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AW State Library X M MiH JML jfil iTifc-irT ""iT V' The best 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 APRIL 23 1925 NUMBER SEVENTEEN 1 FRICTION EXISTS IN SCHOOL BOARD AT CULLOWHEE Governor Ordered An Investi-, gat ion. r- i i i i Haennouse tjriaee Site Chosen by State High way Commission STATE'S DEFICIT $8,327,980 (By M. L. SHIPMAN) Raleigh, N. C. April 20 The af fairs of Cullowhee Normal Institute were thoroughly aired during the past week by Attorney General Brummitt who investigated the insti tution at the direction of the Gover nor. Mr. McLean also had a hard week with the Stewart case which cul- minarpn rruiHV w in T.np p p rrrnc n- 1 J. .1 T? ,1 ....'iL 1 1 J. 4.: j- j-(.u 1 j. r tion of father and son to expiate alD murder n Brunsw pk eanntv last murder in Brunswick county last year. A statement on the State's deficit was issued by the Governor,!. S ZZZli L7l:Z S1" thttn '1" - A?'- x.B uu, .uu,, vviiu nu nHp pvnpripnpp with thp Wahino--i ton svtem of coins into matters T , g'V f 7 T P , sioner HuntIey be asked to resiga- mSde. P8y M'SS 'y , scale, is of more than commer- lithoufregard to 'Vh thTlZ l' Tl " e Prt of the resolutions comity $1000 for" injuries sustained . . -.p significance. For while Bogue lay fall "found out that the-e w i gd feat"reS haVe e was then read Mr- Gibbs when, hlS,Car StrUk 7 "ILL IlLUdKAIL Island is ideally situated and remark- Z7J at Culwel So,t dit Vld6d- ' M hdfaCB- J'lrE" "i lAIIDTU AI7 UTI V "a e"dWed the SUCC6SSfUl and characteristic fashion, he direct . nm . C. N. Mason said the res- paralyzed from her wai.t down. 1 (JUK 1 H Of JULY of a "ti ed Mr. Brummitt. the attorney gen-:MNH PHI till 1 1 ,1 UN ol"tl0nS Were. not ftron.g en0Ugh ..,.u. - , J lization as resort wil1 invoIve meth- Pral to find out what it was and , erai, to nna out wnat it was ana why. This the Attorney General did in a report which, was clear and unmistakable. The Governor should experience little difficulty in ascer taining whom he should not appoint to the Cullowhee board when that matter engaged his attention in the next few days. The appointments probably would have been made be fore how but for reported trouble at the institution. Mr. Brummitt discovers that Wal- ter E. Moore, chairman of the Board, is "at Outs" with W. W. Watt, mem- ber of the Board from Charlotte, and atlas th&t whatever one does the oth- , T. . - jufs t. be Fuffering. The Attorney General1 uiscussing tnese statistics, 00m- w:' vu.. UJ -'F'"'"" trocuted at trie state penitentiary last i;ent v. swann, secretary j. r. sound, a snanow ana narrow Dit 01 makes the further discovery that Mr. missioner O'Malley points out that that part of route. 10 from Craven priday morning. The men murdered Betts and Messrs. D. M. Jones, Claud water which separates it from the M'.ore has been acting as attorney the greater part of this decline was County line to Beaufort, N. C. police officer Leon George and U. S. Felton, R. W. Jernigan, W. H. Tay- mainland in which there is bundance for the institution and does not think in the menhaden fishery, a non-food That we urge and request the Marshal Sam Lilly last year. Their lor, F. R Seeley, W P. Smith, R. B. of game, including wild turkey, deer, well nf the acceptance of such mi- fish which is l'sed in the manufac- board of County Commissioneis of bod;es were taken to Wilmington for Wheatly, Hugh Overstreet, Dr. C. S. and bear, and in whose streams and ployment 'which' reqaries service m tvIe of fish nlea!- scl'aP- a"'1 oil- Thc Cartelet County, and especially in- turiai A petition is being circu! ,t- Maxwell, W. G. Mebane. The fourth ponds there is famous still-water a dual capacity witi him acting as catch of this species fell off over 116, 8'st upon the member of that body, ed jn viimington iisking the Logisla- of July committee is composed of J'shing. Bogue Sound may be easily Chairman of the Bom d. The trouble 000,000 pounds, whereas there was a representing Beaufort Township, tlJJ.e to repeai the 'law rec-uiri.njr c-.ip- D. M. Jones, Claude Felton, Hu.";h bridged for acces sfrom the main between the two men seems chieflv slight increase in the total catch of (Mr. G. W. Huntley) to exercise h.s ital pUn;shment for certain o'ecses Overstreet, W. H. Taylor and