-3- CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ""
47th YEAR, NO. 28. EIGHT PAGES AND COMICS MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
H. E. Mobley to Start
Prison Term April 18
H. Earle Mobley stood calmly at
11:57 Friday morning in the county
courtroom and listened to Judge
Joseph Parker sentence him to not
less than eight years nor more than
10 years in the state prison on two
counts of fraud.
Three to five-year sentences in
12 charges of embeizlement were
suspended by the judge. One
charge of fraud, against Mobley
and James E. Leary, was contin
ued until the June term of superior
court.
Mobley has been given two
weeks to get his affairs in order
prior to starting the prison term.
He posted $20,000 bond to guaran
tee that he would appear before
Sheriff Hugh Salter at 9 a.m. Fri
day, April 18, to be taken into cus
tody.
Bond for Mobley was posted by
W. C. Matthews and Dr. S. W.
Thompson, both of Morehead City,
who put up the original $20,000
bond when Mobley was first ar
raigned.
Friday's sentencing concluded a
lengthy presentation of evidence
before Judge Parker. Mobley en
tered a plea of guilty to the fraud
charges and did not contest the
embeiilement cases, so a jury did
not have to sit in judgment of the
defendant.
Mercy Pleas
Friday morning was devoted pri
marily to pleas for mercy by Mob
ley's lawyer, Luther Hamilton Jr.,
and by Luther Hamilton Sr., More
bead City, and John Dawson, Kin
gton, the latter two being "inter
ested" in the .case.
Two character witnesses, Stanley
Woodland and the Rev. Guthrie
Brown, both of Morehead City,
took the stand in Mobley's defense
Friday morning. Mr. Woodland
said that through the years he had
formed a very high opinion of
Mobley.
"I can't picture a man of his
sincerity and honesty knowingly
and willingly doing the thiigs with
which he is charged," Mr. Wood
land aald.
The Re*. Mr. Brown, rector of
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church,
Morebead City, testified that Mob
ley was a hard and faithful worker
in the church. He said that he felt
that the good Mobley had done out
weighed the bad.
In commenting on the character
witnesses produced by the defense,
See MOBLEY, Page Z
I lank Truck Turns
Over at Davis
An estimated thousand dollars
damage was caused to an Esso
tank truck at 4:90 a.m. Thursday
when it turned over in a ditch at
Davis.
Driving the truck was A. C.
Blankenship, Beaufort. He was un
injured.
According to Patrolman W. J.
Smith Jr., Blankenship was com
ing from down east into Davis to
deliver gaa. As be left Highway TO
to go on a side road, the trailer
jack-knifed and the cab and trailer
fell sideways into a drainage ditch.
The right rear of the cab and the
right front of the tank trailer were
damaged. Gasoline gurgled out
everywhere but, fortunately, there
was no fire.
The driver told the patrolman
that it seemed as though the cargo
in the tank shifted in a way that
cauaed him to lose control. He was
alone at the time. No chargea were
preferred.
Another Phone
User Joins Fight
Another contribution to finance
the fight againat higher phone
rates has been received. The con
tributor is E. C. Powell, Morebead
City.
The amount voluntarily contrib
uted by phone users, through THE
NEWS-TIMES, to the East Caro
lina Phone Fight Committee, now
stands at $M.
The hearing on higher rates has
been set for May 6 before the
State Utilities Commission.
Persons who would like to join
the protest against higher rates
may do so by sending their con
tributions to Phones, care of THE
NEWS-TIMES, Morehead City. Any
amount ia accepted, but the phoai
fight committee estimates that ?
cents per phone user will cover
cost o I the fight
Board to Meet Teiay
The Atlantic Beach Zoning Board
win meet at 1 today at Fleming's
Motel, aanoMnces Harry H. Hill,
chairman. Leigh Wilson, of the
League at Municipalities, will be
present.
