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V i 111 IS The best advertising medium published in Carteret" CoT READING TOTHE MIND IS; WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY tV WATCH Your label and pay yow su&c&n . . . . . i. ' " ' ' 1 A'" VOL. XI THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, NOV 23 1922 NUMBER FORTY SEVEN - , ; - ...... , ... " . NIGHT SCHOOLS HAVE STARTED IN CARTERET COUNTY Miss Richardson Director Adult Illiteracy Campaign Makes Report of AIM TO ABOLISH ILLITERACY At the request of ttie News .Miss Richardson offers in this issue a re-,"" tnelr re8ular meting in au Dort which is intended to inform th1"8' 1922 i toT an against the re public of the nature of her work. The report follows: .statistics. Bureau of census, Washlngton, D;..C. for 1910 showed 291,497 illiterates over ten years of age in North Carolina. 107,563 of this number were men of voting age. In, 1919 and 1920 there were 8,342 enrolled in schools for adults through out of the State. Of the 8, 342, 4,280 were white and 4,062 were colored . Sixty-two counties offered school work to these adults. The reported population of Carteret County in 1920 was 15,384. Of this number 1,121 were reported illiter ate. Tthe State Department upon request issued the following statis tics for Carteret County on June 24, 1922: Percentage of illiterates over 21 years old 10.2 per cent. Percentage of (white) illiterates 10 years old and over 7.8 per cent. Percentage of ' (col) illiterates from 10 years to 20 years, inclusive 2.1 per cent. Total number of white illiterates of voting age 102. . Illiterates according to the Fed- era Bureau of census means "un- Mrs B. S. Gillikin, Otway, N. C. able to write.' jhy letter asked that she be relieved The three underlying purposes of .of her taxes for 1921 Upon investi Schools for adults are: gation the Board found that her con- 1. To help adult beginners to dition justified her request; therefore master the simple tools learning and the Board ordered that she be reliev to inspire them with the will to do.ed. so that the tasks of life may not be By rejuest of Mr. K. R. Hardesty impossible for them, and finally that the Board ordered that Mr. D G. no problems in their daily lives may be top difficult for them to solve in telligently. 2. To improve the home enviro- ment of the children and to secure for there direction and cooperation and conduct of Thurman Smith, in worth-while things. N Upon motion duly made and carried The average age of the pupils be-the Board ordered a copy sent to ing twenty-eight years, most of them Thurman Smith and also ordered that have young children. We believe j Thurman Smith appear before the that these parents exert a stronger Board at the next meeting, influence over them than all the oth-1 Ordered by the Board that Com er influences coTnbined. If we can missioner Edwards and Piner be ap make the worth-while Ihing the fam-1 pointed a committee to go with En iliar thing to the parent, a better en-'giheer Brooks to inspect the remain viroment and a more normal growth der of the road from Stacy to Gil wil be assured the child. The thing bert Hamilton's landing. . that we are ignorant of, we instinct- No other business appearing the ively distrust. - Eoard took recess toroeet again at 3. To secure better food-prepara- 1 :30 P. M. tion, health conditions and haSits of . The Board of Commissioners re thrift, through cooperation with city, ' convened at 1:30 P M. with all county, state, and federal agencies. members present In connection with apeclally p'repared Dr. R. S. Primrose appeared be texbook, which are themselves sim- fore the Board and asked that his plified civicsrfjAulletins with reciptajbill in the case of State vs Sharp be for preparing -Tlealth conditions, and 'paid. The matter was referred to thrift bulletins are used for reading material.. With the strong support of the poitoffice officials, clerks, and carriers, a Postal Contest was held in which one hundred and. twenty-five pupils did efficient work in prepar ing a package, a letter and an envel ope for mailing. One contest is plan ned for each quarter on health, with the county and state agencies; on food, with various Home Economics " agencies ; nd thrift!, with the co operation of the banks. One of tho readers is based entirely on the Bible, Rmmm ef Sckeoli for AdulU The enswers to the question, "How did you happen to miss your chance ?' are almost without exception