THE JONES COUNTY
NUMBER 33 TRENTON, N. G., THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1971
VOLUME xvm
Cases of 27 Defendants Cleared from
District Coart Docket Last Friday
' 1 An accumulation of heavy traf
fic from tire holidays added up'
h to one of the busiest days in
ia many months last Friday'
in Jones County District Court.
f In all 27 defendants had their
charges cleared in assorted ac
tions recorded in the court.
. Richard Campbell had a 12
raonth jail term suspended on
condition he make restitution for
an damages involved and remain
on probation for two years af
ter being found guilty of failing
to tfop and give information on
an auto accident involving per
sonal injxuVes, driving a car
without insurance and improp
erly registered and failure to;
reduce speed to avoid an ‘ acci-j
dent. i
Harvey Foster had two drunk
en driving charges, one of which
was noil pressed and in the oth
er he drew 90 days in jail sus
pended on payment of a $100
fine, court costs, that he pay
his lawyer and he was granted
a restricted driving license.
Charlie Dunn paid the costs
' for driving too fast for read
way conditions.
Jerome McGlease was bound
over to superior court on a lar
ceny charge after a preliminary
hearing found probable cause
against hiih in the charge.
Jerry May appealled to su
perior court after being found
guilty of drunken driving.
William H. Cannon was fined
$200 after a six month jail term
far drunken driving was suspend
ed and he was also ordered not
to violate any law for one year.
Mrs. Nathan Williams was or
dered to make good a worthless
check and pay court costs.
Tom Joyner was fined $10 for
reckless driving.
Willie Bryant paid the costs
for improper parking.
Larry Rhodes, Charles Rhodes,
and Quincy Rhodes were each
fined $100 and costs for posses
sion of a doe deer.
Harris Wiler paid costs for
not having his car inspected.
Ernest Collins Jr. paid a $5
fine and costs for speeding.
Ed Rawls and James Hargett
paid the costs for not listing tax
es.
Half Million Dollar Grant to State
for Research on Trope Soil Usages
Narfih 'Carolina State Univer
sity has received a half-million
dollar grant Chat is expected to
help -put the institniton in a
world leader&dp role in combat
ing hunger-and food if amide.
The grant, from the U. S.
Agency for International De
velopment, will help to make
NCSU the world leader in the
science and technology of fer
tilization and management of
warm region soils.
It is these areas of the globe
where the potential for famine
is greatest. These same areas
also have vast, undeveloped
lands that could be turned into
rich “breadbaskets” to feed the
rapidly growing native popula
tions. \
“In the years ahead, we hope
to help provide assistance te
those nations which previously
have not had the technical know
how to turn these regions into'
productive farm land,” com
mented Dr. Ralph McCracken,
assistant director of agricultural
research at NCSU.
At the same time, soils pro
grams at N. C. State will he en
riched significantly. The $500,
000 grant will be used for facul
ty development and graduate
student trailing on the NCSU
campus in the area of tropical
soils.
“I believe this is the first
grant of its type ever made by
AID,” Dr. McCracken said. “It
reflects the high regard that
is held for our University in soil
science and in international pro
grams.”
NCSU has been involved in
an international soil evaluation
study under the direction of
Dr. J. W, Fitts for several years,
concentrating on work in Latin
America. It is considered one of
the most successful projects of
its type to be supported by AID.
lie University will be co
with four other in
stituti'ons on the new soils pro
ject. These are Cornell, the Uni
versity of Hawaiii, Prarie View
A&M and the University of Puer-i
to Pico. Chosen "for strengths
n particular areas of soil science,
each school is receiving grants
similar to the one N. C. State
has been allocated. I
There will be an exchange of
faculty members and graduate
students among the institutions
arid additional cooperation in
such areas as exchange of infor
mation and joint seminars and
conferences. >
“The amount -of resources be
ing committed and the scope of
this project indicate the high
priority that is being given soils
research and study as one of
the base steps toward heading
off world food shortages in the
future,’1 said McCracken, who
formerly headed the NCSU De
partment of Soils Science.
He explained that NCSU was;
involved in this foreign assis
tance effort for two reasons.
