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VOLUME XV
HOLIDAY SPIRIT AT STATE CAPITAL
SUPERSEDES ALL OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Highway Commission Has Let Contracts For Ten Projects, Two
of Which Are Hard Surface. North Carolina Banks
Increase Resources
(By M. L. SHIPMAN-
Raleigh, December 20 The Christ
inas spirit begun to predominate all
other issues in the Capital City dur
ing the week past and practically lit
tle attention other than was neces
sary was given to official matters.
This week, though all departments
are open except for Christmas Day,
the holiday season will have full sway
and it is doubtful if there will be
many developments of an official na
ture. However, during the week past,
steady work was done on the budget
matters for the forthcoming General
Assembly.
The Governor during the week de
voted practically all of each day to
'going over in executive session with
the Advis ry Budget Commission, the
requests for maintenance and perma
nent improvements requested bv the
institutions and departments. All
attention was centered on these mat
ters for they must be in proper shape
for the General Assembly to act
upon immediately after the legisla
ture convenes the fifth of January.
Mr. McLean found time during the
week, however, to sign four paroles
and to refuse to consider eleven. He
issued a statement that for the next
few weeks no further clemency mat
ters will be considered as the press
of legislative matters will take all
of his time. The Governor is great
ly encouraged by the reaction all ov
er the state to his administration
thus far. He feels that from the
letters, editorials and other com
ment he has received that his execu
tive budget system and other meas
ures designed to improve the admin
istration of government affairs have
been endorsed and are fully approv
ed by the people. This view is
quite generally shared by the news
paper men of the Capital who recent
ly have travelled over the State and
conversed with political leaders in all
sections and it is anticipated that the
next legislature will be very sympa
thetic to the Governor's further aims
for development of a business spirit
in government.
The state highway commission an
nounced during the week low bids
on ten highway projects in various
sections of the State. Only two of
those are hardsurfaced, the balance
being improved highways of other
"types. The total mileage involved
is about 86 miles. The low bids to
talled $877,157 and the contracts will
"be awarded later in the month by
the commission. It was also announc
ed that the State has benefitted from
Federal road aid in its highway pro
gram thus far to the extent of
$12,741,518. This aid was given on
1,343 miles of highway constructed
according to Federal requirements.
The bus traffic over North Carolina's
good roads has made a notable rec
ord in the last twenty months for
only one person has met death in a
bus accident though more than 3,000
000 have been transported. The State
still shows up high in the column of
fatilities on the roads however for
during the last week there were sev
en killed and 28 injured in auto fa
talities of all kinds on North Caro
lina roads. The toll of autos in lives
each week in North Carolina during
the past year has shown more than a
death a day.
Confederate veterans will have
some Christmas joy from the state
for Ch: istmas checks have been mail
ed to fll widows and veterans, the
payments being the regular semi-annual
payment of veterans funds by
the sta'e under the pension act. Dur
ing ths past year there were four
electrocutions at State's Prison while
four others escaped death by execu
tive clemency. A new building at
Caledonia Prison Farm is being con
structed and will be finished by Jan
uary first. A picture of Dr. Edmund
Strudwick was presented to State
Hospital here last week. Dr. Strud
wick was instrumental to a great ex-
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NEWS TAKES HOLIDAY.
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In accordance with it utual
custom the New will take a
short vacation for Christmas.
The office closes this after
noon, Thursday, and will not
reopen until Monday morning
Subscribers to the News as
well as advertisers do not lose
any thing by this as the paper
was put in the mails today as
usual. Unless something un
forseen occurs the paper will
come out again next Thursday.
SCHOONER BURNED
SIX LIVES LOST
Coast Guard Supply Boat
Lincoln Lost Near Light
Ship
Washington, Dec. 18 The coast
guard schooner Lincoln was destroy
ed by fire with a loss of six lives
today several miles southwest of
Cape ookout lightship off the coast
of North Carolina, the navy depart
ment was advised by the coast guard
cutter Modoc. Two of the crew
were rescued.
