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VOLUME XXIV
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1935
PRICE 5c SI p E COPY
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NUMBER 10
"Red Light District" Cases
Are Scheduled For Airing
Before Judge M. V. Barnhill
March Terms of Superior Court Starts Monday; Criminal Cas
es Will be Aired First of Wieek and Civil Actions Schedul
ed to Start Thursday; Julia Nelson and Helen Finley Cas
es Will Probably Attract Attention
Morehead Bluffs 'red light district' j
will be in the limelight next week '
when Superior court convenes here,
unless cases against Julia Newman'
alias Julia Nelson and Helen Finley,
alias Ruth Hilbard are continued to;
another session for some reason or!
another. Both of these women are ;
charged with prostitution and assigna .
tion. .Both are the alleged operators
of bawdy houses, one of which is
"Blue Heaven," known far and wide
for its reputation.
Judge M. V. Barnhill,
FUNERAL SERVICES
ST. PAUL'S
AT
Beaufort residents paid homage to
their late esteemed editor, William
: Giles Mebane, Monday morning at
'10:30 o'clock. Funeral rites were
! conducted by Rev. Lawrence Fen-
1 .vick, rector of St. Paul's church.
Immediately behind the casket bear
'ing the body of Mr. Mebane into the
'church came his immediate family
Our Editor Dies
and then in a group the present and
pi. recent employees of the Beaufort
jwmjr I xt1. i- u: c :i nf n,rv-
Mount jurist who has had some fam-,'8- 10 ..y-...jr. cu
.... .!. j- vit! will nrPSidP,ane held always closest to him, his
.. . , n , i-i 'new
at the session ana ooncuor uave
Clark will do the prosecuting for the
State. Criminal cases will be aired
during the early part of the week,
with a number of civil actions sched
uled for Thursday and Friday.
It was Solicitor D. M. Clark who
raided "Blue Heaven" several months
ago, assisted by R. E. Chaplain,
Sheriff Chadwick and T. M. Thomas
Jr. This trial should be the head lin
er of the week as curiosity seekers
and patrons too are very interested
in what the outcome of the trial will
be.
Included in the list of criminal
cases that are on the docket facing
Judge M. V. Barnhill in superior
court convening here Monday are
the following: George R. Willis,
charged with false pretense; Henry
Godwin, charged with seduction; Will
Howland, charged with abandonment;
newspaper, The Beaut ort News.
The church choir sang the follow
ing hymns: Hark, Hark, My Soul, 0
Love That Will Not Let Me Go, Ten
Thousand Times Ten Thousand and
Mrs. John Brooks, sang a solo, "One
Sweetly Solemn Thought." These
songs rendered so beautifully by the
choir and soloist were favorites of
the late Mr. Mebane. Rev. Mr. Fen
wick rendered the Episcopal funeral
ritual and read the 14th Chapter of i
St. John. I
In respect for Mr. Mebane the;
Carteret Board of Commissioners j
postponed their regular meeting Mon-
; day morning until after the local ser-1
vices. The local office of FERA un-j
der direction of Mrs. Malcolm Lewis ,
also closed for the services. j
Pall bearers at the church services
were: Hugh Hill, J. P Betts, Carl
Gaskill, F. C. Salisbury, Dave Jones
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WTtfA He
To Se
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ton Will Continue
As Tax Collector Of
Car ?J County Two Years
'Kid" Hill of Newport Almost Got the Job, Getting Two of
Five Votes Cast at Executive Session of Board of Commis
sioners on Monday ; Motion Passed Appointing List Takers
For 1935 Tax Listing in Various Townships
BURIAL SERVICES IN RALEIGH
Reaching Raleigh about four
o'clock Monday afternoon, the tuner-
MOSTLY ROUTINE BUSINESS
Alvah Hamilton was reelected as
. tax collector for Carteret county by
' - 1 i r rw T . T J i. 1
M. P. Marshall, aiding and abetting ana i. m. inomas jr. lmmeamteiy
Aririnn Sontt. phnrired alter the services in ceauion tne
rl If,
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al procession following William Giles the Board of County Commissioners
sembled at the Church of the Good
Shepherd. From there the city pro
vided a police escort to Oakwoid
cemetery, where the Rev. Henry G.
