THE JONES COUNTY
NUMBER 45 TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1969
VOLUME XVI
Five Civil Actions Filed in Jones
Courts; One Divorce, Four for Debt
Jones County Clerk of Court
Rogers Pollock reports receiv
ing five civil actions in his of
fice during the past week; in
cluding five suits seeking to
collect debt or recover property
and one divorce.
The divorce is asked by Rachel
Ballenger, who alleges her mar
riage to William Ballenger on
October 18, 1935 and their sep
aration on June 24, 1967.
Shields Brothers, Inc. of Dal
ton, Georgia is seeking to col
lect $141 with interest from
Lenoir Patrolmen
Crackdown on
Drinking Drivers
The highway patrol unit in Le
noir County over the weekend
continued its effort to remove
drinking drivers from the high
ways with 11 persons being
charged by the patnfl with
drunken driving.
, The indicted include Ronald
Hussell of Goldsboro, John Dar
den of 504 Quinerly Street, Mel
vin Smith of Kinston -route 1,
Harry Stroud of Mount Olive
Route 2, Donald Ray Taylor of
Albertson route 1, John Sutton
of 511 East New Bern Road,
Tloyd Jones of Seven Springs
Toute 1 and Roger Lee Carter
Jr. of 2218 Richlands Road.
Isaac Haynesworth Jr. of
'Washington, D. C. was charged
with drunkep driving and speed
ing, William Kins-ey of
Kinston route 6 was charged
additionally with failing to stop
for a stop sign and Lee Koonce
of La Grange route 3 was also
charged with driving without a
license.
The sheriffs department charg
ed Horace Wiley of 418 East Le
noir Street with drunken driv
ing and Kinston police charged ;
Marvin Suggs of 320 French
Lane with a third offense of '
drunken driving and with driv
ing without a license.
KENNEDY IN VIETNAM
Army Private First Class James (
W. Kennedy, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thurman J. Kennedy, Route 2,
Pink Hill, was assigned Decern* ;
ber l/to the 1st Cavalry Divis- 1
ion (Airmobile) in Vietnam, as
an infantryman.
Hunting Tragedy
Seventeen year-old Jimmy Paul,
grandson of Mrs. B. C. West and
the late Dr. West of Kinston was
instantly killed last Friday whan
a hunting companion triad to
shoot a rabbit from the jeep in
which they ware riding and in
stead accidentally Hit Young
Paul in Hie head. Four boys
were returning from a hunting
trip in the jeep when one saw
a rabbit running across, or be
side the, road, near Winterhav
en, Florida and in their haste
to get the last rabbit of the day
this tragic accident took place.
BROOKS AT COPTER SCHOOL
Warrant Officer Candidate
Otha D. Brooks, whose wife. Ru
•* ' " in Maysville, com
course
Pti
Fort
1
February 24, 1966 from B. L.
Parker Jr., trading as Barker
Home Supply Company.
Murray Boyette, trading as
Boyette’s Amoco seeks to collect
from Earl Canady and Mrs. Wil
liam Canady $35.46 allegedly
owed from November 1, 1966.
Dee’s Credit Jewelers of
Jacksonville asks to receive
payment or to recover proper
ty purchased by Roger Morrow
of Pollocksville route 1 and Wil
liam C. Wright also of Pollocks
ville route 1. Morrow’s problem
involves $108.58 and Wright’s
$75.94.
Brothers Squabble
Ends in Shooting
An argument between bro
thers Ralph and Harold Tyndall
of Pink Hill, route 1 aided Sat
urday 'afternoon in a shooting
incident.
Thirty three-year old Harold
is charged wijh assault with a
deadly weapon with iiftent to
kill sifter shooting bis 28 year
»M brother Ralph with a 12
gauge shotgun near their home
at about 3:30 Saturday after
Kinn.
^Fortunately for both the range
was too great feu the blast to
3® serious injury and although
many of the pellets hit the vic
tim in the face and shoulder he
was treated and released at Le
noir Memorial Hospital, indicat
ing how minor the actual phy
CTcdl damage was.
