flSE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES _? _
A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (E*Ublished 1936)
38th YEAR, NO. 78 TWENTY PAGES - MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1949 ~ PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRiDAYS
Carteret County Fair Will Open Monday Afternoon
Town Boards Okay Slum
Clearance Plans Under FHA
Beaufort and Morehead City gave the green light Tues
day afternoon to the East Carolina Regional Housing
authority to make application to the Federal Housing
Authority for slum clearance within the two city's
limits.
Both town boards approved the proposal presented to
Judge Suspends
1-Year Sentence
On Isaac Felton
Isaac Felton, Jr., driver of the
Pontiac involved in the accident
near Core Creek bridge Sunday
night was given a one year suspen
ded sentence by Judge Lambert
Morris in recorder's court Tuesday.
Felton was charge with speeding
in a 20 mile-perhour zone, care- ?
less and teckless driving resulting j
in an accident. He pleaded guilty, j
The judge ordered him to pay $70 !
and costs, $20 to go to the pros- 1
ecuting witness to cover damages I
sustained by the plaintiff.
A two-year sentence against Pres
ton Salter will not be executed pro- ,
vided he remain sober and on good
behavior for five years. Salter was
charged with assault and being
drunk and disorderly.
The majority of other cases dealt
with motor vehicle law violations.
Albert C. Cressotti and Willie
Fulford Lewis each pleaded guilty
to driving without licenses. Judg
ment was suspended in each case
upon payment of costs.
Fred J. Ernul pleaded guilty to
driving with improper lights. The
judge Suspended sentence upon pay
ment of costs. Costs and a $100
fine was meted out to Richard
Hardesty who pleaded guilty to
driving while intoxicated.
John Pittman, charged with driv
ing with improper equipment,
pleaded guilty. Judgment was sus
pended on payment of costs. To
the charge of driving without a
driver's license Marjorie Bentley
pleaded guilty and paid costs.
I-enzy Brawn and Robert E. Sac
chtulla, each charged with driving
without a license, pleaded guilty
and paid costs. The judge ordered
Roy Edward Bratcher to pay $10
and costs for driving at 65 miles
Iter hour.
The case of George King, charged
with fishing from a restricted area,
was not prosecuted. Ervin White
hurst pleaded guilty to drunken
ness and resisting arrest and paid
costs and $10. The case against
Jackie Rowe, charged with assault
ing a female was adjudged malic
ious prosecution and the prosecut
ing witness was ordered to pay half
the costs. George I. Wells, charg
ed with assault on a female with a
knife was deemed malicious pros
ecution and the plaintiffs paid half
the costs.
The ease against T. Y. Barbour,
charged with failing to comply with
a former court order, was dismiss
ed. The state decided not to prose
cute the case against G. C. Court
ney who was charged with trespass
ing.
following cases were contin
ued: Douglas Lawrence, Edward J
Easterwood, Theodore J. Lemaire
Shelton L. Schwartz, R. R. Liut
ermilch, Carl A. Pridgen, Charles
Fonvilie, Alex Curtiss, Frank Bur
ney.
Beaufort PTA Will NmI
At 8 O'clock Tnesday
The Beaufort PTA will meet at
8 o'clock Tuesday night at the
high school. The theme of the
meeting will be foundation of
family life and the speaker, Mrs.
Darden Eure, Morehead City,
will present as her address, "The
Peril Point."
To be announced at that meet
ing will be the project for rais
ing money in November.
Two Tankers Will Arrive
In Port Over Weekend
Two tankers are due at Port Ter
minal over the weekend. The Esso
Annapolis will arrive Saturday
from Baytown. Tex., Carrying gaso
line and the Esso Providence from
Aruba Is due Sunday carrying as
phalt and fuel oil.
The attack transport Arneb Jeft
port at 7 o'clock yesterday morning
after Marines disembarked, having j
come from maneuvers la northern !
them in special session by R. E.
Powell of the East Carolina reg
ional housing authority.
