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Beaufort Mews .O J a V IF" Largest Circulation In Carteret County The People's Newspaper The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. ( 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 EEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY JUNE 30, 1927 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 26 m -m Offer Submitted For Electric Light Plant City Can Get $100,000 For Its Water And Light System. Charlottsville, Virginia Cap atalist Asks That Question Be Submitted To Voters At Ear ly Date. A tentative offer to buy the elec tric light and water plant of the town of Beaufort was submitted to a joint meeting of the Board of Commission ers and the Water and Light Com mission Tuesday night. All members of the two boards were present ex cept Commissioner C. T. Chadwick who was unable to come on account of illness. The offer to buy ,he water and light plant was made by John L. Liv ers of Charlottesville, Virginia and carried with it the proviso that his company would be granted a 60 year franchise. The Siiid franchise how ever would not be exclusive and should the city ever decide to go in the business again it would have the privilege of doing so. Mr. Livers offered $100,000 in cash for the prop erty and is ready to take it over any time between now and September the first. The offer lcr the plant is con d tkral on its being unified by the voters of the town at tn electi'in to be called whenever the board sees ht Mr. Livers stated to the board that if his offer was accepted that a cor poration to be called "The Car-olina Eastern Power Company" would Se formed at once and the franchise tak en in its name. He has mde an of fer for the Morehead City plant also and if both are bought they will be connected with a high power .trans mission line so that current can be sent from one town to the other. He stated that the Beaufort plant, :aT thoughg new engines were installed about a year ago. is already too small and will have, to be enlam-ged .very soon. He proposes to increase the power plant and also to make im provements to the lines. Members of the board asked Mr. Livers a good (Continued n page five) Contract Given For New Store Building Beaufort seems to be breaking all her previous records this year for putting up new store buildings. Sev eral have been finished recently :and another one was contracted for Wed nesday. The new building .owned by Mr. J. H. Potter. Sr. is to be next to his building into which the post office is to be moved and which was formerly occupied by Mr. W. P. Smith. A .contract, for the new structure -was let to Mr. U. A. Un der wood (of Wilmington who is now erecting the large school building here for white pupils. The Potter building is to be a handsome brick structure two stories high, 80 feet long and 36 feet wide. It will be divided into two store rooms the larger one of which will be oc cupied by the J. H. Potter Jx. grooery store and the othtr by the B. A. Bell jewelry establishment. The work of tearing the old building down is to start Tuesday' and the erection of the new one will be carried forward as rapidly as possible. SEA BREEZE THEATER MAKES IMPROVEMENTS Extensive improvements now under way at the Sea Breer.e theater will make that place of amusement much more attractive than it has ever been. The stage is being remodelled and a new inclined floor put in. Other im provements are to be made also. , A large force of men is at work on the theater and it is expected to have it ready for business, Saturday. CHOWAN BRIDGE OPENS FRIDAY JULY FIRST RALEIGH, June 28 (INS) The opening to traffic of the $600,000 Chowan Bridge at Edenton will take place July 1, it was announced here today. . ' The bridge is 1 1-2 miles long. The formal opening of the structure will occur at Edenton- on July 20. A giant ceebration is being planned for the opening. BOARD MEETINGS TUESDAY. The board of commissioners of tha town of Beaufort and also the county board will not hold their regular meetings Monday as it will be the fourth of July. They will meet Tues day morning instead. Mr. George Willis of Davie was in tewn Monday on a business trip. FISCAL YEAR OF STARTS MONDAY Budget Must Be Prepared And Ready For Inspection. Pre pare For Tax Levy SHERIFF SETTLES