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VOLUME XVI
12 PAGES TWO SECTIONS THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY DEC. 15, 1927
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 50
NEWS
Strawberry Industy
May Be Established
Carteret Citizens Visit Duplin's Great Strawber
ry Area. Considerable Acreage Will Be
Planted To Berries In Carteret. County This
Spring.
Driving three hundred niilvs on a
cold day in December to look at
some strawberry beds would seem, on
first thought, to be a sort of wild
goose chase but it was found decid
edly worth while by a party of Car
teret citizens last Friday. Those
who took the trip were County Farm
Agent Hugh Overstreet. Messrs. G.
V. Huntley, U. E. Swann, Sam Gibbs
T. C. Whitehead, J. L. Bland, W. G.
Mobane. Although it was decidedly
the coldest day of the fair travelling
was pleasant. Driving along 'a
smoothly paved highway in a closed
car, at forty five miles an hour, when
the sun is shining brightly is an
agreeable experience. One does not
realize that it is cold except when
a bit of ice is seen or a wagon is
passed with its smoking horses and
its driver with heavy overcoats on and
his cap pulled down over his ears.
The farmers about Kenansville,
Teachey's and Rose Hill are certain
ly in the strawberry business. There
are other localities too where the lus
cious berries are raised but in the
section referred to strawberry cul
ture is a big industry. The object
of the Carttret delegation's trip was
to see how they do it and to find out
if the industiy might be carried on
in Cartertt successfully. Acres
upon acres in Duplin county are giv
en up to berries. Fields of from one
to five or six acres are Eeen on both
sides of the road as one drives along.
They plant them in their backyards
very often and somtimes in their front
yards too. Everybody seems to be
interested in the berry crop one way
or another and well they may be for
it brings an immense amount of mon
ey into their section, Carteret cburr-
ty probably has no crop that equals
- - i
it in value.
About a mil
fr -m Wallace on the j
A. C. L. Raib :ui ths State maintains
an agricu1-::! experiment station.
It is calk :! t..e Co;i;'.al Plain Experi
ment Station. Dr. Charles Deering
is in charge of it. This farm is a
very interesting place. It was rather foh his alleged purchase of a Senate
too cold to make walking around the ! seat, they warmed to him at the mo
farm a joy and any way the Carteret j ment of his rejection. He stood there
folks' time was limited so only about I proudly in his place, unflinching m
an hour was spent there. The beau- the face of the fiery charges hurled
tiful herd of Jersey cows was inspect "Pon him by.-his foes. Aid when
ed, the strawberry beds, the grape the vote was taken that denied him
vi,0v,i. hnih.hpds wer shown the seat he clahns, he stood unchang-
the visitors by Dr. Deering who gave
information and answered the visi
tors' questions ver cheerfully and
entertainingly. A person who is in
terested in such matters might spend
a whole day there very profitably.
The experiments which are 'being
conducted on this farm should prove
of great service to agriculture in the
coastal section.
For severr.l yesirs County Agent
Overstreet has tried to interest Car
teret truckers in strawberrv culture,
so far however not very successfully.
A few berries aie grown in the coun-i
ty for home use and the local mark
ets.. Some of these here were very
nice anu vvi ..n .
orably with the Duplin berries, lney
i a hi- ; ,.
erow mostly the Missionary over ml
Tk. o,.iM, i. nt n We
UUpJlI'. AiJ'a " , ' ct-
aS the Klondike but it. is very prolific
and usually brings good prices. Dr.
Deering says that real sandy land is
not good for raising berries., A
J . . cni ia hotter Mr
Z-Z.v..Z w
uvrisucci m.ni- w -
in Carteret vell suited for berries
Mr. Bland who recently came to the
county from Craven, is very enthu
siastic on the subject. Mr. Huntley
is going to show his faith in a very
practical way; he expects to put five
acres in berries on what is known a3
the Gillikin farm near Beaufort. Sev
eral other truckers are said to be in
terested and it may be that a consid
erable acreage will be planted in ber
ries this Spring. It is possible that
in a few years Carteret county will
be shipping berries on as large a
scale as Duplin. At any rate an ef
fort is going to be made to get the
industry riTtcd ' this county.
DREr.CES G3:ng north.
