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VOLUME XVI
14 PAGES THIS T EEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY APRIL 7, 1927
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 13
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PORT COMMISSION
CREATED MONDAY
COUNTY BOARD
Board Decides to Build Sand
Asphalt Road Atlantic to
Davis
FERRY FRANCHISE GRANTED
The board of county commission
ers held a lengthy and somewhat
strenuous meeting Monday. It was
dark before they concluded their la
bors.
The matters of most moment trans
acted by the board perhaps were the
appointment of a port commission
and their decision on the Atlantic
road matter.
The port commission, which was
treated by an act of the recent Gen
eral Assembly, is composed of seven
members. The various f atures of the
port bill were published in the News
some weeks ago. The following were
appointed Monday to serve on the
commission: Charles S. Wallace,
Frank B. Klein, H. S. Gibbs, A. B.
Morris, of Morehead City and W. A
Mace, G. W Huntley and J A. Hor
naday Jr. of Beaufort.
After considerable discussion the
board decided to change the type of
road to be built from Atlantic to Dav.
is from a concrete base with as
phalt top to a sand asphalt road.
This is the type of road running out
of Beaufort to a little ways beyond
North River. From the end of that
to Davis the road is concrete.
Mr. B. J. Mann of Newport came
before the board and asked that cer
tain ditches be re-opened. The mat
ter was referred to Road Supervise
or M. A. Norris to investigate.
A motion was passed appointing
, Commissioner Huntlej and Supervis
or Norris to investigate the Merrimon
road and report on the same.'
Mr. S. E. Styron of Sea Level and
others were before the board for the
purpose of advocating certain chang
es in the proposed route of the Atlantic-Davis
road. Board agreed to
investigate the matter.
A franchise was grinied to Mr. O.
W. Chadwick to operate a ferry line
between Gloucester and Barker's Is
land, the franchise to be good for
seven years. Ed. F. Gillikm was re
lieved of poll taxes. County Attor
nev Hamilton was instructed to make
a settlement with E. E. Fulcher of
Williston for land taken over by the
county. Dr. JL P. B. Bonner came
before the board with refernece to
the county hospital matter. A .com
mittee composed of chairman Wood'
landand Drs. Bonner and C. S. Max
well were appointed to investigate
the matter. The clerk was instruct
ed to take the name of James Salter
of Atlantic off the poor list and to
put on that of A. H. Trott of Stella
at $10 a month. A motion was pass
ed to make the valuation of the At
lantic Hotel for 1925 and '26 the
same as it was in 1924. A motion
was passed to investigate the Burn
ing of some buldings on the land of
K. A. Merrill and to make compensa
tion for some in tax rebates.
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NORFOLK MAN LEASES
FRONT STREET HOUSE
Mr. R. B. Taylor of, Norfolk has
leased the Brya.. iesidence on front
street for a term of years and wilt
occupy it in a few weeks. The house
has a very pretty location near the
western end of Front street and is
delightfully cool in summer. Mr.
Taylor is having the house repaired
and some changes made in it. Mr.
D. L. Godwin is in charge of this
work and wil have it finished in a
short time. '
MOREHEAD CITY CITIZENS
GET READY FOR ELECTION
Morehead City, April 6 Citizens
OA Morehead City are getting ready
for the lecion which takes place
here on the first Tuesday in May. A
mass meeting of interested citizens
was held in the City Hall Saturday
evening which selected candidates
for mayor and members of the board
of commissioners. The following
were nominated for mayor: Luther
Hamliton, who is now mayor, board
of commissioners, W. M. Webb, Gil
bert Willis, D. B. . Willis, Charles H.
Freeman, Dr. K. P. B. Bonner.
It is reported here that another
ticket may be put in the field but at
this time nothing has been done so
far as the public knows.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Marriage licenses issued for week
ending Wednesday, Alexander Bec
ton and Lillian . Murrell, Morehead
City.
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Dr. J. J. Davis of Marshallberg was
in town Uor.day lor a few hours.
Town Printing C deredj
From Moreh Id Cityi
The board of city commissioners
met Monday for their regular month
ly meeting with the Mayor and all
members present. After having
been in session a few minutes they
ening at 8 o'clock.
At the meeting held Tuesday May
or Thomas and Commissioners Max
well,, Parkin, Smith and Whitehurst
were present. No matter of any
very great interest was attended to
unless the consideration of a pro
posed curfew law could be so con
strued. A motion was passed to have
City Attorney Duncan draw up a cur
few ordinance. A motion was also
passed to have 500 circulars printed
and that these circulars should he
printed in Morehead City. Some
bills were read and ordered paid and
then the board recessed subject to
the call of the Mayor.
