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VOLUME XVI
10 PAGES THIS WEEK
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY JAN. ZC, 1927
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
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CONGRESS PASSES
BILL TO EXTEND
INLANDWATERWAY
Bill Appropriates $5,800,000
To Finish Beaufort To Wil
mington Gap
WILL , BE TWELVE FEET DEEP
- The daily newspapers of last Fri
day carried the announcement that
the bill providing for extending the
Inland Waterway from Beaufort to
Wilmington passed the House of Rep
resentatives on Thursday. The bill
had previously passed the Senate. It
provides for a channel twelve feet
deep, the same as the channel from
Beaufort to Norfolk. The cost of
the work is estimated at $5,800,000,
with annual maintenance cost of
$150,000 and these items are provid
ed for in the bill.
At present the Inland Waterway
extends from Boston, Massachusetts
to Beaufort, N. C. Agitation for this
enterprise started some twenty years
ago. Congressman Joljn H. Small
was one of the first and most active
advocates of it. Mr. J. Hampton
Moore of Philadelphia former Con
gressman and later Mayor of Phil
adelphia and President of the Inland
Waterways Association has been one
of the staunchest friends of the watei
way. Senator Simmons, Congress'
man Abernethy and other North Car
olina Congressmen have aided ma
terially in getting appropriations for
it. I he purpose in mind is to have
an inside route all the way from Bos
ton to Florida. With the completion
of the Beaufort-Wilmington link a
large part of the waterway will have
been finished. Some advocates of
the canal say it will be finished en
tirely within ten years. The first
thing to be done about building the
..new link is to get the rights of way
i, and thjspart of the , week-will, start
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Last Friday President Wiley H,
Taylor of the Beaufort Chamber of
Commerce received telegrams from
Senator Simmons and Congressman
Abernethy stating that the bill had
passed. The messages are reproduc
ed herewith:
Washington, D. C. Jan 13, 1927
Chamber of Commerce,
Beaufort, N. C.
Glad to advise Rivers and Harbors
bill passed the House this afternoon
the House accepting all the Senate
amendments including my amend
ment carrying the extension of the
Inland Waterway without change to
cost five million eight hundred thous
and dollars with one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars annually for
maintenance. Depth twelve feet.
F. M. SIMMONS.
Washington, D. C. Jan. 13, 1927.
Chamber of Commerce
Beaufort, N. C.
The River and Harbor bill includ
ing the twelve foot channel waterway
amendment passed the House today
by an overwhelming majority.
CHARLES L. ABERNETHY.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Deeds recorded recently in the of
fice of Register of Deeds R. W. Wal
lace are as follows:
Barney L. Davis and wife to Paul
Fenderson and wife, Part lot, Beau
fort, consideration, $10.
C. E. Rayner and wife to T. W.
Mewborn, 2 lots West Beaufort, for
$200.
Delaware Goulding to Stacey W.
Davis, 3 acres Harker's Island, for
$60.
Morehead Bluffs Inc. to Geraldine
Oaksmith, 4 lots Morehead Bluffs,
for $6300.
M. City Building and Loan Asso
ciation to Monroe Willis, 1 lot More
head City for $100.
W. P. Freeman et als to R. H.
Dowdy, 1 lot Morehead City for $100
W. B. Blades et als to R. H. Dow
dy, 1 lot Morehead City, for $100.
J. W. Brock to Daisy Willis Brock
5 lots Morehead City for $10.
Jonathan Garner and wife to Wal
ter Fulcher and wife 1 lot Newport
for $10.
Andrew Gillikin and wife to Gas
kill and Swann, 20 acres Straits
Township for $10.
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Hindus at Mysore, India, during a
religious festival bowed down before
an automobile instead of an elephant.
A lot of white men have beaten them
to it. Minneapolis Journal.
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Another dandy scheme for usine
up part of our extraordinary cotton
suiplus would be to add about 11
inches to either end of tho sheet;.
Dttioit 2.,"evs.
