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VOLUME XIV
8 PAGES THIS WEEK ' THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY MAY 28 1925
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER TWENTY-TWO
STATE EDUCATORS
SUBJECT TO RULES
OF WAGE
ALLEGED LIQUOR DEALERS
i HELD FOR SUPERIOR COURT
' Two negroes from Craven county
were tried last Friday by Mayor
Thomas on the charge of having in j
MANY KILLED IN
MINE" EXPLOSION
STATE NEWS
Items Of Interest From Various
Parts of North Carolina
CARTERET COUNTY CLUB
WILL GIVE ENTERTAINMENT
The Carteret County Club and
Alumni Association of the University'
of North Carolina will hold its annuul '
banquet at the Atlantic Hotel July j
not wave slrueK lne &laM! 1881 the 24th. Mr. R. D. W. Connor will
VERY HELPFUL TO
RURAL SCHOOLS
L3 possession and transporting whiskey Sixty Men May Have Been
and held for the higher court. They! ivinea lesieraay in vnai-
Attorney-General Says Salary were Alvin Miller and Carl Briggs. j nam county mine. -Saturday and lasted until Monday be the princ)pal ppBllkel. on the Have Aroused Ir.ferest In Ed-
And Wage Act Apolies ttf They were required to give nonas oi . wnen it was toiiowea oy an unusu- lt ia planned to msk, this ucation And Made Frjends
$i!ou eacn on ootn counts 01 me nv- ' . . . any com spell, in unarioue last banQU t the bietrest and b est th at has r.cti.
AUState Institutions
DEFICIT NOW NINE MILLION
-1 it. r r .. 1 . (,,...
Uictment ana were commuted to jan - - aturday and othei parts oi tne tiate pvpr i.pn Upij ;n rvrtPt-Pt Cnnntu
. a. s,
fh.v Ai. nnt. o-ivp the honds. The oecame tne scene oi tne gieavesi h tkBrmnmBpP ,p,.hpd or ,WppS,
. mino flicncpr in the hitnr nf North . . Thp Ammtr hall will ho rli.cmu tnrl CONSIDF.RARI.F. MflMTV DlKtn
men were arrested on i nursaay nignt . - j Tuesday it went dowp below liny , - "
(Bv M L SH1PMAN) in town by officers W.'R. Longest and Carolina when three successive ex- nd jn the mountain8 in 80me placeg n Carolina colors, white and blue,
, 1 tt t rwinir. t.hev were n. plosions deep in the bowels of the . . . ... and an abundance of pennant. Ap-; The Parent-Teacher; Associations
t .,, JL 4h hHpt rmventlv trvin to deliver some of the earth entombed 59 miners, every
u... , ' ' ' - . one of whom tonight was believed to
makes it plain to departmental and contraband fluid. ,
' . hp npnn
institutional heads, that their esti- Monday afternoon the Mayor dis- county voted against a plan to have
mates must be made on a reduction posed of a few cases. John Bunyan nL '" ' ' mu'" , uniform tax rate for schools. Many . .
uiace. ... . . . . . .j , e-
r 1 1.A . . 1
nf at least five Der cent below the CnncHeton charired with havinsr been werB me suiiaie. i. .vntpr. pistpred and staved awav
legislative allowance and be in hi drunk one day last week got 30 days tTe has been found yet of the re' from' the polls. The county districts
hands not later than June 10. TMs 0n the streets. John conducted his warning do ue.ieveu io oe in u
propriate favors will be given to all ' f the Rural Schools are getting to
, the guests. At the conclusion of the be a very important part of the ed-
fn an election Tuesday Guilford fcanquet there wi be a grand mueb ucationai work of Carteret county,
on the ballroom floor, followed by is the opinion of those in charge of
the county's schools. Besides raising
Thi hanm.et iK tr, ho hpln fnr t,n ...Ulicy to ouy DOOKS and
Most of purposes, primarily to serve as a get-
for other purposes the associations
i i .1. i
rs o run ounoRPU ine uian. musi ui r v o a , ....
was clearly set forth in a statement own defense and afforded consider- "ne- scue workers, digging on toxeg are paid by Greensboro and together for the Alumni and to pro- IZ 'Z, fn Th ' u , 7 .
