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W. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28,490
VOLUME XV
V
Nation s
Shock on President’s Murder
*rcnran arm wm no ottterent
than the rest of the nation over
this past weekend of shock and
tragedy. - |^
Those who knew of the shooting
s in the first few minutes hung on
their radio sets, hoping for the best,'
but fearing that the worst had
come. Hope faded when the an
nouncer said from Dallas that the
President's head was covered with
Mood and' he had slumped over on
Ms wife. ' ■ .... ■' :
And then at 2;36 came that sin
gle-line bulletin: The President is
. /dead.
In some schools the message had
been carried to the students as it
came off the radio over the Inter
communications systems. The stu
dents sat in dry-eyed shock, unbe
lieving and then when that hoped
against but expected word came
there were tears in most eyes.
For 487hours everyother £iod>of
conversation was blotte4 out Tbv
ward the end of
shock some ehildrwi began to com
plain that their TV cartoons were
missing. Some older people with
the minds of very small children,
also complained about the, absence
of “their program”. , r
But in Trenton, as In the nation
as a whole the overwhelming ma
jority acted with propriety, numbed
and sorrowful.
Many
Some were angered by the taste
lessness of a Sunday night TV in
terview with the Dallas policeman’s
family. Aside from that the TV
coverage was in quite good taste,
the majority seemed to feel.
A few did say, “It’s being over
done”. (
But others said, “This is the
death of a President and the least
the nation can do is pay its fullest
respects”.
The cranks in Trenton, as all a
cross the nation, began writing an
onymous letters, and making an
onymous telephone calls. Any who
had differed with President Ken
nedy politically were the target of
such demented .types.
oauueneu people picKca up lueir
telephones to hear, “You helped
kill the President”. “I guess you’re
happy now”. “You ought to be
next”, and this 'mass cowardice and
insanity spread its virulence all
across the nation.
The more prominent the person
who had differed with President
Kennedy, the more virulent and
more voluminous this kind of crank
mail came, and the babbling tele
phone calls from assorted idiots.
Some attempted to go through
jthe motions of “business as usual",
but none succeeded. Nothing in the
entire nation for that long weekend
was “as usual”.
But calm returns even after the
most sudden and terrible storms
and by mid-week Trenton and die
nation had gotten back to “busi
ness as usual” and Thanksgiving
Week took on a more profound
meaning for many than it had had
in a long, long time.
Kinston Mother, Dover
Father Charged With
Killing Their Sons
Important Meeting
Mayor Nolan Jones kaa announc
•4 that there will bo a busmen
meeting In the community building
Dec, It at S p. m. Every citisai
oad Us payer is being asked to at
tend to discuss the water bond is>
sue election coming up in January
to answer questions and hear an;
viewpoints on the issue.
Four Jones Arrests
During the past week Jones Coun
ty Sheriff Brown Yates reports th<
atrest^pf four persons: Carl Ed
ward Staves of Pollocksville route
1 is charged with drunken driving
and Jesse Baines of Trenton, Syl
vester Wiley of New Bern route
2 and William B. Miller of Pollocks
ville are each accused of publii
drunkenness.
Hunting Death,
Edward Warren Daugbety, 41
year-old resident of the Sand H3
section erf. Lenoir County, disc
from a shotgun
’iaM&rf¥&d ft.
•ty1 s. death accidental. Daughety wa
hunting alone and apparently had
been in the act of climbing over ■
fence with his gun loaded and not
on safety when the gun went off
killing him instantly. He was not
found until about 1:30 p. m. but il
is believed his death came during
the mid morning hours.
jvionaay jvirs. c.ena Herring, 71,
of 1121 Lincoln Street was charged
with murder in the death of her
52 year-old son, Rafael, who died
, in Lenoir Memorial Hospital Sun
day night from a 12 gauge shotgun
wound he suffered Saturday night.
Tuesday 50 year-old Ozie Bryant
of Dover route 2 was charged with
. murder in the death of his 21 year
old son, Hosea, who was beaten to
death at the Bryant home Tuesday
night.
In each instance the parent has
, told investigating authorities that
self defense was the basis of the
killing.