The Lincoln was a supply ship,
based at Cape May, N. J., and was
carrying oil and gasoline. She was
destroyed so quickly that coast coast
guard officials here believe the fire
probably started with an explosion.
Apparently there wa no time to
launch the two life boats she carried.
A high wind hastened the ship's
destruction. All the coast guard
vicinity have been ordered to join
in a search for the bodies of the dead.
A message from the British steam
er Defender, intercepted by the Mo
doc, said she had picked up Gordon
J. Schultz and Howard Carter, only
survivors of the fire. Thes schooner
burned to the water line and sunk.
Carter's mother, Mrs. Rosa Weav
er, liven in Ann Arundel county,
Maryland, and Schultz's mother is
Mrs. Mary Schultz, 2336 Horaan ave
nue, Chicago.
Besides Erlingson, the crew con
sisted of: Olaf Levson, boatswain
mate: Olaf Hansen, Washington, D.
C, chief motor machinists mate;
Adolph Quiroga, Trenton, N. J.,
ship's cook second class; Gordon J.
Schultz, Chicago, motor 'machinist's
mate, second class; William H. Alston
Jr., Abesecon, N. J. coxswain; How
ard J. Carter, Pasadena, Md., seaman
second class; William E. Hunnicutt,
Cleveland, Ohio, motor machinist's!
mate, second class.
Alston was the son of Coxswain
William H. Alston, Sr. stationed at i
base number 9, here.
The Fort Macon Coast Guard Sta
tion learned by radio Tuesday night
that another survivor from the Lin
coln's crew was picked up Monday.
The man was in a dory and had
drifted far out in the Gulf Stream
when a passing vessel discovered
him and took him aboard. The Lin
coln has been in and out of this har
bor several times in the past six
months and is remembered by a good
many people around here.
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BUILDING NEW ROAD.
The work of building a road from
Beaufort to Lenoxville several miles
east of town which has been in prog
ress for several weeks is going a
ber.d. The right of way has been
cleared up and the woik of grading
the road is to start soon. The coun
ty is having the work done, the road
being being outside the town's limits.
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY DEC. 23, 1926
THE-
Prince ofQood Fellows
KANSAS WAYFARERS SENT
TO COUNTY HOME
Sherman and Mabel Geren, the two
children from Kansas spoken of in
the News last week are now in the
County Home. They were taken
there a few days ago and will be
looked after until some permanent
arrangement can be made for them.
As told in the News the boy and girl
and their father Joseph Geren left
Independence, Kansas last March and
have travelled through rriany states
since that time.
As the Gerens are not residents of
this State the problem of disposing
of them is somewhat difficult. It
may be that the children can be sent
to some orphanage or put in some
private home, but the father is said
to be insane and his case is more dif
ficult. If he is crazy it will not do
to turn him loose and if he is not
insane the children will have to be
given back to him if he wants them.
County officials are hoping to find
some way to be relieved of the Geren
family but so far no relief is in sight.
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WELL KNOWN MAN DIES
AT MOREHEAD CITY
Morehead City, Dec. 21 The' sud
den death of heart failure of Dr. W.
K. Barham of this city and Tampa,
Fla., occurred Tuesday morning at
seven o'clock at the boarding house
of Mrs. S. S. Willis where he resided.
He had been troubled with attacks
of the heart for the past week but
retired Monday evening at 10:30 ap
parently well. When he was called
Tuesday it was found that he had
quietly passed away. He was born
in Warrenton 57 years ago and comes
of a prominent family.. He has lived
in Morehead City for the past twenty-two
years, spending his winters
in Tampa, Fla. Besides a host of
friends to mourn his death, he leaves
a sister, M.s. W. J. Davis of Warren
ton, a cousin Mrs. Emma Stafford of
Johnson City, Tenn., and Mrs. Ella
D?vis of New Bern. Many beautiful
tributes were received here.
MISS JULIA DAVIS DIES.
Morehead City Dec. 21 The
funeral services over the remains of
the late Miss Julia Pearl Davis were
held at the First Baptist church of
which she was a life long member,
were conducted Tuesday afternoon
at 2:30 by the pastor Rev. R. C.