Under the proposal the federal
government would bring new hous
ing units in each town to replace
sub-standard dwellings. The fed
eral government will buy from
present owners the property where
the housing projects are to be
located. This ( property and
dwellings thereon will be exempt
from all taxes and persons living
in the homes will pay rent to the
government in accordance with
the amount they earn.
The units are for families with
low income. Persons earning
more than the maximum set
for the project will not be permit
ted to take up residence there.
Each town will receive a por
tion of the rent, this amount not
to exceed 10 per cent of the total
The town must also guarantee
cooperation in razing sub-stan
dard dwellings which the new
units are designed to replace.
Destroying the unsafe or insani
tary dwellings must be done with
iiv five years after the new dwell
ings are ready for occupancy.
The number of new units of
which a town is eligible is based
on 60 percent of the number of
sub-startdard dwellings as shown
by the 1940 census. Beaufort has
made application for 175 units
and Morehcad City 2(25.
It has not yet been determined
what proportion will be white and
what proporation will be colored
homes. It is believed the major
ity will be built for colored folks
since the greater number of sub
standard dwellings are in the col
ored district.
In case a person does not want
to sell his property or move out of
an unsafe or insanitary dwelling,
the government can condemn it
and pay the owner what tt local
appraising committee decides it's
worth.
This slum clearance project was
approved by Congress in 1941 for
cities of over 15,000 population.
The war interrupted' the program
and now the projects is finally
gettiru? around to smaller towns.
Ofncials of both Beaufort and
Morehead City expressed confi
dence in the project's getting un
der way in the near future. Mr.
Powell suggested that it may, if
approval is given quickly by the
FHA, be completed within the
next year.
JCs Sponsor Fire
Prevention Week
Ben Alford, chairman of the
Morehead City Jaycee fire preven
tion committee, has announced
that plans are almost complete for
observance of Fire Prevention
week which begins Sunday.
Literature oh the dangers of fire
will be circulated in town and
cards for placement in rooms and
rooming houses will warn guests
of the perils of smoking in bed
or leaving lighted cigarettes smol
dering in ash trays.
The fire department** hook and
ladder truck will be parked in
front of the City theatre each day
next week, and a one-minute short
will be shown after each feature
movie, setting forth the dangers
of fire. Sometime during the week
the fire department will also stage
a demonstration.
A total of $15 in. prizes will be
awarded to children in the pri
mary, grammar grade*, and high
school (both white and colored)
who turn in the best paper on how
they located fire hazards in their
homes and corrected the dangerous
situations. There will be a small
prize for each pupil turning in a
paper.
? Mayor George Dill, Fire Chief
Eldon Nelson, and Robert Low e,
manager of the Morehead City
Chamber of Comemrce, will speak
on behalf of fire prevention week
Monday morning over WMBL.
H?|i to B. hU
Then will be a state Duroc
sale at 1 o'clock Thursday after
noon at Kinaton. John Ogleaby,
Crab Point, and Richard Garner,
Newport, will take a Duroc Boar
to the sale.
Dave Driskill
Killed While .
Testing Copter
Famous Pilot oi Outer
Banks Meets Death at
Moorestown, N. J.
Dave Driskill, 52, well-known
pilot along the North C.rolnml
coast, was killed Monday while
flight testing a helicopter near |
Moorestown, N. J. ,
Driskill, chief pilot and general
manager of the Ocracoke Manteo
Transportation company, was one
of the nation's leading civilian
aircraft test pilots. He was test
ing a helicopter, the type of air
craft he helped to develop, when
it crashed and burned. I
Driskill, who helped design the I
plane at Kellctt Aircraft Corp.,
was dragged to his death when the
shrouds of his parachute caught in
the rotar blades of the Plan?'
The co pilot-mechanic parachut
ed clear of the craft and escaped
-with only slight injuries.
