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y,-,:,' V-.i , v" Uf-.-7.. .h:M '. X O 7.: : 7-'V '. '7?; v7W::7:-'.vV"-Y'-vW 7 A.7r 4 - 1 r t advertising mediurh published in Carteret Co. ' READING TO THE MIND IS "WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your, label and pay your subjcriptkra vol: xi THE BEAUFORT NEWS, THURSDAY, DEC. 7,1922. NUMBER ORTY NINE ' ; ::wM Mo) i 7 It " VII I I I f ..." .-If-'' II I I " I S 1 ; "1- If I t a. . AID LS SOLICITED FOR FIRE VICTIMS Collection I. Beinr Taken Up n oeauron ror new oern Fire -Sufferers , . . . The great conflagration that swept . UVM,U.K - millon or more Dollars worth of pro- perty and rendering several thousand for outside aid. The Federal Govern - . . , ... , . , , , . . ment is furnishing tenta, blankets and - v ti. t . i other things for the homeless people . . , . XT D . " and the people of New Bern are giv- . . r r , . ,. 4 ,;ing very generously to the fire suff - . j. i.. . . ' - eters. Contributions of money and ' JLTVli.'' v - vt n 5c clothing are being sent to New Bern tvAm trownno nlatiia sni hoini x...,!.. s.j ' r, v ,1 ' gratefully received. Mayor Bushall has issued a call upon the people of Beaufort to help out in this' great emergency and today and. tomorrow Chief of Police W. R. Longest and Superintendent Chas. Manson will take up the collection. Mayor Clark of New Bern has issued a call which reads as follows: To the Good People of North Carolina and other States: "With more than one thousand homes destroyed, three thousand persons homeless andhundreds with out employment or any means of ob taining an income, our city is strugg ling under a burden which is all but overwhelming. Local pride, and a reluctance to call for aid at first prompted us to confine our pleas for assistance to those of New Bern who had eescaped disaster. Now.however, we realize that New Bern cannot stand alone in her efforts to care for the distressed. Therefore, if there is communities, organizations and or individuals who desire to help us in this, our hour ef need. Iwish to assure them on behalf if Yini' lunnla that thir aattiatjinA ii . - i v a i ,.Ji will not only be deeply appreciated . but that it will be the means of alle viating much distress and suffering. "1 respectfully ask the various newspapers to give publicity to this statement., "(Signed) "EDWARD CLARK, "Mayor of New Bern." SCALLOP SEASON OPENS. The open season for scallops open ed December the first instead of the 15 th as the Fish Commission first an nounced. A large number of Beau, fort and Morehead City fishermen were on the scallop grounds the first day and the reports are that they did very weir. The price this' year is not very high, $1.60 a gallon but the report is that about fSOOO worth were bought by the Morehead .City dealers the firBt day. It is said that scallops are not as plentiful this year as last and the impression is that the 'price will advance. Thece will be enough of the luscious shell fish though to bring a large sum of mon ey to the fishermen of this section. CITY FATHERS DISCUSS PURCHASE O FFIRE TRUCK The usual monthly meeting of the ' board of town commissioners was held in the City Hall Monday all members being present. The prin cipal discussion of the day was in re gard to the advisibility of purchasing a fire -truck. D. M. Jones Chief of the Fre Department came before the the board and urged that a truck should be bought saying that the pres ent equipment was entirely inade quate and that if a badtre should come the property loss would neces sarily, be very heavy. The matter was discufsed pro and, con by the board and was ended without any action being , taken. - A resolution was passed by the , board authorizing, the expenditure of $50 for part of the expense in curred on "Navy Day", A bid was submitted by. the engineering depart ment of the J. B. McCreery Company for finishing the old pumping sta tion. The-bid was to do the work for $5681, of which $1000 ws 'estimated the wrt for supplies and the rest for laborl The estimate was referred to Attorney J. F. Duncan and the ob ject of this action is to try to collect amoe money due from' a bnding cm. pany n the hi contract. , Commissions er c. S. Maxwell was elected Mayor pro tern; Some routine matters were tmnscctcd. SAILOR TAKES TRIP ' . TO HOLY LAND .A letter from Fred Best to Mies Susie Guthrie of Beaufort is pub- of Wp to the o Mn Best ,9 , member ft the destroyer Hopkins, now on duty witk other U. S. Warships in eastern waters. "The ,etter , an tnteresting account of in cident8 o the tr5 t0 jerusaw , . Enroute Smyrna, Thrace, Mnvamko. 