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VOLUME XV
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY S te .1.
PRICE Sc SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 33
CITY BOARD ORDERS AN ELECTION
TO DECIDE THE HOTEL QUESTION
Hotel CommiMion Appointed. Hot Discussion Take Place
Concerning Sum of $100,000 Borrowed By Cky Board.
jwo CommUtiouera Say They Knew Nothing of
Transaction
One ef the warmest sessions ever
held "by the board of town commis
sioners took place at the city hall
Monday. Only a few spectators were
present but they seemed to enjoy the
proceedings very thoroughly. The
meeting was the regular first Mon
day meeting and Mayor Thomas and
the whole board composed of Dr. C.
S. Maxwell. L. J. Noe, W. P. Smith,
Harry Parkin and D. W. Whitehurst
were present.
The principle matter considered by
4he board Monday was the calling of
an election oft the municipal hotel
question. It was when this subject
was opened up that the storm refer
red to above took place. The hotel
committee, composed of E. Walter
Hill, A. D. O'Bryan and Commission
er C. S. Maxwell, handed in a report
favoring the purchase of the Inlet Inn
site at $25,750 and recommended an
election on a bond issue of $150,000
for buying the lot and building a
hotel. This started the fireworks.
Internal Revenue Collector A. T.
Gardner the ntook the floor and said
he favored the hotel but wanted to
know about some other matters first.
He said he understood the board had
borrowed $100,000 for the purpose
of developing certain real estate east
of town and he wanted to know if it
was true. He said some of the com
missioners had told him theyhad not
voted for a loan and knew nothing
about it He wanted to know what
authority they had to borrow the
noney, where they got it, where it
was and what they were going to do
with it. Postmaster R. B. Wheatly
was also present and he made some
caustic remarks on the situation also.-
City Clerk M. A. Hill was the
first to reply to. Mr. Gardner and he
stated that no loan had been nego
tiated. City Attorney G. W. Dun.
can spoke up then and said the
money had been borrowed and Com
missioner W. P. Smith also admitted
that it had been borrowed. At this
state of the proceedings the minutes
were produced and the City Clerk
started to read the loan resolution
but was. soon relieved by the City
Attorney who read the resolution
which wns said to have been adopt
ed on the 5th of July. The minutes
stated that the vote was unanimous
but Commissioner Noe denied that
he voted to borrow the money and
said he did not know it had been bor
rowed until a few days ago. There
was quite a hubbub and considerable
confusion, with the spectators apT
plauding Mr. Gardner and making a
good many remarks on the side. The
Mayor was asked where the money
had been put and replied that the
information might be obtained from
City Treasurer Stancil. Mr. Gard
ner started to the telephone but stop
ped when Chief of Police Longest
volunteered the information that the
money was in the Bank of Beaufort.
Commissioner Smith then stated that
the county had agreed to take the
money off the town's hands and that
the town would not lose a nickle by
the transaction. Mr. O'Bryan then
took the floor in the role of peace
maker and tried to get the discussion
back to the hotel where it started.
After the confusion had subsided
. somewhat the hotel matter was tak
en up again and the resolution con.
cerning it, with some amendments,
were adopted.' The resolutions are
given in full in another column.
Besides acting on the hotel mat
ter the board transacted some ether
business. A. T. Gardner reported
for the committee on getting an
auditor by recommending that C. F.
Delamar be secured for a fee of $30
a day. The matter was discussed and
on motion of Commissioner Parkin
the report was rejected. On motion
ef 'Commissioner Smith the City
Clerk was instructed to advertise for
bids for auditing the books.
Mr. C. P. Dey asked the board" to
have an old building near his house
at 203 Craven street removed on ac
count of danger from ftrei ' The mat
ter was referred to Commissioner L.
J. Noe and Fire Chief D." M. Jones.
A motion was passed to advertise for
15 days for bids on putting in toilets.
The Guthrie-Bell Drug Company ask
ed for permission to put a brick arid
glass front on their drug tore. The
matter according to rule will be (held
up for 20 days before acting on it.
