the farmer to
four railpoada Have not . 4V, manufacturer and no one receiv-
pay, as stater, a greatly .increased
amount in actual taxes. ' - ;
"According to the-news item the
Commissioner also said:
"These
paid one cent so far to the support td usual commission.-
of the Sate Government for the
year 1921, to say nothing of 1921.'
"This is true if confined -to the state
as distinguished from its subdivisions
nt tha Cnramiaaioner should ' have
is that- the
MONEY TO
LOAN.
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,W are now receiving applications
for our. September allotment ot mon
tated that the reason tt' ttat-, tne;ey trcm the Federal Land' Bank,
state has chosen to collect -revenues loan n mad, for" perfoj 0f
sUte, has chosen to collect revenues I thlrty three years, but may be retir
for its support from incomes nd e4.tt th expiration of five yean.
franchise taxes and now collects no:jnterest only 5 1-2 per cent per an.
r.
ad valorem tar fromanyone. The"
pum. Loans can be, made to actual
groundw1iich the Southern RaUway ifarnjerf onjy - !f interested tea j
declined to pay the franchise tax, as J - : ' w. L7 Stencil," Sec'y-Trei
set. up in the contest pending to the c.-.-. Countv National Farm Loi
Treas.
Carteret County National Farm Loan
Association. Aug 8.
f 1 courts, la because of the over-assesa-'
ment of IU property upon which the
franchiie Ux U based. In 1911 the
1,1 franchise Ux of the Southern Rail-
way was $10,932.00; to 1921 It wat
$96406.00.
"The Ute averred in ite antweT
to the bill filed by Southern RaU.
; - wsy Company that the Southern!
I, ' property waa auessed at 1U true val
: ' The affidavits on file to tb case
' : show that ether property generally-
t . in ths stete, Uken from an examina-
Uon of every deed filed from January
Ij, 1921, to June 80, 1921, ahowed an
. average t vle to deed val-
' na of 66.58 per cent It doet not
. -j'look fair to asseu railroad property BM not yt opT1ad up and will re
r" at 100 per cent and other property j,, C,0HJ onU1 tn M it did
I at 66.58 per cent.
Tin reason for not paying toe m
FISH ELUDING FACTORIES.
The fish boat Convoy of the Tay
lor' Creek Fish Scrap end Oil Com.
pany came into the barber Tuesday
loaded with sixty thousand fat backs
which although less than half the
Convoy'a capacity was one of the big
gest catches In th past month, fish
are not over plentiful this year and
though th season has been open for
tome time very few hav been caught
The Beaufort Fish Strap and OiJ
Company last year used twenty mil-
lion fiish in making fertiliser and oil
' com lax is that other income Ux
payers wer llowd to -deduct b
f "terest on borrowed money aad this
Jomnaiywa ot.prlttod to. do
y.t Vnrtharmore. It was not al-
.lowed to deduct rent It paid tor.lo
' ' ; fomotlves and" to other parjicnlars It
. waa discriminated against. In bort,
'. thl company fait that it waa discrim
' v inated against In being Uxad .on
tun which waa not aet income but
( tnctoded a' part f groe 4 beom.
bene th SouUvern Railway availed
r ' Itself ef th right tl mA
4orth Carolina law to nJoln th col
lection of an Illegal taxi baring' tea
t dred the Ux du on it, aet Income,
t ' . "The North Carolina 'Constitution
New York the earn dy. Th yacht
CO NT UnW ON PACE TO'i
last year; A number of Improve
ments hav been made to th plant
sine th previous teaton. Tb boll,
tip are now being bricked In and oil
Unks being set up a whoW Dw out
fit of wooden Unk being tostalled.
Th fish factory of Mr. C. P, Pl
baatopened but to getting very few
fiish. This factory fecenUy Wut
th Sarah Davenport. - A A pleasure
boat now being used by Mr. Day,
SEA SCAMF SOLD., .
The auxnianr yacht Sea Scamp,
recently floated lyth -aid oftw
Beaufort ,flh boats belongtof to Mr.
Vf. B. Blade waa told to Mr. W B.
