NUMBER 19 N
TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1966
VOLUME xvm
January Opening Hoped for Trenton Federal Building
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Federal District Judge John Larkins here stands beside the cornerstone of Trenton's new
federal building, in which his office will be located when the building is completed sometime
around the end of this year.
Judge Larkins and his staff will occupy the northeast wing of the building, the post office
will occupy the west side and other federal agencies in Jones County will have space in the
rear section of the new building.
Larkins is beside the hollow space in the wall of the building under the cornerstone in
which a copper cannister will be sealed. This cannister will include copies of local news
papers, a telephone directory, maps of the county and state, a $2 bill donated by the judge's
secretary, Mrs. Isabelle Mallard, since no more $2 bills will be printed. Larkins included a
Kennedy Half Dollar, which also is no longer being made. A history of the Trenton post
office and several other documents will be sealed in this space so that when and if the
building is ever removed people then will have some notion of what Trenton and Jones
County were like in 1966.
Jones Central Has One Negro Teacher,
Jones High One Indian Teacher as
Local Officials Try to Mix Faculties
Jones County School Super
intendent G. W. Harriett said
Wednesday that faculty inte
gration in the county consisted
of just two teachers.
A negro teacher is assigned
to vocational agriculture teach
ing at Jones Central — a pre
dominantly white school, and an
indian from Robeson County has
been assigned to teach English
in Jones County High School,
where the enrollment is all ne
gro.
Harriett said an effort had
been made to transfer two white
teachers into the negro schools
and two negro teachers into the
white schools, but that three of
the four had resigned rattier
than transfer, and since they
had refused to accept transfer
Harriet said, “We lost three
good teachers,”
On Wednesday Harriett said
he was not sure exactly how
many negro students showed up
for classes in the white
schools, but prior to school
opening there had been 84 ap
plications from negroes for
transfers into white schools.
Last year there were 46 ne
groes in white schools on open
ing day and 44 of those re
mained throughout the school
year, since under the Jones
County agreement with fed
eral officials pupils were not
permitted to change their minds
after school was in progress.
The two who dropped out of
the original 46 last year did not
go back into the negro schools
in Jones County Harriett said.
Four Jones Arrests
Persons booked at the Jones
County jail during the past
week included James Austin
Wood of New Bern, charged
with false pretense, Roland
Houston of Kinston route 3,
charged with assault and Paul
Whaley and Wilmbur Metis of
Trenton were each charged with
public drunkenness and disor
derly conduct.
Suit For $51,800
Filed Against Adjer
Haddock by Parker
Jones County Superior Court
Clerk Walter Henderson reports
receiving a civil suit in his of
fice during the past week in
which Benjamin L. Parker is
asking $51,800 damages.
Parker alleges that he suf
fered $1800 damage to his car
and personal injuries amount
ing to not less than $50,000 on
April 29th of this year in an
accident west of Trenton when
he ran into a mule belonging to
Haddock that was loose on a
public highway.
LAND TRANSFERS
Jones County Register of
Deeds Bill Parker reports re
cording the following land trans
fers in his office during the past <
week:
From Eugene and Kathryn
Bryant to Boyd and Joyce Mar
tin one lot in White Oak Town
ship. . , ]
From James and Barbara i
Stroud to Leo and Mary Ann i
Brunni one acre in Tuckahoe i
Township. i
School Superintendent and
Say School Principal J. P.
Accounts Now Satisfactorily
Auditor
Taylor's
Cleared
Jones County School Superin
tendent G. W. Harriett and
School Auditor E. E. Franck
said Wednesday that there has
been a satisfactory settlement
of all questions raised in the
past two audits of the accounts
of Jones Central High School
Principal Jeter P. Taylor Jr.
Copies of the audit, filed with
public officials in Raleigh and
in Trenton both for the 1964
65 audit period and the 1965-66
audit period raised questions
about Taylor’s depositing checks
in the school account that had
been “dishonored”.
In the 1964-65 audit report
Franck’s language was, “During
the course of the examination !
noted 15 instances of bank deb
its to the school accounts for
dishonored checks previously de
posited as school receipts. Ten
of these bank debits were for
checks drawn on the account of
Jeter P. Taylor Jr., principal of
the school, and were returned
because of insufficient funds in
Mr. Taylor’s account. I bring the
above to your attention for
whatever action you may con
sider advisable to prevent re
currences and losses to the
school in the future.”
Then Franck’s report listed
the 10 instances in which Tay
lor’s checks had been “dishon
ored” and the dates when they
were redeposited and cleared.