MONDAY (County government information C. M. Johnson Executive Secretary) RALEIGH, June 27 The first meeting of the county boards of com missioners in the new fiscal year, which begins July 1, will take place Monday, July 4, unless the commis sioners see fit to meet on another day because the first Monday in July this year is a nationally holiday. The new fiscal year will bring with it many duties and responsibilities undT the new cotmty government legislation, and the officials principal ly charged with these duties, besides the board of commissioners are the county accountant or auditor and the sheriff or tax collector. At the first meeting of the board of commissioners in July, the county accountant must submit his budget estimate, which represents his es timate of the amounts necessary to be apropriate for the different activ ities of the county and subdivisions for the next fiscal year. In some counties considerable dif ficulty has been experienced in the preparation of this budget estimate, as the figures for last year and for the Current fiscal year, on which the budget estimate is largely based, have not been obtainable. A full and complete settlement with the county by the sheriff for the tax collecting officer for all taxes due the county or its special subdivisions is also due on the first Monday in July. The board of commissioners at this meeting is expected to provide ap propriations for the purpose of pay ing fixed salaries, the principal and interest of indebtedness,' the stated compensation of pffieers and employ ees, and for the usual ordinary ex penses of the county and its subdi visions for the interval between the beginning of the new fiscal year .and time of the adoption of the annual appropriation resolution, which is the fourth Monday in July. The appro priation made on the first Monday shall be charageable to the several ap propriations thereafter made in the annual appropriation resolution for the year. Following the submission to the commissioners by the accountant of his budget estimate, he mast begin at once to prepare a supplemental budget to be submitted before any levy of taxes is made. The appro priations resolution shall be deemed automatically amended by adding such increase or subtracting such de crease as may appear in this sup plemental budget. BASS FISHING STARTS FRIDAY Soortsmen Mav Begin Activiv ities In Fresh Water Streams. May Change Rules RALEIGH. June 27 (INS) Idle rod and reels are being; polish ed and oiled for the opening of the fishinr season in North Carolina on July 1. i Announcement of the opening season this year was made today by the Department of Conservation and Development here, through Assistant Director J. K. Dixon. Taking of bass has been prohibited in many counties of the State since April 15 on account of the spawning season. Although fhe seasons are not uni form at the present time, a special committee of the Department of Con servation and Development will rec ommend to the next meeting of the board on July 12 at Morehead City regulations establishing unjform dates. The committee will recommend that the closed season for bass in the Piedmont and Eastern Counties be from April 15 to June 15, and ir the mountain counties lrom juiy 1 to October 1. Police Court Friday Was Unusually Large Police court docket last Friday was an unusually large one. On ac count of Superior Court's having been in session the previous week practically all cases -were continued and this made an accumulation of cases for last Friday. However they were not all tried even then as a num ber of necessary witnesses failed to show up and some defednants were not present, for one reason or an other. N. S. engineer Ellis Smith was fin ed $5 and costs for blowing cinders and smoke. He appealed to Super ior court. N. S. conductor Charles Case shifting cars after hours sub mitted and judgment was suspended on payment of costs. A. F. Davis failing to stop car at corner; judgment suspended on pay ment of costs. The case against Mrs. Buttrey, charged with libel, was dropped by consent of all parties. x Jos. Fulford, colored, disorderly conduct. Submitted and fined $1 and costs. Steve Dudley, 'drunk, submitted; $1 and costs. Tom Dudley drunk and disorderly two cases. In one case $1 and costs, in the other $5 and