Driskill died instantly when his
body was hurled 30 feet after the
ci ash, still harnessed in the rtpp^l
parachute. Company ?"lc'*'8
Lid he apparently ordered Co
pilot Charles Dougherty, 30, Col
lingdale, Pa., to jump when the
craft went out of control, an
then tried to bring the plane down i
"when the craft reached a!
height of only WverM hundred
feet, Driskill, to*, jmrnftd. but the
rotors of the plunging plane
caught his chute, and dragged him
down, officials said.
I Authorities said the plane, a
new type known as the XH ,
had rotor propelling blades fron
and rear and was being developed
for the Air Force Driskill held
the first CAA civ.lian license to
operate a helicopter, and had been
rwith the Kellett Co. 10 years,
'"lulled "the r'ediscoverer of the
Carolina Banks because his trans
portation made new and quick ac
^,g to the Hatteras and Ocracoke
areas, Driskill began his p.oneer
flights to the Banks in !?'?
1 At that time he piloted what
he called the old biplane crate one
1 of World War 1 biplanes, flying
duck hunters and otherpersonsto
the Banks. He learned to pilot
these biplanes while heownedaj
?arafTp at Newport News ana
wehrc he met J.mmy Crane who^
flving fascinated him. On off
days he would asssit Cr?ne
his passenger service and after
some experimental,0" alono h
learned to fly the craft jus a- he
had seen Crane do it. In 1J2?.
received his license to operate and
he had his own pane. nd
was making occasional ?
the Outer Banks. He hadesUB
w 1931 he operated ^
mercial service in the Norlow
*Tn the earl, 30'., Driskill wJ
employed by G. AlbertLyouof
Detroit, co-owner of the Goose
| j?e DAVE OTU8KlLLP.lt Six
D. Jones Snows
Movie to Club
David Jones, Beaufort pharma
cist and Rotarian, showed' the
movie "Why I Selected Pharmacy
as a Profession" at the meeting
of Beaufort Rotary club Tuesday
pifeht at the Inlet inn.
The movie portrayed the close
relationship between the pharma
cist and the physician in the care
of the sick, the physician and
patient depending upon the phar
macist for a properly compound
ed prescription.
The president, Dr. N. Thomas
Ennett, reported that there are
in existence 6,877 Rotary clubs
with 330,000 members. Since July
1 there have been 46 new clubs
organised in 19 countries. y
Harry Whitehurst was accepted
| into .membership and B. J. May,
chairman of the community ser
vice committee, was appointed to
plan next week's program.
\
The Carteret county fair, first to be held since the early
1940's, will open at 2:30 Monday afternoon at the Legion
fairgrounds just north of the Lennoxville road, Beaufort.
White school children will be admitted free on Wednes
day and colored school children will be admitted free on
Friday. Gates will open at 2 p.m. those days. In case of
rain me irce scnooi nays will be
changed at the discretion of the
principals.
Exhibits should be entered Mon
day or Tuesday. Entry books
will close at 1 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. No exhibit can be
accepted later. Entries may be
removed from the grounds after
5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, i
R. Hugh Hill, chairman of the'
farm exhibits, urges all farmers
and their wives to submit entries, j
Without the farmer's cooperation,
the fair cannot be a success, he ;
declared.
Exhibits should be taken to the i
grounds and entry blanks will be
filled out there and the exhibits;
tagged and entered in the proper ,
classification.
Under the agriculture classifi-i
cation the following can be enter- j
ed : forage crops, soy beans, cow
peas, peanuts, corn, cotton, tob-j
acco, vegetables; under the horti
culture classification - fruits, j
nuts, potted plants, blooming:
plants, cut flowers, bulbs, tubers, .
gourds.
Culinary - canned fruits in 1
quart ?jars, canned vegetables, j
pint jars of jam, pint jars of fruit ,
butter, jelly in half pint contain-!
ers, quart jars of preserves, pick
les, relish, canned meat, home
cured meat, pantry supplies,
cakes..
Clothing and home furnishings
handwork, clothing, baby ap
parel.
