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NUMBER 46
12 PAGES TWO SECTIONS THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY NOV.
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VOLUME XVI
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New School Buildings
For Smyrna-Atlantic
County Board Authorises Loans
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tion Placed On His Property
The proceedings of the board of
county commissioners were not in
scribed in the minute book last week
until it was too late for the Beaufort
News to inspect them. A short ar
ticle about the meeting was carried
in the paper and the facts of main in
terest are now given herewith.
A request for funds to operate the
county schdols was presented to the
board by the educational authorities.
The request was for $45,000. Of
this $29,000 is needed for November
and $16,000 for October obligations.
The board agreed to try to get the
needed funds.
A protest as to valuations placed
on his lands in the county was filed
by Senator F. M. Simmons. The
tract is located on Bogue Sound and
was purchased from George E. How
ell. It seems that 20 acres are val
ued at $3360. wbich Senator Simmons
regards as excessive. The board re
fused to change the valuation.
Two resolutions were adopted by
the board which authorized borrow
ing $100,000 from the State of NrTtn
Carolina for erecting two school
buildings. One loan of $55,000 is to
build an elementary school of 14
rooms and an auditorium at Smyrna.
The other loan of $45,000 is to he
used for tbe erection of a building
with eight class rooms and an audi
torium at Atlantic.
As stated in the News last week a
petition was presented to the board
asking that a County Recorder's court
be established. It was signed by all
of the lawyers in the -county. The
board took the matter under advise
ment and will take it up again at the
next meeting.-- Anwotiow-was passed
to appoint a committee to confer -with
the mayors of Beaufort, Morehead
City and Newport in regard to hav
ing a celebration of the bridge open
ing. Some other matters of a rou
tine nature were transacted and the
following jurors for December court
chosen:
1. Asa Gaskins, Camp Glenn.
2. D. A. Freeman, Morenead City.
3. Josephus Willis, Morehead City.
4. G. R. Wallace, Merrimon.
5. Walter Fulcher, Stacy.
6. Bert Styron, Morehead City.
7. D. C. Morse, Pelletier.
8. Roland Davis, Beaufort.
9. B. T. Willis, Marshallberg.
10. M. A. Hill, Sea Level.
11. Charlie L. Taylor, Sea Level.
12. W. J. Hales, Morehead City.
13. ' J. T. Norris, Beaufort, RFD.
14. G. 1). Purifoy, Beaufort, RFD.
15. C. G. Gaskill, Beaufort.
16. Willie L. Mason, Stacy.
17. Richard Gillikin, BeaufortRFD.
-8. J. I. Mizelle, Newport.
MRS. MARY B. BENTON.
In a rectn issue of the Nashville,
Tennessee Banner an account of the
death of Mrs. Mary B. Benton of that
city was given. Mrs. Benton was a
sister of Mrs. A. J. Cooke of Beau
fort. The article reads:
Mrs. Mary Branch Benton, widow
o fthe late Col. E. S. Benton, who
served as Military Instructor at the
Vanderbilt University , during the
World War, died Saturday afternoon
at five thirty o'clock at her home
3869 Princeton Ave. She was born
and reared In Cincinnati, Ohio, but
had spent the last fourteen years of
her life in Nashville, Tenn. She is
survived by the following children:
Mrs. G. K. Vaughan, E. S. Benton
and Miss Edith Benton of this city,
two sisters and one brother. Mrs.
Carrie B. Law, Huntsville, Ala., Mrs.
A. J. Cooke of Beaufort, N. C. and
Mr. Charles Branch of Anderson, Ind.
The burial was in the National Cem
letie'ry condiVted by the Rev. Dr.
George Stokes. Mrs. Benton was a
very estimable lady, gentle and re
fined in her bearing. The family has
the sympathy of their many friends
in their great loss. -
OPEN BARBECUE STAND
Beaufort is about 75 miles east
of the barbecue belt and so that form
of cooking is not well known here,
as it is around Kinston, Goldsboro
and other towns and cities. However
a couple of young men, the Johnson
' brothers, , have decided to open an
oyster and barbecue stand so this
will supply what some may regard
as a necessity, namely barbecued
meats. They will open Saturday
night in the room formerly used as
Wolf's barbershop.
Of $100,000 For Houses. May j
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ARMISTICE DAY
A BIG SUCCESS
Program Went Through Suc
cessfully And A Large Crowd
Had A Good Time
Armistice Day celebration was a
big success. Mr. J. W. Willis Jr.,
of Morehead City who planned and
engineered the affair ' said that he
would have a big crowd, a good pro
gram and good weather and he de
livered the goods.
