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VOLUME XIV
8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY JUNE 11 1925
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER TWENTY-FOUR
COUNTY LOANS TO
HIGHWAY BOARD
MAY BE ILLEGAL
Test Case Taken To Supreme
Court. Many Counties Are
Affected
CARTERET GETS $26,251.05
(By M. L Shipman)
Raleigh, June 8. In a week mark
ed by the absence of Governor Mc
Lean who went to New York to sign
bonds of the State, the question of
the validity of county loans to the
State Highway Commission was pre
sented to the Supreme Court, Ra
leigh bade farewell for the summer
months to its hosts of college stud
ents, with regret the city saw one
of its leading police officials shoot
and killed a prominent lawyer of
Smithfield on nothing more than sus
picion of carrying liquor and the
passing of Colonel Bennehan Came
ron was mourned. During the week
also the balance of the equalization
fund for education was divided a
mong the counties. The Tobacco
co-ops re-elected their directors. A
negro was electrocuted for murder,
Billy Sunday spoke in the Capital
City and Raleigh contributed a por
tion of the $35,000 fund for relief
of the sufferers from the mine dis
aster near Sandford the last week in
May.
Test County Loam
The test case brought before
Judge Frank Daniels in Wake county
Superior Court and appealed and
rrgued before the Supreme Court
Saturday is of vital importance in
the road building plans of the State
For five years the State Highway
Commission has followed the prac
tive of borrowing from the counties
money to construct roads where
those counties were unwilling to a
wait their apportionment of the
State funds. The plan has been to
repay the counties as the; State mon
ey for road buildings in the county
from which the loan was obtained
was available. Attorney General
Brummitt held that this was illegal
and the case has been appealed from
a similar decision made by Judge
Frank Daniels. The test case is
brought from Johnson county to re
strain the county from turning over
to the State half a million dollars
for road building as a loan. The Su
preme Court decision is expected be
fore adjournment for summer. Al
ready the State Highway commis
sion has borrowed more than ten
million dollars in this manner so that
the decision is of vital importance to
the Commission. Mr. Brummitt has
stated however 'that his decision will
not have any effect on such special
loans as that for the bridge over
Cape Fear at Wilmington or the
Chowan River as these were author
ized by legislative enactment.
The city was stirred last week
when Jesse Wyatt, chief of detec
tives of Raleigh saw an automobile
on a nearby highway and suspected
that it might contain rum runners.
He said that he summoned it to halt,
the order was disobeyed and he fired.
Stephen S. Holt, prominent lawyer
of Smithfield was in the car and was
instantly killed. A search failed to
reveal any liquor and the men in the
car said Wyatt did not order them
to halt. Wyatt was in civilian clothes
He was immediately indicted fi"
murder and will be tried at a special
term of court in Raleigh in June 22.
School Money Divided
The balance of the equalization
fund for school aid was apportioned
during the week. Among the coun
ties to benefit in the division of the
balance of $335,000 weie the fol
lowing: Beaufort, $6,798.65; Cald
well, $23,682.19: Carteret, $20,251.
05; Chatham $28,500.90; Duplin
$15,492.29; IVanklin $28,347.14;
Haywood, $17,750; Henderson, $21,
244.93; Hertford $14,500.30; John
Eton, $17,500; Robeson, $10,853.77;
Sampson, $40,372.81; Tranyslvanh,
$16,895.80; and Warren, $22,070.93
Raleigh saw with regret during the
week its hosts of young people leave
the city for the summer months;
The closing of St.Mary's, Meredith
( continued on page 7) .
FOUR-H CLUBS MEET
FOR COLLEGE COURSE
Raleigh. N. C. June State Col
lege will be host from July 6 to 11
to approximately 600 club boys and
girls from those counties of North
Carolina having farm and home a-;
gents now at work. The occasion
will be the annual short course, plans'
for which are being arranged by J.
M. Grav. stutp ncrpnt in ennrerp nf
farm demonstration work, and Miss
Ma 11 Ho Wq llano nectcf ant einta lirttvia
demonstration agent.
WhilP thp mirmlptp nrnoram fnr
the short course has not yet been an-tion- A crowd that Packed the been making to get producers inter- but reCommend that there be tw0 !nd although Judge Barnhill and So
nounced, it is stated that recreation atonum to overflow was present ested in growing berries has met book cases pUrchased and placed in 1,"tor JeS8,e Dav's avf made evry
and entertainment as well as in- and desPite the hot weathpr vident- with enough success to make the ven. the office of the Register of Deeds, ,e"ort to cIea'.the docketi a number
rtrnrtinn A iha f ;abo. h enjoyed the program and gave it ture a sure thing. The berries will ,h a rMnAna ot cases iemain for tnal- The tlck
will form n imnnrfarr r,.irt nf the
rn,rSp W mr Knmp tWe V,,,n.!
dred girls and over fifty boys took
part in the short course. This year
it is expected that as many boys as
girls will be present. The home and
farm agents have been at work on the
matter for sometime and various
civic agencies and business organiza-
tions have interested themselves in
helping the boys and girls to attend.
