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Rill Jones Journal A BETTER COUNTY THROUGH IMPROVED FARM PRACTICES’ TRENTON, N. C. Thursday, November 20, 1952 NUMBER 28 Population Study Has Interest In Location JMegro 1 raining ocnooi 4 Tills paper last week reported that the North Carotin Hospit als Board of Controls Is asking two and a half million dollars for construction of a training school for subnormal Negro children, a school similar to Caswell Training School at Kins ton for white subnormal child ren. In pointing out some of the reasons that might be adVamced for location of that school in Jones County It was noted that Jones County was almost half way between-the South Carolina and Virginia borders and it was also asserted that the vast ma jority of North Carolina’s Negro population lived in what might toe -loosely termed Eastern Car olina. * A more detailed study of the official 1950 census figures as they are broken down by coun ties and by race indicates that Jones County Is most favorably . located. Insofar as the Negro population is concerned. Bisecting North Carolink south \fromJPersbn to Scotland coun ties which is, at least by political standards a rough division along m the east-west line, one finds that r the 1950 official census reports 738*914 Negros living in or east of that area and only 341,559 liv ing in the counties west of that ding line. he total 1950 Negro popu a centrally located site, for ;» Negro training school ami' from these official census department figures this is even more true than originally expected. It is unlikely that the State would engage In buying any high-priced, Eastern Carolina real estate for such a school in view of the fact that they al ready have sufficient land at Goldsboro to locate the school that has been asked. But with the more than good liklihood of the Federal Gov ernment being agreeable to use of the Oak Grove Air Base as a site for such a school, added to the fact that Jones County has no State Institutions, and never has, make this central lo cation important enough for the full consideration of not only the people of Jones County who are in a position to further this location but also make it a duty of those in authority to give Jones County every possible con sideration when the final site for such a school is chosen. Basing the ultimate size of this proposed Negro training school on the white school of the same type, the school would need to be about one fourth as large as that of Kinston, which now houses about 1,500 patients To care for this size school the present budget now in oper ation provided for 310 employ ees, which would mean that a| school of roughly one fourth that > size would have about 57 to 801 full time workers, possibly more, since a few basic workers would be needed in any size school and would more than likely run the school payroll to about 100 men and women. ( The total budget this year for Caswell Training School was Just ig budget. Tliai additional payroll and ex penditure for materials would mean a great deal In a small county such as Jones and would serve to some small degree to remove the county from Its one way tobacco farm economy upon which It now stands. Maysville Winners In Clean-up Drive Named The last of five projects en tered upon by the people of Maysville as their participation hi the “Finer Carolina” program of the Carolina Power and SUght Company has been com pleted and the winners named In this “General Clean-Up.” First prize for white people went to Mrs. Myrtle Evans and first prize in the Negro division went to Georg anna Dudley. The clean-up contest was sponsored jointly by the Maysville Home Demonstration club and the Maysville Rotary Club and mem bers of both were not eligible to take part in the contest. Other prizes in the white di vision^ went to Mrs. L. Morgan, who took the second prize, and . Mrs. Pete Melville who won third prize. In the Negro division second honors went to, Blanche Mat tocks and there was no third prize given in that category. In addition to the. clean-up . efforts around a big percentage of the homes in every part of Maysville many empty lots were also cleaned off to add to the ■generally Improved appearance f the community brought about by this campaign. k Another (major part of the -up campaign was a pro made under Mrs. Mollle who wrote letters to -relatives buried Cemetery and contributions toward this area. Mrs. Pelleiter’s efforts brought in $200 which was abetted by $100 given by the Town of Maysville and this $300 plus generous a mounts of volunteer labor put the town cemetery in its best condition in many years. Members of the two clubs, commenting upon the projects they had sponsored, would not make flat predictions about winning top prize in the “Finer Carolina” contest but they did agree that they believe Mays ville “has a good chance.’ Lenoir 4-H’ers To Hold Achievement Day 22nd rne puoiic nas oeen exienaea an invitation to attend the an nual 4-H Achievement Day Pro gram Saturday at 2:30 in the court house at Kinston. 