Lane, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal
church in Richmond, conducted the
buirial rites assisted in prayer by
Rev. Mr. Fenwick, rector of St.
Paul's in Beaufort.
His body was placed in the family
plot of Mrs. M-ebane in Oakwood cemetery.
A special committee ot the iNortn
Carolina Press Association, composed
of John Park, publisher of the Ral
eigh Times, Capus Waynick, chair
man of the State Highway Commis-
aimr Representative Fred Sink of
Davidson and Jonathan Daniels, edi
tor of the News and Observer, rep
resented Mr. Mebane's fellow news
nanerment at the service.
Pall bearers at the services in Ral
eigh included: Aycock Brown, Wil
liam Hatsell, Earl Mades, and Edgar
Weaver of the Beaufort News staff,
F. C. Salisbury retired newspaper
man of Morehead City and Dave
Jones, long time friend of the late
Mr. Mebane.
funeral procession departed for Ral-
m conspiracy;
with larcenv: George W. Whaley,
charged with larceny; Hollister Las-'.eigh.
siter, carnal knowledge of a child
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COMMERCEGROUP
P. Marshall, assault with deadly
weapon; W. N. Kellum, worthless
check; Alfred Willis, trespass and
larceny of clams; Clyde Peterson,
nnpmtinp fltitn carelesslv and injury i w.eny Inree
to personal prop arty; Elsie Bryan,
violating prohibition law; Donald
Mason, petty larceny and Harry
Lynch, breaking and entering and a
bandonment. Clerk of Superior Court Lawrence
Hassell stated this week that several
in the above list would not face the
judge as they have either skipped
bond or failed to answer capias' issued.
W. G. MEBANE
Civil cases scheduled follow:
Thursday, March 14
Whitehurst vs Foreman.
30. Eyer vs Bryce Heirs.
37 Boggs vs W. J. Willis.
77 Mason vs Texas Co. (Def. pro
test).
78 Morehead City vs Turner.
107 Mansfield vs Wade, (Arthur.
108 Willis vs Mansfield.
Friday, March 15
124 Loftin vs Piner.
126 Dill vs Joslyn
127 Parham vs Arthu".
129 Ramsey vs Serpeh
134 Edwards vs Sca-'jro-Safrit
(Def. protest)
136 Ramsey vs Rollison.
138 Levies vs Humphrey (Def. pro
test). 142 Mason vs Singer Machine
143 Bunch vs Rountree.
Otis Willis vs Mills et al.
Saturday, March 16
MOTIONS
28 Bell vs Jones
32, McCausey vs Wiggins.
52 M. City vs Mace.
65 Lewis vs Chadwick.
70 Willis vs Houdiburg.
0 Hood, Comm. vs Taylor.
Otis Wilis vs Mills, et al
Hamilton, admr. vs. Phillips.
William Giles Mebane edtior-'and famince county which was later sold
publisher of The Beaufort New, for t$fbuthem Bell at a tremendous
the bast 19 vears died- at 1 :30 o'clock profit. Later he was engaged in the
I last Sunday morning in the Moreehad i mercantile business in Greensboro,
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City hosptial, following an umess oiiana men Decame assutw
several months. He was sixty two ! the Greensboro Industrial News, own
years old. ed at the time by Carl Duncan, a na
About January 1 he was admitted j live of Beaufort. While in Greensboro
to the hosptial in Morehead City for . he organized the Merchants and Man-
rluh. the first business
day; Another Meeting Sched ing whjch he went to sti Elizabeth's club in that city and which is still m
uled for Tonight (Thursday) ;in R;chmond, Va., for an operation. I existance. Later he moved to Con-
the Observer
I XveCuVcriJlg buuiuieuuy iui ciic nijy .tuiu u ' . v
iback home he returned to Morehead i
j City hospital on February 9, where
ihe continually grew weaker until,
his death Sunday morning.
At his bedside when death came
MAKES PROGRESS
New Members
Added at Meeting Last Fri
JOSEPH ROBINSON
PASSED SATURDAY
He Played Important Role in
Activities of Carteret And
His Homestead, Atlantic
Elsewhere in This Edition of
The Beaufort News is an Adver
tisement That Should Interest
Persons Having Rooms and Cot
tages for Rent. And the Service
if Free.
