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THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1927 PRICE 3c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 6
VOLUME XVI
12 PAGES THIS S EEK
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CRIMINAL CASES
OCCUPY TIME OF
SUPERIORCOURT
Only One Civil Action Was
Tried On Account of Big
-. Criminal Docket
SLOT MACHINES GONE
BRIDGE JNTRACT
WASI I TUESDAY
As stated in the News last week a
very large criminal docket was in
progress. It was not finished until
Friday morning and only one civil ac
tion was disposed of before court ad.
journed.
The slot machine cases excited
'quite a good deal of interest but did
not take very much time as the de
fedants all pleaded guilty. They
were let off with the costs, had their
machine destroyed and were put un
der bonds to show good behavior for
two years. The civil suit of George
D. Styron against J. I. Baker and the
Ocean Beach Company was finished
Saturday about the middle of the day.
It resulted in a verdict of $500 for
the plaintiff who was suing for $50,-
000 on account of injuries sustained
when he was cut by Baker in a fight
that took place at the beach resort
last 'summer.
The tfrinfinl cases jjiisposed of
were as follows:
W. M. Jones, fraud, pleaded guilty
judgment . suspended on payment of
costs.
t Loujs Guthrie, theft and receiving
stolen goods, verdict not guilty of
theft but guilty on other charge.
Prayer for judgment continued to
.March term of court. Defendant put
under $400 bond.
Willie Green, assault with deadly
weapon, carrying concealed weapon
and violating prohibition law. Ver
dict guilty, got twelve months on
roads on the three charges.
Henry Salter and Lillian Salter,
assault upon Mrs. Ida Robinson. Not
guilty as to Henry Salter. Lillian
, Salter found guilty and sentenced to
" six months in jail or pay Mrs. Rob
inson $26 for doctor's bill and Mr.
Robinson $10 for auto, hire. Also
give bond for $150 to show good be
havior for two years. ,
J. E. Arnold, fraud, passing Worth
less check, jury verdict guilty, 8
months in jail or pay costs and give
bond of "$300 to show good behavior
for two years.
Roy Potter violating prohibition
law, pleaded guilty, 6 months on Pitt
county roads. .
Matthew Owens, abandoment, con
tinued to next term.
Lovey Davis, violating prohibition
law and breaking jail. Pleaded guilty
.Twelve months on roads.
Alfred Wilson, larceny, pleaded
guilty. To be hired out to some
farmer for three months.
Louis Jones, violating prohibition
law and larceny, escaped from jail.
Noll prossed.
Len Harper, violating prohibition
law and larceny, not guilty.
John Moore, violating prohibition
law, broke jail. Noll prossed.
George M. Robinson, assault with
dearilv weaDon: not a true bill...
Mack Runnings, violating prohibi
tion law in two counts. Pleaded
guilty, sentenced to 9 months on Pitt
county roads.
Harvey Hunnings, violating prohi
bition law, not a true bill.
Howard C. Willis, violating pro
hihitinn lnw. Case continued to
lWprrVi term. .
au Mnnrp. receiving stolen
property, not a true bill.
George Copes, larceny, acquitted.
Oneill Gillikin, seduction, case con
tinued.
Robert Lee Guthrie, speeding auto
Tanina issued.
Carl Buck, murder; bill found Jan
uary term. Continued to March term.
Georee Sparrow violating prom
bition" law; ' pleaded guilty. Six
month, on roads or pay costs and
give bond for $300 t0 showgod be
havior for two years.
Lee Garner, violating prohibition
Pleaded euilty: eight months
on Pitt county roads.
B. A. Barnhill, abandoment; not
a true bill.
Ansil Chanin. abandoment: not a
true bill.
Ernest Fenderson pleaded guilty
to charge of assault. Got 12 months
in iail or trive bond of $300 to show
fond behavior for two years, and
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pay James Noe $10.
- Those who pleaded guilty to op
erating slot machines were the fol
lowing: Grady Perkins, Geo. W. Dill,
J. R. Willis, Mrs. W. H. Barber, R.
H. Hill, R. N. Dickinson, , Matthew
Owns, T. E. Styron, Claude Martin,
George Norcom, C. V. Hill, John
Henrv Davis. J. T. White. Sarah
Marshall, Will Parker, S. A. Duplaitr
P. Shanaroh. Ellis Baxter, Dave Lew
is, S. T. Mattliis, C. P. Tyler, J. L.
