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ROBBERY ATTEMPT ENDS IN MURDER OF SUPERMARKET OPERATOR SATURDAY NIGHT
dollar.
demanded that Stanley give him
Stanley banded him the bag
containing nothing hut grocer
ies, and as he did began mov
ing out of the car. At this point
the bandit fired the first time
end the bullet from the .32 cal
iber bullet went all the msy
through Stanley’s right knee, but
he etHI managed to rise up and
grab for the men with the pis
tol, but as, he rose several mere
shots westo fired. Some of the
witnesses say at least five abets
in all were fired, u
Two more bullets struck Stan
ley in the left shoulder area.
One hit a cigaret lighter in his
shirt pocket, apparently deflect
ing the bullet inward and down
into Stanley’s body, penetrating
his heart. . ■■■’<*, . ;>
As the firing took place some
one called the police find a radio
alert went out reporting “A
shooting around Stanley’s super
Lovers' Spat Ends in Saturday Night
Murder of Jones Countian by Ohioan
A lovers’ spat between a Jones
County native and his Ohio girl
friend ended in a shooting that
claimed his Hfe early Sunday.
The argument developed at the
home of an aunt of Janies Burn
ey in the Phillips Crossroads
section, and there he. suffered
a shot in the , back and another
in the neck at abhtit 6:30 Sat
urday night. ENpite every ef
fort to save his life he died at
about 5 a.nj. Sunday in Lenoir
Memorial Hospital in Kinston.
The pair had recently been
living in Washington, D. C. Burn
ey came to visit in Jones Coun
ty without her over the week
end, but she came down look
ing him and the argument took
place that ended in the shooting
and his subsequent death.
rue cnarge or assault wrai a
deadly weapon with intent to
kil that was placed against her
Saturday night was changed to
a charge of murder Sunday af
ter Burney’s death. She claims
she took the pistol away from
him and shot him in the bad
in self defense. Despite the ted
that she reported earning $9C
per week in Washington the
r court has appointed a lawyer be
defend her at tjhe expense of the
taxpayers^
| Quiet Session by
Jones Board
In October Meeting
The Jones County Board of
Commissioners enjoyed a* quiet
and routine session Monday,
hearing reports from county do
partments, voting to pay accum
ulated bills.
They also voted to extend the
audit period until October 31st
since Auditor E. E. Franck said
that much additional time would
Registration Books Open Next Three
Saturdays and at Registrar's Homes
Jones Comity Election Board
tiairmain John C. B. Koooce
as week reminded at Jones
>uniy voters that voter regis
aiti^D hooks would be open for
K next thrte Saturdays, Oo
Nine Cases Cleared
During Past Week
In Jones Court i
During the past week nine
cases were cleared* from the doc
ket of Jones County Recorder’s’
Court by pleas of guilty before
the clerk or in trials before
Jiudee Joe Becton.
Six of the nine charges in
volved traffic violations. Speed
ing fines were paid by Benjam
in S. Gibson Jr. of Jacksonville,
Thomas M. Geletfco of Camp Le
jeune and W. A. Deloatche of
Maysville.
Clifton Heath of Kinston route
3 paid $26 for reckless driving.
Victor D. Jordan of Pollocks
ville had a driving - without -
a - license charge nol pressed.
Salle Jones Bright of Mays
viHe route 1 paid $13 for im
proper passing.
A false pretense charge against
Debro Jills of Trenton was nol
prossed, as was a worthless
Check charge against Bmama
Jean' Keys of Trenton and Rob
ert Jones of Trenton paid $19
in making good a worthless
ctasfck.' ' ’ , -
CRAVEN COUNTY SHOOTING
Bernard Bryant of Dover route
2 suffered a surprisingly minor
wound Saturday night when be
suffered a pistol shot in the
head, allegedly inflicted by Otis
King rtf the same neighborhood,
at whose home the, incident took
place.
be required.
The board also voted to sell
at public auction, all of the
the county’s mosquito control
equipment, to refund a tax- ov
er payment of $14.50 to Gar
land Morton and allocated $100
to the watershed commission.
Detectives Aaron Brooks and
Ctal . Long were cruising onAd
kto Street, just sa few Mocks
from tiie scene and as they
neared mother radio, message
informed them: “Stanley’s been
shot.” *
When they arrived Stanley whs
still breathing but Brbofcs said
his pulse was rapidly* disappear
ing and within three or four
minutes after be and Long ar
rived Stanley’s pulse stopped.
The three men involved In
murder fled southwardly
back of the supermarket toward
Fields Street There poliee be
lieve someone was waiting for
them. As they ran to the car one
of the three . . . believed to
have been the one doing the
snooting . . . leu own running
across a back lot and ids fright
ened accomplices roared off
westwardly, leaving him behind.
A few minutes later in the
same neighborhood • panting,
frightened young man snatched
open the car door of a woman
driving in the area and asked
hereto take him to a cab stand
in a hurry as his wife was sick.
The woman driver of the car
was frightened, and told police
and had something tuckedunder
a jacket be was wearing.
She drove a few blocks and
Stopped, telling him that her
husband was a cab driver and
would take him where he want
ed to go, but the man didn’t
like to wait and jumped out of
me car on unewniux ouwi auu
fled again.
Neither of the seven witness
es to the slaying recognized ei
ther of the three men. Despite
this police feel that it had to
be someone who knew Stanley,
since the pistol wieMer called
Stanley by his first name.
Two witnesses said the car in'
which two of the three fled was
a I960 model Pontiac.
Aside from the general de
scription of the three as being
young colored men in their early
20*8, and the description of the
get-away car police have little
to go on.
Stanley, a native of Kinston,
lived at 619 Meriwether Lane
and had been operating the mar
ket for about 15 yean. '
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THE JONES COUNTY
NUMBER 25 TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1968 VOLUME XXI
Dry Weather Empties County's Oldest Millpond
This is a view that no living person has seen until recently of Kelly's Millpond, located on
Southwest Creek about three miles east of Kinston. Back in 1927 a flood broke the pond dam
and let a lot of its water out, but nothing to compare with the sight thousands have been to
see this past week at this old mill which was built in colonial days by the Cobb Family and
ultimately run by the Kelly Family from which it still takes its name. Mrs. Herman King is now
the owner and-operator of the grist mill which ordinarily backs up some 40 acres of the cypress
stained waters of Southwest Creek. The pond is gone, except for a mere puddle just before the
mill gateways and the level of‘ water is roughly 10 feet below normal for the pond. Other mill
ponds in the county have not been so badly hit. At Roger Davis' mill and Nobles' Mill both on
Trent River, Wednesday reports indicate about two to two and a half feet less water than normal
but nothing to be largely concerned about. And on Squirrel Branch where the Isler Davis Mill
is located in the Moss Hill end of the county the county the same situation is reported .. . about
2Vi feet below normal. Stephen King, the miller there, says they are still grinding meal one or
two days a week with water. But while it lasts it is an eerie sight to see, the aged cypress
stumps under water for well over a hundred years now standing high and dry and people walk
ing about where generally eight to 10 feet of water is standing.
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wiH be at the regular polling
places in the county on those
three Saturdays and Koonce
points out that through October
persons who it impos
places on those thrfee Saturdays
may also register by calling alt
the7 home of the registrar on of
before 6:30 p.m. on that final
registration day..
TMs spring Jones County had
a completely new registration
and those who forgot or ignored
this in the spring primary are
especially reminded that if they
did not reregister in the spiring
they must do so now if they
want to vote in the general
election on November 9th.