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VOLUME XVI
12 PAGES TWO SECTIONS
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY SEPT. 22, 1927.
PRICE 5c SINGLE 2 PY
NUMBER 38
County Issues Notes
For Pressing Needs
The Sum Of $50,000 Borrowed
This Year's Taxes. Notes
Drawn For October Court.
A recessed meeting of the board of
county commissioners was held on
Monday the 12th, also another meet
ing was held last Friday. The prin.
cipal busines done at th meeting on
the 12th was the passage of a reso
lution to borrow $50,000 and the
drawing of jurors for the October
term of Superior ourt.
The resolution authorizing the bor
rowing of the $50,000 states that it
is in anticipation of collecting the
taxes for the fiscal year. The amount
of taxes for the current year is es
timated by the County Auditor at
$443,000. Two notes for $125,000
running six months and bearing in
terest at the rate of five and half
per cent were provided for. The
power to sell the county notes was
delegated to the Chairman and Clerk
of the board.
Citizens of Merrimon township pre
sented a petition asking that the road
from Nelson's farm to A. J. Holton's
place be adopted as a county road.
No action was taken on the matter
but the road supervisor was instruct'
ed to repair the road. A contract
was awarded D. L. Davis to move the
store of J. F. Hamilton at Sea Level
for $126. Messrs Ambrose Salter,
Clifford Davis and others asked that
something be done about placing
bridges across ditches at Davis. They
were told that nothing could be done
at this time. Some bids for paint
ing the courthouse were received but
the contract was not let. The report
of Mrs. Ida H. Ball, .Superintendent
of Welfare was received.
The list of jurors chosen is as f ol
lows:
1 Ji. S. Webb, Jr., Morehead City,
2 John F. Nelson, Morehead City,
' 3 J. B. Dixon, Beaufort.
) 4 W. W. Irvin, Stella.
' 5 Lorenza Willis, Harkers Island.
6 D. F. Merrill, Beaufort, RFD.
7 David Jones, Gloucester.
J. D. Dickinson, Beaufort, RFD.
9 S. C. Gibbs, Beaufort, RFD.
10 Charlie Mason, Atlantic.
11 W. T. Davis, Morehead City.
12 Wardie Murphy, Davis.
13 Josephus Willis, Morehead City.
14 R. E. Barrington, Morehead City,
15 Chas. L. Chadwick, Straits.
16 L S. Hill, Newport.
17 W. A. Murdock, Wildwood.
18 A. J. Slaughter, Newport, RFD.
19 Allen Graham, Newport, RFD.
20 J. W. Chadwick, Beaufort.
21 Fred L. King, Beaufort.
22 M. C. Fulford, Gloucester.
23 J. W. Watson, Stella.
24 Charlie Hamilton, Stacy.
25 W. L. Smith, Smyrna.
26 Belvin Willis, Stacy.
27 S. A, Duplanty, Morehead City.
28 D. M. Salter, Merrimon.
29 B. J. Taylor, Bogue.
30 L. C. Humphrey. Bogue.
31 David Williams, Beaufort.
32 M. G. Lewis, Marshallberg.
33 Allen Hamilton, Jr., Sea Level.
34 J. L. Salter, Sea Level.
35 L. J. Noe, Beaufort.
36 Kilby Salter, Davis.
POLICE COURT ITEMS.
A considerable string of cases were
tried by Mayor Jones in Police Court
Friday afternoon. Drunkeness and
fighting were the main offenses charg
ed. It appared that no serious dam
age was done by the fifrhtrng though.
One or two of the defendants in court
were on their second round and the
Mayor warned them that the third
time would mean a sentence to work
on the streets. He has made a pol
icy of being very light on first offen
ders. The' following were tried :
Ed. Chadwick, colored, drunk and
disorderly, plead guilty, $5 and costs.
Tom Sadler, drunk, $5 and the
costs.
David Sparrow, fighting, plead
guiltyt $1 and the costs.
John B. Congleton, disorderly con
duct, plead guilty, $1 and the costs.
Lucius Johnson, colored, fighting,
plead guilty, $1 and costs.
Joe Fisher, colored, drunk and
fighting. Denied being drunk, said he
fought, $5 and costs.
Mike Bennett, colored, fighting,
plead guilty, $1 and costs.
Ernest Springle, drunk plead guil
ty, $1 and costs.
Charles Chadwick, colored, fight
ing, $1 and the costs.
