VOL. XL
THE BEAUFORT NEWS, THURSDAY, SEPT. 28,-1922
NUMBER THIRTY NINE
WILL ESTABLISH
NIGHT SCHOOLS
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Effort Will Be Made To Abol
ish Illiteracy in Carteret
County x
There is not ft much adult illit -
eracy in Carteret county as there is
in some of the counties of the -State,
still there is considerable and an ef
fort is going to be made to eradicate
most of it, if not all. Beginning
probably in November night schools
will be held 'at several. points in the
county and an opportunity given to
thee who desire jt to get at least the
rudiments of an education. Not on
ly will illiterates be taught but also
those who have a little knowledge
of reading may attend the schools.
Miss Nelle Richardson who is con-
nested with the County Board of Ed
ucation will pay especial attention
to the anti-illiteracy campaign
Some days ago Superintendent It.
L. Wright sent out a kettter to the
school committeemen ef the county
in regard to the drive against illiter.
aey. He has heard from several ofJ
th committeemen .who have express-
d'shmselves as beiag interested - in
the work and willing to help 'Be
quests that night schools be estab
lished at several points have been
made and these will have attention
Mr. Wright's letter reads as follows:
To The School Committeemen of
Carteret County:
Gentlemen:
The State of North Carolina is
making a desperate effost to blot out
adult illiteracy. With this in view
the state is furnishing an adult illit
eracy Teacher in this County for the
coming year.
The director of this work will be
iJCirn Nelle Richardson of Beaufort,
N. C She is well qualified.
Ton know the conditions of your
community better than J' do. If yon
have grown people in your district
who cannot read and write- and Vbo
wonUliketottohff night school this
Fall or winter -we ' wilf be glad to
come to your community and organ
ize a school there. What does it
cost? Why, nothing, for the- state
furnishes the teacher and all that, we
have to do is to let her teach.
Now we know that thereTure- places
where this work is not needed. ' How
ever, in those communities that need
and want this night school we will
: offer the work. I want to. bespeak
your hearty cooperation with Miss
Richardson in this work and if you
desire her services write to her or to
me so that your district may get on
the list for instruction.
Suppose you let us hear from, you
concerning this matter at once.
' .Tours truly,. ,
. N m. l.. wright;
FINE
CORN
WET
GROWN DESPITE
WEATHER. .
, 'Some doubting Thomases have al
ways said that the. "Open Grounds''
land was practically worthless and
would never grow crops of any con
sequence. , If . they could see some
corn' raised by Mr. Jno. Dickinson
who lives out there they-would think
differently.' j Tbjfisl ears of corn, meas
ur Hunches in length 'and are a
bout ' 8 Inches', in circumference.'' Be
BidesHrorifJIr. Dickinson grew, some
of as fin;' sweet' potatoes as can be
shown any where. But ior the un.
usually wet weather,. that prevailed
last. Summer and insufficient drain
age .MrjS Dickinson thinks his crops
would, have been even better than
"they were. 'V --:'-'
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GET TOURfY' IN EARLY.
A The fall r..h aJvertUlag U
opes now aad we hope to be
best- Je several awtW tl Uaat, la
ereer- to Oa tie carreat Usee ,ef
toe nape advertUiag copy ekeald be
la this eftee aet late tkaa Tweakay
afUraeea, '. CeeaAy eerreee4ate
WkU saail their Utters ea Meaday
-alvar to order to aet tkeaa la iha
yafMi ; Htlf ee to saeke the News
a geed paaor'sy geltlavc J
" tote the' emee early,'"..- -
The editor ef the Boston News Bu
reau writes of, "the failure of our pub
'Tin acbepl eystem to gtve proper edu
cation as to looney and the functions
ef atoncy" ... . ' . . -
INTERESTINC PICTURE WILL
I , BE SHOWN HERE.
. The. people of Beaufort will- have
Ian opportunity tomorrow to see the
'famous picture taken last Summer
jon Roanoke Islam) which depicts
certain ' historical 4 events that ' took
place there many years ago. The
arrangement for- showing the picture
1 here was made by the Community
CIub nd !t will take place at the
Sea Breeze theater tomorrow after.
noon and again at night '
' The first attempt at settling a col
ony in America by the English, was
that made by Sir Walter Raleigh un
der Richard Grenville. ' This attempt
was a failure and Raleigh sent an
other - colony under John White as
governor. This group of settlers,
afterwards known as the "Lost Col
ony" had many interesting exper
iences and the film tells about them.
