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Eeaufdrt Largest Circulation In Carteret County The People's Newspaper The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. ( READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT fijXERCISE IS TO THE BOD! S WATCH Your label and pay your subscription 3 (0 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 28 VOLUME XVI 10 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY ULY 14, 1927 il .1 ILi jLi r Board Makes Payment On Outstanding Notes The Sum Of $149,800 Received From State Highway Commis sion To Be Applied On Debts. Borrows $20,000 To Pay Bal ance Due On Graded School Property. Tax Certificates To Be Exchanged For Deeds No mention is made in the minutes of the County Board of Commission ers for the meeting of July the 5th, of the County Health Department As (stated in the News last week no provision was made in the budget! for the next fiscal year for maintain ing this department. As readers of the News are aware the budget was published in this newspaper Thursday the 7th. The minutes show that a resolu tion was adopted by the board at its last meeting to pay the sum of $149,800 on the county's outstand ing notes. The money to do this with comes from money -advanced by the county to the State Highway Com mission for road snd bridge building purposes. The minutes state that the money had been paid in the Sink ing Fund and the treasurer of that fund is instructed to pay it on the r.otes. The total amount loaned the State Highway Cammission by the county was $440,000. A resolution' was also passed, to borrow the sum of $20,000 to pay a balance due the town of Beau fort on the old Graded School build ing. This loan was authorized by a upecial act passed by the General Assembly. A motion was passed appropriat ing $2500 for the General County Fund and $1000 for the Road and Bridge Fund to meet expenditures during the month of July. A motion was passed which ordered that a certificate issued, by Sheriff Wade for delinquent taxes against property listed in the name of A. M. Walker, known as the A. H. Prid gen lands, be surrendered to the sheriff for a deed to be executed to the county. A motion was also pass ed that the County Chairman and Clerk be instructed to execute a deed for the Pridgen lands, of about 100 acres, to B. F. Royall upon the payment of $165 for taxes for 1923 ,and 1924, costs etc. A motion was passed that all outstanding tax cer . tificates be surrendered to the sher iff for deeds to be executed by him to the county. The chairman, and Clerk were also authorized and in structed to execute deeds to purchas ers of lands sold for delinquent taxes upon payment oftaxes, costs etc. George Howland of Morehead City epplied to be admitted to the County ' Tlome. The application was refer ed to the County Welfare Officer. A motion was passed to refer all such applications to Mrs. Ida G. Hall, County Welfare Officer; no one to be admitted to the hoM' without her recommendation. Tho dtrk w.s in structed to make ne -esnry arrange ments for admission to the borne upon hiT recommendation. A t otion ,wa.i passed appropriating $200 per tv.ontVi for outside poon to o? put in the county budget. . . Reverend W. W. Styron of Ccdjir Island came before the loard and asled that the board do something a bout a ferry across the Thoroughfare. Articn was deferred on the mattei r.nd the board will cry to get some one to operate a ferry on a tol' bas- ix. G. 1 Arthur of Morehead Ciy and W. B. Arthur of Beaufort were appointed CommisR:vier of Naviga tion for terms of two years. New Fishing Boat Now In Commission Another nice fishing smack has been added to the fleet that fishes out of this harbor. The new boat is the Etta and she belongs to Mr. H. L. Potter. She was built at the White- hnrst and Rice shipyard in Beaufort. The Etta is the same type of craft as the others that are used for deep sea fishing. She. is 38 feet long, 11 foot beam and is propelled by a gas engine, with two masts and sails for auxiliary power. The Etta left a few days ago for the Jersey coast where she will fish this summer for sea bass and blue fish. She will re turn here in the fall and fish out of this port during the winter and spring months. Captain Jack O'Brien and three meri constitute the crew of the Etta. ' Breeders and trainers of canaries claim that both the voice and the temper of the songsters are spoiled by jazz music. CROSS THE STATE FROMSUNTOSUN Old Fort Man Will Drive From Coast