THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1962
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
Page NINETEEN
PINEBLUFF OFFICIALS
(Continued from page 1)
moved in about June 1, though he
said “carpet samples were dis
played in the front.” In the rear,
he said, the owner, named Huff
man, had established his family.
Mrs. Donna Spence, wife of the
prosecuting witness, and Miss
Pauline Sproul corroborated
Spence’s findings, noting that
they had complained about the
situation to Mayor Mills without
getting any reply. Miss Sproul
said she had written a letter to the
mayor and all the town commis
sioners, pointing out that the con
dition would cause a deterioration
in property values, but had had
no answer.
Mayor Mills, defending, point
ed out that both ladies had at
tended the June and July board
meetings at which the matter had
been fully discussed, that Miss
Sproul’s letter had been read at
the July 5 meeting and that she
had been present for the discus
sion, which, he said, constituted a
reply; also that at the meeting
the board had voted to repeal the
offending clause in the zoning or
dinance, which had stirred con
siderable criticism over the years,
and that notices of a public hear
ing July 26 had been posted the
next day. The day after that, j
Spence’s warrants were served on
the town officials, the first in
stance which can be recalled of a
full municipal governing body in
this area being haled into court
on a criminal charge.
Master Sgt. James M. Craven,
whose name had appeared on the
warrants as state’s witness, was
sworn in but was not called to
testify.
Asked his motive in bringing
the case into court, Spence ex
plained that it was “a punitive ac
tion to instil some responsibility”
into the officials to make them
enforce the ordinance.
Mayor Mills and the carpet
company owner were witnesses
for the defense, denying any vio
lation of the law, which Huffman
said “the Mayor had fully ex
plained to him.” Huffman said it
was true he had samnles in the
building and would have taken'
orders, had anyone wished to
nlace them, to be filled at a simi
lar business he operates in Dur
ham. But he said there had been
no business except for a carpet he
had picked up, to be cleaned at
his place in Durham.
Huffman said it was also true
he had placed newspaper ads, as
Spence charged, in. prder . to do
business but would not be offi
cially in business until he could
remodel the building, reconstruct
ing the entire front, and that
pending the reconstruction he had
received permission to live there
with his family temporarily while
he negotiated for the purchase
of a home. He bought the building
about May 15.
He had asked permission to re
model it with a small Hying
apartment in it for a night watch
man, since he expected to keep
thousands of dollars’ worth of
carpet there and the place had al
ready been broken into once, with
some tools being stolen. However,
such remodeling would not take
place until after the repeal of the
prohibitive clause, he said.
The prosecution was handled
by H.. F. Seawell, Carthage at
torney, as Solicitor W. Lamont
Brown received permission to
withdraw “for the first time in my
12 years as solicitor.” A former
mayor of Pinebluff, he still acts
as town attorney and felt himself
disqualified to act, he said.
The defense was in the hands of
W. D. Sabiston of Carthage.
After testimony by Spence, Mrs.
Spence and Mjss Sproul the State
rested its case, and Sabiston mov
ed vigorously for dismissal on
grounds, for which he cited prece
dent, that there had been no pub
lic injury, also that there had
been no shred of evidence offered
that business had been transacted
in the building by the occupant.
Seawell protested the motion
on the grounds that the Pinebluff
board had constituted itself “a
littl.g dictatorship” and “instead
of enforcing the law they just say,
‘We’ll repeal it.’ ”
Judge Rowe, after taking time
to study the zoning law and per
tinent statutes, decided against
dismissal only because, he said,
“Miss Sproul testified that Mayor
Mills told her he had given per
mission for the condition to take
place.”
Tempers flew a couple of times
during the three-hour trial and
defense counsel severely rebuked
State’s Witness Spence for loqua
city and failing to stick to the
point under cross-examination.
However, later Sabiston recall
ed Spence to the stand for more
cross-examination and allowed
him to speak as he wished, which,
however, apparently failed to bol
ster the State’s case.
Town Commissioners Daven
port and Brock were not called on
to testify. Timothy Cleary, the
other member of the three-man
board, was not involved in the
proceedings as he is away taking
postgraduate summer work. He is
a teacher at Aberdeen High
School.
The controversial clause, which
prohibits the erection of any new
building or structural alterations
to an existing building to provide
dwelling space along with a busi
ness, is part of an ordinance
adopted in 1948, drawn up by a
zoning commission with the help
of the institute of Government.
Mills was a member of the origi
nal zoning commission, helping
frame the ordinance. He was
elected mayor the year after its
adoption and has been reelected
for eyery term since. Spence ran
against him in 1961 but was de-
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