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VOLUME XIV
8 PAGES THIS WEEK. THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY JULY IS 1925
PRICE Lc SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 29
a:
MULLET TAGGING BOARD CLOSES
r EXPERLMENT MADE A CONTRACT FOR
Allowed Ten Millions1 BY FISH BUREAU NEW POWER PL ANT I
Controverey Where Mullet Water And Light Commission !
Educational Institution Get Most. Over Two Million For
Hospitals And Other Institutions. City School Children j
Get Twice As Much As Rural Children For
Educational Purposes
does When He Runs To Sea
Will Be Settled
FISHERMEN ASKED TO HELP
Favors Installation of New
Equipment
DOUBLES PLANT'S CAPACITY
(By V. C 5JJ1MANX
( By Bureau of Fisheries)
Action taken by" the Board of Com-
state and County
Will Build Bridge
County Board Ratifies Contract And Agrees To Advance Sum
J Not To Exceed $360,000 For Beaufort-Morehead City
i Bridge. War Department Will Have Hear-
ing Next Tuesday
Raleigh. N. C, July 13 Raleigh
sweltered during the pr.st week with ,
an average temperature which rang-1
ed close to 95 degrees and official
circles were unusually quiet. Gov
LOCAL ENGINEER GETS
Where do the mullet go when they missioners at a special meeting held
have Carolina waters at the finnrnfiph Vestprrlow mnrnintr u 1 0 aIaI
BIG CONTRACT 0f the Kpawnirig season jn the falt? means that jn few months Beaufort
r r t Do they hurry south where the win- will have an "entirely new power
. os .,- ters arft ml(Jer7 If when an(J how ant for itg wate d ,. ht .
art QTininacrinn n ni t a fn. U . i . . '
UI.L,att 1W ao they return? Perhans. th S,m The tntai t ( tt,D wn.f;,.
crnor McLean, in order to speak and , pav'ng , lne l0wn . schls do not return at all. Who this plant will be more than
perhaps to get cool went to Ashe-; ""ul"eu'' ine amounl 01 knows the answer?
ville where he encountered temper- "e acl , . " . Many 8erious theories have been
iiuu uuimrs. ine wur. nowever Wlii nTvnnoH
A contract, to build a bridge be-
tween Beaufort and Morehead City, j
with the State Highway Commission j
and- the county of Carteret as the j
PULLMAN SERVICE NOW.
of
atures which were not much lower
than those of the capital.
Tha first day of the week, Gover
nor McLean issued a statement show
ing to what extent the institutions
and departments would be allowed LA.mnitAn
to go in the matter of expenditures MVr IlNllR WIT I
ini-in,. tho fiict fioool iron. 10QS OR Vl VJ I Ull-i 1 VIl T I JLIjLf
under the Executive Budget .Act.
The Department of Public Instruc
tion announced the costs of educat-
The lack of Pullman service for
contracting parties was ratified at a Beaufort and Morehead City noted
meeting of the board of county com- in the News Iast week no on(rer e
fity missioners held last Friday Com- ists. The pnUman car from Wash.
missioners woouiana, wuntiey, Hall, ingtor,( D. c which has been stop.
The purchase of new equipment by " w"nen"m " " preS" Vg in New Bern now comes on to
Vi W J i. ao lb VI 1U lOl OUlIllilCl, X lit?
thousand dollars.
r .v,u uuu a mill. 11 lr r u-j i nil rvi 4 L. I i i t -
in,i.. i n . . ....- me coara 01 commissioners was r nnp .
th. year Th ontract was s , lgUeSSe8 haVe bee" made 0n the -commenda'tfon of the Wate i " "e ? on,,oner first car came in Tuesday with Cap
7 J r i? C0.ntrfct WaS se-"garding the annual travelings of and Light Commission and Citv En Huntley seco"ded by Commissioner tain Stevens in charge. Tourists
cured by Capt. Brooks in competi- this important fish. A nonular iHPa i, !L"t V. l! ,y Hall, and all voted for it ex- from tht. WPRtprn nnrf L tha Riat.