The weather was as mild and peace
ful as a May day: too warm for
wraps for the ladies but just right
for ice cream cones. The football
players found it a trifle warm but it
was very nice for the spectators at
the game and also those who watch
ed the boats and the seaplanes and
listened to the speaking. A large
crowd lined the water front between
Queen and Pollock streets and au
tomobiles were strung aloYig for a
half a mile or more. The weather was
so favorable for fishing and farming
operations that a good many men did
not attend the celebration. Several'
thousand people though took a holi
day and enjoyed themselves. The
banks closed and most of the stores
were closed for several hours.
Front street was nicely decorated
for the occasion. Most of the bus
iness houses had their windows and
fronts draped in the national colors,
llessrs. Bryan Arthur and Charles
Manson fixed the lamp posts up nice
ly with flags and bunting. The pa
rade of ftie school children lea fled
by St. Paul's band was a lengthy and
interesting one and attracted much
attention. One of the principal fea
tures of the day was the flying of
the two naval planes from Hampton
Roads. They arrived about ten o'
clock and flew around over tbe town
and harbor. The children, and
grown folks too, had a great time
chasing after prize tickets thrown
out of the planes. Some of the tick
ets called for nice prizes given away
by business houses and others and
they were very much in demand.
At about one o'clock the crowd as
sembled in front of the Inlet Inn
porch where the exercises took place.
The band played and the crowd sane
America after which the Reverend
G. W. Lay lead in prayer. County
Superintendent J. H. Workman was
then introduced by City Attorney M.
Leslie Davis. Mr. Workman made a
fhort speech appropriate to the oc
casion and introduced Mayor Luther
Hamilton of Morehead City. Mr.
Hamilton spoke about half an hour
and received many compliments on
his address. He said the occasion
was not a mere celebration of the
victories won. It was to honor the
memories of those who took part in
the struggle and the cause for which
they fought. He set forth the bless
ings of peace and expressed the hope
that the time would come when wars
would be no more.
The program of the day concluded
with a game of football between the
high school teams of Ayden and
Morehead City. Ayden won by a
score of 12 to 0 but they had to fight
hard for what they got. The More
head City team was just organized
this year and played only three or
four games. The Ayden team has
played ten games this season and won
all of them so the News was inform
ed. And now everybody says there
must be another Armistice celebra
tion next year.
PRESTON LEWIS GRADUATES
AT U. S. RADIO COLLEGE
Mr. and Mrs. W. Lewis Of Beaufort-have
been notified that their
son Preston A. Lewis has graduated
recently from the U. S. Naval Radio
College with honors, it is under
stood that the young man will ship
on the new U. S. S. Saratoga, air
plane carrier. This vessel cost $36,-
000,000 and is one of the finest of
that type in the world.
A Christmas present that will
reach your friend fifty two times
next year would be a good one
wouldn't it? Well send the Beau
fort News then, it casts only $2.
Beaufort Drawbridge
Keady r or service .
The Beaufort drawbridge was cap- j
erated this morning at about hall
past ten by electricity for the first!
time. Mayor D. M. Jones and a rep- j
resentative of the News were pres-
eni, us were oeverm uwici uukui,
and decided- that it would do. The
massive draws are raised and lower
ed with the utmost ease in about two j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bert- j
D.k j... nfroiuHlram of Marshallberg took place in;
IJ1U1 U ICO. Uiano v .viw
trom one station. When the bridge ,
is opened a man will be kept on du
ty day ana nignt to auena 10 re.
This morning only about two hun
dred yards of the causeway remained-
to be asphalted. This should be fin-,
i-u.j n o a ...
phalt is being laid at the foot of the " Mr- Pu """" c , ""7 ' r urnllre - " - -
bridge and will be carried back to . waived examination The defendant four burner New Perfection Oil
connect with that already done. When was put under a $1000 bond. Stove V Gask.ll-Mace Hardware
the base which is five inches thick is The prosecution m the case was Co., Beaufort; an oven for an oil
finished work will start at once put. ! represented by Attorney E. Walter ; st0ve by H. C Jones Hardware Co
ting a two inch top surface on the Hill. The warrant charged the de- Beaufort; a breakfast room table
roadway. With good weather the ! ndant with manslaughter. Evidence j made m the shop of the Howard Nov
top probably will be finished in a substantiate the charge was offer- eky Works, Morehead City, and giv
week or ten days. The News under- Messrs. Fred Bertram, Charles j en by them; eight yards of screen
j v. v m aii. I Bertram, Dr. Braswell and Mrs. wire by Noe Brothers Hardware to.
ed to
day.
use the bridge Thanksgiving
Real Estate Transfers
The following deeds have been re
corded by Register of Deeds R. W.