Crain. The death of Miss Davis
which occurred Monday morning at
twenty minutes past twelve was not
unexpected as she. had been ill for
the past few month?, Comications
set in which hastened the' end. - She
died at the home of .her cousin, Mrs.
Mary Headen with whom she has
made her home for the past seven
years. She was 40 years old. Her
bright and cheerful disposition en
deared her in the hearts of all her
friends. Besides other relatives to
mounrn her loss, she leaves the fol
lowing loving sisters and brothers:
Mesdames Scott Swindell, Ernest
Dennis of this city, Ruby Moran of
Winston Salem, Etta Ducat and Ro
ena Davis of Norfolk and Capt. J. B.
Davis of Goldsboro, and Dave Davis.
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THE . HOLIDAY SPIRIT
EVIDENT IN BEAUFORT
Some Beaufort merchants say that
thir Christmas trade this year has
been unusually good but others re
port that it has not been above the
average if that good. The menhaden
fishing has not been as good as it was
last year and this is supposed to have
hurt some.
Most Beaufort storekeepers have
taken considerable pains this year to
advertise their goods and make nice
window displays. Some of the dis
plays would do credit to merchants
in much larger towns than Beaufort.
This is regarded as an evidence of
progress. The Bank of Beaufort
and the Eeaufort Banking and Trust
Company are also very attractively
decorated. Many college students
and other people from a distance are
he;e for the holidays and all in all
there is abundant evidence that
Chi istmr.? is here r.cain.
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OYSTER INDUSTRY
IS COMING BACK
Shell Fish Are Shipped Under
Sanitary Conditions. No
Polluted Beds
Raleigh, Dec 16. North Carolina's'
oyster industry is steadily recovering j
from the setback which bivalves re-1
ceived all over the country as a re
sult of agitation in 1924, J. K. Dixon, j
chairman of the Fisheries Commis-
jsiqn. Board, today informed Wade j
H."Phillips, director of the depart-!
ment of conservation and develop-1
ment. i
The decrease in consumption of
oysters occasioned from the health
scare, according to Commissioner
Dixon, amounted to approximately
half million bushels, but with the
reassurances given to the consum
ers that health measures are safe
guarding their welfare, indications
point to the re-establishment of the
markets and the re-building of the
industry to its former status.
An an indication of the trend, the
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TWO JOY RIDERS
LAND IN JAIL
Short Drive In Stolen Car
Results In Serious
Accident
Len Harper and Louis Jones, two
young negro, men, got themselves in
to serious trouble Sunday night when
they started on a joy ride in a stol
en car. They took a Ford coupe be
longing to Mrs. C. P. Dey, which was
standing in front of the Dey resi
dence on Front street, and with a
female companion started out for a
big time. They soon came to grief
however. About two miles out of
town on the New Bern road the joy
riders had a head on collision with
Mr. G. W. Huntley who was driving
a new Essex car. The accident oc
curred at a few minutes after sev
en. Both cars were badly damaged
and had to be towed in and carried
to the repair shops. Harper and
Jones were arrested and put in jail.
The men were tried Monday night
by Mayor Thomas in police court and
both bound over to Superior Court.
The charges against them were steal
ing the car and driving while under
the influence of whiskey. Jones
pleaded guilty to the charge of tak
ing the car but Harper denied it and
tried to lay the blame on Jones. They
were convicted on both counts.
Jones bonds were fixed at $400 each
and Harper's at $250 each. The in
dications are that, they will spend
Christmas in jail.
Jesse Wilson and Willie Rhodes,
better known as "Buck", both color
ed were also tried Monday evening
on the charge of drunkeness. They
were fined $50 and costs or 30 days
on the streets. At the Saturday ev
ening session of court Charlie God
ett charged with having been drunk
was put under a suspended judgment
and costs $5. SO. Dave Davis, as
saulting his wife, judgment suspend
ed on payment of the costs $4.10.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Real estate transfeis for the week
ending December 22 are as follows:
Morehead Bluffs Inc. to A. I.
