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VOLUME XXI
8 PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1932
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 49
Rum Cruiser Captured
Yesterday Core Banks
Seven Hundred C?.ses of Bonded Liquor Seized Along With
Fast New Rum Runner, the Zebadiah, Which Was Equipped
With Twin Motors, Smoke-Screen Apparatus and Other
Necessary Paraphernalia; Several Men Captured; Cruiser
Brought by Beaufort this Morning on Way to Core Banks
Station to Reload Cargo of Liquor; Will be Taken to Wil
mington Shortly.
Seven hundred cases of bonded
liquor, the boat Zebadiah and sever
al men were captured by Coast Guard
men near Core Banks yesterday morn
ing about 2:30 o'clock. The liquor
was on the beach, while the boat, fly
ing a British flag, was seized close by.
Nassau was the hailing port of the
boat. Coast Guard Boat 232, under
the commond of Boatswain C. H.
Barker, played a large part in the
capture. The seized boat was well out
fitted for the business of rumrunning,
for it was a new cruiser, and equip
ped with twin motors, smoke screen
and other paraphernalia that would
assist in the dangerous art of run
nnig loquor by the Coast Guardmen.
Laurence Christensen, executive
officer of Advance Base A, is some
what of a Sherlock Holmes, judging
from the way he obtained informa
tion that led to the eventual capture
of the cruiser, its cargo and crew. It
is said that this officer noticed that a
certain suspicious-looking automobile
bearing New York state license plates
was hanging around this vicinity.
Moved by curiosity, he got in touch
with New York authorities concern
ing the license numbers. They replied lnS-
that the car was owned by a group of i The hut will be constructed of
New York gangster-rumrunners. logs of native long leaf pine. It will
, , I be a low rambling structure. The
This same officer then nosed around i auditorium wirl have an inside meas
and was able to ferret out some more urement of thirty by forty-five feet,
information. A very powerful boat,tAt the fr6nt of tne building, and un
equipped with smoke-screen appara- der tlwSan roof there., well e a
tus and perhaps fast enough to out- ten &0t porch running ' the" " entire
distance the Coast Guard boats in alength of the buiIding. Built out at
race, was taking on board a cargo of the rear of the main structure will
tne contraDana, tne omcer learnea,
and that this same boat was intend
ing to unload in the vicinity of Cape
Lookout. From another source it was
learned that a porgy boat was sup
posed to mane a conection wren tne
iNassau cruiser ana oring tne liquor
ashore.
Owing to undivulged facts or con
ditions, the fish boat failed to make
the connection, to' the Zebadiah came
in close to the beach in order to un
load herself. This permitted the seiz
ure to be effected.
The Zebadiah was brought into
Beaufort harbor this morning in tow
of the Coast Guard picket boat No.
2300, and continued on down Core
Sound to Core Banks Station, where
it is said the cruiser will take on the
cargo of liquor again. It will subse
quently be taken to Wilmington,
where the liquor will be stored by the
customs officials. In a short time the
men caught when the boat and cargo
were seized will be given a hearing
before the U. S. Commissioner in
New Bern.
E. C. Snead, a Wilmington customs
inspector, and H. S. Llr.rbrey, New
(Bern prohibition officer, aided in the
capture of the cruiser and the con
traband cargo.
It was first rumored thata "vessel"
or "schooner" had been captured,
but the boat turned out to be a rais
ed deck cruiser-type of craft, about
fifty feet long and thirteen or fourteen-foot
beam. It is of a similar
model used hereabouts as blackfishing
boats,
A. D. MacLean Makes
Speech To Teachers
About 80 educators and others
heard A. D. MacLean of Washington,
N. C. in an address before the Car
teret County Schoolmasters' Club at
the Villa Hotel Tuesday evening. Mr.
Mac Lean is the author of the fam
ous school law that bears his name
and about which such a battle wa3
fought in the General Assembly two
years.
Mr. Maclean is a champion of the
public schccls and thinks that the
schools should be maintained for
eight months and at the expense of
the State. At present the constitu
tion provides for a six months term.
An ad valorem tax of 15 cents is lev
:. w tko Stnfo nn rpal pstate for
Mr. MacLean was!
elected to the Senate from his district
this vear and will be an active n0'iire
in the Legislature this wniter.
Ovrr U 800 have been received by tion of Cabarrus County produced
Ch Xn Tcoun y facers from Sales24 bales of cotton on 28 acres this
of turkeys to date. . year.
