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VOLUME XVI
16 PAGES TWO SECTIONS THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY MAY 19, 1927 PRI w 5C SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 20
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NEW COUNTY LAW
REQUIRES BUDGET
:i TO BE PUBLISHED
Must Show What County Spent
Last Year, Also What It Will
Spend Next Year
NEW LAW IS DRASTIC
(County Government Information C.
M. Johnson, Executive Secretary)
Raleigh, May 18 Preparation of
a budget that will take care of the
needs of each county department and
activity and stand public inspection
In the court house and in the county
newspaper is the present task of the
county officials throughout the state
under the new County Fscal Control
Act.
Preliminary budget estimates are
now being prepared on forms already
sent out from the office of the Coun
ty Government Advisory Commission
by the department heads and officers
in charge of functions in each coun
ty. These estimates must be com-
pleted and presented to each county
accountant by June 1.
These preliminary budgets will
Vshow in detail what the department
spent last year, an estimate of what
It will spend this year, and what it
expects to spend during the year be-
, ginning July 1.
Based on the figures submitted to
him by the department heads, the
county accountant will prepare a bud
' get estimate for the entire county
; and submit it the the county commis
sioners not later than the first Mon
day in July, when the budgets will
be finally fixed for the year on the
basis of the county s income.
Under the new law all counties will
use tTie uniform budgeting system.
After the budgets have been finally
acted on. the departments will know
' exactly what they may spend next
year. Each line of activity wjjl op
erate under its own apportionment, as
the frnids are not transferable from
"one department to another.
Upon submission of the budget es-
timate. and at least twenty days be
fore the adoption of the approprifc.
,; tion, the budget estimate shall be
filed in the office of the clerk of the
v board, where it shall remain for pub
lie inspection. The law further re
quires that a copy of the budget es
timate be furnished to each newtpa.
' per published in the county.
The county officials must also cause
to be published in at last one newspa
per published in the county a sum
mary of the budget estimate, showing
1 at least the total appropriation rec
ommended for each separate fund or
- function.
The responsibility for the "carrying
out of the budget system of hand
ling county funds falls to the lot of
the county accountant. No purchase
is legal until countersigned by the
accountant, who is personally respon
sible for the purchase orders he ap
proves, and personally liable for or
ders approved without sufficient funds
. to take care of them.
The new system is designed to pro
county affairs by setting up a defi
nite amount of funds for each ac
tivity and by introducing a uniform
' system for all transactions, and by
requiring each county to live within
its income.
Pearle Mitchell's Fate
Decided Next Week
RALEIGH,' N. C. May 16 (INS)
The fate of Pearle Mitchell, Chat
ham County inmate of Death's Row,
will be decided by the State Supreme
Court here next week.
- The high tribunal will decide
whether the negro slayer is to be
given a new lease on life and a chance
to prove his innocence at a second
trial, or whether he must die in the
electric chair on schedule time.
The negro was tried and convict
ed in Chatham Superior Court for
the slaying of William L. Fogleman,
country merchant.
N Fogleman was shot at his store
during the early hours of a Sunday
morning, when he was sitting up to
apprehend thieves who had been en-
tering his store, he said. A clerk
was injured, but recovered.
Twelve other cases come up in the
Supreme Court during the week. Ten
of them are from the Nineteenth
Judicial District. The other two are
specially set cases.
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! PITTSBORO TO HAVE
A SECOND ELECTION
: PITTSBORO. N. C. Mayl7 (INS)
Because all the registration books
' were burned when the London Build-
ing was destroyed by fire here recent
: ly, Pittsboro will have a second elec
tion next month.
The voters will decide whher V.
A. Harrtll or W. F. Bland will 1.
i Mayor of Pittsboro.
BEAUFORT'S FUTURE
Mr. G. D. Potter, formerly of
Beaufort but who hat been liv
ing in Winiton.Salem several
years it very enthusiastic in his
predictions about Beaufort's
future at a result of the com
pletion of the State Highway
bridge. He says that he can
easily make the trip from Wins.
ton-Salem to Beaufort in eight
hours by motor car. With a
paved road every foot of the
way from the State's metrop
o 1 i s to Beaufort, passing
through dotens of fine cities
and towns. Mr. Potter thinks
that thousands of people will
come down here every summer.
The bridge celebration ought to
draw ten thousand, visitors
easily. Beaufort's greatest need,
Mr. Potter says, is a modern
hotel with about 75 rooms.
