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L. ■ ■ # Jt ■ ■] 'mMmrn mM1 pist Given liife Ter L*. Jphn Charles Callahan, 28, native Qf Laurel Hill, Tuesday pled guilty to kidnapping and raping a 10 year old Lenoir County child in the; Lahe Chapel' section of Craven County, . ' Judge Walter Bone, presiding ov er Ctaven County Superior Court, gave >Callahan the mandatory life imprisonment. term upon the plea being accepted by Solicitor Rotten Rouse. •' Callahan, a trusty, at the Green ville prison camp, where lie was Serving time for a Halifax County rape charge, (till faces kidnap charges in Lenoir and Jones Cotot ty. /: . ■ Under North Carolina law Cafla*-' lhari is eligible for consideration for parole, after serving 10 years of this so-called life term. \y-. ' crom viyae lynoan 10 Mf. Tayjor 21.4 acres^in Chinquapin Township. » -. .. v-r /■ - i From Lee Thomas to Ernest Tho mas 1.5 acres in Pollocksville Town ship. From P. D. Register to William Frank W«tson one lot in CyproSs Creek Township. From Abraham B. Smity to Frank Bullock 25 acre in Pollocks lots in White Oak Township. From Denford-to Dalton Eubanks 28 actes in Pollocksvillfe Township.’ From J. S. Wilder to Della Mae Grady 5.95 acres in Trenton Town ship. Festival on Friday The annual Harvest Festival of Shady Grove Methodist Church is being held on Friday of this week. A barbecue pork or chicken meal will be served from 11 to 1 p.-m. at Hilton Moore’s store just outside of Kinston on the. Trenton Highway. From 4:30 until 7:30 the' same supper will be served at the church and at 7:30 the annual auction sale of farm and home produce will be held in the church,: with all proceeds^ going to the church building fnud. Shady Grove Harvest Shady Grove Revival The annual revival of Shady Genre Methodist Church will be held September 18th through that 24th with its former pastor, W. E. Howard, bringing thev message each night at 7:30 during the series. Ho ward. is now pastor of the Mount OBre Methodist Church. _ ^_ Mixing highways and whisky got two Jones Countians arrested dur ing the past week: Jimmy Lee Toodle of Trenfem route 1 was Accused of drunken and reckless driving by Highway Patrol man S. H. Newman and Joe Bender of Pptlocksville route i was accused of being drunk and disorderly on a public highway. ~ • on Hog Sale ah Thursday . Bobby Cox of Trenton route 2, one of the ■ top Poland China hog breeders in $he Sputh, is putting on 'his second sale neit 'ThursdaV, Sep- ■ ®|; in the «Cenoir County Liy^stochr: Arena- south of Kinston ott the Pink Hill Highway, ' Cox, whose hogs have won count less honors in statewide competi tion, is offering 16 bred gilts, 19 boars and 34 open gilts in this sale. All the hogs offered for sale in. •this eVCnt were sired by a Superior. Meat Sire. , • Hog breeders in this area need j i t tie introduction to the back ground of Cox’s swine herd, and meatier hogs An opportrniify to get some Of tlie meatiest bloodlines inf American hog production today. ENOS BOOT CAMP1 Athur B. Mallard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Mallard of PoHocksville, completed recruit .training, Aug. 26, at t he Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, 111. ’ Jones County Towns Get PoVvell Bill Fluids for Sheets ■ The Btbte • Highway Commission this week announced the annual dis tribution of so-called "Pow$l Bill” funds to all corporate cities and towhs of the state under a law which allocates one-half cent of the state tax collection on gasoline sales for maintenance and building of streets not on the highway system and located in thfe corporate com munities. This -year $7,356,135.9? was dis tributed among the 415 partkipa ing communities.' The largest check — $662,782.50 went to Charlotte and the smallest check —i $292.09 — went to Falk-, land in Pitt County. In Jones - County Maysville re ceived $4,806.51; Pollocksville got $2,078.20 and Trenton’s share was $1,642.77. Larkins Induction 15th . Formal induction ceremonies for Trenton Attorney John D. Larkins Jr. ere being held at 3 Friday after noon in tho federal court room in New Bern, when he wiH become tho junior district judge in .the federal courts of Eastern North Carolina. Judge Henry Stevens Jr, of War saw will present Larkins ler induc