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VOLUME XIV
TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY NOV. 19 1925
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 47
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ITEMS OF NEWS
Gardner Is For Australian
Ballot. Colonel Olds Receiv
es High Honor
(By M L, SHIFMAN)
Raleigh, N. C. Nov. 16 The dec
laration of 0. Max Gardner for the
Australian ballot, the Wyatt trial,
Armistice Day and the signal honor
paid Colonel Fred Olds were the out
standing topics of interest in the
Capital City during the past week.
However, the football game be
tween Wake Forest and State, the
death of Ed. Britton and other mat
ters were of interest.
Max Gardner, generally regarded
as the next Governor of North Car
olina and admittedly one of the most
popular men in official life of the
State in an Armistice Day Speech
at Greensboro came out unequivo
cally for the Australian or secret
ballot and asked the support of the
American Legion throughout the
State in presenting the matter to the
Legislature. With the exception of
J. W. Bailey in the last gubernatorial
race, Mr. Gardner is believed to be
the first candidate for Governor
having the backing of the leaders of
North Carolina's Democratic party
to declare for secret ballot. It is
unquestioned that he will find hearty
support of his stand throughout all
classes of the populace. The wom
en and the labor movement will be
solidly behind him in this stand.
Colonel Fred A. Olds, perhaps bet
ter known in the State to- the aver
age citizen and child than any other
North Carolinian, has been selected
' to be the first member of the Amer
ican Legion Hall of Fame for dis
tinguished service to Raleigh during
the past year. No more fitting
choice could have been made. Thru
out his life Colonel Olds has dedicat
ed his life to service. Though he
has never held a public office nor
sooght one, Colonel Olds has been of
great service. Quietly he has gone
his way doing his bit for his fellow
North Carolinians? The recognition
is entirely fitting and a source of
real pleasure to his thousands of
friends throughout the State.
The trial of Jesse Wyatt, former
police officer, for the murder of
Stephen S. Holt, prominent attorney
of Smithfield, got under way last
week. The jCase is being bittenly
contested and the array"1 of lawyers
numbers some of the most promi
nent members of North Carolina's
legal fraternity. The defense is
putting up an accident theory for
the killing while the State is main
taining that Wyatt fired on the au
tomobile in which the lawyer was
riding without taking any thought of
what he was doing and deliberately
intending to stop by injury or death
because the auto did not halt when
he ordered it to. The preliminary
hearing brought out testimony that
Wyatt thought the auto contained
bootleggers but it was also revealed
that no liquor was found. Holt had
been enroute home after trying cas
es in the Federal court when the
killing occurred on June first.
The celebration of Armistice Day
in Raleigh and throughout the State
was general and showed that North
Carolina has not forgotten. In the
Capital City the state commander of
the American Legion made an ad
dress and quite an extensive program
was carried out.
The crushing defeat of Wake
Forest by State the final score be
ing 6 to 0 interested the Capital
City. The Wake Forest team had
mounted the pinnacle of football
honors in the State and only the
game with State stood between it
and the title for a second year. To
State the victory was a great tonic
after a disastrous season.
Duke University now ranks as the
richest University in the country and
is better equipped with funds to
serve the people than any other.
The millions left by J. B. Duke when
the full extent of the endowment is
realized will place Duke above Har
vard, Columbia and Yale, the three
richest heretofore and Duke's phys
ical plant soon will equal any of the
others. The University looks for
ward to a new life of service to
North Carolina.
The Asheville .Motorcade was en
tertained in Rakish during ' e v?"1'
' (Continued on png? n;;.-)
MOREHEAD CITY COASTER
BOUGHT BY F. C. SALISBURY
The News learns that a deal was
closed Saturday last between Mr. R.
T. Wade former owner of the More
head City Coaster, and Mr. F. C.
Salisbury whereby the latter becomes
the sole owner of that publication.
Mr. Salisbury has been manager of
the Coaster for several months, Mr.
Wade having been engaged in the
moving picture business for some
time. Mr. and Mrs. Salisbury and
two children came to Morehead City
about a year ago from Warsaw, N.
