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THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY. AUGUST 27, 1931 PAGE FIVE" 1 "Personal Nolcs f( Telephone 16 ) Dr. Clifford Lewis has been to Pinehurft for a few days on business. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. J. P. Harris Sunday, Mr. Maurie B. Cree made a talk to the young people in regards to the importance of a college education. Mr. Ruf us Sewell is in New York this week on business. Mr. Billie Betts, who has been working with the Bett's Bakery, has returned to his home in Raleigh, where he will enter school this fall. . Graham Duncan, James Potter, Jimmie Cree, Joe Barbour, and Troy Johnson motored to New Bern last Sunday to fill social engagements. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Guthrie will leave this week for Washington where they will make their home in the fu ture. Mr. May, of Sanford, is relieving Mr. J. C. Ball at the Western Union while Mr. Ball is on his vacation. Miss Lillie Mae Morton of New Bern is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ben Gibbs. Mr. James Cree, who has been at tending school in Newport News, Va., is home for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rice are visit ing Mrs. Rice's parents at Harlowe. Miss Julia Foscue, who has been visiting Miss Hattie Lee Humphrey, has returned to her home in New Bern. Rev. J. P. Harris left last week to hold a two week evangelistic service at Pinetown, in Beaufort county. Mrs. D. C. Hutton, of Phoenix, Arizona, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. 0. Law son and children Carolina, Paul, Ter ry, and William Jr., of Baltimore, Md., are guests at the home of Mrs. Lina Hutton. Mrs. Paul E. Jones, Miss Bernice Lang Jones, Misses Catherine and Edith Teel of Farmville, spent Tues day and Wednesday with Mrs. J. P. Harris. Mr. Willis R. Jones, of Baltimore, Md., and Walter and Stuart Wavd of Robersonville, are visiting their aunt, Mrs. J. P. Harris. Russell Modlin, Miss Helen Modlin, and a Mr. Poole, of Aulander, were visitors in Beaufort Sunday. The Modlins are a sister and brother of Mrs. Buell Cooke. Mr. C. T. Eubanks was a business visitor in Beaufort Wednesday and called at the News office. Mr. and Mrs. Blythe Noe are at tending the convention of hardware men in Richmond. Reverend Mr. and Mrs. George Home of New Jersey, are guests jf Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Hyde. Mrs. Fred Seely, Jr., and little daughter, who have been spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seely, Sr., left Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Carrow, of New Bern, are here on a visit to Mr. C. C. Carrow. Midshipman Earnest L. Snowden, of Annapolis, is home ror his vaca tion, spending it with his parents, jMr. and Mrs. M. L. Snowden. - - Miss Virginia Sloan who has been spending her vacation with her moth er in 'Franklin, N. C, has returned. Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Chadwick are back, after a few days visit in Virginia. SUMMER ROMANCE ENDS IN MARRIAGE MOREHEAD CITY, Aug. 26. A wedding of much interest took place when Miss Jean Elizabeth Buckhead of El Paso, Tex., became the bride of Mr. William A. Finch, Jr., of Wil son. The ceremony was performed Friday, Aug. 21st., in Conway, S. C, amounting to $5,429.45, but this was, of beginning on Marsh Street, with roVnif fa1 u V10 ofpn with nrnnf tall fw.n.iT7-w.A.t,. 4-V. rebutted by the defense with proof that over $3,000 worth of these tax certificates were in the office of the Clerk of the Court, and that he was entitled to various other credits which J eliminated the tax certificate charge. ; The W. L. Arthur tax item was eli minated by certain credits and so ' when the case finally went to the' all improvements thereon. This August 27, 1931. THE BANK F BEAUFORT, Sspt. 17. Mortgagee. thereon be insufficient to pay tb debt secured by said trust deed, then at same time and place aforesaid, un dersigned will offer to sale, as above set forth, the following described property, set up in said indenture a SALE NOTICE: 'that of J. B. Jones, single, viz: one- i J? XL 1 i I 1 Jl i Authorized bv. and under terms of, ivu! V . ' uTVue,a merest, rigni his that certain deed of trust, dated June!?"1 tu V , l 1'Vj. 01 . mT, ,:Zrc'r .t was left of the original - ,r,:ut exclusion of that not mentioned) a ten-days honeymoon. The marriage was the culmination of a summer ro mance in this city where the bride lamount sued for, some $14,000 wasi. . , ",.. n-i..'tne following: one half (1-2) lot 104 whittled down to $491, over payment, " " :;j t;.:!01d Town Beaufort, N. C; one half of salary. As to the salary