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READ "FIX BAYONETS!" BEGINNING THIS ISSUE Largest Circulation In Carteret County The People's Newspaper The best advertising medium published in Carte Co READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your label and pay your subscription PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY VOLUME XVI 10 PAGES THIS r EK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY MARCH 10, 1927 NUMSER 10 W. A. Mace And E. A. Daven port May Run Ferry To Harker's Island An application to operate a ferry , from the programs of the past two line between Beaufort, Lenoxville ; years. and Harker's Island was made to the! The more the members of a corn board of cou-ity commissioners at I mcnity have in common the stronger their regular meeting- which took place Monday. Action on tne appli-j cation was deferred to a special meet-: ing which is to take place on Monday the 14th. The name of the company asking for the franchise is the Harker's Is land Ferry Company and it is com posed of W. A. Mace and E. A. Daven port. The company proposes to charge $1.00 for small cars and $1.50 for large .ones; passengers 35 cents each. The application asks for a 20 year franchise. A resolution recently adopted by the County Medical Society in re gard to a county hospital was present ed to the board. This resolution asks that an election be called on the proposition. A motion was passed asking the society for information as to costs etc. of hospital. County Farm Agent Overstreet asked the board to make him an al-j lowance of $25 a month for travel-1 ling expenses. A motion was passed ' granting the request. Mr. Herbert Hancock of Smyrna put in a claim for $250 damages on account of road right of way through his property. The claim was order ed filed for future consideration. Mr. W. A. Willis of Smyrna asked for$150 damages by reason of road right of way. The claim was order ed filed for future consideration. D. J. Godwin came before the board and asked that Ike Springle of Bean, fort be relieved of taxes on account of his bad state of health. The re ouest was denied and the County Welfare Officer was requested to get information as to Mr. Springle's con dition. Mrs. J. B. Congleton's application to enter the county home was acted on favorably. A motion was passed to allow Eas on Willis of Stacy $10 a month from the county poor fund. I. E. Hunter of Wildwood asked to have a road built from his farm to the highway. The matter was re ferred to the chairman and county attorney. Isaiah Wade of Davis asked to have road shelled from S. E. Styron's south to the shore. Action deferred on this matter. The tolls for the Atlantic Bridge Corporation were fixed as follows: Vehicle and driver 50 cents, grown persons 25 cents and children 15 cents. REAL ESTATE SEEMS FAIRLY ACTIVE NOW Real estate transfers for the week ending Wednesday the 9th are as fol lows: Richard Felton and wife to W. P. Smith, part lot, Beaufort, for $10. Trustees Anne St. Methodist church to James Rumley, Part lot, Beaufort, for $10. Beaufort Realty Corp. to Harmon W. Sullivan, 2 lots West Beaufort, for $300. R. E. Chaplain and wife to James E. Oden, part lot, Beaufort, for $?0f. James Rumley to I. E. Ramsey, 1 lot Beaufrot for $5000. W. L. Arrington and wife to Geo. lection will be made before very D. Dail, Trustee, 1 tract East Beau-1 long. It is probable that one of the fort, for $10. three candidates will be endorsed Allison Heirs to D. W. Bailey, 1 for the place by the county Republi Trustee, 12,300 acres H. Q. Township 'can executive. Chairman D. M. Jones for $10. C. S. Wetherington to L. F. Wetherington, 6 acres W. O. Town ship for $ . C. S. Wetherington to Sudie Wetherington, 20 acres, W. O. Town ship, for $ . C. S. Wetherington to J. A. Weth erington, 6 acres W. O. Township, j C. S. Wetherington to Geo. Weth- j erington, 6 acres W. O. Township, Con.$ . Letha Garner to Arthur Smith, 12 acres, W. O. Township, for $1. Morehead Bluffs to C. T. Frazier, 2 lots Morehead Bluffs, for $1000. L. W. Nelson et als to C. G. Nel son, two tracts near Marshallberg, for $5, J. T. Willis to C. H. B. Davis, in terest in tract near Marshallberg, for $400. W. F. Taylor and wife to Weldron Failey, Island of Marsh, Bogue Sound for $1. :o: A newspaper that is afraid to ex press its opinions about public mat-1 U rs is not entitled to the respect of tLe people and is not likely o have it. County Sc' . ls Commencement Arrangements Being Made Now Carteret County Commencement will be held on April 22nd. Definite arrangements for the program will 1 soon be completed. The program I will b? an outgrowth of the