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V n EWE ttte Lib X The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. I READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XIV EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY AUG. 13, 1925. PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER THIRTY THREE GOVERNOR MCLEAN IS IN MINNESOTA (IN VArATiilJV NllW Ull I fiLli 1 1111 ill I! ComU.ioner of Labor And Printing Charged With Fa- oritUm In Contract . POU DEFENDS HIS RECORD (By M. L. SHIPMAN) Raleigh, N. C., August 10 Gover nor McLean, after seven strenuous months as Chief Executive left last week for a three weeks' stay in the woods of Minnesota. The State I Prison answered some of its critics with a statement reviewing the pasti four years, Corporation Commission-! er Maxwell stated the rate decreases! ordered for freight moving from the aoumeast was a great victory North Carolina. The State Depart - ment of Labor and Printing came to the fore again with charges against Commissioner Grist of favoritism in' placing printing and former Cover-" nor Morrison irom nar.olte a statement in which he declared he woum go . ui awu "'""salvaged from the fire and what Governor McLean when the latter re- . . . . . mae . ... u i j c ' : I turns from his vacation and announc-, owne(J geveral ports that the former president of ed he would have some facts for the "and thgse were not jnjured thfi the company may be prosecuted. people These were the outstanding fi in fact have ' fishj : p . events in a rather quiet week at the t , practicall al, of the j M 5" "f 11Umb t CPitel City- 'summer. Since the fire the Atlan- C" MrS" ?fbert C?U Governor McLean stated when leav)tic Pisherie8 Company has been tak- !"nb,.B we. a"d m lod 5n he wn,,lrt h.. B-nne not less than 4 .v. cu u u.. .u lnK house ln Durham last Saturday nr more than three weeks and an-! nor more than three weeks and an nounced he would De at a camp ior exercise to replenish his physical vig- or. It is known about the capital he went to Minnesota, though no an- nniincfime.nt was made from the Ex-! ecutfve Office. Constitutionally J. Elmer Long of Durham, is now Gov- ernor, though the functions' are be - ing exercised, as heretofore when the Governor leaves the Stte by those in charge of the Governor's of- flc In an effort to discount some of its critics' charges, chiefly those made by the News and Observer in a ,J nkcflM,,,- in ,1 . . -i . crusade against Superintendent Geo. Ross Pou, a statement was issued frnm thp nrisnr. in which the increase : i i . .... pnysicany aoie prisoners aecrease in revenue and increase in maintenance and various health and social ser vice relorms made auring ine past four years were cited as reasons why there was an inability to run the pris- on without drawing on the State Treasurv. Against anv nossible def- icit, Mr. Pou set the various improve ments cited as being worthwhile. Corporation Commissioner Max well, tfrobably the leading freight rate expert of the State, issued a statement after the Interstate Con) wv - . merce Commission had ordered rates for this section reduced, in which he ' said the decrease was " a victory". miv, r,is Ur Mnvwoll i was asked some time ago to sit with the Commission in determining these . Cx rates but when he saw the trend of MISS LILLIANJtlCE ENTERTAINS Among other reafiong why we affairs he got off and appeared forj ' don't believe President Coolidge North Carolina. . He declared ship-! Last Friday evening beginning at needs any advice on practical poli pers of North Carolina, which was 8 o'clock Miss Lillian Rice gave a ticg f rom ug practiC8i men 8re the specially favored in the reduction, party in honor of Miss Evelyn laetg that he was photographed load will find the new rates of inestimable Wright formerly of Beaufort now ing Singles on a wheelbarrow in value. living in Greenville. There- were a- other day ftnd that he hamt been Commissioner of Labor and Print- bout thirty quests present and they photographed in a bathing suit at ing Grist was charged during the Pent a very pleasant evening play- Swampscott, Mass. (Ohio State week by the Capital Printing Com- Kame, different sorts. An in- JournBL) pany with