Two dre-Jf 03 'icund north were tow
ed into t? f:n::, ons m Tuesday
a;id one on Wednesday. They were
brought here by the tugs Adler and
De Bordelan of New Orleans and
were met h?re by other tugs. Cap
tsins Will Smith and Reuben Yiik'
b:ucht tlum ecofs the bur.
POLITICS TOPIC
OF BIG INTEREST
IN CAPITAL CITY
A Political Campaign Of Great
Interest To The Nation Is
Now Brewing
WETS AND DRYS ORGANIZE
BY WILLIAM P. HELM, JR.
(Washington Correspondent of .he
NEWS).
Washington, Dec. 14 Washington
is boiling and bubbling with supress
ed excitement in these hectic days
that mark the ' convening of a new
! congress. Across the stage of na.
tional affairs, drama, romance, pathos
and anger tread swiftly on each oth
er's heels. Everywhere in the streets
the cloakrooms of the Capitol, the
lobbies of the crowded hotels the
political situation is on the tongue of
eveiyone. The makings of as in
tense and dramatic a political cam
paign as the nation ever witnessed
are quickening, as if drawn by a
magnet, into tangible form.
The fight in the Senate to bar from
membership the Senators from Illi
nois and Pennsylvania was thought,
in advance, to have mortgaged the
spotlight of public attention. But
now that the fight has come, and all
but ended, interest in it has ebbed
away and other swiftly occurring
events battle for. a place in the pub
lie eye. Of them Washington Is
filled. There has never been so much
1 ! I . - 1 1 i
time annals of the Republic as today.
They barred Smith of Illinois from
the Senate on the day after it organ
ized and then took up the fight on
Vare. Whatever the crowded gal
leries might have thought of Smith
ed, erect, betraying no emotion. He
walked away with a high head and a
vigorous step, his face revealing no
clue to the heaviness that must have
weighted down his heart.
Not far away from the Senate
chamber the hosts of many churches
were meeting with prayer and the
singing of hymns to stir them in their
long drawn battle for prohibition.
The Anti-Saloon League hosts were
from all the States to mourn the pass
ing of Wayne Wheeler and to name
his successor. They did both, naming
t-3 Wheeler's post one of their most !
able leaders, Ernest R. Cherrington
of Westeiville, Ohio.
The worid knows little of Cherring-
.
For years he has tried to spread the
' . . r
teachings of prohibition in every civ-
i ilized community. He has been close
! to the rumblings of revolution in Tur
i key; he has known of the intrigue of
I the Soviets at Moscow; he has play
ed his part in the awakening of China
and helped in the ebb and flow of her
j v-ivii war. n uiese hiiu many um-
-,:..:! t n u l .. u
er things he has participated in with
the idea that prohibition might thus
be advanced under other flags. And
all the while he has eld his fingers
to the pulse of American affairs. He
will make a fighting leader and the
nation will read of his exploits in the
days to come.
And while the chorus of the church
men still floated out from the win
dows of their meeting place, the
camp of the wets unlimbered its
heavy artillery on Capitol Hill. It
fired aw ithering blast on congress
itself in a 250-word statement so hot
that it should have been written on'
asbestos. This bombshell carried
with high explosive charge that, far
and away the majority of congress
drank exceedingly wet while voting
intensely dry. Congress snorted
and may investigate.
Politics is king over the House at
the moment the favorite game seems
to be' out-jockey the other fellow.
The big tax-reduction is now before
the House. It was written in an at
mosphere surcharged with politics.
"Fery Grandpa" Garner, as his ad-
Five Still Remain j
On List Of Neecty
Half of the Christmas opportune
ties described in the News last week
.mve been taken and tne wants of tnt
needy ones will have attention. At
.nig writing five oi these opportuuif
.ies remain and any one who wishes
to help them can get the necessary
information by calling at the News
omce. '1 he opportunities are: , ;
1. Old man 74 years, lives alone
and is not able to work tins winter.
A allowed to live in his old home
rent free. Only relative is a brotn
er who is dependent on some one else.
Needs staple gioceries. ..'
2. Old man 74 years, with6ut a
near relative, lives alone in house
tnat he owns but may not be able to
pay last tax ($4.60). Has cnopped
vvooa the last few winters but ha3
rheumatism too bad to support him
self this winter. A fine old man.
Needs groceries. .