Mrs. Joe Mason was relieved of her
taxes for 1D25. : The board recessed
to meet again at 8 p. m. Tuwdiy the
21st. - -
HOTEL COMMISSION APPOINTED
The Hotel Commission appointed
by the board of town commissioners
is as follows: W. A. Mace, U. E.
Swann, J. A. Hornaday Jr., C. S.
Maxwell, A. D. O'Brien, C. T. Chad
wick and E. Walter Hill.
BUOY PLACED AT
TH1STLEROY WRECK
A buoy has been placed to mark
the wreck of the cotton steamer
Thistleroy near Cape Lookout. The
buoy was put in position Monday.
Captain W. J. Willis who carried it
there aboard the menhaden fishing
vessel W. M. Webb. The water at
low tide above the wreck is only a
bout two and a half feet deep and
as it was unmarked the - place has
been a considerable menace to ship
ping of all sorts. There was a buoy
there a good many years ago but
it was lost. The Thistleroy wreck
is a noted place for fishing and is
well known by sportsmen as well as
professional fishermen all over the
country. , '
BEAUFORT SCHOOL
GETS GOOD START
Largest Enrollment In Its His
tory. Big Crowd Present
For Opening Exercises
Beaufort Public School for white
children made a good start Monday,
according to those in charge. The
largest enrollment in its history was
in attendance and a full corps of com
petefit teachers was present and
ready for the year's work. The to
tal enrollment this year so far is 412
and last year it was 341 which makes
a substantial increase. There are
113 in the High School as against
92 last year.
The auditorium was inadequate to
hold the crowd that was present for
the opening exercises Monday. There
were not enough seats for the pupils
let alone the parents anl others who
were present. The exercises began
with singing the 'hymn "Holy, holy
holy" after which the Reverend G.
W. Lay read the 25th chapter from
St. Matthew find made the invocation.
Chairman U. E. Swann of the board
of trustees was next introduced by
Superintendent Fritz. He called
for three cheers for the school, for
the superintendent and the teachers
which "were given. He extended a
welcome to the new pupils and new
teachers and urged upon all the im
portance of the work before them.
Mr. M. Leslie Davis spoke briefly
stressing the fact that this was a
happy occasion and the beginning
of a great opportunity for service.
Reverend E. Frank Lee was the next
speaker and he called attention to
the opportunities for doing church
and Sunday school work. He urged
pupi's and teachers not to "pass the
buck" but for each one to do his
or her part in the work at hand.
Mrs. H. Overstreet, president of the
Parent-Teachers Association spoke
briefly of the work of that organi.
zation. Superintendent Fritz talk,
ed for a few minutes on the value
of an education, cave some explana
tions and directions and then after
singing America, the benediction was
pronounced by Reverend L. B. Boney
and the exercises ended.
On account of the fact that the
building for the colored children was
burned some weeks ago the colored
school did not open Monday. The
board is trying to arrange for secur
ing, a building and the school will
open as soon as it can be done.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MET HERE MONDAY
The regular monthly meeting of
the board of county commissioners
took place Monday. A large crowd
of people from Marshallberg, Atlan
tic, Barkers Island, Sea Level and
other places were on hand for the
meeting. They wanted roads mostly
but some of the Harker's Island
people wanted a ferry, Jurors were
chosen for the -xncxt term of court
and some other business was transact
ed. The News has toot been able to
see the official minutes as they were
not ready in time and therefore will
not give a synopsis of the board's
deliberations until next week.
BOYS AND GIRLS
HOLD ENCAMPMENT
Craven County Club Members
Have The Tune Of Their
Lives at Neuse Forest
(By Edith Powell Home Demou
mation Agcnt
J want to tell the boys and girls of
Carteret County what the boys and
g.ils of C aven .County Bre domg.
