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5 X ort Mews li oEL The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. ( ' READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY ubry X 1! and pay your subscription VOLUME XIV THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY MARCH 26 1925 NUMBER THIRTEEN - -- r - " ": . " vin imnin' am nnn INLET PROJECT IS ABANDONED Ocean Fills Cut Made by Fish eries Board, and Dredge is Withdrawn From Job (Elizabeth City Independent) After spending $100,000 or more in its effort to provide a passageway for fish into Pamlico Sound, the Fisheries Board abandoned the pro ject this week, and the dredge em. ployed on the work has been removed No announcement of future plans has been made, but there is no fetate ap-. Thomas played third base for the propriation for further work. freshmen two years ago, and was New Inlet was opened on October j considered versity material for last 7. At the time it was opened, it was year's team. He failed to reach his 200 feet wide, and carried four feet Btride then, but has been showing of water on the ocean b:r. Two'up better than ever this year, and days later, the inlet had widened to if he can come through with his 400 feet, and carried seven feet of batting, he will give any of them a water on the bar. Officials in charge run for their money at third base, predicted it would be successful, but j Jt will not be long before the var unusually bad weather prevailed for sjty squad will be issued brand new several days, and the inlet gradually raiment. Eighteen new uniforms are closed. ion hand for those who earn them. A few weeks ago the dredge was The uniforms are of the regular Tar taken back to New Inlet, in hope of Heel color gray trimmed with blue, saving the work done by the State, jf clothes can help to make ball But before the dredge could accom- players, the Tar Heels will be a long plish much work, the inlet closed, way onto a successful season. and men were driving automobiles across on the ocean side. The inlet was; located six miles north of Rodanthe, and about ten miles below Oregon Inlet. Oregon Inlet is said to be filling so rapidly that something must soon be done to save it from closing. The Funds for the New Inlet pro ject came from a, Stite ai-opiia- tion of $300,000 made by the Gen oral A RRpmblv of 1923 for the bene-1 fit of the fisheries A large part of cr,Unt in nlantin ovs- l o DUi'i hmo "vm - f - v ters, some in building fish hatcheries. FORT MACON NOW STATE PROPERTY counties in , Virginia, North and The. State of North Carolina new South Carolina on that day. ' - ' i owns Fort Macon and the question At these meetings members of the of interest now is what will she do Association will nominate the dele with her ancient fortress? Natural gates to vote in the election of their Resources the bi-weekly publication directors for another year. Short of the Geological and Economic Sur- y after these meetings, ballots con vey in a recent article concerning taining the names of these electoral lakes and parks offers some sugges- nominees will be mailed to all mem tioos. The article referred to is as bers of the Association who are au follows: thorized to select half of the names "In the case of Fort Macon, only 0n the ballots or to insert new names recently acquired, there is an equal jn accordance with the desire of each and in many respects even better op- individual member. The final cast portunity for the creation of a park jng 0f the ballots will take plsce on and experimental area full of inter- May 9th, and each member is in est and value. Although it has suf- structed to mail or bring his ballot to fered greatly from vandalism, the an- the Court House of his county seat, cient fort, which figured prominent- by noon of that day. ly in the Civil War as the fortifica-j . tion on which the Confederacy de-j POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS pended to defend Beaufort Harbor, J still has its walls, casements, maza- Only two cases were tried in Mayor zines and parpapets largely intact Thmoas' court Monday and in e:ich and capable of being restored. The case the defendant was convicted and area possesses a beach facing the jet