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The Mews MJF0IR The best advertising medium published in Carteret Co. ( READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXE1. IS TO THE BODY ) WATCH Your label and pay your subscription VOLUME XIX 10 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, MAY 22, PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 21 NEW BERN SCOUTS HAVE NICE TRIP Troop II First Visitors To New Camping Grounds (New Bern Sun-Journal) Troop 11, Boy Scouts participated in the official opening of the new tourist camp at Beaufort Saturday. 29 boys, members of this troop being the first to camp at the new location. The mayor of Beaufort extended the invitation to the troop during the early part of last week and it was accepted by Scout-master C. Green. The two-day stay at the camp was filled with wonderful events for the boys. Leaving here on the school truck at seven o'clock Saturday morning, the group arrived at the Beaufort camp at 8:30 and after the tents were pitched, the boys enjoyed a dip in the surf in front of the camp. A chal lenge from Troop 15, of Beaufort, for a base ball game in the afternoon was accepted and the contest was a lively one. Troop 11 winning by a score of 7-2. Odom, New Bern twirl er, Billy Sessoms and Donald StalU ings registered the tallies for Troop 11 and the group as a whole played jam-up ball. The boys were invited to Atlantic Beach after the game and spent an hour in the surf after which they re turned to camp and prepared for a special welcoming program. Leslie Davis made a splendid talk describing the purpose of the camps and its ac tivities. He welcomed Troop 11 and was followed by F. R. Seeley, prom inent lumber man of Beaufort, who also made a most interesting talk. Troop 11 boys then gave one of their interesting programs, among the features being the drum and bugle corps and competitive drills. Scouts listened to a fine sermon Sunday morning at the ' Episcopal church of Beaufort, Rev. Jean Vache taking as his text, "Jesus The Scout master." The former New Bernian . brought into his sermon many phases , . of scoutwork, . selecting vth.etw! ; i.'TScout Laws for comparison the parisons being beautiful, instructive and inspiring. After the sermon the boys drove over to Morehead City where they had a tempting sea food dinner at the Cherry hotel and then returned home. The two-day trip was one of the finest the youngsters have had yet and while in camp tests were passed. The regular meeting held during the camp disclosed the fact that each committee of the troop had function . ed well during the week and that a good many good turns hours had been registered. RADIO SUPERVIROR COMES Mr. George Llewellyn of Atlanta, Ga., and assistant are expected here today to look into the matter of ra dio interference. Mr. Llewellyn is Assistant Radio Supervisor for this district. Persons who are interested may leave their names with the News officece. LUPTON STORE CAUGHT ON FIRE THIS MORNING The Lupton Store on Front Street caught on fire about eleven o'clock and the Fire Department was called out. There was no serious damage done, as the shingles on just small portion of the roof igniTted, possibly by a passing spark. Wtter was not even turned on the building, but chemicals used instead to put out the small flame. From the smoke that filled thes treet at first it was thought to be a serious fire. WILL MAKE SURVEY A Mr. Dixon, representing the Utility Engineering and Manage ment Company, of Charlotte, was in the city earlier in the week making preparation for a survey of the wa ter and light system. After this survey is made, it will likely be pu to a vote of the people by the city commissioners whether to sell these municipal utilities or keep them. FOREST FIRE RAGING A forest fire that threatens to do a great deal of damage is in progress in the Open Grounds section. The fire is sa;d to have started near the head of North river and has spread over a la-ge area. MAKING GAME SURVEY Mr. W. M. Hanes of the State De partment of Conservation and Devel opment and his assistant Miss Martha Thigpen are in the county for the purpose of making a game survey. They are collaborating with Deputy Game Warden Clyde Mason of this county. iSCHOOL CONCLUDES MAY THIRTY-FIRST Commencement Begins Sunday Morning And Runs Through Following Friday Night The commencement exercises which will -conclude by far the most suc cessful year in the annals of the'M Beaufort Graded School will begin Sunday morning May 25th., at elev en o'clock in the school auditorium with the Baccalaureate Service and, with the exception of Monday even ing will run uninterruptedly through the following Friday night. The Rev. A. P. Stevens, pastor of the First Baptist Church, of Morehead City, will deliver the