Ti,:. ; f
the gala events of club life in North
j. ins Hiiuuai gaiuci iiig in wiic ui
Carolina. The agents select those
vn.mo- rpni.l tn nHpnH whn Imvp
j , , u i j
made real progress in club work dur-
ino- th0 vpp anM whr. are fitteH tn
become leaders in the club movement
on their return home.
"We assure the bovs and girls of
a real treat when they come to the
College this year," says J. M. Gray,
"For the boys there will be some
work on new features with crops,
livestock, poultry. The boys will be ed wnat "eat Progrew had been tend the meetings on account of iil
Hven n onnortnnitv to run tractors made In the Publlc schools ,n recent "ess in his family sent a letter in
and plows, to study the best produc-
and prize-winning hogs as
ing cows
well as to have lots of fun swimming
in the new gym pool, playing base
ball and other games."
TWENTY YEAR SENTENCE
GIVEN TO CONVICT GUARDS
ROCKY MOUNT, June 8 Senten-
w r p0."" VST ,61Vef t0
W. C. Gdley and R. V Tyler, for.
man and guard, respectively on the
Knckv Mnnnt rnH district, nv .luriire
j ... . ,
i. a. oiuciau, in ugciumue vuumj
court at larDoro late today wnen
lhpv Riihnnittpil tn rnHnslaiichtPi' as
7 . , W r t
an outgrowth of the death of Joe
Armstrong, negro convict, who died trustees and to all citizens who had endorsed the strawberry growing neCessity of Divine guidance in all appeal the J'ury which affordd
Thursday within 30 minutes after he supported the school. The class scheme and has offered prizes a- tne relations of life The sermon much entertainment to the crowd in
had been whipped and otherwise pun- song wag then sung and the school mounting to $150 for the three best was a very strjking and interesting the court room- Solicitor Davis de
ished by the two men. session had passed into history. The crops. discourse clined to speak against John but the
The trial of the case offered one graduates were Oleta Barber, Lydia . The 'n,pnlbel.s of the eraduatinK Jury was hardhearted and brought in
of the most striking instances oi parkjn, Luther Perry, Edward Piver, SCHOOL OF MENHADEN thi vpflr wprp olivp r.nw.. a verdict of guilty of drunkness. The
speedy justice in the annals oi tne
county. A grand jury summoned ny
special order of Judge Sinclair, this
morning returned true bills against
the men, who had previously blamed
for the negro's death by a coroner's
jury, and at the same time launched
a sweeping and virorous investiga-
rinn. unnn rnp iiirist. s instructions
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Gully and Tyler were attached.
ml j.. ix.1il. a
ine actual mat oime two men was
taken up about the middle of the af
ternoon, and they entered a plea of
submission to manslaughter charges.
Judge Sinclair heard the evidence,
which was primarily the same as that
given at the coroner's inquest when
witnesses testified that Gulley and
Tyler had beat the negro with both
a whin, and a stick, hitched his body
heavily shackled, to a pair of mules
and dragged it bout 75 yards and
then one of the men struck him with
his fist when he failed to get up a
ordered.
After hearing the evidence Ju;lge
Sinclair, immediately passed sentence
giving each of the defendants 20
years, the maximum for manslaugh-
ter. In commenting on the case the
jurist declared mat tne crime souna-
ed almost like second degree murder.
an then gave them the maximum al-
j i .1.. i 4- v, ..i.. .
lO.vea UV lllc law iu UiC i.iiai;c i"
whic hthey submitted.
POLICE COURT ITEMS
! 5 sit of the cases in Mayor Ihomns
'court Monday were continued to S4 report that it was about the best ev- arsenals at Edgewood, Maryland preparations will be made on a com. f ir judgment continued, must pay
urday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Three ent of the kind that they had ever came to Beaufort and began experi- rnercial scale in order that those who c:isK
were disposed of however. They attended. The people of Wilson did mcnts which have met with consider. , wish may use them. Dr. H. W. Wal. j Tom Noe forcible trespass, noil
were Bate Pigott drunk and disorder- everything they could for the veter- able success. Pieces of wood were l:er of Edgewood and Mr. Thos. Mc jrossed.
