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VOLUME XIV
8 PAGES THIS WEEX
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY JUIE 4 192S V"sutllFrr C0PY KUMSEK TWENTY THREE
FINE YACHT ARRIVES.
RURAL SCHOOLS
H A TT nnnniirOfl One of the hrest yachts ever m
rilUUiiiloO Beaufort harbor came in Mond-.y af
... . ternoon. She docked at the Stan-
IN LAST SESSION - zmsf Z
bound for New York. Cuptain G. A.
Summary of Work Planned Lind was in command of the vessel,
and Accomplished In Car- Her owner Mr. J. W. Young of Holly-
RALEIGH OFFICER
VERY PLEASANT WEATHER
IN MONTH OF MAY
IIT TO ATTADVf.'i'
The weather during the month of HILLO fl 1 lUililL I
May in and around Iieauf ort was for j
the most part very fine. There were
LUMBER COMPANY'S FLANT
! HAD A RATHER CLCSE CALL
Last Saturday morning a fir- that
KDLGORE RESIGNS
FROM FACULTY OF
A. AND E. COLLEGE
teret County 1924-25
THREE OBJECTIVES SOUGHT
Ordinance Adopted Forbids
Walking Streets In Abbrevi
ated Bath Suits
ordinances are published elsewhere
in this newspaper.
A delegation consisting of about a
(By RUTH TOW-NSEND)
Before our schools opened we had two aft and ;s fitted 0t w;th every
a two days teachers conference. At thing that the most fastidious fancy
this conference we discussed what coud require. Mr. Young is creat
had been done in our County and we ing a resort city at Hollywood.
expected to do the following year, j
In view of the needs of Carteret D AT1J17DC MITCT
County our work centered around 0f liUllllJ ItIUm 1
the following objectives: nAl rn-r -r-m wnnt
A KJiTSr4 wa"i COVER COSTUMES
B. Arousing and stimulating a i
love for music.
C. Better school support
In order that the cases could be
diagnosed before a remedy was ap
plied, a-county wide testing program As a result of an ordinance adopt-
consisting of Intelligence Tests, Spell ed by the city board of commission
ing, Reading, Fundamentals and crs at their meeting Monday it soon
Problems in Arithmetic was given. will be unlawful to walk the streets
The tests revealed the fact that of Beaufort clad only in bathing
out weakest point was reading. Al- costume. The tax on dogs was ad
tho reading was the outstanding need, vanced to $5 and the canines will
there, were also many classes and ev- not be allowed to walk abroad with,
on schools which were wandering j c ut muzzles. An ordinance in re
aimlessly about the houses of arith- ,gard to weeds on streets in front of
metic and spelling with no keys tolhouses was adopted. All of these
open anything.
As the tests were corrected diffi
culties were listed, then remedial
measure worked out. With the half dozen ladies and four preachers
graphs and results of the tests which 'came before the board Monday and
were carried to the teachers was a 'made strong pleas for certain legisla
book'of remedial measures. To me tion which they wished adopted. Mrs.
this seems to be the most vital point M. Leslie Davis represented the
in our school program. Here the ladies and asked for a strict obser
teacher and thee hild could look at vance of the Sunday closing 'law.
the graphs and find his or her weak- Reverend E. Frank Lee was the
ness. Then we put the problems to principal spokesman for the delega
the child in a way that it was a chal- tion and discussed Sunday closing,
lenge. Nothing does us more good speeding, bathing costume regula
than to see "ourselves as others see'tions and dogs. He made a very
us." After the children realized strong plea for an improvement in
their needs, they asked the question: the automobile regulations and asked
What can we do to improve? Thus that Queen be made a one way street,
after the cases had been diagnosed Reverend L. B. Boney added his en
and physician and patient were aware dorsement to what had been said and
of the dangers, all were eager to came out strongly against speeding,
take the right medicine. The teach-1 indecent bath costumes and keeping
ers and supervisor wotkd constant, stores open on Sundays. Mr. W. A.
ly to give each child the medicine he Mace said that owing to the careless
needed. If he did net imwove in a manner in which some people drive
certain time under the medicine diag- that it was very dangerous for ehil
nosed for his case the medicine was dren and he thought something ought
changed. For instance if a child to be done about it before some child
ranjeed as a third grade child in read- got killed.
