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VOLUME XXIII
SIX PAGES THIS WEEK
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JAN. 4, 1934
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 1
Supreme Court Upholds
MoreheacFs Bond Issue
Morehead City May Now Issue $400,000.00 for
Buildii j Port Terminal at That City; Case
Was Brought Up By W. M. Webb to Test
Constitutionality of Proposed Bond Issue.
The Supreme Court yesterday re- I TAJIK!! hI TVPI7 (V
moved the Constitutionality obstacle UllUkjUiL 1 I lEd UF
from the path of the development M I it n I flfipn i I1T A ir
'SV" Cor,rs: MAN PASSES AWAY
that in conference Tuesday the
court decided by majority opinion Vernon Marshall Dies After
to affirm the lower court judgment: Protractde Illness; Some
upholding the 1033 statue creating! what Eccentric But a Good
the Morehead City Tort Commission : Citizen
and authorizing issuance of $400,-1
000 in bonds. j Carteret county lost one of its
It had already been indicated by ' most widely known citizens when
the Public Works Administration I William eVrnon Marshall passed
Advisory in Washington that it;away at one a. m. Friday morning at
would approve the project as soon 'his home on North River road. He
as its legal status was fixed and the 'was in his fifty-eighth year, having
announcement of the court was ex-1 been born at the old Marshall home
pedited in order that the loan might stead March 19, 1876
be completed and work commenced
on the Carteret county project.
NEW YEAR'S EVE TAKE UP ROUTINE
IS WIFE'S JltiX MATTERS TUESDAY
i
Husband Chases Her From County Commissioners Hold
Heme of Neighbor and Mur
ders Her With Knife
New
Monthly Meeting Day
After New Year's
The Board of County Commission-
on the scene, Nellie was lying prone
in the road and blood was streamin?
from what proved to be a large and
deep back wound. It is alleged that
James knifed his wife after chasing
her from her friend's home. Just a
About fifteen months ago Mr. Mar- few minutes after she was chased
shall suffered a paralytic stroke, .from the house, Nellie died from
The court will not hand down! which has since resulted in invalid- the wound. '
opinions in regular course until !'sm was carried to the More- Upon examination, it is said that
January 10, and the formal opinions ! neaa City hospital for treatment, the ljody showed that the knife had
in the Morehead case may or may where he. remained for two weeks. ! pierced the heart and had severed a
not be delivered then. At- times during the past year he has
Ibeen able to be taken to ride in an
The case was brought up on a ' automobile. He had grown gradual
test case by W. M. Webb, Morehead ly worse during the past several
City taxpiyer, who appealed from j weeks, and because of this the end
judgment of uJdge J. Paul Frizzelle j was not unexpected,
in Carteret Superior Court uphold
ing the constiuttionality of the port! or many years the ox and cartder, until the grand jury meets at
terminal act. of Mr. Marshall's was a familiar; the March term of Superior court
I sight to the townspeople here in here.
um was sponsored in me Leg- j Beaufort. He usual v came into
by Representative Luther I town earlv SatnrHnv nnmln. ami! 1
It started out as a heated
Year's party, but it ended up in a ers met Tuesday morning instead of
drunken brawwl and a murder. This Monday owing to the fact that
happened up in the Uj )er North Monday was New Years. The fol
River section, which is inhabited lowing members were present; Vice
principaly by Negro. . Chairman W. P. Smith, E. H. Guth-
From the testimony witnesses rie, W. Z. McCabe, and ' Martin
pave at the inquest held Tuesday Guthrie. In the absence of Chair
ufternoon at two o'clock, it seemed man W. M. Webb, Vice-Chairman
that Nellie Foscue, wife of James W. P. Smith presided.
Foscue, was over at a neighbors 1 The meeting was not a very
home on Sunday evening. Between lengthy one, due to the fact that
ten and eleven o'clock James went there was little more than the usual
over to the neighbor's and his wife 'routine business to attend to. The
ran out into the road. aJmes follow-! following is a summary of the
od hotly on her trail. meeting:
Nellie was heard to yell out, as
if she was being tortured. When
ui.iit.-i memuria ui toe pany hi i iveu , :;. Mr-flnno nr.,1 nnvriorf tW
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I the county auditor be instructed to
Stanley Winborne Assumes
Official Duties Recently
Winborne Takes Up Position of Public Utilities
Commissioner; Same Personnel Expected to
Remain; Four Candidates Appear for Posi
tion of Commander of World War Veterans'
L,oan Fund.
