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:THE JONES COUNTY RNAL NUMBER 1 TRENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1958 VOLUME X Stealing, Bad Checks, Whisky and Traffic Get Seven Arrested in Jones During the past week seven in dictments were made by Jones Ownty officers on charges that tanged from burglary to, public drunkenness. Seventeen year-old Melvin Gray, iPollocksville negro, was charged with breaking into Moye’s Filling Station on the night of May 6tih and stealing a small quantity of cigarettes, chewing gum and candy. Kenneth Earl Grant of Kinston was indicted for speeding, reck ' less driving and driving without a driver’s license. ' Ted Way, a Gamp Lejeune Ma rine was booked for drunken and reckless driving and speeding. William Prentice Vinson of Stella was booked for drunken and reck less driving. Joe Bender of Pollocksville was accused of being publicly drunk and violating the liqiudr laws by having in his possession a small quantity of stuimphole whisky. Joe Meadows of Trenton was charged with public drunkenness. Politics Extremely Quiet in Jones County On Election Eve There’s probably not much, if any truth in the rumor that they have called off the Saturday elec tion in Jones County, as the May Term of Superior Court is general ly cancelled. And there’s not miuch strength behind the suggestion that the ninej candidates, for county c ammis svery kind of truth there is next to no in the voting scheduled to take place Saturday. Nine men are “battling” for the five seats on the county board of commissioners, but it is the quiet est battle on record. In this race three incumbents Thomas Stilley, Harold Mallard and D. A. Jones have one former commissioner and five newcomers competing to see who will fix (he budget, levy the taxes, draw the jurors and ap prove the paying of bills for Jones County for the next two years. The former commissioner, John W. Creagh, served three terms be fore, two of them as chairman. Nobody doubts very seriously that Creagh will be a county commis sioner again when the few scat tered votes are counted on Satur . *«y •; Newcomers include Braxton George, Jasper Foy, David Oivils, Wayne Mallard and LeVi Mallard. r Seventh Senatorial Diririct Sees Four Hopefuls Working Hard.for Two Seats One of the busiest campaigns in the history of the Seventh Senator ial District has resulted from the four-way com,petition between Lu ther Hamilton of Moreihead City, Clyde Safoiston of Jacksonville, James Simpkins of New Bern and John Lawton Kallam of Lenoir County. /At first blush Sabiston and Hamilton are given the edige in the fight for the two .seats in the senate whieh this district has. Hamilton is an incumbent, who two years ago won the Democratic nomination along with Kinston At torney John Dawson without op position. Hamilton is an old-time hand at the political wars. He was a spe cial superior court jud/ge until the Late Governor William Umstead failed to reapipoint him in 1951. He has served in the General As sembly before as a senator in 1921 and a representative in 1931 and “bodies are buried” around the “dobies are buried” around the district and he is expected to get strong support from most of the professional politicians. Sabiston has also been active for a good many years in politics, having served as mayor of Jack sonville, fire chief of its volunteer fire department, and he is current ly a member of the board of direc tors of the Eastern Carolina Hous ing Authority and the® tie same' "jarfifeisSional sup port” that Hamilton will receive.' The other two candidates are less well known across the district. Simpkins ran for congress in 1956 against Graham Barden in the Third District which includes four of the six counties in the senatorial district and he received what is generally referred to as a “flattering vote” that came no wherp near unseating the veteran Barden. Simpkins is currently a member of the New Bern Board of Aldermen and he has held numer ous Civic posts which have per mitted him to meet a lot of folks around the district. Kallam is seeking office for the first time. He is currently and has been for three years vige chair man of the North Carolina Veter ans Commission. Kallam has waged an extremely active campaign since the filing deadline on April 19th and has certainly shaken as many hands as any of the other three senatorial hopefuls. Continued on page 10 Scheduled for opening Monday, 'June 2nd, ia this new Jones Court tyABC store located six miles . east of Kinston on US 70 at Wyse's Fork. This is the third legal grog shop cloned in Jones County since October of 1957 when the voters .of the'ccurtii'y by more than) a two to-one majority 'approved the legal sale of whisky; in their county. The ether stores are at Trenton and