Citizens Protest Strongly
Against Large Bond Issue
Telegrams flew thick and fast yes
terday to State Senators J. S. Har
gett and L. P. Tapp and Representa
tive W. H. Bell at Raleigh. The mes"
sages were protesting against the pas
sage of a bill to validate $1,250,000
Carteret county bonds, sold by the
board of county commissioners at a
recent meeting. As related exclu
sively in the Beaufort News last week
a report was in circulation here that
the board had made a private sale of
a large amount of bonds. County
Attorney Luther Hamilton stated to
the News over the telephone that ne
gotiations were in progress to sell
the bonds to take up some outstand
ing notes. The fact that a bill has
been introduced to validate the bonds
shows that the sale was conditional
on getting them validated. So far
as this newspaper has been advised
Parent Teacher Expert
Will Be Here Monday
The County Board of Education
wishes to inform the public that Mr.
W. H. Livers, director of Extension
Division of North Carolina College
for Women, will spend the week be
ginning January 24th, in Carteret
County working with Parent Teacher
Associations.
Mr. Livers has had much experience
in this kind of work. He is one of
the very best authorities in the state
on this kind of work.
In addition to the work which Mr.
Livers does to aid the regular P. T.
A. work he also leads community
singing. .
The programs planned for the week
will be enjoyable as well as educa
tional. The schedule for the week is
as follows?; ' .rr..v '
Monday, January 24 " v-. -.' .
Atlantic
Tuesday
Harkers Island
Beaufort
Wednesday
Smyrna
Thursday
Camp Glenn
Morehead City
Friday
Newport
White Oak
7:30 P. M.
2:30 P.
7:30 P.
7:00 P. M.
2:30 P. M.
3:45 P. M.
3 :30 P.
6:30 P.
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Judge Cranmer to Hold
Court Here Verv Soon
A one weeks term of Superior
Court will convene here on Monday
the 31st of this month. It will be
for the rtial of criminal and civil
cases Judge E. H. Cranmer, who was
in Beaufort five years ago will pre
side over the court. The calendar
for the week is as follows:
Carteret Superior Court
Hon. E. H. Cranmer, Judge
Monday & Tuesday Jan. 31st and
February 1st. 1927
CRIMINAL CASES
Wednesday Feb. 2nd.
No.
40 Styron vs Baker et al.
43 Watkins vs Jones.
36 Britt vs Transportation Co.
42 Sheppard vs Transportation Co.
Thursday Feby. 3rd.
14 Hendrix vs Bryan.
23 Helms vs Willis.
26 Eubanks vs Holland.
33 Boone vs Dickinson.
35 Mallissa Lewis vs Wilbur Lewis.
37 Rawleich Co. vs Willis
Friday Feby. 4th.
41 Morris vs Bogue Development
Co.
44
Sasween vs Hamff & Gillsen.
Carroll vs I'iner.
Saturday, Feby. 5th.
MOTIONS
McCain vs Shull. '
Iron Works vs D-B Co.
34 DeNoyer vs Stanley.
39
48
Jerkins vs Hawkins.
Levinson vs Simmons Corstruc
ticn Co.
L. W. HASSELL,
Clerk.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Only one marriage license has
been issued by Register cf Deeds R.
W. Wallace this wsek. It was to V.
i. Hawk and Elizabeth Hanger of
J.Ic:e".ii'.d City.
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the board has not made public any
I information about the matter. Rep
resentative Bell wired parties here
that the bill would be introduced
Wednesday.
The News has been informed, not
officially, that the outstanding notes
of the county amount to $800,000,
It is assumed therefore that the ex
tra $450,000 is to be used for some
other purpose than paying debts al
ready contracted. There is talk on
the streets of Beaufort that a deter
mined fight will be made to prevent
the passage o fthe validation act.
Some citizens say they are willing
to a bond issue to pay debts already
made but are bitterly opposed to
bond issues for any new purposes.
It is generally reported that the debt
of the county now amounts to about
three million dollars. ;
OLDEST BANK HAS
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Officials of Bank of Beaufort
Optimistic As To Outlook
For Business
The stock-holders of The Bank of
Beaufort held their annual meeting
on the mezzanine floor of the Bank
Tuesday, January 11th, 1927 from
twelve o'clock noon to one o'clock,
p. m. The meeting was well attend
ed, the number of shares represented
being larger than for several years
past. The report of the Cashier
showed that a larger volume of bus
iness was done by the bank during
1926 than in any other year of the
twenty-six years of its history ,To
theadequate facilities by their attrac
tive building and modern eqiMpmen'rw' e,aicd': -Bishop's aCu'
is attributed in Dart, no doubt their sade, because it is an effort to carrj
large increase in patronage. During i the Cross to a11 people, led by the
the year dividends of eight percent j BisnoPs and to flt ourselves to be
were paid to stock-holders $1,500,-! better Cross-Bearers. This is some
00 was added to the erowine surnlu I thin that should enlist the sympa-
which makes tnis fund $7,500,00, a
modern electric posting machine and
a modern note recording system have
been installed together with other e-
j quipment which makes it compare
iavorabiy with any bank in the state
in convenience or arrangement and
equipment. The service rendered by
this good institution has evidently
uvvii uiun oauMottory ana it is
stated as their purpose that their 1 saders held Missions in the principal
sphere of service may grow larger ! cities in every State. In East Car
during the year ahead. The officers' olina the cities chosen were Wilming
of this bank were optimistic in their ! ton, January 23rd. to 30th., Elizabeth
iorecast of business conditions dur-!
