VOLUME ONE
TRENTON. N. C.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 18. 1949
“A BETTER COUNTY THROUGH IMPROVED FARM PRACTICES”
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Permit No. 1
NUMBER 1
SGS..PLANTS..SOS
County Agent* in Lenoir and
Jones Countie* have asked that
all farmers with a surplus of
tobacco plants contact their of
fices at once so people in the
north and western part of the
State can be directed to pos
sible sources of obtaining
plants which they are badly in
need of at this time. Lenoir
Agent Joe Koonce says that
Granville County farmers are
particularly in need of Oxford
26 plants, since that Is the only
variety that can be planted in
that county. Farmers with an
Oxford 36 surplus are urgtd to
Contact the office of the agent
* immediately.
I POULTRY DISEASE
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5 Assistant Lenoir County Agent
1 Bob Thompson reports that' an
k epidemic of intestinal coccidiosis
*i is plaguing poultry growers in
this area. It is possible to pre
vent this entering • flock, if
treatment is begun soon enough
and if treatment is started as
soon as the disease hits a flock
the losses can also be out to a
minimum, Thompson says.
Chicks from 4 to 8 weeks old
are most susceptible to this dis
ease and the symptoms include
bloody droppings and general
weak, droopy appearance. SXJL
PAQUINOXAIdNE used one
pound to 100 pounds of mash or
used in drinking water as direct
ed by the manufacturer is a cer
tain preventative and good cure
for this disease if it is used in
time* Thompson points out.
Nobody in Jon©* County needs to be introduced
to this building pictured above. TheJones Coun
ty Court House is one ot the most handsome in
the State and in it work the people who run the
government of the county. When one is born it
is recorded Here. When one reaches school age, it
is recorded here. When one needs protection
from a nuisance or a Criminal, it is found here.
When one accidentally slips and breaks a law,
he also finds an official in this building interested
in him. When one buys property, it is recorded
here. When one pays taxes, it is recorded here,
when one gets married, it is recorded here. When
one gets sick, health service can be found here.
When one through misfortune of one kind or an
other becomes unable to care for himself, help
can be found here. When there are children that
no one wants to care for. help can be found here.
When one gets too old to work and has no income,
relief can be found here. When one dies, it is
recorded here. One of the principal jobs of the
Jones Journal will be to keep the people of Jones
County informed on what happens in this most
important building in the county. When it's time
to list taxes, to pay taxes, to attend court, to see
the commissioners, to visit the doctor, to do any
of .the hundreds of things that can only be done in
this building. The success of the Jones Journal
to a’ great degree depends on how well it does the
job of telling and interpreting the things that go
on under this roof. (Photo by Mary Whitaker Lef
few)
BOND MONEY NOTE
Better Schools and Roads,
Inc., has announced the break
down that will be made of the
monies in the bond issues that
are to be voted on June Fourth.
A total of 200 million dollars
of road bonds and 25 million
of school bonds will be issued
if the election carries in favor
of the issue. Jones County
under the set-up would receive
$86,294 for its schools and $1,
138.000 for secondary roads.
Lenoir County would receive
$287,145 for schools and $2,
026.000 for secondary roads.
This Saturday is the last day
one can register to vote in this
■ bond issue election. If one
voted in the last presidential
election he is registered to vole
in the June Fourth election.
SHERIFF’S ACTIVITIES
During the past weak Sheriff
Jeter Taylor has made three
arrests and with the assistance
of Alcoholic Tax Unit. Officers
Ed Cox and A. E. Bennett and
Craven County ABC Officer J.
K. Clay, destroyed an 80-gal
lon copper still in While Oak
Township. Along with the still
13 gallons of "white lightning"
and 200 gallons of .sugar mash
were destroyed. Those arrest
ed during the week were Man
uel White of Pollocksvi-' ic on a
drunk and disorderly charge
and J. V. Mattox and Tommie
Smith, both of Maysville, on
charges of public drunkenness.
