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iflStS® m ", Livestock Association Benefit Auction Termed *Big Success1 by Sale Chairman Preston Harper maxi of the wnentf. Sponsored hyithe Lenoir County Livestock Development Corpor ation this sale netted neatly $1,800 to ajpgiy toward this long planned and long 1 delayed ex hibition tacflUty. aenemas donations from every part of tlae county, as well as contributions from a flew of the badness latterest in the county made the sale a success, Harper materials, ranging from bams made cakes to tractors were auctioned itoy ‘"Red” Rodgers, the; area% tap farm auctioneer. Courtney Mitchell, local «g{ ■ company manager, gave the sale a sudden shot ha the aim early in the bidding; when fhsCOd one hundred dollars tora country Mam one of several! donated ito the mis by antam; Hodgts, an officer In the Uv»-i stock association. ! Never nt a ipsa tor -made,! tor only a spltt Mewl before he queried, “FbB®, to that Ull I’m gonna git fo this fine ham?” A tractor donated by West Ma chtoeiy Company was sold for MOO to Durwood -Bouse. Two ponies and waddles donate by Earl lymtofl Aold tor $380 — These were among the top items offered In the sale. •} Donations included the fol lowing: Hogs were given by Hash Davis, -Forrest Waller, H. T. Abbott and 4. -Carl Jones. Lake Mouse gave a Guernsey better. Jhn3wm>tt gave an An gus steer, tfadk Alexander pave a HereJtond -heifer. ' Oeoerous gats of feeds of all types were given by Deco Feed JCllfe, XiasoiFeed Mills, Neuse MUltog Company and the Ten Cooady Mining Company. GHBts of fertilizer were made by the Smith - Douglass Com pany. ’Dixie Fertilizer Company ant Tyndall seed, Feed to Snp JFFoetylTOom Packing Company' «s»e several hams. The Kinston Chamber of Commerce pave several more Frosty Mom bams. The CdSontal Freezer Tsutoerz; gaveaneuntryham. uwneron Howard gave a con siderable Quantity of. hay. Bar old Taylor gave 45 bates of wheat straw. Cameron Langston and George Lofftln gaye large donations of oofas. Dennis Lofton gave 21 treated fence post. Jess Harper gave a large quan tity otf sweet potatoes. Holme Agent Marie Penuel gave a huge African violet Mrs. Preston Harper donated a beautiful quilt Mrs John Shackelford and Mrs. George Lofton donated beautiful home . baked cakes. Willie West and John Shackel ford each gave the proceeds from; the recent sale of top hog from their swine herds. George Bouse and later Davie each donated considerable 'quan tities of ccra. J. R. Davenport gave an electric (fence eoutrol bos. FoBock Johnson Hardware gave a pair of pruning shears. Grady's Hard ware gave an dtoctric churn. Parrott Brothers grove a done crock. Brito Hobbs gave a numfoeT cff chidtaxs. And tacitioneer Hedgers gave his time and considerable' talents. ■ ' ' Jones County’s Shale Croatan Forest Income, $5,033.54 * i The receipts were mainly frooi -the sale of'Umber stumpage, but included minor amounts from special use rand mining permits. Dfatatnitfcm to the counties is. based on the National Forest acreage entifaraced In each. The largest payment, $19,022.76 gone to Macon County with Mont gomery stSmB08.44 a dose sec ond. A recent study showed that these payments, con an acreage basis, exceed 12* various county tax rates on outover forest land. Oroatan Jtaest, which Is the only MaUataal Forest in Eastern North Carolina earned a toted re ceipts during the past year of $84,304.96, which caused a dls Multiple Charges For Driver in Accident On 900 BMk E»*t Shine Jimmie 'Cartoon Gracy ot Seven jppmpS mute one was Che only Stiver Involved tour - ear smash . after naldnJgltt last Wednesday on the "900 block of Bast Shine Street and he now faces changes of drunken and'reckless driving and damaging public and pri vate property. Grady, driving a 1056 Ford, Util is uwtlwir of the tflwp peuiof fine std homes ot Mta. which |yq|nimnt Itgil % people mm tmay liW X«un> ■ This bease m k*» fer twn of sgsi ■ fnroMns‘1 Met imiwii ■ESlWg ( '^^fppwwwwi ^pj.'