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gjP :The avowed destination of U. S. Senatorial Candidate Willis Smith of Raleigh is the Nation’s
Capitol, after ! the second Democratic Primary c >ntest with incumbent Senator Frank Graham on
| June 24. Kinston was a brief stop on that planned itinerary last week when Candidate Smith
uubo0 by from a swing through Onslow and Dmlin Counties. He is shown here in front of the
'Hotel Kinston, where the Disabled American Veterans state convention was being held, with
soma friends, with when* he consulted about campaign strategy. In the group, left to right, is
^ Luke Jackson, Jr„ HoweU Rasberry, Thomas Me whom, Candidate Smith and George Knott, Jr.
gift Approaching the grqup at left is R. A. Whitaker.—(Whitaker-Leffew Photo)
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Editor’s note: Followinghere
la » report from H. A. Powers,
Tennessee Valley. Authority
mot expert who Is checking
on f ertilizer uses In Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia,
Tennessee and North Carolina
to tbsedf* usage of TVA-pro
dueed fertilizers. He visited
Jones County last month aiong
with C. B. Ratchford, extension
farm management supervisor
from State College..
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npi : : By H. A. POWERS
quite impressed with the
things I saw in Jones County. Of
, course, the most eye-catching
w jV; tiling is the wonderful pastures
now growing all over the county.
* ,.‘ X have never seen better pas
~r~.. tints ANYWHERE. The pastures
^'.-should mean a great deal to
Jones County in the future.
Unwell balanced progdam is be
followed. The farmers arts
>g their cash crops and are
g grass and livestock. The
MffiiiiL are being produced on
‘ which is unsuited to tobac
tand even to com or soybeans ^
of the pastures which we
jMjfthd farm of W. E. Phil
arid several of the Malladds
ought tojpdoduce the feed equi
valent or 601 to '80 bushels of
com per acre. It would be prac
tlcally Impossible to marce this
much corn year after year on
this land and then think of the
labor that is saved.
The .thing that impressed me
most as an Extension worker is
the fact that the County Exten
sion Staff and the farmers know
the kind of agriculture that they
want in Jones County, know how
to get it, and are working at
getting it. They realize that they
must cooperate to secure many
of the things they want. The seed
exchange is a good example of
the way the farmers are cooper
ating to good advantage.
Perhaps the greatest problem
on the farms I visited is securing
more cattle to utilize the pas
tures which are growing so well.
The grass will pay off only-if
fed through livestock. All the
farms ' we visited had. surplus
grass. Now the pastures must
cdme first but as the pastures are
secured, livestock must be added.
Cattle are very high and certain
ly good jusdment must be used
in buying additional cattle. I saw
a lot of hogs, however, on POOR
pastures which could make good
use of the Ladino pastures. Per
haps adding hogs is the immedi
ate solution to a surplus of grass.
Another problem js keeping a
Bridge Held Up
Negotiations are continuing
on the part |i the claims divi
sion of the State Highway and
Public Works Commission in
an fjttort to pi^ufttase from
Kinston Cafe Operator Speros
Maroules enough land to re
locate the tower of Radio Sta
tion WFTC which now stands
almost squarely in the middle
of the right-of-way for the
new bridge that has been con
tracted for across Neuse River
at the foot of King Street in
Kinston. Technical conditions
make it impossible to move the
tower further from the Radio
Station which is now located
ju|st three 'blocks! lawny and
the highway department faces
the responsibility of supplying
the station with an adequate
location to locate the tower.
Maroules, who owns the land
adjacent to the tower has
“been most difficult to deal
with,” a high official of the
department has stated. “In 17
years this is the toughest nut
I’ve tried to crack,” the of
ficial says.
Fewer chickens will be raised
on farms In 1950 than in 1949.
Eagle Home Game
Friday, June 23, Tarboro.
Saturday, June 24, New Bern.
Monday, June 26, Wilson.