tion witn several engineers.
that our mullet winter in the warm that the r,reBPt w i. i cept Commissioner Whitehurst who have to change trains in Goldsboro
waters of Florida or Texas. If they enough to meet present needs let
..uu,BC , exl,enaea migrations this al0ne to take care
may De possible. It hsa even been
The contract was drawn but can get Puiman seats the rest
de-
by the State Board's attorney.
of the trip here.
of future
IT- n a . e . , , ..... . !
v w-,w --. - ,m n . .i , . j. vi a jcai ur mure ni)w i-ujjy ui me conT.raci was not a- !
REVIEW SOLDIERS Si aZTJXZZrjz Z?;X CONNOR TO SPEAK
a '"U"B7,CIS- trie current. The new plant is in-yearned in regard to it. It appears. Am IT ITMYfl I7UI7TVTT
lanng! A two-mch mullet needs tended to take care of all growth in that the county is to advance for the I A 1 ALUMJN1 EiVfciN 1
jots oi courage to brave the dangers business that may arise 7 for some bridge construction $310,000 and!
x . me mue Auanuc. small
ones, years.
ing its rural population as compared Big Military Event At Camp
with city children; the first move to-1 Gienn Frjdav Afternoon. Al
ward a decent Union Station for Ral- j BO Exercises at Fort Macon
eigh was made, farm college editors ;
oi tne nation met at state conege; i Tomorrow (Friday) promises to be 18 common Knowledge, current considerably
il. i .1 i ... Kilt wliavA rl ' 1 f . .
ine nauonai guaru encampments op- a big day at Camp Glenn. The ' Kume irom an is now done.
ened and various other matters of Troops tationed there, which are
lesser interest took place. ,the 120th infantry, will be reviewed
H Tt TO flirfhai n1o?mn1 H -frinf if ia U i-L. ..
however, are abundant in Beaufort win be possible to nroduce WtH, fill which it is S,H will nt nMr Cet . founty Alumni Plan
. I ' - .1 V J .111111 TKtVjVvv UI1U 'Till llUaVky UC ICSSi
Budget Figures Given
by Governor McLean and other dig
nitaries. The dress parade and re-
wnere were thev hatched? Pei-hana
fnnivi nJ? 1.. .i A. fnntiraft wm rilicorl iidh..iIi,
cKKn laiu on me Coasts Of jmiuoj eocnnnn i i .
t.v.. -with renresentativp. nt th. u-.i..! i,- ?360.000 and it may be less,
. " . ' v m . xciuaus irum somp RTlflwn. ' ""
and will
According to these figures the county I
will advance a total of not more than
This
The Twenty Fourth
ed much nearer Beaufort. No
oihl
-Morse Company for two
money is to be repaid to Carteret
p.?r County whenever funds from future
......... o. uicoo iiomue biiu re- , . nnita- n f 170 1 1.1. wneiiever lunus irora iuture
Governor McLean's figures for the view will take place at four o'clock f" . uestlon aer question can "A r,nowatt ana tne gtRte bond
issues allowed to the
j u.-j i x.i ,n .1 . .... . thus be advanred onH tnvcj olner 01 155 Kilowatt canacitv.
turning uuuKei year snow mat spiv,- ;in tne aiternoon ana it is expected . . . , u,
(By Ralph Noe)
Information has been received that
Dr. R. D. W. Connor will speak at
A balance of the annual banquet given by Carteret
- .... tv,5 ii .1 . t, ,1 county are avauaDie.