3. Old man 73 years, lives alone
and pays taxes on his one room and
half acre. No near relatives. Has
always been diseasedanu since an
accident crippled. Needs everything.
4. Old lady 73 years, lives with
bi other and his wife who are almost
as oiu a.iu leebie as herself. Very
p-or and necus warm clothing and
groceries.
u.' widow with five children.
mireis affectionately call him, leads
the Democrats and serious-minded
William Green the RepuDlicans. Lot:i
sides have written things into ths
ne'v measure. The Democrats are
out frankly to put Mellon in the hole.
The Republicans have their own ideas,
in the House, about tax reduction,
and they are not Mellcm's. Thus
theie is developing a three-cornered
Se-tt which bids fair to add much gay
ety of the nation ere it ends.
Mr. Coolidge dropped a high explo
sive shell into the ranks of his party
whose ethces are still reverberating
through the nation. They marched
into the East Room of the White
House to hear a few kind words. Mr.
Coolidge had prepared his speech
and it had been given in confidence
to the papers. But he added a single
paragiaph at the ned in which he
told the Republican party to , get
busy and select another standard
bearer. It left the National Committee gasp
ing. They couldn't even applaud, as
the President swiftly turned and left
them. It had other immediate re
sults, too. Th? first of these was the
wiping out of any chance " left to
Chailes E. Hughes to head the ticket.
The very next day, Mr. Hughes came
out with a statement that he would
not run.
What the President said daubtless
quickened the heartbeats of Herbert
noovei. .nr. hoover wants the
Presidency, his close friends say, a
bout as badly as it was ever wanted
by a mortal man. The Coolidge
statement means, if it means any
thing, that he can have it with Cool
idge s help. For all the power' of
the administration now will go to
Hoover. Ths fiist thing is to line
up the Southern delegates. Hoover
can win the nomination, as his
frnends see it now.
It isn't exactly like the Roosevelt
gift to Taft, but it has its points of
resemblance. The next few weeks
ought to see Mr. Hoover's position
made unmistakably clear as a can
didate for the nomination.
Kansas City as the place for the
convention will be better for. Hoover,
his friends say, than San Francisco.
For out on the Pacific Coast one Hir
am Johnson still is a power in poli
tics and between Johnson and Hoov
er there is no peace. Better nomi
nate Hoover at some other place, his
friends agieed. Hence, the wiseacres
say, Chairman Butler's statement
favoring Kansas City.
These are but the highest of the
highlights that have flashed across
political Washington during the past
few days. They are altogether po
litical. . Another life has blossomed
in Washington, too, since congress
came to town. The social swing is
now merrily on its way. The wives
of the Cabinet members are now
calling at the White House; the
wives of the Cabinet; the wives of
the Congressmen ara calling on the
wives of the Senators, and the wives
of the little bureau heads are calling
on everybody. .
And over at the great white man.
sion where Lincoln sat and Roosevelt
boxed and Woodrow WTilson's life eb
bed slowly out toward its close, the
great drawing rooms blaze with light
and are gay with color as official
Washington filters through the White
House.
County Farm Agent Hugh Over
street is in Raleigh this week attend
ing an agricultural conference.
THE BEAUFORT NEWS ha.
established its .own Buaeau at
Washington. This has been
done to give our readers up-to-date
and authentic news of
what is going on at the Nation
al Capital of interest to Car
teret County residents.
THE NEWS BUREAU is lo
cated at 24-25 Wyatt Building
(1403 F Street N. W.), in th
heart of the city's business dis
trict. William P. Helm, Jr., a na
tionally known writer and
Washington Correspondent of
long experience, is in charge of
the Bureau.
The services of the Bureau
are at the disposal, without
charge, of readers of THE
NEWS. You are invited to
write us, or the Bureau direct,
mentioning this paper, for any
information .desired with res
pect to national affairs, or for
any service the Bureau may be
able to perform for . you in
Washington.
And when you are in Wash
ington, drop in at the Bureau.
You will be welcomed there.
Also, the latest edition of THE
NEWS will always be on file
there.
Real Estate Transfers
The following is a list of the deeds
recorded at the Register of Deeds of
See during the. past week:
Beaufort Realty Corp. to D. I. and
R. E. Brooks, 2 lots West Beaufort,
for $290.
Beaufort Realty Corp. to Geo. T.
