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VOLUME XXIII
eight paces this week THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1934
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NUMBER 35
SEA LEVEL FOLKS
GET INTO COURT
Accusing Boy of Stealing Wa
termelon The Cause of
Two Fight
W. A. Mace Real Estate
Was Sold Here Monday
The biggest deal in real estate that
has occurred in Carteret county per
haps in several years took place
Monday when property belonging to
the estate of the late W. A. Mace
was sold under legal proceedings at
A weter melon r.tch seemed to be the courthouse door. There were
the primary cause of a row that eight sales of property that belong
caused two fights and brought a loted to Mr. Mace and also the land,
of Sea Level folks to the Recorder's buildings and equipment of the Tay
Couf here Tuesday. The case, or j or's Creek Fish Scrap and Oil Corn
rather eases for there were two, had j pany in which he held a large inter
im un in court a week before but jest. The prices obtained for all of
were continued to the 28th.
The first of thetwo cases tried was
that of Calvin Taylor, middle aged
man, who was charge! with an assault
upon a young man named Hallet
Ward Styron. The trouble took place
at a saw mill not far from Sea Lev
el. According to the testimony
young Styron came to the saw mm
on a truck and Taylor went up to
him and asked him who started the
report that his son Julius had stolen
some water melons out of the patch
of Joe Lewis, grandfather of Hallet
Ward. They had some words about
the matter and Taylor said Hallet
kicked him in the stomach and that
he thereupon hit the young man on
the side of his head near his eye.
Taylor also said Hallett attempted to
pick up a knife which was in the
truck. Hallet denied kicking Taylor
and also said he had no knife. Julius
Taylor told about the same tale as
his father. Woodrow Tosto, Roland
Willis and John Elliott testified that
they saw Taylor strike Stryon. Mar
van Willis and Ewell Taylor heard the
argument about the watermelon and
also saw the scuffle. Attorney E. Wal
ter Hill argued that Taylor acted in
self defense and that he should be
acquitted. Solicitor Davis contended
that Taylor did not have sufficient
provocation and that he was guilty.
Judge Webb took this view of the af
fair also and found Taylor guilty of
an assault. Prayer for judgment was
continued and Taylor was required to
pay the costs.
A second trial which was an out
come of the Taylor-Styron fight was
then taken up. In this instance John
Stvron, W. H. Styron, Ewell Talor,
Luther Fulcher and Mrs. Marietta
Styron were charged with an assault
upon Calvin Taylor. After hearing
the evidence Judge Webb dismissed
the case as far as all the defendants
were concerned except John Styron.
He was convicted of an assault and
as in the other case prayer for judg
ment was continued on payment of
the costs. Testimony in this case
given by J. E. Gillikin and Marvin
Willis was that a car with the five
defendants in it came to thes aw mill
and that John Styron tried to pull
Taylor out of his truck which in fact
Styron admitted.
The case of Hanson Peterson,
charged with an assault upon Justice
of the Peace H. W. Noe, both of
Beaufort and which was heard a week
before, came up for final settlement.
Attorney E. Walter Hill appearin
this realty looked cheap when com
pared with what it would have
brought five or six years ago. The
prices of any of the property may be
raised within ten days by any one
who cares to do so. Attorney J. F.
Duncan conducted the sale.
The first sale was that of the store
house and lot on Front street now
occupied by the Carteret Hardware
Company. This was bid in by W. V.
B. Potter, trustee for $8800.00. A 37
DEMOCRT'S
PARTY OFFICIALS
Winbome Reelected Chairman;
Miss Cobb Made National
Committeewoman
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
Raleigh, Aug. 28 Miss Beatrice
Cobb, publisher of the Morganton
iN'ews-Herald, was nominated as na
tional committeewoman to succeed
Mrs. Palmer Jerman, resigned, and
Mrs. C. W. Tillett, Jr., Charlotte,
was elected vice-chairman of the
State Democratic Execuitve Commit
tee, both in hotly contested fights, at
the meeting of the committee in Ral
eigh Monday night.