Big Resort Development Plan
ned For Bogue Island. Work '
Already Started
The letting of a contract here
Tuesday for a bridge across Bogue
Sound by the AtlanFic Bridge Corpor
ation has aroused considerable inter
est and from expressions heard by
the News is" regarded as an event of
great signifificance to this entire sec
tion. The contract was awarded to
the Davis Constructitn Corporation
of Beaufort. The cost of the bridge
exclusive of the concrete surface on
the fill will be about $110,000.
The News is informed by W. A.
Mace, president of the Atlantic Beach
Bridge Corporation, that work will be
rushed on the bridge as fast as pos
sible and that it is hoped to open it
up for traffic before the Summer is
over. It is to be a toll bridge and
moderate tolls will be charged for
use of the stru ture. Work was
started on the dirt fill, which will be
4000 feet long, some weeks ago. The
trestle and drawbridge will be 3000
feet long. The draw itself will be
60 feet.
The new bridge starts at- 28th
street, which is a short distance from
the present corporate lines of More-
head City. Creosote piles will be
used and the structure will be a sub
stantial one and able to care for the
traffic upon it for a good many years.
It is expected that thousands of auto
mobiles will cross it in the course of
a year. It will make easy of access
to one of the finest bathing beaches
on the Atlantic coast. A hard sur
face highway will be built across the
island to the ocean and parking fa
cilities provided there for a large
number of cars. A large pavilion for
bathing and dancing will be built.
The company expects to spend around
a quarter of a million dollars in the
big project which it is undertaking.
The company owns some 800 acres of
land on the island. Thin has been
surveyed and platted and lots will
be offered for sale tftr the improve
ments have gotten well under way.
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Realty Company
Starts Many Suits
The Beaufort Realty Corporation
owners of the real estate sub-division
known as "West Beaufort" have
started a number of suits to collect
from persons who have failed to meet
their payments on Hts. Attorney
Wilson H. Lee of New Bern was in
town recently representing the plain
tiff in the matter and summonses for
100 persons have been issued. The
News understands that abou. 200
more summonses will be issued very
soon. The West Beaufort property
was bought about two years ago by
New Bern capitalists and was put on
the market by them. A large num
ber of lots were said to have been
sold to persons all over the State and
elsewhere.
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MAY ESTABLISH A
PORT COMMISSION
Bill Introduced In Legislature
To Issue $100,000 Worth ot
Bonds For Port Terminal
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES PREPARE
FOR ACTION IMPORTANT BILLS
Many Bills of Great Interest Have Been Introduced. May Ap
propriate Two Millions For National Park. Thirty
Millions For State State Highways. Anti
evolution Bill Introduced
VICE PRESIDENT INVITED.
Chr.pel Hill, N.'C, Feb. 7 (INS)
Vice-President Charles G. Dawes
has been invited to address the an
nual meeting of the. National Asso
ciation of Alumni Secretaries,- which
will be held here April 28-30, it was
announced today.
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REAL ESTATE BUSINESS
SHOWS SIGNS OF LIFE
While there is no boom in real es
tate in Beaufort or Morehead City
some sales are being made right a-
long. Deeds filed at the office of
Register of Deeds R. W. Wallace re
cently show some interest is being
felt in real estate. Those recorded
are as follows.
W. P. Smith and wife to Geo. J.
Brooks, 1-4 interest in tract, Beau
fort Township, for $100.
C, L. Duncan and wife to Pattie R.
Ives, part lot Beaufort for $2750.
Beaufort Realty Corp. to R. A.
Templet, 2 lots West Beaufort for
$360.
Richard Felton and wife to C. L,
Duncan, Alley-Way, . Beaufort for
$1.00.
W. T. Pelletier to Willie L. Pelle-
tier, 1 87-100 acres Morehead Town
ship, for $10.
R. T. Willis and wife to James L,
Irons and wife, 1 lot Morehead City
for $2250.
W. C. Willett, Trustee to Oscar F.
Mason, 1 lot Morehead City, for $1.
Geo. H. Smithson and wife to
Richard Springle 1 lot Morehead City
for $300.
A. I. Schisler to Amma D. Graham,
1 lot Morehead City for $726.(16.
Robert W. Taylor to Alethia B.
Taylor, 1 lot Morehead City for $10.
Robert W. Taylor to Alethia B.
Taylor 1 lot Morehead City for $10,
W. B. Rowe and wife to J. S. Mil
ler, 20 acres Newport Township for
$150.
E. H. Gorham and wife to Perry
Godwin . and wife, 2 lots. Morehead
City for $100.
S-V Khue to W. H. Hay, 4 acres
White Oak Township, for $57.
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B1KIH OK A SON.
Born to Mr.and Mrs. J. T. Blythe,
Feb. 7th., a boy, Julian Hart,
turns. .
