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VOLUME XIV THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY MARCH 5, 1925. NUMBER TEN
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ROAD AND BRIDGE
BOND ISSUE BILL
BECOMES A LAW
County Commissioners Will
Have Authority To Issue
$700,000 Road Bones
OPPONENTS MAKE GAME FICHT
Proponents of the $700,000 bond
issue for county roads and bridges
won their fight Tuesday when the bill
passed the State Senate on final read
ing. The bill passed its second read
ing last Friday but wr.s held up for a
few days to give opponents of the
measure a hearing. The opposition
put up a game fight but the advocat
es of the bill led by County Attorney
Luther Hamilton were too strong for
them. The bill had the backing of
Representative Alvah Hamilton, the
county , Democratic organization
the board of countj commisiorers
and many influential citizens. The
bill authorizing the issuance of $150,
000 in bonds to take up outstanding
indebtness has also passed which is
also a victory for the Hamilton forces
According to the terms of the bill
the board of eommisioners may call
an election on the $700,000 bond is
sue if they choose, or they may go
ahead and issue the bonds-without an
election. The general impression
seems to be that there will not be an
election. The board has not yet giv
en out a statement as to what roads
are to be improved so the News has
no information to give on this sub
ject Unofficial reports are that con
struction is to be done in the east
ern and western parts of the county
and on the Beaufort-Harlowe road.
The bill just passed by the General
Assembly reads as follows: .
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT
TO AUTHORIZE . CARTERET
COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ROAD AND
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND
IMPROVEMENTS.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
NORTH CAROLINA DO ENACT:
SECTION I. That for the pur
pose of constructing a more perma
nent system of County ronds and
bridges, or for the purpose of repair
ing and improving the roads and
bridges of Carteret County, or for
the purpose of aiding the Stale High
way Commission in the construction
of that part of the State Highway
System which now or may hereafter
be adopted in Carteret County, or
for any one or more of the said pur
poses, the Board of Commissioners
of Carteret County are hereby au
thorized nnd empowered to issue,
during the year one thousand nine
hundred nd twenty-five and until
November first, ono thousand nine
hundred and twenty six, negrtia'.M?
coupon bonds, in tfce emn of not ex
ceeding seven hundred thousand dol
lars (700,000.), the said bends to be
in addition to the other bonds here
tofore issued and outstanding by
end again?t the said Carteret Coun
ty. The Board of Commissioners
shall have authority to issue the
bonds authorized by this section with
out submitting the same to a vote of
the qualified electors of the said
County, if, in the discretion of the
Bojird, the sentiment of the electors
of the said county is sufficient to jus
tify such action on the part of the
Board without sueh n vote en the
question. The snid bonds . may be
issued nil at one issue or in Fuit;ib!e
amounts from time to time as the
funds may be deemed necessary for
the purposes expressed.
SECTION2. That the bonds is
sued pursuant to this act shall be
signed by the Chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners and coun
tersigned by the Clerk and shall bear
the . corporate seal of said County,
and shall have affixed the requisite
number of coupons and it shall be
sufficient for said coupons to bear
the printed lithographed, or engraved
signature of the Chairman of ' the
said Board. Said coupons shall
draw interest at not exceeding six
per cent (6) per annum, payable
semi-annully and at such place or
places as the said Board of Commis
. (Continued cn page five)
BALL BROS. GET
FERRY FRANCHISE;
t 1 'assured fact that the appropriation
Automobile Passenger Line Be- Interest Grows And Many Are Proves Very S&tirfcctery On0f jygoo for a breakwater in front of No Wooden Buildings On Front
tween Beaufort and More- ! Registering. Many Promi- j Long Is 'and. State Making 'ty;e town of Beaufort will be avail-! Street Between Orange And
head City Assured j nent Citizens Approve Plan Experiments, Outlook ,be. The bill carries a large cmou-.it ' Queen Streets.
