THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1962
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
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MOORE COUNTY RECORDER'S COURT
Youth Sent to Prison For Stealing
Gifts From Under Christmas Tree
A petty crime which marred a
peaceful Christmas in Moore was
revealed Monday in Moore Coun
ty Recorder’s Court as Deputy
Sheriff J. A. Lawrence told the
story in the case of State vs Zack
Nicholson, Jr., 19-year-old Jack-
son Springs Negro.
Nicholson had pleaded guilty
to larceny of goods valued at
about $30. The goods were Christ
mas gifts stolen from beneath the
tree in the home of Roger Paschal,
basketball coach of Pinehurst
High School, at Shamrock Farms
between Pinehurst and Jackson
Springs.
The five gifts—a jewelry case,
a billfold, a carton of cigarettes,
a child’s pocketbook and a weav
ing set—were court exhibits. They
had been reported missing when
the Paschals returned home from
Sunday School on the day before
Christmas.
Lawrence said a trail of foot
prints led him about a mile across
country to the home of Zack
Nicholson. Under questioning on
Christmas Day, Zack admitted
having walked over to the Pas
chal home but not, he said, to
steal. Another man had stolen
those presents, he said—he knew,
because he had seen them. But he
denied having anything to do
with the theft.
The day after Christmas, Law
rence said, he had talked to Zack
again,' telling him, “I have check
ed out your story and it doesn’t
hold water. Now, come on and
show me where you have hidden
those things.” Zack then admit
ted the theft and took him to a
hiding place in the woods. He had
taken just one pack of cigarettes
from the carton.
For the theft, .Nicholson drew
three months on . the roads, with
an additional two pionths on a
trespass charge, to be served on
expiration of the first sentence.
The trespass, unrelated to the lar
ceny charge, grew out of an inci
dent of January 7, when he slip
ped into the Carolina Hotel and
“did occupy and sleep in a room
without obtaining permission
from the manager.” He was ar
rested by Pinehurst police.
Suspended Sentence
Mrs. Hazel Patch Kobleur, a
27-year-old Southern Pines wom
an, pleaded nolo contendere on
two counts jaf.Tqrgery,. specifical
ly the obtaining of drugs by pre
senting false prescriptions. Hay
wood R. Starling, chief narcotics
agent of the SBI and the only
witness for the State, said she
had obtained 50 tablets of Dexa-
drine, a stimulant drug, from each
of two drugstores, one at Vass
and one in Aberdeen, through
use of prescriptions wrongfully
taken from the office of a Chapel
Hill physician. Though the inci
dents occurred last March and
April, the arrest had not occurred
until October, following an inves
tigation sparked by the arrest
of a young Fort Bragg soldier in
Southern Pines for the possession
and sale of stimulant drugs. When
arrested, Mrs. Kobleur was in
process of commitment to a state
hospital for help in her addiction.
Recently returned from the hos
pital, she was brought into court.
Defense counsel pleaded for
leniency in the case of Mrs. Kob
leur, the mother of several young
children, as he said the hospital
‘reatment had helped her, her
husband was standing by her and
he felt she had put her addiction
behind her. Judge J. Vance Rowe
sentenced her to six months in
the Women’s Division of State’s
Prison, then suspended the sen
tence for 12 months on payment
of costs and on condition that she
refrain from the use of all narcotic
drugs except when lawfully pre
scribed by a licensed physician,
also that she not violate any of
the narcotic laws or those against
forgery in any of its forms.
With the defendant in court
were her husband and other
members of her family, including
a brother who is a federal narcot
ics agent.
Assault Cases
Two sisters and a brother, Con
nie, Sylvia Jane and David
Junior Purcell, Negroes of Carth
age, were in court under indict
ment by their brother-in-law
Richard McGoogan, and McGoo-
gan was also there under a cross
indictment, all charged with as
sault wl^th deadly weapon. The
charge against the Purcells inclu
ded the intent to kill, with the
infliction of serious and perma
nent injury.
The charges arose from a fam
ily fight on the afternoon of
Christmas Day, when McGoogan,
who allegedly had been drinking,
abused, struck and knocked down
his young wife, the mother of an
infant then just three days old.
The Purcells, who were her sis
ters and brother, jumped on him
and in the ensuing melee he re--
ceived a knife cut across the back
which required a hospital visit
and 40 stitches to close. But he
could not. identify the wielder of
the knife, and the Purcells all
denied having cut him or hav
ing seen anyone cut him. Mc
Googan was acquitted, while the
three Purcells were found guil
ty of assault and battery and
engaging in an affray, each re
ceiving a 60-day sentence to be
suspended on payment of $25
and one-third of the costs in
both the cases.
