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VOLUME XVI
12 PAGES TWO SECTIONS
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY AUGUST 4, 1927
PRICE 5c SINC COPY
NUMBER 31
News
14
COOLroGE SAYS
NOT CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENT
Announcement Made Tuesday
On Anniversary Day He Was
First Inaugurated
r CAUSES GREAT SURPRISE
Rapid City, S. D., Aug. 2 Presi
dent Coolidge today issued the simple
statement that "I do not choose to
run for President in 1928." taking
his close associates by complete sur
prise. This typewritten announcement
was handed to newspapermen by Mr.
Coolidge in his executive office at
noon today and a faint smile lighted
his face as he replied to the astound
ed group taat there was no comment.
Lights Political Firei
The fourth anniversary of his tak
ing the oath of office upon the death
of Warren G. Harding was selected
by the President for making the an
nouncement which tonight seemed to
have lighted the fires of the 1928
political campaign.
Throughout the remainder of the
day Mr. Coolidge retreated alone to
the quietude of his favorite fishing
hole near the state game lodge, where
be is spending the summer.
The statement's wording seemed
to have left some political leaders
.Ttill speculating tonight whether Mr.
Coolidge would be brought into the
approaching campaign.
Mr. Coolidge will have served five
years and seven months at the close
of the four-year term to which he
was elected in 1924. Having entered
the White House in 1923 upon the
death of President Harding. It was
just four years ago that Mr. Cool
idge was the central figure in an
event of world-wide interest when he
took the oath of office by light of
an oil lamp in the Vermont home of
his father. 0
Come As Surpris -"
There are few things within rea
son that Mr." Coolidge could have
done which would have caused more
complete surprise here than his brief
announcement today. It is safe to
say 'that no single person with him
had the slightest inkling of what was
going to happen.
At the close of his Tegular Tues
day morning conference with the
press correspondents, the President
'requested the newspapermen to re
turn at noon, and the two and a
half hours consumed in waiting were
fraught with the widest range of
speculation.
Promptly at 12 o'clock the corre
spondents were requested to enter
the President's private office. He
sat behind the long mahogany table
which he uses for his desk in the
school room, leaning far back in his
chair and smoking a cigar which was
held in an ivory holder. Just a trace
of a smile, more around 'his eyes
than his lips, lighted up his face.
Air of Expectancy
No doubt it was the air of expec
tancy that the newsp-permen brought
with them that caused the taut atmos
phere, but when the incident is re
called, it seemed as if Mr. Coolidge
himself gave the eppearance of know
ing he was about to make an an
nouncement which was destined to
electrify the nation.
He 'rose quickly even before all
had entered, took his cigar frmo his
mouth and looking toward the back
of the room asked:
"Is everyone here now?"
The last filed into the room and
the group moved close to Mr. Cool
idge's desk. Except for the news
writers, there were present only the
members of the President's personal
staff and Senator Capper of Kansas,
l.imself a publisher.
"Will you please file past me'," no
one waited until all had been given
out, but no sooner had each man re
ceived his slip then he opened it to
be taken so completely by surprise
that only a blank look of amozement
was discernable to the men who were
still in line.
Finally all of the slips had been
given out and for a moment there
was a dead pause. Some folded their
slips mechanically; looked around and
then reopened them to read again
for fear their eyes had deceived
them. .
No Comment by President
"I do not choose to run for Pres
ident in 1928," it read, standing out
boldly in black typewritten words on
thin white paper. Then some one
to the rear of the room recovered
from his astonsihment to ask in a low
voice, but one which seemed to be
a shout. "Does the President care
to comment further?"
Mr. Coolidge promptly answered,
"No" And the wild rush for the
door commenced. Every one forgot
the Presidentand remembered o:iiy
Snowden Farm Leased
By Virginia Trucker
Recognizing the possibilities of
growing truck in Carteret county Mr.
K. W. Knight of Portsmouth, Vir
ginia, who is an experienced trucker,
came here last week and closed a
deal with the Beaufort Banking and
Trust Company for the place
known as the Snowden farm. Mr.
Wrght leased the farm with an op
tion of buying it later if he wishes
to do so.
Mr. M. S. Snowden who once own
ed the place referred to operated it
very successfully for several years.
He raised some fine crops of potatoes
there. The land there is well adapt
ed for potatoes and in fact most any
kind of truck. There are 100 acres
in the place of which 25 are cleared.
