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TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1962
VOLUME XIV
. inert nave been two previous
law suits institgated on this same
question, and each has been non
suited, the last with cohsent of the
plaintiff.
The Mills are suing Raeford Bliz
zard, Wesley Jones, Williams S.
MilJs, Alonzo Mills, and Donald
Brock for recovery of . their farm
and $50,000 punitive damages in the
first of the two suits filed this
week.
In' the other they are suing At
torney Brock for $25,000, alleging
that' he was at the time of thfe
transaction in question and prior,
to that their attorney and that he
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frpm becoming the
of ■ the. conspiracy and
11 acts of Jones and Bliz
wron:
zard.
The basic question involved in
the two suits is.: \
Wfhether Mills and his wife
kneV they were signing a deed
Nov
rather than a mortgage on
ember 9, 1956. Their law suits cliims
that they thought and were
led to believe that they were sign
ing a mortgage and not a deed. '
William and Alonzo Mills later
bought the farm from Jones and
Blizzard, and they had no connect
ion with the original transfer of
.the property. They bought the
farm in December 9, 1958, more
than two years after the original
transaction.
The suit alleges that the purchase
price consideration in the 1956
deal was $8100. The farm includes
'89 acres of land, ,22 of which are
' under cultivation and , its present
tobacco allottment is 2.46 acres.
The complaint filed this week
claims that the farm is worth $35,
000.,
Attorney Brock said, Tuesday,
“This is just another Charlie Aber
nathy law suit. It has been non
suited twice before'. I have not
done anything wrong, and I’ni
ready to answer any questions
anyone may have about the entre
matter.”
Brock wondered also, “If the
filing of this suit again this week
does not havd some politics be
hind it?” •*. \
When the case was non-suited
ini January by Judge Albert Cow
per he place a condition ‘in. the
consetit agreement demanding
that The Mills pay the accumulated
courts costs of $479.18 before they
could file another suit in the same
matter. This was done when the
suit was filed this week.
Judge Larkins Sends Four of
Counterfeit' Ring to Prison
In Federal District Court in New
Bern Tuesday Judge John Larkins
sent four of seven men involved
in a counterfeit ring to prison and
• put three others on probation.
Earl Baysden, 44, of Richlapds
and Jacksonville, who was the so
called king pin of the phony mon
ey makers drew the most severe
Durwood Sparrow, 62, of Kinston
and Edward Thorpe, 54, of Rich
■mond were each given 7% year
fenjis. . i >
Nonfood Whaley, 34, of Rich
lands drew five years.
Ervin Fountain, 41, already in
prison and Dewey Jacobs, 37, of
Jacksonville, who recently got out
of prison, were each placed on pro-,
bation for five years.
Clennie Humphrey, 38, of Rich
lands, was placed on probation
three years.
On' Easter Sunday, Baysden de
livered some over $120,000' in
counterfeit $20 bills to a, Jackson
ville, printer, who was working with.
Secret Service agents. All of the
others .were charged with .conspir
acy to make counterfeit money or
knowing a felony had been com
mitted and failure to report it,
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Baysden and Sparrow also pled
guilty to complicity in a 1958 case
in which more than $700,000 in
funny money was found in .a
'freezer in1' Baysden’s Jacksonville
furniture store;
This is Sparrow’s fourth indict
ment for counterfeiting.
Tuesday Baysden accompanied
officers to, a spot in Onslow Coun
ty in a lard stand more than $300,
000 jhore of this same kind of bog
ficers and for his decision to plead
guilty, v f
Larkins said he was asked after
the sentencing by a. young news
paperman, ‘‘Haven’t'you been migh
ty light on Baysden?"
The judge’s reply was, ‘‘Have
you ever spent one day in prison ?
to prison for' fifteen
is going
years.” ’
IJnder federal prison rules pris
oners are not eligible for consider
ation for parole until they have
served one-third of their active
prison term, which means for Bays
den that he will have to serve five
years before the parole board will
even look at his case.
Two Jones Arrests
Dufring the past week only two
indictments were reported in Jones
County by Sheriff BronOn Yates.
These were the indictment of Leroy
Thompson of Kinston route 6 on
Sunday for transporting a small
quantity of stumphole whisky and
Aaron Hall of Trenton route 2
who was accused of being publicly
drank. ' . " J, ...
Jones County Register of Deeds
Bill Parker reports the recording
of two land transfers in his office
during the past week:
From Randolph' Foy to Elbert H.
Foy .52 acre in Trenton Township.
