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VOLUME XVI
12 PAGES TWO SECTIONS
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY, JULY 21, 1927
PRICE Sc SINGLE COPY
NO.29
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Eqiialization Board Hearing
Complaints As To Valuation
The tax assessors of the county
sitting as a board of equalization
have been in session all this week for
the purpose of hearing complaints
from property owners. Members of
the board state that they have not
had very many kicks and that as a
rule they have been able to adjust
any complaints they have had with
out making any material reductions
in valuations. The plan on which
they operate Is to show a dissatisfied
landowner that his holdings have been
listed on the same basis as his neigh
bors' have been listed. Monday and
Tuesday were set aside for White
Oak, Newport, Harlowe, Merrimon,
Cedar Island, Hunting . Quarter,
Ltraits, Marshallberg, Smyrna, Hark
er's Island. Yesterday was Beaufort
day and today belongs to Morehead
township.
A considerable number of Beau
fort people came before the board
yesterday and entered objections to
the valuations put on their property.
Perhaps the most strenuous kick
made before the board was that of
Mr. R. Hugh Hill in regard to the
Hill property adjoining the east of
town on the water fTont and running
back to the cemetery road.- This
property said to. contain about ten
acres, and exclusive of several lots
owned by others, is listed at $21,000.
The tract of land has never been im
proved in any way. Mr. Hill ob
jected to the valuation on the ground
that other property along the water
front and adjacent to a paved road
is on the books for $600 an acre.
The board decided to let the valuation
stand Mr. Hill stated that he would
take it to the county commissioners,
who meet Monday, and if necessary
would go to the Supreme Court. Per
sons who are not satisfied with val
uations on their property have the
right of appeal The board is com
posed of D. W. Morton, chairman,
Charles Webb, D. E. Langdale, R. L.
Daniels, Raymond Ball, Norman Gas
kill, Furney Taylor, Charlei Davfs." ?
A. H. PApDISON DIES
AT HOME IN BURCAW
Burgaw, July 17 A. H Paddison
died here Saturday evening at 6:10
o'clock. He had been in failing
health for the past three years but
was confined to his bed less than a
week. (
He was born in Fanquier County,
Virginia, November 5, 1894 but has
been a resident of this county since
he was six years of age. His life
was a full one. He was a Mason and
a faithful member of the Presbyter
jan church. He served the county
six years as the first sheriff of Pen
der county to be elected by the peo
ple. He represented his county in
the State Senate and served on the
board of County Commissioners. For
several years during the latter part
of his life, he very capably served
the town as its mayor, which office
he held until ill health prevented his
service.
Mr. Paddison was married in Dec
ember, 1872, to Miss Blanche Simp
son who died six years ago. " To this
union were born fourteen children,
nine of whom survive him. They
are; Mrs. H. I. Cook, of High Point
Mrs. Hugh Overstreet, of ' Beaufort,
Mrs. H. I. Johnson of Tarboro: Mrs.
F. V. Fields of Moorsville; Miss
Maude Paddison, of Burgaw, George
L. of Montana, R. H. of Central
America; E. C. of Nashville, and E
G. of Burgaw.
The Masons had charge of the fun
eral services which was held Sunday
afternoon at four o'clock, the Rev.
Clarke officiating. '
JOHN BUNYAN RETURNS.
John Bunyan Congleton, a well
known citizen of Beaufort, returned
to the city last Sunday afternoon
from Raleigh where he had been
since the January term of Superior
Court. He was sent to the State
Hospital for the insane by Judge E.
H. Cranmer. He had been tried on
the charge of larceny and the jury
acquitted him, but the Judge decid
ed that his mental condition was such
that he should be sent to the hospital.
Dr. Albert Anderson,, superintendent
of the .hospital .wrote the authorities
here that he did not consider it nec
essary to keep the man there any
longer and so John made a bee line
for home
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Only one permit to wed has been
issued by Register-' of Deeds R. W.
Wallace and that was to John Sam
mons, New Bern and Dirna DarSng,
Be ufort.