JUDGE WEBB HOLDS
FIRST 1934 COURT
Commissioner Guthrie made a
motion which was seconded by Corn-
portion of her liver
4
use a $1,000 state bond given to
Carteret County by the Bank of
Morehead City, securing county
funds, in paying a note due the
state of North Carolina.
It was ordered upon motion of
Commissioner McCabe, seconded by
Commissioner Guthrie that the
county pay $10.90 on burial ex
penses of Parlie Lewis.
It was ordered that thp county
annex bujlding be.
closed to all
As a result of the evidence given 'schools for playing games. This was
at .the inquest, Coroner eGorge W. Put ln wm pt motion oy comrais
Dill is having James Foscue held An i sioner SutJiri0, .seconded by Com:
the county jail without privilege of, missioner tuicner and Approved.
I bond, charged with first degree mur-
islature
Hamilton,
Carteret
tuumy reure- an rl vpentah os nmnnH tho of..oot.
sentative who is now a candidate j "Hainan" potatoes and a special va
f or Congress. The measure author- riety 0f peanuts were his special
ized issuance of the bonds and sale ties
to thePWA without wt9.t th.i J. T"t V" ""T"!
l0 I The memory of the Marshal ox
THIRTEEN YEAR OLD BOY i i I discussion.
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Letter of Honorable S. F. Duncan,
representing the Ben Hur Life As
sociation, with reference ip fnterest
on Carteret qqnt Pflflds was 'in
ferred to (Jounty Attorney honor
able Lqthe'r Hamilton after some
George Thomas Fulcherj. ibe Jdt!
Teen year oia son oi lur. ana
The case of Jasper Lupton was
brought up and upon motion of
Mrs. Commissioner McCabe and annrov-
it was ordered
placed on the poor list
Number of Liquor Cases Tried
Tuesday In First County
Court of New Year
A full docket greeted Judge Paul
Webb for first recorders court of
1934. Court was well attended,
everyone being in a good humor and
in a mood for business, and a large
number of cases were disposed of.
The usual cause for offense violat
ing the prohibition laws held the
center of the stage.
Case, of John Broughton for pass
ing worthless chucks was continued.
Milton Woollard charged with
non-support was continued under
order.
uTian Piver was up for violating
prohibition law and case was con
tinued until next week, aJnuary 9.
Tpm pavis and oJhn Ellison, each
charged with violation of prohibition
law were found guilty and judg
ment; was, suspended on payment of
costs
Owen Cottle, Duffy Arnold. Will
Jr., were charged with vio-
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
RALEIGH, aJn. 1. Stanley Win
borne, o f Murfreesboro, has assum
ed his new position as public utili
ties commissioner, created by the
1933 General Assembly and at the
same time the former corporation
commission and two of its members,
Chairman W. T. Lee and Judge
George P. Pell, passed from the
scene of public service.
Commissioner Winborne will take
over the numerous duties in regula
tion of railroads, power companies,
gas and electric light companies,
street railways, telephone and tele
graph companies, bus and truck lines,
enforcing the "blue sky" laws and
serving as a member of the state
board of assessment. These are the
same dutjes performed by the three
man commission, formed in 1891 as
th railroad commission and reorgan
ized in. 899 as the corporation com
mjssion Mr Winborne is the youngest
member of the body, having taken
the place made vacant by the ap
ppiHtment pf A. Jj. Maxwell as com
missioner of revenue, Ijut after I.
