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TT TT B.3 AUFORT IrfSW I. Dea advertising medium published in Carteret Co. READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XIV 8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THWISDAY JULY 2 1925 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 27 ll InllQ COUNTIES OFFER ROAD FUNDS TO HIGHWAY BOARD WILL HOLD MEETING AT FORT MACON SOON NORTH CAROLINA j STATE NEWS PAYS HEAVY TAX1,, NOTED MAGAZINE WILL PICTURE LOCAL SCENES Parts of North Carolina Secretary Betts of the Chamber of Commerce has been informed that some - a North CaroUna Collection. Are inre to be held at Fort Macon on Fn-. . e. ,, n . ,... day July the 17th. Mr. W. D. Har- . . . . n.-j d..!U! ...-ii.. c.: .. . lit o. . r, er Government Districts noaa Duuamg vjreauy aiiuu- ris, Acting Linctor 01 tne otate re lated by Supreme Court Rul- partment of Conservation and De velopment is promoting the affair.' , vnr . ,av rar one Rudolph Willard iolina has paid into the federal trc- As fi rpsiilf. nf thp rpipTit. vi;ir to ems Of Interest From Various Beaufort of two representatives of the National Geographic magazine the chances are that this section in the course of a few months will re- WRITER FORESEES BIG RESORT AREA IN THIS SECTION ing. Many Counties Inter ested Woltr.. .Trw-liunn nnl Trim Skinnpr w, io0,i tri-.i in Fr.vpft.villP ceive me excellent publicity. The Old T..j.. -v. i i,..; fl,w,u,l visitors, Messrs Melville Chater and r,,. 4L. A utrurtv tfiuicu wim Having nwf-.F,'" Du,,nK the! w4,i.j .... h.. Clifton Ada it. rtitiir knot unis came to Beaufort last Days Contrasted With New, Great Improvement Has Taken Place tji.:j i !... nr.i i ; The object of the exercises accears ' ' t 7 7 " ' 7" , . " a band of eight men captured Willard "".' OTHER RALEIGH NEWS (By M. L. SH1PMAN) . -v I. 4 v. ec t ; 1 v u :i.. tu onv, 4L- v; j "tuituftc, M, Cuu. lo Ket peu,e ...i,,,,,- in te-w more than $160,000'. . J""1' u, -- .ed in Fort Macon as a public park. 000 present indications show. Of this 0 m the wooi1r nnd b eVere" ' 0n Tllesday Messrs C'nater and me piuperiy is now uwiieu uy uie $140 000 000 represented tobacco JurnbiHBu uic iwu hum fluums auL-nuea a pony pvnnmx ai MORE BRIDGES NEEDED ! State anil was accepted as a gift ttaicign , June -ine aosence 01 Irom the Federal Government by a toba jt wag ,nted ou Noj.th Governor McLean from the city a recent act of the General Assembly. Caro,ina jg ab)e coleet fe(J , A recent issueof the State Depart ment of Conservation and Develot)- thp TliamnnI npn Tipflr Pnnp T.nnlfnnt Tbry obtained some pictures which .. .. ... ! Will Burch a white man of Monroe, will appear in the magazine and data ces" carried an f tended UP ot was killed near that town Tuesday for the article which will be run in a"eret county resort places, as sw" w "luiicy iiu'uvc it ur niaiiiua... InVfl . amallpr- ncri-cnto tn for a rather quiet period in adminis- jt was voted by the Legislature but any other d;strjct 0 the government W,len 3 Ford trUcl 'which he was connection with the pictures, trattion circles. However, the deci- it i8 hoped that the next General ' na .a. . , co driving turned over clown a steep em- also visited various other sion of the Supreme Court that coun-j Assembly will be a little more gener- twe,fth of the ayerag'e cogt owr aJ, luaiis bu me; utuie xui luau uuuu- OUS. ing are legal, the final meeting of the Salary and Wage commisio.n, the They points this may be of considerable interest to readers of the News the article is r ii bnnkment. The truck was lor.dcd of interest in nd round Beaufort. lePr""ea ana s as "iiows. with lumber and Burch was caught Col. Fred Olds of Raleigh accom- MOREHEAD-BEAUFORT and mashed to death by the load. panied the magazine men to Ocra; FUTURE CENTER OF coke an dthey will continue up the j OCEaN DEVELOPMENT In an accident on the Wilmington- coast to Hatteras and Manteo. Theyj Charlotte hip-hwav Tuesday near will Un visit, vnrinns nthpr. nlar-pa in ! As in the case of ilmington and C. l j . it mi " 1 il. .1.1.1 1 t-Ti Association, and the trial in Federal :w . . N B ' Con" man ly-"ve toielon aiswicts oi vne Wadesboro, Clingman Newton was the State and in August will be up lne neay oeacnes, .