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Formosan Conservationist Visiting Lenoir County; Observing Soil Saving Practices Jian Mm Huang (pronounced Jimmy Wong) is spending two weeks with the 'Lenoir County branch of the Soil Conservation (Service studying the varying soil saving practices in this vicinity. Huang is a 29 year-old native of Taipei, Formosa, son of an ac countant, and an employee of the (Formosan government. He has a , quick curiosity, and the ability to speak in fairly good English of the things his homeland has in common with America, and the. areas in which there are great differences. Perhaps the single biggest dif ference between Formosa and. the United States is in size of farms. Recent land reforms instituted by the Republic of china, whose only present land holdings are Formo sa and the tiny isles of Quern ay and Matsu, have drastically cut the size of the Formosan farm. Huang says tenant farming has been completely done away with. AH large estates—with a few ex ceptions—have been purchased by the government and resold to ex tenant farmers. Three hectares— or just over 7% acres—is alloca ted to each farmer.' Hie farmer is sold this land and given 10 years to pay for it at a low rate of interest. Sugar cane and pineapple plantations because of the nature of their cultivation which requires machinery are still permitted to include up to 1,000 acres and these plantations are cultivated by hired labor. On his 7% acres the Formosan farmer can grow anything he wish es. If he elects to grow tobacco, however, he must do business with the government which operates to bacco as a complete government monopoly. He can grow as little or as much tobacco on his 7% acres as he desires. Despite the fact that Formosa is only one fourth as large as North Carolina it has just over 10 mil lion people and its population- is expanding at the rate of 3.5 per cent per year. Indicating that the average Formosan farmer prefers to -grow food rather than tobacco is -the fact that each year Formosa is able to export large amounts of Tea, rice, sugar, pineapples, pork and green vegetables; Huang reminded that this tre mendous production of food is possible by the} jjufcfroptoal .:'^e. j*PP6 di^tttton of every inch of Formosan soil Re-forestation is a part of the agriculture program with .which Huang is primarily concerned and he says great improvements are being made in tins field. Huang said he saw President Eisenhower this year, in Formosa (from a distance of course) but on the subject of politics he was rather reserved. / When asked, “What comes -after Chang Kai Sheik?” Huang Changed the subject. Huang did declare that revolution in Red China, which includes all of the mainland was inevitable in his opinion. He said people would not continue to work for 16 hours a day on a potato soup diet. August heat and humidity -t bother Huang in Eastern i because it is about At left above, leaning on the rail ing of Hardy's Bridge whore curi ous watched the search last week for a missing Seymour Johnson Air Base enlisted man, is Jian Min Huang, Formosan /soil conserva tionist, who has spent twq weeks > Lenoir Cow-ty, observing local ?il saving practices. Huang is .diking to Lenoir County Soil Con servationist Ray Noble, Kinston Tobacco Market Sales Supervisor R. S. "Dutch" WHherington and Horace L. Hardy, a farmer of the Moss Hill section. Senator Sam Ervin Says... WASHINGTON - The Senate last week passed the minimum wage bill by a vote of 62 to 34. I voted against the bill on passage. ENGROACHMENT^I support the concept of basic wage rates but I am convinced that this bill passed by the Senate goes beyond the con stitutional power of the federal go vernment to regelate interstate commerce and does violence to states rights by .controlling com merce which is wholly within the state. This is another example of. usurpation by the federal govern ment of powers originally intended for the sta1 es. Those of us in the Senate who were fighting to re strict the measure to those matiers which we sincerely believe to be within the jurisdiction of the fed eral government were not success ful except in a few instances. The House of Representatives has passed its version jof minimum wage legislation which peg? the basic rate at $1.15 per hour and restricts the broade.ed coverage more than the Senate version. The Senate rate is $1.25. CONFEREES - The fate of min imum wage legislation for the time being is in the hands of Senate and House conferees. They will be meeting to see if a suitable com promise cap be worked out. It is thought iby some that the President will veto any measure sent to his office in the form of the bill passed by the Senate. I do not know what the chance of getting a suitable bill will be. DECENT WAGES - My vote to preserve the balance of power be tween the federal government and the states in the case of this legis lation is based on the sincere belief that the states can and ought to legislate in this field. Failure to meet the issue squarely - as in the case of other matters - leads to the demand for federal action. The burden of maintaining the balance of power between the federal go vernment and the states cannot be left wholly to the Congressional representation in Washington. The fact that the North Carolina Gen Polio Immunization Survey dhows Many Not Vaccinated Especially Among "Negroes rae survey of 1,401 Jones Coun ty-homes that,was made earlier this year with the help of Jones C6unty Home Demonstration Club women and the Couny Health De partment reveals a great need for further immunizations against in fantile paralysis in the county. 