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Largest Circulation In Carteret County H H The People's Newspaper mm ix a tar wrs HEADING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XVI 12 PAGES TWO SECTIONS THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY JUNE 23, 1927 PRICE L SINGLE COPY NUMBER 25 Big Railroad Fight Is On In Charlotte Piedmont And Northern Want To Extend Lines To Winston Salem. Southern, Atlantic Coast Line And Seaboard Op pose It. Make Nearer Route To Coal Fields. Charlotte, June 21 Revelation of plans for a physical connection with the Norfolk and Western railway, providing a direct line from the Car olinas to the Virginia coal fields, and of the stocks held by the 142,000,000 Duke endowment came about today in the hearing being held here by H. C. Davis, Interstate Commerce com mission examiner, into the petition of the Piedmont and Northern rail way seeking the right to extend its lines. The Piedmont and Northern, an electric line owned and operated by the so-called Duke interests, now op erates two independent divisions, one in South Carolina and the other in North Carolina. The petition seeks to unite the two divisions and extend the trackage to WinBton-Salem. The ambition of the officials of the electric line, expansion of which is opposed by the Southern railway Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line and its subsidiaries were dis colsed by E. Thomason, of Charlotte, vice president and general manager of the Piedmont and Northern. He said that the Norfolk and Western during conference in 1913 had prom ised a physical connection at Winston-Salem andthat plans for such a connection had influenced decision to extend the lines from Chrvrlotte to Winston-Salem. Link Up Muck Territory. He said that'the heavy increase in the use of fuel had had a bearing on the subject and that it was hoped to have a line direct from the Virginia fields to the industrial sections of the two Carolinas. He also pointed out that completion of the Piedmont and Northern would link the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio railroad with a new "short line" from the coalfields to the Carolina territory and else where through the connection at Spartanburg, S. C. By interchange with the Georgia and Florida at Greenwood, he said, the Piedmont and Northern and in terchanging carriers would have op portunities for expansion extending into Florida. Mr. Thomason said that traffic from foreign points over the Piedmont and Northern would be what he called minor but that the volume of traffic originating on the line would be heavy. He said that in 1926 the earnings per mile per year of rail roads in the Carolinas were: Piedmont and Northern, $17,891; Southern, $16,725; Seaboard Air Line $12,390; and Atlantic Coast Line, $13,790. Mr. Thomason said that in 1913 the Nlorfolk and Western railway urged early completion of the Piedmont and promised a physical connection at Winston-Salem. He said that ttu decision to go to Winston-Salem, at this time was influenced to a large extent by the increase in coal con sumption in the teiitory the exten sion would serve. The extension, he said, would complete "the shortest route, with the least resistance," from the Virginia coal fields into this ter ritory. The plan to ultimately extend the line to Durham, never has been aban doned, he said. MR. J. P. BETTS MAKES NEW BUSINESS CONNECTION Mr. J. P. Betts who has been con nected with the Beaufort News as secretary-treasurer for over- 4 years has resigned that position to accept other employment. He will enter the employ of the Gaskill-Mace Company and the Taylor's Creek Fish Scrap and Oil Company. Mr. Betts' ser vices to the News have been entire ly satisfactory and the management regrets that he has decided to make the change. Since he has been con nected with the News its bus ines has experienced a very substan tial growth. He has a considerable block of stock in the Beaufort News, Jfocorjwrated, which he retains. Mr. Betts will assume his new duties July the 1st. and in the interim will con tinue with the News. W. G. MEBANE, Pres. Beaufort News, Inc. BIRTH OF A DAUGHTER. u Mr onH Mrs. Halsev D m.jti u tu - - co., lima id i Hnnchter. the i ti l K-uiiuaj uwiiv " o-- ' child has been named Margaret Ann. It has been estimated that there are 6.000.000 bridge players in the United States. ROCKY MOUNT LADY HAS NARROW ESCAPE AT BEACH. Mrs. J. W. Harrell Jr. of Rocky Mount came near losing her life in the surf at