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~ Newon speaks Out T, a Republican candidate for mayor, feel it my duty, as a result of recent newspaper reports starting this past Fri- day, Feb. 27, in the Sentinel, to speak out and speak Joudly at this time on the sub- ject of law and order, I believe the founders of this great nation and the writers of the Constitution of the United States were writing with God-given wisdom. I, myself, believe in orderly procedure and proper due pro- cess of Jaw and do by every act and deed try to proceed in this manner as far as humanly possible. With respect to recent newspaper pictures showing a smali faction bran- dishing firearms, I say this is a dangerous situation. It will be a darker day in Winston-Salem than a total eclipse of the Sun and a most mournful time if a small group of seeming insurgents start shoot- ing. This type of conflict between. people would be more horrible than interna- tional war as there are rules of war that nations abide by when they are in con- flict. Now I wish to admonish this small faction to forget about shooting people and use their shotguns for the shooting of rabbits, quail, squirrels, deer, bears and wild turkeys. In this kind of shooting they will get out in the open and see the wonderful workings of nature and the Almighty God and it is my hope that these sights wi)! bring them to their senses. I have been working hard these past few weeks, fvom early morning until Jate in the night. and I am tiring and ex~ pect in the next few days to go down around Moncks Corner, South Carolina on a wild turkey hunt and hope to come back most refreshed. Won't you wrong~ thinking people consider doing likewise? In regard to the Feb. 27, Sentinel news article concerning a private matter between myself as agent of the owner of a house on Northwest Boulevard and Mrs. Minnie Bellamy, I make the follow- ing statement. eM, AEC AM tab, 4 AAD Abe TP SA i ele oa) Letters to ENE, Penne : ER ogee a ° if 7 ‘ Oe Bel} a's me as agent rent * wrorete which she should have been able to pay . withoul difficulty. She failed to pay me and I started a proper legal action to cole lect rent and at that point business rela- tions were terminated between me as agent and Mrs. Minnie Bellamy. The court heard the evidence in this matter, handed down a decision or judgment for the rent that she owed and a judgment for possession of the house. Mrs. Bellamy had the choice of moving or paying up the rent. An officer of the law worked with her for a week, trying to get her to move or pay. Finally, without success in either direction, on orders of the court * which were signed by a court officer, he evicted Mrs. Bellamy. I happen to know personally the sheriff's deputy who handled this eviction and know him to be a good humored man and a man of good disposition. He did not purposefully damage Mrs. Bellamy's property. As to the weather on Friday, Feb. 27, the day on which the Minnie Bellamy eviction took place the sun was shining; the Newspapers predicted a warming trend, it was a cold night Thursday prior to the eviction on Friday but had warmed up considerably at the time the court ef- fected the eviction. . I, as your next mayor of the City of Winston-Salem, will work for the up- building of both people and things. We already have Jaws on the books and the agencies to upbuiid both people and things. I will put forth al] my energies and efforts to upbuild people and things and as to these agencies that work with the upbuilding of people, I will see that they get on the move and teach such people as make up the Bellamy family to Jearn to budget their money, prepare Bro er nutritional meals for themselves, tter housekeeping, and make of themselves better citizens so that they , witl improve their lot in life and in s0 doing improve the lot of their fellowman, —JERRY L. NEWTON, JR. ‘Winston-Salem,