Mrs. Herring of 1121 Lincoln
Street told police that her son was
advancing on her With a knife when
•she grabbed the shotgun and in
flicted the wound that led to his
death.
Bryant told Craven County au
thorities that he and his son had
"had words” inside their home and
ithat he had left the house to avoid
more words. He said hl» son then
Shotgun. Bryant
sstfd he also had a shotgun.
Bryant further claims that he at
tempted to get away from his son,
but when the younger man kept
chasing him he turned and a strug
gle took place which resulted in
the young man being beaten about
the head and face with both the
shotgun and rifle butts to that point
where he was dead.
Kinston Family Income
Growth Rate Greater
Than National Average
io what extent has Kinston s
economy moved ahead since the
last war? How much better off are
local residents than they were IS
years ago?
The rate at which they have ad
vanced, as well as their prospects
for the future, are matters of basic
importance to the city’s residents.
Just as expansion and growth are
counted on, year after year, to
keep the national economy on an
even keel and to provide jobs for
the growing labor force, so it is at
the local level.
And, to each community, what is
happening in its own back yard is
of much greater concern than what
is happening elsewhere in the coun
try;
. Studies completed by the De
partment of Commerce by Sales
Management and by other agencies
reveal, for each area of the United
States, what progress it has made
in the last IS years.
In Kinston, the figures show, a
significant rise in earning capacity
lias taken place since 1947. The
average income per family at that
time, after taxes, amounted to
last year, the local avenge
, $5,802 per family,
•ovement was
er, be
gone
up at the same time. The 1962 dol
lar would not buy as much as the
1947 one did.
How much of it had to be dis
counted ? In terms of buying power,
only three-fifths of the increase
was real, the Department of Com
merce estimates.
The average growth rate through
out the country during the 15 years,
on the basis of family income, was
$120 a year, according to the Gov
ernment findings.
Since the $120 represents cash in
come only, farm families did not
show to as good advantage as did
urban families because some of
their return was in the form of
rent-free housing and in goods pro
duced and consumed on the farm.
Principal Indicted
Jones County High School Prin
cipal Christopher Columbus Franks
was arrested Tuesday By United
State* Marshal Hugh Salter on a
warrant accusing the negro educa
tor of filing a fraudulent federal in
come tax return for 1M1. Franks,
principal of Jones County’s largest
school, and a native of the county,
was released under $1,060 bond after
being given a preliminary hearing
Tuesday and trial is srikeduled
for die next term of federal dis
trict court in New Been. ' 5
Jury Frees One, Judge
Another in Homicides
Sheriff Yates to
Direct Jones March
Of Dimes 9th Thne
Sheriff Brown Yates will serve as
Director of the Jones County 1964
March of Dimes, Attorney George
Hughes, Chairman of the Jones
County Chapter of The National
Foundation, announced this week.
Sheriff Yates will direct volun
teers during the January 2-31 an
nual March of Dimes campaign in
this county to raise funds fbr medi
cal care of those afflicted with
birth defects or with arthritis, and
to support research into the cause
and cure of these crippling condi
tions.
In announcing the appointment
Hughes said, “I know very well that
under the leadership of Sheriff
Yates, the people of Jones County
will give generously again to sup
port the March of Dimes scientific
assault on these cripplers. In de
ciding the amount to give, all of us
must also be mindful of the con
tinuing needs of thousands striken
in other year* by paralytic polio.”
Sheriff Yates has directed the
Jones County March of Dimes for
the past eight years.
HUSBAND IN ALABAMA
Capt. Elbert C. Nye, whose wife,
Lois, lives in Pollocksville, com
pleted a four-week polit transition
course in The Aviation Center at
Fort Ruckner, Ala., Oct. 23.
In this week’s' session of Jones
County Superior Court presided
over by Judge Howard Hubbard of
Clinton two charges of murder have
been cleared.
A jury after brief deliberaiton
found George Bruton not guilty of
a second degree murder charge in
the June 30th pistol slaying of Wes
ley May. Both were involved in a
fracas in the Caswell section.
Bruton asserted that he was act
ing an self defense and witnesses
supported his claim in the view of
the jury.
