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Driving Charge
Judge L. t. llotrU twin# Artie
Robert Nelsea fuMty of fccklMi
driving Tuesday tn County Record
er's Court. Nelson was ordered
to pa; $50 and costs
IV defendant was charged witk
drunk driving to which he plead ad
not guilty. The charge was filed
by State Highway Patrolman W.
J. Smith on Jan. 23.
He told the court that while {al
lowing Nelaon on highway 70 be
tweca Beaufort and Atlantic be no
ticed that Neiaon's car repeatedly
croaaad the white line and went off
tbe shoulder.
He also said that Nelson was
driving along drinking beer and
staggered when he got out of the
car.
Nelson told the.court that he had
had only two beers prior to being
stopped. He bad a passenger in
his car confirm this statement, and
alas the person who sold him the
ban said be imrchased only three
cans of beer.
Arrest time, according to Patrol
man Smith was around 4 p.m. Nel
sa said that ha had drunk the
first two beers shortly after 1 p.m.
He accounted for his erratic
driving by Idling the court that
be was driving with one hand
while he was drinking the third
beer. He .stoutly maintained his
sobriety as did the witnesses.
Whiskey Found
A bottle of legal whiskey was
found in the car but Nelson told
the court that he had not touched
any of it Saturday. He had drunk
some the night before, he said.
On the basis of this evidence,
the court found Nelson guilty of
reckless driving.
The court also found Clyde Gil
likin, charged with speeding and
reckless driving, guilty as charged
and ordered a fine of $25 and costs
to be paid.
Gillikin was charged with the
traffic violation by Patrolman
Smith after an accident Feb. 9
on Harkers Island.
Gillikin. according to Patrolman
Smith, had skidded after rounding
a curve, going off the shoulder
and returned to the paved surface
only to skid acroas the road and
smashed into a telephone pole,
breaking it off.
?Lo at Control'
Smith stated that Gillikin told
him he was going about 45 miles
per hour and had lost control of
the car whan it went off the road.,
The area In which the accident hsp
pened was a 33 mile zone, Mr.
Smith charged.
Martin Davis, charged with is
Town Board Studies Drainage
Problem on North 20th Street
Members of the Morehead City
tow* board visited MM ?sw ssrtlsn
of town narth dl the bridge ua
Mth street Saturday moraing to
it udy a drainage problem.
The vWt was made aa Ike result
of a request at the Iowa board
Meeting Thursday Sight by real
dents of that area whe said their
property waa being damaged by
water.
Accompanying the commission
ers was J. V. Waters, street super
intendent.
Following the inspection. Mayor
George W. Dill said that Um poor
drainage is the result of water run
ning on to the property from high
land at the rear of the homes and
due to improper maintenance along
the shoulder of the road.
A- C. Smith of the N. 20th street
section brought the problem to the
mention of the board.
Representative Appears
F. C. Meltrer of the firm, Brinck
erhoff. Parson. Hall and Mac Don
aid. appeared before the tward at
their Thursday night session and
explained the work his firm is do
ing in surveying North Carolina's
Mr. Meltier said be would be
headquartered at the commercial
fisheries building west of More
head City until the survey is com
pleted and can be contacted there
by phoning MJlfl Die board of
fered to assist Mr Meltzer if he
needed their help.
The agreement between the state
highway department and the town
regarding laying of the storm
sewer in the western section of
Arendell street was read. The
agreement was drawn up by the
atate. The board approved it with
certain changes suggested by the
town attorney, George McNeill.
Town to Pay Part
The town will pay a portion of
the expense entailed in putting
down a storm sewer rather than
using an open drainage ditch.
Mrs. Sallie Moore of Atlantic
Beach requested the town's de
cision on erection of a sign point
ing to Atlantic Beach. The sign
would be put up at 24th and Aren
dell street. The atate highway
suing a bad check for $18 50, was
sentenced to 60 days on the roads.
The 'sentence will be suspended if
Davis makes good the check and
pays costs of court in 30 days.
The state decided not to pros
ecute Douglas Cannon Barbour,
charged with assaulting a minor
female and contributing to her de
linquency. The state decided not
to prosecute at this time Julian E.
Taylor, charged with assaulting a
female.
