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The fx clWoSb ihe best advertising midiura published in Carteret C S, READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY 1 WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XV TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK 3 THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY NOV. 23, 1926 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 48 LARGE INCREASE IN If Granted The Increase Would Be More Than Five And A Half Millions. Must Increase Taxes Or Cut Down The Estimates (By M. L. SHIEMAN) Raleigh, N. C, Nov.22 With the budget hearings occupying the cen ter of the stage in official circles, the j Capital City had a busy week last week. The trial of Rev. George) Wood, the suit against the cotton , co-operative marketing association seeking to throw it into receivership, the meeting of the cotton acreage j reduction committee and other af fairs attracted attention but chief in. increases will be more than five and a half millions. This amount must be raised by increased taxes or the requests must be trimmed down to what is available. The chief tension of the hearings appears to be in ed ucation for Supt. Allen has request ed more than a million additional for public schools while the institutions of higher learning also -are asking greatly increased amounts and one or the other or nothing must be cut. Several of the departments and in stitutions also want more money. Governor McLean was a briBy man . during the week. In addition to hearing the budget requests, he went over into Hyde county and spoke at Swan Quarter on the opening of the new road there. He issued a state ment in which he declared the bud get commission would do its best by the educational interests of the State and would hear carefully every re quest before making its decisions. He declared there was no disposition todiscriminate against higher educa tion in favor of public schools as had been reported. The effd of the week he issued his annual Thanksgiving proclamation. Mr. McLean also tel graphed the thanks of the State and the University of North Carolina to William R. Kenan Jr. of New York and North Carolina for the gift of $275,000 for building a new athletic stadium at:the University. The cotton acreage reduction con ference met during the week to for mulate its plans and decided not to ask any specific pledge of the farm er with relation to the reduction of acreage but to urge a policy of "safe farming" which would include reduction of acreage and diversifica tion. It was estimated that if the plan is followed there will be a 30 percent reduction of acreage. A drive throughout the State will be con ducted in January to lay the plan be fore the farmers. Rev. George Wood, minister of Kinston, w"ho shot and killed J. B lairs attracted attenuon uut , pottery There e eleven pottenej terest centered in Senate Hall where . fa piedmont and Western North Cnro. the Governor and advisory budget,,. Thfi pjeceg 1 hav(j came commission -were hearing the appro-from the Aumen pottery at gea. priation requests for the next bien-.grove jn Randoph County. There is mum. a pleasing variety of shapes, colors,, Under the law the Governor must J and sjzes 0f vaseSl pitchers, bulb make the expenditures of the State : bowls, and candlesticks. All of their come within the revenue and this is , articles 'are excellent in structural the proposition which the Executive j design. Structural Design in the and the budget commission faced as i design made by the size and shape of they heard the requests for funds as ; an object, whether it be the object the total requested is more than three ; itself or a drawing of that object on million dollars greater each year ! paper. The" color and texture of the than the amount spent each of the object are also a part of the design, past two years and that much great-; Decorative design is the surface en er than the estimated revenue and richment of a structural design. Any when all carrying charges on state : lines, colors, or materials which have debt and bond issues are added, the j been applied to a structural design made a break for freedom, again is 's Prducinf from its natural resour a free man. A jury in Wake county ; "s hw lays be,n transformed , m j i . . ..into objects of use and beauty; sec- superior court freed him after a trial I J T ,1- 41. ., " j lastinir three davs Wood was act-lond' 1 am selhng the pottery at a lasting tnree days, wood was act- minimum fit and ghall use the ing as deputy for state s prison when j j i i , .. , V,. ,. .Iceeds for demonstration materials m . " . r , . I was returned after 18 hours. An important decision was handed f..frt Pr6 ." it ruled that the road from Raleigh to Pa vof tAviiia k j v. t . ...v. Wj najr oa varum stiuuiu be constructed and dismissed the re straining order of the town of Var ina which had halted the road build ing oecause some citizens did