To State Border In One Day RALEIGH, July 12 (INS) To stimulate the interest of people in towns along Route 10, D. T. Rough ton, Old Fort broker, will make a 600-mile drive over Route 10 on Ju ly 15, starting from Morehead City at Daylight and proceeding through 25 counties to the Georgia-North Carolina border beyond Murphy. Route 10 is the longest highway in North Carolina, and is believed to be the longest highway in one state in America. About one-third of North Carolina's entire population lives in the counties through which the "Main Street of North Carolina" passes. Roughton believes he can make the journey all in one day, from sun-up to sundown without breaking any of the traffic laws. Route 10 passes through 30 towns of 1,000 or more inhabitants. Rough ton has been over the highway sev eral occasions before, and is thor oughly familiar with the route. His itinery follows: Morehead City 4:10; New Bern! 5:00; Kinston 6:00; Goldsboro 6:40; Smit,hneldj7:?0; Raleigh 8:10; Dur ham 8!55; 'Burlington- 9:40; Greens boro 10:25;. High Point 10:50; Thomasville 11:05; Lexington 11:25; Salisbury 11:55. Afternoon: Statesville 12:35;New ton 1:30; Hickory 1:45; Morganton 2:30; Marion 3:05; Old Fort 3:25; Black Mountain 3:40; Asheville 4:10; Canton 4:45; Waynesville 5:05; Sylva 5:45; Bvyson City 6:30; An drews 7:45; Murphy 8:00; Georgia North Carolina line 8 :20. Car Driver Held s For Superior Courf R .D. Exum, who figured in an au tomobile accident near llcaufort ; Sunday. July 3rd v':ll have to answer I in court for his part in the affair. He j was brought to Beaufort Monday from Morehead City where he spent i.rveral days in the hospital and had a hearing before Justice of the Peace H. D. Norcom. There was no trial and Magistrate Norcom fixed his bond at $500 for his appearance in Superior Court. . Exum did not give the bond and was taken back to Morehead City by the officers. ' The charge against Exum was driving a car while under the influence of liquor. The accident referred to was one in which several people including Ex um himself were injured. Mrs. Noah Avery who was in the car driven by her husband, was hurt worse than anybody else. She had her throat cut by glass and came very pear bleed ing to death. The cars collided on the North river road about three miles from Beaufort and practically every one in the two cars was hurt more or less. POLICE COURT FRIDAY ' HAD SHORT SESSION Police court last Friday was of very short duration although there was an usually large number of cases, all of whish were traffic violations. There were nineteen arrests for driv ing' without lights and three for not stopping when the fire alarm sounded. Mayor Jones let them all off with the costs. The Carolina Transportation Company submitted to a charge of blocking the streets and were let off with the costs. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Only one permit to wed has been issued at the office of the Register of Deeds this week. It was granted to Ramon Dennis and Sarah Wilson. Beaufort. A local farm association in Pamir co county shipped 92 cars of Irish po- tatoes for which they received from $9 a Jbarrel for firsts down to $2.C5 i a barrel for No. 2's. John,to County Boy I Has Narrcw Escape A party of boys and men from Four Oaks, Johnston county who ar rived here Tuesday have been having a big time but their pleasure came very near being turned into sorrow Wednesday morning when one of their number was almost drowned. John Hall, a boy about ten years old, stepped into deep water and being unable to swim was swept away from the shore by the tideand sank twice He was rescued by Captain Reuben Willis who had carried the party ov er to Shackelford point. Captain Willis himself fell overboard but man aged to get back to the boat' and grabbed the boy as he was being car ried along in the current. Captain Willis gave John first aid treatment which he needed badly as he was in an unconscious condition. The boy was revived and brought back to town where Dr. Whitehurst gave him necessary attention. At last accounts he was getting along all right and none the worse for the narrow escape from death that he had. The boys in the party are a Sunday School class of the Baptist church at Four Oaks. Reverend A. L. Brown who was formerly pastor of the Baptist church hereand Profes sor Johnson are in charge of the boys. They will stayy through Fri day. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS ' SHOW SOME DECREASE Real estate transactions recorded at the office of Register of Deeds R, W. Wallace this week are not quite so many as they were last week. Five townships are represented in the total. The record is as follows William H. Bailey, Trustee to D. M. DeNoyer, 1 lot Hammocks property, Beaufort, for $10. Beaufort Realty Corp. to E. W. Hargett,- 2 lots West Beaufort, for $10. Beaufort Realty Corp. to T. B. Mosley 4 lots West Beaufort for $100 W. H. Lewis and wife to M. P. Marshall and wife, 1-2 acre Hunting Quarter Township for" $50. T. L. Goodwin and wife to Melvin Styron and wife, Tract Hunting Quarter Township for $50. Carl V. Daniels and wife to El more Daniels, 1-2 acre Morehead Township, for $100. J. B. Colt Co. to H. L. Meincke, 130 55-100 acres, Newport Township for $10. ' G. W. Golden et al to L. A. Lewis, 5 acres Straits, for $100. DR. JOHNSON TO CONDUCT CLINIC FCR NEEDY CHILDREN Dr.'Johnson will conduct a contin uous tonsil and adenoid clinic at his infirmary in Morehead City three times a week which will be free to the poor and needy children of the county. All those wishing examina tion will please Communicate with Mrs. F. C. Salisbury, Welfare Work-'. er of.Moieehad City. The clinic will i last until the opening of school and , all patients will have hospital atten tion. .. I Mrs. Ivey Guthrie of Vanceboro spent several days here this week. County Pays Exactly Half Healtli Department Expense The announcement in last week's issue of The News that no provision had been made in the county budget for the county health department seems to have -aroused considerable interest in the subject. There has been a good deal of discussion about the matter and naturally some peo ple take one side and some the oth er. Not many people seem to know what the health department is cost-1 ing the county, in fact there appears to be some confusion about the mat ter. - In order to get some information as to the relative parts of the expense f maintaining the Health department borne by the county and the State the News wrote to Dr. Laughinghouse who is at the head of the State Board of Health. It will be seen from his letter that the State contributes $2, 520 and the International Health Board, which is backed by the Rocke feller Foundation, contribute $1680. The county spends an amount equal to the two mentioned. Dr. Laugh inghouse's letter probably will be of interest to many readers of the News and so it is published herewith: Mr. W. G. Mebane, Editor The Beaufort News, Beaufort, N. C. Dear Mr.- Mebane : The budget for the Carteret County Health Department for the current MAY ESTABLISH GAME PRESERVES Board. of -Conservation An Development To Consider . .Several Proposals . i' MOREHEAD CITY July 11 (INS)-YFi8h, game, forest, minerals statistics and other topics will come under discussion here July 12 when the State Board of Conservation and Development holds its first meeting since its reorganization last winter. Definite decisions regarding polic irs of the department dealing with various features of its work will be made at the session, it was expected. It ws expected that final action would be taken toward the establish ment the first game preserve to be set aside by the State Deer Park, in Mitcheti County. The park has been offered to the state by Ex-Senator J. E. Burleson, of Spruce Pine. Another which will be taken be fore the board is the proposal of the Stokes County Chamber of Commerce and the Sauratown Izaak Walton League to establish a large game and fish preserve in Stokes County, con sisting; of 25,000 acres. Other offers of lands for preserves, including one from Halifax County, will be considered. Recommendations to be taken up by the board include: 1. That an open season for brook, rainbow and mountain trout be April 15 to September 1 in all moun tain counties. 2. That the open season for bass be July 1 to October 1, and in the eastern counties from April 15 ;to June 15. SACRED CONCERT SUNDAY AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH .A concert is to be given at the First Baptist church Sunday evening at 8 o'clock which promises to be an event of. considerable interest. A good program has been prepared which will be rendered by a n,umbev of the best vocalists and instrument alists' iii Beaufort The program for the evening will be as follows: 1. Prelude C minor Chopin Glennie Paul. 2. Hymn "All Hail the Power of Jesus Name Holden Congrega tion. 3. Prayer 4. Anthem "The Night is Clos ing'' C. B. Adams Choir. 5. Vocal Solo "Face to Face" H. Johnson.