FARM CROPS ARE
TWO WEEKS EARLY
Cotton Belt Will Raise More
Food Stuffs This Year. May
Raise More Potatoes
WASHINGTON, D. C The 1927
agricultural production program as
indicated by reports from farmers
appears to be in fairly good balance
as among crops and live stock, al
though weather conditions will be a
decisive factor, says the Bureau of
Agricultural Economics, United Sta
tes Department 'of Agriculture, in its
April 1 report on' the agricultural
situation. '
The production season is reported
as fully two weeks early, with frost
out of the ground and spring work
'coming into full swing over :most of
the country. Storms in the .North
have kept land from drying out in
some localities hut a good hcre of
early grain , is sown and fields are
being fitted for '.laer crops.
Early crops and general work in
the South are reported as "marked
ly" advanctd, the Southwest, especial
ly, presenting a wery promising pict
ure as to grains and forage xrops.
Fruit is unosaally advanced almost
everywhere, although there is still
a considerable frost hazard this anonth
for fruits and tender truck crops."
Report from farmers show an in
tention to shift acreages of crops
rather than to make any substantial
justment in the Cotton Belt, for ex
ample, is indicated by a planned in
crease of about 6,000,000 acres in
feed and food crops. The North and
West are planning, aboaat .a. 3,000,000
acre increase in their principal crops,
which would little more than replace
acreage lost by drough am the Great
Plains last year.
"If conservatism is to be recom
mended on any part of this intended
program," says the bureau, "it
should probably apply at least to the
cash crops, especially potatoes. The
intended potato acreage, with aver
age yields, would produce some 410,
000,000 bushels, or near a record
crop, wheih would be a shorp increase
over thee rops of the last two years.
"The county js going into the new
season without carrying burdensome
stocks. March reports showed only
about 14,000,000 bushels more pota
toes stored than a year ago. 1 here j
are around 380,000,000 bushels lessi
of feed grains on hand than last year, j
Even the carryover of cotton will be !
much less than was thought probable
a few months ago."
The tendency to expand potato
acreage is reported to be particularly
marked in the Cotton Belt, in Micni
gan and Minnesota, and in the West
ern States. Increases in Virginia
and in the Cotton States except Flor
ida and Texas seem to be mostly out
side the commercial a4e&s. There
is a marked tendency to increase
acreage in both the commercial and
non commercial areas of the West
ern States, and it is in these States,
says the report, that the marketing
problem is most likely to be serious
next fall, if present intentions are
carried out and average yields are
obtained. ,
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MAKING GOOD PROGRESS
ON BIG HIGHWAY BRIDGE
The steel beams and so forth for
the Beaufort drawbridge have arriv
ed and work will start soon putting
them in place. The steel for the
Morehead draw arrived several weeks
and already a great deal of the work
of putting it together has been done.
This work is being done by the Roa
noke Bridge and Iron Company.'
Sanford and Brooks, who have the
contract for the concrete work, are
making good progress and parties
who are well informed about the mat-.
ter think this part of the bridge'
work will be finished by the middle1
of June.
EDUCATION BOARD!
ELECTS OFFICIALS!
Number of New Committeemen
Aopointed. Taylor Chosen
Chairman of Board Again
The county bosfrd of education at
its meeting Monday re-organized for
next year's work. Messrs. Taylor,
Webb and Mason, the members of
the board were all present.
Mr. Wiley H. Taylor, the present
chairman of the board was re-elected
as was also county superinten
dent J. H, Workman and county su
pervisor Miss Margaret Gustin.' The
terms of a number of committeemen
expired and these places were filled
by appointing new members or re-i
appointing old ones. Messrs. Ray
Robinson and Theodore Salter of
Portsmouth came before the board
and asked to have a new one room
school building erected there. "The
"board took the matter under con
sideration. The following is a list of the new
committeemen appointed for terms
of three years each:
Portsmouth, Milon Willis;.
Cedar Island Duffey Day.
Atlantic, Orvin Robinson.
Sealevel J. L. Salter.
Stacy Damon Fulcher.
Davis Stancey Davis.
Harkers Island Chas. Hancock.
Wire Grass M. M. Eubariks.
Lower North River Albert Willis.
Upper North River Solomon Wil
kins. Merrimon-1 Mrs. D. M. Salter.
South River L. H. Hardy.
Lukens J. C. Mason.
Salter Path S. W. Dbton.
Gales Creek Alvin Taylor.
Core Creek D. L. Hardesty.
Harlowe Ramon Ball.
Stella W. F. Barnhill.