costs. Jack Ellison, dog running at large, submitted and judgment suspended on payment of costs. Herbert Springle, drunk and dis orderly, submitted and fined $1 and costs. Herbert Smith, drunk and disorder ly. This was second offence and he received a sentence of $5 and costs, with a warning that it would be more next time, Barney Dixon, drunk and disorder ly, $5 and costs. Will be higher for next offense, Charles Clifton submitted to charge of excessive . speed. Judgment was suspended on payment of costs. Steve' Mason, disorderly conduct, submitted $1 and costs. Dave Mason, bt&y about 17 years old, drunk and disorderly, submitted and fined $1 and costs. , .. '. Ivey- Willis,, submitted to charge of -drank, $1 and .costs. Bert Lloyd, drunk, $1 and costs. Arthur Harris, drunk, submitted and fined $1 and costs. Fifteen cases of one sort or another were continued to next Friday. Realty Transactions Increase In Number The longest list of realty transac tions recorded "by Register of Deeds in some time is published here below. The deals covc-r the county pretty well from east to west with more in Morehead township than any where else. The list for the week is as fol lows: Beauf ort Realty Corp. to D. L. and J. C. Few, 2 tots West Beaufort, for $10. F. R. Seeley and wife et al to W. H. Bailey, Trustee, 1 lot Hammocks, Beaufort for $10. Beaufort Realty Corp. to H. F. Huines, 2 lots West Beaufort, for $290. Alex Henry and wife to J. H. Pot ter Jr. 1-2 lot Beaufort for $250. James E. Wade and wife to W. A. Willis et al 1-2 acre Harkers IslanJ for $50. Wallace Guthrie to Earl Johnson, 3-4 acre Harkers Island, for $50. Angeline T. Willis to Earl John son, 1-4 acre Harkers Island for $25. John W. Willis to Eunice C. Willis 8 acres, Harlowe for $10. Morehead Bluffs Inc. to J. R. and J. M. Britt, 2 lots Morehead Bluffs, for $10. Morehead Bluffs Inc. to Leslie A. Styron, 2 lots Morehead Bluffs, for $2750. Morehead Bluffs, Inc. to Miss Maic Home, 2 lots Morehead Bluffs, for $10. J. M. Edgerton, Mortgagee, to C E. Edgerton, 1 1-2 acres Morehead Township for $365. ' Ira K. Pelletier and wife to J. M. Willis, 12 acres Morehead Township Colonel Lindbergh, May Visit North Carolina In August ELIZABETH CITY, June 27 (INS) Colonel Charles A. Linbergh, New York-to-Paris flyer and idol of a Nation, may visit the Old North State in August,. It has been learned here that Col. Linbergh is considering the accept nce of an invitation to fly here on ugust 18th, for the annual commem oration of the birth ofVirginia Dare, America's first native born. The celebration, to which notables ire drawn annually, will be held on August 18th, at Mantco, Roanoke Island. Captain Frank Winch.local sports SCHOOL FUNDS DISTRIBUTED IN DIFFERENT WAY Board Of Equalization Secre tary Tells How Money Was Divided CARTERET GETS INCREASE There has been a good deal of dis cussion in the press and by individ uals of the way in which the public school money has been distributed by the State Board of Equalization. A few counties got large sums but many of them did not get much more than they did under the old plan and some not so much. There is much dissatisfaction at the way the matter has been handled and the Board of Equalization is getting a lot of crit icism. Carteret county gets about $10,000 more than it got last year, which is less than many people here think the county is entitled to. Last year Carteret county received from the State $26,251.05. This year under the new plan it will get $10,000 more. The county has a school tax rate of $1.05. Last year the county's school budget was $160- 000 which was in addition to the a mount advanced by the State. Beau fort and Morehead City's school ex penses are included in this amount. The county maintains an eight months term for rural schools and is one of few counties that do so. Superintended J. H. Workman has been engaged this week in preparing his budget for next year. The Coun ty Board of Education held a session today to go over the budget and it will be submitted to the Board of Commissioners in a few days. Secretary Leroy Martin of the State Board of Equalization made a statement recently through the Ral eigh News and Observer in which he sets forth the maner in which the equalization was done. He says the new law is different from the old