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NUMBER 31
VOLUME XVIII
10 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1929
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Commissioner Klein
Offers Resignation
Mr. Klein Says He Is Out of Line With a Major
ity of Board; Says There Should Be A Spirit
of Cooperation; Board Defers Action; Sever
al Road Delegations Come Before The Board
A mild sensation was created a
round the court-house Monday when
it became known that Commissioner
Klein had sent in his resignation as
a member of the board of county
commissioners. The board had been
in session a short time when the res
ignation was handed to Chairman
cusnau oy ui
Court L. W.
i ,. 1 1 lir n n A Avrtlaino
letter is puouwieu
itself. For some weeks now Mr.
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Klein has not attended a meeting of'
the board.
Believing that Commis
sioner Klein had acted under a mis-
apprenens.o.. u ""-'"I
postponed ju-uuu u.i ...
until the regular September meeting.
If his resignation is accepted it then
hecomes the duty of the Clerk of the
Superior Court to appoint his success'
or.
Several
the board asking that roads in tneir(amj Holland told of making the ar-i
sections be repaired, ihese matters ,rest( seeing him give liquor to Mar-.fifth term, went to Congress after'a
were referred to Road Supervisor D. tjn finding empty jars and so on. jteriffic fight, but has had little oppo
M. Jones. Messrs. S. D. Day and J. James Fulford, a Negro youth, was sition in his successive races. How
M. Daniels wanted something done a- j tried and convicted on the charge of j ever, The breach has steadily widen
bout the Cedar Island ferry and the Riding and abetting Manly Bailey to'ed in that time between him and Jiis
roads down there. They said the j attempt to break jail. Bailey was dis j fellow townsman, Senator F. M. Sira
l tolls did not amount to enough to, covered by Jailer Gaskill with a hack mons. Mr. Hargett declined to bolt
keep the ferry going and wanted some I Saw and his shackles sawed apart. the Democratic Presidential ticket
help. They thought $30 a month j Henderson, a Negro prisoner, testi-j last year, but has always been on
from the county would be sufficient j fied against Fulford. He was given j most friendly terms with Senator
and the board decided to allow this 1 12 months on the roads. (-Simmons. . '
amount. Howard Rose of Harker's Island, j "I do not know whether I will run
Attorney E. Walter Hill represent-(charged with larceny failed to show i or not and I may decide not to leave
ine the Cape Lookout Highway Inc.
came before the board and asked that j :
condemnation proceedings be started j Birds are rarely sighted by air
. for a right of way for a road at the j men flying at an Utitude of 3,000
western end of Barker's Island. No; feet or over. ,
action was taken upon the matter.
G. R. Lawrence came before the
board and claimed damages for car
caused by driving off the Cedar Is-
land ferry. Action on the matter
was deferred.
Sheriff Davis reported that the .
bars in the jail windows are set in;
wood and he asked for authority to:
get iron plates to fasten the bars in. j
He was told to go ahead and have j
it done. - I
T. C. Wade, Tax Collector, said j
that two bad checks had been given ;
him and he wanted authority to ad-;
vertise the property of the parties, j
The board gave him instructions to
advertise. I
The poor allowance of D. C. Willis
was transferred to his widow as Mr.
Willis died recently.
The board ordered the payment of
some notes and the renewal of some.
The County Auditor's report to the
board is published in this newspaper
on another page.
" Commissioner Klein's Letter
Morehead City, N. C.
August 5th. 1929.
Hon. L. W. Hassell, Clerk Superior
Court of Carteret County,
Mr. Chas. H. Bushall, Chairman
Board Commissioners Carteret Coun
ty, I herewith tender my resignation
as a member of the Lc rd of Commis
sioners of Carteret County and as
sign as my reasons for doing so as
follows:
1st. When I permitted myself to
become a candidate for this office it
was with a desire to render the best:
sen-ice possible for the County, but ;
immediately after the election I found ,
that my ideas were so much out of!
hne with a majority of the Board I
feel that the only course open to me
is to resign.
2nd. I do not believe the best in
terest of the county can be served
unless there be a spirit of co-operation
between all the people, regard
less of party affiliation and political
factions, and in this I see no chance
and for these reasons and in justice
to my self, I tender this resignation.
Respectfully,
F. B. KLEIN.
LAND SUIT CASE CONTINUED
A hear'ng was started here Tues
day befo Referee A. B. Morris in
a land case involving some 500 acres
of land. This is the case of Orrin
and Carl Weeks against the Inter
state-Cooperage Company and is a
dispute about the boundaries of some
land. Several lawyers and quite a
number of witnesses were on hand.
