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VOLUME XV
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY NOV. 11, 1926 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUM3ER 43
Ex-Sheriff Han ock
Laid To Rest Monday
Prominent In Carteret Politics
For Number of Year
Served Public
WAS PHILANTHROPIC
I' Sterling Price Hancock, a highly
esteemed citizen of Beaufort passed
a"-ay Sunday afternoon at his home
I on Ann Street at five o'clock. Having
;? been in ill health for the past few
ti years his death was not unexpected,
but a recent illness hastened the end.
He died on his birthday November
7th 1926. He was born in Carteret
County November 7th 1861 near
; Beaufort sixty-five years ago. In
his youth he joined the Baptist church
of this city, being one of the oldest
members of this church. He leaves
a record of a useful and energetic
life, full of interest in the affairs of
the community and county. He
served the county eight years as
sheriff and was a life long Democrat.
He married Miss Gertrude Davis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. C.
Davis. He is survived by his wife
and two daughters Misses Mattie King
and Gertrude Hancock, two sisters,
Mesdames William King, Wm. Pierce
of Beaufort and a brother, James
Hancock of Beaufort R. F. D. He
was conected with several business
interests of the city among which
are the Hancock-Huntley Co., Holly
Grove Farms and Dairy. He was at
one time mayor of Beaufort.
In deference of his memory all
business at the court house was sus-
I pended for the day. St. Paul's School
I was closed for the afternoon session.
The funeral was held at 2:30 from
I . the residence of the deceased on Ann
I Street, Rev. L. B. Boney, pastor of
the First Baptist church assisted by
Dr. G. W. Lay, conducting the ser
vices. The music was rendered by
1 the combined Episcopal and Baptist
i choirs. Interment was made in St.
I Paul's old historic cemetery.
,i' Numerous floral tributes attested
, ' the esteem in which the deceased was
- held.
A large number of friends Were
' ;j honorary pall bearers. The following
were acting pall bearers: Messrs.
V Joel Davis, Sam'l., Thos. Benj., Frank
and Fred King and Capt. J. T. Bev-eridge.
ANNUAL FLOWER
SHOW TUESDAY
Officers of Garden Club
Have Beautiful
Exhibit
The Garden Club Flower Show,
which was held Tuesday afternoon
was a simple affair this season in con
trast to the elaborate ones held in
previous years.- The fact is due to
the unusual dry season that has pre
vailed this summer. However the
few plants and flowers that were on
exhibition were rare specimens and
gorgeous in their beauty. Chrysan
themums and roses were the flowers
featured. A fair sum was realized
by the sale of refreshments.
The affair was held in the store of
Wm. H. Bailey, Jeweler and Neals'
Millinery and Novelty Shoppe. The
ladies of the Garden Club extend
their sincere thanks and appreciation
for the kindly use of the room and
also to the merchants of the city who
so generously donated the prizes for
the flower show. Three prizes for
chrysanthemums and two for roses
each being $2.00 were awarded. Mrs.
David Whitehurst received the first
and second prizes for chrysanthe
mums and Mrs. J. H. Ives received
the third prize. For roses the first
prize went to Mrs. Dave Whitehurst,
and the second prize was won by Mrs.
C. W. Clifton.
The severe storm prevented the
large attendance that was expected
at the exhibit.
RED CROSS ROLL
CALL STARTS TODAY
The roll clall of the American Red
Cross starts today, Armistice Day.
Mrs. C. H. Bushall, chairman of the
local chapter has appointed a num
ber of ladies who will assist her in
soliciting subscriptions. The Na
tional Red Cross is only as strong as)
the chapters who support it. Each
chapter, however small, goes to make
up one of the links in the g! ".t chain t
which eziva humar.ity.
MONTH OF OCTOBER WAS
FULL OF SUNSHINE
The month of October in Beaufort
was one largely of sunshine. For
22 days out of the 31 the sun shone
"brightly. There were four cloudy
days and the rest were partly cloudy.
