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THE Ieauifort Mews. tyitc The b-rt advertising medium published in Carteret Co. READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XIV THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY FEB. 12, 1925 NUMBER SEVEN V" - . BEAUFORT BEHIND FIGURES SHOW IN SCHOOL BUILDING Investment Per Child Much Less Than In Several Other Communities wnurv r.vnp proposition Interest in the proposed school bond election has not reached the acute stage as yet but considerable discussion is going on about the mat ter and the public will soon be con siderably stirred up so some of the leaders think. Those who oppose the plan of building a high school on the Live Oak street lot say they are not against the school but are against the location and the amount of mon ey involved. They say they are will ing to build an addition to the old school building but are opposed to an entirely hew building. ' The women of the Community Club have gone on record in favor of the proposed high school building. At a meeting held a few days ago they" passed a motion expressing their approval and pledging their support to the plan. They are expecting to take an active part in the campaign. The registration books will be Open ed Saturday at the city hall. Mr. Thos. S. Martin is the registrar. Let ters bearing on the school question from Chairman U. E. Swann and Su perintendent Pittman are printed be low: To The Citizens of Beaufort: Comparisons are not always odi ous: tkey are sometimes illuminat ing. Below is a comparison of the investment various communities in the county have made in school buildings: v Morehead City, Buildings, $150, 000, Number of children 1,000, Per child $150. Newport, Buildings $80,000, Num ber of children, 412, Per child $194. Camp Glenn Buildings, $35,000, Number of children 130, Per child $269. Atlantic Buildings $22,000, Num ber of children 250, Per child $88. Smyrna Buildings 20,000, Number of children ?, Per child?. Harkers Island, Buildings 11,000, Number of children 251, Per child $43. BEAUFORT, Buildings, 25,000, Number of children 1,000, Per child $25. From the above figures it is seen that Newport v. has approximately eight times as much per child invest ed as has Beaufort while Morehead City has exactly six times as much. The Harkers Island child has nearly two dollars behind him to provide him an adequate place to work where .the Beaufort child has one. In in vestment per child, Beaufort stands at the foot of the list of important communities of the county. If the amount a community is will ing to' invest in education is, in any sense, a measure of the seriousness of its purpose to see an opportunity to live fuller and more worthy lives than their parents, then our commu nity ranks lowest of all communities in the com.ty in this worthy ambition. The opportunity is at hand for you as voters of this community, to de termine whether or 1 not Beaufort children are as valuable in the sight of Beaufort parents as Harkers Is land children are in the sight of Harkers Island parents. March 17th is the date. Very truly-yours, C. W. E. PITTMAN. -A Call To The Forward Looking Citizens of Beaufort Do you love your children? Do they have a right to an equal chance in life with other young people of our State? Do you believe, for a moment, that your child will ever re gret that you voted bonds that he or she might have an education? This is an important hour in the history of Eeaufort. We have .spent much money for improvements. Some people think some of it has- been spent unwisely. This may be true, but we must not let this stand in the way of educat ing our children. What have you ec-' complished in the world as a human ( Continued on page five) COUNTY BOARD SELLS ROAD AND BRIDGE BONDS " V All outstanding indebtness of Car teret county in the way of short time notes is to be taken up as a result of action of the board trf Commission- era yesterday. At a specul meeting of the board 5 1-2 percent bonds to i hp vmIup if 81.10 (1(1(1 wer sold and! this will be used for funding the r,'. J.U. Cvp-ul l,cn worn rpRpr.t. vp.tP1.v and hnnd, distributed among several firms The sale of the bonds was not advertis- a A an4 in rw A ctv r t Vi I ionmrO. r. hiu k ihrrh rhp ipv-it,,vp 0i;,iot; Vip tVip k, bonds brought a premuim 01 $adlo. T, , . . . . 