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/ ONE-CHIT SALES TAX MADE AS OTHER COUNTIES ENVY J£ (L_ appro vedin 25 of the state’s 100 counties in referendums that were held last year. The dividing up of this new source of operating revenue for hanVpressed dty and county governments is causing a ma jority of those comities that vot ed “no” last year to now t*e either on the verge of calling for a vote on the matter or seri ously considering such a step. Under this the additional one cent sales tax collected in those counties which approve it is distributed in two ways: The first half goes back to the coun ty in which it was collected and ] is divided between the county and each of its corporate com munities on the basis of their relative listed tax valuations. The other half goes into a 25 county pool and is then allocat ed to those 25 counties on the basis of their respective popula tions, and the division between each county and its cooperative communities is made on a per capita basis. The most recent distribution of this fund covered the quart er July, August, and September, The tabulation with this article shows allocations to counties and towns in this immediate area. The total distribution for all 25 counties was $4,142,039.96. Small counties in which there are no major shopping centers get back considerably more than is actually collected'inside the county since it is conceded un der this formula that they shop in neighboring larger communi ties which in turn send back some of their sales ta^ payment to those smaller counties. Greene County, for instance, during this quarter in its own retail stores collected $20,32.99, yet the county and its three corporate communities got back $33,409.42. Jones County retail outlets col lected $12,699.39 and Jones County and its three corporate communities got back $22,462.64. Larger Lenoir County with ma jor shopping centers collected $240,613.26 and the county and its four corporate, communities got back $230,188.28; slightly ov er $10,000 less than was collect v Mg THE JONES COUNTY NUMBER 24 TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1970 VOLUME xvm William Drake Convicted Again, Files Appeal Again in Wife Murder in '68 Last Thursday for the second time a jury found William Drake formerly of Kiriston. route 1, guilty of second degree murder in the1 Halloween night 1968 pis tol slaying of his wife Patricia Huggins Drake. For the second time the pre siding judge gave Drake the max imum 30-year prison term for the second time he appealled to a higher court. In September 1969, Judge Joe Parker handed down the maxi mum sentence but an appellate court ruled that Parker had made an improper statement in the charge to the jury and ordered that Drake be given a new trial. Drake through his lawyer fil ed notice of appeal and Judge William Copeland set his appeal bond at $50,000. Shortly after the bond was set at $50,000 it was signed by S. A. Wilson and his wife, Myrtle Wilson of New Bern Route 2, an uncle and aunt of the de fendant. At the time of the killing in 1968 Drake told investigating of ficers that a colored man came into their trailer home, shot his wife to death and inflicted a minor wound on him before leav ing. Drake did not take the wit ness stand in either trial, and ballistics experts said a .38 cal iber pistol owned by Drake “could” have been the weapon with which Mrs. Drake was kill ed. Other damaging evidence a gainst Drake included his pur chase of several insurance pol icies on his wife shortly before the murder took place. Hunting Charges In the pest week Jones Coun ty Sheriff Brown Yates reports the arrest of Brack Dudley and J. C. Taylor who are charged with two hunting violations: killing a doe deer and killing an anterless buck deer, and posses sion of same. SMITH BACK IN STATES Navy Petty Office Second Class William H. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Smith Jr. of Maysville has returned to Pa tuxent River, Md., with Patrol Squadron 49 after three months at Keflavik, Iceland. Smith, is a 1967 graduate of Jones Cen tral High School. Friday Conference May Decide Issue Of Regional Crime Lab for Kinston A conference is to be held in Raleigh Friday in which is hoped that the issue of a crime lab to be located in Kinston to serve the nine counties of the Neuse Regional Planning and Male Teacher Charged With Beating v \ ■ - ■ Giri Student at Woodington School Monday a warrant was issued aganst James Good, science teacher at Woodington School, charging him with heating a 14 year-old girl with a stick on Tuesday of last week. Six witnesses have been list ed to testify in the action against Good, who is teaching for the first time this year in the Le noir County School system. The events leading to the in dictment; are listed as a whistl ing incident that took place in the classroom during the show ing of a movie last Tuesday ■ i morning, November 10th. When the lights were cut on Good called -the young woman and accused her of being the person who had whistled during the period when, the room was ! in darkness for the moving pic ture. SgSg filed out of the room she report ed to her parents that he had snatched her books out of her hands and had severely beaten her about the legs with' a stick. Several members of the class reportedly peeped in and watch led the beating take place and heard the girl’s screams. The school nurse is also call ed to testify in the trial since she had seen the bruises inflict ed in the beating, and an offic er of the sheriff’s department was called to the school shortly after the beating took place. Later in the week the parents of the girl met with School Su perintendent Henry Bullock, IWoodington Principal Stephen Carraway and Assistant Princi pal Amos Taylor. 