Mr. Wright will bring a number of
cold frames with him from Virginia
and raise early vegetables. Next
spring, he expects to plant a good
many potatoes. He has been nego
tiating for some other land nearby
and it is possible that he will increase
his acreagge. Mr Wright comes
from a trucking section and it' is pos
sible that others in that vicinity may
come to Carteret county in order to
get the advantages of a milder cli
mate. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The Jist of recent real estate trans
actions as recorded in the office oi
the Register of Deeds is as follows:
H. L. Potter and wife to Beaufort
Realty and Investment Corporation,
tract Beaufort Township for $100.
C. P. Dey Mortgagee to Frank L.
King et al, 1 lot Beaufort, for $1555
Beaufort Realty Corp to E. M.
Thompson, 5 lots West Beaufort for
$10.
G. L. Cotten etal to G. W. Duncan
et al, 1 lot Beaufort for $1500.
R. B. Gillikin and wife Jo Beau
fort Banking and Trust Co., 102 ac
res Beaufort Township for $7,500.
C. O.H. Boyd to W. C. Gorham, 2
lots Morehead City, for $450.
E. H. Gorham and wife to Irvin J.
Davis, 2 lots Morehead City for
$1000.
J. C. Mason and wife to James
Pittman, 1 acre Merriznon, for $100
Rainfall During July
Was Less Than Usual
The official weather report Tor ttie
Beaufort area shows that the rainfall
for the month was less than an aver
age and that the temperature was
quite cool at times and also pretty
hot at other times. There was a good
breeze from the southwest for 14
days, from the south for 6 days and
northerly and easterly winds the rest
of the time. The lowest tempera
ture, 56 degrees, was recorded, , on
the 1st. The hottest was on the
28th and reached 93 above zero. The
rainfall for the month was 3.82 inch
es. The average is $.49 inches. The
temptrature figures are given below;
Max. Min.
1. . ..82 56
2 85 ' GO
3 ,L 81 70
4 86 71
5 82 6i!
C
7
8
9
10
... 83
... 85
89
86
.i 87
83
.'...89
89
82
82
86
89
87
84
....87
87
86
88
88
84
87
89
93
89
, ..92
-..:...89
62
71
71
CO
70
72
76
77
72
72
74
75
76
70
65
71
71
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23.
24
25
26
27
28
29
72
72
80
70
73
72
77
78
78
30
31
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Two permits to marry have been
issued at the office of the Register
of Deeds recently. They were to:
L. A. Williamson Rocky Mount and
Allie E.'.Harrell of Beaufort.
Stephen "Buck, Morehead City and
Julia E. Currier, Morehead City.
that he carried in his hand an an
nouncement of the first importance
to every newspaper in the country.
County Farm Agent, Hugh Over-t-treet
and family who nave been liv
ing on Ann street moved Monday to
their farm on New Bern road.
Restraining Order Stops Work
On Approach
Work on the approach to the New
port River bridge on the Morehead
City side has been indefinitely sus
pended. This is due to the fact that
u restraining order hat, been issued
by United States Judge Johnston J.
Hayes forbidding the town of More
head City to proceed with the work.
The action was brought by the Norfolk-Southern
Railroad through its
counsel, Moore and Dunn of New
Bern. The matter will come up a-
gain before Judge Hayes Saturday
in Goldsboro when it will be decided
whether the injunction shall be made
permanent or not.
As the News understands thr mat
ter, the railroad company con plains
BOARD REFUSES
N-S REQUEST
Shifting And Cinder Oidinan
ces Not Repealed. M lyor
Casts Deciding Vofe
A considerable number cf matters
were discussed by the board of town
commissioners at their meeting Mon
day. The one that took i.he most
time was that of the repeil of the
ordinances in regard to the shifting
of cars after nine o'clock at night
and that in regard to dif charging
Emoke and cinders by locomotives.
Superintendent L. P. Kenredy and
agent Seth Gibbs were present and
asked the board to repeal he ordi
nances, i-
Commisioner Hill led the fight a
gainst repealing the ordinS ice. Af
ter a length discussion . a vote was
taken which resulted in a tie. Com
missioner Potter and Whitehurst
voted to repeal and Messrs Chadwick
and Hill against the motion. Mayor
Jones voted in the negative and so
the motion was killed. Commission
er Mason was not present.
A petition was presented to the
board, signed by 46 people, asking
that the artesian well on Front street
be repaired. It was referred to the
street committee. Messrs. U. E.
