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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE ? 504 ArandeU St. Morehead City Phone 6-4175 42nd YEAR, NO. 16. ET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 10c FULL PAGE COMICS TWO SECTIONS MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Havelock Plans ^corporation Referendum Commissioners Abandon Original Legislative t Chartering Measure The proposed incorporation of Havelock will be put to a vote sometime around the first of May, it was learned this week. After a public meeting early this month, leaders of the plan had pro posed that an incorporation bill be introduced in the General Assem bly for the town. At the public meeting the vote was 59 for incor poration and 40 against. Last week a delegation from the temporary board of commissioners of the town went to Raleigh to dis cuss the matter with various legis lators. Following this trip, it was announced that the proposal to in corporate by legislative act had been abandoned. In making the announcement, James L. Godwin and W. J. Wyope, among the commissioners who went to Raleigh, said that the election will be open to all eligible voters and adequate time wlil be given lb study the planned area to be in corporated and the tentative bud fcvl The town hopes to have the elec tion conducted by the Craven coun ty board of elections. Acting on the basis of informa tion obtained in Raleigh, the com mission is studying a possible re vision of the area to be incor porated and the necessary budget ^changes which would follow such a revision. While in Raleigh the commission members talked with representa tives of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, Craven county Representative Sam Whitehurst and Senator John D. Lark in. Other commissioners going to Raleigh were Irvin Beck and Roger Bell. At the public meeting, the pro posed bounds of incorporation were ? set from a point west of the Mc Millan and Wells Furniture com pany on highway 70 to a point east of the last street intersecting high way 70 cast. The north and south bounds were the. Atlantic and East Carolina railroad and the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air station. Considerable opposition was voiced at the meeting from proper ty owners living west of Slocum coeek. According to reports re ceived this week, the commission will probably propose that the in corporated area stop just east of the new Slocum Village housing project. Residential areas near the railroad may also be excluded. The commissioners are also dis , cussing the possibility of excluding ! the government - owned housing projects from the area- to be incor porated. Agitation for incorporating the community started last fall, and a public meeting was held in Decem ber at which time a study commit tee was appointed. The meeting at which the vote in favor of incor porating was taken was called to hear the report of this committee which presented a tentative budget and the proposed area to be incor porated. Wake Ford Alumni Meet Dr. L. W. Moore was Elected president, George McNeil, vice president, and R. B. Howard, secre tary and treasurer, last Thursday evening when the Carteret county alumni association of Wake Forest met at the Inlet inn. During the meeting, Mr. Eugene Olive, director of alumni activi ties of the college, and Dr. Paul Johnson, representing Bowman Gray school of medicine at Win *?ton-Salcm, told of the new build ing program being done in Win ston-Salem. where the college is to move within the next two years, and showed color slides of the new buildings. Wiley Lewis acted as master of ceremonies during the dinner which preceded the meeting. . This was the first meeting of the association, which voted to meet i twice a year in the future. ' . Present at the meeting were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Taylor, jr., Mr. and Mrs. George McNeil, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Potter, Mr. and Mrs. Odell Merrill. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis, M. Les lie Davis, jr., Charles Cheek, Dr. W. L. Rudder. Dr. and Mrs. Theo dore Salter. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. I -Shcppard. R. B. Howard. B. E. I Tarkington. Henry Hatsell, Charles Hill, Dr. and Mrs. L. W. Moore and I Mr. and Mrs. Justin Robinson. toarment Company Has Dance j The Morehead City Garment ?company had a dinner and square dance Saturday night at the USO building. Employes of the company uand invited guests attended the y. j "part Port Stavecloring Goes To Big Norfolk Firm The stevedoring firm of Steven son and Young of Norfolk, \a? will organize the unloading of cargo ships at the Morehead City port terminal, J. D. Holt, director of the port, announced last week. One of the largest stevedoring companies on the east coast, Mr. Holt said that the port was very fortunate to obtain their services. "We feel that with their help we < can step up the port's growth con siderably/' he said. The firm will move a consider able amount of equipment to the port to help unload certain cargoes and will furnish supervision