Leaving the newspaper field for a
vhile he traveled for the American
Tobacco company. But on a visit to
Beaufort in 1916, Cly.ie Morton, then
owner of the Beaufort News, sold out
were Mrs. Mebane, his two sisters, j tQ Mr jane. The News under his
Mrs. J. T. Donoho of Asheville and . edtiorsnip became one of the outstand
Mrs. E. S. Parker of Indianapolis weekly newspapers in North Car-
it . mootn.i,u ;n:ana ma niece, mib. MC n,; sreatlv respected ana
Old Topsail club rooms last Friday f Indianapolis and Mrs. Mebane s ,qnoted for its editorial policies. Thl3
evening 23 names were added to the sister. Miss Mary Robinson of Ral- Lewspaper while under his direction
list of 42 members who have already .eh- They sur?71 & S ne ' 'became a member of the N. C. P. A.
An active member of the Kepuou
can party, Mr. Mebane played his
politics in an upright and straghtfor
Membership in Beaufort's newly or
ganized Chamber of Commerce is;
joined bringing the total number inGiles Yancev Mebane
the organization to 65. New members
are coming in daily.
At the Friday night meeting bus-
Mr. Mebane was born on a planta
tion in Fayette county Tennessee,
August 8, 1873, the son of the late ' ward manner, always quick to see the
ines of a routine nature was discos-'William Graves Mebane, of North-: mistakes of his own party and never
ed of including the reading of minutes Hampton county and Mrs. Emma Caro- dealing in personalities,
and reports of special committees. ! line Mebane of Caswell county. Mr. Mebane served on Legislative
Several letters have reached the j When Mr. Mebane was 11, his father Committees from time to time and
Chamber of Commerce that have toadied. His father's death was due to ( until the past three or four years was
do with new industries, needed im- an illness contracted due to exposure a faithful attendant at the N. C. P. A.
provemer.ts and from prospective va- when a prisoner of war on Johnston's ; meetings in Chapel Hill each sum-
cationists. stjortsmen and such like. Island during the War oi tne wn- ffie:,
Dr. C. S. Maxwll is chairman of the federacy. He was an officer in the
new industries committee. ! Confederate army. At the death of
J. P. Betts is chairman of public his father Mr. Mebane moved to uas- ever given a Kepubiican in tne iniro
relations and publicity committee. jwell county, North Carolina, where District.
Seth Gibbs and Avcock Brown were he spent the remainder of his boy- He married on November 10, 1925
I appointed on a special publicity com-j hood on a farm in Caswell county liv-(to Miss Ruth Amelia Robinson, of
'mittee. iing with his grandfather Giles Meb- Raleigh, daughter of John Allen Rob-
New Members added to the Cham-ane. , jinson, of Caiteret county and Mrs.
ber of Commerce at the last meeting In 1887 he graduated with honors Emma Elizabeth Kness Robinson,
included: ifrom Bingham Military school, then formerly of Bethlehem, Pa. Giles
W. K. Hinnant, railroad; R. W. Sa- located at Mebane, under the direc-, Yancey seven year old son of Mr.
Funeral services for Joseph M.
Robinson, 62, were conducted Sun
day afternoon from the home in At
lantic. He died suddenly Saturday
from heart attack. Rev. C. A. Line
berger of the Missionary Baptist
church iu Atlantic officiated at the
services, assisted by members of the
Franklin Masonic Lodge, of which the
late Mr. Robinson was a brother.
Mr. Robinson was held in high es
teem by all who knew him, especially
by his neighbors in Atlantic. He al
ways showed an interest in Carteret
county and his home town. He had
served as county commissioner and
also on the local school board.
Surviving children are: Mrs. How
ard Nelson, Atlantic; Mrs. Hugh E.
Hardy, LaGrange, Mrs. E. G. Heath,
Cove City; Misses Vera and Eleanor
Robinson and Justin Robinson of At
lantic and Carlton Robinson of High
Point.
The large throng who attended the
funeral attested the high esteem in
which the deceased was held. Inter
ment was made in the Atlantic cemetery.
