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POLIO-A growing shadow . CASES REPORTED SINCE 1t)i shown IN 3*year periods •to*** 1950 Mtimoto W 30,000 cwa The ehart above reveals polio’s ever-increasing threat to the American people And the enormous cost of patient care borne by the National Foundation-for Infantile Paralysis. This year, the forward march ef nolle presents an especially urgent problem to the March ef Dimeet »**• perchaalng value of the dollar haa shrunk to M eenta In compart* •on with pre-war days, 'while polio caeca have nearly quadrupled* 'x WHEN YOU >v|V WANT TOs * Ccrff a doctor '*j^I Jg’l Chert with frltwdi Roach somoona la a harry ' The true value of your telephone out be measured only b the many different way* it serves you—in the con venience and pleasure it add* to daily life. Tour telephone service is increasing in value day by. day as the number of friend* and relatives you can call keeps growing larger, and service becomes faster and better. ' Yet the cost is low. Low in comparison to most other things you buy. Low in comparison to our co^ts of supplying service. Your telephone is at your service twenty-four hours every day—for only a few cents a day. When you think how much it does for you, at the price you pay, telephone service stands out as one of today's biggest bargaids. Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company EXECUTIVE OFFICES TARBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Seen* at a bright leaf tobacco auction aale hi one of Kinaton’s 14 tobacco warehouse#. (Photo by Whitaker-Leffear, courtesy of Kinston Chamber of Coiawrce). Kinston . • • Heart of Eastern Carolina By Char toe L. McCullers, Mgr. J Kinston Chamber of Commerce Kinston, “The World’s Foremost Tobacco Center,’* was established on the banks of the Neuse River as a trading poet for planters in 1740, and by virtue of its location in the center of the Eastern half of North Carolina, it was destined to become the world’s second larg est bright leaf tobacco market and widely known as “The World’s Foremost- Tobacco Center,” proof of which is provided by statistics of tobacco growth and production in a fifty mile radius of the pres ent day metropolis. Tbafound of “Kingston,” as the town was originally named, whs William Heritage, a well-to-do and highly respected planter and jurist, who was one of the section’s out standing citizens and business leaders. About 1750 Richard Caswell, a native of Maryland, chose “Kings ton” as his home, and as history records, he later became the first Governor of North Carolina under the constitution. The establishment of the town was authorised by Royal Governor Arthur Dobbs in T7fc2 and shortly after the Ameri can Revolution, the obnoxious “g” wa* dropped, and the name became “Kinston.” Kinston was incorpor ated in 1849, and is the cbunty seat of Lenoir County, one of the most widely diversified agricultural counties in North Carolina, form ing a choice part of the fertile North Coastal Plain of the state. While Kinston’s chief industry is the production and processing of flue-cured tobacco, it is by no means without its diversification as a city of commerce and industry. Within its bounds are: the state’s only federally inspected meatpack ing plant, a large textile plant, and several needleworking industries, in addition to corrugated box man ufacturing, lumber manufacturing, dairy products, and food process ing enterprises. Its 320 retail stores constitute Eastern North Ca rolina’s fastest growing retail trade center. Kinston also enjoys a rep utation of being the largest dis tribution point of wholesale groc eries in Eastern Carolina. The tobacco industry in Kinston had its inception in 1895 when the first tobacco auction warehouse was constructed and put into op eration by Jesse W. Grainger, a prominent tobacco grower. The to bacco warehousing industry has enjoyed a gradual and steady growth during the last half cen tury and its 14 mammouth tobacco warehouses today embrace a total floor space area of 35 square acres. During the last ten years, the familiar chant of the tobacco auc tioneer in Kinston has resulted in the sale of more than 500 million pounds of the nation’s finest to bacco to all of tW major process ing and manufacturing companies throughout the woHd. In 1949, during the 56-day sales season (August through October), the Kinston Tobacco Market sold more thap 80,000,000 pound* of Hue cured leaf for an average price of almost 50f per pound, with antici pated sales for the current season far in excess of the 1949 figure. During the Fall season, Kinston’* 7 stemming and redrying plants employ more than 3,000 persons who prepare the golden weed for shipment and sale to foreign and domestic manufacturers and pro cessors. The combined processing plants are capable of redrying and packing over two million pounds of tobacco daily. Tobacco, from its microscopic seed planted in Janhary in the tra ditional cloth-covered bed, is trana planted by hand and machine to the fertile fields in rows approx imately three feet wide, with "hills" of tobacco being set 18 inches apart, experiences a rapid growth through the months of May, June, and July. It is then ‘‘prim ed," or cropped, by manual labor for "handing," “tying," and "stick ing." to be placed in the curing barns where intense heat converts the yellowing green leaves to the golden flue-cured leaf which is destined for human consumption in