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JONES COUNTY NUMBEA 36 TRENTON, N. G, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1957 VOLUME VIII This is ift* n*w"RM and While" sup*r-m»rfcet opening formally lftis'w**k just sot *f Trcnfon on the Kinston highway by H. B. On Friday and Saturday of this week H. B. Hargett’s new “Red and White Super-market” will have its formal opening in its com pletely renovated and fully stocky ed location just west of Trenton on the Kinston highway. The newest addition to the gro cery and market services of Jones County will remain under, the management of H. B. Hargett Jr. and it is still a home-owned in dependent organization. In the operation of the super market Hargett will be assisted by Cecil Hargett, Mrs. H. B. Hargett Sr. and Richard Morton. , Under the arrangement which will be formally opened this week the Hargett market and grocery becomes one of a nation-wide chain of independently owned and ... parable to the huge corporation owned chain stores such as‘*A & P” and Colonial Stores. In addition to a full line of “Red and White” name-brand groceries, prepared and packaged specially for these independent markets, Continued on page two ' John Larkins Visits Washington to Fight Government Motels On Tuesday cf this week Tren ton Attorney John Larkins was in Washington where he appeared be in opposition to proposed construc fore Interior Department officials : ^ Bill Parker Named Trenton Fire Chief In the annual election of offi cers held this week by the Trentjm Volunteer Fire Department Bill Parker was named chief for the doming year. - Named to serve along .with him in the direction of the fire de partment this year were F. L. Black, assistant chief; Eari Lee Nobles, captain; Fred Foscue, lieutenant, and Marvin Thomas was named secretary and treasur er. (Thomas says he has the min utes, but he ain't got no money yet.) Sheriff Yates Tears Up White Oak Still Sheriff Brown Yates reports the discovery and destruction of a small whisky still in White Oak Townsjili) last Thursday afternoon, ~ still, made from steel oil parently had not been th opera tion for several days, Yates says. Other activity reported during the past week included the arrest of Tommy Harrison of Pollocks ville on a charge of public drunk enness. rion of motels and eating estab lishments along the Blue Ridge Parkway by the government. Larkins, among other things, is general counsel for the North Carolina Association of Motel Operators and it was in that capa city that he appeared in opposition to this federal Competition to his motel association members in Western Carolina. „ t? ' r . Jones Farnj Agent Urges Soil Analysis for Every Field As Path to Greater Profits The spring planting season is not far off, and now is the time to get those fields sampled so that you may be able to purchase lime and fertilizer In accordance with the needs of your soil. Jones County Agent, J. R. Franck, says it is particularly important this year for farmers to purchase lime and fertilizer wisely. In this way they may increase their net farm income, Franck points out, because the results of a soil test can tell tiie grower what his soil lacking,1 and ;wi**t it has a suf rieney of, in the way of Ijhne id other ptabt m*rient$; , X . For exanmie some soils are high “ ■ M v , / ,T\' ' : t phosphorus, the agent says, and a grower purchases a fertilizer A soil test can' also help to in crease a grower’s net income by letting him know 'how much lime is needed on his land. For if a soil needs lime, the crop response to applied fertilizer will be small — just another way of saying that the farmer’s net income will be re duced. By following fertilizer sugges tions based on a good soil test, a grower will put only the amounts of lime and fertilizer that he needs. And that’s good business in any body’s language. So Franck urges all farmers in Jones County to get those soil sam ples in flow. He has received word h»m S. L. Tisdale, Director of the Soil Testing Division, North Carolina Department flt Agricul tious Optimism’ Prevails This eek on Threat to Stallings School Mter uie t>ad fright of last week when pessimism seemed to rule the day over the threatened clos ing of the flight school at Stall ings Air Base the Kinston spirit has moved cautiously to one of hopeful optimism. No specific announcement has been made saying “AM is well!” but the general feeling is that full information is now in the hands of the men who will have to ulti mately make the decision on the school’s fate and the optimism stems as much from the compara tive record of the school with its eight-sister schools as from any direct statements at any official level. Delegations of officials have re visited Washington in the past week for conferences with mem bers of the North Carolina Con gressional Delegation and for re connadsance of the overall inside situation of the school in the