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VOLUME XV
8 PAC THIS WEEK
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY DEC. 30, 1926.
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 52
HIGHWAY COMMISSION 1 aVORS
A THIRTYMLION BOND ISSUE
If General Assembly Passes The Act Counties May Get Back
Some Road Money. Soldiers' Bonus Act Is To Be Submit
ted To The Supreme Court. Coolidge's Secretary Visits
V , , . Governor McLean
(By M. L. SHIPMAN)
Raleigh, December 27 Christmas
occupied the center of the stage dur
ing the past week in the Capital City
but notwithstanding the interruption
of activities by Christmas, there was
a lot of work done in official circles I
looking to the session of the General
Assembly. In addition there were
developments touching on a number
of important matters.
The Governor worked right up to
Christmas Day and he had as his
guests over the Christmas week-end,
Secretary Sanders and his wife. Mr.
Sanders is secretary to President
Coolidge. He also entertained some
distinguished members of the for
eign legation at Washington. There
was considerable surprise that a Re
publican as close to Coolidge as San-
puoucan as Close 10 oonage as
ders should have been entertained by
a Democratic governor but those in
authority here saw nothing in that.
Sanders and McLean have been close
friends for years and there is no reas-
on why they should not get together ,
hx nr.Viirnr
on a holiday. Politics has nothing
to do with social activities. The Gov-!
ernor paroled six prisoners as his !
Christmas contribution to the pris-1
oners. During the week he met with I
the Transportation Commission andl
3t was decided that the commission
would recommend to the legislature I
the extension of the inland water
way and may encourage operation of
ships into Wilmington from German
ports with potash. Mr. McLean
worked hard on matters which he
will present to the General Assembly
dealing with the financial affairs of
the State but nothing was given out
in this connection.
The Highway commission; went on
durincr the wppk in favor of i
. . . r j i
O A AAA AAA Lnn J i.i-iiii In rnnilo
at the general assembly. It announc
ed it would favor taking additional
roads into the state system if this
were granted. It is believed the
plan also would be to repay some of
the county loans which have been
made for highway construction. The
Commission said it would have other
recommendations to make at a later
date, these, it is believed, including
the constabulary system and state
licensing of drivers of autos
The soldiers bonus act passed by
the general election again came un
der fire and must "be submitted for
an opinion of the Supreme Court.
North Carolina's bond attorney.
Chester B. Masslich said he could not
approve the $2,000,000 issue until it
had been decided by the Supreme
Court it did not constitute a special
grant of state funds to a special
group which is not permitted by the
constitution. The measure provides
for a $2,000,000 revolving fund for
soldiers to borrow from to build
homes. A test case will be institut
ed shortly. ,
The surplus in the general fund of
the state ia announced as aoout
$700,000 and the lean
revenue
mnnthi are ahead. However, it is
predicted that the surplus will be
maintained and increased by the end
of the biennium on July first. This
was the case hut year.
The coming General Assembly will j
t.. tt An vai-imia thinira hv I
interested parties. Among these are drought the streams were unusually
creation of a fund for road work tolow before the ralns of the past few
Rendezvous park, the state park do
. r,teH hv Judee T. B. Finley. This
...:n V, .nnn.i,rtll hv the D. A. R.
Will " J . ,
Commissioner of Pardons Hoyle Sink;"
will favor a new law on appeals m
capital cases which will make the Su
preme Court automatically pass on
all cases after sentence is passed. He
says this will give all convicted of
capital crimes an equal chance for
their lives. The Charlotte Ministerial
Union will ask fr restriction of di
virce and it si probbale that a strong
delegation also will want some Evo
lution legislation and blue law con
trol. A state tax on fishermen will
be recommended by the Fisheries
Commission.
The Judicial Confer- i
ence it appears will want to do away
with the emergency judges act,
Another action was started against
the cotton co-ops seeking receiver
ship by W. H. W. Holder of Harnett
county. North Carolina oysters are
rapidly gaining in favor says Cap
tain John Nelson and the setback sus
tained when the typhoid oysters
scare took place a year or more ago
is being overcome. The shad is al
so a valuable article oi iooa in me mew .uugiuuu a.iu w.c
state, almost a million dollars worth) The American people generally are
heintr pano-ht. from North Carolina I in-receipt of good incomes, it was
. . . . It H 1 ' i 1
waters in the past two years. The
S.ilarv nnH War Commission met
(Continued on page two)
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
The following permits to wed have
I been issued since last week:
William T DflVlo Potallfnrt anA
Qae B. Davis. Beaufort (col).
