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Kinston. Today tb* former station is used as -
a barn and the only reminders of a more
glamorous day are its style of architecture and
_the still visible traces of the old roadbed that
ottbe bore the “Iron Hopes” back and forth
between the county seats of Lenoir and Greene
Counties.
who files over in the airplane
these old right-of-ways are
largely forgotten too. ;: , "';
The road bed that ran from
Kinston to Snow Hill is still
clearly visible from the air, as is
a great part of the old Dover
and Southbound that ran across
much trackless -wilderness f*pm
Dover to Richlands.
Surveyors, hunters, pilots and
loggers are about the only peo
ple left In this section today who
pgy much or any attention to
these old and expensive road
beds that meant so much to the
expansion, and development of
this area: n
-The railroad to Pink Hill, the
Snow Hill route and the Dover
ftlchlands are just.a memory to
a few of the older folks, but they
had a great deal to do with the
prosperity of this section today.
erly treated, sap
last 15 to 20 years.
Thirty More Lenoir Farmers Ask
Be Included in Drainage Project
MMck :
that; plans are moving
swiftly ahead so that 30-odd ad
ditional ^arm owners In Lenoir
County may be included In the
drainage district that has been
set up for the digging and clean
ing out of Joshua Creek and la
teral ditches in Leholr and Jones
Counties.
The addition ol this group of
Lenoir County landowners will
push the number signed up lor
this drainage district past the
100 mark, Griffin stated. Every
landowner whose land will bene
fit from the program as re
signed up to this point has sign
ed an agreement to share: his
prorata part of the cost of the
proect.
The Board of Viewers who will
inspect the land included in the
project and decide upon the
benefits derived includes Thom
as Rivers, of a drainage engi
neering company in Greenville,
John M. Hargett of Jones Coun
ty and Jarman Becton of Lenoir
County.' - ■ ...y;.
\ ’The additional Lenoir County
Warmers live 6n $hii western
edge of the Bearwell Pocosln on
the road that is locally known as
“Lightwood Knot Road.”
Before this additional group of
landowners were considered the
total digging scheduled for this
project was just over 10 miles,
which includes Joshua Creek and
all laterals.
INJURES HAND
Fletcher Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Smith of the Phillips
Crossroad section, was recently
painfully Injured when his hand
was caught in the wringer of the
family washing machine.
A tremendous increase in tree
plantings by private landowners
during fiscal year 1950 brought
the total acreage of reforested
land hi the iU. S. to 7,200,000
acres, according to the forest 8er_
vice of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
Election
of' Items -*<**!>{
Before It Monday
•■*"'■■• CtaM .vi'Jar.t •t.at'V
i addition ito. the, gcg&est for,
a | bond J*i»r. ejection by the,
tool board which is reported
anothw-story .in this, issue,
Jones County Board of Com
loners in Btbmary session
—Jfdy hated *>*u reppctriTrcno
&l fa rwiTBaperintendent ; Joet.
chrrwit *otiviUes;Ji*i
“^hestwa reports1
_J.^®8HAe6l*W *•«
aatm "ffffflft ** TTrfriWp.—ngr_
Franck
lard.
Raymted Banks appeared to
ask/the Ttoard to give considera
tion for a £av*lncrease during
|he coming year for /County
Ageht V. Thomas. .Banks
pointed out that Thomas had not
been given a pay bobst by the
county-ajpce he arrived and he
also stapxt-timt, in bis opinion,
Thomas! was as good at the Job
as any man that could be found.
The commissioners tbftt—Banks
that they wopld keep his request
in mind when t^e 1951-52 budget
a of a Senate
cate five mll
i and towns of
«fi<t roadway
- five million
would come
million dollar
h*ay depart
Franck reported to the board
that county funds In the Branch
Banking and Trust Company
were now insured up to $4*0,000.
In comphaace with a recent re
q««at~ ___ ~|
George
Week
bill tha
liondi
the stai
maintem
dollar
from a
surplus ih
ment’s
TrentohBoy
ed in the ce
Boy Scout We
interesting r$|
dow of the .
Company.T0
was prepared witli
of Soih»[COifeerva|
Griffin, WftOfs
er of the Trenton
practically all of _
methods of improving soils.