labryrinth called the Pentagon. As the cautious air of optimism has returned to those most con cerned over this threatened loss of the school and its six-million dollar-per-year payroll there has also come the recognition that ul timately, if not now, the school will be closed and talk now cen ters around planning to fill that gap on that day when it takes place. Use of the airport and its many facilities is being closely scrutinized by those who may be charged with maintaining it when it is returned to city-county su Dacron Plant Salary Boosts add $322,800 Annually to Economy It was announced Tuesday at the Kinston Du Pont Plant, that hourly wage rates of all employ ees were increased effective Jan uary 28. This adjustment in wage rates, it was stated, is in keeping with Du Pont policy to maintain the employee’s relative wage po sition as compared with rates paid far comparable work in industry. The wage adjustment varies from 6 cents per hour to 10 cents per hour, depending upon the job classification of each employee, with the higher Skilled employees receiving the larger increase. The Du Pont Plant, which pro duces Daemon now employs ap proximately 2,000 people. pervision. Consideration of the facility as the much-talked-about but little done-about Eastern Carolina Air port has, and is being, but the question automatically pops to the surface: Who would subsidize the operation? Few feel that adjacent counties and cities would partici pate in underwriting the operational deficit which practically alfl com mercial airports incur. One -city official is studying the possibility of the airport area as ^ potential industrial site, but this is hampered by lack of rail, water and sewer facilities; not to men tion the “reclaimer clause” in the contract held by the Navy Depart ment over the facility. The most frequently heard com ment this week has been “What can we do to fill this gap, if it happens”. This has Largely re placed the frantic air of despera tion that came with the threatened loss two weeks ago upon its first public release. On one point seem agreed: That the Navy is not now, or at any time in the reasonable future likely to make any such intensive use of the base as the present operators. A high-speed chase that began in the Tull's Mill section of lower Lenoir County at about 7:30 Mon day night ended in a crash which killed Joseph Outlaw Jr., 22, of Kinston route four and hospitali zation of the other three occupants of the car which was driven by Jaimes R. Smliitjh of 103 North Orion Street in Kinston. Highway Patrolman Wesley Par rish who was chasing the death dealing 1956 Mercury says it went about this way: “I was making a routine patrol in the area around Tulls Mill and decided to cheek the driver’s license of the man operating this 1956 Mercury. He took off! We chased around those rural dirt and paved roads for a few minutes until the Mercfiry driver hit the Pink Hill-Kinsiton highway near Mr. Rufus Howard’s. He turned toward Kinston I had called for a road block and Pa trolman Lloyd Pate was in the act cf setting uip a roadblock at Al britton Crossroads. “Pate saw us coming and de cided to back his oar out of the way. At Albritton’s the Mercury turned left and headed up a paved rural road toward Sandy Bottom. “Just before entering NC 55 at Sandy Bottom there’s a real sharp curve. There the Mercury went out of control. Outlaw was pinned .under the car. When we got him out his nose and mouth were all full of dirt and he couldn’t breath, a managed to get the dirt out of his nose and mouth arid he started breathing. Then he started gush ing Wood out, of his nose and mouth. By that time the ambu lance had arrived. He was jpro nounced dead about five minutes after they got him to the hospital”. Parrish says there was no evi dence of drinking, no whisky in the car and anflOHs only explana tion was “It’s just one of them things”. ' { lbs. Outlaw was riding in the boat seat of the ear' with Smith. This is the mangled remains of the "deadly weapon" which killed the second person on Lenoir Coun ty's highways in 1957. Driven by its owner, J. R. Smith of ]03 North ifsr-e-v »»:■ : - ■,-mz: <■' ~j~ :? ■ ■ OriorJ Street, it went out of con trol at a very high rate of speed Monday night at Sandy Bottom, killing Joseph Outlaw Jr. of Kin ston route four. She suffered outs and abrasions about the face and head and pos sible internal injuries. Daniel McLain Stricklin of 1Q-B Simon Bright Homes, riding on Ihe left in die back seat with the men who died, escaped with mi nor sidns and braises. Smith had severe cuts and bruises about the head and face and possible internal injuries. At this same date a year ago only one person had been killed on the highways of Lenoir County. Patrolman Parrish says he will indict Smith on charges of man slaughter, speeding over 100 miles per hour and reckless driving.
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