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VOLUME XIV
8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY JUNE 25 1925
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER TWENTY SIX
PRETTY WEDDING
AT NOON TUESDAY
Charles A.
Nuptials Of Mr-
White And Miss Nancy Lay
Interesting Occassion
Beaufort, N. C, June 24. A wed-
ding of interest to many friends in
the Slate, took place at twelve o'clock
noon on Tuesday, June twenty-third
Rogers Lay was married to Mr. Chas
in ct ram s cnurcn wnen miss iNancy
Alexander White of Greenville.1
The church was decorated with south
ern smilax and pink hydrangeas with
wnue petunias, masses oi nowers
were arranged through the , church
in white baskets. Un : the altar,
which was banked with green, were
tall white candles and vases of white
flowers.
Prior to the ceremony, Mrs. Joseph
House of Beaufort, played the
ing Star from Tannhauser. Mr. Har
old Hodgfkinson, of Washington, D
C, played a violin solo, "Smiling
Through,' and "Believe Me If AH'
These Endearing Young Charms" the j
St. Mary's School song; e played
the violin ohlicato to "Ttnt.il." which
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cum; ittiKj ngjjcs juuuoun, m S S Lupton et ux to rJ. r UasKul " c octw.iu uioui which iiaiuuca em rines nas Deen narvesiea anu ti tp n i- o v
Winston-Salem. Miss . Dodson also trac't cedar Island Township, consid- Pamlico, Carteret, Onslow, Jones, sold and the growers are very well tire Pgram was that of the concert lne Executive Budget System be
sang, "A Birthday", by Hutchinson (eration $12 Lenoir, Greene, Wayne Sampson and pleased with their returns and will of the Patton Company on Friday af-,comes eJaw on J"',y first and Gov'
and "Calm as the Night", by Bohn. j
The wedding march from Lohengrin
was played as the bridal party enter-
ed the church. Hendelsohn's march
was used as the party left.
The bride entered on the arm of
her brother, Mr. George B. Lay, of I
Grensboro who gave her in marriage.
She was exceedingly beautiful in a
gown of bridal satin, embroidered in j
in pearls and rhinestones, with train
of white satin. She wore a coronet
oi pearis, ana me imie veu worn oy Sanderson lot 3 blocK 44 JYLorenead
her mother at her wedding. ShejCitv. considreation $200.
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carried a shower boutjuet of white
bride's roses and swansonia.
Dr. George W. Lay, father of the j
bride performed the wedding service,! jj Li Willis et ux to C. H. Free
Bishop Thomas C. Darst, Bishop man lot 2 block 109 Morehead City,
of the Diocese of East Carolina, tak- i consideration $350.
ing the bethrothal and prounounc-l
ing the benediction.
Mrs. Sam T. White of Greenville,
tho dame of honor, was gowned in
green chiffon, embroidered in pearls
and rhinestones. She wore a large
hat of green chiffon and lace and car
ried a boquet of sweetpeas.
MiBs Ellen Lay, sisteaof the bride,
was maid of honor. She wore an or-
chid chiffon dress and carried laven-i
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i ne Di'iaesmaius worei rocKs oi
pnle pink chiffon, over crepe de
chine, with pink maline hats to match.
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incy carneu aim ooqueis 01 oiibbio
daisies, tied with pink tulle. They'
were : Miss Lucy and M.ss Virginia,
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Miss Mary Hoke of Raleigh and Miss
Maud Lee, Miss Ruth Andrews and
Miss Louis Fleming of Greenville.
Miss Helen White, sister of the
groom, wearing a dainty frock of
pink taffeta with maline and a hat of
tulle wag junior bridesmaid. She
carried an old fashioned nose-gay.
Mr. Allen O'Bryan Jr., of Beaufort,
was junior groomsman.
The groom was attended by his
father, Mr. Sam T. White, as best
c, us UCDH
man. The ushers weie
liams and Mr. Curtis
Mr. Ed. Wil -
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ns of
were
Greenville. The groomsmen
Mr. W'illiam H. White, brother of
the groom, Mr. Robert Green, of
ureenvme.-nr. " , u
of the bncTe and Mr. Dave Wit-hard
Iff.. T 1 T ..U !t.l....A awH nil i-
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brother
mr. jie u.utu suun au
i,eon iviureu oi ureenvme.
The brides mother-wore a dress,
of blue - georgette. Mrs W. B.