Attorney W. B. Rodman of Washing -
ton representing the Interstate Coop-
erage Company moved for a continu-
ance of the case and succeeded in
having this done.
Recorder's Court Held
Rather Short Session
In striking contrast with last week
Recorder's Court Tuesday was a rath-
!er short affair. Only two cases were i
u ... . an . thev . ann jisnnap(1 of
R. M. Jones, colored clothes press -
tded Qn fc ch f unlaw.
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fur possession and sale of whiskey.
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He was convicted and given his choice
of paying a $100 fine or going to
jail for four months. He was rep-
resented by attorney C. R. Wheatly,
... Herbert Martin.
said that on Sunday night he got a
pint from Jones and gave him 30
cents with the understanding that heicated yesterday that it is his present
would pay the balance due later, i intention to oppose Congressman
! Jones said he made no charge for the ; Charles Laban Abernethy in the Dem
delegations came before j i;quor at au. Police officers Longest locratic primary next June.
1 up and a capias was issued for him.
I It is estimated that more than
; 1 000,000,000 stars have already been
seen through powerful telescopes.
TIDE TABLE
Information a3 to the tides
at Beaufort is given in this col
umn. The figures are appjox
imacely 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 Tide
Friday, August 9
11:05 A. M. 4:56 A.
11:25 P. M. 5:30 P.
M.
M.
Saturday, Aug. 10
12:01 P. M.
12:21 P. M.
6:27 P.
M.
M.
M.
M.
6:27 P.
11
Sunda, Aug.
12;34 A. M.
1:15 P. M.
6:33
7:26
Aug. 12
7:25
8:29
A.
P.
Monday
1:31 A. M.
2:14 P. M.
Tuesday, Aug,
2:30 A M.
3:10 P. M.
A. M.
P. M.
13
8:20
9:27
M.
M.
Wednesday, Aug. 14
3:29 A. M. 9:17
4:04 P. M. 10:23
Thursday, Aug. 15
4:25 A. M. 10:11
4:54 P. M. 11:02
A. M.
P. M.
A. M.
P. M.
D rxTTV ftP PI FAR n A Vs IN II II Y
rLEl LM. IOlllJULl
ALTHOUGH RAINFALL WAS HEAVY
The rainfall in this section in July(
upon an average is 5.49 inches. This
year according to the U. S. Weather
reports there was a rainfall of 12.55
inches. Despite the fact that there
was so much rain the reports shows
that there were 23 sunshinny days. It
did'nt rain many days but when it
rained, it rained. The heaviest on
the 15 th when the precipitation was
3.20 and on the 21st when it was
2.80 inches.
As is usually the case in July the
winds for the month were mostly
southerly. For 17 days the wind
blew from the southwest and six from
the south. It blew from the west
two days and the rest of the time it
was northeasterly. On two days only
did the theremometer reach above 90,
on the second and the 26th. July the
fourth was quite Cool,84 high and
65 low. The temperature figures day
: by day are given below
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2
3
4 -
.86
.91
.88
.84
76
78
72
65
ABERNETHYWILL
HAVE OPPONENT
John S. Hargett Has About De
cided To Run For Congress
Via the Greensboro News and the
Raleigh News and Observer informa
tion has been broadcast that John S.
Hargett of Trenton will opose Con
gressman Charles L. Abernethy for
the Democratic nomination in the
third district next year. Mr. Hargett
did not say positively that he would
run but his language indicates that
he will do so. Mr. Abernethy ran
three times for the nomination before
e succeeded in getting it. The
nrsi lime ne was aeieaieu uy v. a.
Dortch of Goldsboro and then by S.
M. Brinson , of New Bern. In his
1-hirH Httpmnt hp ripfpatpH Matt A.
Allen of Goldsboro. Since then he
has had no opposition in the primar-
;ies.
Speaking of Mr. Hargett's candl
dacy the News and Observer of yes-
;terday said: '
j "Several times sheriff of Jones
county, for four terms (l,921-'27) a
member of the State Senate and now
Assistant Director of Conservation
and Development by appointment of
Governor Gardner, Mr. Hargett indi
Mr. Abernethy who h serving his
my present place but I think now I
shall run," said Mr. Hargett yesterday-
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFEl
1
j J. S. Miller et al to. Atlas Plywood
I Corp. 58 acres timber, Newport Town
ship for $10
I J. F. Duncan Commissioner to Mrs
jMattie S. Miller, 58 acres timber,
; Newport Township, for $200.