11 1 OOO j rPV.,ii' u u Thought I would write a short . , . T letter that you all may know where I . u- -,3 lL .have been keeping myself during the , t i t last month or so. Also, I want to 1. , . . ' , ' I inquire at the same time, how every- t. . , . . D . ' .thing is going in Beaufort. i 7 j o I stantinople, we have been down to Jaffa, the port of Jerusalem, and of course we went to Jerusalem and Bethlehem. I wish you could have been along and seen some of the in teresting sights. Really you would think you were right in a Sunday School Quarterly, for everything looks much the same as it did in the time of Jesus. About the only thing you don't see in a Sunday School Quarterly are automobiles, and we hired about a dozen to takt us to Jerusalem from Jaffa. You see, Jaffa is the old Joppa spoken of in the Bible, and is about forty mites or so from Jerusalem. It takes a but one hour and a half to make the trip by auto over the mountains of Judea. On the way to Jerusalem I saw about every kind of eastern people there are. Nearly everyone wears a turban and loose-flowing lobes, just as they used to in Bible times. The Mohammedans wear a fez, or little red cap with a black tassel on it, and in this way are they distinguish ed from the Christians so I am told. The road leading from Jaffa is a- bout as good as any I have ever seen . in the states. You see. Judea is a very hilly or mountainous country and is made up ef rock terraces abut two or three thousand feet high and the road dosen't go straight over but winds like a snake up the sides and lover the tops of the mountains. It sure Ukes careful driving on the part J of the man in charge of the avto, to keep from running off the road, and if this should happen, someone would surely get killed, for the val leys are deep abysses. On tlte sides of these hills I saw lots of flocks of sheep and goats, and j I thought of the place in the Bible about the shepherd tending his flcks by night. It sure must be One lone ly place at night. Farther on I saw terraces on which were olive trees and from a distance they look very pretty. I think they look a whole lot like liveoak trees myself from a long way off. In Jerusalem we visited the church of the Holy Sepulchre which i lo cated on Calvary Hill where Christ was crucified I saw saw about all the stations of the cross. I saw the place where Jesus fell under the weight of the cross; where the cross was set up and where He was cruci fied with tHe two theives, one on eith er side ; the marble slab on which his body was laid when He wai taken from the cross, and we went down into the tomb where He was buried after being taken from the cross. We later visited the wailing wall where the Jew &o to wai! and j ray or on Saturday which is theic Sab bath. We climbed all over the old wall of Jerusaem, and I got a piece of it as a souvenir. We visited the tomb of Kings where forty or s of theold kings of Judea were buried a long time ago. We saw the golden orate where Solomon entered Jeru salem when he conquered the place. where Abraham started to sacrifice his son and the Ird sent a ram down from Heaven to be sacrifieced instead, We visited the Mount of Olives where Jesus ascended to Heaven from, and I put my -fingers on the spot which his foot made just before he ascended to Heaven. There Is a ype'rfect print of his right foot on the rock here and this is the 'spot we all "to'uchea; ' .'"I got a sprig, of Olive branch from the olive trees on the Mount In the afternoon wo, went out to the little town of Bethlehem and saw the spot where Christ was born. It is called the Grotto of the' Nativity, We saw the manger where He was laid later and also the Grotto where Js was nursed by the Virgin Mwy. (Continued on local page) CO-OPS HOLDING COUNT i MEETINGS Tobacco and Cotton Growers Join Forces in Eastern North Carolina Mass meetings of Tobacco Growers in 22 counties of Nirth Carolina starting n Monday of this week, are being held to furnish members of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative , Asso ciation with the latest information from headquarters. Coming on the ve of a second pay ment members in this territory these meetings are expected to draw rec ord crowds. In Eastern Carolina counties members of the Cotpncsa counties members of the Cotton Growers Cooperative Associatin