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NUMBER 36
VOLUME XVI
10 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY SEPT. 8, 1927
City Commissioners
Hake Lower Tax Rate
Increase In Total Valuation of
City Board To Make Rate O
Was The Old Rate. Board
The city board of commissioners
made an effort at their meeting Tues
day to decrease the burden on the
taxpayers when they lowered the
Beaufort rate 15 cents on the hun
dred. The old rate was $1.90 and
the rate levied for the fiscal year is
$1.75. The commissioners say they
intend to give the town as economical
an administration as possible with
out sacrificing efficiency in govern
ment. They think the rate levied
will be sufficient to take care of all
expenses. The total valuation of
property in the town last year was
$2,149,716. ""his year it is larger
and now s iids at $2,485,773. The
interest oi the debt has been met and
something paid on the principal. An
other payment will be made in Octo
ber. A report bf the Water and Light
Commission was read and adopted
unanimously. , The board adopted
two resolutions in regard to the Wat
er and Light Commission. One was
asking that the office of the commis
sion recently removed to the former
school building now owned by the
county, be moved back to the city
hall The other resolution asked for
the resignation of W. L. Stancil as a
member of the Water and Light Com
mission and as secretary and treas
urer thereof. He was given until
the 15th of September to. resign.
The city ordinance about shifting
cars at certain hours and concerning
making cinders and smoke which was
discussed at a meeting held some
weeks ago, was repealed Tuesday.
Agent Seth Gibbs of the Norfolk
Southern Railroad came before the
board and asked that this be done.
"He stated that the Tailroad desired
to be on friendly .terms with the town
of Beaufort and is cooperate in every
way possible in building up the town,
but the company regarded the ordi
nances as an videnoe of unfriendli
ness. The motion was put and car
ried all voting foT it except Commis
sioner Hill who voted no. The un
derstanding is that if the railroad
fails to use aTl the care possible in
its work here In the town that the
ordinances will be put back into ef
fect. A motion -was passed making the
. rmv of Police Officer John Pake $100
a month which was an increase of
$10 a month. Mr. H. D. Norcom
came before the board and made a
complaint about the parking of cars
in front of a,)raragf! on Craven
street. The board promised to look
into the matter. The parking ordi
nance was amended so as to take in
the territory between Orange and
.Moore streets. (Messrs Ralph Noe
and Henry Lay came before the board
and asked that space be taken for
advertising the town in the special
edition of the Beaufort News. A
motion to take the space and pay it
out of money already appropriated
for the br"3 celebration was passed.
A mo was passed authorizing the
Mayor and Clerk to borrow $17,000
on 90 days timj L anticipation of
taxes. Some bills were audited and
the board adjourned to meet on. Fri
day night th? 16th of September.
BEAUFORT TO HAVE
A RELIGIOUS CENSUS
The resident pastors of the town
are cooperating in Jaying plans for
a religious census of the town of
Beaufort. Competant workers will
be Selected from each one of the
churches to work together in taking
this census. This is a very impor
tant step to be taken far the relig
ious interest of the community. -No
one can give at the present time any
authentic information as to the exact
church affiliation of the white popu
lation of the town. A similar census
was taken several years ago, but has
not been kept checked up to date so
that is very unreliable. A complete
file of this census will be kept at
some convenient place for the infor
mation of those who may need and
an effort will be made to keep it up
to date as families and individuals
may come to the town or leave it.
There is nothing that will stimulate
the church and Sunday School activ
ity of the town as will an accurate
census when properly canvassed and ' Capt. Jos. Pigott of Gloucester was
facts given to the workers. It is ( in Beaufort on business Tuesday,
hrped that the entire population of I Mr. Julian Brown of Marshallberg
the town will give their hearty and' was in town Wednesday. ",
sympathetic cooperation to this work Mr. E. H. Davis of Marshallberg
in order that the work may be thor- was in Beaufort on business Thurs
oughly complete. day.
Property In Beaufort Enables
f $1.75 Instead of $1.90 Which
Asks Stancil To Resign.
BEAUFORT SCHOOLS
TO OPEN MONDAY
Complete List of Books For
Grammar Grades Given. High
School Course of Study
Announced
The schools df Beaufort will open
on Monday, September 12th with a
record attendance it is believed. The
handsome new buildings are in read
iness and actual work will start from
the opening day. Pupils and parents
are asked to go direct to the auditor
ium as they enter the building.
