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THE JONES VOLUME FIVE TRENTON, W. C, THURSfrAY, MARCH 18.19S47~ H. GALT BRAXTON Dean of Local Newspapermen In 1914 Kinston was flying high on the wings of its rapidly grouping and prosperous textile industry, it had more than 7, citizens and among these Hfere leaders who recognized that a strong, cleanly operated newspaper with “hair on its •chest” was a prime need in any 'Community. Three such leaders purchased the Kinston Daily Free Press from D. T. Edwards who then operated the paper. They were N. J. Rouse, Davit Hines and Fred Taylor. Recognizing the need for more capital to expand the facilities of the paper other leaders join ed with purchasing trio. These Injdrafctd Herman Can ady, H. Efc)«Mseley, T. V. Mose ley, Wooten Then thCSe nine men began a search tor $ competent news - gentle at tention. A circulation of 500. with a few of those? paid and none too certain advertising revenues made it mandatory that a man be obtained who could; not only supervise the "nursing”, of antique machinery btrt one who cohid also put some life, and money Into the adveiti&ng and circulation departments. At that time In the spring of 1914 a young native of Virginia was working with the Raleigh Times. One day a friend from Birmingham, Alabama, where this Virginian had grown into manhood, met this “Sorelback” expatriate and told him that the Kinston Group was seeking a man -to run the Kinston Dally Free Press. ',.,w4 <i So on May 1, 1914, Henry Galt Braxton arrived in Breton as Editor and Publisher of this pa per which has played such a vital part In the modem history ot Kinston. On February 22nd Editor and Publisher Braxton passed his 73rd birthday Anniversary and he Is still In the fullest sense ot the phrase, “Editor and Pub lisher of the Kinston Dally Free Press.’ Soon his 40th an niversary with this title ’ will arrive and although the History of Kinston spans nearly 200 years, it Is more than true that the 40 years In which Braxton’s “Free Press” has been record ing the history has been the fullest period In the entire Kin ston era, with posible deference to the 1861-65 period. From a town of 7,000, Kin ston has grown into a small city of more than 20,000. From that hesitant circulation of 500 Braxton has seen ‘"The Free Press” pass the 10,000 mark. From a tiny space, largely fill ed with machinery two jumps ahead of the junk pile, Braxton’s pride and joy has grown Into a large, handsome, neatly kept two-storied building housing the very latest machinery for turning out a daily newspaper. Braxton, who was born Feb ruary 22, 1881, on a Hancock County, Virginia farm, where his ancestors had lived for nearly two centuries, has also grown with the years. This year in addition to mark ing his 40th year as “Editor and Publisher of The Kinston Dally Free Press” also marks the 60th year since be gpt into the news still In high school, moved upto route inspector after two jrears as a carrier boy and after another two years In that spot he moved up—at he age of 18—to the top spot of Circulation Manager of the News. For 10 years he held down that responsible post and then moved to an even higher bracket as General Business Manager. Finally the bug to become a “Publisher" bit Braxton and he bought a part-interest In the Greensboro Telegram, and so j moved to North Carolina. This was later sold to the News of Greensboro and then he moved to Raleigh where he was work See DEAN Page 7 Jones and Lenoir PM A Boards Trim Herbert Jones’Tobacco Acreage 39.2 Acres Because of 1953 Overplanfing The State PMA Committee aeepted the recommendations of the Jones County PMA commit tee almost to the letter in sus taining a 31.1 acre cut in the tobacco acreage of farms in Jones County belonging to Mrs. Lula B. Jones, wife of Pink Hill and Kinston businessman and farmer W. H. Jones. Through her attorneys Wallace & Wallace and George B. Greene, Mrs. Jones has filed notice of appeal. In 1953 the farms owned by Jones in Jones County (The Goldsboro Lumber Company Farm in Tuckahoe Township and the Lowery Farm in Beaver Creek Township) had a total to bacco allocation of 190.3 acres. Late-season checks by State PMA spotcheckers working