Wallace since last week;
T. C. Wade, Sheriff to Dr. K. P.
B. Bonner, tract West Beaufort, for
Taxes paid.
G. W. Duncan, com. to Chas I.
Hatsell, 1 lot Beaufort, for $750.
, F.. R. Bell to Matthey Styron, 1 lot
Beaufort for $10.
Beaufort Realty Corp.
to V, A.
Beaufort,
Ward et al 3 lots West
for $46.00,
Beaufort Realty Corp to Mrs. J.
R. Whisnant, 2 Jots West Beaufort,
for $240.
J. R. Whisnant and wife to W. E.
Bostice, 2 lots West Beaufort, for
$100. .
J. T- Beveridge and -wife to J. B.
Jones et aL several lots Beaufort,
for $100.
Mrs. Lizzie M- Jones, widow, to
3. B. Jones etal, several lots Beau-
fort for $500.
Z. M. Lewis to Jobn Cannon Lew
is, 1-2 lot Morehead City, for$10.
E. H. Gorham and wife to John
Cannon LewiB, 1 Tot Morehead City,
for $100.
James M. WHlis and wife to Ivey
E. Hunter, 23 1-2 an-es Morehead
Township, for $1500.
S. C. Hol!oway and wife to S. A.
for $10
er A. Duplanty and wife to S. C.
Holloway and wife, 1 lot Morehead
City, for $500.
Monroe Mann to Leon Mann,
tract Newport Township for $10.
J. B. Mann Heirs to Monroe" Mann,
1 ot Newport, for $135.
,E. J. Garner and wife to C. R.
Garner and wife, 1-4 acre Newport
Township, for $20.
Everett W. Penny and wife to Ar
thur J. Hallock, 3 1-2 acres White
Oak Township, for $10.
Everett W. Penny and wife to Ar
thur J. Hallock, 320 acres White
Oak Township, for $1.
Everett W. Penney and wife to Ar
thur J. Hallock, 9 3-4 acres White
Oak Township for $1.
Read The Green Cloak, starting in
this paper December 1st. Read the
Green Cloak every week.
Wealthy Young
. Held For
Various accounts of the killing of
. A. Miller of Morehead City, which
occurred on the highway near Camp
Glenn early Sunday morning, have
appeared in the daily newspapers. As
usual in such cases many reports
were in circulation about the matter.
As the News is informed Miller
was run over by a car driven by Mr.
Alton Bland of Raleigh and Mr. Scott
Parham of Morehead City was in the
car with him at the time of the ac
cident which occurred about 2 o'clock
in the morning. They say that Mill
er was lying flat on in the road and
that they knew they had struck
something but did not know it was
a man until next morning when they
learned that Miller was dead.' The
unfortunate man was found by Mr.
Abbott Morris of Morehead City, who
picked him up and carried him to the
hospital in Morehead City where he
died shortly after the occurrence,
Bland and Parham returned to .the
place where the accident happened
but could not find any trace of the
man. Coroner Frank King of Beaufort
DE DAVIS
HELD FOR COURT
Waived Examination And Was,
Put Under Bond For January i
term vi vvm
An aftermath of the death of lit-
tie Margaret Bertram, five year old j
Beaufort Tuesday aiternoon.
m
Mr.
' Claude Davis, the young Coastguar's- j
; man who ran over the child in his car j
and caused her d'eath, was tried by i
Jusuce ox tne race
hurst and held for Superior Court.
Attorney C. R. Wheatly appearing
i .1 iL Tl T C TX" U if n .
nanes ueri.raiii. xncn icanmuuj Deauiuitj a sci. ui iuui -was
all rather similar in its signifi- mixing bowls by Marine Hardware
cance. It was to the effect that Da- Co., Morehead City; a 16 quart alum
vis passed along the road driving : inum pot by T. D. Webb Furniture &
from 45 to 50 miles an hour, looking Hardware Co., Morehead" City; an
to the left hand side and struck the ;
child who was on the right side, just
off the road. Dr. Braswell testified
also as to the wounds which caused j
; her death almost instantly, I
The News carried an account of
this tragedy in its issue of Novem-
ber the third. At that time the mat-1
ter was investigated by Coroner j
Frank King who was told that the !
icjning was purely an accident and ,
he did not bold an inquest. Young :
Davis came to Beaufort that nignt,
gave himself up and spent the night
m jail. He was reieasea me nexi
day because there was no charge a
gainst him.
