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PAGE FOUR THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY JUNE 23, 1927 The Beaufort News Published every Thursday at Beaufort, Carteret County North Carolina Beaufort Newt Inc., Publisher WILLIAM GILES MEBANE Pres. and Editor J. P. F.ETTS Secretary and Treasurer SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In Advance) One Year $2.00 Six Months 1.00 Thre? Months .50 j the telephone is considered a necessity while in England they seem to regard it as a luxury. The Daily Mail says that there are twice as many telephones in the United States as in all Europe although Europe has four times a many people. The Mail thinks it is time for he government to get out of the telephone business. Entered as second-class matter February 5, 1912 at the postorhee in Beaufort, North Carolina, under the Act of Mrch 3, 1879. MEMBER NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NEW COUNTY GOVERNMENT LAW. THURSDAY JUNE 23, 1927 Senator Borah, who would like mighty well ; to be President wonders if the farmers will j take President Coolidge's bait as well as the j trout seem to be doing. It might help the I Senator's aspirations to find out exactly what j sort of bait Mr. Coolidge uses when he is fish- ing for votes. GEORGIA. Georgians used to call their state, the "Em pire State." They boasted that it led the South in all respects worth any thing. The city of Atlanta became famous for its boast ings, which however were not altogether empty for Atlanta is a city of considerable parts. Now how the mighty are fallen. As revealed by headlines in the newspapers, Geor gia's principal claim to glory nowadays con sists in the lynching of a negro or the whipping by hooded hoodlums of some white man or woman. A few days ago a gang of cowardly ruffians took a woman, who is more than fifty years old, out in the dead of night, stripped iier of her clothing and beat her nearly to death. They also beat her fifteen year old son because he tried to defend his mother. Many similar outrages have happened in the "Empire State" in the past year or so. Most of these disgraceful incidents, we believe, have secured in two or three counties. The churches in Georgia ought to quit sending missionaries :o Africa. They should send them to Toombs and Stephens counties. A RAPIDLY GROWING BUSINESS. In a recent issue of the News a correspon dent of the paper of Wildwood stated that .some two thousand baskets of beans had been shipped from that point. Besides this no doubt a good many cabbage and other kinds of truck were shipped. Other sections h;ve been ship ping good quantities of truck. The spring po tato crop has just been marketed at good prices. In July early sweets will start moving and then in the fall and winter the late sweet potato crop, which is the biggest of all prob ably, will be in full swing. Carteret county's truck business is large and increasing steadily. For the proper development of the truck busines in this county it seems to us that the thing most needful is a strong organization of all the growers in the county. Truck crops as a rule are perishable. They must bo gathered and sold quickly. For this reason marketing these crops ought to be done in the most bus mess like manner possible. Haphazard meth ods will not do. Co-operative methods of sell ing the crop are necessary and should add thousands of dollars to the truck growers re ceipts. Our leading truck men ought to give careful thought to this matter and formulate ; ome sort of plan for perfecting an organiza tion that will be virile and helpful. ANTI-THIRD TERM LEAGUE FORMED. An organization has been formed in New York which has for its object the prevention t i the nomination of Mr. Coolidge for Presi dent next year. Literature along this line is being sent out to Republicans in all parts of the country and evidently the enterprise nas ,irm financial backing. The opposition to Mr. Coolidge's nomination is based on the ground that if elected again it would be a third rrm which is contrary to precedent. As a matter of fact he has never been nominated lor President but once. He served out a part of President Harding's term but has had only one term of his own. It is rather early yet to form an opinion as to whether Mr. Coolidge. will be renominated or hot. There is no doubt about his having a very strong hold upon his party and should he decide to be a candidate next year he is pretty certain to be . nominated. In the meantime he is taking his vacation and saying nothing about whether he is going to run again or not. The News has received a copy of the acts adopted by the recent session of the General Assembly for the improvement of county g"V crnment. We assume that every newspaper in North Carolina has been favored with one of these documents. There should have been a clause in the acts requiring every editor in the State to read the new law and to make some comment upon it. As the matter stands we fear a good many editors will not read and will refrain from saying anything about the acts. The new county government acts were framed by a commission appointed by Gover nor McLean and headed by Dr. E. C. Brooks, who is a well known educator and a man who has given much study to county problems. The commission's work has resulted in the making cf laws that should be a great help to county government, an institution that badly needs help in many counties. The new county law is not perfect but it is a great improvement