giving more than a right- iu share of printing under the con- tracts to Edwards and Broughton Conipany. Mr. Grist declares the charges untrue and called on Gover nor McLean to have them thorough ly investigated by the Printing Com mission. The Edwards andBrough- ton Company is is generally reported Bryan gave a lawn party complimen- of Greenville, Mr. and Mrs. Parker in Raleigh, strongly supported Grist tary to her guest Miss Evelyn Wright Page of Freemont, N. J. Mr. and for election at the last primary and of Greenville and about 30 guests en- Mrs. B. E. Moore of New Bern and at that time such a condition as has joyed her hospitality. Music, games Miss ElizabethWine of Ne wBern. Mr. Grist however, is standing by and dancing afforded much pleasure Mr and Mrs. B. M. Newell and chil the records of his office he says which to those who attended. The hostess dren of Goldsboro. Mr. and Mrs. W. will show the charges untrue. His gave some very pretty dances in-W Riven and Mr and Mrs. J. A. assistant, whi was formerly employed fancy costume that were. greatly en- Shepard of Goldsboro. Mr. and Mrs. by the Edwards and Broughton Com- joyed. ' D. R. Kemgay Of Mt. Dora. Fla. Mr. pany, "has not a word to say" abput. ' . and Mrs. S H Loftin, Mr and Mrs. .the charges. With 81 percent as many sows far- L. A. Cobb, Miss Ruth Sutton, Mr. . Former Governor Morrison from rowing thiss pring, farmers of North and Mrs. J. F. Taylor and Miss Mar Charlotte issued a statement in Carolina saved 91 percent as many garet Taylor of KinBton. .which he declared the "accrual" ba- pigs as last spring or an average of T sis deficit of aproximately $3,125,-6 pigs per litter, which-was better j BIRTH OF SON. 000 which the State Auditor says ex-than the average for the United ists should be reduced still further j States, says W. W. Shay. Swine Ex-' Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Guthrie (Contined on page four) tension Specialist. August llih. a son. JUDGE DISSOLVES INJUNCTION, i j The injunction hearing in the .case oi c tt. w neatly ana otners against A. W. Daniels was heard last Saturday at Greenville by Judge 'Albion Dunn. Judge Duin decided that Mr. Daniels might go' ahead with the work with the understand- , hat he must put up a brick front to the building instead of an iron front. Work on the building was resumed Monday. WHL REBUILD ' FISH FACTORY Work Starts On Taylor's Creek " piaI,f rt,K; Fish Now Creek Fjsh gerap flnd Q;1 Company a aecision xo reDuua me layior s a y j l 'it n. . m i faetory was reached b the stock. hoMer, few d Work flc. tually started Monday and it is the intBntinn nf tha nwn f ,,nvo jt rDaA . t. ... - . . u November. ,The plant was destroyed by fire a few weeks ago. Some 'machinery was n. vcn. vi1hj-. ilic "I" flcerg 0f the company are W. V. B p0tter, president, Frank King, vice president, W. A. Mace, secretary treasurer, The decision of the Taylor's Creek stockholders to rebuild their plant is gratifying to people in Beaufort and I vicinity. The plant and its boats! have furnished employment-; to good many men and its annual pay roll amounted to a very considerable sum- " nothing interferes to pre- vent four factries wi Perate near JUCttUiUI I. LJU Aitll. X I11B UUC8 liUL III- I elude the Moi phpad. Citv f actnrfiei ' iLluae lne ioieneaa ny ianonies ... L. : . 1. .:ii i . l. . 1 wl" alBU B"u" ue u"uer w- """e 01 course lne regmar Ian nsn- not started yet several of the Reran flfirf nil fart,ftripa are nnw ; " - " . "V, operating in a nmiieo way. risn are getting fairly plentiful now and . snme hnnta r niit innkinc fn- thtm ' - nrly every day with more or less succss- At this time of the vear menhaden are neither so plentiful r so large as they are when the . big fall run is on along in November, MARRIAGE LICENSES. , . ,. . , . , i Only two license to wed have been ' . issued by Register of Deeds Jno. W. , -"- . - Clarence D. Mason and Emma arKe' .P""- f, Merdie Pittman and Adme Fulcher DUll' 1 lc"lu,,; ul u,e ' " a cBtume dance by Miss Anne u ryan. MISS ANNE O'BRYAN GIVES PARTY. Saturday evening Miss Anne O'- STATE NEWS lUm Qf Intere,t From Var- ious Part of N. C. On last Thursday afternoon Sam V T-tTonn airatt Villa! hv Pntinia T . ' , . .... . between n o,d son d;d gome 8hoot and he and father m . , . , Hendesonville and some months ago Brooks attacked him alleging mis conduct between Bryson and his wife. The N. C. College for Women at Greensboro has had to turn down the applications of more than 500 young . -C 1 1. 