Obi Stanly, colored, riding bicycle
on sidewalk, let off with the costs.
The case against Waddel Smith, !
colored charged with driving car while
under the influence of liquor was con
tinued to next Friday.
In Anticipation Of Collecting
To Run Six Months. Jury List
BOOST RAILROAD
TO CAPE LOOKOUT
Promoters Given Enthusiastic
Reception By Sanford
People
Sanford, Sept. 15 A largely at
tended mass meeting of the citizens
of Sanford was held last evening at
the town hall. The mmeeting was ad.
dressed by C. C. Kirkpatrick, of New
Bern and C. A. Owens of New York,
who were in Sanford for the purpose
of creating interest in the construc
tion of a new railroad from Cape
Lookout to Sanford, a direct east and
west line whose final destination
would be further west.
Mr. Kirkpatrick spoke of the pur
pose of those interested to develop
a port at Cape Lookout, where the
United States government has spent
one and a half million dollars and as
much more appropriated to be spent
when a railroad is built to the Cape.
Mr. Owens told of investigations
that have been made for several
months, and results obtained showed
that such a railroad would solve the
problem. He told of the wonderful
harbor at Cape Lookout and said that
ships could enter there, with a tre
mendous saving in pilot fees, as well
as in time, for those from South
America, as well as those coming
through the Panama Canal. He said
that the proposition had the endorse'
ment of Senator Simmons, Governor
McLean and other prominent citizens
of the State.
Mr. Owens said that a financial
syndicate was ready to build the road
as soon as the Interstate Commerce
Commission would grant permission
and that their viBit to Sanford was
for the purpose of interesting the
citizens so as to get their support and
assistance when the matter comes up
before the commission. Much en
thusiasm was manifested at the meet
ing and the citizens of Sanford will
do all in their power to secure the
railroad which would mean much for
this section.
BANKING INSTITUTI'N HAS
TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
On Sunday the 18th the Beaufort
Banking and Trust Company's twen
tieth anniversary occurred. An ad
vertisement to this effect appeared
in the News last week. The company
did not have any formal celebration
of the event but Monday the board
of directors had a meeting and felic
itations and congratulations were ex
changed. The growth of the Banking and
Trust Company really has been phe
roniinal. Twenty years ago, the
first day of business, showed that $12,
220.56 was all the worldly goods that
the concern had. Ten years later
this figure had increased tit $244,828,
32 and now in tha year of grace 1927
it stands at $658,223.82. The direc
tors and stockholders of the banking
company are highly gratified at the
progress of their institution and are
appreciative of the support the pub
lic has given them. They say they
hope it will not be many years before
the Beaufort Banking and Trust
Company will be a million dollar
bank.. This depends largely of
course upon the development of this
section and general business condi
tions as well as the lines upon which
the business is conducted.
SIXTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL
DRIVES A SCHOOL TRUCK
According to reports one of the
best school truck drivers that comes
to Beaufort is a girl. Miss Lillie Wal
lace, sixtppn vear old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Wallace, pilots the big
truck that brings a crowd f "-
and girls from Merrimon to tfcf !gf
school here. On the way the uu-i
also picks up more pupils along the
North River road. The authorities
were unable to get a young man to
drive the truck and so Miss Wallace
was given the job and is said to be
making a careful and efficient driver.
BIRTH OF SON.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. H. Burton
Dpniels of Lenoxville on Thursday
September 8th a son. The infant has
been named Herman Burton Daniels,
JrA
Potato Harvesting
Started Here Monday
Potato digging on the F. A. Pitts
farm on North River started Monday.
Mr. William Savage the manager ex
pects to get out three car loads this J
week. The potatoes are being snip-'
ped to Norfolk. They are of the
Porto Rico variety.
Mr. Savage is getting a yield of
from 150 to 200 bushels of potatoes
to the acre this week. The stock is
of a medium size and is said to be
more salable than when they stay in
the ground onger and get to be very
large. The potatoes are graded ac
cording to U. S. Department of Agri
culture specifications and are packed
in bushel hampers. The three cars
have already been sold. A good
many summer sweets have been ship
ped this season but this is about the
first lot of fall potatoes that has been
shipped so far as the News knows.
HOMEBUILDING
FIRM ORGANIZED
Will Sell Real Estate And
Build And Sell Residences
On Easy Terms
A firm recently organized by
Messrs. W. T. Davis and John T. Ab
ernethy bids fair to have a very con
siderable part in building up Beaufort
and its suburbs. The concern is
known as the Home Builders Realty
Corporation. Offices for it are be
ing fitted up on the second floor of
the Clawspn building. The entire
second floor will be used by the new
firm.