for the actual unloading. "Local labor will be used as much as possible," Mr. Holt said. Pointing out that cargoes of cer tain fertilizer materials require clam buckets to unload, Mr. Holt commented that the only other way to handle such ships at the local port would be to send for steve- , dores and equipment from the port at Wilmington. The port is expect ing in the near future a freighter with .a cargo of potash to be dis charged at the local docks. A local of the stevedore's union will have to be organized among the port workers here, Mr. Holt said. Speaking to the Morehead City board of commissioners, Mr. Holt declared that the Stevenson and Young firm and its parent New York company had emerged from recent criminal investigations of waterfront rackets with "clean records." "In the light of recent publicity given to waterfront crime at some east coast ports," Mr. Holt told the commissioners, "I want you to know that this firm is 'clean as a hound's tooth.' The port here cer tainly has no desire to import a group of racketeers to unload ships." Mr. Holt assured the commis sioners that except for skilled su pervision, local labor would be used at the; port. He thanked the board for' uie services of J. V. Waters, city street engineer, who hac been helping the port recruit local labor j I for stevedoring crews. Carteret County Democrats Set Plans to Attend Party Banquet ^ Carteret Scouts Receive Awards The Carteret district of the Boy Scouts of America held a court of i honor Sunday night at the Frank lin Memorial Methodist church in Morehead City to award badges to 37 scouts. W. C. Carlton, district chairman of the advancement committee, pre sided over the meeting. Troop 101 at the church was host to the other troops in the district. The Rev. H. T. Payne, pastor of the church, pro nounced the invocation. Recognition was given to scouts in the Carteret district who have attained a higher rank by passing the more advanced tests in scout ing. Receiving recognition as Star scouts were Bobby Willis, Frank Potter and Horacc Swain, all front" Troop 51, Beaufort. Gordon C. Willis made the Star badge presen tation. Troop 51 also led in the number of scouts passing tests for merit badges. Merit badge awards were made to Bobby Willis, Frank Pot- 1 ter. Tommy Jones, L. C. Beveridgc, Charles Smith, Joe Chipman, David Chipman, and Horace Swain of Troop 51. Other scouts receiving merit badges were Darden J. Eure, jr., and Ethan S. Davis, III, of TYoop 130, Morehead City; and James E. Willis and Ted Phillips of Troop 101, Morehead City. Dr. Darden J. Eure presented the merit badges. First Class badge awards were made to Johnnie E. Ingram, Alton K. Willis, ami William E. Nelson of Harkers lsiand Troop 75. Also receiving their first class badges were Tommy Jones of Troop 51 and Frank Parker of Troop 101. Dr. Henry Kritzlcr made the first class badge presentation. Scouts passing from the tender foot ranks to second class were Daniel Willis, Gus Lancaster, Alex Copeland, and Ernest Carraway of Troop 51; Clem Willis, jr., Woodie Hancock, Miles Willis, Barry John son, and Danny Rose of Troop 75; Gordon Patrick and Eton Colburn of Troop 101; Gene Brooks, Henry Taylor, Barry Willis, and Carey Lewis of Troop 130; and Sammy Merrill of Troop 201. The second class badges were presented by Dr. Walter Chipman. The troop honor trophy for the best attendance at the court of honor was won by Troop 51 of Beaufort. Gerald Davis is scout master of the Troop 101 which was host to the court. Mr. Davis pro nounced the invocation. The court of honor was held fol lowing the Sunday night worship service of the Franklin Memorial Methodist church. Beaufort Folic* Report Five Weekend Arrests The Beaufort police department has reported five arrests over the weekend, three of them for public drunkenness and two others for motor vehicle violations. The five men will be tried today in Beau fort recorder's court. Preston Fulford of Harkers Island and William Fulcher, color ed, of Beaufort were released on $25 bond after they were arrested for public drunkenness. Walter Chadwick, colored, of Beaufort is in the county jail under a $50 bond on charges of public drunkenness and resisting arrest. Don Lewis of Harkers Island and Ronald Smtih of Beaufort were re leased on their own cognizance after they were arrested for traf fic violations. Mr. Lewis was ar rested for failing to stop at a stop sign and driving without a license. Mr. Smith is charged with careless and reckless driving. ' Ten Carteret county Democrats will attend the annual Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Raleigh on Saturday night, Irvin W. Davis, chairman of the party executive committee in Carteret county, an nounced this week. Featured speaker at the rally will be Senator Richard B. Russell, 54-year-old junior U. S. Senator from Georgia who was an unsuc cessful candidate for the Democrat ic presidential nomination last sum mer. The dinner is limited to 650 per sons. Each county has been alloted a certain number of places at the dinner. John D. Larkins, state sena tor and dinner chairman, has re ported that