Warren Clem Sutton, charged
with no operator's license, speed
ing, reckless and drunk driying.
was ordered to pay $128 and costs.
James Edward Stanely, charged
with speeding and passing at an in
teraection, was ordered to pay $15
and coats in 30 days or do 30 days
in jail.
The court assessed Walter A.
Whitehead $25 and coats on a reck
less driving charge The state
decided not to prosecute Clarence
T. fiurris. charged with auto lar
ceny.
Pay $?, Costs
Kenneth Thlgpen Knight,
charged with speeding, and Far
rell N. Finlejr, charged with no
operator's license, were fined $10
and costs.
Roy ^homas Griffin, charged
with speeding and improper li
cense; and Harry A. Daggus Jr.,
charged with passing on the right,
Were fined $10 and court costs.
Raymond J. Ayers, Jesse W.
Mooring, and Ernest Edmund
Shireman. charged with speeding,
were not in court and their bonds
were forfeited
Court cost* were ordered paid by
the following: Leonard Hearsehcl
Motley, David Randolph Thomas,
William H. Potter, Karl Bennett
Taylor, Jerome Albert Miller, and
James Franklin Fosha, all charged
with speeding.
James Koy Lewis, failing to
stop at a stop sign; and Sorell M.
Bodiford, no operator's license and
no. muffler.
Cam Continued
Cases continued were as follows:
Herbert Jones, Ralph Allen Gran
inger, Woodrow Royal. Robert
Mortimer Fisher Jr., Joseph E.
Katz. and Otto Johnson, all charged
with speeding.
Thomas Joseph Kelly, expired li
cense plates: Harold Neil Cross
nickle. speeding and drunk driving;
Alexander Lewis, speeding and
reckleaa driving; William E. Pow
ers, speeding and reckless driving,
and Charles C. Snail, no operator's
license and no license plates on his
car.
Odessa Jones, public drunken
ness and possessing non-tax paid
whiskey: Larry Balemore Smith,
drunk driving; Earl G. Lewis,
driving without an operator's li
cense and expired license plates;
William P. Dolan. drunk driving,
and William G. Smith, public
drunkenness and possessing non
tax paid whiskey.
Joe Ernol Lewis, Speeding and
driving on the wrong skle of the
highway; and Edmund Plymouth
Smith, drunk driving and posses
sing non-tax paid whiskey.
aafety division aaid their only re
quest was that the arrow pointing
to the beicti fa* It least ? feet
above the street. The railroad has
alio given permission to put the
sign on tliir right -of way. The
com*Mssianer?>?jd'they had no ob
jection if all other parties involved
were aatisfted
Attending the meeting were the
mayor. Commissioners S. C. Hollo
way. D. G. Bell. John Morris, Ted
Garner. D. J. Hall, City Clerk John
Lashley and Attorney McNeill.
Taylor's Community Hall. Har
lowe. will close tomorrow for re
modeling. The hall will re-open
with a jjala square dance Saturday,
March 6.
Illness Hospitalizes
Candidate for Solicitor
J. W. H. Roberts, Greenville, was
continuing his campaign for nom
ination as solicitor of the fifth judi
cial district from a hospital bed in
Morehead City yesterday.
Mr. Roberts, a practicing attor
ney, came to Morehead City Wed
nesday night by automobile, felt
woozy whan he got out of the car,
called a doctor and was put in the
hospital at 3 a.m. with a virus in
fection.
Mr. Roberts started to practice
law at Snow- Hill in 1927. He served |
as solicitor of Greene County in
1929. He wept to Washington
where he was with the Library of
Congress, Department of Justice
and the Home Owners Loan Corp.
as senior attorney until 1036.
lie returned to Greenville where
he has been practicing law aince
the*. Mr. Roberta waa Judge of the
(.roenville city court for 10 yeara
ami was special assistant to the
United States District attorney
from June 1952 to June 1053.
lie is a member of numerous
civic and fraternal organizations in
cluding the Masons, Elks. Shrine
and Red Men.
Mr. Roberts' wife is the former
Jane Ross of Pamlico, Carteret
and Craven Counties whose father,
Eugene Ross, taught at Newport
School many years ago.
