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VoIurTxT 87!" ""CE COfY ll NUMBER22
COUNTY PRIMARY
IS WARM CONTEST
Many Candidates And Second
Primary Probably Will Be
Held
Primary Campaign Now
Drawing To Conclusion
Interest In Contest For Democratic Nominaton
For Governor to be Greatest With That For
U. S. Senate Next; Indications Are That Sec
ond Primary Will be Necessary in Both Cas
es; Considerable Money Spent
By m. r. dunnagan j Beaufort-Wilmington
RALEIGH, June 1 Fur is flyin? WatprwaV Now Onened
and a fever heat has been reached in Waterway HOW Wpenea
this the last week of the primary!
campaign which got off to such a mild The Beaufort-Wilmington Inland
start that fear was abundant that it i Waterway, which has been under
would be a very tame affair. But all j construction during the past three
fears have been banished and an tne years, was compietea to u uepu, "m;-- m,,ntv hut an unheard- of
fire needed for a lively tilt is evi- nine feet the fifth of May and will Carteret Count, b'a" f
dent. subsequently be deepened to not less r
rrv, f.. f rvor i rpmin.ithan twelve feet. The hrst ireignt ,r, .,, Z""Y v'j..
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NOTED KILLER'S
CAREER IS ENDED
This Saturday will be the big day
in county and state politics, for it is
on this date that both the Republi
cans and Democratic primaries will
be held. A host of candidates have
entered the race for the two contest
ed offices, Register of Deeds and She
iff. An unprecedented number are
striving for the nominations of their
parties in these two instances. How
ever, there is no contest in the Dem
ocratic primary for Register of Deeds
Not only has a larger number
than heretofore entered the primar
ies for the foregoing offices here in
Baxter Shemwell Killed In Gun
Battle At Lexington
Tuesday
LEXINGTON, June 1 J. 0. Boaze
aut.nmnhile dealer, and Dr. F. G.
Johnson, dentist, were held blameless
by a coroner's jury today for the
death of Baxter Shemwell, who was
fatally wounded in a gun battle with
two here yesterday.
. ,, . i -j r hnnt. helnne-insr to the JN. tS. Ky,
iscent oi tne mornton-uaiuuw-i js , - - , , . , . Tv,a
fight of 12 years ago, and, like it, a Freight Line, left here last Thurs
second primary is freely predicted, j day for Wilmington This company
And to that contest is added another: will have three freight boats making
of major proportions, for the U. Sne round trip each week between
Senate, which will not be shunted 'Norfolk and Wilmington, stopping at
aside, but continues to vie with the Beaufort both going and coming.
Governor's race in interest and in-1 It was first calculated that this in
tensity, 'land waterway would cost the Fed
One interesting development is the ieral government in the neighborhood
declaration of Senator Morrison that, ,ov,vv.v,
as dry personally and politically as the Lfredg.ng business twl be
that there are around two hundred
candidates in the primaries in Samp
son county, and that similar condi
tions exist in the other counties m
that section. Office holding seeming
ly hold3 more glamor during un-rush-ing
times.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
For Sheriff: Elbert M. Chadwick,
Straits; J. H. Stubbs,, Beaufort; Geo.
J. Nelson, Moreehad City; and Clyde
Mason, Atlantic.
For State Senate: L. I. Moore, JNew
LEXINGTON, June 1 Baxter
Shemwell. who for 50 years lived by
rule of the gun,' has gone to his death
the same way.
Wounded in th abdomen after he
had fired on J. 0. Boaz and Dr. F.
G. Johnson on a principal thorough
fare here yesterday, Shemwell died
14 hours later in a hospital.
His death marked the end of a
checkered career, a career which veer
ed between business deals that were
reputed to have netted him a comfort
able fortune and gun battles which
mad& him one of the state's most no
torious court figures.
It was a combination of the two
which brought the end.