; G. V. Cowper, Trustee to H. S.
Gibbs and wife, 1 lot Morehead City
for $1000.
Hubert Coward Trustee to Rena
I M. Borden, 3 lots Morehead City, for
$3685.
j Gilbert Willis to Hannah Guthrie
Willis, 1 lot Morehead City, for $10.
I O. W. Lewis and wife to Beaufort
Lumber & Manfg. Co., 1 lot Beau-
;fort Heights for $10.
R. C. Modlin and wife to Helen P.
Noe, 1 lot Beaufort for $10.
Farmers & Merchants Bank et al
Receivers, to C. F. Harvey Sr. tracts
in Lenoir Counties, for $6741.
N-S RAILROAD LOWERS RATES
ON SMALL LOT SHIPMENTS
By reason of a recent ruling of
the Interstate Corporation Commis
sion the Norfolk Southern Railroad
Company is able to offer reduced
rates on less than car shipments of
farm products. The new rates will
go into effect August 11. The old
rate on a barrel of potatoes to Bal
timore or Washington was 69 cents.
It is now 64 cents. On bushel hamp
ers the rate will be 19 1-2 cents. To
Norfolk that rate will be 58 cents a
barrel or 17 1-2 cents a hamper. To
New York the rate will be 77 as a-
! gainst the old rate of 84 cents.
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88 77
86 76
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.89 69
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.87 68
.82 68
.83 74
.85 70
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.86 77
.92 76
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.85 70
.87 ' 77
.87 78
.82 73
LARGE CROWD AT
CHADWICK BURIAL
Carteret County's Most Success
ful Business Man Died Last
Thursday
In the presence of a large crowd
of friends the body of Winfield Scott
Chadwick was laid to rest Saturday
evening shortly after five o'clock in
the Chadwick plot in old Live Oak
cemetery. A simple service accord
ing to the ritual of the Methodist
church in Ann Street church conduct
ed by the pastor Reverend Leland L.
Smith, preceded the burial.
The services consisted of two scrip
ture readings, prayers and hymns
sung by the church choir. The
hymns renrered were "Nearer My
God ot Thee," "In the Hour of Trial'
and "Abide with Me.' At the grave
"Jesus iLover of my Soul" was sung.
A profusion of beautiful floral de
signs were sent by friends of the de
ceased and his family. Conspicuous
among those present were a large
number of business men from New
Bern, Morehead City, Beaufort and
elsewhere. Beals Sparrow, a faithful
colored servant in the Chadwick home
for many years, was among the
mourners at the funeral and a good
many other colored people attended
the services.
The active ;a!Ibearers were six
grand sons of Mr. Chadwick. The
following named were pallbearers:
Active Scott Chadwick, Dan Chad
wick, Walter Chadwick, Carl Chad
wick, Chadwick Uzzell, Albert Uzzell
Jr.
Honorary pallbearers C. S. Wal
lace, Morehead City; W. M. Webb,
Morehead City; T. C. Wade, More
head City; Dan Bell, Morehead City;
Rufus Cherry, Morehead City; N. W.
Taylor, R. N. Dickinson, Dr. C. S.
Maxwell, J. T. Beveridge, I. E. Ram
sey, W. A. Mace, U. E. Swann, Seth
Gibbs Josiah Chadwick, T M. Thomas
Sr., John Forlaw W. E. Skarren, C.
A. Clawson, Capt. Caffrey, Joseph
(Gaskill, M. L. Davis, Frank King, A.
J. Cook, W. ' L. Arrington, Walter
Longest L. W. Hassel, J. R. Jinnette,
Luke Taylor, Bryan Arthur, all of
Beaufort; J. C. Chadwick, Jimmy
Chadwick, Carl Gaskill, Oliver Chad
wick, Straits; Thomas Norris, Wire
Grass; Norman Gaskill, Sea Level;
Dennis Mason, Atlantic; H. B. Bell
Marshallberg; J. R. Willis, M. T.
Mathis, Dr. H. M. Hendrix, Beaufort.
The News is indebted to Mr. M.
Leslie Davis for the sketch of Mr.
Chadwick's life which is as follows:
Mr. Winfield Scott Chadwick was
born in Beaufort on March 18th 184S
in the home now occupied by Mrs.