070,518 will be allowed for general that a large crowd will be on hand t"r " mmlet 18 an lnte'esting fish. ine pies- about 32 000 of the dd 150 000 County alumni and students of the
expenditures while bond issuees for to see this spectucular event. Sena-
permanent improvements will amount tor Simmons, Congressman Aber-
j,,...,..., iv hi, ...,, ul oiuuuii. wi oiiiiiuuiiB, congressman ADer- .. " " " w 1
to $5,125,000., Educational institu. nethy, General A. J. Bowley and oth- m,f'Ion Pour,d8 a year. We. quite Jj1 burn lther rosene r crude
tions will receive the largest individ-'er prominent people are expected to know h long it J pnc. q
v.w r . ent eanapitv nt Vio nlont tv,
"u"" is mterestea in mm . r " """- "" hnnrf iKBi, wh,Vh ic in i-v, v,n,i TTnivitv of Mnrt roiir,,
n. , iL. . , . . fines are of the -rn.rlo nil 1. ..A ..w ..-nun -
" uuuut 10 me extent 01 a - ... . ... ; of the count, will he naiH .r 0t : 1.. .t.: . .
. ..... w.w. uu 10 tu ntiiii liiis vt'ar hi TnR urpHn
. 1 T T : . . 1 1
al shares of the funds as $2,288,162 be present. At
Will spent IOr SUCnort Of the institu- IS to takA nlarp at tho Atlont;
tions and $2,000,250 for the public J After the military review is finish- PP"lar-
LJrbv.,(l, iI4 duuiuvii, cu uuvciiiui iuuxjcuh ana cne various
the institutions meaning the
LUC 1
for improvements amounting to $3, 'exercises there. The public is in-i ge
filQ.Onn Tho pnnritnKlo intitntinn. .,ifoJ 4..l 4.1. . t:.. n ! SUCh
1 -..v i .v.. ...v iiiDvimuuiin ii-u 1W UUCUU LI1I? i" Ul L 11 iiL U II PT.
once to the Highway Commission. jBea-ch Hotel Fri,Jay Ju,y 24th Dr
nieht Tt h 11 t8keS him t0 reach an edible Old age equipment is M5.025.33 and this &- A motion was passed by the coun- Connor, who is Kenan Professor of
at the Atlantic"!! t th "ge whn 1,6 ds hitnself so-ount is o be paid in 36 monthly ty board to allow the chairman and History' and Government at the Uni-
juntuiiiueiits oi (iiiiou.YU eacn. it is L-ierK to borrow $150,000 for a per- eiy 'e son oi me late reaerai
would like to know too if aKreea that these monthly payments. iod of six months to be used in the Junge li. I. Connor and is an ouU
" v.A . .. . . i ... , i . .... . ....... .1 : ...ii. : i x 1 1 fi i
"c maue out oi tne net earn- roaa ana Driage program. Eneineer b""ui"b uuuraiiiy on nora Carolina
In other words if Brooks was instructed by the board , history. At this time of the rapid
as
i ;uj . me runs oi smaller fish, knnwn
uuuujiuiiitii visii,uj are to go over . ..... . .
Ioo-ok will rereivo hr.nA ic' i p,.. tu 4. '--ape Mullet," ever becomes the "eB V1 !""
n ..... ...... uwa.u iiwuv .miuo v A v.l, 111(11. J IL I MttlllClUaLK 111 InF . . 1. '. 11.H..rtw.
rue inuueu r or nnding out . " '"ft" jajmcni-s tuuouit mm oiaie iiij;nway 1 . . . v v vvuu.j OT0
things we need some simple
will be made. The company is to officials relative to the plans"' and a resort center, Dr. Connor may be
wku.ui.ii iiiu vi ohcmu me tun macon ex- . .. r i . , .. . .. . . . i j . L. i . .