tion and Judge Algernon Bulter of Clintonwill administer the oath of office. - * Little Leaguers fcnft Team; along with their coach, Amos Taylor .and their parents aiid friends, went to Topsail Beach Sun day for a day of fub and frolic. They were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Banks at their cot tage, and before the fun and picnic began, worship services were held at the cottage with Amos Taylor in charge. Sales Tax on School Puilding Coats Not Refundable. Booth Says Monday night Kinston Schools .Superintendent Jean Booth inform ed the trustees of the Kinston Graded School District that the new state sales and use tax law which became effective July 1st has created a king-sized problem in capital outlay projects the board is now engaged in, and in all future projects. - *V Booth said the state department of revenue has ruled that all pur4 chases of building, material for school projects must include the three per cent sales tax, and what’s worse, Booth pointed out, this is not a refundable item- .. ' , Booth says it is his^ best guess that this will boost the cost of -the new negro high school now fteing designed by about $20,000. Paradoxically enough,‘other dir ect govermhental purchases are re * * * ile at the end of each fiscal /• ‘ 1 n..„ - standing is that the city and coun ty governments may each obtain a refund of aH safes tax they - may pay. But such governmental oper ations as the schools, public library, health department and airport com mission which operate their own fiscal affairs from cash grants are not eligible for sales tax refunds. A<Pcin Grad Lectured For Poet Game Fracas Curtis Henderson, 19, a 1960 grad uate of Adkin High School, was given a lecture and ordered to pay the, court costs by. Recorder Em mett^ Wiooten Monday when he pled guilty to disorderly conduct. Young Henderson, a member of the Adkin High football squad in 1960, was more than somewhat put out by the 20-to-8 trimming a Wil mington team handed his alma ma ter last Friday -night. - As-the New Hanover team was leaving Grainger Stadium, Hender son led -^-but briefly — a charge by saying, “Let’s get, ’em, boys!” As pop bottles and bricks began ■ fly, Henderson deserted his and Utter apologised '!• ' ' / \ " Mil him on Fr Two Negroes Confess Sunday Night Murder Less Mian eight hours after the brutal shotgun slaying late Sunday afternoon of George Tebo McAu thur it? his produce stand on High way NC 11 between Kinston and Grifton t\yo negroes of the neigh borhood were held' on charges of first degrees, nurfder. Jesse James Arnold, 23, ^rho was born and had spent his entire life on the Winton Odham farm, which joins the McArthur farm, was first ito be arrested at 12:30 a.m. Mon day. George Dixon, 31, also of Grif ,ton route 2, but a resident of the Scuffleton section of Greene Coun ty, was arrested about 4:30 a.m. Arnold, armed with a 12 gauge automatic shotgun, and Dixon, arm ed with a Single-barrel 12 gauge shotgun, went to the McArthur produce market about a mile south (of the DnPont Plant shortly after six Sunday afternoon. McArthur was told, “This is a stick up I” One of the men was in (the front df the shop and the other at a rear screen door. McArthur was first shot by Dix on at a distance of six to eight feet, with the full load of No. 8 shot, hitting him in the left shoulder, neck, and face area. Officers, attempting to recon struct the slaying, then believe the wounded McArthur tried to get out the back - door, which was closed by a Sliding bolt latch. Bleeding profusely, but not mortally wound led, McArthur fumbled to get out Arnold placed the automatic shot gun against McArthur’s left upper arm and pulled the trigger. The full load — wadding and all tore a hole through McArthur’s arm and penetrated into his heart. McArthur’s lifeless body fell backwards to the foor and the ne groes rifled his pockets — getting' thaf ISiSS not been used for years, which con tained not a single penny. At about 7130 Mrs. McArthur found her husband. In minutes an intensive investi gation was underway that included all the men of the sheriffs depart ment, SBI Agent John Edwards, a nnmber of Highway Patrolmen and Coroner Raymond Jarman. Witnesses were found who had seen the two men approaching the Shop 'armed