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EIGHT paces this WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1933 gffllCE Sc SINGLE COPY
VOLUME XXII
NUMBER 36
Given 3 to 4 Years
Committee Contest Is
Stirring Up Interest
Successor to Gardner Probably Will Not be Ap
pointed For Some W eeks Yet; Several Men
tioned For The Place ; Several Factions Op
pose Each Other; Morrison Does Not Want It
By m. r. dunnagan Beaufort High Eleven
raleigh, Oct. 24 North Caro- Continues Undefeated
lina Democrats, all pepped up over j
the fight brewing over selection of a : gy Rt R1CE
candidate lor rsiauonai uuuhi.iv
executive committeeman for North
t ,naaA fnmur fioVemOr
O Max Gardner, resigned, are ex- to a scoreless tie last Friday. They 1 services of an attorney, the prelimi-.fense attorneys. Norman denied ev
APPREHEND NEGRO
CONNECTION WITH
SABBATH KILLING
Charles ("Bok") Wesley Was
Found With Crushed Head
Near His Home Early
Sunday Evening
ROBERT NORMAN
SENT TO STATE
PRISON FRIDAY
CHARLES CHADWICK HELD
Senator ReynoldsTo Speak
In Beaufort Monday Night
Found Guilty of Having Camal J I Crowd Expected to Hear "Our Bob." He
Knowledge of Edith Lewis; r B AJJ...a. Cva.1 Fatrn
EIGHT DIVORCES GRANTED
After the State rested in th? case
of Robert Norman, who was being
tried in Superior Court last Wednes-
Ha MjirlA Addresses i n Several Eastern
Counties This Week; End of The Campaign
Is Now Nearly Here.
Charles ('-'Charlie Whisky") Chad-
i i ui4 i fu for. flav. Thursday and Fridav for havinsr
SO Know II IS uemg neiu hi l ' - -
Item County jail without benefit of carnal knowledge 0f Edith Lewis, a
bond charged with the murder of , girl over twelve years old and un-
, y'rt., iiti. i c,,.Mpr ivtp.pn nnH with assault with
icnaries box ; vvesiey neic uu- ---
t-v , 1. i .u,i, ; - t tu fnf ! intpTit tn cnmmit rane. Robert Nor-
Carolina to sufceed former Governor ' defeat 'Beaufort High held Kinston'that Chadwick has not obtained the man was put on the stand by the de-
er having anything to do with the
Lewis girl whatsoever, other than
conversing with her on several occa-
i x i i. f ri y . i i . i 1.1 . . L .J
pected to nave at least, a mum,", pertormea noDiy against uie vaumeu nary nearing was conunueu uum
more, to cool their heels and line up Kinstonians and it can be truly said'next Monday evening, when it will
i t r l-. ... T WqI. '.i i ti . . 1 i.U ,. i- I i c nr T I TV. -.1 J
rnpir hucks unuic uum"'"" m vjuauu ruuci noa tunic uciuie nxa v ui uavaiu ajjiui - -
WinWno calls his State Demo- 4.0m that has sver renresented this ' Pnlic. Court. Both the murdered . sions. He said that the case was a
cratic Executive Committee to meet town- with their goal line uncross-1 man and his suspected assasin areiput-up affair."
;ed in three games tney went into ac- colored. u. N. Hobbs loiiowea iNorman on
Nothine definite is known in this ithe stand. He said that he was away
MAN PASSES SOON
AFTER COLLISION
Bert Styron, of Morehead City,
Died Few Minutes mier
Being Struck Tuesday
Evening
fin tho vnrancv hv recommenda
,u j i . . " a ' t - -. . n " .