People who are now living on Roa
noke Island took part in the picture
Lnd ropl who have seen it say that
the scenes are pretty. The picture
has a love story, fights with Indians
and ether incidents that make it en
joyak;leaad interesting to all. Those
In chargesaay that they are. expecting
UIve cxowas to see ine picture oou
pn afternoon and evening.
TIMt IS AT HAND
FOR SEA BASS FISHING
' The sea bass fishing ' season will
start very soon and the boats that
been up on the Jersey coast daring
the Summer are returning to Beau,
fort .- Geytain Thomas Nelson and
his crew ef four man in- the Alice ar.
rived after an absence of several
months. They were caught in a bad
storm in Famlico Sound on the way
back end came very near being lost
but good seamanship and . the sea
worthiness of the sturdy little smack
baseght them safely through. -
The sea baas fishermen, will start
their work here about the middle of
Octobea, If weather conditions are
favorable they" will fish 'practically
all of the Winter. ' Last .Winter the
weather was not particularily cold but
there was a great deal of stormy con
ditions that interf erred greatly with
deep sea fishing, , Some times' the
boats make some very nice catches
of bass or black fish as they are called
locally. ' While the skin of these fish
is bjack the meat is very white and
tender and makes excellent eating.
Thy are popular in New Tork and al
most all caught' hereabouts are ship
ped" to that market. Besides the
bass the fishermen catch other veri
ties, occasionally among them some
nice fine red, snappers. Octopuses
are caught quite frequently and they
are also sold in IJew Tork.
LIKES
NEW HOME.
Editor of the News:
'We'ere Very much impressed with
your home country." 6f course the
general contour of this section Is
very interesting to one accustomed
to the low fiat section' of the State.
Hills and vales, deep'.knd rocky
streams, oak covered ridges and fer
tile valleys, red clay and rocks, good
roads' and concrete bridges. And
Siler gtit'y is a mis nomer it should
be Hustletown" or "Progressviile"
or something more suited .to the nat
ural trend of the people. Even the
ehfldren unconsciously boost their
home town and every one works for
his particular church. , '
The people are, exceptionally hos
pitable, very intelligent and highly
cultured in the art of jeivility.
There is no need of 'police no
drunkards,, or street rowsno loaf
ers. "Everyone works even the "old
man."
The town is about thirty years old
snd has the appearance of being pre
arranged, everything in order. Of
course' the town covers, possibly, two
square miles and has about two thou
sand inhabitants. The Industries are
varied, and vthe farming area' extends
for a distance of fifteen miles or more
with Siler City as a radius. , , , .
Cotton gins run at top capacity
and factories oa full ime. r:
. We like the country and the people
--there "are none better,' bet wt do
miss the balmy salt air and the sound
of the' ocean at Beaufort.
Tours truly,
t
' INEZ SIMPSON.
Mr. A. A. Paul spent Wednesday
m TCinlton attending to business., V,
TARIFF AFFECTS
WOMM WORKERS
Low Tariff Law Have Caused
. Many Women to Lose Their
Joba New Tariff Protects :;
(Special To The New's)"
WASHINGTON There was - a
British poet many years ago who told
of "man's inhumanity to man. It
has remained for the women's depart
ment of the Democratic National
Committee to give the world a por
trayal of "women's inhumanity', to
woman." That department is cir
culating literature to Democratic
women's v clubs deploring the enact
ment of a protective tariff, which will
deprive American women of. the pri
vilege of buying imported lace, gloves
cotton goods, wollen goods, pttery,
jewelry and a long list of other ar
ticles. They sre deploring the fact
that under the protective tariff it
will be more difficult to, buy foreign
made goods. They view -with indig
nation the prospect of having to buy
goods made in America by Ameri
can labor. - -.,
These are 'the same women who
in other literature, are , pretnding to
be th friends of women in industry
who write high sounding phrases a
bout the upliftment of womanhood
and the betterment of . childhood.
Just how the continued Importation
of foreign . made goods could work
to the betterment of women in indus
try is not clear to the logical think
er;.. ' -
' 'According to the government sta
tistics, there are in this country 1,
856,000 women employed fat strictly
. industrial pursuits, manufacturing
articles which com in competition
with like articles made abroad and
imported into this country under the
Underwood tariff. The various trades
at which these women work are: jew
elry, chemicals, cigars' and tobacco,
pottery glass and stoneware, cloth
ing,' leather, iron and steel, other met
aMndustries, paper, tanneries, textile
and miscellaneous, such as brush,
button, electrical goods, etc.