sent to directing heads of the State's able amusement to a large audience, hourly shifts and desperately attack- Hjgh pont mote interest among the high school ' , 6 fh0'f an to
business sub-divisoins during the He examined the witnesses and made S the piles of debris that closed the graduates in e University of North 10"n e people about them. Coun-
week The Governor also declared an argument to the Mayor but was -in sh.ft, are fighting ahead with s yearg Carolina. lZTTZt
himself against the governmentel pol unsuccessful and apparently very every J trength and .u of county fa ,n ja;j charged At a recent nieetin gof the Carter- a8 8tated in a letter to the members
icy of estate taxes. The Attorney mUch disappomted at the result. He Vosaess "acn 5w comrades father which hg Coun CJub discussed of the s,oPitinna ... Th i-f..
General decides that the University took an aDDeal. Claude Scott, in active charge of
and other similar State institutions) . Tflmp.niover .'Louis Willis and tne rescue work, and Dr. J. F,
low:
The two men for the bannuet this summer and the infnmn;nn .v.. '
Por- MiiwuiiBuvii i.u wiutu me organiza-
nnflrrpllpH hpfnnse the father scold- election of officers was held. The imna h.. i 1.
Ul - l.ii.. . fiol ' . tor nn tho mo nnl nnma in . . . K.veu
are suujcti, iu itjuanuu. vi w.- Joseph uiover. pieaoed guilty to me ... e(J son gout letting some cattle lollowmg omcers were elceted:
ary and Wage Commission. Direct- charge of fighting. They used their chare of arrangements on top, said - u iece of harness and the pre8ident, Clarence Hall of New- Tn'm nwirvni AX7n r
ors of the State's prison report on figt8 and no one wag hurt much 80 tonight at 9 o'clock that they did not figM resulted port. BErTof Papvmt TVru
conditions at that institution and ap- they were ,et off the cost, believe any. man would beougb Vice-president, Earle Fre'eman of! ' ER ORGAMAtS OT CAR
peal for help in placing idle labor. 390 Jtatthia8 skarrerf ntl out of them., .live. Oth are .Tuesday . Point ioiJuoreheld City. , . TERET COUNTY
The State starts suits to recover Geo,.ge Murray xhoma8 violating a more optHnt.o. ; ; bond issue o$750,0P0 to be used ( Treasurer, Charles Bennett qf : J am enclosing 'you herewith a
pension money mis-used m Sampson c ordinance were assessed,s,he Six Bod,. Bruglvt VP. . . ih building a new .high sphool and Morehead City. copy of the annual statement of the
county, a .u n. . y. ....... - - cost8( j.yu eacn. The known dead, ..whpiae.. bodies for other school extension. The I - Secretary. Henry Lay of Beaufort. Parerit-Tearhe. artivitio. f rW-,t
leader of the mob who removed
3cZ& SitnTnmuSanUhhim,aTp" PLENTY WORK FOR
peals his case to the Supreme court .jxL.
for a new trial. These were the out- CIiPFRIflR fOI RT
standing events of a rather quiet! OU1 JDUlVH tUDIl 1
week in admfo'ifitratiori circles. A j ;
number of . paroles vvere granted, Ja; Filled With Prisoners And
some application: were and happen-! Many Civil Cases Set .For
were -brought out,, are,:
Archie Hollins, white,
j Hollins Richardson,,. white.
William E. Byejjey, white.
! William Irick,, negro.-. ,v
j Jarties Xyiljiani,. negro,..,
I A' sixth' negro, unidentified.
I All: the
voters also' authorized the city coun
cil to fix a tax rate of 50 cents for T) AT ATA OAPIfCT
the maintenance of schools. lAjlAlU nAuYJuOl
The estate of Mrs. Katherine Rey
nolds Johnson of Winston-Salem has
recently paid the State $200,000 a
ings of signif icince,. in a general way,
add to the morje: important news of
the week.