-woreneaa uiy court of a "bevy" of Durham phys-'p. , T AhprI,ptn'v an(l nossiblv Un'ted SUtCS' intludin North Car- killed. He leaves a wife and two in the mountain section. It will prob and Boue IsIand fcre comin taPdl ...... .inaiies j. ADernetny ana possioiy ,. t...,, fov,i.D 0v,, . . . . ... t n,t h. .r a gii. f. rii'HU Viiiiuitn, me vii wx niv UUJY UC JUUI yr JiC lit I'll LU3 UClUIt' the districts, it is claimed. The program of the exercises for ! The commiMioner of reyenue at thp 17th. does not seem to have been , . . . , , , . meeting of the judicial .conference, I-,. f, a hut Mr Harr- gtateg wasningxon xoaay released lor puo nnnvtinr, f th. Rf.t- vrln-ri-n l.ully . , fat" lication some statistics of all the six- there are to be speecnes Dy a. v, icians for violations of the Federal m ..i tv. - t -. - .nenaior eimmons unu oineis. auc , ,. , , , , , ., narcotic laws, together with happen- . nnp, tf) hp nhle to pt thp -v-roima w oe mutn aneau oi me car wa injured but not kJi:ed inps of minor imriortance contribute I m j j average with relerence to personal mgs oi minor impouance coniriDuie grom for the propose(i everit m de-'. . . a series of events worthy of note. !t ... for npxt ,Bk,. issue of the tme,laxe,s oniy- The Supreme Court rules that ' pr 1 Jne last nSu,es available are tor by a collision between a locomotive ; LIGHTNING HITS RESIDENCE r tne year wnich were returned during the following year, As a result of injuries sustained ! 'the article about North Carolina will ear- around resort wltn tne raia annear in the magazine. multiplication of means of communi- loans by counties for road construc- nnd an auto in Wilmington Monday As to b Walton was killed. It is charged cation. Modern strategy is accessi bility, and the way to a market cre ates the value of the asset. These One of the rather tnimernns thim. old resort sites have caught the mod- tion are valid which onens the wav'nnnwc cr-iiTrwrm -m ' UKvrn.a ocn envw iw M.fc r s .. . . . . . . .. .. su for highway extension on an exten- WORK ON STREETS 1 nas pu,""u uul that the engineer of the train was der squalls that have visited this sec- Kl" v1"" sive scale. Money advanced by coun-1 ' that the number of individual in- driving too fast and a warrant has tion recently discharged a current of ! In the early eighties the quaint old ties to the State for road building Th ot weathcr n(it DreVent a Cme U Tetwns neased more been issued for him. electricity that struck the residence town of Beaufort was the mecca of a will be paid back out of funds from1 .att .m.ealtheusu while all: of Mr. S. H. Haywood early iast small but faithful company of sum- future highway bond issues allocat- f ,. rt MondRV afternoon Ver the country the ensse aver-j Mr. and Mrs A. W. Sikes of Me-i Sunday morning. Fortunately o mer visitors, who were entertained ...1 ti,om At it- mootinw nn Wri. 1 . .. . .. ..' aEel only thirteen per cent. bane wpip killprl Mnndnv Yihm thpiv nnp was hu.rt am! ViovnnH at the old Atlantic Hotel and several c !. u...... snmp ot the snpcttflors were wu- .... - "'" nesday the State Highway Commis-!neEse(1 but for tho most part they The total increase of individual car wag strUck by a train at a cross- some soot down the chimney which 1 oarding-houses of the old fashion, sion approved for acceptance $4-1 t v tV nrnaJ;B n. ,ncomes Carolina was more jng. Three others in the car were injured a rug no great damage was wnere a seantv equipment was com 220,000 as follows: Halifax, $1,00,- , t lu f hti anddrunk lnan -"ve per cent wr.ne tne av- ,njured but not dangerously. 000: Robeson. $1,000,000: Durham,! . .,.., '- i.. eraKe "ease over the country was, $720,000: Edtrecombe. $400,000:' . .. . j.