LegionHut Will Be
Built Here Shortly
Woodsmen started yesterday morn
ing cutting the timber that will be
used in the construction of the Amer
ican Legion hut here. Work will start
on the erection of the hut Monday
morning. This will be located along
side of the Masonic hall on Turner
Strset. Members of Carteret Post 99
have been contemplating the build
ing of the hut for some time, but it
was definitely decided at the Legion
meeting Tuesday evening and the
various donations were subsequently
made.
Although this will be primarily for
the usage of the Legionaires, it will
also be used as a meeting place for
other organizations with the permis
sion of the Legion Post, and for danc
es and other forms of entertainment
and recreation. The Rev. Worth
Wicker, Commander of the Post,
stated to a News reporter that Beau
fort does not have a community cen
ter, and that the Legion hut will fill
the long-felt need for such a build-
be a conimodious kitchen at one end
and rest rooms at the other. Work
will begin Monday morning on the !
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hut and the Legionaires expect that
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aye iength of time.
Directly, the hut will cost the Leg
ion very little, for practically all the
material for the structure has been
donated. The logs, flooring and other
supplies have been given Carteret
Post 99 by public spirited men of the
community and the county. Franklin
Lodge 109 of the Masonic order here
has given the local Legionaires per
mission to build the hut on its land
and to use it as long as the local post
continues. Upon the disbandment of
the post, all the improvements along
with the lot upon which they are sit
uated will revert to the Franklin
Lodge.
lie local post numbering fifty-two
Legionaires, have signed up one hun
dred per cent for the new year.
City Board Meeting
Held Monday Night
A short meeting of the board of
city commissioners was held Mon
day night at the city hall. Mayor
Taylor, Commissioners Gibbs, King
and Rumley were present as were al
90 City Clerk Thomas, City Attorney
G. W. Duncan and Chief Longest.
B. C. Way came before the board
and asked for permission to repair
and remodel the Jones store buliding
at the foot of Craven street which
he bought some time ago. He stated
that it was his purpose to put in a
brick front and metal sides and roof.
Commissioner Rumley said permis
sion had been granted to others in
that block to make such repairs and
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isame privilege. The necessary motion
was passed
Some questions were asked rela
tive to cleaning out some of the city
sewers and Chief Longest made a
statement as to the work which had
been done and will be done.
A cop yof the shell fish ordinance
of Morehed City was read and dis
cussed. No action was taken as to a-
dopting a similar ordinance for Beau
fort. The matter of the suit of Bishop a-
gainst the town of Beaufort was dis
...
Mayor and" City
cussed and tne
Clerk were requested to bt
on hand
'for the trial. The board recessed sub-
Jci w me ".'
Zeb Cochran of the Roberta sec-
ARREST MEN FOR
HOUSE WRECKING
Young Men Almost Demolish
House in Drunken Brawl
Early Sunday
For reasons they failed to reveal
in Police Court Monday evening, Earl
Hudgins and Price Johnson went into
the home of Ira Styron while the lat-
iter was "dead drunk" about three
o'clock Sunday morning and just a
bout "tore up the land," according
to the evidence. They threw chairs
and other articles of furniture out
of the house; dumped the stove con
taining fire out on the front porch;
brokea window out sash and all;
and wrecked things in general. King
Panademonium reigned supreme for
a short while after the advent of the
two young men in the wee hours of
the Sabbath.
Contradictory testimony was given
by the prosecutingwitness, Ada Sty
ron, young daughter of Ira Styron,
and the two defending witnesses. She
claimed that the men came there a
bout three o'clock Sunday morning
and woke her up after entering the
room. The men were drunk and mad,
she testified, and conducted them
selves in a disreputable manner. She
became frightened and after manag
ing to get out of the clutches of the
young men, she went over to the fire
station and called Officer Gherman
Holland.
When officer Holland arrived on
the scene, the young wreckers had
absented themselves from the prem
ises of the Styrons. They were seen
down thes treet near the annex of
the Methodist Church. Officer Hol
land caught up with them and retriev
ed a comforter that one of them had
taken from the Styron residence, and
later locked them up.
Ira Styron was lying on the floor
of his home during all the turmoil
"dead drunk," and his daughter Ada
testified, and therefore he knew noth
ing concerning what was alleged to
have occurred. Otis Styron, young
brother of Ada, oorroboratedhis sisj
ter.
Both Price Johnson and Earl Htfd
gins claimed that the three-o'clock af
fair was the aftermath of a sort of
"free-for-all" fight that took place at
the Styron house about eleven o'clock
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Saturday night. They testified that
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they were passing there late Satur-
ciay evening ana a local young man
knocked a stranger out of the front
door and down on the street on them.
