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THE JONES COUNTY NUMBER 26 VOLUME xvm Jones County Superior Court Monday Judge Joe Parker Opening Civil Term Judge Joseph Parker of Wind sor will convene a one-week civil term of Jones County Superior Court Monday with a large num ber of civil actions scheduled for action during the week. Divorces are scheduled for Norman Robinson from Kay Frances Brown Robinson, to Pat sy Louise Brock from Hilton Cleo Brock and to Nathaniel Tay lor from Cherry Daniel Taylor. Motions are to be argued in the suits between Sheriff Brown Yates and Edward Jackson Mor gan, between Elizabeth Evans Franks and Carl Weldon Franks and between Novella Hunter and James Coy Griffin. In the Yates-Morgan case the defendant, Morgan, is seeking to have the accident damage suit tried in a county other than Jones, since lie alleges it would he impossible for the case to be fairly tried in the sheriffs home county. More than 40 witnesses have been summoned to testify in the effort to set aside the will of the late Robert T. Johnson, who left bis property for scholarships to deserving Jones County stu dents. Some over 30 of Johnson’s cousins are seeking to break the will, alleging that the will was obtained from "him when he was not in full possession of his men tal faaaRies and the cayeat fur ther alleges that the executor of the will, Branch Banking and Trust Company, used undue in fluence in persuading Johnson to leave his property to benefit Jones Countians, rather than his relatives, who live outside Jones County. Other suits include a land squabble action between Pennie Lessy Kelluy and her husband against Hardy and Mamie Col lins; An attempt to force payment of an insurance claim brought by Mrs. Ethel Collins against an insurance firm represented by the Thom Foscue Agency; . An accident damage suit by Roy Carlton Parker against W. W. Brafford and Allen Meadows; An accident damage action brought by Edmund Huffman against his wife, Ella. Set for trial on Thursday are actions for libel and slander damages brought by ~W. Bryan Hargett against Ouida and John Newell; - Action to collect a delinquent account by Rand Oil Company against Edmund Huffman ; Action by E. E. Bell against Cornelius Jordan and wife over title to a tract of land in Pol locks ville Township; And action by MacMillan & Cameron Company of Jackson ville to collect an account from MreHelenEubanks Tayior. Captain James T. Jones Decorated for Heroism With Air Force in Viet Nam in F«rc« Captain Mr*. Horae* Wh w, for horolwi in Atr Fpfce Captain James T. Jones, nephew of Ifr. and Mrs. Horace Whitfield of Kinston, Route 4, has been honored at Randolph AFB, Tex., for heroism Bronz star Mfidai, the wctb through lftth oak leaf clusters to the Air m*^11 and the % Captain Jones won the awards tothe Air. Medal for meritorious achievement in 0m successful ac complishment of important mis sions under extremely hazard ous conditions and hostile ground fire. The captain earned the Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious service a* a staff of fice* with the Seventh Ah’ Force headquarters at Tan Son Mbut AB, Vietnam. Captain <fones} who flew $1* : Principal Not Guilty Last Friday Moseley Hall Rs | corder William Coltrain found La Grange Elementary School Principal Otia Singletary not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon on a seven year-old sec ond grade student in his school. Parents of the child brought the indictment, claiming that the child had been badly bruised from a beating with a "sawed off boat paddle". Evidence before Judge Coltrain did not support the charge, and after a lengthy hearing he dismissed the charge. Court Orders Full Payment in Tobacco Lease Litigation Last week the North Carolina Supreme Court upheld the de cision of Judge Walter Bone in Lenoir County Superior Court in which payment of an agreed lease price for tobacco acreage was ordered. Donald Gibbs contended that he should not pay C. W. Taylor the full $2100 agreed upon since between the time of the lease] and the planting of the crop a reduction had been made in the amount of tobacco that could be sold under the farm’s allocation. Gibbs had tendered $1785-oa the $2100 lease price and had offered to pay the other $315 if Taylor would permit him to sell 15 per cent over the farm’s al lotted poundage. Taylor refused, the law suit resulted and the courts agree that Gibbs has to pay the full rental price. Ambulance Driver Charged Monday Monday Kinston Police Traf fic Captain Fred Hart indicted Ambulance Driver Roland Hill of 603 Liberty Hill Road for speeding too fast for existing roadway conditions after he clocked Hill at 60 miles an hour on Bright Street and at 45 on 'Queen Street. And Captain Hart fays, "To make the matter worse the patient in the ambulance Was not an emergency patient just one being taken to his doctor fpr a check up!" BACK IN BUSINESS After .three months and 20 days the agreement between a majority of Kinston funeral homes to go out of the ambu lance business was broken last week when one of the signa tories to the pact, Howard & Carter Funeral Home, broke out in a fancy new ambulance and advertising which said its friends had urged it to provide ambu lance service- During the brief pact the two funeral homes that remained in the ambulance busi ness were able to take care of aU such needs in the cojpnroni m aerospace force. ^dnetHf Moss Hill High School toe captain attended Mars Hill Junior College. He wUs