over what we had before and has a number of excellent features in it. We shall not at tempt to discuss all of the acts pertaining to county government in North Carolina that the legislature adopted but will refer briefly to two or three of them. Persons who are much interested in the matter ought to write to the Secretary of State and ask for a copy of the document c-.lleJ "County Government Law." Every coumv in North Carolina is now re quired by law to have a person known as "county accountant." In counties that have auditors, they, the auditors, shall act as account ants. The accountant's job, in brief is to keep a record of all money received and paid out. He also must require every official or depart ment of the county or its subdivisions to keep a record of all that they receive or disburse and he shall examine at least once a month the books and other records of all persons who are handling county funds, including road com misssions and boards of education. It is his duty to require all officers and employees in the county who collect fines and penalties to make reports once a month. He must make . .i i. i i -i ii i a complete sraiemem oi me county s nnanciai condition once a year to the board, or oftener "f so directed by the board. The accountant is required to get up a "Budget Estimate" and submit it to the board not later than the first Monday in July. A copy of this budget must be furnished to each newspaper published in the county and must be published in at least en? of them. He also must submit a supple mental budget as soon after the first Monday as practicable. He is also required to publish once a year a statement showing the county's financial condition and giving other informa tion. The accountant has to give a bond of not less than $5000 for the faithful perform ance of his duties. Under the new law considerable restric tions are thrown around the issuance of bonds or notes by boards of county commissioners. In t'.'.e !irst place a sworn statement of debts shall be filed and be open to public inspection before authorization of a bond issue. A day "nust be fixed for a public hearing on the bond nv.uter and the seme shall be published. All bonds shall be sold upon sealed bids and after ' due advertisement in newspapers. This breaks up the practice of selling bonds at private sale as has been done by the board of commission ers of Carteret county more than once. The board is required to levy and collect sufficient taxes to pay interest and principal of all bonds issued, which is a good feature also Short time notes may be issued under some circumstances but they must be advertised in a county news paper before they are sold. Under the new law a county board may, if it chooses, appoint a county manager, who may be the chairman of the board, or some other person. Craven county's board recently ap pointed the chairman county manager and it may be that some other counties have adopted this plan. The new method of collecting tax es is a part of the new law and is now in force. Taxpayers have had some experience with it and therefore know something about how it works. As we said at the outset the new county law has seme excellent features in it. It takes more than law though to make good government. No law is worth anything unless carried out properly. The responsibility rests first upon the men who are in charge of affairs to obey the laws themselves and then see that all oth ers do. Finally the responsibility lies upon the people to see that those whom they have elected to office discharge their duties as their oaths require );hem to do. ger.ius who was for many years a cit izen of Rak-igh, who would have scorned to stop at such a tame ir.vert- j tion as that outlined. In the story the good Doctor Blacknall put in and pulled out all the stops and construct ed his settings with the care of a:i ar tist. There was the Italian balloon vender and his great bunch of colored spheres; the little girl and her Papa, and her demand for one of the toys: the tender of a bill and the vender's unthinking act of looping the whole bunch to the ttny wrist, while he dug for change. Horrors! Up go the bal loons with the precious freight, head- j ed straight for the bar, to the open sea! Mama comes on the scene in time to wring anguished hands. All e-aze helplesly air and seaward. But hold! At this famed resort Captain Bogardus, the champion rifle shot, happens to be a guest. He has his rifle with him. He brushes his brow in thought, for but a moment. He leaps into the Emma Murchison, fast est of sharpies, sails set for voyage. Her Captain comprehends. As he casts off, Captain Bogardus rifle i barks at the now far distant balloons. Bang! Bang! As many bangs as you like. Apparently nothing happens. More bangs! The crowd has grasped the sharpshooter's intention, but it is despairing and afraid. Suppose his bullet strikes the little girl. More bangs as the sharpie heels over in the breeze. Look! The balloons are few er. The bunch is coming down. The' The sharpie gains in the race. More slowly the balloons descend. Less rap idly the famous expert fires. Closer and closer cornea the boat. Finally, Bogardus ceases firing. Another peril. The child will drown! But no! With magnificent seamanship and judge ment Captain Tene Piner (the elder) lufTs at precisely the right moment. At the instant the little shoes are go ing to touch the wave, young Tene, the mate stretches over the bow and she is saved! Did they eat it up? In twenty