Plymouth Guthrie and Vivian Yoe
mans, Harkers Island.
Julian Davis, Straits and Gladys
Pigott, Gloucester.
Murphy Piner and Kathleen Salter
Sea Level.
Happy New Year
MENANDWOMEN
HAVE HOT FIGHT
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: Mana"berg Families Pull Off i
.H i c-viiiuuiia.
Bout ;
A trial in justice's court that arous
ZyS
c vul' "n
some interestand attarcted
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J ! December 18th !
Hen Saitoh '0 r
Mifchell Rohinsnn jS 7f?Ln w !
,,n," Y'f ault ?n h 8
oa"", wun a oeaaiy.
weapon, namely, a heavy four-foot
club.
. George Roberts Jr. charged Henry
Salter and Lillian Salter with assault
with an axe and club on the plain
tiffs in the other case.
She cases were combined and the
ence heard on both sides. At
torneys Luther Hamilton and C. R.
Wheatly appeared respectively for
01- . ..
oa"r ua xtoDinson, eacn one repre
senting the State in one case and the
defendant in the other.
The court thought there was prob
able guilt and bound over the parties
charged in both warrants for trial
in Superior Court, which will convene
here January 24th, and required of
each a bond of one hundred dollars
which was furnished in both cases.
The club which it is alleged that
Robinson used was brought into court
and seems to be a very dangerous-1
looKing one. it was charged by Pritchard, will be tried for aiding
Salter that the club, when thrown 'and abetting in the crime, at the Jan
at him by Robinson, struck the house uary 10th term of Washington coun
and knocked loose two pieces of ! ty superior court as a result of a
weather boarding. It did not appear preliminary hearing given the two
from the testimony that any one was
injured in the affray, notwithstanding
the size of the weapons and the skill
with which they were used.
Happy New Year
EASTERN CAROLINA STREAMS
NEAR FLOOD STAGE NOW
Raleieh. N. C Dec. 29 Swollen
streams in eastern North Carolina
were fast approaching the flood stage
this afternoon. I
The weather bureau here announc-
f a tnal practically all of the streams j
in the section were swollen above
normal.
The Roanoke river at Weldon, N.
C. was three feet above flood stage
early this afternoon, the weather bu
reau announced.
nl.aC-!"nt4 f the l0ng summ,f
days.
The streams are rising slowly but
steadily, and will continue to fill up,
.
was Baia
President Coolidge Hopeful
of Continued Prosperity
Washington, D. C. Dec. 28 Pres
ident Coolidge, it was stated orally
at the White House on December 28,
has received information from mem
bers of his Cabinet and from reports
from various sections of the country
which leads him to believe the year
1927 will be one of continued healthy
business activity and prosperity,
Although President Coolidge does
not, it was stated, believe that he is
qualified to diagnose the economic
trends in this country any better than
any one else, his opinion has been
sought regarding the outlook for the
coming year. He has been told by
Secretary of Labor Davis of an in
creased number of opportunities for
employment, especially in New York,
: X " I.' nnrl U noT
i stated, and when such is the case it
' :s characteristic of them that they
wake expenditures, wlach call for
SOY BEANS PRICE
ADVANCED SOME
Prices In November Were 50
Cents on 100 Pounds High
er Than October
WASHINGTON, D. C Prices on
soybean crop on November 16 were
approximately 50 cents per 100
pounds higher than a month previous
, to that date, but the movement to
mills and elevators of the crop was
slower than in the years 1923 and
1 1924 and about the same as in 1925,
I according to a statement just prepar
ed by the Hay, Feed and Seed Divi
sion of the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics. The full text of the
statement follows:
The 1926 crop of soybeans moved
from the hands of growers at about
the same rate as that of last year but
slower than the crops of 1924 and
1923. According to the United
States Department of Agriculture,
approximately 10 per cent of the
crop has been sold by growers up to
November 16, compared with 15 per
x" -""'Fi"" a pe'
cent in 1924 and 25 percent in 1923.
m some districts the movement does
not begin until December. The move-
I ment was quickest in Illinois, al
though weather conditions were not
ta
localities hut 20-20 ner cent had hcen
localities but 20-30 per cent had been
threshed. Growers were not selling
f ree,y and the movement to mills and
eletor ior feed and oil manufac"
tUdng WM somewhat ,ess than last
yeflr-
APParntIy the 1uality f the first
beans threshed were not as good as
w vr in Illinois Snmo
reports
indicate a better quality from later
threshing. Elsewhere the quality is
expected better than last year.