Disarmed bv Boaze and Johnson
after he had drawn a gun on Adam
Sink in a real estate foreclosure ar
gument early yesterday Shemwell
left, onlv to return a few minutes
Potato Gi 8 ;ers Have
i t l.)
Small General Yield
Spuds Quoted Yesterday at $2.40 a Barrel F. O.
B. Railroad; Both Primes and Seconds Being
Marketed; New Variety Potatoes Planted
This Spring; Beets and String Beans Still Sell
ing Good; Cucumbers Will be Marketed Next
Week.
K
A Temperance League
Has Been Organized
he has always been, if the State's completed tor ; ; Edward Summersill,
Democrats should adopt a wet plank, JSoVoO 000 cubrvard of mater 'ville; Fred I, Sutton, Kinston;
he will stand upon it or get off th , of 0 00 0 Jo, Ir8 Hardy, Kinston.
piauorm wnicn is anouier way ui - , , . . , . , , i The uncontested candidates
saying if the people want to he wet, c" -
' 6 ? r ... . ...row fVia cnfir.A icfnno The war..
Jackson- 'later with a rifle with which he open
In an effort to combat certain evil
influences, particularly the illicit liq
traffic, a meetine of men and
women was held last Tuesday night
rtD Ann Street Methodist churcn
SnnHav school auditorium. After the
mutter hnrl heen thoroughly discuss
ed by a number of those present it
was decided to perfect an organiza
tion to be known as the Carteret
County Temperance League. The or
ganization is to be non-political and
non denominational.
Mr. N. F. Eure of Beaufort was
elected president of the League and
Mrs. M. E. Bloodgood secretary. The
purposes of the organization have
the endorsement of the ministers of
Beaufort as well as that of many ot
and
that
ed fire into Sink's
street.
Boaze returned
store from the
the fire and was
pe-oplewanHo be 'wet. ed the thou.and-footide - 2 tictot 0 by Johnsno. A bullet creased
he'll let them be wet. That position isjway xor tne enure a- Saturday are: J?.0"!" na' u T .ZlSZZ
nim liom mmg wie nuivu.iici
proved fatal to Shemwell.
About 50 years ago Shemwell, who
was over 70 when snot, got into an
Despite the facts that Carteret
County has only one-half of the ac
reage this spring devoted to Irish po
tatoes that was planted last year ana
also that the yield is not as good as
it has been in years past some over
two hundred carloads of the spuds
will be shipped before the season is
over. In the neighborhood 01 two
hundred and twenty-five carloads
were shipped last spring, there were
all crimes. This year seconds are be
ing shipped also, and it will be large
ly due to these that the number of
carloads marketed this year will be
about the same as that shipped last
season.
Fifteen cars left for the markets
last week. This week 38 cars have
been shipped and twenty more cars
will be shipped today. The grading
of the potatoes by the agents of the
cnntract.incr comDanies consumes a
.a.-j. i i -v,Q erwav is ninety eignt ana one-nau
unmiStaKaDie an cuun m unci, me - - -
apparent wet sentiment which is de-jles from Beaufort to the Cape
veloping in the State, to all appear-1 fear. There will be a celebration m
ances, in a seeming definite support I Wilmington tomorrow which will for
of the candidacy of Robert R. Rey-.ny open this waterway to com
nolds, modificationist. merce.
Senator Morrison annarentlv has "
not yet realized the danger which
his real friends are constantly advis
ing him he is facing in the Reynolds
candidacy, but he has now gone into
the campaign in , the characteristic
Morrison manner. General belief is
that his friends have convinced him
there is a danger which they hope has
been realised in time to overcome.
Talk, sifted down, would seem to in
dicate that Senator Morrison will
lead
For House of Representatives: La
ther Hamilton, Morehead City.