M. aBiley, its a.ttqrney, h,ad held the
place for a few rnqnthg. Chairman
Lee has served 23 years and uJdge
Pell 21 years and both had several
years of their six-year unexpired
T nn Pi, nkni. W Mn.nnH ioH HTnn. ,) k fU
, , ' ? 11 J T. day, following an attack of double that he be
- , i . , . , ... , . .. , , . ,, pneumonia. George was stricken;and is t receive five dollars ner
from terminals to be rested w.ll be community. About a decade ago Mn. onia sturdav and wa3'montn. per
also provision for a ten cent ad coune. Whenever the automobile , ,. .. i , i. -
a popular Doy ana naa iois oi
provision for
valorem tax.
coupe. Whenever the automobile
; wouldn't run, Mr. Marshall would
hitch his ox to the front axle of the
, vehicle and bring the car into town
to a garage for the necessary re
pairs. When the Special Bridge Edi
tion of the Beaufort News was is
sued on Thanksgiving day, 1927, a
! picture of Mr. Marshall and his ox
The PWA also has been requested and cart was Printed as one of the
to erant $90,000 for dredirino- thP features.
f - n a
Thp Council of State has agreed
to request legislative authority to
pledge the rentals from the State
owned Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad toward pawment of the
bonds.
friends. Funeral services were held
at the Presbyterian church at Wild
wood by the Reverend Hall, pastor
of the church, assisted by the Rev
erend Louie Lewis of Marshallberg.
Interment was in the family plot.
The county auditor was instruct
ed to adjust the poll tax of Mary
Moore of Morehead City This was
brought to the attention of the
meeting in form of motion present
ed by Commissioner Fulcher, second
ed by Commissioner McCabe and
. approved
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to keep it.
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to keep it.
Morehead Port.
ALL'S WELL THAT
ENDS WELL
This issue of the News has
been gotten out under consid
erable difficulty. Mr. Mebane,
the editor, of the paper, has
been ill with flue for a week
and our linotype operator, Mr.
William Hatsell has been ser
iously ill. Another member of
the force has been sick, but
hi.s managed to crry on. Mr.
Mathias "Pat" ?':irren, of
New Bern, formerly f Beau
fort, has come do. i late
every afternoon and v vked
until late in the night on the
paper and this, with the assis
tance of several friinds, in
cluding the Reverend Worth
Wicker and the Reverend H.
A. Welker who wrote some
telitorias, has made this issue
possible. The News has bren
under its present management
eighteen years and has never
missed a single issue during
that time, although several
times it has come nearly doing
H. We are pleased to be able
to keep that record intact.
His entire life was spent upon the
farm where he was born, and after
his parents passed away he lived by
himself a large part of the time.
Mr. Marshall was known to be a
good farmer, who conducted his
farm on a live-at-home basis. He was
!an honest, law-abiding, well-thought-
' of citizen, whose thrift enabled him '
!to accumulate along with an inheri-i f.nvprnnr F.rrIno4iAii f.ivoc Hie .9imnM- P.
ooliout Highway Project
SeemsVeryProbableNow
posed Highway to Cape Lookout; Intimated
That He May Go to Washington With Dele
gation on Behalf of This Project.
tance some twelve thousand dol
lars. This was on deposit at the
Bank of Beaufort, and when this in
stitution closed its doors two years
ago the small fortune was swept
away. It is thought that this loss .
which preyed upon his mind, may RALEIGH, Jan. 2. Governor Eh-. subject to its receiving rail connec
have brought on the stroke of par-, ringhouse yesterday began to give tions.
alysis which finally resulted in Mr. serious consideration to a proposal "I think that now the Supreme
Marshall's death early last Friday made to him by a group of citizens j Court has approved the validity of
morning. from New Bern, eBaufort and other j the $400,000 bnod issue for port
Jlust after the paralytic stroke points on the State owned Atlantic (terminal facilities at Morehead City
was sustained, Mr. Marshall made a anl North Carolina aRilroad that that the whole situation is ripe for
will in which he left the greater part the State push a project, to be fi- study and I am making a study of
of his property which included hisjnanced by the Public Workks Ad- the situation in all of its aspects,"
farm and home to Mr. and Mrs. R. 'ministration for development of a 'stated the Governor.