item' ' . . . ' v 1(1-2) lot 50 New Town, Beaufort, Standi claimed that the county had allowed him $500 for doing some work on the tax books and claimed was spending a vacation with her par ents. It came as a surprize to the many friends of the young couple as c"uew w complete ner stuaics balnnc0 of about eight doliars at, tuuege mis winter. ivirs. rincn is the lovely and accomplished daugh ter of Captain Calvin Holcome Buck- head of Signal Corps, U. S. Army and Mrs. Buckhead of Fort Bliss, El Paso, Tex, N. C. ; one half Jack's Island (near Harkcrs Island) : one half of farm on -... i, t : .. i . . fa therefore that the county owed him a . .... nr .... . , acres, known as "Jones-Beveridge C, on Monday September 28, 1931. i at 12 o'clock noon for cash, under- Although in her teens. Mrs. Flinch is an expert horsewoman, . . . Mrs. Claude Wheatly is back, after , g W'0n. places ln , hrst nually at Fort Bliss. At the age of fourteen she rode in the Kansas City horseshow. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Atlas a visit to her mother in Newport. Guy Roberts Willis, of Marshall berg, was in town Monday and called at the News office. Guv renort, . i.n ,01 Mr- ana Mr splendid week at Cape Lookout with!' 'J 18 .ns,ng you"g at! his mother and father. iln.ey Wl,?n belnS a member of nie law urm oi rincn, nana ana rmcn of Wilson. He is popularly known throughout the state. He was grad uated from V. M. I., and attended the law school at Duke University. Mr. and Mrs. Finch will be at home to their friends in Wilson on Septem ber 1st. The bride is the daughter of a for mer citizen resident of Beaufort, who before her marriage was Miss Ora Borden. Mr. J. A. Lupton was a business visitor in town Saturday and called at the News office. Reverend John B. Gibble, rector of Church of the Good Shepherd, Wil mington, will preach Sunday morning at St. Paul's Episcopal church. Messrs. R. B. Wheatly, Gherman Holland, Hilton Hill, Julian Arring ton, left yesterday for Statesville to attend the State Firemen's Conven tion. Tuesday afternoon the Beaufort News was honored by a visit from Mrs. G. G. Taylor, of Bogue, Mrs. E. L. Smith, of Baltimore, Mrs. W. B. Smith, Jacksonville Fla. and Misses Nina and Nellie Taylor of Bogue. The jury was addressed by attorneys Hedrick and Guion for the county, and A. D. Ward, Thos. O. Moore and ! Ifaim"; one half interest in lot 252 , 'Ij. ijji Mil . in vjiic uaiL Jilt" oitir in on iI truer nocH HacrihaH ! . ""' """""""'I oi, Town. Rpanfni t. N P. nnn halt VIS. llJ.00l0!T lOrtTT J 'I rw. juLs to, ,v, oo anu on nearicK xown; Ten (10) feet of lot on west side of Luther Hamilton for Standi.,. ThejMarsh street, adjoining and north ot lAtter made a red hot speech saving, lot of J. Wilson Gillikinj one-fourth that the whole charge against Stancil j d-4) undivided interest, right, and was trumped up by somebody or oth er who was behind the scenes and apparently afraid to come out in the open. The jury was out abo'ut half an hour and brought in a verdict that Standi owed the county nothing. In the Stancil case the county's at torneys contended that the minutes of the board did not show that a re- title in the estate of J. B. Jones, de ceased, his father, including (but er real estate left by said J. B.,&ep1:- 11 Jones); one half (1-2 of lot 252 Old f Town, Beaufort, N. C. (store) ; one-1 fourth (1-4) of lot 104 O. T. Beau fort, N. C; one half (1-2) of Jack's! Island; one half (1-2) farm, known one half of lots 26 and 27 New Town; one half lots 208 and 210 Old Town, Beaufort, N. C; one half 84 New Town, Beaufort, N. C. This August 26, 1931. J. F. DUNCAN, Trustee. Dr. Clifford W. Lewis LAST OF COUNTY CASES ARE NOW EEING T R I ED (Continued from Bagc one solution had been passed to allow j as "Joaes-Beveridge farm" on North Stancil extra pay for services as clerk River, containing 50 acres; one half to the board and for making up tax1 (1-2) lots 208 and 210 Old Town, books and so on. The defendant, j Beaufort, N. C; one half (1-2) lot however, testified that the board did 1 50 New Town, Beaufort, N. C; one Office in Potter Emergency Hospital Office hour in Beaufort: Every day except Tues and Thurs. 