LARGE PAY ROLL
BEING PREPARED
FOR REGIMENT
It Is Estimated That It Will
Take 332,000 To Pay Of
ficers And Men
Camp Glenn, July 20 The enc .ip
! ment of tha 120 infantry which has
been in progress at Camp Glenn now
for nearly two weeks seems to aave
been one of the most successful ones
ever held there. The men have ione
a lot of hard work at drilling and
target practice but they have i bout
gotten over their soreness and s re in
good physical condition. On Tnurs
day afternoon a dress parade in hon
or gf the North Carolina Press Asso
ciation is to be given
It looks as if Lieut. H. C. Long, of
K. company, Shelby, is to lea 1 the
regiment again this year on tht! rifle
nnge, his score, 238 out of a possi
ble 250, duplicates his record of last
year, and is regarded as a very high
score.
The Third. Battalion, which f nish
d its record firing on the rifle vange
this morning, qualified five epert
rifle men, including the commai ding
officer, Maj. G. K.Hobbs. Cap;. C.
H. Burnett, of I Company, Wilming
ton, tied Private Carson R. Htrter,
of L Company, Parkton, with a store
of 232. Capt. Peyton McSwain. of
K. Company, Shelby, -was the fifth
man, with a score of 238 ,
The first and second battalions
were on the drill this morning, work
ing out assigned problems and doing
extended order drilling while the
Third Battalion was finishing its ir
ing on the rifle rangew Te. jach.ne
"guA 'companies having- finished W th
their firing, are putting in their time
on the drill field, giving much atten
tion to the working out of problems.
This afternoon the Second Battal
ion, under the command of Maj. Ste
phen B. Dolly, began its preliminary
firing in the rifle range, while the
First Battalion was on the automatic
rifle range.
Camp Closes Soon
The fact that the camp is entering
the final phase of its existence is well
illustrated by the activity in the of
fice of the paymaster today, where a
number of officers and men here have
been working over the payrolls under
the supervision of Lieut. Col. Gordon
Smith. It is estimated that it will
require $32,000 to pay off the officers
and men for the 15 days in camp. In
this work Captain Charles Earden has
been assisted by Lieut. J. G. Bickel
jsnd Sergeant Montague, of the quar
ter master detachment.
In his report at the officers meet
ing this morning Capt. J. C. Demp
sey, provost marshall of the camp,
reported that the behavior of the men
of the regiment during the week-end
was the best in its history This
fact has received much commentand
commendation in Morehead City, and
nearby places. ' '
New Baking Plant
Opens In Beaufort
Beaufort's latest business enter
prise is the Electrik Maid Bakery
which ia now getting ready to open.
The new bakery will be in the W. P.
Smith building on Front street. It
is 'located between the stores of W.
P. Smith and that pf Richard Felton
and Son. The bakery is owned by
Electrik-Maid Baking Company thi
principal stockholders of which are
G. S. Hancock and T. G. Gillikin of
Marshallberg.
While there are a considerable
number of electric bakeries over the
country this is the first one to open
in this section. All of the cooking
is done by electricity and it is claim
ed that this method has advantages
over others in the way of conven
ience and sanitation. The new bak
ery will be ready for business in a
few days and as an advertisement in
this paper states loaves of bread will
be given away to the first 200 cus
tomers. A full line of bakery pro
ducts will be handled by the Electrik
Maid Bakery ' ,
CONCERT GREATLY ENJOYED.
A large crowd gathered at the Bap
tist church last Sunday night for the
musical concert given by local talent
o Eeaufort. The concert was thor
oughly enjoyed. A good many peo
p'e from surrounding towns drove to
Beaufort for the concert. , , ,
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A. C.
President of the North Carolina
over the meeting of that body in
MILL PLANT SOLD
TOKINSTONMAN
Price Regarded As Low. Sale
Will Have lo Ue Confirmed
By Court V
New Bern, July,18 C. Felix Har
vey,tf Kfnstdn, was tha highest bid
der today for'Ca'rteret county prop
erty of the bankrupt Kinston Knit
ting company, of Kinston, offered for
sale in Beaufort by Cowper, Whit
aker and Allen, Kinston attorneys,
for the receivers, the Farmers and
Merchants bank and Lee H, Harvey,
of Kinston.