law and should .not . be confused with it. The amoilnt of money distribut ed by the board is $3,250,000. Mr. Martin's statement is as follows "In setting forth the duties of the state board of equalization and the ' department of public instruction, the method of apportioning the fund was entirely changed. Two factors only I under the present law enter into the distribution of the fund, controlling I the amount any county will receive (1) cost of schools; (2) property valuations. Either will, of course affect materially the amount any j county will receive from the fund. It appears that it was not contem- ( Continued on page five) for $200. Mrs. Martha S. Boyce et als to Mil ton Robinson, 1-2 acre Morehead Township for $300. William H. Jackson and wife to Kelly E. Terry, 1 lot Morehead City for $65. Kelly E. Terry to Allen C. Davis, 1 lot Morehead City, for $65. Allen C. Davis to J. W. Bell, 1 lot Morehead City for $70. Nevel Morris and wife to W. W. Buck. 8 acres White Oak Township, for $1. E. J. Becton and wife to John G. Cox, interest in tract White Oak Township, for $10. Bertie P. Lewis and wife to C. T. Gillikin, 27 acres Straits for $1500. T. C. Wade, Sheriff, to H. O. Whitehurst, 8 acres Straits for Taxes Paid. W. L. Paul and wife to E. H. Piner, tract Smyrna Township for $1. Mary F. Willis to Edward Piner, 1-4 acre Smyrna Township, for $50. E. J. Becton and wife to John G. Cox, interest in tract White Oak, for $10. E. J. Cox and wife to John G. Cox, interest in tract, White Oak, for $500. Miss Virginia Hendricks of Marsh all, N. C, arrived Saturday on a vis it to her sister Mrs. Joseph House. man and writer, has been in communi cation with Colonel Linbergh, and re ported that the flyer is considering accepting the invitation. Local pl'ins, which are course ten tatives, call for Colonel Linbergh to fly to Kill Devil Hill, where the Wright brothers made their first suc cessful c.irpkne flight in 1903, and then proceed to Old Fort RUeigh, where the celebration conv.n?morat- ing the birth of Virginia Dare will be held. The annual Virginia Dare eeremon ies are conducted by the Roanoke Col- i ony Memorial Association. County Vital Statistics Months Of April And May The records of births and deaths for the months of April and May show that a considerable increase in population took place in Carteret county during that time. Morehead City led in births and deaths with Beaufort a close second in births. There were 82 births in the county during April and May and 33 deaths. The complete list follows: Still Deaths Births births Town Beaufort Morehead City Newport Townships 18 23 3 BRUMMIT MAY SUCCEED DAWSON Democratic State Chairman Resigns. Attorney-General Seems To Be Slated For The Job (By Henry Lesesne International News Service Staff Cor respondent). RALEIGH, June 28 "Howdy, Mr. Chairman!" Dennis G. Brummit attorney-general of North Carolina, to day was fast becoming accustomed to this now fairly familiar salutation around capitol corridors. For, on the surface of things, there seems to be no possibility of the Attorney-General not being the next State Democratic Chairman of North Carolina, filling the seat to be given up within a few days by John G. Daw son, Kinston attorney, for four years the standard' bearer of the majority party in the Old North State. There is one thing that Attorney General Brummitt already has made plain he will accept the post if it is offered to him. And apparently ifwill be.' He will not, however, re sign as attorney general to accept the state chairman ship. He will cross his bridges when he gets to them, it indicated. Some political friends of the attorney-general seem to fear that his ac ceptance of the chairmanship might imperil his gubernatorial hopes for J 932, but on the other hands, others were quite sure that the chairman ship would serve as a very nice step ping stone. Among the outstanding party lead ers in North Carolina who have en dorsed the attorney-general for tha State Democratic chairmanship are : Senator F. M. Simmons; O. Max Gard ner, who is being groomed as the next Governor of North Carolina; Jose phus Daniels, Raleigh publisher and former Secretary of the Navy; Com missioner of Revenue R. A. Dough ton, Secretary of State W. N. Ever ctte, and many others. Chairman Dawson announced a few