Buck Store J. A. Norris.
Russells Creek B. H. Russell.
Newport Con. A. S. Bell.
Camp Glenn, Con. M. H. Willis.
Will Willis.
Smyrna Joe Pigott, D. R. Jones.
White Oak Con. E. W. Meadows,
Albert Taylor.
Memorial Exercises
For Confederate Dead
The Fort Macon chapter of the U.
D. C. is aranging to have a celebra
tion here, as usual, on the 10th of
May which is the day that is veryj
generally observed m liorth Caroli
na in honor of Confederate soldiers
who were killed during the war or
have died since.
Mr. Josephus Daniels, editor of the
Raleigh News and Observer and form
er Secretary of the Navy during the
Wilson administration will deliver
thep rincipal address on memorial
day. The exercises will take place
in the county court room. The la
dies wil serve dinner to. the veterans
and a few other guests on the grounds
m front of the court house. A mus
ical program will be arranged and
the graves of the dead will be deco
rated. Just a year ago the handso'me
bronz statue on the court house
grounds wa3 unveiled in the pres
ence of a large crowd.
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MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
FAVORS COUNTY HOSPITAL
At a meeting of the Carteret Coun- j
ty Medical Association held last Fri- j
day evening a committee composed of
Dr. C. S. Maxwell and Dr. K. P. B.
Bonner was apointea to confer with
the board of county commissioners
in regard to the establishment of a
county hospital.
Those present at the meeting were
Drs. K. P. B. Bonner, B. F. Royall,
S. W. Thompson, C. G. Ferebee, C.
S. Maxwell, E. B. Whitehurst, W. E.
Braswell and T. C. Britt.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. Hugh Hill went
to New Bern Tuesday where Mrs.
Hill's tonsils were removed.
Group Center Commencements
Are Being Held This Week
Carteret County Group Center
Commencements begin this week The
county is divided into four parts and
each part has a central school. Teach
ers, pupils, and patrons from the
surrounding schools will meet at the
central schools for the Group Com
mencement. The morning program will consist
of contests in English, Reading Spell
ing and Arithmetic. English has been
given special attention during the
school year. Much time has been
devoted to Oral Composition. Teach
ers and pupils Will be especially in
terested in these contests. Reading
Standards in the county have been
advancing during the last three
years. It will be interesting to note
what standards will be reached in
CARTERET WOMAN
WINS NICE PRIZE
Mrs. D. S. Sharpe Has One of
The Oldest Sewing Machines
And Gets Prize
Carteret county, N. C. has the dis
tinction of having one of the winners
in the nation wide contest put on by
the Singer Sewing Machine Company
recently to discover the 100 oldest
sewing machines in use in the United
States. It transpires that Mrs. D.
S, Sharpe, Route 1, Newport, has one
of these ancient sewing machines.
This search was made on the oc
casion of the 75th aniversary of the
Singer Machine Company and adver
tisements carried in various publica
tions of large circulation aroused
great public interest in the contest.
It is said that 153,040 women sent
in replies to these advertisements.
Each of the 100 successful contest
ants received a Deluxe Library Table
Singer Electric in exchange for her
old machine. A machine of this de
scription was sent to Mrs. Sharpe
and she was greatly pleased and most
agreeably surprised when she learned
through the Beaufort News that she
had won it.'
The News engaged Mr. J. M. Liles
the photographer in Morehead City
to secure a photograph, of Mrs.
Sharpe and her old machine which
he did. The picture is a very goodj
likeness of both.- Mrs. Sharpe is six-:
ty six years old anil the old Singer i
machine is sexty eight years old. It
is in good condition considering its
age and can do very good work even
now. Mrs.Sharpe 'is a widow with
seven children, several of whom are
grown. She owns a farm on which
is raised cotton, tobacco, corn and
potatoes and same live stock The
farm is located on Gales Creek and
is only three or four miles from the
ocean. Clams, oysters and fish are
fairly plentiful and there is also a
good deal of game in that part mi
the county. Mrs. Sharpe bought her
old machine from a neighbor and has
had it twenty three years. She is
very proud of her new machine and
thinks it will last even longer than
ihe-bld one ha done. Mrs. Sharpe's
picture and that of the other winners
in the contest will be used all over
the country for advertising purpos
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VIRGINIA MAN BOOSTS
CAPE LOOKOUT HARBOR
Mr. R. C. Wight of Richmond, Va.,
who was in town for the week end,
says that the people of this section
ought to start a boom for the devel
opment of Cape Lookout as a harbor
and port. He thinks it is naturally
one of the best, harbors along the
coast and all it needs is to get the
breakwater finished and get a rail
road there.