I ' Promising f0r tne inland waterway between!
remission to operate n ferry be-! "Effort one of the prettiest; . 1Et,aufort and Norfolk, a half million' As 8 reRuIt of action taken by the
tween Becnfort nnd Morehead City towns on the Atlantic coast and un"' As a resu!t cf experiments which for the purchR8e of the Disrmil board of city commissioners at their
was granted Monday by the board of ;doubtedly ha a great future" aid the State Highway Commission hSwamp canal and various other pro- re8ular meeting Monday the restrict
county commissioners to G. R. ard''Ionn J- Blair of Ra'eBn to a repre- been making with asphaltic cil as a !jectg. e(1 district for wooden buildings was
G W Ball of North Hailowe a sentative cf the News last Friday, surface for dirt roads, it may be i Telegrams relating to this biU considerably enlarged. The ordi
frsnch.se was granted at the same M Bkir is the State Director cf that in many instances satisfactory jfrom Senator Simmons and Rep'r. nance covering what is known as the
time to W. A. Everett of Edenton to Schco1 House Plannine and he and roads can be built a comparatively lsentative Abernethy are published fire district on Flont stl'ee' formerly
operate a ferry between Morehead Mr' J- M- Kedy who is the archi- small cost. In a rectn news article below ,t seems that there a pos. extended from Orange to Craven
City and the ocean beach. Chairman tect for the State Apartment of Ed- m the Greensboro Daily News Gov- lBibiHty that the boat ,ine betWeen 8trPet- Bv reason of an amendment
Woodland and Commissioners, Hall nation were in Beaufort last week to ernor McLean was quoted as having New Bern and Balitmore will be re. adopted Monday the district will be
Huntley, Taylor and Whitehurst were consult with the scho1 board in re" been Teatl pressed with some oil cstablished with Beaufort and More- "tended east to Queen street and
all present and the vote was unan-
imous.
Mr. Everett had put in his applica -
tion for a franchise at the January
meeting and the matter had been de-
ferred. S. A. Chalk of Morehead
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tuny aiso ypn.u ior a, i.au.mse
Monday ai the morning session but
withdrew the application in the after-
noon. Ball Brothers agree to operate
a Doat not less man d ieei long ana
; twenty feet beam with a capacity of
!B!x automobiles. Then; charges are
to be $1 for autcs and drivers and
ir.nd $2 for large ones and 15 cents
nncctpno'pra Tflll hrntlnpra norrpp
to make two round trips a day, or
.,
iyiato if noPBorirv.
Applications were made to the
board to relieve the following per-
sons of taxes: Mrs. Nellie Mason ot community. Mr. Blair also called ouj verv Batifactorily. In Long Is
Stacy the heirs of Mrs. Grace Gor- attention to the value of a good audi- jand jbe yo nas proven to be verv
don of Beaufort, Mrs. Lola Davis and
Mrs. Mamie Wade of Hunting Quar-
..
ter township. The applications were
referred to the county Welfare Of
ficer for inveatigition. Mrs. Sidney
'Lewis of Pelletier, Mrs. May C. Lewis
of Harker's Island and Mr. Parlie
Lewis of Stacv annlied for aid from
J VV
the county popr fund. Referred -to
fcounty Welfare Officer for investiga
tion. 1
Mrs. Lula Best of Wildwood came
before the board and asked that cer-
tain parts of her land flooded by the
State Highway forces be drained. She
was promised that the matter yould
have attention. J. T. and Alex Gra-
ham asked the board to put parts of
the Mill Creek road now impassible,
in condition so that the school truck
can De run over it. tne cnairman
said he would give the matter his
personal attention. The board aud-
ited a number of bills and attended
to a few other routine matters and
then adjourned.
EARLY SNAKE GETS
SHOT BY HUNTER
It. seems that snakes as well as
mocking birds and flowers are aware
that Spring is near at hand. It is
thnt tiv nnp fpiwrts
killing a rattler in February and yet
that this does happen is vouched by
Mr. W. D. Allen of Newport. Mr.
Allen is a great hunter and while out
with his bird dogs one dys last week,
they struck a trail and finally came to
n nnint. which nroved to be instead of
a covey of quail a big diamond back
rattler. Mr. Allen shot the creature
and took its hide back to Newport
where it is on exhibition. The snake
was an unusually large one, measur-
ing eight feet in Inegth and about .13
inches in circumference.
MRS. CHARLES W. MASON DIES, land, 4 acres in Whiteoak Township,:
' consideration not shown.
Information has been received in:.. ... I
lPnonfnt't ff tVin li-Qth nf Mrl -.Allien
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Mason of Atlantic, wife of Charles
'W. Mason, Wednesday morning. Mrs.;
Mason suffered a stroke of paralysis
Saturday. Mrs. John G. Jones and
James Wallace Mason both of Beau-
fort, daughter and son of Mrs. Mason, j
went to Atlantic Saturday on account
of their mother's illness and were
with her at the end. i
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EIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT.
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i Cards recently received in Beau-
fort announce the birth of a son to
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Gaskill of Miairli,
Florida. The child has been named,
(Lorenzo Jr. Mr. Gaskill is a native
jof Sea Level f,nd has lived in Bean -
lfort for some time.