The first is strictly humanitar
ian, he said, “helping under
developed nations of the world
feed themselves.” The other fol
lows the philosophy that well-fed
nations make better, more peace
ful neighbors in addition to be
coming important clients of U.S.
business and industry.
2 Schools Damaged
Two schools in the southern
end of Lenoir County have suf
fered serious damage in the past
week by. persons who simply
broke in to see how much they
could tear up. Nothing was re
portedly stolen from either.
Woodington School on US 258
south was hit first last Wednes
day night and over the past
weekend Southwood School oii
NC 58 south was vandalized. No
estimate of the damage has been
made by school officials.
Directed Verdict of
Not Guilty in Suit
Against Dr. Liftman
In Jones County Superior Court
Monday Judge Joshua James en
tered a directed verdict of not
guilty in a $200,000 malpractice
suit brought against Dr. John
Littman of New Bern by Goldie
Hill Gray of Jones County.
Mrs. Gray asked for $100,000
compensatory damages and
$100,000 punitive damages for
what she claimed to be serious
and permanent injuries she suf
fered because of improper med
ical practices by Dr. Littmon in
her illness in 1967.
Largest Heroin Haul
Nets 2 Indictments
Friday Afternoon
All the gadgets for use of her
oin and 54 "bindles" of the drug
were found by local officers whs
raided a home at 405 'Holloway
Drive in Kinston last Friday af
ternoon.
Wesley A. Foy, a resident of
that address, who was free un
der $5000 bond for marijuana
possesion, was charged in the
Taid along with Donald Thomp
son of 17-E Mitchell Wooten
Courts.
Foy, a senior at Fayetteville
State Teacher College, was ar
rested two weeks ago with a
senior from Grainger High
School in an apartment on Ce
dar Lane where a considerable
•quantity of marijuana was found
He was scheduled to do practice
teaching this spring m Kinston
schools.
ABC "Officer Paul Young, Sher
riff Leo Harper, Deputy Bob
Garris, Police Lieutenant A. R.
Brake, and Detective Aaron
Brooks took part in the raid.
Tobacco Specialists
Heading Soil.
Science Dept.
Dr. Charles B. McCants, 46,
an authority on the fertilization
of tobacco, has been named head
of the Department of. Soil Sci
ence at North 'Carolina State
University.
His appointment -was announc
ed Sunday (Jan. 17) by NCSU
Chancellor John T. Caldwell,
with approval of the Executive
Committee of the Board of
Trustees and President William
C. Friday.
Dr. McCants, Who is now a
professor of soil science, suc
ceeds Dr. Ralph McCracken, who
was promoted last year to as
sistant director of agricultural
research at NCSU.
NCSU has one of the largest
departments of soil science in
the nation. Faculty members
conduct teaching, research, and
extension programs within the
state, and a large international
program in Latin America.
Dr. McCants has been person
ally involved in all four phases
of the department’s work. His
main reputation, however, has
been built onhis soil fertility re
search.
!.■ Among other things, he pin
pointed the effects of nitrate ni
trogen and chlorine on tobacco
quality, ddvised a procedure
'Grasshopper' Roberts Charged With
July 25th Murder of F. B. Murphy
jones county Sheriff Brown
Yates Monday reported the ar
rest of Cleveland “Grasshopper”
Roberts of the western end of
the county on charge of murder
ing F. B. Murphy on July 25,
1970
Murphy’s body was found in a
ditch near the Jones-Lenoir*
county line in the Pleasant Hill
section several days after he had
been missing from his home in
the area. He had been shot once
in the chest at close range by a
12 guage shotgun.
Continuing investigation-in the
area, where Murphy had an ex
tremely rough reputation led
to the indictment of Roberts
this week. Yates said one of
the problems involved in the in
vestigation was that fact that
so many people in the commu
nity in which Murphy lived had
Couple Married 10
Years, 9 Children
Seek Divorce
One of the two civil actions
filed in the office of Jones Coun
ty Court Clerk Rogert Pollock
this week is a suit for divorce
filed by James Albert Taylor
against his wife Alvania Q. Tay
lor.
The suit alleges their marriage
on June 1, 1957 and their sep
aration in October of 1967. The
suit further sets forth that nine
children were born to the mar
riage.
