“A BETTER COUNTY THROUGH IMPROVED FARM PRACTICES’*
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,V; Felix Harvey, chairman for
: the annual drive to raise funds
for the Lenoir County Chapter
of the Anierican Cancer Society,
and R. L. Edwards, Jones County
Chairman, have urgently re
quested that everyone in the
two counties make some contri
bution, no matter how small, to
- the drive in order that the goal
might be reached.
Committees have been named
in every community of the-two
-^Counties for soliciting funds and
|jjbdth drive chairmen express the
g||j} inion that the goal will, be
- 'reached in their respective coun
Some S3 men aqd women of
Pollocksville last week displayed
their talents in a minstrel show
to raise funds for the» Construc
tion of their Community Center.
That effort added $155 to the
fund,.and otter activities in the
near future are expected to en=
able the final construction of .the
building. „ 'I.'' ''^fi
The concrete walls of the Com
munity Center have been erect
ed with the expenditure of ap
proximately $2,500, and the next
step is the addition of the roof.
There is now on hand in the
treasury of the special commit
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The la home demonstration
clubs of Jones County will gath
er at 2 p. m. Friday in the Agri
culture ^Building at Trenton for
their . Spring Federation meet
ing. fhe principal speaker at
the annual gathering will bo
-.John H. Harris, Extension Set
vice horticulturist, who will
. speak on the landscaping of the
home ground ahd other related
. subjects pointing to the May
flower show of the clubs, Home
Demonstration Agent Mary Hel
en Loftin said.
A huge percentage of .the 242
members of the home clubs in
Jones County is expected to 'be
f| in Tl-enton on Friday for the
^.meeting under the direction - of
Mrs. WUma Mallard, county
president The club having the
largest percentage of members
TI\e tenth annual Coastal
Plain Fat Stock Show opened
Wednesday in Kinston with the:
krg&t number of entries in the
JhstOrybfthei ev&t Again this
year,' as,, in the past, swine en
tries far outnumbered the beef
cattle on display but there was
a considerable increase in- this
category over, last year.
judging of. the.. prime- .animals
was set to take place Wednesday
alto-noon and the sale was to be
held Thursday. A well-rounded
program has been mapped out
for the event and the boys and
girls from 4-H Clubs fill over
Eastern Carolina were -given ev
ery assurance that a full two
days would be awaiting them.
County Agent Joe Koonce,. Jr.,
who is chairman of the event, has
urged that everyone take the op
portunity to go by the New Car
olina Warehouse and see the fine
animals on display.
This event is sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce, city and
county governments.
4-0 CLUB COUNCIL
PLANS CAMP TRIP
The principal business dis
cussed by 25 members of the
Jones County 4-H Club Council
was next summer’s vacation, As
sistant £ounty Agent George
Wiggins has reported The plan
ned trip of the senior clubbers
to Manteo and that of the juniors
to lasher’s Landing had priority
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must make immediate applica
tion to besure of reservations.
The details of „ the junior camp
.still have to be forked out
Passed Away
MRS. ELIZA R. FUTRELL
55-year-old widow of. Frank Fu
trell and native of Jones County,
died at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Julia Davis, at 10:30 last
Wednesday evening following a
long period of ill' health. Fune
ral services were held from the
graveside in the Plantation Cem
etery at 3:30 Thursday.
present at the federation meet
ing will be presented a copy of
the . book -“The-. Rig Fisherman”
by Lloyd Douglass for its library,
Mrs. Loft in s^id.
HOME BASE OF WIDESPREAD jHAKDY FAMILY
This home in the Institute section of Lenoir
County is regarded as a homestead by scores of
people bearing the name of Hardy. Construction
was begun on the home in 1808 by the Westbrook
family, according 16 a date cut into the chimney
of the bguse. In 1838 it was acquired by the
Hardy family. . The third generation of the fam
ily in this country moved to Lenoir from Bertie
County. There has been a Lemuel Hardy in the
family since the Revolutionary War. and one of
them. J.'Lemuel Hardy, lives in the home now.