the ocean beach last Sun day afternoon. She got beyond her depth and went under the water twice before she was rescued. Mr. William Garner, a young Beaufort man, saw the predicament she was in and went out and brought her ashore. Mrs. Harrell is the wife of J. W. Har rell who formerly lived in Beaufort and has a number of relatives living here. BUY EQUIPMENT FOR NEW SCHOOLS Large Number of Desks And Other School Equipment Purchased A protracted meeting of the board of trustees of the Beaufort Graded Schools was held last Thursday for the purpose of buying equipment for the two new school buildings now be ing erected. The meeting started at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and did not end until midnight. Several salesmen representing equipment houses were on hand and submitted bids for the stuff needed. Desks for the pupiils, desks for the teachers, opera chairs for the audi toriums and equipment for the science departments were purchased. Black boards for ,the buildings were bought some time ago. A domestic science department will be conducted in each o fthe schools and other branches of science will be taught. Most of the teachers for the next term have been engaged. More teachers than ever before will be required on account of the increase in the number of pupils. A considerable number of children from the country will attend the Beaufort school for white children this year.. , As to whether this ar rangement will be continued will de pend on whether the people in the school district vote a, tax sufficient to pay for an extra month of school ing or not The Beaufort scljools op erate nine months and the county rchools eight months. Work on the new school buildings is making good progress and it is expected they will be ready for the fall opening. BEAUFORT SUNDAY SCHOOLS PICNIC NEXT TUESDAY All the Sunday Schools of Beaufort will unite in a Community Picnic at Ocean Beach Tuc-sday, June 28th. Captain Davenport's new excursion boat will take the crowd over, the f-rst boat leaving the Inlet Inn dock at nine o'clock a. m. This is to be a gala'day for Beaufort and it is ex pected that the banks and most of the other business houses of the town Will close for the day and let "all hands" join in the enjoyment of the occasion. Of course each family is expected to provide baskets for the picnic dinner and come with the idea thfct Tuesday, June 28th is a day of social enjoyment. Everybody wel come except old man irouDie. JOHNSON BROTHERS HELD ON TWO SEPARATE CHARGES Two young men, Newby and Char lie Johnson, who live about midway between Stacy and Sea Level were brought to town Tuesday morning by officers and tried on the charges of violating the prohibition law and as sault with a deadly weapon. They were tried before Justice of the Peace H. D. Norcom. The arrests were made by Deputies W. O. Wil liams, John Pake of Beaufort and W. H. Gaskill of Sea Level. A charge of carrying concealed weapons was dropped" and another charge of attempting to bribe an of firpr was taken under consideration by the magistrate. His decision has rot been announced as to this as yet. Bonds of $1000 each were required of the two defendants in spite of strpneous efforts by their counsel to get smaller bonds. The young men defended bv Attorneys D. B. Willis of New Bern and E. Walter Hill of Beaufort. The Johnsons are not natives of Carteret county and the News has net been able to learn vhere they formerly lived. Deeds Recorded Show Signs Of Activity Realty transactions in the past week show considerable activity . as indicated by the deeds filed for rec ord at the Register of Deeds' office. Morehead township led in the num ber of deeds recorded. The record is given below; H. C. Jones and wife to Howard Jones, 3 lots Beaufort, for $1. Beaufort Realty Corp. to Miss Claire Parks, 2 lots West Beaufort, for $290. Miss Claire Parks to Miss Bertha Rinehardt, 1 lot West Beaufort for $150. W. L. Harris and wife to J. I. Bus- bee, 60 acres Beaufort Township for $10. Beaufort Realty Corp,- to S. J. Hins dale, 2 lots west Beaufort for $10. J. S. Willis et al to Oscar Willis, 26 acres Hunting Quarter Township for $10. Morehead Bluffs Inc. to Minnette C. Duffy, 2 lots Morehead City, for $100. R. N. Duffy and wife to Mrs. J. E. Chapman, 2 lots Morehead Bluffs, for $10. Mrs. J. E. Chapman to Minnette C. Duffy, 1 lot Morehead City for $10. J. F. Patterson and wife to Mamie W. Webb, tract near Morehead City for $10. W. B. Blades et als to Mamie W. Webb, 9 lots. Morehead