R. B. land, Bemifort, with its inland water to be over certain contracts ind otner products. Other species for effort toward the fulfillment of th7s Wheatly. way, is in quick reach of motor boat, i,n,l,1W nrrBmrptrpt 'for CnVoJte which there was a considerable dc- contract by the highway commission, pjA MADE FOR DEEPER , , , , and there are available a variety of and n. part of the difficulty, at leusv, is disposed of when the Attorney General declares the 885 000 sunnle- monfurv pnntrnr't fnr n rKiattncr nl;inf - TV,a. PMomn, is, ctilrr x uc Jrt SLU'iv- r to be void. ihu nmnrt ,t v,, haA nniiiM tn say oh the subject Pnonts nf t'io TTfi-anVin-icn irpponents ot tne fc-ciunhoase M.e fn,- thP hrM-P nvpr thp lnwpr r.hnwnn ' River-won out over those favoring Colerain, twelve miles further up the river. The bridge, which will cost $600,000, is of great importance to Eastern Carolina for it will bring the far nothereastern counties m . close connection witn tne rest ot tne State and complete the Atlantic -i I..., tt.'.i .1 ...-I, u oahiui nignway uiiuub" State, The State Highway Commis- sion decided last week that theEden- house site would be best. tv, ctutp ,iufin;t , nf Mow.h a Kt was $8,327,980.25, according to a shrimp, and 757,000 bushels of oys- demn the action of the board of com- Beaufort inlet and leged t0 haV6 fa,'ed t0 ?Tp,y " tureB,lue bUt "lak,ng lor (iesolatlon' statement which the Governor had ters. The catch of bluefish, catfish, doners in raising the salary of " pier one wvk.h he . ,:j the cattle dirp,n Knlat,"n con" had not then come to be the means the proper officers to prepare for him. croaker and flounders more than the County attorney as reported, by constructed at comparative- tinUCS- n laRt Sat"d7 aora of turning fertile and productive The State had a surplus of $1,921, doubled. On the other hand, ther- reason of the fact that such services cost a considerable number of such cases lands into almost useless wastes. Al- 680.32 of colections over expendi- w as a considerable decrease in the as fuuy competent, have been secur- y ' ' were tried by Justice of the Peace though the site of the proposed new tures during the month, but it was! catch of such important foodfishes ed for lesser salary without com-; Others who spoke at the morniny M. R. Springle. The cases against development has been more fortu explained that the peak of the income as river herring, mullet, and Spanish piajRt, and especially at a time when Ke.sion were W. B. Eludes, J. F. D--- John Erooks and D. W. gabiston nate than the majority of these coast tv nniipntin,,. .,tj fn. thi0 'mackerel. there are such urgent needs for econ- can. E. H. Gorham. R. 3. Wheatly. were dismissed as the evidence did. regions in that there remain some The total State debt, including bonds and short term notes, is given as $113,868,000. Charles W. Stewart and his son, , Elmer, went to their deaths in the electric chair on Friday, after an appeal for executive clemency had position at all this year and the elec- around for a while. They probably for and ppoke of the pos,biIties ot Moore, J. W. liancocK, varies nan- l0UB change is wen estaonsnea. re tailed. The men confessed o com- tin promises to be a very quiet one. would have stayed longer if they had building up a port here that would cock, Ray Dickinson, W. W. Hardesty j ropean countries have for over a mitting the murders of Deputy Sher- Chief of Police W. R. Longest is not not been molested and would have be an advantage to practically the All were required to give a bond of .century been following the practice iff Leon George and Deputy U. S.lquite so fortunate however as polics been something of an attraction to whole State of North Carolina. A $50 for appearance at the June term ,0f building the barriers to hold the Marshal Sam Lilly in Brunswick Officer John Pake has decided to run visitors and others. Pelicans are hearing on the North river channel of Superior Court. 