"With summer vacations drawing
to a close, pupils of our schools and
their parents should turn their minds
to the important business of continu
ing youth's education.
The recent flight of Lindbergh is
an inspiring example of seeing the
task through. Just as Lindy turned
his plane East and set out for Paris,
so must the student turn his thoughts
toward our educational institutions
with the determination, "On 'to
School."
We should employ as much deter
mination, zeal and thoroughness in
continuing this great adventure ns
Lindy did in bis flight to France.
The happy partnership of Lindy and
his plane, which be termed "we," finds
parallel in our partnership with our
schools. We should unite the Bpirit
of youth with the spirit of education,
just as Lrndy joined the "Spirit of
America" with the "Spirit of St
Louis."
Lindbergh did nit make his trip
primarily for gain but for accomplisli
ment. However, the former provid
ed a valuable by-product. Let us fol
low his example, and, as he did, ton
tinwe 'our flight in education for the
good of the nation and the cause of
progress, as well as for the returns
to youth. Though the impulse js un
selfish its ffuits are substantial, for
out of such enterprise springs the
btsmraXian that 'generates creative
power. A hundred plans in aviation
are maturing hecause of Lindy's Big'
nal achievement. A thousand ad
vantages accrue from the achieve
ments of education.
Pupil less than aviator must fol
low through to attain success. Lindy
did not stop with the acclaim of thee
world ringing in his ears. He had
just began his start on a constructive
career, lie had finished but one lap
of the race. The same application
can be made to commencement nad
promotion in our schools; these are
but steps to a higher service.
Parents are reminded that Lind
bergh's backers had no guarantee of
any returns. Loyalty and admiration
for the spirit of this youth and the
cause he championed inspired them
to make any -necessary sacrifices. This
should be the attitude of parents and
taxpayers who appreciate that edu
cation is the foundation for life.
It is timely, then, right mow, when
school days are just ahead, to turn
otir eyes toward our schools, also to
ward our boys and girls called on for
aw important decision, and sound the
slogan, "ON TO SCHOOL."
Below is given the Book Inst for
the Grammar Grades. That of the
Primary Grades is not here given due
to the fact that the Board of Trustees
furnishes these books for minimum
fees as follows;
First Grade $1.50
Second Grade 2.00
Third Grade 2.50
These fees .are payable to the
grade teacher en Monday morning.
In the Grammar Grades (Grades 4
to 1 Inclusive) a fee of fifty cents
( .50) will be charged for snpplies.
Pen points, paste, crayons, writing
and 'drawing paper) for the entire
year. . ,
,- Fourth Grade
Mastery of Words, Book I; Good
English, Book II; Essentials of Geog
raphy, Book I; Practical Drawing,
Book IV; Bolenius Reader, Book IV.;
Old Time Stories of Old North State ;
(Continued from page four)
Police Court Tries
Canfield Vs. Klansmen
Morehead City, Sept. 7, 1927
Much interest centered about the
trial of one of Morehead City's prom
inent citizens at Mayor's Court on
Monday night.
G. D. Canfield of this city was al
leged to have driven his car in a
reckless manner on Saturday night
during the passing of a Ku Klux Klan
parade and thereby hit Luther Willis.
It was claimed that he rounded a cor
ner as the parade was passing and
bore to the left to avoid striking any
of the members. He was signalled
to stop by one of the Klansmen and
before the car was brought under con
trol it is claimed that a Klansman,
Luther Willis was struck by Canfield's
car.
Later, it is alleged that Willis in
company with Frank Colanda and
Derwood Daniels went to Cahfields
house, calling him outside, that end
ed in an argument over the matter
Lwhich so, it is said resulted in blows
being administered to Canfi ;ld. The
outcome of the affair result d in war
rants being sworn out by Hoth Can
field against the three KUnsmen as
well as the Klansmen agfinst Can
field. Much evidence was intioduced at
the trial which drew a largi crowd of
spectators.
Attorney Jesse Davis of New Bern
represented Canfield. The four men
were put under $100 bond to appear
at the next term of Superior Court.
County Teachers
Hold Conference
Carteret County Educat onal Con
ference will be held on September
15th, 16th, and 17th.
Thursday, September lEth, J. H.
Workman, County Superintendent
and Miss Margaret Gustin, County
Supervisor, will hold a conference
with the principal from all schools
that have five or more teachers.