The Builders Realty Corporatior
has the exclusive sale of the lots in
the Higrhland Park subdivision and
will make a specialty of this nroper
ty. However the firm will take con
tracts to build any where that its ser
vices may be- required. It already
has contracts for six nice dwellings
and will start work on these next
weelc. Several times that many resi
dences will be erected at Highland
Park in the next twelve months.
These houses will be built and sold
on easy terms; moderate cash pay
ment down and the rest in monthly
payments running over a number of
years. In ahr.. st .!) of hv largi v
towns and cities 'hure are firm- th.it
build them n mi. : r terms id it is
'ought " si 'hiir l a good .'ling
fcr a concern of ine kind in rYcu
iort. Mr. Davis t.:t been in 'nc ccn
tracting business . i Beaufoii ' a
numer f years and has built a great
many public l-.MirM :i s, store SiP. its
idences in Carteret county else
where in North Cnvrlinn. M . t r
nethy was engaged i;. the real -?itate
business in Winst" Salem an i r:o
i 1 1 for a number of years and io w 11
versed in I -t I f.i.css.
ESCAPE FROM ASYLUM
GETS KILLED BY TRAIN
RALEIGH, Sept. 20 Two escaped
inmates of the epileptic colony of
State Hospital for the insane were
instantly killed early today when they
were struck by a Norfolk-Southern
freight train near McCullers station.
The escaped inmates were Charles
Hamby, Surry county, and Chester
McKinney, McDowell county. The
mangled bodies were found by mem
bers of the train crew. Hamby and
McKinney had escaped from ihe state
institution ten hours apart.
Hamby was killed instantly while
McKinnev died shortly after being
found by the train crew about mid
night. Hamby escaped from a work
squad Monday afternoon, and Ham
by escaped earlier in the day.
Slayer Of Aged Couple Goes
On Trial Again This Week
RALEIGH, Sept. 20 W. L. Ross, ,
of Warrenton, confessed slayer of an
aged couple who befriended his step- J
daughter, is scheduled to leave i
"Death Row" at States Prison this
week for another trial in Warren
County. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney R. j
Odom were slain by Ross as they sat i
in their home at Alert on fliay io,
1926.
They ' had befriended the step
daughter of Ross, who had left his
roof on account of his persistently
intoxicated condition.
He does not want to live, he says
Taken to thep rison immediately
after the crime he pleaded with of
Icers for an immediate execution,
denied this he attempted suicide by
wrapping himself in the rrtattress of
'lis cell and setting fire to it. Re
peatedly he has asked for and sought
STANCH REMOVED
BY CITY BOARD
As Resignation Was Not Offer
ed, Action Was Taken. No
Successor Appointed
At a meeting of the board of town
commissioners held Friday evening in
the city hall a resolution was adopt
ed which removed W. L. Standi, sec
retary and a member of the Water
and Light Commission. The board
had requested his resignation and not
having received it took this action.
Mr. Standi was not present at the
meeting and had made no response
to the board's request. J. F. Dun
can another member of the commis
sion was present but said he had not
discussed the matter with Mr. Stan-
til aiiu miew iiubiuiig nuuub n. lie
said that if the board would make
the slightest intimation that his res
ignation was desired that he would
resign. The board did not elect a
successor to Mr. Stancil. All mem
bers of the city board were present
except Commissioner Mason.
An application was filed by Attor
ney J. F. Duncan for permit to erect
a filling station at the sonthv.'est cor
ner of Ann and Moore sttreets. The
building is to be of stucco and brick.
The permit was granted.
A petition to pave Mulberry street
between the State highway and Marsh
street was presented. This was re
ferred to the street committee for
consideration.
A petition from Richard Felton
asking for permission to remodel his
building on the south side of Front
street was presented. It is proposed
to put a brick front on the building
and make other improvements. As
the lot is in the fire district the mat
ter had to go over for 20 days.
In order to protect children at the
public schools an ordinance wasadopt-
ed forbidding automobile traffic be
tween the hours of 8 A. M. and 5 P.
M. every day except Saturday and
Sunday in . certain districts The
school cons so created is-that part of
Mulberry street between the State
highway and Marsh street and that
part of Queen street between Mul
berry and Pine streets. The ordi
nance also makes a one way street of
that part of Marsh going north from
Pine to Mulberry and west down
Mulberry to Pollock and south down
Pollock to Pine. Copies of the or
dinance adopted have been printed
and distributed. A fiine of $5 is the
penalty for violating the ordinance.