languages and around the wide world, so that before it was over Captain Bogardus, whose speciality was a shot-gun, almost believed the story himself. And the date-line always was the Atlantic Hotel at Morehead City! (Raleigh Times). Vou'reMvefTpo Old" O.Lawrence Hawthorne p. You say you're "too old"? Well, forget itr r ou re always as young as yuu icci. Forget all your aches and your ailments!. Don't let Old Man Lazyleg steal Your share of the fun folks are having Who keep themselves active and spry. You never can tell what you're fit for Until you are willing to try. You're never "too old to be happy. You're never "too old" to be gay. You're never "too old" to find flowers Of gladness to brighten life's way. You're never "too old" to go fishing Tn rast all vnur troubles aside And join your good friends on a picnicv Youre never too old ior a nae. You're never "too old" for whatever Vnur snirit is eairer to do; The limit and scope of your program Are certainly governed by you. The fountain of vouth is within you; And what your soul needs day by day Is less of the toxin ol worry, hellers From Our - Readers NOT A FLORIDA 'GATOR. Editor Beaufort News: I note in your enclosed clipping that Florida is fciven credit for our latest alligator. If there is one thing distinctive a bout the North Carolina State Muse um it is that it confines itself to ex- i - yS'SiO. !. O. limn R4m hibits of Natural History and Natur al Resources of North Carolina and does not show either from other ter ritory. Also it is a State Museum in the sense that it is supported and managed by North Carolinians. How vell we succeed is indicated by the fact that we had 128,000 visitors last year, mostly North Carolinians. The particular alligator came from New River near Jacksonville, N. C. Yours very truly, HARRY T. DAVIS, Curator of Geology, State Museum, Raleigh, N. C. HOSPITAL QUESTION DISCUSSED Editor of The News: I see that the News invites the 1 readers that want to give some dis- j cussion on the county hospital for or I against it wants them to feel wtl- j come to do s:. i Now my readers I am going to tell you all my opinion. I think the county had better let the voters know what t'e v.hie of this county is and also, the afl'aii-s an 1 the public would like to know what the count debt iti at this moment. How muc i the in terest is on the debt per annum, what the county's total expenses are going to be as near as it if- possible to tell, what the tax rate w 11 be and any information about the county's affairs that it can give to t ie voters of the county.- This information is fundamental necessity, for the for mation of an intelligent opin on about the proposed hospital bond issue or any other increase in the county's indebtedness. In short the question is Can the county afford b ? Hos pitals may be needed but I am goinf to express my opinion abou,! this. I think th.it if the county has aiy body in this county that cant psy their hospital biil the county can send them to Morehead City hospital for tryitment and pay their bill for a great deal less than they can build and equip a county hospital. Now that is my opinion. It has been said that it wo .Id be better to leave off two or three miles (Continued on next page) GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP. In England, as in some other European coun tries, the telephone lines are operated by the government. Socialists who want the govern ment of the United States to own all public utilities often point to English ownership of the telephone busines as an example for us to fol low. The trouble about this is that the ex ample does not seem to be worth following. The London Daily Mail in commenting on the latest annual report of the American Tele phone and Telegraph Company points out that for every one hundred people in the United States there are more than fourteen telephones while in England there are less than three to the hundred. The telephone is a private in stitution in the United States and as a rule the telephone companies give good service. Here Press Gleartirtqs Filling The Bedroom With Quality Pieces Grace of design, perfectly matched veneers and expert cabinet work combine to make these suites dominating values. Superbly carved, beveled and headed; dustproof construction wonder bargains at the prices we ask. ( THERE WERE REAL PRESS AGENTS IN DOCTOR BLACKN ALL'S HEYDEY Referring to the opening of the seaside resort pub licity season, with its revival of the headlegs ghost of Blackbeard at Nag's head, the Charlotte Observer digs back in the past to recall the stunt pulled by Dr. Black nail at Morehead City a story that, was as we remem ber it, made a column on the first page of the New York Herald, then the press agent's senevth heaven. The Observer refers briefly to the "circumstance of the bunch of toy balloons that caught up a child and sailed away with it, finally landing in safety on the beach a couple of miles away.' We hesitate to refresh such a memory as that of Colonel Wade Harris, but he was referring to a loved PORCH SWINGS Time for Porch Swings-they add to the good looks of the oth er porch furniture, besides the comfort tfiey afford REFRIGERATORS Save Food with one of these Refrigerators You save both food and ice and the prices are made reasonable. A FULL AND COMPLETE LINE OF BREAKFAST SETS BRIDGE LAMPS CARD TABLES, ETC. Gaskill Mace Company ; TWO STORES t Hardware, Furniture FRONT ST. BEAUFORT, N. C.
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