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THE BEAUFORT NEWS ThO SUAY, OCTOBER 27, 1927 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
VOLUME XVI
12 PAGES TWO
Many Gases Continued
In Court Last Week
All Civil Matters Continued Except Divorce Cases and Many
Criminal Indictments Carried Over To January Term Of
Court. December Terra For Civil Cases Only.
The News gave a report of the pro-f
ceedings of Superior Court last week
up to midday Thursday. With the
exception of five divorce and some
motions no civil business was trans
acted. All civil suits were contin
ued until the December term which
is for the trial of civil matters ex
clusively. A considerable number of
criminal cases were carried over to
the January term and some new in
dictments were made. It appears
therefore that the January criminal
docket will be a rather full one.
The case which excited most inter
est last week went to the jury too
late to get in the News last Thurs
day. It was the case wherein Claude
Murdoch a young man from Wild
wood was indicted for having carnal
knowledge of Ruby Bell a girl less
than sixteen years of age. The case
was hotly contested by both sides but
ended in a' verdict of guilty. On Fri
day an agreement was reached be
tween all parties concerned whereby
the charge was changed to an assault
nn fpmnlp. Under the terms of
the agreement the defendant paid to
the prosecuting witness $1000 and
the costs in the case, which ends the
matter so far as the court is concern
ed. The record as to the other cases
in court is as follows:
Mrs. Ada Hughes, keeping a house
of prostitution, noli prossed, no evi
dence. Mrs. Will Ray Perry, same charge
as above. Called and failed.
J. M. Mason and Addie Forbes, co
habitation, called and failed to ans
wer. Leslie Norris, seduction, judgment
suspended. He is to pay prosecuting
witness $50 at "once and $lQ'a manib
for twenty months.
Bennie Garner, making liquor, nolo
contendere, four months on roads-,
sentence to start on 2nd of Novem
ber. Tuttle Robinson, larceny, convicted
Sentence 12 months in jail with per
mission to county commissioners to
hire him out. He is not to come to
Beaufort during that time.
Willie Smith having carnal know
ledge of girl under 16 years old, call
ed and failed.
Carl Gabriel, assault, not a ture
bill.
Eva Ward, trespass and assault.
Praver for judgment continued, she
to pay prosecuting witness $10 and to
pay the costs.
Leo Wigfall, violating prohibition
law, continued.
Bev. Jones larceny of a propeller.
Judgment on paying cost and return
ing propeller. -
Dave Sparrow, violating prohibi
tion law. Called and failed.
R. D. Exum, driving a car while
, drunk, capias and continued.
Ruth Jane Harris, violating prohi
bition law, continued.
La Fayette Copes and Bud Steph
ens, violating prohibition law. Judg
ment suspended on payment of costs.
Charlie and Newby Johnson violat
ing prohibition law. Called and fail
ed, escnped from jail.
Ben Hester and Earl Johnson, vio
lating prohibition law, continued.
Joe Earl Roberts, driving car while
under the influence of liquor. Fined
$50.
G. D. Canfield, assault with deadly
weapon, not guilty.
G. D. Canfield, liquor in his pos
session, judgment suspended on pay
ment of costs.
W. T. Piner and Charlie Dudley,
injury to personal property. Continu
ed. '
Harvey Taylor, driving car while
under influence of liquor, continued.
B. J. Battle, violating prohibition
law. Convicted, four months on the
roads.
Elijah B. Fulcher, larceny, 12
months on roads.
Jacob Bell, driving car while un
der influence of liquor. Continued.
D. C. Butler, assault with deadly
weapon, continued to January term.
D. C Butler, assault with deadly
weapon oh Adrian Brooks, true bill.
Continued.
Adrian Willis, violating prohibition
law. Not a true bill.
James Hancock, Walter Styron,
W. P. Bell, Adrian Willis, violating
prrhibition law. Not a true bill.
Divorces were granted to the fol
lowing persons:
Walter Godett against Carrie Go-
dett, grounds for divorce, adultery
Joseph Willis against Clara Willis,
CRAVEN COUNTY
FAIR NEXT WEEK
Automobile Races. Be n g
Matches Exhibits And Other
Attractions
NEW BERN, Oct. 25 Monday
October 31 the gates of the Craven
County Fair Grounds will swing open
for the third time under the present
management of the Craven Fair As
sociation, and, according to a state
ment made by Secretary C. Green,
the 1927 exposition will be the most
pretentious of the trio.