J. Wallace Winbome, Marion, as
expected, was again elected State
chairman without opposition. In turn,
he will name the secretary within the
next few days, probably Thad Eure,
or Norman Shepherd. Mrs. Tillett,
now chairman of President Roose
velt reporetr system in the State
-.OFF THE BAT:
By A. R. RICE
'Prentiss Longest Is
Still In Hospital
foot lot across the street next to thejsucceeds Mrg Thomas Q'Berry, who1,
Noe Hardware Companys place of
business was sold for $3175 to W. V.
B. Potter, trustee. A lot on Front
street 81 by 330 feet, next to the
C. P. Dey residence and the water
lots in front of it brought $2650 and
was bid in by W. V. B. Potter. The
house at the corner of Ann and Pol
lock streets, 198 feet on Ann and
110 on Pollock, was sold to J. H.
Neal, trustee for $250. One half in
terest in 30 acres in Straits town
ship went to W. V. B. Potter, trus
tee, for $100. One half of 80 acres
on Core Banks near Drum Inlet was
sold for $10 to W. V. B. Potter,
trustee. One fourth interest in trust
in Highland was sold to J. H. Neal
trustee for $200.
The Taylor's Creek Fish Scrap and
Oil Company property 25 acres of
land was sold for $5000 to W. V. B.
Potter, trustee. In addition to the
purchase price there are taxes of
$3133.24 which the purchaser of this
property will have to ake care of.
In one of the moat erratic ball
games the writer has ever witnessed,,
Beaufort won from Morehead City
Sunday 9 to 7. Morehead made 12
errors and Beaufort 8 in this come
dy of thed iamond that saw just a
bout everything happen. "Snoozy"
Morris was again was the big show,
his four hits coming at opportune
moments, the greatest blow being a
three bagger in the 7th with two
aboard that decided the issue. In the
meantime he was fanning 14.
Arguments and near fist cuffs threat
ened to break up the game at vari
ous intervals, but the affair was final
ly run off.
Each team collected 10 safeties
and aside from Morris, Wilis, the lo
cal catcher, hit three and Ralph Has
sell a double that sent two men a
cross the plate. Pake and Freeman got
two each to lead the invaders.
1 I. riovia o-.irt 17 Davis formed the
like Mrs. Jerman, did not stand for
re-election because of her fedreal no-.losing battery,
sition as head of the State ERA. C Coach Potter got in the game as
Three ballots were required in the an outfielder during the latter stag-
national committeewoman contest es of the affair after benig out since
before a nomination was made (the j early in the season due to the loss of
national committee itself actually a fingernail.
elects). Contesting with Miss Cobb Wednesday Oriental fell, under the
were Miss Mary Henderson, Salis- four hit pitching of Lelty Lara
Many people in Beaufort and else
where were shocked last Friday night
to learn of an accident that cost
Prentiss Longest, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Longest of Beaufort, his left
arm. The accident happened about
five miles on the other side of Fort
Barnwell in Craven county.
The car which the young man was
driving was struck by the trailer of
a truck travelling in the opposite di
rection from the Longest car. He
was driving with his arm resting on
the window and it was so badly crush
ed that when he was taken to the hos
pital in New Bern physicians found it
necessary to amputate it at once. He
is still in the hospital and reports are
that he is recovering from the effects
of the accident and the operation. In
the ear with Longest at thetime were
Jim Hassell and Leaton Dudley of
Beaufort. They were not seriously in
jured but the car in which the young
men were riding was very badly dam
aged.
A singular coincidence about the
Longest accident is that on the same
day Arthur King of Wallace lost an
arm in pretty much the same way
and was taken to the same hospital.
fl'JXILY REUNION
HELD LAST WEEK
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ful
cher of Atlantic at Morehead City
Hospital August 28th a son.
