JONES COUNTY
NUMBER 49
fRENTON, N. G, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1968 VOLUME IX
Jones School Board Selling
Abandoned School Prooertv
Public auctions On May 9th and
10‘Jh on. the premises will dispose
of surplus school properly now
owned by the Jones County Board
of Education.
Tihe first sale on Friday, May
9th, will be held at Maysville at
the colored school grounds where
about one acre of land and two old
school buildings will be sold to the
Maysville Students
Visit Camp Lejeune
f Mrs. Annie Laurie Chapman’s
sixth' grade class of the Maysville
ESementary school spent Tuesday
touring points of interest at Camp
Xejeune.
The children went through the
bakery and saw the making of a
loaf of bread, step tay step. They
also were shown through the laun
dry, Chapel, Fire Station, theater,
then went to the Petersfield Point
Air Facilities and saw the landing
field.
The following parents accom
panied the students on the tour:
Mrs. Robert Buck, Mrs. C. L. Mor
gan, Mrs. Robert Britt and Dr. A.
E. Thompson.
E. Taylor
Europe
cruise the destroyer
in fleet exercises, and
in Spain, Italy, France
ta and Turkey.
Jean Carol Eubanks
, Makes Dean’s List
At Pineland College
Jean Carol Eubanks of Trenton,
a student of Pineland ^College at
Salemburg, bas been placed on the
Dean’s List for outstanding schalos
tic achievements during the semes
ter just completed, according to
President Robert B. Isner. v
To earn this honor, a student
■must average B Or better on all
scholastic studies, and maintain a
record of exemplary conduct. Miss
Eubanks is the daughter of Mr. and
Slim. J. B. Eubanks of Route 1,
Trenton.
highest bidder. The land to oe sold
ait this sale is between Maysville
and Stella on the Black Swamp
Road. The buildings alone, and not
the land are being sold at tihe
Maysville school.
On May 10th the old negro ele
mentary school in Trenton will be
sold in the sarnie fashion, both
buildings and land going to the
high bidder in this sale.
Each sale is to begin promptly
at 12 Noon.
i
Nurse Brings Suit
For Back Wages
Edna Thomas Lawson has filed
suit in Jones County Superior
Court against Dr. A. L. Hyatt of
Dover for $185.20 which she alleges
is due her as back wages.
Mrs. Lawson was employed as
a nurse and house keeper at Dr.
Hyatt's home and office in Jones
County near Dover. Judgment for
the payment of the money, plus
interest was rendered in magis
trate court but Hyatt filed appeal
to. the Superior Court.
Patrolman Mercer is
Leaving Jones County
Patrolman Bert Mercer, who has
been stationed in Jones County for
of patrol
scheduled to graduate
this month.
been transferred
office of the
Land Transfers
Real estate transfers recorded
in the office of Jones County Regis
ter of Deeds Mrs. D. W. Koonce in
.the past week include the follow
ing:
Etta Burt Warren to Johnson &
Winsaitt Company three tracts in
Cypress Creek Township.
Jane M. Mils to Jack D. Metts
25 acres in Cypress Creek Town
ship.
Mrs. Orpha Metts to Jack D.
Metts 25 acres in Cypress Creek
Township.
Cleo W. Cheston to Milton E.
.Chesiton one tract in Chinquapin
Township.
Jones County Board of Educa
tion itwo tracts in Chinquapin Town
ship to R. T. Johnson.
Johnston-Harnett Industry
Hit Hard Blow Saturday by
Air-Aided Strike by Law
What is apparently a major in
dustry in the Broad Slab Com
munity of Johnston and Harnett
counties was struck a heavy blow
Saturday by officers from four
: counties ' aided by an airplane
spotting team.
When the sun set Saturday night
/ there were 25 less whisky stills in
the Broad Slab neightooihood;
some kind of record for the de
struction of stills in a single day’s
t raid, even in “dry” North Oaro
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Lenoir County ABC Officers
^ a Bland, Paul Young and
assisted ABC officers
'land and Sampson
adepu^y^wn^jOtoton
three Federal1 ATU of
of
25 Stills, 16,829 gallons ot mash—
representing a potential 1,682 gal
lons of stumphole whisky—were
spilled about the landscape and
196y2 gallons of the “Pure Stuff”
were dashed together to trickle sea
ward down the water courses of
Eastern Carolina.
