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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