1 shifting sands till the natural bind- county last year. The case was hard if or chief. His announcement is in numerous in Florida wafers but not and on the channel from Gallants jing shrubs and grasses can get foot- fought through the Supreme Court Ithis issue of the News. The contest very common in these parts although Point to the Fort Macon bulkhead., MARRIAGE LICENSER jhoid. Once the sands are thus fix- and the Governor sought for a way between Messrs Longest and Pake fishermen report seeing them occa- A good sized and interested crowd j I ed, the desolate hillocks become green to save the boy, at least, from death 'may inject some life into what would sionally. attended the meeting today. j Only one lcense to wed was issued ramparts in whose lee is the shelter but found that his conscientious duty wnnlii nnt. nllnw him to exercise clem- enc (Continued on page five) STRAWBERRIES AND POTATOES ARE NOW ON SALE Spring is ten days cr two weeks earlier this year thnn usual and as a . result vegetation of all kinds is well advanced. Home grown strawb'rie? made their appearance on the local! market last week and Tuesday newj unsn puuiiun wtie isu u aiv. , t i i 1 .. . Cabbage shipments have been going; forward for several weeks and some other truck is also moving. Ship ments of early potatoes usually be- gin in this section about the 25th of May but indications are that some cars will move earlier than that this year The weather has ben favor- able for truck crowing and as a rule crops re looking fine. ! CHAUTAUQUA HEAD HERE. Dr. Paul M. Pearson, who is the head of the Swarthmore Chautauqua, was in Beaufort a few hours Monday. TtToe in KoniitATt n tpw nftiirc ivinnnav. . 1 peargon held a nleting at the . . . . ... .L w - Bank of Beaufort with some .of the matters tw to the ortrani- 2atin - The Ch-te bin in Beaufort on the 16th 0f Juneand ;it seems that an excellent program ... , . , . . W" , . CIIA117C nETDU k CC kJllUUU ULLUIjfiljJu From 1918 To 1923 North Car- olina's Fish Harvest Made Dig Slump Washington, D. C The North fiy,PripS WvP.t dronned !from 210,000,000 pounds, valued at i i.. o nnn nnn i 1010 . '000ioo0 pounds worth $2,400,000 in XlcailV 9j,vvv,uvv ill 1 u iti) iv j 1923 according to a statistical bulle- tin of the fisheries of the South At-; iantjc States just isued by the Com- , n-nai-tm-nt'o Bnruan nf Pish. , vcllne mciuuea tne river nerrmgwun a decrease of nearly eight million pounds; also black baas and butter- 1. 1 1 1 it. . . 1 . 'j fib. There : were noteworthy in- , . ... . 1 . L 1. crease in tne eaten 01 oysters, snrimp sturgeon and bluefish. More than 8,000 persons are en- , p-aged jn the fisheries of the State , : . ' 000- . Included in the group of South Atlentic States are North and South Carolina, Georgia and the east coast a in ji t i. l. : .. nM,.nnki.Ki ot norma, in secuou ... persons engaged m the fisheries, the inuoBtmprif wna -7.424.000. and the '' ' ',' . catch exceeded 332,600,000 pound? valued at $5,348,000. Compared wan urio, nine '"v.., -i 8.000.000 pounds in the catch of CITY POLITICS QUIET. Whether due to their popularity, n. nthn.. rpasnn the mavor and comissioners of Beaufort have no on- otherwise be a very quiet campaign. Motorist of the United States paid $80,000,000 in 1924 in a gasoline BOND OPPONENTS HOLD A MEETING Resolutions Adopted and Com' nuttee Appointed To Go Be- fore Commissioners mm-uoiiu ueUng wneuuieu Ior lasl Saturday aiternoon came on as expec ed and was attended by a consiceraoie crowa wnicn assemwea ln tne county court r0m at z.rfu, o clock. Mr. L. H. Hardy was elect- ea cnairman 01 me meeting ana Mr. L - w- Hssell was requested to act 88 secretary. A committee on reso- lutions composed of Setb Gibbs, S. P. Hancock, W. W. Lewis and W. P. ... ... i i. - Smith was appointed. While the resolutions committee wag t short gDeecheg were mad 1 by Reverend M. Carraway of Mer or,j T H Wi,:(i,l tj0 t tt ti 1 . rim on an n .1. 1-1. vvniipniirer ot Kpmi- rirnon ana j. xi. vvnivenurst Carrawav urred I01t. Mr. carraway Urged that the Beaufort.Harlowe road be finished Z-J.Z ' ..7 v" ' - "l. "i the people. Mr. Whhehnt spoke wrongly against the proposed bond! fir.H HpmflTU,p,, tVlflt r.nmrv,;; v. : uc onu uciuauucu uiot auit him but he was willing to abide i .....i suit him but he was willing to abide bV the judgment of the committee. Messrs S. P. Hancock, James Han- cock and Seth Gibbs spoke briefly nftpr thp vpnnrt. nf thp rnmmittpo WS8 adopted. Mr. S. P. Hancock of- fered a motion thanking Commission ers Hall and Whltehurst for their ! action on the bond matter. This' wne carried unanimously A com. mittee was appointed to go befoie the board of county commissioners nt