9 to 12 A. M. 2 to 5 P. M. Washington, after spending her vaca tion with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Duncan. Dr. C. L. Swindell, of Wilson, ar rived Tuesday, and is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Tay lor. Mrs. Casey Andrewsky and Mrs. Jack Richardson, of Newark, .N. J., who have been visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Hudgins, for paid and he did not know to whose credit the money was deposited, but other credits were allowed him which offset this item. J. C. Council, one of the accountants who made the Delamar audit, was the principal wit ness against Stancil. It was proved by the county that the minutes books were rarely ever signed by fie chair man and the clerk to the board as p0ljticai I the law requires. It was also proved mot UlC uuaiu llttu luauc many pur chases from the Hancock-Huntley Company while Huntley was a mem ber of the board. Register of Deeds R. W. Wallace testified that for the first two years of his term he did not attend the board meetings as the law requires. Character witnesses for the defendant Stancil were Clerk of the Court L. W. Hassell, Deputy t : .. i t Ti 1 t x t; i-i the signatures of J. E. Woodland, W.,' t -n.' t t C. Wade and Justice of the Peace J. R. Bell. nass such a resolution, and he wasibalf (1-2) lots 26 and 27 New Town, ; 6 to 8:30 P. M. and by Appointment corroborated by former commissioner ceauiort, in. one nan u-2- lots Huntley. As to the Arthur tax pay-1 28, 29, 35, 39, Hedrick Town; one ment the defendant admitted this was, balf (1-2) 84 New Town, Beaufort, whole investigation was a con.-piracy on the part of certain Republican leaders. Mr. Hamilton stnt.pd that hp maintained that the Mrs. B. C. Brown left yesterday for action was not brought in good faith. Pl.'nt was subject to a vigorous cross examination by four or five of the de fendants' lawyers, in an efiVrt to shake his testimony and bring out facts favorable to their side. Mr. Wal lace was put on the stand to prove L. Stancil and others and to identify 'certain vouchers and other records. Just before court adjourned for the dinner recess a hot argument be tween counsel started over the man ner in which Mr. Guion was submit- NOTICE OF SALE N. C. : The purpose being to sell all the right, title and interest of D. M. Jones in the estate of his late father J. B. Jones and property described; And: subject to above, if bid Office Hours at Davis: 1 to 3 P. M. Tuesdays and Thursdays Atlantic: 3:30 to 5:30 P. M. Tues. and Thurs. Office Phone 46 -Residence, 39-J BARGAIN DAY BARGAIN DAY AUTO GREASING S0c Newark Tuesday. They were accom panied by their brother, Earl, who will be with them for an extended visit. Guion "Legs" Willis, of New Bern, who has been visitnig "Pat" Skarren at the Inlet Inn, for a few days re turned home Tuesday night. Mrs. Earl Mason, who has been quite ill for the past two weeks is improving rapidly, and is expected to be out of confinement within the next few days. V Mr. Levi Jones and son, Hubert, the past few weeks, returned to ting vouchers to the witness Aycockl By virtue of authority contained in of amounts paid the Simmons Con-: that certain mortgage aeea execuiea straietion Corporation. Judge Moore 'by Mrs. Annie W. Gillikin (Exx. of suggested that they should all be in-. the Estate of J. W. Gillikin) dated troduced in a lump but attorneys for J February 9, 1926, recorded in the the defense vigorously resisted this , office of the Register of Deeds of and were finally allowed to proceed, j Carteret County in Book 37, at page Court opened again at two o'clock 243, default having been made in the and its proceedings from that point j payment of a note secured by the said will appear in the next issue of this mortgage deed, the undersigned newspaper. mortgagee will, on the 28th day of Huntley and Stancil Win. (September, 1931, at twelve o'clock As stated in the ,News last weeki. t the Courthouse door in Car the suit against County Attorney i County -offer for sale .and will Luther Hamilton for an accounting sell, to the highest bidder for cash, of certain delinquent tax matters ith.e following described property, to was decided in favor of the defen-iwlt: .lant .TiiHwo Monro Viavintr Airpcted I Part of lot No. 44, Beaufort, N. C, daughter, Viola, and granddaughter, ;the jury t0 bring jn a verdict to that beginning at the southeast corner of Marjorie, of LaGrange, were down effect County attorneys gave notice : said lot on Marsh Street and running Sunday visiting Mrs. Sue Skarren. of an'appeai, jn tne case agajnst G. 'northwardly with Marsh Street 100 , x, , !W. Huntley in which it was alleged 'feet, thence westwardly parallel with Mr. and Mrs. Roland Noe, of New tf)at he permitted and colldoned cer-'Ann Street 198 feet, thence south York City, who have been visiting tain aneged improper and alleged Iwardly parallel with Marsh Street Mr. Noe's mother, Mrs. Levi Noe, illegal acts of w L stancil, former! 