with their shotguns. One was wearing boots, according to the witnesses. Bloodhounds and guards from the prison camp came to assist in the search. At 12:30 Arnold was arrested. Shortly after his arrest he confess ed his part in the robbery slaying. Dixon was arrested at 4:30 and was not questioned until Monday night. He at first denied connection with the crime, but subsequently admitted his part. Deputy Sheriff Kirby Hardy Jr. said both men were drinking, or had been drinking shortly before their arrest, but . neither was heavily un der the influence in his opinion. Both were bound over to Super ior Court without privilege of bond by Magistrate Bill Thomas after a preliminary hearing ’Wednesday morning. An ironical facet of the McAr thur murder, is that his father was also murdered; not in a robbery but after a squabble over a bound ary, One_ other unusual twist, is that the single-barrel shotgun used by Dixon in the slaying was struck a blast on the barrel ,by Arnold's gun as both men tried to stop Mc Arthur from getting out the back door. This dented the barrel of the Dix on shotgun and showered the shop with splinters from the fore-plate of the gun. These splinters puzzled investigating officers until the gun was found, and it became apparent where the splinters camd from. Ma ny were imbedded in McArthur’s ■ 1 i V -’i I ’ - ■ - Two Divorce Actions Filed in Jones County Jones County Superior Court Clerk Murray Whitaker reports the filing of two divorce actions in his office during the past „ week. Lucy Carter Creel is asking a divorce from Norwood Creel. The complaint ajleges that they were married September 7, 1953 and sep arated in November of 1958. Rachel Bullock Smith seeks to divorce Jerry Millard Smith on the same grounds of two-year separa tion. Her complaint says they were married June 1, 1944 and separated August 17, 1959. First PTA Meeting Of School Year is Held in Maysville The first meeting of the Maysville Elementary PTA for the 1961-h2 school yean was held Monday even ing. . ' ' Mrs. Richard Keyes, president, called the meeting to order, wel comed the group and introduced » Principal Albert Hardison, who /in turn introduced the teachers. Old business was completed and the Executive committee read their selections for various committees which were approved. They present ed their goals for the coming year and discussions w<jte held concern ing each. Following adjournment, the teach ers met the parents in a receiving line, the parents were shown the rooms and enjoyed a social hour during which refreshments were served. z -I. .. I..1-1-1 Marriage License 'Jones County Reegister of Deeds reports the-issue of marriage- license in the past week to: Levie Roberts, 28, of Chinquapin Township and Mattie Grace Wright, 18, of Elizabethtown. Douglas Moore, 34, and Lurenna Daniels, 31, both of Brooklyn, N.Y., U. S. A. Slight Miscalculation The Kinston School Board Mon* day night was perplexed, and a lit* tie irked by a paving assessment from the City of Kinston for $7,* 613.04 for sidewalks, curb and gut ters around some school property. Their reason: Of three estimates of the cost of this work they had chosen the highest which had been (3,925, and they felt that missing an estimate by $3,688.04 was a press ing argument in favor of better education. BACK HOME AGAIN Serving aboard the guided missile light cruiser USS Little Rock, which returned to Norfolk Aug 30, fol lowing a seven-month cruise with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterran ean was Stephen Jerkins, steward first class, UNS, son of Mrs. Net tie E. Jerkins of Pollocksville. DOUBLE TROUBLE Johnny Hodges of 612 University Street pled guilty to being the fa ther of a 6-month old child Friday in Recorder’s Cotirt, but told Judge Emmett Wooten he had gotten married four months ago — to another girl. He was ordered to pay $35 medical bill and $5 per week in Ko the court for his child until it is-18 years of age. body. ' 'Sheriff Clay Broadway was high in his praise of the excellent coop eration his department was given by i the Highway Patrol, Prison De partment Guards, SBI Agent Ed wards, Coroner Jarman and for the tireless effort of the men in his Vwn department.
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