Dissension ensued, and they evidently
went back to settle matters. At the
time of these occurrences, a younger
brother of Ada was ill with penumon
ia. It appeared to the court that pos
sibly all the testimony of the various
witnesses was about as water-tight
as a sieve, so the two defendants
weregiven the privilege of giving a
$200 bond each or remaining in the
county jail until the March term of
Superior Court, when the case will
be definitely settled.
ArthurStewart and John Davis
were brought into court on a charge
preferred against them by Viola
Roberts, in which it was alleged that
the young colored men slanderously
and maliciously relegated the young
colored woman to the oldest profes
sion known to man. She testified that
she earns her living in an honorable
manner. There was no evidence but
her own testimony, and as both men
denied the accusation, the case was'of his body on the Inlet Inn dock
dismissed.
WELL KNOWN CITIZEN
DIES NEAR NEWPORT
A. E. Gray, a highly respected far-
Vner residing about two miles from
Newport, on R. F. D, No. 1, died at
his home Saturday night, December
3rd at 11 o'clock, after an illness of
about four weeks, death being due to
appoplexy.
Mr. Gray was born in Greene
County, and was the son of P. M. and
Zilphia Smith Gray, and was nearing
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about twenty five years ago. His fam
ily consists of his widow Mrs. Mag
gi3 Gray of Newport; sons, Arthur
Gray of Snow Hill and Roy, Eddie
and Clarence of Newport, daughters
Mrs. Cicero Dickinson, Mrs. C. H.
Gray, Misses Oralee and Calla of New
port. Also three brothers R. H. Gray
of Snow Hill, B. P. and A. E. Gray
and a sister Mrs. Mary Ann Johnson
of Newport.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday aftrenoon by Reverend Wal
ter W. Roberts, Primitive Baptist
! minister and interment was in the
Emeriah Garner cunetsry near New
port. A large number of relatives and
friends attended the funeral.
There are 219 fanners in Person
county who grew over 1,000 acres in
kipedcza for soil building purport
tms season.
INAUGURATION TO
BE QUIET AFFAIR
Ehringhaus To Be Inaugurated
Governor January 5th ; Big
Ball That Night
s By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Dec. 5 John C. B.
Ehringhaus, Elizabeth City, will be
inaugurated Governor of North Car
olina at noon January 5, the day fol
lowing the convening of the 1936
General Assembly, in a ceremony
marked by quiet and simplicity and,
in 'keeping with the times, economy,
held in the Raleigh Memorial Audi
torium In contrast t othe simple swearing
in? of Governor-elect Ehrinerhaus and
thi other State officials at noon, will
be,-a grand and brilliant inaugural
baH in the same auditorium that
night, sponsored by the Raleigh Jun
ioi! League, with Mrs. George Ross
Pqu as general chairman. One of the
figures of the evening will be led byiMr. Simpson sustained a severe com-
twin daughter and son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ehringhaus, Miss Matilda and
Mr. Houghton Ehringhaus, followed
by the grand march, which will be led
by Mr. and Mrs. Ehringhaus.
' With the inauguration and the ball
out of the way, Governor Ehringhaus
will devote his energies to ihe task
before him, getting his message to
th General Assembly at once, so.
that body can begin its laws making
without the usual delay and marking
time for a week or two. pending the
inauguration. Plans for the inaugura
tion will be worked out by the Governor-elect,
Governor Gardner and
committees from Senate and House.
The House committees will have to
be named by the candidates for
House speaker, including Reginald
Harris, Julius Martin and R. Gregg
Cherry, which should be a simple ac
complishment. Lieutenant Governor
A. H. Graham will name the Senate
committee.
Governor-elect Ehringhaus has
been sitting in on the Advisory Bud
get Commission's hearings and will
dombtlesi fessist m forming the bud-
get'ieqTiesS ;fo' be" approved 'by that
body for presentation to the General
Assembly. As director of the budget
and chairman of the commission, he
will have power to make any changes
he. may desire, before the report is
made to the Legislature. Hi3 mes
sage will outline his policies and
purposes early in the session.
Nor will the feared operation for
appendicitis have to be performed on
the Governor-elect. The attacks were
not from thi appendix, of which X
rays show he has very little, but from
kidney colic, which yields to simple
treatment. The shadow of the knife
over him has passed, muehto his re
lief and that of his friends.
Three Men Released
From Jail Recently
Through the persistent efforts of
his mother Mrs. Sarah Ann Congle
ton, John Bunyan Congleton was re
leased from jail Saturday. The prose
cuting witnesses in the case were la
dies here on a yacht; and as they
stated that it would be impossible for
them to be here at the March term
of Superior Court, Mayor Bayard
Taylor ordered the release of John
Bunyan by the jailor, R. E. Chaplain.
