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Sam Hawkes, will be in Kinston
January 18th at 7:80 p. m, for- a
meeting in the Agricultural'
Building at which they- wilt
bring all Who are interested lo
cally up to date on^the latest in*
.formation on tobacco diseases,
curing problems and marketing
’information.
# Of particular interest % all
tobacco growers will be their re
port on how toe hew strains re
sistant to both black shank and
Granville has* held up and
them to know just what
ct in the way of pound
ring and selling front
valuable information
j> be gained from those
l souls Who; have coal
tobacco curing units.
. and Hawkes will have
to be
like raindrops in Jones
last -weak according to
Jeter Taylor. But the
finally caught up with Ed
ward Lee Humphrey of Aydefl.
Hie sheriff located Humphrey in
Greenville to answer for one bad
check in Jones County. Then
the charges', from three other
counties came rolling into Tren
ton. , •
.• -Although only $140 is involved
there are 12 separate bad check
charges lodged against Humph
rey now. He is faced with ser
vice; of 19 months on the state
roads. Of that total one month
comes from Jones County, two
months from Alamance County
and 16 months from Onslow
County. Humphrey will be
transferred to Pitt County to
face further charges.
Humphrey explained that his
downfall came when he got
drunk, let the. rations for his
wife and four children run out,
foreing him to write the checks
in amounts of five to twenty
dollars.' ’ '
One other bad check charge
was heard before Magistrate J.
K. Dixon during the week, that
one against Earl (Doc) Smith,
Trenton painter, who admitted
giving A, E. Haddock worthless
paper for $69,96 in cash. A
friendly agreement, with as
sessed costs, was reached by the
judge and the defendant. Smith
signed an agreement to pay Had
dock oh February -fyt when he
4-H Clubs of
Jones County met on Friday
night in the Trenton Agriculture
Building. Some 30 junior club
members * were present at the
meeting directed by "Assistant
County Agent George Wiggins.
The major business of the ses
sion was the advancing of the
4-H Club meetings in the county
schools for January one week.
The meetings will be held be
tween the 16th and 19th. The
group enjoyed the showing of a
motion picture on the life of a
country doctor at the close of the
business session.
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This is an Eagle’s-eye view of the big ditch recently completed
between the farms of Rupert Rouse and F. H. Jarman In Vance’
Township of Lenoir County. This 3.644 foot drainage project
is aimed at making some 70 acres of farm land more productive
on the two farms. In the center of the picture is an old dormi
tory of the late Tyndall College, which is npw in use on the
Rouse farm a» a pack house and tool shed. This school flour
ished around the turn of the century. The primary purpose of
this ditch was to turn the water against the natural flow, per
mitting a tile system to work better on the two farms- In some
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Trenton Eastern Star
> Greets District Matron
The Trenton Chapter of the
Order of Eastern Star last week"
had its official visit from the
district Deputy Worthy Matron.
She was Mrs. Vera B. Ipack of
Cove City. Thegathering was a
j joint meeting with the Cove City
chapter, and more than 40 mem
bers assembled to greet the vis
iting official.
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General Jonathan Wain wright,
famed hero of Bataan and Cor
regidor, has accepted an invita
tion to be guest of honor at the
North Carolina State Convention
of Disabled American Veterans
which will be held in Kinston
during June. State' Commanjer
Bill Lewis will preside at the
three-day session.
Kinston DAV Officer Carl Cau
dill says that plans now in the
making call for one of the big
gest affairs ever to be held in
Kinston. Headquarters for the
convention will be set up in the
office of the Chamber of Com
merce in Hotel Kinston, and of
ficers of the Lenoir County Post
No. 32 of the DAV, who are to
be elected in the, February meet
ing of the local outfit will also
have a prominent part in the
three-day gathering.
Prominent DAV officials from
37 states have acknowledged in
vitations and have expressed an
intention to be on hand for the
biggest and best convention yet
to be held in North Carolina.
Part of the convention; festivi
ties will include the biggest pa
rade ever held ..
ens.,of' bandsT i
animations are
ted. to taktngf
and the entire
of Kinston yjjl_
- have also been made
chestras and present plans call
fpr a . nafhe-band dance each
night of the convention.
Caudill urge* every DAV mem
ber and every potential DAV
member to be present at the Feb
ruary meeting, which will be
held in the office of the Cham
nd military org
already commit
art in the parade
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