Fine arts - paintings, crafts;
water products - seafood and fish,
school exhibits, exhibits by home
demonstratoin 'clubs and 4-H
clubs.
Premium books listing all the
entries are available now at the
Legion hut, Beaufort.
R & S Amusement co. provide
midway attractions, there will be
a free attraction each day at 4:30
ami ai.?ither at 0:45 at night..
Thc? will also be a f reworks d ?
play each night. ,
The fair is being sponsored by
Carteret post <J9, American Leg
ion.
Pupils Pay Visit
To NEWS-TIES
The first group to tour THE
NEWS-TIMES plant Tuesday after
noon during the first open house
of National Newspaper Week, was
a group of 36 boys and girls from
the W. S. King school, Morehead
City, accompanied by their teach
ers Mrs. S. R. McLendon and Mrs.
S. S. Bryant.
Two more open houses arc sched
uled for this week, from 1 to 5
this afternoon and from 9 until
noon tomorrow. This is the first
formal open house THE NEWS
TIMES has sponsored since it
moved frorti the Evans street loca
tion to the new building on Aren
dell street.
Each visitor will receive a sou
venir edition of THE NEWS
TIMES and another souvenir in ad
dition to a personally conducted
tour through all departments of the
newspaper.
Names of those who called on us
Tuesday afternoon are listed be
low:
Dave Hill, Beaufort
Bruce Goodwin, Morehead City
John Crump, Morehead City
Ben AlfoM. Morehead City
Lou Gore, Morehead City
F. C. Salisbury, Morehead City
Mrs. A. H. Joyner, Morehead City
Mrs. Adelaide Barrett, Greenville
Eliza Dudley, Morehead City
Iris Marbley, Morehead City
Elgie Gaines. Morehead City
Mary Hannah Marbley, Morehead
Mary Ann Sanders, Morehead City
Lydia Dudley, Morehead City
Elaine Dudley, Mbrehead City
Ruth Walker, Newport
Ann Bryant, Newport
Mrs. S. R. McLendon, Morehead
Bert Walker. Newport
Richard Tootle, Morehead City
David Holland, Morehead City
William Whit*, Morehead City
Bessie Brock, Newport
James Dunn, Morehead City
James Hester, Morehead City
William Becton, Morehead City
John Parmaley. Newport
Donald Bell, Mansfield
Serena Brock, Newport ?
Adolph Pridgett, Bogue
Carolyn Bell, Newport
Theodore Pearson, Morehead City
Warrren King, Morehead City
Robert Brown, Morehead City
George Collins, Morehead City
William Todod, Morehead City
Mrs. S. S. Bryant, Morehead City
John Bryant, Mansfield
Ernest Mattox. Jr., Morehead City
John Collins, Morehead City
William Hill, Morehead City
I
NLRB Says Shirt Factory
Most Permit Election
After viewing the evidence
presented in the National Labor
Relations board in the hearing
on the Morehead City Garment
company, the NLRB handed
down the decision Friday that
an election should be held at
the plant within 30 days to deter
mine whether or not the employ- I
ees wished to become affiliated
with Ihe CIO as their bargaining
agent with the management
John R. Sullivan, area direc
tor for the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers of America, CIO,
said yesterday, "I am confident
that the election will be held
within 10 days and I am confi
dent we will win".
Madix Creditors
To Meet Again
Friday, Oct. 14
! Creditors and stockholders of the
bankrupt Madix Asphalt Roofing
corporation, Morehead City, will
appear at 11 o'clock next Friday
: morning in the federal courtroom,
Kaleigh when the assets of the
; corporation will be distributed to
meet obligations in the following
order: cost of adminiitration, trust
I funds, specific liens, and priority
debts.
Creditors and stockholders will
i be given an opportunity to give
: cause why the salvageable assets
should not I*> meted out in that
| order, according to William H. Pot
ter, trustee. o
At ? bearing *27 the court
entered an order disallowing claims
of the employees of the Madix cor
poration for vacation pay. commis
sions and back salary and gave no
tice to Mr. Potter to have all em
ployees appear before the court
Oct 14.