The bid was $100, subject to the
liens against the company This a-
mounts to approximately $18,000 as
the Carteret county liens form about
one-fifth of the total liens of $88,500
against both the' Kinston and Beau
fort properties of the company. The
sale will be subject to confirmation
by Superior court August 22 in Kins
ton. Only a few other local bids
were received. Mr. Harvey was a
main creditor of the mill. His son
is one of the receivers. The Beau
fort property included only a small
wooden plant anH nine tracts of land.
The more valuable Kinston mill prop
erty of the company wijl be sold to
morrow at Kinston.
The knitting mill property in Beau
fort consists of the, factory building
considerable machinery, ., good deal
of land and a number of tenement
houses some of which are very good
buildings. It is thought here by per
sons who are supposed to know some
thing of the value of the plant that
$18,000 is a rather low price for it.
The mill had been operated here for
a number of years and is generally
supposed to have been profitable. An
effort w:i made here some months
ago to organize a company to buy
the property but it was not done.
BEAUFORT CAFE REOPENS
UNDER OLD MANAGEMENT
The Beaufort Cafe which was op
erated for a few months by a Greek
firm unsuccessfully and closed about
two weeks ago, has been, reopened.
Mrs. W. H. Barbour the widow of the
late W. H. Barbour, who ran the
place for several years with consid
erable success, is now in charge of
the restaurant. The place has been
oerhauled and put in good shape
and has been in operation for about
a week. . -
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT.
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. M. Bell wish to
announce the birth of a daughter,
Betty Lou. Born Sunday night, Ju
ly 17. Mother and baby are both
doing finely.
LAWN PARTY FRIDAY.
Rebekah Lodge I. O. O. F. will give
a lawn party Friday (tomorrow) ev
ening at beginning at six o'clock. It
will be held on the iawn of Mrs.
Carl Chadwick. Refreshments ".vil!
be served and the public is invited to
attend.
HUNEYCUTT
Press Association who is presiding
session at Morehead Bluffs
NEWSPAPER FOLKS
NOW IN SESSION
I JGood Attendance Present At
- Morehead Villa. Business
i Problems Discussed Today
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The North Carolina Tress A-so-
l ctotion "made a very aaspicious si.art
last" tight at Morehead V ilia and
meribers say they think the session
will be a very gdod 1 one. When
President Hunneycutt called the
meeting to order about a quarter past
eight a very considerable crowd was
in the convention hall. Many mem
bers r.ever arrive in time for the op
ening meeting and so a good' many
were expected to r.rrive this morn
ing. A special Pullman car brought
a crowd of people from the west but
most of those who are in attendance
came in their own cars.
After the meeting was called to or
der the invocation was made by the
Reverend R. C. Holden of Morehead
City pastor of one of the Methodist
churches there. This was followed
hy an address of welcome delivered
by W. G. Mebane of Beaufort. Thd
response to this was made by Editor
Roland F. Eeasly of Monroe. The
field secretary, B. Arp Lowranca of
Charlotte then read 'his annual re
port. This showed that the associa
tion had made a substantial growth
pnd that the newrpjper business in
the State is making satisfactory prog
ress. . Miss Beatrice Cobb of the
Morganton News-Herald made some
announcements and the meeting ad
journed. This afternoon Captain John A.
Nelson will take a party of the news
j.aper folks on a trip to Cape Look
out on the Atlantic and a dress pa
lade in their honor will be given by
the 120th regiment at Camp Glenn.
Tonight a military ball is to take
uluce at the Atlantic hotel which some
of the newspaper people may attend
and a banquet for them will be given
nt the Villa beginning at eight o'clock
A business meeting took place this
morning .beginning at nine thirty.
Friday mori' there will be a sim
ilar meeting' The convention will
adjourn Friday evening but a good
many of the editors will ,spend sev
eral days in Morehead City and Beau
fort. Yesterday afternoon a good
many visitors went over to the ocean
for a surf bath and others went on
fishing trips. All report a good
lime.
HELD ON WHISKEY CHARGE.