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Grand Jury R<
Closing of An
Judge Dismisses
Mobley Action
Against Firm
Superior court Judge Joseph Par
ker issued an order Friday dismiss
ing a civil action instigated by 11.
Earle Mobley against the Atlantic
Discount Corp and its officers.
He gave Mobley'i attorney SO
days in which to amend the plea
or to pay costs of the action.
Mobley is represented by Luther
Hamilton Jr.
The suit, for $50, 000, stated that
Mobley gave his business to Atlan
tic Discount Corp. and received no
consideration in return. He says
that the company had agreed to
pay or cancel all obligations of
Mobley Buick Co. for which he
could be held personally liable in
exchange for the business.
Judge Parker said that after he
had heard arguments of both sides
he was of the opinion that the com
plaint does not state facts suffi
cient to constitute a cause of ac
tion.
Superior Court
Ends Soon After
Noon Friday
The criminal term of superior
court ended shortly ?fter mxm
Friday wiwn aoltcitor Robert Rouae
Jr. told Judge Joseph Parker that
he had to leave for Craven County.
All morning had been devoted to
the Earle Mobley case.
Cases disposed of Thursday af
ternoon and Friday that have not
been reported previously follow:
Carlton Pittman got a total of
60 days on the roads on two counts
of public drunkenness.
Cases against three defendants
were sent back to county recor
der's court. Defendants were Len
nie Salter and Clarence Willis,
charged with violating fishing
laws, and Robert Charles Carr,
charged with improper passing.
Mrs. Roderck Moore was or
dered to pay costs of court after
the judge ruled that she was ma
liciously prosecuting her husband
when she charged him with as
sault.
Also paying costs were Harvey
Lewis, forgery, and George C.
Stanley Jr., speeding.
Yancy S. Barbour, Julius D.
Small Jr. and Onelious Wright
were all found not guilty of violat
ing motor vehicle laws.
The state did not try five defen
dants due to lack of evidence. They
were Charles V. Arthur Jr.,
charged with speeding, William
Guthrie and Kenneth Guthrie,
charged with aiding and abetting
is forgery, Ernest Nelson, charged
with trespassing, and Shirley Mac
Murray, charged with possession
of non-taxpald whiskey.
^commends
n's Place ,
The grind jury recommended
hursday that Ann's Place, a beer ,
Jint west of Morehead City, be
loaed "because of complaints
rought to our attention against
inn's Place".
Sheriff Hugh Salter reported Fri- ,
ay that the owner and operator
f the place. Ann Avery, haa vol- (
ntarily agreed to have the place
losed by the June term of crim
nal court.
When county law officers wanted
a close it after the March shoot
ng there, which resulted in the 1
leath of a Marine, they found that 1
hey could not legally do so.
The grand jury also recommend- 1
d, "due to the inadequate condi- 1
ions of existing facilities" that
wo consolidated high schools be |
irovided in the county. i
Of the 16 bills of indictment, 13 i
vctc returned as true bills. i
The grand jury investigated
chool buildings throughout the
ounty. As in the past, the condi
ions they pointed out are well
[nown to school officials. The
>rob)em is finding the money to
nake the improvements.
Excerpts from the report:
"We carefully examined the list
if those who had failed to list their
axes for 1958. Each juror agreed
o contact those that they knew in
heir community and warn them to
ist at once or they would be prose
?uteH
"We found the jail to be in ex
client condition. The sheriff and
ill connected with the maintenance i
ihould be commended.
"The courthouse is in good con
lition, but the rest room facilities
ire not adequate.
"The Home Demonstration room
s in great need of some new
?quipment. The walla are in fair
?ondition, but we understand that :
i lot of visitor* from other coun
ter meet here and th? appearance
4 the furniture is bad.
"The Welfare Department offices
ire in very fine condition. Was
(lad to learn from Mias Hughes, 1
luperintendent, that our county
?ates above SO other counties finan
ially, but was sorry to learn that j
tecause of it her department would
ose $5,000 from the state this year.