City for W. B. Blades and wifeto Mamie W. Webb, tract Morehead Township for $10. Morehead Bluffs Inc. to J. F. Mul ligan, 4 lots Morehead. Bluffs for $10. Morehead Bluffs Inc. to J. F. Mul ligan, 9 lots Morehead Bluffs, for $10. - Morehead Bluffs Inc. to J. F. Mul ligan, 10 lots Morehead Bluffs for $10. Morehead Bluffs Inc. to J. F. Mul ligan, 25 lots Morehead Bluffs for $10. Morehead Bluffs Inc. to J. F. Mul ligan, 5 lots Morehead Bluffs, for $10. Geo. T. Whealton to Lillian Wheal ton, 7 9-10 acres Morehead Township for $750. Geo. T. Gillikin and wife to Bertie P. Lewis, 2 acres Straits for $30. D. H. Lewis and wife to Bertie P. Lewis, 20 acres Straits, for $500. Alfred Daniels and wife to Odell Guthrie and wife, tract Smyrna for $100. PERMITS TO WED. Three couples have been granted the necassdry permits to embark on the matrimonial sea in the past week. The fortunate ones were: H. O. Thillips and Beatrice Laugh ton, Morehead City. James M. Moore, Marshallberg and Leona Wade, Williston. Geo. L. Willis and Mabel Fulcher, Sea Level. RICHARD FELTON AND SON MOVE INTO THEIR NEW STORE The old and well known firm of Richard Felton and Son moved into their new store room on Front street Monday. They did not have very far to move as their old store is just diagonally across the street. The new place of business of Messrs. Felton is a modern store well lighted, equip ped with new fixtures and convenient and attractive. Beaufort now has a considerable number ofmodern store buildings and the husines district shows a great improvement in appearance. Fundamentalists Plann ing Assault On Legislature (By Henry Lesesne International News Service Staff Cor respondent). RALEIGH, June 21 Foundation for another "anti-evolution' o n slaught on the 1929 Legislature was seen here today in the called meeting at Charlotte June 30 of the North Carolina Bible League. The meeting of the militant body of fundamentalists will be the first since the session at Statesville in Jan uary, when the tentative organiza tion of the League was made per manent, and its Legislative platform was drawn up. Official and spokesmen for the League, the former "Committee of One Hundred" which had its day back in the 1925 session have made it plain since the 1927 legislative fiasco that they intend to come back to Ralejgh two years hence with another "mon key" bill. Plans for increasing the member ship of the League, and perfecting BIG INCREASE IN SCHOOL PROPERTY SHOWN IN STATE In Past 25 Years Value of Property Hat Increased Over Eighty Millions ENROLLMENT DOUBLES RALEIGH, June 18 (INS) The phenomenal growth of North Caroli na was evidenced today in a compil ation by the State Education Depart ment showing that from a total ap praised value of $1,726,000 in 1901, public'school property in the state has steadily increased until last year it was appraised at $83,582,046. In the last quarter of a century the enrollment of children in the public schools of the state has virtually doubled, jumping from 435,184 in 1901 to 818,793 in 1926, and, an es timate by Dr. A. T. Allen, state su perintendent places the enrollment figures during the 1926-27 school year at more than 833,000. In 1926 the number of teachers employed was three times larger than the figures for 1901, when they to taled 8,320 as against 25,128 last year. In 1901 the total expenditures for school purposes in the state were $1, 248,157.34 and last year they amount ed to $32,443,426.07. It cost only $2.87 to educate a child each year twenty-five years ago but last year the total annual expenditure per child for education was $39.62. The number of school children transported to consolidated districts in 1921-22 was 20,359 and in 1925- 26, only a few years later, it had in creased to 87,283. Five years ago, in 1922, .the total number of consolidated schools with five or more rooms, was 228; today this figure stands at 657. Educational leaders, citing these figures and facts unanimously agreed in the assertion that educational progress 5ri North Carolina in the last ljUaiLU !Ui a ciikuijr uaa utcn men' velous." MRS. J. J. DOUGLAS DIES AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS Mrs. John Jordan Douglas, wife of Reverend J. J. Douglas of Jefferson City, Tennessee, died of acute indi gestion an'd heart attack Thursday June 16. The body was taken to Wadesboro, where Mr. and Mrs, Douglas formerly lived, for interment there Sunday. Mrs. Douglas before her marriage was Miss Annie Rumley of Beaufort, She was a sister of Mrs. W. L. Ilatsell Sr., of Beaufort. Other surviving relatives, besides her husband, are two daughters, Mrs. A'ien White of T(T.. mi.. T AT.. U7.,ll, Hudson, of bradentown, l-londa, a son John J. Douglas Jr. of Hamlet N. C. and a brother Reverend Julian Rumley of Farmville, N. C. Mr Douglas is the pastor of the Presby terian church at Jefferson City. BIRTH OF SON ANNOUNCEp. The News is informed of the birth of a son to Mr.and Mrs. W. H. Hallen beck of Chicago on June the 17th. Mrs. Hallenbeck was formerly Miss Dot Simpson, daughter of Mr.a nd Mrs. Clarence Simpson of Beaufort who now live at Wake Forest. BIRTH OF INFANT. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Whitehurst Friday a daughter. The infant has been named Priscilla. the organization throughout every rook and corner of the State will be the purpose of the gathering at Char lotte; The headquarters of the League already has grown to the ex tent that .there are memberships in 60 of the lOOcounties in North Car olina. At its meeting early this year the League adopted a platform setting forth very plainly its purpose as a de fender of orthodox views of the Bible and champions of the Fundamentalist movement. The organization had its represen tatives at the 1927 session of the State Legislature to speak in behalf of the second edition of the State Legislature to speak in behalf of the second edition of the "Poole bill" The Poole bill of the 1927 was with drawn when the sponsors found most of the legislative opinion in opposi tion to the proposal to ban the so called "evolution theory" from State supported schools. Tobac J Men Convene At ? lorehead Villa Moreheiw City, June 22 Dele gates from all sections of the coun try arrived here Wednesday for the annual convention of the Tobacco Association of the United StateB which convenes at Morehead City June 22 to 24. Morehead Villa is the head quarters for the convention and the business session opened at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday with an address by President A. B. Carrington of Danville, Va. Reports and addresses on tobacco in relation to other busines industries were given by various business men. Sen. Furnifold Simmons will ad dress the association on Thursday at the annual dinner held at the Atlan tic Hotel at six o'clock. Friday a cruise on the Coast Guard Cutter Pamlico of the New Bern port will be tendered the visitors. Other entertainments have been arranged for their stay in the city. RAT EPIDEMIC IS ON IN BEAUFORT Numerous Hungry Rodents Eat Fish, Flesh, Fowls And At tack Folks Viciously Rats. Rats! Rats. Beaufort is threatened with an invasion of rats. In fact is more than a threat the rats re already here in large and in creasing numbers. A Pied Piper, like the one celebrated in song and story, to lead them all to destruction is sadly needed. In his absence something else must be done so many citizens say. Rats always have been a nuisance along the water front in Beaufort just as they are in all seaport towns. However some of the oldest citizens say they are worse now than they have ever known them. They do much damage to the wholesale fish houses; that is whenever they can. The fish have to be protected in the most care ful manner or else in one night hun dreds of dollars worth of them may be ruined. The rats do much dam age around the freight depot and in the wholesale and retail grocery stores. The total amount lost here in a year by their depredations, ac cording to reports, must be a large sum. Not only do rats attack grocery stoics and fish houses but they are also now getting into the homes and yards of the people. Meats, bread, live chickens and the people themsel ves are now the object of their at tacks. They fear neither man nor law it seems. Justice of the Peace L. J. Noe recently lost eleven young chickens and duck in one night. They were in a coop and the rats simply went in and slaughtered them. Mr. Robert Whitehurst ost 15 chickens in one night. It is reported that a rat bit a child on the nose one night and a few nights ago a lady felt some thing like a pin scratch and awoke to find a rat hanging to her arm. It is a common thing in some parts of the town to see several rats at a time running around the house. They eat any food that is left where they can get at it and everything has to be shut up tight or it is carried off. The places where the city has been dumping garbage is said by some folks to be regular rat headquarters. They burrow down under this stuff and make their nests and raise their young. Rats are exceedingly prolif ic and increase very rapidly unless killed off. Some citizens are doing what they can to get rid of the nui sance. Mr. Robert Whitehurst has caught 67 in traps. 