Recorder’s Court
A heavy docket faced Judge W. j
E. Bellamy. .Tr.. and Solicitor A. ;
H. Gainey, Jr., during Monday's
session of Recorder’s Court, but j
both officials will receive a respite !
from their duties on Monday com
ing, when court will not be held
due to the Labor Day holiday.
Resume of cases tried follows:
Paul Sellers pled guilty to is
suing a worthless check and re
ceived prayer for pudgment con
tinued on condition he make res
titution and violate no laws for
2 years.
Steve Cooker waived prelimin
ary hearing on an assault with
deadly weapon charge and was
bound over for trial in Superior
Court under $300 bond.
W addell Clemmons and David
Leo Clemmons were found not
guilty of possession of non-tax
paid whiskey and public drunken
ness.
Perry Lee Hewett pled guilty to
careless and reckless driving and
driving with improper equipment
and was fined $25 and costs.
Fred Atkinson pled guilty to a
drunk driving charge and was sen
tenced to 90 days on the roads,
with sentence suspended on con
dition he surrender his driver’s li
cense and pay a fine of $100 and
costs.
Willie Richard Jackson, charged
with reckless driving, hit and run,
and inflicting property damage,
was found guilty on all counts
and sentenced to 90 days on roads
with sentence suspended on con
dition he attend Driver's Clinic
within the next 60 days, restrict
his driving to transportation to
job for 6 months and pky a fine
of $50 and costs.
Joe Floyd Davis pled guilty to
driving without license and was
fined $25 and costs.
Lawrence R. Sullivan pleaded
guilty to careless and reckless
driving and driving too fast for
road conditions. He was sentenced
to 4 months, with sentence sus
pended on condition he not op
erate vehicle except for job trans
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portation, attend Driver’s Clinic
within 90 days and pay fine of
$60 and costs.
Homer Blanke, Jr., paid $25 and
costs for driving without license.
Joseph T. Moore paid $10 and
costs for following too closely.
David E. O'Neal was fined $15
and costs and fine remitted on a
speeding charge.
Carol Joyner pled guilty to
driving without a license and was
fined $25 an dcosts.
Herman Young drew 60 days
for failing to stop and report an
accident restuling in personal in
jury and property damage, sen
tence suspended on condition de
fendant violate no vehicular laws
and pay a fine of $20 and costs.
Brady L. Long was sentenced
to a total of 9 monthson the roads
on 3 charges, including third of
fense driving without license, issu
ing a worthless check, and lar
ceny by fraud. On a fourth count,
that of forgery, Long waived pre
liminary hearing and will be tried
in Superior Court.
Richard Moore was taxed with
the costs for assaulting a female,
after prosecuting witness declined
to testify.
Charles D. Burton paid $10 and
costs for driving on the wrong
side of road not in passing.
Fred Matthews Was found guil
ty of non-support of wife and 3
minor children and drew 6 months
on roads with sentence suspended
on condition he pay $25 weekly
support beginning on September
4, plus court costs.
Annie K. Greer was taxed with
the costs for failing to yield
rigth-of-way.
Albert L. Jewell was found not
guilty of driving too fast for road
conditions.
Dudley W. Barbee was fined
$100 and costs on a charge of
driving under the influence and
license revoked for one year.
Charles Kennedy pled guilty to
public drunkenness and drew 30
days suspended on condition he
remain sober and of good behavior
for 2 years and pay the costs of
the action.
Johnnie Nance was bound over
for trial in Superior Court on a
charge of assaulting a female.
Bond set at $500.
Frank M. Norris. Jr., was fined
! $125 and costs for speeding 90
mph and $50 of fine remitted on
| condition defendant complete
j Driver’s Clinic course within the
| next 6 months.
Ronell Smith received a nol pros
] with*leave on an amended charge
of assault upon a female when he
was committed to the State Hos
pital at Goldsboro.
Calvin E. Sullivan pled guilty
to driving with improper equip
ment and was fined $10 and costs
with fine remitted.
Owen G. Tatum was fined $35
and costs for speeding, with $20
of fine remitted on condition de
I fendant complete Driver’s Clinic
I course within 60 days.
Fred Watts was fined $25 and
J costs for public drunkenness.