1 a 1 women for lack of enough teachers to instruct them. The school did not get as large appropratoins from j the Legislature as it needed to ctfr- ; .,.ir ti,o ; u say. The Hilton plant of the Fisheries Products Company was resold on in Wilmington. Monday at auction Jhe J?" 7" d K F Kdth . ; , , ' that failed a year or so ago and caus ed a loss of several to its stockholders. million dollars There are re- afternoon by Robert H. Wiles hus- V.l U , rm, 1 VJ vaiiu iJi nuiuaii) j, lie luuic imu been living in Durham lor a few weeks and had brought the two Wiles children with them. Wiles says he did not intend to kill his wife but shot her accidentally He is now in jail awaiting trial. , . Mrs. -Lewis Courtney of Monroe died in a hospital there Sunday af, tre-noon as a result of having been thrown from in automobile. A child born a few hours before her death 1'ved and is apparently well. N. A. Biackwelder, a well known i N, furmpr rif l.nhnrrlla pnilnt ir f huan. " " , a, - ternoon and no trace of him has been iOUna. He was a middle aged man v,,i j J. M. I uterrow, a feaiisbury bar- . . . . ... , . ber was instanly killed in an auto colhss,on Tuesday. He was dnv.ng Ford and at a street crossing was run into by T. L Hendrix of Florida driving a Lincoln. The Ford was demolished. Two children in the Hendrix car suffered slight injuries. The out put of the tobacco and . , v j ... ,u. boucu inu iiuuuicu aiiu iyyciii cikih mimon dollars in the year 1923. This ufactured products of the State for A rTi . that year. It was a big increase over the previous year, GUESTS AT THE INN. The following have registered at the Inlet Inn during the past week: Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Jerome of Golds boro. Mr. and Mrs. E W Hogue, Mr and Mrs. H. A. Corsell of Ralegih. Mr. and Mrs. J. L Kilgo and children DEALS IN DIRT. Real estate transfers recorded by Register of Deeds Jno. W. Hamilton during the week total over $28,- Monday afternoon. Ben Gabriel dis 000.00 which is a record breaker in orderly conduct and allowing a dog Value as well as in the number of to run at larire. was let off with Prospects Now Over Million transactions, they are as follows: , Beaufort Bank and Trust Co. to . ? ! 10 7 : Beau - fort 1877 and other considerations ? K- Wheatly and wife to . W. Pitt tract 700 acres more or less ior $10. val consideration. J. F. Duncan et al to R. L. Davis lot 33 old town Beaufort, considera tion $1200. K C. L. Abernethy and wife to C Howe all interest in Howland land Beaufort Township, consideration, $200. Chas. P. Davis and wife tr C. K. Howe tract Beauofrt Township con- The teaching fo,.ce f0f the Beau. to tfce crQp than usua, R win fce sideration $10. fort pubic gt.hooI for white pupis noted tha(. Augugt forecast is ! L. K. Howe and wife to I. E. Rani- hag been enga?ed and when school geyera, thousand bales more than that "'at! llO1'8 TWnshlp' CnSld- opens on the 14th day of September for July 16th even though the con era ion $ it will do so with an exceptionally dition is 3 points lower. This is due County of Carteret to C. RWheat- fitrong facuty ,n the opinion of gu. to the advancement of the seagon ly Thomas farm 700 acres Beaufort perintendent R. L. Fritz. In a recent when more bolls may be counted as Township considerafon $8o00 ,eUer to Mr v E gwann chairman ti L. otter m wile to James of thg board of trustees he expi.ess. weevil da hag been , gerioug 0. Harris p . lot 26 Old Town, Beau- eg that opinjon and gjveg ft m of go far than wag fort, consideration $10 and other. the teacherg Drought has been severe through Harry D. Maupin to Joe W. Scogin . , iU n. . , ,j. tract Hunting Quarter Township, ' Beaufort h'gh school , s not on the the Piedmont counties Shedding consideration $10 and other. State 8 accred.ted list of high schools was unusually heavy, plants being Willie Davis and Wife to G W having been removed not long since, unable to