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VOLUME XV
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY JUNE 17, 1926.
PRICE 5c SINGLE' COPY
NUMBER 24
DEMOCRATS FAVOR
ABOLISHING RULE
MANY YEARS OLD
Committee Re-elects Dawson
Chairman and Favors Abol
ishing Two Thirds Rule
. (By M.. L, SH1PMAN)
Raleigh, June 14 The primary
election was the event of overshad
owing interest heix during the past
week as the bfilfttcd returns stream,
ed in but by Wednesday interest lag
ged for the results were clearly in
dicated. Then came the meeting of
the executive committee of the party
and in between times the populace
took in St.'ite College commencement
in snatches. Governor McLean was
kert busy speechmaking during the
week and this week he is in Philadel
phia delivering an address at the
sesqui-centennial exposition. From
there he goes to Valley Forge, Pa.,
where he is to deliver an address
upon the occasion of the dedication
of North Carolina bay in the mem
orial to war1 heroes there.
Senator Overman has been return
ed to the Senate and if he lives out
his term will hr.ve matched that-of
the longest service in the , Senate
fiom Both Ci'rolinas 30 years.
Reynolds made a fairly good showing
but was unable to overcome the
great confidence the people have in
Mr. Overman. Congressmen and
Weaver were re-elected without
onble and thi election generally
went according to prediction. In
Raleigh the fight is still being wag
ed with a second primary in pros
pect to decide whether Judge Calvert
shall be returned to the Superior
court or be supplanted by W. C.
Harris. Another phase is being
' fought out with an, appeal by W. F.
Evans from the returns which count
ed him out in his race against Leon.
S. Brassfield for the solicitotfship.
Evans charges there was gross mis
management at the polls and his ap
peal will go to the State Board of
elections for decision.
The meeting of the State Demo
. cratic Committee during the week
' re-elected its officers and voted for
abolition of the two thirds rule in
rational conventions. This is regard
ed as a step of first importance as
for several elections the two thirds
' rule has decided who shall be the
nominee of the Democratic party.
The two thirds rule in recent years
made Woodrow Wilson and' unmade
Champ Clark. It kept William G.
jMcAdoo from the nomination and
had a similar effect upon Al Smith.
The Democratic re-elected John G.
Dawson as party chairman; Miss
Mary Henderson of Salisbury as
' Vice-Chr.irman and W. C. Coughe
nour as secretary.
State College closed a brilliant
season during the week with address
es by 0. Max Gardner, Congressman
Aswell of Louisiana and Bishop Mc
Dowell of the Methodist Church.
During the ceremonies a library was
dedicated in honor of the late D. H.
Hill. Dr. Edwin Mims of Vanderbilt
University delivered the address of
dedication. Dr. Hill was president
cf State College years ago.
Governor M.cLean received on be
half of the State a chair in which
sat the royal governor of North Car-,
olina, Lord Tryon. It . was Tryon
who built at New Bern the first gov
ernor's mansion of North Carolina
and it was one of the state chairs
which he brought from England
which was presented to the Gover
nor for the Mansion here by the Co
lonial Dames of Lenoir county.
Jesse Wyatt, former Raleigh police
officer serving a sentence for man
slaughter in State Prison, has had
an application for reprieve filed
with Governor McLean and the Gov
ernor is considering the matter. The
Governor has reprieved for two
weeks longer Alvin Mansel who was
charged with attacking a white wom
an of Asheville. The Qovernor de
sires to investigate the case further.
Raleigh and this section are in the
throes of a drought which -is seri
ously affecting crops. During May
. there was less than half an inch of
. rain and the shortage for the month
was 4.54 inches. For sixty days
Raleigh has suffered with only 1.25
inches of rain and the situation is
growing serious. Only about sixty
days water supply is on hand here.
A, Georgia Cotton Mill appreciates
the methods of teaching in State Col
lege and a short course this sum
mer for its men will be conducted
in . the mill by a state college pro
fessor sent from Georgia for that
purpose. A course in textile will be
taught and it is believed to be the
first time in this section of the
country such an experiment has been
conducted.
The hardware dealers of the two
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ORPHANAGE SINGING CLASS
HERE NEXT MONDAY
A class of boys and girls from tht
Free Will Baptist orphanage at
Middlesex is new in the county, hav
ing given conceits in' the western
part of the ccunty, the early part
of this week and are now making for
the eastern part where theyy will
give their concert at Sea Level Thurs
day night, at Stacey, Friday night,
and at Davis Saturday night. The
class vill be in Beaufort next Mon
day night (June 21) where they-will
give their concert in the school audi
toriiim This class has been trained by Mrs.
