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VOLUME XVI
1C PAGES . THIS WEEK
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY JAN. 13 1927.
PRICE T,c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 2
GOVERNOR MCLEAN SAYS BUDGET
SYSTEM SAVEDSTATE LARGE SUM
Favors Thirty Millions For Highways. Thinks Taxes Need
Not Be Raised Except Inheritance, Estates, Theaters,
Soft Drinks And Tobacco
(By M. L. SHIPMAN)
Raleigh, January 10 Both branch
es of the General Assembly of North
Carolina swung into action at noon
on Wednesday, January 5th and have
since heard read in joint-session two
informative messages by his Excellen
cy the Governor, both of which were
enthusiastically received. The Gov
ernor reviewed in a masterful way
the record of his administration and
the results from the operations of
the numerous enactments he had rec- j
ommended for the administration of
the General Assembly of 1925 and
jlaced by that body upon the statute
Woks of the State. The Executive
expressed especial gratification for
the fine showing made under the
budgetary system and urged its ap
proval by the present law-making
body.
The new Speaker, Representative
R. T. Fountain, of Edgecombe, who
was nominated for the honor by the
Democratic members in caucus on
Tuesday evening, let it he known on
taking the chair that he is in accord
with the conservative administration
of Governor .McLean and promised
the kind of cooperation wihch counts
in the conduct of his office during
the session. Other Ilc.use officers
chosen in caucus and formally elect
ed in open session are.: Principal
Clerk, Alex Lassiter of Bertie ; Head
ing Clerk, David ' P. Dellinger of
Gaston; Sergeant-At-Arms, Capt.
John Lisk, an aged Confederate vet
eran, of Montgomery; Engrossing
Clerk, Miss Rosa Mund of Cabarrus;
Assistant Sergeant-At-Arms, M. E.
Woodhouae, of Currituck.
On the :Senate side there was ac
tion from the moment the senators
were qualified f or service. Lieuten
ant Governor J. Elmer Long has his
committees ready and .announcement
followed immediately upon the elec
tion of officers. The honor of pres
ident protem went to Senator W. L.
Long of Halifax without opposition.
Leroy Martin onf Yadkin jaunty was
named as principal clerk; Rev. A.
Corey, of Martin county, engrossing
clerk; F. E. Smith of Craven for
reading clerk rO. P. Shell, of Harnett
sergeant-atrarms; J. A. Bryson, of
.Henderson, assistant srgeant-at-arrns.
In his annual message delivered
on Wednesday evening Governer Mc
Lean suggested Ibat the Superior
Court system ol the State be taken
from .under ecrostrtntional jurisdic
tion ;and placed runder the supervis
ion of the Supreme Court; pleaded
for a continuance of the Executive
Budget system; commended the Sal
ary and Wage Csrmmiss'ion and the
Pardon Commission.; urged the con
tinuance of educational progress; ad
vocated amending the Capital Is
sues laws to make the sale of foreign
securities easier in North Carolina;
.asked for a law to prevent fraudulent
dealings in real estate; pointed out
the necessity of more strirrgent laws
relating to carrying concealed weap
ons; placed himself on record fav
orable to an issue of thirty million
dollars in bonds for road building;
emphasized the urgent need of re
forms in county governments "and
aigriculural diversification.
Budget Syatem Diwuieil
Governor McLean spoke to the
Budget System in his message to the
General Assembly on Friday for
which the claims the following re
sult of the first year's operation;
Saved a large amount in interest on
short term loans in anticipation of
taxes; fifty per cent saving on pub
lic printing bill; purchasing supplies
at wholesale found to be very advan
tageous; requirement of requsisition
by some official of a department puts
all purchases on a strictly business
basis; big reduction in percapita
maintenance cost of state institu
tions; that governmental receipts and
disbursements can be handled in such
a way as to prevent deficiencies of
consequence at the conclusion of the
fiscal period. The Governor told the
Assembly that the operation of the
Executive Budget System during the
last biennium has saved the State
$1,269,824.04. He would increase
the school equalizing fund a million
dollars and give the Confederate sol
diers and widows an additional sum
each yeareach year the sum of
$200,000, which he says can be done
without any big increases in the tax
rate, except .as to inheritance and es
tate taxes and privilege requirements
on theatres and moving picture
shows, on contractors, soft drinks,
(Continued on page Ten)
THIEVERY BEING DONE
BY YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS
There seems to have been consid
erable thievery done around Beau
fort in recent weeks by boys. Some
days ago a fourteen year negro boy
stole a fine shot gun from Captain
Bonner Willis. This was recovered
by Chief of Police Longest and re
stored to the owner. Last Thurs
day night two white boys forced their
way into the store of Mr. G. W.