ing 1927.
All former directors were re-elected,
as follows: W. A. Mace, John
Forlaw, T. C. Wade, W. P. Smith, A.
J. Cooke, W. B. Blades, J. R. Morris,
Joseph House, J. A. Hornaday. Im
mediately following the stock-holders'
meeting the directors met and
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, W. A.
Mace; Vice-President, John Forlaw;
Cashier, J. A. Hornaday, Assistant j " ch0uIcb forehead C,ty- Feb
Cashier, Mrs. Mary Tillett, Teller and i 2st' to, 27tn The Rector Wl11 be
book-keepers, Miss Neva Willis and ! bs e!lt dunng these two weeks con
Mrs. A. B. Cooke. uctln tne Crusades in Vanceboro
' j and Lumberton. The prayers of all
0 0 ! Christian people are desired for re
CHILDREN OF CONFEDERACY ! s"lts tnat we a11 surely wish, that is,
GIVES CAKE CONTEST t: a11 Christian people should re-
I d dicate themselves to a more faith-
The Cake Contest by the Junior
Chapter of U. D. C. was held on Fri
day January 14th. Three judges
were invited to judge the cakes when,
t frnm fV,o LfL t..:' .... I
awarded for the best cakes. The '
prize money was donated by a large I
mnnnfntnror l t.v,,...t..;
The first prize was won by Mrs.
Chas. Case, $5.00.
The second prize of $3.00 was won
by Mrs. W. P. Smith
The third prize of' $1.00 was won '
by Mrs. Hardy Lewis.
The prize money was then turned j
over to Mrs. H. D. Norcom, who was '
manager for the Chapter. The cakes, ;
25 in number were thpn'snM at llf. 1
ferent prices. The amount of the !
sale including prize money was j eacft untl1 M
$39.65. j Of course all are cordially invited
lo the ladies who so generously ,
contributed cakes for this sale and 1
to those who patronized the sale, to'
the judges and to Messrs. Guthrie & j
Bell for the use of their store and i
kind hospitality, also Mr. Fred King I Alton Wilson a negro boy who es
Jr. for such nicely made posters, we ' caped from the county jail along with
wish to thank you all. Our aim is 'two men not long ago has been re
to place marks at each Confedeiata j taken and put back in jail. The
Soldiers grave in our cemeteries in ! two men have-not been heard of
Beaufort, and you who have assisted ! since they escaped. The Wilson boy
in this contest, have helped us make I was -found at the home of his moth
our "Aim" possible. er in Beauofi t. He says he went a-
We thank you all. i way with the men because they made
Mrs. H. D. Norcom, , him do it. The charge against him
Tor the Children of Confederacy. ' is stealing chickens.
Inlet Inn Will Open
About First of Month
The Inlet Inn which has been clos
ed for several weeks will re-open for
business in a week or ten days. That
was the statement made by W. L.
Derrickson of New Bern who has
leased the hotel to the Board of Com
missioners of the town Wednesday
evening at a special meeting.
The object of the meeting was to
afford Mr. Derrickson an opportuni
ty to ask t obe relieved of city taxes
on the property. He stated that he
understood the taxes to be $427.50
for the year 1926. He said that he
expected to spend considerable mon
ey in furnishing the hotel and making
repairs to it and that he would run
it as an all the year round house.
He thought he would, be able to bring
a good many people to Beaufort who
are not coming now. After some
discussion the board passed a resolu
tion relieving Mr. Derrickson of the
1926 taxes on the property not in
cluding the street paving assessment
Those present at the meeting were
Mayor Thomas and Commissioners
Noe, Smith and Whitehurst.
