NUMBER XIV TRENTON, W. C, THURSDAY, AUCU3' VOLUME VII _ • |9Hpj] 1. J L ■ Pitt and District /ITU Cops Pitt County who were at logger heads with ABC officers of Cra ven and Lenoir couftfae. 7 ' This version quoted Pitt Coun ty 4BC officers as saying they went with New Bern ATU offi cers to bldw up a still near the Craven-Lenoir County line be tween Fort Barnwell and Dover. These Pitt County sources were further quoted as saying that they had the bootleg Whisky situation so well in hand in Pitt County that they had merely gone out tp lend a helping hand in adjoining counties, where Of ficers were not doing such a good job. This was not only a dangerous stretching of the true facts in volved in this argument, but left unsaid the really pertinent aspects .which caused the fric tion between the groUps of of ficers involved. • - The documented truth, which is' on file in the offices of-the Lenoir County ABC board, is not only broader, but actually In dicates that after such hasty and ill-advised state-wide pub licity the ABC officers from realized their .Tip ■' "kssSrB i County .. , B. Grifffln of Dover notified Lenoir County ABd of ficers that he thought there was a still in the Dover section, just inside the Lenoir County line. In vestigation revealed Griffin’s tip (Continued page 3) Bright Belt Market Opening To Be 23rd The opening of. the New Bright Belt sales season remains fixed tit August 23rd following a meet ing at the sales committee of the Bright Belt Warehouse As sociation Tuesday In .Raleigh. The committee met for the ear lier scheduled purpose of review ing the tobacco'sales and hous ing situation at this time, with * possible change in opening dates, but it found, however, that the August 23rd meeting was in the best interest of the formers, the buying companies and the 17 markets in the New Bright Belt. < Richard Earl Barber ; To Attend 4-H Meet According to a report received from fArs. Idell 3. Randell, Asst. 4-H Club Specialists of A. & T. College in Greendboro, Richard Earl Barber of Trenton, route two, a senior 4-H cdub member from Trenton High School has been selected by the State 4-H committee of A. & T. College to attend the 8th Annual Re • _IkJk . It aU Of Jones and Lenoir County Schools Retaining Segregation in 55-56 Jones and voiced the Intent to continue school as In the past on a segregated basis daring the current school teita. This is in keeping with the ad vice of the governor’s commit tee on this difficult problem, but many officials in the three systems In the two counties an onymously express the-vlew that petitions will be filed asking that negro children be admit ted to white schools. This week ail officials who were contacted expressed com plete agreement with Governor Hodge’s speech of Monday night in which he urged Very strongly that negroes of the state sup port a voluntary continuation of segregation In the state’s schools. But a majority of these same officials were certaip in their belief that the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People would not per ■mlt the negroes to engage in •ny such program, even if 100 per cent of theta wished to do so. One official said that about the most good that Hodge’s speech did was to “put the mon key on the back of the NAACP”. He explained that the Governor had suceeded in letting the pub lic know; without equivocation that the future of public schools depended entirely upon a volun tary system of segregation. By this the governor placed the en tire burden for the closing of public schools on the back of the NAAGP. So far no petition has been f}led in either county, asking for entry of negro, children into presently white schools, but of ficials in both counties were al most unanimous in their belief that .such petitions would be forthcoming, and likely during the coming school term. Heavy Fire Damage Tuesday Night in Pair of Lenoir Blazes that will run well Into teranined origin, that Tuesday night completely raised Robert Sutton’s store at Palling Creek and Standard Drug Store No. 1 at the comer of Queen and North Streets in Kinston. The first of the «alls came at 10:20 to the Sutton establish ment Just west of the Falling Creek bridge. The building was completely enveloped in flames when Kinston firemen arrived and all they could do was stand by to protect' adjacent proper ties. The second call of the night came at about 3:30 when Police Captain Wilbur Mozingo dis covered smoke boiling out of a storage room window on the second floor of Standard Drug Store No. 1. Firemen were stopped tem porarily in fighting the fire by tremendous Quantities of smoke. Later gas mask equipment per mitted them to reach the worst area of the fire and begin pour ing several thousand gallons of water into the building, which belongs to Mrs. Laville Haddad, and is leased by Henry Sud dreth, owner of the Standard Drug-Stores. Sppiffig: . Principal damage to the lower portion of the building was by water which poured through from the second floor storage > where the fire got its start. Out” Carol’s Hat Shop Just back of the drug store and considerable quantities of smoke got into the ventilating system of the adjacent H. L. Green Oo. store. 1UU is a very urau, aeacuy character who must have spread havoc for many a Ion; year in the Jones-Carteret County sec tion where he made his late home. But like full many a Sun day driver he came to an un timely end Sunday near J. W. Young’s store at Stella. He argued over the right-of way with another Sunday driver, who not only killed him very dead but then added insult to injury by getting out and clip pins the tail-end ornaments once sported by this diamond backed rabbit eater.. . .But even after basins lost bis rattles, and button tbs senile man rated at the bifsest rattle snake ever viewed by this news man. Stretched as he is pic tured above — minus tail fea thers — he (pr perhaps she) was six feet one and a half in ches Ions. In filth, at his hips, he was an estimated 12 to 14 in ches. And he had a full set of teeth. Ush. Speeding, Put 1925 Ter Heels' in Court During Past Month Simple speeding (over 55mph) resulted In a trip to court for 1,925 Tar Heels last month the Department of Motor Vehicles said today. In a summary of traffic of ienses not requiring th/j loss of driver’s license the agency also reported 743 arrests for driving without a license, 506 for ignoring a stop sign, 483 for faulty mechanical equipment, at the road. In all there were 5,154 North Carolinians cited for traffic of fenses during the month. An other 1,317 out-of-staters in creased the total to 6,471. Cpl. Billy White In Hawaii With 25th 25TH DIV., HAWAII — Cpl. Billy White, son of Mrs. Leo A. White, Polloctesville, is a mem ber of the 25th Infantry Division In Hawaii. The “Tropic Lightning” divi sion is continuing its post-truce training program using valuable experience gained in Korea. A graduate of Jones Central High School, Trenton, White is ^e^&^s^gthTleld Artillery Battalion. He entered the Army in December 1963, completed basic training at Port Jackson, S. C., and arrived in Hawaii in October 1954. His wfe also lives in Pollocksville. - 'Peter Rabbit’ Survives Mighty Rough Week Last week was simply not James “Peter Rabbit” Hum phrey’s week. On Monday night this well known resident of 115 Spring Hill Street was involved in a wreck in which about $400 worth of damage was done to his car. Tuesday night “Peter Rabbit” was caught with another fellow as they moved some 120 jars of stumphole whisky. He was placed under $500 bond in this brush with the law. Friday morning “Rabbit” was driving another car in the direc tion of Kinston about five miles out on the Richlands Highway. The flivver, , to use “Rabbit’s” words, ‘'got loose from me when a racing rod' dropped”. While the flivver was “loose” it sideswlped the car of Mrs. Annie Edge MCLellan of Lake This is the east-looking 'west view of how James “Peter Rab bit” Humphrey rammed his fliv ver head-on into the south bound car of 'Marine Janies I. Jackson last Friday morning. Humphrey’s car at left above had sideswiped another car also headed north and then had careened all the way across the road and onto the shoulder to slam into the Marine’s car, which had been brought to a complete standstill and from which the Marine was trying to escape. Waocamaw, who was also driv ing toward Kinston, and then the “’Rabbit” flivver lunged all the way across the road and slammed almost head-on into the car,of Comp Lejeune Ma rine James I. Jackson. Investigating officers examined • Rabbit’s” so-called “racing ro