"Health Center is in fine condi- 1
ion and a credit to the county. 1
"The county prison at Newport
s in first class condition. On fourth
if March, IKS the galley and mess
lall received a #3 per cent rating. '
"We extend our thanks to His
lonor J. W. Parker, judge pre
iding, the solicitor, clerk of the 1
ourt, sheriff and hia department
ind all others that have helped ui
n performing our duties."
David Yeomans, Harkers Island,
pas foreman of the grand jury.
)ther members: Mrs. George J.
icCabc, Miss Daphne Paul, J. B.
iewell, Lester Hancock, Joseph C. ,
Iroda, Norman Rose, Donza Lee
Wilis. Walter Willis.
Riley Norman, Andrew Neal ,
"hadwick, Ralph L. Davis, Len- '
rood R. Hall, Ralph G. Taylor, .
Augustus Lawrence, Charles
'hoek, Leslie G. Lewis and Fred
lalsey. 1
Vim Crossed
Wirei in the Morehead City fire
ilarm system slapped together i
luring the storm Sunday. The in
ermittent blasts of the lire alarm
rere the result.
New Church Started
Oa PUn Mir afternoon, March Mr (twd m knkn tar the
?ew MR*mT rf 9t Jamei Methodist Church, Newport. Shows at
the grwa4-bre>kio< ctnaaqr arc the Rev. Kalph Fleming Jr., left,
pariar; Mitchell Warm, ion it Milton Warm, a member of the
baiMlng committee, and Dr. A. I. Hobba, New Ben, dbtrkt nper
Morehead City
Pupils Take Five
Prizes at Fair
Three Exhibits Will Be
Entered in State Science
Fair at Duke
Morehead City student! came
home Friday night from the
Science Fair at Greenville with
more prizes than any other parti
cipating school.
The students copped five first
and second place awards. There
were only 12 awards given. (More
head City had four winners in the
district science fair last year).
The district fair was at East
Carolina College. Nine of the ex
hibits on display at the school fair
last month were entered.
Morehead City's 1958 winners
ire as follows: senior biological
division, first place, Clarence Sty
ron Jr.; second placc, Barbara
Goodwin; senior physical division,
First place, Ted Phillips Jr.; hon
orable mention, Walter Morris Jr.
Junior biological division, first
place, Sharon Ann Conway; sec
ond place, Phil Munden and Klein
Cooper; junior physical division,
Charles Edwards, honorable men
tion.
Clarence Styron, Barbara Good
win and Ted Phillips will enter
their projects in the State Science
Fair at Duke April 17-19. They are
permitted to improve their projects
between now and then.
These three winners also won
lop places in the district science
[air last year.
Clarence received a Microcraft
Ste and Ted a voltmeter. Both were
presented by the North Carolina
Division of the American Chemical
Society.
xsarDara received ? casn prue
of 13; Sharon, * gold medal, and
Phil and Klein a silver medal.
Each student participating re
ceived a certificate. Thoae winning
honorable mention got seals of
merit on their certificates.
Accompanying the students to
the district fair were James Mel
lon, Science Fair director at More
head City School; Mrs. J. C. Har
vtU. assistant to Mr. Mellon; Miss
Jane Straw), Mrs. Iceland Day,,
faculty members, and several par
ents.
Exhibits shown by the students
were Distribution and Interpreta
tion of Bacterial Pollution In a
riial Estuary (Styron), Oyster
Predators (Goodwin), The Useful
Conversion of Energy (Phillips),
Orbit of the Satellites (Morris).
Twenty - Day Miracle (Munden
and Cooper), Shells of the West
Indies (Conway), and Rocks and
fheir Stories (Edwards).
Two Weekend
Accidents Occur
Two Easter weekend accidents
were investigated by Patrolman
R. H. Brown.
The first happened at 7:10 p.m.
Sunday at the north end of the
Crab Point Road and the second
happened at 12:0S a.m. yesterday
morning on Highway 70 near New
port.
