OF CANDIDATES AS THEY 00 TO ROUS SATURDAY
i«cee as
are not
. County vot
-— of the largest
of candidates to choose
— 4 i®n& long time Sat
urday.
in: the Democratic Primary
there are 13 candidates for
county commissioner, four can
didates for sheriff, three candi
dates for court derk, three can
didates for Seat No. 1 in the
state house of representatives
and two candidates for super
ior court judge in th4 Fourth
Judicial district.
And on the non-partisan school
board ballot there are seven
other candidates all of whom
happen to be Democrats.
The sheriffs race has as ex
pected opened up a lot of old
political wounds in every part
of the county since Incumbent
Sheriff Brown Yates is opposed
by one of his former deputies
who a year ago got Himself fired
after testifying in an impeach
ment trial against Yates that
Yates was on duty numerous
times kl a drunken condition.
This ex-deputy is Dan Kill
ingsworth, and there are some
Jones County political experts
who insist that the race is red
ly between just these two; Yates
and KilMngsworth.
But there are other “experts”
who insist that MaysviHe Gro
cer Joe Monette cannot be
counted out of this sheriffs
race.
Almost all observers agree
that the fourth sheriff candi
date is not seriously trying to
get elected,'although he is ex
pected to carry a large part of
the vote in his end! of the coun
ty. He is Eugene Moore, former
ly a clerk in the whisky store
at Wyse Forks.
Most who will guess on this
sheriff race agree that there is
a pretty good chance that a
second primary may be neces
sary to finally find the Demo
cratic nominee.
Commissioner Race
The commissioner race is
quite another matter.- It in
volves five colored candidates
and eight white candidates and
this is 'likely to be one of the
hardest fought of all the cam
paigns by both white and col
ored) contestants This is an
other contest that may very
well run over into a second
primary 'before the five Demo
cratic nominees are selected.
The listing indudes three
incumbents, Chairman Jim Bar
bee, Charles Battle Jr. and Hor
ace Phillips, one former mem
ber of the board Osborne Mil
lard and nine who are out for
the first time in this depart
ment: Micajah Bonner, Delmas
J. Brown, Charles H. Copeland,
George D. Franks, Theodore
Hicks. Nick Mallard, Hoyal Mil
ler, Charles Smith and Leslie
Stray horn.
Another incumbent Denford
Eubanks had a serious seizure
of the “don’Lknows”. He filed
first as a Democratic candidate,
then withdrew and filed later
as a Republican candidate for
the board. ;
The court clerk fight involves
Incumbent Rogers Pollock, Har
old Hargett Jr. and Arthur Mal
lard. And this is one of those
fights that most observers a
gree can go either way.
In the judge race District
Court Judge Walter Henderson
is expected to smother Incum
bent Superior Court Judge How
ard Hubbard1 in Jones County,
but everyone, including Hen
derson, a Trenton native, agrees
that he has an uphill .struggle
in the other three counties of
the judicial district; Duplin,
Onslow and Sampson.
Henderson is opposed by the
lawyers of the district because
he is not a lawyer and they feel
no one except a lawyer is cap
able of understanding and work
ing with laws that were written
by the general assembly, most
of whose membership is not
lawyers.
Henderson says, however,
that even if he gets beat Hub
bard will know he has been in
a race, and at least his candi
dacy against Hubbard has been
of some benefit to the district
since he estimates that Hub
bard has spent in the neighbor
hood of $10,000.
The school board race in
volves the five incumbents —
some of whom were most re
luctant to stick their neck into
that noose again and two col
ored candidates; Raeford Bec
ton and Kleber Bryant. The in
cumbents include Chairman J.
C. West, Marvin Philyaw, Wal
ter Ives, John Booth and Abbott
Meadows. Here the white candi
dates are likely to be confront
ed by the largest colored vote
in the history of the county
and it is considered likely that
one or both of the colored can
didates might be elected.
The legislative race has natur
ally not excited Jones County
voters very much since all
three of the candidates are
from Lenoir County. But it is
generally conceded in Jones
County as in the most of the
rest of the state that anyone
who -was a member of the tax
tax-tax 1969 session of the gen
eral assembly as Incumbent
Guy Elliott, is likely to be in
trouble if he has serious op
position and Harold Hardison
of Deep Run is considered to
be that kind of opposition and
it is expected that Hardison
will lead Elliott and the third
candidate John Capps by a wide
margin in Jones County.
THE JONES COUNTY
NUMBER 49
TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1970
VOLUME xvn
Confession of A Dope Experimenter
Editor's note: This is the confession of Andy Anderson, a junior
at the University of Florida, written shortly before he cremated
himself by soaking himself in gasoline and setting himself on fire.
• -i .. i.
"This Christmas 1 had a very bad experience with a drug called
mescaline. I have smoked a little pot before . . . but 1 tried
mescaline only once. Since then 1 have not been in control of
my mind. I have killed myself because 1 can no longer run my
own affairs, and 1 can only be trouble and worry to those who
love and care for me. I have tried to straighten myself out, but
things are only getting worse.
"Please forgive me parents for quitting after you have raised
me, but I cannot live with myself any longer. You were good
parents and I love you both, don't let my downfall be yours —
you have nothing to be ashamed of. I made the mistake — not i
you. s T
•~y "There is nothing but misery for ell of us should la I low my
self to deteriorate further. To those of my friends who might
also think: about learning about themselves with mind expanding
drugs —. don't. Learn about yourself as you live your life —
•> don't try to know everything at once by swallowing a pill. It
could be too much for your mind to handle at one time. It
could blow out ell the circuits at it did with me.
