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VOL. XI
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURDAY, OCT. . 19, 1822.
NUMDER FCIiTY TWO
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Chairman VVheatly Answers "
. Criticism of Opponents
Large Crowd Highly Entertained By Debate Between Demo
cratic and Republican Champions -Fcrzner. County
Home Superintendent Raised Some Excitement -
The debate Tuesday nigbt between
Messrs Lather Hamilton of Morehead
City and CC R. Wbeatlyol Beaufort
attracted a. crowd that completely
filled the county court house and over
- flowed the corridors of . the building.
Most of the crowdwas from Bean
fort but they were there., also rora
rf, many parts of the county. ' The
meeting was the result of a challenge.
issued last week by Mr. Wheatly to
Mr. R. T. Wade of Morehead City
in particular and any Democrat who
. might choose to accept t..tvU
The crowd began coming early and
by 7:80 the hour set for the speak,
ing to begin th house was fulL' Af-
. , ter the band bad entertained the aud
ience with a selection Mr; E.W. Hill
" who acted as Chairman and, timekeep
er. called the meeting to order. - He
explained the purpose of the .meeting
. and .'requested .4 respectful hearing
for each of the speakers. , ' V" .-i'
-. Each speaker was to bare forty
' minutes for his opening and twenty
- minutes for his rejoinder. . In 'ac
cordance with this arrangement Mr.
- Hamilton waa introduced and amid
considerable applause began his re
marks. He said he was glad to see
so 'much interest in politics and was
" particularily glad to see so many la
dies present. He had once (been op
posed to woman suffrage but was not
now and thought the women ought
to take as much interest in political
matters as the men. Mr. Hamilton
devoted a part of his time to a discus
sion of school matters. , He said the
Republicans ought-aot to blame the
high taxes on the schools. :; He talk
ed about the- State's equalising fund,
teachers saalaries and .the . County
Superintendent's ;. salary. He, . said
)the State levied no - taxes . now Von
property and that the county core-
' mirisoeners were solely, responsible
for taxes levied He said he did not
think the taxes: were likely to be
lower any time soon, the .main thing
waa how the money waa spent. He
talked in general terms about extrav
agance and said the board had shown
too much partisanship, in turning out
the former welfare officer. "He refer
red to the ' horizantal cut in assess-.
menta of property made by the board
and then restored. He-referred tocuBion and that the other side hid
: the fact that the, county bad a road
' superintendent and . county- farm' a
- gent, whom he called a veterinarian,
did not aay whether he opposed them
or not. . Hff .. discussed : the ' County
Health Officer matter . and aaid'-the
' board bad shown partisanship here
again. He took a little wirl at na-.'
tional pelitics, Ulked about the tar-
iff and closed by asking bis opponent
to give anaccount of his steward'
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When Mr,' Wheatly arose "to speak
he was' greeted with a tremendous
burst of applause and , without any
t ' preliminaries he waded' into the dis.
f' eussion. , He said the county bust
. ness was divided into three aubdivi-
sions: the Board of Commissioners,
i the Board of Education ' and the
" - Board . of Elections ; . the two Utter
. 4 are dominated by the Democrats. He
said every dollar paid for education
was disbursed by the Board of "Edu
, ' cation aed the Commissioners had
' ' noth'ing todo with the natter. Re
; publicans here have favored -educa-.
j I tion; Democrats have opposed-, it.
He. got tremendous applause when
'. he stated ' that the fight forschool
t In "BeauTort several , years' back the
Democratic leaders opposed the bond
issue and went so. far as to register
i and vote forty. negroes against it.