A $60 check that bounced on
October 12, 1964 was made good
on October 30. Another for $60
that bounced on November 9,
1964 was made good on Decem
ber 4th. Then on December 10,
’64 a $60 check bounced, on
April 8, 1965 a $30 check bounc
ed and on April 15, 1965 a $5
check bounced and all three of
these Were cleared in a rede
posit on May 7th.
nitu rialiens report snows
a $90 check that bounced on
May 14, and made good on June
3, a $10 check that bounced on
May 31 and made good on June
4; checks of $5.28 on June 9,
$55.46 on June 10 and another
on June 10 for $7.65, making a
total of $591.11 that were made
good or redeposited on June 30,
1965.
Harriett said that after
Franck’s 1965 audit was re
ceived by the board Taylor was
called in and instructed to
mend his ways in this particu
lar department, and that Taylor
had promised to stop the prac
tice.
But the 1965-66 audit recently
filed with the board indicated
that Taylor instead of getting
better in this particular matter
had gotten worse.
Franck’s audit report this
year says, in part-, “In my re
port for the previous fiscal year
1 invited your attention to num
erous bank debits during the
year for dishonored checks
drawn on the account of Jeter
P. Taylor Jr., principal of the
school. This practice involving
dishonored checks of Jeter P.
raylor Jr. has continued dur
ing the current fiscal year as
Eollows:”
Taylor’s check for $295
aounced on October 12, 1965,
made good November 26.
Another for $100 bounced on
November 8, made good on No
vember 10.
Another for $100 on Decem
jer 2, 1965, another for $295
>n December 9th and another
’or $100 on December 22nd —
ill cleared by a redeposit on
December 31, 1965.
In 1966 a $430 check of Tay
or’s bounced on January 22,
ind another for $24.70 on Janu
iry 27th. These were made good
m January 31 with a redeposit
>f $454.70.
On February 19 of this year
another $430 check of Taylor’s
bounced and was redeposited on
February 28th, another for $430
bounced on March 10 and was
redeposited on March 18th, still
another for $430 bounced on
March 28th and cleared when
deposited on March 31 and on
April 23 of this year Taylor’s
check for $53.64 bounced when
deposited with Jones Central
receipts and was made good on
April 29th.
In both years all of the
checks deposited in the school
account ultimately were cleared
on later deposits.
In this year’s report Franck
said further, “During my exam
ination I noticed several checks
issued to Sinclair Refining Com
pany on a credit card issued to
Jones Central High School.
These checks totalled $48.40”.
Franck said he discussed this
matter with Taylor and Taylor
told him that use of the credit
card in several instances in
South Carolina and Georgia was
not for school purposes and that
he had later reimbursed the
school for these non-school uses
of the credit card.
Franck said further in con
nection with the credit card, “I
have been unable to identify and
trace the reimbursement in the
records.”
Wednesday, however, after
conferences with Taylor, Franck
said the matter of the credit
card and the reimbursement'had
been fully cleared up.
Harriett said in the course of
a regular school board meeting
Tuesday night that Taylor had
been before the board for at
least an hour and that if the
board had not firmly impressed
upon him the impropriety of
these “slow checks” last year
it certainly did so Tuesday
Continued on page 5
Seventeen of 19
Court Cases from
Traffic Charges
In the past week of Jones
County Recorder’s Court 19
cases were cleared in trial by
Judge Joe Becton or in guilty
pleas before the clerk of court.
Of the 19, 17 were traffic charg
es.
Non traffic counts included
charges of public drunkenness
and disorderly conduct against
David Hill of Trenton who paid
$25 and had a 60-day jail term
suspended on condition he re
main on probation two years.
A worthless check charge
against P. H. May of Morehead
City was nolle prossed.
Hubert Lee Baysden of New
port route 1 was fined $100 for
drunken driving.
The following paid fines for
speeding: Paul Frederick Lincke
of Kinston, James Clifton Pol
lock of Trenton, James Lafay
ette King of Jacksonville route
3, Frank Goodpasture of Bris
tol Va., Benjamin Franklin
Grady of Wilmington, William
E. Butts of Albany, Georgia, and
Betty Jo Hudson of Pollocks
ville.
Others paying court costs for
less serious traffic charges in
cluded Doris Eubanks of Tren
ton route 2, Floyd Edward Rob
erts of Pollocksville route 1,
Cleve David Trott of Stella, Rob
ert Baldwin of Maysville route
1, Alton Roosevelt Brimage of
Trenton route 1, Henry Lee Dar
den of Trenton route 1, Darrow
Malone Gaskins of Manteo,
James Donald Worthy of Rock
Hill, S. C., and John White Jr.
of N/ew Bern.