100 feet, thence eastwardly parallel returned home M on da v. bounty auditor, a non suit was order- with Ann Street 198 feet to the point i.i jjl JSB ed by Judge Moore after the testi- Dr. George Davis returned Tuesday Wfla hoar A night from Wake Forest where he has j The jury f Q1. the Huntley.Stancil been for eight weeks attending the trial was selected late Thursday aft- law school. ernoon and the trial began Friday " ; morning the 21st. The complaints MRS. SEWELL BURIED fo th. wprp read hv E. tvi OCEAN VIEW CEMETERY ;tgr Hm j p Duncan responded for After a lingering illness lasting ; Stancil, Luther Hamilton for Huntley over two years, death came peaceful- and Henry Whitehurst for the New FIVE I DOLLARS FREE Who Wants to Win Five Dollar? 1 The person presenting the oldest Atfierican penny in BELL'S JEWELRY STORE during the month of Sep tetnber will be given a credit of FIVE DOLLARS which can be applied to ward the purchase of any article in the store. All pennies will be returned to the owner. A record will be made of all pennies, as to date and name of owner. In Case of a Tie a Division Will Be Made ly at sundown, Saturday evening to j Amsterdam Casualty Company. It ; Mrs. Susie Benjamin Sewell, at heriWas alleged by the plaintiff that W. ! home on Cedar Street. Mrs. bewell ; L. Stancil while auditor for the corn- was ii years, 11 monins anu i uujs of age. Funeral services for Mrs. ; L. btancil while auditor for the coun-'g ty, willfully and neligently failed to I keep his rceords properly, that he B failed to account for certain certifi cates delivered to him by Sheriffs Sewell were held at the home Tues day afternoon, conducted by the Rev erend W. B. Everett, of Morehead j Thomas and Wade, that he failed to City, pastor of the Free Will Baptist ! account for money amounting to church, of which faith she long had j about $1,332.00 paid for taxes by been a member. Interment was in Ocean View cemetery. The choir sang a number of selec tions at the home and at the grave. Mr. Leslie Davis sang at the home: "He Walked With Me." Mrs. Sewell is survived by her hus band Elder John W. Sewell and the following children: Mr. J. B.. Sewell, Mr. Thomas H. Sewell, Mrs. R. N. Morris, and Mrs. Lottie Sewell. Many beautiful flowers were tent by sor rowing friends and relatives. B. A. BELL The Jeweler-Next to Postoffice Beanfort, N. C. CARD Of THANKS We wiRh to thank a our riends for their kindness to us during the illness of our wife and mother, Mrs. Susie Benjamin Sewell, and at death for their kind expressions of sym pathy, the many lovely flowers and the use of their cars. John W. Sewell, J. B. Sewell, Thomas H. Sewell, Mrs. R. N. Sewell, Mrs. Lottie Sewell. W. L. Arthur and that he overdrew his salary account. The county put on testimony as to unaccounted for tax certificates at the regular meeting Monday night August 31, as there are special busi ness matters to be discussed. Re freshments will be served, aUo there will be a program of entertainment. W. L. HATSELL, JR., Recording Secty. THE COST OF A FUNERAL "How Much Should A Funeral Cost?" This is a question we of ten hear, or see in the eyes of those who are confron ted by an unfamiliar prob lem. The answer is simple. A fun eral may cost as much or as little as the desires and the fi nancial circumstances of the family warrant. In our display room we offer a wide choice of merchandise, all representing full value for the price. And the intangible elements of our service sympathy, reverence and reliability are the same for all, regardless of the cost. Adair & Rice Funeral Directors BEAUFORT, N. C. Phone 109-J For the purpose of acquainting you with this part of our service, every Friday, for the next 30 days beginning August 21st, we will grease any type car or truck for 50c. This service includes tire and battery check. WE SELL STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS AND HONOR THEIR COURTESY CARDS. LOFTON MOTOR CO. BEAUFORT, N. C. NOTICE All members of Beaufort lodge Junior Order United American Me chancis are requested to be present SEA FOOD CAFE This cafe has been inspected by a State Inspector and given a rating of 94 Grade A. Which is the highest in the county. We Specialize on Sea Foods, Good Service and Good Food JOHN R. WILLIS, Proprietor In former P. O. Building on Turner Street CQgDIAUl BANKING S3 SERVICE FOR PROGRESS Buy and bank at home when you buy and bank at home you keep the money in your own community where it will foster progress and prosperity. When you send money out of your local trade center, it's a different story. Buy and bank at home - promote progress of both the community as a whole and yourself indiv idually. WE PAY FOUR PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS. The Bank of Beaufort Beaufort, N. C. 4 per cent paid quarterly
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