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VOLUME XVI
12 PAGES TWO SECTIONS THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY, JULY 7, 1927 3 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 27
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Appropriation Made
For Health Department
Budget Estimate Submitted At
; No Provisions For Health Of fice: Other Departments Pro-
Jr." vided For In Budget Interest On Debts Is Very Large
fT i W Sum.
The board of county commissioners
' held their regular meeting at the
county courthouse Tuesday last. The
meeting was not held on Monday be
cause that was a legal holiday. The
principal business transacted by the
board was the submission of the bud
get by the Auditor and the board's
consideration of the same. Under
the new law governing counties a
dopted by the General Assembly the
county accountant is required to pre
pare a "Budget Estimate" every year
and submit the same to the board of
commissioners at their first meeting
in July. It also requires that this
estimate shall be furnished to every
newspaper published in the county
and that at least one of them shall
publish it at the county's expense.
The News has not been asked to pub
lish the estimate but is doing it for
the benefit of the public. The minu-' son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Carrow
tes of the board meeting had not been ! of Beaufort. The other injured sev
placed upon the minute book at 2 1 era! persons and almost caused the
o'clock this afternoon and therefore ! death of Mrs. Noah Avery who lives
were not available for publication.
- It will be seen from an inspection
of the budget estimate that no pro
vision has been made for the county
health department and it is assumed
therefore that this department will
be discontinued. Provisions for all
departments are included in the es-
timate and so they will continue tolof Beaufort. Mr. Wilison was going
operate. According to the estimate west on Front street and eye witness
it will take $8,250 to run the courts es say thatf he was driving at a mod
another year. The sum of $3,180 is ! erate vateof speed. There were a
set aside to run the courthouse, its!
grounds and jail. The hospital elec- j
(Continued on page five)
Marshallberg Man Hit
By Woman With Rifle
A rather unusual trial took place
here Monday in the county court
room." It was a case wherein Mrs.
Robert Bertram of Marshallberg was
charged with an assault upon Len
wood Davis a young man of Marshall
berg. The trial was presided over by
Justice of the Peace L. J. Noe. At
torneys E. Walter Hill and J. F. Dim-
can represented the prosecution and
defense respectively.
fUr!" After hearing the evidence Magis-the skull probably caused his death.
' trate Noe dismissed the case and tax- j The accident is generally regarded as
N ed Mrs. Bertram with the costs. Sev- j unavoidable and Mr. Wilison was
eral witnesses were examined for the greatly distressed over the unfortu
prosecution and Mr. and Mrs. Bert- j nate occurrence,
ram for the defense. Mrs. Bertram, The other-accident referred to took
who is an elderly lady, admitted that j place Sunday evenihg at about 7:30
she struck Davis with the weapon ; a few miles from Beaufort on the
which was a small air rifle. She hit North River road. This was .a col
him once on the head and raised a i Hssion between two cars, one driven
considerable bump therein but did j by Mr. R. D. Exum and the other by
not do very serious damage. Mrs. i Mr. Noah Avery. Mr. Stephen Rob
Bertram testified that Davis had a j,1Son of Beaufort was riding in the
habit every time he passed her house j Car with Mr. Exum. Mrs. Avery and
of clearing up his throat and spit-'three children were with Mr. Avery,
ting in her direction. She said that j Both cars were badly damaged and
other young men had annoyed her in j all of those in them were more or less
such ways.' Her husband testified hurt. Mrs. Avery was hurt the worst
to the same thing. Davis denied j and had a narrow escape from death,
having intentionally insulted Mrs. ; She was struck by broken glass, her
Bertram. Some twenty five or thirty face was cut in several places and
people from Marshallberg attended had a bad laceration in her throat
the trial which lasted about half an i which caused a great loss of blood,
hour. j A baby she was carrying in her lap
- I was drenched in blood. One child
Ua-Ur'- IclnnrI Ferrv ihad tw0 teeth knocked out and HPS
Now In Operation
The Beaufort-Harker's Island fer-:
lryline started operations Friday
H morning July the first. Two cars
f were carried over to the island on the
first trip and two wereb rought back.
