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THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, AUG 10 1922
NUMBER TWENTYSIX
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COUNTY BOARD
FIXES TAX LEVY
Levy Made for, County Purpos
esand Also for Schools Rates
Vary, in Townships
Beaufort, N. C. August 7, "1922
The Honorable Board of County
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Commissioners met this the 7th day
of August, 1922, at their regular I
( meeting place in the court house at
Beaufort, N. C. with all members
t present to .wit: C, R. Wheatley,
Chairman; Geo'. G. Taylor; J. L. Ed.
wards; Henry 0. Pinar and B. F.
Small.
' The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
Mr. Will Jones came before the
Board and asked for a reduction in
- his valuation of his property. The
. matter was referred to County Au.
ditcftv---
I ' Mr. Charlie Hancock came before
r r the Board and presented a. petition
i requesting the Board of County Com
missioners to establish a Ferry Boat
line between Gloucester, N. C. and
Harkers Island, N. C. The. matter
was deferred to a later date and pe
tition ordered filed.
Mr. J. L. Murphy presented a pe.
tition to the Board, signed by citi.
sens of the following townshps, re.
spectvely, Beaufort, Straits and
Smyrna, requesting that the old
Straits township lines be established.
The matter1 was deferred to a later
date and the petiioned ordered filed.
Mr. Richard Gillikin came before
the Board and presented a petition
signed by a majority of the citizens
of Otway and Bettie, requesting that
Otway and Bettie remain in Beau,
fort township. The matter was de.
ferred to a later date and the peti
tion nordered filed.
Mr.JW.W, Chadwick came before
the Board and asked that E. G. Bell Creek.
be relieved of his taxes. The re. I The budget for the coming year
quest was granteft was approved and sent to the board
Ordered by .the Boardtkat B. B.'0f bounty commissioners for the tax
Lawrence be apwedJZO.uO tor gruh
bing land onlh South side of his
field, same being usedsfor the con.
struction of the public1 road.
Mr. John Day came before the
Board and presented a petition sign,
ed by a majority of the free hold.
ers of Cedar Island - Township re
questing that a road be built con.
necting Cedar Island with the Atlan.
tic Highway. The matter was re
ferred to the County Engineer, and
the County Engineer was instructed
to make a survey as early as possible
and submit same to the Board. Pe.
tition was ordered filed.
Mr. Wm. H. Bell came before the
Board and asked that the value of
his father and brother's oyster bed
i be reduced. The Board was of the
' opinion that it had io jurisdiction in
the matter.
Dr. C. S. Maxwell came before
the Board and presented a petition
signed by the President and Secre.
tary of Carteret County Medical j head w5tn t thrown by a negro
Society, requesting that a "Whole borer who was working under him.
Time" Health Officer be employed, I gouyer was knocked unconscious and
and that they include in their bud-jtne Mgro beating s hasty jretreat es
get a sufficient amount to provide j ctpe( ther workmen who set
for the employment of such officer. 'out ,fter njm He has not yet been
' Ordered by the Board that the captured. It is reported that a dia.
County Commissioners furnish hall
the expense of a whole time health
officer provided that the Board of
Education of Carteret County fur.
nish the other half. '
No other business spearing the
Board took recess to meet again at
2:00 o'clock P. M.
Tha Board reconvened at -2:16
o'clock P. M. with all members pres.
ent. .
Judge Bragraw representing the
Interstate Cooperage Company came
before the Board and asked that the
value of the property belonging to
. . . . t 1 A..
tne iniersiav voopenge " v""
County be reduced.
;; Moved, seconded and carried that
the values remain on the Interstate
Coperaga Company's property
placed upon it at the July, 1922
masting. ,
Mr. W. H. Hendricks earns before
the Board and asked to be relieved
of part of his taxes. The matter
, ' Mr. Henry' Noe came before tie;
Bosrd and asked for 'permission to
paint the roof of the County Home
as per his former contract. The
request was granted.
(continued on page five')
COUNTY PRISONERS WILL
I WORK IN CRAVEN COUNTY
The men who plead guilty here at
the June term of court to violations
of the prohibition laws and some con.
victed of other offenses will have to
serve their terms on '.. the Craven
county roads. Gvernor Morrison in
u recent letter addressed to County
Auditor Stancill stated that he had
tV . . - .
no authority to make any change
. , f vb
C0UrtB sentence and it
would have to be executed 8 di.
rected. .