not think the road went near enough to the station. The court ruled the town of Varina was not a "principal" town in the sense of the highway act and anyhow the road went- within 300 feet of its railroad station and this complied with the act. It said there was norelation to this case and the celebrated Newton case. At the same time the highway commission announced it would shortly let a con tract for the Newton road past the Catawba couthouse in accordance with the ruling of the Supreme Court. Superintendent Pou of State's Prison says -the prison could save ?50,000 annualy if it were moved from the present side. He also says the site of the Prison farm could be j (Continued on page two) EXPENDITURES MISS POWELL HAS POTTERY EXHIBIT There Are Eleven Potteries In Western And Piedmont Sec tions. Has Pieces For Sale I have in my bffice ifi the Town Hall an exhibit of North Carolina for the purpose of adding a richer i quality to it constitute its decorative . design. Structural design is far j more important than decorative de- sign because it is essential to every object, while decoratoin is the 'lux. ury" of design. The requirements of good structur al design are: (1) That it be suited to the pur. pose in addition to being beautiful. . (2) That it be simple. (3) That it be well-proportioned, (4) That it be suited to the ma terial of which it is made, and to the processes which' wQl be followed' in making it. Only when the designer has fulfill ed all these Teqnirements may he ask if the shape, the color, and the texture have given enough interest to the object, or if there is a sense of bareneess which needs to be reliev ed. Tbe shape, the color, and tex ture of the pottery should give so much interest that one does not feel the need for decoration. There is fine dignity in a structural design which is so beautiful that there is no desire for added decoration. The Auman Pottery has 'succeeded in pro ducing vases of good structural de sign. Their articles have pleasing proportions, simplicity of line, and suitability for use. Those three re quirements having been fulfilled, their articles will give lasting satisfaction. A piece of pottery gives a note of ristinction to a room, and it is com ing into popular favor now, more than ever before. The use of pot tery is not new, however. We have the Mycenaean vases of the period 1600 to 100 B. C; and we know the Greeks and Egyptians used it and considered it one of their fine arts. I shall be in my office on Satur day, the 27th and Monday, the 29th so that those who wish to see this pottery may come. My object in hav ing it here is two-fold. First, I want the people of the county to know what Piedmont North Carolina my clubs in Home . .u. . Demonstration I shall be in n 1 ' 1. i 1. 1 1 TT Demonstration Agents after the first t- l u m t . f December, but Mrs. Overstreet will appoint a day to be in my office to have charge of the pottery. Any person wishing to purchase any will communicate with Mrs. Overstreet during my absence. EDITH POWELL, Home Demonstration Agent 0 NUMBER OF BEAUFORT PEOPLE VISIT RODERICK PARKIN Within the last month the follow ing Beaufort people have visited Rod erick Parkin at the State Sanatori um near Aberdeen. They were: Mr. and Mrs. Wiley H. Taylor, Mr. Claude Guthrie, Mrs. D. W White hurst and Miss Theresa Hill. Mr. Parkin is improveing very much. O A pen of Leghorn poultry en tered by Eugene Brown of Rich Sciuare led the Southeasttern ece- laying contest at McCormick, S. C. this year. It Y Wm - ::-7:." WM ti Fff&& Thanh W1&-N fS&ilfc Thanksgiving Day does come, Aflk m JSa t!i f J :tjL No matter what the pain, nWiv Zyi&J .J?rJ$LM Thanksgiving Day does come w4v WMi h ffoW&S'fi VI "? With banners flaming. ffftt&Nflmibt ' WWJH Ji I! ' With songof praise and prayer. 4PvC! L!Mv (1 " XyPX ur lltUe doubte and fears. JOTv IA tl W r ur naltintf speech and tears. lSjvna3!v F Thanksgiving Day does come. Vi SttfeVr fS? ' c"6 d'etrVh0 dUlt m ACy! --'wJneedtt more than they Mi It Who meet morrow. yttS5Sffir J iV SX . Without, a weary thought kOtaC5CR q f buhUng BOrrow- ' SUNDAY SCHOOL FORCES ORGANIZE -. Institutes Are To Be Held All Over The County Begin .. ning Soon 'A meeting of the officers of the Carteret County Sunday School As sociation was lield at the First Bap tist Church, Beaufort, Sunday after noon to arrange for completion of the organization throughout the County and for the holding of institutes in each Township. Arrangements for the holding of institutes in the Town ships are as follows: Beaufort Township U. E. Swann, Chairman, Dec 5. Merrimon Township Mrs. D. M. Salter, Chairman, Dec. 12. Harker's Island Township W. M. Hancock, Chairman! Dec. 19. Portsmouth Township Joseph Styron, Chairman, Jan. 2. Cedar Island Township R. L. Daniels, Chairman, Jan. 2. Morehead City Township H. L. Joselyn, Chairman, Jan. 9. Smyrna Township G. F. Willis, Chairman, Jan. 16. Newport Township P. P. Garner, Chairman, Feb. 