Fraught with features which no
other fair in this section of the state
has had this year, the 1927 Craven
County Fair will offer a variety of
amusements which will suit the appe
tite of even the most fastidious per
son, automobile races, football games,
wild west shows, fireworks, wrestl
ing matches, boxing matches, bicycle
and foot races and carnival features
galore to be seen along the biggest
midway ever offered here.
Championship Auto Races
The opening gur of the six day fair
which starts Monday, October 31 will
be fired by the eight speedy auto
fiends who will pilot some of the fast
est racing cars circling the dirt tracks
of the country today. These races
will start promptly at three o'clock
and will be run under the auspices
of the American Automobile Associa
tion of America. The same drivers
will appear here who are appearing
at the Brockton, Mass., fair this week
one of the biggest of the New Eng
land expositions' 'r
WOi West Aggregation
After the automobile races, Cali
fornia Frank's Wild West Show will
offer one of the most stupendous free
acts in front of the grandstand. Cal
ifornia Frank has been with all the
large circuses in the country and cer
ries with him ten peop.e, thirty head
of stock and ag roup of real western
ries with him ten people, thirty head
hour performance. With California
Frank are Reine Hafley, world's
championship lady trick and fancy
rider, Mamie Francis, world's great
est horseback rifle shot, Napoleon, the
$10,000 dancing horse, Little Joe, the
midget cowboy and his comedy mules
and Appollo, the famous high jump
ing horse who leaps over a seven
passenger automobile at every per
formance. California Ifrank will
appear every afternoon and night of
the six days fair.
Fireworks One of the Features
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday nights a marvelous exhib
tion of fire works will be offered in
front of the grandstand at nine o'
clock. Fifty-two set pieces with a
complete change of program each
night, will be enjoyed by the patrons
of the fair and, it is understood, that
this year's fireworks program is far
superior to that of last year.
Stone Shows on the Midway
The W. T. Stone Shows, the same
aggregation which delighted patrons
of the fair at Norfolk, Va., this year
will offer the midway attractions Six
rides, ten shows", sirty concessions
Continued on page five
MOSQUITO MAN HERE.
Dr. T. H. D. Griffiith s2 Bilox,
Mississippi, U. S. Direcar of Salt
Marsh Misquito Survey wt.' in town
yesterday in conference with County
Health Officer Dr. S. E. Buchanan.
He was accompanied 1 ' Dr. J. H.
Hamilton, Health Officer of New Han
over county and Messrs. Lassiter and
Morgan of WWilmington. They
inspected some of the marshes around
here. Plenty of mosquito larvae
were found and mosquitoes fully e
quipped to business also.
grounds, adultery.
Gladys Lewis Giles against Harold
Giles, grounds impotence.
Janie H. Lupton against James W.
Lupton, grounds, impotence.
Sadie F. Byrd against Frank Byrd,
grounds, abandoment.
The grand jury made the usual re
port as to conditions of jail, county
home and county offices finding all in
good shape. They did not adjourn
until Friday and were complimented
by Judge Harris for the faithful man
ner in wheih ,they had discharged
their duties.
MENHADEN FLEET
START FISHING
Some Very Good Catches Made
This Week Around
Hatteras
The menhaden fleet of Beaufort
and Morehead City started on its fall
fishing this week. Of course a few
small catches of fish have been made
before but the real season has just
started. The big run of menhaden
is usually off the bar here between
the first and tenth of November. The
fishermen are not waiting for them
to get here though but have gone up
the coast to meet them.
The fat back fishing this week is
being done around Hatteras which is
some 75 miles from Beaufort. The
reports are that there are a good
many schools there but they are scat
tered and takes a lot of work to
get a boat loaded. Sometimes when
the schools are large it takes only
one or two settings of the nets to
get a load. Considerable time is
lost going to and coming from the
fishing grounds. The News has not
been able to learn the catches of all
the boats this week but did get some.
Catches made the first of the week
were as follows: The Blades 175,000,
the Marks 193,000, the Parkin 441,
000, the Balster 253,000, the Wallace
270,000, the Mace 325,000. The fish
are mostly good sized ones and
should turn out a good deal of oil
and scrap.
