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VOLUME XIV
8 PAGES THIS WEEK
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY MAY 7 1925
PRICE Ec SINGLE COPY
NUMBER NINETEEN
PEOPLE SUPPORT
mo,
COAST GUARD MEN ARE
READY FOR RUM RUNNERS
APRIL WEATHER MILD !
AND NOT VERY WET !
STATE NEWS
ELECTION TUESDAY WAS
RATHER QUiET AfFAlR
Rum limners who travel by water There were four days during the tems Qf Interest from Various
will have to be on the lookout now month of April when the temperature o . t m -v. n s:-
fiOVFRNOR TKIlQ if they want to get in Beaufort Inlet reached 80 degrees. At this time in j I
UU T 1 liiiHMJ cr to travel on nny of the water? in the interior of the State it was from upwards cf a million dollar? h:;s
: ithis vicinitv. Fort Macon Coast 90 to ilG, The lowest for the month
No "Spies" In Departments Guard Station now has a patrol boat was 40 degrees which occured on, the Hna BtrawberH d;f riot this year. Chit' of Police W Rl Lf,:'K?n am! Large Number of Citizens At
But Information As To Work that can step along at the rate of first day. There were 20 clear days, -o 120o cars of berries w;re sh he w(,n a comPlete vit'toO' wr his tend Board Meeting. Both
And Salaries Is Being "20 miles n hour and moreover she is 6 partly cloudy and four cloudy ones. ped thig which ia not more 1ha;1 opponent police officer John C. I'a,:e. Sides Appear
Th ecity election Tuesday was tr.t
of the quietest that has been held l.'i
Beaufort in many years. The pres
ent administration haci.no oppjsi
tion at all, with the exception of
BOARD INVITES .
: BIDS ON ROADS
I EAST AND WEST
Sought
pretty well armed to boot. The U. S. The rainfall for the month was 1.47 tw0 tliii-ds of last year's crop. Trices
.Treasury Department has 200 cf inches. The temperature figures day were better tnan last year though.
SOME EMPLOYEES DISTURBED these boats in service now along the by day furnished by Weather Obser-
coast and they are said to be giving, ver Charles Hatsell are as follows:
A few ballots were cast as a joke for
several persons but they were thrown
out by. the election board.
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(By M. L. SHIPMAN) the booze sellers a pretty hard time. ;
Raleigh, N. C, May 4 A favorable The new boat is known as the C. G. j
reaction from all sections of the -23-? 8. She is 36 feet in length and o
State met Governor McLean in his is fitted out with a 150 horse power! 3
direct appeal to the people to support engine. The boat carries a Lewis ,
the Salary and Wage Commission and machine gun, two Winchester rifles r
to judge that body after its work and two Colt pistols of large size.; 6 51
had been done. The Governor in his No arrests have been made yet al-! 7 gg
statement referred to the attempt of though several vessels have been g 74
"certain" parties to discredit the boarded and searched. Iin the 7th.' 70
Commission before it had begun its district there are only two boats of 10 67
work of equalizing the salaries of this type, the one at FortMacon and p-o
state employees and asserted that the other at Oak Island station near fil)
George Terrell, a 24 year old ne-
A largely attended meeting of the
board of county commissioners took
The vote as officially recorded is Place Monday. The board found it
j;s follows:
For mayor T.
M. Thomas Jr.,
Min. gro from Wilson county, -s carried
Af 2.- 1.1- - it A.! O .1 1 !
to me peiiiieiiuai y ounuay to Keep a - -- ,.rwfi
4a mob from lynching him. He was 8-. niei 01 ronce, w. it. longest
40 charged with ' attempting a criminal 419, John C. Pake 80. The votes
4.7 assualt on an elderly white woman in for comissioner were L. J. Noe, 330,
52 Wilson, county. For attempting a:i H. M. Parkin 339, W. P. Smith 338,
necessary to hold the meeting in the
county court room to accomodate the
A considerable delegation
of citizens from the Harlowe section,
a good many from the eastern part
of the county and a few from the
certain unfair and misleading inf or- Southport.
mntion was being disseminated.