Corn to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Arthur,
of Bettie, August 26th, a son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
Russell of Harkers Island August 17,
a son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Brinson Lew
is of Otway, August 21st, a son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sadler
of Harkers Island at Potters Emer
gency Hospital, August 20, a daugh
ter. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ful
cher of Marshallberg, August 25th.,
a daughter.
bury and Chapel Hill; Mrs. Marshall
Williams, Faison, and Mrs. E. L. Me
Kee, Sylvia. Miss Henderson had her
name withdrawn after two ballots.
Mrs. McKee received five votes in the
first ballot. The vote by ballots: fol
lows: 1st. ballot: Cobb 51, Williams
39, Henderson 36, McKee 5; second
ballot: Cobb 54, Williams 39, Hender
son 31! 3rd ballot, Cobb 68. Williams
58. Mrs. Williams moved that it be
made unanimous.
Mrs. Tillett was opposed by Miss
Ethel Parker, Gatesville for vice
chairman, in a close contest which
resulted in Mrs. Tillett's election: .by
a vote of 69 to 60 for Miss Parker.
Chairman Makes Report - ?
Chairman Winbome reported con-j
tinuous activity of his office for'Two
years, with a part-time stenographer
during the period. He reported a bal
ance in the treasury of $111.65 af
ter buying furniture for permanent
use. Mrs. O'Berry reported complete
organization in 60 counties, partial
TRUCK OVERTURNS AND
INJURES TWO MEN
KINSTON. Aug. 29 W. W. Butts
and A. E. Waters, of Pelletier, N. C,
vevj treated for injuries not serious,
for the defense argued that no as-1 j'jr.da-- rft?r a truck on which they
sault was committed although some'y.pvg cvevtwned several miles
threatening was done. Judge Webb 'vr.. vcve the Kinston-Trenton
said that he did not approve of Mr. h:!-.v.'Ty. Ev.tt, drivin?, said the ma
Peterson's conduct but that he did!ri,jy,n r y'.t of control and ran off
not think him guilty of an assault. 'v. ,.nr.i -j.vo companions of the
The trouble grew ov.t of the fact
that Justice Noe had tried a son of
Mr. Peterson several wo l:s ago and
convicted him of a misdei.. -nor. The
case was dismissed.
The case against Joe Eroome
charging him with trespass at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gibble,
who lives near Morehead Bluffs, wa3
MANY LAW APPLICANTS
FAIL TO PASS EXAMS.
well and the six bunched blows by
Beaufort in the eighth that netted
the total of eight runs. A string of
goose eggs was all that Oriental could
account for. In this hectic eigntn
Ray Hassell, Rice, Longest, G. Has
sell, C. Hassell, Ralph Hassell and
Potter hit safely and Ray Hassell up
for the second time got another safe
ty.
Beaufort s total base knocks were
eight off Paul. Cardwell fanned ten
men. So far the locals have won 22
and lost 10.
Morehead City plays here Sunday.
Coach Potter announces that his
High School football squad starts
itsp ractice next Wednesday and any
one wishing to come out and take
early calisthenics with his boys is
.urged to do so.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Atlantic Beach and Bridge Co., to
K. W. Cobb et al 2 lots Atlantic
Beach, for $380.
ArlaY-iii RoqVi an A R i 5 rl a- o Pn tr
organization in 33 and noorganiza- p L Eubanks 2 ,otg Atlanic B?achj
uon in seven luuuucs,
Raleigh, Aug. 28 Only 46 of the
109 applicants to take the examina
tions given last week by the N. C.
State Bar's examining board passed
the tests and will be issued licenses
to practice law. Those passing are 42
per cent of the total, and last Jan-
uary only 45 per cent of those ex
amined were licensed. The last exam
ination given by the N. C. Supreme
Court wa3 in August, last yera, when
60 per cent were licensed. The ex
amination was divided into four parts
and lasted two days for the first
time. Four groups of questions were
given, one each morning and after
noon of the two days. Four negro
applicants failed. Three of the four
women applicants passed the exami
nation. They are Miss Hazel Arlene
Moore, Asheville; Miss Ora Lee Smith,
Albemarle, and Miss Bessie Jane
Tucker, Charlotte. The new board is
apparently tightening up to let only
the best into the profession.