®iw. mp ■ y*i»" •go Iff the late George Knott, founder of Knott's Wucboew, it ■imbum ||>^>^ .en4 Sef« lewiBr wm none w ium mhi mat xamuy which • tnda*o& - George, "~1" , - :; See Home rage IS Total eattoarted damage ms mm was mmmm tey-s Eating High on the Hog Now Man, what a ham! This was one of several country hams sold Saturday in the benefit auction for1 the Lenoir County Livestock Association, but this was the first to be auctioned off and Oil Distributer Courtney Mitchell at left here put a lot of spirit into the bidding by putting a $100 price tag on this southwest cor ner of a northbound hog. Auc tioneer Red Rodgers, seldom at a loss for words, blinked once and asked, “Folks, is that all I’m gonna git for this fine ham?” Mitchell is seen receiving the the ham from Preston Harper of Deep Run, chairman of the sale, which netted some over SI,80ft for the building fund of the association. Jones ASC Committee Named Last Week As County Delegates Meet Lust Thursday night the dele gates elected In the seven town ship of Jones County gathered In the ag building in Trenton and elected the County ASC committee which will serve for the Hollowing year in supervising -the ASC farm program for Jones County. Nick Nobles, serving for the fourth consecutive year on the committee, wtas renamed chair man. Bruce Foy, who has served two named first Paul Taylor was alternate to the committee. Nobles lira in Trenton and com manages his farm in Tuckahoe Township. Foy lives and farm in Cypress Creek Township. Eubanks lives and farms In the Whltty Field section of Fol locfcsville Township. Dixon lives in PoUncksville Township and manages his farm in that same section. Taylor lives and farms In Bea ver Creek Township In the Wyse Fork community. Delegates bo the county meet ing who elected these officers include Eugene T. Simpson, Mil ton W. Arthur, Mark T. Shackel ford, Ralph Jones, Akxnza Mills, Dock A. KiUingsworth and Eu gene Hood. Farmers Asked To Help In Research On Swine Sickness In recent weeks several re ports have been received of swine dying, presumably because of moldy and damaged com. It has been proven by previous work (that certain molds found on cereal grains axe toxic Jo thology and Animal Industry are attempting to determine the prevalence and geographic dis tribution of the fungi associated with the moldy com. Farmers who have had dif ficulty in feeding moldy com tot hogs or cattle are Invited to» bring in a sample of the com. A couple of ears or a pint of the shelled com will be suf-J ficlent. 4 The sample may be brought to the County Agents office where they will be forwarded to the appropriate office at state Col lege. Quite a Story Goes With Sale cf This Gift Tractor There's quite a story behind this tractot. ft was sold Siturta^ in the auction sale lor Che {bonefit of the building fund of the Lenoir County Livestock Development Corporation and ft -was a «ift of Jake West, owner of the West Machinery Company. The tractor was e«o of han dreds of items donated by in terested farm and hnatoeas peo ple for the sale wfefcdt craned stone over $1,800. Bat with the tractor these sms a little jmere /than the raenl story. West Is cbaCjmsu* of the se riculture committee of the Kin ston Chamber of Commune and to that position he has worked hard and long to get this imnli needed building for livestock to. hibitions, sales and shows and other farm and oommnntty ac ttwMmm 1 town. Before leaving he bad for gotten to te8 bis associates ex actly which tractor was to be to the livestock assocla Farm Agent George began to sweat over the sale, tbne ap .WSWW.W.WW— *' «*11 tom made to West who told an employee to Mb jneli .s tractor In Wt> • however, tbst Sg*e there were two tractors of the brand In the used tractor let — oo« worth about $1,000 •ad the ether worth much less. It wa« the lose valuable of the two that West had In mind, bat the wroOf tractor .. '“V.”iHMlMlte' "Jfc the Kinston Co , Warehouse. There - [ Mddtnr finally saw the knoefced off to ~ ,**«•'.1*
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