Y. They have made many friends
in their new home town and also in
Beauofrt and elsewhere. The new
owner of the Coaster states that he
contemplates making considerable
improvement to his newspaper in
the near future. Morehead City
has a population of 3000 people or
more and has made great progress
in recent years and Mr. Salisbury
thinks the outlook is good there for
making a success of the Coaster.
The News joins him in the hope that
his expectations may be realized
and that he may be able to contrib
ute largely to the development of
Morehead City and Carteret county.
NEWS EVENTS OF
RURAL SCHOOLS
Group Center Meetings Being
Held. Bogue Sound Road
Rather Rough
For some weeks now a series of
group center teachers' meetings have
been in progress in the rural schools
held under the supervision of Coun
ty Supervisor Miss Margaret Gustin.
On Tuesday a meeting of this sort
was held at the White Oak consoli
datel school and today a similar meet
ing. took place at the Wire Grass
sehoel. Methods --of teaching in ac
tual practice are explained and much
benefit is derived therefrom.
. Mr. J. H. Workman,' Superinten
dent of Carteret County Rural
Schools, has been elected Secretary
of the Northeast Division of. North
Carolina Teachers Association. This
is a very responsible position.
Miss Margaret Edwards, State Su.
pervisor of Home Economics, visit
ed Morehead City School and Smyr
na Consolidated School last Monday.
Miss Audrey Douglass of Colum
bus, Ohio., who is representing the
Garnef IBlazer Writing Company in
this state visited the Atlantic school
Monday.
Miss Meriel Groves and Miss Mar
garet Gustin attended the Teachers
State District Meeting at Washing
ton N. C. last Friday and Saturday.
Modern educators recommend vic
arious experience if the real thing
is impossible. For example those who
cannot afford to travel should read
about the travels of others or look
at pictures taken in other countries.
Many people went to see Harold
Lloyd in Girl Shy when they might
have had similar experience in Car
teret Cc.unty by getting in a Ford
Coupe and riding to White Oak.
The road to White Oak winds a
mong the Long Leaf Pines and a
passenger may enjoy the scenery for
abi ut two miles. Of course t he
driver can never really enjoy the
scener for he must keep the wheels
in the rut which is continually zig
zagging.
If two cars meet the occupants of
one car must get out and help push
the other .car out of the rut, thru
the rand, and, back into the rut. Stay
ing in the rut is the drivers prob
lem for the wheel keeps him from
bouncing out through the top of the
car but the passenger bounces hith
er and thitcher first bruising an arm
and next almost breaking her neck
After the first few miles the sit'ua.
tion becomes so perilous that not
even the passenger can enjoy the
beautiful lake, lilly pond, and pine
groves.
It may be funny to sit in a thea
ter and watch Harold Lloyd bouncing
around on the screen but "it is not
so amusing to be the victim and
bounce around like that for twenty
miles on the way. to White Oak.
Traveling men never miss an op-
portunity to see the "MICROBE OF
LOVE," They say they enjoy it more
each time. Advertisement.
Mr. F. M. Pitt of Norfolk was a
business visitor here la&t week.
STATE NEWS
Items of Interest Throughout
North Carolina
Twenty members of the mob that
stormed the county jail in Asheville
some weeks ago were convicted there
last week. Four were sent to the
penitntiary, eleven to the county
roads and five were let off with sus
pended sentences. Herman Banks
and Luther Townsend two ringlead
ers, got sentences- of from four to
eight years.
Benjamine N. Duke of New York
continued to give money to North
Carolina. This time he contributed
$50,000 to Meredith College. This is
a Baptist institution for girls and
is located near Raleigh.
The State Baptist Convention has
been in session in Charlotte this
week. More than a thousand dele
gates were in attendance. Discus
sion of the evolution question was
expected to create a great deal of
interest.
A pickpocket robbed Professor
Horace Williams of Chapel Hill at a
football game last Saturday. Pro
fessor Williams has the chair of men
tal and moral philosophy at the Uni
versity. The pickpocket got 45
cents.
Frank Hudson, a Davidson Col.
lege student, was killed in an auto
accident last Friday night. He was
on his way to Chapel Hill to witness
a football game there between his
college and the University.