A similar all-out raid on the
famous North Harlowe distilling
combine in Craven and Carteret
counties on Monday failed, with
only one stall being destroyed. One
other still site was found but' most
of its equipment had already been
moved. Officers say the Harlowe
section still® are difficult to find
because so many of them are
“serviced” by water; hence, creat
ed road® to pinpoint
Methodist Picnic
■ %' !'
The Maysyille Methodist Church
will hay* Hs fourth Quarterly
Conference on Sunday, May 4, at
11 o'clock, presided dyer by Dr.
A. J. Hobbs, District Superinten
dent of the New Bom District. Dr.
tfobbs wi|| deliver the morning
message and then conduct the
business session. Following the
conference, the congregation will
go to the community building for a
picnic.
Kenneth Pollock is
First President of
Shady Grove Club
In a meeting held ait Foy Me
morial Church last month Kenneth
Pollock was elected the first presi
dent of the recently organized
Methodist Men’s Club of Shady
Grove Methodist Church.
The club had been organized for
about 10 months but did not formal
ly receive its charter until this
gathering on April 23rd.
Other officers named to serve
wi'fh Pollock were Vice President
Hilton Moore, Secretary Wilson
Lowery and Treasurer ,Haywood
Davenport.
The next meeting of the club will
be held at Shady Grove on the
fourth Wednesday in May. Pastor
John Varnelson and Pollock urge
the men of both churches to make
a special effort to attend this meet
ing.
Senate Seats Offering
Biggest Ballot Battles
Trenton Attorney Darris W.
Koonce last Friday withdrew from
the race far the two seats in the
Seventh Senatorial District, which
includes Greene, Lenoir, Craven,
Jones, Onslow and Carteret coun
ties.
Left in the race are Craven
Countians James O. Simpkins,
Carteret Countian Luther Hamil
ton, Onslow Countian Clyde Sabis
ton and Lenoir Countian John Law
ton Kalla m.
A lot of sudden political maneu
vering has made this one of the
most interesting senatorial races
in the history of the district.
Simpkins seems to be the “tar
get”. He earned himself the right
to this title two years ago by run
I ning against Veteran Congress
defeated by nearly a 3-to-l ma
jority he Still stirred up the Bar
den folks, who are freely admit
ting that they are out to “retire
Simipkins from politics”.
Simpkins is also in the middle
of a hometown squabble. As one of
a new slate of aldermen in New
Bern, he has been party to some
mighty unpopular activities, up
setting some established practices,
firing some highly respected city
officials and in general. getting
mighty mixed up in the internal—
some say infernal—affairs ot New
Bern.
Sabiston is rated as the strongest
of the four contenders from one
end of the district to the other. He
is well known, well liked and has
recently had a head-on collision
with Governor Hodges over the
Eastern Carolina Housing Authori
ty, of which he is a director.
Governor Hodges wanted a “clean
sweep” made of the executives in
the Housing Authority, and made
no bones about it. The chairman
of the authority felt it wiser to
retain the assistant director for
several months until an audit could
be completed of the authority ac
counts. Sabiston sided with the
chairman and against the gover
nor. At the moment butting heads
with Hodges is considered mighty
good politics in Eastern Carolina.
Hamilton, an incumbent, who
two years ago was nominated
without oppositios is a relatively
unknown political quantity. He has
been chin-deep in politics ail his
life, but has seldom run for office
himself.
Hamilton is among.that numerous
clan that have been beaten by
Congressman Barden, but that was
many .political moons ago and
! Hamilton has reportedly made his
peace with Barden, but old scars
may still linger rom that tangle.
Hamilton served six years as a
special superior court judge and
alienated a great many friends
when he was not reappointed to
| that job by the Late Governor Um
I stead. Hamilton besieged’ his
Jones County
Candidates
Denote Incumbent *
Sheriff
W. Brown Yates*
Clerk of Court
W. Murray Whitaker*
Representative
John M., Hargett*
School Board
W. E. “Mike” Phillips*
J. C. West Jr.*
J. Council Wooten*
Jeff Conway*
Clyde Banks*
County Commissioner
David P. Civils
Levi Mallard
Harold Mallard*
J. T. stiltey*-.- - ----
D. A- Jones*
J. W. Creagh Jr.
Jasper Lee Foy
Braxton George
Wayne Mallard
Constable
Chinquapin Township
Jesse Jones
Pollocksville Township
Terry Koonce
Nick Mallard
Justice of Peace
Trenton Township
C. Heber Moore
STATE SENATOR
James Simpkins
Luther Hamilton
Harris W. Koonce
John L. Kallam
Clyde L. Sabiston
friends for special legislative help
with a $566 per month retirement
for disability when he learned that
Umstead would not reappoint him.