accomodate the heavy tw; t .in., .d, n i Chairman Swann is making every fruiting for lack of moisture. This Davis et al 1-4 acre Hunting Quarter , . , .... , ... . i.,, Ola Bell Headen et al to Bogue effort t0 haVe the Scho1 re"instated ondltlon has ed ,n holding the Development Corp. lots 1, 2, 11, 16, d hopes to be successful in this pur- bo check as many punc- wir rq i k. 11 10 v.i i io Pose- The board of tlustees will tured bolls and squares dried up af block 53, lots 5; 11; 12: block 113, u jj- i n- ., . consideration $1600 y com&y wltn the State Depart- ter shedding killing the weevils in Joseph Gil'hrie et al to Daniel ment Education requirements in them, thus checking the number Garner lot 3, block 90, Morehead evcry way possible- This i8 a very emerin- However, the drought City consideration $85 important matter to the school and was very damaging to the plants, by Lewis J. Cooper et wwife to Dr. the Pe oi the Public talking their growth and causing Geo. A. Caton, lot 3, 4, 12, 13 More- ,nsked in the undertakinK- ear,y matr,t wh,le Plants are 8ti11 head City, consideration, $2550. The list of teachers selected and sma11- f audi are rather irregular James Dixon and wife to G D of wnom hav accepted contracts, and sPoed and the condition m this Webb lot 8 and 15, Morehead City', except Mr, Shackleford, is as fol- (Piedmont) area dropped 12 points consideration $2300. ,1S: ' during. July. . . tfB. West to Bog Development j FIRST GRADE Miss Flora Brum- ' .. lUhii la East Corp. lots 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, block 145 mitt (Pub. school music also) Miss' Good rains have been general lot 15 block 53, lot 3, block 107, lot Georgianna Bird. through the Coastal. Plains and con- 2, block 107, lot 1 block 107 lot ! SECOND GRADE Miss Kathrine ditions range from rather dry in the 9, block 139, lot 15, block 5; lots Sieg. Southern Coastal to ideal in the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; THIRD GRADE Miss Mahala Bal Central Coastal and rather wet in the block 59 Morehead City consideration lance. Northern Coastal counties. Reports $100. : FOURTH GRADE Miss Lessie through the cotton belt from Wayne U. S. G. Bell and wife to D. M. Arrington. county north show a slight improve- Webb, 1-2 lots 4 west 1-2 lot 12 j FIFTH GRADE-Miss Louise Fritz. ment during the month, block 26, Morehead City considera-l SIXTH GRADE Miss Nellie According to reports received by tion $300. Swann. the State CroP Reporting Service, T. D. Webb and wife to Davis' M. , SEVENTH GRADE Miss Kath- the first grown boll was noticed in Webb lot 7, block 12, Morehead City, rine Henry. this stete about July 30th. This date $10. and other considerations. I HIGH SCHOOIL Miss Gladys is three days later than last year. E. F. Allen and wife to E. W. Chadwick, Miss Lucile Pond, Miss Reporters expect to see the first bolls Vick, lot 2 west 1-2 lot 16 block 24, Lera Grady, Mr. T. M. Shackleford, beein to Pen about August 24th. conisderation $550. Principal. 11 is rather early to state the num- Daisy Willis to Craven Motor Co. fcer of bolls that may be considered lot 16, block 113 Motehead City, pULLET WOUND PROVES actually safe to date, but farmers consideration $450. i FATAL TO WILL MASON estimate that an average of 2 per A. H. Webb Jr. to A. L. Hamilton i P,ant may be considered reasonably lot 9 block 100 Morehead City, con-1 Will Mason, the young man who safe at this time. sideration $479.95. shot himself last Thursday, died in Although weevils are numerous, E. H. Gorham to J. M. Willis lot the Morehead City hospital Sunday and especially so in the Coastal 7 block 17, Morehead City, consid- morning. His body was brought to counties where conditions have been eration $475. - Beaufort Sunday afternoon and car- more favorable for them, the dam- Mrs. Kate S. Parker to R. P. Uz- ried directly to Ocean View ceme- age to the cotton has not been severe zell and wife lot 4 block 75, More- tery where it was buried. He is sur- in this state to August 1st. In the head City consideration $6000. vived by his father Mr. Dick Mason worst infested areas, 25 percent A. L. Hamilton to Lewis Hamilton and several brothers and sisters. His damage is considered a maximum, et