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THE JONES COUNTY NUMBER 39TRENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1967 VOLUME XVHI Judge Larkins Finally Moves kite New Quarters in Federal Building This week Federal District Judge John Larkins- moved his office for the first time in nearly 29 years. He and his staff have occupied the suite of offices built for them in the new federal building adjacent to the court house. Larkins had maintained an of fice in the court house since 1938, when he was the first per manent tenant of that WI?A-built structure. v Larkins and the Late County Attorney J. K. Warren had each personally endorsed the note of the County of Jones in order to borrow the county’s share of the money needed to build the court house. And although Larkins was in private practice the county com missioners agreed to rent him of fice space that had been includ ed in the, court house for a health department, something the county did not get for more than 10 years. Larkins became a federal judge in 1961 and has been trying ever since then to get an office for himself and his staff in Trenton, preferring to remain in Trenton to moving his office to New Bern. A lot of political strings had to be pulled and Senator Everett Jordan and Representative David Henderson helped along the way to persuade the Rost Office De partment and the General Serv ices Administration to come to gether to build a single federal building in Trenton. As is the general case with so many projects; the man who in stituted the project was the last to move in. All other tenants in the building had been “in” for more than a month. The post office staff was first to move in, and then the Soil Conservation Service, Draft Board and Farmers Home Ad ministration moved in. Larkins and his staff began the huge job of moving his law library and the other accumulat ed memorabilia of 29 years. Larkins’ old offices in the court house will be occupied by the county welfare department after badly needed repairs to the floors and fresh coats of paint have been dried. Larkins said the new offices was well worth waiting for and he invites all his friends to come by and see what a fine new home the taxpayers have pro vided for him and his staff. Nash Counfian Has Poor Memory When Tractor Stolon in Kinston is Found Nash and Lenoir County of ficers are getting an exhibition of very poor memory from a Nash County farmer who was found in possession of one of three tractors stolen from a Kin ston firm early in December. A tip led to an acceleration of the investigation over the week end and turned up the tractor which was being “tried out” by one former, who was thinking of buying it from the man who ad mitted “owning it”. His tale of ownership was a trifle vague. He said he was in a store at “Lizard Lick” in Wake County, when a stranger asked him if he’d like to buy a tractor at a “real good price”. He allow ed that he might. Then, he told officers, the very next day this unknown man drove up to his farm in a yellow truck, on which the new tractor was loaded. After some little negotiations he says he agreed to pgy, and did pay the “unknown sales man” $2400 for the tractor. Later he said he decided he’d rather have his money than the tractor, and that’s why he was letting his neighbor try it out. Now he’s out money adn trac tor. Pitt Grand Jury Returns Not a True Rill in Pistol Death of Worthington Tigs week the Pitt County Grand Jury returned “not a true bill” in the December 28, 1966 pistol death of Lenoir Countian David D. Worthington. Worthington died in Pitt Me morial Hospital in Greenville on December 30th from two pistol wounds, suffered at the trailer home of John Chapman Jr. on the night of the 28th. Worthington’s wife had de-. serted him and their two child ren to live with Chapman, and Worthington/apparently in a fit of despondency had gone to the trailer home near Ayden. He re portedly had phoned Chapman and told him that he was com ing. Several shots were fired, in cluding some by Chapman, who , ' ".ijWin The Chapmans and Worthing tons had been neighbors in Pine Villa, prior to Chapman leaving his wife, and Mrs. Worthington deserting her family. Father Is Charged Last week Lynwood Earl Tay lor of 1924 West Washington Street was booked on three charges on the same day. He was charged with passing a bum check in a warrant served on him by Kinston police and in warrants served on him by the sheriff's department he was charged with receiving stolen Droperty knowing it to have been itolen and contributing to the delinquency of a minor child. Taylor's son, a minor, was re on numerous ! Two Rope Charges Tossed Out After Hearings Held Preliminary hearings on two capital charges or. rape have re sulted in both charges being thrown out of court in the past week in Lenoir County. In the first instance 18 year old Thomas Sutton of La Grange was turned loose after La i Grange Recorder’s William Cole | train heard the evidence against him at a preliminary hearing last Friday. , And Tuesday Kinston Record er Buck Wooten threw out a similar charge against Tommy Kenan of Pink Hill. Brown-Bag Impact? There are different points of view as to what impact the furor about "brown-bagging" had on the holiday grog business. Le noir County ABC State Super visor Percy Bryan said it hurt business in Lenoir County. With December sales in 1966 totalling $201,540.25 over December 1965's total sales of $196,285.70. This was a December increase this past year of $5,254.55, but Bryan says that December 1966 had five weekends, compared to four weekends in 1965, and the actually represented a drop in business, rather than the in crease it appears to be. I Supreme Court Says Citizens Must Vote On Cable TV Grants In an opinion handed down last week the North Carolina State Supreme Court ruled that city councils do not have authori ty to grant franchise to operat ors of cable television services. This ruling resulted from a city council in the Piedmont granting such a franchise and a citizen of the town appealing the council’s action to the state’s highest court. The ruling stated that such franchises could only be grant ed after citizens of a communi ty had been given an opportuni ty to vote their preference a nong companies offering such service, and whether