JktQfc&kjh...... 1't|v•'y&'v^SirtfV- 'T«,V‘‘ • »*.« - < LHNIENCY of courts and mental institutions sets criminal free on society by Jack Rider Kinston Police Wednesday were confronted by just one more dangerous instance of court and mental institution leniency. The confrontation was with 25 year-old James McCloud. In Kinston, McCloud is now charged with burglarising the home of Barbara Murphy at 406 - South Orion Street and stealing a television set and record play er and he is additionally cliarg ed with armed robbery and as sault with a deadly weapon on William Chestnut of 507 South Tifftoy Street, Kinston. Police say McLoud wer.4 into the little grocery store operat ed by Chestnut Tuesday after noon aimed with a butcher knife and robbed the store and in the act slashed* Chestnut— not seri ously — across one arm. On Wednesday as police began trying to put the pieces of Me Cloud’s background together they found he had walked away from tiie state hospital for the criminally insabe ip Raleigh about three months ago. He says he has spent the last month around Kinston, liv ng as Detective Captain Wheel er Kennedy put it “from pillar to post.” McCloud had been committed to the hospital for the criminal ly insane after an abortive bank robbery in Clinton in April of 1969. Clinton police say that Mc Cloud had made the robbery and was leaving the bank with a bag containing about $34,000 in on$ hand and 'la sawed off shotgun in the other. At that point McCloud was confronted by a Clinton police .fficer, who shot McCloud be fore McCloud ’ could raise his shotgun. It was medically determined that McCloud was too stupid to undergo trial and at that point he was committed to Dorothea Dix Hospital, from which he walked away aibout three months ago, according to him. Clinton authorities told Kins ton police Wednesday morning that McCloud was additionally under suspicion cf having com mitted two murders in that com munity. NUMBER 52 TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 21,1970 VOLUME XVD Comparison of County Officer's Salaries Shows Wide Range County Craven Duplin Greene Jones Lenoir Onslow Pamlico Pitt Wayne Tax Sup. $7680 8360 6500 6600 8020 9900 Sheriff $9216 8800 6195 6600 8700 10500 5808 10191 10500 The figures for Greene and Pamlico counties under board members are the prices paid per meeting. Most sheriffs are furnished with cars by the county. The Jones County Sheriff is paid $2100 per year for using his own car. The Jones County Register of Deeds is paid also $1940 for serving as county veterans service officer. A majority of tax collectors and supervis ors are paid mileage as are commissioners and accountants. Board Chinn. $3600 1000 30 1200 1500 1800 15 1800 1500 Board $2400 1000 25 900 1200 1380 12 1800 1200 Reg. Deeds $7060 8652 6011 4800 8100 8280 4308 9224 8280 Acct. $10116 10560 6900 5200 9660 14640 6500 11480 14640 9030 9900 Atty. $1800 2396 630 2084 3600 5580 2640 5711 6000 There are other salaries that and partly from other funds, are paid partly by the county some state, some federal and some both. In this category are health officers, school superintendents, welfare superintendents, farm agents, and librarians. Lasted here are the salaries in this category with She amount paid by the county listed in parentheses: Health officer, Craven Coun ty, part-time $24,048, Duplin County, part-time $1680, Greene County, part-time $5172, Jones and Lenoir counties share the same health officer, Jones pays $3,427 and Lenoir pays $13, 709, Pitt Connty $19,812, Ons low County $15,564, Wayne County $24,048. ( County School Superintendent:; Craven County $17,940 ($4,800), j Duplin County $14,208 ($2,400),; Greene County $13,908 ($2,400),! Jones County $12,468 ($1,656); Lenoir County $17,000 ($4,592),; Ondfow $18,480 ($5,064), Pamli co County $12,698 ($2,138), Pitt, County $17,104 ($4,060), and, Wayne County $18,192 ($3,000).; Welfare Superintendent: Cra en County $13,476; Duplin Conn- \ ty vacant at time of survey, Greene $9,288, Jones $9,216,1 Lenoir $11,100, Onslow $12,840,; Pamlico $10,224, Pitt $11,664, Wayne $14,124. Farm agents: Craven County $12,272 ($6,622), Duplin County $12,610 ($4,308), Greene $11, 504 ($2,690), Jones $11,441 Senator Sam Ervin MeetsWith Students, Finds Many Disagree With Protestors rue irresiaem s utuwwn iu ( end! American troops into Cam- j bodia and the tragic death of four Kent State University stu dents have brought thousands of colege students to flue city ia recent days. Within the past week, I have spent many hours talking with North Carolina college students about these and many other con cerns which they brought to me. I can report that most of these students opposed the President’s _derision, but not all did. Many blamed the National Guardsmen for the Kent State tragedy, but Still Unconscious Charles Frederick Murphy of Kinston route 4 who suffered extremely critical head injuries on the night of May 2nd in a wreck juit north of the Kins ton city limits still remains in' ve care sectfen of Hospital, still un lost control many unx nuu These students were respect ful, thoughtful, and evidenced a desire to work out our prob lems within the framework of the American system. This shar ing of views is as it riwuld be. It is the basis of our democratic process. Unfortunately, this is not true of all students on all of the campuses across our nation. Many have resorted to violence which