Eagles Open 1969 Season April 16th
hi Red Springs, First Heme Game on
17th; League Adopts Speed-Up Rales
Tire directors of the Carolina j
Saseball League met Sunday
n Durham and adopted a 144
jamie schedule for the 1969 seas
)n, which opens on April 16th
rad (closes on labor Day, Sep
ember 1st.
lb® game wifl be cmsidera
»iy faster in 1969 if the league
tirectors have their -way.
Sunday they adapted three
neasnres basically aimed at
speeding up play.
first is permitting managers
o designate a pinch hitter for
he pitcjher who may hit for
he pitcher each time the pitch
t is scheduled to come to bat.
The same player may also be
nserted in the line ap to re
dace another player 9 the man
ger wishes, but he prill still
lave to bat in the pitcher's spot
n the line up, with the pitcher
hen batting in the spot of the
eplaced player in the line up.
If the manager decides not to
se the designated pinch hitter
e is out of the line up for the
ame and cannot enter that
ante later.
The other speed-up resolutions
re simply instructions to
eague President Bill Jessup to
rder umpires to enforce the
Second rule, under which
lers must deliver a pitch v
i 20 seconds after it is return
1 to him- And in this same
mnection batters will not 1>e
smutted to take automatic
me outs by stepping out of the
out of the
xiH&easr;
1
Seven Youths Held
For Two Break-Ins
At Odell Hill's
Tuesday the Lenoir County
Sheriff Department indicted sev
en young men on charges of
breaking into Odell Hill’s store
just south of Deep Run on the
nights of February 3rd and 5th.
The accused are Herman
Hardison Jr. and Nelson Kill
ingsworth of Kinston route 5,
John Henry Dixon of 1602 Bro
dy Street, Dennis Thompson of
Kinston route 3, Donnie
Thompson of Deep Run route 1,
Edward Earl Herring of Kins
ton route 2 and Marion Hobbs of
3407 Scott Street. The latter
two were placed on probation
last week for stealing gasoline.
In the first break-in nine tires
were stolen and the second visit
cost Hill three more tires.
Senator Sam Ervin Proposing New
Legislation to Control Pollution
By Senator Sam Ervin
The Senate Subcommittee on
Air and Water Pollution has be
gun hearings on the proposed
Water Quality Improvement Act
of 1969, a measure which I have
co-sponsorefl along with 24 other
Senators.
When Congress adjourned last
session, legislation substantially
like this measure was a part of
its unfinished business. Since
then the measure has been re
drafted to clarify the problems
encountered during its consider
ation in the Senate and House
last year.
This legislation is designed to
box without permission from
the umpire an automatic strike
will be called against them.
The 19569 schedule is balanced
with each team playing each oth
er team 16 times — eight, in the
home park and eight away. The
schedule includes 69 openings
with three scheduled double
headers.
The only break of the season
mines on July 28th for the An
Star Game.
The directors also adopted a
lew playoff system with the
first and fourth teams and sec
md and third teams playing a
J-out-of-3 series in the semi
finals and the winners of that
:ompetition playing another 2
>ut - of - 3 series for the seas
>n championship.
Monday Night Meeting on Cucumber
Production in Agriculture Building
A meeting on Cucumber Pro
uction will be held in the Agrt
ulture Building in Trenton
londay, March 3rd at 7:30 p.m.
Fletcher Barber, Agricultural
lounty, says, “It appears from
11 indication^ that the demand
nd price of cucumbers wilt
ontinue to be good for several
ears.”
In order IN’ growers to realize
be highest returns per acre, it
New Lawyer Hired to Help Prosecute
Effort to Remove Sheriff Brown Yates
2nd Marijuana
Arrest
Last week Kinston police made
their second arrest on charge
of possessing marijuana, hav
ing made their first indictment
of this kind a week before. De
tective Sergeant Aaron Brooks
indicted Camp Lejeune Marine
Charles Reed for having in his
possession., several _ envelopes
which contained silghtly more
than nine grams of this potent
weed. Neither of the two
charges placed by the depart
ment has so far come up for
trial.
Three Jones Arrests
In the past week three persons
have been booked at the county
jail, according to the records
of Sheriff Brown Yates. They
included James Taylor of Mays
ville route 1 who is charged
with stealing a car and Stacy
Powell and Frank Dortch Jr.
both of Dover route 2 were ac
cused of being publicly drunk.
deal with three major sources of
pollution which damage our wa
ter resources. They are oil pol
lution, boating pollution, and
thermal pollution.
