THE JONES COUNTY
VOLUME FIVE TRENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, APRIL 8,1954.
NUMBER 48
Jones Commissioners Waiting to
Fill Vacancy In Sheriffs Office
Until After May 29th Primary
The expected naming of a sher
iff to serve until the term of the
Late Sheriff Jeter Taylor ex
pires on the First Monday in De
cember did not come with the
April meeting of the Jones Coun
ty Board of Commissioners.
W. “Brown" Yates, chief dep
vuty under Taylor for the past.
JOur years, who has been filling
the office since Taylor’s sudden
death on March 9th, was author
ized to draw the $220 per month
salary and $75 per month ex
penses' paid to the Sheriff, but
Coroner Wayne Jarman was re
tained, at least temporarily, in
the capacity of Acting Sheriff,
which he automatically inherited
upon the death of the Sheriff.
The status of Jarman remained
somewhat in the air in view Of
the fact that he holds a civil
service position at a Marine Base
and there was some doubt as to
the legality of his holdng any
kind of political post. -Jarman
has made it very clear that he
did not want to do anything that
might possibly cause him to get
Continued on page 12
The Jones Political Pot
Now On Okinawa.
Pvt. Joseph Haddock of Tren
ton, who recently arrived on
SHERIFF
W. Brown Yates, Pollocksville.
Allen H. Creagh, Pollocksville.
Gilbert N. Scott, Pollocksville.
Guy Rouse, Pollocksville.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Charlie L. Davis, Pollocksville.
D. A. Jones, Tuckahoe.
H. C. Mallard, Trenton.
James Barbee, White Oak.
E. M Phllyaw, Cypress Creek.
Tilghman Holloman Trenton.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
John M, Hargett, Tuckahoe.
Okinawa,, is a rifleman in Com
pany B of the 29th Regimental
Combat Team. The 20-year-old
soldier, whose sister, Mrs. T. D.
! Holloman, lives on Route 1, en
tered the Army in August 1953,
and was last stationed at Fort
Jackson, S. C., where he com
pleted basio training. (U. S. Ar
.my Photo).
What The Well-Equipped Thief
Keeps in His Tool Box For Work
Marriage Licenses
Jones County Register of Deeds
George Noble reported the issue
of just one marriage license in
the past ■week, to Clarence Eu
gene Blanton, 23, of New Bern
and Vinia Faye Smith, 20, of
Trenton.
Irrigation is probably more
profitable when used with to
bacco than any other crop
CONSTABLE
Roy Mallard, Trenton.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Kermit R. Whaley.
CLERK OF COURT
W. Murray Whitaker, Tren
ton.
-#8
which is being staffed W*
day, Thursday and Friday night
of this week in the Graingei
High School auditorium. Toj
left is Ed Schuffman, (Mr. Man
ningham), top right, Pat Combi
(Mrs. Maningham), bottom left
Ted Davis (Inspector Rough;
and Maxine Haynes (Nancy
The Maid). “Angel Street” en
joyed a long run on Broadway
where Vincent Price created th<
role of “Mr, Manninghagn,” s
murdered bent on driving hii
wife insane. Later in the mov
ie version, which for some ob
scure reason was renamed “Gas
Light,” Charles Boyer became
“Mr. Miami Ingham,” Ingrid
Bergman was Mrs. Mannfeigbam,
Angela Lansbury was the maid
and Joseph Cotton nu Police
Inspector Rough. The play, one
rig the early pychological shock
ers. centers around the effort
of “Mr. Mjmiugham? to drive
: his wife insane in order to com
pletely erase a murder from his
mind that he committed prior to
their marriage. (Polaroid pho
tos-in-a-mhnute by Jack Rider.)
Home Club Notes
Jones County Home Agent Mrs.
Marrin Thomas urges a large
turnout of Home Demonstration
Club members at 2:30 p. m. Ap
ril 15th when Elizabeth Dicken
son, State College specialist, will
give a course on “Lampshade
Making.” This meeting will be
held in the ag building.^
TWO JONES ARRESTS
Chief Deputy Sheriff W
“Brown” Tates has reported only
turo Jones County arrests in the
past week: John J. Cooper of
Trenton is held under $100 bond
charged with assault on a female
and Levi Roberta of Trenton is
charged with passing worthless
Pictured here are the “work
ing tools” found in the car and
around the home of George Gur
ley of Happersville, one of five
Lenoir Countians currently held
in jails in East Carolina charg
ed with a series of safe crack
ings.
The arrest of this quintet got
underway last Friday kiight hi
Wilson when police there came
upon Edgar Davenport of 114
South Tiffany Avenue and Eddie
Sparrow of 311 East Caswell
Street as they attempted to
break into a Wilson garage.
A running gun battgle between
the cops and the Kinstonians
ended with the escape of the
trigger happy pair. Happily no
one was hit in the exchange of
shots.
At 10:15 Saturday morning a
Kinston woman passing through
the Rocky Mount bus station saw
the pair and thought they were
“wanted” by Kinston police.
She called the Kinston police,
who in turn quickly alerted
Rocky Mount police who caught
the pair in the rest room of the
Rocky Mount bus station.
Like most criminals when
caught, they quickly implicated
Gurley as an accomplice, as well
as Lloyd Ray Hill of Kinston of
Route Four and Tommie Coston
of Simon Bright Aaprtmeints.
Hill is said to have taken part
in only one “job” with this group
and Coston is said to have only
taken some of the loot stolen.
Dynamite, dynamite caps,
chisels, punches, hammers,
hatchets, sledge hammers
wrenches, hacksaws, shotgun
shells, pistol and shells, gloves
and even some fishing tackle
and headache medicine were in
cluded in the materials 'found in
Gurley’s car and around his
home. (Polaroid Photo-in-a-min
ute by Jack Rider).
Meet The Dean
This week due to the loss of
am engraving somewhere be
tween Mount Olive and Kinston
our feature “'Meet The Dean”
cannot be published. We re
gret this delay and express the
hope that the “Dean” when he
does arrive next week will be
much appreciated. He is one of
Kinston’s “GraJnd Old Men.”
Sam Ham In Jam
Sam Ham will eat State Ham,
with buttons on it, for the next,
five months, fiam drew a five
month road term from Magis
trate Bill Thomas on Monday
after he had been convicted, of
passing numerous worthless,
checks. Also aent along to keep
Sam company for one of the
five months was Jeff Roy, who
also had been issuing checks of
exceeding high rubber content.