commencement sermon. He is an able minister, a leader in his denomination, and a well educated, eloquent speaker a man with a positive likeable personality. Two anthems will be sung by the High School Glee Club, and the con gregation will sing several hymns. A solo will be sung by Mrs. John Brooks. On Tuesday evening at eight o'clock there will be Reading and Dec lamation Contents in the school au-j uibuiium, wiui xiiuuiai ?t . xj. iwuu ei lauil iMcsiuiii. oeveu guis will contend in the Reading Contest for the award to be given by Rose's 5 and 10 Cent Store. Four boys will follow, declaiming for the Loving Cup offered by the Beaufort Drug ' Company to the students delivering the best declamation at commence ment. The high school orchestra will render several selections during the evening. A music recital will be presented at the same hour Wednesday night, in which twenty pupils will play more than a score of classical piano selec tions. Several choruses and a male quartette will be embodied in the program. Miss Mary Walker, teach er of piano music, has also credit ably conducted a high school glee club this year. Many, of her pupils have expressed their regret because (Continued on page ten) 31 OF PRIMARY IS DRAWING NEAR Tomorrow Is Last Day To File Saturday Last Day To Register Friday is the last day in which candidates for county offices can file their notices with the Board of Elec tions. A number of persons have filed but so far neither the Demo cratic nor Republican ticket is com pletely filled. At least it was that way at 11 o'clock this morning when a reporter for the News called at the office of Chairman D. E. Langdale. Chairman Langdale stated that he expected several more notices to be filed today or tomorrow. Saturday is the last day for reg istration. Persons who desire to par ticipate in the primary, and who are not already registered will have to get their names on the books. Those who voted in the 1928 election are already registered and do not have to register again. Those who have become of age recently or who have moved into the county or any town ship will have to register if they want to vote. Saturday the 31st is "Challenge Day." The primary is Saturday June 7. Sometimes candidates think that all they have to do is to run their announcements in a newspaper but this of course is not the case. The law requires all primary notices to be filed with the County Board of Elections and a fee to be paid. As stated above Friday the 23rd is the last day to do this. The following (Continued on page five) CHEMISTS WILL MAKE FERTILIZER CHEAPER BY INOCULATING PEAT New Bern. May v17 Illustrating .and converted to its fnodern profit- the growing importance of chemistry and chemical processes, by which in the future as knowledge spreads and experiments succeed, bacteria may de place machinery in our industrial field, the announcement comes that peat will be inoculated to make cheap er and better fertilizer and other min eral resources of eastern North Caro lina, which have long been dormant, will be inoculated with other bacteria to make a variety of other products for Science and Soils, incorporated a $5,000,000 organization which has ac quired options on three vast tracts of land for the purpose in Jones and Tyrrell counties. This harnessing oi a dangerous force into a servant for mankind, as the bacterioloeical processes would be, is now entirely new. Electricity was feared by ignorant people as lightning, until its power was studied Di,t,ct c?f. . . VCTyeaj l wrs. a. d. siaugnter Recording Secretary) The most delightful District Con ference it has ever been the privilege of the writer to attend convened on May 15th, 10 o'clock in Ann St. Methodist Church, Beaufort, N. C. Our District Secretary, Mrs. Flora Kendall, presided with a well planned program and there was not a dull moment. Her message was I one of encouragement and ambition for even greater work for the Master in the future. Our beloved Conference President, Mrs. A. M. Gates was present and made a splendid address full of in formation, and though she said it was not primarily an inspirational address yet it was full of inspiration. It was a beautiful and affecting scene when Mrs. F. B McKinne presented our own dear Mrs. S. H. Scott with a Life Membership Cer tificate from the New Bern District and Mrs. Blades presented her with a Life Membership Pin from the Circle of which she is a member. The sweet surprise and appreciation shown by hef w,u long be remembered by all ppgggnt Miss Elizabeth Lamb conducted our noon-day worship and meditation as only Miss Lamb can. She sent the jtruth straiht horae to ur hearts in a wv we tan nut oon IorKe.1' We were most fortunate in having Rev. Glenn Barden from the Congo Beige address us in the afternoon. His message was