off with the costs. John Johan ocean which could in all probability sen white charged with being drunk be successful developed as a bathing had to pay $5.05 and Luke Johnson resort, and on two sides is touched colored got off with $4.20 costs on by inland sounds. Partaking of the the charge of fighting. Fro mthe ev character of the "Banks" those nar- idence it appeared that Luke and row strips of timber denuded lands Hetty Ann Rhodes were returning now given over to shifting sand f,.orn a dance and that witnesses dunes and hillocks, the park area heard her shriek murder. No one contains examples of the native saw Luke strike Hetty Ann nor was shrubs and grasses necessary to she injured in any way. She went hold the sands in the form of a per- on the stand and said that Luke did manent barrier behind which new not hurt her and that she "would not forest can be grown and agriculture take a lick off no man." Luke him reestablished. The classic example self denied any assault and said of such work is the success of the they were merely playing as folks French government in saving similar often do when returning from a areas of vast extent which now sup- dance. The Mayor thought the evi port one of the world's greatest tur- dence indicated some sort of a row pentine districts, and experiment 'g0 Luke had to dig up the costs. with the Fort Macon area might dem-1 onstrate a method which would re- MANLESS WEDDING GOOD. turn to productiveness literally hun-! dreds of miles of 'Banks" which, in The Manless Wedding given last North Carolina, have been for years Thursday evening proved a success not only an economic load, but, as both in attendance and the quality of they tend to fill up channels and the show. Except to buy tickets inlets, a positive injury to the State which they did very liberally, no and its waters." 'person of the male sex had anything 'to do with the show. The various CHARITABLE BROTHERHOOD ! characters were acted by women and TO SERVE REFRESHMENTS 'girls and the parts were all el! done. The costumes and acting of After the business meeting tomor- several of the characters were es row night the Charitable Brother- pecially good. hood will serve ice cream, cake and cigars. All members are cordially invited. Geo. R. Styron, Secretary, BEAUFORT BOY PLAYING ON UNIVERSITY TEAM It may be that Charles Thomas of Beaufort will be a regular member 'of the University of N. C. baseball ,team this season. Coach Fetzer who is trying nut men for all of the var ious positions, has been working Thomas at third base during the re 'cent practice games. The cones- ' . T 1' L T 1 f L ponaent 01 me itaieign incws arm vu gerver fr0m Chapel Hill has this to say: Thomat at Third of Beaufort, has been playing third ; base f 0r the so-called first string. , TOBACCO CO-OPS fTAA A fPA PAfiHCV i i SOON MOBILIZE i To Hold Mass Meetings At All ! County Seats Saturday April 4. . Raleigh, March 24th Members of naieign, tobich mo-i. , the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association will take the first steps t in the election of their directors for 1925 on Saturday, April 4. Mass meetings of the organized tobacco farmers will be held at the Court Houses of all important growing Certain African tribes paint theii bodies white as a symbol of mourn- ing. CROP EXPANSION SURE THIS YEAR! If Weather Conditions Are Favorable, Production Will Much Larger Than Last Year (By Frank Parker Agr. Statiscian) Raleieh. March 23rd. According to thousands of individual farmers' planting intentions, it is evident that almost all crops willbe increased in acreage in North Carolina this year. Over the country at large the inten- tions-to-plant reports show a tenden- cy on the part of farmers towards a .,.. ,.i .- r .Li. 6CUC"" "I acreages mis year. If the farmers hold to their in tentions and the weather is favorable .--j....:.