ing when he should have been sixth; Mr. A. T. Gardner addressed the
we gave him third grade material, board and said he oppo'sed making
then fourth, then fifth etc. It meant Queen street a one way street; that
a great deal of extra work for that there was a great deal more traffic
child but they were not only willing, on Orange than on Queen. He said
but eager to do it. citizens should report people who
In solving our reading problems we drive too fast. Chief of Police
are indebted to the County Board of Longest said that many arrests for
Education, P. T. A's Tr .ve!inr Libra- violating traffic laws had been made
lies and Lend a Hand Book Mission, .and the police were doing all they
Through the work of the P. T. A. could. He asked for the cooperation
?1,140.47 has been raised for books, of the public. Mr. A. D. O'Brien
Practically all of this has been spent said he opposed making Queen a one
for supplementary readers. In ad- way street, that it was 23 feet wide
ditipn to this a county library con- which could handle the traffic on it.
sisting of two hundred and fifty He also oposed Sunday closing. Corn
books was bought. These books have missioner Wheatly discussed the sev
been a great help because they were cral questions. He opposed the one
placed in schools where they were way street plan, said there were more
needed most and where no supple- children on Marsh street than any
mentary material was available. jother, couldn't make them all one
To improve the child's reasoning .way streets. He said citizens ought
ability they were given more prob-jto cooperate with police. He favor
lems concerning their everyday life. ied bath regulations.
Special emphasis was placed on com-1 There were several applications be
j.rehension and analysis of problems, fore the board for positions of city
verifying results, performing accu- truck driver and fire truck driver,
lately and quickly all the fundamen- The applications were referred to
tal operations. the Street Committee an dthe Fire
For remedial work in spelling dem- Department. A. W. Daniqls made
onstration lessons were given to ex- application for permission to repair
hbit different methods of teaching the fish house on Front street which
-pelling. The pupils had lessons jhe bought recently. The applica
tonsisting of words in everyday life jtion lies over for 10 days. A num
. and finally many children of the ber of bills were audited and. the
County made a Carteret County 'board messed to meet again next
Fptlling book.
Of course in order to do effective
remedial work there had .to be group-
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ing ana regruujjiiig u- wooc. -v j
our main objective wag not this but. Register of Deeds ..Jno. W. Hamil
to touch that live wire "Interest" in ton states that four couples took ad
thec hild, in order that he might have ' vantage of the regular rate of $3 be
"V a burning desire and then to satisfy fore the advance to $5 on Monday for
it i marriage licenses. Since that date
As a result of remedial work sixty none have been issued at the advance
five pen; cent of the low children price. They were as follows:
ruathed the ckss average when the j Willie F. Dixon and Mabel Lewis
necond tests were given an dthe gen- of Beaufort.
(Continued on page four) Clayton Salter and Florence Torto
(lid not do much damage threatened
two rainy days, seven partly cloudy "ei:ve yv yaw r ires inio uar th; Ca,.teret Lumber Company just;
ones and 22 that were clear and sun- c i!c u east of town. Some old camp build- .
shiny. The rainfall for the month; imithheld . thg nQrth gide o the raiu Disagreement With President
was 1.37 inches. The hottest weath-j road caught fire, probably from1 Brooks Causes Dr. Kilgore
wood, Florida is in New York. The er was on the 30th and 31st when Kaleigh June 1. btephen b. Holt, gparkg from a ocomotive and were! I o Resign
Jessie Fay, which is the yacht's the mercury climbed to 88 degrees. Smithfield attorney, was instantly destroyed. The loss probably did
name, was built at Hollywood by her It was 96 at that time up the State kil,ed this afternoon when Detec- t exceed a hundred dollars. COUNTY ROAD LOANS ILLEGAL
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owner. She cost about $150,00. She in some places. The lowest tempera- nynn, i ' ''t'8" The men around the plant under-
has 10 state rooms, eight forward and
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ture was 51 which was on the 27th. 'ice, fired on an automobile that fail- took t t out the fire but found' Rale'h. June 1st. Dr. B. W. Kil-
The temperature hgures tor eacn " that they could not handle it and KV"C' uca" VL . "is
day of the month are as follows: I The shooting occurred three miles
sent in a call for the city fire truck. Partment of the North Carolina Col-
Min. out oi Kaleigh on the Smithheid The firemen responded and in ashort l?ge ot Aggnculture and bngineer
52 highway about 4 o'clock. Wyatt tim(J had the fir(J under contro, ingg, could not get along with the
50 who was accompanied by Police dty,s wftter mainSj cou,d not be reach. President of that institution and de.