Friday, September 16th, all teach
ers will meet and definite plans will
be taken up for the work of ' he year,
Saturday morning, Septem oer 17th
State Superintendent of Public In
struction,. A. T, Allen and State Su
pervisor of Elementary Schools, L.
C Brogden will be present and make
addresses to the teachers, committee
men, and other interested patrons
who attend the meeting.
All county schools open on Sep
tember 19th.
BEAUFORT GRABS
Have Won Three Games This
"Week From Rivals Across
The River
'Beaufort took both sides of a
double header 7 5 and 10 4 from
Morehead City lest Monday despite
the superb, pitching of Ellison, Uni
versity of North Carolina baseball
and football star. Grady's post-side
slants baffled the Morehead batters
and 'eleven whiffed the air for strke
orats in the "eye-opener." Joe Mor
ris drove the apple out of the park
itwice to score five runs and he also
got three of Beaufort's six hits that
went for a total of 14 bases. Alli
son's teasing slants caused 10 Beau-
fottites to make three fatal swings.
While Willis was engaged in the
pleasant task of striking out nine
men in the "night-cap his team
mates played errorless ball and gath-
ered in 14 bingles to shove across 10.
runs In the seven inning affair. For- will take as his theme for his sermon
bes, former Greenville hurler, was Sunday night, Education. Services
relieved by Pake, but they couldn't will begin promptly at 7:30. Pupils
silence the Beaufort guns. Four er- and patrons of the schools are cor
(Cntinued on page five) dially invited. '
Carteret Fishermen Gather
Their Annual Mullet Harvest
While the folks in the tobacco
counties have been bringing to mar
ket their harvest of golden leaves
this week, Carteret county fishermen
. . i .i : i 4.
nav Dtwn skuK u-ivraH. ..
the sea. The first big run of mullets
of the season took place this , week
and Tuesday and Wednesday 300,000
pounas oi nne munevs were caug.iMLewis, boat fc Mark th pnrki
J 1 - I A. a.-. XI. . u A I. a. a. f LJ a a j ' '
and brought to the markets of Beau
fort and Morehead City. A good
many of the fish have been shipped in
the fresh state but most of them are
packed in salt and sold to the whole
sale trade in North Carolina and oth
er states. Dealers say that the fish
this year are as good as they have ev
er handled. They are of good size
fa't and fine flavored.
While the netters have caught a
good many mullets recently the purse
seineTs have taken most of those
caught. The krges catch the New.i
Rainfall In August
About An Average
Although the rainfall in August
was quite heavy, 5.74 inches, the-.e
were 15 cloudy days in the month.
There were three cloudy and 13 part
ly cloudy days. The average rain
fall for August is 5.30 inches so this
year it was not much above an aver
age. The winds were rather variable in
August. It blew from the southwest
eight days and from the northeast
eight days, southeast one day, west
one day, northwest five days, south
five days, north two and east one day.
The highest temperature for the
month was 92 degrees which occur
red on the fourth. On the 29th the
mercury dropped to 60 degrees. The
figures for the month are as follows
Max.
Min.
1 .
2
3 .
4 .
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
.90
...88
...89
...92
...89
...88
91
89
...89
...80
...82
...86
75
74
74
78
74
73
72
7C
74
72
69
69
61
69
72
66
68
i.-89
89
80
88
....86
87
. 83
...84
87
- 87
88
91
76
75
-74
.79
81
81
. 78
69
20
21
22
23
24
25
3
28
29
30
31
68
69
71
73
71
66
64
62
61
60
66
67
HEALTH OFFICER
r'miTT RESIGNS
Stops On 15th. Successor Has
' Nut Been Chosen Yet
Dr. T. C. Britt, wbobas been Coun
ty Health Officer for about a year
and a half, will not be connected with
the county health department after
the 15th of this month. While his
written resignation has not been sent
to the Board of Health it has been
tendered verbally. Dr. Britt will
leave next week on a vacation trip to
Atlantic City, New Tork and Canada
and Buffalo, N. Y., where Mrs. Britt
and children are visiting her parents.
Since coming to the county Dr.
Britt has put new life into the health
work which hail been suspended for
several years. The depsrtment has
been re-organized and much good ac
complished. Regular reports filed
with the State Board of Health bear
out this assertion. The News under
stands that the County Board of
Health expects to engage a .success
or to Dr. Britt shortly and continue
i's work. A m" ng was held Mon -
Monday a week ago in the office of
Dr. B. F. Royall of Morehead City.
