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THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY FEB. 17, 1927
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 7
VOLUME XVI
10 PAGES THIS W it
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Interesting Facts Are Given
About County Indebtedness
Tn tVie controversy concerning more
bonds for Carteret County, perhaps I
a statement of a few of the facts
might be of interest. In the first
place a statement of the indebted
ness is in order:
Official approximate figure
County Notes outstand
ing (capital indebted
ness $1,425,000.00;
(Jounty Donas capital
.indebtedness) 1,473,000.00
Total capital indebted
ness $2,898,000.00
Less sinking funds 8,300.00
Net County capital in
debtedness $2,889,700.00
Onoflicial approximate figures
Town of Morehead City
not less than 1,100,000.00
Town of Beaufort in
debtedness not less
than
Baufci-t Graded
School District
Newport School Dis
trict Atlantic School Dis
trict a-
Whiteoak School Dis
trict .
Harkers Island School
District
900,000.00
120,000.00
60,000.00
30,000.00
20,000.00
15,000.00
Approximate total in
debtedness of County
with its different polit
ical divisions not less
than $ 5,134,000.00
Total value of proper
ty assessed for taxes
taken from the sher
iff s books, approxi-
mately $12,500,000.00
From these figures approximately
percent of all assessed property
values arealready covered by bonds
and notes or in other words the prop
erty owners really own only a little
more than half of their property un
' encumbered by debt.
Some of the town property and
favorably located country property
may be worth a little more than its
assessed value, but -actically all
farm lands, timber lands and out
lands are assessed at from 25 per
cent to 50 per cent more than they
can be sold for.
The county wide tax is $2.25 per
$100.00. the total tax rate in Beau
fort is $4.40 per $100.00 and m
Morehead City it is $3.75. The i
County Commisioners do not deny
that a very material incrase in tax j
rate is imperative immediately and
we have hardly begun making pay-1
ments on the bonded indebtedess. ;
Within from two to four years large
payments will have to be made on
these bonds in addition to present
payments making necessary an ever
increasing tax rate unless tax values
are very greatly increased. An in
crease in assessment values only
adds to the tax burden even though
the rate per $100.00 should remain
stationary. The excessive taxes are
keeping out of our good county indus reason of the removal of the naval ra
tries that would give employment to i dio station from Camp Glenn. The
our working people. The argument work of dismantling the old station
of the proponents for additional has been in progress for several
bends, that physical development of
the county will bring prosperity, is
not justified because the excessive
cost of these physical developments j fers very slightly with the amateur
makes a tax rate that defeats the , radios.
very purpose -we had in mind when The construction of the new sta
do not bejieve that it is morally or i tion at the Cape has been going on
legally rightto use money derived by for several months and it is said to
taxation for excessive physical im- be a much more modern and better
provements w,hen there is so much j equipped station than the old one.
speculation in the projects. An in- It will be used solely for furnishing
dividual or private corporation is vessels with compass bearings from
well within his or its.rights in spend- Cape Lookout. A vessel gets her
ing money to improve their proper. bearings from Cape l6okout and
ties for speculative purposes, but this Cape Hatteras and then can tell ex
principle does not apply in the use j actly where she is. This is often
of public money even when no sel- I very' helpful to ship masters in bad
fish eils are sought by officers in weather. A compass station has
charge of such improvements, for in ! been in use at Cape Lookout for
many cases the most promising spec- j several years. No commercial mes
ulative enterprises fail even when sagfis will be handled at all by the
promoted by individuals or private . Cape Lookout station It is under
corporations. I have reference to
improvements where neither the tax
values nor the claim of public neces
sity justifies the expenditure of pub
lic funds.
I fully realize that we must protect
the credit of the county so far as iti
is in reason to do so and I am willing I
to go even beyond what I can justify
as reason, for tnis reason, i Deneve
the .county should support another
bond issue to fund the present short
'erm note indebtedness less the cred
its claimed against the Highway Com
mission, the own of Beauofrt and
the Town of Morehead City. This
money has been actually spent and
cannot be recalled. ,
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WORK STARTS ON
SCHOOL BUILDING
Soon Large Force of Men Will
Be At Work. Building
Materials Coming
Ground has been broken on the
big public school building for white
niinilc TnosHnv Mr R R Ktrirk-
, . forpman on the fob. nut a
gang of laborers to work cleaning up,
digging out foundations and the
like. Several car loads of lime, ce
ment, brick and lumber are on the
road. This will be unloaded as fast
as it arrives and the actual work of
construction will begin in a few days.
When the work gets going in full
blast about fifty men will be employ
ed on it.
