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VOLUME XIV
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY FEB. 26, 1923.
NUMBER NINE
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CITIZENS OPPOS
BOND ISSUE FOR
HIPtlWAVC
County Beard Planning
Spend $700,000 On Hard
Surfaced Roads
WOULD ALSO HAVE. BRIDGE
Imemorated the life of the Father of reclvea I4d,ui5 votes in the last gen-' A contract was let recently in
Considerable interest was aroused our country. After this the teach- eral Section as against 62,261 votes Charlotte for the erection of Lake
last Saturday when the news was'ers adjourned to the school grounds, east in the negative, was yesterday Lure dam and power plant at Chlm
circulated about the streets that;Where a11 tvPes of p,av were skillful- declared invalid by the North Caro- ney Rock. The dam is to be 104
Representative Alvah Hamilton had ly demonstrated. An attempt was lina Supreme Court. The opinion of feet high and 500 feet long. The
introduced a bill in the Lieislature made to show the teachers how play- the court was written by Chief Jus- lake will cover 1500 acres. The con
authorizing the issuance of $700 ground activities can be organized t'ce W. A. Hoke, with Associate Jus- tract price of the whole job is $G75,
000 worth of road bonds This pro'-160 eaeh chiIdd can Participate. tice Hfr.iot Clarkson filing a dissent- 000.
posed issue is in addition to the! The model lesson for the day was opinion. The Legislature now in' ,
$150,000 which the county board tauSht by the seventh grade teacher sion will be asked to correct the , The new ten story 0d(J Fell(Wg
proposes to issue to pay oif the coun- Miss Ruby Picklesimer. She demon- bl1 building in Raleigh was dedicated
ty's indebtness. The larger bond strated a nlodel Pian for the teaching ; The measure has universally been Saturday afternoon. There as a
be submitted to a vote of the people
or the boarH v h Mn
the bonds any way if they think pub-
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iv cciiL.i:iciit lttvurs trie jiuin.
Considerable opposition developed
against the proposed bill as soon as
the news about it trot in circulation.
Telegrams were sent to Raleigh to
now up tue bill until the opposition
coum De neara and a petition was cir- the efficient direction of Mi-s Char- render a favorable opinion on the
culated and signed by a good many ,otte Brawey Berved a delicious lun- bonds without a ruling from the Su
people who do not approve of the cheon t0 the tea(.hers. preme Court.
proposed bond issue. Tuesday after-, Tn the afternoon Mi?S Town.endi Act Not Unconstitutional ,
noon a delegation composed of Coun-
ty Commissioner C. II. Whitehurst,
Messrs W. P. Smith, U. E. Swann, N.
W. Taylor end J. M. Carraway left
for Raleigh for the purpose of op- e(J the teachers with the educational
posing the bill as it is drawn.. It'valne to be derived from the riht
was understood by the News repre- kind of Countv Commencement
sentative that they are willing to
leave the matter to a vote of the peo
ple but are unwilling for the board
of commissioners to issue bonds with
out an election.
A member of the board of com
missioners was seen by a New! lep
resentative and asked for a ttate-
ment about the bond matter,
He
said the board had in mind a plan to
bcild nine or ten foot hard surfaced
roads from Beaufort to Harlowe and
from Beaufort east to Atlantic and
to connect the western part of the
county with the Morehead City-New-
port highway. Furthermore this
plan calls for the building of a
bridge between Beaufort and More-
head Citv bv the Stat. This nlnr.
would connect a large majority of
the peonle of the county with good
r,,i y,Q. i
the county considerable money which decision was reached to try to per- and poultry yard may be sold to sd
now eoes for trvin-r to maintain the feet an orerariization in the Morehead vantage by using a email roadside
ent the county's budget calls for the
expenditure of about $2.1,000 a year
on the roads. This money goes for
labor, machinery, repairs gasuiine
an dthe like. The county board
thinks with hard surfaced roads the
cost of maintenance would be a great
deal less than it is now and the
roads would be much better. It is
also proposed to have a county road
board which would look after the
road construction and a bill has been
introduced in the Legislature pro
viding for this.
111 Reported Favorably
The delegation returned from Ra-
uay rcpuu. ..-
committee voted by a c
onslUeraDie
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majority for the bond issue bi 1. It
was expected to come up on the floor
of the Senate today. County Attor
ney Luther Hamilton addressed the
committee in favor of the bill and Mr.