- .-wMr. Wheatly discussed "thoroughly
county tax matters, .showed thst the
', county rate is 45 cents on the hun
' ! ; dred that the school rate bad, been
i advanced to 60 cents. He slid th4
i preceeding Board .of Commissioners
bad collected $52,709 and that bis
' board bad collecUd $49,700,88 . In
taxes. Under the preceeding board
the County Home bad coat $7,709r
, 0$ and under the present board it
bad cost $4,137.07. Old board bad
ftiade a lot of obligations which the
new boaad bad to pay amounting to
$178,000. The new board has . spent
only (22,000 of bond money. He
discussed revaluation briefly, paid
his respects to 01d:.; Hoss" ;: Watts,
touched on the schools again saying
the county had bought bonds for Da
vis, Stacy and Sea Level schools and
sat down amid great applause. ; ' .
Mr. Hamilton began rejoinder by
saying he was glad the Republican
leader favored education, the Repub
licans in the ' State always opposed
itv;:;:y;;
C He discussed the County " Home
more' than any thing' else in his re
joinder. Said MrJ Wheatlys figures
were misleading, that the former su
perintendent got $ 75 a month against
$100 for the new man and that he
raised a lot of hogs, potatoes and so
on, He talked about revaluation a
little, .said the commissioners ' have
failed to ; economize and their, sins
were sins of omission and after run.
a few minutes oyer time closed md
applause. ;-vkA ;'fC " :i -'' '
. In his rejoinder Mr. Wheatly was
very -vigorous" and 4; effectiyeJ(.:tHe
took up the County Home matter a
galn, showed that the former Keep
er's salary was a little less but' that
his pay roll was a great deal-more
amounting to $2,243. He said that
the inventory of what the former
superintendent bad raised did hot in
clude the bed bugs which the grand
Jury's report showed were there. This
brought a great roar from the crowd
and also a remonstrance from-Mr.
Wiley the former superintendent 61
the home who came on the rostrum
and spoke ta Mr. Wheatly.., After
this' interruption" the speaker ' Vent
into discueition of the cost of roads
and. bridges comparing ; the present
administration with the former one
and showing that .the work" waa be-1
mg.aone aow xor. iesst iis me
having ended he closed with an el
oquent appeal to the voters of the
'county and was liberally applauded
and congratulated.' - -V
- Judrine from the ' applause the
audience " at- the .debate must have
been fully two thirda Republican.
Comments heard on all jsides after
the discussion showed . that' the .gen
eral opinion was that Mr. Wheatly
had decidedly the better of . the dis-
failed completely to make good, its
charges of .wastefulness, incompet
ence and pinhead partisanship"
REPUBLICAN SPEAKINGS.
Superior Court which Is in session-.
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this weeW has Interf erred somewhat
Uth the political campaign now going
on ' in the county but nevertheless
both - Democratic x and ; Republican
spell binders have gotten in some
work and will continue to do so for
the rest of the week. "The Repub
lican nominee for Congress Reverend
T. J. Hood has spoken in number
of places , in the county to large au
diences. He spoke this afternoon in
the county court room here and to-
Light he U to speak in Morehead City
Friday night he will visit Atlantic
and Saturday afternoon he closes his
campaign In the county at Newport,
, Saturday night C R. Wheatly and
other candidates .will address the '
voters of Straits. , County Welfare
Officer Jas. Wallace Mason and W.
G. Mebane! will speak to the 'voters
of HarkerV. Island Saturday night.
Next Monday E. Walter - Hill and
other candidate! Will speak at Bogue,
and CT R. Wheatly and others Will
at the aama time visit Peuetier.
Tuesday night Mr. HU1 will go to
Eldorado and Jfr. Wheatly will be at
Holly ,, Springs. -Wednesday - night
Messrs Jas. W. Mason and W. G.
Mebant are scheduled to speak at
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The production of erimeoa elover
seed in the United States baa never
equaled the planting require meats in
this country and considerable quan
UtJes -are mportsd each ; year from
France and Germany, according U
the Unltei States Department of Ag
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TOBACCO PRICES IN '
- SEPTEMBER .WERE GOOD
..RALEIGH, N. C. -Thirty nine
markets , reported operations during
September with 81 active warehouses
Price during the month hae aver
aged $25.15, or $3.22 better than the
average for September last year.- '5
The Meban. market reported $31.
