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Complaint to
Against
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Bushall Huntley Controvery Finally End Up In Court. Plain
tiff Brooki&Iaims That Bushall and Duncan Cannot Law
fuly Hold Two Offices in Town Gevernment
1 E. W. Brooks on behalf of himself
and other citizens of Beaufort is in.
stituting . suit against the board of
Commissioners of Beaufort to re.
strain them from permitting Mayor
C. H. Bushall to serve as Inspector
of Public Construction and Graham
Duncan to serve as city attorney.
The complaint will be filed with the
Clerk of the Superior Court probab.
ly some time this week.
The basis of the contention is that
Mr. Bushall cannot hold another
office in the town bovernment and at
the same time be mayor and that
Mr. Duncan cannot serve both as
town commissioner and city attorney
at the same time. The action is an m
junction proceeding and is to be
heard by some judge.
The action lis the outgrowth of a
long controversy between Mayor C.
H. Bushall and commissioner G W.
Huntley vwhich has been fought out
for the past several weeks in the col.
umns of the Beaufort News in town
meeting and in words and deeds.
The beginning of the trouble was
born on the ninth of May when C.
S. Maxwell, G. W. Duncan, S. D.
Ford, and R. M. Lewis signed a pa
per directing Chas, H. Bushall, may
or. to assume the general inspection
of certain work under construction ;
by the town. These men forming
four or five members of the commis
four of five members of theboard of
commissioners of Beaufort were notin
but the -signatures .were .prcured
from the signers personally by the
mayor. So claims the plaintiff.
At the regular meeting of the
board of town commissioners the four
signers of the paper further commis.
sioned the office to Mr. Bushall by;
Motion made and passed in regular
order.
A opy of the writing is given be.
low :
Mr. -Charles H. Bushall Mayor.
City.
Dear Sir:
We, the undersigned, members of
the Board of Commissioners do here,
by authorize and request that you
assume the general inspecion of the
town and give your time to this work.
We exypect you to work in conjunc.
tion with the city engineer snd con.
tractor. We expect you to careful
ly look' after the pay rolls and 11
other details relative to the work.
This appointment is made until the
board "can meet in regular session
and take up the matter and fully rec.
tify the same. 1
Respectfully,
T C. S. Maxwell
G. W. Duncan
S. D. Ford.
R. M. Lewis
On the motion of Commissioner
Duncan, Veconded by Commissioner
Ford. Mr. 'Eushall's salary was made
$100 per Inonth to be paid out of
the Bondfund from May 9th 1922.
Mr. Huntley was not present at
the meeting and claims hat Mr. Bush.
" ' all ipoks to him saying that nothing
of importance would be carried on
and that there woulud be no need
of his being present. The. other
members cf the board claim that Mr.
Huntley did know that the chief
th town fire department Mr. D,
M. Jones wes to be present and also
. a representative of the Art alarm
company. .. y '
At the meeting It .was, decided that
the' town should put in a firs alarm
v, yem costing in all with installation
' 1 Included about six thousand dollars.
Vln his articU printed In the Beaufort
" News Mr. Hnntley'caimed that a town.
' that had no fire fighting department
io speak of had no right to put In
' ' a costl hre alarm system, The oth
er commissioners claimed that if it
was installed that the fire Insurance
rates In tie town would bs very much
reduced making up for the added
taxes necessary to pay for the sy
be Lodged
ssione
tem.
On the third of July a meeting of
citizens was held in the town hall
about seventy five being present.
The men at the meetoing were
anxious to cut down the existing and
proposed taxes and attacked (with
vigor the budget which had been pre
pared by the commissioners. The
police system, the light and water
department, the coal buying, were
discussed heatedly. The fire alarm
system it was decided should be dis
persed with and a number of other
parts cf the budget were ordered cut
down.
The ammended budget was passed
by the board of commissioners in
the afternoon session of the same
day. The fire alarm part of the con-I
troversy was disposed of but the dig.
cussion on the salary of Mr. Bushall
seems to have iust bearun and the 1
coal question was not buried either.