SCHOOL ELECTION
DRAWS NEARER;
6 .u ",c i"c" "cw
.building.
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lmP'essu w..n .ne na.ura. oeauiy oi
e locahty and this fact supplement-
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street lights the water and sewersge
-
Ds"?,s " afce y
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Pavements is an adequate high
scho1 .M-. This the gentle-J
rnen.sa'd'. after ""Pfflg the pres-
A modern building with room for fii
ture 5rowth f d grounds is
me w..i-ig neeuea. ine ioi on iiv
they thought with the new
Duuuing na iue ine giounus ueau-
& fc
tified with irrass. lioAvers and shrub-
bery could be made very attractive
and credible to arapidly developing
torium would be to the town as a
meeting place for conventions and
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other gatherings.
Registration for the election is
making satisfactory progress. The
usual vote in the town is about 1000
"u "luluay '"K"1- 8!.ii-
Martin ntil YiarnUaA KS nam-cr flf
-i i :4 1 1 :.4- 'r i. .
".:- w.yf
iu.c x.j wcic w.ui.ii aim .j n
men. Since then a good many oth-
ers have registered and by Saturday
night it is expected that nearly 1000
will be on the book. In order to as-
certain the opinion'of men in the bus-
iness section of the town a paper was
circulated recently and many of the
leading men of the town signed it.
Some who declined to sign said they
were going to vote for the school
building. The list of signers is cs
iollows: it: u King, J. r. 1-oune,
C. H. Bushall, O. B. Moore, K. A.
Bell, J. A. Hornaday Jr., J. V. Caf-
frey, George W. Lay, John Hill, W.
E. Skarren, C. S. Maxwell, G. W.
Duncan, E. Frank Lee, W. A. Mace,
Jas. W. Mason, Bayard Taylor, T.
W. Brinson, L. H. Haywood, R. L.
Davis, E. E. Davis, W. L. Willis, N.
F. Eure, J. H. Potter Jr., M,
Spruill, W. V. B. Potter, R. He.idcr-
son, Barbour Bros. G. W. Huntley,
v - n i". .IT TT T. . . . . .
W. U raui ai cons, vv. n. taiocr,
E. W. Jernigan, D. M. Jones, W. G.
Mebane, U. E. Swann, Thomas Dun
can, Julian Hamilton, L. B. Bone;,-.
C K. Howe.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
i The following real estate transfer.
have been recorded by uegis.er oi
Deeds Jno. W. Hamilton s.nce last
week.
i pnvi(j -willums to Austin Neilson,
t ()t 13- T(jwn Beaufort, con-
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W. C. Colo and wife to T. C. Hol-
Luther D. Garner to Jessie G. Gar-
ner, tract in Newport Township, con-
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sideration $60.
K. L. Garner et al to Jessie J. Gar-1
ner 2 ceres in Newport. Township,
.ccn.merawon
e, r. Mason and wife to Arthur
Gillikin, tract in Straits Township,
consideration $55.
:
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Only two licenses to wed have been
granted by Register of Deeds Jno. W.
Hamilton since last Thursday, they
are as follows: -
Wm. H. Jessup of Roxboro, N. C.
and Pearl Fulcher of Morehead City,
j T. R. Lewis and Belvina Willis cf
Morehead City.
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OIL TREATMENT
FOR DIRT ROADS
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traveled. The Governor seemed toeratjon of two gei propeied barges.
thlTll- tl-jlf". tVlp nil frpnf TYlpT-f nf vnorle
tne on treatment or roaus
. iiuc tu uc lu Runic caicui. ct I
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might prove to be to some extent at',
eagt( & he, .. golution o
the Stte,. road prob,em-
1 In order to & Bome first hand in'
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ui inaiiuii on tne suojeci ior reaa-
ers of the News, the opinion of State
Highway Engineer Charles M. Up-'
ham was sought. Mr. Upham's re-
piy is given nerewun
Mr W G. Mebane,
Beaufort, N. C.
dear Mr. Mebane:
. This is to acknowiedge your letter
of February 25th relative to the
treatment of earth roads with oil.
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that this method ot
t u.nM eau
1 WOUJU Sdy
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lias UCCXl U1IUC1 caucimmciii
f or possibly ten or twelve years and
jn EOme localities it has been worked
satisfactory while in Massachusetts
tbe resuits were not as eood North
6V
Carolina seems to have some roads'
that are exceptionally good for this
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Paicular kind of treatment but still
otners mat win not iena tnemseives .
w tui- -i ttiLiucn ,
to this treatment.