the same, "I had to pull fodder, or pick cotton, or work in the tobacco fields. They did not have school but three months and the school was sov far away and there was not any law to make ns go. ' So we worked. The least ones, who. couldn't do anything else, toted water to the men in the field." A typical letter; "When I was growing up they had Jost four months school. I went the first month and then had to stop 'to poll fodder and couldn't go back- till the crop was all in. So I got Just a bout s month and s half in all ev ery year for three years thai I went." A speech made by i popU a costest: . . . X1' ". (Continued en page nine) COMMISSIONERS ORDER NEW TOWNSHIP MADE Beaufort ,N. C. Nov. 13th, '1922 The Honorsle Board of County Commissioners reconvened this the 13day of November, 1922, at their regular meeting place in the town of Beaufort, N. C., with the following members prestnt, to-wit: C. R. Wheatly Chairman; Geo. G. Taylor; Henry O. Piner; J. L. Edwards and B F Small. Petitions presented to the Board establishing of old Straits township lines, were brought forward and du ly considered. Petition for reestab- , 1,smng om traits townsmp lines was signed by nine (9) free holders of Beaufort, Smyrna and the proposed Straits townshjpi Petfciorag;'nst reestablishing old Straits lines was signed by one hundred and fifty (150) citizens of Otway and Bettie. Upon motion duly made and carried, it was ordered by the Board that the township lines remain as . they are. Mr. John Gillikin came before the Board and asked that $600.00 be paid to him for damage if the road was built across his farm. Dr. Outland, County Health Offi cer came before the Board and asked for an annex at the County Home in which to take care of the inmates while sick. The matter was defer red to a later date. The following report was adopt ed and ordered spread upon the min utes, (Settlement with, the Sheriff) The following report of the Grand Jury was ordered spread upon the minutes 1 Bell be relieved of his taxes for 1921. The report of the Welfare Officer and the Health Officer of Carteret county was presented and read to the Board referring to the condition the County Attorney. A petition properly signed was pre sented to the Board requesting that a new. township be established to be known and designated jas Marshall berg Township. Said Ttownship to have the following metes and courses and bounds, viz: Bcginnig at Great! Marsh Point, running thence a West wardly course to the angle of the Marshallberg Road; thence with the angle of said road a Westwardly course to the Straits Road; thence with the Straits Road to the Old Straits township line; thence with said line to the waters of the Straits; thence eastwardly with the various courses of shore to the beginning. ' Upon motion- duly made and car ried Marshallberg township was es tablished. Petition war ordered fil d. . Moved, seconded and carried that all bids for building roads filed since last Monday be rejected. . The following bids were opened and read to the Board. tiaaetttk Davie (Bid Road from Gilbert Hamilton's land ing to ths shell road leading from At lantic per lineal yard 13.20. Road from, Lynch's Bridge to Back Creek per lineal yard 43.90. :, 'Millis Road per lineal yard J3.Q6 ' cmfwy cmfw mm ' W, J. 1. Skmtt (Bid)' Road from Gilbert Hamilton land ( Continued on page ten) 1 OIL AND SCRAP : FACTORY BURNED In Th Midst of The Busy Sea son Fire Destroys Valua ble Plant of C- P. De Fire which is thought was due to spontaneous combustion Sunday morn ing destroyed the fish scrap and oil factory owned by C. P. Dey of Bean fort and located some twomiles east of town. The fire was first discov ered at about two o'clock' in the morning. The factory had been in operation an tne wee ana a gooa . - i ti i , : ii many hsh having come in baturday the men were busy until 11 o'clock Saturday night fhen they shut down and left the plant. The firse started in the scrap house and by the time it was discov ered had spread so that it was im possible to stop rt with the limited means at hand for fighting a fire The buliding that housed the ma chinery and most of the machinery was destroyed. The oil was ribf in jured and a good part of the scrap on hand is unhurt. No particular damage was done to the boilers and if the plant is rebuilt 4hey can be used. Several of Mr. Dey's boats were not at the factory and thase that were there were saved from the flames. The loss on the plant is es