Mr. Wight thinks that if a coaling
station should be established at Cape
Lookout that, it would be a great
convenience to many oeean steamers
and that they would fill their bunk-
ers there. Also much other freight
could be and would be handled
through the port at the cape. There
are many people in this section who
agree with tohat Mr. Wight says and
would like to see Cape Lookout c in
verted into a big shipping port. Fur
thermore they would be willing to
holp the cause along in any way that
they could. In the meantime they
arc wailiiig to see what will be do'ic
a.K.ut improving Beaufort Inht an:
getting t staamship line in hem.
EXPLANATION IN ORDER
Owing to the fact that a ship
ment of newspaper hat not yet
arrived and to the further fact
that a large amount of adver
tising;' and news matter is at
hand this week the News is be
ing printed on two kinds of pa
per. It was necessary to use
some book paper in order to
print this edition. Next week
no doubt the News will appear
in its usual form.
these contests. Standard Spelling
Tests have been given each month
during the school year. The Arith
metic contest for speed nd accuracy
is always interesting to the audience
and is of much value to contestants.
The first part of the afternoon pro
gram will consist of Folk Games
wheih will be a part of the pageant at
the County Commencement.
The Athletic Contest will complete
the program.
Winners in the Group Center Con
test will receive Honor Badges and
will represent their Bchool in con
test at the County Commencement
Dates for Group Center Commence
ments are: White Oak, April 8; At
lantic, April 11; Smyrna, April 13;
Newport, April 15.
LEGISLATORS CLAIM IGNORANCE
OF AUTOLICENSE CARD LAW
Only One Concern In Entire Country Can Make The Holders
Which Will Cost The State $332,500. Motorists Pay Fif
ty Cents Each For Them. Road Building Seems To
Be Getting Cheaper
(By M. L. SHIPMAN)
Raleigh, April 4, With the Gover
nor and State Treasurer in New York
signing bonds and other officials en-j
joying a period of relaxation Raleigh (
experienced a rather quiet week. A !
dozen or so members of the General :
Assembly favored the capital city
with a visit and talked about things j
the Legislature did and did not do, but
not a single one of them was willing
to father the 'container provision" of
the new State Automobile Law which
exacts a fee of fifty cents from the
owner of every car for a license card.
Two or three of the solons have ad
mitted hearing the provision discuss
ed in committee but fail to recall the
day or the hour when it was finally
passed upon. However, the card
holder Is not to be distributed with
the 1327 license on July 1st, accord
ing to Commissioner Doughton, who
solemnly affirms that he will be un
able to provide the contrivance by
that time. It is said these holders
will cost the State around 35 cents
and that approximately 950,000 of
them will be needed during the two
year period. The cost to the Depart
ment would aggregate $332,500. If
sold to motorists at 50 cents a piece
a profit of $47,000 would be realiz
ed. A disquieting feature of the af
fair is the fact that only one concern
in the entire country is authorized
to manufacture the holder described
in the act and North Carolina will be
hand-tied to it, unless a special ses
sion of the General Assembl inter
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Tf ., A-r.nirrr 'nr How Vnrlr tn
affix his name to $10,000,000 of State
bonds Governor McLean named 11
V. Koontz of Greensboro; W. S. Mur
chison of Raleigh; and Ross Sigmon,
Salisbury as members of the Real Es
tate Commission created by the late
General Assembly. This Commis
sion has power to grant licenses to
Real Estate Dealers in. the counties
of Buncombe, Durham, Forsythe,
Guilford, Henderson, Lee, Rowan
and Wake. The bill provides initial
fees of $10, and $5 for brokers and
salesmen, respectively, and annual
renewal fees of $5 and $2 respect
ively in addition to fees for licenses
and privilege taxes collected by the
Department of Revenue which were
materially increased by the 1927
General Assembly. Enroute to the
metropolis the Governor journeyed
via Wilmington and delivered a ring
ing address before the annual meet
ing of the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution. He also investigat
ed the claims of Thomas E. Cooper,
former Wilmington banker, now serv
ing an ieght year sentence on hte
roads of New Hanover county, for
ex?3cvttive clemency. The prisoner
has already served two years in the
Federal prison at Atlantar
Highway Bids Were Low
During the week the State High
way Commission opened bids on
twenty road projects totaling on the
lowest estimates submitted $2,542,
372.50 for the construction of 79.58
miles of hard surface and 63.08 of
tposoil roads. Two bridges, one ov
er the Yadkin River in Davie county
to cost $145,516.50 and the other ov
er Green River in Henderson county
at an expenditure of $103,700 were
included in the projects. Funds for
this work comes from short-time
notes executed in anticipation of the
$30,000,000 bond issue authorized by
the recent session of the General As
sembly. The Commission is to make
the award during the present week
from the low bids which arc said to
be in the aggregate nearly $200,000
below the estimate of commission ex
perts. Job Hunters Busy
The usual rush is on for tempor
ary posiitons in the automobile bu
reau of the State Department of Rev
enue through the busy season, for
ty applications for each position a-
vailable, and Commissioner Dougn
ton "lets it be known" that other
applications cannot be considered.