they want ed any company of the many in ;his business given such fran :hise. Outlaw Brothers Have Certified Hampshire Boar Hampshire Swine Registry of icials announce that Outlaw Irothers of Route 2, Seven Springs, have qualified a Hamp hire boar, Special Dividend >59209, as a Certified Meat Sire. To qualify as a Certified Meat Sire, a boar must sire a mini num of five litters which meet Certification standards. The Certified Meat Hog pro pram, a national and all breed trogram, is a means of sorting tut superior strains within a treed so those strains can be iSed to best advantage in bring ng about herd and breed im irovement. It is a very compre tensive program that measures ow productivity, rate of gain • r... * w. .. Appeal Filed in Corn Theft Sentence Given Last Week in Recorder's Court Ellis Roberts of, Trenton route 2 has given notice of appeal to superior court from the 18 month prison term he was giv en last Friday by Recorder’s Court Judge Joe Becton. Roberts had been convicted of stealing com. He is free under $500 bond, pending trial of his case in superior court. Other cases cleared in the past week by guilty pleas before Clerk Walter Henderson or trial before Becton included the fol lowing: Wilbur Metts of Trenton route 2 was found guilty of assault on a female and was given a su spended sentence on condition he remain on probation for two years and pay a $25 fine. Peter Robinson of Kinston route 3 paid court costs for pub lic drunkenness. In another seldom used in dictment Lemmie Reynolds of Trenton route 2 was ordered to pay the court costs for “mali cious prosecution”. Reynolds caused a warrant to be sworn out against Ben Jenkins, charging Jenkins with assaulting him and then he had failed to show up to testify against Jenkins. Milton Boyette of Goldsboro was found guilty of assault and malicious damage to private property for which he was fined $10 and ordered to make resti tution in the amount of $13.50 for property he had tom up. James Lathan of New Bern was found not guilty of failing to yield the right of way. Several check charges against Richmond Croom Jr. of Kinston were nolle prossed. Kent Boutwell, Herman Stratt ley and William D. Reynolds of Camp Lejeune and Francis Tea foni of Compton Plains, N. J. paid speeding fines. Others paying court costs for traffic violations included Ro dolph Davis of Trenton route 1, Jesse Banks of Maysville, John Jones Jr. of Trenton, Freddie Koonce of Kinston route 3 and Carl Flowers of Trenton route 2. Two Civil Suits Filed Last Week In Jones County Superior Court Jones County Superior Court Clerk Walter Henderson reports two civil actions being filed in his office during the past week. In the first the Boomtown Furniture Company of Jackson ville seeks to collect $816.32 from Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Jones Jr. of Jones County; this being the alleged balance due on a purchase of furniture made by the local couple. In the other action Roosevelt Murrell is asking a divorce from Fannie Brown Murrell, alleging their marriage in January 1942 and their separation in January 1966. Same Sad Story Tuesday's bid-opening by the State Highway Commission was the same sad story of the past 13 years: 39 jobs were let for $13, 456,317 and the second highway division, which includes Car teret, Craven, Pamlico, Jones, Pitt, Beaufort, Greene and Le noir counties got the child's part: Three tiny projects (.723 mile) with a total price of $78, 224. In Craven County .246 for $27,404, in Jones .189 for $29, 973 and in Greene .288 for $20, 847. Kinston Auto Dealers Closing After February 1st All Day On Saturday A majority of Kinston’s new car dealers have announced that they will be closed all day Sat urday after February 1st. There are some exceptions and objec tions among the dealers but it is agreed that the majority will be closing. Some of the dealers have ex pressed the feeling that they had to be open on Saturday in order to service the vehicles of “fleet operators”, such as firms that al so operate on a Monday-through Friday basis and need their trucks and cars serviced over the weekend. One dealer said he had talked with about 20 of his customers and they had all agreed that they would bend every effort to go along with the shorter work week, but the dealer said, “I am going to take care of my cus tomers, one way or another.” Reason behind the move is the new wage and hour law which goes into operation Febru ary 1st, placing all new car deal ers under its regulations, and forcing overtime payments to workers making more than 40 hours per week. Most observers agree that the move will not stop many cars from rolling. and carcass merit. Because it in cludes minimums or maximums in its standards, each measured factor tends to serve as a check an others, eliminating'the dan ger of going too far in some re spect at the expense of other fac tors. Hampshire breeders have quali fied more Certified Meat Sires, 122 to date, than any other breed. Busy Little Pair New Bern police last week solved a hat full of crimes in Pitt, Lenoir and Onslow Coun ties with the arrest of William Ray Tyndall and James Thomas Long, both of New Bern who have admitted a long series of thefts from vending machines in these three counties. Their work included five "hits" in Kin ston and eight around the frin ges of Kinston. They chiseled open pop vending machines and unloaded the coin boxes. Dam age to the machines was more extensive than the amount of money they got. LIEUTENANT G. C. KERRIGAN GETS ORDNANCE TRAINING Second Lieutenant George C. Kerrigan, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kerrigan, 38 Tay lor St., Trenton, completed an ordnance officer course Jan. 11 at the Army Ordnance School, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. He received nine weeks of training in the ordnance mission of supplying and maintaining the Army’s weapons and combat vehicles. LIQUOR SENTENCES Last Wednesday liquor law vio lators had the following judg ments handed down in the local recorder’s court. Rodessa Green of 212 South East Street and Pauline Nobles of 112 Broadway were fined $25 after having a 30-day jail, term suspended and James Brown of Happersville had a 60-day term suspended on payment of costs.
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