Swann and W. A. Mace, representing
the city school board were present
and asked for an appropriation of
$500 to connect the new school build
ing for whites with the city sewer
system. After some debate it was
voted on and carried three ,to one.
Commissioner Chadwick voting in
the negative. An application of
Henry D. Smith to lease a piece of
land at the end of Gordon street
tor $15 a year was granted condi
tionally. A motion was passed to
have water put in the home of Mrs.
Hattie Parkin. Several bids for put-
Average Attendance
At Police Court
Police court Friday afternoon was
about an average in attendance and
number of defendants ., tried. Those
on trial made no resistance and threw
themselves on the mercy of the court.
The following is the record:
Dave Sarrow Jiaving liquor in his
possession for he purpose of sal(
He was arrested Tuesday by Chief
longest with two containers filled
with liquor. Held for Superior
court under $150 bond.
Maik Washington 5 days on streets
plead guilty to charge of fighting.
Call Gabiicl drunk and disorderly,
pleaded guilty, $1 and costs.
Tom Sadler, drunk and disorderly,
$1 and costs.
Steve Dudley, drunk and disorder
ly, $2 and costs.
Chas. W. Smith, drunk and disor
derly, $1 and costs.
Autoists Will Make Another Attempt
To Cross State In One Day
Raleigh, July 30 (INS) Anoth
er attempt will be made to cross
North' Carolina's "Main Street"
State Highway Route 10 between
dawn and dusk, it was learned here
today.
The drive will be an effort to re
verse the recent successful tour of
R. T. Roughton, of Old Fort. The
drive will take place Tuesday, when
two natives of.Sylva leave the Georgia-Carolina
line, 10 miles beyond
Murphy, and plan to reach Morehead
City on the seacoast, before dusk.
The sche.lule, calls for making the
journey of neatly 600 miles in one
hour and 13 minutes less than Rough
ton spanned the State on July 15.
Roughton left Morehead City at 4 :05
A. M. and arrived at the State line
at 7:58 P. M. Eastern standard time.
H. E. Buchanan and J. H. Powell
are the Sylva citizens who will make
To Big Bridge
that the roadway being constructed
by the town from the Atlantic Hotel
to the toot of the bridge is too near
their tracks. They claim that it in
terferes with the loading and unload
ing of tars. The company claims a
right of way of 100 feet on each
side of their road. They want the
roadway built on the south side of
their right of way and the complaint
says they offered to give the town
40 feet on that side. A conditional
offer for a roadway on the north side
was also' made. Work on the two
drawbridges is still going on. The
News is informed that it will be sev
eral weeks yet before they are finish
ed. NEW MINISTER ARRIVES.
Reverend J. P. Harris and family
are getting settled in their new home
in Beaufort on Ann Street. Mr. Har
ris is the new minister of the First
Baptist !church and will resume his
duties Sunday. There will be church
bervice Sunday morning at eleven
o'clock and again at eight. The
public is cordially invited.
Reverend- L. L. Smith wishes to
commend to his congregation the
Reverend J. P. Harris. Mr. Smith
states that he has known him for a
number of years and has found him
to be a fine Christian gentleman. Mr.
Smith hopes that his congregation
will attend the First Baptist church
during his absence.'
EDUCATIONAL BOARD
HAD MEETING MONDAY
A meeting of the County Board of
Education was held in the offices of
Superintendent J. H. Workman Mon
day! The session was not a very long
one. The board decided to offer for
sale Broad Creek school building and
school An order was passed to have
a water pipe laid from Camp Glenn
to Camp Glenn school.
A inint mooinc nf ihn 0rlnrnt.innal
board and the Board of Commission-
el's was held. At this meeting of the
two boards Mrs. Ida C. Hall was elect
cd County Welfare Officer for the
ensuing year.
NEW DRUGGIST ARRIVES.
Mr. Frank Coller of Kenly arrived
Monday and is now employed with
the F. R. Bell drug store. Mr. Col
lier has hfid several years experience
in the drug business and comes here
well recommended as to character and
ability.
liin frtftf nn ha fttv Vlllll WPTP finPlY
I Ullg 1 VII lHV HVJ
! ed. In order to smooth out some
j details the matter was held open for
a few days. B. W. Arthur was al
lowed $60 for taking care of the
firetruck. -A motion was passed al
lowing the fire department $150 to
be used for several purposes.