-F. E. Hyde. '6. Announcements. 7. Offering. 8. Anthem "The Comforter" I. B. Wilson Choir. '.). Piano Solo "Les Sylvains" C. Charminade Glennie Paul. 10. Vocal Solo Jane Ray Allen. 11. Vocal Duet "Raise Me Jesus to Thy Bosom" Huntly Mary C. and G. M. Paul. 12. Tenor Solo O Dry Those Eyes Teresa Del Reigo M. L. Dav is. 13. Male Quartette Davis, Paul, Swann, Hyde. . " 14. Piano Duet "Rigoletta" Verdi Daphne and Glennie Paul. 15. Hymn "My Faith Looks Up To Thee" Mason Congregation. ,16. 'benediction. .. calendar year totals $8,400.00 which (.mount is contributed from the fol lowing sources: Carteret County, 60 per cent $4,200.00 N. C. State Board of Health, 30 per cent 2,520.00 International Health Board 20 per cent 1,680.00 The International Health Board is participating in the Carteret County Budget in ' order to stimulate anti malaria work in that county. I had already noted the article in the last issue of The Beaufort News stating that no provision was. being made in the county budget for the continuation of the health depart ment I regret exceedingly that the county authorities drf not see fit to continue a piece of work that is prov ing to be of such great value to the county and from which increasingly large dividends would accrue. The State Board of Health, of course, is prepared o continue co operation . with Car ret -County if the local authorities sh'dld decide to continue the appropriation for health work and I am sincerely hope ful that this will be done. Very truly yours, Chas. O' H. piughinghouse, : ' Secretary and State Health Officer. Raleigh, N. C. July 12, 1927. National Guard Is Ndw At Camp Glenn Camp Glenn, July 13 The annual encampment of the 120th Infantry N. C. national guard is in progress at Camp Glenn this week. Colonel Don Scott is in .command of the regiment. There are approximately 1200 offif ers and men in Camp. The usual drills, setting up exercises ahd target practice are being carried out. The men are in very good shape and seem to be enjoying their experience in camp. While they have to work pretty hard they also have a several hours every day in which they can go enjoy themselves bathing, fishing and other water sports. The weather has been fine and other conditions good. The shuttle train between Camp Glenn and Beaufort has not been put in operation as yet. EARLY SWEETS SELLING WELL Truckers Around Straits Are Beginning To. Ship This Week. Prices Good Carteret county farmers are set ting so that they have something to s;;i; all the year around it seems. Be es truck ;iops of many sorts thej eet three crops of potatoes a year Irish potatoes in the spring, early s'veets in midsummer and the regular .et-D Dotdto crop in the fall ond W.'JHfrf. . The midsummer crop of early cweet potatoes, mostly Yellow Barks, began moving this week. Messrs. H. O. Whitehurst and Walter Gwynn of Straits made a shipment of 89 crates today. They also shipped some Tuesday. Messrs. W. C. Chadwick and R. H. Davis of Straits have also shipped some Yellow Barks and thtre may have been a few others that the News has not heard of. By this time next week a good many other growers will be shipping Yel low Barks to northern markets. These potatoes are bringing good prices now and those who can ship early should do well. ,This week they have been bringing $10 a barrel," or" $X33 "1-3 for the bushel hampers. ' Today's quotations indicate still higher prices, A great many early sweets are grown in the Elizabeth City district but the crop there is a little later than it is here. Carteret county's early Irish. po tato crop was practically all market ed several weeks ago. As usual but few potatoes of thitt crop were left for home consumption. Some very nire ones were brought to town this week" by Mr. C. V Hill who raised them on the Murray Thomas farm. Mr. Hill planted these late and got a pood yield from his planting, about fourteen to one. MOREHEAD CITY TRIAL DRAWS, LARGE CROWD Morehead City, July 13 A large crowd was on hand at the city hall Monday night to hear the trial of Messrs George Alferman and Tracy Harker charged with fighting. Some thing of a sensational nature was expected to come out at the hear ing, but did not do so. Mayor Luth er Hamilton decided that both men weie guilty and fined them $10 and the costs each. Mr. Alferman is the manager of the water stnd light plant here and the fight took place at th plant some days 'ago. . Mr. W. J. Clint has resigned his po sition as City Clerk and the same has been