The Hardy family is one of the most numer
ous in Lenoir County today. The earlier Hardys
had large families, up to 15 children each. The
first Parrott Mewborne Hardy was the first of
the family to live in the house, and his children
numbered 13. The third Parrott Mewborne Har
dy lives now in Raleigh.
This old home has been the scene of good
and bad times. The duality and number of chick
en stews cooked IhWe in the past have a consid
erable reputation. It was occupied during the
War Between the States by Union armies, and
some of them were repelled by Mrs. Sarah Hardy
who threw* hot water on the invaders.
Seventh Senatorial District Race
Looms Hot and Important; Scott,
All Have a Part
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in which
tetiiss to do battle for its fXJO For
ward” program. The incumbent
senators from this district,' “Lib
by” Ward of New Bern and John
D. Larkins, Jr., of Trenton were
not numbered among Scott’s
strongest supporters in the 1949
session of the General Assembly
and it has been Itfng rumored
that “Scott was going to tie a can
to their tails”.
What may ■ be the beginning
of this effort was the announce
ment last week by Jesse Jones,
Kinston lawyer and staunch
Scott supporter, that he would
seek one of the district’s two
seats in the 1951 Assembly. Jones
was the first candidate to get his
hat into the ring and there may
or may not have been pertinence
in the fact that Scott was in
Kinston Wednesday night be
fore Jones announced Thursday
morning. . .
The Seventh District is com
posed of Carteret, Craven,
SUBSTITUTE FOR JONES MILK ROUTE
WEEK IN JONES
The Superior Court docket of
Jones' County has had carried
over to the September 18 crim
inal session more cases from the
term of court just concluded by
Judge Walter Bone of Nashville
than is usual. But the docket
was flooded by an even 100 cas
es, an unusual number for Jones
County, from the cancellation of
the criminal term of the court in
December, Clerk of the Court
Murray Whitaker has reported.
Sixty of the 100 cases were
disposed by Judge Bone, how
ever, and a number of defend
ants were not present in the
court when their cases and their
bonds were called Most convic
tions came on assault cases,, nine
in all, and nolle prosequi entries
were made by the court in eight
old cases on the docket. Six
persons were convicted -for driv
ing drunk by the court, four for
reckless driving and five for vi
Greene, Jones, Onslow and Le
noir counties.
Jones in his announcement for
candidacy reiterated his inten
tion to do everything in his pow
er to implement Scott’s program
—a promise that is viewed from
two extremes in every one of
the counties in the district, but
a promise that may be judged as
an asset since the counties of the
district have voted for Scott and
for the “Go Forward” program
on every occasion offered.
Jones stuck his neck out on
one hot subject by announcing
that he would fight to call a
statewide liquor referendum.
This, can be presumed to have
cost him, at least, the support of
the county and city officials in
five of the district’s six counties,
since all the counties except
and have become accustomed to
using the considerable 'income
from the whisky stores. ’ - •
olation at the liquor laws.
The major conviction came on
the first day of the week’s court
with the. sentencing of Eulor
Jackson to not less than 20 or
more than 25 years in the state
penitentiary for the murder of
Willie Bragg in a Pollocksville
logging camp dispute. Eleven per
sons received sentences of time
on the road and in the peniten
tiary from the court.
Other charges ■ in which guilt
was found by the court included
one assault with intent to kill,
two breaking, entering and lar
ceny, two non-support, one for
gery and two affrays. Fifty-six
true bills were handed up by
the Grand Jury, and three di
vorces were granted by the
court.
VACCINATIONS FOR
DOGS THIS WEEK
The town of Trenton, by di
rection of the council will take
part in the vaccination of Jones
County’s dogs for rabies, it has
been announced by Mayor C. C.
Jones. The veterinarians who
will carry out the program in all
parts of the county will be in
Trenton on Saturday at Nobles’
and Barber’s stores for the con
venience of*Trenton residents in
bringing their pets in for the
service, the mayor said..
He pointed out that persons
who fail to have their dogs, six
months old or older, Vaccinated
by the end of the rabies clinics
on April 22 will be liable for
prosecution under la*w under a
town ordinance.