demand for extra res ervations is coming from a number of North Carolina countics. Attending the dinner from Car teret county will be C. G. Holland, sheriff; James D. Potter, county auditof; Mr. and Mrs. H. Earle Mobley. county representative in the Genesai .Assembly; Mr. and tajfrTJIayton ITtittHrr, sr.. of Ai lantic; Prentis Garner ef Newport, and Mr. Davis. Senator Russell, now in his twen ty-first year in Congress, describes himself as a Jeffersonian Demo crat. "A Jeffersonian Democrat is one who believes in states rights, honesty in government and the least degree of federal interference with the rights of individuals, Sen ator Russell says. The Georgia legislator has never been defeated in a primary or gen eral election since he began his political career in 1919, after grad uation in law from the University of Georgia and service in World War I. In that year, at the age of 22, he was elected county attorney of Barrow county, Georgia. In 1921 he was representative to the Georgia assembly, and in 1927 he became its speaker, serving in that capacity until he was inaug urated as Georgia's governor for the 1931-33 term. In 1932, he cam paigned for the U. S. Senate and has had only token opposition since that time. He was unopposed in 1948. Senator Russell has been recog nized for many years as one of the most influential senators in Wash ington. He heads the powerful Southern block of Democrats in the national Congress. Driver Killed As Car Hits Cement Post North Harlowe Resident . Dies Instantly; Passenger Unhurt in Wreck A North Harlowe Negro may have beeome Carteret county's fourth highway fatality of the year Sunday night when his car crashed I on the county line in Harlowe. Joseph Morris, 26. was killed in stantly when he missed a curve and struck a cement post believed to mark the boundary line between Carteret and Craven counties. He received a broken neck, broken arm and internal injuries. A pas senger in the car. Miss Earline Johnson, also of North Harlowe, was shaken up in the crash. Miss Jriu.son told Highway Pa trolman W H. Pickard that they were driving south on the Harlowe road at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday. She said that the car was traveling too fast to negotiate a curve and went off the road and struck the post. A passing motorist picked Mr. Morris up and took him to the Morehead City hospital where he was pronounced dead by Coroner Leslie D. Sprirtglc. The coroner said there would be no inquest. The left side of the car is dent ed where it struck the post and the glass in the windows was cracked by the force of the impact. There has been some question as to whether or not the fatal ac cidcnt occurred in Carteret or Craven county. The cement post was first believed to be the bound ary marker. Some authorities, how ever, claim that the actual bound ary is several yards south of the post. Coroner Springle says that there is every indication that the year's highway toll will be much higher than last year's. There were only six highway deaths in Carteret county during 1952, but there have ! already been four deaths in the first two months of this year. The first death occurred early i in January when a Russell's Creek \ man was killed when his car ran ! off the road on NC 101 near Beau fort. The other two victims were children who were hit by paaaing cars. Accident Kills Morehead Woman Mrs. Phoebe Forbes Jordan, 32. died in an automobile accident at Orange Beach, Ala., last Wednes day. Funeral services and burial were held in Morehead City yes terday. According to reports, Mrs. Jor dan lost control of the automobile which she was driving and it plun ged into a canal. She was pinned in the car and drowned. Mrs. Jordan was visiting her sis ter. Mrs. Harry North Merrill of Foley. Ala. The funeral was held at the home on North Seventh street at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon with the Rev. W. E. Anderson and the Rev. Noah Brown officiating. Burial was in the Bay View cemetery. Mrs. Jordan is survived by a son, Ronald; three sisters, Mrs. Merrill, Mrs. John Wagner of Bridgeport, Conn., and Mrs. John Gibbs of Morehead City; and thre ebrothers, George Forbes of Foley, Ala., Pete Forbes and James Forbes of More head City. Morehead City Board Postpones Re-Zoning , City Limit Decision Mobley Introduces House Bill To Clean Up Local Beaches A bill to clean up the beaches of Bogue and Core banks was in troduced in the state legislature last week by H. Earle Mobley, Carteret county's representative. Mr. Mobley reported that a num ber of residents on the banks asked that the bill be introduced. Under the proposed legislation anyone convicted of littering the beaches with tin cans, broken bottles and the like may be fined up to $50 or jailed for 30 days. "It's high time," he said, "that folks stop ruining the beaches." House bill 239 makes it illegal for any person to leave on the Bogue or Core bank beaches any "broken bottles, pieces of hard or sharp iron or metal, sharp pointed instruments or other objects or materials . . . dangerous or in jurious *o persons walking without shoes on