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Mr. Huntley claims that Mayor highest winner. St&tesvijle s num
Bushall has been paying exorbitant ber one team came next with one
prices for coal for the town of Beau. J first place and one second, and was
fort's use. Mr. Bushall came back 1 followed by High Point with, one
to say that the mayor had no part first and third place. ' '
in the town government exceut when! The nine .prizes were awarded as
a uo cAiitia swung 11. c cuiiuiussiuuerB
i in charee of the Lisrht and Water
Department of Beaufort refused to I
buy coal at $1.65 a ton and that at
the time his article was printed it
could not be bought for less than
,$3.65 if it could be bought at all.
Mr. Huntley charges that the con
tract for the coal made with the
Eastern Coal and Export Corpora
tion was made without a provision to
protect the town in case the price of
coal fell below the market price at
that time. The clause specifically
stating that the town would be pror
teeied was put in by he commission.
era but was stricken out by the cor.
poration when it signed the agree,
ment. An agent of the coal com.
pany informed the mayor that the
town was protected under another
clause . and the mayor according to
Mr. Huntley signed the contract. The ( the morning with the sun shining e
Eastern Goal and Export Corporation nough to suit anyone, though du
replying in letters written from here ' ring the afternoon showers inter! er
said that it was their understading J red with the races and for a while
of the matte rhat the town was not stopped them,
protected. Mayor Bushall said thatj Everything went off) in good or
the coal which was bought agfter the der not an accident occuring. The
decline in price had never been paid big grandstand which had keeping
for in full. According to him Mr.
Huntley was in complete chsrge of
buying all supplies for the Light and
. . . .
Water departments
The Mayor further charges that
Mr. Huntley who is a member of the
wholesale firm of Hancock and Hunt,
ley in Beaufort has been supplying
the town with supplies while he re.
mained a commissioner. This ac.
cording to the statutes of Nrth Car.
0iml , a violation of the law.
This Is the Mayor's cheief charge
against the commissioner while the
commissioner's chief charge ts that
Mr. Eushatl is violating the law when
he sssumes another position in town
government while mayor.
A volcano has been seething under
neath the city government of Beeu-
fort and it remains to be seen if the
ware is yet to come or hss already
been passed.. t
HERE AFTER LONG ABSENCE..
Capain J, D. Norcum of Ocean
City, N. J. after an 'absence of. 88
years Is here on a visit to his brother
Mr. H. D. Norcom.. He Is accom.
panted by his son Captain Geo. D.
Norcum of Wilmington who was with
the army In -France.. The -senior
Captain Norcum is much Impressed
with the changes he notes in Beau,
fort, particularly In the fact that
but few people are' here now' whom
he used to know.
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; Mies Mattie King Hanccck spent Tw
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FIREMEN MAKE
WORLD RECORDS
Morehead City Scene of 35th
Tournament of N. C Fire
men -
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Two world's records were broken
last Thursday when the North Car
olina State Association of - Firemen
held their annulal tournament.
High Point fire company establish
ed the record for attaching fire hose
to a hydrant and getting water
thruogh wljen she lowered the pre
vious record time by o second.
The record for getting-chemical
fire fighting under way was lowered
one fifth of a second by three teams.
When the tie was fought off it was
found that Statesville had sliced an
other second from the time that San
ford had held the same time as be
fore and that Fayetteville had drop
ped behind three fifths of a second.
In the afternoon contests Winston
Salem proved to have the fastest
team in both events. '
The prizes for the whole day a
mounted to nine hundred dollars not
including the eighteen offered in the
foot race. Eeach of the four con-
tests received a fourth of this which
amount was divided into a first prize
of one hundred dollars, a second
prize of seventy. five dollars, and a
third of fifty. (
Winston-Salem can-vine off the
,two first places proved to be theK1168 ,aWB are administered gener
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place, time 9 2.6 seconds.
StaUsvills. second nrize.
time 9 4-5 seconds Fsyetteville, thh-d
prize, time 10 1-5 seconds.
Chemical contest: Statesville, first
prize, time 8 14-5 seconds,
Sanford. second wise, time
9 seconds, Fayetteville, third prize,
time 9 seconds.
Reel Race: Winston-Salem first
prize, time 21 seconds, Bur
lington, second prise, time
22 seconds, High Point,
third prize, time 23 seconds
Grab Reel Contest: Winston-Salem
first prize, time 20 1-5 sec
bnds, Concord second prize,
time 21 seconds, Burlington
third prize time 21 4-5 sec
onds. .