Lupton on Broad street. They effect
ed their entrance through the back
door and stole nine pounds of pen
nies, some cigars and possibly a few
other articles. Captain George Sty
le n managed to get a clue to the
guilty parties and the tifficers traced
the matter out and got the pennies
back. The boys were put on proba
tion by Juvenile Judge L. W. Hassell.
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SEASON'S FIRST SNOWFALL
"WAS RATHER LIGHT AFFAIR
The first snowfall of the season in
the vicinity of Beaufort occurred
Monday night. A little snow fell
early in the evening but did not stick
to the ground -very -well. When
morning came though the roofs of
the houses and the ground too were
all covered with a white but thin
blanket. The children got some fun
out of it but it did'nt last long. The
sun came out and by noon it was all
gone except a few bits sticking a
round here and there.
The temperature on Monday night
dropped to 26 degrees above zero.
On the night before it. was one de
gree lower. With the exception of a
few buret -water "pipes the News has
heard of no '.casualties Iro mthe cold
wave. There has .not been a deep
snow in Beaufort since the early part
of the year U918 'which was a very
unusual winter all over the country.
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COLD WEATHER MAKES
BDCK .SHOOTING GOOD
The past few days .have been cold
but fine for duck and goose shooting.
Many hunters have been engaged in
the sptirt recently in the waters of
Core and Pamlico Soiunds and the
News understands that some fine
bags have been made. Messrs. H. C.
Jones and Wiley H. Taylor, two vet
eran hunters from Beaufort, bagged
forty five dneks in a few hours
shooting Monday afternoon and kill
ed thirty Monday afternoon. They
have blinds in Core Sonnd and keep
the shooting places baited with corn
which attracts the dueks in large
numbers. There ane many clubs and
private shooting places in the county
near Davis, Williston, Atlantic, Hog
Island and Portsmouth. The shooot
ing season ends February the first
and so from now until that time the
hunters will be busy.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Deeds have been recorded at the
office of Register of Deeds R. W.
Wallace as follows:' "
Arie Chaplain and husband to W.
C. Peterson, 49 1-4 acres, Beaufort
Township, for $1.
T," C. Wade, Sheriff to J. B. & D.
M. Jones interest. in town lots Beau
fort, for $2205.
H. C. Fodrie to H. C. and K. W.
Loftin, part lot Beaufort for $10.
Cape Lookout Development Co. to
Willa N. McKinnon, 1 lot Cape Look
out, for $50.
Sarah L. Hancock and husband to
C. J. Taylor and wife 45 1-2 acres
Harlowe, for $200.
State of N. C. to W. B. Hancock
grant 1-4 acre, Morehead Township
for $1.50.
Mann and Sanderson to G. M.
Mann and wife 95 acres near New
port, for $300.
W. M. Eubank and wife to C. H.
Wilton, 1 lot Newport, for $10.
Mrs. S. T. Holland to Willard
White, 1 lot Newport for $300.
Josephus PteoU and wife to Joseph
G. and Lillian N. Pigott, 10 acres,
Straits, for $10.
I. T. Noa and wife to L. A. Lewis,
23 acres Straits for $51.49.
C. A. Lewis and wife to Joseph
Pigott, 4 acres Straits, for $5.
H. B. Lawrence and wife to Beau
fort Eanking and Trust Co. 12 1-2
acres Smyrna for $60.
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American women now buy as
many silk hose in one day as they
bougght in a whole year a quarter of
.1 century ago.
Will Build New Stores
On Front Street Soon
Arrangements which are now prac
tically concluded assure the erection
of three new store buildings on Front
street. A deal has been made be
tween Messrs. Richard Felton and
W. P. Smith by means of which the
building becomes possible. Mr. Smith
acquires a fifty foot frontage from
Mr. Felton on Queen street and Mr.
Felton gets twenty two feet front
age from Mr. Smith on Front street.
Mr. Smith will move his residence
from where it now stands to the
Queen street lot.
Work will begin on the new store
buildings just as soon as contracts
can be let, and materials assembled.