'ers are known as road and bridge hnt thev are to nav for roads and . ... . Bridges Duilt ty otner ooaras ior me most part, ine proceeus are not to be used in any new work. The News learns that it is the purpose hnnrd nftpr navinc off the county's debts, to hold expenditures strictly to the amount of receipts. They do ler reaas ' - a ,!..:, "Gentlemen: Vi nin 4-Vinn 4 li -i n - n "i 4- it rninii'OO and therefore will not increase the total indebtness. EARLY CRABS GET CAUGHT. The warm wpather that has Drevail- ed for a week or so has evidently . . ..,.. . TITnA RpL1 It. T that the harbor is being extensively rn?,!w' in hv fthprrnpn Vw wpPk or vessels of all types, throughout Whn ZZ in NnrtTpivpr vltPr the year. In order to permit tnis r.2 f vprnvtn rnnlht office to obtain a definite idea as to Tl r .2 h, Lhl twoh hi the value V shipping of the new con- 1 tT Jn Tt u til struction under contemplation, it is for soft crabs ve but'in a few weekJ requested that you state your posi- rrBjrirTtal V 7nL'tion in the matter, mentioning any from now they Will begin to come, .... on the market. '.( CHARLES VERON SMITH .... . ,Av """ --- A crowd that practically filled Ann street Methodist church was present Monday afternoon for the funeral services over the remains of the late Charles V. Smith. Mr. Smith died Sunday at about midday. He' had been in bad health for a year or more suffering from kidney trouble, but pneumonia was the (immediate cause of death. He was 58 years of age and had lived-in Beaufort all of his of thg Membersnip Committee will They think that the present High In submitting its report the Com- and two cents on cigarettes. Other life and had many friends here. The make g drjve ngxt Tuesday February School has all of the courses and mission makes this comment: items suggested include, funeral services which were very nth new members Different class rooms it needs. But do "The cities and towns of the' A sales luxury tax on soft drinks, impressive were conducted by Rev- committees wiu be formed jn order they know? We have four High State have found that with available bottled and at the fountain; erend E. Frank Lee and a special that the town may be tnoroughly Cov- School class rooms; In those four power for industriar purposes, it is A sales tax oil cigars, smoking to choir sang several appropriate selec- ere( eaeh committee wju be givpn a rooms every class that we have must possible for them to invite industrial bacco, chewing tobacco and snuff, tions. The interment was in Ocean certain sectj0n to work. The Cham- be given. We need a laboratory enterprises within their limits that The cigarette tax is regarded by View cemetery. Surviving the de- fcer hag bpen recenty reorganized to complete our Science course. A would otherwise be impossible. many members as a piece of rank ceased are his widow Mrs. Clyde and expects to get jown to business room large enough to call a labora- 'This fact makes additional invest- discrimination against some men Smith, two sons, Charles P. and at.once They j,ope to ijne up PVPvv tory could not be found. A uar- ment in these utilities attractive and smokers and not a few women smok Lance Maxwell and a daughter Mrs busineSg man in town besides individ- ter of the auditorium had to be cur- there are several propositions now c-rs. Merrill. ualg jey want the support of the tained off and the remainder we still under consideration for extensive ad-1 A tax of $1.00 per bale on all cot- J ' entire community. There is consid- call the '"Auditorium" but is a piti- ditional development. Because of ton ginned in the State. This tax, MARRIAGE LICENSES. erable work for the Chamber of f "1 specimen of such when you see the State's general industrial devel- it is estimated, will yield approxi- Commerce states Mr. Jones, and of the whole school trying to get in at opment being so dependent upon the mately $1,000,000 per year. There R. B. King, Smithfield Va., and ccurse it takes monev to accomplish one time. - adequate development of this indus- is some disposition to seriously press Bessie Ricks of