Schisler, 8 lots Morehead Biu.Ts, con
sideration $32S5.00.
A. I. Schisler, 2 lots Msrehead
Bluffs, consideration $$1450.00.
Morehead Eluffs Inc. to W. C.
Johnson, 2 lots Morehead Eluffs, con
sideration $1256.00.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.
The following permits to wed have
been issued for the week ending Dec.
22nd:
Henry H. Brown and Frances Hol
land, Peletier.
Robert Arthur and Aleeze Law
rente, Otwsy.
Benson Sanders and Crissie Carr,
Morehead City.
Elsie W. Fodrie and Mattie M
Conner. Newport R. F. D.
W. II. Morgan, Franklin, Va., and
Lucille Scott, Eeai.fo:t.
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NUMBER 51
CONTRACTS LET
TO TWO FIRMS
Trustees Think Favorable Bids
Were Secured. Underwood
Gets Main Building
WORK WILL START SOON
Contracts were let last Thursday,
the 16th, for two school buildings at
a total cost of $118,245 for Beaufort
graded school district. One building
is for the white race and the other
for the colored. Each will be a well
designed, well equipped and modern
school building of the most approved
type. The architect of the buildings
is Mr. J. M. Kennedy of Raleigh
formerly in the employ of the State
Department of Education.
The contracts for the school build
ings were divided between four diff
erent firms. Some change:, were made
in the orginr.l specifications which
reduced tho cost of the buildings con
siderably. The board of trustees
were well pleased with the contracts
secured which they say are lower
than they expected. John J. Blair
who is superintendent of school plan
ing for thee State, sf id that the con
tracts were very reatonalle and that
the structures will be hmdsome and
a credit to the community.
U. A. Underwood of Wilmington
secured the contract for the building
for white children on a bid of $79,797
The heating contract for thi3 build
ir.g went to the Weldon sheet and
Metal Works for $7,748. D. M. Den
oyer of Beaufort got the plumbing
contract at $2,198.21 The contract
for the building fDr the negro race
went to the Dovia Construction Co.
of Beaufoit. The price was $23,072.
The heating contract for thin build
ing at v. price of $3,835. went to W.
H. Bond nnd Company of Raloigh.
The plumbing of this building will
cost $795 and went to D. M. DeNoy
er. The board thinks that the sites se
lected for the two buildings are very
desirable all things considered. Suit
able locations are very scarce and the
board gave considerable time and ef
fort to the solution of this problem.
The colored school will be located on
a two acre tract, which is a very
pretty one, at the corner of Queen
and Mulberry streets. The school for
white pupils is a tract of betwee.i
ten and eleven acres located on Mui
berry street between Marsh and Live
Oak. It has grounds well suited for
ba.seball and athletic sports. TL.'
bonds for the school buildings are
to be sold on the 12th of January.
Bonds are selling high now and thi
board expects to get a good price f i.
these. It is expected that work wi.l
start early in the new year. A large
number of workmen will be requin :
to build the two structures and co:
siderable money will be put into cir
culation in the community while the
work is going on.
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NEW JUSTICE HOLDS
HIS FIRST COURT
Justice of the peace Henry W. Noe,
who was elected a few weeks ago,
tried his first case Monday morning
at the courthouse. Tnis was a b .
tardy proceeding wherein . Eeatiic
Fenderson a nineteen year old co
ored girl of Eeaufort charged Alec'.:
Becton also colored, of Morehead
City with being the father of a chilJ
born two years ago last April. At
torney C. R. Wheatly represented
the girl. Attorney Alvah Hamilton
had been employed by Becton's moth
er to represent him but was not in
court. The plaintiff's attorney said
that if Becton could raise $200 for
the girl the matter would be ended.
He admitted that he had never given
her any thing for herself or child.
He has been in jail for several days
and attorney Wheatly assured him
that, he would be there again if he
didn't pet up that money Becton
hopes with the assistance of his moth
er to raise the money. In the mean
time Justice Noe continued the case
for a few days.