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EYE SPECIALIST HERE.
Dr. O. H. Johnson, eye, ear and
throat speoiailst who has been prac
ticing in Morehead City for several
t mths has "Pf e.d a" offi in
fort. He will be i nthe Potter build
ing in the offices of Dr. C. S. Max
well and will be there every after
noon between 12 and 3 o'clock.
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The Bishop's Crusade
Starts Here Feb. 14th.
(By Dr. G. W. Lay)
We are now in the midst of a Na
tion-wide movement in the Episco-
thetic interest of all Christian people,
and we in East Carolina should feel
a very peculiar interest, since the
plan was conceived by Bishop Darst
and he is the Chairman of the Na
tional Committee on Evangelism to
carry it out.
Preparatory work has been going
on for some months, and in January
about four hundred National Cru-
ity January 30th to February 4th.,
and Washington, February 6th to
12th. To each of these centers those
in nearby places are invited. There
after it is arranged to have similar
meetings in every Church in the
Diocese. The Rev. Frank D. Dean,
one of the National Crusaders, will
conduct the Crusade in St. Paul's
Church, Beaufort, February 14th to
20th and the Rev. Archer Boogher,
of Fayetteville, the one in St. An
iul and loving service, that they
should carry the Good News to others
and that all men may be gathered in
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",ad fal h eJnt f God.
The workers in the Crusade include
p.6" a"d women aa well as the
e bT 18 that thereafter
,na as "ever oeiore
that they have a responsibility in
Evangelism no less than that of the
Clergy.
Tomorrow, Friday, is the day for
Special Irtereession for the Crusade.
1 "e ay Communion will be eele-
blated in St. Paul's Church at 10
A' M"' the ehurch will be open for the
Pra',ers of the people all day, and
special ones have been asked to be
thele for Payers for a half hour
t0 the above mentioned sei vices.
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ESCAPED PRISONER CAUGHT.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT REFORM
GETS LEGISLATIVE ATTENTION
Many Bills Introduced Looking To Improvement In
Government. May Have New Election Law
Also
Offer Is Made For
City Electric Plant
Mr. John L. Livers of Charlottes
ville, Va. has made two trips to
Beaufort recently for the purpose of
inspecting water and light plant with
a view of purchasing it. He has
started negotiations looking to that
end and is expected back here short
ly to go into the matter more fully.
Mr. Livers was here last week and
talked with several citizens in regard
to buying the plant.
The News understands that Mr.
Livers is also negotiating for the
purchase of electric plants in Kins
ton, New Bern and Morehead City.
Presumably he is acting in the in
terest of the Carolina Light and Pow
er Company a concern that operates
very extensively in North and
South Carolina. Mr. Livers stated
that he would give $100,000 for the
water and light plant or would give
He said that he hoped the matter
$00,000 for the electric plant alone,
would be submitted to the people of
the town at an election so that they
might express themselves on the
question.
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TRUST COMPANY'S
GROWTH IS LARGE
Big Gain Made In Deposits.
Thirty Second Annual Divi
dend Paid
The Beaufort Banking & Trust
Company closed December 31 one of
the best years in its history. During
the year deposits in this bank increas
ed $81,083.90 or 15 per cent over
the previous year. On January 1st
the thirty second dividend was paid
making a total the bank has paid its
stockholders since opening for bus
iness $45,225.00. This bank has the
largest Savings Department of any
bank in Carteret County. Since be
ginning operation the handsome sum
of $132,557.92 has been paid to de
positors as interest on Savings Ac
counts.
The Capital stock of this bank is I
$50,000.00. THis with the double j
liability of stockholders and a Surplus!
fund of $7000.00 makes a total pro-!
tection to depositors of $107,000.00. j
In addition to this the officers and .
employees are bonded in reliable
bonding companies, burglary and i
forgery insurance is carried also '
fire insurance. J
In addition to the above safe !
guards, this bank is managed by a!
board of directors composed of con-1
servative, strong, successful business i
men. The active officers have had j
long service and experience. They i
are glad at all times to give th?iri
customers the benefit of their exper- j
ience in business matters. j
At the annual meeting of stock-.
holders held January 11, 1927, the'
following were elected as directors
for this year: R. L. Davis, C. P.;
Dey, C. L. Duncan, C. G. Gaskill, J. i
H. Potter, Sr., U. E. Swann, N. W.
Taylor and W. H. Taylor. j
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POLICE COURT ITEMS.