The contests started abcut ten in
watch near the rail road tracks for
I some time past was filled and both
aides of the race way Jined with fif
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teen hundred ortwo thousand specta
tors. The northern, side .of .the
street was ueed as the track and this
was 'roped off and patrolled by the
Morehead City police and officiating
firemen was cleared whenever the
Morehead City .fire .truck .started
toward the hydrant at a speed of
thirty five miles an hour.
At the end of the morning fire
fighting conteits a hundred yard
foot race was held. Coins of Burling
tor? came but first making the distan
t In 10 1 B aeconda. The second
(man in was Beeman of Statesville
and the third Haupt of High Point
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In the morning contest 'each team
went to the far end of the race way,
mounted the town fire truck and
drove forward to the scene of action
where the Spectators watched. The
hydrant was passed t top speed
while the firemen sprang' from the
truck and pulling out the hose at
tached It and In a few seconds had
water pouring from the nozzle. The
firemen who .had gone on with the
truck stopped a few moments later
ml inrinirinfl- ti tha a-round act no
a Udder to a form that bad been erect
ed there. One of .the .men .then
mounted this and touching the end
of the chemical hose to a belL The
time, was taken from the .time when
the truck broke a string which bad
been stretched . across the street a
hundred feet from the hydrant un-
CHTXNUEOOK f AGE FOU!
WOMEN PROTECTED
BY SOME STATES
Legislation Affecting Working
Womsn has Originated with
Republicans in State and
nations
WASHINGTON The record of
the Republican partyvin enacting legis
lation to protect women workers in
industry has been one of the bright
spots in recent political history. Few
voters realize how much has been
accomplished along such lipes in the
Republican states of the north as
well as how completely protective
legislation for women has been in
the states of the Democratic solid
South. A summary revealea the con
trasttrast.
Legislation limiting Ithe .korking
hours of women in industry has head
ed the program. A survey of the
states which have passed laws estab
lishing the 54 hour week or less,
for women, hows 24 states having
such legislation. Of these, 20 are
Republican states, four are Demo,
cratic.
Fifteen states have passed laws
prchibitir-g night work for women
in specified occupations, of these 14
are Republican states, one Democra
tiC.
Twelve states have enacted min.
imum wage laws for women workers.
ally by state industrial welfare com
missions, and the wage is set by e.
conomic Investigaton of living costs.
Of the states which have adopted
thsi forward step eleven are Repub.
lican, one Democratic. -
Mothers Pensions are provided in
r "
all but eight states, of which seven
i" iB Democratic bolid Soutn.
. La" prohibiting home-work for
woon,en ,n the "" Jnaustries,
re on he Btatut -books .of .ten
ue- Of nin r Republican
1 one Democratic.
I States with laws regulating home
work for women, number 12. Of
fceee 11 are Republican states, one
Democratic.
An intrinsic part of the women leg.
islation program has been the effort
to secure the appointment of women
to administer these state laws. In
17 states this object has been ac
complished, and women hold exec,
utive positions in the ' welfare ad.
ministration. Fifteen of these states !gjon 0f automobiles seem to be using
are Republican, two Democratic 'them all hours of the isy and night
To give federal support to the wel-I jhe Impression thst North Car.
fare of working women the "Wo. 0iina will goonn hsve a wonderful
men's' " Bureau" was created in the j fytem of roads was msde upon ev.
Department of Lobor. Here again' ery one 0f the editors and perhaps
the records show that the Rpublican no ass has had more to do with get.
party took the iniative. The law 9 tod than they have had.
ettablishing the .Women's Bureau (
was enacted June 5, 1920. It was
introduced in the House by Repre
sentative Campbell, of t Kansas .Re
publican. It was introduced in the
Senate by Senator Keynon.of Iowa '
Republican. It was passed, by a
Congress, Republican in the branches.
The original eppropriation for the
Women's bureau provided by the 66
Congress was $75,000. This yesr, after November the first. Mr A. row. He will give a life time pre
the 67 th Congress, again Republican T. Gardner of Beaufort took the mat ventatve treatment against cholera
has increased the appropriation to
$100,000, thus enabling the Bureau
to expand its service. It also in.
creased the eppropristions for the
Children's bureau by $40,00. The
Federal Women's bureau gives tn.
spiration and support to all the move
menta tn the vsrlous sUtes which sre
working for the woman protection
nroflrram through the legislatures.
