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VOLUME XXI!
eight pages this week THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, DEC, 21, 1933
COUNTERFEITERS t'TwiLONG SESSION OF
ARE BUSY IN N. CJ Th . RECORDER'S COURT
There was not a great difference in,
i Carteret county in the number of
A Liquor Dealer Got Stung To births and detths for the month of Morehead Citv Prisoners Have
The. Tune of $160
October. Information furnished by
the Bureau of Vital Statistics shows
that there were 24 deaths and 30
Br M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Dec. 1!) Probably nev births. Morehead City led in both re
er before in the history of the State spects.
has there been' as much counterfeit1 The figures for the county are as
money in circulation in North Car- follows:
olina as there is at the present time, '
according to ollicial, but, by reques: Town Oeathj Births
undisclosed, sources. fieaufort 3 2,
These officials reports disclose M. City 7 11
that there is an organized bijid of i Townships
counterf e-iters operating in the State, j Beaufort 2 3
maintaining a headquarters and work-1 Cedar Is. 1 0
ing out in all directions from a cen-1 Harker's Is. 2 2
tral point, and indications are that : Hfcrl owe 0 2
this band is also engaged inr urn- Hunting Quarter
runnning on a large scale. -While it Davis 0 1
is known that the operations are ex- Hunting Quarter
tensive in these lines, it is also ctn- Stacy 0 0
sidered possible that other related Hunting Quarter-
Good Time on Confiscat
ed Booze.
' It required practically all Tuesday
to clear up the docket in Recorder's
Court. Some of the cases were not
I contested but several were and it
Still- I took some time to try them. Judge
birth ; Webb, doubtless mindful of the fact
ithat the Christmas season is at hand,
1 I was inclined to be somewhat lenient
jin his judgments.
The longest drawn out case tried
was that in which Gerald Williamson
18 year old youth from Sea Level,
CWA PAY ROLL IS
GROWING RAPIDLY
Number of People Employed
Increased Largely And Pay
Roll Too
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NUMBER 51
fuTS IlfAX RELIEF MAY
Drunkenness again predominated
in the list of offenses charged against
defendants ta Police Court Monday
night. Most of them admitted the
charge. The record is as follows:
William Ed. Potter oL drunk,
n, rwi rt;i I'olead cruuiy. sentence iu aays or
employment headquarters are prob-1 $5.00 fine.
aWv the husiest institution in f!.r- Gaston Whlllington, drunk and
teret countv at this time. At anv ! disorderly, submitted 10 days
rate the executives and clerical forc-
or
es in these two places are kept
busy as bees carrying on their rou
tine work and attending to the var
ious calls that are made upon them.
The number of persons employed
is mounting from week to week. Last
week, as told in the News, the num
!$5.00.
I Tom Sadler, plead guilty to drunk
'charge and was given 15 days or
$7.50.
H. D. Norcom, submitted to a
charge of drunkenness and was giv
en a sentence of 20 days or $10 fine.
He paid the money.
Alonzo Fulford, stealing car of
was charged with an assault with a ber of workers was 405 and now the 'Deputy Sheriff R. B. Chaplain, ad-
Sea Level 0
Hunting Quarter
and unlawful operations are carried
on by the band.
Am official report ties up the coun- Atlantic
tetfeiting and rum-running activities. Marshallberg
Report was made to an official in Merrimon
the State that t blockader in the far-i Morehead
eastern part of the State made a sale Newport
of corn whiskey to a man, the trans
action amounting to $160. In pay-
ment, the purchaser paid the maker
eight new $20 greenback bills. It
wtfa discovered that they were coun
ter feit, and the recipient of the
sppurious bills reported (ho incident
and turned the money over to officials.
In this case the seller of the liq
uor was warned over long-distance
'ppfcone that the money thus offered
was tunterfeit, but when the warn
ing came, the transaction had already
bees made and the purchaser had
gone with his liquor.