The Board of County Commission,
ers of Carteret county some weeks
ago decided to create a road work,
ing force for the county and de .
Eired to kep the prisoners here for
that purpose. Judge Cranmer's or.
der issued just before leaving 'was
that the men must not under any
circumstances be worked in Carteret
county. A request was made by
the commissioners to Governor Mor.
riosn to change this order with the
result noted abbve. The authoriti.
es of Craven have been notified to
come and get the men and thy are
expected to send hre in a day or two
for that purpose.
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
MEETS.
The County Board of Education
met Monday in Beaufort with (all
members present.
It was decided that the children
of R.C. Morris, W. C. Kirkman and
B. W Willis living near Calico Creek
should be rtansf erred to the More.
head City school.
The committee from Core Creek
asked i or a new school building to
replace the one that burned down
two years awo. The request was
granted. The school building will
either be a new structure or repair.
ed one already built and now at Mill
ievy,
Elmo Wade and Harvey Davis
were appointed to go over the books
of Smyrna township and get the line
established between MarsVMherg
school district and the Smyrna con.
solidated schools district.
It was decided to employ next
year a high school teacher, for the
Smyrna district to be located either
at Smyrna or Williston.
It was decided to buy two Ford
trucks, one to be used in Hunting
Quarter township and the other to
be used in Smyrna township to trans.
port children to (school. Children
L,ho live two miles and less from a
jnoo" will not have the use of the
trucks.
HIT WITH BRICK.
.F. R. BoHyer. workiag derail
oar on jh yards of the Carteret
jLumber Company was struck on the
. ut occurei the day before between
the two. Buoyer was able to walk
around that afternoon.
MRS. MASON PASSES AWAY.
Mrs. Minnie Mason died last Sun.
dav afternoon at one o'clock. She
had been suffering from a cancer "
dBtj, gft long period
1f ieknesa durinf whoch she
bad
bten conflnd to her bed.
y,, u survived by her husband
Uf Riehafd Mason and six children,
brothers David Arthur,
, . . .
( William . Arthur, ana Bryan Arwur,
'and by a sister, Mrs. Ansel Chapin.
Sh wu gg yMra 0f age at bar death,
funeral services -wer conduct.
.d at the boms by Reverend E. B.
craven of the Methodist church
there. '
. DEATH OF CHILD.
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The Ores weeks eld' child of Mr -
and Mrs. R. A. Fittman was laid to
rest In Ocean View Cemetery yester.
day. The death of the child came
after a period of sickness. Reverend
E.' B. Craven conducted the funeral
services. .
BANKERS MI
HERE YESTERDAY
The Meeting of Group 3 Bank
ers' Association Successful
In Spite of Rain ".
A special summer meeting of the
bankers of Groupe 3 of the North
Carolina Bankers Association met
todoy in the ball room of the Inlet
Hotel here. The session lasted from
3 o'clock until after 5. dhring which
time various addresses were given
by the various bankers.
Before six the party left for At.
lantic View where those who wished
to do so took dips in the surf. At
eight o'clock the visitors were given
a dinner at the betfch hotel by the
town of Beaufort and local banks.
An address by Allen T. Bowler,
Secretary of the N. C. Banker's As.,
sociation, on "The State Program"
followed the meal after which 'came
the business session, .. Immediately
following the adjournment the Boats
left Beauf orfc-r-4- t'
Most of the delegates arrived on
the morning train and were met by
automobiles at the station.
Rain fell the first part of the af.
ternoon but by six o'clock thee winds
were blowing the clouds away and the
sun once more shone through.
Twenty-five years have passed
since the time when as Mr. Bowler
said the twenty. five bankers met in
Morehead City and formed the North
Carolina Banker's Association on
July 24 1897. Twenty-five years
have passed and now once more the
bankers, this time representing only
a part of the State have met a few
'mils distant from the Association's
birth place.
The speakers of the afternoon
dealt mostly with the question of the
bankers relation to the farmer. "The
success of the farms" said W. W.