This was perhaps the outstanding Jf7IIT D17DT AClTliT.
news development in capital circles
during the week. That the Gover-1
nor's course has the approval of the
people was demonstrated by the edi
torial SUBOrt of his nolicies from 11
sections of the State which the state- 'As A Result of Death of Ssa
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TO pay damages;;
ment brought out. . The Governor
branded as "false" statements made
to the effect that "spies" were being
sent into the various departments to
check up on the attitude of employes
Level Youth $25,000 Dam
age Suit Starts
New Bern, N. C. April 4th At
their regular monthly meeting to-
and to ascertain in the volume ofln'Pht the boalcl of aldermen will
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v 11.. c-i. tt. hprr n formal demand on the citV
wum uity ore giving wie oitr.e. ne . " - o
added that the Wage Commission ,fr payment of $25,000 damages to "
would go about its work just as any th estate of Mitchell Willis; Sea- -
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other body appointed to investigate level y"l" a ul "' "",
any phase of government activity when he went off the foot of Craven DAVJS HOUSE WILL
would lunction. There will be re- " "uu
quests for information from depart- .Me n the night of April 22.
Tne demand was hied witn Lity
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48 assualt on a white girl near Carthage, U K. Vvheatly dob Uavid Vvh.tehurs q
50 Temple Peace a seventeen yep.r eld 337. Some effort was made to get wtoro A" u AT
49 negro has been arrested and t.ken out the vote but as there was no ' ":J" membe" f the
" . . . , . , , board were present.
51 to the penitentiary to await trial. contest very little interest was taken .
in it and not much more than a third nman uuouiana siaiea mat ne
understood that there were persons
on both sides of the question persent
and it was desired to give all a hear-
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50 York city educational institution and LSJJj 1 IVil UUnillJ f l aU0W eaC"
61 will remain at the University. Pro- nUT7I7DC PI flTOIAM " """ t0 FT
fin h,i.. v I W h h.U til tii .ilim views but as a matter of fact consid-
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57 i President H. W. Chase of the Uni- of the qualified vote was cast.
B2 versity of N. C. has decided not to
56 accept a flattering offer from a New THI If A TIHM DA ADfl
57 offered the presidency of the LTni
63 versity of Oklahoma has refused and
60 will remain at the University.
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erable more time than this was con..
sumed.
Board Fails To Agree On New; The flYst Epeaker heard was Dr. c.
Rural Schools Superinten- n. Mason who presented a petition
aem and a copy of the resolutions adopt
ed at a mass meeting on Saturday
? and which were printed
st week's issue of the News. Dr.
48 ' Six Durham physicians have been !
47 indicted in Federal court for viola
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(1 TCava nnf
63 and will be tried at the May term of "meting Monday The matter was MaBon spoke vigorously and received
64 court in Raleigh.
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ted in Federal court for vioiat- , . , , , ,. , ed at
., , ' The county board of education did Anvil
the anti-narcotic law. Tney , , . , . . , . , piii-
, , , . . nn , not elect a county superintendent at ,
put under bonds of 3oOP each .. ,. . ' , 111 las1
65 ! Citizens of Wendell at a mass
52 meeting held last Friday subscribed
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uihcuureu at xon.e icngvn oui tne consid(;rable applause especially when
board took no action other than to he dared the board to hod an e',cction
adjourn to meet again i hurscu.y Hi -;
7th. The News understands that
on the question of issuing bonds. Hu
used a number of apt illustrations in
51 to stock for a cotton mill. The mil. eral applications were con.uUr.d the course of his remarks. He de-
be owned and operated by local peo- ." e , , t"1, . . l'u'ul," hUm Bribed the way the board had acted
pie End they hope to have it going
RE-OPEN NEXT WEEK, by January the first.
will be made after the facts in eachther
individual case are considered. There ified as administrator of the estate.
