Newspapers / The Jones County journal. / Feb. 10, 1955, edition 1 / Page 1
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Raas On Tuesday, February 1 of this year,’ 18-year old Daniel Boon, a native of Kinston ad mlted killing a man some 18 miles iwest of Norfolk In Prin cess Anne County, Virginia. His story, from his own Ups and as pieced together by the various, and numerous police working on the case runs about like this.. Young Boone had gone to Nor folk where an older brother lives to hunt a job, with little success. Last Tuesday he says he was thumbing a ride out of Norfolk and was picked up by a man, now identified as Ellis W. Edwards of Norfolk. Boone says that very hear the scene of the shooting Edwards pulled a pistol On him. Boone has not Indicated the reason Edwards did so. Boone says Edwards stopped the oar and started to get out, at which In stant he (Boone) jerked out a tiny .22 caliber revolver and shot Edwards five times, in the back. Ether Instantly killed or at the very least instantly para lyzed by the five bullets in foe back Edwards feU to the ground. Then, Young Boone says he de layed his departure tong enough ^determine timtjfce ^caM Awkward Overate Last week workers repairing Hurricane Hazel damage to the roof of Tapp's Warehouse de parted for the day and left a small can containing a fire on the roof. Somehow the fire managed to escape and had fall en Into the warehouse, but luck ily it was discovered In time to prevent any considerable dam age. Assistant Fire Chief Joe Hailey gave the workers a friendly lecture on their mistake the neat morning when they showed up for work J New Buses Authorized The Lenoir County Board of Commissioners Monday approved the request made by the County School Board for permission to purchase two additional school busses to serve Woodington High School. Superintendent Henry Bullock pointed out that a re cent check by state officials had strongly condemned triple tripe that were being made by a pair of busses at that school, with each having a roundtrip of over 30 miles per day. These two ad ditional trusses will make impos sible to correct this situation. rah to three rental houses be longing to Daye Hussey of Jones County. Rochelle has asked $750 for his lot, while two lot owners in the rear of the Rochelle pro perty who also had an unwanted sewer on their land agreed to settle for $305, making a total of $1,075, which was the limit the board authorized to be spent in the settlement. Kinston Postmaster E. B, Wooten, looks with understand able wonder on the most lethal piece of mail handled through the local office since Income tas blanks were mailed out early in January. This .22 caliber revol ver was admittedly placed in the mails by 18-year old Daniel Boone, who sent it to his mo ther, Mrs William Aman, along with a letter telling her that the gnn had been used by him to kill a man. in Virgin’a. (Polaroid photo-in-a-minute by Jack Ri der) Jones Commissioners Discuss Road Improvement Priorities in & JSb&£4: ikJ li,£«j* W35«*&'• ££ Wj system of the county. Some mis undersstanding and complaints before the board were cleared up In the long, detailed session. The board also heard reports from the farm and home agents and the superintendent of wel fare and accepted the resigna tion of Walter Beddard as jail er-janitor. Beddard had asked for a $35 per month pay boost which had been turned down. He had served in that job for the past 10 years. the tax listing period was ex tended until February loth. After a conference with Dis trict Veterans Service Officer Trenton Attorney Don Brock agreed to accept the job as Jones County veterans service officer The 10 most destructive in sects in North Carolina last }'ar wei'e the com earwOrm, boll weevil, tobacco homworm, termite, house fly, rice weevil, plum cuxculio, codling moth, southern com root worm, and Mexican bean beetle. Few Interested In Proposed Government Changes Many observers of one Kin ston political scene have been busy for the past week or ten days trying to decipher any potential political signficance that might have been attached to the abortive effort which col lamped Tuesday night In the general direction of swapping the present city manager form of government for a full-time mayor-council system. So far all the seers and sages have been unable tcf see much If any thing from this extremely minor tempest Just ■ outside the tea pot The effort to sell the citizenry on the change was headed by Dr. A. L. Hyatt, at least so far as .the public has known. Dr. Hyatt and his sister. Miss Delia Hyatt, large properly' owners In the city, hive always exhibited a strong interest in city politics. Dr. Hyatt served two tense on the city council. Since 1680, however, pr. Hyatt has not held any local --v,v ; .;'£•i,!> &,V.v £i* This picture Indicates the rela tive lack of Interest exhibited by Ike vast majority of Kln stunians In « proposed ehance k| the city's form of teas than SO up Tuesday nlfht to and listen to the pro offered by Or. A. L. Hyatt, “IWtik Attorney Bar Wmmm to the . camera, conducted the meeting: end explained the present form of government and the proposed type. Dr. Hyatt said that many “local business men had ex pressed their desire for such a change, bat", he admitted, "they must net want the change very nmch^becauso none of them hi photo-ln-a-mltautef’by Jack Ri der)
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