85, theliighest average price during
the month, though the amount ' -of
sales on this market has been very
small. ; The Wilson market reported
producerssales during the month a
mountihg to 1168,926. pounds. This
was 8,600,000 more than wag mar
keted there during c September;' last
year,, and the prices have been bet
ter on this market than they were
then. ; All sales included in this re
port cameirom the independent ware
bouses, To ; date,: this department
has been unable to. secure any report
frm thisCooperative Marketing As
sociation. V':y':fK'&'. '":; S
: There were eight ; warehouses op
erating during the month that have
failed ,to send in a report for which
probable sales would make the pro-
aucers total about '48,000,000 paunds
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The quality of the tobacco crop at
time of harvest was 78.9 Der cent
Of a normal. The heavy early rains
followed by - the severe-1 drought
through the tobacco belt resulted in
a very light weight crop, though the
color of the leaf has been good.
Rmrkt rvas Warcboniamaa '
Quality poor at average" Farm-
ers pleased with prices." "Crop half
sold" '- "Green from second growth
oa account of too much rain". - Aw
erage grades' ; "MosUy 1pm"' "Bet.
ter grades coming now" "Large pper
cent of oiferoings .. for September
were primings -wfth some good tipsif City Attorney andact as Com-
little good tobacco being sold."
FREE MAIL DELIVERY , ,
' . STARTS NOVEMBER flRST.
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On and" after November the first
Beaufort is to have a free mail de
livery.. Messrs Eugene Carrow and
W. D. Skarren who are on the civil
service list will be appointed i by
Postmaster '" Rsymond Wheitly as
letter ; carriers.' There "Will be two
deliveries' a day, one in the morning
ahd one in the. afternoon. .The box
es for receiving mail , have not ar
rived yet but are expected soon and
when they come will be installed at
convenient places in the town. - The
rate for drop letters will be two cents
instead of no cent as it is " now,
which is the rule in all, towns where
free" delivery ia observed 'After1 the
new service starts the nostoffice "will
not' be opened after 6 P M. or any
purpose whstever. 'Under , the ( : ar
range ment it is likely that there will
be a considerable falling off in the
attendance at the postoffice at the'
time of the incoming mait Of course
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P f wisn. w gw .mau .
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Pomc ouuomg nere u rawer smau ,
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and it .is tholught ... that -the new ,
arrangement, will relieve the conges
tion there considerably." ;j ; it
SPEAKER' LOST HIS WATCH. '.
Political campaigners have a vari
ety of experiences some of which are
pleasant and some not quite that way.
Sometimes the weather is bad, their
ears may break down or get stuck
ia the mud other disagreeable things
happen. Mr. E. Walter Hill Repub-
jlican nominee for the Legislature had
'rather a unusual one recently when
he . lost his valuable watch. While
delivering a speech at Otway he kid
his watch down on a desk in front of
him In order that he might not speak
too long... When be -'finished . his
sneech ' he forrot about the watch
(end left it on the desk. . Discovering
his loss after leaving the building he
came back to look for it and found
that it was'jrone. He hopes whoever
found, the watch did not know that
it was his and that upon ascertaining
that fact will restore it to him.
BROUGHT HOMX FOR BURIAL.
The body of Dr.-John Stewart of
Washington, D. C was brought bare
Tuesday on the way '. to ' Straits
for burial. Dr. Stewart died a few
days ago after a protracted iHnesa.
He has a number of relatives iand
friends' ta this county who' greatly
mourn bis death.
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SUPERIOR COURT
I IN SESSION NOW
Criminal Docket Light .'And
, Soon Disposed of Few Re-,
r. ceive Road Sentences .
