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1 jntEN7QW,N.C, Aggjp*; '- -' *«v 1 2 ■ 1 ago to $82^30.91 ofr this year It should be recognized that thl? 12.7 per cent Increase In aafcs tax collections in Kinston does not - represent a flat 12.7 per cent increase In retail sales, since there have been a number of ehanges — all upward — In the sales tax rates. It is impos sible at this early date to tell how much of this 12-7 per cent' Increase is due to the tax change and how much is due to in creased business. Different merchants give dif ferent answers, at this time, to that question. % si, . ^ TRhis collection, however, placed Kinston two notches above its population rank in this cate gory. Since Kinston Is the 17th city in rank in population and its sales tax oolleettons(^anked 15th. Again, only Wilmington and Rocky Moont surpassed, the,Kin f same rank in the sales tax parade. Rocky Mognt, oh the other hand, Is the state’s loth city in popuiBtttonanft.it only managed to slide In lath in the sales tax series. „ In Eastern- Carolina, the state’s 14th city iiCi tion, wfts 17th in ’sal&s f , lections!. Goldsboro, ranking lS8t In population was lffth in sales tax payments. Both Pf these cities being larger, but .collecting less sales tax than Kinston.. Greenville and New Gem, respectively 18th and 10th in the population ratings for Tdr Heeila, were also well below Kin ston in this tax collection cate gory. Greenville wad' 20th In tax collections and New Bern 18th. Of course, Charlotte was first Joseph Michael Mattlson of 2S16 Hawthorne Road has been" indicted for hit and run driv ing: following investigation of a collision in front of Gkabge Car ters’s home late Tuesday night. A truck belonging to Carter was struck by a car ©iat failed to stop the law : provides. Officers Fred Hart and J. H. Griffin found several pieces of broken glass from the missing car and considerable paint scraped off the car onto the truck. Their search for a oar to fit the pieces of glass and the paint they found led them to swear out the warrant against Mattlson, whose car they say fitted the bill perfectly. Racing Charges For Twq Weekend Drivers camp. Lejeune Marine Louis Alexander and Herman Davis of Deep Run route one were charged revoked. He was placed under ||06 bond' fpief Alexander was released under $200 bond; •' In' both populattoh anil skies, tax collections and by a wide margin in the latter category. Its $518, aHLSS sdlfes ta* wasi a1 long way Jigg|4 pf Greensboro, the state’s .tpgjjtl.. largest city, which came JpSecond in the sales’tax cate gory with' $268,638.03. state’s Winston-Salem, the second city in population, was third-in this tax category with $880,10^:81.’'! \ v , Raleigh, the state’s. fifth city population-wise, ranked fourth in sales tax payments with a boomlng^eport of $235,137.30. Durham, which ranks In fourth ’ ’ ’• ' ! ’ • (Continued on page 8) Haskins Chapel To Have Homecoming On Sunday At 11 O’clock The annual Homecoming Ser vice of Chapel Chris tian Church will be held at 11 a. an. Sunday and all past, pre sent and potential members of this well known. Jones Couhty Congregation sure urged to at tend this service. The worship sendee, begin ning at ll is expected to last for (me hour and then there will be spread the usual picnic din ner on the church grounds. Those who come are reminded to bring a basket of picnic in gredients. > Comfort Man Killed In House Trailer Fire Disappointed Thieves Thirty-one year old Walter Hardy Shivars, a native of the Comfort section of Jones County, died early last Thursday from suffocation in a fire that par tially destroyed a trailer in which he was living near Char lotte. lA highway patrolman first dis covered the fire and on investi found jShivar, either un dead in the . Graveside rites for Shlvar were held at three o’clock last Satur day In the Shlvar family ceme tery near Comfort. Take W. C. Quinn Safe Over the past weekend what police are satisfied were “disap pointed thieves” broke into the East Gordon Street office of W. C. Quinn Plumbing and Heating Co. and hauled aiway a large, and heavy steel safe. The disappointment over their hard and risky night’s work stemmed from the fact that the safe contained less than $50. Saturday afternoon a large sum of cash had been removed from the safe and deposited in a local bank’s night depository. *aaija*&: . ...JB ’our Cor Collision On ; At left here three of four vehicles Involved in a “chain reaction” Tuesday morning on West Vernon Avenue are shown. The log track at the rear of the line was the “activator” of this “chain reaction” and Its driver, James H. Perry of Williamston was charged with operating a vehicle with improper brakes. Perry’s log truck slammed into the car of&eerge K. Holloman of 209 1-2 Lenoir Street, and It waa&ihejfced an estimated |909. Holloman’s car then bump ed Into tbe bar of Herbert Hof fman of Kinston route two and tt had about $25 damages. The fourth car, which was propelled a couple o£ mmared feet further east was not damaged. No one was hint in the pile up. Sheriff Yates Has Trouble Finding The Right Hiding Place Jones County Sheriff Brown Yates says he has repeatedly searched the home and premises off William Humphrey between Maysville and Pollocksville for stumphole whisky, but never until last week with any success. Sheriff Yates says that Hum phrey, a sometime preacher, was always the soul of co-operation Offering help he But last week Sheriff Yates noticed in his latest search of the Humphrey premises that the “preacher” began to sweat a little when they got too near a bed on one corner. So Yates says they moved the bed and under it, hidden under some old rags was a very cleverly hidden trap door and beneath that door was one gallon and nearly a quart of “swamp water” of about 110 proof. Humphrey will face trial now at the next term of Jones Coun ty’s Superior Court on a charge of violating the liquor laws. Other indictments of the past week reported by Sheriff Yates includes those of David Cox of Trenton charged with being drunk and disorderly and Pres . • 'VvitL ,;,vu\ Routine Session For Jones Commissioners Selection of a Jury list for the next term of Jones County’s Superior Opurt, passing of sev eral road improvement petitions and routine reports were the order of the day in the October meeting of the Jones County Board of Commissioners. The highway commission was asked to Improve roads leading Mrs. L. B. Jenkins’ Battler Ranch in Beaver Creek Township and the Felix Kings road leading east from US 258 in Tuckahoe Township. ’ Chase was employe lntendent for the court house. The board also vetoed a re quest from the extension de partment to employ additional help In the county agent’s office. The Jury list includes the fol lowing: , Joe Becton, Frank Maides, Bur ton D. Turner, R. L. Daugherty, Lonnie Griffin, Tom Hill, Luby Collins, Ralph Jones, Ray Bal lard. Bruce Foy, George Davenport, O. R. Mallard, R. T. Johnson, Carlton Brown, Bromo Spivey, Earl D. Jones, David Civiles and Jeff Conway. ton Murphy of Trenton route two, charged with drunken and reckless driving and driving without a driver’s license. Cox was arrested Monday and Mur phy was booked last Saturday. Many Beautiful New Kinston Homes in Hardee Heights and Club Pines This'Is the home'of Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Dalton which is |MMr nearing completion in Kinston’s newest subdivision, Hardee Heights. This area lying just west bf the Kinston Country Club iQtt course is one of the most, beautiful home sites re cently opened up. and already a Two off Kinston’s newest resi dential subdivisions are prov d for homes, got started I ,t Pardee fine homes ta has_ap
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