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aufort News nm Largest Circulation In Carteret County The People' Newspaper The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. ( READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE E J )Y 1 WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XVI 10 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY AUGUST 25. 1927 & ' PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUAfot.k 34 iit Liiirl Indian Relics Found In Mound Of Shells A Human Skeleton, Pieces Of Pottery, Arrow Head And Other Interesting Objects Discovered At Harker's Island. Building Fine Road There The recent discovery by workmenO of some human bones in a big pile of shells on Harker's Island has given rise to reports that a number of skel etons had been found there. Desiring to get some first hand information about the matter Mt. W. D. W. Bishop of the Washington, N. C. Daily News and Mr. and Mrs. Mebane of the Beaufort News went there Tuesday afternoon and inspected the place where the work is going on. The trip was made on Captain Dav enport's ferry .boat the Naomi. Hav ing missed the ferry on its return trip, Captain Luther Yoemans very kindly brought the newsaper folks back on his excellent boat. The mound of shells referred to is located on the eastern end of Hark er's Island at what is known as Shell Point. From it a fine view can be had of Cape Lookout lighthouse, of the broad waters of Core Sound and when a storm is in progress off shore, as it was Tuesday, the ocean surf leaping high inthe air makes a beau tiful spectacle. The pile of ohells is said to cover about two acres of ground and extends out into the water for some 75 yards. At some places on the shore the mound of shells ap pears to be seven or eight feet high, j There must be several thousand tons of shells in the mound. How long j they have been there no human being i knows, but it was undoubtedly in the I remote past when a tribe of Indians j beean to pile them there. The shells 1 are mostly oyster, scallop, clam and conchs. Shellfish must have been plentiful in those days and those Indians surely did eat a lot of them. Shell Point is owned now by Mr. Charles S. Davis of Harker's Island and he has sold the county as many shells as may be needed for building a road from one end of island to the other. The newspaper party made the trip to Shell Point in Captain Yoeman's car. Mr. William Henry Guthrie, a well known citizen of the island, went along and furnished much information about various points of interest. Workmen at the shell pile told the newspaper folks that a human skeleton had been found, various pieces of pottery, some arrow heads and tomahawks. A large bone sup posed to be a part of the backbone of a whale was also discovered. From time to time arrow heads and other Indian relics have been found at sev eral places on the island. Besides j the big mound of shells at Shell Point there are also one or two smaller piles of shells on the island. These have not been excavated and some day they may be opened and give up objects of interest to relic hunters. The newspaper folks picked up sever al small pieces of bone that. were ap parently human origin and some broken pieces of pottery. Great progress has been made on Harker's Island in recent years. The population of the island, all white, is said to be one thousand or more. There are three churches there an excellent school building, many resi dences and a dozen or more stores. There is also a nice building there which houses the teachers of the pub lic schook- The island is beginning to prove attractive to outsiders and sev eral families have bought property and will make their summer homes there. Mr. M. J. O'Neill and family of Henderson have a summer cottage there, as also a Mr. Leggett of Rocky Mount. A recent interesting addi tion to the island's population con sists of Dr. and Mrs. P. C. Van Wye of Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Van Wye is a professor in the university in Cincinnati. Mrs. Van Wye has sev ed several terms in the Legislature of Ohio and is a very intelligent and at tractive woman. They own 17 acres of land on the island and will erect a cottage there next year. The Van Wyes are delighted with the island and say they feel strongly tempted to live there all the year round. The road now being built from the eastern to the western end of the is land will be a great help to the people and will open it up for new settlers. There is a lot of good land there suitable for cultivation or residential purposes. The price of land has ad vanced a great deal in recent years Mr. William Henry Guthrie has a tract there which he bought many years ago for one dollar an acre. A part of the same land j.long the watei (Contirued on p.'