illuminating, touch ing and inspiring. Our New Bern District made a donation to the work in Africa. Messages were brought by Mrs. S. H. Scott, on Literature, Mrs Fred Scott on Young People's Work, Mrs, Gertie Mathews on Children's work, Mrs. W. S. Chadwick on the Worker's Council and Mrs. F. B. McKinne on our Finances. They impressed upon us the importance of each branch of the work. - t- I Reports given by. the 4various iawxiliariea showed good increase in A J 1 1 UJ interest anu uiemuti Mup. Rev. R. F. Munns led the opening worship, and Miss Laura Eure, Pres. Ann St. Young People extended greetings in a most delightful manner. Beaufort was beautiful in its wealth of flowers; many of the most beautiful adorned the church. Ann St. Auxiliary served a delicious luncheon. Officers Recently Made Three Raids The colored pool room of Beals Sparrow on Cedar Street was raid ed Friday night by Chief of Police Longest and Officer Holland, assisted by Deputy Sheriff Gaskill. About a quart of whiskey was found in a half gallon jar, two full pint bottles and many containers of pint and half pint sizes were also found that con tained the aroma of liquor. George Taylor's home was search ed the same night by them, but the colored man broke the bottles c6n taining the evidence. These were concealed inside the waist of his ov eralls. Chief Longest said that there were somewhere between four and a dozen pint bottles on Taylor's per son, but he threw some out of the window into a crowd and bent over on the floor and broke the rest be fore he could be stopped. About twelve-thirty o'clock Wed nesday morning these officers called I on Charlie Suggs, colored, and with the aid of a rake, pea-digger and a hoe were able to dig three quarts of fire water from the ground beneath the Suggs residence. All three of these colored men are being held for trial. able use. Waterpower was an un trained giant until its possibilities were seen by visionary, practical bus iness men. Even disesases are treai- ed, or prevented, now by inoculations of the dangerous germs themselves. The history of civilization has thus been a series of such conversions of dangerous, little-known materials in to beneficial, helpful forces. , The power of bacteria is only now becoming fully realized. Chemists are giving it more and more atten tion, knowing the illimitable lengths to which it may be expanded in the near 'future. The method is far cheaper and easier than machinery. The secret comes in discovering which i kind" of germ to place in the right place, That the bacteria work hard and successfully by nature is proved by (Continued on pag fou? 'COUNTY SCHn&S SHOWPRObRESS New Methods Get Good Re sults; More Pupils Promoted Than Formerly (By Margaret Gustin County Supervisor) All county schools have closed for this year. Several schools were in session last week to make up lost days. The modern tendency in education is to adapt the school program to meet the needs of the children rather than to make the child fit into a for mal school program without regard for his own particular needs. This is surely a sensible viewpoint, since the school exists for the child it should try to meet his needs. This year the school programs in Carteret County Schools have been better adapted to meet the needs of the children. The formal subjects have been taught as well or better than before. The pupils who go to high school next year show that their preparation in reading, arithmetic and spelling is one year and a half better than the pupils who were pro moted to high school five years ago. They are not only better prepared but this year thirty-one percent more of the pupils who took the tests were promoted than five years ago. These figures indicate that formal subjects have been acquired by the pupils bet ter than ever before. In addition to the formal subject matter learned the pupils have had opportunity to develop their creative powers and have had certain social experiences which make for better citizenship qualities. The classrooms in all schools have been interesting places for pupils, teachers and visitors. Every classroom had at least two special centers of interest and most of them had more. Each classroom had at least one good picture framed but in addition to this there were many lovely wall hang ings which the children had 'made and pictures which they had painted. This was brought about through a school program which recognized creative powers and gave opportuunity for the expression of these powersv A list i f schools in United States using principles of progressive education has been prepared for pub lication and Carteret County Schodls. are included in the list. A commit tee in charge of the program for the National Education Association meet ing at Columbus, Ohio, in June, has