Eugene Clifton D^vis, Goldsboro,
was put in the county jail on a
charge of driving drunk, after his
1931 Nash rambler went into the
ditch at the end of the Crab Point
Road. Davia was alone in the car.
Damage to the car was esti
mated at $23.
A last Chevrolet convertible ran
into the rear of a 1930 Chevrolet
two miles west of Newport in
front of Smitty's place 3 minutes
after midnight Sunday. No one
was hurt. Driving the convertible
was John J. Monagham, Cherry
Point.
Driving the '50 Chevrolet was
Doris Dunn Rider, route 1 New
Bern. Patrolman Brown said she
bad Just pulled out of a private
drive cast of Smitty's and had
?tarted toward Cherry Point on
Highway 74 when she was clob
bcrql from the rear.
Tbe patrolman said that the road
was wet and the night foggy. Dam
ige to the 1930 Chevrolet waa es
timated at $150 and damage to
tbe convertible, $300.
Investigation of the accident is
?till in progress
Tide Table
Tides at Ike Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tnesday, April I
11:33 a.m. 3:32 a.m.
? 3:43 p.m.
Wedaesday, April f
12:14 a.m. 6:31 a.m.
12:49 p.m. 6:47 p.m.
Itertv, April 16
1:10 a.m. 7:38 a.m.
1:47 p.m. 6:60 pjn.
Friday, April 11
2:06 a.m. 8:44 a.m.
2:45 p.m. __ 9:08 pjB.
Jury Finds No Negligence
In Death of Harold Rogers
That Bunny was Here!
i'hoto by boo aoymeur
Melanie Sue Not, 2-yearold daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Thomas Noe, 105 Yaopon Terrace, Morebead
City, thinks Easter was made Just tor her. Not only Is there candy, eandy and more candy, bat a big
stuffed bunny to keep her company! And a happy- day-after-Easter to you too!
County Polio Chapter Buys Vaccine ;
State Vaccine Committee Reports
A recent report from S. r Rav '
enel, M.D. chairman, Polio Vac
cine Committee ol the Medical
Society ol the State c< North Cut)
1. The polio attack rite in the
United "States lor the 1-year age
group in 1957 ranged 3.7 per 100,
000, and 0.8 in the 2 lo 4-year
age group, therefoer immunization
should be started on every child
at 6 weeks to 2 months.
2. The US attack rate in the
first two months of 1958 ahowed a
58 per cent decline. But the North
Carolina attack rate in January
1958 was three times higher than
in 1957.
3. At the end of 1957, figures
showed that in North Carolina 40
per cent of the 0-20 and pregnant
women group had had three doses.
f. Why should the age group
above 20 years be immunized
against polio? Because the death
rate is five times higher, respira
tory complication five times more
common, and the bulbar type three
times more frequent. In addition,
people in this age group arc cither
bread-winners or home makers.
5. The question of booster salk
shots is now being raised every
where. A meeting was held recent
ly in Washington by AMA, US Pub
lic Health Service and the Ameri
can Academy of Pediatrics offi
cials to discuss this matter.
Their conclusion was that at
present a fourth shot is not neces
sary on epidemological grounds,
but it is utterly harmless and may
well be given, dependent on local
opinion.
6. Every doctor should attempt
to induce every patient to take
salk vaccine.
7. County Medical Societies
should request local polio founda
tion chapters to furnish vaccine to
local health departments.
8. Industrial workers should be
immunized, industry to furnish the
vaccine free or at cost to the
worker.
9. Each county Health Board
should require each child to be
immunized against polio before
starting to school.
Color Comics Will
DisappearTuesday
This is the last issue in which
color comics will appear. Rising
costs of publishing make neces
sary the dropping of color com
ics. Black and white comics will,
however, appear in both the
Tuesday and Friday issues.
Beginning next Tuesday, a new
feature will be added to THE
NEWS-TIMES. It Drill bo a fea
ture of especial interest to boys
and girls and will appear each
Tuesday. Watch for it!