;B. iKng, on condition that tthe'p0)t at Lookout Harbor. I I regard the Morehead City de-
Kings should take care of him dur-: Governor Ehringhaus expressed ' vulopment and the proposed project
ing the vest of his lifetime. L. W. himself as greatly interested, on the at Harbors' Island as all one pro
Hassell was named executor of the grounds that the project would save ject," he added. "Eight miles is
i w ill. One of the other conditions the State at least $1,000,000 in nothing in these times, and with the
stipulated in the will was that hia ' freight rates annually and would two projects Morehead City would
farm animals should be properly car- greatly enhance the value of the handle the inland waterway shipping
ed for also. Mr. Marshall's beloved State owned railroad, which had and a deep sea port would mean
ox did not live long after the begin- ceased to be profitable for the time that a city would be built there. I
ning of his masters final illness. The being in default in rentals of the recently saw a statement of the mer
Currier
lation of prohibition law, plead guil
ty and judgment handed downw six-lms wa weir jobs were aoonsn
ty days' in jail,'" sentence suspended! the legislature in its plan of
on payment of costs. reorganization. The personnel is ex-
'All&on Fuifo"rdrdharged with as-'Pepted to remain as it has been for
sault with deadly weapon was found ilne Preser""
guilty and sentenced to serve four
months in jail. He is to be confined
for that period in the county home.
Luse Johnson, George Turner,
Abbie Stanly, Wm. Ed. Potter, Char
les Baxter and oJhn Anderson, all
charged with injury to personal
property, were found not guilty.
Tommie Sanders was found guilty
and fined $25 and costs for operat
ing a motor vehicle while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor.
Quickman Cannon was found guil
ty and made to pay costs for drunk
and disorderly conduct on the state
highway.
(Continued on page six)
PROSPECTS OF BANK
IN TOWN OF BEAUFORT
The New has jut received
directly from Comminioner of
(Banks Gurney P. Hood, this
newt item which will be read
with intereit by every thinking
person in the county.
"We are now preparing appli
cation to the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation for loans
on the assets of the Bank of
Beaufort and the Beaufort
Banking and Trust company.
We are also suggesting that the
building owned by the eBaufort
Banking and Trust company be
sold to the Government for a
postoffice building. In connec
tion with the above, it is our
suggestion that a new bank be
organized in Beaufort to oc
cupy the building owned by the
Bank of Beaufort on a rental
basis, the new bank to purchase
the building later if desired.
GURNEY P. HOOD,
Commissioner of Banks.
A CORRECTION
Mr. Lee plans to return to his
Waynesville home to look after ex
tensive farming, cattle-raising and
! other interests he has there. Judge
j Pell announces that he will remain
in Raleigh his home was Winston-
Salem and practice law, specializ-
ing in tax, revenue and utilities
workk in state and federal divisions,
and expects to write another law
book on "Title to Land in .North
Carolina." Both Mr. Lee and Judge
Peel issued statements in which
their constituentts and friends in the
state were extended thanks for their
support throughout the years.
Commissioner Winborn will have
two men to sit with him when he
sits as a court to hear evidence and
decide on controversies. They are
part-time men and subject to call
when needed for such hearings. Gov
ernor Ehringhaus will appoint them
this week.
Four Candidates In Race
At least four candidates have en
tered or been entered in the race for
the post of state commissioner of
the World War' Veterans' Loan Fund,
now held by Col. oJhn Hall Manning,
who has been recommended and is
expected to be appointed assistant
district attorney for the eastern
North Carolina district. J. O. Carr,
Wilmington, has been recommended
for district attorney and B. M.
Stringfield, Fayetteville, for the oth
er post of assistant.
JoJhn M. Stedman, Raleigh, for-
imer state treasurer and more re
Icently head for a year of the Region
al Agricultural Credit Corporation of
Raleigh; Frank D. Christ, for eiuht
I years state commissioner of labor
land printing and candidate last year
. for nomination to the U. S. Senate,
lately with a newspaper owned by
' relatives in York, S. C, and William
B.. Grimes, Raleigh,
entered candidates.
are the three
Cant. Tom C.
The News regrets that in writing Daniels. New Bern, state commander
an account Ot tne deatn or Mr. VV. nf th American L??ion. has bpen
MR.