accepted. He tendered his resignation several weeks ago but the board did not accept it at that time. Old Time Fishing Enjoyed By Sportsmen Sportsmen who have been fishing around here( recently are beginning to hope that something like the sport of former years will be enjoyed a gain. For several years fishing, in so far as sportsmen are concerned, has not been up to the old time stan dards. In the last week or so some very nice catches have been made and the hopes of fishermen for further successes have advanced correspond ingly. One recent catch will illustrate what is being done. . On Friday W E. Mewborn, of Kinston; R. E. Sen- telle, of Raleigh, and A. B. Cooke, of Beaufort, were out for two or three hours and caught more than 100 fish, some of which were fine specimens. In the lot were 68 trout, 14 blue fish, and about 50 others of various sorts, among which were sev eral flounders. These fish were caught in the neighborhood of Shackleford Banks. The men, of course, did not catch all that bit and there was scarce ly a minute that lines were not be ing pulled in and rebaited. Captain TAX QUESTION NOW INTERESTS COUNTY BOARDS The Great Problem Is To Meet Expenses Without Raising Tax Ra'es SHOULD ASSESS CORRECTLY (County Government Information C. M. Johnson, Executive Secretary) Raleigh, July 11 The question ol carrying on the activities of the coun ty without increasing the tax rate is now facing the board of county com missioners in many of the counties, for the budget estimates which they received from the accountants last week show an increase in the amount of money proposed to be spent next year over the expenditures of the past year. There are certain things that tne boards shall do that may have a bear ing on the tax rate for next year. First, there is a further analysis oi the budget if the figures have not al ready been published. Increased asked for should be scrutinized very carefully, in order that waste m the conduct of activities and departments may be eliminated. The board of commissioners is also charged under the Machinery Act to sit, beginning this week, as a board of equalization and review tor the pur pose of equalizing the valuation of real and personal property as shown on the tax lists, so that each tract of land or article of personal property shall be entered on the tax list at its true value. The board should also see that new property is added to the list. In fact, everything that can reasonably be done before August 1, when this work must be completed, should be done, as a proper aswsessment is a big factor in keeping down the tax rate. Forsythe County, with its rate of 55 cents on $100 of property is said to give much care to its work of assess ing. This is a quadrennial year, that is, one' of the'f our years when the val uation of real property is made. Af ter the assessment on such proper ty is made, it cannot be changed un til four years from now, except for extraordinary causes. Any citizen,, however, who is dissatisfied with the valuation of his property may appeal to the State Board of Assessment, which board shall fix a time for the hearing of such an appeal. Efficiency and thoroughness in ev ery phase of the .administration of the board of county commissioners and other officials in the counties are necessary if the county government in this state is to repeal the full bene fits of its new system. Charles Clifton took the party out in the Sea Pal. MRS. SMITH QUITE ILL. Friends of Reverend and Mrs. L. L. Smith will learn with deep regret of the serious illness of Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Smith's sister came to Beaufort for a short stay and took the Smith children back with her until 'the re covery of the mother, which her friends hope will be a speedy one. 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. Hifh Tide Low Tide IS Friday, July 8:12 8:31 A. M. 2:08 A. P. A. P. A. P. A. P. A. P. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. P. M. 1:58 Saturday, July 16 A. M. 2:51 8:57 9:15 9:44 10:03 10:35 10:54 11:30 11:31 12:25 12:31 12:49 1:45 P. M. 2:47 Sunday, July 17 A. M. 3:36 P. M. 3:38 Monday, July 18 A. M. P. M. Tuesday. A. M. P. M. 4:22 4:33 19 5:10 5:32 July Wednesday, July 20 P. M. 6:02 A. M. 6:37 Thursday, July 21 P. M. 6:57 A. M. 7:45 A. M. M. M. M P. A. P. In Lenoir County this summer, many farmers are arranging their cropping systems to take care of in creased hog feeding this winter.
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