U. E. Swann of Beaufort spoke in
favor of leaving the matter to a vote
of the people. Mr. Hamilton urged
that the bill be passed exactly as it
as written and the committee so vot-
Dv a considerate majority. ine;
,
of bonds for $15 00 00 wtt not''
tVi h S fi et 1 ' A V t ""it K
through as rst planned but will be
opened lor ot er bids so the News has
been informed.
MUSICAL MONDAY EVENING.
The music department of the Com
munity Club will give a musical en
tertainment at the residence of Mrs. :
II. M. Hendrix on Front street next
Monday evening at 8 o'clock. A !
colonial program will be rendered and
an invitation to all music lovers is ton during the past week, it was to might well use this idea to advantage j smoke and cinders from his engine find dm ing March and April the Ser
extended. Harold Hamilton and Mamie Hamil-jthis rummer and dispose of his ma-on Broad street. Judgment was vices on Sunday night in the churches
Hon both of Sea Level. iterial right at his front gats. suspended on payment of cost. of the City will be at 7:30 F. M.
GROUP TEACHERS' MEETING
HELD LAST FRIDAY
The teachers of Harkcr's Island
iBettie. Strrits. Marshnllbertr tint!
Smyrna schools held a meeting st
Smyrna lebruary zvxti. The meet'.nrr
1 opened with a Chapel exercise given :
T'hv the ciades of the Smvrna School!
ire cr.Udreii broupr.t out m a very
; impressive way the unusual facts
nbcut George Washington's life and
ichraacter. It most fittingly corn-
oi silent reading, as tne teacners in
a11 of the schools of the County have
been doing intensive work in this
isubet After this ,ecson the teach"
ers went to different rooms and ob-
i
served demonstration lessons in all
the erafie
; 0ne of the mogt attractive and
t o
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ositioni:" : 7:.attornev tor 8tate. rPfu Pfi t
nartmPnt. This flpunrtmpnt. n
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Jed a discussicn of the deni0nstrat--on
,eESOn Mr Wright next talked on
thp fciect of the values of C(jUn(v
This meeting stood out as being
both an enjoyable and helpful occa-
8iou , .
.
COOPERATIVE MARKETING
pians ARE GOiNC. FORWARD
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week a meeting was held in More -
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head City on Thursday evening of a
number of persons who are interest-
ed in organizing a cooperative market
ing association in Carteret county,
George R. Foulks of the Division of
Markets of the State Department of
Agriculture was present, also E. G.
Gaither District Agent and County
Agent Hugh Overstreet. The meet-
ine- took nlace at the Woodland Ho-
tel.
The matter of organizing the as-
Wirt, ,vS. ,ii.,-n0ac,i fniiv r,n? ih,.
tn-tnrr in ahmit. two weeks,
An effort will be made to organize
the truck growers of the Beaufort
section in about thirty days and it
may be that another local will be or-
ganized in the Newport territory,
All of these branches are intended to
constitute a county association which
will affiliate with similar organize-
tions in eastern Carolina.
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OFF FOR FLORIDA.
! As stated in the News last week,
the old yachts Pilgiim fend Sea
i Scamp have gone to Floiitia having
sailed Monday afternoon. The Sea
Scamn was tov.-ed bv the Pilirrim and
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mariners. In addition to tnose nam- small DasKets witn trie price ot eacn u;e unjaruii-ni ui v..t
ed last week W. H. Taylor anil rrticle on each container. A small Seven prisoners escaped from t;-.? Agricvi'Uire at Raleigh. Yesterday ed by some independent department.
Charles Cluwson Jr. went along. A box was placed for the change i.nd penitentiary at Raleigh Monday night they went out on the North Rive- 1- Who investigates or checks tu
Lincoln and a Ford car were t.ikei it was left to the honor uf the buyer Three of them were caught before road and to Gloucester.' Today tiny passes upon the collection and ex
along and some of the party will re- to make his own change. they had gotten very far. They have gone up Bogue Sound and will penditures of the office of the Set
turn in these machines. Several, Mr. Clapp hardly ever visited the made their way through the roof of visit a number of farms where they retary of State, .the automchile and
places in Florida will be visited and little stand except to replenish what the tubercular ward and levered have appointments. highway taxes!