In the other civil action Hope
Easterbrooks of Jones County
has filed a reciprocal support ac
tion against her husband Charl
es, who was last thought to be
in Fort Worth, Texas.
She has applied for welfare
help for herself and their two
children and she is asking the
Texas courts to award her $80
per month from her husband,
whose income she said was
about $92 per week when she
last knew about it.
threatened to kill him from
time to time because of his ra
ther rough Activities.
Other arrests in the past week
were numerous Yates reported
and included the following:
Ronald Anderson Pickett of
New Bern forgery.
William H. Cannon of Dover
route 2 drunken driving.
Richard Moore of Pollocksville
for public drunkenness.
Richard Campbell of Camp
Lejeune on a capias.
Richard Jones of Maysville
Star route for drunken driving.
Larry Morgan on Trenton
route 1, who was charged with
stealing several batteries, radi
ators and tool boxes.
Willie Williams of Kinston route
6 charged with larceny.
William Britt of Pollocksville,
charged with assault with a dead
ly weapon in the knifing of Er
vin James in the chest on Jan
uary 9th.
Herbert Mattocks of Maysville
was charged with breaking into
a vending machine in Maysville
belonging to Audrey W. Ken
nedy.
Bobby Houston had a noil
prosse with leave entered in a
charge of assault with a deadly
weapon.
Bill Miller paid the costs for
public drunkenness.
Patrick O’Toole paid the costs
for running a stop sign.
Ian B. Hinshelwood paid the
costs for a traffic violation.
Charles Hill had a choice of
30 days in jail or paying the
costs for being drunk and dis
orderly.
James Simmons paid the costs
for assault with a deadly weap
on.
Peggy Meadows paid a $10
fine and costs for speeding.
Jay Ellington and Raymond
Cutshaw Jr. paid the costs for
trespassing.
Adult Driver Training Courses to be
Given at Jones Central High School
Adult Driver Training Course
for citizens of Jones County will
be organized at Jones Senior
Whisky Recovered.
Chief Deputy Bob Garris and
Kinston Detective Aaron Brooks
Tuesday afternoon charged Rog
er Leis Taylor of 706 Pollock
Street, Kinston, with breaking,
entering and larceny.
Taylor is charged with com
plicity in a Friday night break-in
at the East Highland Avenue
whisky store in which $327 worth
of liquor was stolen.
The officers reported recovery
of 87 pints and two half gallons
of stolen whisky along with the
arrest of Taylor.
Land Transfers
Jones County Register of
Deeds Bill Parker reports re
cording the following land trans
fers in his office during the
past week:
From Reathro and Rosetta
Mills to Matthew and Alice Cobb
one acre in Trenton Township.
From George Noble to Jane
Noble one lot in Trenton.
From R. H. and Fisher Morton
to Gloria and Elvin Lee Jr. 1.25
acres in Trenton Township.
which enables farmers to ad
just fertilizer application for
leaching losses and developed
a completely new tobacco plant
bed fertilizer.
High School on Monday, Janu
ary 25th, at 7 p.m. by the Con
tinuing Education Division of
Lenoir Community College in co
operation wth the Jones County
Board of Education.
The College will offer the
course in which ten or more
persons are enrolled.
The course is composed of 36
hours of classroom work, a mini
mum of six hours behind-the
wheel driving, and 12 hours of
observation in a dual-controlled
car.
There is a $17 fee for this
course and the fee must be paid
no later than the first night of
class.
The classroom instruction
will meet Monday and Wednes
day nights at Jones Senior High
School from 7 to 9 p.m. The
driving part of the class will be
scheduled during the afternoons
and Saturdays.
Interested persons are asked
to be present at the first organi
zational meeting. Persons 18
years of age or older may enter
up through the third meeting.
JUDO COURSES
Lenoir Community College will
start a Judo class for men on
Thursday, January 14, 1971, in
Room 8 of the Technical Build
ing. The class will meet from
3-5 p.m. on Tuesday and Thurs
day. All students must be 18
years of age to enroll. To reg
ister or for additional informa
tion call the college at 527-6223.