v commissioned ip J957 be aviation cadet pro Appeal Taken in Conviction Friday For Receiving Stolen Property Lazarus Simmons of Trenton has appealed to superior court his conviction last Friday before Recorder’s Court Judge Joe Bec ton under a charge of buying and receiving stolen property, knowing it to have been stolen. Becton suspended a 60-day jail term to Simmons on condi tion he pay a $10 fine and make restitution in the amount of $15 to S. A. Norris. He was re leased under $200 bond, pend ing hearing of the charges in the higher court. Minnie Mattocks of Maysville was found not guilty of assault upon a female and malicious damage to private property and Carl Lee Taylor, also of Mays ville, was found not guilty of as sault on a female. A worthless check charge against uHbert H. Ellis was nolle prossed. A non-support charge against Raymond Tripp of Kinston was nolle prossed with leave. Several traffic charges against Clifton Sutton of Kinston route 3 were nolle prossed since Sut ton is in prison for making whisky in Lenoir County. Sargett Brown Jr. of Deep Run route 1 had a charge of driving an uninsured car nolle prossed. Charge of driving without a license against Ada Privette Cooke of Kinston was nolle pres sed. Those paying court costs and in some instances small fines for traffic charges were John Ray McDaniel of Pollocksville route 1, Harold Lee Morton of Maysville route 1, Richard Bry an Morton of Comfort, Windsor Lee Wells, Regar Mickler, Rush Charles Suggett, William K. Gainor, Jerry T. Ross, Mildred Levi Anhalt and Daniel Merritt, all of Camp Lejeune. Glendale Hayes Kornegay of Trenton route 2, Rogers Murrell of Pollocksville route 1, John Bennett Jr. of Kinston, James Theodore Taylor of Kinston, Johnny Edward Moore of Bay boro, Mildred Daniel Maloney of Greenville, and Calep Ed ward Dove of Trenton route 1. Three Booked Persons booked at the county jail in the past week, according to Sheriff Brown Yates were Major Mitchell and Bill Walker, both of Cove City and Harvey Bearden of Camp Lejeune, all charged with being drunk in a public place. Wayne County Jury Called to Try Lenoir Murder Charge Tuesday Judge Elbert Peele, presiding over' Lenoir County Superior Court, ordered a spe cial venire of 50 Wayne Coun tians to be drawn for next Mon day morning, October 31st. —The -special—venire will ~6e used to secure a jury to hear murder charges against R. H. McLawhom, former operator of a motel south of Kinston, who is charged with killing Camp Le jeune Marine Harry F. Brown early in August at the motel. Brown suffered a pistol wound that led to his death several days later in the hospital at Camp Lejeune. Witnesses identified McLawhorn as the man who fired the shot, but he strongly denies the shooting. Fall Festival at Maysville School Saturday at 6:30 Saturday, October the twenty ninth, at six-thirty, the doors of the Maysville Elementary School will be opened for the annual Fall Festival, with no admission charges. Fun and food will be furnish ed for all. Some of the types of recreation which will be featur ed are as follows: sports events, cartoon movies, variety show, cake walk, costume contest, for tune telling, apple bobbing, and the country store. A new feature for the 1966 festival will be the antique auction. For the benefit of the house wives there will be a bake sale to take care of that Sunday’s desert. LA GRANGE BREAK-IN Last week thieves broke into the West End Grocery and stole about 80 pounds of dressed chickens, a number of shirts and some underwear. A front door window was knocked put to gain entry. DRUG LAW PENALTY Htigh J. Smith Wednesday •leaded guilty to wffin* drug? rithout a prescription and was [laced on good behavior tor Federal Appellate Court Upholds John Larkins1 Decision Last week the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond upheld the decision of Eastern District Federal Judge John Larkins who last summer dis missed jua-action brought by the tobacco warehouse firm, Cozart & Eagles of Wilson, against all other Wilson warehouses and the Wilson Tobacco Board of Trade. After a 29-day trial Judge Lar kins ruled that there was no basis to support the plaintiff’s claim that it was being unfairly or illegally treated by the de fendants. The plaintiff contended that it was one of the oldest Wilson tobacco warehouses and had his torically sold something near to 25 per cent of all tobacco sold on the Wilson market, and it con tended that the defendants had cut its selling time so that it now was selling less than 18 per cent of the tobacco sold in Wil son. Dr. Bearden Named Member Planning Group by Governor t Governor Dan Moore has ap pointed a professor in the East Carolina College School of Busi ness, Dr. James H. Bearden, to the 10-man State Emergency Planning Task Group for Indus trial Production Resource. Dr. Bearden and his colleagues in the group are responsible for assistance in “developing and installing an emergency pre paredness program,” according to the Governor. The task group will have its first meeting in Raleigh on Thursday, Oct. 27. Dr. Bearden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Bearden of Ma rion, Ala., has beepgn ECC fac ulty member since September 1959. He has a BS degree from Centenary College of Louisiona in Shreveport, an MA from East Carolina and a PhD from the University of Alabama. two children and home at 106 Crown , Greenville. d tp the former IS of Trenton; ^ .
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