A bill has been introduced in the
General Assembly by Representative
W. H. Bell which provides for the
creation of the "Port Commission of
Carteret County." The News under
stands that Congressman C. L. Aber-
nethy" prepared the bill and is advo.
eating its passage.
The bill states that the commission
shall Decomposed of seven business
men, citizens of the county, to be ap
pointed by the Board of Commission
ers of Carteret county. That they
shall be paid five dollars a day for
their services for such time as they
are in attendance upon meetings and
expenses. The bill says that when
the commission requests the board of
county commissioners to do so, they
shall issue $100,000 worth of bonds
11 they prefer they may call an
election on the question of issumg
the bnds. The money raised by
the bond iseue is to be used to ac
quire lands, water rights, build piers,
warehouses, elevators and the like.
The object of all this so the bill
states is "to develop the port facili
ties of Carteret county."
,The News has not heard many com
ments on the proposed port terminal
matter as it is not generally known
Such comments as have been heard
have been unfavorable. The view
seems to be that however worthy
the project may be the county is so
heavily loaded with debt that no mon
ey can be raised without materially
increasing the strain on the taxpay
ers of the county. In fact the bill
states that the board of commission
ers may levy a sufficient tax to pay
the interest on the bonds and the
principal also.
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(By M. L. SHIPMAN)
Raleigh, February 7 Entering the
fifth week of its existence the Gen
eral Assembly of 1927 finds itself on
the threshold of a new day in legis
lative activities. It has barely start
ed on that task before it. The big
committees are busy whipping into
shape important matters for consid
eration as the days come and go.
The jointccommittee on appropria
tions is engaged i na re-draft of the
bill passed to it by the Budget com
mission and is almost ready to re
port it to the Assembly itself. How
ever, this is not to be done until the
finance committe has completed the
new revenue act which is destined to
take care of. the appropriations a-
greed upon.
Probably the oustanding event of
the week in legislative circles was
the impetus given the proposed Nat
ional Park in the Great fcmoKy ffloun-
tains in a joint session 01 me
houses on Wednesday called tor tne
miTTinse of hearing men of national
repute portray the scenic beauties of
Eastern America and' enumerate tne
numerous advantages the establish
ment of the park would bring to
North Carolina, Tennessee and Vir
nia. The speakers were Congressman
Henry W. Temple, of Pennsylvania,
chairman of the South Appaiician
Park Commission, Major William A.
Welch, of New York, superintendent
n fthe Palisades Park, and A. B.
Long Horn Cattle
To Be Preserved
Washington, D. C. That the long
horned, or Spaish breed of cattle,
onec s0 numerous in the Southwest,
may be preserved from complete ex
tinction, the Fcrest Service, United
States Depart: nent of Agriculture,
will maintain a herd on the Wichita
National Forest in Oklahoma, accord
ing to an anno'iricement made today
by Col. W. B. Greeley, chief forester.
The agriculturfl appropriation bill
signed by Pres dent Coolidge on Jan
uary 17, carrie an item for their pur
chase and maintenance.
The' departn ent has for several
years urged th necessity for a small
herd of these picturesque examples
of early pionet r life of t ie Southwest
for the benefk and education of fu
ture generatiois interested in pionder
history, said Oolonel Greeley.
The Wichita national forest lies
light in the heart of the range of the
old southern herds of plains buffalo,
and is a part of the region formerly
known as the Indian Territory, where'
now live more than fifty thousand In
dians.'
s Here also g) azed some of the pio
neer herds of these long-horned cat
tle when the livestock industry in the
Southwest was in its infancy.
There are still a few living mem
bers of this onoe numerous breed of
Commerer, of Washington, assistant . cattle to be ound in Texag The
director of the national park service ; herd for the Government will be se
of the Interior Department who had j Jected by expert cattlemen familiar
been invited to the State by the North ( with the charac eristics of the cattle
Carolina Park Commission headed by and of the southwestern ranges. They
Representative Mark Squires. The wij be grazed jn a pastUre immed-
tegislative mind was attuned to the , iately adjoining the one occupied by
occasion and the visitors experienced j the herd of buf 'alo now established
little difficulty in driving home many 1 on the forest
salient noints favorable to the cause
CITY BOARD HOLD
MONTHLY MEETING
Appoint Building Inspector.
Inlet Inn Tax-Matter To
Have Rehearing Monday
The regular monthly meeting of
the board of town commissioners
took place at the city hall Monday
with all members present.
Fire Chief D. M. Jones came before
the board and asked that Mr. J. V.