Griffiin of the National Bank of New
Bern. "Makes either bad o r good
times in the country at large."
The need of a diversification in
farm crops was noted especially.
And the way to make the banks in.
to paying concerns, according to M.
G. Mann of the National Bank of
Tarboro is to show the farmer how
to make money so that he will have
some to law up. :
The program of the afternoon was
as follows: Call to order by Chair.
jman U. .E- Swann of the. Beaufort
Banking and Trust Co. Address of
Welcome by J. Ai Hornaday Jr. of
the Bank of Beaufort Response to
address of Welcome by F. R. Foy of
New Bern..
Remarks by Chairman Swann.
"Better Farming" an address deliv.
ered by W. W. Griffin, cashier of
of the National Bank of New Bern.
!"How to Keep North Carolina Mon.
ley at Home" address of O. W. Lane
.presndent of the New Bern Banking
land Trust Co. "Some Problems of
,tne Country Banker" address by J
S. Weskett, cashier of the Bank ol
Pamlico at Bayboro.
"Relations That should Exist be.
tween Banker and Farmer" address
by Vice-President of First National
Bank of Tarboro.
Mr. Hornaday opened the session
with the welcoming address saying
that Beaufort was honored to have
the bankers as visitor. It was a
red letter day, he said, in the two
hundred years of Beaufort's history.
The hearts of the town were open
to them all.
Mr. Foy replying to the first speak
er said that the more he saw of the
country along the coast the more be
saw the wonderful possibilities of it
Beauofrt, he went on makes a fine
summer resort but opportunities for
a winter resort here ore too great to
u riked. A hotel should be
t here which can flitting acco.
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modato visitors who sre willing to
nav hir nrices. Every yacht which
comes into Beaufort Harbor should
brmff its share of boarders. For
hundred miles along the coast of
North Carolina, from Beaufort to
wiimina-ton he said the climate in
winter equaled that of Florida.
. Mr. Swann in his remarks, voted
(that conditions are fast improving,
v.,. -re taking an Interest tn the
fanner and promoting 4nteinfcnt
- 1 ' . . 111 a
fanning, a great building boom Is
tokng place, the period of reckless
pending Is past. But also taxes
are increasing while property la de.
(continued on page Ave) ;
COOPERATIVE IS
A GREAT SUCCESS
Orderly Marketing and Cash
Advances of T G. C A. '
Pleases Members
FLORENCE, S. C. Aug. 7th The
organized tobacco growers of South
Carolina ate their cake and kept it
too at forty receiving point- of the
Tobacco Growers Cooperative Assojf
elation ioday when close to two mil.;
lion pounds of the weed were hand!.
ed by the most orderly system of
marketing ever seen in this section
and" the member growers received
their, first cash advances. Y
On the cooperative markets at
many places in South Carolina to.
hacco farmers were heard to say
"I got, more for my first advance
today than my whole crop averaged
last year."
- With" advances on Wrappers run.
ning from $22.75 to$17,50 per hun.
dred,whh $13,05 to- $7,00 advances
for cutting leaf,, with from $15.75
to $7.70 for cutters, from 6.30 to
$1.05 for smoking lugs and jfrom
$5.60 tor $1.05 for primings the
growerswere highly elated over their
I first cash receipts as thy 1ft the ware.
houses with their first payments and
the participation receipts wheh as.
sure them future eaah payments and
mmediata loan values.- -
Many places brought cash advanc.
eaot $15.75 at Lake Cffy today
where close to three hundred thous
and' pounds were on the 'floor, but
the most remarkable feature of the
day was the complete uniformity of
grading on various markets where all
the growers received equal considra.
tion. t
Nver was there a more orderly
opening1 of tobacco markets than
took "place ' today. With the preci.
sion of clockwork the machinery of
the big cooperative association mov
ed into action without a bitch, and
orderly marketing was attained at
the .first day's trial.