A candidate for Congress in 1928
and 1930 he polled the largest vote
Coverintf The
WATER FRONT
By AYCOCK BROWN
ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. Mebane was responsible for
me coming to the coast to live. Back
in 1928 when working on the Herald
as police reporter, I wrote a letter
to "the editor, Beaufort's Leading
Newspaper, Beaufort, N. C," I did
not know his name, nor the name of
frit, lumber manufacturer; Albert tion of the late Major Kobert cing- and Mrs. Mebane is a pupil at St. his paper, but he gave me the chance
Serpel, timber; C. G. Gaskill, feeds, ham. He was Captain of his class at Paul's school. 'to come down here and live and I
seeds and fertilizer: J. D. Rumley, Bangham and a member of the Alpha. Mr. Mebane was a descendant of have been on salt water ever since.
seeds and feed; Otis Moore, railroad; Tau Miga fraternity. In the same . the Graves, Yancey and Mebane fam
J. H. Potter Jr.. grocer: L. T. Mathis I class at the military school with Giles ilies who played an important part in
MnfM rfe- T.oslia P. Tlavis fishiMebane was ftODert
serve for a period of two years at a
salary of ?2,000 per annum. This was
the most important episode of the
Mommissioners' meet.
It was gossip on the streets prior
to the meeting that in addition to
Collector Hamilton there were two
other candidates out for the job. The
Board went into executive session for
the election of the colector. It is un
destood from county officials that of
the five present, three voted for re
election of Hamilton, two cast votes
for C. M. (Kid) Hill of Newport and
none were cast for Wilbur Willis of
Beaufort who was also said to be in
,the lineup for the office.
Upon motion it is ordered that the
folowing persons be appointed List
Takers for 1935 Tax Listing.
Townships
Straits Gerald Whitehurst.
'Smyrna and Wiliston Geo. W.
Davis.
Portsmouth Mrs. Abner Dixon.
Cedar Island T. L. Goodwin.
Hunting Quarter J. O. Mason.
Merrimon Hugh Salter.
Beaufort Mrs. Maude Chadwick
and W. G. Dudley.
Morehead City C. V. Webb.
Harlowe J. Raymond Ball.
Newport G. E. Sanderson.
White Oak W. F. Taylor.
Harkers Island Clayton Fulcher.
Marshalberg Earl Davis.
The Commissioners will request
S. H. and P. W. C to make improve
ments in certain roads of county.
.namely the Merrimon road, Merri
mon township, McCabe road from
Route 10 to E. W. Webb property,
Old Wildwood road, Ball road, Har
lowe, and West Beaufort road from
Quinn's Fisheries to James White
hurst's place '
Sheriff Chadwick's bond was ac
cepted and he will be re-imbursed
Minnie Hamilton will receive $5 from
Jones Company will supply County
home with food for month of March.
Commissioner Chadwick voted 'NO'
but four others yessed a motion and
it was ordered that R. P. Oglesby's
( J. W. Oglesby) taxes be adjusted
for 1931-32 on a basis 1933 valua
tion, and in settlement of said taxes
any surpluses shall be turned into
Collector on 1932 and prior taxes.
Fire policies will be renewed on
county buildings. Teachers, script will
be accepted for 1933 and prior taxes
conditioned upon 1934 taxes paid in
cash, same to be accepted subject to
approval of L. G. Commission. Coun
ty Audtior has been instructed to
proceed with copying tax abstracts.
The Steve Buck property in White
Oak townhsip will be listed for past
five years by County Audtior. The
county will pay 50 cents daily on the
hospitalization of Eddie Riggs now
at State Sanatorium.
Mrs Floyd Robinson, Mrs Tamer
Willis, Mrs. I. B. Wilis and Mrs.
James Golden be allowed $5 monthly
from the poor fund same to apply on
their taxes. Joe and Addie Lewis who
have been receiving $5 from poor
fund will now get $7.50 and Mrs.
Minnie Hamilton wil receive $5 from
this fund, half of which will be in
cash to her, and half to apply on her
taxes.
With the approval of the Local
Government commission, a contract
of Abrahams and Whitaker and Car
teret county will be accepted.
Carteret county will pay $25 month
i
ily for office rent in Morehead City.