The winds were variable. It blew
from the northeast 7 days, east 2
days, southeast 2 days, south 7 days
southwest 5 days, west 1 day, north
west 7 days. The rainfall for the
month was 2.58 inches. The average
for October is 4.68 inches. The
highest temperature for the month
was 90 degrees on the fourth day.
The lowest temperature recorded was
on the 27th and was 39 degrees above
zero. This information is furnish
ed by the monthly report of Charles
Hatsell, Weather Observer. The
tempeiature day by day was as fol
lows: Max.
83
88
88
90
85
82
79
70
79
78
80
84
81
84
.... 79
...76
77
77
83
.-,- 80
79
73
67
76
76
64
57
66
72
76
.75
Min.
68
68
68
68
73
69
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20 ..J:
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
57,'
54
50
50
64
66
66
68
63
59
60
53
65
64
56
50
57
59
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43
42
37
48
54
63
AUTO ACCIDENT.
The citizens living on the corner
of Anne and Queen Streets were
startled late Saturday afternoon. It
proved to be a collission of the truck
of Gaskill-Mace Company, driven by
a colored boy and the Cr'ysler car
of Mr. N. F. Eure, Mr. Eure driving, j
Keports from eye-witnesses state
that the windshield was demolished,
fender torn off and other ' damage,
to the car. The truck-was slightly
damaged. Mr. Eure received sever
al cuts from broken glass.
VOTING
PLACE
Beaufort
Morehead City
Newport
Stella
Peletier
Bogue
Eldorado
Wildwood
Salter Path -
Wire Grass
Long Pine
Harlowe
Merrimon
Bettie
Otway
Straits
Harker's Island
.Marshallberg
Smyrna I
Williston
.....
Davis
Stacy
Sea Level
Atlantic '
Roe
Portsmouth
'TOTAL 261 .6:25761 1186 24322528i 1344 1163 1 1 267 j24 19
CUPID UP-TO-DATE'
AT THE LOCAL HIGH
SCHOOL BUILDING
Presented Under Auspices Of
Women's Club; Clever Dane
es, Choruses, Singing, Etc.
See Mr. Betts a the green awk
ward country boy when he makes
love to his hay-seedy tacky country
gal, Miss Helen Hendrix. These two
are a scream and will make you for
get your troubles.
Then there is Mr. James Fodrie,
the hard-boiled husband, who is al
ways fussing and raising cane with
his wife until Seuator Bing (Miss
Emma Taylor) with her wonderful
machine changes him into a sissy, hen
pecked husband.
The difficult role of Father Time
will be protrayed very modernly by
Mr. Oscar Duncan, supported by Miss
Margaret Jones as Miss Common
Sense, who is indeed well fitted for
this part.
Miss Emma Taylor, as the twenti
eth century politician (Senator Bing,
makes monkeys of the whole bunch
except those in the cast whom nature
has cheated her out of the opportu
nity. The two sets of Dumb twins, Cora
and Dora, Eddie and Freddie, are
heing ably handled by Miss Daphne
Paul, Miss Estelle Caffrey, Mr.
Chadwick, Charles Hassell and Mr.
Chadwick. To see the quartette por
traying their dumbness is a treat
within itself.
The juvenile part of Cupid is in
safe hands and Miss Willis
makes a place for herself in the heart
of everyone and sliows that love is
the predominating thing of life.
The choruses have been chosen
from Beaufort's prettiest and most
charming girls, who dance and sing
in a manner that would do credit to
a professional chorus.
There are thirty children who will
dance for you as Charleston Babies,
Bed Timers, Fairies, Cats and Stars.
Be sure that you do not miss
Sewell's latest and most spectacular
Production, "Cupid up-to-date." This
is to be gi orhtuhnvge SoR.
is to be given through the Woman's
Club for the benefit of the Communi
ty Library L'uost Beaufort. Get
your tickets early. Press Agent.