The boat has been running since then
on a regular schedule and has handl
ed considerable freight and a good
many passengers, On its arrival at
the island for the first trip a good
sized crowd was on hand and gave
Captain E. A. Davenport and the
crew the glad hand. ,
A bus service on the island in con
nection with the ferry line has been
established by Captain Luther Yoe
mans. Passengers can be carried
from the ferry landing to any part of
the island. It takes about fifty min
ute's to make the trip either between
Beaufort and the island Captain Dav
enport is very well pleased with the
business that his line is doing. It is
thought that when it becomes general
ly known tjat the line is in operation
that mnv neonle who have never
visited the island.
as well as many '
who have been there
Viefnre. will I
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make the trip. It is also possible lor j
those who wish to do so to make the i
tr;p from Harker's
Lookout.
Island to Cape!
County Board Meetiner Makes
ONE KILLED AND
SEVERAL INJURED
IN CAR ACCIDENTS
Many People Saddened By
Week End July Fourth
Tragedies .
ONE DRIVER ARRESTED
Two automobile accidents that oc
cured in and near Beaufort Sunday
snd Monday detracted very greatly
from the pleasure of many people in
this section. One accident resulted
in the death of Eugene Carrow Jr.,
; a short distance out of Beaufort on
the New Bern road.
The little Carrow boy, who was a
bout six and a half years old, was
crossing Front street Monday after
noon near Craven when he was struck
j by a car driven by Kobert Wilison
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray V. Wilison
great many cars parked on Front
street Monday which was the fourth
and the child came from Denina one
of them in front of the moving Car.
The young man applied his brakes
but could not stop the car before it
struck the boy who was knocked un
conscious and prebably. never .knew.
what hit him. -Messrs. G. W. Dun
can and Dick Duncan who were in
the front yard of their home in a
few feet of the accident picked up
the boy and carried him at once to
the offices of Drs. Maxwell and
Hyde who did what they could for
him and shortly after he was taken
to the hospital in Morehead City
where he lived only a few hours. He
i Was injured in several parts of the
body but a fracture at the base pf
the scalp and several bruises on arms.
Robinson had his left arm broken. Mr.
Avery was bruised up considerably
The injured people were taken to the
offices of Doctor Maxwell and Hyde
and X ray examinations were made by
Dr. H. M. Hendrix and the necessary
attentions given them by the physi
cians and dentist. Deputy sheriff
R. E. Chaplain placed Exum unojer
arrest and he was taken to the More
head City hospital. Mrs. Avery was
too weak to ,be moved and was kept
in the physicians offices until Wed
nesday morning when she was taken
to her home. She is getting along
very well now and is expected to re
cover. .
INLET INN ARRIVALS.
The Inlet Inn was crowdede to its
capacity. Sunday and also on Monday
the 4th. Among many others who
were present the following were not
ed : Mr. and Mrs. Norwood Wood, and
children of Mebane, N. C. Mr.and
Mrs. Grayson, Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
Whiting, Miss Nell Carter, Ureens-
boro. Mr. and Mrs. i. w. xsiouni
. 1 I , I..V.1 TW- nrtA Mra
ano cm ore... . i.
Hugh Alder Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Ad-
ler ana cnuaren 01 iuubwu, u
Mrs. Thos. Bizzell, Goldsboro; Mr.
TWO PRISONERS
GET OUT OF JAIL
Johnson Brothers Held On
Whiskey Charge Have Tak
en Their Departure
Newby and Charlie Johnson, two
young white men who were in the
county jail awaiting trial on the
charge of making blockade liquor,
decided that they did not care to
spend the "glorious fourth" in that
institution and so they took their de
parture some time early Sunday morn
ing.
The men sawed their way out of
the cell in which they were confined
and climbed out of a window of the
jail and made off in a car which was
waiting for them near the Congrega
tional church; at least that is the way
it is supposed that they made their
escape. Bert Respess who was in
the same cell with the men, where
he is confined on account of failing
to pay alimony to his wife, refused
to go away with them. He says that
they threatened to attack him if he
called the jailer Chaplain who lives in
a house near the jail. The escape was
made between midnightand day. On
the day previous a man had called
to see the Johnsons and it is thought
he furnished them with the tools to
make their escape. Officers have
searched for the prisoners but so far
no clue has been found as to their
whereabouts.
The Johnsons were tried in Beau
fort June 21, before Justice H. D.
Norcom, on the charge of making
liquor. He held them under bonds of
$1000 each which they were unable
to give and they were put in jail.
The men had been living near Sea
Level and Stacy for some months.
They are not natives of the county
and no one seems to know much
where they camef rom or where they
have gone.