real school work but will differ somewhat the community. Representative peo ple from all parts of the county come together at County Commencement for a common interest Education. GENERAL ASSEMB'Y VALIDATES BONDS Several Bills Affecting County Killed In Senate. Morehead City Limits Extended Perhaps the bill of most interest to Carteret county people passed at the recent ssesion of the General As sembly was the act which validated a bond issue of $1,250,000. This is the bill which was a compromise between opposing forces and which was pub lished exclusively in The Beaufort News last week. As readers of the News are familiar with its provisions it is not necessary to repeat them in this issue. The General Assembly adjourned Tuesday at about midnight. A bill validating a bond issue of the town of Beaufort for $125,000 was passed. This was to fund debts already made. A bill extending the limits of Morehead City was passed. A bill to incorporate the town of 1 North Beaufort was passed through the House of Eepresentatives but was killed by Senators Hargett and Tapp in the upper house. A bill introduc- I ed by Representative Bell enabling the board of county commissioners to build roads to Straits, Harker's Is land and other places passed the house but had the brakes put on it in the Senate. A hot fight took place over the election of a successor to Wiley H. Taylor of Beaufort on the county board of education. Representative Bell put a bill through the House ap pointing J. A. Hornaday Jr. of Beau fort in place of Mr. Taylor. The Senators refused to let the bill go through though and Mr. Taylor was re-elected a member of the board. Representative Beii opposed a bill which prohibited fishing with drag nets in Hyde county and succeeded in having it killed. :o: PUBLIC LIBRARY MOVED TO CLAWSON (BUILDING The Beanfort Public Library has been moved to the room over Mr. Clawson's store. Mrs. S. H. Haywood is librarian and she will open the li brary on Tuesday and Friday after noons from 4t to 5 o'clock. Books that have not been returned will not be fined if returned this week, those returned later will be fined as usual. Three Candidates For Morehead City Office The Morehead City postoffice fight has narrowed down now to three contestants. This is the result of a ruling of the Civil Service according to which John A. Cline, Sylvester Gibbs and Cleveland L. Willis the present incumbents are put on the eligible list. From these three a se- has called a meeting of the committee to take place in Beaufort on Catur- day. -:o CAPTAIN ALFRED MCORZ DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON Information was received by the News this morning that Captain Al- fred Moore of Morehead City died there yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock.. The funeral services took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Captain Moore was a little over 69 years of age. He was well known throughout the county and was high' ly esteemed citizen. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Moore,, two daugh ters Mrs. Frank Staton and Mrs. W. H. Guthrie and two sons Captain Har ry Moore and Captain Leslie Moore. v . "' :o :-. P.' T. A. NOTICE. The Pafrent-TeacHer Association will hold it's regular monthly business meeting Tuesday, March 15, 7:30 P, 1 M. at the school building. Mrs. J. H. Stubbs, Sec, Besides bringing the parents of the county together so that they may wit. ness the exercises by the children and exchange friendly greetings with one another, it has another value chil dren become more interested in school work when they see so many people come together for an educa tional program. The program which is being arrang ed for this year will put results of some of the school work before the people and also be a program which they will enjoy. OYSTER SCHOONER HAS CLOSE SHAVE Lorena D. Almost Driven To Sea In Storm Fishing Gear Damaged In the big storm Wednesday a week ago the oyster schooner Lorena D. of Sea Level with her crew of four men came near being lost. Those on the boat were Captain Vernon Taylor, Jim Wallace Taylor, Charlie Taylor and Moody Rose. The boat had been dredging for oysters Tuesday and had anchored for the night in the bight of Royal Shoals. The storm came on and the wind and a tremendous tide caused the boat to break from her moorings and start on a wild drive across Core Sound to the open sea. The mast was cot away and every effort made to control the vessel but with very little success. She headed right for the inlet but finally by some lucky chance ran upon the shore about one hundred yards from the raging cur rent of the inlet. Another boat that