Fundamentally, the water pol
lution problem is the result of
an expanding clviization that de
mands more and more clean wa
ter and at the same time con
tinues to contaminate water al
an alarming rate. Congress in
response to the urgency of the
problem enacted the Water Qual
ity Act in 1965 and the Clean
Water Restoration Act in 1966,
Despite this legislation, howev
er, there is more to be done. Pol
lution involves our way of life
and our whole way of existing.
We must, therefore, deal with it
in many ways.
The California off-shore oil
leakage from drilling operations
recently contaminated hundreds
of square miles of beaches and
shore waters. Spills from the
vessels, Torrey Canyon and
Ocean Eagle, have been dramatic
examples of shipping contamina
tion. Lesser accidents, which we
hear less about, are of increas
ing consequence. This bill seeks
to take some afirmative steps to
remedy this situation.
The sewage disposal problem
continues to be a major source
of contamination of our rivers,
lakes, and oceans. One of the
principal problems in this area
has been how to finance more
community sewage treatment
plants. The bill, S. 7 and a com
pansion bill, S. 544 introduced
by Senator Muskie, recognize
thot more will have to be done
in this area.
The proposed Water Quality
Improvement Act also deals with
thermal pollution, and recogniz
is essential that the growers
strive for high yields.
George Hughes, Extension
Horticulture Specialist from
State University, will be present
to discuss the latest information
on cucumber production.
Cucumber growers will bene
fit by attending this meeting.
Vlany producers that follow good
eultural practices are realizing
is high as $700 per acre from,
this crop.
Acting under authority voted
in the First Monday in Febru
ary meeting of the Jones Coun
ty Board of Commissioners
County Attorney James R. Hood
has hired New Bern Lawyer
David S. Henderson to assist him
in the effort to remove Sheriff
Brown Yates from office.
This effort reaches its climax
Monday in Jones County Super
ior Court when the first case
to be heard is that against
Sheriff Yates.
The effort was instituted by
five officials of the Jones County
Agricultural Fair, who alleged
that Yates was drinking on duty
around the fair grounds and they
appeared before the county com
missioners and filed a formal
complaint.
• Several of the commissioners,
joined the complaint on the basis
of reports they said they had
previously heard about Yates
drinking on duty.
Both sides have summoned
numerous witnesses to be heard
before Judge Walter Cohoon of
Elizabeth City, who is current
ly presiding over this court.
Under the law which is being
used in the attempt to force
Yates out of office the taxpayers
of the county have to pay law
yers on both sides of the squab
ble.
Improper Parking is
Blamed for Wreck
Badly Hurting One
Jimmy Aldridge of Kinston
route 1 was indicted for improp
er parking by the highway pa
trol after a wreck three miles
east of Kinston at 10:15 Satur
day night seriously injured Del
sie White ol Dover route 2.
White pulled out to avoid
striking a portion of Aldridge’s
parked car, which was still out
on the highway and then crash
ed into another car driven by
Arthur Whaley of Kinston route
6.
Damage estimated to the three
cars was $1800. Whaley also
suffered minor injuries in the
crash for which he was treated
and released.
es the responsibility of Federal
agencies to protect water qual
ity in the licensing of nuclear
power plants. There is disagree
ment as to how this can be ac
complished and what Federal
agency should decide matters
of this nature. The bill seeks
to establish certain standards to
deal with thermal pollution.
The problem facing our coun
try is best illustrated when we
realize that a few years ago we
were using about 300 billion gal
lons of water daily, yet by the
year 1980 that need will have
doubled, and by the year 200
water needs in this country will
have tripled. One of the autho
rities on water problems was the
late Senator Kerr of Oklahoma.
One of his favorite'phrases was
“land, wood, and water are the
basic elements of economic
strength, and these elements
must be diligently conserved and
wisely used if we are to main
tain our security and reinforce
our free world position.”
North Carolina has vast wat
er resources and fares better
than most states, but the prob
lem is of immense importance
to our State. I am hopeful that
Congress will deal effectively
with water pollution by supple
menting existing legislation on
| this subject.