CITY SCHOOL GIVEN
HOLIDAY FRIDAY
Due to the fact that fourteen of
the faculty of the Baaufort Graded
School will attend the north east
ern district of the North Carolina
Parent-Teachers Association which
meets in Greenville, N. C. the school
will be given holiday Friday. The
following teachers left Thursday for
Greenville: Misses. Hellen Griffin,
Rose Winstead, Eloise Bridges,
Katherine Sieg, Mahala Ballance,
Lessie Arrington, Louise Fritz, Nel
lie Swann, Neva Chadwick, Lena
Duncan, Lucile Pond, Edith Hollo
well, Mr. Rose and Superintendent,
R. L. Fritz.
TABULATED STATEMENT GIVING VOTE OF CARTERET COUNTY BY PRECINCTS
Clerk of Register j
Superior of House of Senators I U. S. Rep.
County Commissioners , Court. Deeds Represen. Sheriff Coroner Surveyor 7th. Dist. Solic Senator Congress
Democrats Republican A-,--.-.-. I
a w -
rt s u 01 1
z 3 & o & " o a I I
I 316 3391 3491 3471 343 448' 366 407 j 396 408 514 2991 2571 5361 367j 418j 395 405j 430 371 411 j 388 419 419 4U4j 407 305 412 30b
856 8351 2621 840 833 72 100 65 652 68) 845 74 870 67 839 76 865 61 852 64 851 69 837 837 858 761 76 838 4
156 1471 44 154 124 106 128 94 221 100 143 no 123 130 176 71 137 116 137 108 138 115 138 139 141 107j 85 114) 52
I 42 42' 40) 44 34 10 1 1 2 1 35 3 33 0 40 1 39 0 33 0 33 0 35 35 34 28( 0 39 0)
I 34 j 251 211 88 34 10 12 5 16 1 25 12 25 12 28 6 24 14 25 12 24 14 27 29 29 22 6 23 7
j 44 39 5! 45) 44 2 1 1 35 1 40 2 39 5 41 1 39 6 41 1 39 4 38 40 41 17 5 33 2
I 36 36 351 36 34 3 4 3 7 3 35 4 35 4 38 0 33 5 35 4 35 4 35 35 36 36 0 30 0
58 57 56 63 57 14 16 15 14 16 58 16 56 18 57 16 59 15 62 10 58 15 59 59 59 58 10, 59 14
78 78 0 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 78 0 78 0 78 0 78 0 78 0 78 0 77 77 78 78 .. 0 78 0
14 16 16 17 16 37 39 39 27 39 45 23 14 46 18 39 19 40 28 38 28 38 33 33 35 31 36 34 31
11 ' 11 10 11 11 12 11 10 10 10 27 3 18 11 21 -9 18 11 25 5 17 11 23 23 25 14 9 25 5
19 15 16 24 16 45 50 44 45 45 46 33 20 46 30 36 34 39 30 44 37 40 32 32 33 33 43 . 47 30
I 35! 361 391 34 38 18) 11 17 11 12 56 2 40 14 39 17 48 12 46 10 43, 18 45 45 47 46; 4 48 2
34 341 33 34 31 ' 13 13 13 13 12 34 14 29 17 19 U 36 11 32 12 31 14 32 32 36 SO 13 42 j 3
24 25 25 25 25 13 '12 12 12 12 29 16 22 17 22 17 25 12 22 13 22 14 23 23 24 23 12 ' 24 f 12
41 38 42 43 41 16 18 18 18 18 57 11 50 18 51 , 16 51 14 50 16 51 16 51 50 52 47 14 471 14
55 56 83 55 56 114 93 108 110 97 69 100 53 112 65 102 61 105 56 102 56 110 61 66 65 54 112- 8l 87
17 16 19 16 17 113 110 111 110 110 16 109 19 108 21 106 23 101 18 108 16 109 19 19 18 17 110 24f 102
28 28 21 17 21 13 5 6 3 2 28 2 26 4 21 7 16 14 24 5 26 4 21 21 27 26 3 26 2
35 35 3 3 4 62 32 65 59 39 21 47 12 55 4 64 8 47 4 64 4 64 4 4 4 31 63 4 62
85 82 42 68 78 86 86 122 93 93 68 106 57 105 63 104 65 101 63 105 61 100 62 63 63 58 100 59 99 '
67 54 7 15 ' 57 79 38 81 49 105 34 59 36 61 26 76 37 64 32 55 32 29 29 29 34 22 48 28 50
109 110 3 98 112 9 9 12 118 22 102 19 102 18 100 17 104) 17 104 18) 105 18 103 103 104 81 15 94' 14
