A registered letter in the mail
on Wednesday gave one Jones
County tobacco grower ft 10-acre
allotment cut from big 244 'acre
quota because of adqttifgt and
•tearposebd overptanting in the
1040 season, 4»te action taken
against Paul O. Gilbert of Chin
quapin Township was the final
gicision matte by the Production
end Marketing Administration
county committee following a
here
bribe to County PMA
ten Milton Gilbert, Sec
Nelson Barker and Com
- Committeeman Wallace
as a “Joke" when the
U0O wiyiivwwNniwwy»»«vMHi
of the facts of his crop at
Jsfceht farms in setting the pen
Sllty. With th% M-acre quota cut
lor the coming year also went a
cash penalty of *431.64.
< sore problem facing the
Jones County PMA Committee is
one that had repercussions in
the election of Community com
mitteemen and delegates to the
county convention: for the elec
tion of the county committee fa
43o- ■ ■1
Nineieen more
before the
Cow
Commutes Mondav
bot««M of nil* infractions dur
»■» the put tobacco (mviag
and selling uacon. The ma
jority of the offenders wove
parsons who bad'failed to tom
in their marketing cards. Three
of the grbup ware fined for
—Wng tobacco on other per
*i**^*11 uufjj##* among
tits* «u Woodrow Turuge
of Yanoe Township, who arid
''Own* Over ajBO pounds of to
TO.. ..Jrnrtdrllehad
to pay the pawdHy on ovary
pound that ho v.«
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But. in the convention four of the
seven delegates formed' V solid
front for the incumbent commit
?tee. er * '.'X* - - ,
The action taken by the coun
ty committee pgsses the problem
up to the PMAstate levhl, and
It was taken with the knowledge
and advice of state officials.
Present at the Inquiry wait John
Bryan of Greenville, field officer
of the state .office, and L- H.
Bowling, state tobacco ware
house auditor. Brant was ,in
! telephone- consultation' with the
Raleigh headquarters during the
hearing.
renew Toot
up to $100,000. Fund* ootsld*
* The political waters began to
simmer slowly in Jones County
this Week with the announce*
m&nt of the first candidacy tor
tew 1050 Democratic Primary on
May 27.' That candidate is Sher
iff Jeter Taylor, who seeks to
ing. It was reposted, however,
that two of the veteran incum
bents might not seek the office
for another term.
Other' offices in Jones County
due lor contest in May are those
of the seven-man Board of Edu
cation, Clerk of the Court Mur
ray Whitaker, add State Repre
sentative G. N. Noble. Another
Jones Countian who is faced
with political contest is State
Senator John D. Larkins, Jr, of
Trenton. ,
As of January 1 on-farm sup
plies of grain (corn, wheat, oats,
barley, and rye), in North Caro
lina totaled 57,804,000 bushels.
This Was the second largest farm
ktocks for this date during the
past ten years.
taneous Move After
ial Refusal Brings
Extension Salary Boost
for jhe last of this
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Following the hearing of Jones
citizens, District Farm Agent C.
S. Mintz and District Home
Agent Verona J. Langford the
board was faced with a red ink
solution in order to comply.
Chairman Mallard said he would
giye two days’ pay as a county
commissioner — ten dollars — to
satisfy the justified request. His
fellow - commissioners, Cephus
Foscue, P. D. Westbrook, John
Creaghi, Jr., and Eugene Hood,
voiced the same sentiment
Within minutes subscriptions
from Bender, State Senator John
D. Larkins, Jr., County Attorney
George Hughes, Claude P. Banks,
Rom W. Mallard and County Au
ditor Earl E.. Francks had boost
ed the total to $150 of the need
ed $600. Farm Bureau President
Bender offered the service of his
organization in the handling of
the supplementary salary fund
for County Agent A. V. Thomas;
Home Agent Mary Helen Loftin,
Assistant Farm Agent George
Wiggins and Secretary Hilda
Flowers Pollock.
The salary increases, which
seemed assured by the spontan
eous response of Jones County
ciHjians, 5 will mean $40 per
only $2,400 per year. It was al
so pointed out in die hearing
that state funds amounted to
$9,224 in the support of the
county’s Extension Service;
while, the county’s share was on
ly $2,750. tv
Other matters considered by
the commissioners included two
road improvement petitions, six
relief vouchers for die welfare
Department and adjustment of
two tax matters on land listed in
error. An appointment made
was that of Claude P. Banks of
the Oak Grove section as county
Federal Housing Authority rep
resentative for another term in
the 12-county district.
COTTON DEADUNE
Jones County' Production and
Marketing Association Secretary
Nelson Barker has announced
that February 15. is the deadline
for filing application for new
cotton quotas under the new
acreage allotments that have
■been set up. Partners Who were
not given a ; cotton quota under
recently issued acreage alloca
tions must file an application
with Barker before the 15th. His
office in the Agriculture Build
ihg is open every day except