asked for an exhibit containing the work of the children in Carteret County Schools. It is gratifying to know that the splendid work done in Carteret County Schools has been carried on with much less expense than in many other places and at the same time merits national recogni toin. The work this year, has been very interesting to teachers as well as pu pils. The present indications are that there will be very few changes in the county teaching, staff for next year. Digging Potatoes And Harvesting Beans Now Irish potato digging is a week or ten days earlier this season than it has been for several years back. This condition was brought about by the extremely dry weather that the farmers have been experiencing. It has not rained enough to amount to anything this spring. This dry sea son causes the potatoes to be smaller and consequently the yield is con siderably less than during a more moist season. It was reported here yesterday that the prime potatoes were bringing $5.50 per baml. Mr. Louis Dudley and Gibbs Brothers b? gan digging yesterday and the other growers will follow posthaste during the next few days. Gibbs Brothers sold two hundred and forty odd bushels of beans to trucks early this week for a dollar and seventy-five and a dollar and eighty-five cents per bushel. These are the first of the season, and were picked rather early. The whole crop is looking very good now, despite the dry .weather. ' , MARRIAGE LICENSES Willie Green and Leona Jones, Beaufort. Willie Williams and Martha Bowen, Beaufort. Will Tootle, of Bogue, and Ethel Turner, Comnoek, N. C. In Vienna, Ga., O. H. Winsfrey became melancholy, shot his two mules to death, set fire to his barn, set fire to his home, killed himself with a shotgun. Three Cases Tried In Recorder's Court An anneal from the court of Mayor Chadwick to that of the County Re corder's Court did not avail Wright Stanly much good Tuesday. The charge against Stanly was trespassing and disorderly conduct at the colored graded school on May 14. Principal L. R. Best and his assist ant C. C. Reed and two pupils testi fied that the defendant came to the school in a somewhat boozy condition and acted in a disorderly manner. Professor Best said that it was with considerably difficulty that he got rid of Stanly. The defendant testified that he went to the school to see about get ting his 'son back in school and that he thought the boy had not been treated right. Said he did not offer to fight any one. Admitted that he had been drinking some sort of home made concoction which he called corn beer." His attorney James Mason undertook to show that Wright's offense was nothing more than an ordinary drunk and that the Mayor's sentence of $35 and costs or 30 days on the streets was too stiff. Juudge Hill decided to let it stand. Robert Pugh, a young Negro man from Morehead City was found guilty of an assault upon Levi Bell with a deadly weapon, to-wit: a carpenter's hammer, and let off with a suspended judgment and costs. The testimony as to Pugh was that four or five young fellows were loaf ing around a pressing club and that Levi Bell began to tease Pugh about his girl and about having been drunk. Pugh got mad and invited Bell to come outside and fight. Pugh there upon used the hammer on Bell's head but seemed not to have hurt him very badly. Alton Lee, 18 year old youth son of M. S. Lee of Morehead City, was tried on the charge of reckless driv ing and damaging the car of A. E. Jordan of Norfolk, Va. He was con victed mostly on his own statement and that of Police Officer Hughes who went to thescenji.ft.Ltbe accident and examined the car tracks. Jordan and a companion of his by the name of Moore said that young ; Lee struck the car in which they were riding with his Ford truck and dam aged it to the extent of $34.75. At torney. Luther Hamilton drew from Jordan and Moore the admission that they had been living at Morehead Bluffs for about a month, that they were not working and were more or less frequent visitors at a notorious resort in Morehead Bluffs known as "Blue Heaven." The attorney also tried to show that the damages to the car were not what Jordan claimed. The, court's verdict as to young Lee was guilty and prayer for judg ment was continued for six months and the defendant is to pay the costs and show good behavior. Eight Offenders Dealt With In Police Court Wright Stanley, colored, just a bout ran the gamut of offenses last Friday afternoon in Police Court, when he faced Mayor C. T. Chadwick with the charges of being drunk, dis orderly, and of trespassing. He plead not guilty in all of these, so the may or swore several witnesses. L. R. Best, principal of the colored school, stated that Stanley entered his of fice on the fourteenth of May under the influence of an intoxicant and