The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28

ae ana V'''
hen the boy had to learn
: wt nice to use a snot gun
irDody. Here is a typical l.Ss-S case
s,mpabye effects Of a nation
'.,SitiOa act that makes moon
!. md boo,!egging profitable to
,sssrsble erstwhile honest and
[.ading rural class.
ham Key is a bright intelligent s
,5rstrious little boy who has
,.,5bouhood record for good
.,s and department. But his
has a neighbourhood reputa-
q mOonshiner and is said to
gnS 50 low that he uses his
,sr.year-old boy in the busi-
When George MaSton, a ~
I'd Elizabeth City ooy and two
,,rions went TO the Key home
.ziand township Sunday night
s o. liquor. young Key waited
hem. His father was not at
,,s course OF the transaction
yr boy accused Maston OF
srg a gallon jug Of liquor. Mas
sried the theft and proceeded
4 away in his Ford. The Key
rhed into the house. procured
m loaded with buckShot and
rd the load of shot at the
s Ford. puncturing the metal
II many places and Shattering
sr glass. One of the shots
ruke the glass stuck in Mas
neck, but made no serious
td
b elder Key was fined SIS for
maSiOn of liquor, in the
ry Court Monday morning and
D Key was sent over to the
nIe Court. Judge E. L. Sawyer
ing all the evidence. paroled
pgih in the custody of the
EF Welfare Officer, Stipulating
The youth must attend school
iTiy and report at regular in
(lS 10 the welfare officer.
b 50 the manufacture ard sale
FOnShine liquor goes merrily on.
entire criminal docket of the
sal Court il session in Eliz-
b CITY this week was taken up
liquor cases. J. L. Sawyer. A.
XEphy ana Fred Cullom, arrest
connection with the seizure of
iooa. loaded with 10 gallons
-11oE at COInjock. were fined
each. from which fines they
aao Herbert ana J. D. Tisdale
each sentenced to a year and
y and fined 5000; Leonard
GSoa ana Vim. Karka;neS SEN
to four months each; WI.
iinde $50 and given a three
ms Jail sentence. and Willie
oa and Rufus Johnson. who
osen !angulShlng in Jail since
ill., given TWO months each
~ al for rotations of the pro-
faa laws.
'ne ieStImon" Of four Witness
10 Identified w. II. Cartwright
\. K. JACOBS Of South Mills as
HNeTs Of liquor captued in a
new Ford III Perquimans
&! On Sept. l3, vas not sufi-
" convict that pair. Cart
- ana Jacobs bought the Ford
" city on the day in question; !;
hours later Federal agents
~sNded the Ford in Peruui-
county. loaded with liquor.
we're identified by four wit
dS Cartwright and Jacobs.
""en Cartwright and Jacobs
i ~''o court This week they pro-
| "'."eSSeS 20 prove that they
u south Mills at the time of
EP,emoec 1927 prohibition en-
-sAl Officers made a specta-
'a'o On Elizabeth City speak
and gathered something like
1eS9ers, white and co!ored,
- o'ag not. Among the cul-
'@S one Charlie Patrick.
guilty at the October term
Federal Court in this city.
gave Ia" court a song and
7V' Dt under suspended
On a parole. This week
e.. 1 vas called into court and
: % Jail ,or tour months. He
."Iaied his parole by selling
aoo getting caught.
y d" Northeastern North Caro-
!. ~'sesl industry and greatest
kr,,, ,'''IAues TO flou.ish under a
[s..an administration whose
.'a' nominee calls prohibi-
s '''e experiment. and prom
b., s'ec'ed, to appoint "a fact
b.. commission" to determine
s' Or not j, works.