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IMPROVED FARM PRACTICES'
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«how* the part of Kinston where
sidewalks are provided. .]fiie
lighter portion of the map which
inclndes by far the major part
Of the city inclndes those areas
when Bo Sidewalks are pro
* sided. .
This ssbjoct of sidewalks is
•Be that gna Wen regarded
rathSr like a red-headed step
child and it has new grown up
to such proportions that it will
be difficult tocope with.
The principal reason we am
hollering on this subject, ef
Mpse,-lies in the traffic haz
ard that this laOk of sidewalks
present, both to school children
and adults. FOieed to walk in
ftbe streets, where thousands of
awwra&Ss
city open for suits if such a
*r»S«ay occurs and, we believe
farther, that the cost of paying
off one suit would much more
than amount to the cost of put
Hag -sidewalks in those arias
whew they are needed.
Ba«9k when a car was more or
leas m strange and rare machine
Kfamten built Sidewalks as the
town grew but for some reason
—perhaps just a simple orer
sight, as the tpwn grew and as
the automobile multiplied over;
and oner again, sidewalks were,
lest fa the shuffle some where.
On the mid-thirties Attorney
Jesse A. Jones appeared before
the city council and asked lot a
single sidewalk from Fairfield to
tdm so that school children
r- Jones was listen
-_—r «<>* n»t*eh more.
Periodically, over 'the years
state we started this paper, we
have also hollered on this sub
ject—and we intend to keep on
hollering. We think every Pax
ent-Teadber Association in the
city sStotld have sidewalk con
«tructhm as its No. 1 project and
hept as that until sidewalks are
provided.
The 1ms service to these out
lying areas is. nowhere near ade
quate and-as one parent put it to
ns last week: “l wouldn’t mind
my kids walking if they had
some sidewalks to walk on. Now
they neither'have bus service or
sidewalks.'”
It’s. time 'to do something
JiOWl not alter a funeral.
Carolina
Above at right Kinston Attor
ney Fitzhugh Wallace, Jr., ex
plains in a little more detail
some of the aspects of the com
pany represented by his law
firm taking over the gas fran
chise in Kinston which is being
dropped by the Carolina Power
and Light Company on October
1st of this year. Wallace, who
with his father represents the
Public; Service Company of New
York, as well as Carolina Power
and Light in Kinston, said to the
board of aldermen Monday night
that the New York outfit would
not be interested in less than a
30 year franchise, which is the
length of . the one that comes to
hlgltnt^ifly at left Is Alderman
Bur well Temple who along with
the other three aldermen pres
ent voted unanimously naming
a committee of Mayor Guy El
liott, City Manager Bill Heard
and City Attorney George
Greene to enter la negotiations
with the Hew York company for
a 30-year franchise. (Polaroid
Photo-in-a-ndnute by Jack
Rider.
Other matters taken np in the
September session of the Kin
ston Town Connell at its de
layed Monday night meeting in
cluded the passing of an ordi
nance making a bird sanctuary
of Kinston which forbids the
shooting, trapping or molesting
of any and all songbirds.
Newsman Jack Rider appear
ed before the group and present
ed a map of the city (Reproduc
ed in this issue) which shows
that more than half of the city
is without sidewalks. Rider beg
gad the council to do something
toward providing sidewalks be
fore some person is injured or
killed from' having to walk in
the heavy trafficked streets.
The matter was referred to City
Manager Bill Heard who was not
present at the meeting, being ab
sent on his annual vacation .
Attorney Marion Parrott
briefly discussed the closing of
an alley between the Caswell
Hotel and Oasis Theatre but on
advice of City Attorney. Greene
who said tie city nid’ nd legal
claim on the alley which was
very clearly a private alley the
council told Parrott it had noth
ing to do with the closing of
said alley. Alderman Ed John
son told Parrott' to rush along:
with the building since a build
ing would pay more taxes than
an alley.
The city’s insurance coverage
for the coming year beginning:
October fourth went to a com
pany represented by W. A.
Moore for an annual premium
of $8,432.77.
May, 1952, production of total
nonfat dry milk solids was the
highest for any month in 18
rears of record.