.ge fiv ) HIGHWAY DISPUTE IS NOW SETTLED No Farther Delay In Building Approach To Bridge. Work Now Going On The News understands that the dispute between the Norfolk-Southern Railroad and the board of com missioners of Morehead City in re gard to the extention of Arendell street to the bridgehead has been ad justed. Instead of building the street right next to the railroad track it will be moved about fifteen feet south of the track. This will give the railroad sufficient land for their purposes on that side. Considerable work had already been done by the Simmons Construc tion Company on the street exten sion. Grading had been done and a good deal of the curb and gutter be 'fore the court injunction stopped the work. This curb and gutter is be ing moved over to the new position which it will occupy. The contrac tors say they expect to get the new roadway done in about a month's time. The installation of the draw bridges which has been a very slow process, is still going forward. The concrete houses for the bridge keep ers are about finished. The News has made inquiries of several road officials from Chairman Frank Page down as to when the bridge will be opened but no. one seems able to giv a definite reply. Any opinion there fore is-only a gu.ess but judging from appearances the work should be done inside of six weeks from now. Court Injunction Has Been Made Permanent An injunction restraining the town of Morehead City from proceeding with its paving of an approach to the new Morehead City-Beaufort bridge, has been made permanent, according to unofficial word received by George Green, clerk of U. S. district court here. Mr. Green said this afternoon that he had not received the matter, but added that he had been advised by counsel for the plaintiff, the Norfolk Southern railroad, that the injunction had been made permanent. , The action was brought by the rail road company to stop the extension of Arendell street from the eastern and of the pavement by the Atlantic hotel to connect with the highway bridge. The pavement was to be on the south side of the railroad tracks beginning at the end of the cross ties. It was claimed that this sec tion was on the railroad's right-of-way and would interfere with the orderly loading and unloading of cars there. The case was argued recently be fore Judge Hayes in Goldsboro. (New Bern Sun-Journal.) LAWRENCE MITCHELL DIES AFTER OPERATION Jonesboro, Aug. 20 Lawrence Mitchell, of Sanford, died at the Central Carolina Hospital Wednesday His death resulted from an operation for appendicitis, followed by pneu monia. He was 18 years of age and a clerk in the dry goods store of W. Lazarus. He was one of the best liked young boys of the town, being possessed of an affable and knd dis position. One of the chief characteristics of the life of the deceased was the ten der devotion he bestowed on his widowed mother. The body was cer iied to the former home at Ahoskie where funeral and burial service was held Thursday.1 Surviving are the mother, two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Eusbee of Beaufort and Miss Sallie Mitchell of Morehead City. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Only one permit to wed has been issued so far this week by the Reg ister cf Deeds. This was to Ralph Nelson and Aliene Hill, Atlantic. Mr. Billie Abernethy returned "rom Harlowe Sunday. Certificate "A" Given To Carteret Farmer There is posted on the bulletin board in the lobby of the Beaufort Banking & Trust Co., a certificate of "Giade A" farmer, awarded by the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Engineering and the Agricultural Committee of the North Carolina Bankers Association to P. B. Beach am of Beaufort. This certificate is awarded in rec ognition of the fact that Mr. Beach am has complied with at least eighty per cent of the following require n ents: 1. Raised enough corn and for age to feed all livestock. 2. Produced enough meat and lard to supply the family during the year. 3. (a). Grew enough Spring and Fall vegetables to supply the family for the year. (b). Grew enough Irish and Sweet Potatoes to supply the family for at least nine months of the year. 4. Produced enough milk andbut ter to supply the family. 5. Supplied the family with poul try and eggs. 6. Supplied the family with ten varieties of fruits and gave consid eration to the value of good seed by selecting and breeding or buying from a breeder. 