Bud Stevens and La Fayette Cope3,
both colored, were arrested Saturday
night on West Beaufort bridge by
dt-pvty sheriff R. E. Chaplain with a
small quantity of whiskey in their
possession. They were tried by
Magistrate H. D. Norcom and held
for the highcr court under bonds of
$150 each which they gave. -
Miss Hal Morson left Saturday for
Morehead City to spend a few days
with her brother Mr. Hugh Morson
and family at the Atlantic Hotel be
fore returning to her home in Raleigh.
Police Court Had
Good Many Cases
A considerable number of cases
were disposed of by Mayor Jones last
Friday afternoon. In practically all
the cases the defendants submitted
to the charees and were let off with
small fines. There were several cas
ts of traffic law violations. The rec
ord is as follows:
Joe Fulford, (colored), drunk,
sentence, $5 and costs.
Ellis Baxter (Colored) drunk, !j
and costs.
Tom Sadler, drunk, $5 and costs.
Claus Harvey, drunk, $1 and costs.
Julian Austin, disorderly conduct,
$5 and costs.
Julian Austin, charged with drunk-
eness, acquitted.
Lottie Stanley, disorderly conduct.
$1 and costs.
Dave Mason, throwing rocks, judg
ment suspended on payment of costs.
E. H. Potter. C. T. Eubanks, Har
lowe Chapin, violating traffic law,
lights out, judgment suspended.
Daniel Kirk, violating traffic liw,
speeding $1 and costs.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
FOR THE CURRENT WEEK
Realty transactions recorded at the
office of Register of Deeds R W.
Wallace up to yesterday are as fol
lows: B. A. Bell, Mortgagee to D. H.
Lewis, part lot Beaufort, for $1315.
Beaufort Realty Corp. to Warren
S. Mann, 2 lots West Beaufort for
$10.
Guy F. Hundgins and wife to Guy
D. Hudgins et al. part lot Beaufort
for $1.
Beaufort Realty Corp. to A. M
Maupin 1 lot West Beaufort for $10
Lola Davis et al to Blanchard Dav
is, 1-3 acre Davis, for $75
Bank of Beaufort, Mortgagee tc
J. F. Duncan, Trustee, 14 acres Hont
ing Quarter Township for $119.50.
C. G. Atwood to J. D. Frazer, tract
Morehead Township, for $1.00.
Morehead Bluffs Inc. to Mrs. Nel
lie F. Sanborn, 1 lot Morehead Bluffs,
for $690.
- T. D Webb and wife to Jas. Tay
lor, 1 lot Morehead City for $10.
Morehead Bluffs Inc. to Miss Geor
gia Hicks, 2 lots Morehead Bluffs for
$1375.
Luther Hamilton, Trustee to J. E
Woodland, 1 lot Morehead City for
$1000.
Alex Pittman and wife to J. T.
Mason, 1 acre Merrimon for $50.
C. W. Scott and wife to C. W.
Scott, tract near Newport for $10.
SHUTTLE TRAIN RUNNING
FROM BEAUFORT TO CAMP
The shuttle train between Beaufort
and Camp Glenn started Monday and
the News is informed that it will run
until the 25th. The train makes
regular schedule trips in the after
noon and night, making stops at the
Atlantic Hotel and at the station in
Morehead City. The schedule for the
shuttle train is as follows.
Ar. Beaufort Lv. Beaufort
5:00 PM. , 5:10 PM.
7:30 P.M. 7:50 PM.
8:50 PM. 9:00 PM.
10:35 PM. 10:40 PM
New Fish Dealers
Open In Beaufort
Beaufort is to have a new whole
saleand retail fish dealing firm. The
new firm is that of Congleton and
Mann and it opened up this week in
the Simmons building, better known
as Davis Hall, at the southwest cor
ner of Turner and Front Streets. The
new concern occupies a room on the
water front of the building.
The members of the new sea food
concern are Mr. Don Congleton of
Beaufort and Mr. Charles Mann of
Wilson . Mr. Congleton will be in
active charge of the business. They
will handle a full line of salt water
products. Mr. Congleton has been
in the fish business for many years
and is well experienced in thta line.