Another service of tremendous
benefit to women workers In Indus-
try was performed bythe present Ra
publican Congress. This was tne en
sctment cf the Msternity law. Un.
der the provisions of the act, $1,
480,000 has been made available for
distrlctribution among the states for
the eurrent year, and $1,240,000 for
each of the five years thereafter.
Thirteen national women's organlza.
'ii... .in it a4 a Dm the Dssssze of
such a law by Congress. 'The direct
beneficiaries of the act will be work.
, vswsass)
ing women snd the wives of work
Inirmen. The administration 01 w
.
act is an the charge of the United
States Children's bureau.
It Is signiflcent that tn this whole
iit of nroteetlva' legislation, tEfl El
'publican party appears M jfcl IS3 -
cral. The truth is thai ..VI
CONTINUED 0.1 MJi"VJ'
NEWSPAPER FOLKS HAVE ,
A FINE MEETING
Perhaps never in the fifty years
of the N. C. Press Association's his
tory has it experienced a more en.
joyable meting than that which took
place last week at Cleveland Springs.
This very delightful place U situated
Just two miles from Shelby on a hard
surface road and is practically a tub.
burb of the town. Sheiby is a thriv
inng little city of some 5000 inhab
itants situated in one of the best
counties in the State. ' .
The newspaper folks spen two days
t the Springs, Wednesday and Thurs
day ' and then nn Friday - through
the courtesy of the Kiwanis club of
Shelby were taken to Chimney Rock
which is one of the most interest,
ing places in the mountains of North
Carolina. From the time that the
editors arrived at King's Mountain
until when they took their departure
on Friday afternoon they were made
to "feel T that T they "were . Snded wl.
come guests and rthe glad hand of
fellowship was extended to them from
every side.
' The meeting of the Press associa.
ton was ts fifteth anniversary and
every effort was made by President
Herrill and the secretary Miss Beat,
rice Cobb to make t a success. . Be
sdes the routne work there were many
specal features that made the meetng
attractive. An exhibit of modern
machinery was on hand, a daily pa.
per was published, interesting remin.
iscences by ' former presidents and
and discourses by various speakers
were on the program. The annual
oration was delivered by editor Jose,
phus Daniels of the Raleigh News and
Obeserver. Thursday afternoon af .
ternoon Governor Morrison deliver.
ed sn address on industrial conditions
He made special reference to the
railroad and coal strikes and stated
his position on these questons. '
The trip through middle and wes.
tern North Carolina revealed the fact
that the crops' up there are much
better than in the coastal section.
There has not been too much rain
there and the cotton, corn and other
crops are looking fine. The numer.
ous factories up the State seem to
be all running on full time' and they
add greatly to the general prosper,
ity. One of the .most .impressive
things seen on the trip, to this writ,
er ' at least, was the fine system of
good roads hat seem to be ' every
where. All of the principal towns
are connected by sand clay or hard
surface roads and a constant proces
BEAUFORT TO HAVE
FREE DELIVERY SOON
From some correspondence which
hag blMej reCently between Republl
can g. Chairman W. G. Bramham
jan(j pjrgt Assistant Postmaster Gen.
raj Birtlett it appears that Beau.
ort wiji j,ave free delivery on and
ter up with Mr. Bramham some weeks
ago and has received the letter print,
ed below which explains the matter.
The letter reads:
Hon. William Bramham, Chairman
Republican State Executive Commit'e
Durham, North Carolina.
Dear Mr. Bramham: , 1
Your letter, of the 18th instant
addressed to the Postmaser General,
respecting the establishment of vil.
1 delivery service Ut iBeaufort,
North Carolina has been referred to
m for attention.
I am very pleased to advise you
that an order will be issued estab.
iishlng village delivery service In
Beaufort, effective November 1, 1922.
Sincerely yours,
Signed, John H. Bartlett,
First Assistant Postmaster General:
THREE OF. THEM.
The. Beaufort crew was shut out
Thursday by the Moreheaders a 4
to 0 gsme. But ascldents Will bap-
pen, x The Beaufort nine de
feated by the Morehead-City, team
.Baturdaf in a ten Inning game by
' score of '. More bard luck.