Last week, I assisted Miss Simpson,
the Home Agent, and Mr. Farris, the
Farm Agent, with their encampment
of the Boys' and Girls' Clubs. This
Encampment was held at Neuse For.
est near New Bern. There were a
bout one hundred and fifteen chil.
dren present. They formed s repre
sentative group from Pig Clubs,
Poultry Clubs, Canning Clubs and
Sewing Clubs. They were there from
the ages of ten to eighteen; and the
range in weight was from forty to
two hundred. The two hundred
pound boy was the baby of the
group.
Each boy and girl brought a chic
ken and a .vegetable of some kind
from home and paid one dollar extra.
When all of the corn, potatoes, but-
terbeans, tomatoes, apples, pears,
preserves, jellies and pickles had
been assembled in the ' pantry one
would have thought that there was
enough to feed Sherman's Army, but
it took careful planning on the part
of Miss Simpson to make the food
"come out even" and still give the
youngsters plenty to eat. The one
dollar from each person went to pay
for bread, rolls, lemons, ice and ice
cream, milk for cocoa and sugar for
the lemonade and coffee. We used
300 pounds of ice, six gallons of ice
cream, and a peck of lemons every
day. We called these our luxuries,
but by the way the boys called for
more lemonade, one would have
thought that it was a necessity.
When the whistle sounded at six
o'clock, thosi whu wanted to go
swimming were up and ready. They
had an hours fun in the water and
then dressed for breakfast which was
served at eight o'clodrr ' - -.,
Immediately after breakfast each
morning, a group of boys were de
tailed to kill chickens. They ac
complished this task in a short time,
and then they went to the auditorium
where Mr. James M. Gray, one of
the "High-Ups" in the Extension
Service at State College, spoke to
them for a while. The girls' were
given instruction in table setting and
service. We had hoped to have the
demonstrator from the Wesson Oil
Company, to give the girls instruc
tion in salad making, but she was un.
able to, come at that time.
At four o'clock everybody went
swimming again. Swimming was the
chief sport since the waters of the
Neuse were right at the door. Pitch
ing horseshoes was indulged in by
some of the more active lads. After
supper, about eight o'clock each
night, Mr. Farris entertained us at
11 e auditorium with moving pictur
es. Mr. Harrill, the State Club
Leader, was there too, and put a lot.
of pep and fun into the meetings
with his songs and stunts.
Let me tell you about one of his
stunts that furnished us unlimited
amusement. He called sixteen boys
from the audience and arranged
them in a semi.circle on the stage.
Then he placed the cover of a small
matchbox on the nose of the boys
at each end of the line. Then each
of the-boys had to place the match
box on the nose of the boy nearest
nim without either of them touching
the box with their hands. Then
here came the fun, because some of
the boys had big noses and some had
little noses, and some were tall and
some were short. The side which
could first get the box to the center
boy in the line was the winning side.
If the box fell, Mr. Harrill placed it
back on the nose of the boy from
whom it fell. A mere description of
.is sUmi ' can only wuiv--j k pf
idea of the fun it is. Just try it!
The Encampment lasted from Men.
day noon till Thursday afternoon af
ter the four o'clock swim. Every
child had a genuine good time, and
they want next year to come when
another good time is in store for
them. Mr.. Golphin, Agent in Pam,
lico County, and Mr. Monroe, Agent
in Jones County, had a few of their
club boys and girls there. These
two men assisted greatly in the man
agement of the Camp.
I hope that Carteret County may
have an encampment next year. I am
planning for it. With the opening
of the schools, I shall begin to or
ganize clubs for the girls, and we
shall do some work that will be of
practical valu .e
Mrs. H. M. Hendrix, Miss Helen
and Harry have returned home after
having visited in Concord.
EIGHT MONTHS
TERM BEGINS
NEXT MONDAY
For First Time In County's
History Schools will . Run
For Eight Months
TEACHERS CONFER TODAY
Monday September 1?, 1026 is a
Red Letter Day" for Carteret Coun
ty boys and girls. On that day for
the lirst time every bo;. and gul in
tho county will have th? opportunity
ti enter an eight mont' s shcol.