Prices on November 16 for thresh
errun seed averaged 50 cents per 100
pounds higher than a month ago,
when prices were just being establish-
ed. Average prices were about 25
I cents lower than, last year and about
$IWw:hSitW- yeanr agn Ap
parently growers were not satisfied
with prices and were not selling
freely and buyers were not reported
as active in the majority of districts.
Happy New Year
WOMAN ACCUSED
OF KILLING HUSBAND
Plymouth, N. C. Dec. 29 Mrs. G,
W.- Phebs. of Skinnersville. will face
trial for the slaying of her husband,
and her 19 year old daughter, Loula
women here.
Mrs. Phelps is being held in jail
without privilege of bond .A cor
oner's jury ordered the two women
held for hearing.
Phelps was found in a chair at his
home near here. One bullet pierced
his right temple, and another his ab
domen. Beside him lay a .32 calibre
automatie
Happy New Year
The Beaufort News stands for
proeress and economy in public af-
fairs. For honesty and justice to all,
It places the interests of the people
above that of any individual.
Happy New Year
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If so read the Beaufort News and
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production.
It was also pointed out in behalf
of the President that nobody can tell
when business conditions will change.
It was recalled that it had been pre
dicted a depression would be exper
ienced in the country during the pres
ent year, but 1926 has been general
ly prosperous.
The prices of a few commodities,
such as cotton, have declined, but be
cause of good prices which had pre
vailed during the preceding three
years, it was said President Coolidge
believes the cotton districts are in a
position to absorb some of their pres
ent losses.
Manufacturing, the President be
lieves, to be going on at a rate a
little above the average. Transpor
tation has been moving rapidly. The
railroads are in receipt of large in
conies, and it was said the President
believes the country to be in a sound
and prosperous condition.
MYSTERIOUS CASE
IN POLICE COURT
The Shooting of Leslie White-
hurst Somewhat Of A Puz
zle. Godett Bound Over
A case that was somewhat unusual
was tried by Mayor Thomas in Po
lice Court Monday afternoon. This
was the case where Will Godett, a
young colored man, was indicted on
the charge of an assault with a dead
ly weapon. It was charged that he
was the man who shot special police
officer Leslie Whitehurst about 2
o'clock on Christmas morning. A
crowd that packed the court room in
The . city hall was on hand to heai
this and other trials that took place.
Mr. Whitehurst, who was the fifirst
person examined, said that on the
night of the shooting he and sever
al other persons were in a car riding
along Pine street when some one fir
ed a pistol and the ball hit him on
the left side of his forehead. The
car was stopped and he ran back to
wards Godett's house where two men
were standing. One man ran off,
he asked Godett who shot him and
that he did the shooting. Mr. White
hurst said Godett was drunk, that
they took him to jail and that he re
peated the statement several times
that he did thes hooting. Mr. White
hurst testified that he did not believe
Godett shot him but that Godett
knew who did it. When Godett was
put on the stand by his attorney Mr.
Walter Hill he stated that he was
drunk on the night of the shooting,
that he did say he shot Mr. White
hurst but that he now says he did
not do it and does not know who did
it. The Mayor decided to hold the
defendant for the ajnuary term of
Superior Court and put him under a
bond of $500 which he gave
Thomas Sadler and Steve Dudley
charged with having been drunk and
disorderly on the 22nd of December
were convicted and fined $25 and
cost-. John Moore, colored, having
liquor in his possession was bound
over to Superior court under a $500
bond.
John Marshall charged with drunk
eness said he ate some oysters that
made him sick. The mayor said he
would let him off with the costs $4.25.
Steve and Mart Mason, two white
boys, charged with fighting and curs
ing, said they were just "messin".
Their case was continued until next
Monday for further investigation.
Warren Smith charged with disor
derly conduct, pleaded guilty. The
case was continued until next Mon
day for final settlement.
Happy New Year-
MAY RETURN GERENS
TO THEIR NATIVE STATE
Efforts are being made by the
county authorities to have Joseph
Geren, who has been in jail in More-
head City for several weeks, sent
back to Kansas, his former home. Su
perior Court Clerk L. W. Hassell went
to Raleigh Tuesday to see Dr. Albert
Anderson of the State Hospital in
regard to the matter. Dr. Anderson
instrusted the Clerk of the Court to
send him an official application and
that he would take the matter up with
Attorney-general Brummitt and see
what can be done. The man is thought
to be insane. Little Sherman and
Mabel Geren, the two children who
have been with the ir father during
h?s wanderings for about eight
months, are in the County Home.