Fishermen Make Haul
In Beaufort Harbor
Catching'tish in large quantities in
Peaufort harbor i . omtwhat unusual
and yet it does happen occasionally.
Of course sportsmen and small boys
do catch a few fish rather often but
the professionals hunt other grounds
us a rule. There was an exception
!(re Monday.
Captain Hoi Mason's crew out look
'ig for fat backs Monday noticed
several schools in the harbor and wenv
.ifter them. They made a hatll and
caught 10,000 in their seine. Other
boats also caught some. The large
menhaden boats are not fishing now.
Such fishing as is now going on is be
ing done by the smaller craft in the
sounds and rivers.
the trip. ,
While the Carolina Motor Club is
cooperating in the tour officials re
iterated that the organization's sanc
tion will not be given to any tour or
motorcade wherein the legal speed
limit is exceeded and the local motor
ists have pledged themselves to ob
serve the State speed laws.
Schedule for the trip follows:
Georgia-Carolina line 5 A. M.
Murphy 5:16: Andrews 5:35; Eryson
City OO: Waynesville 7:45; Ashe
ville 8:10; Black Mountain 9:05; Old
Fort 9:25; Marion '9:45; Morganton
10:20; Hickory 10:53; Newton 10:10;
StateKvil'.c 11:58; Salisbury 12:10
P. M.; Lexington 1:05; Thomasville
1:21; High Point 1:32; Greensboro
2; Burlington 2:35; Durham 3:25;
Raleigh 4 :05: Smithfield 4:50; Golds
noro 5;20; Kinston 5:50; New Bern
6:45; Morehead City 7:40.
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County Teachers Are
In Summer School Now
Teachers in Carteret County
Schools are taking advantage of the
summer months to improve profes
sionally. The majority of teachers
who will teach in the county next
year are attending summer hoo.Rate ,g Now $2J5 nitead Qf
most oi mem are i wre iv-...6!
schools. East Carolina Teachers Coll
ege, North Carolina College For
Women. Seashore Summer School,
Neuse Forest Summer School, Uni
versity of North Carolina, and Duke
University. Two teachers in the At
lantic School, Miss Dorothy Grubbs,
teacher of English, and Miss Mabel
Fvans, Normal Training Instructor,
are traveling in Europe.
Study and travel in the sirmmei
gives teachers new ideas and enables
them to make school work more in
teresting and of more practical value
to the pupils. The County Board of
Education requires all teachers in
Carteret . County to attend summer
school at least every three years.
However, Superintendent J. H. Work
man says that most of the teachers of
Carteret County Schools are attend
ing school this summer because they
want to improve professionally and
are not there just to meet the re
quirements for teaching next year.
EAST CAROLINA
CROPS LOOK GOOD
Tobacco And Corn Will Yield
Abuntantly and Cotton
Looks Good
It may not be the biggest and best
crop year on record in Eastern North
Carolina, but if the farmers do not
mop up on the products of this good
year, it will not be for the reason the
jield is not in evidence. Beginning
with Wake county all along No. 10
highway to Morehead City through
Johnston, Wayne, Lenoir, Craven
and Carteret counties, and returning
over No. 60 and 74 highways through
Johnston, Harnett, Moore, Montgom
ery, Stanly and Cabarrus, one is
gieeted with a scene on the farms
that would make the heart glad. On
every side and in every field the cot
ton, corn and tobacco is bountiful in
appearance. ,In some sections along
the highways men were plowing their
cotton probably for the last time. The
tops of the stalks would brush the
flies off the backs of the mules and
the men at the plows had to use
shields to keep the branches from flop
ping in their faces. There were many
fields of cotton higher than the aver-
age man's head, but the general ; Island. These men claimed that the
heigght was about waist high. Corn ! Beard had promised this ferry on
is well fruited and there will be an i some previous occasion when the or
abundant crop. The tobacco farmers j iginal estimates were made for the
are the ones who will probably enjoy fill. The chairman of the Board con
the greatest money crop. This plant tended that the agreement was for
has grown to above the average in the County to build the fill and some
size, it, is sam by tnose wno raise to
bacco, and the great plantations are
literally covered with the weed.
Farmers have stripped their first
"pickings" and are busy now curing
the leaf. The tobacco barns or cur- j
ing houses are running full blast;
the women and children are busy
with the men folks in twisting the j
eaves for the hangers and everybody i
about the tobacco fields are busy.;
Anyone who has never seen tobacco 1
crowing, should get in tneir nivver .
and drift along down the highways;
in the east and view the wonderful!
sight. It is worth all the time and ;
money it would cost you to see how
prosperous looking are our neighbors
of the east.