Register of Deeds: Irvin V. Davis,
Davis
Refinishing Interior
St. Paul's Completed
x lie w uin va -
ishing the interior, of St. Paul's Epis
copal Church," which ' has -been going
nn Hnrincr the nast month, has . now
I been completed and services were
held there Sunday. Many new things
even though his followers are; . . u aDp0intments
have been made, and the walls and
other interior surfaces of the church
ntaUiUIl, oa men ao v ,wwiv.w r , , .
the leading citizens. It is expected al-.great deal of time and is there! ore
. 1 A.UA nnnnn.n.mn fT mil VATQPnlnlT T n ( WIIIV UL 1.1. 0 M MUM
so to nave me kujici.hw v- :""""6 TT.
citizenship of Newport, Morehead Huntley's warehouses hear Highland
Citv and in fact all of the various Park seems to be the ousiest piace m
communities of the county, it is pro-1 tne county; imes 01
posed to wage an active campaign with the potatoes are mere an me
for law enforcement and the moral time waiting the opportunity to have
betterment of the county s citizen- tne potatoes giaueu
Geo. W. Dill, More- argument with Capt. C. M. Thomp
I son, a Confederate veteran, and
: Elijah D. Hardes- Shemwell was wounded three times.
Thh-tv seven years ago he stood
trial for slaying Dr. R. L. Payne,
T,exiti(?ton Dhvsician, but was treed
on a plea of self defense.
LateW irate because a limited train
was not going "to1 let Tilrn off at Lex-
intftnn he forced the conductor, at
W. H.
R. E.
uauvcijis"., 1 ington, he iorced tne conauciur,
t; W. Z. McCabe, Wildwood;,the point of his gunj to stop the
H. Fulcher, Stacy; W. M. .tram and let him off Convicted of as
nA C S iVrnllnce Mnrehead . j j l..
claimintr leadershin. And there is dif
ference of opinion as to which, Ahom , beautifully refinished
as C. Bowie or Frank JJ. Unst, wur .
take third and fourth places. s Those who attended the services
All Claim To Lead ' Sunday morning saw that the predil-
The Governor's race also offers has been placed within the sanctu
perplexities. It is general belief that ary; new choir stalls have been added
J. C. B. Ehringhaus will lead, al- to the right and to the left of the
though there are Fountain support- chancel; and the alter rail has also
ers, and even Maxwell followers, who .been restored to its original Marshallberg;
j' i.- u ah r,;f vh. 'news and other woodwork have been ,
ringhaus, even should all signs fail, revarnished and the floor repainted
He has organizations in aft counties 'and varnished. After the walls were
and they are functioning. That, along; repaired, they were calciimned. A
with his speaking campaign, is given new carpet, given by R. W. Cordon
credit for tipping the scales in his! of Morehead City and New York, has
favor. Maxwell and Fountain are been placed upon the floor. Ihe
speaking, but while both have State church presents a new and greatly
organizations and skeleton forces ov- improved appearance throughout,
er the State, they do not reach down Within a short time now the exter
into all the counties. While Maxwell ;ior of St. Paul's will be repaired and
has undoubtedly made great gains, painted.
he had further to go, and few thought I Next fall St. Paul s church will be
ful politicians think he will be able seventy-five years old alnd the date
to nose out Fountain for second! will be appropriately celebrated The
place, although the unexpected may rector, Rev Worth Wicker, and the
happen members of the church are now be-
. .. Politics has undoubtedly made awning the preparation of the pro
' valuable contribution t3 economics 1 gram which will be given at the cele
"in this State in the present campaign. I bration of the three-quarters of a cen
Candidates have been saving up jtury of service rendered by St. Pauls
hoarding, if you please for somei ....
time for this campaign. Now they 46-POUND CHANNEL BASS
are turning it loose. The amounts; CAUGHT OW CORE BANKS
may not be as large as formerly, but, . . . .
relatively, they ore larger, due to the; 1" i' -....
need and scarcity, and the money , was caught Tuesday morning in the
that is finding its way into exchange , ocean off Core Banks by a Mi -. Keys,
channels is little less than a god-send who recently purchased the Atlantic
to people of the State. Gun Club. This was landed along with
Reports of campaign expenditures j quite a number of large fish of the
filed in Raleigh actually show more! same species, but the one brought to
than $40,000 had been spent up to I Beaufort and exhibited was by far
filing time last week. This will prob-;the largest: The tackle they were
ably exceed $50,000 by the end of j caught with was for ocean fishing;
this week, and this amount might be,the line was very small and looked as
doubled if all spent for these State-j' a five pound fish woud have part
wide, Congrss anda few State senate ed it.
candidates could be recorded. Local I
For Coroner:
head City.