'ly, sentence $50 fine or 30 days on ans and in fact were lavish in their treated with various chemicals and Cabe also of Edgewood arrived here George Norcom, assault with dead
istreets. Harry Davis, having liquor hospitality. Mr. N. F. Carrow was the the worms allowed to do their worst toay for the purpose of inspecting ly weapon, noil prossed.
in his possession was bound over to only veteran present from Beaufort, on them. It has been found out again the treated samples of wood Wallace Guthrie assault, tried,
Superior court. Ben Debix riding a Mr. Joe B. Gaskill of Sea Level was that certain chemicals are very ef- and hope to be able to make a favor, jury acquitted.
'bicycle on sidewalk, was fined $5 and there and also v.-ternns Bell, Korne- fective in resisting the ravages of able report on the progress of the I Will Mason assault, noli prossed.
costs.
PUBLIC SCHOOL
CLOSED FRIDAY
Twelve Members In Graduat-
mS i-ass. excellent Address
By Dr. Mosher
The 1924.25 term of the Beaufort
1'UDiic ftcnooi came to an end last
Friday evening with the exercises of
the graduating class. The teachers
have gone to their homes and the
Ppils are now enjoying their vaca-
""e1" applause.
The salutatory was made by Miss
E,ean0r Ranlsey in wel1 chosen Phras county are going to try it also.
es after which a trio was sunS by! Three meetings of the farmers and
Misses Kathleen Skarren, Eleanor others have been held this week in
Ramsey and 01eta Barber- The Pre"l He interest of the berry movement.
mentation of the key to the junior They were at lower North River
etewas done by Edward Piver and ool house, Wire Grass school and;
received bJ G Hudgins. The gift at Straits. The meetings took place
to the school was by Luther Perry. ; Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Superintendent Pittman then intro-mights and there was a pretty good
uuecu uic cm;i ui nie tvemiig i-i .
E- R- Mosher of the University of
1"UI1"
Dr- Mosher's subject was "Pro-
gressivism in Education." He trac-
llc
cu ",e '"y 01 BUUCBUOI1 111 me
United States' showine how at ftl'st
the nBht of l8e was given to
8 pKVVlK. tn 01 euu-
cat,on unfits PecPle t0 vote inte11"
ently the sPeaker and the suc"
cess of a democracy rests upon the
l.. r i t .1. i- j..
"'s-
years and said that this nu,st contin-
ue We must have Plenty of Zod
uunmne, retier u-wneis a.iu ion-
ger terms which calls for consider-
able money. He said it is much
l l i ..l it
cheaper to support schools by the
taxation method than by any other,
At the conclusion of Dr. Mosher's
address Superintendent Pittman pre-
sented diplomas to the graduates and
alS madC ther Ward Seventh
certificates from the county
superintendent were also given to a
- 1 r n
IIUI11UCI x siuueiiis. jjuiscy maiiui
nlade a snort speech of appreciation
and exnressing the thanks of the
i i. . i.. i.u
u,Je,...ie..ue..i, i.. .....,-
bers of the faculty, the board of
Dorsey Martin, Eleanor Ramsey, Mir
aret Ramsey, Elizabeth RumW,
Sarah Rumley, Emma Taylor, Kath -
leen skarren, Mildied Whitehurst.
. HEN ADO! TS KITTED
.fwc liu,e kUtAn, 1ooking. :f .,
warm piace to sleep during the cool
- ... . ..
nights lately tound it under a mother
Jy nen wno ound no 0i,Jectlon to
. Th . . , M E,. .
them The hen, owned by Mrs. El'zie
Rhue, was engaged in the commen-
dable task of trying to hatch out e
brood of chicks when the kittens
found her and applied for sleeping
quarters. They are still on friendly
'
termg
A NEW COMPANY ORGANIZED
TO GO IN FISH BUSINESS though the net broke and most of
A new fish company has been or- the menhaden escaped, although a
ganized in Beaufort. A charter has bout eight thousand were caught
been granted by the Secretary of and put aboard the vessel. A
State to the Atlantic Fisheries Cor- good sized crowd collected on the
poration of Beaufort and it his tne wharves to watch the fishermen at
authority to catch and dispose of fish work.
and all water products. The com-
pany is authorized to issue $100,000 VARFARE ON TEREDOS
worth of stock and W. B. Blades of:
Bern w A Ma(.e and j F Uuu.
can of Beaufort are the ineorpora-
tors Thg new conlpany has bought
f-i,-..,. fa(.torv at Lenoxville
and jn jntQ the fij.h g and
oil business.
VETERANS HAVE GOOD TIME .