thpir rwxt meptino- and mvsent - f 1 - the resolutions which resolutions were as follows: Sit. 11 Kt&ULV&ii, mat tnis . . . . State highway commission' to exe- cute their original contract wren 1-1T1 T m m TTlTlTI?n T T" C ' T ITTn m 11 ruivirir.r. iuiv v, that we do oppose the issue of bonus by the board of commissioners, with- out the voice of the people, and es- . : ? peciany ao we oppose me iksuc ui bonds without the specitic purpo: for which issued hems? tll'St deKl"- x , . nateo, ' EE IT RESOLVED FURTHER, that we do oppose, condemn the transaction of public business be- hind closed doors, and in executive gession, and insist that such business he conducted at all times in t.ej t i i open ana aoove ooaru, ve uu iu.i.r demn the issuance of $150,000 fund- inn hnnrla nt nrivntp snip. fit. h loss "& " " ' t othe County of $9,000 or more. Such a sale we believe to be illegal. ana unjusuimuie, ve do further oppose and con- omy. PELICANS VISIT BEAUFORT A nair of pelicans paid Beaufort A pair of pelicans paid Beaufort harbor a visit last week and stayed New Jersey .school teachers must read six verses daily aloud from the Qld Testament. Items Of Interest rrcm Various Parts of North Carolina j The sand hills peach section is ex pected to break all records this year. Hundreds of thousands of trees are i.i,j t:4i. ,i - "7h V " - f - , 7 " " " Tr-i.ni4- 13:11,. c.,v, J i,- 4.,.v, uuA, ed a revival m Winston-Salem and tremendous crowds have been going to hear him. On Sunday fourteen thousand heard him and many were A 1 J 1. -1. C mv. turnea away ior iac 01 room.ine meeting will last six weeks. A call has been issued for the 23rd n nas oeen isea ,or tne ,or annual convention 01 tne JN. tea- pratinr, nf Wnmpn's Cuh hv Mrs. ZL'TJ'TTV convention will be held at the Caro lina hotel at Pinehurst May 4th, 5th 8nd 6th" y.ph Ihvis nt VV lnKt.nn-rialem was Zeb Davis of Winston-Salem was . .. ... . r George Markham a farmer m -""'-' - ! wirp i-nnntv fnnnH hm nf V, rr.ws Wake county, found two of his cows dead near a whiskey sti.l a few clays ; ago. Tney baa been drinKing some i of the mash. Mr. Markham laid in wat near the still and arrested a man rtd took him to jail. i Much excitement was caused in Moore county by reason of an at- tempt at rape by a young negro about 20 years old on a 16 year old white girl. The girl was returnng home . from; school when the negro assault- eaer screan.s urcleu. ic i. f 1 J4.L.- tion of some colored women and the man fled when they appr0ached. Charles W. Stewart and his son El mer 0 Brunswick county were elec- WATER FOR INLET The waterways hearing echedu'.ed for today began this morning at l rt .... ' 1 1. xi.Ju o ciock in tne county court Oscar O. Kuentz ot Wilminann nnA Diatrirt Enompci' H. .7 ' .. 1. ratterson 01 iew Xjern aie. in , . , . ,. charge, of the hearings. Congress- man Charles L Abernethy assisted in developing the facts so as to get. all information possible for the rtc- Old, Mr. Abernethy who was the first . . hrnnht n,.t t, 0(1(i points of Beaufort inlet and harbor, uge(J tQ bg & q entry the),y .... was sonsiderable ocean commerce here at ong tjftie Hg s&;d thp K Q Con essiona, delegation favored ex- tprive imnrnvpmpnt to Norh C-r , .... ' " . ' n J H Potter Sr, Captnin Leonard Nel- son Captain H. M. Parkin, E. Walter Hill. The rpeakers showed the dan- Eer of vessels of the shallow water- wavs. how increasing commerce ne- wavs. how increasing commerce ne- cessitates the improvements asked The first cargo of hard molasses recently arrived in the United States in baskets from Java. SUPERINTENDENT SECURED FOR BEAUFORT SCHOOLS A new superintendent for the Beaufort Public Schools was elected ! at a meeting of the board of trustees j held last Friday evening. Mr. R. L. j Fritz at present principal in the Washington, N. C. public schools is the man selected. He was here last : friday ana haturday ana seems to have favorably impress-ed those who) met him. Mr. Fritz is a nctive of Catawba luu," ' """"V " . - " " He is a graduate of Lenoir College has attended six Summer schools and will get his M. A degree this year fro mthe University of North Caro- tvxn tin Vina fnii.Vi4 cnhnnlj fi v a mum hn nt thw ntrtprtin rnnrcn. S" years. He was a member of the iac- uny ui uic v 11 1 mug iv 11 n's11 oviiuui fr some itme, taueht two