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FISHING IMPROVES
DESPITE WEATHER
Menhaden Boats Doinsr Fairly
Well. - Sportsmen Having
Some Luck Too
In spite of blustery southwest winds
that have been blowing a good deal
lately considerable fish have been
caught recently m Carteret county
waters by professional fishermen and
sportsmen. Now and then there is a
day of calm weather and when it
comes the fishermen get busy.
The-boats of the C. P. Dey, Taylor's
Creek and Wallace Fisheries have
been making some fairly good catch
es for the past week or so. Some
days the menhaden seem to be rather
to find. Captain Bonner Willis and
plentiful and then again they are hard
crew aboard the Charles S. Wallace
left early Monday morning for Fer
nadina where they will fish for sev
eral weeks. The wholesale fish deal
ers in Beaufort and Morehead City
have been getting some right good
lots of food fish of various sorts late
ly. A fine lot of blue fish and Span
ish mackerel were seen in B. C. Way's
fish house yesterday. They were
caught near the Cape by Harker's
Island fishermen.
Several motor boats have earned
fishing parties from up the country
and elsewhere out recently and they
seemed to have considerable luck Two
days last week Dr. W. L.. Hilliard of
Asheville and Mr. Buell Cooke of
Beaufort were out near Shackelford
Banks and came back with a fine lot
nf nitr fish, sea bass- blues and a few
nice trout. Mrs. C. P. Deynd her
guests Mrs. Edmond Jones and Mrs.
George Harris of Petersburg- have
been out two or three times lately
and made very good catches. Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Graf of Salisbury were
out yesterday for a few hours and
caught around one hundred fish of
several different sorts. Several gen,
tjemen from Salisbury are expected
down Saturday and will be here for
about a week on a fishing trip.
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BEAUFORT SCHOOL GIRL
WINS VALUABLE PRIZE
A Beaufort high school girl, Miss
Helen Hendrix, was the winner of a
scholarship, valued at $1000, in com
petitive examination held recently.
Superintendent R. L. Fritz was not
ified Tuesday in a letter from Pres
ident H. J. Pearce of Brenau Col
lege, Gainsville, Georgia of this fact.
President Pearce says "as these
examinations were held in a great
many high schools over the country,
I think the success of your student
is a credit not only to her but to your
high school." Miss Hendrix took the
four year course in the 'high school
here in three years and has made an
excellent record in her studies.
Scholarships similar to this were won
by eleven other girls in Kentucky,
West Virginia, South Carolina, Miss
issippi, Virginia and Georgia.
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JOY RIDERS FIGHT
AND GET IN COURT
A joy ride that ended in a fight was
aired Tuesday afternoon before Jus
tice Henry W. Noe when Isaac Fel
ton David Felton and Elisha Merrell
were tried on the charge of assaulting
Moses Gaskill. All the parties are
young colored men. The fight took
place at a filling station on the Laurel
road and grew out of some trifling
matter. No serious . damage was
done and the men were let. off with
the costs. Attorney E. Walter Hill
appeared for the defendants and At
torney M. Leslie Davis represented
the prosecution.
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Mr.and Mrs. A. H. Graf of Salis
bury, who were recently married in
Greensboro arrived here Tuesday and
are guests of the Davis House.
A lull Time Welfare Officer
Appointed for Carteret County
Raleigh, May ie-Carteret County
is now u nave us nrsi luu-ume wel
fare officer, Mrs. Ida H. Hall who is
to be county superintendent of pub
lic welfare", having been appointed
by the county commissioners the
county board of education, to suc
ceed Alvah Hamilton, who has for sev
eral years been part time superinten
dent. unuer me law, a county superui-
tenaent oi wenare is tne cniei com-
pulsory school attendance officer, has .
tne care ana supervisun oi tne poor,
promotes., wholesome recreation,
keeps up with the condition of per-
sons discharged from hospitals for
the insane and from other State in
stitutions, and in general seeks to!
promote healthful social conditions
in the county. The superintendent
acts as the agent of the State Board
of Charities and Public Welfare in
relation to any work to be done by
the- State board within the county.
Mrs. Hall is well fitted for the po
sition. She is a native of Winston-
Salem, North Carolina and has re
cently graduated from the Pennsyl
vania School of Social and Health
Work. She is ag raduate nurse and
has done public health nursing in sev
eral states and Panama for a num
ber of years.