Tuesday afternoon Bernice Sut
ton and Edward Bagwell of Greens
boro while riding in a Ford truck
were struck by a locomotive near
Pleasant Garden. Sutton was fearfully-mangled
and soon died. Bag.
well was paralyzed and may die.
While descending from a tree
William McK. Ried of Forsythe
county fell about forty feet and was
killed Saturday night He had been
up the tree to catch a pesum.
ST.
PAUL'S TEAM
WINS FROM SWANSBORO
On Saturday morning Nov. 14
the St. Paul's Basket Ball Squad in
company with other students and sev
eral members of the faculty aboard
Captin T. G. Willis' boat put out of
Beaufort bound for Swansboro, at
which place they met and by a furi
ous attack, defeated the husky
Swansboro High "Five" by a score
of 22 to 16.
For compactness this game was all
tight in every department. The St.
Paul boys inspired by the Dover
High victory of the previous week,
swept their opponents powerful
team off its feet by some of the most
consistant, dramatic and spectu
lar open field pplay seen on Swans,
bor court for some year. The Swans
boro boys however, were also not
tacking in way of flashy moments
and during the last few moments of
the 3rd half by a release of an ap
parent new store of well directed en-
ergy was able to dead lock the game
at 16 to 16. After a three minute
respite the Beaufort boys went back
in and pulled their rough and tumble
stuff that rolled up 6 , additional
points which gave them a sensational
trumph of 22 to 16.
This was Swansboro's first game,
also first defeat of season. This
strong organization will play St.
Paul's in Beaufort, Saturday Novem
ber 28.
Tomorrow the St. Paul's squad
goes to Newport for a game.
Those participating in St. Paul's
Swansboro game are as follows:
St. Pauls 22
Cecil Longest LF
Wm. Holliday RF
Hiram Springle C
Clarence Thomas
Muredith Ethridge
Joe Nickolls
Swansboro 16
C. Ward RF
D. SewellLF.
F. Bell
H. Weeks LG
Pittman RG
R Rogers RF
Substitutes.
(W. W. CLARK)
According to the latest census
(1920) of the United States there
were 1,920,220 more women in this
country than men. In Great Britain
the census of 1921 shows that the
predominance of women over men is
1,7720(820.
WILL HOLD HEARING
ON BRIDGE QUESTION
The News is in receipt of a com
munication from Major Oscar O.
Kuentz U. S. District Engineer in
regard to the Morehead City draw
bridge which is published herewith
and explains itself. The notice
reads:
"WHEREAS, the Secretary of
War has good reason to believe that
he bridge over Newport River, N.
near Morehead City is an un-
easonable obstruction to the free
navigation of Newport River on ac
count of insufficient , horizontal
leaiance of draw opening and not
being properly located with refer
ence to best water and tidal currents.
It is proposed to require the fol
lowing changes to be made in said
bridge by the first day of January,
1927, to wit:
Move draw 900 feet eastward from
its present location and increase
horizontal clearance at right angles
to the axis of the channel to 80
feet.
In order to give you an opportu
nity to be heard as required by the
.Act of Congress approved March 3,
1S99, you are hereby notified that
hearing will be had before me, at
City Hall, in Morehead City, N. C.
at 11 o'clock a. m. on the 24th day
of November, 1925, where and when
you will be given, an opportunity to
be heard in the matter. As all the
papers will be laid before the Secre
tary of War for his decision, it will
perhaps best suit your purpose to
submit in writing whatever you may
wish to present.
By authority of the Secretary of
War;
OSCAR O. KUENTZ,
Major, Corps of Engineers,
District Engineer.
Wilmington, N. C.
Nov. 16, 1925.
REV. MR. LEE RETURNS.
Members of Ann street Mehtodist
church recently expressed themselv
es as highly pleased that the Rever
end E. Frank Lee was returned by
Conference to this charge foT anoth.
er year. Mr. Lee has been away for
several days attending the ' Confer
ence in Fayetteville but will be in
his pulpil here Sunday morning.