Mr. Strickland expects to employ
as many Beaufort workmen as he
can get but will not be able to get
enough here to do the work. There
are not very many bricklayers and
carpenters in" Beaufort and several
other building contracts are about to
get under way, so it will be neces
sary to import some help. One of
the fifirst things he will have to do
will be to find a place for them to eat
and sleep. The building will be quite
a large one, having a frontage of
239 feet and 165 feet deep. It will
be two stories high and will have a
large auditorium and many class
rooms. U. A. Underwood of Wil
mington has the contract for the
building.
The Davis Construction Corpora
tion of Beaufort has the contract for
the school building for colored pu
pils. Work on this will start in the
near futdre.
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REALTY TRANSACTIONS
A LITTLE SLOW
t The movement of real estate in the
county for the past week seems not
to. have been quite so brisk as for a
week or two previous. The following
deeds have been recorded:
T. D. Webb et als to R. T. Willis,
1 lot Morehead City for $1225.
W. B. Blades et als to W. H. Hen
derson, 1 lot Morehead City, for
$1165.
Jas E. Willis and wife to W. C.
Gorham, Trustee, 1 lot Morehead
City for $1200
Maysville Supply Co. to Wade
Meadows, 125 acres White Oak Town
ship, for $625
D. H. Lewis and wife to David G.
Lewis, 3 acres and 90 Rods,-Straits
Township for $725.
D. H. Lewis and wife to David G.
ewis, 1 1-2 acres Straits Township,
for $100.
Rufus Lewis and wife to Elijah A.
Piner, and wife 7 acres Smyrna
Township for $10.
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NAVAL RADIO STATION
NOW AT CAPE LOOKOUT
Amateur radio operators in Beau
fort, Morehead City and vicinity
have been considerably helpedby
days. A new station has been erect
ed at Cape Lookout and has been in
use for about ten days. It inter-
the control of the United States Navy
Department.
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POLICE COURT MONDAY
WAS A SHORT AFFAIR
Mayor Thomas found only one
case awaiting his consideration in
Police Court Monday afternoon and
that one proved to be a dud. Charlie
Gorham, colored, had charged James
O. Harris also colored, with tres
pass upon his property on Mul
berry Street Beaufort. After examin
ing one witness and listening to
some discussion by attorneys Hill
and Whcatly the Mayor decided
that it was a dispute about title and
not within his jmisdiction. There
fore the care was d'smissed.
COUNTY BOARD i
MINUTES GIVEN
Interest On Big Bond Issue To
Be 5V2 Percent. Another
Loan Made
The minute book of the board of
county commissieners shows that the
board met on Monday February 7th
and that all members of the board
were present.
A resolution was adopted that the
$1,250,000 bond issue authorized at
the meeting on January the 10th
shall bear interest at the rate of 5 1-2
per cent, payable semi-annually.
Another resolution offered by
Commissioner Huntley and seconded
by Commissioner Hall authorized a
loan of $25,000 to take care of the
school board budget and to pay other
expenses.
A motion was passed allowing
Game Warden D. J. Godwin $36 for
expenses in enforcing game laws.
E. A. Mason asked that a ditch
across his land be changed. The
matter was referred to County Engi
neer George J. Brooks. E. D. Lynch
Lasked for aid from the county poor
fund. This was referred to County
Welfare Offi er Alvah Hamilton. A
motion was passed to pay transpor
tation of Miss Martha Jones to the
State School for the Blind at Ral
eigh and to admit her mother to the
county home. Miss Lydia Gillikin
asked for adjustment on damage to
her lands by the highway. Referred
to the county engineer.
Juroros for the March term of
court were chosen as follows:
C. M. Garner, Newport; S. J. Chad
wick, Straits; Wilbert Lewis,' Stacy;
J. F. Styrori, Davis;, Charles W. Free
man, Morehead City; Rev. W. W.
Styron, Roe; J. K. Parker, Ocean;
J. I. Willis, Atlantic; R. L. Chadwick;
Straits; W. W. Davis, Beaufort, RFD
Howard Fulcher, Sea Level; B. A.
Oglesby, Newport RFD; J. C. Long,
Morehead City; J. B. Morton, More,
head City; R. L. Daniels, Roe; Leon
A. Mann, Newport; John H. Morris,
Atlantic; J. R. Hardee, Lukens; E. P.
Watson, Peletief; J. W. McCabe,
Wildwood; G. W. Daniels, Roe; D. W.