Figures Given About
County Indebtedness
In last week's issue of the More
head City Hospital there appeared a
statement over. the signature of Conn
ty- Auditor Stancil which sets forth
the county's indebtedness in the way
of notes and gives also a list of cred
its. A copy of this statement was
not furnished the News but is reprint
ed here below as the News desires to
give the people all the informatioh
that it can get hold of about the bus
ines of the county. From this state
ment it appears that the county's net
indebtedness is nearly two and three
quarter millions." The statement fol
lows: Financial Statement
of
Carteret County, North Carolina
otes Out
standing $2,713,000.00
Notes Out- '
Anticipation) 38,750.00
Notes (High
way and
N
Bridge)
Sihking
Funds
Due from
Town of ,
Morehead
City
Due from
State
Highway
Commission
NET DEBT
475,000.00.
8,300.00
28,630.57
448,659.79
2,741,159.64
$3,226,750.00 $3,226,750.00
The State Higghway Commission
has allotted $149,800.00 from the pro
ceeds of recent State bond issues to
Carteret County which will be applied
in payment of notes as soon as the
funds are available. Ih addition the
County has approximately $100,000
00 in Tax Sale certificates. and uncol
lected, the exact amount of taxes
which cannot be ascertained until a
final settlement with the Sheriff.
W. L. STANCIL,
Couhty Auditor.
June 27, 1927.
and Mrs. C. G. Ruark, Southport; Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Armstrong. Mr. and
Mrs. H. B. Armstrong, New Bern Mr
and Mrs. A. C. Woodard, Goldsboro.
E. D. Sexton, M. D. Smith, Varina;
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Holden, South
hill, Va., Mrs. S. T. Midgett; Mrs..J.
T. Skinner, Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Hart,
Mr. and Mrs. Herber Gray, Kinston,
Mr. C. B. Godwin, Mr. and Mrs. C.
B. Godwin, Suffolk, Va., Mr. and Mrs.
F. P. Harrell, Mrs. K. M. Davis, Wil
mington, Mrs. Belle Ferrebee, Reba
Ferrebee, Rose Cerraway, Katherine
Richardson, Margaret Gibbs, New
Bern, Alfred Brandon, W. W. Bishor.
Durham.
Mr. J. H. Stubbs of Fayettevilk'
spent the week end here visiting his
family.
Police Court Had
Good Many Cases
' A full docket was disposed of by
Mayor Jones last Friday afternoon
iH Police Court but it did not take
very long to do so as only one case
was contested. The rest submitted
pleas of guilty. Mayor Jones con
tinued his policy of imposing light
tthes on first offenders but informed
them that on the second round he
would be more severe. The record of
the proceedings follows:
Frank Jones, colored, drunk and
disorderly, pleaded not guilty, evi
dence was flimsy and the case was dis
missed. i Matthew Bailey, colored, disorder
ly' conduct, pleaded guilty, fined $1
and costs. i i.m
: Ellis Baxter, colored, driving car
without lights. Pleaded guilty, $1
and costs.
Charles Clifton, E. Walter Hill,
Will Willis, Fred .Lewis not stopping
car when fire alarm sounded. Let
off with the costs.
Walter Chadwick. drunk and dis
orderly, pleaded guilty, $1 and costs.
Carlton Parkin, disorderly conduct,
pleaded guilty. $1 and costs.
Charles Fenderson, colored, dr'jnk
and disorderly, guilty, $1 and costs.
Levi Noe, disorderly conduct, plead
ed guilty, $1 and costs.
C. P. Tyler, disorderly conduct
pleaded guilty, $1 and costs.
George Harris, disorderly conduct,
pleaded guilty, $1 and costs.
Owen Vann, dog running at large
judgment suspended on payment of
costs.
Moses Gaskill, colored, drunk, plead
ed guilty $1 and costs.
Tom Sadler, drunk, not guilty, dis
missed. Alvin Congleton, drunk, pleaded
guilty, $1 and costs.
Harry Gaskill, drunk and disorder
ly, pleaded guilty, $5 and costs,
j Five casts were continued until
next Friday.
West Beaufort Leads
In Deeds Recorded
, West Beaufort took the lead this
4I'eek in deeds recorded at the office
of Register of Deeds R. W. Wallace.
There were also several lot sales from
Morehead Bluffs recorded. The list
in full follows:
Beaufort Realty Corp. to H. F.
Simon, 4 lots West Beaufort for $10.
Beaufort Realty Corp. to Jas. I.
Busbee, 2 lots West Beaufort for $10.
Beaufort Realty Corp. to C. T.
Linbach, 7 lots West Beaufort for
$1550.
J. I. Busbee and wife to Floyd Rob
inson, 1 lot West Beaufort for $110.