How different is the school of to
ds y from that which cir grand.
p'rr.nts attended. They had stein
schoolmsters with long hand and
they kept order with a birch rod.
The cartoons a few years ago pic
tured the' little boy crying because
he had to go to school and his dog
was laughing because he did not
have to go to school.
Today most of the teachers are
girls with short hair. They seldom
need a birch rod for they have attend
ed Teachers College and understand
how to teach Reading, Writing, Arith
metic, and other things so that they
are interesting to boys and girls.
Last year the artist realized the
change which had been brought a
bout by the newer methods and when
he made his picture for the first
day of school the little boy was start
ing off to school laughing and the
little dog was cryinsr because he had
to stay at home
Plans for the work of the year will
be discussed at the Educational Con
ference on September 9, 10, and 11.
The County Handbook for 1926-27
will be distributed. It contains the
School Calendar, a brief outline of
thetwork, school regulations, and re
ferences. Reading in the county
schools has improved very much dur
ing the last three years. This year
the work in reading will be continu
ed and Language will be given special
attention.
VJsitors for the conference from
out of the county will be Mr. liobert
H. Wright, President of East Caro
lina Teachers College, who will speak
Friday morning at . eleven o'clock,
Miss Baldonv representative of the
Zaner Writing Company, will give
special demonstrations in writing on
Friday afternoon, and Miss Gath
wright of Richmond, Va. will demon,
strate the use of the Victrola in
schools on Saturday morning.
School supplies will .be given out
i. oa i j a l .' 1 1
d teachers will
ni noon oaiuruay ana leacners win
go to their communities on Saturday
afternoon. Teachers who teach in
Newport, Atlantic, and Harkers Is
land will have the. privilege of living
in new modern homes. Each of these
places have nice new teacherages.
They were built with money loaned
by the State and jscill be paid for out
of the rental money without any
charge to the county.
Lid of Teachers
Atlantic : Mabel Evans, Manteo,
N. C. ; F. L. Stroupe, Crossnbre, N.
C. ; Minnie Nelson, Atlantic, N. C;
Grattis Truitt, Oriental, N. C. Mar
garet Williams, Currituck, N. C.
Annie M. Woods, Cedar Grove, N. C.
Mrs. Daphine Hill, Atlantic, N. C.
Martha Stegall, Marshallberg, N. C.
Dorothy Grubbs,., Lexington, Ky.
Bettie: Mrs. Lucy S. Pake, Bet
tie, N. C. Lottie Salter, Atlantic, N.
C.
Broad Creek: Nina Hardesty,
Beaufort, N. C. Mrs. Maud Hill, At
lantic, N. C.
Buck's Store: Myrtle Pridgon,
Trenton, N. C.
Camp Glenn. Mrs. J. F. Nelson,
Morehead City, N. C. Ruth Willis,
Morehead City, N. C. Emily Newberry
Dunn, N. C. Berta J. Dunn, Samar
card, N. C.
Cedar Island; J. I. Mason, At
lantic, N. C. Lola Nelson, Atlantic,
N. C. Gladys Willis, Atlantic, N. C.
Nettie M. Morris, Atlantic, N. C.
Davis: Irvin Davis, Davis, N. C.
Theresa Hill, Atlantic, N. C. Delia
Pond, Davis, N. C.
Gales Creek: Bern Ice Burton,
Union, S. C.
Harkers Island: Leon a Jar vis,
Gloucester, N. C. Goldie Willis, At
lantic; N. C. Mrs. Mamie Lewis, Har
kers Island, N. C. Mabel Ellis, Clay,
ton, N. C. Geo. D. Hardy, New Bern,
N. C.
Lukens: Mrs. Sudie Guthrie, At
lantic, N. C.
Lupton: Vivian Parsons, BeBtf5"tTJfine country but in their opinion
Marshallberg: Mary ' Culbreth
Stedman, N. C. Flora Davis, Marshall
berg, N. C. Justin Robinson, AtlaTTH
tic, N. C,
; Merrimon:
N. C,
Nina Wade, M. City.
