THE JONES COUNTY
THUKJDAV
Court Judge
tiSB .OT
> will not be a
-election find In
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tawtHe Wm be at can.
^ same category as for the
judge mace. Attorney Lamar
Jonas lx the rumored opposition
to Crawford but he Is stUl “giv
ing It serious study". 6hce again
an announcement is expected
shortly, but not nearly so soon as
d/he Brooks' decision.
Attorney Harvey Turner who
twice failed in attempts to act
eupy a seat in the North Caro
lina House of Representatives is
reportedly now eying a seat In
ttm other end' of the Capitol
Bundling as one of the two sen-*
atoms from the district which
includes Green, Lenoir, Jobes,
Craven, Onslow and Carteret
counties. - • \
These jobs are currently held
by Carl Hicks of Green County
and E}d Sumiimerslll of Onslow
The opining day schedule will
ixave Wilson at Danville, Dur
ham ait High Point _ Thomas
riUe, Klnstondft Greensboro and
Winston - Salem a* Friyettevllle.
Home openers for the other
teams April 19th win find Dan
ville at Kinston, The Ht-Tams at
Wburtwi - Salem, Greensboro at
WWson and Fayetteville at Dur
ham. 'P:.'SV' i-:/i
The league’s Regular all-Mar
game Judy lilith will match an
all-star squad against the team
In first place in the league attar
the July 4th games.
A second Bast - West game
August 19th wlU match players
from Kinston, Wilson, Durham
and Fayetteville against a squad
of players from Winston-Salem
Greensboro, Danvfue and Ha
Tom.
The Directors adopted a new
rule banning mere than one trip
by a manager to consult with any
one ptteher djiriing a gate®. The
Buie, • already tilto^ted Pby the
American League, is designed to
speed up the game.
ad started in a cun
sometime during the
d period and appeared
been burning for at least
ns In that confined area
before breaking out to where It
became hot enough to touch off
the automatic sprinkler and its
attached alarm bell.
Because of that mechanical
fireman the estimated east at
the, fire was put at $500. The
budding is valued at $75,000 the
offtctal pointed out and Hs ma
chinery and stored tobacco are
valued at more than $1,500,000.
veyor di
Ten years have passed since Le
noir County last had one of those
Lenoir Politics Cont. Pagtf 10
ooe added that this was the first
NEW plant bed cover he had
bought In 17 years’ Mrs. Stroud
was there to corroborate her hus
band. Sonne record 1
Suspended Sentence
For Jake Koonce in
Pistol Assault Case
On Monday Judge Cowper
found Jtafce Koonce of the Com.
tort edition of Jones County guil
ty of shooting Ernest Rhodes,
Happensvllle ffiling station 0|>-'
esrator, in a hassle at Rhodes’
pta# on January 9th.
Koonoe admitted that be and
Koonce had gotten Into a tangle
and he admitted hearing a gun
lire, but he instated that he did
* Pm'o? any kind.
found In a shack he occupied
atone near Orany's M01 In the
northern end Of Lenoir County.
There was game teeMng in the
area that Suggs might have not
died tarn natural causes. This
led to a thorough investigation
of the death by Coroner Raymond
Jarman tund the Sheriff's De
partment.
After this investigation was
completed Coroner Jarman ruled
that Suggs died from natural
causes.
Rhodes and Other witnesses to
the scuffle gave practically the
same version, each denying that
a gun was ever seen.
Rhodes suffered a .32 caliber
pistol wound in his right hand,
Which may result,'he said, in par.
tial loss of use of at least two of
Judge Cowper
sentenced
Koonce to serve a one year jail
term but suspended the prison
term -on . the condition _ that
Koonce pay Rhodes $200 to co
ver hit medical expenses and not
violate any law for a two year
period. Koance' gave notice of
appeal and was released under
$500 bond pending trial qt the
that may have foundation in the
abject slavery to ^devtoton which
has swept the nation in the
past few yews. Eye trouble,
muscular pains, ulcers and wife
beatings are some of the many
diseases that doctors have ser
iously or laughingly attributed
to this gaget which monopolizes
such a big pant of the Uvea at so
many of us today.
Tuesday night, however, I saw
a new fetad of TV - ttte.
A friend who owns several
farms in Lenoir County calked to
ash if I had a few minutes to
•spare after siupper. He baited his
trap by saying he thought he
had something that needed a
little publicity. Naturally, that’s
like waving a bone at a hound
dog, so off we went.
by the
of Harnett
in the name of
Oo. Inc. also of
Technically this instru
oatled a “Claim and De
This particular one ve
were shown issued against my
friend’s tenant was really a
“Claim” in capital letters.
It called tor 10 acres of com,
5 acres of tobacco, one 10S Oool.
erator Freezer, one TV table, one
Motorola TV, one Channel 9 an
tenna, one 3-piece bedroom suit
one bed complete with mattress
and springs, one wood stove, one
tin heater, one electric refrig
wn?*
toward completion' and It
hoped by the eoncrecatlen and
the bollder, George DuBose Com
pany, that the “NMr* Holy Trin
ity will be ready ter wee by lae
j-Wi
ahd But
ATO Office**
P.A»’J_
. of one of the
bootleg whiskey rigs found In
ttafa part of the goods In recent
years.
TO* Wayne County distillery
was located abort one and • laatt
mdte from Seven Springe. Two
rneh working at the stlB fled a*
the officers approached and were
too fast afoot for the three of
ficers.
The stlfli included a 500-gallon
coke-fired bolter with a forty
foot smokestack, one 500 gallon
still and 37 mash barrels of 250
gallon capacity each. Thirty two
of these huge barrels were filled
with 8,000 gallons of mash. Also
destroyed were 187 gallons of
white lightening that had juat
been run and 76 cases of empty
fruit jams that were waiting to
be filled.
wilto
best
facility. No dis
was had on the possi
ble methods of financing the
central airport.
orator, six sto61 olSire and all
other household and Kitchen
•furniture of each and every de
scription Amen.
The Sheriff’s Department had
served the paper and we were
told that a truck would arrive in
a day or so from the Dunn out
fit to cart off all of these Items
above — except the
com and tobacco.
Deputies in the Sheriff’s De
that it was
and proper.
that there
about it. But,
as hell im
all
My friend