Tucker, Peletier; A, J. Slaughter,
Newport; Jas. W. Taylor, Sea Level;
E. G. Campen, Beauofrt, RFD; J.
O. Wallace, Morehead City; T. L.
White, Morehead City; Geo. W. Smith
Salter Path; Telford Willis, Harker's
Island; B. J. Taylor, Bogue; R. J.
Chadwick, Beaufort; S. A. Chalk,
Morehead City; W. F. Gillikin, Beau
fort; W. E. Currier, Newport, RFD;
E. C. Mundine, Newport RFD; D. B.
Wade, Morehead City.
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IMPORTANT REALTY DEAL
IN FRONT STREET LAND
A deal was concluded Tuesday af
ternoon between Messrs, James Rum
ley and I. E. Ramsey where"' .he
latter becomes the ' Mr.
Rumley's lot on Front street. The
house on the lot which Mr. Rumley
and family now occupy as a resi
dence will be moved to a lot on Queen
street which he has bought from
Ann Street Methodist church.
Mr. Ramsey already owned the
valuable corner lot next to the Rum.
ley place and the two piecss togeth
er will give him a frontage on Front
street of 99 feet. The News "un
derstands that Mr. Ramsey intend
to build a house on it that will con
tain five store rooms. The stores
will be built of brick and will make
a very pretty block of buildings.
Poultry Specialist Is Coming
To Carteret County Monday
Airangements are being made for
a series of poultry meetings in the
form of a Poultry School, which will
be held a,t nine different places in
the county next week.
Mr. C. F. Parrish, Assistant Poul
try Extension Specialist, from State
College, Raleigh, will have cnarge oi
these meetings and will bring to the
poultry producers of the county in
formation that will be helpful as well
as interesting at this time when pouU
try production is increasing rapidly
in Carteret County.
Here are a few of the things which
he will tell us and show us:
How to select eggs for hatching.
How to cull for eggs production.
How to select layers for breeding
pens.
How to feed baby chicks, broilers,
and laying flocks.
How to build individual brooder
houses.
How to arrange poultry houses to
avoid lice and mites.
How to build poultry houses and
brooders.
The cause, prevention and cure of
ill kinds of diseases.
This is an annual opportunity for
COMMITTEE HEARS j
BOND DISCUSSION
Wai m Debate Between Speak. J
ers. Substitute Bill For !
Smaller Amount i
Advocated
Pioponents and opponents of the
proposed million and a quarter bond
issue for Carteret county had a live
ly bout before a sub-committee of
the Senae Judiciary Committee in Ral
eigh Tuesday night. The meeting
lasted over two hours and a sharp
debate between the two sides occur
red. Forty minutes to a side was
the time allowed the speakers.
Those who spoke in favor of the
validation of the bonds were Messrs.
Charles S. Wallace, Luther Hamilton,
W. B. Blades, T.C. Wade, J. E. Wood
land, G. W. Huntley, J. R. Morris,
W H Bell. The speakers on the
other side were Messrs. M. Leslie
Davis, U. E. Swann, A. L. Wilson,
J. M. Carraway, Dr. C. N. Mason,
Thos. Webb, Joseph Pigott. Among
others who attended were Contractor
F. M. Simmons, County Engineer,
George J. Erooks, Clerk of the Court
L. W. Hassell, Joel Davis, Cleveland
Davis, J. J. Whitehurst Richard
Mn rwi h! v J .!,... !
Island and David Jones of Marshall
berg.
Up to the hour of closing the forms
of this newspaper for the press no in
formation had been received here as
to what the committee has done or
will do. Some of the poponents of
the large bond issue want the bill
withdrawn and another for a small
er amount substituted for it. Others
say they are willing to leave the
whole thing to a vote oi tlie psople.
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Action Postponed On
Tax Refund Matter
A special session of the Beaufort
board of commissioners' was held at
the city hall Monday. Ttfdse present
were Mayor Thomas, commissioners, ;
maxwen, rarmn, omun ana wnne- f
hurst. The purpose for which the
meeting was called was to take some
action on the matter of remitting the
taxes on the Inlet Inn. There was
some discussion of the question and
then it was decided to leave it to
City Attorney G. W. Duncan to make
a study of it and then make some
recommendation.
Attorney C. R. WTheatly repre
senting the Standard Oil Company
came before the board and asked for
permission to put a small oil tank
anupu.np on me company s property
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der the supervision of the city en
gineer. A list of delinquent license tax
Some were two or three years be
hind with their taxes. It was decid
ed to have all notified that their taxes
must be paid on or before March the
firi' not warrants will be issued
forx e who fail to pay.
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CHURCH NOTICE.
A special program will be given
Sunday night, 7:30 at Ann Street
M. E. Church. The public is most
cordially invited to attend.