These employees lncludc J. A.
Chalk, Georgia Pale. Stanley W.
Gillikin, Arthur N. Guthrie, Jacob
C. Lancaster, Jr.. James Parker
Moran, William H. Nichols. R. S.
Riddle. Howard L. Rivers, Glen W.
Rose, Joseph D. Rose, Jr., Walter
L. Sandy. Jefferson O. Weeks. Al
vin V. Willis. John W. Willis, Joyce
M. Willis and R. S. Riddle.
Creditor's proof of claim enter
ed in the reorganization proceed- 1
ings for Madix will be considered
as filed in the bankruptcy pro
ceeding, according to A. Hand
James, clerk of the U. S. District
court for the eastern district of
North Carolina.
Beaufort Board Appoints
New Harbor Commission
Newport Seeks
New Property
For Housing
Commissioners Complain
About Lights; Refuse
To Pay Tide Water Bill
Inability to secure what would
be considered a certified title on
one of the tracts of land Newport
hoped to exchange for part of Cro
atan Forest property caused New
port commissioners Tuesday night
to consider buying a tract near the
Pisgah national forest in the west
ern part of the state and exchange
it for part of the Croatan forest
here.
The federal government will
part with national forestry
land only if it is exchanged with
other land suitable to the govern
ment.
George Ball, town attorney, told .
the board that ownership of the
Curt Cannon tract can be traced
back only to 1907. less than 50
years. Title to the other tract, Ad
ams, is clear, however He said
that federal government may ac
cept the title on the Cannon tract
but advised them to consider other
possibilities.
The town was hoping to make the
exchange of land so that a veter
ans' housing cooperative at Cherry
Point could begin construction.
In regard to the newly-formed
Rural Fire Protection asaoeiation
the board agreed to let that group
make rules concerning the amount
?! money that should be charged
for taking the association's truck
to fight a fire at a non-member's
home.
Commissioner Ormsby Mann re
quested that the town buy a filing
cabinet for the fire department and
the board suggested that Leon
Mann. Jr., be requested to obtain
prices on several types and pre
sent them to the board for consid
eration.
The commissioners also request
ed the clerk. Miss Edith Lockey,
to inquire about the cost of get
ting the town's safe fixed and to
make inquiry or the. price for 100
town tags for 1050 and 15 firemen's
tags.
The commissioners ordered all
bills to be paid except two from
Tide Water Power company which
I hey consider to be "out of line".
They also complained about the
See NEWPORT SEEKS Page Six
Education Board Sets Nov. 7
For Bids on Negro School
The county board of education
will call for bids on the new col
ored school in Morehead City Mon
day, Nov. 7.
The building will be construc
ted on the block where carnivals
have stopped In the past. This
will be the area between Fisher
and Bay streets, 16th and 17th
streets. The town is making ar
rangements also to provide all oth
er property northward to the water
as space for playground.
This will be the second major
construction project undertaken by
the board of education in less than
she weeks. A contract has already
been let for building of the school
at Atlantic.
The W. S. King school has been
in a disreputable state for many
years and has long been on the
board of education's "plan for the
future" which has been stymied by
lack of funds and construction bot
tlenecks caused by the war.
The board of education met Mon
day afternoon for their regular
monthly session and at the request
of a delegation from Camp Glenn
agreed to give $3,700 toward the
building of a new lunchroom.
At present the lunchroom facil
ities consist of a tiny room for
cooking, part of the auditorium,
and part of the top of a fire es
cape for a dining ball.
Coat of building the proposed
24 by 69 foot lunchroom is estim
ated at $5,000 without equipment
The delegation said that they would
raise the $1,200 and equip the
lunchroom.
