f Son-Of-A-Gun ^
by Jo? Lonier
Roger Vernon Miller will have his case reviewed by the
I parole commission this week, according to parole officials.
I Miller was first considered by the commission last
l^anuary. He was denied parole at that time. Ten years
^^go. Roger Vernon Miller was found guilty in Duplin
I County of murder and kidnapping. He was sentenced to
I life on the kidnapping charge, and to death on the murder
charge. ,
On an afternoon in March, 1969, when Jacqueline Stone
and her two younger sisters were leaving the Clement
Street School in Wallace for home, a man in a car stopped
and told 13-year-old Jackie that her mother had been
injured in an auto accident and had been taken to the
' hospital. He said he had been sent by her father to take her
Pto the hospital. The younger girls were to go home and
someone was there to take care of them. When the
younger girls got home, their mother was sitting and
' ' sewing. .. .They told her what had happened. . .Jackie's
dad, Leon Stone, a Wallace radio station employee, and
the police were notified. Later in the day, the car and man,
' which turned out to be Roger Vernon Miller, were seen
in downtown Wallace. . .But no Jackie. . .It was about
three days later when Jackie's lifeless body was found in
Stocking Head Creek near Dobson's Chapel.
m At the trial, testimony given by Sheriff T. E. Revelle as
" to a statement made by Miller. . .Jackie was kicking,
Z yelling and trying to get away. . .Miller took a grease rag
? he had under the front seat of the car, put it around her
A neck and twisted it until she got quiet. . .When he drove
. over Stocking Head Creek bridge, he threw her over the
? railing into the creek, where she was found by the
? Highway Patrol several days later.
? He was found guilty and sentenced. . . . The U.S.
' Supreme Court struck down the death penalty in Georgia
? in 1971. North Carolina's law was similar, and in 1973, the
\ legislature amended it to comply with the Supreme Court
J decision. . .Also, death penalty convictions before 1973
J were sent back to superior court judges for re-sentencing.
Miller's conviction was changed to two life sentences. . .
. However, it was not stated they were to be consecutive. .
f .Therefore, he came away with what was the same as one
life term. . .and parole elgibility was within ten years. .
.Now, however, one must serve 20 years before being
) eligible for parole after being sentenced to life in prison. ..
? Jackie Stone would have been 23 in February. . .Her
: father, Leon Stone, says he does not believe that the jury
that sentenced Miller would want him turned loose on
society after only 10 years. . .They were polled
individually, and each juror stood and said guilty...
1 agree with Mr. Stone. . .In fact, I suppose I am old
fashioned. but 1 don't think anyone who takes a life should
be allowed out of prison ever. . .They have chosen not to
live by the rules and have broken one that cannot be
I mended.
Speaking of court ? 1 overheard it said the other week in
divorce court, the couple can't live together, so they
separated. . .Now they both are wanting revenge . .'.he
children in the case are more adult than the adults...
?????
Commissioner Allen Nethercutt stated he received a
call from a lady the other day and she said, 1 want you to
know I am not against people who drink beer, wine and
whiskey. . .1 do think, however, that it should be an
on-premises thing. . .And I think they should throw the
damned bottles on the floor and break them right there
where they are drinking. . .The lady had run over some
bottles on her property and ruined a $100 tractor tire. .
.The bottles were put there by off-premises drinkers...
?????
It look 24 years, but 1 finally got it right. . .Monday, I
was hurrying to get dressed and go.. .1 had my shirt, socks
and asked Donna to get my pants from the other room. .
.When she came back into the room, I had my shirt on,
along with my socks. . .My undercloths also. . .Well, it is
about time, she says. . .What are you talking about, I
asked. . .You are putting your clothes on the right way for
the first time since we have been married, she continued. .
.You have finally put your socks on before you put your
pants on. . .All this time and I never knew it made any
difference. . .Son-of-a-Gun. ..
Ode To Commissioners
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O'tel! me sirs what does it An accountant is rea? what
take we need
A good county commissioner He understands the tax
a ii r ? T' r 11 figures that make us bleed
A w.ll of tron. a b. of gall 0h8year, a politician, he's
Then you say, that s not all in\he know
Fuss Him, cuss him, abuse Why do we need him? We've
. . . ,,m.' got JOE(Son-of-a gun.)
And st.ll, he s glad to serve 0 ? , a? the fu? *nd
them. r
Elected because he's our We>ve hoSpitaJS(
Ah! But that was way back he,,,h' " nothin'to
when After all is said, what it takes
What we need is a man, close ,
. .. is money
f,501 . And from where we are
If he comes to the meeting taxe<J ,ha( ^ funny
dirty, we re sore as a boil SO GIVE US A MAN WHO
So. give us a man who knows CAN SAY WE CAN'T
the business world AND TO HELL WITH A
And he II put the county in a FEDERAL GRANT! ! !
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