For Surveyor,
ty, Harlowe.
For Board of Education:
Taylor,, Beaufort.
For Township Constable:
Chanlain. Beaufort. .ft? -
For. County Commissioners :Martin
Guthrie. Harkers Island; W. V. bmitn,
Beaufort
V.dward
Webb and C. S. Wallace, Morehead
City.
Either Mr. Webb or Mr. Wallace
will withdraw from the race volun-
tarilv without any primary contest
Thev have not decided which
withdraw yet "
REPUBLICAN TICKET
For Register of Deeds: V. Z. New
berry, Morehead City; vVaddell Pridg
en, Newport; Clyde E. Willis, More-
head City.
For Sheriff: Leslie u. unman,
Vernon C. Guthrie,
Morehead City; W. I redell Salter,
Morehead City; J. Stanford Gaskill,
Beaufort; R. Hugh Hill, Beaufort.
The following candidates will not
be contested in the Republican pri
mary:
For House of Representatives:
Stanley Woodland, Morehead City.
For Coroner: L. J. Noe.
For Surveyor: Geo. D. Styron,
Beaufort.
For Township Constable: Hubert
Salter
ship.
MRS. ESTHER DAVIS JONES
PASSED AWAY LATE SUNDAY
sault he was pardoned by Governor
Kitchin.
A t dozen years ago Shemwell en
gaged in an argument with Wade H.
shalj j Phillip?, since then director of the
state aepanmem ui luhseivoliuh
development, in the latter's office, and
was relieved of two pistols after he
had fired through Phillips' coat. A
30-months road sentence for this of
fense was commuted when partly
served.
St. Paul's School Will
Close Friday Afternoon
The present session of St. Paul's
I School will be completed tomorrow
afternoon. The examinations are now
! being taken by the pupils. Mrs. Nan
nie Geffroy says that this has been
quite a successful year for the school.
The average attendance this term has
been one hundred and fifty; about a
hnnW1 otiiI aeventv-ftve beean the
Mrs. Esther Davis Jones passed a
way late 'Sunday evening at the home
hor rlniio-hter. Mrs. Hueh Jones,,
after having been in ill health for
the past several-years, bhe was taKen
worse Friday with heart trouDie, laps
ing "in a coma until the end Sunday
evening.
The funeral service was conduct
ed in the Ann
flhnreh Tuesday
o'clock by the Rev. J. H. McCracken,
Presiding Elder of the New Bern
District. "Jesus Lover of My Soul,"
"Blessed Assurance," and "Nearer
My God to Thee," were sung. A large
number of friends of the deceased at
tended the funeral and the many flor
al tributes attested to the esteem with
which Mrs. Jones was held. The pall
bearers were: N. F. Eure, F. R. Bell,
U. E. Swann, Wiley Taylor, A. H.
James and W. H. Bell. Interment was
in Ocean View Cemetery.
Mrs. Jones was 83 years old. She
was well known and highly esteemed
by a host of friends. She was born at
Newport. She was the wite ot How
ard C. Jones, who died while yet a
nonomllv sneakinEr. the county will
have quite a light crop; probably the
yied will not be more than ten to
one, or even less than this. However,
despite this general condition, some
few growers here and there have
made good crops. Hugh Carraway
I dug three acres of new land Tues
that, had been fertilized with
1 both commercial fertilizer and stable
manure and made over a thousand
bushels, or over a hundred barrels to
the acre, which was twenty-seven to
one. This is the argest yield the News
has heard of. With few exceptions,
been very
and
'Rfhnol vear. Pumls and their parents
M. Garner, Newport; Willie F. Willis, i will gather in the assembly hall of
r...:.. n r titjii;. M.i0aj riti7 1 the schcol Monday morning at ten
uavis; j. iJ- iiiia, wvicutBu v..; , .