-.j- Columbus, $400,000; Nash $200 -00. T- fi . that f' Lesie tual itlcrease of taxes paid in North now of New York, has given $15,000 electric light and telephone plants membered fondly the delights and ac done. The lightning seems to have Pensateci by nousewneiy cave oi tne hit in the attic of the house and ran premises and a table fit for Lucullus. B. N. Dukp formerlv of Durham, down the chimnpv to the enrth. The Here was found in a manner still re- several times. i ; ': exas alone has more indi- Tobacco farmers in the Piedmont SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC St. fishing, over the bar and along the coastwise waters toward Cape Look out such deep-sea fishing for mack erel and bluefish as possibly no other Paul's portion of the coast afforded. The county of Wake is to propose a Wriif oV,nrc. lflVin riivnn rhxrwA Brolma was approximately eleven to found a ward for crippled negro have been put to considerable incon- "vines oi tne seasnore at its Dest loan of $790,000 for the Davimr of i .., r -j ,u.4 Per cont while over the whole coun- chiidien at the orthopedic hospital venience by the storms and the West- across the ,nlet' ttle surf m tne lnlet routes 50 and 21. out of .Raleigh. , . . . a' in gort of a row ,trv there was an average decrease jn Gastonia. The hospital was just em Union line running into Eeau- and a Shackleford and other nearby The tender must' be approved by theV,. , ... ovo Tn Btlnw v,,.. of eighteen per cent by individuals, established a few years ago and has fort has been put out of commission lanks the best possible still Water voters in a special election called for d -ed be did - fighting. L" Wfa8 als Ported out here today dife a great deal of good, the Diiroose. ...j ...u u !- ,that of the eleven strictly southern; - - j wniienursi. pieu gumj iu liic tuoigco gtates Texa wBe .omm....on nepon. j xue ue uk .c w income h N h Carolina.. 8PCtion are complaining that dry! The Salary and Wage Commission siderable cussin going on before and section are complaining inat ury . ... J . 1 i. .. , rrv. I weather up there has greatly injured The annual picnic of created Dy act oi tne .ast nera. .er tne "" -" DEALS IN DIRT. their crops. Local showers recently Sunday School took place Tuesday.' The vogue of Beaufort as a sum- Assembly began its final sess.on here made both defendant, pay the cos ocean mer resoH a day few on Thursday and is working on its one for profanity and the other for foiowiriD. ., V.Rtnp Tr.. , l:,,..u, v, ,oD bmm- the means or the time to take the 0 . , . , UUHC tUIIDluri ak'iC lin 1 III wvuvu, a v. tt kji. tt auiviui'ii. - - - ----- fers have been recorded by Register and the large crowd that attended the triP was temporarily eclipsed by what came near to being a tragedy in the destruction of the hotel by storm. The incident was unprece- WHSLE HE WAS FISHING dented in local history and has never in all the years been repeated, but Morehead City. July 1st. --While the hotel went and when it came to first report to the Governor. It ex- the assault, i. - i 1 1 lU 4 lrt i A vi rt Vi fivVif in re naen n;nc (hfit rf . pects .v w,up..e iUit u, , s of Deeds Jn0 w Hamilton since last end of the week. Practically all wo young white men Louis Rice and Th d . . . i lit . TT .1 TTnJn. ....... i.v. i necessiiry uata nas Deen coiectea ana jvinne nouges. nuuges was un- I Mecklenburg county has consoli- Picnic had very enjoyable day. dated all rural schools except in two V. V Rontnn V R Suulnii nt . . . UAM U1T D V I irUTMIMr ssimliated for the Commission and scratched but Rice had a bad looking ' A! " SJ ' ' townships. There are 48 white and " -": ". v6 ueauion consideration $10. Eliza Howland to J. T. Beiferidge a close analysis of this is in prog- scar on his forehead. The Mayor T. . . 1 1 I 1 1 111 1 . 1 tV m.,UU tlm flrlit rcss. it is saia mat noun win w,i u - - "t,"- tract Beaufort Township, considera standardized and wage recommenda- charge but gave Hodges a sentence tjon tions are to be based upon ciassinca- oi au oays on tne streets ior hbvuib Also, it is been drunk at the time of the fight, :47 negro schools in which 12,066, pupils are taught. I tion of State employees. IUNF RAINFALL HAS fishing at the old pier of the Atlantic planning its reconstruction, it was David Wallace et al to C. S. Max-i nrcM iimmciiativ hfavy and N. C. depot at two o'clock last realized that it would be greatly Tuesday, Mr. Oscar Petterson, Chief handicapped by isolation. At the The average rainfall for Beaufort Boat-Swain of the Coast Guards at time Beaufort had no railroad, the in the month of June is 4.56 inches. a"P enn was struck by lighUr.ng. ranneau ui tne auuuc ana onu well, tract Cedar Island Township, surmized, that recommendations as Will Mason having pled