Newport Farmer Dies
r By His Own Hand
The body of Mr. Frank GarnerT a
farmer -wlio lived a few miles from
Newport was discovered cold in death
with a pistol grasped in his right
hand Friday evening by members of
his family. A bullet hole in bis right
temple indicated that he had taken
his own life. Coroner Frank King
of Beaufort was notified and a jury
was impanelled and an inquest held.
I The verdict of the jury was that the
deceased committed suicide.
The reasons for the suicide were
not definitely established but Mrs.
Garner stated that he had been rath
! er despondent of late, although he
was not m any serious trouble tljat
any one knew of. Besides his wid
ow he has surviving him seven chil
dren all of whom are grown. - He
was 67 years of age.
TEACHERS IN CONFERENCE
AT GREENVILLE FRIDAY
A number of teachers and others
from Carteret county will attend the
Northeastern District Teachers' meet
ing in Greenville which takes place
Friday and Saturday of this week.
The meeting will be held at the East
Carolina College. County Superin
tendent J. H. Workman of Beaufort I
is the district chairman and will pre- i
side over the meeting. A program I
which covers practically every de-1
nartment of the teaching profession j
has been prepared. '
Hotel Man
Superior Court
went to the scene of the tragedy
I Monday and made some investiga-
j tions after which he decided that it
was unnecessary 10 noiu n inquest.
On Tuesday Justice of the Peace
Bell of Morehead City had a hearing
of the matter and held young Bland
for Superior Court under a $1000
bond. Bland was represented by
former Judge J. Crawford Biggs of
Raleigh and Attorney E. H. Gorham
of Morehead City They did not
put on any witnesses for the defense
and waived examination. Young
Bland is the son of Mr. T. L. Bland
of Raleigh who is at the head of a
chain of hotels operating in North
Carolina and elsewhere. Attorneys
for the defense deny that Bland and
Parham were under the influence of
liquor on the night of the accident
and can prove the same by reliable
witnesses. The case is expected to
be tried in Beaufort at the January
i term of court. Miller, the dead man,
j was a tin smith formerly from New
Bern but has been living in More-
head City for some months. He
, If aves a family. .
' Improvement Contest
I Comes To End Friday
The Kitchen Improvement Con
test which has been in progress for
the last few months among
Demonstration Clubs will
the Home
close Fri-
, day, the 18th. Mrs. Estelle 1.
i Smith, District Home Agent, is now
jn the county to visit these kitchens
and to give them their final score,
and to decide which kitchens will wn
the prizes. It was only through the
kind interest of the furniture and
...
hardware dealers of Beaufort and
Morehead City that prizes could be
offered to the women for remodeling
their kitchens.
The following prizes will be given:
a Marsh Kitchen Cabinet by Dowdy
aluminum kettle by Miss Margaret
Gustin, Rura Supervisor; an oval
shaped dishpan by Miss Powell, Home
Agent.
There were thirty-five women en
tering the. contest, and with few ex
ceptions, they have made marked im
provements in their kitchens. Their
work has been worthy of the prises
they will receive, and I am sure that
they are happier for having made
their surroundings brighter and more
cheerful. As they go about their
daily work, they will not only enjoy
the use of their prize but also the
improvements they have made
their kitchens.
All of the club women and other
interested persons are asked to come
to Beaufort Friday, the 18th at 11
A. M. to room No. 4 of the Court
house Annex where the prizes will be
presented by Mrs. Smith. No woman
will know until Friday whether or
not she will win a prize because thi
will not be decided until Thursday
nicrht after Mrs. Smith has seen all
the kitchens.
. EDITH POWELL,
Home Dem. Agt.
EEAUFORT CITIZENS ATTEND
CORPORATION HEARING
. A delegation of Beaufort citizen
went to Raleigh yesterday to attend
the hearing there today before the
Corporation Commission in regard
to the bus franchise matter. Those
who went according to reports were
ton, Hugh Hill, W. P. Smith and Wil
ey H. Taylor. They are asking that
the Seashore Transportation Com
pany be permitted to come into Beau
fort. Mr. D. M. Denoyer is .also
there asking for a franchise between
Beaufort and Morehead City.
Third Group Meeting
At Atlantic Monday
The Third Group Meeting for
county teachers was held at Atlantic
School on Monday, November 14th
All teachers in that group were pres
ent.
The morning exercises were given
by the primary grades. After the
devotional exercises the toy band
conducted by Clayton Fulcher, Jr.,
gave ' several numbers. The first
grade and second grades dramatized
"Why the Evergreens Keep Their
Leaves." The exercises closed with
"The Brownie Boysv' by the boys in
the third and fourth grades.