Trial
A two weeks term
of
ese men were Kineo almost ,. inUpitan,., t..
certainly by the force of one of the The tota ampUnt of the tax win be
explosiohs, either the second or the about' $450 000
SuPerior thir4. They were found first by How- . '
ard Butler, acting superintendent of
Countytfor the past school year. '
On behalf of the Board of Educa
tion I .wish to thank you for your
TA117 IXT llDAf DfCC hearty cooperation il"'the school work
IMUW: lil I itVUllLolj of tne county during the past year.
1 consider the Pai-ent-Teacher move
ment, which has: gained such head
way in the county during the past
year, the most important force set
to work for education and I look for
more lasting good' to come from it
been .very s the future than tmm nr fU
Favorable Weather For Dig-ging-
Prices Advance But
Yield Is Not Urge
Potato digging has
Governor McLean ha 4ssued a Court willconvene nere on June th 5 A 3 Richardson. ma- . " " tj t-. fc Th weather hns ,,.. ,
memorandum as director suggesting 8th for the trial of . both . criminal '
that the budget cut for all depart- and emi actions, - duoge m. v. .n- the ghaft immediately after the first r " " " " B 7 for handling-tne' crori. On Tuesday 7 . 7. " i
4 ments and institutions be made five hill will preside over the court. The explosion. Butler and Richardson ome 7,"ip8 tfy,n 10 a,r 1? cars
instead of seven per cent tentative- indications are that this will be quite found them about 1 000 feet down lhe constable was taken to a nosp.-
ly fixed some weeks ago. The mem- a busy term tor botn sides oi tne 0j. about 50Q feet jn a verticai jine
orandum calls for all budget esti- docket. The jail is already well fill- from the top of the gl.oundl dazed,
mates not later than June 10, 1925 ed with prisoners awaiting trial and bruiBedi but gtill breathing. ;
for the next biennium period and for it is possible that others will be gath-
allotment of appropriations for the ered into the fold before court con-! f .,.'-, ,
first quarter of 'the yera beginning venes. If they shall all put up a
July 1 next. All appropriations for fight it would take several days to
departments and dinstitutions made dispose of the criminal matters and
by the recent General Assembly are there are also many civil suits to be
expected to be reduced five per cent heard.
if not for a greater amount. With , The calendar for the term is as
J9.000.000. follows: ' '
1? cars went forward from Beau-
a considerable number of
according to the latest announcement j
the pruning knife is likely to become ,
more active than at first anticipated. ;
Answering an inquiry Governor j
McLean writes Governor Clifford:
Walker of Georgia : "I am very much
interested in this question, and am'
vprv fivmlv of the oninion that the
Federal government should abandon.'
it nolirv nf lpwinp estate taxes as
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17.
19.
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28.
Mo
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2.
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a source of revenue and leave the
imposition of such taxes to the states
ns a source of state revenue exclusive
ly." The two executives find them
selves in agreement in that an estate
tax is, in practical effect, an advalo
rem tax on property and should be
recognized as a state source of rev
enue. Governor McLean
ing the subject to the attention of the ;
North Carolina delegation in con-
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36.
is bring- j' .
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40 ;
At
gress and urging- there attendance j
upon a convention soon to be held in
Suvannah to consider taxation prob-!
t
lems. !
The Attorney General rules that
"the act to provide a Salary and j
Wage Commision applies to the Uni-
versity and all other institutions "fiy
the State and that there is no consti
CRIMINAL CASES
dar and Tuesday ftih & 9th
Wednesday, June 10 '
Elfenbein vs Newby et al (pi
pro) ;
Willis ys Roper Lbr. Co ,
Golden vs Davis
Lee vs Morris
Garner vs Becton.
Thursday, June 11
'Warrington vs Hardesty
Bell vs Long , j
Morton, admr. vs Turner
Bain-Kimball vs Ball j
Ramsey vs Jones j
Friday, June 12
Hoffman vs John Willis
Hoffman vs Henry Willis
Service Garage vs Wodell
Hamilton vs Willis ,
Taylor vs Geo. Taylor
Eure vs Davis et al.
Saturday, June 13
MOTIONS
(Continued on page six)
ANOTHER DIPPING CASE.