hospitals etc-will receive $1,669,- ercises and boats will be provided meanB 01 1lentifyin-g fish when they . "ere to install tne specmcauons of the causeway to be " w ou n.s Knowieage
8767 500 bv the Fisheries f,: anA !t are seen t& after a neriod of "lt"-",nery. it is claimed that It will built between Beaufort and More- 01 "'"ory ior some interesting rem-
600
for maintenance and $767,500 by the Fisheries Commision and cit-
for per manent improvements. The izens to carry over those who may time 3n as fish are 'continual' be fosf Ie ? Y time to tell to a head City. The total cost of the iniscences of Old Carteret and, with
. ,. ... . .. . orrnntino i. ,l:o;....ii mi cent what it is POKtino- tn nrnlnoo i-nmuwav an1 hriln-a ao iaaf ImotnI Ills clear cut Vision, make KdtnP nrpHif
It is likelv that inn ""'"6f id uuniuii.. mere seems " f""-- '"r- " jtmiinou - -
iincijr uiat Bev- . , , t.hp pnrrpnt Tt .,nr,oora t v. u i.,, i, ot tt:i i-i : : tinns fnr tne Mpvl- TVio unmniiHu
reformatories will receive $821,000 wish to attend,
for maintenance and $688,500
permanent improvements.
An exclamation of relief tinged
with unbelief went up from the pop
, ulation of Raleigh last week when it
became known a survey was being
made of a Union Station site by the
city administration which will take
for eral boats will go from Beaufort and ' n0WVr a solution to the , Uliv'11" fc ue.ine in- vy me otate mgnway commission is
her points also proujem. jc t?airr nu i-iigni com- fuourvuu. e- vic uavjwi xccia mgn-
r poin s a so. If a certain three-pound fish can mission to do awy with fiat rates and . i'y elated over being able to bring
The program for the exercises at be recognized as the small nine-inch put in ,ight and water meters. . St! J" 1 "e News last week, Dr. Connor to Carteret County and
the Fort is as follows: one of several years past some 1 ReW , .. ZT' oi "e uniteu.to have him address a gathering of
. . .. - -M"'j""ci.. urn oiates war department nas civen n i. i.
ui icici iiunty pcupie.
Major 0. O. Kuentz of the United i .j.it.-
iciuic me new eaumment cn tie sfoin. Wo n, i,- ; .
. - )iuiu nor icjui tiiiciib lias given I
Invocation by Dr. George Lav of ILnfo"nat,0jn a" .fate. of rowth can mstalIed be necessary to erect notice of a public hearing on the!
iaufort, N. C. 'eBrnea. n tne locality of his a building and build a foundation, bridge matter set for Tuesday July1 .The purpose of the annual event,
j.aFvuir tellal, sometwng can be A new well will also be provided. 21st. at 2 P. M. in the county court- at which Dr. Connor will speak, is to
learned of his travels. The U. S. The post nf th OCA 1 torn a ia nDf.'n,nJ 1 ail . , , i . i Vic n Knn .nnf a-T 1 J
Beaufort
Welcome
remarks by Hon. J.
the matter to the railroads and ask Woodland, chairman of the Carteret Bureau of Fisheries is therefore at Von f IZ "i r T T P 8 mteresiea ln lne " ""'7" "x T 1
for their cooperation. This mpB.s County Commissioners. SI. !l !! f' f0re' Un' 35. f the b.mld,n,1500 for r are invited to be present and to which high school graduates may
little Greensboro has been waiting
for years on a decent station but it con, by Hon. A. D. Ward, New Bern, ed to the
""""""6 " extensive taggine ex- the encme foundHtinna nH 1 Rnn ..: iu... u l.... h ninloil fi oliovoio . !,..
r- i,;i:i i. t-i i .,.i . . j.i.i. Bi,cn,e anjr vicwj? uiey may nave auoui , 6c, nucic
xnei nistoricai sKetcn or i"prt Ma- periment. Little metal tags attach- well. The hnnivl naco,i a kuaIn. u. u. .u n i :x thpw
i - x .nwi tIt; queMiuii uuui vmuy ami in writ-j " v win-
fiTlll COVerS Of liberntPll tlOn 'Allt.hnri7.ino tha I .1 f mi 1 l...;h..i .i. vafDitiT troium,, nvnlnin 1
It fa believed th the 0 r, " f f clinch their identity be-Light Commission to borrow $6800' Department show a concrete and Hined by some distinguished alum-
!L fl ,11 f I t? I ly ' P,esentatlon of Fort Macon on be- V? a doubt. Suppose fish mark- for the building, the foundation and steel bridge about 8,000 feet long nus, and thus be encouraged to attend
vSrs th. with nreseni ZLrt thUnjted ates Government Beaufort Harbor are later taken the well. A motion was adopted by with two draws one located on GaU the University or some other institu-
There ate Tix times as ZZ ,hu' L Abelnethy. reP" E"ftn,d' !" XaS' 0r' more the board maki the salary of the lanfs Channel on the Beaufort end tion. The banquet has been held
,i,pj IhI r- tv- T T ? u" rcsentatlve ln Congress from the belief, in Florida. This, would Chief of Police $125 a month. Bids and one located on Newport River on three times previous to this, and al
dien attending the rural schools, the Third North Carolina district. . ; automatically settle a long-discuss- will be invited at an earlv meeting th m,.i.j Pit,, ready manv of Carteret Countv'. tu.