Beaufdrt. Donald Mason and Hazel Hariell of More- head City. Thos. Gilgo of Ports- mouth and Lucy May Beacham of 15 OUT OF JAIL and girls a High School to be proud ilities and extensions as utilities in ful effort made to avoid levying eith Beaufort Robert C. Garner and ; of and one worthy of them. COME other jurisdictions. er of these taxes and this school of Lora W. Garner of Newport R. F. D. 1. Willie Respass Morehead City, and Lillie M. Monroe, Mansfield. MANY OFFENDERS TRIED IN MAYOR'S COURT I 4 take him on their roads and as it Therefore, basing the using popula- pose of some members to make a 1 An unusually large number of would cost the county considerable The credit of the town of Beaufort tion upon the U. S. census average vigorous fight for cutting the appro transgressors of the law faced Mayor to keep him in jail the commissioners appears to still be in very good shape, family of five, he number is 400,000, priations to the University of North Thomas in his court Monday iafter- decided to ask Judge Barnhil to let at any rate there is good demand for and it probably exceeds this amount Carolina, to State College and the noon and sentences of more thsn u bim go. Anderson paid the costs in the town's bonds. Last Saturday at sufficiently to equal one-sixth of the North Carolina College for Women, ual severity were imposed upon some the case and left these parts one day noon when bids were opened for the State's population." Darwinism is in Bad of them. As a result of the trials flRf wpek $75,000 streets improvement bonds 1 Until the hearing on Mr. Pool's the city treasury will be considerably 1 replenished or there will be several 'additions to the street cleaning force. I .The following named were tried: Aleck Smith (colored) of North .River driving car without lights, $25 and costs. j I Jesse Wilson (colored) figging,' $50 fine or 30 days on the streets. George Bailey (colored) stealing, chickens, $50 fine or 30 days on streets. ! Will Mason, drunkness, $50 fine or 30 days on thes treets. ! BrUy Gillikin, drunk and disorder- ly, $50 or 30 days on streets. i Varnie Dixon, drunk and dirorder - ly, $50 or 30 days. James Harris, fighting, $50 or 30, days, appealed. ' Frank Ross, failing to stop car at corner, judgment suspended on pay- ment of costs. MAY START WORK AT CAPE AGAIN! Leer From District Engineer Indicates Million Doilats May Be Spent s ,eaaer 01 tne WeW8 8re avvJle l-r'e r1'"" Koverimieni nas pei., a rge sum of money at Cape Look- out in building a breakwater there, The object of this expenditure was! to create a harbor of refuge for ships in time of storm. Although the work was stopped during the war and is not much more than half fin- .... ished considerable benefit was done to the harb' and many shlnB have used In bad weather. There seems to be a nossihilitv . , , .h rs:I,nt , Qicateu oy a letter recently receiveu by the local Chamber of Commerce from Mair - O. Kuentz. The let- This office has under consideration the complete of the harbor of ref- ncro nt Cane Lnnlfnnr Ni C... hv means of the construction of a con- siderable extension' to the present" breakwater. It is desired to know whether the expenditure of perhaps $U00,000.. would be warranted at tViia timp Tt. U known, nf rnnrse advantages accruing to yog: snip- ping, or to shipping in general, and giving possible estimated increased tonnage, if iany... Any other pertiy 'nefjffacts V figures ciate(j - Yours very truly, j OSCAR O. KUENTZ, . . r a r-;Q0' ni... luajui j vwi r ui unjtiitcio trict Engineer. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DRIVE T. r.mhov r r-mmove linfipr . ,. ti Mr D M jones head aything. NEWs BUTCHER ANDERSON j R Anderson the news butcher convicted at the last term of Super - ior Court 0f selling whiskey and sen - tenced to the roads for twelve months win not have to serve his sen- tence Craven county refused to! REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. S. W. Carvile to N. R. Webb lots j to 16 included in Morehead City, consideration $10. . , Uuy npp an .W1 e 0 ' ' '" j Beaufort Cemetery Association to David Godwin, lot No. 103 Block l,i Ocean View Cemetery, Beaufort. j w jj Guthrie and wife to James c Lewis 3 acreg in Smyrna Township, ! consideration $75. 