North Carolina Pottery
On Exhibit Saturday
On Saturday October 29th, from
two to five p. m., I shall have on ex
hibit in room number four of the
Courthouse ansex about fifty pieces
ofNorth Carolina Pottery. These piec
es were made at the North State Pot
tery at Sanford in Lee County, and
at the Auman Pottery at Seagrove
in Randolph County. All of these
pieces are hand-turned. The finger
prints on the inside will bear out this
statement. Many,, people think -thaH
pottery is mad in a mold, but to-day,
as of old, the potter's wheel is still
revolving. It is an interesting sight
to see how the skillful touch of a
master potter can shape these fasci
nating creations from a lump of com
mon clay. Gentle curves and grace
ful lines merge to form things of
beauty that live in your heart from
year to year.
There is a charm in pottery which
grows upon you. A bowl, with a few
flowers in it, is wonderfully effective
in any room. A vase here, a jar there,
an ornamental pitcher in some odd
corner what distinction they give
to your home! For gifts nothing
could be more in taste. Where dis
criminating taste is revealed in the
fascinating art of flower arrange
ment, the quality of a bowl or vase
is an indispensable factor. North
Carolina Pottery affords a variety
of forms, tones and glazes in infinite
combinations of marvelous beauty
for table or other decoration.
Thackery said, "Next to excellence
is the appreciation of it."
EDITH POWELL,
Home Dem. Agt.
MOREHEAD BLUFFS HOTEL
WILL BE SOLD AGAIN
Morehead Bluffs hotel which was
sold at the courthouse door a few
weeks ago under an execution and
was knocked off for $1600 is being
advertised for sale again owing to
some hitch in the former sale. The
hotel and about three acres of land
ore to be sold. The sale is to take
place on the 7th day of November
and will be conducted by Sheriff
Wade.
MISS FLORENCE PARKIN
RECEIVED HIGH HONOR
Greensboro Oct. 23 Members of
the zoology field club N. C. C. W.
yesterday reported that in a recent
meeting they had chosen Miss Flor
ence Parkin, of Beaufort, their pres
ident for the present year.
Other officers chosen were as fol
lows: Miss Helen Williams, of Yad
kinsville, Vice President; Miss Ann
Wilkinson, of Cady, secretary and
treasurer; Miss Alice Wesley, of
Maiden, chairman of program com
mittee; Miss Sarah Brown of Belcross
chairman of publicity.
Both the outgoing President and
new President of the club are Stu
dent Assistants in Zooology at the
college.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Only one marriage permit has been
issued since last week and that was to
Paul Mrrill and Mabel Bell, More
head City.
FAIR EXHIBITS
BETTER QUALITY
THAN ANY BEFORE
Several Farm Exhibits That
Were Especially Good. Ba
by Contest Interesting
BIGGER FAIR NEXT YEAR
The county fair held at Newport
last week, according to all reports
was the best that it has ever been.
Moreover the fair managers say that
they are to have a still bigger one
next year. The fair began as a small
one day community exhibit. It has
now become a three day event and
plans are to enlarge and add a num
ber of features next year. In oth
er words those who are responsible
for the fair want to make it a Car
teret county enterprise that will have
a conspicuous part in the develop
ment of the county. The exhibits last
week showed a big improvement in
quality over previous fairs. The at
tendance was good and the people
seemed to be pleased with the fair.
Mr. Walter R. Mann's exhibit of
garden products deserves specfal
mention.
The Better Baby Contest was an
interesting event. Twenty two ba
bies were weighed, measured and ex
amined by Dr. Buchanan, County
Health Offiier. The baby of Mr.
and Mrs. Murray D. McCain of New
port won first place, and that of Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. James of Morehead
City won second place.
There was only one entry in the
school exhibit that, of Newport
school. This created quite a bit of
comment among the people who were
especially interested in school affairs.
The exhibit consisted of three parts,
a sand table, the toy shoppe, and the
gift shop. The sand table was a
map of Carteret County. The land
was made of sand while cement act
ed as la breakwater! jThe 'islands
and indentions were faithfully re
produced as were the roads with their
curves and "not fool proof signs."
Real -water 'Showed where rivers,
sounds and ocean meet. Never could
there have been a more realistic re
production of the county. The toy
shop was made entirely by the boys,
as was exerything in it. There were
animals of various kinds, and air
planes of many sizes and colors, be
sides toys equal to any pack carried
by Santa Claus. The Gift shoppe
showed the work of the girls. There
was fancy work, toys, handpainted
vases, and many useful articles that
every girl woud like to possess. Their
booth was decorated prettily with
moss and wisteria ingeniously cut
from crepe paper.
