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VOLUME XVI
14 PAGES TWO SECTIONS
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY JUNE 9, 192
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 23
T
1HE
Election Is Called
For County Hospital
Question Of Issuing $85,000 In Bonds For A Public Hospital
Put Up To Voters. Election Will Be In August.
The Board of County Commission-1 nvrpTr r inniun
f: "lilliY BOARD HAS
Jliecklligs lino nuu 1 . I
session several hours. All members
were present. Considerable business
of a routine nature was transacted.
The outstanding action taken by
the board Monday was that of calling
an election on the question of issuing
$85,000 for a county hospital. The
election is to be held on August the
6th. All the machinery for holding
the election is provided for in a res
olution which apears on another page
of this newspaper.
A motion was passed by the board
instructing the County Attorney to
appear in certain cases to be tried
for the garnishment of wages by the
Sheriff for taxes. He was advised
to push the matter and employ ad
ditional counsel if necessary.
Mr. Wash Gaskill of Sea Level ask
ed the board to open a road from
the county road to a cemetery near
the village. The Chairman promised
that the matter should have attention.
Mr. Hardy of Merrimon township ask
ed that some work on roads in that
township and repairs made to cer
tain bridges. The Chairman said it
would be done as soon as possible
and asked Mr. Ed. Ball to fix the
bridges at once.
A motion was passed instructing
the Chairman to sign the "mothers'
agreement" with the State. The re
ports of Mrs. Ida M. Hall Welfare
Officer and Dr. T. C. Britt Health
Officer were received, read and filed.
The clerk was authorized to employ
additional labor for the County Home
farm for three months not to ex
ceed $30 a month. Reverend W. W.
Styron made some requests to the
board about the drawbridge and ap
prdaches on the new Cedar Island
It was referred to the Chairman with
power to act. The matter of index
ing the records for the Register of
Deeds office was discussed and defer
red until the time for making next
year's budget. An order was pass
ed to deliver 2000 feet of limber to
Portsmouth for bridges and walks.
A tentative budget of the Board of
Education was received and ordered
accepted subject to a final check by
the county accountant. A consider
able number of bils were audited.
(Hospital resolution on page 8)
ASHEVILLE MAN GETS OPTION
ON OCEAN BEACH PROPERTY
Last week Mr. V. Asbury, a real
estate man of Asheville, spent sev
eral days in this section and while
here obtained options on some val
uable ocean beach property. Mr.
Asbury already owns about 100 acres
of beach property. While here last
week he secured an option on the
hotel, pavillion and tract of land be.
longing to the Ocean Beach Com.
pany. The buildings on this tract
were erected about ten years ago and
the place has enjoyed a large patron
age. Mr. Asbury also secured an
option on 100 acres or more beach
lands belonging to Mr. H. C. Jones
of Beaufort.
Sunset Shores Makes
Very Fine Progress
Morehead City, June 8 Sunset
Shores, the real estate development
on Boggue Sound sponsored by Mr.
E. H. Gorham of Morehead City, is
fast becoming a very attractive sub
urb of Morehead City. The ground
has all been cleared and levelled,
sewers, paving and electric lights in
stalled and a number of handsome
dwellings erected.
Seven nice houses at Sunset Shores
have been built and all sold. At pree
ent three are in process of construe
tion and Mr. Gorham plans to build
others as fast as the demands re
quire. Several lots have also been
sold to parties who have built or will
do so. Under the terms of sale no
house to cost less than $2500 may be
erected in the subdivision. The
ones built by Mr. Gorham cost on an
average of $5000 each and are very
modern and attractive.
CHURCH NOTICE.
There will be no services at St,
Paul's Chu-ch, Beaufort, or at St
Andrew's Church, Morehead City on
Sunday, Juno 12th, and on Sunday
June 19th. The usual services may
be exoected on Sunday, June 26th,
and thereafter.
LENGTHY SESSION
Salaries Fixed And Various
And Sundry Other Matters
Attended To
The city board of commissioners
had a right lengthy meeting Monday.
A number of things were taken up
and the consideration of them requir
ed considerable time. Mayor Jones
and Commissioners Chadwick, Hill
Potter and Whitehurst were all pres
ent. The board adopted two ordinances
regulating street traffic. One ordi
nance requires all cars to stop for
ten minutes and draw up to the curb
when the fire alarm is sounding. The
other was to make stop corners at
Moore and Ann streets and Pollock
and Ann streets. Copies of the or
dinances were ordered printed and
distributed.