are L jiriing forces for those mass meetings. Dr. Clarence Poe and W. B. Kil- gore are to address meetings in six counties while growers at other meet, ings are to hear talks from R, J. Work of Kentucky and J. E. Rogers of Virginia, L. V. Morrill, Jr., is hold ing eight county meetings in the cen tral belt beginning at Roxboro and ending in Burlington December 13. Following on the second big legal victory of the association in the Su. perir Curt at Raleigh last week, the legal . department of the association is preparing for the first cases to be tried in Virginia at Halifax Court House, and are appearing again a Nashville in the case of W, T. Jones who is cited for contempt of court. In South Carolina, Clemson College and the South Carolina Cotton grw- era Cooperative are coopeating with tobacco, growers in organizing county and emmunity locals to work for a larger sign up. HOLLY AND MISTLETOE FIND READY -SALE - .-rr4fatizensto have a representative1 'V Theewiaalway glaioaSfre. thinrt can Uy advance the lnterestsXhe,(ite8 in8pected yesterday were ! PfBent ta "ki to come hJerend of the people of Carteret county in Lne near the Carteret Lumber Com- a ,urve tnd "commendations, general and its readers in particu- '... mrtA -,i,t u irnn iTne motion opposing the purchase lar. In accordance with that idea ' we are giving space free to the com- I iinniatiin tukltw fmm P.AIlflttr - A. Harris Jt wm be . . . . . . .... of some assistance to our rural sub scribers. I have just received letters from the following merchants who are anx ious to buy several carloads of hoi ly and misUete . The trade demands the holly cut in long branches and; berried well, same applies to mistle toe. In addition to above decora. tions I have received prices n long pine 1 needles. Shipments shuld be made so as to arrive -at the destina tion on about December 15th. List of merchants, (1) John J. Krider, Commission Merchant, Philadelphia, Pa. (2) Elam K". Woodoth, Eroker & Shipper, Philadelphia, Pa. The prices quoted me by Mr. John Krider are as follows: Holly well berried, cut long, stand ard crates, $4.00 to $6.00. Mistletoe well berried, cut long, bar rels, $3.00 to $4.00 - Mistle toe welleberried, cut long, 1-3 barrel baskets, $1.50 to $2.00. Pine needles, long, about 10 cents to 13 cents each or $10.00 to $12.00 j per hundred. Signed: A. H. HARRIS, County Agent COURT IN SESSION NOW. Aone week's term of . Superior Court Convened here Monday at 11:30 o'clock. Judsre Thos. H. Cal vert of Raleigh presdiing. At this writing only two cases have been tried. The first , case was that of J; Walter Pelletier against Mamie B. Barker, administratrix. The judge ment of the court after the jury had Tendered their verdict was thae the plaintiff "should recover $314.89 with interest from March 23rd, 1911. The other case tried was that of Cash a. gainst Willis in regard tothe owner, ship of a boat.- At this writing the jury has not rendered Its verdict. Mr and Mrs. Melvin Robinson of Fayetteville who- have been visiting relatives at' Atlantic passed through town Monday returning 'home Mr; W. E. York of Morhead City wss a business visitor here Monday,.. COMMITTEE HERE INSPECTING SITES! . - :. , 'aEnemblcd in the City Hall Friday Favorable Impression Serins to!eveninB foT,t!le Pnose of consider. Have Been Made On Bap jitist Visitors ' -An inspection committe represent - tog the Baptists of eastern North Carolina was in Beaufort yesterday ; . . ' v" ,' looking over the sites offered for lo-'i. i; . cation of the Baptist Seaside As - from Morehead City where they had made a similar inspection of sites. Those comprising the emmittee were Judge John A. Oates of Fayetteville, Reverend Joel S. Snydslr of Fay etteville and Reverend Lee McB. White of Kinston. The visitors were taken. In charge - by a local committee composed of i Reverend H A. Day, Reverend E B. nA IT A T o j n. n ! Craven, U. E. Swann, W. H.' Taylor, F. R; Seeley, D. C. L. Duncan, W. P. Smith, Chas. Hancock, EL more Davis, W. G. Mebane and shown aver ' the sites of the town. They were also taken" for a drive out across North River. While , not committing themselves in any way the visitors showed that they were favorably impressed (with (Beaufort and it seems that the town has a fair chance of getting the Assembly The final decision as to the loca tion of the Seaside Assembly grounds will be made by the Baptist conven tion which meets in Winston.Salem next week. The committee that watl here makes its report to a larger committee which in turn makes a rec- lommendation to the convention and then the decision is made. Besides Morehead City and Beaufort WiU . mington is also seeking to secure the 1-Assembly. It is understood that the matter of location will be heard next TiVol a mnA 5t 1 tho nnmAu of 1a the "Hammock" in the eastern part'" of town. UNIVERSITY MEN TO HOLD MEETING HERE Chapel Hill, December l,The tt: u J v.jl !.,-. 