Caffrey be appointed building inspec
tor in the fire district. A motion
was passed making Mr. Caffrey in
spector at the nominal salary of $5
a quarter. Mr. Jones also asked that
the license tax be remitted on a con
cern operating a merry-go. round
and Ferris wheel. The fire depart
ment is to receive a share in the re
ceipts of the concern.
Commissioner Whitehurst made a
motion to amend the resolution of
January 19h relative to relieving the
Inlet Inn of taxes. The proposed
amendment is to read "if the board
has the legal right to d0 so." The
matter will be taken up for re-hearing
at a meeting of the board next Mon.
day night at 7:30 o'clock.
Chief Longest stated that City
Treasurer Stancil had requested him
to ask the board to ratify an ordi
nance authorizing a bond issue -of
$125,000 to fund floating debts. On
motion of Commissioner Whitehurst
seconded by Commissioner Smith this
was done. A napplication t0 relieve
Ike Springle of ity taxes was laid
over until the meeting of the board
Monday night.
Attorney J. F. Duncan, represent
ing the Standard Oil Company asked
for permission to fill in the space
south of their property and put wall
around it. A motion was passed giv
ing the permission. City Attorney
G. W. Duncan was instructed to take
up with the railroad officials the mat
ter of completing their work on
Broad street. Some bills were aud
ited and the board adjourned.
they were here to represent, ine
movement advanced to a definite step
the following day by the introduction
of a joint bill by Ebbs, of Buncombe,
in the Senate and by Nettles, of Bun
combe and Squires, of Caldwell, in
the House authorizing a two million
dollar bond issue for the purchase of
the acreage and safeguarding the I There was very little business trans
State's interests after the land is. j acted in Police Court Monday. Only
turned over to the federal govern- two cases were tried. Luther Mason,
Carteret County's Taxable Values Are
About Twelve And A Half Millions
POLICE COURT HAD
FEW CASES MONDAY
PRISONERS GET LIQUOR
AND HAVE BIG TIME
Beofore they took their departure
from the county jail several of the
prisoners there had a right consid
erable celebration there last Thurs
day. Having found .out that there
was some liquor stored there they
managed with the help of two boys,
who were in the jail but not in the
cells, to get into the room where the
booze was and got a half gallon of
it. With it they had a merry time
and soon got to feeling so good that
they did not care whether they were
in jail or out of it. Judge Cranmer
heard of the affair and ordered all the
liquor brought to the court room
and emptied in the sewer which was
done.
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COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS
HAVE BEEN SECURED
ment. Washington makes no appro-1
priation for the purchase of land for j
park purposes.
Many Bill on the Way
Bjlls are "on the way" to allow
non-profit insurance companies or
ganize in this State on a legal reserve
basis, allow North Carolina delegates
to national conventions to g0 "unin-
structed when not more than one
candidate had made a bid for the
State's electoral vote; force the
teaching of Americanism in' the tax
supported schools and colleges of the
State requiring at least two hours
study of the constitution of North
Carolina and of the United States in
all state schools for a period of twen
ty weeks; change the present law al
lowing widows $300 and $100 for
each dependent child in the settle
ment of an estate to $600 and $200
respectively; to make the "old North
State" the official anthem; increase
the legal rate of interest to 8 per
cent; establish a farm colony for de
linquent women too old to be ad
mitted to Samarcand; to levy a tax
of 22 cents a gallon on lubricating
oils for motor vehicles to be used in
the construction of county roads;
t consolidate state official agencies
Superintendent R. L. Fritz of the
Beaufort Graded School has begun to
make the necessary arrangements for
tne scnooi. as commencement ora
tor he has secured Professor N. W.
Walker of the . University of North
Carolina. Dr. Walker is Dean of
the School of Education. The com
mencement sermon to the graduating
class will be delivered by the Rever
end Richard Bagby who is the pastor
of the First Christian church of
Washington, N. C.
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INCOME TAX TIME AGAIN.
Baldwin, Alex Ramsey, John Mc
Donald, Fern Garner, C. W. Scott,
Peter Block, Nick Dembolis.
The grand jury ma'de its usual in
spection of the county courthouse,
offices, jail and county home. They
eported every thing in good shape
except the jail, which is not strong
.nough'to .hold prisoners.
Income tax time has gotten around
again. Some folks, may have made
up their returns but the chances are
that a large majority have not dona
so. Representatives . of the U. S.
Internal Revenue Department start
out this week and will visit all the
principa ltowns in eastern Carolina.
An income tax man, probably Mr. A.