The matter of widening the side
walks in front of the new stores on
Front street was considered and it
was decided to have the sidewalk
widened for the whole block between
Craven and Queen streets. The
Clerk was instructed to advertise for
bids on the work. Mr. Clyde Owens
came before the board and asked to
be allowed to build a filling station
it the corner of Cedar and Turner
streets. The permission to do it un
der the supervision of the street com
mittee was granted.
There was considerable discussion
of the matter of laying a sewer on
Hammock street. Messrs. Floyd
Loftin and J. A. Hornaday Jr. asked
the board to have it done. The mat
ter was finally referred to the city
attorney for an investigation. Bids
for whitewashing trees and poles
were received and opened. The high
est bid was $175 and the lowest was
$85 which was made by Mr. L. J.
Noe. He got the contract. The
street committee was instructed to
investigate the matter of sewer con
nections for the new school buildings.
Commissioner C. T. Chadwick was
elected mayor pro tern. Mr. R. B.
Wheatly was added to the dock com
mission. The street committee was
requested to measure the lot of C. G.
Austin on Cedar street. A claim for
clay used by the town, made by Mr.
John Forlaw, was referred to the
street committee. The Health Com
mittee was instructed to inspect eom-
les recently installed by the town.
The Finance Committee was instruct
ed to see about renting a dwelling
on Broad street which belongs to the
city.
A committee of ladies, represent
(Continued on page 8)
LIQUOR CASES FEATURE
POLICE COURT FRIDAY
Mayor Jones had a considerable
number of cases to dispose of at Po
lice Court last Friday afternoon.
Liquor was at the bottom of the
trouble in every case.
Allison Fulford, (colored) drunk-
eness, pleaded guilty and was fined
$5 and the costs, or 15 d?.yr work on
Ihes Ueets.
f Ik ,Tnhnon, colored, disorderly
conduct, guilty, $5 and costs or 15
day.-.
Rosa Belle Tigott, colored, disor
derly conduct, $2 and costs.
James Henry, colored, boy about
16 years old, disorderly conduct.
Judgment suspended on payment of
costs.
Harvey Lewis, white, drunk, guilty,
$2 and costs.
Fred Lloyd, driving a car while
under the influence of liquor. He
was found guilty and a bond of $200
was required in the absence of which
he was committed to jail. '
Manly Bailey, colored, the usual,
selling liquor. He was held for Su
perior Court under a $200 bond which
he gave.
Alonzo Collins, violating the pro
hibition law. Dismissed.
FLAG WEEK NOW.
RALEIGH, N. C, June 8 (INS)
Governor McLean has issued a
Flag Day proclamation, calling on
the people of the State to observe
Flag Week from June 8 14.
The Governor called on teachers,
civic organizations and other asso.
cietions and individuals to observe
the week.
Superior Court Will
Convene Here Monday
A two weeks term of Superior
Court will start here Monday morn
ing. Judge E. H. Cranmer will pre
side over it. The first three days
have been set aside for trying crim
inal cases most of which are of what
are usually considered a minor type,
of violating the prohibition law, fight
ing and thel ike. There are several
prisoners in the county jail and a
number of defendants out on bond.
The calendar for the two weeks of
court is given below :
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
June 13th, 14th and 15th
CRIMINAL CASES
CIVIL DOCKET
Thursday June 16th
No.
1.
41.
34
5.
6.
Garner vs Chance & Allen
Watkins vs Jones Bros.
Melissa Lewis vs Wilbur Lewis
Bell vs Long
Westbrook vs Taylor.
Friday, June 17th.
11. Manufacturing Co. vs Weeks
14. Hendricks vs Bryan
16. Forbes & Co. vs Jones
20. Taylor vs Taylor
22. Royall vs Hoffman.
Saturday, June 18th. Motion Docket
2. McCain vs Shull
25.
3'.
33.
45.
47.
Meadows vs Hutton
Boone vs Dickinson
DeNoyer vs Stanley
T n vr. MSfUnarl Ci fir
c,..;., a; rct,., 1
tion Co.
Monday, June 20th. -
Fort vs Davis
Oglesby vs Merrick
Eubanks vs Holland
Hardesty vs Munger & Bennett
Rawleigh Co. vs Willis et al
Tuesday, June 21st.
