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Although Senator John D,
XJurilns is not a native of North
Carolina he has had his hat
hanging long enough In Jones
County to almost be as good as
Ideal tolls. To say that he -133 a
Personality is perhaps und&fta
saw the light of day In Morris
town, Tenn. Bis public schooling
Hollowed the path of his minister
father from Gedartown to Ha
zlehurst, Georgia, to Fayetteville,
N. C., and finally his graduation
frtth high school caught him in
ware Forest college naturally
claimed Larkins and he took
a Bachelor of Arts Degree there
in 1928 «nd received his law de
gree in 1990.
Larkins is a “Joiner" by nature
and belongs to about as many
organizations ag anyone in the
state and pecularly enough he
manages to take an active part
, in just about all of the many
societies that he belongs to at
present. He belongs to that ever
growing fraternity of “Fathers
with two daughters and ho
sons,” having two girls now get
ting their . higher education at
Salem College, They are &nma
, Sue and Paulin®.
Larkins arrived in Trenton
and hung out his law shingle
at the bottom or as tfre bottom
of the depression of the 1930’s
rowed and ripped nip and down
'& the land. In addition to begln
■ ning the practice of law at such
I g' trying time tyrkihs tirt* an
■■HSgiMK y V#?'
Icoftins in addition to his con
siderable “politicking” baa with
his associate, Darris W. Koonce,
the busiest law .practice in Jones
County and manages to keep all
or nearly all. of the loose ends
of this considerable practice
tucked in between running back
and forth across the state on
first one than another political
or pdtolic service venture.
Even a brief summary of all
the Democratic Party honors
that LairklnS has received would
take a column of space. He has
| been a delegate to many nation
al conventions and in 1948 he1
was. a member of the committee j
that notified Senator Barkle’*
that he had been norr,r>f>.t'
vice president r«S#*$^uuc:ratlc
Ticket
Lamas, j«ne circles, is
known as a rank conservative.
It would be dtff,' 5t however,
—... ..
sitting' ak caalrriuu. ^ -&ie cctair
mittee that had approved the
hugest appropriation in the his
tory of the State of North Caro
lina then he hopes “God will pro
tect North Carolina from the
true liberals." ,
,?3
after
tnat voting
Is not the only
to the question
government. Ha’
running a
_ . "'served at
some length on the finance, com
mittee of the senate he also has
a working knowledge of where
and; bow and when the money
is found to mathh aU these as
tronomical appropriaions of the
past decade.
Larkins at 43 is still a young
man poUtfeally speaking. He has
a political personality mixed
with a goodly portion of ability.
But in 1950 when such Imen of
distinction as New Bern’s Libby
Ward hit the bushes in the face
of an attack horn the Scott Ma
chine Larkins held his ground
and marched from the minor
skirmish with the most resound
ing victory in his political his
tory. Larkins* future still re
mains bright and that is one of
the reasons he has been bashful
about running-up that dead end
street to the Lieutenant Gov
ernor Job.
Migrant Labor Needs
In Jones County
Are Being Checked
The Jones County Mobilization
Committee consisting of repre
sentatives of all iTJ. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture agencies In
the county is In the process of
taaWng a survey Ity' determine
‘A Finer Carolina’ Goal
CP&L Bi-State Contest
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A contest offering $8,750 in
prises for ‘Carolina’s finest”
towns, Judged by community Jto
provements made during this
year, was announced last night
in 89 North and South Carolina
meetings.
Details of the competition
were* given at these dinners
sponsored by Carolina Power &
Light Company, which is offer
ing the prize money and will
help to promote the contest.
Theme of the- project is “helping
to build a finer Carolina.”
The contest is open to the
300-odd communities whose e
lectrlcity is served at retail by
k -os lor the contest were ex
plained by C. L. Carter, Die
plained by J. e. Sowell, Dis
trict Manager. Towns wishing to
compete must enter the contest
by April 1„. '•*.»
winners will be judgi
:<» ** each for the
winners and $750 for the run
ners-up. The first group will in
clude towns of 1,000 or less, the
second towns of 1,001 to 2,500
population, and the third towns
over 2,500 population. In addi
tion, two state prizes of $1,000
each will be awarded to North
Carolina’s “finest” and to South
CafrpUna’s “finest,” regardluess
of the contest; «m. even JT your
twn is not one of the 23 prize
winners, the competition will
bring its reward in terms of
chric pride and improvements
for the community.”
“Carolina Power & Light Corn.
pany Is spearheading this con
test because that. company’s
future depends upon the future
of the people It serves,” he ex
plained. “There is no gimmick to
It. The company expects to- pros
per In direct proportion to the
progress and development of the
area.”
He explained that checks for
the prize money will be made
payable to the steering commit
tee and may be applied to the
future development of long
range projects undertaken dur
ing the year.
The speaker pointed with
pride to the state’s high rank
In the nation, and especially in
the South, in agriculture, in in
dustrial growth, in scenic beau
ty and in her potential for* at
tracting tourists. But he also
stressed her relatively low per
- • *«*.income and the migration
\ , * s-' trained in the state
r that promised
aed .tor
rwsfeardless of the progress
made toy North Carolina during
recent years,” he added, “there
is still room for improvement.