George Watt pled guilty to pub
lic drunkenness and carrying con
cealed weapon, sentenced to 60
days on roads with sentence sus
pended on condition he remain
sober and of good behavior for 2
years, plus costs of action and
confiscation of weapon.
Sherwood Gore, charged with
driving after license revoked,
careless and reckless driving, and
failing to stop for light and police
siren, asked for jury trial and was
bound over to Superior Court un
der $200 bond.
Daniel L. Knox pled guilty to
possession of apparatus for the
manufacture of whiskey and pos
session of non-tax paid whiskey
for sale, and drew 15-months on
roads with sentence suspended on
condition defendant not have
whiskey-making apparatus, re
main sober and of good behavior
for 3 years and pay a fine of
$250 and costs.
Thomas Lee Allen paid $10 and
costs for driving too fast for con
ditions.
Albert Bogie was fined $10 and
the costs for driving with improp
er equipment.
Linwood Paul Cook was taxed
with the costs for stop-law viola
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Maultsby Closes
Customs Career
Josiah A. Maultsby is a full
time citizen of Whiteville again.
For the past eight years he
has been half New Hanover and
half Columbus county, but his
roots have always been deeply
embedded in Whiteville and Co
lumbus.
Last Thursday afternoon in the
Customhouse in Wilmington,
Maultsby administered the oath
of office as Collector of Customs
for North Carolina to Cutlar
Moore of Lumberton. This was
his final act as Collector.
Maultsby assumed the post as
tion.
Olivia Everette paid $10 and
costs for failing to yield right-of
way.
Leroy Freeman paid $10 and
costs on a speeding charge.
Margin Frink was taxed with
the costs for driving with expired
chauffeur’s license.
I
Collector of Custom for North
Carolina September 23, 1953 by
appointment of then President
Eisenhower. His predecessor was
John Bright Hill of Wilmington.
Hill was present at the swear
ing-in ceremony and so was
Charles M. Johnson, also a form
er Collector.
The now former Collector feels
that his eight years in the posi
tion were not only pleasant and
enjoyable but also a rewarding
experience from both the personal
as well as a service point of
view.
“I leave the office,” he said
here Friday, ‘‘with the highest
esteem for all of the 40 em
ployees in the district. To a man,
they were loyal and cooperative
and I will not soon forget the
cordial relationship that prevail
ed while I was the Collector.”
He recounted some of the more
interesting yet little known facts
JOSIAH A. MAULTSBY
about Customs work in the wide-*
spread organization in the state.
In his first year as Collector,
the Port of Wilmington had only
53 ships calling there and en
gaged in foreign commerce. Col
lections that year were 8.5 mil
lion.
His last year there, over 400
Apply Business Methods
The decade of the 1950’s saw
changes in North Carolina agri
culture take place faster than
most people had expected.
Dr. S. H. Hobbs Jr., a rural
social economist at the Univer
sity of North Carolina, believes
six basic trends stood out above
all others.
They were: (1) a rapid decline
in the number of farms; (2) a
large gain in the size of farms;
(3) tremendous gains in mechani
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(4) rapid trends towards large
scale agriculture with fewer
ships called and collections went
above the $14 million mark.
But there are other interesting
facets in the job: ports of entry
In addition to Wilmington, port:
of entry are established at Win
ston Salem, Reidsville, and Dur
ham, mostly for tobacco; at El
kin for wood; at Morehead Citj
for general imports; Fayetteville
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ton and Elizabeth City, for regis
within two months, Fremont had
been relieved of his command.
farmers marketing larger pc
cents of farm products; (5) raj
decline in farm tenancy; and (
large increases in the value
farms.
While the rapidity and magi
tude of agricultural changes
recent years may have startl
many people, Dr. Hobbs believ
these changes will be even mo
“substantial” in the immedia
future.
“We are going to experien
substantial gains in mechanic
tion,” he predicted. “There w
be further consolidation of farn
and there will be more specia
zation of farm production.
“There will be oonsiderat
gains in integrated fanning, su
as has been developing in t
Middle West in recent years.”
Dr. Hobbs also predicted th
farmers who stay in business w
be more highly trained and w
have more initiative and imagin
tion. Farmers will convert mo
of their edible crops into liv
stock and poultry products. Ai
fewer and larger farm operatioi
will be found in livestock,
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