Guthrie vs Jernigan
Willis vs Jernigan
Morris vs Bogue Development
Pelletier vs Simmons Construc
tion Co.
Newport vs Grantham Bros.
B & O vs J. C. Helms.
Brown vs Jones Estate.
Wednesday, Jur-e 22nd.
Ricks vs Loftin Motor" Co.
25.
24.
26.
28.
36.
37.
38.
39.
50.
52.
54.
56.
57.
60.
61.
62.
65.
68.
69
70.
72.
Bryant vs Western Union. .
Mansfield vs H. F. Honan
Morehead Bluffs
Gillikin vs Duffy
Thursday, June 23rd.
Newberry vs Willis
Mason vs Beaufort
Meritt vs Brooks & Howe
Deeming vs Lee
Jones vs Harris.
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WORK PROGRESS
ON SOUND BRIDGE
Bridge Across Bogue Sound
Will Cut Time To Ocean
Considerably
The work of filling in the cause
way across Bogue Sound from More
head City to the banks is making
good progress. The contractor ex
pects to finish it within the next three
weeks. A few piles have also been
driven for the bridge and in about
ten days pile driving will be going
right ahead. The Davis Construc
tion Company has the contract for
building the bridge, for the Atlantic
Beach Bridge Company, and expects
to have it ready for public use some
time this fall.
When the bridge is completed a
person living in Raleigh, Greensboro
and many other up State cities, can
leave his home in the morning in his
car and that afternoon can take a j
surf bath in the Atlantic ocean. Peo
ple who live in Goldsboro can make
the trip in three hours and Kinston
folks in two. New Bern will be less
than an hour from the ocean beach.
The completion of the Beaufort
Morehead City bridge will enable
Beaufort people to use the other
bridge and to get to the ocean beach
in fifteen minutes.
Contract Has Been Let
A contract has been awarded by
the State Highway Commission to the
Simmons Construction Corporation to
build the approaches to the State
Highway bridge. The contract also
includes paving the fill between the
two draw bridges, alongside the rail
road tracks and building the road
from the Atlantic hotel in Morehead
City to the foot of the bridge.
A fleet of trucks began hauling
sand Tuesday for the abutment at
the foot of Ann street in Beaufort
It will take about 3200 cubic yards of
sand for this j'ob. Good progress is
being made on this and it will not
PRETTY WEDDING
LAST SATURDAY
Marriage of Mis Virginia Lay
And Mr. James, E. Hawkins
Occurred at St. Paul's
At noon on Saturday, June fourth,
the wedding of Miss Virginia Har
rison Lay to Mr. James Edward Haw
kins, took place at St. Paul's church
in Beaufort, the bride's father, Rt.
erend George W. Lay, performing the
ceremony.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her brother-in-law, Mr.
Charles A. White, of Greenville, wore
a gown of brocaded white satin, with
rbinestone ornaments. Her wedding
veil which was her mother's of tulle
was caught with orange blossoms, and
she carried a cluster of Madonna lil
ies. The groom was attended by his
best man Mr. Henry Fuller of Chapel
Hill. The groomsmen were Mr. John
Marshall of Wilmington,, Mr. Henry
Lay, of Beaufort, Mr. Robert Smith
of Washington, D. C. and Mr. William
Perry of Elizabeth City.
The bridesmaids were Miss Eliza
beth Davis of Lexington, Miss Edna
Jones Nixon, of Hertford, Miss Erma
Green of Fayetteville and Miss Mat
tie King Hancock of Beaufort. Their
dresses were of cream lace and net
nver green, and they wore picture
hats of pink horsehair trimmed with
green. Their boquets were pink sweet
peas and radiance roses tied with pale
green tulle.
Miss Lucy Lay, of Raleigh, who
was maid of honor wore an ecvu lace
dress over yellow, with a yellow hat.
She carried a corsf.ge of orchi i sweet
peas tied with yellow tulle.
Mrs. Joseph House, of Beaufort
who wore a dress of pale green or
gandie, played the wedding music.
Mrs. Charles A. White, of G; ecnviile,
sister of the b'iilc, sang two solos
before the ceremony, "Homing" by
Del Riego, and "Calm as thi Night,"
by Bohn. Lohengrin and Mendel
ssohn wedding marches were used.
Mrs. White wore a dress of orchid
georgette with a large orchid horse
hair hat trimmed with gold. She
wore a corsage of orchid sweetpeas.