tinn. tion determined to keep it uncross-
Vnt in manv months has an inci- pj arll4 succeeded for the fourth' . . .. . j oAimil he n his truck when he returned home
ivw -.. i 1., j i .case, Dut it ia lumuicu nnw.. -
dent stirred up folks as this has done time Streets that Wesley and his wife had and found that Edith Lewis was charg
and columns have been written and: u.,,,.., f nraiao are due this i.j u?fi tr. rhnrlwir.k "ero-tine Norman with such a serious of-
eagerly reaa aooui n, " bunch of boys for, altnougn tney
He informed the court that
taking on the robes of prophecy, be-tney were the underdogs due to thelfi hi but did g0 and returned for about two years. At the time the
mv.-s, w - UBVHlUlVtIVt v- V
hincr thft uncertainty of what win 0itrQn spnrA and had n..j.. ;a coiri WpsIpv left 'Norman, who is a native of Wake
V1 - , iiiciuoci.fco vv I'ounuuy evening i wu " . . , . ,
result, and no political scribe has viously beaten Kinston 7 to 0, k with the intention of going . County, has been living in his home
The election date on the queston
of the repeal of the eighteenth a
mendment to the constitution of the
United States is drawing very nigh
and interest in the matter is increas
ing. So far those against repeal, or
the dry side as it is usually called
for convenience, have been the most
active in Carteret county. A number
of meetings have been held in var
ious parts of the county some of
lU-hir-Vi havp Vippn verv well attended
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Studebaker sedan driven by Miss and have aroused considerable inter
n : tit:- n,.(-i;0k TuocrJnv pvpnins? at ' pot A mpptnic was hplH in the court-
i'lii vin-w o " - o "
about seven-thirty o'clock when he house in Beaufort Sunday and quite
tried to cross Arenueu street in a gooa crowa was present, in me au-
Morehead City just in front of the sence of K. N. bimms ot Kaieigti
home of Charles S. Wallace. He was 'who was billed to speak but did not
quickly picked up and carried to the come, Reverend R. F. Munns of
Morehead City Hospital, where he Beaufort made a stirring speech and
a o,..o,, ot covon.fnrtv o'clock. Mr. Charlps S. Wallace of Morehead
yetaacu j , . - -
which was about ten minutes after City made a short talk. Several meet-
the accident. Mr. Styron was ni- ings were neia oy tne promoiiion
Bert Styron was struck by a
were i. ua hnmo ahout. eieht o'clock. Eith- alleged criminal assault was saia to
pv in front of his home or on the have taken place, the Lewis family
porch it is said that he found Chad
wick talking with his daughter.
Street talk has it that Wesley gave
had been liviner with Mr. and Mrs
Hobbs about a week, due to the Lew
is home being partially wrecked by
outset. iom "" " " , , . o m. -i. cil
Chadwick "the gate," and then pro-the hurricane of September nften
factions to deal with. ( niav;nsr on foreign soil with opposi-
J. 0. Carr, Wilmington, was hrst ton omcMSi etc.
mentioned as being acceptable to all i Beaufort hdd the home team t0
factions, except possibly that of Sen-lfQur mMng three
ator R. R. Reynolds. Then came C . powerful and rrfu9.
L. Shuping, Senator J. W. y ei to be opened for ground plays,
camnaien manager; Julian rnce, bus-, . r;mnlgn hp-
inooo man with a ven for politics on i . .... mL. i j v. J Vio otrppf and nrnh
the side, and Major L. P. McLendon, . ' , in-'.hlv informed Chadwick of what had, the house led by Norman after the
Governor Ehringhaus' manager, all ' Kinston completed one and taken place. Shortly thereafter it is
residing in ureensooro, to wmu, . .. nno 5nfOP(,pntH.
ceeded to
Some say
chastise
that she
his daughter.
ran out of her
th Mr. Hobbs told the court
Sybil Hobbs testified that she was
home when the Lewises returned to
ty-three years old.