1 r 7 t, la Kim iMAAfinm anH honnnar in Hasiii KiHm. In r.i4Aiat fTAiintM luill. nnM ' t o Kifw moofinft cinH nan mi or in KasiiI . n. . 7 v va . a .-itino, tn infnrmn Hnn hitler here. The Carteret alumni have nev er held a countywide assembly before, and it is expected that at the com ing gathering the question of the formation of a local alumni associa tion will be ensidered. The following alumni are busying themselves to arrange for the initial gathering Claude R. Wheatly, J. F. Duncan, D..D. Duncan, M. L. Wright of Beaufort and Luther Hamilton and B. F. Royall of Morehead City. There are thirteen students from the county now in attendance at the University. These a-e very much interested in arranging the meeting and expect to record a one hundred per cent attendance. G. R. Willis, range the meeting. COMMUNITY CLUB NOTES. The music department of the Com-1 1. rfl.,1. ' ThnmiflflV P M- IllUUIiy V1UU IIICV , -. . , no . S - V . T Q.AI0U a tho r ,L. y,, 0 u. ran, . -"-"--W f new qhairman. Mrs. N. F Eure was elected Treas, and Mrs. C. W. E. Pittman was elect- ed Publicity chairman. A most delignuui ana msirucuve . I program was given, After the story of Rigoletto was told by Mrs. N. F. Eure the follow- ing selection from that Opera was rendered on the victrola Fshr est Daughter of the Graces" sung by Caruso, Sambrich, Scotti and Severi. na. '..."'. , . The. story of "Martha" told by Miss Modlin was followed by i the "Good Night Quartette" from Mar tha. The Overture of Martha was played by Miss Loftin, The last number on the program was "The Last Rote of Summer." The Opera Carmen and Faust will be studied at the next meeting which will be held Dec 28. Mrs C. W E. Pittman. ' CITIZENS QPPOSE PURCHASE j 4 ,OF FIRE ENGINE jlllg IU HUVlBlUlUiy UJ. vUUjT!J a 111V engine rather of making a recom. mendation to the Board of Commis sioners on the subject. '. There sem- ; ed to be very little sentiment among 'r - . . . i ... , . , . engine and a resolution wss passed, T. - ... iv ,. iKu wiiuu miner iiiueiiniie, niesni. ',V - v . . . ' A representative of the Ameri can La France Engine Company was present at the meeting and on re. quest of JH. Potter Sr. who' acted; as chairman, presented his, proposi tion. He'offered the engine for $12, 500, of which $2500 was to be paid ! .-.k .- J tv- Vl ... t . . , . , . ... . , . . , . ' m . "! iiuttiuiiB wi buw ui Kuuu con dition for at least ten years ' and would send a man every year to in--spect it. , The machine would , take care of three lines of hose and would develop a pressure of from' 100 to 250 pounds as needed. He guaran. teed that it would go through any street in town and would pump wateHof Beaufort had been chosen chair. through a hose 2000 feet long if nec essary. . ; v ' G. W. Huntley spoke against the, purchase saying that it would be very expensive, would have to build a house to put it in and hire a man to look after it. He thought the best to use the water mains for fire pro. tection. , W. S. Chadwick said he endrsed Mr. Huntley's position and that he thought taxes were high e. nough already.f jSeth Gibbs opposed buying the engine saying that the town already had one and that it was . u.,j o ' "vv T.7 "",u." v u" m ' 1 that with some mora hose the water mains would be sufficient. Dr, G V ... i- v m- rn.j.j-i. . a uupieu wiinuut any oppusiuun aiier which the meeting adjourned.. NOVEMBER WEATHER REPORT. ' November weather in. Beaufort and viciinty was very delightful as " i iHatsell shows.' There were 20 clear ! ' . i days, 7 cloudy or partly cloudy ones and only .$2 of an inch of rain. There was a frost on only two days, j the '22nd land 23rd. The coldest day was the 26th when the mercury drop- ped to '28 degrees. The temperature record day by day is as follows: Max. 66 .75 -'-.-77 - 68 69 74 75 . .73 - V-67 , 60 ..r.. 74 75 .aa 72 1 75 69 64 69 r-73 75 66 58 56 64 58 .45 48 Min. 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. .... 7. ... 8. !- . 9. ... ;io. .... 1 1 7" 16. - 17. .. 18. 19. -n v. 2 22 ' 2$ 24 25 27. 