The church was decorated for the
occasion with masses of pale pink and
white flowers against a background
of bamboo. White petunias were on
the altar which held rows of lighted
candles,
Immediately following the wedding,
an informal reception was held at
the home of the bride's parents.
Bowls of old-fashioned flowers were
used for decoration throughout the
house. Ice cream and cake were
served v. the dining-room, and the
yunch-table was placed in Hie garden
( Continued on page five)
RIG IMPROVEMENT
IN SCHOOL WORK
Standard Tests Show That
Fifth Grade Pupils Way
Ahead Of Last Year
The Board of Education held its
usual monthly meeting here Monday.
It met for the last time in its old
quarters in the courthouse. Three
rooms have been suitably prepared
for this department in the building
formerly used by the town for a pub
lic school and which belongs to the
county now. On acount of illness
Chairman Wiley Taylor was not pres
ent. The board discussed a number of
matters and acted on a few. A ten
tative budget for the next school year
was prepared and sent over to the
county board of commissioners. A
delegation from Buck's Store was on
hand and asked that they might re
tain their old school. After a dis
cussion of the matter they consont
(Continued on page foui )
For Bridge Approach es
take many days to finish this part of
the contract. Then work will start
on the other end of the Beaufort
bridge and as soon as possible on the
Morehead City side. After the sand
has been filled in a sand-asphalt sur
face will be laid on the abutments
and also on the fill. Engineers have
set the stakes for the road from the
western end of the bridge to the
street beyond the western end of the
Atlantic hotel. The concrete work
on the bridge has been finished ex
cept the railing and most of that has
been done. The completion of the
whole undertaking is now in sight.
Real Estate Sales
Shew Some Increase
Deeds recently recorded at the
office of the Register of Deeds show
that some real estate is changing
hands in the county now. Most of
it was in Beaufort, Morehead and
Newport townships. The list for the
week is as follows:
Beaufort Realty Corp. to G. Walk
er Hodges, 21 lots West Beaufort for
$10.
Laura P. Thomas and husband to
Susan Thomas, 2 tracts Beaufort
Township for $10.
Sam H. Thomas and wife to Susan
Thomas, 2 tracts Beaufort Township
for $10.
R. C. Pratt and wife to W. C.
Wright Jr. 1 lot West Beaufort for
$10.
Beaufort Realty Corp. to E. H.
Miller, 2 lots West Beaufort, for
$360.
Beaufort Realty Corp. to J. E.
Dawkins, 2 lots West Beaufort for
$360.
Beaufort Cemetery Association to
G. L. Cotton, 1 cemetery lot $50.
Beaufort Realty Corp. to Jas. R.
McClamrock, 5 lots West Beaufort,
con $900.
Beaufort Realty Corp. to W. H.
Holcomb, 5 lots West Beaufort,
for $10.
Mrs. W. M. Fulchcr et als to J.
W. Salter, tract Hunting Quarters,
for $50.
Morehead Bluffs Inc. to C. Walk
er Hodges, 5 lots Morehead Bluffs
for $10.
Morehead Bluffs to C. Walker
Hodges, 18 lots Morehead Bluffs, for
$10.
D. W. Dixon and wife to A. H.
Dixon, 3 acres Morehead Township
for $1.
Morehead Bluffs Inc. to J. T. Hol
lister, and wife, 2 lots Morehead City
for $1010.
W. J. Moore Jr. ao D. G. Bell, 3
lots Morehead City for $150.
A. L. Griffin et als to J. A. Har
rison, 10 acres Newport Township,
for $300.
I. S. Garner and wife to B. E.
Garner, tract Newport Township,
for $200.
J. A. Harrison et als to B. E. Gar
ner, 9 acres Newport Township, for
1070.
B. E. Garner and wife to C. W
Scottand wife, tract Newport Town
ship for $1500.
FIVE PRISONERS
ON DEATH ROW
One Is To Die Friday. Smallest
Number Awaiting Execution
In Some Time
RALEIGH, N. C, June 6 (INS)
The population of State Prison's
Death Row has dwindled to five.
The removal of Mose Green to
Wilson for a new trial granted him
recently by the Supreme Court left
the lowest number of inmates along
death's row in many months.
One of the inmates, a white man,
W. L. Ross, convicted Warren Coun
ty slayer of two, is under the obser
vation of experts who will decide
his sanity. He collapsed when he was
taken to Warrenton for his second
trial recently.
Ross is the only white inmate of
Death's Row. The other four are
negroes.