said beaches." Mr. Mobley said that he hoped the bill would be helpful. He point ed out that picknickers holding outings along the 14 miles of beach involved have been leaving all kinds of objects on the beach. "It's become pretty hazardous. Children have been cutting their feet," he continued. Adding to the hazard, some persons have been using bottles fo. target practice on the beach, he said. Discussing other matters before the General Assembly pertinent to Carteret county. Mr. Mobley said he planned to talk v^ith leaders on the joint appropriations committee this week in an effort to get some funds for permanent improvements to the Fort Macon state park. The report of the Advisory Budget com mission did not include any funds for improvements to the local state park. The Conservation and Devel opment board had asked for $108, 000 for the park. "I am very in terested in getting some money for the park, but 1 don't think we have a very good chance," Mr. Mobley commented. The appropriations committee will not start writing its report un til after Governor William B. Um stead's budget message whirh was scheduled foi delivery to the as sembly today. Mr. Mobley said that he did not know what effect a bill introduced to confirm the state's title to mil lions of acres of coastal marsh lands would have on Carteret coun ty. A court ruling last year cast doubt on the validity of the state Board of Education's title to the land which it has been selling in small plots for many years. Ceremony Will Institute Junior Oddfellows Lodge Saturday ? ; ? A iuninr OrfrffpHnu/c Farm, Business Leaders to Meet Farm and business leaders will i meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the county courthouse, Beaufort, to plan a lonji-xnuKe agricultural pro gram for Carteret county. J. -W f%rFnril. program planning special ist from Raleigh, will assist the group. The program set up by the group will be part of a state-wide pro gram which is being formed to bet ter develop North Carolina's agri cultural resources and to increase production on farms throughout the state. The program sponsored by sev eral state departments will co ordinate the efforts of the various agencies working in the field of agriculture. Each agency will be assigned that part of the program which it can best perform and much of the present overlapping will be eliminated. Chaicnen of the various commit tees involved in planning the pro gram will meet Thursday afternoon to prepare for the meeting. Allen Buggies Killed In Korean Fighting Allen W. ifuKgles. a Marine corps pilot who lived in Morehead City in 1951, was killed recently in Korea, it was learned this week. During 1961, he worked with John L. Crump, local insurance agent, and later returned to the Marine corps. He was married and had one son. Edwards Appointed Manager Of Fry's Morehead City Plant Waller E. Edwards has been ap pointed manager of the Morehcad City plant of the Lloyd A. Fry Roofing company and Volney Felt Mills, Inc., in one of a series of personnel shifts announced recent ly by W. H. Barthel, vice-president of the roofing company. Mr. Ed wards was appointed to fill the va cancy created by the resignation of Adolph R. Paulsen. In other changes, J. T. Mott has succeeded Mr. Edwards as assist ant plant manager. Walter L. San dy has been named office manager and O. A Davis has been appointed transportation clerk. 'Mr. Edwards, a native of Chi cago. has been employed by the roofing company since 1937. After working for ten years in the com pany's Detroit plant, he came to Morehead City as assistant plant manager when the local plant open ed in September 1949. Mr. Edwards makes his home on the Bogue sound road with his wife, Mary Ann. and their two chil dren. Marguerite, 12, and Thomas Richard, 8. Mr. Mott has been with the Fry company for six years at its branches in his native Texas. He came to Morehead City as office W. E. Edward* manager in 1950. He Uvea at 2206 Bridges street, Morehead City, i with his daughter. Jolene. 6. The Morehead City plant is one of the newest in the roofing com- i pany's chain of plants which covers i the entire country. The local plant and one in Jacksonville, Fla., now | supply the major part of the roof- i 1. T. Molt ins maTerial* used in the southeast ern part of the United States. The company was started by i Lloyd A. Fry in a small plant in Chicago in 1933. From that begin- , ning It has grown to the point when it is now the largest manu- i [actvrer of roofing material in the ] country with plants in 18 citiw. j bo organized in Beaufort Saturday night with approximately 20 chart er members, it was announced this week. Fort Macon Junior lodge number 2 will be the second such lodge in the state. There is a junior lodge in Greensboro now, and the third lodge in the state will be organized in Goldsboro Sunday night. The lodge will be open to boys between the ages of 12 and 18. The WQIXHJI'Sl auxiliary Qf the independ ent Order of Oddfellow already lias such a junior order for girls. The institution of the Fort Mac on lodge will be held in Concordia lodge hall in Beaufort at 7:30 