turns;
chairman,
If*
Production and Marketing
Committee cipp|j
noir County stuck to its guns
against pleading on Monday of
two Kinston attorneys for John
Pottery bead Ml the
. John ^Bryan, state
a marketing penalty
i due .for unlawful
sn more severe pen*
uld have wiped out
acreage completely
due of 93,812.44. The acreage
production .average for the'five
adjoining farms was 1,096 pounds
per acre.
In remarks to the committee
Potter pointed out that some 190
farms suffered • allotment sus
pensions in the starte in the past
year, although Baker’s case was
a major one* H4 said there was
no way to^save the tobacco allot
ment to Baker if he had any
knowledge of. the marketing of
IN JONES FOR WEEK
7 on© serious
in Jones Coun
sk, that of as
ly weapon with
r which Magis
trate. J.- K. Dixon found' prob
able cause against Leo Jones.
Jones was required to post bond
of $150;. ,fpr appearance in
It was allegedthat Jones s
bed Levi (Babbit) Perry in
lung and inflicted other wot
in an affray near JByse Ft
AND TRAGEDY LIVED flERE
i'iiv
Mi
I This gracious home was built
just 100 years ago, and it has
seen war. happiness, tragedy,
and national success. It was built
by Furnifold Green Simmons,
descendant of one of. the. seven
families which settled Jones
County in 17071 It is located id
a grove of massive, moss-drapdd
•ajfcs in the Oak Grove section
aj^the coun*^
the home
gold monies and silver which
later educated one of the most
colorful figures of the Senate of
the United States, Furnifold Mc
Lendall Simmons. The family of
the; builder grew up arid moved
away, leaving him lonely. Then
tragedy struck.
' That- tragedy, struck - in the
woods' near,'th<;home. In 1903,
Of,the age of
©fee*
FUmifbld
shot .'and
ave. is
The home remains in the pos
sion of the family, now in the
name of John Parks of Raleigh,
who married one of the Simmons
women. The home is in ah ex
cellent state of restoration. The
major change has been on the
front of the house. The large
porch, deteriorated by age, has
been replaced by the smaller
stoop. - - ■'
Living there now is Earl E.
Bell, a young World War II vet
eran with his wife and son.
- “Reliable Rumors” from: Ra
leigh say william Umstead will
oppose Frank Graham for the
United States Senate in the
Democratic Primary next spring.
Conjecture on the kind of race
the two men will make is ramp
ant in every nook and corner of
the Capitol City. Nearly all
agree the race will be extremely
interesting in that it will pit
what might be termed an able
“old line politician” against a
member of' the first team from
President Truman’s “Fair Deal
College”.
Umstead is a man of proven
'ability, understood by the.poli
tician and liked by a great ma
ny of these professional vote per
suaders.
Graham is also a man of great
native intelligence, but his nairie
is not so acceptable among the
precinct boys. All agree tie is a
great intellectual, but many pon
der on his practicality as a poli
tician of the firing line type.
The &ap between the men is
much the same that existed be
tween Greenville’s brilliant Ifrb
' '
experience in the profesaional po
litical ring Graham has such as
sets as one of the world’s most
sparking and sincere personali
ties, a corps of devoted alumni
froth the school he taught in and
headed for so long.
Conjecture last week in Ra
leigh was rife on the subject of
what percentage of the UNC
SAVE YOUR MONEY
Two American Legion post
commanders, William J. Heard
in Kinston and Robert Bruce
Johnson in Trenton this week
are urging World War II veter
ans in Jones and Lenoir Counties
to save their money. The money
to Save is the flood of dividends
to be paid by Uncle Sam on
itfeeir .National Service Life In
surance, beginning in January.
More than $50 million will be
paid ' to some 350,000 World War
II veterans in North Carolina
alone. The savings method sug
gested by the two post com
manders is by the purchase of
Series E Savings Bonds, which,
will pay off four dollars in 1960
for every three invested now.
The dividend checks themselves
will have imprinted on their
backs “USE IT WISELY—BUY
u. s. Savings bonds.”
BACK ON DUTY
State,. -Highway Patrolman
Lem S. Meigs of MaysVille is
on duty after being laid up
e than a month with a
t Ailment. During his, ill
ness he underwent an operation
And treatment at the Veterans
Hospital at Fayetteville. Since
his return home he has added
i$ve pounds to his weight to in
dicate the progress of his re
covery.
alumni would support Gra&uh.
One man in a position to make
a competent comment, says the
folks who have graduated since
1930 would almost be 90 per
cent behind Graham, and he
adds that the further one goes
back the further away the adu
lation of Graham becomes.
(jranam aiso nas me messing oi
Scott. Whether this will be a
blessing or a curse is difficult to
say at this point. Many people
who voted for Scott are now
chilly when Scott’s name is men
tioned. There are several thou
sand ex-Scott men who support
ed and voted for him in his race
for governorship because he was
opposed' to a road bond issue
as proposed by his opponent
Charles Johnson.
Among Scott’s heavy rural
following is perhaps the lowest
percentage of UNO alumni and
if the “Communist” angle is
dragged into the campaign it
will be among the people who
supported Scott that this line of
attack will find the most credu
lous ears.
Umstead has, of course, all the
anti-Scott folks tentatively on
his side, but this again is a mat
ter of guesswork and hot votes
in the box.
Many UNC alumni of influ
ence who turn pale and shiver at
the, mention of Scott’s name are
100 per cent, .«• dyed-in-the-wool
GrahmWt|&K! ; :
Graham has industriously and
wisely ma^e many public' ap
pearances over North Carolina
since his appointment to fill the
Senate post and it can be guar
anteed that each public /appear
ance has gained him some votes.
Graham can talk a squirrel out
of his last, nut and if he talks to
enough garth Carolinians it to
safe ,to predict thuj^he will talk