326 326 81 260 326 37 0 5 326 16 141 185 260 T8 266 60 277 45 226 37 243 37 286 289 289 289 37 289 37
73 73 7 67 73 12 8 7 72 7 68 11 65 j 1! 66 18 62) 17 67 8 66 10 65 65 67 58 0 71 0
23! 23 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 211 2 21 1 23) 0 22 1 22 1 0 21 22 21 0 22 1
United States Army Calls Men To
Replace Those WhoseTerms Expired
CARNIVAL SUCCESS
BY LOCAL TALENT
Under Auspices of Parents
Teachers Association. Good
Sum Realized
The Carnival held last week end
under the auspices of the Parents
Teachers' Association proved a de
cided success in every way. The
hearty cooperation of those taking
part and those assisting the ones get
ting the show up were very gratify
ing to the officers of the Parent
Teachers Association. Much credit
is due Mrs. A. D. O'Brien, chairman
of the Ways nad Means Committee
of the P. T. A. Association, and her
associates, in their untiring efforts
in putting on the local affair. The
proceeds netted $100 clear of all ex
penses. The different booths made an at
tractive appearance, balloons added
a touch of color with the gay con
fietti. Blue Beard's wives drew large
crowds, the average attendance to
that show was 125. The minstrel
show put on by local talent was a
big hit, some clever stunts were pull
ed off and the singing and dancing
was excellent.
SALISBURY MEN CATCH
FINF LOT fF UFFP'UPAr !
The best catch of sheep'shead ev
er made in this vicinity with hook
and line,- according to Mr. A. J.
Cooke who is an authority, was that
made last Friday. The fish were
caught by Messrs A. H. Graf, A. H.
Graf Jr. and P. B. Beard of Salisbury.
They were caught at the wreck of
the old steamer Thistleroy near Cape
Lookout. Over 200 pounds of fish
we,y caught and of these 190 pounds
were sheep'shead. They ranged all
the way from a pound or so up to
three big ones that weighed 10, 10 1-4
and 11 pounds. The fish were caught
with shrimp for bait and if fiddlers
had been available the fishermen say
there is no telling how many they
would have caught. The "j.veather
was fine on the day the catch was
made and all conditions were favor
able. COMMUNITY CLUB MEETS.
The regular monthly meeting of
the community club was held in the
rest room November 4th. In the ab
sence of the President the 1st Vice
President, Mrs. W. A. Mace, presid
ed. Our county Demonstrator, Miss
Edith Powell met with us. Reports
were heard from the chairman of the
different departments. Plans were
discussed for the play Cupid up-to-Date
put on by the ciub which is to
be Nov. 11 and 12.
Pub. Com.
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The following letter was received
by Lieutenant E. W. Hill:
Headquarters Fourth Corps Area
Atlanta, Ga.
Oct 15, 1926.
Subject: Replacements for the
Regular Army.
To: 1st. Lt. Eli W. Hill, Inf. ORC.
Box 274.
Beaufort, N. C.
1. The Regular Army will need
75,000 replacements during the per
iod 1 July 1925 to 30 June 19,27,
owing to discharges per expiration of
terms of service and for other caus
es. 2. I shall be called upon to en
list 8,500 of these for troops in the
Fourth Corps Area and for the Ar
my at large.