Department oi Public lnstiuction. 1 . ' ed point
says, than are attending the city1 stf"!n? r r "f00" ,0r the I Several thousand mullet have a.
schools but the amount spent 'V2i"'Bb',CovmMrdy been market with ' non-corro-their
education is only about three Angus w- Mca- sive( metal tags, each bearing a nura-
times as much. In other words, a-! Brief remarks by Major Wm. D. ber and the stamp of the U. S. Bu
bout two dollars is being spent on Harris, acting director of the Noth reau of Fisheries. The tags are a
each city child for one dollar on each Caolina Depatment of Conservation bout three-quarters of an inch lone
v..u. u ...u - ..H, on ron macon as ana attached to the left gill covers ers met Monday and sat as an equal- imately4Gr,0 feet between
done a crpnt deal in pHuputinn lint it .Stntp Pm-L- 1 n. . ... ...... ' iinmciiuuu icqi ur'vvccii
- o - ... . . - UA ule nSn Tacrine' pvpw fniimuo. iiinn kAnj v... ..,.,!..:..... i
oo o - - luH.iuii uwuiu iv ncr wi'iiifjiauii,! null oraws
up tne Bureau's hshing
for the construction of the new pow- have horizontal clearances of 50 and dents in the various colleges owe
er house. go feet respectively. The proposed their training to the fact that they
. bridge is parallel with the Norfolk attended. Invitations have been mail-
COUNTY BOARD RAISES Southern Railroad and 30 feet down ed to all the 1925 high school grad-
SOME LAND VALUATIONS stream from the railroad trestle. It uptes in Carteret County.
is proposed to construct a solid fill or ' The banquet at the Ocean Beach
The board of county commission- causeway for a distance of approx-
the two
still lags far enough behind other
states for the populace to go ahead LIBRARY GETS CONTRIBUTION
and act rather than to talk of whtl FROM MR. E. M. HOWARD fishing ground
nas oeen done, lne average spent suffer little
for education of a school child I As related in a recent issue of the everv fish tacrtrp,! n 1
- w vajcv.iicu
boat and make adjustments as to tax matters.
marks the daily catch right on the There were only a few requestes for
Thus the mullet chances in the assessment of nrnn.' wtiwiiuii
injury, and practically erty. However , the board made i
some change on its own motion which i
GOES TO STUDY AT BROOKLYN
Hotel is to be conducted, on a larger
scale than any previous. The ban
quet proper will include a six course
dinner during which the guests will
be entertained by orchestra music.
Following the dinner, there will be a
Grand March in the ball room and
then dancing or strolling on the
creeased. The average spent
North Carolina last yeai
than half that amount.
Petroleum products which
inrougnout tne nation in l2U was xsews, Mr. js. M. Howard who s the live. F.arh mnll l u ... s...i . j.i Mr Mnih P. SUrrpn. whn-Im i. u ..- j. I m,. .