A
It is common knowledge that thou
sands of women regularly employed
in these industries have been out of
work during the past year or longer
because of tiie tremendous imports
of foreign goods brought into this
country.- - ' . . v
Under the Underwood tariff, im
porting interests have been able to
buy rloves abroad, nay all costs in
cident to teir shipment and landing
in this country, pay the duty on them
and still lay them down in New York
ready for sale at a price less than
American women operatives in Amer
icsn glove factories were paid to
make the gloves.
. Under the Underwood tariff for
eign glassware has been imported in
to this country and sold at a price per
piece less than American operatives
in glass factories were paid per piece
to blow like ware.
Under the Underwood tariff cut
lery has been imported into this coun
try and sold at a retail price which
is but a fraction of the labor costs
of like cutlery made In this country.
Such examples could be multiplied
indefinitely. :
The result of this was widespTesd
unemployment among thousands of
women who hsve learned their trades
in the various industries. Labor sta
tistics show thst a. very large percent
age of women in industry areeither
heads of families or contribute a very
large percentage of the support of a
family. t
, Of what profit is it to woman in in
dustry to ensct legislation providing
them with proper ventilation, sanita
tion, working hours, etc., ..establish
ing women's bureaus and making ap
propriations to enforce the laws af
fecting women in induatry-if we per
mit a tariff law to remain on the
books that throws the woman in in
dustry out of a jobt The best friend
to' the woman in industry Is that one
who secures legislation to Insure her
steady employment at a profitable
wage. The Republican party has al
ways stood" for such policy. In ad
dition,' it has also' always been the
party that saw to it that he woman In
la das try after she had steady employ
Stent was gaaraaUed proper work
ing conditions, enviormeat and hours
ef laor. Tsi Democratic party has
always' been the party whkh stood
free trade, whkh, meant closed fao-
SENATOR WATSON
; DIED SUDDENLY
Brilliant But Errastic Georgian
Died Suddenly Tuesday Af-
ter Short Illness Had Re-r-i
markable Career. .
WASHINGTON Sept, 26 An
other powerful and picturesque fig-
ui paBsea irom public life in the
death today of Senator Thomas E.
Watson, of Georgia. His death, which
occured at 2:40 o'clock this morning.
was sudden and unexpected accord
ing to physicians, resulting from an
attack of asthma. - N-
;. The senator had been a sufferer for
several weeks from the disease and
only last Sunday experienced ari
acute attack.? Two physicians and a
nurse were at the bedside when the
end came, but the widow; who is In
ill halth, and other relatives were at
the home in Thomason, Ga., for which
Mr. Watson had planned to depart
today for the congressional recess.
For 40 years Senator Watson had
been active in politics, a national as
well as a state figure. He was nom
inated by the populist party for
President in 1904, after receiving its
vice-presidential nomination in 1806,
pile was a-popuJist member of 'the
house of representatives in 191
1893. In -1920 he was elected sena
tor, as, he, said, on an "anti-Wilson,
anti-league (of nations), and anti-
war measure.' platform, dnfeating
former Senator Hol-e Smith rnd for
mer Governor Dorsey. He was 66
years of age, September 6, last, "!
his sensational term would have ex
pired March 8,1927. '
Favored tk.Beau
' ' Senator Watson was a strong ad
vocate of a bonus for former Service
men and another of his strong poll
ticies was sdvcacy cf release of men
convicted during the war. under , the
hi. term in the aenate. to which he
was elected in 1920 afteV receiving
w
th nomination over Senator Hoke
Smith end Governor Hugh M. Dorrey,
Senator Watson gave noT indication
of any impairment of the vigor and
activity which had marked his long
career in politics, ind as a publisher
In his last speech in the sejsete, de
livered only a week ago last Wed
nesday, the Georgia senator severely
criticized the administration for its
course in connection with the rail
, strike situation. His previous at
tacks on the administration and most
notably his charges of illegal hang
ings in the American expeditionary
forces, the subject of exhaustive in
vestigation by a senate committee,
had made him conspicious figure in
the senate during his brief service. 01 ,n " P" " fl w
Born in Thomsson, Ga., in 1856, th old 0M- - ' '
Senator Wa'tson grew up and prac- J ' .
ticed law there for some years before INTERESTING OLD BOOK.