1 1 ! I Van B- Willis and wife to James ewls 0 acres ln amyrna A0W"- .Eh,P' consideration $100. R, E. Garner and wife to Wm. H 'Bell town lot No. 1, Newport, N. C, consideration $150. SCHOOL BUILDING NOW TOO SMALL ' '' Increased Population Makes New Building Necessary High School Pupil Declares luzens 01 uur lown: ? " a" ccu it. sooner or later becomes necessary td expand. Why?. On account of growth and the increase of poula- tion. Ror this same reason and be- cause of no forethought on the part of the people who planned our pres- ent tuilding, it now becomes neces- , . . . sary to do one of two things: 1. Build a new buliding. 2. Add to the old one, or 3. Push half of the children out ' vi u i. .'...m. . . . . ,.. uunuui i.v aiiiiuo nuum u u l ui wnai iew conveniences we nave. Taking the problem or adding to :th8 old building: The auditorium is 'entirely too small. If we add to the building will it enlarge the auditor - mm No. Architects and contrac- tors have been consulted and they say that it is not advisable to add to the building. No definite benefit can be gotten from it and it would hard- ly be less expensive than ,a new building in the long run. I . . .. ,. . ' citizens, we. tne pupus ot tne rj. H. S.f the future citizens of Beau-this valuable industry. Electric pow - fort, put up this plea. You cannot er is not only an industry in itself possibly see as we do how it would but an agency producing other in - help. We know. We have to spend dustries . It is both a product of the larger part of our time in the manufacture and a wealth-producing school.. It is our home the largest product. The greater the electric part of the day. Vpower output, the greater the output ' Some people may say that the of other manufactured products. w;i. ounn, utt.. T h. T .;u k uj 4- '6" ' Grammar Grades. That we have not been put into old buildings like, the Maacwjc Hall. People, do yoil re - present Freshmen of B. H. S. spent three years of the schooling in the Town Hall? How the Sophmores sDent two vears there? Then can - you say that the High School has not been pushed out of its place? Some people in town and country 0 not know why we need a new building because they do not know what a Modern High School needs, Citizens, come forward! Boost the movement that is coming March 17th. Vote for the bonds. Give your boys AND VOTE FOR US. , - Respectfully yours, ( VIRGINIA HOWE. STREET IMPROVEMENT BONDS BRING GOOD PREMIUM there were seventeen bids for them. It was decided by the board to put; the bonds up at auction and sell to1 the highest bidder. This resulted in the sale of the bonds for $77,085.00. c- W. McNear and -Company of To- ledo, Ohio were the successful bid- ders. Other high bids were as fol- lows: Breed, Elliott & Harrison $76,- 95000. Caldwell & Company $77,075.- 00. Beaufort Banking & Trust Co. $77,072.50. Drake Jones $77,080.00. The bonds are six percent serial bonds and are to be retired in full by 1945. Miss Alethia Felton cf the New- port public school faculty is here pending a few days. 1 ELECTRIC POWER GROWS RAPIDLY Provision Has Been Made For Ten Million Dollars In New Investments Raleigh, N. C. Feb 9th (Special), The electrical flower industry of North Carolina in 1924 made provift ion for more than $10,000,000,00 new investments, according to the report of the Corporation Commis- sion just off the press, Still further and greater expansions now in pro cess of development also are noted. I . .. . . ,, to i This continues to be one of the1" State's greatest developments." says the letter of transmittal accompany- ing the report, which adds that there S t o nnn hirh r,, tmnsmifiinn linoa ..ith. v u.j v, c m uic uuiucia ui tuc kji.ai.c. ivilh air tne expansion curing tne year tne Commission reports that they "are very little more than able to keep pace with the demand." ; The significance of the more than $10,000,000.00 increase in electric power investments was the subject . . of comment at the offices of the Com- .legislature must either put on a sales mission today. ,tax, cut sharPy the appropriations "At present, while we 'are more 0rlwnith have been recommended by less depressed at discolsures of the