T. Gardner, will be in Beaufort Feb
:uary 25-26 for the puipose of help
ing tax payers to fill out their re-
with the view to economy of govern
ment and the prevention of duplica
tions; to provide for the annual reg
istration of all drug stores and phar
macies; increase salary of the Sec
retary of the State Board of Health
from $5,00 to $10,000 per year; in
crease the number of judicial dis
tricts; authorize the State to refund
$29,909.00 to reimburse individuals
($12,000 to former State Treasurer
W. H. Worth who replaced the sum
stolen by his chief clerk, W. H. Mar
tin, along in the eighties, and $17,
909.12 to the estate of George W. El
kins, of Philadelphia alleged overpay
ment of inheritance taxes in 1920) ;
enlarge the powers of the State High
way Commissio nin locating roads;
issue $30,000,000 of State bonds for
extension of highway system) ; uni
form game law; definite jurisdiction
0f recorder's courts; amend the State
banking law's r prohibit persons under
sixteen years of age from driving mo-
a white boy, was tried on the charge
of the larceny of a pistol. On ac
count of his youth and upon the prom
ise of his father to send the boy out
of the State judgment was suspend
ed in the matter. Charles Fender
son, colored, was held for Superior
court on the charge of seduction un
der the promise of marriage. His
bond was fixed at $250. Lottie
Stanley was the prosecuting witness.
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BUSINESS COLLEGE WILL
OPEN HERE MONDAY
The effort being made to' organize
a branch of the Atlanta Business
College is meeting with cdnsiderable
success according to field representa
tive W. P. Murphy. Mf". Murphy
states that school will open Monday
and that pupils from Beaufort.
Smyrna, Williston, Davis and Atlan
tic have enrolled and that others are
expected t0 do so. The school will
give an opportunity to young men and
women to get a business education
without having to g0 to the expense
of attending some scnooi a long ways
from home. A branch school will be
started in New Bern also.
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NO MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Recently there has been consider
able discussion among citizens as to
taxable values in Carteret county.
Nothing official has been published
about the matter in some time. The
News has gotten the figures and is
herewith making them public.
A separate table is given which
shows the value of property on the
tax books at Sea Level, Atlantic,
Cedar Island and Portsmouth. The
total is not quite a half million dol
lars. Well informed men say that
the cost of building a paved road from
Davis to Cedar Island would be more
than the property is valued at in the
places mentioned. A contract has
already been let to pave the road to
Atlantic and work is going forward
on a causeway from Cedar Island to
the mainland.
The matrimonial market seems to
be rather quiet now in Carteret coun
ty. No licenses had been issued at
the Register of Deeds office up
Wednesday afternoon.
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"VIRGINIA DARE HIGHWAY"
1926
Portsmouth
Cedar Island
Atlantic
Davis
Stacy
Sea Level
Williston (Col)
Smyrna
Straits
Harlowe
Newport
White Oak
Beaufort
Merrimon
Morehead City
Marshallberg
Hnrkers Island
Carteret
to
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 7 (INS) A
movement is under way here to name
the concrete stretch from Edenton,
down Roanoke Island to Wanchese,
the 'Virginia Dare Highway."
The proposal is expected to be
placed before the Legislature during
the present session. It has been
pointed out that the name "Virginia
Dare" would be especially appropria
ate for the highway.
i Portsmouth
Cedar Island
Atlantic
Stacy
Sea Level
Valuation
13,263
75,591
122,797
136,493
121,880
150,416
3,566
213,713
557,216
351,196
1,002,035
588,061
' 3,612,211
366,762
4,703,974
169,291
180,706
189,815
$12,558,986
13,263
75,591
122,797
121,880
150,416
$483,947
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Self Advocate Wider Buster
tysburg Memorial Commission; pro
hibit the teaching of the theory of ev
olution as a fact in tax supported
srhnnls hv the State, etc. Either one
tor vehicles and requiring all drivers 1 branch of the Assembly or the other
to procure a license; provide for the
payment o fincome taxes in install
ments; prohibit the lending of money
to bank examiners by state banks;
require fire escapes on office build
ings; create the North Carolina Get-
Is debating these bills, some of them
in committees and others on the
floor; Comparatively few measures of
importance have run the gauntlet of
the two houses, but another week is
(Continued on page two)
Raleigh, N. C, Feb 7 (INS) R.
0. Self, director of the bus division
of the State Corporation Commission,
is a strong advocate of the 90-inch
width of busses..
According to reliable reports here,
an effort probably will bo made dur
ing the current session of the Leg
islature to increase the width limi
tation front 86 to 90 inches.
Of the 38 states in the Union wheih
regulate the width of busses, only
one has a narrower restriction than
North Carolina, according t0 Self.
That state is Florida.
The average legal width in the 38
states was 94 1-2 inches, Self said.