Dossiblv a triD will be made to Cuba, had been sold. The nroduce was themselves to the ground with sheets, 2. Who investigates or checks or
EANKRUPT STOCK SALE
. .i. j tv, t j
XIIC KLOCK UUUS UX X IIC I ,
dry Eods f,rm 'hich Went int the
hands of a receiver some weeks ago
w( soJ(J h to(lay fcy Rpccivtr j.,g
Wallace Magon The stock and fix -
fcy E R Ayoub of
Washington. N. C. for $650. Ac.
cording to an inventory taken a few
weeks ago it was worth $1450. The
sale will have to be confirmed by the
court.
MARRIACE LICENSE.
Only one license to wed was issued
by Register of Deeds Jno. W. Kami!-
veterans: LOAN I
INVALID
-UFI cuic wun notes inai
Majority of Registered Vote
Was Required
Raleigh, Feb. 26th The $2,000,-
000 bond issue 1-r loanB fr homes
to veterans of the world war. which '
-...uCicu m eu auu
more than a score of persons have
aPPl'ed for the position of Commis -
S'ner ,f Veterans' Loan Fund
created unoer the act and some cf
them have rPfpivpH .strnno- snnnnrt
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from all sections of the State. The
validity cf the bonds was put in
nnpstinn mm wwts mm vjVon niwc
ter B. Masslich. of New York, bond
attorney for the State, refused to
i A test case was prepared,
measure being attacked on
gr0Und that the act as drawn
the
tne
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of Labor and Printing, and who was
the Representative from Caldwell
county in the 1923 General Assembly
required a majority of the registered
vote instead of a majority of the
votes actually cast. The complaint
filed in the case also attacked the
constitutionality of the measure on
the ground that it constitutes o!assfv lound tBat hie skull was f:actur-
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l-pislation. j
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filed yesterday does not hoid the
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measure unconstitutional, th s point
being ignored entirely in the opinion
of the court which is based entire-
ly upon the ground that the act as
passed by the General Assembly re -
quires a majority of the registered
,tto incrtoci ,f n r mi.int-v
of the vote actually cast.
GOOD PROFITS SECURED
FROM ROADSIDE MARKET
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 16 Surplus
nroduce from the ir arden. orchard
market. This is esDtcially true if
one lives on one of the main highways
where travel is heavy.
S. C. Clapp, superintendent of the
Mountain Branch Experiment Station
near Asheville, tried out this plan
last summer and sold over $400 wjrth
of surplus produce right at the mar-
ket in addition to taking orders for
large deliveries to be made from the
farm. Mr. Clapp made a little stand
just high enough for one to drive by
and look over the produce comfort-
ably without getting out of the car.
The stand had two shelves, eo that
the lower one might be used for pro-
tecting leafy vegetables from the
sunlight. The produce was tied up
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placed early in the morning and the
money taken out late in the evening.
Some evenings Mr. Clapp found as
v. jn : v: v J
US tttClVC ill llJCt VVA I1U
there WaS ncVer S nlistake of over a
few pennies caused by difficulty in
jng change.
; "The people seemed to appreciate
my trusting them," says Mr. Clapp.
"Many of those driving by stopped
and looked over the material and
would then drive in to the farm and
buy a larger amount than I hnd on
eisplav. I sold ancles, ear biant.
j bell peppers, melons, peaches, grapes
'end other produce."
i Mr. Clapp believes that the farm-
cr who has a surplus of produce
STATE NEWS
The steamer Fort Hanii'tcn sailed
from Wilmington last Saturday after-
(laBsaifccis jur w.iua-
da- There were 250 Carolinians
aboard, among the number former
Governor Morrison and Mrs. Morri-
son. The Fort Hamilton fiies the
British flag.
jarge attendance for the
The buiIdjng C0Et ?44o,ooO.
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exercises.
Federal officials are trying to break
c "auc m
fhn i!liitf 4-vw1A J ...
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North Carolina and arrests have been
made in various parts of the State. 'Dennis a tract in White Oak Town- would put in jeopardy the Democrat
Last Saturday and Sunday 21 arrests ship, consideration $100. ic Partv- The entire situation is a
Wer.e d in and nea' Challoe-
v-Taylor of stan'y Creek- Gton
county was one of those arrested. A $10. teiimg the General Assembly that
number of women were gathered in j S. P. Hancock and wife to J. R. they are not in condition to pay in-also-
j Hancock tract in Beaufort Township, creased income, franchise or privi-
consideration, consideration and af- lege taxes; that they are by no means
Seventy five counties participated fection. 88 Prosperous as they were in 1922-
in the State fair premiums last year
according to E. V. Welborn the man-
ager. Craven county with $651 led
the list in the eastern part of the
State.