Teople are getting so good around
Beaufort now that the Police Court
has almost gone out of business.
Week before last there was not a
single trial in court and this past
Monday only two cases were tried.
George Murray Thomas and Jesse
Smith for failing to stop car at stop
corner were required to pay the costs.
Louis Cotton charged with having
imbibed too freely of intoxicating
liquor was let off with the costs un
der suspended judgment.
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MRS. GUTSELL ENTERTAINS.
A very interesting bridge party was !
given Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. j
J. S. Gutsell at her home on Ann 1
street. The party was given compli- i
mentary to Mrs. Edmund Jones of
Petersburg who is here on a visit to
Mrs. C. P. Dey. j
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It is hard to sympathize with those j
250 American tourists who visited !
Damascus at a time when the Druss !
tribesmen were stagging an assault, i
Always there are persons who are
consumed with curiosity to see if a
revolving buzz saw has teeth Seattle j
Times.
County
(By M. L. SHIPMAN)
Raleigh, N. C. Jan. 17 With two
weeks of the General Assembly
session ended it is increasingly ap
parent that the reforms in county
government and the approval of the
budgetary system for operating the
state government are outstanding
matters.
More than half the bills thus far
introduced have a bearing on reforms
of various parts of the county gov
ernment along the lines suggested by
the county government commission
and it is increasingly apparent that
some definite state-wide reform of
counties will be handled by the leg
islature. On the subject f the State bud
getary system, the opinion of the
general assembly members is over
whemingly in favor of the governor's
budget plans and hardly has a Gover
nor ever been so heavily indorsed
during the past two years and the
plans which he has for its operation
during the remainder of his term. The
report of the governor and budget
commission, it is believed, will be
adopted almost without changes, or
if there are any changes they will be
so slight as to not amount to much.
The research and experience of the
governor and budget commission in
drawing up their recommendations
are the guiding posts of the legisla
ture. The body has gotten definitely to
woik and the committees appointed
during the past week are function
ing at top speed. A number of
State-wide measures are up for con
sideration and before long the fur
iwill begin- to fly f aet-an& f urious.'The'
election system, 3udiciary, operation
of motor vehicles, state constabulary
and other matters are receiving at
tention. The budget commission report re
vealed that the value of the State
property in and nearby to Raleigh
has a valuation of twenty million dol
lars. The bill to repeal the titles
registration law probably will be
snowed under when the aid which it
has been in recovering autos has
been detailed to the legislators. The
condition of the state general fund as
of December 31, 1926 showed an ov
erdraft of $790,459 but when the
heavy collections of revenue start
coming in between now and June
30, it is expected the overdraft will
be turned into a large surplus. A
number of biennial reports have
come in since the legislature start
ed and these will furnish a great
deal of food for future legislation,
it is believed. Among these are the
education department, state prison
attorney general's office and highway
commission. The budget and appro
priation measures have been intro
duced and it is expected that the
commitees will grant hearings before
finally reporting them back for ac
tion. Heads of departments and in
stitutions are to be questioned as
usual and committees will investi
gate recommendations of the budget
commission before passing finally
upon them. There is to be no guess
work in handling fiscal matters by
this legislature. The State is said
to be worth around fifty-six millions
dollars over and above its entire in
debtedness, the value of the State
Highway System heading the list of
values with $120,656,675. The Uni
versity is "second rank" with a val
ue of $6,492,414 and the Slate ad
ministration plant at Raleigh "tip
the scales' at $C,036,409. Next in
rank is the College for Women st
Greensboro valued at $5,488.C45.
If the budget acts are approved by
the General Assembly it is said that
a cash surplus will accrue by the end
of Govetnor McLean's administra
tion two years hence. If it appears
that appropiiations made by thi3
Legislature are cx-essive the Gover
nor and his Commission may use the
pruning knife and pass the exce.-s a
long to the next administration. Cuts
in appropriations during the last bi
ennium amounted to $351,000. With
half a million more revenue than at
first estimated available a surp.in
may reasonably be expected without
much guess work. Any calculation
may as well take into considi' at'-n
the additional sum provided in the
Turlington Pension bill now well on
the road to ratification. This would
provide relief for all Confederate
soldiers who hereafter apply for a
pension and deserving widows of the
same. Pending third reading of t lie
bill in the House it was sent back to
the Appropriations Committee to
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