They may be sent back to Kansas
also.
Happy New Year
Mrs. A. D. O'Bryan, Miss Mae
Belle Neal and Mr. Elliott Ewell spent
Christmas Day at Sanatorium on a
visit to Mr. O'LTyan wiio is a pa
tient there.
Happy New Year
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS .
Realty transactions recorded re
cently are as follows:
Beaufort Realty Corp. to Richard
D. Whitehurst 2 lots West Beaufort
for $250.
T. C. Wade, sheriff to Sarah Brown
1 lot Beaufort for $160.94.
Sunie B. Hornaday and husband
to Geo. T. Woolard 1 lot for $10.
Luther Hamilton to J. H. Jones
200 acres Oglesby land Morehcad
township for $125.
Georgia F. Taylor to Fred Apple
gate 1 lot Morehead City for $1000.
D. G. Damas and wife to W. C.
Gorham 5 acres Morehead City town
ship for $100.
Mary H. Newberry to Nettie H.
Covington 3 lots Morehead City for
$100.
Elijah Adams and wife to Ran
dolph Smith 3-4 acre Newport town
ship for $30.
Chas. D. Stewart et al to W. R.
Stewart 15 acres Straits for $10.
COTTON CENSUS FIGURES
SHOW A BIG CROP
According to the census figures
the cotton crop in North Carolina for
the year 1925 amounts to 1,081,691
bales. That is the amount ginned so
far. As a matter of fact it will be
considerably more than this when it
is all ginned. Johnston county with
67,275 bales leads the rest followed
very closely by Robepon with 67,010
bales. Craven county has ginned
3,140 this year, Pamlico 1,781 bales
and Onslow 2,633 bales. No figures
were given &s to Carteret county.
The amount raised in this county
during 1926 was very small as only
a little cotton was planted. The
1826 crop will be one of the largest
ever raised in North Carolina and
the largest ever raised in the United
States.
-Happy New Year-
MOVE POSTOFFICE
" JULY -THE FIRST
Commodious Quarters Will Be
Provided In The Potter
Building on Front Street
Postmaster R. B. Wheatly receiv
ed ah official notice one day last
week that the deppartment had made
arrangements for new quarters for
the office in Beaufort. The post
office after Ju!y the first will be lo
cated in the Potter building in the
space now occupied by W. P. Smith
as a dry goods store.
The contract between the Postof
fice Department and Mr. J. H. Potter
senior provides for a ten year lease.
The owner of the building furnishes
new equipment, water, lights and
heat. The postoffice will have twice
as much space as it now occupies and
will be in a position to handle the
mails with greater ease and satisfac
tion. The lobby will be larger than
it is at present and will not be so
crowded at mail time as it is now
very frequently,. The building which
the postoffice occupies at present be
longs to the Atlantic and North Car
olina Railroad and is under a lease
until July the first. But for that
fact the postoffice would be moved
sooner than it will be. The postof
fice some years ago was located in
the wooden building on Front street
now occupied by I. N. Moore as a
grocery store and so it will be very
near its former location. Citizens
here have expressed the hope that
before the ten years lease expires
that the Federal Government will
erect a building here to house the
postoffice, custom houseand engineer
ing office.
Happy New Year
DR. HILDEBRAND ATTENDS
SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
Dr. Samuel F. Hildebrand left
Tuesday afternoon for Philadelphia
to attend the eighty-third annual
meeting of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, of
which organization he is a Fellow.
Next week he will attend a confer
ence of Scientific investigators of
the Bureau of Fisheries in Washing
ton, D. C. Messrs. Irvin Towers and
Robert Smith of the Piver's Island
Station will attend the Washington
conference also.
Happy New Year
NEW BAPTIST PASTOR AT
MARSHALLBERG-ATLANTIC
At the close of the morning service
at the Drexel Baptist church last
Sunday Rev. C. A. Lineberger, who
has been pastor of the Drexel and
Valdese churches for the past four
years, tendered his resignation. He
had taken similar action at the Val
dese church on the Sunday before.
Mr. Lineberger's decision was not al
together unexpected, as it was known
that on account of his health he was
considering a move to a coastal re
gion. He goes to the extreme east
ern part of North Carolina, having
accepted the pastorates of the Bap
tist churches at Marshallberg and At
lantic. Mr. and Mrs. Lineberger have
been very popular in their work in
this county, and many friends from
their own and other denominations
l egret to see them leave.