In contrast .to the shouts of buy.
ers, the trampling of tobacco, the
shifting of piles and the hurried in.
spection of the grower's product,
golden stream moved continuously
today from wagons to graders, from
graders to weighers and on to the
ever accumulating piles of the weed
in the storage rooms of the associa
tion. Posted conspiciously in every
warehouse were
the advance cash
payments to be made for each grade,
and as thetobacco passed by the
weigher's windows it paid tribute
to the growers in the form of checks
and participation receipts, which
were made out according to the
weight and grade of his tobacco for
each grower member. ,
Richard R Patterson, general man.
agr of the leaf department; T. C.
Watkins, manager of warehouses for
the association; A. R. Breedlove and
C. B. Cheatham, assistant managers
of the leaf department, and other
officials of the Tobacco Growers Co.
operative Association visited the co
operative warehouses at Lake City,
Timmonsville, Kingstree, ilirung.
ton, Olanta and Lamar personally
assisting the graders in their work.
Comnlete satisfaction was express.
ed by the great majority of growers,
who were impressed by the orderly
systm of marketing and . the first
cash advances paid today. v
S. D. FrisselL
OLD
COLORED CITIZEN RE
TURNS. Ceasar Donnell a colored' cititen
who left Beaufort some forty years
ago returned this week on a visit.
He is now seventy two years ox age.
He has made his home in Haraord,
Connecticut for many years and it
amid that he has succeeded in ac.
enmulatinj; considerable property
there.
CAR ACCIDENT.
Mrs. Roland Davis of Beaufort
while spending Sunday at Davis was
nainfullr hurt while out riding with
MLm Ines Davis who took Mrsv
Davs and little son Robert Lane out
for a ride. The car was working
badly and skidded in a near by ditch
and turned over. Mrs. Davis sustain
sd a very bad sprain In bar arm but
the others escaped without Injury.
JULY WEATHER WAS -
, ; i ABOUT AS USUAL
The weather in July seems to have
been the same it is usually is in this
region. According to Weather Ob
server Chas, Hatcell there was 20
clear days and It cloudy ones. The
ranfall for the month was 5.68 inch,
es. - The hottest day was the 11th
when the thermometer reached 89
degrees. In July southwest winds
usually prevail and they did so this
year, for 24 days out of the month
the wind blew from that direction
and their coolness added very great,
ly to the pleasure of living in this
locality. The temperature .figures
day' by day follows i
Max Min.
1. '.--i ...87 78
2., ...J..87 " 80
8 ,.......86 80
4. .- .......87 80
5. 82 71
6. ........79 69
7... ...SI 68
8 . 8.6 77
9. ... . .....85 78
10 .88 74
Us : I.. 89 79
12 86 77
13. 84 73
14 84 70
15. 83 71
16 85 '75
17. .... r...:;.t..87 ; 77
18 87 79
19. 87 78
20. -..83 74
21. .....81 72
22. 85' y ,72
113. J85 , 77
24. 85 79
25. . 86 78
26. i 87 72
27 - 87 74
28. ..j 86 77
29 88 72
80 v 86 77
81 -...89 71
ODD FELLOWS ENCAMPMENT.
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The annual session of the 'Grand
Encampment of the) Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of North Oar.
olina will be held at Wrightaville
Beach next Tuesday. Election of
officers is to take place and other
important business transacted. Sev.
era! members of the ordea in and
around Beaufoif, are expected to
attend the gathering.
SEVERAL ORDINANCES
REPEALED BY BOARD
There were no indications ' what.
ever of a storm at the meeting of the
board of town commissioners that
took place Monday. Every thing
that came up was discussed In the
quitest manner imaginable and the
voting while not unanimous on the
tauto stopping ordinance was i so on
other questions. .
Instead of making new ordinances
the board occupied itself mostly in
repealing or changing old ones. Mr.
S. K. Scott came before the board
and asked that the dog muziling law
be repealed or changed. After a
short discussion it was decided to re.
peal section 8 of ordinance. 37 and
this permits well behaved dogs to go
about their affairs without the bum.
UitatJon of weamg a muzzle. Vici.
ous dogs must be muzzled or they
may be .shot.
Mr. D. G. Godwin asked that the
ordinance lis to keeping chickens
confined should be repealed as to.theless raise large numbers of sheep
certain territory bounded by Broad
Cedar adn Fulford streets to the.
town limits.- A motion was passed
granting Mr. Godwn's request.