"I am too weak to fight — to proud to live forever on sym
pathy of others. The drug experience has fHled me with fear
and doubts of myself. I cannot go on. Please try to remember
my good points and excuse this final act of desperation."
'
Spec-5 Ned Taylor
MB
Gets
Army Specialist Five Ned Tay
lor, Jr., whose parents' live on |
Route 2, Trenton, ms awarded
the Mechanic’s Radge recently
with the 13th Sup
*— at Ft- Hood, Ties*
the
PRICE GETS AWARD
Marine Gunnery Sergeant
Gene W. Price, husband of Mrs.
Frances Price of Maysville, was
awarded a Meritorious Mast dur
ing ceremonies ait Headquarters
Marine Corps Engineer School,
Camp Lejeune. A Meritorious
Mast is a personal commenda
from the commanding of
fer outstanding achieve
ibility in the line of
180th Trans
e
Barrus Bids low on
Barras Construction Compa
ny of Kinston was low bidder
on part of the work involved in
completing the US 70 bypass
around Goldsboro, with a bid) of
$828,321.50 for the roadwork.
Crowder Construction Compa
ny of Charlotte bid low for
bridge work on the project with
a bid of $3M,108.05.
Completion of this long-delay
ed project, which will eliminate
all but two of the traffic bottle
necks between Raleigh and
Morehead City is set for Sep
tember 1, 1971. Bids have not,
been called for yet to build the
badly needed bypasses of New
Bern and Smithfield.
Maysville Horse Show on Saturday to
Indude 20 Classes, for Worthy Causes
The MaysvfrUe Rotary Club
presents its Second Annual Char
Jordon Promoted
Marine First Lieutenant Lar
ry J. Jordan, husband of the
former Miss Mary K. Foscue,
of Maysville, was promoted to
his present rank while serving
with the Force Logistics Com
mand, in Vietnam.
ity Horse Show, to be held at
Pelletier Ball Park, Maysville,
on Saturday, May 2, at 1 p.m.
The proceeds from this years
show will support: Maysville
Rescue Squad, Boy Scout Troop
209, and the Boy’s Home at
Lake Waccamaw.
The show will consist of 20
classes: five breeding halter
classes, four jumping classes,
four gaming classes, and seven
pleasure classes.
The gaming classes will be
the type that both Western and
English Seat riders can appre
ciate. This show is designed to
suit the taste of the discriminat
ing horseman.
The show will have games to
keep it lively enough to be ap
preciated by the apprentice
viewer, and show classes enough
for the knowledgeable specta
tor. All are welcome and en
couraged to come.
The Maysville Rescue Squad
will be serving plate lunches for
the hungry, and refreshments of
soft drinks and Nabs for the
Hot Nibbler.
Congressman Jones Votes Against Space Program Money
by Walter Jane* .
All America is proud and has
thrilled to the success of the
National Astronautics and Space
Administration in their recent
Apollo flights to the moon. Last
week, the House considered1 the
1971 authorization fOr the con
tinuation of this program. The
Administration’s request was $3,
330,875,000. But the Committee
added1 an increase of approxi
mately $300,000,000, making the
authoritzation-$3,630,000,000.
Since the space program has be
gun, it is estimated that this na
tion has invested $41,000,000,
000. Included in this program
is approximately $23.8 billion
for the Apollo moon shots. I
have come to the conclusion that
as exciting as the exploration in
to space might be, we must con
sider the cost as it relates to the
total results. Also, we must not
lose sight of priorities at the
expense of human life here on
earth as compared to the un
explored substance of the moon.
In analyzing the President’s bud
get, for example, it is shocking
to learn that not one dollar
has been requested fof hospital
construction under the Hill-Bur
ton Act, and this is at a time
when the nation is faced with
an acute shortage of hospital
space. A further threat in this
area is that even if Congress
should appropriate construction
funds, under Executive Order
they would not be spent. Also
there is the glaring need for
housing, as many are forced to
live in substandard dwellings,
and there are many other areas
equally as dramatic. For this,
and other reasons, on final pas
sage I cast a “no” vote for this
authorization. Here again, based
on the question of priorities.
Another subject causing a
great amount of conversation
and! speculation here in Wash
ington was the conduct of Su
preme Court Justice, William 0.
Douglas. I joined with other
Members of the House a few
days ago in introducing a resolu
tion to create a bi-partisan com
mittee to investigate his conduct
to see £ such is justified to init
iate impeachment proceedings.
The Constitution clearly states
that one of the . conditions for a
Federal Judge to occupy his of
fice, is that “they shall hold
their offices during good bo.
haviour/
So, the question arises as to
what constitutes good behaviour.
Is it proper for a Member of
>_ i . -*
the Supreme Court to accept
$12,000 a year in fees from a
Foundation which is known to
have direct ties with the gambl
ing dynasty in Las Vegas? Is
it proper for a Member of the
Court to participate in decisions
regarding pornographic litera
ture when he has received a fee
for an article appearing in the
same type publication? Finally,
should one in this position pub
lish books to some degree ad
vocating under certain condi
tions, revolution and violence?
In view of the extreme dose
scrutiny that the United States
Senate has given to the last two
nominees for the Supreme Court,
I think it in order that the Unit
ed States Congress conduct an
impartial investigation as to the
fitness of Justice Douglas.
DRIVING CHARGES
Minnie J. Ransom of 214
Vance Street turned off Davis
onto Lincoln St., at about 12:30
Sunday afternoon and crashed
into an approaching car driven
by Hokie Shepherd of 1100 Cas
well- Street. Damage was es
timated at $550 and Miss Ran
som was charged with drunk
en driving and driving on the
wrong side of the street.