cigarettes, cigars, smoking tobacco, and snuff. Some of jts by-products include insecticides and disinfect ants also. Kinston's accessibility is ade quate by virtue of its five main highways, two railroads, and semi-navigable waters of the fa mous Neuse River which flows through and by the city limits. Kinston is served by five modern bus lines also and owns jointly with the county of Lenoir a Class IV Airport which is fully equipped to accommodate all types of flying craft. Kinston’s schools and its recre ational and medical facilities equal or excel 1 such facilities found any where in the South. It has ample modern parks, playground*, schools, and churches for its 18,278 inhabitants, which are 99% native born with approximately 68% white and 48% Negro. Historically, Kinston enjoys a reputation of almost 200 years of cultural background. It has pro duced many of the nation’s prom inent citizens whose ancestry dates back into the eighteenth and nine teenth centuries. Famoun* battles durig the Civil War were fought in Kinston, among which was the Battle of Kinston which Generals Bragg, Holt, and Hill, of Confed erate Fame, directed their forces against the Federate. Kinston is also the site of the famous Ram Letter-Press Printing Letter press printing in the graphic arts means the direct application of inked type and engravings or other type material to paper. It is the simplest of all graphic methods of reproduction and at the same time the most lasting. It was the method employed by the medieval craftsmen who first ap- ^ plied type to paper and it has persisted throughout the centuries over all innova tions, until today, when the best of crafts manship is sought in a Job, there is no al ternative to letter press printing, along with high grade paper and typographic good taste. We suggest that if you have some print ing in view that you want well done, you consult us. Simply telephone 5-1776 or else call at the office, 118 East Sixth St., Charlotte, N. C. H. A. Stalk Printing Co* PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE AT YOUR DISPOSAL P. a Box 1061 CHARLOTTE, N. C Neuse, Confederate iron-clad boat,! nmied with historic cannon and •ther implements of war whieh I ware used in Its briaf period of existence. The hull of the old Ram j Neuae still lies on the sandy bottom of the Neuae River within the city limits of Kinston, a few hundred foot from the site of its launching; in IMS. Kinston today enjoys a mild, healthful climate, with an average! annual rainfall of 44 inches and an average mean temperature of 62.4*. Kinston owns its municipal J power plant which represents a financial outlay in excess of four | mil1 ion dollars, and likewise op * rates its municipal water plant, consisting of four artesian wells which produce chemically pure water that is neither filtered nor treated and is produced in suf ficient quantities to serve the needs of a city twice its present sise. Its 54 miles of paved streets and more than 6,000 privately owned residences are adorned with beautiful oak trees. It is consid ered one of the cleanest and most beautiful small cities on the East ern seaboard. Kinston is served by one daily newspaper and one weekly, county, newspaper. The civie and social life of Kins ton is unsurpassed in Eastern North Carolina and provides its citizens with practically all nation al and international civic and social clubs and societies for recreation and fellowship. Its country club and public playgrounds play an important part in the health, I comfort and c:mv nieiu*.' of it* citizens. Truly, the village of "Kingston” of 1840, with ita loyal band of rural farmers, has todaqr become a city of culture amt re finement which is the pride and joy of all who live within its gataa and the visitor who comes our way— The Kinston Chamber of cam mem, comprising more than CO* of the community’s aggressive aa<f prosperous business and civic land ers, was organised in 1911, and through its membership, has been a dynamic force in the develop ment and expansion of Kinston and Lenoir County since its beginning - Its vital leadership has been m strong contributing factor t» the development of every major pro ject and activity within the «it** and county throughout the year*,, and the organization's growth te* commensurate with its worthwhile accomplishments. The annual ope era ting budget is now in excess of one dollar per capia of the city’s population? The Chamber of Com merce invites the tourist .the vis itor, the homeseeker and the in dustrialist to join hands wills Kinston's happy citizens in casting their lot for fuller and.richer lives. CONNOLLY APPOINTED Washington.—Secretary of La bor Maurice J. Tobin appointed William L. Connolly, director U. S. Bureau of Labor Standards, a* chairman of the Federal Safety Council. He takes over his asp" assignment in addition to hi* present duties. 7-UP 60TTUNG COMPANY Winston-Salem, N. C. ff. VOGLER SERVICE FUNERAL DIRECTORS — AMBULANCE SERVICE DIAL 6101 WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. ****>- 1 - •* — **' .V, --V , - . DIZE AWNING and TENT CO. * Manufacturers AWNINGS, TENTS, FLAGS CANVAS WINDOW SHADES, CANVAS BAGS VENETIAN BLINDS WAGON AND TRUCK COVERS, TARPAULINS FURNITURE PADS ★ 1512 South Main Street WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. HANES Hosiery Mills Co. Manufacturers of LADIES' CIRCULAR KNIT HOSIERY Winston-Salem, N. C.
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