St re it Methodist tnmu,v,. the vields have
morning at ten sman some being as poor as six ana
seven to one.
Nearly all the spuds planted this
year were of the Irish Cobbler vari
ety, but another kind the Spalding
R0Se was planted as sort of an ex
periment. This latter, variety is almost
evcinsivelv nlanted bv the Floridians.
The yield is usually considerably
greater than the Cobblers, but there
is a disadvantage because the Spald
ing Rose matures about two weeks
later than the Cobblers. W. S. Sav
age planted forty acres of the new
er variety, and G. W. Huntley twen
ty acres.
Shipping Beans and Beets Too
String beans are still being ship
nii in larce amounts. Dr. C. S. Max-
I -
vounir man. Mrs. Jones has Deen nv- wen snipped o.u uasew uuji
ing here with her daughter, mrs. s. anowaen ovu; umu
Hugh Jones, for quite a number of i Jim Willis, Mansfield, 150; T. C. Og
year. She was a member of Annlesby, Crab Point, 100. There were
Street Methodist church. 'many smaller shipments also made.
Surviving Mrs. Jones are two Beans brought from $1.25 to $1.50
dauehters: Mrs. Hugh Jones, of ; a bushel hamper this weeK.
N. H. Russell, Beauofrt; C. G. Gas
kill, Straits.
In Switzerland, cellophane is be
ing used as a hat braid. -
o'clock for the presentation
promotion cards.
of the
Beaufort, and Mrs. C. L. Hornaday,,
of Williamstown, Mass.
Twenty per cent of Iceland's pop
ulation is engaged in fishing.
Qarteret gladioli Fields oto
Presenting tRainbow Landscape
Some ten acres of gladioli, com
posed of twenty different varieties,
have been planted in the North River
section this season by Messrs. E. El
ton Hayne and H. B. Avery. These
two men. operating separately now-
candidate and manager expenditures TIDE WATER .COMPANY WILI.
would undoubtedly bring the total to CONTINUE ELECTRIC PLANT
. .I. 4.11 j i -
a quarter 01 a munon aouars, anu
$250,000 is doing some reaching
this State at this time.
(Continued on page eight)
CITY POLICE COURT ITEMS
land Park in addition to that at the
Pinner Place by Mr. Avery. He has
hecun shipments also. . During the
month of April he marketed twenty
thousand irises of the Uerman tm-
perator variety. Mr. Avery will plant
TIDE TABLE
Information as 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.
Geodeti- Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also with
respect to the locality, that i
whether near the inlet or at
the heads of the estuaries.
two men. operating separate . .
ever, planted twenty-five or thirty an acre of senims about the first of
evci, j".... ni ! Tl TJ will olcn crow some Clad-
The first cucumbers from the two
hundred acres planted in Carteret
will be marketed next week in bush
el hampers by trucks. K. W. Wright
has. 20 acres; G. W. Huntley, 20;
Gibbs Brothers, 20; and M. S. Snovv
den, 10. There are many small grow
ers. There is an indication of a good
crop of the cucumbers and that the
price will be fair.
; K. W. Wright and Gibbs Brothers
are still marketing their bean cr. p
this week via motor trucks and rail
road. Beets are now quoted at $1.50
to $1.75 a bushel hamper.