Green, grandmother of the groom,
wore a brocaded gown of black geor-
gette.
After the wedding a reception wm.,, flnd wilminKton and elsewhere
given at the' home of the bride on
Moore Street. Receiving the guests
at the door were Mrs. Hal Potter and
Mrs. W. A. Mace. The guests were ,
introduced by Mrs. A. D. O'Bryan to.
the receiving line composed of Dr.
and Mrs. Lay, Mr. and Mrs, Charles
A. White Mr., and . Mrs. Sam T.
White, Mrs. W. B. Green and Bishop
Darst. Mrs. W. ft., ninnani anu
Mrs. Claude Felton received
the
guests in the dining room where an
ice course was served. The guests
went from the dining room out on
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FIRST COTTON BLOOM
PUTS IN APPEARANCE
The first cotton bloom of the sea- j
son so far as the News has seen was i
, brought to this office Monday. It
wag nulled Saturdav on the farm of
Mr. J. B. Morton on the North River j
road. Not much cotton has been
planted in Carteret county since the
boll weevig appeared in the scene
about twoears ag0. But Mr. Mon.
ton ig trying fiye acreg of it thig year
The boll weevjlg have not 1one mu;h
harm g0 f but there ig 0 teW
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gone. Air. Morton s cotton is lar
ther advanced than is usual at this
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time of the yeaj. whkh is c
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onsidered
an advantage in getting ahead of the
weevjgt
DEALS IN DIRT.
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The following real estate transfers
have been recorded by' Register of
Even-;Deeds Jno w;. Hamilton since last
'Thursday: I
T. M. Thomas Jr. to Alex Foreman
5 acres Beauofrt Township, consid-
tion not shown
T M Thomas to F. E. Wilson lot
8g Beaufort Heights,
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consideration
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l. Hamilton, Com. to J. R. Mor-
ris Wm H;ji store Atlantic '
consideration $100. .
Clayton Fulcher et ux to J. R.
Morris 1-2 interest in Win. Hill est.
consideration $100.
Geraldine Oaksmith to J. A, Guth-
rjc i0t 2, 4, 6, -Oaksmith estate More-
head City, consideration $300.
LMia P. Duffy to E. A. Council
Morehead City, consideration $1500.
k. P. B. Bonner et ux to C. N.
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' jj. S. Snowden et ux.' to1 E. H.
jtract Morehead Township, considera-
tion $100
Wm. H. Bell et ux to C. M. Hill and
wife lot 7 and 157 in town Newport,
consideration $10.
I F. C. Jones to Mrs.
Edith Jones
265
acres in White Oak Township,
consideration $10.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
June continues to uphold its tra-i
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following have been issued since last
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.week:
! Robert
B. Guthrie
to Madora B.
iWillis of Beaufort.
Veston
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C. Banks, Grantsboro and
n,, . n,04,nv;ii0 ond
R Lg Beauort
Ta Eunice c Lew
la Kdo I DVHl
Luther Gaskill and Elizabeth Sty
ron Lupton.
A. R. Byrd Coats and Annie Willis
Harlowe.
OFFICERS INSTALLED
IN MASONIC LODGE
The installation of officers for the
ensuing year of the local Masonic
Order was held last evening at their
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Citliuufcl piuirraiu rciiueiru vy mc
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lodge Educational Ses.'etaryl Jwhich
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was very inspiring to those present
Oflicers elect who were installed, C. i
H. Bushall, Master, R. B. Wheatly,
Senior Warden; J. P. Eetts, Junior
Ju!jan Hamilt Treasurer
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Appoint
and q b Moore Secretary
ed ' who were installed were
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Jin genjor Deacon. L c How.
Junior Deacon; R. G. Rice and
A pjerce( gtewards. j. R. Wil-
Ti,er g(,veral vjsitjng bloth.
i . f..m iH(re at Raleiirh. New
Were present. Refreshments and.
cigars were served.
NEW PHYSICIAN ARRIVES
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Tlr Miinlv MnsnTl nf AtinntlC came
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tice medicine here. Dr. Mason is a
of Tuane University.
He i
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win ue assuciafccu wiin jui. j. u. iu.i-
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nan in tho nrflntiep nf hm nrnfsmnn.
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A subscription to the Beaufort
News. a small investment but one
I that brings good results in many ways
BEAUFORT MAN ON
I ROAD COMMISSION
C. R. Wheatly Appointed By
Governor McLean To Sue
ceed John E. Camsron On
Highway Board-
Information was received in Beau-
fort Tuesday that Mr. C. R. Wheatly
if this city had been appointed a mem
ber ofthe State Highway Commission.