No successor to Dr. Britt has been
chosen yet but application for the po
sition have been received.
: WILL PREACH ON EDUCATION.
In view of the fact that the
schools open on Monday, Mr. J. P.
Harris, Pastor, First Baptist Church
. has heard of was made by Captain
Bonner Willis in the W. M. Webb.
The Webb came in Tuesday night at
oMif Q.QA urifh 1AK nnn nnnnile
I " " ". -,vw
Qther d catcheg made were; Cap.
tain Ned Lewig o the w A M
, 800 f h, cateh 4Q 000 d
; trangferred to- captain Bob
Captain'Harrv Parkin 20,000, the
Southland of Morehead City, Captain
John Guthrie 40,000, the Lynhaven of
Morehead City, Captain Cicero Guth
rie, 30,000 pounds. Last yaer the
mullet season was poor, but the year
before was a good one. Nobody
knows whether any more of any con
sequence will be caught this year or
I not. The season for catching blue
fish, spots and some other kinds is
now nearly at hand. The menhaden
season usually begins about the mid
dle of October.
Many Attr itions Promised
At KiA Man's Annual Fair
11
3
LAUNCH PLAU'OR
PORT AT LOOKOUT
Representatives of Various
Communities Meet In In
terest of Undertaking
New Bern, Sept. 1 Organization
of te tidewater railroad project was
perfected here this afternoon by 100
representatives of various communi
ties of Eastern North Carolina for
the purpose of promoting the devel
opment of the harbor at Cape Look
out and the building of a rauroaa
from there to the Piedmont interior.
Enthusiastic endorsement of the
railroad project was given by repre
sentatives o fthe sections present
and by telegrams from other bank
ers and business men in other re-
gions
Officers were elected as fol
lows:
. Calvin Owens, of New York, presi
dent; R. E. Whitehurst, secretary,
,! w xki flrifRn frencurer. Other
j!...' w.ii,., p Vniw fit- I
Petersburg, Fla.; E. H. Meadows, of. will be had in front of the grand
New Bern; Claude R. Wheatly, of ttand upon arrival of the parade at
Beaufort; j. E. Woodland, of More-ie fair grounds, and then the 10.
hA Cit.v: Georte E. Butler,' of ; county fair will swing into motion
rntn. Pi .Tnhnson of Warsaw:
Tl a' n,,i f Ifononouillo' .T W
Draughton, of Dunn! Capt. Thomas
Washington, of Wilson; Feme Brock
of .Trenton; W. F. Rose, of Greens
boro; Daniel Allen of Raleigh, and
J. R. Baggett, of Lillington.
. "North Carolina is the only State11 be different and better than last
in American waters from Maine on
the Atlantic to Washington on the
. f M,.in nn
Pacific that hasn'e even a third-class
port," stated Mr. Owens, who is the
organizer of the company, coming
here recently at the request of New
Bern and other towns.
-Pfinn in tha rtpveloimukt
of a port with deep water at Cape
Lookout and the construction of a
connecting rail line to the interior.
No location for the projected route
will be selected until after adequate
surveys have been established.
"The reconnaissance work will pro
ceed immediately, with headquarters
at New Bern."
C. C. Kirkpatrick, former president
of the New Bern Chamber of Comr
merce, was elected temporary chair.
the visitors and tol dthem that they
were making history. R. E. White -
hurst, one of the incorporators told
of the purposes, plans and accom
plishments of the project.
An address by J. Spencer Smith of
New York, president of the Interna
tional Port Authorities Association
and president . of the New Jersey
Board of Commerce and Navigation,
was the feature of the meeting, the
subject being on the essentials 01
port and rail development.
" Other talks were made by M. R.
Beaman, traffic manager of the South
Jersey port commission, of Camden,
N. J., formerly of North Carolina;
1 Senator J. R. Baggett, who told of
ioi mer attempts ai similar port ana. uuntioiijf, ib a icgjsu-ieu puurina
rail developments and pledged the ! cist and has recently been employed
support and interest of his section;! in a druS store in Tarboro.
J. C. Clifford, of Dunn, and Claude
Wheatly of Beaufort. A long let
ter of hearty endorsement from Sen
ator Simmons was read.