The charge lodged against Long
.TnVin wb Hint, of indecent exposure
Saturday before last.
Price Johnson and Earl Hudgins
were released this week when the
$200 bonds each were put up by their
mothers. Mrs. Robena Hudgins gave
an appearance bond and Mrs. Annie
Johnson gave a mortgage bond. These
young men were bound over to the
March term of Superior Court on nu
merous charges preferred against
them by Ada Styron and W. E. Skar
ren; these cases were aired in Police
Court Monday evening.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Denard Guthrie M. City and Ad
'die Copeland, Camp Glenn.
Berkley Willis and Rena Pearl,
Fulcher, Atlantic.
Kernie Smith and Naomi Lewis,
Morehead City.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Jefferson E. Owens Tr., to N. C.
Mortgage Corp. 1 lot Newport, for
!$5000.
W. C. Gorham Tr., to Madeline
Taylor Derrickson 1 1-2 lots M. City,
for $5000.
Lovey Ann Watson et al to Ophel
ia T. Rvvant. 3 lots M. Citv, for $10.
Ophelia T. Bryant and husband e
al to Mary E,
Watson, 3 lots M. City
for $10.
I Ohpelia T. Bryant and husband et
al to Lovey Ann Watson, 3 lots M.
City, for $10.
Automobile Collide.
With Bicycle Kiaer g
Jeff Simpson and the bicycle upon
which he was riding was struck a-
bout six-thirty o'clock Friday even-i
ing by an automobile in which were
riding Marvin Hill, Guion Mason and
narianH Fnlrhpr. 11 of Atlantic. The I
accident occurred near the old Perk-1
ins house on North River road.
It is said that Dr. L. W. Moore was
driving toward Beaufort and the At-
lantic young men were some distance
behind him. After Doctor Moore went'
around the curve in the road at that Two significant suits have so far
point, two young fellows asked for a taken up the first two and a half days
ride to town and Doctor Moore stop-: of the December term of Superior
ped to pick them up. His car was Court which convened here Tuesday
pulled off the road until just the leftjmorning for the purpose of trying
wheels were on the hard surface, civil cases only. Court would have
The Atlantic car passed Doctor been convened Monday morning, but
Moore's car and collided with the '
Simpson bicycle.
Mr. Simpson was immediately tak-
en to the Potter Emegerncy Hospit-
al where he is still receiving treat-,
ment. Besides being badly shaken up,
pound fracture of the left leg, com-'jn Vvhich the Webb-Chadwick Board
pound fracture of both his ring and,0f County Commissioners brought
fore fingers of his left hand, and:agajnst james H. Davis, Ex-Sheriff
received minor scratches and bruis
es about the body. At this time the
njured man is getting along nicely.
During the past several years, Mr.hecte(i while he was County Tax Col
Simpson has been employed as onejiector The American Surety Com.
of the drawtenders on the highway
bridge between Beaufort and More
head City. It had been his custom to
commute daily to and from his work
on a bicycle. He lives just a few
hundred yards up ther oad from
where the accident occurred.
The News understands that no
charges have been preferred against
the driver of the Atlantic car.
NO APPOINTMENTS
HAVE BEEN MADE
New County Board Installed
Monday; Meet Again On
19th.
,. . . , , .Board of Commissioners $3,500 by
Meetings .thxetoisJwari of n.wk , K , qqq wmtmm.n.. n.vS.
ing board were held at the court-
house Monday. The old board held its
session in the morning and the new
one convened at 2 P. M. and was in
session for a short time.
Those present for the first meet
ing were Commissioners Carroll,
Chadwick, Guthrie and Webb. Com
missioner Styron who has been in
:um .""'. V " v J V? "'fleets more from the liquidation of the
the hospital at JViorehead City was .,. r, k .. ..
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not present. The board adopted a res
, i ml 1 l 1 i l
olution regretting his illness and com
mending his services as commission
er. A motion passed the board that a
committee composed of J. F. Duncan
C. T. Chadwick and Auditor J. J.
Whitehurst be appointed to fix taxl paur8 chureh for a furnace which
values in relation to the Bank of ,is being installed thjs week T'his fa a
Beaufort and Fairleigh S. Dickinson. hotir t of WilIiamson furnace.
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the County Auditor to adjust the val
uations of property of J. W. Wilkins,
Stephen Day and J. J. Rhue. The old
board adjourned sine die.