7. Maintaining soil fertility by the rotation of crops. 8. Has improved home. 9. Had more than one regular money crop. 10. Was a business farmer to the extent of (a) . Making an actual inventory. (b) . Kept a record of receipts and expenditures. (c) . Kept a Bank account. Mr. Beacham lives a few miles north of Beaufort and has one of the most up-to-date farms in this section. ITALIAN ANARCHISTS EXECUTED AT LAST Charlestcwn State Prison, Boston. Aug. 23 Nicola .'.Sacco and Bano lomoe Vanzetti shortly after midnight this morning paid the penalty of death exacted by the State for mur der. Celetsir.o Maderios preceded them to the electrh chair by a few min utes, the world-known radicals fol lowing as rapidly as Ihe execut'oni' routine would permit. Mede'ros died at 12:00 a. m., 'ci tric mui;!er of a Wrentham bank cashier. Sacco and Vanzetti were executed for the murder of a pay master and his guard at Braintree more than seven years ago. Sacco was dead at 12:19 and Vanzetti at 12:26. Inside and outside of the high prison wall stood a small army of armed guards. Waiting also were the press wires which informed the world that the long fight to save the men was f.t an end. The fight in behalf of the men continued until the last minute. Both S.icco and Vanzetti made brief speeches in the death chamber before they took their seats in the chair. Vu.'izette protesting his inno cence to the last. JUDGE CRITICISES SEVERELY GASTONIA GAZETTE EDITOR GASTOINA, Aug 22. "Bolshe vik" and "anarchist'' were among the epithets hurled by implication at the editor of the Gastonia Daily Gazette by Judge James L. Webb, Shelby, in the course of a charge to the grand jury at the opening of the August term of the Gaston Superior court, here today. Criticism of the courts by newspapers such as recently ap peared in the Gazette tend to bring about bolshevism and anarchy, the judge said. The Gcstonia Daily Gazett is one of .the best known afternon newspa pers in North Carolina. It is pub lished by James W. and E. D. Atkins. J. W. Atkins, the editor was present at the North Carolina Press associa tion convention at Morehead Villa in July. Both men are well known and highly regarded by the newspaper fraternity. GOOD REASON A northern Missouri newspaper re cently offered a prize for the best an swer the question, "Why is a news paper like a woman?" The prjze was won by a woman who sent in this an swer: "Because every man should have one of his own and not run af ter his neighbor's." Kansas City Star. BIRTH OF SON. Born to Mr.and Mrs. E. A. Daven port, Thursday, August 18, Morehead City Hospital, a son, Earl Davenport Jr. BOARD ACCEPTS SCHOOL HOUSES Town Now Has Two Fine Pub lic School Buildings. Will Open September 12th. The town of Beaufort has two school buildings of which it may well be proud. At least that is what Johr. T. Blair, Director of School house planning for the State says a bout it. Mr. Blair and architect J. M. Kennedy were here Tuesday look ing over the buildings for white and colored children erected here this summer. Mr. U. A. Underwood of Wilmington the contractor for the larger building was here also. The other building was erected by the Davis Construction Corporation of Beaufort. The board of school trustees have inspected and formally aproved the two buildings which are now finished except for some plumbing work that will be done soon. The building for white pupils cost with all equipment around $100,0000 and the other a bout $25,000. Mr. Blair says the buildings are very fine ones and are remarkably cheap. Two or three years ago they would have cost a great deal more money. Both buildings have steam heat, electric lighfs, run ning water,' are well ventilated, well to serve a much larger number of people than the colored and there fore is much larger, but is ' not a better building nor is it better equip ped. The seats for the auditorium cf the colored building have been in stalled but those for the other house have not yet arrived. The black boards are all in place and the desks pre being installed. A great deal of cleaning up around the two schools needs to be done and it will take some time to get the ggrounds in good order. September the 12th has been set for the opening of the schools and the authorities hope to have everything ready by that time. UNIVERSITY STARTS ON . . , " " 1 NEW BUILDING PROGRAM CHAPEL HILL, Aug. 24 Plans for the first three projects on the Uni versity of North Carolina 1927-1928 building program have been complet ed, according