Floyd F. Loftin, of Beaufort, who in
company with Miss Lou Bell West,
of Cooper, N. C. which makes a very
happy group, consisting of ten chil
dren and the managers.
Many compliments are coming in
from places where the class has given
their concert. A good entertainment
is insured to those who attend.
PRETTY WEDDING
TUESDAY EVENING
Large Crowd Witnessed Nup
tials of Popular Young
Beaufort Couple
The Baptist church was never
more beautiful than it was Tuesday
evening when Miss Mary Felton be
came the bride of Mr. Gerald Hill.
The church was beautifully decorated
with pines, calla-lillies and candles.
The building was .packed with friends
and relatives from Beaufort and
else where.
The' candle lighter Master Hugh
Hill, nephew of the groom, was at
tractively dressed in white satin.
Prior to the ceremony Miss Fannie
Louise Neal, of Laurinburg sang "I
Love You" ana "Believe Me If All
Those Endearing Young Charms".
She was accompanied by Mrs. Otis
Moore. ..Miss Neal wore blue and
Mrs. Moore yellow georgette.
Acting as groomsmen were Missrs.
J. E. Kelly of Charlotte, Thomas
Potter of Winston Salem, James
Clawson of Chatanooga, Tenn. and
Hilton Hill, brother of the groom, of
Beaufort.
The brides maids Misses Georgia
and Maybelle Neal, Marie Clawson
of Beaufort and Miss May Hudson
of New Bern were exquisitely gown
ed in pastel shades of georgette and
carried shasta daisies.
Mrs. Claude Felton, matron of hon
or and Miss Alethia Felton, maid of
honor were charmingly gowned in
yellow georgette.
The flower girls little Misses Jean
Stubbs apd Elizabeth Thomas wore
dainty dresses of pink and blue.
Master John Jones Jr., acting as
ring bearer was' dressed in white
satin suit and carried the ring in a
calla lily.
To the strains of Lohengrin wed
ding march the bride gowned in
duchess satin with a court train and
bridal veil entered on the arm ' of
her brother Mr. Claude Felton. She
carried a shower boquet of Bride
roses and valley lilies. Mr. Hugh
Hill, brother of the groom was best
man.
Rev. C. H. Trueblood of Concord
performed the ceremony in a most
impressive .manner.
Immediately after the ceremony a
reception wps held at the home of
the bride. ' Mr. and Mrs. Hill left by
motor for a tour of western North
Carolina.
HORSES RUN AWAY
ON BROAD STREET
A pair of runaway horses created
some excitement Tuesday afternoon
at the N. S. freight station and on
Broad street as they passed along.
The team had brought in a load of
potatoes and took fright at something
near the freight station. They man.
aged to get clear of trucks and au
tomobiles but one of the horses
struck his head against a freight car
and injured one eye and his. head
right badly. They ran some distance
along Broad street before they were
captured. The team belonged to
Mr. Primrose Gooding who lives on
North River road a few miles from
Beaufort. " i
NEXT PRIMARY WILL BE
' SATURDAY JULY 3RD.
Interest in the second primary
while not so great as in the first in
stance appears to be considerable.
The only contest in Carteret county
so far as the county officers are con
cerned is that for the Democratic
nomination for register of deeds.
The two high men in this race were
R. W. Wallace of Morehead City
and John W. Hamilton who has been
holding the office for several years.
PROPOUNDER WINS
BIG WILL CASE
Large. Estate Goes To John H.
Jones. Court Has Ad
journed Since last Thursday morning Su
perior Court has been engaged in Jthe
trial of civil actions. Probably the
most important from a financial
standpoint was that of the will case
of Mary E. Bell deceased. This in
volved! the disposition of an estate
valued at 50,000 or more. All of
the estate except a few thousand dol
lars was left under the terms of the
will to Mrs. Bell's son John H. Jones.
Jones was the propounder of the will
and was represented in court by at
torneys D. L. Ward and M. Leslie
Davis. The aveators, three daugh
ters and a son, Mrs. Orrin Weeks
deceased, who was a daughter of
Mrs. Bell, were represented by at
torneys G. V. Cowper, A. D. Ward
and M. Leslie Davis. After a hard
contest the" jury decided in favor of
the propounder and so the will
stands and Judge Devin ordered that
it should be filed and recorded. The
aaveators took an appeal.