At. an inauest which was held in
the office of Coroner George W. Dill
in Morehead City at nine-thirty
nVWk Wednesday morning, Miss
Ortlieb was exonorated of all blame
in connection with the accident. Miss
Drtlieh testified that she was driving
Iwestwardly on Arendell Street at a
Mainr McLendon is moving from Dur
ham. A Hall Johnston, Asheville was
mentioned. Then Senator Reynolds
suggested former Governor,
said that Chadwick returned to the
front of the Wesley home and dar
had none intercepted
ml 1 1 l. I.V. nrrrl a ll'aa
ine nign spot, oi iuc snuss's , , " ,. i L i,:,
, .u-J u kii n ed "Bok" to come out and meet him,
Tnl r! w y .rf Hn -'firrdo;;; but that Wesley refused to have an
Benawri""" . . - . ,.., ,,.:fV, v.; whi.n WpsIpv said
alleged assault. She said that she
slept in a room adjoining the Lewis
forces in other parts of the county
also Sunday.
The repeal forces have made no
active campaign in Carteret although
it is rumored that considerable work
on the quiet has been done and some
of the leaders say they are confident
the county will give a good major-
!in favor of repeal of the amendment.
room and that after she went to bed! came near the postoffice she said she
that she overheard Mr. Lewis threat- decided to stop lor net man.
ooiTon.twtv n'MnnV Tnesdav ev-1 A bis: arun will be fired by the re-
ening and was on her way home pealers Monday night though when
frnm hpr washer woman's. When she Senator Reynolds speaks at the
. .1 mi. . r
courtnouse in ceauiort. ine oena-
eh his daughter that she better swear
l" !!J ..I , . ,;,,." i.r", 1.1 n .W cVip fnl,l Viim Shp
and Committeeman, Cameron Motri- JJ" for downsand threw this and informed him that he would said :hat she then .eavesdropped, and
son. but the latter declined and in so heroically held for downs and er he cl overheiyrd thV 'complete plot. Mrs.
doinsr gave "dry" utterances which ic wnsion eievtn ioi o . . frnm his fishinr ciothes to his Hobbs corroborated the testim
irritatfd his rental friends.
Then came the name of Governor
Ehringhaus, in his absence from Ral
eigh, and seems to have struck a pop
ular chord, reaching now into th far
corners of the State. But out of all
this material nothing is certain, for
there is no telling how the factions;
t,-; v::;; p inV.thP vis-led from his fishing clothes to his Hobbs corroborated the testimony ot
Ssllut waledckutS County Home inmates
tie' on v 10. Beauiorts longest yaul- -noiuj aiiei eifc.ui. ui . .,..i,i.. ok;i
.. " i..,4. on ,.,io pQnh on tWn:Weslev completed changing nis ciotn- uis. nouos. anu men u.uB..i.Ci oun
nasses bv Ray Hassell to Johnson.
To pick an outstanding star lor
es and left his home and that was ; Mr. Hobbs was superintendent of
the last time he was seen before he the County Home for several months
was found with his head crushed in last winter.
. ii f n j .p.
o -nin-tn rnmhine or BDlit further I woma. D.e " nMot. U in! Drs. C. G. Ferebee. L. W. Moore
j. i horn sp mp wn le s uau ueuuimcu. -
4M eono ir mflv nr mflv not ue 1 " . :.i u. (fo Wnc or
applied her brakes she stated that
she noticed that a heavy mist had
begun to supplement the tog. as
she was dressed to attend a play
which was being given that evening
in thp school buildinsr, she decided
that she did not want to get her
dress wet. So she released the clutch
of her car, which had not stopped
completely and started off toward her
home.
When she applied her brakes and
somewhat retarded the momentum of
the automobile, Miss Ortlieb inform
in the issue, it may or may not. ue ------ - , - -
f, to , that O.V., S?t&
M.Son '. 1 Tco nd! b i is !I1 s Ho.v.id HO.