During the time Mr. Lee has been
here, which is about a year, the
church here has made decided prog-
ressin membership improvements to
the building, in church finances and
other ways.
MR. WEBSTER GIBBS IS DEAD.
Last Friday afternoon at his home
near Beaufort Mr. Webster Gibbs a
well known citizen of Carteret coun
ty died after a short illness. He was
in his 74th year and was unmarried.
Funeral services conducted by Dr.
G. W. Lay of Beaufort took place
Saturday afternoon and the burial
was in the burying bround on the
place. Mr. Gibbs is survived by his
sister Mrs. O. N. Jones of Beaufort
and a number of nephews and nieces.
COLORED MAN KILLED
IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
As a result of a collision that oc
curred Tuesday evening on a road
near Newport between two road
working trucks a negro man named
J. A. Henry was killed. The unfor
tunate man was thrown from the
truck and his head struck the pave
ment death resulting shortly there.
after. Four other persons were cut
by glass and otherwise injured but
no one was dangerously hurt except
Henry. The 'News was not able to
get full particulars of the accident
but understands that the man who
was killed was working with the road
force on the highway between New
port and Broad Creek.
WILLIAM J. FULCHER DIES.
Mr. William J. Fulcher died last
Thursday afternoon at the home of
his brother Mr. Ambrose Fulcher.
He had been in failing health for
several months but had been danger,
ously sick for only a few1 days. He
was 67 years of age. The funeral
services were conducted by Dr. G.
W. Lay rector of St. Paul's church of
which the deceased was a member.
The interment was in St. Paul's cem
etery. Mr. Fulcher is survived by
three brothers Ambrose and Jesse of
Beaufort, Charlie and a sister Mrs.
Mattie Webster of Wilmington.
MISS ANNIE MORTON
GETS FINE PROMOTION
Her friends here were much inter,
ested in the recent announcement of
th appointment of Miss Annie Morton
of Beauofrt to the position of lady
principal of the Teachers' Training
College at Greenville. The position
is a very responsible one and carries
with it a substantial salary. Miss
Morten is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. Morton of Beaufort.
She taught in the public school here
for several years and was regarded
as one of the most competent teach
ers that the school has ever had. At
the beginning of this session she ac
cepted a position in the public school
at Marion, N. C. Although they
were reluctant to give her up the
trustees there have consented to her
ressignation and Miss Morton prob
ably will assume her new duties at
Greenville December the first.
COUNTY IS SUING
SLOW TAXPAYERS
County Attorney Files Com
plaints Against Large Num
ber of People
Sixty eight summonses and com
plain'.s were filed Tuesday with the
Superior Court Clerk L. V. Hassell,
by county atorney Luther Hamilton.
They will be followed by still more
making probably six hundred in all.
This large number of civil actions
started are suits of Carteret county
r.gainst delinquent taxpayers.
Several months ago the officials of
Morehead City brought suits against
a large number of persons, whose
taxes had gone unpaid for several
years, and collected a very consider
able sum. The board of county com
miEbioners decided to adopt a similar
policy and the preliminary work has
been under way for some time. The
persons who are being sued can file
answers if they wish to the complaint'
between now and the 30th day of
the month. It is thought that very
few, if any, will resist the proceed
ings. Some of the defendants are
dead, some out of the counly and
some out of the Sti-'.e. The county
will be able to give a good title to
the lands which will be sold and it
is thought that a right large sum will
be realized. It is possible that
twenty to twenty five thousand dol.
lars will be collected by the coun
ty as a result cf the action that is
being taken.
COLORED EQY LOCKED UP
ON LARCENY CHARGE
JLoyd renderson, a negro bov a-
bout 12 years of age, was tried by
Juvenile Court Judge L. W. Hassell
Tuesday on the charge of entering
the residence of Mr. S. D. Ford on
Ann street Monday afternoon and
stealing some money therefrom.
The boy admitted the charge.
The evidence was that Loyd went
in the house during the absence of
the family and went in various rooms
looking for money. He took the
money out of a child's bank and also
some out of a cigar box. The lat,
ter money belonged to Ernest Ford
and was made selling newspapers.