Walter Chadwick on Front Street. He
was the son of Capt. Barnabas and
Mary A. Chadwick. On November
1st., 1863, while 15 years of age, he
enlisted in Co. G Tenth Regiment,
Confederate States Volunteers and
served until the nde of the war.
Mr. Chadwick, soon after he be
came a man began the mercantile
business in the town of Beaufort,
forming a partnership with the late
B. L. Jones, and for many years the
firm of Chadwick and Jones was one
of the principal business houses in
Carteret County. This partnership
was dissolved in 1889 and for sev
eral years after Mr. Chadwick con
tinued in the mercantile business.
In 1889 Mr. Chadwick was appoint
ed President of the old A.& N. C. R.
R. by Governor Fowle and heid this
responsible position until about 1897,
when Governor Russell appointed a
successor in the person of Mr. Robert
Hancock of New Bern.
For several years Mr. Chadwick
was Chairman of the Board of Com
missioners of Carteret County, and
by his .and his co-laborers' efforts,
the county secured a good and econ
omical administration. Tne new
Court-house was built in l'JOTJS,
and Mr. Chadwick was Chairman of
the Building Committee, and the
Court-house with its furnishings
cost a little less than $35,000.00. A
splendid monument to his business
ability. Mr. Chadwick was the first
Chairman of the- Beaufort Graded
School Board of Trustees which po
sition he held for several years.
Mr. Chadwick married Mrs. Mary
Murray nee Thompson, several chil
dren were born, four surviving to
manhood and womanhood, namely C.
T. Chadwick, Mayor of Beaufort,
Walter W. Chadwick, of New Bern,
Mrs. Mabel Stevens of Athens, Ga.,
and Mrs. T. A. Uzzell of Greensboro.
Mr. Chadwick was a splendid 'bus
iness man and accumulated quite a
large estate. He was very active in
politics for many years and was
very active in politics for many years,
and was Chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee of Carteret
County for quite a long while.
Water And Light Commission
Created By Town Board Monday
LOG SCHOOLHOUSE
HAS DISAPPEARED
Only 28 Left In The State;
Frame Houses Now And
Brick
((State Superintendent
Public Instruction)
RALEIGH, Aug. 5 The little log
schoolhouse has almost disappeared in
North Carolina, according to the
State Department of Public Instruct
ion, which issues a statement today
showing that there were only 28
houses of this type during 1927-28,
and all of these used by Negro child
ren.
Of this total number 23 were in
Caswell County and one each in
Alamance, Durham, Halifax, Person
and Vance Counties.
The records for 1927-28 further
show that there were in use through
out the State 896 rural schoolhouses
with brick construction and 4,856
with frame construction, which with
the 28 log houses makes a grand total
of 5,780 rural schoolhouses in use
during the year. ,
Fiva years ago there were 7,130
schoolhouses -used by rural children,
424 brick, 6,642 frame and 64 log.
Thus, within five years there has been
erected 472 new brick buildings for
the rural boys and girls.whereas there
has been a net decrease of 1,786 frame
houses.
During the year 1927-28 176 new
rural schoolhouses containing 1,079
buildings cost slightly more than four
million dollars, or an average of
$24,000 each.
During the preceding year,more than
five million dollars were spent in
erecting 241 new rural schoolhouses,
and costing on a average $22,000
each.
There is a tendency, as seen from
these figures, therefore fo rlog and
frame constructed buildings'" to
disappear, and for better and larger
houses constructed of brick to be
erected in their stead.
George A. Lupton Dies
After A Short Illness
In the presence of a goodly num
ber of relatives and friends the fun
eral exercises for George A. Lupton
one of Beaufort's oldest and best
known merchants, took place Wed
nesday afternoon at five o'clock at
his home on Craven street. Reverend
Leland L. Smith, pastor of Ann street
Methodist church had charge of the
services which followed the ritual of
the church. The hymns rendered by
the choir were "The Old Rugged
Cross," "Abide With Me" and at the
grave "Jesus Lover of My Soul."
Many beautiful flowers were sent by
sympathizing friends. The inter
ment was in Ocean View cemetery.
Mr. Lupton died at his home at a
bout 3:15 o'clock Tuesday morning.