Woolard, 2 lots West Beaufort, for
$260.
W. A. Lloyd et al to Geo. J1. Wool
ard, part lot Beaufort for $ .
Beaufort Realty Corp. to H. B.
Ruffin. 4 lots West Beaufort for $780.
J. F. Duncan Trustee to J. M.
Willis, tiact Morehead Township, for
$100.
Carroll L. House and husband to
J. O. Bectonr 1-2 acre Morehead
Township for $400. '
Addie B. Wade and husband to E
H. Gorham, 4 acres Morehead Town
ship, for $1000.
Minerva McCain et al to E. H. Gor
ham, tract Newport Township for
$250.
Bogue Sound Lumber Co., to E. H.
Gorham, tract Morehead Township,
for $525.
E. H. Gorham and wife to D. C.
Garner 50 acres Newport Township,
for $2000.
M. O. Lawrence to Beatrice Lewis,
50 acres Straits Township for $1300.
M. G. Lewis and wife to Hilda
Brown, tract Straits Township, for
$10.
TRAFFIC ON THE BRIDGE
HEAVY ALL THE Tili
Traffic across the twin city hijrh
way bridge has been heavy ever since
it opened, especially on Sunday after
noons. It is reported that over 800
cars crossed the bridge last Sunday
afternoon in about three hours. The
use of the bridge for business pur
poses is increasing all the time.
Trucks from New Bern, Morehead
City and Beaufort use it regularly as
well as busses and private cars carry
ing people on business trips. So far
there has been no accident of any
consequence.
Tax Valuations Of All Townships
In Carteret County For 1926-1927
A gentleman who is interested. in
mation about tax valuations in Carteret
valuation in the county is about fourteen and
a considerable increase over the 1926 figures,
largest valuation in the county. As this is a
portance the News gives the figures herewith
public.
1927
Township valuatior
Atlantic .' 263,226
Cedar Island 106,581
Harlowe 294,253
Davis 226,723
oeaufort - - 3,971,085
Marshallberg .1 203,364
Haikers Island 280,216
Merrimon - 348,842
''crteret 222,860
Smyrna - 305,151
Portsmcuih 15,420
Stacy 140,250
Sea Ltvel 190,887
Straits 557,350
White Cak '- 873,439
Newport - -1,067,612
Morehead 5,183,326
Willistcn
(Col. 1026 -
Tctal Valuation "... 14,250,585
Man In A Row Boat
Making Long Trip
The News is in receipt cf a Utter
from Charles Seilitz of Far Rockaway,
New York, who says that he is on
his way here in a row boat. He in
tends going all the way to Miami,
Florida. A picture of Mr. Seilitz
and his boat were inclosed. He is a
pretty husky looking young fellow
but his boat seems rather frail for
so long a voyage. It bears a Masonic
emblem which may give him good
luck. He says that he left New
York on ttie 23rd of October and
that he has been windbound sixteen
days since he left there. The letter
was mailed at Stumpy Point, N. C.
so he has evidently come a good long
distance on his voyage.
j BAYARD TAYLOR STOCK .
SOLD HERE MONDAY
The stock of goods of Bayard Tay
lor who has been conducting a dry
goods store in Beaufort for several
years, was sold Monday at auction
by James Rumley, trustee. The mer
chandise, not including fixtures
brought $2750. There were two
shares of bank stock and one or two
other assets which brought the to
tal up to about $3000. The store
building and fixtures are the prop
erty of Mr. N. W. Taylor. The stock
of merchandise was bought by J.
Franks of Williamston. He said that
he had not decided fully what he
would do with the goods.
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL IS
ALMOST FINISHED NOW
.If all goes well the steam heating
plant in the Potter Emergency Hos
pital will be finished by Monday. The
weather has been so warm all the
Fall though that there has been little
use for it so far. Although not ex
pecting to do much at first the hos
pital has been treating patients right
along for several weeks. One of the
latest arrivals is Mr. B. F. Small of
Sea Level who has something like the
flu. Another infant saw the light of
day there Tuesday when a daughter
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Willis
of Williston.
Charles A. Lindbergh has
added another star to his crown
of glory. He is the first man
to make a non-stop flight be
tween the capitals of the Unit
ed States and Mexico. He
left the aviation field near
Washington Tuesday and reach
ed Mexico City at 2:39 in the
afternoon Wednesday, a non
lcp flight of moif" than 27
hours. He was given one of
the greatest receptions that has
ever been given to any man at
the Mexican capital.