More than 150 chidren eat there
each school day. Comprising the
delegation from Camp Glenn were
Charles Price, president of the PTA
See EDUCATION Page Sis
PTA Sponsor Membership
Drive During October
Mrs. Ethan Davis, chairman of
the membership committee in the
! Parent-Teachers association, an
nounced that during the month of
October there will be a member
ship drive, and that each room ti)at
has 100 per cent membership-both
parents of each child inthe room,
a member of PTA-will receive two
dollars.
Parents may join at the regular
meeting of the PTA Monday, Oct
ober 10. or may send their dues,
fifty cents per parent, to the child's
teacher, or contact Mrs. Davis.
At the meeting Monday a new
system will be started to help eare
for the children while the parents
attend the PTA. There will be mov
ies shown in one of the class rooms
: admission ten cents. Parent* will '
find it cheaper than paying a baby
sitter and the children will be en- 1
tcrtained, Mrs. Davis pointed out. |
Extension Workers Will
Attend District Meeting
R. M. Williams, county agent,
A1 Stirtson, assistant county
agent,, and Mm. Carrie Gillikin,
home agent, will attend tha joint
meeting of, farm and home agent*
of the eastern district at little
Washington at 10:30 this morn
ing.
The morning program will b? in
charge of staff members of the
state extension office and farm
and home agents will take charge
of tha afternoon program.
Deciding that the incumbent har
bor commission for Beaufort is in
active and ineffective the Beau
fort town board in monthly ses
sion Monday night appointed a new
board consisting of Paul Jones,
chairman, Leslie Moore, and Gil
bert Potter.
They succeed Claud Wheatly,
chairman, Dr. Herbert F. Pryther
ch and W. H. Potter, the first har
bor commission to be appointed.
These three men were named last
year.
The board stated that the har
bor commission is expected to
make efforts to improve docking
facilities and promote other harbor
improvements.
To alleviate the insanitary con
dition in the business section of
town due to blowing refuse and
trash, the commissioners instruc
ted the mayor and the clerk to
purchase metal trash containers.
They also ordered that the ordin
ance pertaining to the placing of
trash or garbage in covered con
tainers be strictly enforced and re
quested that the street force spend
more time in cleaning the down
town district.
The board passed a no-parking
regulation for the east side of Live
Oak street from Front street to
Mulberry and granted W. L. Ar
rington permission to construct a
driveway adjoining the lot on
Broad street where he resides.
Upon being informed that per
sons other than firemen ride the
trucks to fires, the commissioners
ordered that only firemen be per
mitted on the vehicles because in
surance does not cover anyone not
a member of the fire department.
The mayor and clerk were in
structed to investigate the cost of
obtaining a new or rebuilt motor
for the town's street truck.
Nine Wills Filed
In Clerk's Office
Nine wills have been filed with
in the past several weeks in tjie
clerk of court's office. Beaufort,
the last one being that of W. W.
(Cooch) Chadwick, of Carteret
county.
Mr. Chadwick bequeathed one
tenth of his undivided interest in
the property known as Ravcnwood
plantation to his niece. Mary Ann
Chadwick. Ravenwood plantation
is located two miles from Pollocks
ville on the highway between Pol
lockjvillc and Wilmington.
All of the remainder of his pro
perty, and income has been desig
nated for his daughter, Ruby Caro
lyn Chadwick. This includes in
terest from Ravenwood plantation
plus his house trailer and furnish
ings. Executor of the will is James
H. Davis, Beaufort.
Kate S. Parks, of Carteret coun
ty, named the First Bank and Trust
company as executor a\id bequeath
ed 50 shares of Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph stock to Mrs. Frank
Staton, 90 shares to John M. Sta
ton, 50 shades to Virginia S. Pot
ter, 29 (hares each to Kate and
Frances Willis, 90 shares to Jesse
C. Staton, ami 90 shares to Dora
May Staton.
Willie B. Lawrence, of Carteret
county, named his wife, Marion,
as executrix and guardian of Wil
lie B. Lawrence, Jr. and bequeath
ed all his property to her.