From q. P. Banks to Dewey
Bradford Jenkins 1.86 acres in
Pollocksville Township.
ed Tobacco Sale
ive Days to be
for This Season
HmaSaSSaT8
Mousing Authority
For Injury to H«r Leg
Mts. Maner B. Jones of Jones
County this week, filed a suit in
Jones'’ .County Superior Court
against the Kinston Housing Au
thority, in which she asks' $15,000
damages. . : >
Mrs.-Jones’ complaint alleges that
at about 7 p.m. on April 23, 1961
she was getting out of her car in
a parking lot at' Simon Bright
Apartments when she suffered a
deep Wound in the leg from a piece
of reinforcing steel that was -pro
jecting 12 to 14 inches out from the
She says she suffered fjreat pain
and permanent injury because of
the injury, which would not have
happened if the Housing Author
ity had been diligent in keeping
up its; property.
TETANUS SHOTS
The second tetanus shots will be
%iven Saturday at the Health Clinic
.from 9:00 until 2:.:00. All those who
got their first shots there before,
please go and get'your second one.
One, shot will do no good. The 50c
paid before covers the co'sts of
both shots.
FINALLY FOUND
A car stolen from the used car
lot of W. H. Jones Motors on
May 10th was found on the 18th
in Jacksonville.
j.
Wednesday the department of ag
riculture on pressure from North
Carolina -congressmen amended
their agreement earlier this year
to permit sale of un-tied leaf to
bacco.
For years the Georgia-Florida
tobacco sales area has been selling
un-ti^d tobacco. Earlier this year
it was agreed to permit the North
Carolina — South Carolina border
jnarkets to do the same for the
first five selling days of the season.
But this action caused a storm
among warehousemen in the East
ern, Middle and Old Belts.
So from this storm pressure was
built up by^the North Carolina
congressional delegation and the
department extended this experi
ment to the three major North
(Carolina selling areas.
A telegram Wednesday from
Congressman David Henderson,
says, in part:
“During the first five sales days
of each market, price Support will
be available only on lugs, includ
ing primings and nondescript
grades, which otherwise are eligile
for price support and are offered
for sale in un-tie/1 form.”
Henderson’s telegram includes,
“Support prices on the un-tied to
bacco are expected to run approxi
mately $6 per hundred less for the
same grades in tied form"
Henderson concluded, /Such a
decision is only fair to the farmers
and markets of Eastern North
Carolina if such sales are to be
permitted in South Carolina and
border belt areas.”
Mid-June Starting Time
For North-South Service
To Washington, Atlanta
Ron Franklin Johnson
Funeral services were held last
Friday for Ross Franklin John
son, 67, retired farmer of the Ma
ple Grove Section of Jones County,
who died earlier in the week af
ter a period of declining health.
Five Jones Central Graduates Receive Scholarships
Mr*. , Chris Eubanks, Kroner
Scholarship and 4-H Club Scholar
ship. Eubanks was also salactad as
an alternate' (or the Prospective
Teachers Scholarship.
Lowery, Valedictorian and Mc
Coy, Salute torian, hare enrolled at
the Unirsrsity of North Carolina,
Eubank* nt State, Miss Parker at
Piedmont Airlines officials an
nounced Tuesday that mid-June is
now scheduled as the starting date
for north-south air service to and
from Kinston.
Linder authority granted by the
Civil Aeronautics Board earlier this
year the Winston-Salem based air
line revealed that the north-south
service to Kinston would include
two flights north and two south
each daV.
The first northbound flight orgi
nates in Atlanta at 7 a. m., arriv
ing in Kinston at 10:22 and in
Washington at 11 :22.
The second northbound flight
leaves Atlanta at 2:15 p. m., ar
rives in Kinston at 6:45 and in
Washington at 8:13.
The fmst southbound flight
leaves Washington at 6:15 a. m.,
arrives in Kinston at 7:48 and in
Atlanta at 12:16. (
The second southbound flight
leaves \Mashington at 3:30 p.m.,
arrives in Kinston at 4:58 and in
Atlanta at 8:02.
All the flights between Kinston
and Washington are non-stop.
Between Kinston and Atlanta the
flights are local with intermediate
stops, varying with the schedule
at Fayetteville, Wilfnington, Myrtle
Beach, Columbia or Augusta.
Piedmont is assigning either F-27
prop-jet or Martin 404 planes to
these north-south flights through
-Kinston. Both types are air-condi
tioned, pressurized and each has
<tn approximate cruising speed of
265 miles per hour.
Mrs. Cora Elliott McDaniel
Funeral services were held at
3. Thursday from the chapel of
Garber Funeral Home for Mrs.
Cora Elliott McDaniels, 95, of.
~ an route 1, who died Tues
ftembon in a Kinston hos
;er a longj illiiess.