Mr. W. E. Fodrie's farm exhibit
was a special feature of the fair.
This exhibit would have been a cred
it to a fair of many more exhibitors.
To show you what a variety of things
may be grown in Carteret County, a
list of Mr. Fodrie's exhibit is given
below:
1. green peas
2. dry peas
3. okra
4. Sudan grass
5. Milo maize
6. four varieties of pepper
7. two varieties of sorghum
8. two varieties of soy beans
9. collards
10. Three varieties of cabbage
11. table beets
12. two varieties of stock beets
13. rutabagas
14. turnips
15. six varieties of hny
16. sunflowers
K 17 tomatoes
18. two varieties of lettuce
19. Swiss chard
20. cabbage
21. corn
2. f-w'o varieties of grapes
23. figs
24. two varieties of apples
25. two varieties of Irish potatoes
26. pecans
27. milk and butter
28. eggs
29. honey.
30. honey
31 pears
32 eight kinds of canned goods
Mrs. K. L. Garner's farm exhibit
was especially good too.
A list of the prize winners is as
follows :
Continued on page five
POLICE COURT ITEMS.
Superior Court ' had the right
of way last week and the 'Aw Police
Court didn't do much busir-S". Only
two cases were tried. Elijah HsHesty,
submitted to the charge of having
been drunk and was fined $1 and
costs. Lucein Johnson, colored, on
a drunkeness charge was assessed $5
and costs.
Enterprising Truck Grower
Has New Peas And Snap Beans
Mr. K. W. Wright, the Virginia
truck farmer who bought a tract of
land in this county and leased another
not lone ago, is in a fair way to show
the great possibilities for truck grow
ing in this section, possibilities mai
are going to be realities before very
long so Mr. Wright says. These fine
truck lands around here are capable
of raising two or three crops a year
and potentially are very valuable.
Mr. Wright brought into town
beautiful samples of Pilot May peas
and Fall Refugee snap beans today
which excited the admiration of all
who saw them. They were raised on
the Snowden farm where Mr. Wright
has fifteen acres planted in them.
He expects to begin shipping them
Monday and as the market is high on
new peas and beans expects to get
good returns from them. If there
had been more rain this fall the peas
and beans would have been earlier.
Mr. Wright has an acre ad a half of
cabbage plants which he will trans
plant. He expects to have 200 acres
of truck in cultivation. So far Mr.
Wright is well pleased with the re
sults he has gotten since coming to
Carteret county.
Popular Minister Of
Morehead City Dies
Morehead City, Oct. 27 The sad
news reached, the city at six o'clock
yesterday morning of the death of
Kev. J. E. Holden. pastor of the M.
E Church of this city. Death came
as the results of an intestinal abcess.
He was being treated in the New
Bern Hospital. He had been ill for
the past three weeks. The funeral
was held today (Thursday) at 10 o'
clock from the church and interment
was made in Bay View Cemetery. Mr.
Holden was born in Chatham County,
near Pittsboro. During his pastorate
in this city he has made scores of
friends and the whole community
mourns his loss. Presiding Elder
Wooten of New, Bern eondueted ihe-
services.
Navy Day Celebration
Navy Day is being observed today
in Morehead City. The Coast Guard
boat Campbell from Elizabeth City
commanded by Captain Miller arrived
in port at 1:30 Wednesday and is
stationed at the city dock. The pub
lic is invited to visit the ship.
NICE CATCH OT SHEEP'S HEAD
Mr. Buell Cookt is probably enti
tled to the blue ribbon for catching
sheep's head this season. Last Sat
urday afternoon he spent about two
hours out at the bulkhead in a skiff
and caught twenty four of the strip
ed beauties. Some of them were
quite large and they averaged up
well.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The following deeds have been re
corded by Register of Deeds R. W.
Wallace since last week:
J. F. Duncan, Comr. to R. E. Chap
lain, 1 lot Beaufort, for $650.
R. E. Chaplain and wife to Geo.
J. Brooks, 1 lot Beaufort for $10.
. Floyd F. Loftin and wife to H. G.
White, 1 lot Beaufort, for $100.
Floyd F. Loftin and wife to Leslie
C. Davis, 1 lot Beaufort, for $10.
L. J. French and wife to Sallie S.
Springle, 1 lot Buaufort for $10.