,--.A one week's term of Superior
Conrt convened here Monday et 11 v
80 o'clock. Judge Thos. U Calvert
of Raleigh who is presiding over the
courOn the charge to the jury, ex
plained the functions of that body,
referred to some of the acts that con.
stitute crime and sUted that, a
greater respect for the law'w need,
ed fully as much as law enforcement,
Toq many violate laws thinking it is
all 4-ight to do so if they can manage
to get by with it. ' r :
$ Mr. ' Alvin ' L." Hamilton of More
bead was presented to the court by
Mr.'' Chas. L. Abernethy and ' was
sworn in as a practicing attorney by
the 7udge who made appropriate re
marke as to the responsibility and
duties" of the legal prof esion. ; ; ,.
'The 'criminal docket at this term
of Court was rather ."light and , was
disposed of in the first two days of
the session and some - other, matters
transacted besides..'. A number . of
the ; criminal cases werecontinued
for one. reason or another. -'The In
junction proceedings ' ' started some
weeks ago against Mayor C. H. Busb
all and City Attorney G. W. Dun
can were heard by the Court. Judge
Calvert stated hat it was clear to
his ; mind that .'no ' moral : turpitude
had been shown In either of the
cases but he tiought that Mr. Dun
caij could not legally bold the office
As to
Mayor Bushall's doing the work of
inspecting the " sewer construction
1 that he' would hold that this did not
constitute two1 offices but .' that be
could, not draw a salary -as Mayor
and as inspector also, i He would
1 have to give up one job or the Other,
jbut be need not pay back the money
'paid him for the inspecting up to the
time the. Injunction vu started. .
The following cases on this crim
inal docket were continued or other
wise disposed of iZpi v ?C -''''' i'
4T T: Garner, anji Luther Garner
trespass eetin'aed.;f'.:if
Alex' Curtis and Joa Blount violat-
ing shell fish jsw, fCoAtihued. ; i
- B. B. Garner assault with 'deadly
weapon 'continued. S ' "' , J ?
J M. F. Sperr abaiideanent, continu
ed under former "order." -;:5t,''.T v
Carl Gabriel, trespass, continued
Julius' Dunn, larceny continued. '.;
Jno. Hester, larceny, continued -
? Josepb Eldred, violating shell fish
law, continued. V -,,;,', -lb
Jno. E. Willis, assault continued
' Jas F. Webb, trespass, centinued.-
Enoch Small, carrying concealed
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- o. Dickinson, felling mortgage
nrooerty. continued.
. Victor Gabriel, , and Frank Taylor
disturbing the peace, continued. .
... - . - . . TnQt vio-
lating stock lsw, remanded to. . Jus
tice H. D. Norcom. " i . ' ' '
A. C.Darling, violating prohibi
tion law ontinued.;t - "
William Bell, larceny, guilty four
months of Green county roads. W- -
Charlie Johnson; passing worthless
check, capias and continued.
Henders sndMobley, fornication
and adultery, continued. . ..
- Robt Hudgms, Lester Newkirk
and W. C. Davis, violating prohibi
tion lawj continued as to Hudgins,
Newjcirk and Davis, plead guilty sen
tenced to four months on Green conn
ty roaos.. ':- - . i
Joe O'Neal
weapon, four
assault with deadly rlod of compulsory school" attendan
months on Green eoun-'ee from 8 to,T years, ',
ty roads. . ' ' . "
W JL Willis, plead' guilty to mis
treatingVhis wife let off with cost of
Case. "-'v: ' .' .
1 Albert Willis,' exposing his person
undaly, let off wi.th payment of costs,
v Henry Johnson, David Lewis, Key
GaskilL (disturbing public , worship,
capias and continued. "
.The grand jury made its inspection
of the courthouse, vjail and County
Home yesterday, foond every thing
in good order. The Jury was com
posed of the following: H. B. Sal
ter, foreman, D. N. McCain, Henry
V. Harris, W. Z. McCabe, Jno. W.
Willis, Levy J. Goodwin, Elmer Wil
lis, -Lores , Mason, Ralph Mason,
J Claude Garner, B W; Harderty, T.