got into trouble was the Lacy of Sea Level. Captain Jim Tosto and crew thought they would be driven across the . banks which were covered with water ex cept in a few high places, but by a tremendons effort they managed to drive the boat on a hill where they stuck and were saved. When the waters subsided the boat was left high and dry a half mile or more from water. Victor, Clem and Floyd Gaskill of Sea Level also had a thrilling ex-' perience during the storm. Their1 boat the Lucy May was blown from her anchorage and came near being For(j agency here, that is building, the adoption of a standard for rating ! es by a unanimous vote and laying lost Victor Gaskill, aged 20 and The ngw motor building will be a 1 county teachers. The object of it on the table in the House, which the oldest of the boys, by good sea- larg(J onfi) 6Q by 10Q feet jt js o this ig to jncrease the efficiency in , body had prevously attached an a manship managed to work the boatlcated on thg east gide of Craven teaching in the rural schools. The ; mendment exempting labor organiza into the thoroughfare and back with-lgtreet en Ann and Broad. It standard adopted is as follows: tions and the Loyal Order of Moose in a mile of home where they tied her will have a brjck foun(Jation and cor , h In the one-teacher and two- to the Senate bill. Recall for the to a tree and walked to Sea Level. rugated iron gides an dtop and con. teacher schools no teacher holding I purpose of eliminating these amend- various other Doats sutterea consia- erable damage from the storm and ghow room and work ghop wiU be er than Elementary B will be employ ee nets of some of the fishermen handsome in appearance and conven- ed, better certificate if possible. were lost or injured. According to all reports the storm did quite a lot of damage to Carteret county fisher men. :o: Superior Court Will Start Monday Morning Srperior Court will convene in Beaufort Monday morning for a one mer will pre;de over the court and Solicitor D. M. Clark will look after the criminal docket. Unless the "eauiort. iney are not raised in- grand jury should make sonw indict- doors either but outside just as other ments it is not likely that the rrim- its are. ina docket will take up much time. Mr- sm Morgan has two orange The county bar association set the itrees at his home on Moore street calendar for civil cases a few days,that a,-e young but bore a dozen 01 ago which is as follows: Wedneiday, March 16th Britt vs Seashore Transnorta- 36. 42. 43. 1. 14. 22. 24. 35. 37. 41. 44. 52. 54. 55. 57. 58. 60. 61. tion Co, Sheppard vs Seashore Transpor tation Co. Watkins vs Jones Brothers. Garner vs Chance and Allen. Hendrix vs Bryan. Royall vs Hoffman (Motion) Thursday, March 1 7th Oglesby vs Merrick. Malissa Lewis et al. vs Wilber Lewis. Rawleigh vs Willis et al. Morris vs Bogue Development Corp. Sasween vs Hanff et al. Friday, March 18th Pelletier vs Simmons Corp. Newport vs Grantham. Giles vs Giles. Railroad vs Helms. Jones vs Cook. Ricks vs Ricks. Tyler vs L. E. Thomas. :o: A rotation of crops will aid in com- I bating insects. Where a field is grown in the same crop year after year, there is a ntural increase in the number of insects which attack this crop. COTTON KILLING STILL A MYSTERY No Clue Yet To Hit And Run Driver. Big Crowd Attends Funeral A veil of mystery still surrounds the accident that resulted in the death of Louis Cotton which occurrsd Saturday. The general impression is that the young man was struck by an automobile while walking on the North River road a few miles out of Beaufort. He was found about 4 o'clock in the morning Friday by Mr. ( Dan Hill right near his house. Mr. Hill heard some one groaning and upon investigating found Mr. Cotton uj, ...j , rr V V Hvrie who was called to ,PP Mr Lfon found Zt he had see Mr. Cotton found that he had a bad laceration on the head, his left shoulder- dislocated and several ribs broken. While he was badly shocked of course, Mr. Cotton was not uncon- I scious and said that he aid not Know how he had gotten hurt. It was ev- ident that the person, or persons, who ran over him did hot stop to do any thing for him and left him lying by the side of the road. On the advice of Dr. Hyde the injured man was tak- en to a hospital in New Bern. There he died at 9 o'clock Saturday night, His body was brought back to Beau- istrar; Bryan Arthur and D. L. God fort early Sunday morning and inter- win were appointed poll-holders, red in Ocean View cemetery at 4:30 City Attorney G. W. Duncan was in that afternon. Dr. G. W. Lay, rec- structed to take up the matter of tor of St. Paul's church conducted the funeral services. One of the 1 oad again and to employ other coun- I The Eexecutive Budget Act of largest crowds that ever attended a sel if necessary. A motion offered ! 