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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. .. .. . .. 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. j . ; ; U ; Mies Mattie King Hanccck spent Tw esdsy In .New Bern . - FIREMEN MAKE WORLD RECORDS Morehead City Scene of 35th Tournament of N. C Fire men - . "" 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 ... : . 1.11- V.. l J,..t!l 1 iwiiuwb. . i . HicrK Pitn t 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 1 . .... ''t , 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 1 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. . .' I l.