-. ... , pruuueuuns oi most crops WIU oe greater than last year. Reports on planting intentions were secured in all important crops except cotton. Congress enacted a statute prohibiting the publication of cotton planting intentions. This is where the "trade" had things their way because with their privately gotten reports and with the farmers ignorant of the situation, thev i-nn- trol things to much better advantage than should the farmers also be wise to the general planting intentions. It appears that the general trend of increase m CORN is about the at which it i8 probable that the Car- rectors of the Chamber of Commerce raj in room No. 22 City in room No. same m this state as over the coun- teret county road and bridge ques. wa8 held last Friday evening in the23. in charge of Miss Ormond. try at large. The production was tion wiU come up A meeting of the offices of Drs. Maxwell and Hendrix. j i;302:30 Grammar grades, 1. quite short in North Carolina last commission was held in Raleigh Tues-Those present were president U. E.'Speiiing. 2. Physical Exercise. 3. year. OATS were frozen out a year c1ay and on that day bids were re- Swann, secretay J. P. Betts and T. ; chorus Not more than 20 voices. 4. ago, making the acreage very short. ceived on 6bout two million dollars W. Brinson, J. A. Hornaday Jr., C. j Artihmetic Contest to be on accu Even with a 12 percent increase this worth of 10ads and bridges. One of S. Maxwell, F. R. Seeley, W. P. 'cy and speed in the four fundamen year, the acreage will not be up to these was for hard surfacine the Smith and R. B. Wheatly. . .! k r.amoa with mnsin. These con- normal. The TOBACCO prospects are for an increase of 11 percent in acreage length. The low bidder on this sec- instructed to continue investigation charge of Miss Harker. which about balances the decrease of tion-was the Virginia Engineering of the matter of public docks and game contests as described above a year ago- thus the acreage is back Co of Newport News and $277,520 wharves. Dr. C. S. Maxwell and J. will be held at the same time between to the usual. The PEANUT crop wa8 the amount of the bid. Letting A. Hornaday Jr., were appointed a contestantB of Beaufort and More shows a large increase on top of last this contract closes the last gap be- committee to secure the bringing of 'head city schools, year's four percent acreage increase. tween Morehead City and Goldsboro. the coast guad telephone line intol The f0uowing contest is open to Good prices were received for the There,; is a, piece of sand clay road Beaufort. The committee will work-rura High gch0ols only. las crop, in spite of poor, quality-tjt&fe,; 'Goldaboro, and Smithfield in cooperation with J-. hVv Caffrey. I . 1;30 2:30 1 Chorus of not Farmers should' weigh the effect of and W reported that the contract Theadvertising committee ' was ' ii-: zri ' fll ' n VAWe.Mt in 'Main this in relation to a crop of average yield. With an increase of onlv 2 Dercent in TAME HAYS, we will not be up to our usual acreage in North Caro- lina. With prospects of serious boll weevil damage and for safe farming, farmers could safely let more in. crease go on hay. SWEET POTO TOES showed the largest increase. Last year's crop was not entirely satisfactory, but the prices of well- stored potatoes during the winter were too fine for farmers to resist planting more acreage this year, Good prices come to the farmers who store and grade their potatoes well. CUTS HIS HAND ROBBING FISH HOUSE MAN 1 Lust Saturday night some thief; went into the fish house of Way ! Brothers and made a haul. Hj e;.r-, ned off two or three dollars in rum- ey, two gallons of scallops and two shad. He also went away with a wounded hand which he got while breaking a glass door to the office, property for a boulevard which it is Unless somec hange can be effect- testant from a school. The cut bled freely on the floor and intended to run entirely around tha ed fish scrap manufacturers are fac- j 5. Girls Balancing Contest, St'3 also on the sidewalk, so much so wh0le place. A section dredge will jng a righ serious situation by reas- page 115 Physical Education Eook. that it was easy to trail the man for goon be at work filling all low places 0n of the fact that the railroad ccm- All of these contests will he held on several blocks. The robber effected aong the water front and a basi-? panies have placed an embargo on Athletic Field. an entrance through the rear door of 'js to be dredged out to be used as an f,sn scrap. Shipments were refused j Open to all High Schools of Coun ;the building