..i , , , ... , . ,, , i r n i . ..- i'vij nicas- i.uiiBim,t;u iii raisiiiK some valuations - " uracil, us me rucsis may preier. ine
$b4.15 and this has constantly in-1 Director of Sales of the Beaufort ured. the nnmherpH tno. U iaA m...j i been emnlnved hv the ReHiifoit News ! ...:n :..i..j . u.
in Realty Corporation won the $25 prize the gill' cover with one elifk nf thi ThB r,,. v,Dv, ,.lvt for the lafst two vears as a printer r- i i ,v nAAu:
North Carolina last year was less offered by Mr. HenryK. Fort for a rJiers. and the fish KWim frBO tn ...D Tio.i .... a ... and linotvne one'rator. has pone to r... n m- t Lu- u-:i
I ' - ' vw mu-- " V imaiiu HCIUIUIVIC CISOCOCrU tt r f - v IU lL. VUII11WJ, ifll. XjULUUI JT1UII111-
county slogan. M. Howard' ug- sist the investigators in their prob- $5 an acre was advanced by the Brooklyn, N. Y., where he will take toB of Morehead City will act as
were ?eStl,0n.WaS "Carte"et County The lem. Plans for tagging and liber-board to $20 an acre. This takes a six weeks course in the mechanical toastmaster.
brought in through Wilmington from! T . Vt V S thousand mullet at Beau- in practically every thing from Fort "de of the linotype operating With j
other States and redistributed in the' ,7 keeplng the Prlze mr.- fort are under way. A like number Macon west. The valuation on the the Merganthaler Linotype Company.' GROWS FINE FLOWERS.
State must be handled at a intra- V wn. PrPe Mr. Howard,, will be marked in Florida during the Atlantic Hotel at Morehead City.. Mr. Skarren is the second student
state rate rather than inter-state ,"turned 11 to the Beaufort News with coming fall. PerHaps Florida tags' which was reduced by the former that the Beaufort News has sent to
Judee Meekins held in Federal rmirt '" ma oe used ior some will appear in next season's catch at board, was put back to S91.000 in- this school, the other one being Mr.
loot ,-,, ; .ipMin o k..,u i purpose that wouki of benefit to' Beaufort. That remaws to be seen stead of 850.0(10. A few Mho. D. C. Thigpen. Mr. Skarren was
" - the public. In accordance with this
vy tne uii i.,uiii(iiiiica aaiiiei. me rail- fr
Mr. D. W. Whitehurst when he is
not busy in his barber shop on Ann
That remains to be seen stead of .$50,000. A few other ad- D- C. Thigpen. Mr. Skarren was a street, finds o-ood deal of nleasure
Will P For T. iustments were maHe alsn It i p. student at the Beauofrt High School,
in of f mir or t r Viia flnwot criivA art A f
turned the The tagged mullet will do their bit timated that a half a million dollars 'having completed his Junior year. It
somewhat the price of gasoline. jo" over to the Beaufort Library jby just swimming, but the fiisher- will be added to the county's taxables 's not known whether he will return a arge quantity and
The amount of $38,585.07 has been ' 'fu " ' operated u"der theaus pices ,men and fish dealers must cooperate as a result of the board's action Mon- to work here or elsewhere. 'flowers in his front ai
distributed to the suffers from the . .TK .lhemon: r Government's experiment is'day.
r, i ri i- "l" ue usea 10 cuy new books and
Coal Glen mine disaster in which 63 uD n -i. . . ., ,
i- . . . uirioute to tne pleasure
" D",lc ,'MUCU of a very considerable
( Continued on page eight) people.
number of
his home on Live Oak street he has
variety of
front and back yard
and also in the sidewalk strip in front
Charlotte of the house. Roses, lillies, zinias.
Mrs. R. F. Laughinghouse and sis- Cushman, actress, and Harriet Bee- petunias and many other kinds of
tag returned to the U. S. Bureau of iter Miss Lama Pugh of Kinston are ccher StoweH novelist, have been un- flowers are all grown successfully
(Continued on page four) jvislting Mrs. Anne Loftin. veiled in the Hall of Famtv by Mr. and Mrs. Whitehurst.
to succeed. A cash bounty of twen-
ty-tf v cents will be paid for every j
Busts, of two women
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