Earlier this year there was an
apparent epidemic of spurious 50
cent pieces being circulated in the
Sttte, but these operators are work
ing1 on a much larger scale. Wash
ington officials have been in the
State checking up on this new mon
ey and report that some of it is so
nearly perfect that it is exceeding
ly bard, even for experts, to detect
the difference.
iNeedless to say, officers are at
work on the evidence they are se
curing, but there is slight intimation
that a condition exists in the State
which is somewhat similar to a re
cent description given of a mid-western
city; that city required registra
tion of all crooks entering it, and
kept addresses. The result "was that
it was a haven for crooks, but they
would not ply their trade in that
city, "working" other cities and go
ing there for refuge.
Portsmouth
Straits
2
3
1
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3
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Mi
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deadly weanon with intent to kill Rov number has increased to annroxlmjitfl.
Hamilton. After the testimony was'ly 750. The first payroll was about
I in Solicitor Davis dropped that part $4500, last Saturday it was nearly
I of the indictment charging intent tc- $10,000 and this week it will exceed
kill. Roy Hamilton is a man of about that amount considerably. The num
30 years of age and his mother tes-jber of jobs allocated to Carteret is
tified that he is mentally incompetent. ' 539 but the salt water mosquito
His father and three brothers were jobs are not included in this quota
drowned in the September hurricane. : and those engaged in the soil sur
Hamilton testined that the William I vey work are not included in it eith
son youth hit him on the head with;er- The ,atter is under the direction
a piece of plank and stuck a pistol , of cy Perkins, State College man,
against his body, without provoca- and 13 other ngineers and a mira
tion. Dank Lewis testified that h ber of nelPera- Mr- Perkins has a
saw Roy throw Gerald down and that : district composed of Carteret, Dup-
BEAUFORT TRIO WILL SING
. FROM WILMINGTON SUNDAY
Gerald got up and hit him with a
I plank about 2 1-2 feet long. Harry
I Hill saw . Gerald strike the blow but
said that Roy ran after Gerald and
cut at him with a knife, making a
Sunday afternoon at three o'clock hole in his sweater. Mrs. Luther
the Beaufort Trio will sing from the Lewis saw the fight. Said she saw
Wilmington radio broadcasting sta- j Roy on Gerald and saw the latter hit
tion. If any wishes to hear soma him with the piece of wood. Miss
special song the same can be obtain-r Lena Taylor testified about the same,
ed by writing a postal card to the Dr. L. W. Moore treated the wound
station to that effect The trio is and testified that it was a right bad
composed of Troy Johnson, Bilhe!cut.
King Taylor and William Willis.
CONFEDERATE PENSIONERS
RECEIVE THEIR CHECKS
Gerald Williamson testifying in his
own behalf said that he met Roy on
tho road and joked him a little about
some liquor for Christmas and that
Roy attacked him with a knife, he
A considerable number of elderly ran and fell and Rov srot on him. He
people in Carteret county have been got up and used the stick on Roy. j teachers are
the pleased recipients of pension The pistol referred to was exhibited
checks from the State treasury in court and was a toy one but large
through Clerk of the Superior Court ' enough to look like a real one. Wes
L. W. Hassell. These were for Coa- ,ton Taylor corroborated Williamson,
federate veterans and widows of vet-''At the end of the testimony Attorney
erans. However there is only one vet- Walter Hill asked for a nonsuit but
lin, Jones and Pamlico counties.
In addition to project approved,
and mention of which has been made
before in this newspaper, three oth
ers! now stand approved. They are
the County Home, Smyrna teacher
age; Portsmouth school. Some other
projects are also in awaiting approv
al. Work on the projects already is
said to be making good headway.
One thing that slows up projects is
getting materials. Competitive bids
are called for on all materials. These
bids are sent to Raleigh and there
they are checked up and finally or
ders are given for them. When the
W'srials are gotten work starts. N
projects for women have been ap?
proved at this writing. Only four
to get employment
from the CWA in Carteret county.