, full back who was a continual
of the committee, less a few vacan-, squad.
cies, in order to secure pledges. But
the committee mmebers are said not
to be pledging themselves to any
great extent, keepng open minds in
order to vote as may seem proper
when the voting time comes. A few
probably have pledged themselves to
irum some luimiuwu uujtti.. aw .v. . . , v... ,
said that soon after Wesley left his and W. S. Chadwick were put on the coroner that her vacuum-operat-home
that the daughter who ran the. stand and each testified that a ed windshield-wiper stopped, as is the
down the street some little time be- microscopical examination wouia De case almost an tne nine wneu a
iore screamed, and when neighbors i necessary to determine the facts. ' hide having such an appliance is
went to investigate they found Wes- This was done by the deiense in an slowed down or stopped, as hne pass
ley in the critical condition from effort to discredit the testimony ofd the cross street and started on
which he never rallied. Thev iminedi- Drs. K. P. B. Bonner and S. W. ;down Arendell she said she reached
ate.lv took him to the Potter Emer-1 Thompson, Jr., who had
D-pnnv Hnsntial. where he nassed a- the court that they had
tor returned only a few days ago
from an extensive European trip and
immediately plunged into the prohi
bition fight on behalf of the repeal
side. He spoke in Charlotte Monday
niE'ht to an immense audience, then
spoke at Sparta, Mount Airy, WaiTen
ton, Jackson and Ahoskis. He has
several other appointments in the
eastern part of the State and will be
in Beaufort at 7:30 Monday night.
His friends say an immense crowd
will hear him here. Alvah Hamilton
of Morehead City, an old friend of
the Senator, will introduce him.
The repeal election will take .lacs
November 7. The only day for reg
istration is Saturday, October 23.
Persons who are already regstered
do not have to register again. New
voters will have to get their names
on the books. Registrars will be on
(J. If.jUUWIl niCHUCll OliC vmw.. , . :
infnrmpH ',i tn start th windshield winer and .hand at the usual places to serve
examined ' a car coming in the opposite direc- those who wish to be registered.
gency Hosptial, where he passed a- the court tnat tney naa examinea(a car coming in me opuMie uuc- -way
at about eight o'clock Monday! Edith Lewis within an hour or so tion turned its lights on her wind-1 There will be no absentee voting at
: ai.k:a i?ll,t M riiiil,ilr ! oftpr thp all ptp,1 rriminal assault shield and blinded her. She stated , this election. The same qualifications
Begin Harvest Sweet
I Potatoes Hereabouts
and Chief of Police W. R. Longest
were not notified until after Wesley
was taken to the hospital.
Hoptital attaches stated to a News
The annual harvest of the Carter-
ta County sweet potato crop was be-
13 . ., , Ihppn Hnr. Yislds in d fferent sec-
Numbers of people express tne De-,""" , .
lief th!S Mr. ShPup, cannot land the ' t-nso the county vary, bu Coun
on the best of terms v, h the big ' , , . fift K,,shpl9 nor acrp.
T A TT.-loir PVpn imimivu m I --
criminal assault
without microscopical examination.
A certified copy of the birth cer
tificate was exhibited by the de-
defense to establish the fact that
say that Senator ca, ey s storm and tfce g tm.
claimed a majority of the votts for- u.icane eithcr ruined 0r re
M, Shuping for State ch, , .nd X
point to that as well 1 " ure of the eastern section of the county,
of Senator Bailey to place him as U. ..8weeti" that were plant-
S. Commissioner of Revenue, as reas- 7 of
ons why he should not be brought h
forward again. ... Jter unscatched.