2. Hunting Quarters Township J. R Morris, Chairman, Feb. 9. Straits Township W.. R. Stewart, Chairman, Feb. 16. Harlowe Township R. B. Ball, Chairman, Feb. 23. It is necessary that each Township co-operate heartily with the County and the State organization in order to make the Association a real suc cess. At each of the township insti tutes the departmental superinten dents will present and promote the work in their departments. The County departmental superintendents are: Childrens' Division Mrs. F. F. Sal isbury. Young Peoples Division Dr. F. E. Hyde. Adults Division Mr. C. R. Wheat- ly. Administrative Division Mr. M. L. Davis. It is the purpose of the County Chairman and County Secretary to be present at as many of the Townships j Institutes as possible to assist their organization and work. MAKING GOOD RECORD H. R. Beachem of Beaufort R. F. D. is making a good record at N. C. State College of Agriculture and En- gineering according to a recent re-j port from that institution. This j report, which was sent to Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Beachem, the young man's parents, states that he made a grade of 90 per cent or above during the first half of the fall term on analy tical geometry which is considered an excellent record. An ostrich can outrun an Arabian horse. REAL ESTATE IS MOVING Real estate transfers recorded up to Wednesday of this week are as follows: D. G. Dumas and wife to Addie Maxwell, interest in Cart Island consideration $25 C. - Luther Hamilton, Com. to C. R. Wheatly, part lot, Beaufort, consider ation $30. Eogue Development Corp. to Wil liam Beddie and wife, 1 lot Morehead City, considcrntion $100. Beaufort Realty Corp. to C. D. Huteff, 2 lots West Beaufort, consid eration $290. Geo. W. Fonchee and wife to J. A. Roach, 1 lot Cape Lookout, considera tion $10. Beaufort Realty Corp. to L. O. Bishop, 3 lots West Beaufort, con sideration $435. Beaufort Realty Corp. to M. A. Seeley, 2 lots West Beaufort, con sideration $400. Beaufort Realty Corp. to Eva J. Allison, 2 lots West Beaufort, con sideration $400. Beaufort Realty Corp. to Eva J. Allison, 2 lots West Beaufort, con- sideration $400. Charlie C. Wade to Frank E. Hyde 1 1-2 acres Hunting Quarters, con sideration $25. James Fuller to Trustees Baptist Church, 1-4 acre Wildwood, consid eration $175. Luther Hamilton, Com. to Jas. R. Bell, 2 lots, Newport, consideration $65. T. C. Wade, sheriff to W. L. Han cock, 4 lots square 23, Morehead City, consideration, taxes paid. ! O BEAUFORT HUNTERS KILLED A FINE DEER TUESDAY A party of hunters composed of Mayor T. M. Thomas Jr., Seth Gibbs, W. D. Guthrie, H. G. Perkins, J. M. Dickinson and Edward Lynch left Beaufort at six thirty Tuesday morn ing returning about three that after noon with one of the largest deer killed in this section. The country which the hunters plunged to secure their prize is very wild. Bearsa nd wild cats are often seen and killed. Only the tracks of deer and a large bruin were seen by the party. This section is about twelve miles from Beaufort and is one of the best of Carteret County's hunting grounds. MARRIAGE LICENSES. The Register of Deeds office ins issued permits to wed as follows: Garlow Gillikin to Hazel Salter, Beaufort, N. C. R. F. D. Jimmie G. Tripp, Ayden, N. C. to Viola Aldridge, Beaufort, N. C. Thos. E. Kelly to Clyde H. Neal Beaufort, N. C. -O- Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Chadwick of Morehead City spent a few hours here last Friday. O : The farthest known star is about 1,293,572,675 billion miles from the earth. WEATHER IS FINE FISHING IS GOOD Large Quantity of Menhaden Caught Yesterday. Other Fishermen Do Well Too Everybody is catching fish now adays; that is most everybody. The mehaden fishing has not been quite so good this fall as usual perhaps but yesterday and the day before it showed considerable . improvement. All of the boats caught some fish and several made catches of more than three hundred thousand. Exact fig ures have not been obtained but the total catch of the Beaufort-Morehead City fleet probably exceeded two mil lions yesterday. The weather is fine today and the fat backers ought to do well again today. The netters an'd the deep sea fish ermen have also been doing well re cently. Captain Tom Nelson in the Alice and Captain Pete Nelson in the Piggie came in last night with more than 2000 pounds each of sea J bass. Many of these were of large size and brought a good price. They were all shipped to New York. A good many oysters and shripm have also been brought to market recently. Sportsmen have been doing very well recently too. The weather has been favorable and the fish have been bit ing rather freely. Tuesday Messrs, George M. Diffenbach and A, Y. Van Amring of New York and A. J. Cooke of Beaufort went to Cape Lookout and made a fine catch. Not only did they cach a large quantity but they caught a big variety of fish. Fourteen different kinds were taken. Among