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ing It to |«fnp Hit curb anil run ♦ Into tho yard Where It struck' both Mm Murph and Whitabor children, but the Whitaker child'* Miurles were minor. Mr*. Messer suffered superficial lacerat&s of the face and legs, but was reported ♦o be In almost complete shock Thursday morning*' waiter E. Johnson Wednesday f»a ordered by a Superior Chart Jury tot pay WOO to «. E. Tomflson, a former tenant on the Johnson Farm. ■ ' ■ Tomflaon had brought suit Joy including' his share of the crop he had replied brim Joltm son esttoatod k .^556.42, ^; planned to visit niian'hnthnt day •who had Just been discharged term the army. 'Tomflson said that Johnson ran him off the place as a result of this. v jThe jury after several hours •consideration voted to award To mil son WOO. TomUson had moved to the farm on February 25th and from then until he was Phased off by Johnson he had drawn a total of $204.58, which added up to a very pooriy paid faur-momhs work for him ‘ and his family. ^ ’ ■ ’ ;f' # wmmmmcwmm Jones Central Ec Teache District D Mrs. Alma Phillips, vocational home economics teacher of Jones elected to the...position of District H Adviser far Future Homema kers of America for 1956-57, She is planning to attend toe National Future Homemakers Convention in Chicago tltis summer where ap; proximately 2,500 delegates ftona over the United States wfif H is made up of Car date for accepting applications, ijary DeBruhl, clerk, said, “We want every eligWe farmer of Green, Jones aiid Lenoir county to have a chance at thls program.” The ADJRisk insurance protects a fanners investment in his to bacco crop from the time tile to bacco is transplanted in the field until wefehed on the warehouse floor. v::.j ; The cause of damage on the to bacco varies from year to year depending on weather condition and! other unavoidable factors. It could be a hurricane, tornado, wind, insects, disease, draught or COUNTY VOLUME vn NUMBER XLIX TRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY APRIL 19, 1956 i ns 1 m, ■ mi I' , '■ M J mMm e Competition Shown for es County's Political Offices Heves the burden from the in vestment cost. V Vint the office located at lid North McLennan Street in Kin ston for further information. Davis, Wayne Jarman and Paul Gilbert. This will be a tightly cuumy races TO oe on the ballot for the decision at Jones Couhty voters when the. May 26th election rolls around. A three . way race to decide who shall succeed Register of Deeds George Noble, a seven-man race for five seats on the county board of commissioners and a two-way tussle for constable of Trenton Township are the items on the agenda for May 26th. Of first importance and generally the Job widest interest is _the Register of Deeds race. Nohle has served for S8 years in that ca pacity and.has only been opposed once in that period, so his retire ment opens up a wide field of political speculation. Assistant Register of Deeds Mrs. Dorothy Nobles Koonce, PoL kpcksville Township Justice at peace James B. Simmons and Maysvillian Milan O. LaRoque are fangHngforthia important position, next importance is the county race. Four ineum filed and the fifth! Edgar of Comfort, dropped oat race after serving one term. Business connections had forced Ftoilyaw to miss ever half: the tyanj's meeting* in th* past year. Those incumbente include Chair.. ‘ Mallard, of Lenoir County’* 1956 Political Round-up Lenoir County Political observers are searching, and not finding any obvious answers of the small Show of interest in public office that was confirmed at noontime last Saturday with the smallest' turnout of would-be office holders | in the history of the county. Two races for Recorder’s Court Judgeships, three township con. stable races, token competition for county commissioner and more of the same for the county board of education sitotracted to the quiet, est local election in many a long year. Emmett Wooten and James (Brooks, both Kinston attorneys, all observers agree, represent the one contest of major interest. They are contesting to decide Judge Al bert Cowper’s successor in the observers agree. Jason Arthur and Dewy Smith are competing for the job of Con stable in Trenton Township. Incumbent Jones County Rep Resentative John Hargett has be come.the Democratic nominee for the General Assembly:, for the third tone,, and this time the easy way, without opposition. Op jr., J. C. Wooten, W. E. ‘'Mike” Phillip!). John H. Pollock and C. J. (Banks get their jobs back without competition. , Among the unopposed are Cy press Creek Constable C. M. Grif fin and Coroner. W. J. Metis. Stork Beats Grim Reaper By Wide Margin for 1955 Jones County Report Shows In 1955 there were more than three times as many “arrivals” in Jones County aS "departures”. This is revealed by vital statistics of the State Department of Health, show, ing 326 live births last .year while only 91 deaths were recorded. Heart disease was the big killer of Jones COuntains last year with 24 of the 91 deaths charged to that disease. *' Cefebral lesions, or apoplexy took 16 Jones Countians out of this “v&l of tears” to claim second honors in that dubious category. Cancer claimed the lives of 15, to icome in a dose second to apoplexy. There were 12 infant deaths in the No. 4 spot. Other killers of Jones Counter Citizens during the past year in cluded the following: Nephritis (Kidney dlsease) 3, heartJddney ailments 3, flue and pneumonia 2, automobiles 2, accidents not on One Jones Arrest . The only indictment reported for the past week by Jones County Sheriff Brawn Yates was that of Dennis ftill Jr. of Polloeksville who is charged with an assault upon a female. liams, 19 of Onslow County and Judy Kay Parker, 16, also of On slow county. county’s busiest court. In Moseley Hall Township In cumbent Recorder Henry. A. Boose is opposed by Justice at Peace •Wilton A. Faulkner, and though this is expected to be a hotly Con tested race, it is of interest to that township only. In Kinston township there is a three-way tangle for the job at Township Constable, with Incum bent Frank Harper opposed by 'Marvin O. Hill and James W. Connor Sr. - Falling Creek Township also lias a constable race* with Incumbent (Roland Dawson Jr. opposed1 by William G. Sutton. •Neuse Township will also ten der a constable tournament be tween Incumbent John W. Sutton and Wyche Sutton. The incumbent board of county commissioners, which in dudes Chairman J. R. Davenport, Willie Measley, Harry Sutton, Ralph Daughety and Whitford HiD, has a Falling Creek Township insur ance salesman Ted >R. Collier try ing to unseat one of its number. The board of education is faced with the same proposition. W. Allen Sutton of Pink Hfli Town ship is trying to make one of the incumbent board move over biia a seat, The aha SuBon are eh about as much chance of ■suc ceeding as the proverbial snow ball in you know where. In the unopposed category are Incumbent Representative Tom White, who now becomes the easy Iway Democratic nominee for his third term in the General Assem bly. Incunibent Register >of Deeds Catherine Cooke is also an auto matic Democratic nominee for her first full term in that important post. She is currently serving out the unexpired portion of the term of Register of Deeds Camillie Al dridge who died three years ago. So are Constables Johnny Tur ner of Trent township, John Hill for Sand Hill township, Jack Tay lor for Vance township, Mark Wa_. tiers for Contentnea Neck township, Leo Sutton for Moseley Hall town ship, Raymond Muse for Pink Hill township and Jack Howard for Woodington township. This is the recently completed Trenton City Mell building which houses the town offices as Ml as! ||LV '.J-l■ IMa' CIS J »*• fitw wwwvm msm wnmr «ppwraiw>] UMd by Hi* town. It Is located lust back of Lawyer Darris
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