'Beaufort RealtyN Corp. to W. A.
Lynch, 2 lots West Beaufort for
$240.
' Beaufort Cemetery Association to
Herbert Parkin, Cemetery lot, Beau
fort for $45.
Beaufort Realty Corp. to M. B.
Horsfield, 5 lots West Beaul'ort, for
$725.00.
'Beaufort Realty Corp. to Henry
Spruill, 2 lots West Beaufort for
$275.
Arthur Smith (single) to John E.
Willis, 1 acre Atlantic for $10.
Charles L. Abevnethy Jr. to Nath
an Piner and wife, 1 lot Morehead
City for $175.
Morehead Bluffs Inc. to Times Pub
lishing Co. 3 lots Morehead Bluffs, for
$1080.
Morehead Bluffs Inc. to Catherine
Leffers et al, 2 lots Morehead Bluffs,
for $10.
Mo. ehead Bluffs Inc. to Mrs. Vir
ginia D. Kilpatrick, 3 lots Morehead
Bluffs, for $1152.
J. W. Boone Mortgagee to E. H.
Gorham, 40 acres Morehead Town
ship for $100. ,
J. A. Wallace et al to Nancy Ben
son, 150 acres, Merrimon, for $1000. !
Two Stores Invaded
Last Saturday Night
Two small sized robberies took
place in Beaufort last Saturday night.
Owing to the fact that there was
seme trouble at the power plant and
therefore there were no street lights
perhaps assisted the robber, or rob
bers,. .to enter the buildings unobserv
ed. The grocery store of Claude Mar
tin on Turner street was entered
through a window on the side and H.
C. Fodtic's fruit and confectionery
store on Front street was entered
from the rear. In neither case was
much taken, possibly some cigarettes,
candy and the like was about all. Mr.
Fodrie says that an effort was made
to get in his safe bus it did not suc
ceed. Mr. Martin did not leave any
money in his pla,ce and so the rob
ber did not get any there. There is
no clue to the perpetrator of the
crime. . ,
NEW POSTOFFICE OPENED
HERE LAST FRIDAY
The TI. S. postoffice was moved
from its old quarters on Turner street
to the Potter building on Front Street
last Thursday night and Friday
morning, July the first was ready for
business in the new quarters. It is
just diagonally across the street from
where it was a good many years ago.
The postoffice was moved to Turner
street during the first Wilson admin
istration and Mr. Wilbur Whitehurst
was then postmaster. The new of-
fice is convenient to most of the bus- j
iness houses and to the residents in
general. Owing to the fact that the
new boxes have no keys, all having
combination locks, there was consid
erable confusion for the first day.
Postmaster R. B. Wheatly and his
clerks were kept busy showing pat
rons of the office how to manipulate
their combinations. Now about ev
erybody has learned how to work the
little dials and now the business of
distributing the mails is going on
smoothly.
June Weather Was
Considerably Mixed
The month of June presented a
varied assortment of weather in this
part of the country. There were a
number of days when the tempera-'
ture went above 80 degrees. There
were several times when it dropped
below sixty and fires and considerable
bed covering were not uncomfortable.
The prevailing winds for the month
were northeast and southwest. It
blew from the former 10 days and gell came before the board and stat
from the latter 11 days. The rain-! ed that he had to pay a jeweler's li
fall for the month was 3.63 inches. 1 cense 'tax of $35 and that other firms
The official temperatures for the
month as furnished by the U. S. Fish
eries station follows:
Max.
Min.
70
64
64
65
61
1.
2
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18'
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
83
. ...79
79
83
80
...8T
87
80
80
84
84
84
..84
72
64
60
62
65
71
73
74
72
68
63
59
59
61
67
-87
.86
.70
.63
-62
-06
.70
.82
.81
-84
-85
-84
.86
.85
.85
.79
.83
.86
Registration Begins
For Bor i Election
Considerable interest is being, man
ifested now in the hospital bond elec
tion which has been called for Sat-
urday August the 6th. The News but until the last inning it looked as
has carried letters both pro and con if New Bern was a sure winner In
in regard to the matter and there has ' the last half of the ninth inning the
been a good deal'of discussion of the: Beaufort batters got busy with their
subject. As to the outcome of the i war clubs and when the row was ov
election it is not possible to make a ! er they had made five runs and won
worthwhile prediction at this time. !