EXUM BOUND OVER
TO SUPERIOR COURT
The trial of R. D. Exum charged
with driving a car while under th
influence of liquor was held at th
toutihou3e Tuesday afternoon Mag
'.straie H. D. Norcom who hel l the
the trial decided that there was prub
(Jble cause and bound the defendant
ever to Superior Court under bond
of $750, which he did net gie at thst
time. Exum has been held in the
city jail at Morehead City ri-'ce the
aecidtrit which occurred on the 3rd
of July. At the hearing Tu.iday
Attorney C. R. Wheatly appeared for
the prosecution, and Attorney W. C.
Gorham represtented the defendant.
BEAUFORT AIM
CAME LAST WEEK
Tax Rate Will Be Lowered If
Town's Condition Will Per
mit It To Be Done
The audit of the business of the
town of Beaufort, which had been ex
pected for a month or so, arrived last
week Members of the Finance
Committee have given'' some study to
the audit and there has been some
informal discussion of it among mem
bers of the board. No "meeting of
the board has been held since the
audit arrived and in so far as the
News is aware nothing will be done
about the audit until the regular meet
ing in August.
Members of the board have ex
pressed themselves as hoping that
when the tax levy is- made that it
a little. It may stay at the .
will be possible to reduce the rate a
little. It may stay at the same fig
ure that it was last year but there
seems to be no probability of an ad
vance. If the board can carry on
the town's business without crippling
it in any way and at the same time re
duce the town's tax rate they will do
so. It does not seem to be the
board's intention though to sacrifice
efficiency for the sake of economiz
ing a little. The town's tax rate will
depend largely upon the total valu
ation of property. No figures have
been given out yet as to what the
valuation will be since the new ap
praisals were made but it is expect
ed to show a considerable gain over
last year. The board expects to
hrve a statement made tip from the
i.udit showing the condition of the
town's tfairs and publish the same.
A i;:atter of considerable importance
v -rich has been held op wiile wait
.t;g for th-? audit is that of acting on
the question of selling the city's
water and light plant. The board
expects to take this up at the next
meeting and decide whether or not
to call an election to let the Voters
decide, whether, to sell the plant or
not. ' w
BEAUFORT BASEBALL TEAM
TO PLAY SEVERAL GAMES
The local base ball team plays Ken
ly here the 28th and 29th and all the
rooting support of the home town is
desired, as Kenly won the champion
ship of the first half of the Central
Carolina League, and some stiff
games are expected when the two
nines mix here on the above dates.
Morehead City plays here today
(Thursday) and although it has not
been definitely assured, it is thought
that Messic "will Mnvade Highland
Park Friday and Saturday.
FAMOUS POLITICIAN
HAS PASSED AWAY
Statesville, July 16 Col. A. D.
Watts, former collector of internal
revenue and recognized as a leader
in the state s Democracy for many
years, passed away at 5 o'clock Fri
day afternoon at Dr. Long's sanator
ium here, suffering with uraemie
poisoning. Col. Watts entered the
hospital Saturday, July 9, fo: treat
ment. Wednesday he had a sinking
spell and dropped into unconscious
ness, from which . he never rallied
His death had been exnected momen
tarily for more than 48 hours before
the end came.
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, July 22
1:53 A. M. 8:03 A. M. -
2:38 P. M. 8:55 P. M. ;
Saturday, July 23
2:59 A. M." 8:54 A. M.
3:33 P. M.V 10:01 P. M.
. Sunday, July 24 j
4:03 A. M. 9:54 A. M. .
4:43 P. M. , 11:03 P. M.
Monday, July 25 '
5:04 A ' M. 10:52 A. M. 5
5:38 P." M. 11:05 P. M.
Tuesday, July 26
3:59 A. M. 11:59 A. M. ' 1
6:31 llt48 P. M.
Wednesday, July 27
6:51 A. M. 12:48 P.,M. 1
7:19 P. M., -12:39 A M. J
Thursday, July 28
j 7:39 A. M. 1:34 P. M. , 1
8:04 P. M. 1:28 A. M. j
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