59 Chief Winder Bryan, both in civilian ed fcut & hoge wag put jn a pond cided to step down and out. The
c3 clothes, suspected the car of carry- nearby and enQUgh Wflter gotten in Executive Committee of the Board of
61 mg liquor, and as it passed he sig- this way to quench the flameS- Trustees, in session at the College
55 nailed for it to stop. When it fail-. "" on Friday, accepted Dean Kilgore's
5g ed to respond to his order he fired, resignation and referred the ques
tion of a successor to the full board
which will hold its annual meeting
here next week. Dr. C. Carl Taylor,
dean of the graduate School, is re
ceiving favorable mention in this con
nection. Doctor Kilgore, who has
g0 had been allowed to go to his home v 3 n M k Wll "een intimately connected with the
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57 the ball entered Holt's head in the Ul UT If1 VI III If H
r.n rear and ploughed through his brain. JmJMJMJ kJVllvVA-
07 A jury empanelled this evening I
gg by Coroner L. M. Waring ordered j
gg Wyatt held pending action by the!
64 " ' 7"" "'T""" Friday Evening Ends School
Year. Dr. Mosher Will
FINALS NOW ON
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5g niter reporting ai ponce neaaquar
59 ters, but after the verdict of the cor
gg oner's juVy he was arrested and con
g2 fined. It was expected bond would
g8 be aranged.
BEEN TO COURT
Deliver Addresses
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agricultural extension work of the
State for thirty years, says he has'
The annual commencement of the not yet made any plans for the fu-
ture. His going is generally regret
ted here.
Governor
Beaufort Public School began last
Friday evening with a music recital.
Mrs. O. B. Moore who is in charge
McLean requests the
55 ! Mr. Holt had been in Raleigh ap- of music department had care. heads of State institutions to submit
66 f 8 ..u w fu, dried h a f hi ai. oui.umg contracts to mm oerore
1V1 hie -n-r hswHA Un .HrIC.-.M " 1 X 1.: H 1 a! mi. t.
on his way home. He was riding
sion and a most excellent concert was
taking final action. This is in har-
70 n, t w TVT :i' 7 gen. A large audience was present monv with the budet law which con"
59 and Joe Woodard, both of Smithfield . entertainment fu.l- to,n 8 Drov,s,on that 'ea;h State in"
B2 while Doc Woodard and A. H. Wood- , gunday mQ t n .dock stitntion receiving appropriations for
51 w Trf ' the sermon to the graduating class Permanent improvements under the
hi Woodard driving t &M Act of 1925, shall budget their re-
60 The car halted about three miles d,t church fc Reverend foments and present same to the
66 out while one member of the party E Frak Lpe Reverend L B Bon director of the budget before any of
6g went into some nearby woods. Wy- ey of th chmch ' such appropriations shall become a-
"": v " ed jn the exercises For the first necessary esiimate iorms
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET ome distance, saw it stop and in a tJme ,n thg history the gchool have been forwarded to departmnet
; f6W m.,nUtf StarL T That' senior class appeared in caps and fd Institutional heads with request
t. . 4t , , . according to reports in the shooting, for permanent improvement esti-
The meeting of the board of coun- , v- f 4.i,t gowns. c
. . 6 ri' '1 was the basls for the usPicion that M , , ,. , mates. Around four million dollars
ty commissioners Monday was a very .. TO : r5 w. Mr- Lee took as h.s text the sev-..
. . 4u , " was carrying liquor. When the , . . , i,0f0 nt ,n bonds was authorized by the Leg
short affair. Owing to the critical , . enth verse of the fourth chapter of J..tZ.
:" r ' . ------- -Proverbs "Wisdom is the principal" " " rv ..........
4r lima munn . . ' ' a 'II l . . i 1 i
illness df the mother ' of chairman
thing; therefore get wisdom: and
ments and will be available on the
with all thy getting get understand- "rhl uay t JU,V- '
His sermon was insnirini? and i OT,ne u'te- Appall.
to Bton was e-ivpn.