Newport: C. F. Carroll. Newoort
N. C. Ruth Tyler, Roxabel, N. C. Ida
Woodard, Oriental, N. C. Annie lias -
( Continued on page eight)
POLICE COURT ITEMS
Folice court Monday afternoon
was a rather tame affair. There was
only one trial and that did not amount
to a great deal.. Two negro boys
Alfred Wilson and John Henry were
tried for fighting. Both attempted
to prove their innocence but neither
succeeded in doing so. Mayor Thomas
fined them $15 or 10 days on the
streets.
The case of Herbert Martin tried
last Monday on the charge of having
a fight with John Bunyan Congleton
and postponed for judgment was tak
en up again. One witness Mr.
Jodie Glover was examined and he
testified that Martin did not strike
Congleton. The Mayor then dis
missed the case. George Mason a
young white man pleaded 'guilty to
allowing Lis dog to run at large and
was taxed with the costs $3.45. A
case against Captain George W.
Smith in which he was charged with
an assault upon a 'boy, the son of
Captain Will Smith was continued
until next Monday.
FOOD HANDLERS
FOUND DISEASED
Examinations Show Many Per.
sons Suffering Venereal
Diseas. All Have Been
Treated.
(By Dr. T. C. Britt County Health
Officer)
In the examination of 217 food
handlers in Beaufort and Morehead
City cafes, resturants, and hotels 33
cases of syphilis have been discovered
Most of these have been colored help
and all infected individuals were
colored. All of these individuals
who remained in the county have
been required to report to the health
department or to a private physician
for treatment. During the month of
August 76 injections of neoarsphen
amine have been given by the health
department. Since the department
was created in this county 80 cases
of venereal diseases have been re
ported to the State Board of Health.
Our vaccination campaign has not
been as successful as it should have
been. We haven given 195 complete
typhoid vaccinations, 71 small pox,
196 complete toxin-antitoxin (Diph
theria). There is a good number
taking the vaccinations at present
and some who have completed a ser
ies during September. During the
early part of the school year we hope
to give everyone in the county an
fPPo-tunity to be vaccinated and it
is nopea mat every cnua Deiween
the ages of six months and ten years
will take the toxin antitoxin to pre
vent diphtheria and all who have not
had typhoids vaccination within the
past two years will take advantage
of the opportunity to prevent ty
phoid. Every one should be vaccinat
ed against small pox.
Before schools closed in the Spring
we examined and inspected over
1500 school children and found
either physical defects or errors in
personal hygiene that could be cor
rected about 100 of these were chil
dren with enlarged tonsils and ad
enoids and defective teeth. I hope
more of these have been corrected
than we know of, as only 6 tonsil and
adenoid operations, and 29 correc
tions of dertal defects have been re
ported to us. With the assistance of
a representative from the State Board
of Health we held several clinics and
pointed out many defects to parents.
Now we believe that a child cannot
develope physically or mentally with
noted handicaps.
About the matter of personal hy
giene it is hoped that' every child will
enter schol free from scabes and
pediculosis so that no child will have
to be excluded from school on that
account. We expect to begin early
and exclude every child who is in.
fested to prevent the spread of such
conditions to whole schools.
SNOWDEN FAMILY RETURNS
TO BEAUFORT TO LIVE
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Snowden and
their jtwo sons who went to Miami,
Florida about a year ago, have come
bnck to Beaufort and will make their
home here in future. They will
conduct the same line , of business
they did when here before except
that it will be on a larger scale. Mr.
and Mrs. bnowden say rlorida is a
North Carolina is still better and
they have come back to stay. The
Snowdens have a great many friends
in Beaufort and vicinity and have re
ceived a hearty welcome from them.
I Misses Glennie Paul and Victoria
1 Boney left Tuesday morning for Ral-
I eigh where they will attend Meredith
College.