Two of the negroes have their
doom dates set.
Pearl Mitchell, Chatham County
layer, is under sentence of death on
June 10.
Joe Anderson, Franklni County, is
under sentence to die in the electric
hair on July 1,
Mitchell has lost an appeal to the
Supreme Court, but Anderson still
has time in which to perfect an ap
peal.
Add Domestic Science1
To School Curricula
Considerable business was trans
acted at the meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Beaufort Graded
Schools last Thursday evening as well
as a general discussion of school mat
ters.
The board has been thinking some
time of installing a domestic science
department and at the meeting last
week adopted a resolution to put
thsi department into operation when
school opens in the fall. The mat
ter of getting equipment for the two
new buildings was discussed and it
was decided to buy this on the 16th
and the dealers have been notified
to this effect. The board elected
several new teachers for the fall ses
sion. Work on the new buildings is
making rapid progress and it is
thougght they will be ready for the
fall opening.
COUNTY CALENDAR
EXPLAINS THINGS
Various Duties Required By
Law Set Forth. June A
Busy Month
Raleigh, June B Considerable in
terest has already been shown on the
part of county officials, newspaper
men, and others, in the county cal
endar recently prepared and distrib
uted by the County Government Ad
visory Commission. Several news
paper offices have already requested
that a copy be sent to them.
This calendar sets forth on one
large sheet the various duties and
functions required under the county
laws, the officers who are held re
sponsible for these duties and func
tions, and the dates on which meet
ings are to be held, reports rendered,
and various other matters attended
to.
The calendar runs from May 1
through to the end of April, but ful
ly half of the items listed come in
the first three months, that is in May,
June and July.
Two outstanding matters were due
to receive attention in May, though
there were several entries for that
month. One of these was the duty
of setting up the machinery for list
ing taxes and other matters with re
gard to taxes. In short, the bulk of
the work in May fell on the sheriff,
though the commissioners were due
to hold several meetings. It was in
May also that the heads of depart
ments and officers in charge of func
tions were required to submit their
budget estimates for the coming fis
cal year.
June is a busy month, according
to the calendar, for in this month the
county accountant, that official whoso
duties and responsibilities have been
considerably increased by the new
legislation, begins his work of prepar
ing a budget estimate based on the
figures submitted to him by the heads
of departments or officers in charge.
This report must be ready for the
commissioners at their meeting on
the first Mondty in June. At this
meeting, also the commisssioners re
ceive a report of all taxes collected
since last report. Immediately there
after the sale of lands for uncollect
ed taxes begins.
In July the results of the first two
months' work under the law must be
made public. The published state
ments will show valuation, debt, def
icits, miscellaneous income, uncollect
ed (axes, tax sales, unencumbered bal
ances, and comparative tax rates for
county and subdivisions.
Interested persons may secure a
copy of the county calendar by writ
ing to Chas. M. Johnso-, Executive
Secretary, County Government Ad
visory Commission, Raleigh.
DR. DAN HUTTON GETS LICENSE
TO PRACTICE MEDICINE HERE
Dr. D. C. Hutton of El Paso, Tex
as made application last week to Su
perior Court Clerk L. W. Hassell for
a license to practice medicine. The
application was granted and he may
l ow practice medicine in this coun
ty if he chooses. Dr. Hutton has
been a surgeon in the United States
army for about eleven years and has
teen stationed in various parts of
the United States and in several for
eign countries. He came here on a
visit to his mother Mis. Lina Baird.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tides
at Beaufort is given in this col
umn. The figures are approx
imately correct. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also with
respect to the locality, that is
whether near the inlet or at
the heads of the estuaries.
High Tide Low Tide
Friday June 10
A. M. 10:19 A. M.
P.'M. , 11:05 P. M.
Saturday June 11
A. M. 11:05 A. M.
P. M. .10:59 P. M.
4:27
5:00
5:13
5:40
Sunday June 12
5:56 A. M. 11:49 A.
6:17 P. M. 11:39 I.
Monday June 13
6:35 A. M. 12:29 A.
M.
M.
M.
6:54 P. M. 12:12 P.
M.
Tuesday June 14
7:15 A. M. 1:09 A. M.
7:31 P. M. 12:55 P. M.
Wednesday June 15
7:54 A. M. 1:50 A. M.
8:08 P. M. 1:34 P. M.
Thursday June 16
8:33 A. M. 2:31 A. M.