Woodland he was unable to be pres- The me in the car insisted thlt
ent. .lie raemueis pjeseiit were 4.t,- j;j , ., 4,.
UiCV UIU IJUb iCLUKIII4C ail V IU
Mo.oo n.mtU,. TairW onrl WVlito. .... mff
"" stop nor dd they particularly notice .. .. .. . I A nail of doom has hppn hnvovinw
huri; Commissioner Taylor acted 4. . ,,, . , , A. , instructive and heard by a large au- A pj" 01 K.loora nas Been hoveling
nuii uiiiiiLiBwunci "J1"1 "llu the officers on the side of the road ,. , . . , . over this citv and the State inno tv,..
as chairman of the meting. A mo- 4. , , . ., dience. The choir for the occasion er Lnls Llly ana tne btaVe smce the
tL Zl T passed Si re'eess until U"lformS was composed of pupils of the school, announcement was made of fatali-
June the 15th at whic.h time road wfwf 'said he fired at t .The, to, S S5u,Tn, Trnta.
contracts and other matters will be lire and 8Uested that the take P'aCe th,s -evening in the school lne V"" ' , 7
considered. n I I T! ! auditorium. The program to be giv- near Sanford on Wednesday. Scores
NO REDUCED PRICES
ball must have struck the pavement
instead and danced unward uene
ON. CHAUTAUQUA TICKETS trating the rear curtain and striking
Holt. An examination of the pave-
The Chautauqua Association met ment revealed no evidences of an
last Friday evening in the offices oi' indentation such as a bullet might
Drs. Maxwell and Hendrix and or. make. Smithfield persons who af
ganized for the ticket selling drive terwards visited the scene said,
which will start soon. There is a : A search of the car disclosed no
large list of guarantors this year but liquor and no member of the party
not more than a fourth of them at- bad been drinking, it is said,
tended t'.ie meeting. The following ' Mr. Holt was 49 years of age and
na.rid officers were elceted: had been practicing law for many
Chairman, N. F. Eure, Vic-chair- years in Smithfield. He leaves a
man, Mrs. F. R. Seeley, Advertising wife, three children and three step
manager J. H. Stubbs, Chairman ar- children, besides brothers and sisters.
rangements committee O. B. Moore.
Chairman Ticket committee N. W. STRAWBERRY ACREAGE CAM
Taylor, who declined to serve and
was succeeded by Joseph House, PAIGN WILL START NEXT WEEK
House, Treasurer J. A. Hornaday,
Jr,. Chairman Light committee
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en is as follows: ul miners wre entomoed by the ex-
Chorus 'Springtime" Glee ciifj ,plosions and not one of them was
Welcome Dorsey Martin.
brought out alive. On hearing of
the disaster, Governor McLean im
mediately dispatched a corps of engi
neers under the direction of Chair
man Frank Page, of the State High-
, Histoiy Margaret Ramsey.
I Statistic? Oleta Eai ber.
i Poem Kathleen Skarren
Grumbler Mildred Whitehurst.
1 Duct "Comrades in Arm8"-Haynes way Commission, and Adjutant Gen
Oleta Barber and Eleanor Ramsey. eral Metts to the scene with instruc
, Prophecy Sarah Rumley. tlons to mobilize whatever troops
'Giftorian Elizabeth Rumjley. necessity required in handling the
Last Will and Testament Emma PerPlex,ing siuation. The work of
Taylor. recovering bodies has been in prog-
Chorus Boating Glee Club. ress day and n'Kht since the disaster
Marshals Virginia Howe, Gas- f ster occurred nearly a week ago and
ton Morton, William Way, Claudia 5t has turned out to be a herculean
Edwards, Margaret Dill, Clifford task' A11 of the missing bodies have
Lew;s. been rescued but it will be months
Chief Marshal Guy Hudgins. before the wreckage can be cleared
The graduating exercises are to and the mine made ready to resume
tl. take Dlace tomarrow (Fridav even- operations, it is said.