The buildings will be one story, brick
structures with plate glass fronts,
pood show windows and modern
equipment throughout. It is thought
that the buildings can be gotten
ready for occupency by June the
first. The building now occupied by
Mr. Smith for his mercantile busi
ness has been rented to the United
State Postoffice Department and he
will have to vacate it about June the
first.
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SCHOOL BONDS
SOLD WEDNESDAY
All Arrangements Completed
And Work Will Start Soon
On Buildings
The bonds have been sold, the con
tract signed and the brick bought
lor the two new buildings for the
Beaufort graded school district. At
a meeting of the board of school
trustees Wednesday afternoon these
matters were attended to. Those
present were Chairman XL E. Swann,
and Mrs. H. C Jones, Messrs John
Chaplain, Clarence Guthrie, M. Les
lie Davis, W. A. Mace.
, A large number of "bidders were on
hand for the sale -which bad been du
ly advertised. Nineteen bids in all
were received. They were sold at
a premium of $6111 tD Stranahah,
Harris and Oatis of Toledo, Ohio.
There was some tali of selling the
bonds at auction but the board de
cided to sell the bonds as advertised,
which was a sealed bid basis. The
bids ranged all the "way from a prem
ium of $624 np to the price accepted.
The bonds bear an interest rate of
5 1-2 per cent- They begin to ma
ture in 1928 and end in 1957.
After the bond sale the board took
up the question of buying brick. Rep
resentatives of several brick manu
facturers were on hand and submit
ted prices. After the necessary con
sideration the board decided on
rough, texture shale brick made by
the Richland Shale Products Com
pany of Columbia, S. C. They cost
$22 per thousand and about 200,000
will be used. N. A. Underwood of
Wilmington who made the lowest bid
for the larger building was present
and a contract for the work was sign
ed by him and representatives of the
board. The contractor will order out
his supplies and equipment at once
and expects to start work by the first
of next month. The old building
now used by the white pupils of
Beaufort was sold some time ago to
the county for $35,000. The pro
ceeds of the sale will be used in the
new building.
Vital Statistics Report Shows
Carteret Gaining In Population
Vital sttistics for Carteret county for the months of October and No
vember show that in October there were 25 more births than deaths and
in November there was a preponderance of 18 births. Morehead City led
in births in October and tied with Beaufort and Newport in November.
These figures were furnished the News by the State Board of Health at
Raleigh. The table of statistics is given below :
DISTRICT . October November
Still Still
Town Births Deaths Births Births Deaths Births
Beaufort 7 - 5 4 ...
Morehead City 10 4 - 4 2 2
Newport 1 1 1 1
Township
Beaufort 1 - - 4
Harkers Island 1 - 1
Harlowe 0 0 0 1 .'.
Hunting Quarter Division of
Davis No Report 11.
Stacey . - 1.1
Sea Level 3 . ' 2
Merrimon
Morehead 2.124.
Newport 0 0 0 4 .
Portsmouth No Registrar
Smyrna 2 1 0 0 ' 0 0
Straits 2 2 . 2
White Oak 5 . 3
TOTAL 33 8 1 31 13 3
October
FOUND WANTING
Some Too Heavy. Most of Them
Were Found To Be Under
Weight
During the week just past, ten el
ementary schools in which I have
Girls' Home Demonstration Clubs
have been visited. The girls were
weighed and measured to find out if
they were the right weight for their
age and height. The ages of these
girls ranged from ten to seventeen
years. One hundred and thirty three
girls were weigh d and the amount of
overweight or i nderweight was de
termined. Only one girl, Clara
Chadwick of Straits school, was the
right weight. Thirty five were less
than ten per cent undeweight. Forty
three were bBtveen ten and twenty
per cent untie "wight. Twnty four
were between .wnty and thirty per
cent underweight. Twelve were be
tween thirty and forty per cent un
derweight. I ighteen were over
weight. Nine of the eifhteen were
less than ten percent overweight;
seven were from ten to twenty per
cent overweiglt; and two were from
twenty to thirty per cent overweight.
These facts ndicate a serious con
dition among ,he children of our
county. Sevei ty nine of the one
hundred, thirty three weighed were
more than ten per cent underweight.
When children are more than ten per
cent underweight, it indicates that
they have som remediable physical
defect as adenoids, bad tonsils or bad
teeth, or that they are undernourish
ed. After examination is made for
visible physical lefects, and none are
f oundj then the cause may be at
tributed to undernourishment. This
is true in more oases than we think.