GOVERNOR GIVES
PARDON TO WYATT
RALEIGH OFFICER
Slayer Of Sraithfield Lawyer,
Stephen Holt, Is Free Man
Now
PREACHER KILLS PRISONER
( BY M. L. SHIPMAN)
Raleigh, N. C, September 6 The
return of Governor McLean from
his vacation marked the resumption
of activities in official circles during
the week. In addition Raleigh had
its own excitement of another nature,
the killing of a convict by a preacher
deputy under somewhat unusual cir
cumstances. The whefle Capital
this week turned its eyes toward
Eastern North Carolina where the
tobacco markets open this week and
the flood of golden coin for the gol
den weed is expected to spell pros
perity for the tobacco counties this
year. A good price Is looked for by
growers who have followed the open
ing of the markets further South.
The Governor marked his return
with an informal dinner for news
paper men and he took occasion at
that time to discuss affairs of State
in general manner. He was feeling
greatly benefitted by his sojourn in
Wisconsin where he devoted himself
to toil of a nature which would tire
an ordinary man. Physically, how
ever, the Governor is far from an
ordinary man. During the week the
Executive handled a number of im
portant matters. He accepted three
invitations . . to ' speak at farmer's
gatherings, atKirby Farmers Club
at Conway ofiSept. 7, farmers picnic
at Friendship in Alamence county on
Septembei 9!'and at Wilkes county
fair at WTCkesboro on September 30.
He granted to Jess? Wyatt, former
Raleigh police office!; who shot Ste
phen Holt of Smithfeld mistaking him
for a Turn runner, a'.full pardon.
This will only relieve 'Wyatt of 20
days of his sentence but it will place
him in position to apply to court for
restoration of citiiensMp. Thai Gov
ernor went over plans for fire-proofing
buildings of State Hospital and
it is expected this work will be let
to contract when final plans are in
shape. To six prisoners he granted
paroles ;.nd refused elemency in 21
cases, the number having accmulated
during his absence and having been .
investigated by Pardon Commissioner
Sink. He addressed the Raleigh
Chamber of Commerce and urged the
importance of a landing field for
aeroplanes. It had been announced
that the Department of Commerce
had decided to make Raleigh a stop
for airplanes. The Governor got to
work to back the Board of Education
in order to get lower prices for
school books. The immediate result
was the lowering of prices by one
concern and the filing of injunction
proceedings stopping the others from
selling at higher prices than in other
States pending a hearing on the ques
tion on September 14. The Gover
nor is gratified that the dairying in
dustry is growing in the State and
hopes for its further advancement.
That taxes are still rollipg into
the treasuries of the United States
and North Carolina from people of
the State is indicated by the report
of collections for the past month.
Federal collections again took a -larga
jump and during July and August
$32,909,000 was collected, ine
State collected in August $879,407.
91 which was an increase of more
than two hundred 'thousand over the
same montn last year, ine Auto
License Bureau collected in August
$1,353,923.00 which was an increase
of about $450,000 over the sama
month last. year.
Quite a sensation was caused dur
ing the week by th! fatal wounding
of J. B. Vickers, convict of Char
lotte, by Rev. George Wood, -pastor-
deputy of Lenoir county. W ood
returning the man to prison after he '
had been captured after making his
escape. The man made another
break for freedom and it was while
being recaptured that he was shot.
Wood declared the shooting was ac
cidental. The several witnesses said
the guard shot in a fit of anger. W ood
was bound over' to Superior C;.art
under bond on a charge of muraer
when iVckers died of his w unds. '
Wood had been appointed a deputy
in connection with welfare work he
had been doing among prisoners.
Miss Elizabeth Kelly, well known
in the State, declares that the main
trouble with ' the North Carolina
school system is political bossism and
greed. She declares the question is
not how do we compare with other
states but where did we starts how
far have we gone and where are we
going. She says answers to these
questions will- convey the whole
school situation to the mind.
(Continued on page three)