Those having previously served the
Department in a a satisfactory man
ner are to be given preference in
making up the summer personal. The
change from the fiscal to the calen
dar year will entail additional ex
pense and the Legislature author
ized a charge of 25 cents more than
the regular license fee to take of
this, extra work to accommodate far
mers whom representatives contend
would be in a better position to pur
chase licenses in January than in
June. The Department figures that
425,000 motor vehicles will be
licensed this year and the extra quar-
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Dr. C. N. Mason of Harlowe was in
town Monday on a business trip.
Police Court Monday
Tried Mostly Drunks
Police court Monday afternoon
lasted just about one hour. All of
those who faced Mayor Thomas wera
in trouble on account of liquor. AH
were convicted.
Manly Bailey, colored, was charg
ed with drunkeness and having as
saulted Annie Collins. He admitted
having been drunk but said he knew
nothing about the other charge as hi
was too drunk to remember any thing
he did. The evidence was that ha
picked the woman up and fell and
that she ran away but was not hurt.
He got 30 days in the streets.
Alverson (Pete) Fulford, colored
was charged with drunkeness, also
injuring a stove that belonged to
Janie Wilson. The evidence in his
case was that he came into the house
drunk and fell over the stove and a
chair but did no damage of any con
sequence. When asked by the May
or where he got his liquor he said it
was not whiskey; that he got it from
a white man who said it was "20 min
utes to hell." He got 60 days on the
streets.
Rosa Bslle Pigott, whose case was
continued from last Monday, was
tried on the drunk and disorderly
charge. Two witnesses testified that
she had been drinking and used pro
fanity on the street. She denied
that she was drunk and was very in
dignant at the witnesses for testify-
I against her. She was bound over
to Superior court under a $25 bond.
Floyd Robinson charged with be
ing drunk, admitted it but said he
was on the streets only a few min
utes and was not disorderly. His
statement was corroborated by officer
Ford and he got off with the costs.
Burnie Burr who way' attending
court went to sleep during the pro-
ceedings and was locked up by the
chief on the suspicion that he had
too much booze aboard. !
License Now Required
Of Some Fishermen
People who fish with hook and line,
or rod and reel, in freshwater streams
in North Carolina will have to pos
sess a license according to a statute
made and provided by the late Gen
eral Assembly. The licenses are is
sued by the clerks of the Superior
Court in the various counties and it
csts $1.10 to get one. A state wide
license costs $2.10 and may be had
from the Superior Court clerk also.
The Game Wardens, State Fisheries
Commissioners and assistants also
have the autVarity to issue fishing
licenses.
Not only does the angler get his
license but he also gets a fine button
which he must wear upon his person
when he is engaged in the agreeable
pastime of angling. Persons who are
not residents of the State have to pay
more than those who are residents
for the privilege of fishing in the
freshwater streams, ponds and lakes.
It costs a non resident the sum of
$3.10 for this privilege. All moneys
collected are turned into the State
treasurer for the use of the State
Fisheries commission.
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Suit Started Against
Town of Beaufort
Proceedings in a damage suit a-
gainst the town of Jseaufort were
started here today by attorney S. H.
Newberry of Morehead City. The
amount involved is $3200 and the
plaintiff is Alton Mason of New Bern.
Judge D. L. Warde is associated with
Mr. Newberry in the case. Papers
were served today on Town Clerk M.
A. Hill. It is alleged that on the
night of March the 30th Mr. Mason
drove into an old septic tank on Pine
street and sustained injuries to his
person and automobile.
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TOWNS TO ADVERTISE
- IN MAGAZINE "SPUR"
Mr. John Vavasour Noel represent
ing the semi-monthly magazine called
"Spur" was in Beaufort and More
head City Wednesday arranging for
the publication of articles concerning
theese towns. Mr. Noel stated to N
the News man that several citizens
in Beaufort had agreed to become re
sponsible for the cost of the article
concerning this town. Mr. Noel al
so stated that he had practically con
cluded arrangements to publish an
article about Morehead Ctiy in the
magazine
The articles will be il
lustrated by appropriate- pictures.