This hassle antagonized the entire
superior court bench, embarassed
Hamilton’s close political friends,
who went to bat and got him the
pension. Then after raising all that
ruckus Hamilton relinquished the
pension to re-enter politics and
the practice of law. He is rated as
the top contender in Carteret and
perhaps strong in Onslow, but
weak, very weak in the rest of
the district.
Kallam is the biggest “unknown”
factor in the senate fight. He is
making his debut in seeking an
elective office. He has served as
his precinct chairman in Vance
Township for more than a decade
and has taken an active part in
Democratic Party affairs both in
the county and in the state. He is
currently serving as a member of
the state Veterans Commission,
which service recently caused him
to cross swords with his lifetime
friend, Luther Hodges.
> Hodges, seeking a spot to put
former ABC Board Chairman Tom
Allen out to pasture, picked a job
fa the Veterans Commission. Kal
lam in spite of being a Hodges ap
Maysville Pair Held
After Accident 26th
Rudolph E. and Kirby E. Man
ning both of Maysville Star Route
were indicted last Saturday after
an accident in which the car they
were riding in w^s allegedly in
volved in a hit and run accident.
Each is charged with drunken
driving, hit and run driving and
driving on the wrong side of the
road.
Other indictments in Jones Coun
ty during the past week included
that of Charles Nathaniel Murphy
of Maysville route one who is ac
cused of drunken and reckless driv
ing.
Joe James Bender of Pollocks
ville route one was booked Satur
day night on a charge of public
drunkenness.
Baptist Seminary’s
Summer Conference
Scheduled July 7-11
Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary’s second annual summer
conference will be held July 7-11 on
the Seminary campus.
One of the highlights of the edu
cational program for this year’s
conference will be a series of spe
cial lectures on “Last Things” by
Dr. E. A. McDowell, Jr., Professor
of New Testament Interpretation
at Southeastern. The lecturer is a
noted teacher and author and one
of the most renowned New Testa
ment scholars among Southern
Baptists.
The conference is designed for
pastors, educational directors and
other church workers, association
al moderators and missionaries,
leaders in Sunday School, Train
ing Union, Brotherhood, Woman's
Missionary Union, and other de
nominational work. It is planned
to meet the educational, inspira
tional, and recreational needs of
busy ministers and lay leaders.
The inspirational speaker for the
week will be Dr. Charles A. Trent
haim, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, who
will bring the inspirational mess
age each evening.
Other program personalities will
be Dr. Winston Crowley, Executive
Secretary for the Orient, Foreign
Mission Board, Southern Baptist
Convention; Garland A. Hendricks,
Professor of Church Community
Development and Director of Field
Work at Southeastern; Dr. John
W. Eddins, Special Instructor in
Theology at Southeastern; Presi
dent S. L. Stealey, and Mr and
Mrs. Charles Casey, Directors of
Music, Seminary students.
Shot Over One ‘Shot’
Isaac Cleo Koonce of the Tren
ton section of Jones County was
shot in the calf of his left leg Sat
urday night and Shirley Mumford
of the same section is charged
with the shooting. Koonce was
given emergency treatment in a
Kinston hospital and transferred
to a Durham hospital for specializ
ed care of a severe flesh wound.
Witnesses told officers of the Le
noir County Sheriff's Department
that the shooting followed an ar
gument between the men over one
drink of whisky.
pointee refused to accept this in
terference in the internal affairs of
that department and Allen had to
be placed same where else.
Kalliam says he recognizes that
his closeness to Hodges may be
a political liability in Eastern
North Carolina, but he refuses to
deny the friendship and says,
“There are many things about
Governor Hodges platform that I
adimire, but there are others that
I violently oppose.”
Kallam, a disabled World War
II veteran, says he is pot going to
be a “yes man” for either Hodges
or for the political forces who
are currently so strongly opposed
to Hodges in Bast Carolina,.