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THE JONES COUNTY TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1968 VOLUME XIX NUMBER 37 Monday Fire Put Out Before Firemen Carr Reach Home The Trenton Volunteer Fire Department answered a call to the Gordon Eubanks residence in the Plantation area about eight iniles west of Trenton at six o’clock Monday afternoon. The volunteer firemen did not actually reach the Eubanks resi dence since Eubanks met them a couple of miles from his home and told the firemen that he had already extinguished the small fire and there was no need of their fire-fighting services. In thanking the volunteer fire men for their prompt action, Eubanks failed to mention the cause of the minor blaze. Four Jones Arrests During Past Week 1 The Jones County Sheriffs departmenU reports the follow ing arrests during the past week: Eddie Earl Roberts, of Route 2 Trenton for assault. Willie Lee Brookshire, of Camp Lejuene was brought in by State Highway Patrolman R. R. Mason on charges of drunk driving and driving on the wrong side of the road that arose out of a traffic accident Brookshire was involved in on Highway 17 between Pollocksville and Mays ville. Raiford Jarman was brought in by Deputy Dan Killingsworth and Constable J. L. Westbrook on several charges of passing Rotarians Hear Chinese Songs Jay Black presented a pro gram of Chinese popular music to the Maysville Rotary Club on January 2nd. Black was in China in 1945-1946 during World War Two. The program consisted of five songs. The Rhythm of the songs is different from the traditional Chinese music. It is like Ameri can dance music of that time. All the songs were sung in Mandarin which is the national language of China based on the language of the capital city of Pekin. worthless checks. i Downtown Kinston Landmark Destroyed Early Sunday This is the gutted remains of .one of Down town Kinston's most handsome landmarks, the Quinn-Miller Building, which in recent years has bean leased to Baker Furniture Company. Shortly before 2 Sunday morn ing, just as the store owner arid operator, Mrs. Paul Baker, was in the act of leaving tho store an explosive fire spread rapidly upward fropt the rear of the building and all over the store. Policeman Durwood Smith, who had come to the store at her call to escort her home — a practice she made when work ing after regular hours, was present at the time the fire began to spread, and had to re whan he fell from a ladder to the roof of Dupree's Shop. Three other firemen ware ov ercome by smoke. The building belonds to heirs of Jerry Quinn and J. O. Miller, and no complete assessment has been made yet of the damage. The building was begun in 1913 and completed in 1914, and has continued as one of Kinston's major furniture outlet* since. Firemen from six departments in the area assisted the Kinston department in keeping the bin* confined to the one building, al though smoke and water damage to the Du pree business wes heavy. Observers place the range of the loss from 3250,000 up. An intensive investigation is being made by local and state officers to determine, if possible the cause of the fire, but no statement has bean issued on that subject so far. Jones County Court Clerk Henderson Announces Cundiducy for One of 4 District Judgeships in 4th District Wt.'li _ .. _ «... n '? ior Court Clerk and Juvenile Judge for Jones County has an nounced that he will seek one of the four District Judgeships of the Fourth Judicial District in the May 4th primary. Henderson, 40, is a native of Trenton and married to the former Surena Bissette of near Wilson. He was educated at Trenton High School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A veteran of the Air Force, Henderson was a member of the AACS Flying Maintenance Squadron and serv ed three years in the Pacific Theatre with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. He is the author of a short novel, “Down to Seven” publish ed in 1957, and has written sev eral short stories, poetry and two other novels. Elected to the office of Su perior court clerk in 1962, Hen derson was re-elected to that po sition in 1966 with the highest vote ever given to any candidate in Jones County. Henderson, who has served as Juvenile Judge for five years, says he feels that one of the four District Judges elected in the district should have ex perience in invenile matters. The neiy District Court, when it begins operation on Decem ber 2nd, will assume jurisdic tion of all juvenile matters, crim inal misdemeanors, domestic re lations and civil actions up to $5,000 damages. He stated further that the general opinion he has observed in the district, comprised of Jones, Onslow, Duplin and Samp son counties, is that it would be good to have one Judge elected from each of the four counties of the 4th Judicial District. Routine Session Recorder's Court Handles Numerous Traffic Violations Last Friday’s session of Re corder’s Court consisted almost entirely of the payment of traffic fines and tickets by of fenders who chose to waive ap pearance before Judge Joe Becton. Of the five cases that came before Becton judgements were handed down in only two. The other cases were nol prossed by the State. Seventy-one year old Loyal Franklin of Route 1 Pollocksville faced two charges that arose out of a hit-and-run accident that occured during the Christmas Holidays. Franklin pleaded not guilty and was found not guilty of driving under the influence, but pleaded guilty and was found guilty of leaving the scene of an accident. Judge Becton gave Franklin a 90-day suspended sentence upon the condition that he not drive at night for a period of five years. In the second decision, Judge Becton declared no probable cause existed in the breaking, entering and stealing case again st Henry Lewis, Jr. of Beaula yille. The State took nol prosses with leave in the cases of James Walter Phillips, of Route 1 Pollocksville who was charged with following too closely, John Earl Berry, of 910 West Street, New Bern, charged with driving with an invalid operator’s licen se, and Thurman Williams of Duplin County, charged with passing worthless checks. Those defendents who waived appearance and paid their fines were as follows: Charles Carter Travis HI, of New Bern and Kenneth Gordon Raposa, of Wil mington, $31 apiece for speed ing 75 mph in a 60 mph zone; Milton Chapman, of New Haven, Conn, and Charles Douglas Thig pen, of Route 2 Trenton, $26 apiece for speeding 70 mph in a 60 mph zone. Wilson Franklin Whorton, of Merritt paid $26 for speeding 60 mph in a 50 mph zone; and Wallace Madden, of Route 5 New Bern and James Henry Hill, of Chinquapin paid $13 apiece for failing to stop at a stop sign. - mtfiatttiiffiiiifai iftfe* ftehUi Illicit Elixir Plant Destroyed In Tuckahoe Township Deputy Sheriff Dan Killings worth reported Monday the de struction last Tuesday of a 50 gallon capacity liquor still op eration in the wooded area be hind the W. H. Noble s farm in Tuckahoe Township. Killingsworth said that the Jones County Sheriff's Depart ment was assisted in the move against the bootleggers by Le noir County ABC officers. The lawmen discovered and destroy ed, along with the 50-gallon still, twelve 50-gallon barrels of mash. According to Killingsworth, no arrests were made in the ac tion because the bootleggers fled through the densely wood ed area as the law officers ap proached the site. I [ I Six Mail Fraud Raps Brought in Lenoir County Hail Fiasco In federal court Tuesday 12 charges of mail fraud were brought against six men from the Kinston area. John Elmore, former Kinston insurance broker, now living near Scotland Neck, was charg ed with six instances of mail fraud, Willie Hudson of Grifton was charged in three, Floyd B. Gray Jr. of Wheat Swamp was charged in two, Earl Eubanks of Jenny Land, J. W. Poole of Fall ing Creek and Floyd B. Jones of Moss Hill were each charged in one instance. METHODIST SUPPER A covered dish supper will be held at the Maysville Meth odist church Saturday night.
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