At the request of painters the
board passed an ordinance putting a
tax of $10 a year on painters.
CHURCH CENSUS REVEALS
SOME INTERESTING FACTS
A very thorough canvas was made
last Sunday afternoon of the white
residents of Beaufort by representa
tives of the Baptist, Episcopal and
Methodist churches. The object was
to make religious census of the white
population. Information of much in
terest to the churches and to the peo
ple generally was obtained.
The census shows that the Metho
dists have 389 members and that 276
non church members prefer that de
nomination. There are 144 Episco
pal communicants and 91 who prefer
that faith. The Baptists have 201
members and 279 others prefer that
denomination but are not members.
The information secured will be used
of course as a means of increasing
attendance and membership in the
three churches concerned. A special
effort is being made to get out a large
attendance next Sunday. The slo
gan of the churches this week is "Go
To Church Sunday."
death.
About one week after the crime
was committed he was tried and sen
tenced to die, but the State which
sought his life then closed the door
of death. It appeared that Ross was
insane that there was evidence of
his insanity which should have been
presented at his trial.
The Supreme Court granted a new
trial.
When his second trial was called
in May, Ross was brought into the
court room in Warrenton in such a
weakened condition that the trial was
postponed.
He sits in his cell today emaciated
and unkempt with the blank silent
stare of a madman. He has heard the
last prayers for almost a dozen doom
ed men abrv.it to -eceive the punish
M'.t he h i:i denkd.
He seems to resent it.
Lost Pony FouncJ 3
Very Near Home
Mr. John Noe who drives a pony
and cart around town thought for
a while last week that he was minus
a pony. The animal disappeared and
nobody knew any thing of his where
abouts. Mr. Noe went all over town
looking for him and finally went as
far as Lenoxville but without suc
cess. The next day he intended to
go to Harlowe but happening to go
out back of the house he heard a
pony whinny. Going in the direction
of the sound in the midst of some
weeds and grass he saw his pony's
head sticking out of the ground.
While grazing around at night the
pony had fallen in the hole which was
deep enough to hide all of his body
except his head. He was pulled out
of the hole and except that he was a
bit thirsty and hungry seemed to be
all right. A marsh pony is a pretty
tough creature any way.
P. T. Association Has
Fine Fall Meeting
The first meeting of the Parent
Teachers Association was held in the
new school building September 20
with a fine attendance. All of the
teachers being present and many
parents and friends of the school.
Our new president, Mrs. Hidebrand
presided. Our Superintendent gave
us some facts about the school, time
of opening, lunch hour, number of
pupils etc. Miss Parkin, our home
economics teacher told us of her
work. All of the teachers were in
vited to the front so that we could
become better acquainted with them.
It was moved and carried that we of
fer two attendance prizes next year.
One for the largest number of men
voting for our room and the other
the largest number of women. The
prize to be $2.00.
After our meeting the teachers led
the way to the home economics room
where we were served delicious punch
and caks.
Publicity Chmn.
Newport Schools
Opened Up Monday
Newport, Sept. 20 The opening
of the Newport Consolidated Schools,
on Monday with a much larger enroll
ment than was expected, especially
on the first day was indeed very grat
ifying to the large number of parents
and friends in attendance, total num
ber being (399), while there are
some forty or fifty yet that will at
tend. Owing to the large number which
are entering first and second grades,
it appears that those being assigned
to teach these grades will be unable
to handle the large number without
additional help.
After the children had assembled
in their classrooms at the tap of the
bell, each cass began to form lines
Mnd marched into the large auditor
ium, where a few minutes talk was
made by the Reverend H. M. Davis,
pastor of the M. E. Church at this
place, after which prayer was offer
ed end a brief talk was made by Prof.
C. F. Carrol, emphasizing to the chil
dren the necessity of hard work
which will result in no regrets when
examination day arrives and when
each and every one is desirous of
promotion, stating that something
which is very necessary is the in
struction by the parents at home and
the cooperation of parent and teach
er and in concluding by setting forth
his rules which were not lengthy, but
a summary we would draw the con
clusion that his rules were condensed
in two words, "DO RIGHT." "Let
your conscience be your Guide."
The faculty for this Year is as fol
lows: Miss Ruth Tyler, Roxabel, N. C,
Low First Grade.