Recent surveys in this part of
the State have indicated that
there will he a sharp increase in
cotton acreage this year. This
' trend .malices it .wise ior farmers
in the area to organize a One
Variety Cotton Improvement As
sociation so they can obtain the
benefits of the free Smith-Doxey
. Cotton Classing Service.
This classing service is not on
ly beneficial in the regular .mar
keting of cotton but is also a
great help when farmers want to
obtain government loans on their
cottpn. Before obtaining -xTgov
ernment loan on cotton it has to
be classed by a board of examin
ers and.unless an association has
been set up it is necessary to pay
a small fee for the grading.
In order that farmer in this
. part of the State may know. the
full particulars about this plan
In til* spring everyone
knows what one's thoughts are
supposed to turn to, but ap
parently the shortage of tobac
co plants and the heavy rains
in Jones County during this
month have caused the old
saying to .off the trade. The
office of the Begisler of Deeds
reports that up until now in
May no marriages have been
recorded in his office and no
births have been Sled. Maybe
when all the tobacco gets in
mts of Irish potatoes to
from the commercial
a meeting is to be held at.7:30
Wednesday night in the Agricul
tural Building in Kinston when
Dan Holler, cotton marketing
specialist from State College,
will be on hand to explain the
program.
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» «• Mrs. Raymond Cox'of
Route On*. Mott of
already know Mr*. Cox, but to those
luclion of her as Edttor-of the Jones
no previous experience in newspaper
Not all the posers that that
State Highway and Public Works
Commission has at present in
the Kinston area are bound up
in the .road bond issue that is to
be voted on June Fourths Kins
ton represents a traffic bottle
neck only sligbily less trouble
some than New Bern.
New Bern, with great stretch
es oi river to cross with super
extensive bridges, and two ma
jor highways (US 17 and 70) is
perhaps the number one head
ache tor the bosses in the second
division headquarters.
Not far behind is Kinston. The
problem is practically the ,same
but the bridges are just a little
shorter and consequently ftss ex
pensive. At present one battered
bridge carries practically all of
the traffic entering Kinston from
the south. The most recent
clocking of LaRoque Bridge
shows that 6,810 vehicles cross it
every 24 hours.'
The hridge is safe, insofar as
its weight carrying ability is
concerned, but it is nowhere
near adequate from a traffic en
gineering point of view. It is
such an important part of the
highway system in the Kinston
area that it cannot be taken com
pletely out of service and the
, auenuun u gets nas to be given
in .half sized doses that permit
- —.— - - permit
traffic to be maintained on a
one-lane basis.
To remedy this unhappy situa
tion there are two projects on
point about five miles east of
Kinston. Paving this road will
permit traffic to be detoured ov
er Oak Bridge, which is entirely
adequate for the job' it will be
called, on to do.
When this road is paved Le
Roque Bridge can be taken out
of circulation for a iong enough
period to give it some major re
pairs. This is the immediate
hope of those charged with keep
ing the traffic moving around
Kinston.
Permanent relief is in sight
but nowhere as near as this plan
explained above.
I inis project calls for a new
bridge across Neuse Rivti at the
foot of King Street in Kinston.
This would connect with a new
road to Pink Hill, Seven Springs
and Mount Olive and would
make possible the removal of a
considerable number of the
trucks, buses and automobiles
that now use LaRoque Bridge.
Added to this in-the-futuie plan
is another bridge across the
Neuse in front of West view Cem
etery on US 70 west of Kinston.
Erection of a bridge in that area
and connecting highways with
the area just south of the river
where Sparrowsville once flour
ished would take the heavy sum
mer and Port of Morehead City
traffic completely out of Kins
ton and remove another maior
rracuon of the total number of
cars that today are constantly
pounding LaRoque Bridge to
pieces.
In addition to this minor prob
lem there are 510 miles of dirt
road in Lenoir County and if the
200 million road bond issue is
passed the Highway Department
engineers will have to think up
some quick answers for every
one of the thousands of people
who live on those 510 miles of