He succeeds Mr. J. E. Cameron of
Kinston, who has resigned. Mr.
Cameron's health has been bad for
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several months and a few weeks ago
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his mind became affected and he was,0" trial Fridav for killine Mrs. Mar-
tAkpn to thp State Unar-itai t T?n.
leigh. He is said to be improving
now but has been advised by physi-
;cians that it would not be prudent for
him to undertake any work of a ser
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The law requires that there shall
be three Republican members on the
State Highway and Mr. Wheatly is
one of these. The other two are J.
Elwood Cox of High Point and A.
M. Kistler of Morganton. There
are nine districts in the State and
Mr. Wheatly is the commissioner for
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Johnston counties.
Mi-. Wheatly is a native of Beau-
fort and has practiced law here for a
number of years. He was elected a
county commissioner in 1920 and was
chairman of that board for two years
He has been a member of the board
of commissioners of the town of
Beaufort for about two years and
was recently re-elected. In 1918 he
was the Republican nominee for Con-
gress in the third district. Mr. Wheat-
ly attended nis nrst meeting as
.member of the board yesterday.
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SUPERIOR COURT
CLOSED LAST FRiDAY
A few ciises net reported in last
weeks issue of the News were tried
jbefore court anjourned
afternoon. Several motions were al-
so heard by Judge Barnhill and some
I matters settled without going into
'trials.
The case of Dose Henderson a
gainst the Interstate Cooperage Cam
pany was settled by an agreed ver
dict whereby the plaintiff got $1000
or personal injury.
In the case of the Bain-Kinball Co.
against Mrs. M. W. Ball for money
alleged to be owing on a monument
the jury gave a verdict in favor of
AfrmAarx TnArn Rovn Villi cct
line uticuuniu. v ugs cx iiinu ,
The divorce suit of Murphy Gilli
kin against Maggie G. Gillikin was
tried and a divorce given the plain
tiff on statutory grounds.
The suit in regard to the will of
! decided that the will was v'alid.Judge
Barnhill had some doubts about the
matter though and set the verdict
aside and ordered a new trial.
MORE STRAWBERRY GROWERS
Since last week's issue of the News
was printed County Agent Hugh
was mi in icu vu
lOverstreet has added
several names
to the list of prospective strawberry
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growers. He also expects that others
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will decide to give berry growing a
trial. Mr. Overstreet expects to go
to Duplin county in a week or so to
get plants for those who wish them.
Next year the growers here will have
plenty oi plants oi ineir own raising.
CASWELL TRAINING SCHOOL
HAS NEW SUPERINTENDENT
Dr. W. H. Dixon of Ayden, Pitt
succeeds Dr. C. Banks Mc.
Nairy as superintendent of the Cas-
vell Training School at Kinston, th?
latter having resigned on the sugges
tion of the board of trustees on ac
count of differences between himself
'and his assistant Dr. Newbold, whosa
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'resignation was also demanded. The
board gives high praise to the charae-
oui ueciut-u inns, wie uesi iinci-n
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of the institution warranted the re.
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'Jrcincnt cf both. There is general
regret that Doctor McNairy will no
longer e connected with the school.
He knowt the work and loved it
STATE NEWS
re i r
Items Of Interest From Various
Parts of North Carolina
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A A' r.i t Von.n m.ii.
has announced the dates for the train
W rom. fnr this vpr nf thp Rt-it.e
'troops. The 120th Infantry, State
statt eorPS. utn postsignai company
and 117th motor transport company
,win assemble at Camp Glenn on
5th for two weeks training.
Wade Bennet a Drominent vounir
man of ayetteville, will be placed
nn trial FriHav fnr Hiimo- Mrs M.r.
tha McKinnon with his automobile.
He is charged with second degree
""raer.
Iredell county will soon have 87- ed its engagement here Monday night Paration for the State Judical Con-l-2f
miles of hard surfaced roads, with a fine play. "Give and Take". ference 11 ew regulations for bus
Most of the highways have been
built by the State. The roads rad-
iate out from Statesville the county
seat in various directions and the
county is well conencted up with
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other counties.
The - arA snnti,.
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soon be on the market. Many train
loads of peaches will be shipped this
year.