and it is thought that he anchorage for yachts and other ves- last week and the embargo is still .in ty. used a' skiff to get there. The front g(,gi force. Fish meal which is used fori 1 :30 2:30 'door was not opened and he left the preparations for electric lights are poultry and hog feeding is also af-j 1, 100 Yard Dash One contest same way he came. No arrest has being made by means of current fected by the embargo. An effort ant from each high school. jbeen made although there is some fro mthe Etaufort power plant. A will be made to get relief by those j 2. Broad Jump, One contestant suspicion as to who the guilty party i;ne 0f poles has been erected run- who are especially interested in the from each high school. is. COTTON CROP REPORT. According to government figures the cotton crop in North Carolina the year 1924 was 858,017 bales. Mn E M Howard director of sales, Marshallberg and Agnes Gillikin of jy. For the year 1923 it was 1,053,402 hag informed the News, that more otway. I $10 Prize highest per cent of en bales. Carteret county produced than g thousand giteg have been sold , ! rollment of school in parade Runal 289 bales last year and 485 bales the tQ peopJe rf mean8 al over tve state : BIRTH OF DAUGHTER. '.schools. year before. Craven county' crop and -n other gtateg Two gentlemen I $10 Prize best school exhibit of last year was 1850 bales and 2424 frQm a tQwn in Florida have bought! On Saturday night the 21st a'EChool work from a school of more the year before. sites for Summer residences. Several daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. than 10 teachers. iof those who have bought lots have J. O. Barbour. I $10 Prize best exhibit of school COMMUNITY CLUB MEETING, The Community Club will meet at the Rest Room Thursday, April 2, 1925. HIGHWAY MEN ON INSPECTION TRIP Inspect Highway And Look Over Beaufort-Morehead City Bridge Site A party of road and bridge enpi- I,eers representing the State High- wav Commission arrived in town and were 8uests of the In,et Inn last night Thev came here from Have" lock where the insPected a new bride now under construction there and a!so inspected the grading being Jon,on that scetion of the highway. Those in the party were R E Snow" den district suDervisor. W. L. Crav- , T , ur.uKe u ..- low assistant brldSe engineer, J. B. Rroanh. Wm Morton. C. T. Morris ' ' P' Lt Tinda11 and H- p- Green of Roa" noke Virginia, contractor. 'croakers, sea bass and a few shad. 1 The object of the visit of the road j men to Beaufort was to inspect the riVfn A FVT71J fVJ site of the Proposed bridge between liUUll ILli llllll Beaufort and Morehead City. Sev-i rnnrrnilAVP T UTT eral ?f them walked across the rail'i IftLlirllUNh Llifi road bridKe this moing and others v 14 " arove arouna ana met mem on uie otner side It is understood that the formation which the engineers are getting is to be submitted to the State Hi8bway Commission. The Hignway commission is to nam a meeting in Raleigh on April the 2nd Croatan-Havelock road in Craven: Countv a little over ten miles in for hard surfaceing that will be let at the April meeting, lhe indies- tions are that in about twelve months it will be possible to drive from More- head City to Shelby over a hard sur - face road the entire way, a distance of more than three hundred miles i BACK FROM FLORIDA. Messrs. H. C. Jones and W. H. Tay - lor returned yesterday from their re- cent trip to Florida. They went down by boat and returned in a motor car. Other members of the party that went down several weeks ago and who came back by rail were W. B. Blades. Harry, Buck, Hub, Jack and Herbert Parkin Jr.,s. R. M. Lew - s' and Jack Sew e l- in" a fine tlip- All report hav- MAKING GOOD PROGRESS N0V IN WEST EEAUFORT Wnrk is e-ninir forward steadily on the big reai estate development (nown HS West Beaufort. A road-, way jg being cut through the pine , forest on the north east side of the, nine out Beaufort Boulevaid to the ning out Beaufort Boulevaid to the corner of Charles and Carolina Istreets. At this point a cottage 'which is to be used temporarily as! an office is now practically finished. . . ... , .. . ,her buiidings ... , a i tha nor fntnm. 