The county superintendent of pub
lic welfare in the various counties of
North Carolina are working in coop
eration with all the county officials
and agencies, such as the county
health offi er, the home and farm dem
onstration agents, the school super
visors and officials. The relief work
of various agncies is oftentimes made
more effective by ocoperation with
the superintendent of public welfare
in order to avoid duplication of ef
fort, and to put dependent families on
a self-supporting basis, avoiding
pauperization.
landIbpute"
ends in fight
Harker's Island Got Some Ex
citement Out of Fight
Friday Afternoon
The value of land on Harker's Is
land must be increasing considerably
nowadays, at any rate it has gotten
so they tight over it occasionally. A
trial that took place in Beaufort Sat -
urday showed that much interest in
real estate exists there. The trouble
grew out of a dispute over the title
iu some iana wnicn ended in a free '
for all fight.
There were two cases tried in fact
Saturday, both of which grew out of
the same cause. They were heard Raleigh News and Observer that Miss
by Justice of the Peace W. 0. Wil-I Bertha Hellen had been named as
liams in the county court room. A ! the outstanding business woman of
considerable crowd frohi Harker's ! that city. Miss Hellen won this hon
Island and elsewhere was present at I or in competition with a number of
the trial, which took place in the j the leading women of Raleigh. Mrs.
county court room, and got a lot of Jane S. McKimmon won a like hon
entertainment out of the proceedings, i or as the outstanding professional
The first case was that in which Mr. j woman of the city. These two will
George Rose, recently appointed j be entered in a State wide contest
deputy sheriff, was charged with an ! and should they win in that would
assault upon Captain Eugene Yoe-! be entered in a national contest, the
mans who is possibly the island's best j winners of which will get six weeks
known citizen. Captain Yoemans I free trip through Europe,
was represented by Attorney Graham Of Miss Hellen the News and Ob
Duncan. Mr. Rose was defended by ' server said : .
Attertey James Wallace Mason. The ! Miss Bertha L. Hellen, assist-
omer case was that in which Captain
Yoemans was charged with an assault
with a deadly weapon, to-wit a single
barrelled shot gun, upon Mr. Rose.
The evidence in the case as stated
by several witnesses was that Mr.
Rose had started to stake off some
land which he claimed and that Cap
tain Yoemans, who also claims the
land, objected to his doing so. They
had some words which ended in a fight
in which Captain Cleveland Willis and
his son Tilton took a hand. Mr. Rose
stated that he hit the first licks but
he seemed to have gotten the worst
of the encounter as both of his eyes
were considerably blackened. Fists
were the only weapons used in the
fight and nobody was seriously hurt.
After the fight had ended Captain
Yoemans went to his house and
brought out his shot gun. It appear
ed from the evidence- that the gun
was unloaded and the captain did not
use u any way upon his adversary.
Considerable strong language was
used but that appears to have done
no material damage. Magistrate
Williams decided td impose a fine of
$5 and costs on Mr. Rose and bound
Captain Yoemans over to Superior
Court.
Mi. and Mrs. A. W. Sty .-on of Wash
W oods, Va., and Miss NaomrGoodwin
of Lola arrived in Beaufort Monda,
They came via Norfolk and made the
t;ip by motor here in ten hours.
They will visit relatives at Lola a
few days r.nd then return to Virginia.
Men Held For Court
For Fight At Newport
Monday morning at 10:30 o'clock
a trial took place here bofore Justice
cf the Peace Henry Noe in which
Ant' re w Slaughter and David Mans
field of Newport were charged with
an assault upon Guy Dickinson of
Beaufort. The defendants had no
nllnBi
and waived examination.
I iney were neia ior oupenor iiuun
fnl l.m f ci - n i
und(jr bondg Qf $250 each
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occurred at a dance at Newport en
Friday night the 6th. Mr. 'Dickin
son, his mother, sister and aunt at
tended the dance. The fight took
place outside of the hall. It seems
that some words took place between
the men and that they got into a fight.
Messrs. Slaughter and Mansfield live
some distance out of Newport in the
country and the News understands
that one of them is a magistrate and
the other is a deputy sheriff. After
the fight it seems that they arrested
Dickinson and took him to Morehead
City where he was turned loose by
Sheriff Wade and since then no
charge has been made aganist him
either b ythe town of Newport or the
State. The matter will be aired at
the June term of Superior Court.
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Baptists Have Secured
Services Of Pastor
The First Baptist church here
which has been without the services
of a pastor for several months has
secured the services of the Reverend
J. P. Harris of Fuquay Springs. A
call was extended to Mr. Harris sev.
eral weeks ago but the congregation
which he has been serving for some
years was reluctant to let him go.
Finally he decided, to accept the
Beaufort call and will come not later
than the first of August and sooner
if he' can possibly arrange to do so.