The number of persons register
ed a tthe National Employment of
fice up to this morning was 2323. A
few still come in but the big rush
mitted it and was held for Superior
Court under a $200 bond.
Julian Piver, possession and trans
porting liquor, plead guilty and wa
sent to Recorder's Court.
Charles Parker, col. drunk and dis
orderly, submitted. His sentence was
a $10 fine or 20 days and a suspend
ed sentence of another 10 days if
he repeats the offense in 30 days.
Milton Lewis refusing to assist
officer in making an arrest, sent to
Recorder s Court.
John Ellison and Tom Davis, both
colored, were sent to Recorder's
Court on charge of possessing and
transporting liquor.
MONEY AVAILABLE
TO BUILD ROADS
State Still Has Large Sum
Federal Allotment For
Roads
of
Br M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Dec. 19 Of the total
of $9,552,239 apportioned to North
Carolina for public . works projects
under emergency legislation, only
$535,432.48 had been let in contracts
that were under construction and
$1,968,118.20 was the estimated cost
of other projects approved for con
struction on November 1, leaving a
balance of public works funds avail
able for the new nroiects of $6,998.-
seems to be over. Under the law vet- 722.32, the November issue of "Pub.
MR. J. H. POTTER REACHES
HIS EIGHTY SIXTH BIRTHDAY
Tee 86th birthday of Mr. James
Hollister Potter was pletsantly cele
brated Monday evening. His daugh
ter Miss Nannie Potter acted as hos- Harlowe; Mrs.
who are in the $100 class.. That is
they receive $50 twice a year. Those
advice Gerald promised to follow.
Dave Bell, colored, and Manly
tess to 18 of Mr. Potter'! chiiary,
and grand children. A refreshment
course of sherbet and cake was serv
ed. Mr. Potter is one of Beaufort's
oldest and most highly respected cit
izens. He is well preserved both men
tally and physically and his friends
til hope that he will hi able to cele
brate and enjoy in good health
many more birthdays.
in this class are: Mrs. Jennie Bell, 'Fulcher, white, both of Morehead
Beaufort; Mrs. Mary C. Carrow, City were tried on the charge of
Beaufort; Mrs. Cassenger Cullipher stealing liquor from a cell in the
of Sea Level; Mrs. Laura G. Davis, i city prison. They plead not guilty but
Beaufort; Mrs. G. B. Freshwater; were convicted and given 60 days
Morehead City; Mrs. Abigail Hamil- each. Fulcher is to serve his sen-
ton, Sea Level; Mrs. Sophia Hoover, tence on the roads; Bell remains in
Orphia N. Jones, !(the county jail where he has been for
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
J. F. Duncan, Com. to Turner
White Casket Co., 1-2 interest in 200
acres Newport Township, for $500.
W. P. Hunter to Camp Hunter, Inc
2 tracts Newport Township, for $1.
C. L. Merrill to John W. Smith
son and wife, 1 lot Morehead City,
for $10.
Mary J. Wade to Cecil J. Nelson
1 1-2 acres H. I. Township, for $10.
Herber J. Grant, Trustee to Church
Beaufort; Mrs. Emily Paul, Sea Lev- a few days awaiting trial on the
el; Mrs Mary Robinson, Beaufort; charge of cutting a man.