yeals. in . t!,., " ea ln wasmngion. ne comes uigmy ters and business men. The board of trustees does not yet know what teachers will compose the faculty for next year. The News will publish this information as soon as it is able .... . . t0 ODtain it. r-L u c r A Chamber of un.w.v.. points Committee to Get prove of infinite future value to sev Up Big Celebration eral hundred miles of coast that con- stitute a peculiar State problem. ; For the t;me n gover..j JiRars , Beaufort will have a fourth of' July rplphrntinn iha vpnr. At a mppiinp of tfce drectorg of the Chambr ot Commerce held Tuesday evening Lhf, ,.ei.,m waa rpar)lflH aH nn ov,...n. tiye committee-wag appointed to take ..., . m.. !4. naigc u j. viic aimii . mo . v;iiiiii lLtv c wag authorized to geIect itg cbail. apd t appojnt Euch 8Ubcom- 1 r niittees as might be needed to carry ihe project through. Those who attended the director's meeting Tuesday evening were Prer- t- The waterways and harbor ques tion was discussed at length by the directors and it was agreed as nec- u" ",u , , , . , ullciiu llic ncaiiiijia bci iui inuiauti, , ItnHnvl nt 10 n r nek A. M. ana 6 ' " '. ,, ... of erecting: a sign at the highway . , . . . junction near Havelock was taken ..... in8tructed tQ t thfi cost on guch a sign anr report. The sign will be 9 by 15 or 12 by 24 feet and will point the way to Beaufort. Matters pertaining to agriculture and some nthor snh;pct were discussed at the meeting HELD FOR COURT ON NON DIPFiNG CHARCE Prosecution of persons who are ai- not justify binding tnem over, n case against 1. b. vvaue was conun- ued on account of the illness of Mr. Wade. Others who were tried and bound over to Superior court were bound over to Superior court were. G. W. Huntley, Dan Yoemans, Leslie Dy register oi ueeos jno. w. nam llton during the past week, it was to David Ray Morris and Sadie Bell Eu banks, Bcgue, N. C. BOGUE ISLAND IDEALLY LOCATED FOR RFORT f ITV vll ULiOUll 1 jl 1 1 Scientific Publication Regards Fort s Project As Practical. Dunes Must be Controlled FORT MACON'S POSSIBILITIES Natural Resources, a bi-weekly pub lication of the N. C. Geological and Economic Survey, in a recent issue hag &n interesting artide about M H R Fortg tract q where he tQ found & Resourceg thinkg th t th advantage for a resort city on Bogue Island these advantages available however will necessary to guard aginst the ever shifting sand dunes. The article ,referred t0 18 herewith- The acquisition of a large area on Bogue Island, near Beaufort, by Philadelphia capitalists who plan to make of this stretch of ocean front an a!i-tne-year-rouna resort on a ods of scientific improvement of typ- t . . lcal -banks" conditions that should As to the advantages of Bogue Is land itself for the creation of a mod- crn resort, they are the equal and in many respects the superior of any of the developments of Florida. Lying- between Beaufrt and Bo?ue Inlets, on the ocean side, the island hus mag- ' nificant beaches which in summer are tw. "y F'acucany u.uamng ureee L i). ' .1 11 and through the influence of the near- by Gulf Stream in winter enjoys a climate never severe and frequently so mild as to suggest sub-tropical. On the north it is bounded by Bogue still and deep water fishing opportu nities that have long been famous. These advantages of location include the historic interest of Beaufort and . , , . 01 01a rort imtcon, now tne proper- . . . - - ty or the State, tlie riaroor ot ueiuge at Chtip T.nnknut. and oinck and easv . . i. . communication wnu ine -liuiiuus Sound System ol North Carolina. Lesson of Development It is as intelligent enterprise and capital will probably develop th? land of the island, however, that the " AnioA in scores places along the North Carolina coast should be realized. Once Bogue Is land, as the other now barren "banks' was covered wj(h forest. The sea was hed Jn cbt,ck by coast that back of the beaches, was green and firm. These shifting sand dunes, pic- natural grasses, snruhs ana some re- minders ot lorest, one ot tne nrst concerns of development will be to make it over into its greenness. i The method of accomplishing what The in a few years would work a miracu- - ior new iorests. in rrance uim practice has been carried so iar tnat - in the case of the maritime pine, the (Continued on page hve)