A special registration of voters has I
been called for the election and the 1
registration books were opened last
Sautrday. The list of regis trars fori
the various precincts in the county
have been running in the News for ;
the past four weeks, and readers of
the paper doubtless know who they i
are. Persons who wish to vote ,-n the ,
election will have to register. Old j
registrations do not count. Per-j
sons who favor the bond issue of '
$85,000 for the county hospital will
have to vote of course, if they wish
the mesure to carry. Those who op
pose will have to vote also if they
desire to see the measure defeated.
The News understands that merely
registering and then staying away j
from the polls, as is the case in some I
elcetions, is not the same as voting
against the bond issue. So far no ;
openly active campaign has been
made either for or against the pro
posed bond issue.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
I
Habbie Russell and Lucile Weeks,
Bogue.
Elisha Murrell and Eertie Rhodes.
Beaufort.
Norwood D. Lupton, Roe and Boa-
trice Goodwin, Lola.
Miss Nellie Jones and Miss Gladys
Gibbs left Monday for Arkadelphia,
Arkansas for several weeks visit.
NO TAX LEVY YET
BY CITY FATHERS
Board Is Waiting For Audit.
License Tax Schedule Is
Adopted
The board of town commissioners
met three times Tuesday. They held
a morning and afternoon session and
then had a short meeting that night.
At the night session the schedule of
license taxes was adopted. A va
riety of matters were disposed of at
the day session.
A motion that aroused some inter
est was one introduced by Commis
sioner Potter providing for the ap
pointment of a police commissioner.
It did not seem to be very clear as
to what the duties of the officer wouln
be and Mayor Jones seemed to think
that it would be in the nature of an
infringement upon the preorogatives
of his office. Commissioner Potter
and Chadwick said that nothing of
the sort was intended and thereupon
Mr. Potter withdrew the motion.
Mrs. F. C. Salisbury of Morehead
City came before the board and ask
ed that a Mrs. V. E. Lawson of Char
lotte be prohibited from soliciting
funds in Beaufort from the "Rescue
Workers," claiming that the orgamza
tion is a fake. The matter oi laying
a sidewalk on Front street between
Craven and Queen was taken up. On
motion of Commissioner Chadwicl?
the contract was awarded to the Dav
is Construction Company. B. A.
j who do not pay this tax are allowed
to sell watches, fountain pens and
other articles in the jewelry line. No
action was taken.
The board discussed stop corners,
traffic regulations and the like con-,
siderably. A request to establish a
stop corner at Cedar and Turner
streets was referred to the street
mended to permit parking of cars
at the foot of Turner street at night
and on Sundays. The City was in
structed to get prices on a motor
cycle. City Attorney Davis reported'
on the matter of laying sewer pipe on
Hammock street. The street has
never been deeded to the town and
the Board decided against putting
down the pipe. The matter of al
lowing Roderick Parkin $10 a month
was taken under consideration and af
ter discussion referred to the Asso
ciated Charities. The board decided
65 i to remit a fine which was put upon
63 Captain Case, N-S. conductor, some
73 i days ago in Police Court for shifting
75 cars at night.
74 The board has; not yet gotten the
72 1 audit which was started several
75 j months ago and is waiting for that
57 ! before taking on levying taxes, mak
59 i ing up a budget and some other mat
61 ters.
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j BEAUFORT BASEBALL CLUB
WINS HOLIDAY GAME
The Beaufort baseball club cele
brated the fourth by winning a hotly
contested game from New Bern. A
large crowd was present to see the
job done. The final score was 8 to7
the game.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tides
at Beaufort is given in this col
umn. The figures are approx
imately correct. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and alo with
respect to the locality, at is
whether near the inlet r at
the heads of the estuaries.
High Tide
Low Tide
Friday, July 8
2:44 A
3 :29 P,
M. 8:40 A. M.
M. 9:31 P. M.
, Saturday, July 9
3:38 A. M. 9:27 A. M.
4:15 P. M. 10:24 P. M.
Sunday, July 10
A. M. 10:13 A.'M.
P. M. 11:05 P. M.
Monday, July 11
A. M. 11:12 A. M.
P. M. 11:58 P. M.
Tuesday, July 12
A. M. 11:58 A. M.
P. M. 12:08 A. M.
4:30
4:59
j 5:17
j 5 :42
16:02
1 6:29
J
Wednesday, July 13
6:46 A. M. 12:42 A. M?
1 7:05 P, M. ' 12:58 A. M.
Thursday, July 14
' 9 :29 A. M. 1:26 A. M.
7:47 P. M. 1:11 A. M.