It was a long court session, and
as it grew dark outside several
cases were continued. Others
were disposed of as follows:
Olen Evander Fishel, Jackson
Springs, driving while drunk, 60
days suspended on payment of
$100 and cost^, payment of dam
age, license revoked for 12
months; ^lerbert Wayne Martin,
West End, driving while drunk,
$100 and costs, license revoked for
12 months; Freddy William Kel
ly, Vass, driving without license,
$25 and costs; William Harmon
Goins, Carthage, careless and reck
less driving, accident, injury, 60
days suspended on payment of
$25, and costs, defendant to pay
or iause to be paid medical ex
penses of the two boys who were
with him; Jean Louis Bradley,
West End, speeding, judgment
continued on payment of $10 and
costs; Everett Delbert Gattie,
Spring Lake, driving while drunk
$100 and costs, license revoked
12 months; Ronnie K. Danieley,
Fort Bragg, careless and reckless
driving, $25 and costs; Jerry Ken-
nie Sheffield, Eagle Springs,
Route 1, careless and reckless
driving, accident, 30 days or $50
and costs.
Fred Junior Martin, Carthage,
driving after license revocation,
careless and reckless driving, 60
days suspended for two years on
payment of $200 and costs, not to
operate car till he obtains license
and also complies with all laws
pertaining to liability insurance;
Marvin Willis Lucas,' Jr., Spring
Lake, ' speeding, 30 days or $25
and costs; James Edward Luttrell,
Southern Pines, driving while
drunk, $100 and costs, license re
voked 12 months; Don Johnson,
failure to comply with non-sup-
port agreement, continued to next
Monday, defendant to appear in
•court and show whether or not he
has made definite arrangements to
support his wife, an invalid; Lane
Columbus, Coble, Sr., Albpmarle,
speeding 90 in 60-mile zone, found
guilty of speeding in excess of
80, $75 and costs; Howard Tim
othy Price, Robbins, Route 1,
driving without proper license
and with improper registration,
judgment continued on payment
of costs; Lynn VanBenschoten,
Southern Pines, exceeding safe
speed resulting in accident, court
finds defendant lost control of
car due to a slick or slippery place
in dirt road, and it was an acci
dent and not result of speeding
(no damege to anyone except de
fendant); Lehaman N! Barefield,
Jr., abandonment and non-sup
port, nol pros on payment of costs
on request of prosecuting witness,
his wife; Patrick Grier McKen
zie, West End, Route 1, driving
without proper registration plates,
judgment continued on payment
of costs; George W. Shropshire,
Chattanooga, Tenn., escaping
from prison camp, larceny of
property from prison department.
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three months on each count, the
second to begin at expiration of
the first; David Lee Williams,
Walnut Cove, Route 2, escaping,
60 days; Norman Mangum Call-
cutt. Southern Pines speeding 85
in 60-mile zone, 60. days suspend
ed on payment of, $70 and costs
license to be revoked as provided
by law; Zero Mitchell, Cameron,
Route 1, exceeding safe speed,
judgment continued on payment
of costs.
' CONCERT POSTPONED
The Curtis String Quartet’s per
formance at Laurinburg, pre
viously announced for tonight has
been postponed until Monday.
February 12, diie to the illness
of Jascha Brodsky, first violinist
of the chamber group. 'The Feb
ruary 12 concert by the string
quartet is scheduled at 8 p. m. in
the National Guard Armory. Ad
mission to the performances in
the series is by season member
ship.
Both value and volume of U.
S. agricultural exports reached
all-time highs in fiscal year 1961.
The $4.9 billion value record was
9 per cent above the prior record
of 1957. Export volume in fiscal
1961 topped the previous record
of 1960 by 7 per cent.
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''You work me
harder in winter!
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Reddy’s not complaining. He likes to
help you l^eep warm and comforlable.
But—he also has this timely reminder.
Short, sunless days and long, cold nights
call for more kilowatts for just about every
thing electrical in your home. And tiie
harder Reddy works, the more his wages
are reflected\ in your service hill.
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You and your family spend lots more
time indoors these days. For instance, the
amateur chef and the outdoor grill have
retired for the winter. Now your electric
range and small appliances help prepare
even more hot meals and snacks.
The automatic heating system is in use
practically all the time. Your electric
water heater must heat water that enters
the house at much colder temperatures. In
fact all your electrical servants, such as
lighting, TV, radios and space heaters, are
working longer hours for you.
That’s why Reddy reminds us that when
the weather is roughest is when he works
hardest for our comfort and convenience.
When you think of all the ways he helps
around the house, electricity is still a
mighty, big bargain in the family budget.
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