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_ "A BETTER COUNTY THROUGH IMPROVED FARM PRACTICES J TRENTON, W. C-, THURSDAY, JUNK 28, 1951 _ .*# ., '**’ '.i/fv;" saffi i »? • •• SLrrS __ NUMBER 7 ! The Past Week in Review per which Haw repeatedly al leged that Kinston is a hot bed ^fftmta^ln^KHsUe^jy^every number of witnesses were called the grand Jury for ques tioning. Among these was Chief of Police Marion Haskins who told the Jury that his depart ment would be happy to do ev erything in its power to check on Specific charges against per sons, but the chief reminded the Jury that it is-impossible to move against the broad generalisa tions that have been hurled at the community In this editorial assult Editor Galt Braxton of the Dally Paper was called be fore the jury also but he was onto able to reiterate his written words that there is gambling go ing oh in and around Kinston. No specific names were ottered persons Ware forthcoming. The Grand Jury will continue work today on this particular phase of its duties to get to the' bot tom of the charges made by Ed itor Braxton, In spite of the fact that the editor was unable to aubstanatiate hlS written alle first that iw had his story attacked by an unknown individual who had inflicted the wounds an him. Later, however, the yeai| man admitted that he had re ceived a “Dear John” letter Iran his girl friend back hoase who had.dedded not to wait for him and was latching on to someone else. The frustra tion caused by thfc letter Iran the unfaithful home town cal Caused the marine to slash his wrist In a suicide attempt. He was removed to the naval hos pital at Camp Lejeone after roceivinc treatment In a local hospital. In mite of the fact that he admitted thfit he doubted the le gality of his action, Judge Ches ter Morris Tuesday changed the sentence of 17 year old Basel Pigford who had earlier been sentenced to a two year prison term in gtete prison by Judge A- It- Crisp, for attempted arson. Due 'to a peculiarity In the law which forbids acceptance of girls under 18 years old in the state prison system and another quirk of the law which forbids the acceptance efc a girl convicted of a felony in reform schools or training schools such as the Dobbs Panto rite girl has been kept here in the eounty jail since she was sentenced in April by, Judge Crisp. ‘ Judge 'Morris _Lnolr County PMA Chtinun Whltforj Hill says that Thurs day nightie the deadline for tolneeo fanners to make ap tBWr mind abont what they "» *otog to do with the ex cess tobacco they hare on their *Jrtns. After Thursday night ttoee farmers who hare not nbjdo dear the*- intentions wlH be antcmatieally pat on the list for a red merkettng m. Mrs. Dan Parrott has been, named chairman of the Kinston horary association succeeding Paul LaRouque who has ended a Iwo year term as head of the local group which supervises li brary activities In the county. Fire/ from an undetermined orign Sunday afternoon des iwwod a 30 by 60 two story paekhoose on the Currin How ard farm in upper Jones Coun ty and the 27 acres of oats that had been stored in this pack house. A number of highway patrol men well known In Eastern Car olina were Included among th< 39 who were promoted Frldaj ny the motor vehicles depart ment. T. w. Fearing, who wa; stationed In Kinston for eight years has been promoted to ser 8^an^,_Johii Laws, the patrol’; The 1951 directory for the city of Kinston has been distributed to Kinston business houses, of fices and other advertising sub scribers during the past week and like all previous directories it Includes a wealth of valuable information which makes it practically indispensable to most offices. The principal part of the di rectory includes an alphabetical listing ot all persons living in Kinston at the time the di rectory was compiled at the end of 1950. Another section lists the persons living on the five rural free delivery routes of the Kins ton post office and another sec tion gives a chonological listing of telephone numbers in tihe dty. A classified business directory includes the nrulhe and Addresses if of all business and professional offices and lists the officers of all organizations. Kinston fits fairly comfortably into the national pattern of cities since In this directory of more than 18,000 persons the % -lanes Family comes out at the ' the list with 255 names iston directory. There eight John Jonses in nd seven BUI Joneses/ Ini' its usdai number < on the popularity par “ Family which —_i the directory Oor nf these are dphn i of the Smith iHi t amily and after the Williams listings there are 152 buttons, in cluding seven John Buttons. The Davis Family is the next most familiar name in the di rectory with 140 Davises includ ing seven John Davises. Close on the heels of the Da vis Family is the Moore Family with 139, Brown Family with 120 and the White Family with 109 listed make up the family names with more than 100 living in Kinston. An even dozen Trenton Boy Scouts spent last week at Camp Charles near Wilson and enjoyed the training and fellowship af forded by this annual encamp ment; Scdut Leader Mack iorlf fto reported this week. Local Scouts at the camp last weuk wm» draham, Aaron. Wes John and Mary are, of course, the most popular given names in the directory. Alice B. Abbott, a bookkeeper for the daily paper in Kinston has the honor of being first in the listing and Edmund J. Zul koskie, a mechanic with the Fer rell Motor Company brings up the rear of the listings. City Manager Bill Heard has, the ^distinction of being one of the few persons listed in the directory who has his name mis spelled. The top administrative officer of the community is William J. Head. 30 Days Per Check Trenton, Magistrate J. K. Dixon this week paid Frank Davis Jr. off in days for his infringements of the laws per taining to passing bad checks. Davis was before J. P. Dixon on five counts of passing