CLEVELAND MEN SPEND
SEVERAL DAYS IN COUNTY
The three Cleveland capita,
list who arrived Sunday and
have been teeing Carteret -county
ever since left thia
afternoon in their private car
for home. The visitor! were
Mr. John ShetVin, vicepneti. .
dent of the N. Y. Central and
St Louis Railroad, otherwise
known as the Nickle Plate road
Mr.A. H. Scoville an official of
the Union Trust Company one
of the largest concerns of the
kind in the world, and Mr. C.
H. Stewart a big real estate '
operator. They' came nere for
the purpose of securing a site
for a shooting club and have
several locations under con
ideration but left without buy
ing any thing. Local men
showed the visitors Cape Look
out, the banks opposite Davis
and several places in the east
ern part of the county. They
expressed themselves as being
very favorably impressed with
this country and stated they
would probably return "a great
many times" as they expressed
it.
ter community spirit in your district.
you have come to understand the pur
tal but died there Tuesday. Wash- ,. . . . , poses and needs of the schools, you
. , . , . . . cars, though not so many, yesterday v Lii
ington attempted to escape but was , ' . . have helped to build up a better sen-
, . , . A .f -t and today. There is not enough la- 4. . . , . . ,
caught and carried to the peniten- , ,. , . . , , ,. timent for education and to create-
for, , , - , - better school spirit than you have
i . , , . ..had before m your
n a nia nmn iwert Burl rnA r a iivaB(inn
r , . have cooperated with
I Monday afternoon Duke Univer- ,S m",n1 t " od with this office in a way that
I ' , ,, . ... . j..,. , . . considered likely that nearly all of , , . . ,
I sity baseball team defeated the Uni- JU . J n . . . makes us proud of you and your
I . .: , , . in , , the crop in the Beaufort area will miv,;
I versity team by a score of 10 to 5. , , , , ... ., community.
i . ,,.., . , ... .. have been gathered and sold by the. .
' The Methodist players out hit the r,.,; j I hope this good work may contin-
tiary at Raleigh. His chances
electrocution are considered good.
school. You
the teachers
I University boys, or their pitcher was
I more effective. This was the last
I game of the season between them.
end of next week. Prices have ad
vanced some since last week. Num
ber ones started off at $4 and are
now bringing $4.50 a barrel.
When a Ford car turned over in1 Last vear 143 cars of earl? Pota"
w,w 0im tnr hnvt toes were shipped from-. Beaufort.
IT liiouvil'uuiviii 1.UU1 iw ijiv it v. a v v
one of the Bill Davis of Salisbury inla means aD0Ul
ie in the future and that the Parent
Teacher movement will grow until
ts spirit of cooperation will domi.
ate the educational
he county. I hope
sentiment of
its progressive
30,000 barrels
i.leas will permeate every commun
ity t.n the pvt.pnt. that it will hp sat-is.
is at the noint of death suffering were produced and sold. The weath- - . ... notnin hut th. hest in th.
I from concussion of the brain. Mrs. r a harvesting time was very rainy
way of educational opportunities for
I Elizabeth Gray of Bluefields, W. Va. and Prices wel'e low. The yield lastg childrcn
I who was driving the car is under a yea was Sood manv growers getting,
Keep the good work going. Don't
I $5000 bond charged with reckless 20 barrels and sometimes more t&t jisten to these hard time stories Your
'driving. . every barrel planted. This year the chi,dren m the only things you have
I 'yieId is "ot 80 g00fr' most 0f the that are worth, working for and liv-
I Ground has been broken for a new growers are said to be getting JO to jng for A dolar spenj. for gome
1 fifty room hotel in Sanford. This!12 for one- Tt 13 thought that dry thing to eat must be Bpenf0ver a.
I will make the fifth hotel in Sanford iweather urmg the growing season gain tomolTOWi A dol)ai. spent on
I and it now expects to become a con- l,own the yieId- lf the aeage the education o y0Ur child wi)1 )a;,t
I vention center. ' planted this year is the same as last .g ljfetimei Kecp the good work g0.
j the chances are that the shipments j -
I The Burke tannery located near from Beaufort will be less than 2(r;-, ' . - Sincerely yours,
I Morganton had a bad fire last Sat- 000 barrels. Last year 47 cars, . M. L Wright
I urday and Sunday. Thousands of we,'e shipped from Morehead City, The following is a list of the a-
PTJrds of wood nd bark were burned "om Newport ana i irom wim-
and a damage estimated at more than wood-
$100,000 was sustained.