There is unlimited opportunity
for the development of civic
pride, better schools, and
churches, more playgrounds and
parks and an expansion of pub
lic facilities.
It was suggested the best way
lug community efforts
carefully selected jpriojects “In
order not to scatter your shots.”
He stressed the April 1 dead
line for entering the contest.
After the survey and projects
are determined, he commented,
“the rest Is largely up to you.”
Pollocksville Tourney Going On
^ Saturday night the Third Annual Gold Medal Basketball
Tournament will come to an end in the gymnasium of Pollocks -
Tille Ugh School. The annual meet got underway Thursday
night and the semi-final rounds were held Friday night. The
teams taking part in the tourney include B. F. Grady Ugh in
Duplin County, Jacksonville, Chinquapin Ugh also in Duplin
County, Swansboro, Contentnea High Jones Central and Bich
lands. The Friday night games are at 7:45 and 9 and the two
winners in these semi-final tilts will meet at 7:45 Saturday
night to decide the championship. This annual tournament
ha* been one of the highlights of the basketball year in high
school circles in Eastern Carolina for the past three years and
has always provided some of the most thrilling matches of the
season. Every one of these teams entered in the tourney has
an outstanding record in its own area and the MaysviUe and
FollOeksville Rotary Clubs which sponsor the tourney guarantee
all who see the games plenty of action for the price of admission.
Pink Hill Sailor Is
Promoted Recently to
.Warrant Officer
H|U, sailor who reported for duty
here as an enlisted man two
yeans ago is leaving today to
serve in his first assignment as
a. warrant officer.
. -He is Pay Clerk Charles A.
Smith, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. Dunn Smith, Pink Hill. He
will report to the Navy’9 train
ing station in Newport, R. t,
next week, Atlantic submarine
force headquarters here said.
A veteran of 12 years’ service,
to the supply officer on the,
staff of Rear (Admiral S. S. Mur
•jP^Commandef .of'.tibe Aft
ic Fleet's submarine force.
^ ex-enlisted
A to warrant status ■
chief storekeeper
husband of Mrs. Bema
MjBSfSfa,-’.
William F. Sutton Is
Promoted to Corporal
While in Korea
With the 7th Infantry Div. in
Korea— William F. Sutton, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Sutton
of Route '3, La Orange, was re
cently promoted to corporal
While serving with the 7th In
fantry Division in Korea.
Corporal Sutton, a gunner in
Heavy ,Mortar, Company .of. the
17th. Infantry "Buffalo” - Regi
ment, has been in Korea nine
months. He has been awarded
the Korean Service Ribbon with
one campaign star and the Com
bat Infantryman Badge.
. /i former student at the La
Grange High.School, Sutton en
tered the Army 13 months ago.
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detto Christnagel Smith of Iron
Mountain, Mich. They have a
son, Michael, five.
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KU KLUX ATTIRE ... Id Aju
etteville, N.C., two officers model
robes used by some of the M
K.K.K. members seised by da
F-BI. for Herein* s white ms
and woman.
Wests Gaving Good
Luck With Poultry
■1 ' 'Vr- rlton West,
respectively, of
sms» a, xrenton, have had ex
cellent success with 1300 certi
fied pollorum clean New Hamp
shire sexed chicks which they
received on February 12. So far
only 20 chicks have died from
the shipment of 1300 chicks.
They are feeding a ration made
up
Hospital in Durham
George S. Myers, prominent
Greensboro newspaperman, who
had been etmployed by the Le
noir County News Company for
the past several months In the
preparation of a special roto
gravure edition on “The March
of Progress” in Lenoir County,
died in his sleep Wednesday
morning at Duke Hospital where
he had gone Tuesday for a
check up.
Meyers, who was known to
thousands of newspaper and
business people all over the
south and who had been in the
special edition business for 35
years, had been seriously injured
last October in an auto accident
in Wayne County. He had never
fully recovered from the injuries
he suffered in that accident.
Meyers was one of the top men
of his profession and iJad played
a leading part in preparation
of a special New York Times e
dition on the 200th anniversary
of Georgia. He had prepared
special editions for leading
newspapers in every state in the
southeast and southcentral area.
Jack Rider, president of the
Lenoir County News Company,
announced that Meyers’ death
was a considerable and grievous
shock that would probably delay
for a few weeks the May First
distribution of this handsome,
permanently bound edition that
was being prepared under
Meyers’ direction.
Sgt. Dunn Gets
Bronze Star Award
With the 3rd Infantry Div. in
Korea — Sgt. Johnnie Dunn,
whose wife, Mattie, lives in Pink
Hil^ recently was awarded the
Bronze Star Medal for meritor
ious service in Korea.
Sergeant Dunn is a member of
Ambulance Company of the 3rd
Division’s Medical Battalion.
He was cited for the period of
Nov. 15, I960 to Oct. 7, 1951.;