He had an attack at his store the af
ternoon before and was taken home
and medical attention given. He had
not been well for several days, in fact
he had been in declining health for
several years. Mr. Lupton was in
his 70th year. He was born in Car
teret county and lived in the county
most of his life, except for several
years while he was in business in
Washington N. C. He is survived
by his widow Mrs. Lizzie A. Lupton,
a son, William A. Lupton, two daugh
ters Mrs. Sophia Carter of Norfolk,
Va., and Mrs. D. W. Ward of Beau
fort. A brother D. W. Lupton of
Norfolk a, ten grandchildren
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NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
COST 30 CENTS PER PUPIL PER DAY
Public Instruction)
Thirty cents a day per pupil is the
average amount spent for current op
eration of the public schools of North
Carolina, according to figures com
piled by the Eureau of Education,
Washington, D. C, for 1925-26, as
contained in Bulletin, 1927, No. 39
and released by the State Department
of Public Instruction.
The State ranks seventh in daily
per pupil current expense cosi ior
schools among the sixteen Southern
States. Florida, Oklahoma, Missouri,
Maryland, Texas and Louisiana spend
more per pupil for the current oper
ation of their public schools than is
spent in North Carolina for the same
purpose.
The per pupil current expenditure
for schools in Florida and Oklahoma
is identical 41 cents a day. Georgia
and Mississippi rank lowest among
A split of considerable proportions
appeared among members of the town
board of commissioners Monday ov
er the question of the management
of the water and light plant. Part
of the board want the plant handled
by a Water and Light Commission
and others prefer that it be done as
it is now by a Water and Light De
partment as it is called. Several
years ago a special act was passed by
the Legislature creating a Water and
Light Commission and his was in
force for about four years. In May
1927 a new board was elected and
one of its first acts was to abolish
the Water and Light Commission.
Now it is to be restored.
At the morning session of the
board Monday there were present
Mayor Chadwick, Commissioners
Chaplain, Mason, Taylor and Willis.
At this session a motion was offered
by Commissioner Chaplain and sec
onded by Commissioner Mason that
the Water and Light Department re
main as it is. Messrs. Chaplain and
Mason voted aye on this and Messrs.
Taylor and Willis nay. Mayor
Chadwick untied the standoff by vot
ing aye.
When the afternoon session open
ed at 2:30 those present were Com
missioners Maxwell, Taylor and Will
is. Acting as Mayor Pro Tempore
Mr. Willis presided over the meeting.
A resolution was offered by Commis
sioner Maxwell creating a Water and
Light Commission. It named as
members of the commission Joseph
House, W. P. Smith and C. R. Wheat
ly. It gave as the reasons for the
change that the water and light de-
lament shoul? be removed from pol
itics and run in an economical and
business like way. The resolution
was adopted unanimously.
A motion was passed by the board
to retain Mrs. Eva Bravaldo as col
lector for the Water and Light Com
mission at her present salary.
George J. Bronks was appointed
City Engineer without salary.
The board passed a motion that
the little dwelling house next to the
city hall be torn down and a city
garage erected there.
A motion was passed to luy 500
feet of sewer hose.
A motion was passed appointing
J. J. Whitehurst Street Supervisor
for the remainder of the board's
term of office.
A motion was passed to pay M.
Leslie Davis $65 for legal services
rendered.
A motion was passed that all bills
against the town be paid after they
have been properly audited.
A motion was passed that the
town's business men be invited to
come before the board and discuss
the town s financial condition.
A motion was passed to advertise
delinquent town taxes after Septem
ber 1.
A motion was passed appropriat
ing $50 for expenses of fire men to
convention at Hendersonville recent
ly. The board has not yet fixed the
rate for taxes and is waiting to con
fer with Mr. Carter who has been
auditing the town's books. A meet
ing is to be held very soon to attend
to this matter. The new Water and
Light Commission is to go into office
August 15.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Charlie Conway and Sudie E. Wil
lis, Morehead City.
Geo. R. Russell, Beaufort and Sa
die E. Whitehurst, Gloucester.
several nephews and nieces also sur
vive him. His immediate relatives
were here for the funeral.
these states with a per pupil cost of
20 cents a day.
The average daily cost per pupil
in the United States as a whole is
48 cents. No one of the Southern
States has a cost reaching this aver
age. North Carolina spends 18 cents
less than the United States average.
Several reasons are advanced for
the lower costs in the Southern
States. There is first the question of
race, which makes some difference.
But aside from this question, there
is an average longer school term, a
larger per cent of pupils enrolled in
high school, and larger average teach
er's salaries, in the United States as
a whole. In fact, public education
on an average has advanced in tha
states not classed as Southern than it.
has in the strictly Southern State?
as a group.
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