with Jones County spotcheckers re vealed that the Jones farms hiad 221.4 acres. All but A ac res of that 31.1 overage result ed from inaccurate measure ments that had been made by Raeford Blizzard of the Jones County PMA office who had measured the Jones’ fantns. The .8 acre was hidden in a corn Held on the Lowery Farm. The only variation ixt the rec ommendation of _ the Jones allowance of ' increased - 1954 acreage because of these over plantings. Because of the elements of fraud Involved in the overages the Jones County Board had ruled that Jones not be given these allowances. The State Board permitted percentage in creases since Jones’ farms had a small percentage of tobacco Dor the number of cleared acres they contained. The Jones County PMA Com mittee had asked that thePink Hillian’s allotment for 1954 be set at 159.2 acres. The State gave him 165.7 acres against the 190.3 acres he'had last year. (Continued on page 12) Furniture for Community Center Goal Of Benefit Supper At Pollocksville Food, fun and frolic are the general program of a' benefit to be held beginning at 5:30 Friday1 in the Folocksville Community Center. The purpose: To raise funds to buy furniture and in stall plumbing for the Commun ity Center. A barbecue and chicken stew supper with 50 cents plates for children and $1 plates for adults will start things off and will be served from 5:30 until every- j one is served. After the supper a technicolor imovie On North Carolina will be shown. I Prizes will be given to lucky ; ticket holders and a “Baby Con- i test” will be held. Babies entered by various churches in the Polocksville area who will compete for the Fin est Baby prie to be offered at Friday night’s open house in clude; Thomas Waller from Piney Humphrey from Lee’s Chapel, Sue Booth of the Pollocksvllle Methodist Church, Pate Phil lips from the Pollocksville Bap tist Church, Frank T. Bender from the Pollocksville Presbyte rian Church and Pamela Prit zer from the Oak Grove Church. Larkins and Wife Attending Annual Cancer Society Meet Senator and Mrs .John D. Lar kins left Saturday for San Fran cisco where the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society is be ing held this year. Larkins is a me'her of the society’s board Files In Jones Race W. “Brown” Tates,’ above this week became the first of ficial candidate for Jones County office, paying his filing tee to fJtecUpn, Board, Chair man John D. Jenkins and an nouncing his candidacy for Sheriff of Jones County. Tates who is now acting as sheriff served for the past four years as Chief Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff Jeter Taylor who died last week of a heart attack, Paul D. Westbrook, at present a member of the Jones County Board of Commissioners, has not filed for sheriff but he has in dicated to friends that hie will also be a candidate for this highest police job in the conn- gXI ty. (Polaroid photoin-aaminute by Jack Rider.) of directors. Larkins wil be back in his of fice on March 24th. HomManr Can You Identify Before Reading Below? trained ear of bate down. In > major league er up for the season which opens next month. Again this year ft looks as if Kinston will have to depend upon High School baseball along with a mixture of amateur teams during the summer months. All Of which makes this the season for dusting off some old pictures of famous Kinston teams of an other time. The picture here is not only of a noted Kinston High School baseball team, bat it is also, worth taking aftiother look at be cause a good many of the play ers are still prominent in Kin ston’s business life.' *■ f The coach, at left, was named JCuliigan, that’s all that is re called about him, but ho must ham been pretty fair, sta» Alb^ui Baxrus, shortstop; WU1 Bis* Mil, outfield; Morrill Mewboro, (brother X f f .. of Sheriff Sam Churchill), pit cher; Kirby Tyndall, catcher; Wooten Moseley, third base; Phil Hines; pitcher and Joe Tem ple, first base. v*-" ^ >jfei*aell la the brother of Nor wood JBinell anr Mrs. Marvin Baker. Brewer is now connected with a college at Roane, Georga. Mew born was a brother of Car lotta Mewborn. Thooe remaining Rt««f*on of
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