LETTERS SHOULD BE SIGNED.
The News does not print communi
cations unless it knows who wrote
them. This is a rule of practically
all newspaper offices and it seems
ought to be generally understood by
now and yet people continue to send
in anonymous articles. Two news
letters were received here this week
that would have been printed if the
writers had taken the trouble to sign
their names. So when communica
tions are sent in they should be sign
ed. MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Two permits to enter the state of
matrimony have been granted at the
office of the Register of Deeds this
week. They were given to James
Reel and Lugenia Wallace, Merrimon.
William Gordon Webb, Morehead
City and' Mary Emma Taylor, Beau
fort. Master James Caffrey who had his
tonsils removed early ' in the week at
Morehead City, with his mother re
turned to Beaufort Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Graydori Paul left
Monday for their home in Florida
accompanied by Miss Daphne Paul.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Paul drove with
them as far as Charlotte.
More than $8,000 jn premiums and
purses will be awarded at. the Kins
ton Fair which opens at the grounds
in the western suburbs on Tuesday,
October 4. The Kinston Fair Asso
ciation is representative of 10 coun
ties, Lenoir, Wayne, Pitt, Craven,
Jones, Onslow, Duplin, Pender, Car
teret and Greene. Extensive plans
are under way to make the 1927 fair
the biggest and best yet. Applica
tions for space for agricultural and
commercial display exceed those of
last year. The poultry and livestock
departments are expected to be the
most impressive in years, Secretary
Plato Collins said today.
Spectacular Parade
Impressive ceremonies will mark
the opening of the fair. A parade
will be formed at the Court-house and
will be led by a host of marshals, the
113th Field Artillery band and Hig
gin's famous band, from the Nat Reis
Shows, playing the midway again this
year. Commercial, agricultural, in
dustrial, fraternal and other floats
wili make up the long procession and
officials of the Kinston Fair Associa
tion and the county and city govern-
pients will be in line
Bnef exer-
: for four glorious days
Music and Good Shows
outdoors will interest the tens ,of
thousands who are expected to at-
' tend the annual homecoming event,
j The Nat Reiss Shows promises that
the entertainments on the midway
year. mggins Dana 01 sra vx.
year. Higgn
instruments wil furnish music and al
so play in the grandstand during the
racing and free programs. The sen
sational Merediths, in a spectacular
trapeze and balancing act, the Three
Terrace Girls, contortionists, and Ed
and Helen LaNoles will furnish sen-
1 Baon. comeuy anu uirma uu Bl06
i grandstand.
Racing and Firework
The racing program promises to be
a feature of the fair, and some of
the best horseflesh making the South
ern circuits will appear. A special
prize of $50 will be awarded for a .
half-mile marshals' race.
An elaborate display of fire works'
will be given each of the four nights.
i of the fair by the Ohio Display: Fire
works Company and the shows will;
t A'i -t . fii mi
j hibi buildings will be closed daily at
! sundown
CHANGES IN DRUG FIRM.
, Mr. A. S. Manrow who has been
connected with the Beaufort Drug
Company for some time has resigned
his position and left yesterday for
Kinston where he has entered the em
ploy of the Lenoir Drug Company.
Mr. Stacy Nelson of Gloucester, who
I is the son of State Fish Commissioner
John A. Nelson has bought the in-
i terest of Dr. E. W. Whitehurst in the
j Beaufort Drug Company and will be
j an active partner in the business. Mr.
j Nelson is a graduate of the State
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Waters an 1
Mrs. W. A. Mace spent the week end
in Raleigh.
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 estufries. ,
High Tide Low Tide
September 9
5:51 A. M. 11:42 A. M.
6:16 P. M. 11:45 P. M.
September 10
M. 12:29 A
M. . 12:37 P,
6:40 A.
7:04 P.
M.
M.
M.
September 1 1
M. 1:13 A
7:27 A.
7:51 P.
M. 1:29 P.M.
September 12
8:15 A. M. 1:58 A. M.
8:39 P. M. 2:20 P. M.
September 13
9:C3 A. M. 2:43 A. M.
9:27 P. "to. . 3:12 P. M.
September 14
M. 3:30
9:53 A. M. 3:30 A. M.
10:17 P. M. 4:07 P. M.
September 15
10:48 A. M. 4:17 A. M.
11:05 P. M. 5:C3 P. M.
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