Blada Jr, f New Bern test Monday
by th owners who cam down from
Nw Tori to eann q?.j.
and Thornton for Morehead City,1
With th , exception of Tuesday's
game ' the week's garnet belong to
the Beaufort; club. . An acount is
not printed of these garnet because
of lack of space and deteiled score
records. ; ' . ' , .
a light dinner on th bach at 8 o-; tocreastog it from time to time, at LPhrey t or Beaufort and Smith
clock after which the business session . conoiwns warrenteo. ' v . ,
will be concluded. The program nasi April 1, the country was divided
net yet been completed, but Mr. Al- into eighteen divisions, and an officer
H .. . n .ti Vnnmt, mm tAvmitrtm VII nlaAd
an I.. i5owier, Bute secretary, wui ; --
be with ua with a suggested program hi charge of each division, with suit
for the Groups. , There will also babble quarters and equipment ateno
a number of short to the point Ulks graphic and clerical assistance nc
by practical 'bankers on different essary to carry on the work ,
phases of th bank : work, I At the present' Ume th fore
Ther are' several important mat-h comprises three hundred, land 're
ton to b considered by the Group ports coming from the field show that
and we hope this may prove to be the establishment ol tne mvisions nas
very profluble meeting. The other been jusunea in every repe ,
Groups of the SUte are becoming ac x tie omce ci we cu.,
va Let's make Groun S tne Dan- jhojuuh "
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We cannot do thia with- sisted oi one ciera,
BEAUFORT
WINS
CAME
THRILLING
v While the Besiufort; band ' played
and the ,', docks were filled with peo
ple the Beaufort Baseball nine ro
tund as heroes. . Morehead City wat
defeated. Wii- i;.'
i. After- week of def eate at the
hands of r toe, .rival ' Morehead City
team the . Beaufort nin came' back
strong yesterday Ixf the prettiest game
of the season aad nosed out from un
der the twelfth inning with a 3 to 2
victory.-, - The contest rat a
hard fought pitchers battle -wit
Strickland of Beaufort slightly bet.
tor than th hard .working Smith who
had pitched eight Innings of the Tuea
aay game. ,w '
Strickland allowed but four, hits to
the whole twelve- innings and Smith
bue aeyenl- Smith counted twenty
thre stickouU - and Strickland four
teen. ;" y ; i . ; iv;.-f vf
" Neither of ' th' teams had much
chance t odd' fielding of any kind
but what, did coin their way was
handledjilcely each side making but
one rror. ; . : J'f':;
Camp of Beaufort was the star
of the game when it came to wield
ing the stick. Out of four times at
toe bat he secured three hits one of
which wat turned Into a run; -
Calvert of Morehead City , also did
some good work with the bat get
ting a homer and a two bagger out
of five timet up. But" the hit that
made it two to nothing defeat In to a
three to two victory was toe homer
of Coward. . Camp was on base and
th hit allowed the two race home.
The winning run cam In tb first
of the twelfth.- After two men had
been put out Lapsley bit - the ball
to fiist and reached there On an er
ror on the part .of th baseman.
Strickland was walked and Pitmphrey
the next man up knocked a hot liner
Just above aecend base, and Lapsley
scored, . .'.'u. ..;t '' ' 'i':'Vr-" '
PJatteries were: Strickland and
FIREMEN MEET IN
MOREHEAD CITY :
Large Attendance from All
Part of State Take Part In ?
Tournament
EPWORTH LEAGUE CONTEST.
,The thirty fourth, "annual Vonven- j
tion and tournament of th North ,
Carolina SUte Firement' Association t i
ii being hl In Morehead City ends-'
to day, i. Since Monday crowd Jiava 1
lined the banner strung streets 'and .
all Morehead has been ' gay f with
sttripet and stars of Old ijlory." J
Firemen from' 1 over th SUtoX
hav swarmed jnto th city and swell-
ed their number to over fiv hundred,
liven distant f AsbevUla'tent'a larira .
delegation. ' Concord ranks at 1 one
of the placet with a large delegation--having
sentt twenty five reprcsenta-
tly..-;;:-:;;;;.:V.irr':; ; .