o' clock Saturday night. The public has been invited to attend. Espec ially invited are the parents of the boys who arc charter members of the lodge. Several grand lodge officials will be present including Grand Master P. A. Lewis of Beaufort, Grand Secretary L. C. MacBrayer of Greensboro, Past Grand Master W. W. Barger and Grand Chief Pat riach Ralph Carter of Kanapolis, Grand Chaplain J. K. Pearson of Morehead City and Grand Marshall C. S. Harrell of Beaufort. Mr. Bar ger is also chairman of the youth committee which is in charge of organizing the junior lodges. Beaufort Man Pays $D Fine Adrian Glen Wade of Beaufort was given a six-month suspended sentence and fined $200 yesterday in Morehead City recorder's court after he was found guilty of driv ing while under the influence of alcohol. Judge George H McNeil imposed the mandatory fine after Wade ad mitted that he had previously been convicted of a similar offense. The six-month sentence was suspended on condition that Wade remain on good behavior for two years and that he pay the fine and the costs of court. Capt. Buck Newsome testified that he stopped Wade's car when he saw him driving from one side of the street to the other. He said that when Wade got put of the car it started moving and headed to ward a line of parked cars. Captain Newsome said that he stopped the car before it could strike the park ed cars. Captain Newsome testified that Wade was "very drunk" at the time of his arrest. He said that the defendant staggered and his breath smelled of alcohol. Lt. Carl Blomberg. who was with Captain Newsome at the time of the arrest, said that he took the de fendant to the police station and that he was definitely under the influence of alcohol. Patrolman Carl Bunch, who booked Wade, said that he observed Ihe defendant and that in his opin ion he was very drunk. He said that he staggered and was very talka tive. When the question of a previous conviction came up. Wade said that he had been convicted before and that his license had been revoked. He said that be waa driving witii a Louisiana license. 1 The Morehcad City board of commissioners last Thursday night tabled discussion of a proposal to extend the citv limits and a recom mendation to re-zone certain property until a full hoard was present. Present at the meeting were George W. Dill, jr., mayor, I)r. John Morris, D. G. Bell aod S. C. Holloway. W. L. Derrickson and M. T. Mills, the other commissioners, were not in town. A petition from residents of the area north of the railroad tracks and west of the present city limits was read at the meeting. The com missioners indicated that no decision to extend the corporate limits of Morehead City would be taken*- ? without an election. Zoning Proposal The city zoning board presented I a recommendation changing the classification of certain property now zoned residential to business. The re zoning proposal would have the effect of making the north side of Arendell a business area from Third street to Fourteenth street; and the south side of Arendell would be zoned for business from Seventh street to Fourteenth. On Evans street, the re-zoning would establish business areas from Eighth to Fourteenth streets on the south side and Seventh to Four teenth on the north side. This matter was tabled until a full board meeting. Members of the zoning board pointed out that their proposal would not incon venience home owners in the desig nated areas and would allow the town to mow from a central point. The board declared that they felt it would be a mistake to create bus iness districts in several different parts of town. Mr. Dill said that the town must expand in "an orderly manner." The board is trying to widen the present business area. After action by the commissioners a public hear ing must be held before all or any part of the lots under consideration can be re-zoned. Insurance Discussed During the first part of the meet ing, the board heard two insurance representatives. The governing group is considering purchasing group life and hospital insurance for city employes. Two taxi cab permits were grant ed pending the approval of Mr. Mills, who is the commissioner in charge of taxis. It was pointed out that these were tlje first taxi per mits to be itttuca in nearly, three years. ** A temporary order making a no parking zone on the east side of Twenty-fourth street at the Pres byterian church was issued by the board. It was pointed out that on Sunday mornings the street is heavily congested with parking on both sides. The no parking zone will apply only between Arcndell and Bridges streets. The town ordinances were amended so that a person may be arrested for disorderly conduct or public drunkenness in any private or public vehicle on the city streets. During the meeting, J. D. Holt, director of the port terminal, told the board that the Norfolk, Va., stevedoring firm of Stevenson ?nd Young had contracted to supervise the stevedoring at the port. He also thanked the commissioners for granting J. V. Waters, city street engineer, permission to help in re cruiting labor for the stevedoring company. New