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ine r..i!is:ies are t.r.at tne roaa
miist be very good sand clay, top
soii 0r gr;ivei roR( aR( one capable
0f carrvinf traffic before the oil is
put on it The oil win not strengthen
the roa(i but s;mpiy preserve the sur-
face in other words if the road is
not sufficientIy str0ng to carry traf-
fic the oil win not hep do thigj but
tne oil Vl.jii prCvent surface a'K.ndo-
ment on lhe top soil cl. Erve( anti
this wiil fud materially to the length
0f jife and reduce the maintenance.
We are going thru the develop
ment stage of these roads and the re
sults look very promising, so that
eventually we will have a large mile
age that has been treated by this
method.
It seems impossible to write spec-
ifi. otirvn. that will Hssurp a satisfac-
' tory road, and it is necessary that
a npvsnn -minn-ited -with this tvn.
f co;ls.tructj0T1 have charge to the
ticul work Therefore it is
impossible for me to tell you mote have been missing things from their stick and an expression of great pain
of the details other than up to the vessels. The two boats dock at the on his countenance. There were
present time we have used aspuultic foot of Orange street Tuesday two charges against John and it look
oil B5 per cent penetration of 100 night Captain Bonner concealed him- ed rather squally for him but he is a
per cent asphalt. This is spread on self in the pilot house of the Wallace very resourceful person in courts and
the road surface which has been pre- and waited for development. About with the assinstance of an eloquent
pared by scraping and brooming, at eight o'clock Noe came, along the plea by his counsel Mr. C. R. Vheal
iher s.tt nf annroiinntelv 1-3 to 4-10 Wallace in a skiff and climbed aboard y he was let down with $10.75 the
f & galjon pi;r squarc y3r(i, and cov-
;(b()ut tw-t)ty pol,nds 0
coarse sand. Sand is added subsa-
quently as the asphalt lies in the
sand and becomes excessive.
j Trusting this is the information you
iUyue I i.mnin.
' Very truly yours," " ' ' "
r,r.,T!,j
V-I.-.0. 1. 1 Lin in,
State Highway Engineer,
SUPERIOR COURT.
A one week's term of Superior
r . m .onwne !n Beaufort Mon-
jday. Judge M. V. Barnhill will pre-
side over the court and both crimi-
nal and civil cases will be heard. The
j first two days have been reserved
Ifor the crimin-d docket and civil
jesses will be taken up Wednesday
! morning if the criminal docket is
finished by that time. A few crim-
jinal cases were continued from the
'last team and several new ones have
been added since then, but none so
;far of very great importance. The
civil calendar was published in lust of Mrs. Doane was taken to Guilford, stated that they were not unduly dis
week's issue of the News. Connecticut, her eld home for inter- orderly and so they were let off with
, ment. ithe costs.
.Ht.jta.s J. a--gMfc
BEAUFORT BREAKWATER NOW
AN ASSURED FACT
The rivirs r.d haibors b'.ll hes
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ur.il ptir;.u juiiicm5 tuiu ii as u.i i
bead city added. This is for the op-
T. tpWmma rppiveH -pari hr fnl-
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lhe teieerams received read as ioi-
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Washineton D C. 457
Washington, D. C. Mar. 2. 1925
'chamber of Commerce
,naniDer oi commerce,
Beaufort N Car
Am glad to advise that House has!
just passed the Rivers and Harbors
bil, passed by the Senate ,ast Satur.
'day night the House accepting all the
'Senate amendments and the bill now
'goes to the President whose signa-
ture is already assured.
! F. M. SIMMONS.
Washington, D. C. Mar. 2, 1925.
Secy Chamber of Commerce Beau-
fort, N Car.
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Kivers ana riaroors om nas passeci
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Senate and the Presldent wlU Elgn
Bame bil1 include.s nmei,us surveys
which Beaufort is interested in and
also provides for construction of
stone breakwater in front of town of
Beaufort.
JITT A T. T
CHARLES L. ABERNETHY, M. C.
WashinKtotl) D. C. Mar. 2, 1925.
Eeaufot Jevis
Beaufort. N Car,
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t Have just secured passage througn
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tne House as amenament to oenaie
joint resolution number luz as ioi-
lows: That the New York Canal and
Great Lakes Corporation shall re-es-
tablish the boat line formerly known
as the intevcoastal and coastwise
Avaterway service operating between
Baltimore Maryland and New Bern j
Beaufort and Morehead City North ;
Carolina end shall operate this line'
fcy not less tiian two serf propelled'
barges.