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: Vhile crossing a street in Raleigh
Saturday afternoon Representative
Christian of Cumberland county was
struck by an auto and badly injured.
H was taken to a hospital where it
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f rr m,.lt Tl s-i i
"se rower company ai,
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owmy county, nas erecteu aj
fine school for the colored children!
there. The building has twenty
rooms and all conveniences.
.
Krdy Lilis a white man of G; een
couniv vc.s aiTesiea a lew aavs ae'o
on the charge of complicity in the
murder of Will Whitley which occur-
red August 3rd. 1021. A man and
woman are now serving life senten-
ces ior wis murder, cms says ne is
innoent of thee barge.
Marvin Falls of Durhsm was sen-
tenced to 15 years in the penitentiary
Saturday on the charge of attempting
to kill his 15 year old wife on Feb-
ruary the 2nd. He attacked her
with a piece of pipe and a razer.
C. W. Williams a citizen of Kochy
Mount has bought a live EufTalo and
brought it to town. The animal
came irom JJruid Hill park in iJaiti-
more. He seems to like his new
home very well according to reports.
High Point is to have! another
large silk mill soon giving employ -
ment to several hundred peop'e. The
Hillcrest Silk Company of West New-
rk, N. J. has bought land and will
Pi t. the mill et -on phi K- ,1t.P
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knotted together.
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A fire at Smithfield
Rs'nwisui
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u-oliujvu rv'Vlilj CTiA ... 0 J
cotton. The cotton belonged to the
merchants there. There was some
insurance but not enough to cover
the loss. The origin of the fire is
unknown.
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! LIGHT POLICE COURT.
!
j The police court docket was una
sually lijrht last Monday, only one
case having been ontrial. Norfolk1
'and Southern engineer Agnew Lewis
was charged with having violated a
town ordinance by discharging black
Whenever a matter of public
interest is under discussion the
Newt likes to give both tides.
A number of articles have ap
peared in this newtpaper re
cenly advocating the new high
school building. Opponentt of
the propotition have had noth
ing to say in print. If those
who oppose wish to express
their views over their own sig
natures will send in their com
munications the News will
gladly give them a reasonable
amount of space. The matter
is very important to the entire
community and there is nothing
like publicity to bring out all of
the facts.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The following real estate transfers
have been recrded by Register of
Deeds Jno. W. Hamilton since the last
! issue of the News. V. P. Lewis et al
'to W. L. Gillikin, tract in Smvrna
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. lownsnip, consideration, $50.
A. H. Dennis and wife to W N
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I M. L. Wright et al to Win. H.
Bailey, lot 3 Beaufort, consideration'
i D. M. DeNoyer Mortgagee to W. E.
Skarren part lot 190 Old Town. Beau
fort, consideration $100.
: Blanch Helms to Lorenzo Dowdy
lots 3 and 13 in block 17 in More-
.head City, consideration $450.
Geraldine Oaksmith to R. E. Lewis,
lots 81 and 82 in Morehead City, no
consideration shown. -
! S. F. Nelson and wife to Willis
Nelson and wife 1-2 acre in Harkers
Island Township, consideration.?G0.
iAfi.S RALLY IN
unto Mwna. r y-x
tw dckin sow
The Baptist leaders of the Nuse
Atlantic Association including all the
pastors, active laymen, women and
young people,,are called to meet in
the New Bern First Baptist church
on .viarcn ruin ior an all aav Mission
Rally, beginning at 10 o'clock. Ie is 'ear cut our commerce by fully $500-
expected that a light lunch will be,000'000-
served at the church at the noon; Cvty to Investigate
hour.
me purpose oi tn;s naiiy is pu.e-
ly informational and inspiration:.!.
Addresses on Missions and different the view of cutting down the expen
phases of the denominational pro- ses of our government. This ought
gram will
be made. Round-table
discussions on the present status of
the work and on future plans will bs
open to all. Besides the local talent
of the Association, the following gen-
eral denominational workers wili
take part in the program: Dr. Chas.
