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THE JONES COUNTY
NUMBER 31 TRENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24,1959
VOLUME XI
Trenton Baptists Having
Revival Beginning 28th
Trenton Baptist Church is olaa
ning a revival to begin December
23 and end Sunday January 3. Pas
tor Stanley Cover will be preach
ing each niigift.
Ruth Durham, Music-Educatem
Director of the First Baptist
Church in Beaiifort, will be dkwft
lng the choirs and leading the con
gregational singing.
Mias Durham, a graduate <nf
Southern Baptist Theological Sem
inary at Lomsville, Ky., is a Jin®
soil at and wUl be singing ssdlos
during the revival.
The public is not only cordially
invited, but is urged to attend.
After the .services Thursday
night, December 31, there will be
a special “watch party” for every
aone; but the .young people are
especially invited.
Two films \will be shown which
will be of special interest to the
young people. In addition, there
vwffl be games, group singinglted by
Mias Durham and refreshmentsfar
Paul Wkitaker Named
To Angns Anocution
Dr. Paul F. Whitaker, has been
elected to membership in the A
merican Angus Association art Bt.
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itosspHj Missouri.
Whitaker was one of toe 11
breeders of purebred Aberdeen
Aagus in TToito Carolina elected to
membership daring the past month.
Land Transfers
Otfly one Teafl estate transfer was
recorded in the jrast -week i> “the
office of Jones Oounty Register of
Deeds Mrs. D. "W. K«mce and it
was for two tracts of land in
Tucfcahoe Tewndup from Ray
mond Mills to Marvin Mills..
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‘Brer Rabbif Jumped
In Wrong Briar Patch
Lirwood Earl Gnady of Wash
ington thought he “had it made”
Sunday night insofar as escaping
from the law was concerned, but
even the best made plans often go
awry.
Grady’s story goes like this.
He hit -a speed clock west of
Kinston on US .70 at considerably
better than the legal limit. Patrol
man Billy Safcer gave chase and
Grady got faster, coming across
Neuse River on the US 70 bypass
at around UO miles per hour.
Patrolman 7. A. Grumpier, call
ed to the crossroads of 70 and 55
by radio,-was only able to say, “He
went thateway” as Grady roared
through dhat’.busy intersection— a
gainst a red light—at 00 miles an
■ hour.
iPatnaman Lloyd Pate was oper
' lithe “i
“he went thataway”, pointing to
ward Kinston.
Once in "Kinston the young white
Beaufort Countian turned right and
tore off into Lincoln City, and final
ly onto ®dk Street, which coanes
to a sudden halt at its intersection
With the A&EC railroad tra<fk.
There tJrady deserted his pant
ing flivver and without waiting to
knock ran into a negro home, sat
down rad 'Started acting as if it
were “old 'home week”.
The occupants of the home, how
ever, desired a better explanation
after hearing *the patrol oars out
side; so one off them stepped out
and flagged down a patrolman who
took Grady in custody.
He was charged with speeding
over 100 miles an hour, reckless
Maysville Man Sued
By Former Wife for
Support of Daughter
Jasper Cannon of Maysville is
'defendant in an action filed' in
Jones County Superior Court this
week by his former wife, Barbara,
who is now Mrs. T. A. Pugh of
Mobile, Alabama.
The suit alleges that the Cannons
separated and that she went to
Florid® where she obtained a di
vorce and where an agreement was
reached under wlpch Clanmon was
supposed to pay $12.50 per week
for support of their daughter.
Mrs. Pugh says Cannon has fail
ed and refused to pay this, and is
now in arrears in the amount of
$3,650. She asks to recover that a
mount plus interest and $142 for
her attorney's fee.
Frazier in Double
Trouble after Escapade
Pete Frazier of 103 North Orion
Street had a most unusual as
sortment of judges waiting to talk
Tuna*
Kinston police say Frazier got
in a fight with Marvin Johnson of
903 Waiters Street, doing consid
erable damage to Johnson’s face
and month.
Not content with this personal
injury, Frazier armed himself with
a sawed-off shotgun and blasted
away at the Johnson home.
The poifioe booked him, for as
sault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill, discharging firearms
in the city and public drunkenness.
United States Commisskmer W.
J. Thomas issued an indictment a
gainst him for violation of the fed
eral statute which forbids a per
son to own a sawed-off shot gun.
driving and driving after the revo- >
cation of has driving license.