TOBACCO FARMERS ON
. " TRIAL AT NASHVILLE
' RALEIGH,, Oct. 16 With jthe
largest array of counsel ever seen
in any civil . case of recent years in
Eastern North Carolina the suit of
the Tobacco Growers Coopeative As
sociation against ' Z. A. Harrell; and
W. T; Jones, 'alleged contract break
ers and members of the hsr caamm.
tive came to. a close at Nashville 14
Friday after more than a thousand
farmers from all parts of Eastern
itforth Carolina had crowded the court
house, during the greater pat of
three days. . '1 ,
Never had such interest in any civ.
il case in this section been evidenced
by so many people as hung upon the
words of opposing counsel which rep
resented the best lawyers of the State
and included such names ' as H. G.
Connor, ' Jr., of Wilmington," Frank
Spruill, Jos. B. Ramsey and L.' , V.
Bassett -of Rocky. Mount for the de
fense; Aaron Sapiro and Lawrence
Levy ol Sanfrancisco, James H. Pou
of Raleigh, Stephen Cj Bragaw ; of
Washington and W. T.' Joyner from
Raleigh for the Association. '. ..
- Judge Frank Daniels after. a three
day hearing of the case reserved de
cision until this week with the state.
men"I have had no case in my
court l that Involved greater Issues
or' one that 'was discussed with, more
ability and learning by counsel,
t. The very able argument of the law
yers for the defense was largely cen-J
tered on what they termed the un
constitutionality of of the law and
the creation of what they argued
would become a monstrous monoply
in tobacco which they .claimed would
threaten the welfare of North Caro
lina anil, the United States,' Vi
The : lawyers defending Harrell
and Jones, who plead not. guilty to a
orecn coni-r-cw poHMu un w
we case ox uarreu tnat ne w m
partnership with a non-member and
that, therefore, it ' would not affect
the other, namely, Bv F. Eagles, who
is not s member ofthe Association.
.- Int the case of Jones It was pointed
out that he has tenants who are not
members of the- Association and that
it would be difficult to make' an in
junction apply to Urn without affect
ing the rights of his' tenants,
mong the many supporters .-
; Affidavits and testimony to this ef
fect that Jones and Harrell hid sign
ed the contract unconditionally as
bona fide members of the tobacco
cooperative -were presented by the
attorneys for .the Association and
James H, Pou of Raleigh . made a
xorceiui piea zor tne integruy ox tne
contract, stating 1 that ; the ', coopera
tives were asking no public favors,
were spending no- public money and
had no.; selected mn1beT8hip, , Its
only capital is the loyalty of Ameri
can vcitizens land the good, faith of
North Carolinians.4 Take that away
from them ind the cause of the co
operative :was hopeless, he declared.
. INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT.
Approximately 60,000 more child
ren attended' "the public ' schools of
North Carolina during the terms 1921
22 then' during the 192021.
That is to say at a rough setimate,
something like' 443,000 children be
tween the ages of 7 and 14 were In
public schools In this State last year f
as against 883,000 between the ages
of 8 and 14 enrolled the year pre
ceding. These figures are based up
on those from 05 counties reporting
to the State Superintendent, of Pub
lic Instruction. , In these 65 conn
ties there has been an increase of
40,000 children enrolled since ; the
extension of the age limit of the pe-
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TRIAL AT MOREHEAD CITY.
MOREHEAD CITY, Oct 14 A
case of local interest came . up be
fore the Judge Jas. R. Bell to-day.
State vs James Willis and Dan Finer
charging the i : defendants ; with as
sault oa Mr) and Mrs.. Standi pock.
Attorney C. R Wheatley of Beaufort
appeared for the State and Attorney
Lather Hampton for the defendants.
The court found the defendant guil
ty, and fined Dan Piner $30 and Jas.