perintendent including two from s ith Democracv nor Renuhli-
citizens of Carteret county Messrs L. canism but Czerism... He said the
B. Ennett of Stella and Joseph Ham- ..,. nt nav BT1V nin,p
Frcm March 26th to April 23rd., ,lIto.n of Atlantlc- and did not propose to pay u:-.y more
w cflciiLtu w T Jennie will nwl ooi if
on on the t continue to inrrenso. TTp
completed and this well known ,old;pouf?as "of poul'try' They received , T T V"" " dosed by . appealing to the board to
The improvements to the Davis1
ments, this will be considered bv the
commission ana aecisions regarding - - ;":;;; House which have been in progress North Carolina farmers sold through . " f
Planes and unnecessary, employes David H. Willis, local attorney, bro- board asking for an electi
of Mitchell Willis, who has quai- .v.- ' v. - -m- .8,. Qstion .of consolidating t
of Wildwood, Camp Glenn and Crab
grant an election cn the bond issue-
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win be no umiorm bas.s ot salaries Monday.' On account of the it. . Jru",t- iue" "l"" Those who favored the bridge and
which will not take into account the ! Solicitor, J. H. Davis, cr.J ex-judge sent to the board of. county commis- r. bond . chance aD
i i i . r t iir i .w.vv.. v- r . j . : 1 i : mi J
lliaiviuuajs periormine the WorlC, u vvaiu. , , , . 4.;,i rr n e n u '-W"fis "r uitif consiueraiion. ine
r itw in. i.. " -' ' "
Some experts from Washington, D.
K. C. McMasters of Greensboro fell
plaud when Mr. J. R. Morris of At-
Will Go to Court
. , . , . , . . , . ... , , (Id Roe school house on Cednr Island , .. , a ....
last of this week. A lot of work five stories in an elevator recently , , , , , . . lantic took the floor. Mr. Morris
C, are aiding the salary and wage. m wmis aggerted j( the city hag been done on the huMng and it and lived to te!1 the tale Just af. was sold by the. board to Mr. Cicero spoke brjefly but aroused great enthu
commission in its worK. Samuel 1 ....... . 4U j0 a0 Qnf . tv, .u i uwu"' iul Le51ls iawU l,taJ,lrt. nnn'0.n
Rogers, former director of the cen-1 . ... Vl mOTf ' ... . nnt 4 nPW f tua D18 was elected a memmer of the . . . , ., .
Goodwin for ?150. Mr. Mr. Leslie
manded, he would press the matter ance both inside and out. A new pulled McMasters out of the wreck- '
sus, is secretary of the commission 1 cou Nq exprssion8 as to what p0rch with a lot of stately columns ge and saved him from death by
Public School board of
". the roads and the bridge and were
and Lewis Miriam, one of the fore
most efficiency experts of the coun
try has been brought to the state
from Washington to aid in the work.
possible response might be made by ornaments the front and provides a reason of falling weights.
the city aldermen were obtained, but nice sitting place for guests, lhe
it is understood unofficially that the interior of the building has been re- While engaged in blasting opera
trustees in place of M$. G.
who has moved to Florida.
M. Paul
Messrs.
D. W. Truekner and J. A. Norris were
appointed members of the Buck's
standing solidly behind the board of
commissioners in their action. Mr.
A. ,T. Gardner followed Mr. Morris
and wanted to know what the board
1 j : 4- likKr n n-ront trip Hp-. t nvnioliaii oTi roH onnrntw! fiTiH spv- tino of Mniinf Hnllv J. H Mavj . was coine to do with t.hp ninnpv if
It was Miriam who prepared the two which . Mj. wmis carries ml bathg haye been added. workj for the county wag bady store school committee. Several bills they gold thfi bon(s Said thpy Qught
page quest.ona.re and .ts four pages wilKplace the matter A large number of request, for re- injured. The dynamite went off too Were , aud,ted and approved by the to explain their plans. Dr. Mason
01 instructions for employees of the servations for the Summer have been soon and the man, had an arm blown DOara- followed by reading a letter written
State to fill out. The questionaire . !,.,(. ti,,, .a, .v.:..u u., 1 -i....!,..-1,., tj,.i..