entering state politics. After serv-1 . , .
ing in the Georgia house of represen- Mr. M. Leslie Davis hss several
tatlves, and later in 1888, as Demo- old and Interesting books in his' li
cratic elector at large for th. stete, ! "ry. One of these s known as "'A
he was elected to Congress in 1891 j Geogrsph.cal and Historical Grem
onthe populist ticket After being " he year 1769 in the city of
At-.A Xn K-f tirlr.t in t.h nrt London. It belonged at one time to
elections, Senator Watson was nomi
nated as the choice for vice-president
of the St. Louis populist convention,
which endorsed William J. Bryan for
President in 1896. Nominated for
President in by the people's party in
1904, Senator Watson conducted an
active campaign to revive the party.
FISHING GOOD NOW.
About a week's bad weather fol
lowed by good weather and now some
nice fish sre being brought to Beau
fort and Morehead City every day.On
Tuesday there were probably 10,
000 pounds of very fine spots brought
to dealers in Beaufort and besides
the spots soma nice trout blue fish
tnd other rarities were on the mar
et. If weather conditions continue
favorable a great many fish ought to
be caught In October and November.
No mennaoen nave ws p iB:woril ana notf) than one-half of the
theBnforthem la eear at hand. loo0oo,000jahabitanta of India are
tories and unemployment ef women
workers and which has to those states
Of the "Solid South" where it has ab
solute, control, neglected to enact leg
islation to behalf of those women who
toll for a Jiving. ' ., . . . ,
SEND YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER
, . THE HOME PAPER.
; .
Send the home paper to the boy or
girl who has-gone away to school.
Tou could not spend "82.00 in any
way that would give more real pleas,
ure'than to give thefe the news from
home.. It costs very little more' in
the long run to have os send'it direct
than'' to wrap your copy and mail it.
Come and give us the address and
start the weekly visiss of the paper
with the opening, of school. . '
JEWISH HOLIDAYS.
. Two very important holidays in the
fcewiah )Uendsr are 'celebrated in
September. ' The first of these the
New Tear or Rosh Jfshshannah, began
last Friday at sunset, and lasted till
Saturday at the same hour. The next
holiday is Tom Kippur, the day of
Atonment and this is the most sac
red of all holidSys to the Hebrews.
It begins Sunday at sunset and ends
at subset Monday evening.' Mr. S.
Toffle who U the only Jewish bus
iness man here closes his store ta
these holidays and observes them in
accordance with his belief.' v
BIRTH DAY PARTY.
Miss Annie Bell Darling gave a
party Tuesday 'afternoon the event
being on account of her, ninth birth
day, i Twenty seven of her friends
attended the party . and all - greatly
enjoyed . themselves. : Games were
tilaved andMce cream and eake wrc
j Mrvtd Kiu AnnU : Bell's ' father
Mr. Sam Darling cut the birthday
cakt aiM, took from it a gold ring
which he placed on her finger. The
party; was thoroughly enjoyed by all
who attended It.' ,,
ANTI TUBERCULOSIS MEETING-
The North Carolina Tuberculosis
Association will hold Its second an
nual meeting to Goldsboro on Tues-
I day, October the Urd. ' An extensive
'f'0""? bwn JWwd., Prom.
nphy, clan, who are ,peci.li.te
I Aa riiKaMniAafa aa eaAll aa AthaM I
on tuberculosis aa well as others in.
tevested k th fight against the dis,
ease will be present and take part
in th discussion::"
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MOVE TO NEW, QUARTERS,
The new building on Front Street
of the Ramsey Groocery Company is
finished ' and the firm- is moving in
this week. v. The building is a spacious
and convenient one and andhas am
ple wharf facilities which makes it
convenient for handling all freights
that are transported by water. The
firm also has a large warehouse on
the railroad track on Broad ' street.
Mr. Ramsey has his .business office
in the front of hjs new building in-
a a mi. a a .fl- l. . ii
William Shepard who taught school
in" Beaufort in the year 1777. The
father and mother of .Mr. Shepard
are buried in Live Oak cemetery.
His daughter married Mr. Pettigrew
end was mother of Qeneral Johnston
Pettigrew. Nichols Bjddlo the .first
president of the United States bank
at Philadelphia was a nephew of this
same Mr. Shepard. In the back of
the book .which Mr. Davis has are
some fine specimens 'of penmanship
done by Mr. Shepard.' t
LADIES AID
MEETING.