Mrs Ellen Pierce Savage, Beau of rt, I The evidence in the case as pre-
RFD.; Mrs. Esther Spencer, Beau-Rented by Chief of Police James
, Willis and officers Salter, Peletier,
i BIRTHS land Robert Pou a young colored man
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Miles Willis! who was in jail also, was that the
of Smyrna, Friday, December 15, a 'liquor was stolen from the cell and
daughter. ( that a crutch of a one legged prison-
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Mor-! er was used to get it out of the
ris of Atlantic, Friday, December 15, 'place where it was kept. Fulcher who
a son. was not a prisoner but just a guest
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Nat Lewis, of the place abused the jail's hospi
of Beaufort, at Morehead City Hos-jtality by stealing the liquor, so they
pital, Saturday, December 16, aisaid, and all hands got gloriously
erence in securing work. So far 178 The summary of the three kinds of
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vctciaua nave uccu jiiai.cu m una construciom, nignways, primary ana
JJ UL ' I4.0, WIG .UVCI
eran living in the county now, Joseph the court ruled against him. His erans of the World War have pref- nc Roads" shows,
J. Conway of Beaufort who draws judgment was that the defendant was
$365. a year. There are two widows guilty. Prayer for judgment was con
living who draw $150 twice a yearJtinued for one year with the under
They are Mrs. Mary Nelson of Beau-'standing that the young man violate
fort and Mrs. Lorrie Smith of Atlan-!no laws and be of good behavior,
tic. They are totally disabled. ! Judge Webb gave him some good ad
There are a number of veterans ' vice as t ohis manner of living which
county. Although many people are
now receiving employment at good
wages there are still many applying
for direct relief. Before the CWA
got started Mrs. Lewis paid out a
round $17,000 during November for
direct relief.
RUTH BIBLE CLASS MEETS
daughter.
JIM HASSELL INJURED
BY FALLING TIMBER
Jim Hassell who works at the U. S.
Laboratory, sustained a painful in-
drunk. Pou said he saw Fulcher in
the act which however Fulcher de
nied. Any way there was liquor
enough for everybody to have all he
could hold.
Frank Hester, colored, non-sup
port of wife and children, submitted
The Ruth Bible Class of Ann St.
Methodist church held its regular
monthly meeting last Monday night
at the church. In connection with the
meeting they had a Christmas tree
for the members, there being 31
present and 'two visitors, Rev. and
Mrs C. B. Culbreth All entered in
the spirit of Christmas. Each mem
ber had the first gift of the season.
Miss Lucy Holland was dressed as a
real Santa Claus and had an encour
aging word for each member as she
presented them their presents. Rev
anu iui. vu.u.ew. w i funds had been anotted, had been
a irull CSKe oy Wlc ciaaa. oociai
secondary or feeder roads, and mU'
nicipal projects, shows that the
$108.4 miles under construction were
80.1 per cent completed. The estimat
ed cost of these projects was $962,
332.11, of which $555,452.48 was
from public works funds and $401,
797.86 was from the regular feder
al aid allotments.
But an additional 226.5 miles had
been approved for construction by
November 1, for which $1,968,118.
20 in public works funds had been
allotted. This, of course, has been
increased since November 1 by ad
ditional lettings.
Class 1 roads, those of primary
highway system, were assigned $4,
761,147, of which $401,797.95 was
being used, along with an almost
exact amount from the reguar fed
eral aid, in constructing 94.8 miles,
which were 29.9 per cent complet
ed An additional 158.3 miles, to
which $1,123,833.23 in public works
REACH LARGE SUM
Sales Tax Expected To Relieva
Real Property Consider
ably Br M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, Dec. 18 Tax relief in
North Carolina to the extent of ap
proximately $5,000,000 a year i
indicated in tables prepared at the
instigation of Governor Ehringhaus
by the Department fo Revenue t a
result of tax legislation of the 1933
General Assembly in removing the
iD-sent ad. valorem and the current
expense items in district, county
wide and special charter school district
The total relief afforded to pprop-
erty under those laws amounts to
$11,476,540, while the sales tax, if
amounting to $8,000,000, as hoped
for, would give $3,500,000 in relief,
tnd if oamounting to $7,000,000, as
expected, would afford relief to the
extent of $4,500,000. On the basis
of sales taxes colected for the first
three months, as an index, the sav
ing would amount to $6,323,548,
but officials hope and expect consid
erably more in sales tax than th
$8,152,992,96, which is fohr times
the $1,288,248.24 collected in the
first three months of the sales tax
collections, July, August and Sep
tember. Tables indicate thta en th basis
of expectancy from the sales tax,
very county in the State will pay
considerably less in taxes than was
previously paid. This is true of the
larger counties of Mecklenburg, For
syth, Guilford, Durham and Wake,
as well as in the others, Governor
Ehringhaus points out, stressing
thtt it is true even fn Mecklenburg,
in which is located the main offices
of several large chain stores, and
which county is credited with the
sales tax paid fro mthe Charlotte
offices, although "collected all over -the
State.