X IIC lTttI-1 LmiIl tu BCtuio nticagi. - - v ,
' -1 mi .1 1 in anI Ana tka ntnniiin.l faatn ias
HarHv H. Lewis. Hosnitalitv com- tor strawberry growing win starx - v
Eleanot
Address Dr. E. R. Mosher.
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
It is reported that many of the
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t. , m,.. V. o Jn ournocr novt wooV Meet ncra nvp win uk iiie auuress iu i,ue Kiauuais - - -
mittee Mrs. wayara xayior, v.. """""" . " i.v nr F P Mosher of th Universi ful calamity are in sore heed of as.
Maxwell, W. H. Taylor, A. D. O'- to be held at wh.cn farmers and oth- by Dr. E. 1. Mosher of the Universi- J as
ers interested in the matter are ex- ty of North Carolina. The program sistance and an apptal I has been made
orlen- . , . , . ... . ; fn f,.r the evening i u friw.- to the people of the State for heln.
Those in charge of the ticket sale peea w ne present, county Agni " " " TLe call is urirent and the '
.. . fwerotree V, u nn niinr-ed ,l,,t. for Salutatory Eleanor Ramsey. ta" ,s "int and the le.sponst
this year say inai iney win eniorce -
.4.:..4l., nla aKrllt .ttuti-ihiitincr the meetings as follows:
fiet, t rt.or8 in case of a' There will be meetings of the Ramsey, Oleta Barber.
deficit. The contract provides that growers, who intend to plant straw
there shall be no such distribution, berries this summer, at the following er,
TU fi.Aitl.la oKnf if ic tViuf iviunv T1PO school houses:
pie wait until the last minute think- Lower North River, Monday night, Gift to School-Luther Perry,
. . 4 .Tnr.e Stv, at 8 nVlnck Valedictory Lydia Parkin.
,ng that tney win oe ante u ge t ' ' " ; Delivering of Diplomas Supt C. should be forwarded to J. W. Cun-
tickets at ? ju pnee or even for re Gra Tuesday night, June e
noth ng. This hurts the sale of the tn. o ciock. ; The Corr.oration C, ,mlliinn rf.-
tickets and helns to cause a deficit. Straits, Wednesday night, June. Remarks Dorsey Martin. , lhe Coipoiation Commishion de-
ckets and helps to cause a dencii. j c,as g cides that hank directors are not
sola SI 7 haToe ret n d o I hope all farmers who have agreed Marshals-Virginia Howe, Claudia covered by the 1925 bank law which
-Jl ! J lVLl to nlant and anv others who are in- Edwards, William Way, Gaston Mor- Prohibits loans to "bank officials."
ine day. So it seems that those who terested will make a special effort to ton, Clifford Lewis Margaret Dill
wish to attend the Chautauqua had be present at one of these meetings
us well huv tickets as soon as thev i HUGH OVERSTREET,
ponse
should be immediate and liberal. The
disaster is the most deplorable that
Presentation of Key Edward Piv- has ever been visited upon the State
and unless food and clothing is sup
plied without delay the physical suf
fering of more than 200 people will
become acute. All contributions
Chifif Marshal Guy Hudgins.
County Agent.
are put on sale. The program this
year includes two plays and a num-i '
ber of good attractions. There are POTATO HARVEST IS
only two lectures. j
The opinion was written by the Com
mission's Attorney, L. M. Bailey, the
"blue sky" law enforcement officer.
The law sets forth' that no loan shall
no difficulty in gathering their crops, be made by a State bank to one of
The yield this year has not been so its employes or officers without the
large as usual, owing to dry weather approval of the bank's board of di-
NOW ABOUT FINISHED probably, but the prices have been rectors. The new law requires that
I good. Number 1 potatoes have sold all loans to officers and employes of
Sea Level. ! The early potato harvest in the 'all the way from $4 to $5.50 a bar-jbanks be on good collateral approved
Fennie Harris, Fairfield, N. C. and Beaufort area is drawing to a close, rel. Last year 143 cars were ship-jby a majority of the board of direc
Hazel Whitley, Eeaufort. ' all of the buycrs except one having ped from Beaufort. This year it isjtors, which approval must be record-
Lymon Gaskill and Sadie Turner, ! left. The weather has been dry and estimated that the shipments will be.ed by a resolution on the board's min
Beaufort. ' . favorable and the growers have had about 100 cars. ( Continued on page three)