' The home, team was defeated Wed.Jadvisese hat the farmers tnnoculate
nesday by the Morehead City team
I to 1. Goshl " ',;-
BANKERS MEET S ;
TO BE HELD HERE
75 to 100 Representatives' Of !
' The 48 Banks Expected
Here on Ninth '
T)n Bankers Convention which is.
to be held in Beaufort on the ninth'
of this month is- being planned for !
and arrangeienta being .made .to (
take caree of the seventy five or a
hundred visitors expected. Mr, U.i.
E. Swann of th Beaufort Banking and
Trust Company who is c"hairman of;
mo uroup 3 N. C. Bankers Associa.
tion is sending out letters urging ss
many as can to be present. . ' , f . ,
Thejrogram will be as follows: 1 ,
2:3(TP. M. Registration. .
3:00 P. M. Call to order by Chair
man U. E. Swann.
TTAddressbf welc'ome-J.A. Horna J. ?"
day Jr Cashier of the Bank of Beau. .
fort. ;;-'-;V
Response to address of welcome.
' Ten Minute AIdru,
"Better Farming" W. W Griffin,
Cashier of the National Bank of New
Bern. "' "-'jry, P'il? ::y
"Speed LimiU" L. A. Bethume, ,
President of the Bank of Clinton.
How to Keep North Carolina Mon.
ey at Home." 0. W. Lane President '
of the New Bern Banking and Trust
Company. ' ;,; "
"Some Problems of the Country
Bsnker." John S. Weskett, Cashier t
Bank of Pamljco, Eayboro N. C. .'
"Relaions That Should Exist Be
tween Banker and Farmer." Vive-
President of the First National Bank ;
Torboro, N. C. ' -vV',..;
5:30, leave for Ocean Beach Hotel.
j 8 :30 Dinner, compliments of Town of
Beaufort and local banks;
' Address by Alan T. Bowler, Sect,
retary N. C. Bankers Association ,'
Business Session; " fcf..-f.:"
Mennu for Bankers Dinner Ocean ,
Beach Hotel i f
' Shrimp .Cocktail, .Crackers .and,
pickles, stewed oysters, celery snd ;
olives, Boiled Spanish mackerel, soft
crabs, tartar with sauce, Fried Cape
scallops, hot johnny cake, oyster frit...
ters, boiled Virginia ham,, Fruit sal.
ad, hot tea biscuits, wheat muffins,
fruited gelatine, coffee Ice Tea r
Mints,' Cigsri Cigarette's. ;- - -
EARM EXPERTS PAY
VISIT TO CARTERET COUNTY
E. C. 1 Blair of the State Exten
sion Service at Raleigh was in town
last week for three days and went
around with county demonstration
sgent Harris to advise the farmers
on permanent pastures, all cover 1
crops and legume crops 'He paid
visits to about fifteen different farm
and had thirty or forty Interviews
with farmers. - He also held two
meetings in the county. -
' This week Dr. C. C. Hunt hog
cholera specialist from Washington ,
N. C and connected with the United
States' Department of Agriculture
for control of cholera is here.
He has been in town since yester.
dsy and will not leave until tomor.
to any hogs that fanners will bring
to 'him or get bim to. The only1,
cost to the hog owners wilbe the ,
pree of the serum the services 01
the Doctor being entirely free. ;
There hsve been fiv other men be.'
sides these in th county as county'
agnt writes to , these men tnd se.
cures their services for a few days.
If the farmers wish any special dem
onstration they moy come to Mr.
Harris and through him obtain what
they want. He ts Intending to get
a good number of other, men and
the farmera wIlTdcTwell tokeep Jn.
touch, with what is going on. , ' " .
Last week there were four men .
in Beaufort who graded wool brought ',
here and obtained the sale of it at !
double the price that hucksters have
been offering the ehep'raisrs, ' ;
Any farmr who wishes feed ex
periments carried out on-bis hogs
can get this service by teeing the
demonstration sgnt. '.
Mr Harris Is busy In the work be
Is In and doing a great deal of ser-
vice for the county. -Dr.
Hunt has found a numbeof
cases of Cholera in the county , and
at once, He leaves tomorrow so
see him ss soon as possible. . .'
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