WALTER HILL APPOINTED
ON BOARD OF ELECTIONS
A report has been current during
the nast few davs that the Tide Wa-
. n f n r. i a jinfitamnlatintr
ter ower yviuyaiiy o win, ..!'
lit l n tha olotri nl a ti f her?
line ciusiug wi - i etmg seasuu vivinj j
at Deauiori anu jiuimoiiiiis Monday, Wnen cutters were cuijjivj
wifha MrehoflH CtT Til A Tit . . i 1 .1 J.V.. wtamr 1rari0iel of
acres last year at the Pinner Place
Owing to the cool spring this year,
the flowers did - not mature early
enough for the growers to take ad
vantage of Decoration uay ana ine
week end preceding. A few were ship
ped fo rthis occasion, but the market-
ofino uwgnn omciauv Deiran iieic
mnnitv fro mthe Morehead City plant
Only two defendants were tried in An official of that company wishes
City Police Court Friday afternoon, j the News to state that this rumor is
Both submitted to the charge of , untrue. He says that both plants
drunkeness and were each fined $l;have to be kept running in order to
mi TJ TWtHo furnish tneir natrons, a view win
costs. Alley weie icn - .
and
while and Tobe Chadwick, colored
Crops were completely
on an area two miles lontr
mile wide near Harrisburg in Cabtnr ,
rus County by the recent hail storm.
' come here within the next day or two
: to work on the lines, which will be
destroyed put in good shape m a shon time.
and cn
to help gather the many varieties of
this beautiful flower.
Mr. Havne has six acres of four
teen varieties planted on the North
River highway on the Billy Smith
place. This will present an unusuany
July. He will also grow some glad
ioli for fall shipments.
The gladioli are cut in the fields
and taken to a culling shed where
they are graded and put up in bunch
es of a dozen stalks each, ine vari
ous varieties are also kept separate
here. Only stalks with just a little
color of the lower flower showing are
cut; flowers open more than this can
nnt he marketed. The flowers are plac
ed in the cold room at the Beautort
Ta Planf fin (1 thoroughly chilled for
twelve hours. Then they are placed
in cardboard cartons, each of which
7:19
7:33
7:55
8:08
The starch in a cooked potato di
gest; more rapidly th'i pr-.y .::-'..
Place, lnis Hill preseuu an uki-- - ,
brilliant view to the passing motorist will hold twenty dozen, and then
from r.ow until about the first of July. I shipped by expressed to northern clt
Thfs is a uniformly good stand oM. Cities in New ork and I Ohio are
gladioli I the principal markets for the Carter-
Two 'acres were planted at High-jet County grown gladioli.
High Tide tow Tide
Friday, June J
m. 1:14 a. m.
m. 12:56 p. m.
Saturday, June 4
m, 1:50 a. m.
m. 1:33 p.m.
Sunday, June S
m. 2:32 a. m.
m. 2:11 p. m,
Monday, June 6
m. . 3:07 a. m
m. 2:51 p. m
Tuesday, June 7
ra. 3:46 a. m
p. m. 3 :34 p. rr
Wednesday, June 8
a, m. 4:29 a. n
p. m. 4:23 p. n
Thursday, June 9
a. m. 5:13 a. n
p. m. 5:19 p.
8:32 a.
8:44 p.
9:09 a.
9:2o p.
9:48
10:05
10:32
10:47
10:51
11:23
a.
Former Recorder's Court Judge E.
Walter Hill has been appointed a
member of the County Board of
Elections by Judge J. Crawford
Biggs, Chairman of the State Board
of Elections. Mr. Hill takes the place
I of R. Hueh HilL who resigned in or
der to run for sheriff in the Repub
lican primary. The other two mem
bers of the County Board are: D. E.
Langdale, chairman, and ueorge fin
er.
MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE
DOGS TAKEN UP RECENTLY
About twenty-five dogs have been
taken un bv the local police during
the past week or ten days ana dispos
ed of. Since the pound was built at
the rear of the city hall, the police
have a nlace in which to Keep tne
dogs. Chief Longest says that the po
lice will contmue picking up au aoga
found on the streets of the communi
ty. -