Willis $20 and cost
E. Gibbe, P. D.1I arphy, W. J. Jobn
son wss special officer .in. charge of
the jury
NORTH CAROLEJA
CROP IfclTS
Tobacco Shows an Increase Al-
so Sweet Potatoe and Irish
Potatoes are Plentiful
(By Frank Parker)
RALEIGH, (Oct, 14-TOBACCO
:.rAB:;fncreasa;;6f U per cent In the
tobacco acreage, and a slight increase .
of yield, at 607"pounds per acre, in- "
sures an increased production of a
bout 22 per cent The average prices
on the auction markets are not yet
equal to those of last; year. The
total value of the crop is less than
two per cent more. The value-per
acre is $152.80, based on the prestnt
information available. This over
two per cent Jess ( than it was last ,
season, '
WHITE (IRISH) POTATOES''
Irish potatoes are too abundant this
year. Great stocks are going Into
storage and many left to rot. This
state' late, crop is grown 1 primarily
in the western counties. ' The com
bined eisly and late crons occunv ... '
about the same acreage, ; have the
same yield nd production as last
fseason, ; The value, however, is much .
less. At 75 cents per ' bushel.' it
would , mean an 87.5 bushel yield, '
$65.25 per-arce-value, and 4,025,- "
000 bushels mean $3,018,00 value. '
They were worth twice as much last ,"
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SWEET POTATOES The atfre-L-
age of sweet potatoes was increased
four per cent, as well as the yield.
The price has declined rapidly and an
over-suply is reaching many markets.
This Southern sweet poUto is not ap
predated in the North because they .
do not know how to cook them. As
with prunes and raisins, the demand '
mugt be cre. At 75 cenU p
mMt th, ver,e, 0f J06 busb.
els will be worth $79.85 this year, if
sold.' ' ':-:j"l" ; ' 'vi
PEANUTS As the digging of pea'
nuts is just begun and the previous
weather was so ' unfavorable in the
commercial northeastern counties, it
is difficult to estimate the results. The
acreage was reduced; 'the yield expec-.
ted will be perhaps nearly 900 pounds
per acre, giving approximately 115,
000,000 pounds production; which, at
WO pounds, wUl give 1,280,000 bags
in this, state if all were, marketed.
There is quite a large acreage that is
not pocked and-not counted in .the.
above. ' . . '. VV ', y ;-V , ;, .;
' ; HAY The wet-weather and pros
pests of failures of several crops has'
resulted in far more hay than was
expected. This is particularily true
in -the eastern -half of the StateThe
yield,! as well as the acreage, ia in
creased. It .will be needed to .tide
the farmers " Over an'- 'unprofitable
year. Many acres of soy. beans, in-'
tended for picking, have been cut for
hay. i The same , was true of - cow
peas, .Xrab grass , , mixtures , have
been unusually good, ... ' ,"
-' - In spite of the adverse wet and
dry Weather - extremes ' experienced
here this year, we have already reach
ed the goal ahead of last year In sev-'
ersl crops and ure to get there with
0thersVO"''y:. '-''-t ;
CORN Corn at 80 per cent of a-
full crop (s better then last year,' ex-
cepting in certain drowned-out areas
of eastern counties and In excessive-;
ly dry parts of central sections. ,. ,"
OATS Oats are much the same
at 86 per cent .quality on the same
acreage, but much better in yield at
22 bushels per acre, when last year
they averaged only 18 bushels,' but
the overage is lower et 63 centl. The
total crop value tanks us with th
average state.'..;,; -.-,' ; .;','-:
The area has been much the same
for three years, as also was the yield
per sere. The total production of
barley misses 50,000,000 bushels, but
the value of the .present crop is a
bout 20 per cent more' at 96 cents per
bushel than Jast year's. On the per.
sere basis of $18.43 at present quite
an mprovement is apparent over the
$16.05 of a year ago.' The state's
rank in total value Is perhaps 13th. '
COTTON The large increase of
12 per cent in the acreage of cotton
to be picked this year, over a year
ago dosen't net pearly the production
780,000 bales, made last year ?7e
000, but the average price is better
it having increased, whereas it de
creased during the previous season.
The 218 pounds this year mean an1
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