4-H County Council President Lyn wood Rouse, Assistant Home Agent Nell Rankin and Assistant Farm Agent Walter C. Johnson Jr. promise an interesting pro gram. State, district and county 4-H awards won during the past year will be given to their re spective winners at the Satur day meeting. Highlights of the program will include the crowning of the county’s Junior and Senior Health Kings and Queens, the only speechmaking of the aay win, De aone Dy 4-H'er Glen da Noble who will deliver a short address an “The 4-H Club As 1 See It.” Double Theft Jones County Sheriff Jeter Taylor reports only one arrest in the past week and that was of Leon Shennon, who gives his home address as Concord, Route two. Shennon was lodged in the county jail in Trenton charged with embezzlement of some $10 from James Durden of Tuckahoe Township and adding further insult to thi^ monetary damage, Shennon Is also charged with: illegal cohabitation with Dur den’s wife. r > i ■ Jones Ag Workers To Conduct Survey Livestock In Area The Jones County Agricultural Workers Council, which is com posed of the paid Agricultural Workers in the county, is ex ploring the possibilities of se curing a Veterinarian for Jones County. It is assumed that such a Veterinarian would locate in Trenton. To encourage a Veterinarian to locate in Trenton, the Agri cultural Workers feel that he would want to be assured that livestock and small animals are sufficient to assure a Veterin arian of a full time practice. Therefore the Agricultural Workers, together with about 25 volunteer workers are planning to make a survey of all the live stock and small animals within a 10 mile radius df Trenton. It has been pointed out that farmers living further than 10 miles from Trenton would surely make use of a Veterinarian. However, the Agricultural Work ers feel that a complete survey of the livlestock within a 10 mile radius of Trenton will give sufficient information as to the size of practice that a Veterin arian in Trenton can expect. The members of the Agricul tural Workers Council feel that the farmers in Jones County need a Veterinarian located; closer to them. This will assure the farmers of quicker, more economical service in solving their disease problems. The survey will be made from Nov. 24th to 28th. The coopera tion of every farm in this area is urged in this survey. . I* . l*.--—‘—* ■*.. The Kinston Business and Pro fessional Woman’s Club will sponsor a Harvest Festival Fri day night, November 21, in the Old Knott Warerhouse of the type that is guaranteed to please everybody. A dance band, providing both square and round dance tunes, under the direction of Pete Frazier will toe on hand and a number of raffles will be held of turkeys, hams and other ex cellent eatin’s. The BPW club sponsored Kins ton’s first recreational building, the field house at Emma Webb Playground, and raised the mon ey for its construction and it intends to apply the funds raised in this festival toward an equal ly wholesome community effort, a spokesman said in announcing the Friday night affair. The U. S. Department of Ag riculture has bought more than 1 12 million pounds of frozen, ready-to-cook turkeys from the 1952 crop. Kinston Tobacco Board Amends Earlier Ruling Something over a week ago the Kinston Tobacco Board of Trade, worried by the threat of a. warehouse-building boom on the world’s second largest flue cured tobacco market, met and among other things passed a resolution which attempted to limit the selling time that ANY new warehouse might have to four per cent of the total selling time of the entire market. Since twio local warehouse owning groups already owned "new” warehouses they could not see the wisdom of this effort to restrict sales time for new sales 'floors and because of their attitude about the regulation another meeting was called in which that original regulation was “amended” to exclude these folks who already have “new” houses from this restriction. However, the amendment did not completely remove all the teeth from this attempted ef fort since it still would prevent more than four per cent of the market’s total selling time going to any new warehouses other than those already built or al ready under construction. One warehouseman who looked on the regulation with something less than favor said he feared that such a regulation would cause the Kinston Tobacco Board of Trade to be In jeopardy of Federal prosecution for violation of the anti-trust laws. Thanksgiving Service The usual service of Thanks giving will be held at Trenton Methodist Church on the morn ing of Thursday, November 27th at 11 a. m. In this service the soil and the harvest motif will be emphasized with congrega tional participation. “We cor dially invite all the surrounding community to attend, so that we may all join together in this service of Thanksgiving and praise,’ Pastor C. B. Long an nounces. Jones 4-H’ers Holding Achievement Day 22nd 4-fcL uiuds oi Jones county will hold their annual Achieve ment Program on Saturday, No vember 22. The meeting will be in. the Courthouse in Trenton at 10 a. m. The highlight of the program will be the presentation of accomplishments during the past i. R. Franck, county agent, wfil install new <p>unty Council offi cers. After the program there will be refreshments and planned recreation in the Agriculture Building. A highlight of the rec reation program will be an ex hibition square dance team made up oi senior i-n ers. Everyone is Invited, so do your part in supporting the Jones County 4-H Clubs—the organ ization striving “to make the best better.” Marriage Licenses Jones County'Register of Deeds George Noble has announced the issue of two marriage licenses by his office during the past week to: Robert Lee Morgan, 19, and Annie Lee Green, 20, of Trenton and to Warren Harrell Jr., 22, and June Huggins, 18, of Kinston. following his promotion to Captain at a ceremony in Korea, Charles H. Taylor (left), is congratulated by 7th Infantry Division commander Maj. Gen. Wayne C. Smith. The captain, son of Mr. and Mrs Paul TayloVof 706 N. College St., Kinston, and has been in Korea since May and is serving as assistant staff judge advocate of 7th Division headquarters. A 1950 graduate of Wake Forest College, he was a self-em ployed lawyer in Kinston before his recall to active duty.
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