worthless checks from three to 25 dollars. Dixon gave Davis 30 days on the reads for each check. Editorial 6For This Relie f Much Than ks9 We print below the full text of the report filed Wsd: isday by the Lenoir County Grand Jury, which eloquently speaks for Itself and gives Kinston and Lenoir County a clean bUl-cf-kealth insofar as the loosely thrown charges of Newspaperman Galt Braxton are concerned. It Is to be hoped that Newspaperman Braxton will in the future attempt to discover facts before he turns his typewriter loose with a slanderous attack against what we considered to be the finest town In the world. TO HIS HONOR CHESTER MORRIS, JUDGE PRESIDING, GREETINGS: We have received 21 bills and found 21 true We inspected the Lenoir County Prison Camps and County and City Jails and found theta to bo in good condition. In the regular line of our investigations and under definite instructions of the court, we have diligently undertaken an investigation of current rumors of gambling in Kinston and in Lenoir County. This particular subject has been iiffUMa upon the minds of the members of this body because of recent particular discussions of the subject in the “Kinston Daily Free Press,” a newspaper published in Kinston. Very naturally we called before us Sheriff S. R. Churchill, of County and Chief of Police Marion Hashing of the City of Kinston, and Mr. H. Galt Braxton, editor and publisher of the “Kinston Dally Free Press.” Both the Sheriff and the Chief of Police advised that they had no -mhstantl.) infor mation as to who, if any people, are carrying on such violations of the law in their respective jurisdictions. Notwithstanding they have been diligent in seeking evidence of the character which would lustily indictments. Mr. Braxton advised in effect that he knew nothing of sufficient force to justify indictments for violations of any laws against gambling that such information as he had was merely of a hearsay nature. The sources mentioned are those from which this .body had hoped to obtain information; but in the light of each investigation, it has concluded that the alleged vio ' the Jaws has been greatly magnified, and it does not that this city and county are any worse, if as bad, M the normal other cities U* SfiBLaS is J - " . -j* Time Now to Dust for Controlling Boll Weevil Crop Conditions But for two neighborhoods, crops in Jones an^ Lenoir coun ties at this time are in good to excellent condition. The Com fort section of Jones County and the Moss Hill Community in Le noir County are both suffering from lack of rain and to a lesser degree water in considerable quantities is needed in the east ern section of Lenoir County’s Contentnea Neck Township. Landowners up and down the Trent River this week were busy using various kinds of irrigation equipment to pump the river wa ers to their thirsty crops. Pollocksville Robbery Similar to Series That Plagues Onslow Officers Jones County Sheriff Jeter Taylor says there Is very little evidence to go on In searching for the thief or thieves who last Thursday night removed the window from the Bender Candy Company In Pollocksville and hauled away some $2,000 worth of assorted wholesale items stor ed in the company's warehouse. A series of similar robberies up and down US Highway 17 have Sheriffs In Jones, Onslow, Craven and Pamlico counties scratching their heads, Taylor reports. It Is the feeling of of ficers Investigating this series of robberies that the work is being done faya well-organised group that Is thoroughly familiar with the business of stealing. Gloves were apparently by those Who removed the hdusS?® left anywhere about the place, Taylor reports. Reported missing from the Pollocksville robbery were 18 cases of cigarettes, two cases of Alka-Seltzer, one case of chew ing gum and an assortment of smaller Items. Officers all over East Carolina have been alerted to be on the lookout for individuals who ap pear to be too interested in business establishments with which they have little or no connection. Descrlptiona of the cars believed to have been used in this soles of robberies have been furnished police through out this section. Anyone having information that they might think useful in the apprehension of these thieves is urged to contact the nearest iw enforcement officer Jones County Farmers with cotton acreage are urged to start dusting or spraying operations this week. Spot checks made in various fields of Jones County made by Wayland Reams. Jones County County Agent, during the week ending June 23 showed that boll weevils have started to puncture squares. The per centage of damaged cotton squares varied from none to a high of six per cent, with an average of four percent for all of the eight fields checked. It is considered profitable to start boll weevil control treat ments as soon as the percentage of punctured squares reaches eight to ten percent. It is be lieved that the average cotton field in Jones County should be sprayed or dusted starting with the first treatment this week. To check boll weevil infestation the following procedure is fol lowed: Start at the nearest cor ner of tile field and work diag onally across to the far comer. Examine • 100 squares across the field and keep the punctured and damaged ones In mind. Aft er 100 squares have been exam ined at random, figure the per centage of punctured and dam aged squares. If 10 squares are damaged of the 100 squares ex amined, the percentage of dam aged squares is 10 percent. There are three materials which are recommended to con trol the boll weevils and the boll worms. They are Toxaphene, Alderin, and Benzine hexa chloride. The directions Of the manufacturer should be followed in mixing and applying these poisons. Hogs, sheep, and beef cattle are being used by M. L. Cooke, Route 2, Granite Falk, to de velop a diversified program on his farm.
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