Demonstration lessons were taught
as follows: Second Grade Arithmetic
by Miss Vera Robinson; Third Grade
Arithmetnc by Miss Grattis Truitt;
Sixth Grade, Introduction of Deci
mals, by Miss Margairet Hall; Sev
enth Grade, Percentage, by Miss Mary
White; Fourth Gra.de, Language and
Arithmetic based on Activity Work,
under supervision of the Teacher
Training Department.
In the afternoon the teachers met
for discussion of the work in rela
tion to the professional study.
BEAUFORT YOUTH WINS
HONOR AT UNIVERSITY
In college circle it is considered a
great distinction to be a member of
the Phi Beta Kappa society. Mem
bership in this organization is based
on merit. A student who is eligible
to join has to make "B" on his stud-
I ies for at least two and two third
years. George Parkin, a son of
j Captain and Mrs. Harry Parkin of
i Beaufort, has been notified recently
j Sv the authorities that he won this
distinction. He is a student at the
University of North Carolina.
FILLING STATION
ROBBER KILLED
Clerk Asleep in Place Sees
Intruder and Lets Drive
With Gun
SALISBURY, Nov. 11 R. Lamar
Riley is dead and his brother, H. T.
Riley, is in ajail as a result of an un
successful attempt to rob the Jake
Brown filling station at 2:30 o clock
this morning. F. M. Messimer, clerk
at the filling station, k'lled Riley with
shotgun. Coroner Summersett
deemed an inquest unnecessary and
Messinger has not been arrested.
Lamar Riley is said to have en
tered the front door of the filling sta
tion by using a master key. Messimer,
who was sleeping in the place, saw the
intruder and fired the load of shot
entering the side of Riley's head and
producing instant death. ' As Riley
fell a cocked pistol is sa:d to have
fallen from his hand and a lighted
flash light and the pistol were lying
by his side when officers arfrived.
Messimer said he saw another man
run when he fired. A car left stand
ing near the place was identified as
belonging to a home on hast BanK
street and when the officers went to
th;3 hrme they found Riley's brother,
H. T. Riley, in bed, it proving to be
his home and his brother s car.
The Rileys were raised at Tupela,
Miss. H. Ti came here a year ago
from High Point where he had lived
for years. Before that time he had
lived at Johnson City. He has a
wife and one child. Lamar Riley came
here recently. He has one son here
with him. , A wife living in Amarillo,.
Texas, wrote him recently that she
was getting a divorce from him and
would marry another man who had
been good to her. This letter was
found in his pocket. Along with the
wife's letter was a note from an
eight-year old son which said "Dear
daddy: I have missed you so much.
Please come back. I need you all
the time."
4 .
Captain Thos. Nelson
Died Tuesday Nighi'
After a protracted illness Captain:
Thomas Nelson passed away at his
home at Marshallberg Tuesday nig'bt'
at 10 o'clock. The funeral was held
this afternoon at Marshallberg. Cap
tain Nelson belonged to one of the
well known families of Carteret coun
ty and was himself well-known and
highly regarded citizen.
Surviving the decased are his wid
ow, Mrs. Ruth Davis Nelson, and
four sons and daughters, Miss Ethel
Nelson, Thomas Nelson and Mildred
and Lillian Nelson, all of Marshall
berg, his mother, Mrs. Jane Nelson of
Gloucester, four brothers, Captain
Leonard Nelson and Captain John
Nelson of Gloucester, Prof. Stacy
Nelson, of Chattanooga, Tenn., and
Charles G. Nelson, of Goucester; and
four sisters, Mrs. Willis of Glouces
ter; Mrs. Leolan Jackson, of Balti
more; Mrs. Willis of Smyrna, and
Mrs. Willis of Morehead City.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
The following permits to wed have ,
been issued fro mthe Register of
Deeds office since last week:
George Taylor and Annie C. Vann,
Beaufort.
Ottie Russell and Callie Guthrie,
Harkers 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 t 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, Nov. 18
3:39
3:57
4:38
4:55
5:23
5:38
6:02
6:28
6:39
6:55
7:14
7:32
7:47
8:07
A. M. 9:55 A.M.
P. M. 10:10
Saturday, Nov. 19
P. M.
A. M.
P. M.
Sunday, Nov.
A. M.
P. M.
10:47
10:53
20
11:05
11:34
M.
M.
M.
M.
Monday, Nov. 21
A. M. 11:32
P. M. 12:13
Tuesday, Nov. 22
A. M. 12:07
P. M. 12:50
Wednesday, Nov. 23
A. M. 12:41
P. M. 1:25
Thursday, Nov. 24
A. M. 1:15
P. M. 2:01
A. M.
P.' M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.