these were sheep'shead, trout, pig fish, croakers, sea bass, sailor's choice skates and one octopus. Some of the fish were of fine size and gave their captors some real sport. O UN JSUALL HIGH CORN GROWN BY MERRIMON MAN Some of the most remarkable stalks of corn ever se?n in this sec tion are on exhibition in the lobby .f the Beaufort Banking and Trust Conpany. They were grown by Mr. I. M. Cdrraway of ?.Ierrimon.. The stalks are about fourteen in length and have a number of ears of corn on them. The stalks would have made a good exhibit at any fair and have attracted a lot of attention in the bank. O CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CAPTAIN GEORGE STYRON In last week's issue of the News it wast stated that during the gale that occurred Tuesday the 16th that Chief of Police Longest gave the warning that saved the Beaufort-Morehead City ferry boat. This was an error. Captain Styron the town's night watchman was the officer who dis covered the dangerous plight of the ! ferry boat and reported it to Cap tain Davenport. KNITTING MILL MAY RESUME ITS OPERATIONS SOON Citizens' Committee Have Mat ter In Charge And Are Try ing To Save Plant WILL MEET AGAIN SOON Citizens of Beaufort are going to try to get the knitting mill located on Live Oak street to resume opera tions. In fact the attempt to do this has already been started. Tuesday 1 afternorl a meeting was held in the room of the Old Topsail club looking to this end. Besides the various citzens present at the meeting Tuesday Mr. F. M. Taylor of Kinston and Mr. M. D. Burke of New York were there. The two latter named gentlemen gave in formation about the knitting mill business in general and about the lo cal mill in particular. They regard it as feasible to operate the mill here profitably and offered to held in get ting it started and in selling its pro duct. Mr. Burke represented Bliss Fabyan and Company a large com mission house in New York. It appears that the knitting mill can be bought for about $35,000 and this includes the mill building, ma chinery, lot and a number of tenant houses. This price is regarded by local business men as a very reason able one. It wll take about $15,000 for working capital in addition to the price of the property. However it appears that liberal terms can be had on the purchase price. The mill is a branch of the Kinston Knitting Mills Company, formerly known as the Orion Mills. When it was run ning it employed about 75 hands and its pay roll amounted to a consider able sum. It furnished employment mostly to women and girls and has been a valuable industry for the town Messrs. Burke and Taylor stayed here only an hour cr so and discuss ed the matter as fully as possible in that time. They will submit a writ ten statement about the mill and its possibilities in a few days. After this steps will be ta!:en by the citizens committee to sr.V3 the plant and put it in operation if possible. O ' DItORCES ARE DECREASING IN CARTERET COUNTY Washington, D. C, November 22, The Department of Commerce an nounces that, according to the returns received, theie were 23,337 marri tges performed in North Carolina d uing the yenr 1925, as compared with 23,190 in 1924, representing an increase of 117, or 0.6 per cent This increase, however, is slightly less than the estimated increase in popj lation. During the year 1925 there were 1,576 divorces granted in the state, as compared with 1,468 in 1924, rep resenting an increase of 108, or 7.4 per cent. The estimated population of the state of North Carolina on July 1, 1925, was 2, 811,969, and on July I, 1924, 2,767,903. On the basis if these estimates, the number of mar riages per 1,000 of the population was 8.3 in 1925, as against 8.4 in 1924; and the number of divorces per 1,000 of the population was 0.56 in 1925, as against 0.53 in 1924. The number of marriages was re ported by the Register of Deeds and the number of divorces by the Clerk of the Superior Court, fo each coun ty. In Carteret county there were 139 divorces in 1924 and 117 in 1925. Some of these divorces however were granted persons who do not live in this county. O KU KLUX VISIT EASTERN TOWNS Four or five carloads of persons wearing Ku Klux costumes invaded the eastern part of the county Sunday afternoon. The News understands that the delegation passed through Otway, Smyrna, Marshallberg, W'ill- iston and perhaps other p'.aces. Where they were from or what their business was the News has not lea-n-ed. The license plates on the cars were covered up but it was reported that some inquisitive boy investigated one of the cars and found that it was from Morehead City. The report has also been current on the streets cf Beaufort that the Ku Klux delega tion took a well known man of this section and gave him a dip in North river. However the News has not teen able to get any information that could be called reliable on this and is inclined to believe that there is no truth in it.