At the afternoon session of the
board the question of auto stops
came up for discussion. Commis
sioner Ford made a motion .which
was seconded by Dr. Msxwell that
the stop signs be taken down and
slow signs put up Instead. The mo.
tion was carried 8 to 2. Ford,
Huntley and Maxwell voting for
Duncan and Lewis against.
Mr. W. H. Hendricks cams before
the board and asked to be relieved
of $20.16 taxes on account of feeble
health of himself land wife. The
board directed that be be relieved of
all above $15. A number of bills
were audited by the. bosrd and or.
dared paid.
De eot eWtarey tkb feme el the
News, fee Hka4 let sMfrUi
r4 the faaUjVn t ef M1m
Lele BeN.
WOOL SCHEDULE
Ohio Senator Says Tariff Must
Protect Farmers' As Well ,
as Manufactured Products
(Special " Correspondence) I
WASHINGTON AUG8 Branding
the opposition to the wool schedule
as "theymost unfair, the most decep.
tive, the best calculated to misrep.
resent, of any propaganda that I
have ever seen in the country", Sen
ator Willis of Ohio, 1 in the , recent
tariff debate on wool made a thunder ;
Ing attack on' those who are more in.
terested in maintaining their parti
cular profits than ihey are n the '
building up 6f the industries of the V.
country and the general prosperity of
the American people. .. ' .
"I may say here," said the Sena. -tor,,
" that I think one of the things
which enters into the propaganda is
the- influencenf certain Internationa
al bankers in the country, who, be.
cause of their investments, are more .
interested in foreign countries and
in foreign bonds than they are in the
prosperity of this country. They are ,
willing to stand behind this propagan
da of misrepresentation in order to
build up somewhere else and make .
their bond holdings " more secure, '
not csring particularity what hap
pens in this country. Starting out
with that sort of idea, they make
hese . misrepresentations. I have
here letters from manufacturers in '
my own State protesting against the
protection for the farmers products,
and I have in another folder letters
from the same men asking for pro.
taction on their own products. Well,"
either we shall have a protective tar.
iff to take care of every legitimate
industry In the country, including
agriculture and " wool-growing, or
else there wfl! not be -any protective
tariff for anybody. , If legitimate
protection is to be denied to the A.
merican farmer, in my judgement the -American
farmer will so to it that '
if be has to sell in a free. trade mar.
ket, others are to sell in a free,
trade market" v"" ," '
Senator. Willis again' paid his re
spects to the statement which has
been spread broadcast that a duty of '
33 cents a pound on scourel wool
(11 cents on rsw wool) would add,
$5 or more to the cost of a suit of
clothes, and showed how utterly rep.
rebensiblej that falsehood is.. As a
matter of fact the 33 cent duty is
12 cents below the House rste. "If
said Senator '-Willis "these props
gandandists are , to increase the pries
of -a- suit of clothes $5 becsuse ws
decrease the rate of duty 12 cents '
s pound, I wonder bow much they
would increase the price if we took ,
the tariff off altogether?" He then
showed that the bill as reported by
the Senate Finance Committee is
based upon the plan which the tar.
iff Commission has thoroughly ex.
amined and Most explictly recgamen
ded.
Following Senator Willis' speech
Senator Lodge showed that our pro.
duction of sheep had decreased from
62,000,000 (in 1902) to about, 45,
000,00 today, and remarked that
there are many countries crowded
in point of population wboeh never.
and produce a great deal of wooL
That is true of Great Britain to
very high degree. There is no reas: ,
on of climate or pasture to prevent
the existence of large numbers of "
thes small flocks kept by farmers
throughout all the Northern States, 1
st least, of the Union, but for some
reason is is not done." Senator
Lodge probably recalls the, saying
that the three worst enemies of sheep
are "death, dogs, "and Democrats,"
and that if we could have permanent ,
protection of the wool Industry, and
fewer sheep-killing dogs, our farm.
ers could overcome losses snd nod
profit In raising small flocks of sheep.
The necessity for Indepeadenes of
foreign sources of wool supply on
the pert of the . United States Is
keenly appreciated by those who
stand for "America First" and caan.
seqnently for adequate protection
to the wool Industry. '
Alaska has 1,000 automobiles. S
years ago there ware only 201.
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