: A good number of the firemen came '
byTafl iratlmoBtaiinanyreachftd
heir destination by travelling via an.U
tomobile. The Atlantic' and Wood- ;
land hotel found room for many
while others found placet in the pri
vat homcs .- ''X ', '"kr y-vxhf. ; i v
fThe beach has called many of
them and turf bathing baa been pop. ', '
ttter. Yesterday all fire men who
wished ' them were given a compli- .
mentery tickets across to the beach. '
Tuesday th business of the aiso.
elation and the speeches held sway. '
Durham was chosen at th town wbeiw
the next convention, will be held and . (
a vote of thanks was extendd to More- .
head City for the splendid reception .
accorded th assocition this year. " ''
Officers who had served through
th previous year war unanimously ' .
reelected to fill their, same position '
during the coming year. They wer '
as follow , A.': . - 1
President, emeritus, J. D. McNeil,
Fayetteville. President, J. H. Wood
Asbevill. First Vice-President, J. I
Foster, Chapel HilL Second Vlce-Pres-
ident C, 1 D. Farmer, Raleigh. Third
Vice-President, vE. ,EJ Bain; Greens- .
boro Secretory,' John H. Miller, Con
Cord. Treasure, Chas. 8chniben,.WUU:'
mlngton. Suticlan, B., E, Curries,"
tlack .Mountain. . "v.U
. jwva to end of the program th
firemen to th ball rot for a moment "
in honor of those' who had died d
The ' session ended
Th Epwortb League contest which
has been going on for th past sev- ti ' past year.
erl weeks cam to an end last Tbura..wth a aong by J. Bennett of San- ' ,V
ner group.
out 'your co-operation. If you have
anything in mind that might, be oil
any help to' the Group, tell ua about
it , '
Do not forget to make your reaer-
vationa as early as possible, not later
than the 7th, The water la fine, so
are th breetes. Come.
, Very truly yours,
. ' o - u. E SWANN,
.. - - Chairman.
Group 8, N C. Bankers AssocUtlon
day night with a victory to the hands
of the white side. The golds hv-
At the present i ing secured 68 new members.
And tout th white woo th tail
time twenty-alx elerka are necessary, l And
In addition to thse cases, a larg to th
number of special Investigation of th golds had to pay for.
beach Monday night which
WATER MEET. ,
Reprsentetivee of the two patrols
being formed to the Boy Scoot Troop
her met last Friday afternoon and
fought out a .contest to swimming,
and diving to 85, to 89 score to
point. '
Th meet was held to front of the
Inlet Hotel and was won by the pa-
nermit holders have been, mad, also
certain other special Investigation rel
stive to the conditions in th vari
ous parte of th country; which wer
covered by special reporta not includ
ed in th Ht of reports not Included
In the list fi reporta of violations
' The work of the general agente
force cannot be entirely gauged by the
number, of reporta tendered cover
ing violations, sine there are tovea
tigstiont covering no violation.
A special legal group now pre
pares all criminal Information IndW
ctments, injunctions, lebela and
search warranto
Director and divisional chlefa re
port promptly to th central me
all cases made by agenU working
under their supervision,- fwhich to
turn are sent to the Department
Patrola
100 yard dash
50 yard dash .
DlsUnc "swimming , under
wtater.r ,
Tim swim under, water.
Neat div -. ' ,
Fad w div
Falling div . ' ' :
Jonea
nf bMfIi Tan JnnM la natrol lead.
tr, th losing patrol bto that under jCf Justice for supervision ano prBp
the command oof Charles Skarren. ation for speedy trial.
Th ponte wr wardd to th s Applications to operate as w,--
two patrols as follows: t . I sale druggists are now ao., u
iH ad and reporta oi staw
5 'are verified by relnspection.;
8 1 Manufacturers ad wholesale deal
ers are required to give a tnonth-
ly accounUbillty of all drugs recelv
4ied, manufactured and aold.
41 Forgery-proof nontransferable
permlU forms . effectually prevent
1 fraudulent withdrawala.
' J Legislation baa given the commls-
ea aioners mu'vi"!
a smaller number of warehouses au
distilled spirit, affecting a larg sav
ing In" money and mitigating losict
from sources other than withdraw-
Two boat loads of young men and
women left the county dock at about
five that afternoon ably chaperoned.