Hits City Cat in Front of Police Station
Despite the State taw against
fireworiratbere was a Jot of bang*
ing around Kinston over the past
-weekend. The noise tame from
(Crashing cars. '
Most serious of these crashes
eaime at 9 Sunday night almost in
front of tiie police station on West
Ting Street, and one cf the scenes
is shown here.
At right James Arthur Davis of
1206 Oak Street or Kinston route
four (he gave both addresses) is
seen at the wheel of the Buick
after be had plunged head-on
into the city-**wned car driven by
Utilities Superintendent Duke Pet
Miss Pat Humphrey Wins Watch
Shown above, admiring a watch
presented to Miss Pat Humphrey
by the Journal for being the top
subscription salesman, are Miss
V'JV , ■
Elaine Parker and Ann Scott on
either side of Miss Humphrey and
on the back row: Julia Salter,
Catherine Collins, Donald Collin*
and Linda Mills.
The Luby Hardisons Seeking
Remove 'Cloud1 from Title of
Disputed Timberland Tract
'A suit was filed this week' in
Jones County Superior Court by|
Mr. and Mrs. Lulby Hardison of
Pollockswille in which they seek
<to clear the title to 676.2 acres of
timberland in that sarnie township.!
The complaint filed by the'
Hardisons says that on August 25, j
1859 they signed a 30-day option!
oh tite 676:2 acres of land to the
Union Bag-Camp Paper Corpora-!
tion at a price of $65 per care. |
. The suit further alleges that on
September 26, 1959^-one day after
the option had expired—an agent
of the paper company came to them
with a letter which stated’ in sub
stance that they had agree to the
exercise of the option. I
They allege that the letter was
not notarized in their presence,
but was later notarized and filed
With the Register of Deeds of Jones
County. They claim , this was a
fraudulent use of the letter and
ask the superior court to have it
removed from the records of the
register of deeds.
They siajy they have suffered
considerable financial loss because I
of this “cloud on their title”, since!
later they were offered $75 per!
acre for the same land, which of- !
fer wias withdrawn because of the j
paper company’s effort to exer-1
rise its option. j
Widow Asks $25,000
Damages for Husband
Killed on Deer Hunt
Mrs. Maible Moore, widow and
aidraMatmatrix of Matthew Moore,
this week filed a suit in Jones
County Superior Court asking $05,
000 damages from Leon Rowe of
Onslow County.
The suit resulted from the death
on December 23, 1957 of Moore,
who was instantly killed on a deer
hunt in Onslow County, in which
he and Rowe were in the same
hunting party.
The suit alleges that Moore was
42 years of age at the time of his
death and had an average annual
income of $3,000. The action al
leges that Rowe diid not use rea
sonable care in making sure what
he was shooting at when he fired
the shot that resulted in Moore’s
death.
In addition to asking the re
moval of the “cloud on their title”'
they also ask $6,732 damages for
their direct financial loss, and an
additional $42,238 loss which they
suffered under similar circum
stances when they had an oppor
tunity to sell their entire 1,500-a ere
holdings in Jones County.
Berkshire Show and Type
Conference to be Held in
Goldsboro, January 26 and 27
Berkshire producers from many
states will gather in Goldsboro
January 26 and 27 for the third an
nual Type Conference, Show and
Sale of .the Southeastern Berkshire
Association.
Oland Peele of Pikeville, Berk
shire breeder and National Berk
shire'winner, is Steering Commit
tee Chairman. Peele said that en
tries are expected from Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New
York, Maryland, Virgjnia, Tennes
see, South Carolina^ Alabama,
Florida, North Carolina and other
states.
Great educational value may be
derived from this event sponsored
by the Livestock Development As
sociation, business firms in the
area, and the. Southeastern Berk
shire Association. Judging contests
for 4-iH, FFA and adults will be
held. A barrow show and carcass
demonstration will emphasize qual
ity park.
Agricultural teachers and other
agricultural leaders are urged to
bring their students and other
groups to the conference for valu
able instruuctioir.
The event is being promoted
throughout the United States by
the Berkshire Association; how
ever, the program is designed to
benefit those interested in all
breeds of hags as well as commer
cial producers. Visitors will be en
tertained at a banquet on Wednes
day night, January 27 at conclu
sion of the event.
The program wall begin with
hairraw show on Tuesday, followed
by a Junior judging contest and
carcass demonstration 0n Wednes
day. Forty-eight head of swine will
be sold at auction on the last day.