A general meeting of all the circles
of the Ladies Aid Society will be
held Monday afternoon at 3:80 o'
clock at Ann street Methodist church.
All members are urged -to be attend.
Fully two-thirds of the 45,000,000
inhabitants ef Bengal have hook.
victims of the disease.
Are yea a reader er a aea reader?
Ate yen to hrmmi ,ebt wh at. i
tfau aa to she eakaty, state KM sta.
ilea ee are yew to theearfc aUl Hjr. Gordon, of Elisabeth City
eB? Reed the Beeefert News If yee Grace Atkinson of Beaufort.'
I want to knew what b lepeeatofl. .;
GROWING DAILY
Cotton' Moving . Now Cooper
ative Association Is Prepar-
cd to Handle Mortafed
t xJF" V Crop " ' iJ5J .
RALEIGH, Sept. 26 More than
2,500 bales of cotton were received.
Saturday by the North Carolina Cot-
ton Growers Cooperative Association,
according to General Manager U. B."
Blalock, who stated today that rece '
1 . A. . . ate'
pw. are cumoing dally. , : . ' -. x
The provalence of dry weather ov
er the cotton belt has delayed de
liveries" by members of the Lssocia-; '
tion, said Mr. Blalock, as th premiums
on good cotton made it worth thefir
while , to. get it out before the equL. t
nociarrains," and they dffl not' stop ' '
to get it ginned. y.
Good grades of cotton are coming
in as a general thing, according to
B. F, Brown, manager of the cotton '
department, who is giving special aW",
tention to this end of the business,
Some long steple has been receivedV
and this will be collected and sold
to mills needing that kind of cot- '
ton: ,, - ,
North Caroina mills have shown. a'
very hospitable spirit towsrd the co. .
operatives, Lawrence MacRae, salea
manager, reports. He has just re- .
turned frpm a visit to the ''leading
textile centers to learn something of
the needs of th mills.
Chesley B. Howard, general sales
manager states that he has lined op
good coonnections for the cooper. V
tive in. New England and in . New ,"
Tork as well as ' In ' Europe. Mr. '
Howard held a conference Saturday
in Chariootte with the sales msnsgera
of the North a,nd South Carolina cot
ton cooperatives. . .'r -' --. . . ;
Advanctf totaling .more than a
quarter 'of a million dollars were
made to members for the work end
ing Saturday, it 1st announced by the
f Assoclstion's headquarters. Wlqa
a, revolving '.fund ef more than two
j. "UWoa. dollars provided by North
-Carolina Banks, Secretary, Ashley i
Btorb prepared to handle advances
I it. ii i . . .
vw uiv frcauy increasea volume 01 ;
cotton expected this week.
.The Assocoiation Is prepared to
handle cototon on which there are",
mortgages and liens with complete
protection to all parties, it Is, announ
ced, and efforts are being centered
this week on. acquainting the public
with this fact, i Practically all the'
banks snd many hundreds .'of mer
chants, is is stated, have signed agen
cy agreements by which they will per
mit the Association to handle the cot- .
ton of member1 customers and pay the
mortgages of liens as sale sre made.'.
As a-general thing Mortagees and li
enee.s' are showing a fine Spirit of co
operation, it is declared by th Asso
ciation management, and the Asso
ciation anticipates no serious diffi
culty along this line : '
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
.
Register of Deeds Troy Morris has .
recorded the following real estate -transactions:
j
" W. C.- Gorham Jr. and wife to -Courtney
Mitchell, Davs Island
Hunting Quarter township, consider
ation $700. .
D. T. Congheton and wife to WiU
Ham Parker lots 190 and 192, old
town, Beaufort, consideration f 05.
Walter Freeman and wife to M. 8.
Peterson and wife lot 15 in block 6,
Morehead "City, consideration' $3400.
S. A." Chalk and' wife to M. S.
Webb Jr. lot 6 in block 40 Morehead
City, consideration $500. -; 4
Fred J. Laclair to Sarah E. La-
clair lot, In block 81, Morehead City,
consideration $75. ".
Simeon Smith, mortgagee to 8. A.
Chalk lot 5 In block 40 . Morehead ,
City, consideration $560.
T. W. Holton and wife to Martha '
E; Holton 40 acres in Merrlmon town :
ship, consideration $1600. ' ;
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Only oris marriage licente has been
issued this week by Register ef Deeda
Troy Morris. This was to ' Charles
and
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