1<**“ parents said they were Development Council can be set tled. A found of $100,388 has been earmarked for this laboratory, but strong opposition by Attor ney General Bob Morgan and SBI Director Charles Dunn have caused the expenditure of this fund to be held ,up. The positon of Morgan and Dunn is that such a lab would duplicate facilities and functions of the SBI central office in Ral eigh. Officials in the nine-county council argue that six to seven weeks is needed to get reports out of the SBI laboratory on mat ters pertaining to narcotics and other chemical analyses. Morgan and Dunn are hoping that the 1961 general assembly will provide funds to expand the SBI lab in Raleigh and that opening a crime lab in Kinston or any where else around the state would lessen their chance of getting what they want out of the general assembly. On both sides the issue has grown rather warm, with petty jealousies in some instances muddying waters on the bas ic issue which is increaed speed and efficiency of all phases, of law enforcement. It is argued tljgt North Caro at the earlies possible date. Continued on page 4 ed but this went to such coun tes as Jones and Greene. Grifton is largely in Pitt County, which is one of the coun ties that voted against the new tax last year, but a small sec tion of Grifton is on the South side of Contentnea Creek and it got the small ($484.76) slice represented by its population and tax listed valuation. Pitt County, which just this month approved a $9 million bond issue to build a new hos ital is one of the counties that will shortly vote again on the additional one-cent sales tax and now it is considered almost cer tain that the tax will be approv ed. Larger Wayne County collect ed $291,008.26 and the county and its six corporate communi ties got back $308,210.61, since its population in relation to its retail sales was greater than Le noir County’s. Wake County, another that vetoed the new tax last year, is cranking up for another vote on the matter as it faces a huge school bond issue. The Raleigh News and Obser ver is the principal opponent of the sales tax in North Carolina, making the typically socialist argument that an ad valorem tax on real estate and personal prop erty is preferable. This short-sighted editorial at titude overlooks the unavoidable fact that every tax of every kind is a consumer tax. It also a voids the confession that the best way to make people con scious of the cost of govern ment is to keep tax on top of the table, where it will serve as a constant reminder to all—rich or poor — that they get noth ing free from government. Paying a igher rent to a land lord whose ad valorem tax has been increased makes the tenant mad with the landlord when the basic cause of his higher rent is higher spending by govern ment The indirect tax is the opiate of socialism. The direct tax is the best antidote to expanding government ever conceived. Distribution of iDna-Cont Solos Tax in This Area Unit . Rocoivod Greene County 20,732.99 Hookerton 702.91 Snow Hill 2,329.06 Walstonburg 313.06 Jones County 19,406.68 Maysville 1,447.23 PollocksviQe 710.76 Trenton 837.97 Lenoir County 168,027.50 Kinston 55,471.06 LaGrange 5,062.58 Pink Hill 1,142.38 Grifton* 484.76 October Sales Tax Local 1% sales and use tax collections by counties for the month of October, 1970. County Buncombe Camden Chowan Clay Cumberland Currituck Duplin Durham Greene Hertford Jackson Jones Lenoir Macon Madison Mecklenburg New Hanover Onslow Pamlico Pasquotank Perquimans Swain Richmond Tyrrell Watauga Wayne Total Net Collections $224,498.75 1,689.02 12,323.58 3,055.89 228,392.79 4,130.85 30,548.89 230,362.68 6,161.55 27.612.72 17,550.50 3,494.71 80,451.67 24,008.62 7,840.06 621,927.31 160,288.61 77,985.79 4,869.09 40,906.01 6,343.22 9,406.18 50,170.34 2,766.34 38,326.15 101.882.72 $2,016,994.04 Lightning Rod Salesman Having Hard Time Collecting from Jones Countians During the past week seven suits seeking to collect past due accounts have been filed in the office of Jones County Court Clerk Rogers Pollock and four of the seven were filed by the same outfit which was seeking to collect for lightning rods re cently installed on Jones Coun ty homes. The actions were brought by Frances Atkinson, trading as the Chase Investment Company of Routine Session of District Court Last Friday’s session of Jones County District Court was rou tine with nine cases disposed of, most involving traffic viola tions. Clifton J. Miller was fined $50 for reckless driving, Daniel M. Rand was fined $10 for speeding, Arsie W. Willie was fined $100 for drunken driving, Michael Griffin was fined $25 for speeding 80 miles an hour, Lee Mitchell was fined $100 for drunken driving. Also Lem Kornegay was charg ed with drunken driving (of a bicycle) was permitted to plead guilty to plain public drunken ness for which he was ordered to pay the costs. Theodore W. Hicks was fined $10 and costs for hunting with out license and a worthless check charge against J. E. Alt man was noli prossed. V ■ Mount Olive. The company alleges unpaid balances for lightning rods in the amount of $165 against Min nie and Simon Jones, $169 against Warren and Viola Frank, $140 against “A. Smith and wife” and $174 against John Lee Brown and wife. All defend ants are listed as living in Pol locksville Township. Other actions included a suit to recover $187.57 from Walter and Helen Moore filed by L. Har vey and Son Company; A suit for $377.03 filed against Willie L. Jones by the American Mutual Liability Insurance Com pany, and A suit for $84.75 for a freight bill allegedly owed by C. A. Bat tle and Sons of Comfort to Trans port Clearings of the Carolinas, Inc. Six Jones Arrests Jones County Sheriff Brown Yates reports six arrests in the past week, including Jerome McLease of New Bern, who was charged with stealing an auto mobile, Leonidas Willie of Pol locksville picked up on a cap ias, Ruth Haddock of Trenton charged with public drunken ness, Charlie Hill of Trenton charged with disorderly conduct, • John Edward Bickens of New Bern and William Allen Braddy of Richlands both charged with drunken driving. pjpt--: ■' 4 ■ • • f j V ,i SiV, V ■ Ml ' -
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