They have four children, three
sons and a daughter,
Two Put on Probation ;
Judge Extends Order
Thomas Mum and Hubert Pulley
were placed on probation m More
head City Recorders Court Mon
day. Batfc mn wMh
stealing l-it*A Urn Mm ana
bera.
Judge George McNeill granted
a metiaa la tsniinas ? caort mr
der far an indefinite time" in the
case o I Harvey Lnk Lewis waa
changed by his wife, Beatrice Lew
is, witb failure to comply witk a
court order of fab. 1.
Oa that date Lewis was charged
with using loud and profane lan
guage and disturbing the peace.
He was given a si* month suspend
ed sentence and the court stipulat
ed that he must behave himself for
six months and atay away from his
.wife during the same period.
Hie wife charged that Lewis is
not (laying away from her. Lew
?? lawyer aakod thai thn court
order be continued indefinitely
inlaid at >uat aut nalta
A MUaw of 38 days Hi jail
SLC^TST ^KracelS^*
suspended if Larkee WnHi on
good behavior for ail months and
pays one half court coots He must
also pay the aaaanat necessary to I
repair a pair of glisaea.
K. O. Proud charted Larfcee with
asaault whoa Larkee struck him in
the face at 5:J0 Saturday afternoon
at Gainer's Gulf Service Station.
Mr. Proud, in relating eventa
leading up to the affray, told the
court that he had slopped at the
nation for gaa whan l.arkae walked
up to him and struck him in the
face breaking his glasses and cut
ting the corner of his eye. ?
When asked what might have
been the reason for the attack
Mr. Proud said that a couple of
weeks ago Larkee was ia the Yel
low Cab Stand office "pretty well
drunked up" and made a nuisance
of bimaelf.
Mr, Proud told the court that he
had told Larkee to leave and when
he didn't, be firmly helped Larkee
out of the door.
Larkee admitted the blow, but
said he had been roughly propelled
from the cab office accompanied
by plenty of cues words. He said
his resentment had built up ever
since the affair and when he saw
Mr. Proud at the service station
he walked over and clouted him
one.
The state decided not to prose
cute Charles Quentin Willis on a
drunk driving charge. Willis
pleaded guilty to a charge of speed
ing and reckless driving and was
fined $50 and costs.
Judge McNeill ordered Mizpah
Chad wick to pay > fim of $25 and
carta iktn aha pleadod guilty to
drMurwitfcmt a lieenaa. The court
aafitM % fine would be remit
tad if a valid operator's license
was shown to the clerk o f court in 1
36 days.
William Guthrie, charged with
public drunkenness was given a
so-day suspended sentence by the
court. The sentence will be sus
pended K Guthrie pays a fine of
?1S aad peats and uniisi on good
behavior tar II mntha.
George C. Smith of the dredge
Gerig. charged with drank driving,
was fined J100 and coats
William Gillikin and G. D. Pin
er. charged with fighting on the
street, wen ordered to pay court
coats. The court said that two
thirds of Gillikin's coats woold be
remitted.
Caaes in which court coata were
ordered paid are the following:
Leon Sykes. Prank Berlin, and
Francis Grahain Fuleher. all
charged with speeding: S. T. Chad
wick, allowing an uolicenaod person
to drive; and lira. Jean R. Dewey
expired operator's license and ex
pired licenae plates.
Caaea Continued
Cases continued were:
Paul Bowden Jr., llarvln Andrew
Holcombe, and John Davis Am
brose, all charged with drunk driv
ing; William Vallmor and William
Marion Creech, charged with speed
ing; Thomas G. Cox. allowing an
unlicensed person to drive; and
Victor I. Hammond, no operator's
license.
Reginald Conway, drunk, disor
derly, and diaturbing the peace:
Barney Matthews public drunken
nness; William "Pete" Fulford ,lr.
possessing stolen property; and
Antoinette Rogal, no operator's
license.
Doris Ambrose, drunk driving
and expired operator's license;
Robert Alvin Kelley. speeding,
reckless driving, and drunk driv
ing; and Charlie Smith, no opera
tor's license, temporary auto lar
ceny, reckless driving, and driv
ing after license revoked.
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producing plants ?rt in Connecti
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