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U. D. C. NOTICE.
The U. D. C. will hold its regular
monthly meeting at tne home of Mrs.
3 o'clock P. M.
the poultry producers and others in-)
terested in starting a pure-bred flock
to get some fifirst hand information
relative to all phases of poultry pro-
duction, and we hope that every
nnnltrv rispr in the county " will
make n pffnrt. -to attend at least onel
nf tWo mnofWs.
The .V,pHi,1p is as follows:
Mondav. Feb. 21st. 2:30 P. M.
Williston, at the home of R. W. Piner.
Tuesday, Feb. 22nd. 10 A. M. New
port, at the home of W. E. Fodrie.
i 2:30 P. M. Crab Point, at the home
of C. T. Whitehead.
Wednesday, Feb. 23rd. 10 A. M.
Davis, at the home of Mr. Clifton
Davis. 2:30 P. M. Gloucester, at
the home of Captain John Nelson.
Thursday. Feb. 24th. 10 A. M
" rlv'"- ".,ee" " ",ul,u" "us "-?Ld
ed to permit the work to be done un-
Harlowe, at old Harlowe school house j A number of the Grand Officers, in
2:30 P. M. Upper North River at the j c'.uding the Grand Master and Grand
hnmp of Mrs. R. Kin?. I Secretary will be present and are ex-
Friday, Feb. 25th. 10 A. M. Wire j pected to make addresses. A ban
Grass, at the home of J. T. Norris. i Het will be an interesting feature of
Friday Feb. 25th. 2 P. M. Harkers
Island, at School auditorium.
EDITH POWELL
Home Agent.
HUGH OVERSTREET,
Farm Agent.
FAVORABLE COMMITTEE REPORT MADE
ON BILL CREATING NATIONAL PARK
Money Is The Only Thing Needed Now. It Looks Like Several
New Judicial Districts Will Be Created. Otto Wood
Has Been Caotured Again
Parent-Teacher$ Talk
About CurfewXaw
The P. T. A. met Tuesday night,
February 15, at 7:30 at the school
auditorium, opening with the song
"America, the Beautiful." In the
absence of the president, Mrs. Hugh
Overstreet, Mrs. Ed. Potter, vice-
Resident, presided.
The most important featu e of the
business program was discussion of
a curfew law in Beaufort. A com
mittee with the endorsement of the
parents and teachers present, was ap
pointed to interview the board of
town commissioners concei ning this
1 law.
It was anounced that ar operetta
"Moonbeam" under directio l of Miss
es Hollowell and Griffin, of the music
departmentwill be presented Friday
night, March 4.
Mrs. Hendrix announced that the
music department of the Community
Club will present a Colonisl program
Monday night, Feb. 21, at the school
building. Miss Gladys Chadwick,
leader of High School Art Club, urg
ed atll parents and children to attend
art exhibitions of famous pictures
which is to be at the schod building
Thursday and Friday. Sh stated
that orders from individuals would be
taken for copies of the master-pieces.
Mrs. Leslie Davis, as cha'rman of
grade mothers, asked that t iey meet
and decide to buy some pictjre from
exhibit for each room, emphasizing
the importance of selecting best pic
tures for child-training.
The P. T. A. moved thi t three
prizes of one dollar each be given in
the contest of recognizing pictures
as arranged by teachers.
The Associatio ncarried a motion
that a telegram of sympathy be sent
the absent nresident. Mrs. ttvprstrPPt.
The attendance prize was won by
the fourth grade under Miss Lessie
Arrington, 41.5 per cent present.
a most interesting literary pro
gram on "Culture" was given as fol
lows:
' "Music in the School" Miss Lu.
cile Pond.
"The Study of Pictures" Mrs. M.
Leslie Davis.
The fifth grade, under Miss Louise
Fritz, delightfully entertained with
program on "Poets Through the Ages'
, ChiWren jn suitable costume aDDear-
as pictures while Edgar Swann
flv Mlntat;mK ani, nnoma tW
represented
Mrs. J. H. Stubbs, Sec.
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A. D. DART IS DEAD.
Thiough Mr. William Zacharias Df
Emmetsburg, Maryland the News has
learned of the death of a fromer res
ident of Beaufort, Mr. A. D. Dart.
He died on the 16th of last October
and was buried at Middle Haldane,
Connecticut He was well up in
years, probably around eighty years
old.
Mr. Dart came to Beaufort some
thirty years ago and lived here for
ten or fifteen years. He went from
here to Oriental, then to New Bern
and from there went to New Jersey.
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I man of strong prejudices, likes and
, dislikes. Mr. Dart whs a well known
i figure around Beaufort for a number
of years and was rtspected by all who
knew him.