Another case of considerable in
terest tried this week was that of
the Eastern Coal Corporation against
the town of Beaufort. This case
has been on the docket for four or
five years and was a suit for money
due and also damages for breach of
contract. The company got a ver
dict for $223.93 which was much
less than it sued for. Attorney Gra
ham W. Duncan represented the
town and Attorney Julius F. Duncan
appeared for the plaintiff. The will
case of Sallie B. Piver Lee resulted
in a verdict for the caveators Mrs.
Mamie L. Guthrie and Robert E. Lee.
Each side was to pay its own costs.
A satisfactory agreement was reach
ed between the parties and the mat
ter is now ended. In this case At
torney A. D. Ward appeared for the,!
caveators and Mr. Luther Hamilton
represented the other side. The
suit of Styron against Davis about
some timber lands in Hunting quar
ter township was decided in favor of
Styron by adverse possesion. Today
the case of Hamilton against Max
well which concerns some land on
Core Banks was on trial. Court ad
journed at noon.
BEAUFORT HAS INSTALLED
A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
In addition to its other fire fight
ing facilities Beaufort now has a
modern fire alarm outfit. The system
is known as the Gamewell fire alarm
and is considered about the best
there is and is used in the largest
cities in the country. The city pays
for the equipment and the Light and
Water Commission has done the work
of installing it. There are ten boxes
in the system and they have been
placed at what is considered the
most important places. Besides
these ten there are ten more imag
inary stations, that is places where
upon call by telephone the alarm
will be given and will show upon the
indicator at the fire house. The
first cost of the equipment is $32..
but with other accessories and the
cost of installation it will run up to
around $4000. The first payment
on the plant was $800 and the others
are to be made in yearly install
ments. MR. GEORE E. WILLIS DIES.
Friends were shocked to hear of
the death of Mr. George E. Willis
which occured Tuesday afternon
June 15th. at 2:30 o'clock. Death
was not entirely unexpected because
Mr. Willis had been in bad health for
the past six years. He had been in
the hospital several times for treat
ment. Mr. Willis was well known
and loved by all who knew him. He
was 76 years of age. Services were
conducted by Rev. C. H. Trueblood
and interment in Ocean View ceme
tery. Mr. Willis is survived by three
sons and three daughters. Mr. Bertie
Willis, W. F. Willis, Clem Willis,
Mrs. C. C. Guthrie, Mrs. Elmo Stew
art and Miss Mamie Willis.
Friends of both candidates are work
ing hard for their man and each
side seems confident of winning the
nomination. The solicitorship race
between Solicitor Jesse H. Davis of
New Bern and David M. Clark of
Greenville is also a warm one. The
candidates and their friends are
beating the bushes all over the dis
trict now and are making' a great
effort' to line up the voters for their
respective sides. The primaryvis to
take place on Saturday July the 3rd.
PROMOTIONS LOW
LN SOME SCHOOLS
In Six Mentha Schools Many
Children Fail To Make
The Grades
When we consider the superior ad
ventages paired by a longer school
term it is evident that this is the
only way by which we can have a
real school system in Carteret Coun
ty. It so happens in Carteret Coun
ty that this uniform rate of special
tax for the two extra months serves
great advantage to all the people in
the county. The special tax districts
have their special taxes reduced and
the non-local tax.disticts have theirs
raised between twenty and thirty
cents for which they are getting two
extra months of school. This is a
much lower rate than any of the non
local districts could levy and get two
months school in their districts. This
uniform rate is a leveling process
whereby all pay the same rate of
special tax and are guaranteed their
two extra months over the six. This
is the only fair and systematic way
of handling the school problem in
Carteret County. . When we get a
county wide eight months term we
can organize a school system and ac
complish results,-but as it now stands'
with some six, some seven, some eight
and some nine months we can not
organize the work to get results.
There are too many non-promotions
in the short term schools and too
many children dropping out of school
consequently the teachers efforts do
not reach the children who are not
there and the time and money is
lost. It costs the county enormously
to teach over again the children who
are not promoted from the short
term schools. Last year it cost
$9000.00 to teach the 600 who were
not promoted the same work that
they had taken the year before. This
should not happen, by a uniform
eight months term it can be reduced
Ho a minimum. Statistics show that
the piomotions in the short term
schools are very low. Six months
schools only 53 per cent; Eight
months schools 75 per cent. In the
short term schools is the place where
so much repeating is done in the
grades. The average attendance is
even better in the long term schools.
Six months schools it is 75 per cent.
Long term schools 82 per cent, a dif
ference of 7 per cent in. favor of the
longer school term.