'Squire Noe has caught a good many and others have killed some. Some of them are so large .and fierce that cats are afraid of them. It takes a dog to kill them and there are few good rat dogs now adays. Some citizens have express ed themselves as believing that the city administration ought to get up an anti-rat campaign land that all good citizens should join in the war against the pestiferous creature They say what is needed now is an "Anti-rat week" and let everybody get busy. WILL INSTALL OFFICERS. On next Monday evening at eight o'clock Franklin Lodge No. 109 A. F. & A. M. will install officers elected it a recent meeting. All master masons are invited to attend. Mr. James Clawson of Raleigh spent the week end here on a visit to relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harrell Jr., Miss Allie Harrell, and Miss Ethel Gainor of Rocky Mount spent Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harrell, SEVERAL RECEIVE ROAD SENTENCES Jim Harris Got Three Years. All Last Week Taken Up With Criminal Trials The whole of last week was taken up in Superior Court with the trial of criminal cases. Monday a number of sentences were pronounced and this week has been engaged with the civil docket. It is expected that court will adjourn this afternoon. It is very unusual for the criminal docket in this county to require a whole week. In this instance it was due to the fact that there were many cases to be tried and to the fact that there were but few submissions. The lawyers seemed to prefer going to the jury with their cases to throw ing their clients on the mercy of the court. Sentences imposed by Judge Cran mer were as follows: Fred Lloyd driving care while under the influence of liquor was giv en a term of six months in jail to be assigned to work the roads of Pitt county. It was said afterwards that some arrangement would be made to have him worked in Carteret county. James Harris, - colored, violating prohibition law, two cases, three years on roads. Jesse Barrow, colored, assault with deadly weapon, six months on Pitt county roads. Stephen Wilson, colored, violating prohibition law; three months on Pitt county roads. Another sen tence for same length to start when this one expires. Charles Chadwick, "Goose", vio lating prohibition law in two cases. He got four months on the roads in each one. Ike Dudley, colored, violating pro hibition law, two cases, six months on the roads in each case. Fred Johnson, colored, assault with deadly weapon; judgment suspended on payment of costs. L Polk Johnson,. colored, assault with deadly weapon, $15 and costs. Shep Willis, excessive speed on highway; 18 months on the roads. Of this 14 months to be stricken out if he pays B. G. Gould $100. The grand jury made its usual re port. It was to the effect that the county home, jail and offices had been inspected and all found in good con dition, except that the chimneys to the courthouse are in bad condition, The following civil matters have been disposed of: Watkins versus Jones' Bros. Per sonal injury alleged. Verdict in iavor of plaintiff for $379,, defen dant appealed. Malissa Lewis, widow of Wilkins Lewis, against Wilbur Lewis. This was a dispute about a piece of land in Beaufort. The jury said that the defendant had been in adverse pos session for twenty years and the judgment of the court was that the defendant owned the land and the plaintiffs should be taxed with the costs. A. B. Morris against the Bogue Development Corporation, suit about commission on land sale. Verdict oJP jury for $1000 for the plaintiff. De fendant appealed. C. F. D. Bell against J. C. Long. Judgment by consent of parties was that the defendant recover $600 of the plaintiff and it was so adjudged (Continued on page eight) 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. Hiffli Title Lo w Tide Friday June 24 3.17 4.00 4.20 4.57 5.17 5.51 6.12 6.38 7.04 7.38 A. P. M. 9.16 A. M. P. M. A. M. M. 10.14 Saturday June 25 M. 10.12 A. P. M. Sunday June 26 A. 11.15 A. M. P. M. A. M. M. N. A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. P. A. P. M. 11.07 Monday June 27 M. 12.10 M. 12.00 Tuesday June 28 M. 1.02 M. 12.50 A. P. Wednesday June 29 A. M. 1.50 P. M. 1.40 Thursday June 30 A. M. 2.36 P. M. 2.29 7.54 8.20 8.42 9.15