has enflamed the pas sions of young and older Amer icans, anf that of ficial, the individual then has the privilege of worldng to elect the candidate of his choice. "While I am a great believer in the rights of petition and free speech, I believe that one of the great needs of this day is self-restraint. It would be well for university and eolege administrators and faculties to counsel students that civiliza tion flourishes only when indi viduas act in a responsible man ner. If we fail to recognize this, every person may soon be at the mercy of a mob that has no respect for life, limb, or property. Indeed, we hear rev olutionaries advocating this very course on college campuses to day AH this is but to say that any wderly society must be predi cated upon reasoned judgments >y its leaders after taking into consideration all the processes >y which policies are made. Today, there are many voices [advocating that we extricate our [elves by one means or another irom tile Vietnam War. There ire genuine concerns about the actical and strategic decisions *Mch we have made about this w. But what is most important J&iL$£&• - ,Li: Hearing in New Bern June 11th on New Dover-New Bern US 70 Routing A public hearing on the pro posed corridor and alternates for the relocation of US 70 from Do April's One Cent Sales Tax Returns County Buncombe Camdeii Chowan Clay Cumberland Currituck Duplin Durham Greene Hertford Jackson Jones Lenoir Macon Madison Mecklenburg New Hanover Onslow , Pamlico Pasquotank Perquimans Richmond Swain Tyrrell Watauga Wayne Total Net Collections $ 174,217.19 1,282.84 10,467.34 2,213.32 187,304.64 2,624.13 24,489.07 171,909.23 4,533.17 20,900.8C 12,110.57 2,902.5( 61,229.5( 13,311.93 5.363.03 573,032.21 124,626.1' 60.496.9S 3.567.7 30,952.61 4,643.11 41,676.9 4.725.4 2.120.8 20,911.9' 80,877.21 $1,642,490.6: Homcoming Sunday Shady Grove Methodist Churcl will hold its annual homecom ing on Sunday, May 24. Service! begin at 11 a.m. and dinner wil be served at noon. The Moon Boys and others will presen group singing in the afternoon Everyone is cordially invited. SHIRT-TAIL SENTENCE In Lenoir District Court Mon day Judge Herbert Hardy ask ed Robert Fisher of 610 Caswei; Street, Kinston, to put his shirl in. Fisher refused and was im mediately hustled off to spend the rest of the day in jail for contempt of court. now is to recognize that for the first time in 'history we may be determining something far greater than how we can con clude the Vietnam War. We now risk the creation of a precedent that every man ean say whether he will fight for his country only if he chooses to do so, and this would have far-reaching consequences to the nation beyond the immediate issues of the hour. Up to now, we have survived as a free nation because there were enough courageous men who were willing to fight for their country irrespective of whether they agreed or dis agreed with the wisdom of its politics. This spirit of patriot ism has been the unifying force in our land, and loss of this qual ity would challenge the very Foundation of our strength in the perilous world in which we live. l; ver to New Bern will be held at the Shrine Temple on Broad and Front Street in New Bern on June 11 at 2 p.m. R. W. McGowen, Highway De partment chief engineer for pre construction, will conduct the hearing, where the proposed corridor will be explained in de tail. After the explanation, comments and questions from the public will be invited. The proposed corridor will begin at the vicinity of SR 1313 on US 70; thence on new loca tion in Jones County along the Jones-Craven County Line for approximately 8.1 miles; thence easterly in Craven County cross ing SR 1001 at the County Line, SR 1224 south of SR 1229, SR 1220, approximately midway be tween NC 55 and US 17 and tie ing into US 17. Persons wishing to present addiitynal material pertaining to the project may do so for , 10 days after the hearing by fil ing it at McGowan’s office in the Highway Building in Ral 1 eigh. \ A map showing the vicinity I of the proposed corridor is post I ed in the Craven and Jones County Courthouse. ! Jones Countians are ! Hurt in Wreck Mr. and Mrs. James E. Ervin and their son suffered injuries ' for which they were examined, treated, and refleased Sunday 1 afternoon about a mile east of ' Kinston on US 70. 1 Mack Lewis Thompson of Do ver was driving a car wliich skidded into the path of the Ervin car, causing an estimated $600 damage and the injuries suffered by the Ervins. ■ Thompson was incfcted on charge of drunken driving. LARKINS STORE HIT Monday night a truck load of clothing was stolen from Lar kins Clothing Store on the 100 block of South Queen Street by thieves who broke open the front door and carried out about 70 suits and numerous other items of haberdashery, valued at about $6,000. Last year 73 police officers were murdered and 33,604 were assaulted. This year the beat goes on and Tuesday James A. Whitfield of 1208 Hicks Avenue was found guilty of assaulting a Kinston police officer. His "punishment" was a six-month jail term suspended on condi tion he pay a $50 fine. At the •erne time he was found guilty of disorderly conduct and resist '•*9 errest. In 1963 there were only 16,793 assaults reported on police officers, indicating how court leniency with such cases has almost doubled the rate of sssault on police officers in just five years. Suspended Sentence!