timated at about $25,000 and there was no insurance on it. Owing to the high rate of insurance on the plant Mr. Dey did carry any policy on it at all. Mr. Dey has not fully determined what he will do but thinks he will re build the plant in time for next sea son's work. In the meantime his boats will continue fishing and will sell their catches to the other manu facturers, several of them having vol unteered to take whatever fish may be caught. MOONSHINE STILL DESTROYED. A boose making outfit was' put out of business last Friday when sheriff Thomas raided and destroyed ,a 60 gallon' till and about 600 gallons beer. The owner or owners or the whiskey making plant were absent at the. time of the sheriflYs visit. The outfit was located about eight miles from Beaufort in a piece of woods near the Edward Chadwick home place. AFTER SHOOTING TWO MAN MAKES HIS ESCAPE Charlie Feguson a negro who lives about eight miles from Beaufort in the colored settlement on the North River road, got on a rampage last Friday and shot two people be fore he quit. His first victim was Nancy Nelson a colored woman and the next was Isaac Felton an old and well known colored citizen of that community. The woman J was shot in the left shoulder and the man in the left hip. Neither was doin in the left hip. Neither was danger ously injured. After the shooting and before of ficers could arrive Ferguson made his escape. At this writing it has not been possible to learn what the man's motives were for 'committing his criminal acts. FISHING GOOD NOW. The menhaden run is still on and the fishermen hope it will last for several weeks .yet. The Beaufort Fish Scrap and Oil Company's boats, five in number brought in 1,600,000 yesterday. The largest catch of the day was made by Captain Harry Par kins of the Blades. This vessel's catch was 490,000. The Wallace Fisheries' boat W. M. Webb, Capt. Bonner Willis got 410,000 which is about the full capacity of the vessel. The fishermen went around Cape Lookout yesterday after the Ash and found ernormous schools of them there, A good many sharks were al so on hand and did considerable dam age to the seins. NEW RESIDENT ARRIVES. Mr. Warren S. Higpins recently of Clarkirille, Tennessee but s native ef New York, has boCgfct the Ewell place on Front street snd is now a resident of Beaufort'. Mr. Higgins is 'laving considerable improvements made to the residence, '' BOARD IS WORKING TO GET ASSEMBLY Chamber Oof Commerce Direc tors Appoint Committee to Get Options on Sites these two decorations and I am anx At the regular monthly meeting of ouj to cooperate with the farmers the directors of the Chamber of Com- in ths COunty and secure markets merce held Monday evening the mat-1 Where they can sell all they can ter mostdiscussed was that of v the ( harvest and ship. As soon as X Baptist Seaside Assembly. The com- iearn anything in regard -to the mittee tnat went to Uoldsboro some days ago for the purpose of making a bid for the Assemblymade its re- port and geemed to think that Beau 7 fort has a good chance to secure the new enterprise. It will not be pos sible for the Baptists to erect their building in time for next Summer and they will make temporary arrange ments here or at Morehead City for their next meeting. The following named were appointed 6n a committee at the meeting Monday night to se cure options on sites: U. E. Swann, F. R. Seeley, C. S. Maxwell, J. A. Hornaday Jr., W. H. Taylor. A committee to draft suitable resolu tions in regard to locating the As sembly in Beaufort was appointed as follows: W. L. Stancil, M. L. Wright, W. G. Mebane. A matter that was discussed con siderably was that of the proposed State highway. The phase discuss ed was the suggestion made recent ly that abridge between Beaufort and Morehead City be built instead of the road to the Craven ceunty line. The opinion of the board was unan imously in favor of the road ond a committee composed ef C. S. Max well, W. P. Smith and U. E. Swann was appointed to draw up suitable resolutions setting forth the board's position as regards the matter. Secretary Stancil reported that it was very difficult to collect dues from many of the members and that ex penses of Naval Day and other inci dentals had about cleaned up the treasury. An effort will be made to collect dues on the first of the month. The board took under consideration k.nmat at tltA annual maatinar in the of a big dlnner m January. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. I. E. Ramsey Assignee to D. W. Morton Part of lot 34 in new town of Beaufort, Beaufort township con sideration, $3,610.00. D. W. Morton and wife to W. S. Higgins part of lot 34 in New town of Beaufort, Beaufort township, con sideration $3,900.00. Fannie Leeper Smith et al to Jno. I. Glover et al. in town of Morehead, Morehead township, consideration, $300. Geo. T. Duffy and wife to Dock Simpson, Morehead township, near Mansfield between N. S. RR. and public road, consideration $175. Dock and Lillie Swinson to Anna between N. S. R. R and public road, consideration $175. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Register of Deeds Troys Morris has issued the following permits to wed: Nov, 18, David Lewis and Georgia ... ... . . . n I Hamilton, Harkers Itland, N. C. Nov. 18, John Lewis and Helen Hancock, Harkers Island Nov. 20, Herbert W. Thoronton and Elizabeth Webb, Morehead City, . Nov. 22, Kirby Salter Davis, and Flora Gillikin, Atlantic. TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED. n. t... t Vw, . vu uj, - r a Uaw at UaMiva hnma nil I Marsh street. Mrs. C. S. Maxwell other' invited euest. . A. they en- tered the beautifully decorated n very-gr.tiiy.ng to n.s m.ny,now up ,uch , difflcult home, there was the guests; and not,"""1? "J0?"1";,,? ' Proposition. I. it. economy or good until each guest received her place PcU b"v k to m0.un.t , business sense to simply do what card did th. truth become known.,'0' .Jut " "ot ' dicidd f.was don. before. I e provid. for our Upon learning that it was th. twent- h M k hi hom? l" J I presort needs? InWher year or ieth anniversary of Dr. and Mrs. ' - VntltSitW0 w wou,d 1 sama ta.bk Msxwell, esch one present offered Oteen hospvtal U a great instltut on nd Umpor, proTWon congratulation, and good wishes and th tY the" tkt would hav. to be made. - Ws belieT. then found her appointed place at the nr btst oi ttntion nd rvlce- 'when we Uy aside our prejudice. tables set for rook. ..'' After a delicious salad, course was served, during which the' wirless tel- ephone X urn is bed music, tne guests . a ' extended the charming hdsters" many happy returns of the day" and de- happy parted. MAKE MONEY BY SELLING CHRISTMAS TREES In the forests and swamps of Car teret County there are hundreds of car loads of the finest holly and mis tletoe that I have ever teen, but very little is being shipped out. There is a great demand at this time for nrico naid for th rommnHifv. T will have it published in the county pa pers. Here is a chance for some one to make some easy money and if there is anyone interested in this un derstanding, get in touch with me and I will give you the full particu lars. I visited a large portion of the schools in the county last week and explained to the children the club project which has already been launched.; There1 was quite a bit of interest shown tfnd I believe that a within the age lirait will take' an ac tive part in the work and strive to put the project across.. Mr. S, J. Kirby, Assistant State Demonstration Agent, will be with me two days next week and assist me to make the final drive over one end of the coun ty. We hold our first' meeting at Newport school and then work from there to the Eastern end of the coun ty. The other end of the county will be worked sometime this month. Dr. C. C. Hunt, U. S. Dep of Ag riculture, was in the" county last week, observing the hog cholera sit uation. One outbreak was found on Mr. Joel S. Smith's farm. We immediately inoculated the herd a gainst the disease and urged that all Mr. Smith's neighbors take the same precautions. A. H. HARRIS county Agent, DISTRICT FOREST WARDEN FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA Chapel Hill, Nov 20 Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Director of the North Carolna Geological and Economic Survev announces th addition tn tb force of the Forestry Division of the Survey of Mr. Fred B. Merrill, who - - I will at once assume the duties of District Forest Warden. Kis employ ment is made possible through co operation with the U. S. Forest Ser- vice under the Weeks Law. Mr. Mer- rill is a former resident of New York State and a graduatof Cornell versity; his graduate work was in Sil- viculture and Mensuration. He made Yur as low as iz,uuu,ouu.vu lor tne an excellent record in the warjerv- district, theerate of tax will not have ing. overseas. He has had a num-!to be more than from 25 to 28 cents, ber of years