Cotton, corn and tobacco are not
the only things that will attract the
attention of the "tourist." You will
see many fields of sweet .potatoes, J
late beans, peanuts, melons; and then
just a little south of No, 10 you will
run into the great sandhill or peach
section. All around Sanford and1
C.arihntra anA fiii-tlmr smith frnm !
there, peach packers are busy just
now day and night, shipping their
wonderful peftches. And then when
you near the coast after leaving New j
Bern all along the highway there are
long stretches of marsh flowers bay
blossoms, cape jessamine and a very
pretty pink flower that stands upright
in the marsh grasses and blinks and
wafts itsp retty petals in greeting to
every one. '
Morehecd City has made the most
progress within the past two years of
any town its size on the eastern coast.
The city proper has been tiansformed
from the old dilapidated apperarice to
a perfectly beautiful city. The streets
are wide and are paved in every part
of town; beautiful grass and flower
plots adorn the parkways in the cen
ter of the streets; the homes are fresh
and the entire city puts ona clean and
vholesome appearance. The change
is somewhat lemarkable and it is ev
ident that somebody has had an awak
COUNTY TAX RATE
SOME HIGHER NOW
THAN LAST YEAR
t9 9R Wk WiThnO d
Rate
SCHOOL BUDGET ADOPTED
The Board of County Commission
ers, at its regular monthly meeting
last Monday, raised the tax levy for
the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1927 to $2.35 per hundred valuation,
which is an increase of ten cents ov
er the $2.25 levy of last year. The
increase is due to the necessity of
providing funds to meet increased ex
penses. A levy oi tnree cents ior
health work and five cents for wel
fare and poor relief were included.
Nothing was done toward a continua
tion of the County Health Department
and no mention was made officially
of the proposed county hospital.
The Board of Education and Coun
ty Superintendent Workman present
ed their school budget for the year
and the sum of $189,000. was agreed
upon. This will take care of an
eight months term in all the schools
of the county. An additional month
is provided by extra levies in More
head City and Beaufort.
A motion was made by Commission
er Huntley and duly passed to ask
for bids on painting the metal and
woodwork on the exterior of the court
house.
The chairman read a letter from
the Governor requesting that unusual
care be taken to prevent forest fires,
Mid requested the board to include
some item in their budget to take
care of the cost of fighting forest
fixes. ' The letter stated that fires not
only decrease thee hances of the peo
ple to earn a livlihood, but serious
ly impair the value of the taxable
property in the County. The matter
was considered and filed for further
reference.
Mrs. Eleanor Hill Verra came be
fore the Board and complained that
& dwelling house of hers in Atlantic
had been moved by the road engi
neers in a manner not to her satis
faction, and she requested the Board'
to have the matter corrected. The
Board made note of her complaint
and promised that the matter would;
be attended to. ""f
Cleveland Daniels and J. B. Good
win of Cedar Island asked the Board,
v behalf of the people of Cedar Is
land, to provide a ferry boat to run
between the unconnected points of
the fill between Atlantic and Cedar
(Continued on page eight)
ening.
On Labor Day, the bridge that will
connect Beaufort with Morehead
City will be opened to the general
public. It will bring Beaufort with
in three mile drive of Morehead,
whereas until then it requires a drive
of forty miles to go arounj Bi ,-;ue
sound to get theie. Morehead City
was formerly the rummer capital of
North Carolina. It is now a mecra
for thousands of summer visitors
(Mooresville Enterprise.)
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 Tid
Friday, August 5
12:54 A. M. 6:58
1:40 P. M. 7:42
Saturday, August 6
A.
P.
A.
P.
A.
P.
A.
P.
A.
A.
A.
P.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
1:48
2:33
2:46
3:26
3:45
4:18
4:39
5:07
5:30
5:54
A. M. 7:46
P. M. 8:41
Sunday, August 7
A.M. 8:37
P. M. 9:39
Monday, August 8
A. M. 9:30
P. M. 10:35
Tuesday, August 9
A. M. 10:21
P. M. 11:05
Wednesday, August 10
A. M. 11:26
P. M. 11:13
Thursday, August 1 1
A. M. 12:13
P. M. 12:04
6:08
6:41
P.
A.
M.
M.