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VOLUME VII Litigation Over J. J. Cox Farm Begun On Tuesday in Jones’ Superior Court ters, three sons or their heirs at law. ^ The complaint charges that the indetoteness against the farm was desired but not by the brothers, but rather by J. J. Oox himself, -who left a will signed on Sep tember 12, 1945 in which ref erence is xdade to this failure of the-brothers to pay tire debt ac cording to the oral agreement. The Elder Coot died November 15,1950, so the complaint alleges. « euis nrougna toy roar sisters against, three brothers-for poe sesaton of a 390 - acre Jones County farm was begun Tuesday: in Jones County’s Superior Court. Mrs. Mildred Oox Bland, her husband, L. D. Bland ; Mrs. Bon. hie Mae Coir Daughety and her husband, L. F. Daughety; Mrs. Mattie Oox Thornton, William B. Ok, and Wife. Gwyn Cox, Me. U«a^» Daughety and i*. F. Dau|bety J*. have brought Oils acttdh- against Mattie Mae Oox (widow of the Late Herbert Cox), George Wooten Oox and wife, Button cox and Adolph H. Cox and wife Grace W. Cox. AH of these are children, daughters or son .in-taw and grandchildren of the Late J. J. Oox of Jones County. Kjfc f In the complaint filed by the plaintiffs it Is alleged that J. J. Oox signed the 390 - acre ffann near the Jones - Denote County Une over to his three sons, Her bert, Adolph and Wtooten Oox In 1981-upon the condition that they retire a heavy lndebtneas The three brothers on the other hand contend that. they, have a legal deed to the property, given without reservation by their father and, hence they own and occupy; the land legally. tiearlng of the case was expect ed to occupy practically the full teifcn dH com scheduled tor this week In Jones County. Construction Worker Badly Beaten Monday Walter Henry Bordeaux Jr. of 211 East Street was badly beaten after midnight Monday by an unknown assailant. The con striction worker was attacked on North MteLeiwean Street by what he describes as a man between 25 and 30 years of age, with dark hair and about five feet 10 or 11 inches high, .' .y j'.' ’ Bordeaux suffered multiple outs and bruises about the head and body and for a few'min utes he gave police and'attend ants at'Parrott Memorial Hospi tal a bad scare when he went into shock while ; undergoing emer gency treatment. Bordeaux say$ the man struck: hi*n with a bottle, knocking Mm dawn and then continued the Mating by Staking him In the face ahd body. He says the as sailant was wearing a dark blue, zipper Jacket and was bare head ed at the time of the attack. -f ■, CEMETERY CLEANING '- All persons having relatives buried in the Deaver Family near Deep Run are invited and urged to came out Saturday and assist In the cleaning up of this well known family grave yard. This picture shows a part of the hundreds of canning exhi bits that were entered for judg ing in Unit category in tut week’s annual Jones County Agricul tural Fair. An unusually high percentage of these entries was awarded top blue ribbons. Jones r 1955 ....This Is Fail Jones, Mias Jones County of 1955, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Jones Jr. of Mays ville route on?. The new queen was -chosen, with no Utile dif ficulty oyer IS other contestants in the annual Miss Jones Coun ty contest which climaxes the annual Jones County \ Court is Convened 'With Reside r(t Judge Henry Stevens of Warsaw presiding a one - week civil term of Jones County’s Superior Court was convened Monday at 10 a. m. In addition to clearing 41 old, worn ouit and forgotten cases from the court calendar during the first day and a half of court three divorces were granted, all on grounds of two years separa aratton: Doris Armstrong King from William Perry King, Howard Thomas Flythe from Agnes Car. raiway Flythe and Johnnie M. Oonyer from Oealous Conyer. Most Inconvenient Warrant Serving Officers ilarold Oogdell and Elisha White went to serve a warrant Saturday night on Exie Miae Hardy of 614 Dawson’s Alley. Ihe warrant, Issued by Magis trate U. O. Hester, charged the woman with embezzling some $10 from iU. S. Ohiamberlin. : When the officers found Miss Hardy they asserted in another warrant which they Issued that she was bedded down for the night, but Illegally. Which Illegal sacking caused her to be Indicted on .a forni cation and adultery charge. ,, In Recorder’^ Court Monday afternoon judicial notice was taken of ail the allegations and Miss Handy was sentenced to 60 days In the county jail. Freak Twister Hit* Piece -i Night; moved a Carolina night It kicked aid ‘ the event, which was slightly If not more so, embarraslng to Tren tonians, who had to go cm the other side of Maysvtlle to find a girt to cany their honors in this annual event. Miss Jones County of 195$ is a bine-eyed, red head, to? Pound Guilty in Case | Lenoir County’s Presiding Sup erior Court Judge Sumner Bur gwyn of Woodland took a very dim view of the conspiracy which a jury ffound Jesse Taylor guilty of on Tuesday of this week. The former tous driver was given three to five years at “hard la bor” for his part in the crime. A 19 year - old Jones County airman, Leonard Earl Baysden, told the court that he had con spired with Taylor to burn a 1985 Plymouth belonging to Tay lor and that they would share in the insurance. Baysden ad mitted the actual burning but he said Taylor and he had a greed upon the details of the fake rotoery on a trip to Stella and Swansboro on the day of the crime. Baysden drew a 12 month sentence which was sus pended on condition of a $250 fine and his completing his en listment. Baysden said it was agreed that Taylor would park the car on the 100 tolacfc^Bast Caswell Street and go «6 ainovie. dur which Bayden was ffc take the car and drive It dear Payetevllle, where he is stationed in the Air Force. There ha was to bum it. Taylor was t^wpept the car stolen when he hunaout of the theater. W ^ Bayden first denied any con nection with the crime when arrested fey anglert highway patrolman at Fayetteville. But when he saw the warrant against him had been signed by Taylor he imma4aMt^|^te4;f» “papef and pafcll** and w*bte a full
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