sewer projects for Fisher street were approved by the board to help alleviate some of the drain age problems on that street. One 10-inch pipe will be replaced with a 12-inch pipe and a second 12-inch pipe will be added at another point. Mr. Waters pointed out to the board that in the area around Sev enth and Eighth streets, approxi mately 10 acres are drained. Also during the meeting 100 feet of Avery street was closed to aid the new housing project. Will oi Mrs. Daisy Halsell Filed with Clerk oi Court The will of Mrs. Daisy Rumley Hatsell has been filed for probate in the office of the clerk of su perior court. Beaufort. The will left Mrs. Hatsell's house to the Rumley heirs and directed that they pay her funeral expenses and debts. Mrs. Hatsell's jewelry was bequeathed to her niece, Eliz abeth G. Hudson, and her wearing apparel, bed cover and linen were left to the ^Salvation Army. Mrs. Hatsell directed that her furniture be sold to purchase a simple stone like that on her husband's grave. Carl A. Hatsell was appointed administrator without bond. Tide Table Tide* at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Feb. 24 5:15 a.m. 5:36 p.m. 11:48 s.m. 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25 6:05 a.m. 6:25 p.m. 12:33 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26 6:48 a.m. 7:08 p.m. 12:38 a.m. 1:13 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 7:27 a.m. 1:20 a.m. 1:40 p.m. 1:46 pjn. Jaycees Attend State Meeting A large delegation from the Morehead City Junior Chamber of Commerce attended a state board meeting in Durham last weekend to build up interest in the Miss North Carolina beauty pageant which will be held here July 15, 16 and 17. As a special feature of the meet ing, the local club members gave a shrimp party Saturday night with Morehead City shrimp. The shrimp were donated and prepared by lo cal merchants and the Jaycees car ried them to Durham on their bus. More than 300 Jaycees from ill parts of the state came to the par- * ty. the local members reported. Plans for the pageant were pre sented to the executive board of the state organization and were ap proved. The local club members then set out to build up interest in the pageant among the state's clubs in order to guarantee a large and successful pageant. The 33 Jaycees, their wives and guests, left the local bus station at 6:30 Saturday morning and return ed Sunday night. Lt. Gov. Luther Hodges spoke at the banquet. He told his audience that the nation's progress in human relations had not kept pace with its progress in science, and that we must begin to make progress in human relations if we are to survive. / During the meeting, W. Horace Carter, editor of the Tabor City Tribune, was presented tha Dis tinguished Service award by the state group for his activities in fighting the Ku KluxKlan in the Carolilias last year. *? The Morehead City group won the attendance prize of $50 lor clubs in its group. The prize was awarded on a miles per delegate basis. Defendant Freed In Liquor Case Alonzo Bell, Morehead City Neg ro, was found not guilty yesterday in Morhead City recorder's court at his trial on charges of possess ing and keeping for sale non tax paid whiskey. Mr. Bell was arrested last week when a car containing four cases of whiskey was found parked in his yard on Avery street. At the time of his arrest, Mr. Bell denied any knowledge of the car or the whis key. Capt. Hubert Fulcher testified that he obtained a search warrant after another officer received in formation that the whiskey could be found on the premises at 10064 Avery street. He said that the other officers searched the car while he was serving the warrant. Captain Fulcher said under cross examination by Attorney Claud Wheatly that he had never received any information that Mr. Bell was dealing in whiskey. He said that Mr. Bell's reputation had always been good. Captain Buck Newsome told the court that the car had been regis tered to James Powell of Beaufort, but that Mr. Powell had sold the car to an automobile dealer who had resold it to a notorious Beau fort bootlegger. Captain Newsome said that coun ty officers had told him that they had seen the bootlegger's brother driving the car in Harlowe that morning. There is no record of the whereabouts of the car from then until it was found in Mr. Bell's yard. Sgt. Bruce Edwards testified that he had received an anonymous tip that the whiskey was in the car. He said that his informant describ ed the car and its location but did not mention Mr. Bell's name in con nection with the liquor. Sergeant Edwards said that he had never heard that Mr. Bell was selling non-tax paid whiskey. He said that the defendant came vol untarily to the police station when he heard that the police were seek ing him. Judge George H. McNeill said that in view of the circumstantial nature of the evidence and the de fendant's good reputation he found him not guilty on both charges. Judge McNeill ordered the whis key confiscated and destroyed and the car sold for the benefit of the county school fund.
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