Anderson of Fayetteville and Prof,
M. A. Huggins of Raleigh. A rcrve-
sentative group is expected from each
church in the Association.
HOGS ARE RECEIVING
ANTI-CHOLERA VACCINE
' A good many Carteret county
hogs are receiving anti-cholera vac-
cine this week as a result of work be-
ing done by Dr. C. P. Caldweil and
County Agent Hugh Overstreet. Dr.
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NICE SIGN ERECTED.
A lianHenmp pWti-ip sio-n wa nut
..ilgii V,p fnt r,t tVio
w J' Jtow.uwj vi .. iiun v..v
drug store of Mr. Joseph House. This
is the only electric sign in that block
of Front street and in fact there is
no other in town of this particular
kind.
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' The Chamber of Commerce mem-
bersh'p has now climbed up to 70
member, is your name on this list?
The fee is only $5.00 per year.
CHANGE OF HOURS.
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Beginning next Sunday, March 1st,
TURN ON LIGHT
BAILEY DEMANDS
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! In Sunday's issue of the Raleigh
j News and Observer Josiah W. Bailey,
a well known citizen cf the State,
j says that it is the duty of the General
Assembly to investigate various pub
j lie departments. He thinks much
j waste could be stopped by such a
j course. His article in the Raleigh
j r.ewspaper reads as follows:
i The General Assembly is strug
j gling with its task of levying taxes
sufficient to meet the greatly increas-
ed expenditures of the State. It is
j seeking to find the sources of an an
nual revenue of $14,000,000. It re
alizes that the counties cities and
towns have about exhausted the pow-
er of property to pay taxes; and that,
therefore, there ought not to be a
tax on Property for State purposes.
Jt is Proceeding, therefore, in the di-
retion of income, inheritance, fran-
chise' ,icense and privilege taxes
an1 if IK J. 1 . I 1 fl
" " "CBnauiig on me DnnK oi a
svstem of sales taxes that it realizes
most se"ous one.
The business men of the State are
li or ,n 1918-20. This is only too
irue. ine Dig tobacco manufactur-
ers are makng money; but the cotton
""1Ia and furniture factories are not.
The railroads are making money as
they never made it before, and they
are maK,ng out of North Carolina
m unjust proportions. This is not
opinion it is established by the re-
Port of the Ship and Transportation
Commission. On the whole, the pro-
"" " ru" or
mess men is absolutely sound. We
have reached the point where addi-
T.lOTlJil TJIYOQ UTfi t nva n kno
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1T1PQR find in rite rnr-.rrti Vz-.ort ,U
' , ,T "l"" 6 u 77 1
conduct ,t T s are short for the
about $100,000,000 of pn-
mary .,ncorae. That is to say the
8 " 0D' of ' farmers is about
$100,000 000 less than it was las.
j-"-- "'c -uuitc vi mc
Lnder sujIi circumstances I assert
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General Assembly to investigate with
to be done before a dollar of addi-
tional taxes shall be levied. This is
required by every rule of good faith,
am satisfied that an investigation
will disclose and stop many leaks and
save much money, and in support of
this assertion, I wish to point out a
remarkable state of affairs.
Jn contemplation of our law
tetuon oo. l,. a. me Aucior s
office is charged with his duty of in-
vestigating and checking all payments
of public mor.ey and seeing to it thai
every dllar is accounted for.
But our State Auditor's office does
not do this. We now have large
numbers of office holders traveling
over the State. Their expense ac-
counts are great, ah tnese expenai-
turn, mwvht t. Ym e.v-iitl oJ i.'io,.L
passes upon the expense accounts of
the numerous deputies traveling over
the Slate out of the Coram s.uon J r
of Rpvpnup'it offipp. thp Kutomohile
,
division of the Secretary of State's
office, the Department of Agriculture,
the Auditor's office? I find in the
Auditor's report that our State paid
about fifty thousand dollars last year
in hotel bills. Who checks these
payments?
3. Who checks State prison ex-
penditures and receipts? ,
4. Who checks the scandalously
large sums paid by the State Audi-
tor's office for county audits?
! 5. Who checks the oil and gaso-
line accounts and the accessories ac
counts of the numerous, automobiles
owned by the State and used so free
( Continued on page five)
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