1925 remains intact and the effort funeral in Beaufort was present, by Commissioner Smith and passed ! to abolish the Salary and Wage Corn Many beautiful designs were sent by revoked the board's former order to j mission got nowhere. The recom sympathizing friends. relieve the Inlet Inn of taxes. In jmendations of the Budget Commission Mr. Cotton is survived by his par- the matter of W. I. Springle's re- j were, in the main adjered to in mak ents Mr.and Mrs. G. L. Cotton, his Quest to be relieved of taxes the board inS U.P the budget for the ensuing urirlnw ond con and thrpf KlRfpru Mrs passed a motion instructing th I biennium. Educational and penal L. T. Mathis of Beaufort, Mrs. Henry Skipper of Marion, S. C, and Mrs. Kate Cooper of Greensboro. The News has heard a good deal of indignation 1 1 . : 1 ? .1 .fact that whoever was responsible for the 'young man's death went off and left him without doing anything- for him. Loftin Motor Company Erects New Building Almost every week now the News chronicles the fact that some new building is starting in Beaufort or tirniof-tcH TMa woolr it U tVio T .nf . ti Mnt. r-nmnnnv whn V,vp the . . T, . iently arranged. All in all it will be one of the finest automobile garages in eastern Carolina. Mr. George Woolard has the contract for tne building and expects to get it ready for occupancy by the first of June. WILL BEAUFORT HAVE AN ORANGE INDUSTRY It is not generally known but it is 8 fact nevertheless that oranges can a ald are grown successfully in 1" f 1 mi . t so oranges last year, lie is expect - ing to get considerably more fruit from them this year. Mr. John Wolfe has perhaps the oldest and largest , , ,, 1 tree here and has gotten a good many oranges irom 11. lear Deiore last he got 226 oranges from this tree. The quality of the fruit raised is good and besides this the tree itself is pretty and ornamental. :o: FORD TURNS OVER AND LANDS MEN IN DITCH Preachers have automobile acci dents occasionally as Mr. E. C. Gas- kill a young preacher from Sea Level will testify. Last Friday he and Mr. given necessity attention. Captain Earl Fulcher had a narrow escape J- S. Collier came ashore with the in from death when Mr.'Gaskill's Ford:iured man and looked after him. The car turned over twice and landed in La Brea was bound from Philadel a deep ditch near the roadside. The Phia to Los Angeles. She has a ca car caught Mr. Gaskill under it andpncity of 3,000,000 million gallons also under the water. He came very f gasoline. near drowning and would have done so had not his companion been able to pull him from underneath the car. Gaskill was considerably bruised and shocked but no bones were broken. Mr. Fulcher was not seriously hurt. The car fared pretty badly. The ac cident was caused by the breaking of the radius rod. MANY CONTROVERSIES AROSE IN LAST 1VEEK OF LEGISLATURE Anti-Klan Bill Defeated. Salaries of Some State Officials Ad vanced. Some Counties Gel Australian Ballot Law. Road Bill Passed. Worthless Check Law Passed GIVEN BY BOARD Want To Operate Ferry To Harker's Island. Getting Ready For Election An amplication fnr frnPW fnr --- 8 terrv landing was made to the city board of commissioners Monday. The 1 Comnanv ask "d0"She1 ZaCI, th ' 'or the right a;en 5!! 'n- WIth the d- 7 T , wod be. n'y temporary one. P"S?ndl"e "w ued h the Beau" fort-Morehead City ferry. The election of city officials will occur on Tuesday May the 3rd and the board passed a motion appoint- ing a registrar and poll-holders for it. John T. White was named reg- javing Broad street with N-S Rail-' C1erk to issue a voucher for the 1926 taxes. A bill for $137.02 presented by C. R. Wheatly for the cemetery association was ordered paid. A numher nf Kills vrero aurlifn? . n A - dered paid. A resolution providing for a bond sisue.of $125,000 wa3 Passed. This resolution app?ars elsewhere in this newspaper. -:o:- Higher Standard Set For Rural Teachers The County Board of Education met at the office of Superintendent J. H. Workman Monday. Besides the I usual routine matters attended tn tVie nrincitial thimr done bv the hoard was Nrt), rarnlin staf rifl i,. I 2. Schools having three to six teachers inclusive, teachers are re quirea to noia a minimum grade cer tihcate of Class A equivalent to one training. Elementary or . year s Normal I 3. Schools employing six teachers tr more, a Primary C or Grammar Grade C. Certificate is required as a minimum. 