'In a report to District Health Of ficer Dr. D. J. Workman the State Board of Health shows that the 1,401 homes surveyed included 867 white homes and 553 negro homes. These homes included 4,000 white persons and 3,311 negroes. The survey revealed that of this 7,311 persons 2,786 had received no polio immunization shots, 724 had received either* one or two vac cinations and 3,801 had received the recommended three or more When fcroken down by race it was shewn that the negro citizens of the county had responded less readily to this protection from po lio. Under -five years of aige only 45 white children haa received no shots, but 114 negroes under five had no shots. Receiving one or two shots were 54 white and 103 negro children and 213 white children and 172 negro children under five had got ten the full three shots. In the 5 to 14 year age group 31 white and 74 negro children had gotten no shot, 61 white and 150 negro children only one or two shots and the full dosage had been. received by 1,182 white and 1,015 negro Children. In the age group from 15 to 39 years 535 white and 431 negroes had not taken a single shot, 186 'white and 86 negroes had gotten one or two shots and 629 white and 465 negroes had gotten the full treat ment. In the over 40 age-group 916 white and 474 negroes had not got ten one shot, 40 whites and. 26 ne groes had gotten one or two shots and only 35 whites and 29 negroes had gotten the full protection. This protection is still available at the health clinic in the court house at Trenton for those under 16 who have not gotten it. eral Assembly had enacted a min imum wage bill greatly strengthen ed our position that our argument is based on constitutional beliefs and not on the belief that nothing needs to be done to provide decent action will not bankrupt small en terprises. Swedish darning provOd to ba a hold at Mante© 4-H camp. Shown papular craft during the Hama admiring soma of Ilia craft articles Demonstration handicraft workshop ana Mrs. Sam McCottar, Pamlico County; right; and Mrs. W. C. Flowers Jr. of Jones County. Farm Bureau Drive For Members Soon Getting Underway Hie time has come for each Farni Bureau member to renew his membership. Within the next few days, the annual membership drive will start a If over North Carolina. Jones County hopes to reach its goal before November 20th, so that it will receive recognition of a chievement at the state convention. To continue in the Service Pro gram, one mu^t also be a Farm Bureau member. Those in doubt of what the Farm Bureau has done for them should ask any Farm Bureau member or solicitor and they can list any number of items that have helped the farmer. Kinston Hospital Treats 10 Poison Cases During July Re-emphasizing the danger of household and farm poisons is the report from Lenoir Memorial Hos pital in Kinston that 10 persons were treated for various types of poisoning during the month of July alone and that one patient, a young Jones County negro, died from poi son believed to have been a type used in tobacco cultivation. This was the only adult poison ing for July. The other nine treat ed were children, who apparently got smaller doses and were saved although several suffered greatly before recovery. Paris Greene accounted for five cases, kerosene for two, fly spray for one and clorox for the final. Murder Gun Found A .45 automatic pistol found on three young men caught in a burg lary at Washington, D. C. shortly after the murder of Gunnery Ser geant Robert Eugene Schroeder has been postiyely identified as the weapon used to kill the veteran Marine, whose body was found in western Lenoir County. The three are Jesse Eugene Perry, Harold A. Smith and Eugene W. Jacobs. Addresses of the three young men was not known locally at press time. Probationary Term Given Frail Negress For Killing Her Man Judge Joseph Parker Tuesday weighed the extenuating circum stances that: led to the knife-wound death of Willie Bright ini July and passed an extremely light sentence upon Mary Thompson, common law wife of Bright, who pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Evidence indicate that the cou ple bad been living together for several years, that Bright had a record of violence and had re peatedly beaten the tiny mother of two, who was bom with only one hand. On the night of the stabbing she had argued with him about go ing out with another woman, she found him later, called him out, cursed him, was slapped by Bright and then she stabbed him. Bright was taken to Lenoir Me morial HospitaL-and given treat ment for apparent superficial wounds. Am hour after arrival at the hospital Bright died from in ternal bleeding caused by a niek in his right' jugular vein that had been overlooked by the attending physician. Faced with all of these factors Judge Parker said that the man would probably be alive if he had gotten proper medical care. He gaive die woman a 3-to-5 year pri son term suspended upon the con dition that she remain on proba tion for a five year period. *
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