Rain Christens
Easter Outfits
Plenty of new Easter outfits
didn't make it out of the house
Sunday, while most of those that
did were christened by part of the
2.26 inches of rain that fell. Thun
der rolled in the morning and
rain fell in torrents.
Most of the outdoor sunrise ser
vices were held according to sched
ule. The rain started soon after
8 a.m.
Weather observer Stamey Davis
says that last Easter, April 21,
waa a beautiful day. The tempera
ture climbed to 78 and never
dr?pped below 65. A light breeze
came from the aouthwest.
Mr. Davia was unable to record
the maximum temperatures for
the weekend because his tempera
ture instruments went on the blink.
The record since Tuesday, April 1,
follows;
Max. Mln. Wind
Tuesday 57 44 WNW
Wednesday 60 39 NE
Thursday 68 39 NE
Friday - 46 NE
Saturday ? 48 E
Sunday ? 51 SE
? The Count; Infsntile Paralysis
Chapter has bought ancrjicr batch
of talk vaccine for use by the
County He'tth Department. This
brings the (mount of doses bought
by the chapter to 1,620 since the
vaccine program got under way.
The National Foundation has an
nounced that (or the first time
since April two years ago. vac
cine is it) -sufficient supply to sup
port an All-Out All-Ages vaccina
tion program.
Nationally, the big push is
aimed at getting the following vac
cinated:
1. Babies and other pre school
era. This group had the highest
paralytic rate in 1957.
2. Parents. Just because chil
dren are immunized, parents
should not feel that they them
selves are Immune.
S. Teen-agers. Highly vulnerable
to severe polio, but they need
prodding to get their shots.
4. Older adults. They think, mis
takenly, that no one over 40 may
receive the vaccine.
An all-out program is aimed,
too, at getting third shots into the
persons who arc only partially
protected because they have just
two shots.
The county health department
has released the following statis
tics on shots administered by the
health department in this county:
Of the 2,743 persons 1 to 4 years
old, 2,241 have had one injection:
1,846 have had two, and 1,323 have
had three.
Of the 7,195 persons in the coun
ty 5 to 20 years of age, 7,065 have
had one injection, 5,790 have bad
two, and 4,155 have had three.
Figures in the above indicate
that there are many who have not
yet received the second or third
shot.
Of the 16,586 persons in the
county over 20 years old, 435 have
had a first injection. 403 a second,
and 552 a third. In this age group,
the number receiving third shots
is higher than the number getting
first and second because many
adults got their first shots from
family physicians.
Experiments on Davis Island Lead
To State's Cork-Free Sweet Potatoes
Experiment! conducted at Davit
Island near Williston since 1951
have made it posiible (or the plant
pathology department of North
Carolina State College to formulate
a plan for producing Puerto Rico
sweet potatoes free of internal
cork.
L. W. Nielsen,. a professor in the
plant pathology department, at the
request of TliE NEWS-TIMES
wrote of the experiments. He re
called that county agent R. M.
Williams assisted in the original
planting in 1M1.
In his letter he said, "We have
grown the potatoes on the island
each year to sec if by using the
precaution* a I laolatioo we could
maintain a stock of Puerto Rico
sweet potatoes free of internal
cork.
"The reason for the isolation is
that we believe that the virus,
which cauaes the disease, is spread
by insects. The program was suc
cessful except for the 19U season
when strong winds of three hurri
canes blew acrou the island. That
year internal cork developed in the
potatoes.
"Presumably insects were Mown
from infected fields on the main
land to the island. Fortunately, we
had roots of the 1M4 internal cork
free crop in storage at S3 degrees
F and these were used to plant the
1996 crop.
"In 1958 we arc going to grow
the potatoes in the upper Piedmont
near Mooresvillc. Few potatoes are
grown in the area, and the farm
on which they will be grown has
never had the disease in over 25
years of sweet potato culture.