Invertigators 1 ave found by exper
iment that by following a few sim
ple rules the daily food requirements
will be met The daily diet should
include
One half to one quart of milk
daily..
At. least two servings of vegetables
other than potatoes end dried beans;
a leafy vegetable if possible.
At least two servings of fruit each
day, one raw if possible.
iuiiiawts uresn or canned) or
oranges twice a week.
Whole grain cereal or bread daily.
One egg daily.
One serving of meat daily.
TIT.. i n . ...
. naicr v xo o glasses daily one
of these before breakfast.
Right food alone does not assure
good nutrition and good health. To
make the best use of well-selected
food, the body requires cleanliness,
fresh air, sunshine, excise, rest,
gooa posture, and happiness.
Clubs in the consolidated schools
will be visited this week and next
The records of more than a hundred
girJs will be added to the above.
EDITH POWELL,
Home Dem. Agt.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Only one permit to wed has been
issued by Register of Deeds since last
week, that was to Claude Glover and
Louise Lynch, Beaufort.
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The Bank of England recently is
sued an order to their clerks that
mustaches were not to be worn dur
ing business hours.
November
Has County Board
Sold More Bonds?
A rumor that the Board of County
Commissioners had sold bonds to the
amount of $1,250,000 recently cre
ated considerable interest in Beau
fort and elsewhere yesterday and
today. The report came from one of
the bond salesmen who attended the
sale of school bonds in Beaufort Wed
nesday. The bond salesman said that the
bonds had been sold without any ad
vertisement or notice to the public
and that they did not bring what they
would have brought on the open mar
ket. This statement was made to a
representative of the News and sev
eral other persons who were present.
He said he would have given a good
price for the bonds if he had gotten
a chance. In order to get some def
inite information about the matter
the editor of the News called up
Countv Attorney Luther Hamilton.
He stated that some negotiations had
been made looking to the sale of
bonds to get money to take up cer
tain outstanding short time county
notes. As he expressed it a feeler
was put out to see what could be
done about the matter but htat the
bor.ds had not been sold. So far
the News has not been able to see the
minutes of the two meetings of the
board held this month. A request
for this privilege has been made
twice but County Auditor Stancil
stated that they were not ready. As
soon as they can be obtained the
minutes will be printed.
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COMMUNITY CLUB
SIX YEARS OLD
Interesting Meeting Held Last
Thursday. Members Want
A Club Building
The Community Club held its leg
ular monthly meeting Thursday, De
cember 6. After reading the collect,
the president, Mrs. S.. F. HUdfebrand,
extended a most cordial welcome to
the members, and expressed her ap
preciation for the splendid atten
dance.
The usual reports were read by
officers and committees, the most in
teresting of which were those given
by the chairman of the Public Wei
fare, and County Home and Sana
torium Committees. Mrs. M. Leslie
Davis, chairman of the Public Wel
fare, told of the joy derived from the
Club's Christmas giving; of clothes
and groceries taken to several fami
lies, and stockings filled with toys
and confectionaries prepared for
many children.
Mrs. C. R. Wheatly, chairman of
County Home and Sanatorium com
mittee gave a report of work done at
Thanksgiving. She was most grate
ful to the merchants who so gener
ously donated fruit for the inmates of
the County Home, and to those who
prepared the package for Roderick
Parkin at .natorium. At Christ
mas this committee gave fifty cents
to each to two children there. . Pa
jamas and a bathrobe were sent to
two children at Sanatorium, while a
lumbe rjacket was sent to Roderick
Parkin. A letter was read from Dr.
McCain at Sanatorium thanking the
club for these gifts.
The president read the legislative
progiam endorsed by the N. C. Fed
eration of Women's Clubs Beaufort
Club voted in favor of this program
and moved that some written com
munication to this effect be sent our
representatives, while Mrjs. W. G.
Mt'bane was appointed personal rep
resentative of the club.
The "Cotton Day" program endors
ed by federated club women, was dis
cussed, and it was decided to appoint
a committee to plan for this occasion.
Suggestions were made that school
children be influenced in the wearing
of cotton hose and clothes, and that
the ladies be aroused in the "made of
cotton, bought in Beaufort" spirit.
Not by any means least in impor
tance, was the president's expres
sion of tn hope for a club, building
in Beaufuit. This has been the
dream of club women here since the
organization of the Community Club.