....... , . Th nlaintifT contends that his received anu muicauuus a.c iuai on anu ouier uijuiies iium wiulu iic -.,,KITV CitDrDrTFivnriT J uuuu,:l uu""",a"",,:r "u""c
was supposea 10 De me worK 01 uov-1 . TT -n v j , u .1 , j
ernor McLean anH hrnnrtt. -hf. . brother's death was the result of neg- Davis House will have a good season, shortly d.ed.
great deal of criticism of the wage l'gence on the Part of the dty tlle!CI1.DI Iwric Ilnlir,R . f
I t t 'camp lipino- in the failure to place a SHERIFF FINDS LIQUOR I Acontrac
luMm'M,u"- 1W llUthUUHS go Him. ' . ,. " , r ,M WAiy.c ROAT O.f,,..., rt.t.r T. .... .t ... -J xInn. fTi irvitino. rV,p lotror. M
everv chae of the work of each em- guard or danger sign or ngnt 01 : "'"'' l " l-'v'- lnBt lne DD"rn 01 cuut"l,u" T " " , v , v "
Ploye in a way thatTmo.t nelm 1 ora. kind at the foot of Craven street! building will have a seating capacity had elected J. H. Workman of Green W. W. Lewis and J. M. Carraway
pioye in a way imii 1.. most pe m,i restrained the1 John Glifnn, a white man from 0f 1200 and will cost about $100,0W) county, superintendent of rural spoke briefly favoring the road and
snd in some of the questions down- hicn would nave resrra n TO, uQ fl:oA uhnnt TLH . . ..... .. . Mr j s m,i,,t fftn..J .-.
, YOimff man from going IO niS ueai.l. I oinui.u k""i.h ... 10 cwvvvu u ....... cnoois. ine uuru w iu eiun . .. u-j
The little three year old son 01 last rriuay ueu ne amvi-u .. utwuer me uim, several nours toaay oeiore arriving -j-- wuuij oi.a8Bciiii8
Kinv rni'HTv ciTDrDiHTrwrtrwT
.which appeared to commit him to
I Jmt a t-e Newi wag about to go paving the Harlowe road. Mr. Hunt
was let in Goldsboro to preM information wai received ley arose then and explained his
right impertinence mii.t oe cna.
r.acn employe has received one
i . i - 1 c
them with instructions to fill them Mrs. D. H. Willis was riding w.tn antic in n,s ooat witn a supp
out at once. Most of the State em- Mitchell Willis at the time the car hqu or and wa met
!. it tVp rivpr nnH was drowned Sheriff T. C. Wade who took charge :
pioves sunnortea ivicean lor iover- """ ... .
MARRIAGE LICENSES
at a decision.
rOWN BOARD MEETING
nor and he is forcing them to take a before rescued
bitter pill which he calls "economy". I
The peroral imnrpssinn (inwpvpr. a- MEMORIAL DAY WILL
monj? disinterested persons, is that
the salary -and wage commission will
tieat the employes fairly and that
of him," boat and booze. The sheriiT The following marriage lic-enses ,
and deputies Emmett Chaplain and have been issued by Register ofi
row under a load of debt. He said
hat if they issued $700,000 worth of
bonds they would get only about
?350,0CG worth of work. Mr. W. H.
A rather short meeting of the Eell of Newport said the people in the
Walter Smith later on went to Cap- Deeds John W. Hamilton since last bard 0f town commissioners tool; weft wanted good roads and that
op ORSERVED SUNDAY tain John Day's place near Atlantic week. place Monday at which all members theie was a great era of development
and found a still and supplies and jVey G. Willis, Williston and Ruby j tbp noard were present. ' A nun f.head of the county if these improve-
! The usual memorial exercises in liquors of several sorts. Griffin who Pkklesimer, Gremshaw, N. C. be 0f bj;s were pr.sed upon and a ments are carried out. He was lib-
those who are really working need not honor of the Confederate dead wm nau c ,uzBe . - v v r " P S K n - .
fear It is the manner of approach 'take place Sunday afternoon at 3 ed with operating the still. Captain Morehead City, N. C. mission to rpmove wires from tne Davis spoke m favor of paving the
v... ...f0.lnVlf.fk in the auditorium of the Day has been away at sea for some, j p Willi Williston and Kunlce street to the rear of buildings on Harlowe-New Bern road, saying the
that is rubbing some of the employes
the wrong way.
During the week it was announced
Harts, Roanoke, N. C.
EIRTH CF SON.
Front street in the block between ontw.et ought to be carried out as it
Turner and Craven streets. A per- was made. lie said the property own
mit was granted to C. W. Thomas ers has sustained heavy damages by
to put a metal roof on his store reason of the road using their lands,
building on Turner stueet. There Mr. A. L. Wilson of Newport said
question had
Graded School. The daughters ot lime on u
the Confederacy wil be in charge ofj Griffin's preliminary hearing will,
the exercises and Congressman Ab- take place as soon as Captain Dayi
that a delegation of men from the .ernethy will deliver the address. A gets back.