Venerable Mother And Five
Sons And Children Were
Present
A reunion of the sons and grand
children of the late John T. B. Noe
and his widow Mrs. Susan Stanton
Noe was held here last week. In
recent years these reunions have be
come an annual event. A new fea
ture this year was a birthday party
in honor of Captain John E. Noe on
the 24th. On Sunday morning the
Very Reverend Israel Noe, Dean of
St. Mary's Cathedral preached the
sermon at St. Paul's church to a large
and interested congregation.
Four of the son3 of John T. B. and
Susan Stanton Noe entered the Epis
copal ministry and are active and
successful in various field of the
church. Thomas Pasteur the oldest
unanuo 911 JO 83JBUD ut SI 39 MOll
Home orphanage, York, S. C, Alex
C. D. is rector of St. James Church,
Ayden; W. R. is executive secretary
of the Diocese of East Carolina, and
lives at Wilmington; Israel is Dean
of St. Mary's Cathedral, Memphis,
Tenn. and John is engaged in the
fishing industry at Beaufort. The
mother Mrs. Susan Stanton Noe is
living and very active at the age of
83 and she with the boys and their
families makes the yearly pilgrimage
to the old home.
A feature of the celebration was a
picnic dinner at Atlantic Beach and a
motor boat ride with Rev. A. H.
Marshall in the afternoon.
There were several children in this
unusual family who reached maturi
ty. Florida, the only girl, who mar
ried L. C. Tripp of Washington died
fourteen years ago, leaving one
daughter, Madeline Tripp of Scotland
Neck. Edward who married Jessie
Pridgen, of Wilmington, died four
years ago, leaving no children. The
other members of the group have
fair sized families and with children,
grandchildren and great grandchil
dren. Mrs. Noe has a large group
with her each year for the meeting.
this State
tying with three others for second
place in the nation, Kansas leading.
All but four of the districts gave
equal representation to women on
the committee, which is now 10 short,
she said.
Governor Ehringhaus, invited in to
speak, promised continued frugal,
for $1140.
Town of Morehead City to D. P.
Matthews, 1 cemetery lot, Morehead
City, for $15.
Bogue Development Corp to Char
ity C Bradham, 1 lot Morehead City,
for $100.
Town of Morehead City, to Mrs.
J. K. Broome, 1 lot Morehead City,
PUTTING FINISHING TOUCHES
ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
Raleigh, Aug 29 Finishing touch
es are about to be put, finally, on
improvements on Capitol Square,
done by CWA and ERA workers, af
ter several delays. Only a little lev
eling and sodding remains, closing the
mouth of a heat tunnel at the build
ing at the central heating plant, and
removing the remaining debris. Peb
ble-concrete walks, red brick drive-
r.-.rn, v.r.o -revs en route to tne to
br?:o v-vkct here rom Pelletier, es-.r-;-e.l
injury. -
HIGHWAY CHAIRMAN
IS DANGEROUSLY SK
Greensboro, Aug. 29 Following a
further diagnosis of the case this
dismissed after hearing the evidence m0rnine it was decided by physicians
in the case. Broome was accused by to remove Edwin B. Jeffress, state
the Gibbles of entering their house highway commission chairman, from
against their wishes and of using the local hospital to the Memorial
profanity and abusive language hospital at Richmond, Va., for further
iBroome said he went there looking study, and, should the case justify,
for his wife and that he did not tres- an operation.
pass or do any cursing. He was sup- Dr. C. C. Coleman, of Richmond,
ported in his statement by a Mr. Wil-jVa., was called into consultation with
sona friend of his. It developed that nrg. Ralph and Rigdon Dees, attend-
honest and efficient State government, lfr
win continued euorts in uenau in. ah t v. j t:j n. .
the farmers and continued coopera-p ,e x , k Beach way. memorial hall, ance plaza and
tion with and following of President f .n-p other improvements add much to the
nooseveii in ms gieau recuveiy yiv
gram, "He is my chief and I'll fol
low him," he said.