James L. Lawrence, of Carteret
county, willed all his property to
his wife, R. Lee Lawrence. Walter
Davis, of Carteret county, named i
his wife, Lillie, executrix, and be- 1
queathed her his property, to be j
divided at her death among their
children.
Elbert M. Chadwick. of Carteret
county, left to his brother Harry
the Stanford and John (iasklll
tract and the U-acre tract adjoin
ing it, providing that his brother.
Harry, pay Mrs. E. M. Chadwick
$1,900 within 12 months from the
date of his death. Failure of his
brother to meet that requirement
would place the property in the
hands of Mrs. Chadwick, according
to the will.
To his brother Henry be left
four acres of land known as "The
Hammock," providing Henry pay
his wife (200 within 12 months
from the date of his death.
All of the remainder of his pro
perty was left to his wife, Lila,
who was also named executrix.
Other willa filed recently In
cluded those of Bettie E. Smith,
Wake county, Nancy B. Carr, Wil
son county, and Southgite Jones.
'Durham county.
Baxter Youth,
Held for Burglary,
Refuses to Talk
Boy Confesses Only To
Maerz Entry; Case Will
Go fo Grand Jury
Although Charles Baxter, 15
year old Negro youth, has con
fessed to entering the Maj F. L.
Maerz apartment, Beaufort, and
taking approximately $11 in cash,
he has not yet admitted entering
any of the other homes burglar
ized in Beaufort this summer.
Young Baxter is being held
without bond in the county jail
and faces a charge of breaking
mid entering.
He has been informed that the
fingerprints taken by State Bur
eau of Investigation agents at
three of the homes entered this
summer are identical with his, but
he refuses to speak to the authori
ties.
Baxter's fingerprints, according
to reports from Raleigh, are the
same as those obtained following
entry into the Register, Mussel
white, and Bellamah homes.
Chief Louis B. Willis said the
boy did nothing but cry for one
day. The remainder of the time
he sits without speaking in spite
of efforts made by the officers
to lead him into conversation.
Chief Willis said the boy's
mind has been steeped in crime.
His home is full of detective pulps,
crime books, and murder stories.
He was brought before the wel
fare superintendent for truancy
several weeks ago.
"Almost everything the boy
says since we've arrested him has
been a lie," declared the chief.
The Negro, Frank Bumey
( mi spelled as Bunncy in Friday's
NEWS-TIMES), who was picked
up last Thursday morning as an
accomplice with Baxter in the
Maerz robbery, is being held with
out bond on a charge of breaking
and entering.
Police authorities say, however,
that they do not believe he is in
volved. Burney, whose home is in
Florida, has been living with
Charles Johnson, North River.
Baxter's case will be presented
to the October grand jury. If a
true bill is returned, he will be
tried in the one-week term of
superior court which opens Oct.
17. Although he is a minor, hit
sentenced, should he be convict*
cd, can only be made less severe
through recommendation by the
court.
Burglary is a felony and can
carry with it a penalty of death
or life imprisonment.
In August at the Leonard
Register apartment, Queen street,
an intruder was frightneed off
before he was able to commit
theft, at the James Musselwhite
apartment, Craven street, $2:50
was taken, and at the V. T. Belle*
mah residence on Queen street,
more than $200 was stolen.
District Governor Pays
Visit to Mowport Club
H. M. (Ham) Marks, Wilming
ton. district governor of Rotary,
visited the Newport club Monday
night. He delivered an address
following dinner which was held
in the school lunchroom and alto
met with the board of directors.
R. L. Pruit. persident of the club,
reported that every member of the
club was present except one.
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW *
(Tides st Beaufort Bar)
Friday, Oct. 7
8:21 a.m.
8:23 p.m.
n. 1:50 a.m.
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Saturday, Oct I
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Maaday, Oct. II
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Tuesday, Oct. 11
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8:53 a.m.
8:54 p.m.
9:25 a m.
9:32 p.m.
9:53 a.m.
10:07 p.m.
10:28 a.m.
10:42 p.m.