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WEDDING PERMITS.
Permits to enter' the state of mat
rimony have been issued recently by
' Register ot Deeds k. w. Wallace to
1 the following ha-ppy couples:
Iredell Gaskill and Adell Salter,
s?a Level,
James T. Nixon, Salter Path and
, Lula Adams, Broad Creek.
Murray T. Newkirk, Beaufort, and
Juanita Gilliken, Marshallberg.
B. A. Lamb, Lucama, N. C. and
Mary y. Simpson, Marshallberg.
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I. O. O. F. MEETING.
A number of Odd Fellows and Re-
bekahs from Beaufort are expect
ed to attend a District Meeting of the
order at New Bern on Friday next
1 tne occasion.
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Tobacco seed was treated for 240
1 farmers at a meeting held in Reids
! ville by County Agent F. S. Walker
recently.
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Raleigh, February 14 The Gener
al Assembly will have been in session
six weeks next Wednesday and n'ot
a single measure of State-wide sig
nificance has found its way to the,
statute books, although a goodly num
ber are "on the way" and another
week may evolve evidence forming
the basis for a story of progressive
action. Bills galore have been of
fered in both the House and Senate
during the past week and the more
important committees reported daily
scores of tentative measures for con
sideration on the floor. Proposals to
establish a national park in the Great
Smoky Mountains, the effort to cre
ate additional judicial districts, the
bill to allow the State Highway Com
mission unquestioned authority in
establishing highways and the judi
cial salary bill are some of the big
questions to be determined before
the end of another week. The joint
appropriations committee is not tak
ing seriously the claims of State in
stitutions and the appropriation bill
may contain sweeping reductions in
a number of item8 set forth by insti
tutional executives at committee
hearings back in the early days of
the session.
Proponents of the Great Smoky
Mountain park scored heavily on
Wednesday evening when the Senate
Appropriations Committee, by a vote
of 14 to six, reported favorably the
bill to provide $2,000,00 for the pur
chase of the land to be utilized in the
establishment of a National Park in
North Carolina, Tennessee and Vir
ginia. Members of the Senate com
mittee voted soon after the conclu
sion of a public hearing in the hall
of the House which developed into a
rousing booster meeting for park
enthusiasts, who were ably represent
ed by former judge Frank Carter and
Thad. D. Bryson of Asheville and
Bryson City respectively. E. S.
Parker Greensboro, Miss Carrie Mc
Lean, Represenative from Mecklen
burg, Senator Ebbs and Representa
tive Nettles of Buncombe, and Rep.
resentative Squires, of Caldwell. Op
position to the bill was voiced by
Haywood Parker, of Asheville, and
Jones Fuller, of Durham, represent
ing the Champion Fibre Company.
The question of financing the prop
osition alone stands in the way and
if a way can be found to provide the
funds without serious embarrassment
to the State treasury the bill will go
through "with a whoop" There is a
wide spread sentiment here favorable
to the passage of the bill and no in
considerable number of assemblymen
feel that the State cannot afford to
let the opportunity to "get on the
map" of Eastern America in a big
way go by.
The proposal to increase the num
ber of judicial districts has been
passed on from the Senate to the
House and all pending bills relatiing
to this subject and tu je brought to
the attention of the latter body on
Thursday evening of the present
week. The Senate has already pass
ed the Smith bill, which would add
even new court districts, by a vote
of 34 to 10 and that measure is to
be taken up in the House with the
Everett bill and the committee sub
stitute as special orders. The House
still has an open mind on the subject
of additional districts but is reason
ably certain to vote for at least four
more. The Senate has also put the
udicial salary bill behind it and the
House must approve or reject the
proposal to increase the salaries of
the judges $1500 per year. Other
bills aproved by the Senate and sent
across to the House: o change the
date of automobile registrations from
the fiscal y?ar to the calendar year
and provide for two license plates;
refund the former State Treasurer
W. H. Worth $12,000 for money stol
en by his chief clerk during the fus
ion regime; worthless check bill with
"teeth" and has on its calendar half
a dozen important State-wide meas.
Bills emanating from the Judicial
Conference hav been subjects of de
bate in the House during the week,
but the greater number of them
"weathered the Storm" and have
gone over to the "upper branch."
The bill to simplify the service of
papers in civil action and which would
require copy of the complaint to be
served with the summons, or a notice
as to when the complaint would be
filed aroused the ire of many mem
bers, but after prolonged discussion
,and numerous explanations by the
author favorable "action was taken.
Companion measures to this one
were aproved with few exception3
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