New Board Meets
On the new board of commission
ers are. two members of the former
board. They are W. M. Webb of More
head City and Martin Guhtrie of
Harker's Island. The other members
of the board are E. H. Fulcher of
Stacy, W. Z. McCabe of Wildwood
and W. P. Smith of Beaufort. The
oath of office was administered to
members of the board by Clerk of
the Superior Court L. W. Hassell
The board organized by electing
W. M. Webb chairman and W. P.
Smith, vice-chairman. It thn pro
ceded to business.
A motion was passed authorizing
the building of two new rooms to be
used for an infirmary at the County
Home. It is understood that the ex
pense of the labor will be paid out
of Federal welfare funds allotted to
the county.
A motion was passed appointing
Commissioners Smith, Guthrie and
Fulcher and County Auditor White
hurst on a committee to make set
tlement with County Tax Collector
Alvah Hamilton. The committee is to
meet December 12 at 10 o'clock.
The meeting ended upon a motion
to recess until "nlonday, December
19. The appointing r of County Aud
itor, keeper of the CWnty Home and
so on have not been made as yet.
The News understands that several
applications have been filed.
BELL AND JAMES OPEN
A FUNERAL HOME
Morehead City The firm of Bell
and James, William II. Bell and Al
Iphonso James, have opened up a
funeral in at the comer of Seven-!
th and Bridges streets. This is said
to be the first funeral home estab
lished in Carteret County. Messrs.
Uell and James have been in business
here for several years.
ft Cm ARE
I0W BEING TRIED
County Obtains $7,000 Judg
ment Against James H. Da
vis and Surety Company
Sinc tT was written,
!he uil brought again.t the Town of
Beau,ort by the Utilities Engineering
nd Management Company of Char-
'otte wa non-uited.
Judge W. C. Harris had been request-
ed to swear in the county officials in
another county in this judicial di3-
trict on that day, so the opening of
court was deferred until Tuesday
morning.
The first of the two suits was that
and Tax Collector, for recovery of
$7,000. This amount was due the
county by Mr. Davis on taxes he col-
pany of New York was made co-defendant
in the case
County Attorney Luther Hamilton
represented Carteret County; while
Julius F. Duncan appeared for James
H. Davis; and A. D. MacLean, and
W. B. Rodman of Washington, rep
resented the American Surety Com
pany. At the time of the closing of the
Bank of Beaufort, Mr. Davis had on
deposit to his credit $9,677.60. It is
said that it was due to the bank fail
ure that the Tax Collector was un
able to make settlement with the
county.
The plaintiffs obtained judgment
for the full amount of $7,000 due the
county. The American Surety Com
pany is to pay the Carteret County
is due to pay the Board the other
$3,500 by January 1, 1934; and in
the event that he. does not, the Amer
ican Surety Company will be held li
able for that amount. In addition, the
Surety Company is to receive all co
latteral due Mr. Davis from the liq
uidation of the defunct Bank of Beau
fort as a result of the- deposit of $9,-
677.60. If the Surety Company col-
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INSTALLING 'FURNACE AT
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH NOW
Work began about two weeks ago
The heating plant is a corporate gift
to the. church. The cellar has already
been partly bricked up and the chim
ney constructed. After the installa
tion of the furnace has been com
pleted, the cellar will be finished. It
it hoped by St. Paul's rector, the
Rev. Worth Wicker, that the furnace
will be all fixed by Sunday and able
to furnish heat for the morning ser
vice. TIDE TABLE
Information a& to the tides
at Beaufort is given in this col
umn. The figures are approx
imately correct and based on
tables furnished by the U. S.
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also with
respect to the locality, that i
whether near the inlet or at
the heads of the estuaries.
High Tide Low Tid
Friday, Dec. 9
5:30 a.
5:48 p.
6:10 a.
6:30 p.
m.
m. 11:46 p. m.
Saturday, Dec. 10
m. 11:28 a. m.
m. 12:26 p. m.
Sunday, Dec. 11
6:48 a. m. 12:07 a. m.
7:10 p. m. 1:05 p. m.
Monday, Dec. 12
:25
:48
m. 12:46 a. m.
m. 1:40 p. m.
Tuesday, Dec 13
8:01 a. m. .1:22 a. m.
8:24 p. m. 2:18 p. m,
Wednesday, Dee. 14
8:36 a. m. 2:00 a. m.
9:01 p. m. 2:54 p. m.
Thursday, Dec. 15
9:12 a. m. 2:38 a. m.
9:JV p. ni. 3:32 p. m.