days ago that he would resign lis post in order to devote his time to his law practice at Kinston. The duties of the state chairman have p.rown so in the past few years, that the state chairmanship is an all-year-round job, acording to the Kinston attorney. DR. SPILLMAN TO PREACH AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. B. W. Spilman formerly presi dent of the State Baptist Mission Board, will preach next Sunday morn ing and evening at the first Baptist church. Everybody invited to come out and hea Dr. Spillman who is a very forceful speaker and wi.ll known throughout the State. FISHING PARTY HERE. Messrs. A. M. Basinger of Char lotte, Pat O. Skidmore and Ed. Suggs of Albemarle. T. A. Snyder and Pete Beard of Salisbury, members of a fishing party were registered at the Davis House Tuesday. They tried their luck at fishing and had very good success. A WARNING TO READERS The reader if this paper are hereby warned not to make any down payments to travelling pho tographers. Canvassers claiming to be connected with a Florida crt institute hove been working in Charlotte soliciting entrants for a beauty contest, and claim ing (hat the contest is sponsor ed by local newspapers. The newspapers know nothing of the arrangement, and the whole thing is apparently a fraud. Beaufort 'l 2 0 Cedar Island No report for 2 months Harkers Is 3 4 0 Harlowe 0 1 Apr.no report Davis 110 Stacey 110 Sea Level and Atlantic 2 2 0 Merrimon 2 2 0 Morehead City 18 0 Newport 3 4 0 Portsmouth No report for 3 months Smyrna 2 4 0 Straits 13 0 White Oak 4 6 0 Total 33 82 0 Tuberculosis Clinic Was A Success During last week the County Health Department held a Tubercu losis Clinic under the direction of the Extension Department of the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association. Examinations were made by Dr. S. E. Lee of the State Sanatorium, assist ed by Dr. T. C. Britt, County Health Officer. The department appreciates the cooperation of the physicians and citizens. of the county in making the clinic a success. Dr. Lee expressed sui prise at the number interested in the first clinic of its kind to be held in the county. Many others called for appointments too late in the week when the schedule had been filled. Chiddren were excluded from the clinic as far as was practical on ac count of the fact that a physical ex amination of a child is of little val ue in diagnosing tuberculosis. To render an opinion it is necessary to make Xray examination and a tuber culine test. In this clinic 57 cases were exam ined. There were 13 definitely pos itive cases, 10 probables, 4 doubtful ' and 30 negative cases. Several of the above positive were ex-patients of the Sanatorium, still others were cases of physicians that had definitely i-stablished diagnosis. In furthering the interests in the clinic, chest examinations will be made each Saturday morning at the Health Department office over City Hall. Two Young Girls . Have Narrow Escape The News has heard complaints from several citizens about the dan gerous situation made by the U. S. Engineering Department in deepen ing its boat basin on Front street and not having protected it or marked it in any way. Last spring it was made deeper and larger and as children do not seem to be aware of it several have come very near being drowned J there. Yesterday Misses Annie Dav is and Rosa Lee Chadwick, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Chadwick, had a very narrow escape from drowning there. The younger girl stepped off unexpectedly in the deep water and when her sister tried to help her they both ca"hie near losing their lives. Their brother, Walter Chadwick, hap pened to come along at the critical moment and rescued them. Mr. Sam Edwards of Newport was a business visitor here Monday. 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 o at the heads of the estuaries. High Tide Low Friday July 1 9:31 AM. 3:21 9:50 PM. 3:17 Saturday July 2nd. 10:19 AM. 4:04 10:36 PM. 4:06 Sunday July 3 ' 4:47 11:08 PM. 4:55 Tide PM. AM. PM. AM. PM. AM. PM. AM. t PM. AM. Monday July 4 11:21 AM. 5:31 12:00 M. 5:46 . Tuesday July 5 12:08 PM. 6:17 12:53 AM. 6:41 Wednesday July 6 12:58 PM. 7:04 1:46 AM. 7:38 Thursday July 7 1:50 PM. 7:52 2:38 AM. 8:36 PM. PM. PM. AM.
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