Confederate veterans who attend-
ed the reunion in Wilson last week
gay and Lcckhart of Morchead City,
BERRY GROWING
IS NOW ASSURED
I :
Enough Members Secured For
oirawDerry Association 10
Make It A Certainty
j
I t now seems practically certain
that Carteret countv wil be included
jn the list of strawberry 8hiFping
counties next vear and for manv
years thereafter. The effort which;
County Agent Hugh Overstreet has
be grown mainly in BeaUfOit town-
ship but a few in other parts of the
attendance at eacn Diace ana mucn, ,n v,,., a
interest mnifested. County Agent
uverstreet was in cnarge oi the meet
ings. At the Nprth River meeting
Mpikm fi W Huntlv Sam Mnrmm
ehsi-s u. w. nunuy, oam ivioigcin
and W. U. MeDane Ot Heautort were
P""" and Poke in favor of giving
.berry growing a trial. Messrs Mor-
' i n i i .i
gan ana ivieDane also accompanied
Mr- Overstreet to Wire Grass and
Mr- J- Ai Hornaday Jr., and Mr. Me.
bane went with him to Straits. Mr.
u. r,. swann, wno was unaDie to at-
which he heartly endorsed the-plan.
i ln ord' to raise berries profitably
! . .
on a commercial scale county Agi-nt
Overstreet showed that it was nec-
essarv to secure enough acreage to
make car load shipments. It is also
necessary to organize an assertion
to, mrket them. The purpose of the
meetings has been to get enough
acreage pledged to make car load:
hipts certainty and also to or-
ganize a local association. In addi
tion to members lready secured Mr.
. . ... ., . i
uverstreet win see otners tnis weeK
and invite them to join. Plants will
Hp nrdprpil . snnr, cnn.litinns mvp
. , . ... n.,
lavoraoie lor planting, ine tnara-
ber of Commerce of Beaufort his
COME INTO HARBOR
: Fishing has always been a very
speculative business, you never know
where you are going to find them 01.
whether you will find them at all or
not. It is not often that the fish
hunt up the fishermen though as a
i 1 ...i i . i . j
scnooi oi mennaaen seemeu to oo tnis
morning,
WniIe
While the C. P. Dey hsn bo:it
Wyona was lying at her wharf this
morning getting ready to go out, a
school of fat backs appeared in the
haibor about one hundred yards frofci
the boat. Captain Lewis promptly
orue.eu n.s ciew ..no me uuibe uuai
1 J I iL. 1 I .
and in a few minutes the school ot
fish was surrounded. Unfortunately
IS MAKING PROGRESS
As a result of efforts of the U. S.
War Department chemists it
that considerable progress is being
made in the effort to stop the ravage
- . - .
of the teredo worm. Ih.s insect
! Joes tremendous damage to boats
and wharves and any woodwork that
he comes in contact with. Thiet
years ago several chemists from tne
the teredos and it is hoped that these
GRAND JURY'S REPORT.
,;v'i
We, the Grand Jury for the June
ITerm of Superior Court 1925 of Car-',
t t County North Carolina, beg
eave to make the f0nowing rep0rt:
j We have acted on au bills of in-
dictments presented to us according
to our best judgment.
Wo hflvo mnrlo nrosont mrnf. nf nil
cases of lawlessness that have been
v, . t.;
We have visited the various coun -
nfls. nA finH th wBll l,r.t
i Wo visitpn fr.P iail and kppnpr
i,nnM, anA fnnH H winH.W fhl
premises, in a clean and sanitary con-
ditior, and the prisoners well fed and
cared for. We recommend that a
stoiage house i0 x 12 feet be built
for the keeper of the jail.
We visited the County Home and
found that weU kept, and the inmates
well cared for. We recommend the
kitchen have a coat 0f paint after
window cut through nd put in the end
inc nan jicio iv-v. 11 itynucU) uu a
of same.
i Wp wi.h tn tuflni. tv,p jHrp prp.
' -j- e u i j i
sjd)r,g f0r the many favors extended
in n,. wnrW nr,H pnppinll fnr
the able charge deiivered We wish
to extend our thanks to the various.
officers for their help,
; Very respectfully,
C. C. GUTHRIE, Foreman
ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL
,r-tcr.n ...-wtr.lv i-,,r-.,K,
wi-woci muni.ni bVLiunu
The closinB exercises of St. Paul's
Schoo, took paee Monday night
the schooI auditorivHI1 wilh a large
crowd present.
ti jj.. .i,,. u.n i
was made t,y Reverend H de C. Maz.
yck and was forcible appeal to the
students to live for the hie-her and
i. a:
The annual sermon to the grad
uates. ' wu in st. , Paurs
church Sunday morning at the regu-
j hoUr o service by the Reverend
1
jjn Wilcox of Atlanta Ga. A
large
congregation was present. Mr. Wil
cox's text was a part of the firsst
verse in the Bible, "In the beginning
r,nd Hia ' t ,Jh iyZ
Allip tthv,.p otpl.Hno. rh-iM-
William Robinson, Samuel Way. The
program of Monday evening's exer.
cises was as follows:
Part I
School Song School.