The first definite steps was taken
when a motion was carried that the
club have a certain sum on savings
account by the close of the club year
in June.
After the adjournment of the bus
iness meeting a most enjoyable so
cial hour was held in honor of the
sixth anniversary of the club. Mrs.
G. W. Lay first president of the
:ub, was accorded the honor of cut
ling the beautiful birthday cake pre
sented by Mrs. S. F. Hildebrand, the
active president. Delicious refresh
"nents were served by several of the
Junior members. The hearts of the
pi neer women of the the club must
POPULATION WILL
BE MUCH LARGER
AT NEXT CENSUS
If Pending Measure Is Adopted
North Carolina Will Gain
A Congressman
SOME STATES WILL LOSE
.WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan 10
the Bureau of the Census estimates
the population of the United States
in 1920 will be 123,288,000 as com
pared with 105,710,620, the total re
ported in 1920. The prospective
figure is based on various State,city
and school enumerations that have
been taken, and was given befor the
House Census Committee on Janu
ary 10 when hearings on the Fenn
Bill for Congressional reappointment
were begun.
William M. Steuart, Director of the
Census, and Dr. Joseph A. Hill, his
v,;.. oooiotont woro ihp nrincinal
oi)aiot"H ' . i a--
witnesses before the committee anil
presented the Census Bureau's esti
mate of the probable 1930 popula
tion, and a tabulation indicating the
changes which would be required in
reappointment under the Fenn Bill.
Measure Explained
All'O Hl.CtdUlV .....-. I
by Representative Fenn (Rep-, of
Wethersfield, Conn., proposes a re
apportionment of the House member
ship among the several States,!;o be
based on the 1930 census and com
puted on the so-called "major frac
tions'' plan. The Fenn Bill would,
leave the present total membership of
the House 435 unchanged.
Dr. Hill said his years of study of
the reapportionment problem have
led him to favor the so-called "equal
proportions" method of computing
State representation in the House. ,
He will appear again at a hearing to
be held January 19 to discuss that
method.
As briefly explained, the theory of
the equal proportions method is fo
insure that each representative in the
House shall .represent as nearly as
may be possible, an equal number of
citizens.
The system of locating seats un
der the major fractions methods,
which counts major fractions as units
and ignores minor f: actions, requires
arbitrary scaling of fractions in or
der to distribute the seats.
Based upon the estimated 1930
census and the use of the major frac
tions system, the representation of
the various States in the House as
compared with their present quotas
would be changed as follows:
Changes Listed by States.
Arizona would gain one seat, Cal
ifornia, six; Connecticut, one; Flori
da, one; Michigan, four; Montana,
one; New Jersey, two; North Caro
lina, one; Ohio three; Oklahoma,
one; Texas, two; and Washington, .
one.
This comprises a total gain of 24
seats, which would hP nffaot a fi
lows: Alabama would lose
ana, two; Iowa, two; Kansas, one;
jYc.HucKy, two; Louisiana, one, Maine
one; Massachusetts. OTIS Mieaiooinr:
two, Missouri, four, Nebraska, one;
New York, two; North Dakota, one;
Tennessee, one; Vermont, one, and
Virginia, one.
In other words. 12 utate-a
gain 24 seats, with 16 states losing
me Mjnie numoer.
If the representation is fiin,Mj
the equal proportion basis, according
to another table submitted by the
Bureau of the Census officials, the
changes from the nrespnf all
would be the same as given above,
with the addition that New Muxico
which now has onp rpnon(nf;,...
would gain anoJher and Pennsylvan-
v,,u.u - i-c o-.c of its 36 seats.
Measure Planned
The Fenn Bill proposes "that after
the third day of March 1333, tho
Housej of Representatives shall b
composed of 435, and these mem
bers shall be omjortinnprf Bm,r,
several States in the manner dhea-
ea in tne text of this Act."
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NO POLICE COURT.
The people in Beauofrt are gpttl'i
better, or maybe wiser. At any r.:i
they managed to keep out of p ilka
court Monday. For the first time in
many weeks no one faced May it
Thomas to answer for some infrac
tion of the law. This fact however
is an item of news of considerable
interest in itself.
be truly gratiiied at the interest and
enthusiasm expressed by so many
members; while, indeed, the club is
most grateful to those women who
foresaw the need of a Community
Club in Beaufort.
Mrs. J. H. Stubbs,
Pub. Chairman.