al lot 7 Block 44, Morehead City, mother died several years ago. As while theaverage for the state is not consideration $650. stated in last week's issue of the over 10 percent. Carlton Guthrie and wife to Bogue News he was doing something or , United State Crop Development Corp. lot 13, block 61, other with a pistol when it went off' Judging from the relation of Aug Morehead City, consideration $10., and shot him. The ball went into ust condition to final yields in form and others. the abdomen and perforated the in- er years, the condition of 65.6 per- Walter Guthrieand wife to Berke testines. He was taken to the his- cent August 1st, 1925, indicates a E. Moore, lot 5 block 105, Morehead pital and an operation was performed yield per acre for the United States City, consideration $175. on him but without success. Phy- of about 139.8 pounds and a total R. B. Allen Land Co. to A. B. sicians say that wounds of this na- production of about 13,566,000 bales Wade 5 acres Morehead City Town- ture aie extremity dangerous and of 500 pounds gross. Last year the ship, consideration $10. nearly always prove fatal. production was 13,627,936 and the A. L. Hamilton to J. B. Sellers average production for the past five lots 7, 8, 9, block 114, Morehead CAMPING ON BROWN'S ISLAND, years was 10,984,584 bales. City $10. and other valuable con-, ! siderations. j A good many camping parties PLAY FRIDAY EVENING Chas. S. Wallace et al to W. L. have come from up the State have AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Brogden lots 1, 2, 14, 15, 16, block come to Beaufort and vicinity this 39 Morehead City $10. and other val- summer. A few days ago about 25 "Out of Court" a comedy drama is uable considerations. or 30 boy scouts from Tarboro ar- to be presented by home talent to- C. W. Willis et al to Ida Houston rived and are now camping on morrow (Friday) eveningin the audi Thomas lot 10 block 105 Morehead Browns Island. This island : is the torium of the Beaufort Public School. City $100. and other valuable con- summer home of a large colony of The players well selected for their siderations. herons that nest and rear their young ability i nthis line have been rehears- Frank Willis and wife to R. N. ones there. The boys are said to be ing some time and it is expected that Scott lot 7, block 103, Morehead having a fine time on the island, boat- they will handle the play in a very City, consideration, $100. and othre ing fishing and. swimming being .the successful manner. The proceeds of valuables. chief sports down there. the entertainment are to be used for O. H. Regmonds et al to H. G. . the benefit of Rebekah Lodge of the Pridgen tract Morehead City, con- ' Mr Glayer Hudgins spent last week I. O. O. F. The cast of characters sideration, $121. in Plymouth. t is given in an advertisement else-. J. C. Bell to W. H. Bell lots 7, 9, . ' where in this newspaper. 11, 13, 16 Newport $10 and other 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; 13; 14; 15; New considerations, port consideration $10. and other val Mrs. S. A. Swain to J. C. Bell lots uables. ' POLICE COURT ITEMS. A few cases of a minor nature nature were tried by Mayor Thomas costs under suspended judgment. jniiuieu reiuun cnarireu wii.ii uuubuiK . ,. , . '. . I wus given upuuii ox paying cusis in 1 case or working 10 days for the allowing doirs to run at . o , , A , r- . laigc jJUCti. uujiici ni'u v vuvin. were assessed the costs. DITDT If OfUAAT I (JDL.il OVIllUli ! FACULTY SECURED School Opens On 14th. Excep- tionally Able Teaching I Force Secured N. C. COTTON CROP i . Trw ..rxw. i l(llfi IS I Till III I Bales. Crop Is Fine In i " h, N. C, August 10-The 'condition of cotton in North Caro- lina dropped from 77 percent to 75 - - after July 16th, occording to the re port released by the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture on August 8th. This condition represents an expec ted yield per acre of 244 pounds of ;?,; and forecasts a production of 335 bales for the state as com- pared with 858,017 bales ginned last year. The final outturn of the crop may be larger or smaller, as devel opments during the remainder of the Mr. G. W. Duncan went to Ral cjgh Monday on business. r