Salutatory Allie Harrell.
1'iiino Solo. Concert Polanaise
Engleman Anna Skarren
Commencement Address Rev. II.
de C. Mazyck.
Valedictory Olive Carrawan.
Piano Duet, Comrades in Arms
Haynes Mildred Salter and Anna
Skarren.
Presentation of Certi.lcates, Tro-
motjons and Rewards.
Presentation of Diplomas
P. Wilcox.
Gloria in Excelsis School
Part II
-Rev C
Opei et tn. The Flower
Surprise Fifth and Sixth
Nymph's
Grades.
Part III
Operetta, Bonnybell Seventh
Grade.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
Only two marriage license have
been issued since June 1st according
to the records of Register of Deeds
otat
Jno. W. Hamilton, they were to
y B. Murphy Davis and HildaC.
Whitehurst.
i John Brickfield and Mildred L.
Stanly Newport
work.
CRIMINAL DOCKET
HAS FULL SWAY
Lar&e Number of Cases On
Trial This Week. Tick
Cases Friday
A large crowd of defendants, wit
nesses and spectators were on hand
,Tonday wh.ai i Superior Court open-
il'd at nine thirty for a two weeks
,ri.minal and civil term- So far the
criminal docket has had full sway
tfiauiuauuii ca&es weie Laneii up
Monday and with
one exception
were co"t'nued untl1 Fr,day rn-
The nly case , tr'ed ,w"
that at?anlst G' W Hftly fr fad"
ure to d,p a h1orse and a '"l '
'fase went t0 the jury and Mr. Hunt-
'ey " acquitted. There are about
J5868 8f fr t4m1'
Judge Barnhl11 8 chaI'f?e to the
,grand Jury consumed . about one hour
"u ...cc..c v..
- the functions of the grand jury and
the laws. He referred to the cattle
dipping law which he said is a good
thing but many people do not realizil
"f j v- i
the benefits and think it is an inter
Jrenc.e. with thejr Personal. libert'
ference with their personal liberty.
He said the people who violated the
game, fish and automobile laws
thought only of their own pleasure
and interests and were therefore sel
fish. Liquor peddlers he said, are
in it for the money only and do not
care about the consuquences to oth.
ers. Citizens ought to stop buying
it. There is frequently drinking
among sixteen year old youths. The
grand jury should do its duty in this
matter as in all other law violations.
C. C. Guthrie of Beaufort was made
foreman of the grand jury and D. J.
Godwin was appointed special officer
in charee of the jury.
! A rontiiderable number of
cases
have been disposed of toy submission
or jury trial and sentences have been
imposed on the guilty. John Bunyart
Congleton who appealed recently
from a thirty day sentence in the
Mayor's court was tried yesterday af
ternoon. He conducted his own case,
examined witnesses, went on the
stand himself and wound up with an
Jutee then gave him the same sen-
lT',l-c w,"fc mayul nau ',ry-
V10us'y ,mposed on him-
! 0thei: cases dispoRed of this week
iv.n 4-Unt n - mi i- j
are as tollows:
i Arthur Smith and Ellis Smith, vio
lating prohibition law, put under
$200 bond to show good behavior and
pay costs in case.
l.ou's Lciko'vitz and Louis Katzin
were convicted of unlawful posses
sion of whiskey. Lefkowitz was sen
fenced to pay a fine of $350 and
costs, Katzin to pay $250 and costs,
i James Hester entered a plea of
nolo contendere to ac harge of vio
lating the prohibition law and w.is
given 18 months on the roads which
was afterwards changed to 12 months
Berkley Willis, assault with dead
ly weapon, $50 fine or 3 months on
roads, capias to issue if he violates
law again.
! John E. Griffin violating prohibi
tion law, convicted, boat forfeited 0
months on roads if found in county
after June 15th.
I William Sparrow violating prohi
bition law, four months on roads.
Ike Dudley violating prohibition
l;nv, $150 fine or four months on
roads.
I Ike Frazier, $100 fine or 4 months.
I James O. Harris, assault, judgment
suspended payment cf costs,
j Ira Hamilton injury to personal
property, auto Collission, $50 and
CJitS.
! Dave Smith abandoment prayer
(Continued on page five)
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