Now friend if you have registered
cast your ballot to help the children
in Carteret County. You have nev
er had an opportunity to do a great
er good for the children in Carteret
County than now. Help them so
they can compete with the children
in Jones, Pamlico and Craven. Let's
raise the standard of education in
Carteret County, and we can not do
it without giving to every child a
square deal and a chance to devel
op the talent that he has. When you
go to vote think of the child in the
broadest sense of the word. Just
think one vote cast the wrong way
may cause hundreds of children in
Carteret County to be deprived of an
education and they will grow up han
dicapped for life. Then fchey will
look back on life and say, "I wish
those who could would have done
what they should." "I wish that I
could have had an opportunity to
get an education, but now it is too
late" "I am to be a hewer of wood
and a drawer of water." Let not
any child in Carteret County in the
future say that he did i ot have a
CHANCE.
Folks let's get the vision of what
an eight months school term means
It means MUCH to the .children of
Carteret County. It may mean all
of some child's future. No one can
afford to do anything that will deny
a boy or girl of an education. On
tomorrow the boys and girls that are
anxious now to get an education and
can't will be some of the ones to
run the government, business, indus
try, and all of the future will be in
their harids. We as citizens of to
day must give them a chance to
handle the job better than we have
done it. VOTE AN EIGHT MONTHS
SCHOOL TERM AND YOUR CHIL
DREN WILL BUILD TO YOUR
MEMORY A MONUMENT OF
GRATITUDE AND PRiDE.
Since! ely yours,
J. H. WORKMAN,
County Superintendent Schools.
FIFTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
A large number of guests attend
ed the 'woocWn" wedding anniversary
of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Denoyer at
their attractive home on Front street
Monday morning from 10 :30 to 12 :30
Many gifts were received and "cute"
favors were distributed. An ice
course was served.
Mistake in election
returns is corrected
In last week's issv.e of the News
an error got into the tabulated elec
tion returns statement. The total
vote of solicitor Jesse H. Davis was
given as 1117 when it should have
been 717. The error occurred when
the News man understood the teller
to say eleven when he saW seven, a
rather natural mistake. The pural
ity of Mr. M. Leslie Davis over Solic
itor Davis was 623 votes. He was
not successful in getting in the sec
ond primary however which will be
a contest between Mr. D. M. Clark
of Greenville, who got the highest
vote, and Solicitor Jesse H. Davis.
POTATO SHIPPING
VERY HEAVY NOW
More Than Twenty Cars A Day
Shipments Stop Next
Week
One of the largest crops of Irish
potatoes ever raised in Carteret
county is now in process of being
marketed. Up to and including
Wednesday's shipments 150 car loads
or some 30,000 barrels had been sent
out from Beaufort. For several days
shipments have exceeded 20 cars a
day. This does not include ship
ments from Morehead City which how
ever are much smaller than the crop
raised in the Beaufort area. It is
considered likely by some of the po
tato shippers that fifty cars more
will leave Beaufort before the sea
son closes which will make the total
40,000 barrels or more. The biggest
crop ever raised here was four or
five years ago and was 43,000 bar
rels. Dry and cold weather in April and
during most of May made the pota
to yield lighter than it should have
been and also later. Last year 88
cars were shipped during the month
of May while this year . not a single
car moved in May. The total ship.
ment from Beaufort last year was
100 cars. Some growers got very
good yields this year but generally
6peakmg the yield seems to have
been below the average. The grow
ers who put off digging until this
week got. better results than those
who dug early. The inspection of
the crop this year, and the grading,
has been, better than ever before. A
number of young men arrived at the
beginning of the shipping season,
sent out by the Agricultural Depart
ment, and they have been very much
on the job. Dealers say that when
potatoes have been . inspected and
graded .properly better prices are
gotten. For some reason or other
prices have not been as high as they
have been on the Elizabeth City and
Aurora markets. Quotations which
the News has been getting have
shown a difference of 50 cents to $1
a barrel. At the first of the season
the News heard of one car sold here
that brought $6 a barrel. The price
dropped immediately though to $5
and then to $4.75, $4.50 and $4 a
barrel. While a good many pota
toes are yet to be harvested the big
rush is about over. If the weather
continues favorable the crop will be
finished up next week.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ELECTS NEW SECRETARY
The monthly meeting of the direc
tors of the Beaufort Chamber of Com
meice was held Tuesday at the of
fice of Dr. C. S. Maxwell. The mat
ter of securing a location for par
ties who desire to open a five and
ten cents store here was discussed.