SANTA CLAUS MAIL DELAYED
On account of lack of space sever
al letters to Santa Claus w&re left out
of the News this week. They will be
printed next Thursday and as that is
several days before Christmas will
rrobaWy reach old Santa in sufficient
time.
1 Remember the Beaufort News
might be a very acceptable Christ
mas present to a friend. It wouM
be a reminder of you 52 times dur
ing .the year.
such man
ers has gotten some infor-
county.
It appears that the total
a quarter millions. This is
Morehead township has the
matter of considerable im
for the information of the
1926
valuation
122,797
75,591
351,196
136,493
3,612,211
169,291
180,706
366,762
189,815
213,713
13,263
121,880
150,416
557,216
588,061
1,002,035
4,703,974
3.566
Increase
12,558,986 1,691.599
MGnEHEAD CITY
FAVORS HOSPITAL
Only Sixty Nine Votes Cast
Against The Plan For City
Hospital
Morehead City, Dec. 13 On last
Saturday the people of Morehead
City voted in a special election to es
tablish and operate a muncipal hos
pital. The election returns revealed
an overwhelming sentiment in favor
of the project. Out of eight hundred
and twenty six qualified voters five
hundred and fifty votes were cast in
favor and sixty nine agains tthe his
pital. Under the law, all votes not
cast were counted a s against and
hence the official majority counting
those uncast votes was two hundred
seventy four. The majority of the
cast votes was four hundred and
enghty one. The results of the elec
tion really does not reflect the extent
of public sentiment since many
voters registered thinking that they
would be privileged to vote ab
sentees. A question arose as to the
legality of these votes during the
election, that that there might be no
question as to the outcome all absen
tee votes were excluded although
some fifty or seventy five of these
had been regularly executed and
filed.
With the establishment of this pub
licly owned institution, it will be in
line to receive immediate benefit from
the Duke Endowment in the form of
a subsidy. This promises to be an
increasing source of income as the
years go by and will make it eligible
to be designated by the Federal Gov
ernment to care for those enttled to
hospitallization at government ex
government expense. It is expected
that the Count w commissioners will
make a reasonable appropriation in
the county budget for the charity of
the county. .
NICE DWELLING GOING UP
ON FRONT STREET
Work has been started and is now
going forward rapidly on a nice
dwelling house on east Front Street
near Gordon. The owner of the
building is Mr. Halsey D. Paul. The
Davis Construction. Corporation is
building it. The, house, which is lo
cated on a lot with a frontage of
52 1-2 feet will be a story and a half,
eight rooms capacity and built of
brick. If weather conditions are
.favorable the house will be finished
in a few months.
POLICE COURT ITEMS.
Mayor Jones had only two cases
for trial last Friday afternoon both
on the same charge, drunkenes-.
Bert Lloyd submitted to the charge
and was fined $5 and costs; Henry
Norcom Jr., denied the accusation
but the.Mayorhought otherwise and
he was fined $5 and costs. On ac
count of the menhaden fishing sea
son being at its height now and the
difficulty of getting witnesses several
cases have been continued from time
to time.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Two permits to wed were issued
today by Register of Deeds R. W.
Wallace. They were both to More
head City couples. The lucky ones
were: Oscar Hoyle Laney and Ethel
Gray Lewis, C. D. Mann and Ellen
Rice.
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 b 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
2:13
2:25
3:09
3:21
Tide
Low Tide
16
Friday Dec.
M. 8:13 A. M.
M. 8:30 P. M.
8:30
17
9:15
9:19
18
Saturday Dec.
M.
M.
Sunday Dec.
M.
M.
Monday Dec.
M.
M.
Tuesday Dec.
A.
P.
M.
M.
M.
M.
10:09
A.
10:06
P.
19
10:57 A. M.
10:49 P.M
20
4:46
5:00
5:28
5:43
6:06
6:24
6:43
7:04
M. 11:05 A.
M. 11:42 P.
Wednesday Dec. 21
M. 12:28 A.
M. 12:22 ( P.
Thursday Dec. 22
M. 12:07 A.
M. 1:00 P.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.