're-sold them at handsome profits. ' ' An average of seven or eight earth quakes per day are recorded at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. SOFT CRAEBERS MAKING ! GOOD MONEY NOW The soft crab secson opened up last week with a rush. The weather has been mild for seven.1 weeks and the crustaceans seems to be coming out g0mewhat earlier than usual. Al- though small as they always are at the beginning of the season they h b ther plentiful. Marshall- burg jg the center of the crab indus. t j Carteret county and the fish- ermen there did very well last week, some of them made as high as $100 for the week's catch. The crabs are gold through dealers in Beaufort and Morehead City and they are paying good pr5ces for them now Sonle scallops are still coming to market v... i m i ..-., ""s . 1"lu" """"lanv where in the countv for several and the season for taking them will end on April 15th. Food fish are : oemg uruugm 10 inaiK.fi, in laiuei limited quantities, mostly trout, I Chamber of Commerce Wants Coast Guard Line Brought To Beaufort. Committees Appointed The monthly meeting of the di- Several matters of a public nature were discussed. R. B. Wheatly was structed to look into the advisability of erecting a sign at tne junction ox the Beaufort-Newport, Morehead ! City highway. . The following named committees were annouced by the president: Education: J. A. Hornaday, Jr., jj Taylor, W. G. Mebane. Harbors and Waterways R. B. Wheatly, Joseph House, C. S. Max- well. Streets and Highways, W. H. Tay- lor, W. A. Mace, W. P. Smith. Public Health, C. S. Maxwell, Joseph House, Claude Felton. Membership: D. M. Jones, W. G. Mebane, R. W. Jernigan. , Hotel and Entertainment, W. G. Mebane, F. R. Seeley, R. L. Davis. i Induttrial and Manufacturing;, F. R. Seelfv. W. L. Standi. D. M. . , Jones. Agricultural, W. P. Smith, C. S. Maxwell, Hugh Overstreet. Advertiinz, Joseph House. W. L. Standi, W. G. Mebane EMBARGO ON FISH SCRAP matter. matter. MARRIAGE LICENSES, ' . The following marriage license was issued bv Reeistre of Deeds Jno. W, n.fun .ina lf weV? I.nlrn Hill Some 50,000 passengers have flown across the English Channel since the 1 Armistice, most of them traveling British machines. COUNTY SCHOOLS ON 3RD OF APRIL County Commencement Takes Place This Year In More head City. Big Crowd Expected MANY PRIZES OFFERED The united commencement of the various public schools in the county wil ltake place on the third of April in Morehead City. It i the! first time the commencement was ever held there and as it is the first held : ' . " " ted to 8 " J It attend. Dr. J. Henry Hlghsmith of the State Department of Education is to make the principal address. The program for the day is as follows: 10:30 11:00 Parade. ll:0Or 12 :30( Music bjf Morehead City Graded School Band. Address by Dr. J. Henry Highsmith. Awarding 7th grade certificates. Noon Recess. The Following Contests are Open To All Rural School 1:30 2:30 Primary Contests. 1 j Story Telling. 2. Story Reproduction. i3. Dramatization. 4.Singing games. two ntest held nn 2nd floor. Ru- fi. uij ; haaoment. Rural in room m m r.itv in room No. 111. In . Auditorium, In charge of Miss Man- ford The following contest is open to 'city High Schools Only: 1:30 2:30 1 Chorus of not ov er 30 voices Meet in Main Auditor- jum In charge of Miss Manford. The following contests are open to ; all High Schools of the county: i;30 2:301. Declamation One contestant from each high Meet first floor, Room No. i . , . . l. 1 1 13. In Icharge of Miss Bracy. j 2. Recitation Meet First floor Room No. 18. Incharge of Miss Cow- herd. J 3. H. S. Spelling Meet first : floor, Room No. 19. In charge Miss jLashley. The following contests are open to all elementary schools of the coun ty: 1:302:301. 100 Yard Dash, one contestant fiom a school. 2. Eroad Jump, ona contestant from a school. 3. High Jump, one contestant from a school. 4. Girls 50 yard Dash, one con 3. High Jump, One contesant from each high school. All of these contests will be held on Athletic Field. PRIZES $10 Prize for the best appearance v.0a rw,, tr, mini wriools on work from four to nine teachers. j $10 Prize best school exhibit three teachers and less. in ' Where no prize is offered blue 1 ib- bons will be given.