GERKIN BURIED
AT PINETOWN
Kings accepted the conditions of the Norfolk Southern, the leasing road. , chandise passing through the port of L. Oglesby last week that some mis- entered bv his friends but has hir :-
will, and it is said that they have However the Oovrenor withheld- Norfolk, and it was obvious that takes, were made. The information
SUNDAY taken excellent care of Mr. Marshall decision o nan invitation to head a most of it originated in this State. 1 furnished us was not verv clear on
self endorsed another candidate.
The post is filled by the advisory
and the Marshall farm and farm- delegation to Washington to present A port at Lookout would avoid thea number of points, and we did not ' commission of the loan fund, com
The death of Mr. Cecil Gerkins stead during the past fifteen months, the matter to federal authorities, ., dangers of Hatteras and would be 'have time to investigate them.
We
following a rather short illness oc-. Mr. Marshall, who was knkown to j pending a further study fo the sit-! nearer to many ports of the world, regret, mistakes of this kind and
curred at Potter hospital last Sat- his many friends as "Vernon," was uation, particularly the legal status j and nearer to many important cities they would not occur or seldom oc
urday afternr m. The body was re- the son of John and Mary F. Dudley of the contract between the btatejof this country." cur if those responsible for giving
moved to I s home on Orange Marshall. arid the Norfolk Southern, now in I The delegation calling upon the lthe information would give it fully
street, where a short service was, Funeral services were conducted the hands of receivers. Governor yesterday included Thorn-land correctly.
held Sunday by the Reverend J. P. from the late home Friday afternoon I Lut while the Governor will prob-as D. Warren, Emmett Whitehurst
Harris, and the remains were then at 2 o'clock by the Rev. C. B. Cul-'ably confer with other officials be-, and William Dunn, of New Bern;
taken to Pir.ctown for interment, i breth, pastor of the Ann Street M. fore reaching any definite decision, John G. Dawson and Osborne Har-
Members of the Carteret Post 99 of
the American Legion acted as pall
bearers and accompanied the body
to Pinetown.
Mr. Gerkin leaves a host of
friends.
He was a native of Pinetown and
was just 37 years of age.
Advertise it or you may hav3
to keep it.
E. church. The Methodist choir was he yesterday expressed himself as , ns, of Kinston, and Dr. C. S. Max
in attendance. A large crowd of 'definitely interested in the project well, of Beaufort,
friends and relatives were present to build a causeway from Beaufort ; Pert development for the State
for the last rites, and many beauti-;to Harbor's Island, a distance of was ardently supported by Gov.
ful floral designs wore sent. Inter-1 iffht miles, at an estimated cost of i Cameron Morrison, and was defeat
ment was in the Fulcher cemetery on,?000.000- Railroad facilities over ed at the polls in 1924 at the close
North River oRad. jine causeway would cost between of his administration. His project Saturday, December 30, a daughter, ' trict attorney
I , . uu oui,uuu mure, anu amerea irom inat now Deing con-
Congress has alreaiy made avail-. sidered in that he proposed many
int. BtAutwi n.wa - abi more than 1,000,000 for the ports instead of concentration on Lynch, of Smyrna
ai.au a imk. improTemnt or L,ooitout Harbor, on
posed, ex-officio, by Secretary of
State Stacey W. Wade; State Treas
urer Charles M. Johnson, Attorney
General D. G. Brummitt, Commis
sioner of Agriculture William A.
Graham and Commissioner of Labor
We wish to state that the late j a. L. Fletcher. The fund is loaned
Mr. Oglesby was not married. t0 World War veterans to assist
The card of thanks should have them in financing building and pur
been signed by the brothers and sis-; jhase of homes
ters oi the deceased. Colonel Manning has been com-
I missioner since the fund was creat-
B1RTHS !ed by the General Assembly and will
Born to Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Rus-;nct resign, of course, until his ap
pell, of Beaufort, at Potter hospital, ' nointment is maHo as Hi.
Then tha rjlace will
Nancy Duffy. be filled. Observers think that Mr.
Born to Mr. .and Mrs. Harry i Stadman has the inside track now
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and eR&u fort., and monv on V n. - - nu.
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