In some counties, it is stated, lo
cal conditions will not permit a pass
ing on of all the relief given by the
General Assembly, but the relief
was given just the same by the
State.
Carteret county levies for school
purposes previously amounted to
$50,599.00, of which $25,403.00 was
district levies, none was in special
charter district levies for current
expenses, and $20,997.00 was from
the 15-cent ad valorem tax. Sales
tax collections the first three months
in thos county amount to $4,515.93,
or $1,290.38 in July, $1,273.63 in
August and $1,951.92 in September.
Four times 1h ouarterlycollections
would give $18,063.72 fo rthe year,
to which probtibly 25 per cent should
bea dded to give the expected col
lections for the fiscal year.
jury to his right foot there Tuesday, to the charge and was let off with the 0f the country the yellows and
approved for construction
Class 11 roads, those in munici
palities, were originally allotted $2,
380,573 in North Carolina, of which
$81,177.36 was being spent on 4.5
miles under construction, and 20.9
completed by November 1, and $34,
177.12 had been allotted on 6.9
. . ., . (miles more which had been approved
Beaufort is now enjoying its first for construction. xhis leave3 $2,265
fadage this year. While in most parts 21852 stm available for municipal
gifts and donations will be sent out
from this class through the commu
nity for Christmas.
Mrs. J. D. Biggs and Mrs Ben
Gibbs were hostesses.
AUTUMNAL FOLIACE NOW
WILL PAY BANK DIVIDEND
The News has been given the state
ment, which isp rinted herewith, to
the effect that the Marine Bank will
pay a dividend to depositors. No
doubt this information will be good
news to all concerned.
W. A. Allen,
Liquidating Agent.
worK.
n ut wmuci 1CU oil inuig mill uii uiiubidvwiuiiig buah lie 'jr wi wwowo, QrOWHS HaVC UlSHPPCartr-U, CAUCIJU 1U1 I -.t T J,, J... c 1
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the instep and also mashed two of pay his wife $3.00 a week and pay .the evergreens, hereabouts they have L. . ,ora 'i.nH.04 $o oan
1 tract XiarKers isiana, lor 91. m mivu vu uvv s .i uei. ui"i ".jusi, arriveu. me oepieiiiuei- num-- t ,j,;.i. 7 in-j 17 u: .....
T TT-.J T,.. t, -c lV. Vmamvanmr Hinift en ,Vn ia tn urvl iv mnntVw in ioil Ul 4. - tU 1 iU 01 wnlcn W8S OeiUg Spent
uurney x . xxuuu tuni. xaii&s nt. mo uiubigsuvj vj.v uu fiM&n vv ...v. ...
W Hill and wife, 1 lot Beaufort, for the necessary treatment and is now Charlie Brewer, violating the pro
$10.
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED
Register of Deeds Irvin W. Davis
ha9 made quits a number of couples
happy this v. iek by issuing permits
to enter the state of matrimony.
Those obtairhig licenses were
getting along very well.
jhibition law, plead guilty. He was
.fined $75 and costs, and given 90
cane blew most of the leaves off the
on 9.1 miles, and 61.3 miles more
are during November.