Wednesday, llune 28, Green
ville. „ .
lot of workstoek after tractors
are added. When a tractor is
added, some of the mules should
go. 1 realize mules are cheap and
they do not cost much to keep
when good grazing is available.
In many eases, however, it would
he a wlae thlng to gtve^he mules
away if they cannot be sold. Get
rid of the mules as they are not
needed and add productive live
stock'.' * /:i ' v'vV
M.v hat is off to Mr. Thomas
p.nd .the Jones County farmers
for doing a good Job. Also, I ap
preciate the hospitality which
was offered. ( Sj,
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Search For Baby Called
Off by Taylor and Koonce
The search for a missing Negro
baby at Maysvllle has been aban
doned for the time being after
thorough digging-up of gardens
in the effort to find the remains
of a body, it has been arinounced
by Jones County Sheriff Jeter
Taylor. The search began when
an anonymous letter accused
Rebecca Cannady, 15, of dispos
ing of a newborn child, on the
night of May 11.
Taken into custody the girl
told conflicting stories, accusing
first her grandmother, Laura
Cannady, and then Millicent
Moore of burning and disposing
of the infant. Paternity of hte
child was admitted to the sheriff
by Colon Moore, 17, who had been
giving money to the girl since
March 1949.
The search for the corpus delicti
disrupted several gardens and
outhouses near the homes df
those involved in the accusations.
But nothing was found by Sheriff
Taylor and Welfare Superinten
dent F. J. Koonce, Sr.
The girl has now been remand
ed to' the custody of her mother
in New York City under a $200
appearance bond as a material
witness by Juvenile Court Judge
Murray Whitaker, following con
Pink Hill Clubmen
Unanimously Favor
Hospital Acceptance
After hearing Kinston Lawyer
Jesse Jones and Hospital Board
Memlber George Jordan speak
Monday night on the plan for ac
ceptance of Memorial General
Hospital and issual of $465,000
for its expansion by the county,
members of the Pink Hill Busi
ness Men’s Club voted unani
mously in favor of the plan.
The Pink Hill clubmen added
their names to the growing list
of Lenoir Countians who are
joining in the effort to get Kins
ton the best possible hospital fa
cilities. Citizens of the county
will go to the polls on July eighth
to decide the issue.
The number of forest fires in
the United States, increased ap
proximately 11 per cent during
1949, but the total acreage burn
ed was less than that swept gy
fire in 1948
sultations with state and county
Welfare Department authorities.
The Moore woman is also bonded
in the amount of $250 as a. ma
terial witness pending any fur
ther developments.
Neuse River Still Yields
Many Fish to Those On
Its Length Who Still Try
Neuse River is a lot of things
to a lot of people. It all depends
iupon where you are sitting just
ftirwr this old muddy, ditch strikes
you. Smithfield gets its water
from it. Raleigh and Kinston
dump their sewerage in it. Thou
sands of people young and old
fish in it from its broad mouth
at Pamlico Sound to its head
waters in Piedmont North Caro
lina.
Millions of fish are caught from
it every year, yet a great many;
people complain and point out
that fishing in “The River” ain’t
what it used to be. Perhaps the
most often snsga-ed fish thaf
swims these many miles of the
old Neuse are catfish, the type
pictured with the twoi young
fishermen accompanying thta
story.
Perch by the thousand, carp,
eels, bass—or as more popularly
known in this part of the coun
try ‘Chub”—are found nearly
the full length of the fresh wa
ters of the Neuse and from New
Bern to the sound all the many
varieties of salt water fish can
be found in great number al
though they are generally migh
ty small since the advent of the
shrimp trawler and the fine nets
they use.
The two expert fishermen pictured here are Bobby (with the
Hah) and Billy Price and not like a great many fishermen they
have evidence of their skill. These young men were just two
of the hundreds that dropped a hook into some part of Neuse
River last Saturday lnd their reward was the foot long cat
fish they so proudly display. There may be more royal fish in
file world, mo. v succulent (though some will argue this point)
but none can compare the eyes of theeager pair shown above.
Photo by Jack Rider; ,
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