(Morganton News-Herald)
Happy New Year
NEW YEAR'S SERViCE
AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
To mark .the ending of the old
year and the beginning of the new a
Communion Service will be held at
St. Pcul's Church on New Year's Eve,
next Friday, beginning at 11:30 P.
M. There will be special hymns and
a short address. All be welcome.
Happy New Year
Mr. Walter Davis of Exmore, Va.
is here on a visit to his brother Mr.
Poland Davis.
AUTO ACCIDENTS
DURING HOLIDAYS
No One Killed. But Some Were
' Injured And Several Cars
Damaged
No one has been killed in auto
mobile wrecks during the holidays
in Carteret county so far as the News
has heard but there have been sev
eral accidents of a more or less ser
ious nature. Perhaps the narrowest
escape that anybody had was when
Messrs. J. H. Dill, and Wilbur Willis
turned over Christmas afternoon
while driving on the North River
road a few miles out of Beauofrt.
They were in Mr. Dill's Nash sedan
which Mr. Dill was driving. The car
slipped on the pavement, turned com
pletely over once or twice and threw
its occupants in the ditch. Mr. Dill
was shaken up considerably but not
seriously hurt Mr. Willis had his
back and neck sprained right badly
and was confined to his bed for sev
eral days but is now able to be out.
The top of the car was torn all to
pieces but apparently there was not
much damage done to it otherwise,
On Sunday afternoon Mr. Kelly
Gillikin of Marshallberg had .a spill
on the North River road near Mr.
Tom Piver's place. He and a young
man who was with him were shaken
up but not hurt seriously. The car
sustained some damages. Tuesday
while on their way to New Bern and
just a few miles from there Captain
and Mrs. C. W. Clifton and their
daughter Miss Pearl had a right bad
accident. Their car skidded on the
wet pavement, turned over and spilled
all by the roadside. Captain and
Miss Clifton were not hurt but it
was thought at first that Mrs. Clifton
was right badly hurt. She was tak
en to a hospital in New Bern where
it was found that she was suffering,
from the shock and that her collar
bone which was though broken was,
not broken but severely sprained.
The car was . damaged considerably
but was able to make the trip to New
Bern. .
Tuesday night a travelling sales
man named David Arrington drove
his car into an unoffending lamp post
that helps light up the court house
grounds. The post was knocked down,
the lamp broken and the concrete
foundation on which the post stood
was torn entirely from its moorings.
The driver of the car escaped serious
injury but the car itself was not so
lucky and will furnish a considerable
job for some repair man. The News
has heard rumors of one or two other
accidents in the county but has not
been able to verify them.
Happy New Year
W. H. BARBER DIES
FROM HEART ATTACK
Mr. William Henry Barber, well
known restaurant man of Beaufort,
died suddenly at his home here Fri
day afternoon at about one o'clock.
Mr. Barber had been in rather poor
health for some time but heart fail
ure was the immediate cause of
his death. Mr. Barber was sixty six
years old last October. He is surviv
ed by his widow Mrs. Ellen Barber, a
married daughter, Mrs. Clarence Wil
lis, another daughter, Miss Oleta
a son Louis and a sister, Miss Sarah
Barber who lives in West Virginia.
The funeral services were conducted
by Dr. G. W. Lay Sunday afternoon
at St. Pauls church and the inter
ment was made in the "Episcopal
cemetery.
Mr. Barber and his family came to
Beaufort about ten years ago and for
a while he was with the Carteret Lum
ber Company. He was a native oi
Dubois, Pennsylvania. For a num
ber oears he had conducted a cafe
on Turner street and had a largj
number of acquantances. By reason
of his unfailing good humor and
friendliness he made many friends
who regret his passing away.
Happy New Year ,
COUNTY HOME INMATES
GIVEN CHRISTMAS TREE
Inmates of the County Home were
gladdened Christmas eve by reason of
the thoughtfulness of friends in pro
viding a Christmas tree for them.
The Community Club and the Chari
table Brotherhood participated in
the expense of the occasion. Each
person received an envelope contain
ing fifty cents and gifts of various
kinds were distributed among them.
There were also planty of fruit and
cenfectioneries, music and other
kinds of entertainment. Deputy
Sheriff R. E. Chaplain acted as Santa
Claus and carried out the part in une
style.
Happy New Year
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bell of Dover
spent Christmas here with Mrs. Bell's
sister Mrs. W. P. Smith.