CHRISTMAS SERVICE
The Beaufort Baptist Church will ed as to the road sentence though if j
hold their annual Christmas Service he does not violate any law for two . SOME FARMERS ARE GETTING
"u" had been approved for construction,
a spring liked ress of green. Now the tQ receivJ ?810 107.85 fro, the pub.
leaves are aoous ie tney usuany ,ic workg fundg This iwV$l,497,
on Sunday afternoon at five o'clock, years.
A program is being arranged and Bennie Buck, trespassing, not guil
tha Public is cordially invited to at- ty.
tend. At this time the members of Everett McGliff, reckless driving,
T. F.rlirar Wade and Ida M. Willis i the Sunday School and Church are guilty. Defendant to pay costs and
of Morehead City, Clarence Wallace j asked to bring their white gifts which and reimburse owner for damage to
and Maggie Rhodes,- colored of Beau t gifts which as usual will be used to truck.
fort; Frank Gordon and Flora M. j bring Christmas cheer to those not' Julian Piver, violating prohibition
Hardesty, colored, Beaufort; Joseph so fortunate as to be blessed with law, plead guilty. Julgment suspend
Matthews of Raleigh and Anna C. plenty of worldly goods. ed to January 2nd.
Klfnrron of Rpanfort. Robt. J. Jones : The committee in charge is having Tom Davis and John Ellison, vio-
andn Bessie Dudley, colored, of More 1 it at this hour in order to make it a lating prohibition law, cases contin
head City. j candle light sarvice and it is ex-ueJ to January 2nd.
' pacted to be an enjoyable program '
Sixteen Caswell County farmers for all those who find it convenient ' Martin County sweat potato grow
are competing in a farm forest con- to attend. This will take place of theers have 65,000 bushels of cured
test this winter for cash prixes of- regular Sunday evening preaching swsets in storage for sale this win
fersd by-business crgsaisfctlsns. 'service. ter and nt spring. ; . :
FEDERAL LOANS NOW
Several farmers in Carteret coun
ty have been successtul in securing
Federal loans recently. The loans up
to date are nine in number and a
mount to $6400. They run from $400
upp to $1200 in size. The loans are
made through the Fr.rm Credit As
sociation. Interest on the notes is
4 1-2 and 5 per cent. The loans
run 13 years. The first three years
only interest on the notes is collect
ed; after that interest and payments
on principal are due. Checks for the
loans are sent to . J. R. Jinnett of
Beaufort who is Local Corresnoad
ent for the Administration.
987.96 still available for this type
of road construction.
All states are using the primary
and secondary road funds fairly
well, but, like North Carolia, other,
states are so far s endin; -t very lit
tle on the municip. . road'
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tides
at Beaufort is given 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
respect to the locality, that is
whether near the inlet or at
the heads of the estuaries.
MR. DAY LIVED AT LOLA
The first information which this
newspaper received in regard to the
accidental drowning of Herbert Day
on Saturday, December 9th was that
he lived at Sea Level. From other
sources it has been learned that Mr.
Day lived at Lola on Cedar Island
whern his widow and four children
still reside. The News regrets the r
V9i " ;
High Tide Low Tii
Friday, Dec. 22
12:02 a. m. 6:20 a. m.
11:25 p. m. 6:55 p. m.
Saturday, Dec. 23
1:01 a. m. 7:27 a. m.
l rz-z n. m. ou n. m.:
Sunday, Dec. 24
2:06 a. m. 8:31 a. m.
2:25 p. m 8:42 p. m.
Monday, Dec. 25
3:14 a. m. 9:33 a. m.
3:34 p.- m. 9:34 p. m.
Tuesday, Dec. 26
4:16 ,t. m. 10:31 a. m.
4:33 p. m. 10:26 p. m.
Wednesday, Dec. 27
5:10 a. m. 10:51 a. m.
5:26 p. m 11:26 p. m.
Thursday, Dec. 28
6:01 . m. 11:17 a. nu
0:11 p. m. 12:16 p: m.