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COUNTY FIVE TRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH < ljjT wmr\ 1*.' ^58®.- 9 «' m ■ t 1 / Smith’s Tobacco Quota Jountv A 10.4-Acre Lick “Buck” Smith who lives at Hugo in the upper end of Lenoir County and operates several Jones County farms udder lease has been hit a resound ing*whack by the Jones County and State offices of the PMA. Last flail, after all tobacco was Roused and most of it sold, Jones County PMA officials found, a 5.4 acre field of tobacco hidden on the farm of Mrs. Vera Fos eue near Pollocksville which Smith w^s operating under lease. The farm had an acre age allocation of 16.3 acres for the 1953 crop year. Smith and Isis tenant had stretched it to jtt.7 acres bit the simple method of hiding 5.4 acres in a com Held. A survey of the farm by PMA Officials along wHJfc^fce tenr ant on the farm reached the mutual agreement pit the crop had averaged lltwi^fiids to the acre. Which wevHluve given the total 2)1.7 acne&a yield ol 23,870 pounds but <m Smith’s sale card for Parm total of $1169.63. Smith promised to pay this penalty portly after he was caught but he changed his mind aftey making the promise to the Jones County PMA Committee. Instead he retained a lawyer Leroy Scott of Washington. So when time came around this year for passing out acreage allocations the State PMA. office not oply cut the 16.3 acre allo cation bn this Smith-legsed farm by the 5.4 acres that was hid den in a com field but also cut another five acres off because Of Smith’s failure to show where and how he disposed of the 5, 520 pounds' of tobacco that are agreed to have been grown «n the farm but did not show Up On the marketing card for that par ticular farm. ; - So *for 1954 instead of 16.3 ac res on the Foscue Farm Smith will have to make out with 5.9 acres, having been cut a total of io.4 acred. On top of this he will still have to pay the $1169.63 this fall when anywhere States Treasury for that amount The exact language of the State PMA office In confirming this drastic action against Smith was: “There were three identifiable violations involved in the case, namely, 1. False ac reage report, 2. Disposition not shown and 3. Non-payment of penalty. The false acreage report phase consisted of 5.4 acres. The failure to show disposition phase consisted of 5,520 pounds (pro duction of 23,870 pounds minus 18;350 pounds sold) which is the equivalent of 5.0 acres. The to tal acreage involved in both violations is 10.4 acres.” World Day of Prayer The Kinston Council of Church Women has urged ev erybody to join in observance of the annual “World Day of Pray er”’ which is to be observed ~ " of this week. A special This Young Fellow Is Badly Wanted This is a reasonably good like ness at a “Daring Young Man” that police in North Carolina and Virginia, the State Bureau of Investigation, tire Federal Bu reau of Investigation and North. Carolina Prison Officials would like to have a few words with. He is Johnnie Myers who es caped on February 8th from the Currituck County Prison Camp where he was serving time for stealing a car ana breaking in a filling station. On February 10th he stole an other car in'Norfolk which he drove to Kinston. In Kinston oil the night ol February 10th he stole a 1954 Model Dodge from the Thompson Motor Company, leaving the Norfolk car as a down payment. Monday, February 15 He visited Kinston again, carefully remov ing tire plate glass window from Spear’s Sporting goods shop and carrying off three rifles and two shotguns while early "Birds” on Queen Street watched) him, thinking that he was working for the store. Then with the arsenal Spear’s had so reluctantly donated to his wandering cause Meyers once again headed north. Between Gatesville, N. C. and Suffolk, Va.—just Inside Virginia, he wrecked the car Thompson Motor Company had “loaned” him and managed to borrow money on It to make cash bond after being indicted by the In vestigating officer for reckless driving. Shortly alter walking oat oi the Suffolk cop station he stole another car in Whaleyville, Va. and changed his direction to due south again. He wound up on the night of February 19th trying to break in the rear of the Loftin Building on East ’Gordon Street wheree the local offices of the FBI are located. Frightened away from that Jpb Myers and a companion left in such a hurry that they forgot their car from Whaleyville, Va. in which police later found four of the five missing guns. Earlier the Sheriff of Bertie County had retrieved an auto matic shotgun from a filling station operater who had bought it from Meyers for $25 and a tank of gas. <9|hce then Meyers has been seen and reported in every part of the state.. If you see him notify the near est police at once and don’t , try to be a hero by taking him your self since he Is likely to be heav ily amted and in no humor to btf taken without a little “argu ownt.” %-> ■ ■■ ; *5v7;\ ' ^ • fJJrffiSv? ‘ Meet The Plead Here at left Policeman Guerry Broadwell with Policeman Dur wood Smith ctti the right are seen rather carefully eyeing part of their police work for Sunday night. A puzzled resident of Northwest Kinston, who thought for a minute that he “might be seeing things”, call ed the police to report that he {had just run oyer an alligator. yith a neighbor to see if he was “all right.” The police arrived with a landing net and lard stand and retrieved the viciously snap ping young animal seen swinging between Smith and Broadwell above. In spite Of being run ov er by a car this youtng char acter still has plenty of bite left ini his system and he had a mouth equipped for the iob with dozens of needle-sharp teeth. A few minutes after this picture was taken Dr. Fleming Fuller with his three children ar rived on the scene to claim their pet “crocodile.” Latest reports fronj the Flerapg^CrocodlJe and Tomato Farm indicate "tffirttfie Sunday might rambler is recov ering satisfactorily and is able to take light nourishment— such as fingers and parts of one’s hand. (Polaroid photo-in i a-minule by Jack Rider). Unusual Witness In Court Pictured here is undoubted ly the most unusual "witness” ever to offer evidence in a Le noir County court room. This gal—for the doctors say it is a female—was used last week to illustrate the injuries and treat ment given to Sybil Gray Suggs Of LaGrange who had brought suit against Marietta and Rachel Whitfield of Moss Hill in Lenoir County and against McCoy Kennedy and the estate of the late Eaflie Can Newton of Kenansville. Miss Suggs was riding in a car owned by Marietta Whit gield that was beifng driven by Rachel Whitfield when it col lided with a car belonging to Kennedy that was being driven by Newton. The accident which took place at about noontime on January 20, 1952 on Rockford Bridge in the western edge of Lenoir County claimed the life of Newton and badly Injured Miss. Suggs left ankle and less seri ously damaged her right thumb. After oyer five days of trial the jury at 11:15 Friday night reached its decision* finding the Whitfield girls to be primarily at fault and Kennedy to be sec ondarily at fault. The jury passed oat a $48,000 award, to Miss Suggs, which is the largest single damage award ever made bn a Lenoir County court. The case was appealed. to the state Supreme Court by Attorney A. H. Jeffress and Albert Conptr who were representing the Whitfield girls *nd by Attorney Fitzhugh Wal laee who was appearing for Kennedy. Tom White and BPantley Aycock represented Miss Suggs. (Polaroid photo-in a-minute by Jack E!<ic;>. Tiaur'iifi ^
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