Miss Annie Wilcox, Dover, N. C,
High First Grade.
Miss Lydia Willis, Atlantic, N. C,
ow Second Grade.
Miss Leota Robinson, Atlantic, N.
C, High Second Grade.
Miss Annie Haskins, Oriental, N.
C, Third Grade.
Miss Verma James, Star, N. C,
Fourth Grade.
Miss Epsie Gregg, Swannonoa, N.
C, Fifth Grade.
Miss Lucy Flemming, Grifton, N.
C, Sixth Grade.
Miss Kate Guider, Montrun, Va.,
Seventh Grade.
High School Teachers.
Miss Louise Kent, Kentis Store,
Va., Hems Economics and Science.
Miss George Wilcox, Dover, N. C,
Mrth. & History.
Miss Clydia Parrish, Coats, N. C;
English, French & Latin.
Mips Margaret McMath, Bridgeton,
Va., Music.
CONFERENCE HAS
GOOD RESULTS
Methods Of Improving Schools
Discussed. County Schools
Opened Monday
Carteret County Educational Con
ference closed at noon Saturday Sep
tember 17th. The two outstanding
things on the conference program
were the contributions made by the
teachers on I'r'day and the discussion
on Saturday morning led by Mr. L.
C Brogden of the State Department
of Education.
The contributions by the theachers
were especially interesting because
they were about outstanding pieces of
work that were done in the county
last year by these teachers. The
subjects were as follows: A Prin
cipal's responsibility for the Care of
School Building and Equipment by
G. D. Hardesty of Harkers Island.
How Teachers Should "ooperate With
the Principal by Miss Josie Pigott of
Smyrna, The Development of the In
dividual Pupil by Mrs. W. O. Bras
well of Smyrna, Organization and
Equipment of a School Library by
C. F. Carroll of Newport, Getting Ac
quainted With Your Community by
Miss Mabel Ellis of Harkers Island,
How to Build a Community Club by
P. H. Edwards of White Oak, How to
Improve and Care for the School
Grounds by L.J. Davis of Sea Level.
Mr. Brogden lead a round table dis
cussion concerning the obligations of
teachers and committeemen. Each
was given the opportunity to tell what
they thought the other could do to
improve the school. Practically all
of the teachers in the county and
about fifty committeemen were pres
ent at this discussion. At the close
of the discussion they left for their
respective schools feeling that they
had a better understanding of their
duties and relationships as education
al leaders in their communities.
All county schools opened Monday
Morning, Septembei 19th. Many pa
trons were present for the opening
exercises. All schools have not yet
reported their total enrollment o the ,
county 'superintendent btt'thff ittdfr
cations are that it will be very large
this year in the county. Vhite Oak
has a large increase because of con
solidation and a number of older boys
and girls who had stopped school
have entered again because of the ad
vantages which are offered them in
a larger school. White Oak has ov
er two hundred children enrolled at
the present time. i ,
NEW RESIDENCE GOING UP
ON POLLOCK STREET
Work started Monday on n nice
residence for Mr. C. K. Ilowa on
Pollock street. The lot, whhh is a
very desirable one, has a frontage of
fifty feet and a depth of 167 feet cr
thereabouts. The house will be of
the bungalow type, one story with
heating plant and other modern con
veniences. The material used will
be conrete tiles and brick for the
walls. Messrs Robert Dunn and
George Woolard will build the house.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Only one permit to wed has been
issued by Register of Deeds R. W.
Wallace since last Week and that was
to Geo. W. Daniels and Mabel Lup
ton, of Cedar Island.
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 Tido
Friday, September 23
6:18 A. M. ' 12:06 A. M.
6:41 P. M. 12:20 P. M.
Saturday, September 24
7:00 A. M. 12:43 A.
7:20 P. M. 1:01 P.
M.
M.
Sunday September 25
7:88 A. M. 1:19 A. M.
7:56 P. M. 1:39 P. M.
Monday, September 26
8:14 A. M. 1:52 A. M.
8:30 P. M. 2:14 P. M.
Tuesday, September 27
8:47 A. M. 2:24 A.
9:02 P. M. ' 2:49 P.
Wednesday, September 28
9:18 A. M. 2:56 A.
M.
M.
M.
9:33 P. M. " 3:25 P. M.
Thursday, September 29
9:51 A. M.' 3:28 A. M.
10:06 P. M. 4:01 P. M.
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