Mr. Harris is a middle aged man and
has a family. He comes to Beaufort
with fine testimonials as to his fit
ness to serve the people here.
beaufItcWman
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I Miss Bertha Hellen Selected
As Leading Business Woman
i of Raleigh
Her many friends here in Beau
fort, where she formerly lived, were
I pleased to learn Tuesdav from the
ant cashier of the Raleigh Bank
ing and Trust Co,, is known
as one of the outstanding bank
ing women of the South. She
is the only woman in North Car
olina to belong to tho Associa
tion of Bank Women of Amer
ica, an association composed
exclusively of women bank of
fificials. She is a native of Beaufort,
and in 1918 was head teller of
the Branch Banking and Trust
Company, of Wilson. She ac
cepted a position with the Ral
eigh Banking and Trust Com.
pany in October, 1920, and in
December, 1921, was made as
sistant cashier, the first woman
in Raleigh to hold such a posi
tion. With the exception of
about six months, she has been
acting in the capacity of cash
ier. In addition to her pre-eminence
in the business world,
Miss Hellen has taken an ac
tive part in the civic and relig
ious life of Raleigh. She is now
serving her second term as pres
ident of the Business "and Pro
fessional Women' Club.
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Dr. Wm. L. Hilliard of Asheville
spent the .eek end here a guest of
the Davis House.
Mr. D. F. Duncan, formerly prin
cipal of i:t Paul's School here, now
living at "Jayodan, is here on a short
visit.
Real Estate Transfers
Show Seme Activiiy
Some activity has been shown re
cently in the real estate market in
Carteret county. Djeeds recorded
at the office of the Register of Deeds
for the current week are as follows:
Luther Hamilton, Com. to Henry
Green, part lot Beaufort for $80.
Annie Johnson et als to John John
son, 1 lot Beaufort for $1.
Beaufort Realty Corp. to W. L.
Jones, 2 lots West Beaufort for $300.
E. Frank Lee and wife to H. A.
Walker and wife, 1 lot Beaufort,
for $10.
.11 TT Ml "I J. T 1
r nammon, von, lo --
Robmston, Trustee, part lot Beaufort,
for $165.
W. L. Arrington and wife .to I. E.
Ramsey, Water Lot Beaufort, for
$10.
Henrietta J. Goddwin to Lewis
Goodwin, 1-2 acre Cedar Island, for
$20.
Thos. L. Goodwin et al to J. B.
Goodwin et al 14 acres Cedar Island,
for $6.
Geo. W. Goodwin to J. B. Goodwin
et al, 48 acres Cedar Island, for $20.
Clifford Lupton and wife to W. A.
Lupton, tract Hunting Quarters Tow
ship, for $5.
Sarah J. Eaton to J. C. Banks and
wife, tract, Camp Glenn, for $10. .
Bogue Devopment Corp. to Wood
Privett, 1 lot M. City for $100.
T. C. Wade Sheriff to Ernest Mar
tin, tract Merrimon, for Taxes Paid.
Carl Wade and wife to J. A. Hor
naday, tract Smyrna, for $10.
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PROHIBITION OFFICERS RAID
HAVELOCK FILLING STATION
Morehead City, May 18 Federal
prohibition officers raided the filling
station run by B. G. Harker, near
Havelock, last Friday morning at an
early hour. The officers found 33
gallons and one quart of the contra
band fluid in Harker's establishment.
He was brought to Morehead City and
g'v. n a hearing before U fr. Comnns
sioer S. H. Newberry. Harker was
he'd for trial m Federal Court at New
Bern under a bond of $500 by Cim
missioner Newbcr-y.
Mr. Newberry 'c law office which
has been locat-- ifor some time in
the buildir;,' with Dr. C. G. Ferebe:..
has been moved upstairs over the
Morehead City Drug Company. Dr.
l'Vrebee wiil uss the office fornui-'y
occupied by Mr. Newberry.
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EDUCATIONAL RALLY AT
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
On Saturday night Dr. George
Davis a negro educator and orator of
considerable note will address the
colored people of Beaufort on a sub
ject of much interest to them and the
community at large. While the ad
dress is intended primarily for the
colored people, all persons interested
in the public school system ot the
town are urged and invited to attend.
In addition to the address to be made
by Dr. Davis, short talks will be made
by several leading citizens and sev
eral musical selections will be given.
The meeting will be in the auditorium
of the white school auditorium be
ginning at eight o'clock.
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Prize Winners Named
In Writing Contest
The contest conducted by the
Beaufort News for a test of the writ
ing ability of pupils in the primary
C'rades of the rural schools came to
an end last week. All of the letters
that were received were published.
Several of the schools in the county
did not have an entry in the contest.