As the youthful burglar left the
house a little daughter of Mr. Ford
met him and asked him what he
wanted. He pretended that he want
ed to see Mrs, Ford and left at once.
The loss of the money was soon dis
covtred and the matter reported to
Chief of Police Longest. On Tues
day morning Chief Longest took
chasge of Loyd. and got a confession
from him. He also took the officer
out near town in the woods and
showed where he had the money
$4.25 of which was recovered. Mr.
Ford stated that $6.65 was the a
mount taken. The disposition of the
the case gave Judge Hassell some
trouble. The boy has been in his
court several times before on similar
charges and an effort has been made
to get him in the industrial school
for delinquent negro boys but with.
out suciess. The Jodge deiided to
have him kept in the coonty jail un
til oome arrangement can be made
to do something with him.
Not a dull moment in the "MI
CROBE OF LOVE" from the open
ing ensemble to the closing scene in
the garden party. Advertisement.
ROBBER KILLED
IN GUN BATTLE
WITH POLICEMAN
Desperado Robs Raleigh Cloth
ing Store. Shoots Deputy
Sheriff Mangum
MANGUM MAY LIVE
Raleigh, Nov. 16 A bandit giving
his name as "Slim" Anderson, of
Memphis, Tenn. and Deputy Sheriff
Will Mangum were seriously wound,
ed here early this afternoon in a
street gua battle following a day
light robbery of King and Holding
clothing store of $108 in cash.
Both men were rushed to' Rex
Hospital, where the bandit died with
in a short time. Mangum, has a bet
ter chance being shot through the
stomach. ,
Reports from the hospital operat
ing room were that Mangum would
be operated on tonight.
Bandit Opens Fire
Pedestrians were sent scurrying
from the path of the fleeing bandit.
"I'll get somebody," he is report.
ed as saying just before he dived
to shelter inthe cellar. .
A large crowd gathered about the
entrance. Mangum was greeted
with a volley just before he enter
ed but was able to return the ban
dit's fire.
May Ee ex-Convict
The bandit entered the clothing
store and tried on several suits. He
waited until the store was empty
except for three people, when sud
denly be blandished an automatic
demanding:
"Hands up!"
He rifled the cash register and
fled.
Employes described the man as be.
ing a tall man, of slender build and
very well dressed,. He left his old
clothes in the store.
The man is thought to be an ex
convict, and officials from the State
Prison were seeking to identify him
Monday afternoon.
Another fugitive was seen to es
cape across Nash Square while the
shooting was in progress.
"You all have got me; let me out
for I'll get one of you before I go."
said the bandit to Deputy Will Man
gum as the officer covered him with
his gun.
Officers Fire
Before Mangum could reply, the
stranger began firing and simultane
ously the pistols of Mangum, and po
liceman Saunders, Pearce and Gattis
began barking. Mangum was struck
in the stomach, but the others were
not hurt.
Fire at Boy
The first imitation that the strang
er was desperate came during the
chase from the clothing store and
the place where the man was corner
ed. He fired at James Briggs, Jr.
and Cleveland Gill, two young men
chasing him, as he tried to take ref
uge behind the new Professional
building at Hargett and McDowell
streets. The shots went wild and
the young men continued to chase
the. stranger.
Tyree Poole joined in the chase
as the man went under the house and
went into the cellar but the stranger
did not harm him. The officers ap
peared on the scene shortly after,
ward, with the shooting coming as
the climax to the chase.
INLET INN SOLD.
The hotel property known as the
"Inlet Inn" was sold under a fore
closure proceeding Monday at -the
court-house door. There were only
two or three bids and it was knock
ed off to W. L. Standi for $15,625.
The sale is subject to the confirma
tion of the court and will be open
for ten days for future bids. Any
one who wishes to make an offer for
the property can do so by raising
the sale price five percent. If this
chould be done the property will have
to be advertised again for fifteen
days.
POLICE COURT ITEMS.
Only one case was tried by Mayor
Thomas in his court Monday. This
was the case of Mannie Mason charg.
ed with driving a car while under
the influence of liquor. He was
held for the next team of Superior
Court.