"This land is more accessible by
car and has farm machinery avail
able for doing the work. These are
the reasons for shifting the place
of production from Core Sound."
Weather Kulas Weekend
Business folks at Atlantic Beach
reported that the rainy Eaater day
cut down considerably on business
at the beach. A big weekend had
been anticipated.
? A coroner's jury ruled Fri
day night that there was no
evidence of negligence in the
death of Gay Harold Rogers.
Rogers, 18, died as the result
of injuries received Wednes
day night when he was
struck by a pickup truck
driven by Percy Green,
Beaufort.
The accident happened on the At
lantic Beach causeway near the
Dainty Maid bread warehouse
The inquest was conducted at the
courthouse. Beaufort, by Coroner
Leslie D Sprinkle. On the Jury
were Will Arlington, Jack Barnes,
C. W. Stamper. Joe Pickett. F. M.
Thompson, all of Beaufort, and L.
G. Dunn, Morehead City.
The first witness called was Ray
mond Edward Gartman, 18, who
was walking with Rogers when
Rogers was struck Both were ship
mates aboard the Coast Guard cut
ter Conifer.
Had Bern to Movies
Gartman said that he and Rogers
had been to the movies in More
head City and were walking to
ward the beach on the west side of
the highway when (he accident hap
pened. Time of the accident was
placed at about 8:30 by Coroner
Springle.
Gartman testified that he was
walking slightly ahead of Rogers.
Other than that, he said he
"couldn't say for sure exactly
where Rogers wai when he was
hit."
lie estimated that Rogers was
hurled about IS feet after the truck
struck him.
He added that the impact pro
pelled the body forward, in front
of him.
Footprint?
He mentioned that there was a
dug-out place in the sand, which
might have been a footprint made
by Rogers. He said that he heard
no brakes squeal and could see no
marks in the sand that might have
indicated that the pickup had left
the hard surface.
Ward Ballou, owner of the truck
Sn INQUEST. Pace 1
Pre-Schoolers
To Sign Up Next
Week at Beaufort
The Beaufort Graded School pre
school clinic will be held Wednes
day, April 16, at 1 p.m. All parcnta
who have children who will enter
the first grade for the 1938-59
school term are aaked to be present
with their child at the clinic. They
muat bring the child's birth certifi
cate.
Prior to the date of the clinic,
parcnta are asked to pick up forms
at the school which should be filled
in and returned to the school prior
to the clinic if at all possible, an
nouncta B. E. Tarkington, princi
pal.
Personnel of the Carteret County
Health Department will be present
at the clinic, but shots and vaccina
tions will not be given. The child
may get hia or her shots at the
Carteret County Health Center on
either Tuesdays from 1 to 4 p.m.
or Thuradaya from 9 to 11 a.m.
All parenta are asked to make
every effort to have their child at
the Health Center on one of these
dates prior to the clinic. No begin
ning student will be accepted this
fall for enrollment who has not
had the necessary shots and small
pox vaccination.
These may be received from
either your local physician or the
Carteret County Health Depart
ment. A statement from either of
these, attesting to this fact, will
be aatialactory.
A child to enter the Beaufort
Graded School in the first grade
must be 6 yeara of age on or before
Oct. 16, 1958, and this fact must
be verified by the child's birth cer
tificate. The child must have the
necessary shots, and this must be
verified by a written statement
from either the County Health De
partment or the family doctor.
It ia moat important that all
children who are eligible be pres
ent with one parent at least, Mr.
Tarkington advisea.
Extra Shrimping Holiday
Will bo Considered
The Board ot Conservation and
Development haa scheduled a pub
lic hearing In the commercial fish
eries building, Morehead City, at
2 p.m. Saturday.
The question to be considered
will be closing the shrimping sea
son each week from Friday night
to Sunday midnight instead of Sat
urday midnight to Sunday midnight
aa at present.
Proponent* and ownntata of the
[proposal will to heard.