guilty to . , .. -1f) to sick leave, vacation periods and the charge of drunk and disorderly, n . , w,,.j r other leaves of absence will be made, drew a sentence of 30 days on the ot 4 23 UM ; HU iZ the water Zd and Carolina ending at Morehead City, The Judicial Conference assemb - streets. He was looked up for the .. lnis year, according to tne weatner ... . t m... The Judicial Conference assembl- streets. He was looked up for the ed. listened to a very able address night. -. . . . . .. ... . i i r r .. r .. : . .. - Dy .met Justice atacey outlining tne, Mc auggs xur ! k - al lot 4 block 23 Morehead City, con- c;itat0 Most of this rainfall ha have been drouned. Mr. Mullen and, once arrived, a practical condi purposes of the organization declar- ten day sentence and was put in the ideratjon $250 cipitation Mo hyaiM o .. consideration $250. ftu0,., rv,Qr.u wurQii' h had it not been for the timelv assist- two miles distant by twarer. This owara i. wims to A. j. Jones et there hag been 7n inches 0f pre. ance of Mr. M. H. Mullen, he would involved cnanges irom trainto boat ed itssself in favor of a more strict lockup for the night. L. C. Tolson et ux to Geo. A. supervision of superior court dockets Laura Johnson (colored) for al- Ward 10Q acreg g and on the 28 h ... 4V.o injn rVm oi-o e, utVivwnri Ku inujinir her rfnr to run at laree was . . . . .. ine nottest weatner ""c Ju,,6" ...... .B - jviorenead Uity Township, considera- 2.10 inches fell. Petterson up until help was secured difficulty. When the new hotel was was in the 21st. to lift him from the water. a Supreme Court order to exercise assessed the control of court calendars decided $3.45. costs amounting to tion $10. and 22nd. when the temperature Mr. Charles T. Tolson who suffer rose to 90 degrees. The lowest was ed a slight injury in an automobile built, therefore, it was located on Bogue Sound at Morehead City. This site was in many ways ideal for the i Cane Lookout, npvelnnmpnt Horn. . . . .... ' J j . nJ t.h conditions. Altliouirh a hnM it spmi-annual meetings in B F. Gabriel allowing dog to run I . 1L.... , 1 the 1-tn. and was bb degrees, collision last Monday at noon has , ' , it . , 1 . 1. . T - I 1 1 1 X . . V, x . . ...Viw.Vt B Kaleign during tne ias weeK oi june ai large, uuu uw v;uto wuau g 3 4 5 i 13 14- 15 block and uecember oi eacn year, una au in uib caae w-o journed. The conference was well Lookout, MARRIAGE LICENSES. The following license to wed have !43 Cape 1 on Y attended by the membership "consti- MAKING GOOD PROGRESS j Cape Lookout Development Corp tuted" by the act creating it and tne At wr.o. uri tQ Hilda Wallace Guthrie loU fi - i general reaction to the meeting ap- g g j0 16 jg lg. 2o- block I pears to be altogether favorable, j The work which is designed to con- C'ape'Lookout' consideration $100. i Sute Veternarian. Meet vert the real estate subdivision, rj At Taylor et ux to B. S. Taylor ine fctate veterinary meaicai Known ntumuii o .w.- tract 20 aureg whHe Qak Township, sociation closed an interesting three ing little city is making substantial consideratjon $500. day session here on xnursoay. ine ; neaoway. oesmes me "sivc necessity for the services of scientif-'dredging and filling operations which ically trained men to minister to sick will be in progress for several months and suffering animals was emphasiz- other work is going ahead. ii 1 . . ; k 1 o nn a a. :u .ni. ed ano -quacK veterinarians were; noout ooou ivi ma befn granted by Regif.ter of Deedg dubbed a menace to the live stock in- pipe has been laid and a car load of JnQ w Hamilton since last week: duKtrv- !four inch PjPe is on the road and ! Duffy Guthrie and Daphne Willis, Various topics of interest were dis- be installed as soon as it arrives, jorehead City cussed by Commissioner W. A. Gra-; Wells can be sunk at small expense. Ad& Leg an(J Joneg) ham, Dr. J. H. Brown, of Rich Square for those who wish them but in a Newport. R. F. D. Lr. J. L. weal, Haniord, and ur. van short time connection win oe maue , C. Taylor State College. The con- with the Beaufort water system and vention closed with a clinic at Doctor those who wish it can be supplied Scarborough's hospital in this city, with water from that source. A Officers elected for the year. Presi-! force 'of men has been engaged for There were 15 clear days and 15 gufiicjently recovered to return rlmiHv nnpH rfnrinir the month. v...:An w.wwu - o uurincsn. consideration, . . tv,i I J lie tcliipci ai.U'i c mviu iwi month day by day is as folows: to facing the sound, the line of Bogue Max. MRS HOLLOWAY MASON DIES After a long illness Mrs. Holloway Mason died at her home on Gordon 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. I 8. I 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. I14 !l5. 