It wat after tlx when they landed at
the beach.' A large part of the par
ty immediately made for th bath
houses and sqton th surf waa filled
with them.
After a good long bath the, boxes
of lunch wer Uken out and supper
terved on th wooden benches to th
pavilion., ' ,
Tb sail had been planned to last
until nine o'clock but it was ten be
fore the Epworth Leaguers wer
ready' to return-.
For week tb two sides - In the
contest had worked hard- and the
ford which was enpoyed by 'all.1
Today I the last day of the fire,
mens' tournament Th firemen com-,
ipanies by.tbe.tlme this paper ia U- ,
tued will likely hav fought the con. ?
teste to a finish and th Jueky teams ;
will b counting the . twely prize
which taken together 'amounting to
nine hundred dollars, - ' 1
A larg grandstend baa been erect
ed on Main street Just on the south
sid of tb railroad where th audita
ee which was to view th race seaU
ed.' Th : North, aid of th atrett
waa used aa th rac way. After
noons th teams hav been practle- -
Ing and th grandstend ha been a-: l(..s
ed by those who wished to watch. ,
Tb prises are 'divided into four '
aete of three each being awarded to ' ,
th twelve team who win first tee. '
ond or third place In on of th four
contests first prizes ore of a hon-
. . . - . , . a a . waMw.aw aaaesv aaaswas , w w v w kimm-
Thurady bfor toa nd to two hU d eacL Secorid prlata
been exactly even with fory n mem
ber gained on 'each aid.
Here's hoping th Epworth Lea
gue will be as successful to all things
as It baa been In securing members.
seventy-fire and third prize fifty del-.
lara. . . . .-. -
CUTS OFF PART OF THUMB.
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Reyercada H. A. Day and Caaven
wer judge of th conteato. -
waa tut on the Way and where ahe
will be rf paired and put in .first a) under permit.
class order. Mr. BUdea will use
tb boat a a pleasure yacht
Mr. Thomas Garner of , Newport
arrived In Beaufort Tueday .eight to
Tb yacht vii af th bom ef hi lister Mrs.
waa' taken, to. New Bern wher ah Gaud Wheatl ..
Submarine chasers .and tpedy
motoret hav bn dded to th
equipment, also aa aeroplane service.
Reverend and Mrs. J. A. Bornaday
and Mr.' and Mrs. Stephens and
FARMERS OF
CAROLINA '
NORTH
We went to call your attention to
the fact that- he teaton for towing
fall clovers and ober legume , is rap
idly approaching. Ton will remem
ber that thia Department la offering
the farmers of th Ut altroeuL.
turcs for Iheir legume crop and pul
verized limeston for agricultural
purpoeese at cost of production,
At present the prices of nitre- cul
tures Is 60 cento per acre and, th
price of limestone to 82.00 per ton
bulk, f.,0. b. th illant, Briodgeport,
Tenn. ' ' ; ,
Tour very truly, 4
W A. Graham Commit.
Mr. JoJhn Jones lost th end of hii
right thumb last Saturday night when i
he fccidenUlly allowed it to get too i
near be turning ktlf of th machine , .
which h was slicing a boned ham,
Mr.' Jonea was in the back part of .' f
tn stor wnen tne accwent oocused .
and, threw the' severed bit of. flash ; '
on the floor, ,H then went la aeaach.
of doctor, whU Paul - -Jones t hi
Drotoer pictrt up yt bit z Bean aao '
started after him, '., , .,,
Dr. Swtadell was found ia hi office
and aewed th tworta bf th fl'rger
tnrathrr Mr.. Joaaa4awaairinw-a i
bandage bow and ft to sot yet known ,
whether or not the thumb can be akv. ' '
ed.4"
Mr. Vktor ToMg of Durham who ;
la sUttioned with the T. M. C. Aiat ";.J .
Campp Glena during th encampment
Mia Lena Duncan left Tuesday for1 visited at tb borne of Dabney White M
thfldrap who- have been , vtalttog at New Bern. where ah spent the day. Monday and Tuesday. . '-. y .J
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