While the Winston-Salem and Dur-
ham baseball teams were playing in
the former town last Friday the base
ball grandstand cught fire nd was
burned down. No one was hurt al-
thouggh a panic on the part of the
spectators threatened for a time to be
a serious affair.
, Mrs: Catherine Williams a tele-
phone operator of Charlotte, has
been saved from drowning twice in
two years by the same man. The
first time she was in swimming in
Catawba river and was about to go
down for the last time when A. L.
her. A few days ago she was in
a swimming pool and ggot in trouble
and Boatwright appeared in the nick
of time and saved her again.
The long delayed finishing of the !
Jasper-Fort Barnwell section of route
10 is now in sight again. Several '
rnr.trftrtnrs havp undprtflkpn thp loh
in the last three or four years and
nave uuit niinuub uuiiie it. 111c
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iiik nsMBicu uy liic vicivcii tuuui
road forces.
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I Whitfield Diy, 11 year bid boy
Mooresville, was killed last Thurs
day by a 22 caliber rifle bullet pre
sumably fired by his 8 year old broth
er. Three boys had the rifle playing
with it and in some way it was dis-
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He died in about half an hour after
he was shot.
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man of Watuga county was shot and
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killed last Saturday near Blowing
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Rock by deputy sheriff H. W. Wooten
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Wooten nd a policeman had raided a
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car belonging to Tr.plett lookmg foi
whiskey and some disagreement oc-
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curred in which the young man w.is
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killed. Wooten was arrested and al
lowed to give bond.
Cotton spinning in North Carolina
is keeping up in a satisfactory man
ner according to statistics recently
Suth
made public in Washington
Carolina mills have been leading in
activity with North Carolina second.
The New England mills' are still run
ning on short time.
POLICE COURT ITEMS.
Several cases,-were disposed of by U&ist orphanage at Middlesex ; Dr. B. W. Kilgore has been presi
Mayor Thomas in police court Mon- U- Slve a co""rt here Satur- dent, John T. Thorne of Rocky Mount
,Iflv ftP,nnnn. J. K. Gillikin for al- day evenin8- The concert vice president; U. B. Blolock general
lowing a dogo run at large was let
off with the costs in the case. The
same judgment was given in the cas
es of Cornie Fulford, Goldie Dennis
Roy Potter charged with being
drunk and disorderly got a fine of
$50 or 30 days on the streets. For
a like offense the same penalty was
inflicted upon cm Sadler.
FISHERMEN ARE CATCHING
1 GOOD MANY MACKEREL
' Spanish mackerel have been fair-1
,y plentiful in ioca waters teCently!
end tboth p!oses nal Airmen and j
sportsmen have been making some
very good catches of them. Most
of the fish have been caught near
lne ,nlt'1 anr around lape LOOKOUt.
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A Partv of sportsmen from More-
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12 mackerel m a few hours one day
ahijv "vv.il, viuvf djwj iminrii nave
been having fair luck catching blue
fish, sheep's head, trout and pig fish.
No very larEe catches have been
mnna ry ct onx? xnf a if .n U
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ha nt learned of them.
CHAUTAUQUA NEXT YEAR
THREE DAY EVENT
The Swarthmore Chautauqua
A large audience saw the play and,Jlnes ana a "ost oi lesser events con-
their laughter and applause showed
their ppreciation of.it. The play
was in the hands of a competent cast
'and not only the comedy in it but
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the moral which shows the necessity
of cooperation between capital and
labor was capably depicted.
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One of the hest. numherR on thp pn.
ternoon and evening. J. Franklin
Caveny the artist whose nimble fing- !UP the departments and institutions
ers did wonderful things with clay on the administration of the new fis
and crayon also greatly pleased the cal Policy. Under it all will be held
audience. D. Thomas Curtin who strictly to the line in expenditures
lectured on European conditions fr permanent improvements and
Saturday evening is evidently well maintenance and Mr. McLean will
informed on his subject but is not a check personally the administration
very attractive speaker and did not f the law.
make much , of a hit with his audi
ence. The concert by the Cardin Te
Ata Company was fairly interesting. tion of readjusting salaries of the de
The Junior Chautauqua held the partment clerks another "searching",
boards Saturday afternoon and nn- questionaire was nest out by the Sa
der the direction of Miss Sugg pre- laT and Wage Commission this week
sented a very pretty and interest- to the girls working for the State,
ing program. Miss Will the capable Such intimate details as rent, how
Superintendent made a very favor- many in the room, how much for a
able impression on the people of musements, how many use the same
Beaufort but was unable to get guar- bath you use, how much contributed
antors for a five day Chautauqua for to the church and other similar ques
next year. However the Swarth- tions were asked all with the pur
more will return with a three - day1 ported intention of setting up an
winter program in 1926
guarantors were secured
purpose.