to announcement from the office of Charles T. Woolen' bus iness manager, and work on the build ings is expected to be well under way by the time the University opens in the fall. The schedule calls for the renova tion of the New West building, an addition to Phillips Hall, which hous es the engineering, mathematics and physics departments, and the erec tion of the $625,000 library. The program, of which these three proj ects form onlya ap art, will be financ ed by $1,200,000 apporpriated by the last legislature. Contractors for the buildings are T. C. Thompson and Brothers. RUN DOWN BY TRUCK INSTANTLY KILLED DUNN, Aug. 24. Charlie Simmons twenty-two year old colored man, was instanly killed last night when run f'own by a truck on the highway near Spring Brach Church tin Samnson county. His neck was broken when the front wheel of the truck loaded with lumber passed over him. Hp '.as riding on the truck and jumped off and i an in front to catch a faster vehicle falling directly in front of the truck. RUNS IN FRONT OF CAR MOUNT AIRY, Aug. 23 Paul Poors, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Poore, was struck by a car driven by MiRS Margaret Bledsoe, of Baltimore, at 6:30 p. m. yesterday on Main Street. The boy ran in front of the car to pick up a ball. It was feared his skull was fiactured and X-ray pictures will be made to determine the extent of the injury. LARGE STEAMER AT MOREHEAD MOREHEAD CITY, Aug. 22 The steamer "Mid West" or St. Louis, Mo., is in port here awaiting a change in the weather. She was formerly a yacht and is owned, by Col. Brink ham of St. Louis. The vessel . is bound from New York to Miama, Fla. ATTEND FIREMEN'S CONVENT'N A number of firemen went to Greensboro Monday to attend the convention in session there. Includ ed in the number were Messrs. J). M. Jones, Wiley H. Taylor, Hugh Hifi, Charlie Manson, Ben Jones, James Caffrey and John White. From all reports the convention was a big success and well attended. Beaufort Won Three Games Last Week The local team of horse hide slug gers regained their winning stride and took three games in a row last week. Greenville was defeated here last Thursday in an eleven inning 4 to 3 pitching duel between Grady and Brown and Forbes. The Edwards and Broughton Printing Company's team from Raleigh were defeated 3 to 2 and 3 to 1 in a double-header last Saturday. The "eye-opener" was won by circuit blows by Morris and Chadwick, Morris hitting two. The "night cap" affair of five innings was put on ice in the first inning when Longest poled out a homer with two men on the sacks. This brings the team's average up to 730. In the Greenville game last Thurs day neither team scored until the ninth inning when both sides shoved two runs across the platter. Beau fort tied the! score in the last half of the ninth by hitting in the pinches 8nd taking advantage of the breaks. Skarren and Longest both singled, Watson walked to load the cushions. Whitehurst hit to second and Skar- ten scored on a fielder's choice. Longest was put out sliding home on a bunt by Hatsell, who was safe at first. Grady popped up to the pitch cher and Watson trotted home with the tying run when -Chadwick was given a free trip to first. Hassell whiffed three times for the third out. Greenville shoved across another marker in the 11th, but Caffrey's two bagger with Whitehurstand Willis roosting on the sacks scored two tuns and won the game for Beaufort. The two Raleigh games were won by home runs, Morris getting two and Chadwick one in the first game. Longest drove the pill over the right field fence in the first frame of the twilight setto to score Skarren and Morris ahead of him. Beaufort locks horns with Green ville here today to play off the tie. On Friday and Saturday Southport will play the locals here. Police Court Friday Tried Seven Cases Seven cases were disposed of by Mayor D. M. Jones in Police Court last Friday afternoon. Most of them submitted to the charges against them. The following is the record Nancy Debix, colored, fighting, judgment suspended on payment of costs. Charles Chadwick, colored, disor derly conduct, $5 and costs. Eva Ward, colored, assault, held for Superior Court under $100 bond. Leo Wigfall, colored, violating pro hibition law. Held for Superior Court under $150 bond. Mike Bennett, fighting, $1 and costs. Lucian Johnson drunk and disor derly, 15 days on the streets. Reuben Whitehurst, charged with drunkeness was acquitted. A con siderable number of cases have been set for trial for tomorrow (Friday) afternoon. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Deeds have been recorded this week at the office of the Register of Deeds as folows: John F. Styron and wife to W. A. Smith Jr. 16 acres Beaufort Town ship, for $10. " Beaufort Realty Corp. to H. M. Nicholson, 2 lots Beaufort, for $240. Trustees Hopwell Christian Church to E. G. Campen 1-4 acre Beaufort Township, for $10. Thos. Rose and wife to Cape Look out Development Co. tract H. I. Township for $10. Cape Lookout Development Co. to C. L. Abernethy, 1 lol Cape Lookout for $10. Robt. B. Frisbie and wife to Al vah F. Davis et al 3 1-2 acres, Davis for $600. E. A. Council Trustee to Alvah L. Hamilton, 7 lots Morehead City for $400. S. C. Holloway and wife to Clem H. Wade and wife, 1 lot Morehead City for $100. R. P. Uzzell and wife to David W. Isear, 1 lot Morehead City for $1. David W. Isear to R. P. Uzzell, 1 lot Morehead City for $1. E. H. Gorham and wife to Chas. M. Waff and wife 1 lot Morehead City for $1000. Morehead Bluffs Inc., to Mrs. Jes sie C. McAllister, 1 lot Morehead Bluffs, for $10. T. C. Wade - Sheriff to Carteret County, tract Newport Township, for Taxes Paid. Carteret County to B. F. Royal, tract Newport Township for $165. Messrs. R. G. Carter, J. R. Sechrest Mid Marion ,Cobb of Raleigh are here p H'igjn?ss trip stopping at the Inlet Inn. C00L1DGES GO t)N PLEASURE TRIP The Presidential Party Now On Tour Of Yellowstone Park Custer, S. D.. Aug. 21 With a week of outdoor recreation before them, President and Mrs. Coolidge left the Black Hills in a special train tonight for Yellowstone National Park- The special train is due at tne north entrance tomorrow afternoon and from there Mr. Coolidge will pro gress southward and east, spending the days in fishing, horseback riding and walking as fancy suits him. Accompanied by their son, John secretary and Mrs. Everett Sanders, Colonel Blanton Winship, the Presi dent's aide.and Major James F. Cou pal, White House physician, Mr. Coolidge chose a line of travel whicr. will take him northward through Wy oming into Billings and Livingston, Montana, early tomorrow morning. It was the first time the President decided upon a trip outside of the Black Hills territory since coming west and, except for a few hours in Nebraska on his way to the Pine Ridge, S. D., Indian reservation the first time he has left the state this summer. The lYellowstone itinerary called for none but operating stops on the way to the park and a return direct ly to the summer White House'after the week's pleasure trip is over. The usual large party of newspa per writers and photographers which accompanies the President, looked forward to a week of constantly "be ing on the hoof" since Mr. Coolidge expects to see as much of the park as possible during his five or six days theie. It will be a distinct pleasure and sightseeing trip and the Presi dent attaches will see that business is shunted aside as much as possible to give Mr. Coolidge a chance for complete relaxation. In going to the Yellowstone, the President is taking his first real pleas, ure trip since entering the White House. He has made a few trips to his homestead at Plymouth, Vermont, but none for sightseeing and pleas ure purposes primarily such as this one is. The presidential party is ex pected to return to Rapid City Monday, August 29, and after prob ably ten more days in the Black Hills will turn back to Washington. Representative Leavitt, of Mon tana, was expected to board the President's train at Billings. At Livingston, the official welcome of Montana was to be brought by Gov ernor Eiickson, who expected to ride with Mr. Coolidge to Gardiner. SOUTHGATE PACKING COMPANY REMOVES OLD BUILDINGS The work of demolishing the wooden buildings used for some years by the Southgate Packing Com pany as a canning factory started several days ago. It will not take very long to tear the buildings down. The company owns a piece of lnnd across the channel from the old fac tory and can build there should it care to do so. At present however nothing will be done about the mat ter. 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 Lo w Tide Friday, August 26 7:22 A. M. 1:12 7:44, P. M. 1:19 Saturday, August 27 A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. 8:03 A. M. 1:50 8:20 P. M. 1:58 Sunday, August 28 8:42 8:58 A. M. 2:25 P. M. 2:38 Monday, August 29 9:19 A. M. 3:00 9:33 P. M. 3:15 Tuesday, August 30 f:56 A. M. 3:34 10:07 P. M. 3:53 Wednesday, August 31 A.r M. 4 :09 P. M. 4:32 10:31 19:42 Thursday, September 11:05 A. M. ' 4:45 11:10 P. M. '5:14 t
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