1 16. '17. '18. 119. dent, Dr. J. H. Brown, Rich Square ; j several days putting up wires for the , Saturday afternoon at 4i2- " Vice president: uv. n. . nay, onar- j electric lignt service unu una ... 0clock- ghe , gurvived by her 21. lotte and Dr. M. G. Edwards, Ashe-;Soon be ready for those who want husband and ROn Marcus Maaon.22. -boro; secretary treasurer, Dr. W. A. jit. Mr. B. E. Moore local manager funera, conducted 23. - 24. Hornaday, Greensboro; member state ;fo, the company, says that last week , . , Mnnju milrnirio. hv x 1 t-x T- T T?i V e , 1 1 1 J 0 O C ooara examiners, u,. u. r. bounce,, was one 01 tne oest uiey imvC c,r, Reverend E Frak Lee assisted byi"u- n 1 i mL. : : i. i. . 1 1 1 f 1 . . fiaitign. ine conveiii,iuii i iu ic- nau ana a large nuinuer wcic jjev g Bonev turn to mis city next yeur. soiu. mrs. 11,. r. vvnson 01 uv-sm, a The interment Half a dozen Durham Physicians have been on trial here during the week on charges of violating the Fed (Continued on page seven) was in Ocean View cemetery. 26. 27. 128. !29. sister of Mrs George Woolanl, was the purchaser of several lots last week. Some buildings are going up at a number of houses will be erected (30. West Beaufort and it iR expected that there this summer and fall. ...80 ...82 86 87 85 .84 87 81 .84 86 82 77 80 84 ...86 85 86 84 ...84 ...88 90 90 88 87 -86 87 L 84 ..84 86 86 Island banks was visible across a mile or so of water, the sound of the Mr. George, Sr., and Miss Carrie breakers lulled the guests to sleep iAiendell arrived in the City Wed- and an unretarded breeze swept in Min. nesday to spend the month of July. from the ocean. In front of the ho 71 Mr. William Brown of Raleigh is tel the several trains a day pulled 71 in the City visiting Mr. Edward in to discharge new arrivals and to g!('Arendell. cany back upstate those who had 69 : Mr. Felix-Harvey of Kinston a,- finished their outing. Life in this 09 lived in the City for a few days visit, new Atlantic was still in a fashion 73 American Sunday School picnic home-like, clannish and communal, 71 horn Kinston came to Morehead but the circle of the resort was vast 73 Wednesday. There were six cars ly widened. 73 bringing about 400 people. ' "The Summer Capital" There follewed an era during 73! THE GLORIOUS FOURTH. which Morehead became known as gyj "the summer capital." From all 67 i There is to be no formal observ- over Central and Western North 70 ance of the fourth of July in Beau- Carolina it drew representatives of 71 fort this year but as usual some in- the best families, public men and 74 dividuals and firms will observe it. officials. It was the informal stamp- 71 The postoffice of course will close ing ground not only for pleasure 72 and the banks will be closed also, seekers strictly, but for the con 74 The Western Union telegraph office ferences in a day of strenuous poli- 73 will be open from 8 to 11 in the tics. There society in the old sense 76 morning and from 4 to 7 in the even- held a high head and the dances were 76 ing. The Beaufort News office will a roster of the State's beauty and 78 te closed in so far as any printing charm. Simple to the taste of to 70 work is concerned. A member of day the entertainment may have been 78 the office force may be around for but Morehead and the Atlantic re 73 an hour or so in the morning. The fleeted Ihe distinction of the friends 69 News has not heard that any of the who sought them out in faithful 70 stores will close up. As the fourth fashion year after year. 73 comes on Saturday it would be a ' The bathing beach then as now was 76 serious inconvenience and loss to located on Bogue Island, and to it most of them to close. (Continued on page two)