Seeding slopes to steep
an
known
for
, . “County Board of
Cdmfnissionei'i in February aOs
aio» iloriday had a hot potato
dumped In its lap by the county
8cnobl Board which asked for a !
bcWd isfeue election to decide
whether or not the people of the
*?«$£!wanted to approve issue
of ,?pO,000 in ‘school bonds to
finish two ‘constflidated high
V-iT” '-ywmuoicu xugil
- ILL- WJ'm-lj.*''- Mri
, Frm m ‘,$2?Mb,mr school
iPond issue that was voted, by the
tost, jfpar„.jJones bounty’s
of,, $335,000 , was not
sufljcient fcpr, complete towtruc
tion‘, of the two schools which
wlll,rf!onspUdatft,pli(,bigh.schools
*4 foe eoun^-Riis $130,poo now
teirfibft.Scbooh.board to
I™ WQttWpewait com
pletifih.pf the tar® schools as they
werfe orlatoftllyidesdMsed, -
J T**e -eomihlssioners
decfctedthtfwiroBM cai11 a P“b‘
for ^Monday, Febru
26th, at'10 a. in., In the court
b®Mfrs0 that everyone in the
<nmty might hay® A Chance to
vokse mi opinion as to 'whether
the bond election ahould be held
or not.lt was the attitude of the
commissioners that there would
be no need to spend money for
an election if there •tfas' nbVi
fairly good chance of the bohd
issue being passed. '
.County Ac c 6 U h tgii t E ET
Fitanarif reported that the pres
bonded • indebtedness of
i County IS. $378,500 and. of
..... ‘t Ben Moofe report
ed that the Local Government
Commission had informed his
office that at present Tones
County Could legally issue up to
$187,000 in, school bonds with the
consent of the' voters.
Jones County’s two members
of the General Assembly, Sena
tor. John D. Larkins and Repre
sentative Robert P; Bender, who
were; present for the discussion
of this proposed bond issue elec
tion .said that at this point it is
impossible, to register a guess as
to Whether the legislature will
appropriate any more money for
school construction for use dur
ing the next two years.
cultivation, terracing less steep
stopes, permanent'' pastures for
Spaing* UpK the; land and: the
farm income, tile in wet areas,
antf strip planting of soils that
are light and subject to wind
erosion ail are included in this
exhibit.
.4iO-<3(^L
iSSR
eb.l2th
Interest to the Lenoir County
News told Jones Journal Sub
scription campaign, which is now
mounting dai
ly as contestants, spurted by the
Grand Prise Award of a beauti
third place contestant will get
$200.00 and fourth place winner,
$ld0,00. The management points
out, however, that solicitors will
receive 20 per cent commission
on each dollar collected on both
new or renewed subscriptions If
they do not win one of the four
major prises, provided they re
malnactive.
»»;
fa, . Number of Openings
These newspapers would llke'to
have contestants In each section
of the county, and there are still
communities not represented.
Lenoir and Jones. Counties, all
rural communities, should be
represented with an active con
testant. Those interested in con
verting their leisure hours into
profitable and enjoyable work
are urged to send in their name
and address to the Lenoir Coun
ty Mews and Jones Journal, Kin
ston, N. C., asking for a re
ceipt book and full campaign
supplies. These will be furnished
immediately. It , is important,
however, to enroll in the-codfcest
as early as possible. The cam
paign wilT be concluded March
24. The management suggests
that those who plan to. enter the
contest, do so without delay to
compete under the first and big
gest extra vote SSfcr.' Hiere Is an
equal chance for all and the go
getter nwlll Have no trouble se
curing eredlts or votes.
The (pippaAin was especially
planned for sgare time work, ex
tending ' imt a. period of six
weeks ftmURMonday.
Extra Vote Offer
During
campaign
vote .offa
every $l|
turned uj
irst period of the
UaBtaging extra
On
ters di
Coupor
votes |
either
tlons I
years 1
mount’
.proportionate numbers of extra
votes. This is positively the big
gest extra vote offer that will be
made. -
r There is no limit to the number
of Chib Coupons a candidate
may secure. \
i Nominate yourself or a friend,
and ware" in some of ;jthe cash
thAhsgU be awarded to the Le
noir 'County- News and Jones
Jbamal readers in the next few
^reeks. Mall nomination coupon
appearing elsewhere : to this is
Sbe.- -- ~ - ■
All contestants should report
' the. cambaign manager at-the
it* News office on
«pw8 i/mcc uii
Wednesday and Saturday from
2:00 o’clock until 5:00 P. M.