CLUB MEETING.
RECITAL THIS EVENING
Mrs. O. B. Moore's niusic class
will give a recital in the Public
School auditorium this evening at 8
o'clock. The date for the recital was
For failure to dip his cattle Mr.
arren Chadwick of Gloucester was
hound ovev to Sunerior Court bv Jus-
tutional provision against the passage. of the Peace H D Norcom last
of sucn an act by tne Legislature. F).jday He wag put under a 550 hes been called for Thursday June changed and will occur tonight.
So the Executive Committee of the bond When the cattle dipping first . the 4th. It will take place in the (
University Trustees have got what commenced there were a considerable Rest Rooms. .
tney asKed lor ana may govern tnem- !number of pe,.Sons tried on the non ; During the months of June, July
selves accordingly. It is now in order dipping charge but net many have and August the Beaufort Circulating
for the University and all other state been tried recentIy, These cases are , Library will be open two afternoons
agencies to send in the questionaries to come up.at the June term of Su-!a week, that is it will be open from
CHAUTAUQUA GUARANTORS
WILL MEET TOMORROW
EVENING
All Chautauqua guarantors are;
mounts raised by the Parent-Teachers
Associations in those districts of
the county where they are active:
(Continued o.i page four)
'RATTLE SNAKE PROVES 1
! BAD BED FELLOW
Going to sleep with a rattle snake
WRITE A SLOGAN
they have received properly filled i
out. State employes in and .about j
the capitol are apparently anxious to
have the salary matter settled one
way or another right away.
perior Court.
PUT YOUR TRASH OUT
Sam Jones .,Pigott of the" " street j
cleaning department asks the Newsj
: ,t. xt i .......I, . oak-cut to attend a meeting wnicn is:
A meeting of the Community Cub next Tuesday evening,' but it has been to take place tomorrow evening (Fri- is
day) at 8 o clock at tne omes oi - ; ---
Dw. Maxwell and Hendrix. There jyoung man front Atlantic doubtless
is a large' list of guarantors this year ;thinks about it. Last Thursday while
land it is thought that if they will be and some other young men were
interest in the sale of the ;" the woods near Mnyrna, tne weatn-
will be deficit. To';er was warm and leeiing a ntue
intake' it a success will require the.'"" c """" " t
cooperation of all the guarantors and, take a nap. .He had hardly dozed
the chautauqu-i association . officials ! off before he .felt something on his
-with this fact impressed 'upon all lie ' lookinK down saw thatL. a
'concerned; The program of the rge rattler had crawled up on him. .
wnen ne KicKeo tne snane - on ii.
'4 to 5 p. m., Tuesday and Friday afternoons.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Directors of the btate s Prison, in to inform the public that no trash j Only one license to wed was is
session here during the week, ascer-jwill be collected on . Saturdays after Uued by Register of Deeds Jno. W;
tained that there are now confined twelve o'clock noon. All persons Hamilton since last Thursday, it was
In that institution 1,324 prisoners, of Jwho have trash they wished removed .to .Charlie .Robinson and Mary E
which there are 425 men on the Cal- jare requested to have ready not later Week,' both .of Beaufort.
(Continued on page eight) ' 'than noon on, turdays. ' j" ' ' ' . . J
, Get up a good slogan for
C,arteret county and maybe
you will win $25. It does not
cost anything to make the
effort and the cbance is open
to any one. Mr. H. K. Fort
of Philadelphia offers a prize
of $25 for the winning slogan.
Put it in a sealed envelope
marked "Slogan" and tend it
to tbe Beaufort News. .The'
contest closes or July ibe;3rd.
.take an
.tickets that there
HMisnn includes two
playes and in every respect it is -aid struck t him and bit him- on the
-a ........ eivnv Mo tt otf m(. ianKie.
jtions. Tickets will go on sale at an
Nearly date. The Chautauqua begins
June 17th.
A rubber boot which he was
wearing saved him though and little
if any of. the poison got . into his
blood. The snake was killed.
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