There has been some difficulty about
securing a store room buut it is
thought that the necessary place can
be gotten now if the firm decides to
open here. The matter of improve
ments to the harbor was brought up
and the secretary reported as to the
correspondence with Senator Sim
mons and Congressman Abernethy
on this subject. .A letter from Dr.
W. H. Frisbie of Forsyth, Montana
in regard to buying some marsh
ponies was read. He had seen the
Article in the .Geographic magazine
Thir.cernirg North Carolina in which
mention was made of the ponies and
said he would like to have prices on
10,000 of them. Some other mat
ters of a routine nature were dispos
ed of.
Owing to pressure of other busi
ness Secretary J. P. Betts tendered
his resignation to the board and ask
ed to have some one elected to fill
his place. The board regretted to
lose Mr. Eetts' services but accepted
his resignation to take effect July
the first. Mr. W. O. WTilliams was
then elected secretary and will as
sume the duties of the office on July
the first. , '
BETTER OUTLOOK
FOR FARM CROPS
IN SOME PARTS
Some Section Helped By
Rains. Still Needing Rain
Very Badly
COTTON ACREAGE IS LARGE
Raleigh, June 11, 1926 Good
rains and fairly warm weather since
June 1st. have changed a song of
sorrow in some sections into a more
satisfactory refrain, according to re
ports to the Crop Reporting Service
of the State Department of Agricul
ture. The elements amended their
prohibition law on the 4th and 5th.
to include light rains and showers
though the Western and Southern
sections have profited little from
this amendment. Conditions have
improved much since June 1st., good
but insufficient rains being reported
from all sections east and north of
Raleigh, while the southern Piedmont
and many western counties report
that they are still greatly in need of
rain.
The principal damage from .the
pas tcool dry weather was its effects
on seed germination, especially of
cotton, retarded plant growth, and
reduction in quality of early truck
and fruit.
Small Grain
Corn is reported as better than
other crops everywhere, with good
stands general, and very little replant
ing necessary. Farmers in the south
ern Piedmont and mountain counties
have lots yet to be planted, and the
crop in that section is needing more
rain. Corn prospects are considered
bright as the crop has not suffered
excessively from drought.
Wheat averages from fair to very
good. The expected yield at this
time of about 10.7 bushels per acre
is slightly below that of last year.
The crop is expected to produce a
bout 8 percent more bushels , than
last year, due to an increase, in
acreage. The present condition is
2 points below the past ten-year av
erage. . .
Oats are reported as very poor to
fair with some very good conditions
in the mountain area. The best con
bitions are reported from the west
ern mountain and southern Piedmont
counties, notwithstanding that sec
tion hai had the least rainfall.
Rye averages fair to very good,
though the plants are considered
rather short in straw and the pro
duction expected will be slightly be
low last year.
Cotton
Early reports on the probable
acreage of cotton indicated a de
crease for 1926. There is evidence
at this time that the area planted this
year will be at least as large as last
year's planted area, but the effects
of the dry weather may reduce thU
either by causing a considerable
aandoment where the seed failed
t come up and no replanting was
.c.ie, or by reducing the expected
plantings. Many farmers consider
ed it folly to plant seed in the dry
soil in some sections prior to June
1st. The exact acreage is proble
matical at this time but no substan
tiated decrease' from last year is. ex
pected.
The stands to date have been irreg
ular in the extreme. Early plant
ed cotton is in fair shape but muc'i
of the late planted crop has not come ,
up yet, though much improvement is
noticeable throughout the belt since
the recent rains. About 38 percent
of the state's cotton crop was up t
a stand by May 25th, with about ii")
percent of the crop planted. On! r
about 5 percent had been chopped tt
that time. The season is considcre.I
from two to three weeks late.
The growth of plants has be'n gen
erally poor. The dry, cool and wind
weather occurring just when see.l
were beginning to sprout has retard
ed most plant growth. One shonU
not overlook the dry weather nature
of the cotton plant, however, and hot,
seasonable weather from now, in
terspersed with occasional showers,
can work wonders with our cotton.
Tobucco
Tobacco has su'Jeied pprobably as
much as any other crop during the
drought. Star ;.re poor and irreg
ular. It has been generally too dry
to set tobacco and it was necessary
to water the plants when set. The
recent rains though insufficient, seem
intended especially for tobacco as a
line drawn about the area where rain'
fall was heaviest since June 1st. - ill
exactly inclose the tobacco bilt.
Planting was held back so that the
season is from ten days to three
weeks late. Dry, cool winds have
not been helpful. Most farmers,
however, report the crop as much im-
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