But there are. many factions to
consider, many overlapping, such as; A number of buyers are ner n
fr and that th cmmerda. fisheries, of thejolma should work toward obtainmg a
wing, me ui" v.., . . v11t,v,pl and the United States will beb rought unaer suo-coae more neany meeiiny cunai- -- ,0fi ttnu-k
t'rZ ,"e,f PetrhebUShaemP:rd and'a sial fode of the NRA within a tions in this section of the country 'shoulder and head apparently st1Uck
onn t n o ntw ncvnuiuo M . v. -- - . ,. i hit Tnam rn r a von urai rn niinrnry, iiti-
" i mi , , 'Short Lime WaS IIloUc tuuaj xv. . m i v.v1mhv.u ' i' v ...
there's no tellng how they wil com- transportation. from Bruce Etheridge, director of the De-'jder a national code that might be
bine, or split, over the national com-. Up uptiUast "JJ?, . fenl of Conservation and De-'more cumbersome.
niitteeman p , . if, NeWT)0rt section several seas-, velopment, who attended hearings on, M Etheride asserted that he
The salt tides that accompanied
. M.nnHav that thp HpaH man I Edith Lewis was born December 6,
ICIJVlbVl uivituwj w..v v---w nu i
sustained a depressed fracture oi vjzv, ana was tnereiore aimost tnir-
the forehead and the top fore parti teen years old. Edith Lewis and her
tv u0j on1 lnppratp1 lpft. arm. i father and mother swore that her
Ul t"C HCM, HU
They stated that when the wounded birth was December 6, 1921, which
man was brought to the hospital tnat i piacea tne gin s present age at less
blood was flowing from his ears and than twelve years.
nose The case was given to the jury
Immediately after the town and 'about five o'clock Friday afternoon
county officers were informed of the and in a little over an hour it re
,..jwn oft a carpfnl sparch was turned the followinar verdict: Guilty
IllUiutiuua cvv, m " - - " - 1 '
instituted in an endeavor to locate of having carnal knowledge of Edith
"Charlie Whisky." He was not ap-ewis, a gin over tweive years oi
prehended until about eleven o clocK age ana unaer sixteen, ana witn as-
(Continued on page eight) ontinuea on page eigni;
shield and blinded her. She stated .this election. Ihe same qualifications
that the next thing she saw was ajfor voting that apply in other elec
man stepping out in front of her car tions will apply to this one.
from behind a parked automobile. Besides North Carolina five other
The greater part of Miss Ortlieb's states will vote on November 7 on
testimony was corroborated by other the repeal question. They are Ken-
.. . u al:. n l tu i.
witnesses. Several eye-witnesses in-. "--n.y, umu, reiuisyivuiua, utau
formed Coroner Dill that Mr. Styron 'and South Carolina. So far 33 states
- 1 J. 1 L. 1 L J
walked across the cross-street lrom;"ave voieu on tne amenument ana
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the post-office. Then instead ot cross
ing Arendell at the corner, he went
up the street a shortways and start
ed to cross in front of the Wallace
home. It was said that the man
walked obliauelv out in the street
all have voted for repeal.
ATTEND INSTALLATION
Twenty members of Carteret Post
99 of the American Legion here at-
tendpd thp installation nf nffinpra nf
waiKea ODliqueiy out, in ine oucch
back of a parked car in the general j the State Department in New Bern
direction of the New Paragon De-j Monday afternoon and evening.
partment Store, and therefore was
almost back to the approaching car.
A SPECIAL CODE PROPOSED FOR
COMMERCIAL FISHERIES IN U. S.
Coroner Dill told a News reporter
that the Ortlieb car was stopped
within about thirty feet of the place
where it first struck Mr. Styron. The!
coroner's jury was taken out and
shown the Studebaker sedan. From '
Ithe marks and indentions in the rad-;
By M. R. DUNNAGAN .elusion, Mr. Etheridge belkves thatW il PPe"efJ " j,f. Xnrtel
RALEIGH, Oct. 23-A prediction 1 the fisheries interests of North Car- lZ
had plain indentions where tne man a
whiip thp State's eeneral fund 0ns and stored them m me v-""- me - ---- - - jfeeis that nsnermen, pacners, anu
Tmritt redribymo curing house at Newport. This year Washington. Captain John A. Nelsor . ! di8tributors hav6 much to gain un.