experience with the U.jCan our PePle ffora ,or ,maU S. Forest Service (District7) along practical lines of forest manage. ment and Other field work , During the past two or three years the Director of the Survey nas been ucaiea m more iwzm pushing vigrously the development t,M , of a State wide forest fire wardens! Some of those who are opposing organization as a means of quickly this measure are making rash, state reducing throughout North Carolina ments as to the cost of making ad the great destruction of forest growth ,ditions to the present builJing. At by fire. It is hoped that with the the present time the school needs not growing of this organization much less than seven additional room and damage will be prevented and that adequate auditorium is also bad- th 1,1. f Wnrih p.fntin will I ly needed. We do not believe there more f unv realize the damage to our ....... . VIIV W- V VWV V " - forests and District Warden will be to work up cooperation with counties, inspect and supervise the work of ithe wmrdens, etc., in Eastern North Carolini ROLAND EELL HERE ON VISIT. vMr. F. R. Bell a former citizen of Eeaufort but who has been an inmate of the Government hospital for World , .4 nf - o.,l TV mi vrirsaiiB vvvvii ava n tw0 "i.vedhf.r? Monda? 0B,B ur "is h The BmiImI we u ym 12 ! a year, fall ef IterMig . a . . a. . fm . I ceaaiy am wh e sewa w. m il4atki it earrUe mmj feataree aad U far Uae tkaa tmmt eaate a waek. PARENTS URGED ; TO GIVE SUPPORT TO BOND ISSUE Chairman of. Board of School Trustees Put the Matterup To The Public BETTER FACILITIES w ABSOLUTELY NEEDED ' Tho Mania nnhllahaa haramit U a 1a r ............ .--ri ter ragarding the school situation iir Beaufort written by Chairman of the! Board of Trustees U. E. Swann: y To the Patrons and Friends of , Beaufort Graded School: V Several weeks ago the Board of irusiees invuea car, j, j. ciair, 01- olina, to come to Beaufort and advise! wnn us in regara 10 our neeus in mv nr miiiflini, nn n annmnuiif m. October 28th Mr. Blair spent the day -here studying our situation. At a meeting of the trustees jn the after- noon of this date, he outlined, as he saw it, the most sensible proposition tfW All eIHAAl A 4a AAMaiflaei He reemmends a ten room school building with a large auditorium. He stated that he thou?, a site could be. obtained and the building built and equipped for less than $80,000.00 but to be on the safe side this amount should be made available. -' ' It is the purpose of the trustees, 11 the election is favorable, to have , a ten room building with auditorium erected and equipped as cheaply as good material and workmanship a can. be bought. If it can be done for I $40,000.00, not one cent more will be spent. V The only purpose the trustees had in asking for an election was to give ttia naAnla 'in nnnttitnirw f a fWAirtdi i deqiMte echool facilities for their children.' If the parents do not want their children educated so they can compete with children of other towns land ections and so express them- 1 "lv by tinr against additional ! facilities, the responsibility must then " on the "parents snd not on . the Board of Trustees. , , There is ho doubt in my mind that the building can be built and equip- Ped or much ,es ttn the amount mentioned, but even if the entire a- mount should be necessary, the bonds will be taued maturing serially and on tne present property valuation a tax rate of not more than 20 to 22 Uni-jcents will be necessary and even if .the valuation should be cut down next additional cost, to let tneir cmiaren grow up with an unbalanced educa-- ton to K out into the world to com- pete with children who have been ed- - man or woman in the town who .L. -1 V...'l J now oeueves mat w. Vx 'in should have been located where t is? Is it economy or good buis- ns sense to add to a building so situated even though the necessary number of rooms for present needs could be erected there? The cost of adding the necessary number of rooms to the present building will cost very little less (if any) than a suitable separate building and when the . rooms are added we 'vould not have a satisfactory school plant. If a commodious and suitable building had been built at the time the present building was erected, we would not and our politics and really consider th. needs snd th. welfare of onr children, Beaufort people will arise in their pride and do what we really know w. should do. It is usually the case is .lections (Continued on page nine)