3. The Corps Area Recruiting
Service enlisted 6,000 recruits dur
ing the last year. Comparing this
figure with the 8,500 in paragraph
2, it wil be seen that an extra effort
must be made to secure our quota.
4. Unmarried men of good moral
character, between 18 and 35 years
of age are eligible. The service pre
sents excellent opportunities for ad
vancement to men of character and
ability.
5. Are there not some eligible
ylrung men of your neighborhood
whom you could advise to enlist in
the Regular Army? If so, I would
greatly appreciate your taking a per
sonal interest in getting them to en
list, furnishing me with the names
and addresses.
JOHNSON HAGOOD,
Major General, Commanding.
ABERNETHY'S MAKE BEAU-
FORT FUTURE HOME
Mrs. John T. Abernethy and chil
dren of Chapel Hill arrived in the
city Monday night to make their fu
ture home here. Mr. Abernethy, who
has been here for several weeks, has
accepted a position with the Gaskill
Mace Company as bookkeeper and
salesman. They will reside at the
Inlet Inn.
Mr. Abernethy is the son of Dr.
and Mrs. Eric Abernethy of Chapel
Hill.
TO CANVASS VOTES
7th. DISTRICT
Col. D. E. Langdale, Chairman of
Carteret County Board of Elections,
will leave tomorrow for New Bern
where he will meet other County
Chairman to canvass the Senatorial
vote of the recent election in the 7th.
district.
Mri. Geo. Henderson With the
Newt During Editors Absence
Mrs. George Henderson Jr., of
Morehead City is editing the Beau
fort News during the absence of Mr.
W. G. Mebane who is on his wedding
toar. Any courtesy extended to her
by the public will be appreciatd by
the News.
BUDGET HEARINGS
OF INSTITUTIONS
BEGAN LAST WEEK
Increase of Fcur Millions Ask
ed For By Various Institutions
FEDERAL REVENUE INCREASES
(By M. L. SHIPMAN)
Raleigh, N. C. November8 The
returns from the election the begin
ning of budget hearings in prepara
tion for the next General Assembly
and a host of other matters occupied
the attention of State officials dur
ing the past week. It was the first
definite week of work on the fall pro
gram in preparation for the session
of legislators starting in January.
The election returns were a tre
mendous victory for Democracy in
the opinion of party leaders, it be
ing pointed out that, on the basis
of unofficial returns, the Republican
membership in the house had been
cut down in about 12 while in the
senate it had been reduced to about
two. In addition the fall ticket 01
state offices, including congress and
others, were filled by Democrats and
in no major contrast were the Repub
licans able to register. Sampson
county stronghold of Marion Butler,
went Democratic. Johnson county
was reclaimed for democracy while
on the west one or two other coun
ties returned to the party. The Re
publicans picked up Lincoln county
in the west and also maintained their
lead in certain other Republican
strongholds but generally lost
strength. '
The budget hearing for institutions
started during the week with educa
tional institutions getting the first
say before the Governor and advisory
budget commission. The preliminary
figures announced by Governor Mc
Lean show that all agencies of the
agencies of the state, including
co'.letres and other institutions and
the department's are asking increas
I es of approximately four million
about eleven million dollars to fifteen
millions. The initial hearings devel
oped that State College and the Uni
versity of North Carolina will ask
if funds are granted for Education
that they go to the higher institu
tions of learning which view will be
opposed by Superintendent of Educa
tion Allen who will speak for the
primary and grammar grades.- No
real contest along this line has de
veloped however and it appears cer
tain that both viewpoints will be giv
en consideration.
An audit of State Prison issues
during the past week showed a pa
per surplus for the prison of about
$59,000 in its operations the past
year, This is reached by adding in
as assets all produce on hand and
used duriner the vear to the actual
I value of produce sold and income re-
alized from work of prisoners.There
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