h f rmSfon dolla "n September, 'S? buy are back and are buying State fisheries commissioner, also at- sed code Feature of
eovMt 680,2P55.24 .t thousand bushels in the Newport tended the jM-nnj. , the code he continued, include the
we overarm l , The trend at the conterences, ac t Q & mlmmurn price
tne ena oi i"p0"ot tW, vear will have only cording to Mr. Etheridge, was to ae- . . trol of over ,
We highway i-nu , . "TV. ' , vield the velop sub-codes to govern the naus-f . . f which
a Sllgnt intir u'"'t - - - - -
v- ,nmhinpr: statement of the Treas- belief of Mr. Overstreet.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
John R. Ellison Jr., and Juanita
Vann, Beaufort.
Richard Smith, Bogue and Lola
Onthrip. Newnort.
Harold W. Webb, Morehead City
onH Aliep Potter. Beaufort.
Gr;ensboro
8inuus- , .. uftth . nf which should' j nf 1. 1 iri;,!iKoth Tlill. Rpau-
tries in the various parts oi t ne helt3fui t0 the industry in the' - f
country. In that event, he continued, - -
(Continued on page eight)
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tides
at Beaufort is giren in this col
umn. The figures are approx
imately correct and based on
table's furnished by the U. S.
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also with
reepect to the locality, that is
whether near the inlet or t
the heads of the estuaries.
High Tido Low Tid
Friday, Oct. Z7
w.t i-i i . country, lit tnat, event, iic " 'p iCtatp
j in ' 'nr issued bv Cover-- . ,. ,j ,;a: Jotaie.
uicj onu - - . ,,,,r-r,c- onr iMCPIf North Uaroiina WOUia come wiuini . ,, ...
nor Ehringh,us, shows HAVECHICKEN SUPPER the southeastern dstrict extneding', While the code wou.a reguiae .e
September was started with an. have. '-" fron1 Maryland southward through j hours of woikeis in packing plant
overdraft of $1,129,999.24 in the p0th Council No. 23 Florida. He is of the opinion that and those engaged in various forms
general fund, to which subtracted The Ju li T. Ro CJCJ state should fali in iine with of distribution, the conservation di-
from the collections for the month Daughters of Ameiica a. sub-code rector said that this feature would
gave a balance of $622,340.54, while supper at their egular 111 .lu.e.; g thern gtates in order that not affect th& individual fisheman
pxnenditures for the month were i- lay ms'". - -
2:57 a.
3:28 p.
4:13 a.
5:37 p.
of
and all
MrCarthv Mizzell and Auredia
Frost, Newport.
Robert Pasteur and Verna Sparrow
of Beaufort, special license.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Grove Con-
5:12
5:31
5:59 a.
j6 :18 p.
6:42 a.
en-
302,595.78, leaving the overdraK members weie i..ecn
$680,255.24 for the montn ana ms joyea u.c
fiscal year to date.
The. hiehway fund had a balance ot t t;orn tnat, ws Tl " Vj
c ioi ,f,Ioyat thp heinning of the ?.nd drouth was cut for silage by C. Southern code
uuv. , rf t ' - ..
1U1 ly v. . - -
. i. i t 1 1 i 1 Jrninri lo rrro I r
a Inwane mizht be mane ior lucai wnose ituais uccuu
t nvi, 1Q n H.nifTh'-pi Anp-etia luitui vuu-
conditions. Frank E. Welles, presi- the elements nv.-i uncont-rouauie iav-r, b -,- ,. . a
dent of the Southern Fisheries As- tors. He looks upon the proposed way. J , . Pitt.Y.S9 n.
"' . ... . , . ii. . i . .,. vvao fha KiirT) r.n mr. uiiu li y muvu -' . i-
Corn that was damaged by worms sociation he said, is draumg f coa as oppuiv-- Tf 'man of lukens, Sunday, October 22,
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