Broome and his wife are not on
very good terms.
The case against George W. Weeks
ing physician to Mr. Jeffress, last
night. This morning an incision was
made in the patients head for diag-
CITY POLICE COURT NEWS
The only charge against defen
dants tried in City Police Court Mon
day night was that of drunkenness.
Six were tried on that charge and
they were as follows:
Ellis Baxter, colored, drunkenness
guilty and 30 days on thes treets.
Sam Farlow, drunkenness, got five
days as it was his first offense. He
has the privilege of paying $5.00 in
stead of serving th? time.
Floyd Johnson, drunkenness first
offense, $2.50 or five days.
Alvin Congleton, drunkenness, sen
tence of 30 days.
Walter Willis, drunkenness, first
offense, $2.50 or five days.
Atlantic Beach and Bridge Co., to
Pasquale Gallo, 1 lot Atlantic Beach,
for $350.
Atlantic Beach and Bridge Co., to
Pasquale Gallo, 1 lot Atlantic Beach,
for $350.
Atlantic Beach and . Bridge Co., to
James L. McNair, 2 lots Atlantic
Beach for $1425.
David Jones and wife to Hettie
Ann Jones, 3 acres traits Township,
!for .
MARRIAGE LICENSES
James E. Antle;:, Morehead Ctiy
and Esther Belle Pringle, Newport.
Joseph Piner, Will iston, and Ethel
Willis, Williston.
Augustus Williams and Nancy L.
Pigctt, Morehead City.
Griffin L. Swindell and Rosa Lee
Cutrell, Fairfield, N. C.
FEDERAL EXPENDITURE FOR HARBOR
JUSTIFIED HERE CITIZENS THINK
beauty. The Vance plaza contains two
spraying fountains over huge stone
bowls. It is the beauty spot. The work
was started six years ago by Governor
A. W. McLean, held up because of
the depression, and now about finished.
ANOTHER MULLET RUN IS
IN PROGRESS TODAY
The second good run of mullets
that has occurred this month is in
progress today. The weather turned
cool Tuesday night and was still cool
er Wednesday night. This started the
fish towards the ocean. Both the large
and smal boats are out today and
some have already brought in their
catches.
The News was not able to get com
plete information as to the catches
made today but understands that the
total will probably run to 100,000
puonds. Captain Brodie Willis
brought in 25,000 pounds aboard the
Kingfisher and Captain Roy Goodwin
made a catch of about 20,000 pounds
with the Sickle. The other boats are
reported to have done very well.
SWARM OF HORNETS
STING MAN TO DEATH
Cleveland County farmers report
an excellent cotton crop. Dry weath
er in some parts of the county will
cut the yield but on the whole, this
eason has been favorable.
Beaufort citizens who are interest- ments suggested and desired by some
charging abandonment of his wife n0stic purposes and to relieve pres-'ed in proposed harbor improvements of those who are interested in the
and children was continued to Sep- sure. Following that examination lt.here and the development oi me w maner
tember 11th. The case against Luce was decided to remove Mr. Jeffress
Johnson, Beaufort colored man was , to Richmond
continued to next Tuesday. He is m
dieted on tha charge of driving a
car while dr-nk.
EXCELLENT DRUM FISHING
On last Saturday Messrs. M. A.
Edwards, of Richmond, Va., and B.
E. Windley and C. L. Hornaday made
a very successful fishing trip tj
Drum Inlet on the the boat "It" un
der Capt. Jno. Level, of Atlantic. The
fishermen landed thirty-five large
Ho will he taken bv airplane and
s expected to leave the local alrfo! thing are really good. It is a fact that
within a few minutes. It will require I a large fishing industry is centered
an hour and a half to make the flight hereand that large shipments of farm
as a port feel, as a result of the re-j First. Raise breakwater to five
cent conference with U. S. 'Senator feet above high water to prevent
Tjoiir thof nrnanpnt of doing some sand from washing into Beaufort
TAMPA, Fla. Aug. 27 Death was
the goal sought by Ramon Perez find
he attined it by sitting nude in the
midst of a swarm of hornets.