Those who won the prizes were as
follows: First prize Mary F. Lewis,
Harker's Island school. She gets $5
and her subject was "History of
Harker's Island." The second prize
of $2 was won by Victoria Davis of
the 7th grade, Smyrna School There
were three other prizes of $1 each.
They were won by Irene Beacham,
Lower North River school, Ethel Han
cock, 6th grade Smyrna school and
Ruth Russell, 6th. grade White Oak
school. The articles were widely
read and the News heard a good many
comments o nthem. Next week the
News will reprint the five prize win
ning articles. The judges who kind
ly consented to act at the request of
the News were Misses Neva Chadwick
Louise Fritz and Nellie Swann of the
Beaufort Public school faculty.
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JUDGE MEEKINS TO SPEAK
AT HIGH POINT COLLEGE
HIGH POINT, N. C. May 16
(INS) Judge I. M. Meekins of the
U. S. Court, District of Eastern North
Carolina, will deliver the baccalaur-j
eate address at the High Point Col
lege commencement exercisese here.
Judge Meekins' address will be
made on Monday May 23.
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was in town today visiting friends. '
POTATO HARVEST
Dry Weather Has Hurt Crop
But Prices Are Good At
Present
According to general reports the
dry weather has cut short the pota
to crop in Carteret county this spring.
There have been only one or two
light rains since early in March and
as the potato requires a good deal of
moisture the season has not been
faVorable for a big crop. However
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prices at present are good and the
growers are hoping to get a good
price for what they do raise.
It is likely that potato harveting
will start here Monday. County Agent
Overstreet informs the News that
Messrs G. W. Huntley. Will Savage
and the Gibbs brothers expect to start
digging Monday and it is possible that
a few others will start early in the
week. In about ten days harvesting
the crop will be pretty general. Had
there been much rain it is probable
that the crop would have been later.
Last year a drought which lasted un
til June the 4th cut the crop short.
lne quality of the crop last season
was good and indications are that it
will be good this year. Last season
Federal inspectors were in the coun- s
ty for the purpose of helping to
properly' grade and pack the crop.
It is considered very important that
the grading shall be done in accor
dance with Federal requirements as
in this way better prices are obtain
ed for the stock. For some reason,
poor packing or something, potatoes
in Carteret county have not brought
as good prices as they have done in
the Elizabeth City and Virginia dis
tricts. Growers are hoping to get
the top of the market this year.
beaIortIchool
EXERCISES START
Reverend Richard Bagby Will
Preach Commencement Ser
mon Sunday. Recitation
Contest Monday
The Commencement exercises of
the Beaufort Public School will soon
be under way. The first number will
he given on Friday the 20th at eight
o'clock. Miss Anna Skarren who
graduates in piano will give her re
cital at this time. On Sunday morn
ing May 22nd at eleven o'clock Rev.
Richard Bagby, pastor of the First
Christian Church of Washington, N.
C, will preach the annual commence
ment sermon. The Rt-citation Dec
lamation contest will be held on
Monday night, May 23rd at eight
o'clock in the school auditorium. The
renior play will be avien the follow
ing night at the same hour. On th-?
25th the public school music and pi
ano pupils will give an entertain
ment, directed by Misses Griffin and
Holowell. The senior class exercis-
i es will be held on Thursday night
May J.bth at eight o'clock. On Fri
day night May 27th the graduating
exercises will be held. Dr. N. W.
Walker, Dean of the School of Edu
cation, University of North Carolina
will deliver the address. Dr. Walker
is an interesting, as well as a force
ful speaker.
Many worthwhile accomplishments
have been achieved during the past
year and those in charge are look
ing forward with much interest and
pleasure to the closing of a highly
successful school year.
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DIPHTHERIA TESTS WILL
BE MADE .ON MAY 2 1st.
The Health Department will admin
ister Schick test, that is a test to de
termine whether a child would con
tract diphtheria if exposed to that
disease, at the County Health Depart
ment on Friday May 21st, from 9
a. m. to 4 p. m. We urgently re
quest that every child in this com
munity come to the office for that
purpose. The test will be determin
ed on Monday and all positive cases
will be given an opportunity to be
gin Toxin-Antitoxin on that day. All
schol children from the first through
the fourth grades will be taken care
of there. Those who have had as
many as 3 injections of Toxin-Antitoxin
should come to determine
whether they will need additional
doses on Friday.
County Health Department,
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Only on permit to enter the state
of matrimony has been granted this
week by Register of Deeds R. W.
Wallace. It was to Robert "L. Jlag
ans, Wilson, N. C. and Julia P. Wat
kins, Morehesd City, N. C.