conducted himself in a disorderly manner; whereupon, he was ordered to leave the building, but continued to curse and acted unmannerly for twenty or twenty-five minutes. He said that so great was the commotion that the whole school was in a state of confusion and he had to summons his assistant, C. C. Read. After a bout a half an hour of this, Stanley left the premises. Read corroborated the statement of Professor Best. Stanley said that he was not drinking, did not conduct himself ungentlemanly and that he left the building shortly afUr he was ordered to do so. He said that he was trying to look after the interests of his boy. He became so excited that tb" mayor concluded matters by fining him thirty-five dollars plr costs or thirty days on the streets o the- drunk and disorderly charges and bound him over to Recorder's Court under a fifty dollar bond for tres passing. Stanley, through his attor ney James W. Mason, took an appeal on the latter charge to Recorder's Court. Thomas Battle, colored, charged with fighting, cursing and disorderly conduct, was let jjff with a fine of two-fifty and costs or ten days with the street force. Abe Darling and Floyd Robinson were both charged with being drunk (Continued on page four) STRANGER UNABLE TO IDENTIFY SELF Lapse of Memory Causes Per plexing Situations to "Stoke Kempton" And Sheriff Although the man may be any one of the other hundred and twenty mil lions of people in the United States, he gives his name as Stoke Kempton, of Inskept, Tenn. County officials are not sure whether this is his cor rect name and address, because he is afflicted with amnesia, or lapse of memory. His faculty of remem brance seems to come and go some what, so the sheriff is unable to as certain whether the man is correct in giving his name and address. He speaks of several adjoining states, but more frequently of Tennessee. "Kempton" said that he served during the World War as bugler or flute player and that he has Bince been an inmate of the National Sol diers' Home, at Johnson City, Tenn. If this be true, he is obviously suf fering from shell-shock. A letter was found on his person by the sheriff which was from Mrs. Edna Mitchell, of Benham, Kentucky. She has been written concerning the man's identi ty, but no answer has been received. He had been in the neighborhood of Davis for ten days or two weeks and several attempts had been made to capture him. Mr. I. S. Alligood, of that community, managed to ap prehend him Friday morning and brought him to the sheriff, who is holding him until information con cerning him may be had. How he got in that community and how he lived is wholly unknown, though it is known that he stayed in the wods. "Kempton" is a sun-tanned man of some thirty-five years, weighs 137 pounds, is five feet six and one half inches tall, and is of small build. He is a nervous man with dark brown ihair, dark blue eyes, and gives his occupation somewhat indefinitely as an electrical engineer. His" jaws are square -and his upper- left- eye tooth is gold. Occasionally Re ex presses a desire to be sent back to the National Soldiers' Home. When he was captured by Mr. I. S. Alligood "Kempton" was in a rather sorry state because of the lack of food and sickness. He was well-fed and one of the local physicians treat ed him and now he is much better. FLOYD BROWN WINS MEDAL FOR SCHOLARSHIP The scholarship medal at Atlantic High School was awarded this year to Floyd Brown of Stacy who made an average of 92 5-10 for the four -year period. While in the seventh grade four years ago he entered into a con test and won a medal for the best essay on the famous U. S. Ship Con stitution. Mr. Brown is 19 years old and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Brown of Stacy. MRS. LANGDALE RECOVERS FROM A SERIOUS INJURY Mrs. D. E. Langdale of Core Creek who was-jtaker to the Potter Hospital Sunday for surgical attention is get ting along very well according to lat est reports. Mrs. Langdale stumbled and fell and broke a bone in her left hip. She will probably be tak en back to her home in a few days. TIDE TABLE Information aw to the tides at Beaufort is given in this col umn. The figures are approx imately correct and based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. 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, May 23 4:0 A. M. 11:00 A. M. 4:40 P. M. 10:40 P. M. Sautrday, May 24 4:53 A. M. 10:42 A. M. 5:22 P. M. 1101 P. M. Sunday, May 25 5:35 A. M. 11:28 M M. 6:00 P. M. ' 11:24 P. M. t l Monday, May 26 6:19 A. M. 12:15 A. M. 6:45 P. M. 12:05 P. M. Tuesday, May 27 7:00 A. M. 1:06 A. M. 7:24 P. M. 12:38 P.M. Wednesday, May 28 7:47 A. M. 1:46 A. M. 8:14 P. M. ' 1:34 P. M. Thursday, May 29 8:33 A. M. 2:34 A. Ml 8:57 P. M. 2:21 P.
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