RWn rviuinW of rnmm,o ,mil,l! fTiecial musical program has been i -On May 1st a son was bom to Mr.
,mf a. m T.. nnn-'rprKreH for the occasion. After the I REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Pnd Mrs. G. G. Eullock of Brooklyn, was some discussion of a few other the road and bridge
iels, Raleigh editor, to the National 'conclusion of the address the graves! N. Y. Mrs. Pullock was formerly matters but no other business of im- been threshed out and the people had
Chamber of Commerce convention at j of Confederate soldiers in Live The following realty transactions Miss Martha Forlaw of Beaufort and portance was done. voted in favor of the bridge. That
Washington on May 20 to be a nation-' Oak Cemetery will be visited and have been recorded by Register of is a niece of Messrs. John und Her- it was time to stop hindering the de
al director Mr Daniels is frvorably deorated with flowers. The public is Deeds, John W. Hamilton since last bert Forlaw. ' BACK FROM FLORIDA velopment of the county, that they
V.n , tv,p or,.; f Qn,l .tvliallv invited to attend the exer- week: i couldn t build r.ny road v:.if.Jt u
it i nt twt h will hP rises. i K. H. Oelesbv to L. C. Carroll SLANDER CASE CONTINUED ! Mr. end Mrs. John Guy Monihan suing bonds.
Mr. Dave Sabiston
elected on the national board.
The State Bar Association program j
f o rthe convention at Asheville, July i
1 3, was completed and it indicates j
the lawyers will have a full time du-'
POLICE COURT ITEMS
tract in Beaufort Township, Consid
eration $100
Charlie B. Harkett to Howard Gss
of Detroit ariived Tuesday from spoke in favor of the Harlowe route
A somewhat sensational trial which Florida and are stopping at the Inlet and said that certain men had enter-
, was to have taken place yesterday Inn. Mr. and Mrs. Monihan and td into a conspiracy to defeat the
Several persons were tried in May- knl gg acreg Hunting Quarter Town- befcle Just1ce M- R- Spnngle involv- three sons spent about ten days here proposition. The chairman then put
or Thoma's couil Monday. Will , . rnoSHp-ation Sr00 m a nult!bet of Sea Level folks was during the Winter and are now wait- a motion to adjourn the board until
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ring their three-day stay in the moun-iMason charged wita assmt ana one- piowrence and wife to Kel- n"auea UI,L" inK ior mir.i .c
tain city. Finis J. Garrett, Congress-'or two other offenses was convicted I Ameo- ml is one in which a number of womer, way here in their yacht. Mr Mom- tion was taken on the bond matter,
man from Tennessee is scheduled to and bound over to Superior Court c 'iTSlS charged with having slandered h-m expects to go into business of. At the afternoon meeting amotion
be one of the speakers of the occasion under a $200 bond. Charles Fen-,6mP' onsiaerauon 0 yeung woman Miss Flora Gaskill manufacturing a standardised, med- made by Commissioner Huntley and
Governor Acts on Paroles derson on a charge of forcible tres-j M. McMines et al to S. B. Rhue et who ig a daUghter of Mr. Wash Gas- ium price yacht on a large scale. The Seconded by Commissioner Hall was
MTi inj roT.in. naca in thp fish house of J. H. Potter 3 1-4 acres White Oak Township ' botg be jje tbe one be jg nowluassed to build two sections of hard
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Smith of Raleigh HurW the week and nd Son was bound over to court un-.onsmefauon uo. . using.
urface road. One road is that from
then revoked the narole. Smith had der a $100 bond. Charlie Smith and Great Lakes Grilling Co. to A. E. Mr. Alton Davis of Stacy who is.
been sentenced to serve three years John Marshall on a charge of drunk-, Gues 2,000 acres White Oak Town- in the U. A. avaition service now on j Mr. D. M. Jones left this after.
(Continued on page Three) eness were fined $50 and costs. ship, consideration $1.00. leave; is in town today. nocn for Charlotte on business.
I caufort to the North River bridge
eii ithe other is a road leading out
(Continued onpage five)
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