, At 82,
Still Holds Lively Court
Judge Henry A. Grady is
Math Carolina’s Oldest Superior
Court Judge hut a great many
jjglir younger' men icould leam
how to expedite matters ih the
;;ecmrt room if they itaok lessons
*rpm the 82-year-old Jurist who
now ;lives just below Slews Bern
on the beautiful banks of the
lower Neuse,
Holding court in Kinston this
week Grady not only displayed
the usual enthusiasm far his
work thaii has marked his many
years on the bench but also had.
his well known wit about him
at all. times.. : v;|W; ■;
One of the first cases heard
was a divorce case in which J.
Frank Wooten, one of Kinston’s
best known lawyers, was split
ting * couple legally asunder.
Wooten referred to a' witness
to the case as "that little white
mo coarge, aeciarea mat he
cou^to** 'get that prosecuting
witness into rcourt ahd that he
had been trying for a year to get
him into court.
Officer Paid 'S'oung reminded
Wooten that tthe cutting with
the Coke bottle 3»d not happen
1 ed until July of this year, at
which point Jnfjge Grady lean
ed forward to. aemlnd Wooten,
“Frank, your eyea^ht is failing
and your memory foas gone bad
oti you, too.” Mrs. Brooks was
fined $25.
Running .headlong through
the court’s calendar, the 82
year-old Judge Pith a lot of
pushing and shoving'cleared the
following cases by noon-time
Tuesday: Clara Lee Harriss,
case remanded to juvenile court,
after Grady ruled that the case
had not been properly appealed
team the Juvenile Judge John
S. Davis. Davis had ordered the
girl to be committed to the
'OWs
at Samarcgbm? 'V1' i'ftS--- : :di,
. An assault Ptth a deadly wea
wie one-armed defendant.
Drizell Brinsm and Ada Tay
lot were each charged with
having in their possession some
stumphole whisky and Grady
gave them identical sentences:
One year in prison, suspended
an payment of a $100 fine, the
court cast and condition of their
being placed cm probation for
five years.
Mercer Fields was given a two
year jail sentence suspended on
condition he pay the hospital
bills of Willie Robertson whom
he, admitted shooting in a brawl
at the “Club Executive” on the
night of'January Third.
Grady brought this trial to a
grinding halt when be told
counsel for the defense, “You
can plead , this man guilty to
assault with a deadly weapon
or ,1*11 issue a bench warrant
for him on the basis of what
he h.as admitted on the witness
stand and give him four years
to prison for buying a pistol
without a license arid for carry
ing a concealed, weapon.
After, one of the briefest co^
terence's - •
piacea on probation for five
years and ordered to pay the
hospital bill of Roberson as
well as paying him a reason
able amount of the time Rob
erson had lost from work.
Tom Waters drew a $25 fine
and court costs after a jury
had convicted him of speeding.
This was Waters’ second speed
ing conviction in five months
and will mean his loss of driv
ing license for at least a six
month period.
Dalton Taylor was ordered to
pay a $100 fine and court costs
after a jury had convicted him
of drunken driving. Notice of
appeal to the Supreme Court
was given by Taylor’s counsel.
, A jury found Herny P. Furches
NOT GUILTY of forcibly tres
passing Into the home of James
Jenkins of 106 East Blount
Street. Furches was shot twice
with a 25 caliber pistol during
the fight that followed the al
leged trespass, neither wound
yas serious.
Jenkins testified that two wo
ot whom was Furches
aivowse
the gro
iratioa.
million pounds
W <mthe Cterir
luring the iites
I The fiancee denied this and ap
parently the jury believed her, or
[decided that Jenkins had in
flicted enough punishment on
Furches for the alleged trespass.
Emmanuel Harris of Pink
Hill drew nine months on the
roads for cutting the face of
Willie Clark open with a bush
axe earlier this month in a
fight near Pink Hill. Clark had
gone back to Mississipi and
failed to show up to testify
against Harris, but Pink Hill
Chief of Police P. m Squires
described the wound Clark had
suffered.
Elizabeth Koonce was granted
a divorce from Jake Koonce on
** had com
mitted- adultery an<j. Claude
was granted a
Rebecca Dodd on
Pf two years sep