C. L. Davis and wife to J. L. Mor
ton, 25 acres Beaufort Township, for
$10.
D. W. Sabiston to Annie Sabiston,
47 acres Harlowe Township, for $1.
Harold Maxwell and wife to Mrs.
O. C. Willis, 1 lot Morehead City,
for $10.
Mary Royal et als to Waldron Bail
ey, Trustee, tract near Morehead
City, for $10.
James E. Willis, Mortgagee to
Webb & Cause, 1 lot Morehead City
for $750.
EUZELIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
MEETS TUESDAY EVENING
The Euzelian class of the Baptist
Sunday School will hold their regular
monthly meeting on Tuesday evening
at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. Wiley
Taylor on Marsh Street. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
"The Green Cloak" a fine serial
story wil start in this newspaper in
a few weeks. Send in your subscrip
tion today. One dollar for six
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get the News and a fine dictionary.
The organization of the Beaufort
News is much larger than most people
realize. Every issue of it is the joint
product of the efforts of about twen
ty five people.
HIGIIV iY BRIDGE
Wj OPEN SOON .
Final Dq ils Of Bridge Being
Work Out Now. Laying
At i s !t On Roadway
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The public is not allowed to use
the big Beaufort-Morehead City,
State highway bridge yet but it is
a fact that it has been used several
times. Cars and trucks carrying
workmen and supplies have crossed
it from one side to the other. This
means of course that the bridge is
nearly done and will be ready for
public use very soon. Last Sunday
afternoon on the Morehead side many
cars were driven down to the foot
of the bridge and the occupants of
the cars walked out on the bridge and
gave it an inspection.
Last week the Simmons Construc
tion Corporation's force began laying
the asphalt top on the concrete base
between the Atlantic hotel and the
foot of the bridge. This top is be
ing laid at the rate of 1000 square
yards a day. It will not take many
days to finish this part of the job if
weather conditions are favorable and
then asphalt laying on the fill be
tween the two drawbridges will be
gin. The grading for this roadway
has been in progress for several weeks
and it will be ready for the asphalt
I just as soon as the other work on
t.h other side is comrileted. The
drawbridge men are rushing the work
on the Morehead City drawbridge and
hope to have it ready in a day or so..
Of course it is possible to raise and.
lower either of the bridges by hand,
but this is a slow and lengthy pro
cess, taking about half an hour. The
mechanical lift will raise the bridge
in about two minutes. Power to op
erate the bridges will be furnished
by the plants of the two cities and
th .powr. .wUi W -ready when need
ed. All in all indications point to.
the fact that the bridge will be ready .
for public use in a few weeks. ...
COUNTY HE ALL DEPARTMENT
MOVES INTO NE'.V QUARTERS
The County Health Department
which has been occupying rooms in
sided over by Miss Estelle Caffrey.
Saturday into its permanent quarters
in the county building adjoining the
courthouse. Three rooms are used
in this building and the department
is well provided with space and faci
lities for its work. There is an of
fice and reception room in front pre
utd until the December term which
Dr. Buchanan has a private room in
which to interview people and there
is another room used as a laboratory
and for other purposes. The rooms
are well lighted, ventilated and heat-
ed by steam.
LIBRARY DONATION DAY.
Friday November 4, from 3 to 6
P. M. will be Donation Day at the
Public Library Room No. 5 Old School
Building. Everyone is urged to at
tend. Donations of cash and good
interesting books are asked for. Sub
scriptions will be received at this
time.
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 also with
respect to the locality, that is
whether near the inlet or at
the heads of the estuaries.
High Tide Low Tide
Friday, October 28
9:18 A. M. 2:54 A. M.
9:37 P. M. 3:37 P. M.
Saturday, October 29
9:51 A. M. 3:29 A. M.
10:13 P. M. 4:17 P. M.
Sunay, October 30
10:29 A. M5 4:08 A. M.
10:55 P. V". 5:01 p- M-
Monday, October 31
11:05 A. M. 4:53 A.
11:14 P. M. ' 5:51 P.
Tuesday, November 1
11:48 A. M.; 5:46 A.
12:10 P. M. 6:47 P.
Wednesday, November 2
12:52 A. M. 6:48 A.
1:16 P. M. 7:48 P.
Thursday, November 3
2:03 A. M. 7:58 A.
2:24 P. M. 8:48 P.
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