28 45 29. , 62 20.,-.--' 68 .1 .... . 38 COTTON CINNERS' REPORT. Due to the ravages of the boll weevil and bad weather conditions the cotton crop in Carteret county for the year 1922 seems to be oiyt of the smallest ever raised.' According the ginners' report issued a few , days ago only 871 bales of cotton jbave been ginned so far this' year. Last year up to the same period 698 bales had been ginned The total for the State this year is 492,181 a. gainst 671,994 ginned last year. NEW OFFICIALS NOW IN OFFICE -: r . ' v .'.' ' ' Large Crowd ' Present Monday - To See Men Take Charge : : Many Applicants for Jobs With the exception of County Welfare Officer Jas. W. Mason . alt of Carteret county's officials now are democrats. The recent elect- '' ed officials were on hand Monday and t . were inducted into office, - The, old board ' of commissioners , met at ten o'clock and spent about , an hur in straightening up their bus. ' iness and getting-ready t turn over vthe county's affairs to the Mew, board. f When .Chairman Wheatly swore -irt the new commissioners the room was; packed with visitors who wished to , see the ' ceremony. After swearing , v tne ttaen in Mr.1 Wheatly made . a ; short but pleasant address in which . he referred to the responsibility of. Jthe board and wished the members success in their work. . Mr. Webb re. ' sponded in appropriate words and ' then announced the C. T. Chadwick,- man. ; Mr. ChadwiclT spoke briefly and announced that the board was , ready for business. Mn Jokn Ham-5 liton 01 Atlantic was. sworn in as, Register of Deeds and clerk of the,' -board.'- y::;:i'.1;;':" - , ; The first business considered by, ' the new board was that of hearing ap plicants for superintendent of thw County Home and for ro.-d work. The chairman announced that ppH cants should file their applications in writing.' Mr. J. D. Neal made a Drow,sition to keen no the count - . - 7. -roads for $4500 a month which he said was cheaper than it had been . done last year, A petition asking that a road at Sea Level be constructed' was handed, in. i The board - .vent ' most of the day In executive session "' Monday and again on Tuesday.,; . Up to this writing the board of. commissioners have made the fol lowing appointments: M. '. Leslie Davis; County Attorney, W. L, Stan, cil County Auditor, Mrs. R. EV Jor dan Keeper of the County Home at " a salary of 190 a month. Others who applied for the Coui.ty Home position were L. J. French, G. D. Purefoy, J. .H." Wiley, J. B. Dick- . - " A considerable number of men made .aplication, for the position of Couory Road Supervisor or' formean ofcer- tain sections. ', .''.- " - . v Clerk of the Superior'Court L. W. Hassesll was sworn, Jnto office Monday as was also the new sheriff 'T. C. Wade of Morehead City.' J. . R. Jinnctte of Beaufort ha been appoint- 47 Jed Deputy Register of Deeds and wijf 63 have charge' ot, that' office,- Samuel 63 Darling of Eeaufort has been appoint. 60 ed county pailor. '. The board of com 63 missiners will meet again on (he 15th 65 J of the present month and it is sup. . 63 posed 'will make nad appointments 62 atthat time. ''Ov .yV-).7 49 j The members of the new' board are ' 46 c. T. Cnadwlck, W. M. Webb, J. M. 42 Can-away,' W. F. Taylor, H H Davis. 54 1 - - ; ' - . ' 541 THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT. : 63 j The Australian ballot was vindl- 60; cated in' Henderson's going Demo 45 cratic for the first time since the civil 47 ' war,,;- '.'V? j'w -r--i ' 61 1 That this noble ballot encourages 3 independent voting is shown by Mad 41,ison county's vote of . 1,600 to 1, 38 800 Republican majority and at the 37 game' time electing a Democrat to, 45 the House by 700 majority'. 37 The Australian ballot tfkes . it 28 far easier for every one to vote his 35 honest sentiments than the old open 37 ballot still used in 95 North Carolina 32 counties. Tho secret blanket ballot 1 with candidates of all - parties on one page, is easily scratched Mixed voting is encouraged. Ward' heel ers are not allowed around the polls and Would be no good if they were, because they co'uld not ' manipulate the voting. ' ' ' ',, ' What this SUU needs above all is an honest Australian ballot which Is so simple and easy to voto that' a voUt wbo didn't know letter-of the alphabet could goto a straight tick et as easily as could a col'ege profes sor. Shelby Hilander. :. V ". Mr. Charlie Gordon of Oxford spent the week-end! here with h!s family; :, -!-,'