1 4. Provided that in a three to six teacher school if there is ateacher employed in the year 1926-27 with ! ITliltilnniAH.. T i"1 i-lC J. . . I """"'j- " veiuncaie wno nas been m the system at least one year I and has made good may remain by ' attending a State Summer School and taking work toward raising her certificate. ' u-ucners wno nave not at- tended a State Summer School with- 'n the past five years are required to aend during the summer of 1927 - os 1 OIL TANKER SEAMAN EROUGHT TO BEAUFORT. The oil tanker La Brea laid off the j bar several hours Saturday while W. . H. Peterman, a seaman on the vessel, was brought ashore for the purpose ! of receiving surgical attention. Peter- man had a fall and broke his right He was caned ro the offices of j Drs. Maxwell and Hyde and the leg -:o: GARDEN CLUB NOTICE. The Garden Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Jernigan Friday after noon March 11 at 3:30. All mem bers are asked to be present and bring any plants they have to exchange. Mrs. G. W. Lay. , ( By M. L. SHIPMAN) The last week of the General As s'tmbly witnessed rrany spirited con tiovetsies over major measures in cluding the revenue and appropria tion bills: Judge Winston's res olu- tion to submit the proposal for a constitutional convention to a vote of the people; the educational, bills pro i posed in the Senate and House : which resulted in a compromise pro 1 vidin? for r.n ecjuliaticn fund of $3,- 500,000 demanded by the House com- pj(in J tUa """ ta ' the general po hoes proposed in the Senate blll sa,ary bllls of ifc various ate department election laws; Senator Grant's bill prohibiting children under sixteen from working in industry for a long er period than eight hours a day; ac tion which resulted in taking out of the revenue bill the revision requir ing a tax of $100,000 on the manu facturers of cigarettes and reducing the tax first proposed on railroads; the unmasking bil of Senator John sen and Representative Haywood re called from the Senate after having passed both branches; the bills pro viding more efficient county govern ment and many other public meas- ures significant in character. institutions will be able to operate without serious handicap on the al lowances allocated to them. In crease of the equalizing fund for the support of the public schools from 2.50 to f 3,500,000 and the bill 1 supplementing the pension fund for confederate soldiers was secured by streneous effort cn the part of advo cates of relief where relief is need ed. While millions of dollars have been appropriated for variuos pur- I f!!!s:f L nllfwlivTi , that less could not have been done, j in justice to the institutions of a i nroci essive commonwealth. A big surprise of the session was the recall of the anti-Klan unmask ing bill which had pr.ssed both hous- ments to remove the suggestion of j class legislation and doubt as o its j status touching requiremens of the i state constitution. Opposition devel oped, in the meantime, the House de i cided it wcu'.d not "take sides" in a 1 factional tight between jviansmen, I 1 iL. 1:lt .A V.rt l.kln Vt an 1 ana we urn wem lu w.iu UJ overwhelming vote, scores 01 ieie grams poured in o representatives from every section of the State re questing defeat of the bill which leaves the status of the Klan in the State unchanged. The Senate started the movement to increase the salary of the governor $10,000 an dthat of other State of ficers o $6,000 and $7,500 elective January 1, 1929. Public bills ratified durin? tho week: Act to raise revenue; appro priation bills for maintenance of State educational and penal insitu tions; to incteoso tne judicial districts f 1 4... 4 4-.mi.Tf rw tn fill 1 ...... : nt 'ti;t0,i vacancies 111 wc m v. w...-- , q . Senators by di -ect vote- of the pccplu in primaries, rather thr.n by appointment of the Governor; to pro vide separate schools for t'..e Chero kee Indians in Columbus county, to make act of 1925 authorizing grant of title to the United States Govern ment of Moore's Creek battlefield accord with requirements of said gov- . t Aviir4 1. vonirn'ntr firft 1 t' inchldQ office buildings : to j lhr;t the time of vgVM:ent to juries; to create the North Carolina Gettys- burg Memorial Commission and pre schibe its powers and duties; to reg elate the manufacture and sale of insecticide; to regulate and license real estate brokers and real estate commission, and provide penalty for j violations; to consolidate the Fiher- ics Commission and the Department of Conservation and Development; resolution calling the attention of Congress to the advisability and prac ticability of creating and establish ing a large national game and fish preserve in the northeastern part of (Continued on page ten)