the budget commission for the insti- State's financial affairs," it was said, ... ... .. - "it is well to note the growth of n wm jemucu bu m uu 1 c- port last year the Commission said, regarding the growth of the electric power industry: "This has made pos a total of 6,264 manufacturing plants within an invested capital of $916,039,159, with an annual output of manufacturing nroducts valued at $758,732,141, with 185,295 em- ployes.' o ' "So, keeping in mind this more than ten million increase in a wealth- nroducine industry all within a year, there is reason to cheer up." try, we have striven to make it as easy for our utilities to obtain mon- ey for investment in additional fac- "There are more than 250 cities, thought, well represented in the towns and villages with electric light House and Senate, will make a stab service and a census of 120 of these at further cutting the appropria shews 101,303 customers, of which tions for the schools universities approximately one-fifth are industrial and State departments. Events of an(j four-fifths residental customers, OPENING UP GORDON STREET. At an adjourned meeting of the board of city commissioners held Monday night a week ago a decision was reached to open up Gordon street between Cedar and Live Oak, a distance of one block. The street cuts off a part of the lots of J. D. Guthrie and W. T. Lewis. A sidewalk did members of the faculty of State was ordered to be put on the east College. side of the block. Commissioners! The stand of there gentlemen will Noe and Smith voted against the be heartily approved by those who do proposition and Commissioners Par- not think it is necessary to re-en-kin, Wheatly and Whitehurst voted force the Bible. But they played a for it. bad game of politics. There are 1 ' many members of the legislature who BIRTH OF DAUGHTER. j think the late Mr, Darwin and the ! 1 VTTi I other scientists were either profli- 1 A daughter was born to Mr. ind Mrs. Cecil Truitt last Surd-.y even- ing. The infant has been named Carol Neal. SALES TAX MAY BE ENACTED TO PROVIDE REVENUE Governor Opposed To Ad Val- orem Tax. Josiah Bailey Has Stirred Up Soine Trouble INVESTIGATE DEPARTMENTS Beaufort News Bureau, ' 306 THE VANCE (By R. E. POWELL) Raleigh, Feb 11 Just as we start press with this letter, the news comes tnat tne lnance committee, or its sub-committee rather, has def- Ilme,y ueciuea as a iasi resort to rec- ommend to the legislature the adoo- tion of the sales-luxury-nuisance tax and. in the lamruace of the editor , u ,vw w nas Penea a vernauie ran- aora 8 D0X 01 taxation trouoies. The situation, as members of the .committee explain it, is this; In or- aor 10 Pr0VIle lourteen millions in , . .. t . l a a i iL .. ICVC,1L" me next, usiw me "ons na departments or, nnauy, ..,.f.,..v, 4.UA .. 1 i .'""'" l" ",c "u ,uu'" lnA- 1 Although there is a vigorous op- Poslt'on against it, it is more likely .the sales tax will be adopted than it ;" that the legislature will return to the ad valorem tax. Governor Mc- Lean is understood to be both against returning to an ad valorem tax and also the impos.ton of a sales tax but he reo-ards the return to an ad val- -- orem tax a violation of the party's pledge and he said in his inaugural that the State must not resort to it. Four Centi on Cigarette 1 The tentative agreement is for a tax of four cents on each package of twenty cigarettes and two cents on each package of ten. When this proposal comes to the committee on the whole, which is the entire House - membership resolved into a commit- tee to consider the revenue bill, there will be addition--.! proposals, including one to make the tax one it. - In view of the administration note of economy, there will be a power- this week have stimulated the pur bill to precent the teaching of "Dar winism," or any hypotheses linking man to the lower animals, in schools or universities which1 receive State funds there was no direct fight on the University. But when the bill was up for a hearing Dr. Chase, pres- ident of the University, in the name of "human liberty" opposed it. So gates or imps of His Satanic Majes- ty. It is impossible to classify what many of them pretend to thnk. They ( Continued on page five)