NO CELEBRATION ON FOURTH,
The Chamber of Commerce has de -
cided to abandon the plans contem-
I).ted or
celebration on the
"Glorious fourth". This is due to
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the fact that it was found impossible
gei
were wanted here for that day. A
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promised by local business men and
it was hoped to have a big event that!
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would attract several tnousana peo- ciamauon calling on aa JNortn uaro
ple here but it will have to be post- lina residing in other states to visit
poned another year. An effort was the State during the month of Octo
made by the Bureau of Conservation ber and specifically designated the
at Raleigh to get Beauofrt and More- third week in October as "homecom
head City to unite in a celebration ing week" and urged all relatives of
at Fort Macon. This was consider- those who have adopted the State "to
ed but it was found that the time was come and see us" and those North
too short to get up the joint celebra- Carolinans away from home to re-
tion. The day will be observed as a
holiday by a good many people in
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Beaufort and the county but there
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is to be no formal observance that
the News knows any thing about.
picNic tqday
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The annual picnic of the Baptist banks dealing in securities must re
and Methodist Sunday Schools are gister their salesmen under the Blua
taking place today. This year a Sky law as stock salesmen and must
union picnic is being held and a large meet the regulations applying to
crowd attended in spite of the fact stock salesmen.
that a rather stiff southwester was on; Chief Justice Stacy will open the
'n u' force when they started. The
and spent the day surf bathing and
in other pastimes.
BAPTIST ORPHANAGE CONCERT,
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The singing class of the Free Will
tl,ke. Place. in the BUlUto"um of the
Fublic School building and a small
admission fee will be charged. This
orphanage is hve years old and is
!oi.-e of the youngest in the State. It
has 150 acres of land, three buildings
and 75 inmates Reverend Thos. E.
Beaman, of Morehead City was in
town yesterday airanging for the
concert. Mrs. C. G. Pope is in
charge of the s nging class.
BUDGET SYSTEM
GOES IN EFFECT
ON JULY FIRST
State DeDartments Are ExDect-
ed To Keep Within Bounds
As To Expenses
WILL INVESTIGATE PRISONS
(By M. L. Shipman).
Raleigh, June 22. Preparation
fop ihtk Sfnt. tn nn tVlo pvo1iHv
Budget System discussion of the pri.
-u o
son system of the State, restricting
regulation issued by the Corporation
Commission under the Blue Sky law,
,the proclamation for "Homecoming
clos-iWeek" issued by the Governor, pre-
stitute the weeks news of the Capi.
tal citv- Not the least important
of the happenings was the intense
heat f the week which hovered be-
- r, " i f l i
:lwel;" an iuu aegrees several
davs and was finally broken by rains
on Thursday of almost cloudburst
.
iVOIUme.
ernor McLean nas Deen busy lining
Girls Get Quest ionaire "'.
In line with the announced inten-
or '27 as equitable scale of wages." A de
for that cided reaction against the scheme
has been the immediate result of the
work of the Salary and Wage Comrtiis-
sion.
1 The prison system of the State will
be throughly investigated by an ex-
pert representative of the Welfare
Commission and the State Board of
tt ill. 1 m.
Health working in cooperation. This
the Rocky Mount road district camp
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death.
Governor McLean issued a pro-
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turn for the occasion.
Foreign corporations seeking to
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sell their stock in North Carolina
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will have to pass strict examination
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of the Corporation Commission de-
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dares I. M. Bailey, attorney for the
Commissjon algo hag
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BUCU a DtaLtTlllVIl t lm hic CllCtL Llltlk.
Judicial Conference this week of all
This was Authorized by the last legi
lature and is for the purpose of seek-
:ing methods of refoiming judicial
practices in the State. The keynote
address will be made by the Chief
' Justice.
manager, F. B. Webster and assis-
'tar.t treasurer C. E. Stewart of the
North Carolina Cotton Growers Asso-
ciation.
The Corporation Commission is
: exercising every precaution in the
supervision of the Capital issues "a
Law which defines securities border
ing on questionable contracts, and
warns against "foreign concerns"
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