; CHAS. L. ABERNETHY. M. C.
TOM NOE ARRESTED
ON LARCENY CHARGE
Tom Noe, frequently called "Bran-
dy" a young white man of Beaufort
was arrested Tuesday night for en-
tering the pilot house of the fishing
boat Chas. S. Wallace and committed
to iail. Mavor Thomas required a
bond of $500 which Noe was unable
to cive. For some time Captain Bon-
ner Willis and his brother Captain
Wilbur Willis of the W. M. Webb
He first went to the galley and could
nilt RCt in and then c:me to the pilt
house where Captain Willis took
charge ef him. Noe stated that he
,was looking for some matches but
this explanation of his visit w;m not
satisfactory to Captain Willis and so
e ,!ad lNOe nut un(lc" arrest.
1 At the June term of court in 1923
Luther Lloyd and Tom Noe were put
under a suspended sentence by Judge
Grady of three to five years in the
peniteniary if they violated any law
within five years. Llyod was con.
victed of entering the warehouse of
ti,- Rf-r4 r.mcerv Cnmrmnv last
year and is now in the penitentiary,
Noe will be tried in Superior court which seemed to meet with the ap-
next waak. proval of the crowd because most
people are rather inclined to pity
' MRS. A. F. DOANE DEAD John than to blame him. He drinks
Information received here recently too much but is a very industrious
by Mr. W. A. Mace conveyed the in- fellow when sober.
telligence that Mrs. A. F. Doane died 1 The other three tried by the Mayor
of pleurisy Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. 'were John Dixon, Tom Sadler a-.id
Doane and two daughters lived in Carlton Parkin, all young white men.
Eeaufort for a number of years and. The evidence was that they were
have many friends here. The body 'drunk but chief of Police Longest
FIRE DISTRICT
IS MADE LARGER
w,c" "U'L" v on ueen sweel
The amendment was offered by Com-
rnissioner bmitn and he and (Jommis
tm.cci,
.Biuaei 4ioe vuieu ior 11. omillls-
XI - - . 4 1 ! r-.
SIoner Wheatly voted no and Corn-
missioner Whitehurst did not vote at
all. Commissioner .Parkin is absent
on a trip to Florida.
Mrs. H. D. Worcom representing
Fort Macon chapter of the U. D. C.
Came before the board and asked that
a merry go round and Ferris wheel
might be operated without tax during
the month of June under the auspices
of the organization. The permission
was granted. A delegation repre
senting the Community Club was
present, composed of Mrs. G. W. Lay,
and Mrs. Bayard Taylor, and asked
that the club might have the direction
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u improvements io De maue on me
, I J? T? i. A a J.1j.1
west end of Front street and that the
city contribute to the expense of the
work. A motion was passed grant-
ing the request.
, Motions were introduced and pass-
ed remitting city taxes on property
cf W. H. Hendrick, the children of
Mrs. Qrace Gordon, deceased, and
Mrs. West Taylor. A motion was
passed increasing the salary of John
Pake from $70 to $80 a month.-This
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motion was wucen in consideration or
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w uwv ns ww i,u iou a.irne.
nre trucK in addition to nis worK on
the streets. A number of bills were
audited and then the board adjourned.
subject to thp call of the Mayor,
MAYOR TRIES FOUR .,,;
ON SAME CHARGE
Four defendants, all charged with
practically the same offense, to-wit
drunkness, faced Mayor Thomas in
his court Monday afternoon. All
admitted having inbibed a little too
freely but none had been very bois-
terous and so the Mayor had a heart
and let them off with the costs,
John Bunyan Congleton who, like
the famous religious leaded whos
name he bears, has had considerable
experience with courts and jaiis, was
anione those present and furnished
much entertainment for the court
audience. He appeared in court
with his lengthy form bent almost
double, leaning heavily, on a broom
costs in the case. One of ti.e oharg.s
against him John denied entirely and
the other was due to extenuating civ-
cumstances. He said that while
walking around in the back part t;f
he did not know who, hit him in the
back with a soft drink bottle and in-
flicted great injury and pain upon
him. Fortunately a short time after
a stranger met him and seeing the
distress he was in, handed him a half
pint bottle and told him to drink
freely. He emptied the flask and
got considerable relief but also got
arrested a short time afterwards.
After bpnri-r bis statpmpnt the
lay-
or relented and rendered his verdict