He was a native of the up-state
Bingham, . the early history of North Carolina. , hilly country just like myself. We
dealer; J. W. Humphrey, dairy; Jas. 'present ambassador to Great Britain. He was the grandson of Alexander .had something in common about our
W howlvir an, r rfln,iwr. v i Kumley, hotel; D. M. Jones, Noe's j Finishing school he moved to ura-. Aieoane, wno was a member ot the choice for living on the coast. It is
J rZ Lri ;; 3 'Hardware; C. P. Tyler, meat market; ham where he worked with his uncle, Provincial Congress meeting in Phil- hard to explain in words something
w...... v.. u.v , r..ji-.. en: Pi.li Unit With in nsancmte he in- adelnhia after t.h Rpvnlntinnnrv okm. tv; n.v.ova
Beaufort subject to the approval ofl A"e K"e' Tflue y, ""s - - " " ,7" ,
th. at. .thp BmPJ.iwffl: station; J. D. Biggsand Clarence stalled the first telephone line in Al-
adelphia
War.
on May 7th.
Willian H. Potter,
Dr. L. W. Moore,
Richr- i D. Whitehurst,
A. T. Gardner,
Clarence Guthrie.
Beaufort, March 7, 1935.
Styron, Modern Shoe Repair; Jack1
IWindley, Signs; C. H. Pope, insur-! FIVE MEN SENTENCED
lance; Betts Bakery; William Hatsell, BY MAYOR TAYLOR MONDAY
jEarl Mades, Beaufort News. ;
' j A total of M0 davs was dished out
! BISHOP DARST WILL iby Mayor Bayard Taylor in Police
BE HERE ON SUNDAY 'cout Monday nit'ht. Each of the de
fendants were colored, and local corn
after the Revolutionary about this scheme of things down
h re that held us. I say it is hard to 1
explain, bat from the office window
v e get a view of Old Topsail inlet.
Maybe that is the answer. Many tOTARIANS TO HOLD
SETH PIPKINS NOW WITH
PRITCHARD AND HOLLOWAY
NEWS WILL CONTINUE
Mrs. Mebane stated today
that the Beaufort News will
continue to operate for an in
definite period under the pres
ent management.
Seth Pipkins who has
the repair department
been with
of Sound
BIRTHS
The Rt. Reverend Thomas C. Darst, liqUor played no unimportant role in ; Chevrolet company for some time
has gone to Pntchard and Hollow: y
where he will be manager in charge
of the repair department, according
D. D. Bishop of the Diocese of East petting them up before the Mayor
Carolina will be in Beaufort this, Willie Fulford, disorderly conduct
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Da-j week end. On Sunday morning con and drunkeness was given 30 days.
vis of Marshallberg, March 3rd, a firm four, preach and celebrate the George Johnson for being drunk and 'to an announcement elsewhere in this
daughter. iHoly Communion at 11 o'clock in St. fighting was given 20 days. Matt i newspaper this week. Mr. Pntchard
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Eudy, Paul's Episcopal church. 'Bailey for fighting got 10 day3. Pope says that he feels fortunate to ob-
of Morehead City, a son, March 2.' He will confirm three and preach in Johnson, drunk and disorderly was! tain the services of Pipkins who is Mrs. Wetherington of Peletier came
The infant has been named William St. Clement's colored mission r.t 3 given 30 days and Luke Johnson on a classed as an expert automobile me-.into the office today. She was telling Ayden, Beaufort, Morehead City and
Howard Eudy. 'o'clock Sunday afternoon. similar charge was given 20 -days. Jchanic. (Continued on page five) New Bern. '
taimes Mr. Mebane and I would be
sitting in the office talking about bus
iness and other things our conversa
tion would lag and we would catch
each f ther gazing out of the window
i towards Old Topsail and the Ocean
t,i.. t :
i-rjujiu. i yuaty i am gating uut ui
the window alone. But somewhere,
Someway I believe he is seeing the
view he loved so much, just as I see
it today.
INTER CITY MEETING
Rotarians of the five cities in thi.i
section will hold a group meeting on
Thursday night, March 21, at Kins
ton, as the second inter-city gather
ing of the kind this spring. The first
was held in New Bern some weeks a
go at the Gaston hotel, with a large
attendance.
The program is being arranged by
a Kinston committee, tach club m
the group will be asked to present a
stunt The five clubs are at Kinston,