Alex Koonce was charged with the!
shotgun slaying of his wife Jean
Murphy Koonce at their home in
the Shady Grove section. He also
claimed that he was trying to dis
arm his wife when a shotgun ac
cidentally went off, killing her in
stantly.
In the Koonce case Judge Hub
bard issued a directed verdict of not
guilty at the conclusion of the
state’s presentation of evidence.
Judge Hubbard gave Camp Le
jeune Marine William Torrence a
2-to-6 year prison term for man
slaughter in the March 24, 1963
death of John Tolbert III, who was
•killed in a crash near Dover on US
70, when the Marine’s car crossed
into the wrong lane while he was
driving in a drunken condition.
Torrence had his prison term
suspended on condition he remain
on probation for 5 years and pay
$50 per month, each month during
that time for the use and benefit
of the parents of the infant child.
Tobacco School
if- —
Jones County Farmers during the
next 2 months will have an oppor
tunity to substantially increase
their knowledge of tobacco begin
ning Monday night, December 2.
Monday night’s session which will
ibe the first in a series of five will
feature discussions on the tobacco
situation and outlook, also a dis
cussion by a tobacco industry repre
sentative on the lively subject “To
bacco Quality and the tobacco pro
gram as the tobacco industry sees
it”.
This series of schools offers far
mers a rare opportunity to learn
more about their business from some
of the best authorities available any
where.
Listed below is a complete sche
dule of the schools.
December 2 — “TOBACCO SIT
UATION — Supply, demand, use,
production (domestic, world) Eval
uation of tobacco programs and al
ternate programs — Dr. E. W.
Jones, Agricultural Economist. “TO
BACCO QUALITY AND THE TO
BACCO PROGRAM AS INDUS
TRY SEES IT — Louis Dibrell,
Vice-President, Dibrell Brothers,
Danville, Va.
December 9 — “GRADE STAND
ARDS, NEW GRADES AND
GRADE CHARACTERISTICS” —
Jimmie Cash, U.S.D.A. Tobacco
Grading Service.
December 19 — “VARIETY AND
PLANT PRODUCTION AND
PLANT QUALITY” — S. N.
Hawks Jr. Extension Tobacco Spe
cialist. “DISEASES” — F. A. Todd,
Tobacco Disease Specialist,' N. C.
State.
January 20 — “HEAT, AIR
MOVEMENT AND CURING
PRINCIPLES” — Dr. W. H. John
son, Agricultural Engineer. “HAR
VESTING AND CURING PRO
CEDURE” — R. R. Bennett, Ex
tension Tobacco Specialist.
February 3 — “FERTILIZATION
AND WEED CONTROL” — S. N.
Hawks Jr. “SUCKER CONTROL
AND SPACING AND HEIGHT
OF TOPPING” - Henry Marshall
said W. G. WoUz, Research.
Glenda Collins Named
Reporter for Eastern
School Library Group
At the annual meeting of the
Eastern District of the North Caro
Jina High School Library Associa
tion held last week at Wallace-Rose
Hill Glenda Collins of Jones Cen
tral High School was named re
porter for the coming year.
The district includes schools in
Greene, Wayne, Onslow, Jones, Le
noir, Craven and Carteret counties.
Other officers named were Presi
dent Linda Shepard of East Duplin,
Vice President Henry Clay Nobles
of East Duplin and Secretary Elea
nor Eakes of Greene Central.
College Night Tuesday
For Jones Central Hi
College night will be held at Jones
Central High School Tuesday,
December 3, from 7 until 9 under
the supervision of the Guidance De
partment of the school.
The program is open to all high
school juniors and seniors and their
parents. Freshmen and sophomores
interested in attending college may
participate in the program.
The purpose of the event is to
enable students and parents to be
come acquainted with the colleges
throughout the state.
A wide range of colleges, includ
ing industrial, techncial liberal arts,
nursing, and business schools will
be represented.
New Maysville Service
"'i.'.'y
Beginning Wednesday Dee. 4.
through a contract with the town
board of Maysville, Wilford Phil
yaw will be picking up trash every
Wednesday. All garbage cans musk
be placed on side' of the street in
Front of the homes. There will be
U> pickup ups from the back of the
bom as. Citizens are asked to have
cans ready far jfak np.