The poisonous sting of hundreds
of buzzing hornets proved fatal to
Perez, 34 years old and a cipar maker
without work, last night after hours
of intense agony. His body in some
places was swollen to more than tlice
normal size by the stings.
Perez first attempted to kill himself
relatives said, by jumping into the
Hillsborough river. He remained in
the water just a few minutes and
then swam out failing to attain his
goal by that method.
Later he left his home and went
to another adjoining lot which was
infested with hornets. There Perez
vamnvaA liia plnthincr. sat down in the
midst of the swarming insects nad
Ther are 25.000 barn owls in
England and Wales, according to es-imates.
to Richmond. Accompanying Mr. Jeff
ress is Mrs. Jeffress, a nurse and Dr.
Coleman.
produce and lumber by water are
... i i-
madef rom tnis port, in aaamun iu
this Beaufort's harbor is used rather
extensively in fall and spring by
ivachts going to and returning from
The vellow race dominates the
-world in numbers; the white race Florida. Boosters for the lmprove
'ranks second, the black, brown, and ' ments say that the use already of the
red races follow third, fourth and harbor, to say nothing of future pros-
drum, or channel bass in a short time fifth respectively. ,1'C'C-ts, justify the expenditure ot some
and during the latter part of the fish- Federal money here. Beaufort nas
ing, the fish were released as the j The musk deer has no antlers, but never gotten much money from the
fishermen already had more than they , a pair of sharp tusks make efficient Federal treasury for harbor improve
could carry. The fish averaged eight weapons. Musk, used in perfumes, is ments such as other coastal towns
or ten pound epch and were from found only in thes tomach gland of have done.
two to three feet in length. the males. The following are the improve-
channel.
Second. Remove the shoal south of
Beaufort channel and place the ma
terial behind Bird Shoal and on Town
Marsh.
Third Increase the depth from
twelve to twenty feet at low ebb tide
from Fort Macon channel to the
wharves at Beaufort.
Fourth. Increase the width of chan
nel in front of Beaufort for an anchor
TIDE TABLE
Information ak to the tidei
at Beaufort in 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.
refused all pleas to come back home.
MAYOR'S WIFE BLAMED
I N AUTOMOBILE MISHAP
Durham, Aug. 29 No warrants
has yet been issued by police for Mrs.
W. F. Carr, wife of the mayor, who
was identified last night as being the
driver of an automobile wrich collid
ed with another here anddr ove off
without rendering assistance or inves
tigating the accident
Friday, Aug. 31
12:39 a.
1:14 p.
m.
m.
1
Low lice
6:56 a. m.
7:58 p. m.
Saturday, Sept. 1
m.
When questioned last night, Mrs.
age basin for the fishing fleet of from iCarr said "it wasn't an accident," but
20 to 30 boats, and also yachts, and .that the other car rammed hers Jack
to allow sufficient width to turn thejErwin said he was driving when a
regular freight vessels now operat- woman, allegedly Mrs. Carr, suddenly
ing between Beaufort and Norfolk, drove away from a parking place on
Va.
( the curb and crashed into the side of i
his car.
1:34 a. m. 7:55 a.
2:21 p. m. 8:85 p.
Sunday, Sept. 2
2:44 a. m. 8:58 a.
3:37 p. m. 9:55 p. m.
Monday, Sept. 3
4:06 a. m. 9:55 a. m.
4:43 p. m. 10:49 p. m.
Tuesday, Sept. 4
5:09 a. m. 10:50 a. m.
5:33 p . . 11:06 p. m,
Wednesday, Sept. S
5:56 a. m. 11:39 a. m,
6:15 p. m. 11:42 p. m.
Thursday, Sept. 6
6:37 a. m. 12:24 a. m.
6:52 p. m. 12:30 p. m.