Hargett'*' Crossroads. Pollocksville Boy Soloist in Concert At Cambell College Commencement “HEARTS AND FDOWEKS” — Traditions can flower rapidly. In three years the annual commence ment-time concert under the stars has flowered at Campbell College into what is perhaps the best loved tradition of the college musical year. The sextet above will lead the choir—the girls in springtime gowns as pictured above—singing something gay, something senti mental, and something a bit sad at year’s end, in the Paul Green Amphitheatre. “Curtain time” for' this evening of light music out doors under Japanese lanterns and | the stars is 8 p. m. The event is open, without charge. Seated in the picture are soloists of the concert Jeane Barnes, Moreread City; Sylvia Grubbs, Burlington; and Barbara McLamib, Buies Creek. J Standing are Barbara Riddle, j Creswell, Larry Gupton, Rocky1 Mount, and Bobby Cox, Pollocks vile. Charles Horton, Campbell music head, will direct the singers. Liberalized FHA Program Interests Jones Farmers J. E. Mewborn Jr., Jones coun ty supervisor for the Farmers •Home Administration reports that he already has received more than ten inquiries from interested per sons since his agency expanded its farm housing loan program a few weeks aige To be eligible now, an applicant must own a farm that is in agri cultural production and must plan to produce at least $400 worth of ’commodities for sale and home use, based on 1944 prices. (Many part-time farmers wtho previous ly were ineligible qualify for loans under the expanded program. There are many farm dwellings and service buildings which are rapidly depreciating in their pre sent condition. Foundations gen erally are giving away and un pajnted weather boarding is much easier prey to weather elements. Most of these buildings can be repaired for a reasonable cost to the owner that in many cdses will maintain them in years to come. i Without repair, these buildings will Soon be in a state beyond re pair. Any farmers needing con struction for new dwellings or farm ou.iamgs or repairs on ms pieseiu building who needs a long term loan for this purpose can make ap plication at the Farmers Home Administration offices. In Jones Jaunty the FHA office is located in the Agricultural Building at Tren ton. ■ Thoughtfully prepared farm and home plans, together with well kept records of the year’s farm in come and expenses, are important factors when it comes to getting the greatest possible benefit out of Farmers Home Administration loan funds and farm income. That’s the opinion of Mewborn, who, in addition to lending money to family-type farmers for operat ing, buying, enlarging, or improv ing farms, spends much of his time advising with loan applicants and borrowers about their plans for better farming, fanm and home bookkeeping, and money manage ment. Marriage License Jones County Register of Deeds Mrs. D. W. Koonce reports the issue of two marriage license in Maysville Men Being Sued for Underpaying Truck Drivers Three federal suits by .the U. S. Labor Department name employ ers in Maysville and Roper as wage-hour law violators and ask recovery of back pay totalling $5,389.50 allegedly due nine work ers. deformation released today by Pauline W. Horton, federal repre sentative of the Wage and Hour Division, indicates that the suits filed by Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell will be heard in U. S. Courts in Raleigh and Wilmington. She explained that the actions seeking recovery of back pay were filed after the Labor Secretary had .-eceiived written requests from the workers. Mrs. Horton said the N. C. State Department of Labor had made wage-hour investigations of both firms. Employers named in the wage suits are C. D. Hite and George A. Yancey, of Maysville, who alleged ly owe $3,483.00 to eight truck driv ers hauling rock, gravel, and as phalt for use on highways and j»ads;„ and Brady Lumber Com pany, Inc., of Roper, sued for $1,906.50 allegedly due one night watchman for a period slightly less than five months. The Brady firm and its president, J. D. Parker, were named joint de fendants in an 'injunction suit ask ing that they be permanently re strained from violating the mini mum-w'age, overtime-pay, and re cordkeeping provisions of the Fed eral Wage and Hour Law. Land Transfers Transfers of Jones County real estate recorder in the past week by Register of Deeds Mrs. D. W. Koor.ce includes the following: Eugenia B. Reaves to Sybil B. Dail 1.501 acres in Cypress Creek Township. George N. Taylor to Claude Allen, three lots in Pollocksville. R. P. Bender to John Davis four acres in Pollocksville Township. Floyd F. Huiggins to Nelson Con way one acre in Trenton. J. W. Norris to S. A. Norris one acre in Tuckaihoe Township. Kinstonians Buy Goldsboro Station Last Friday the sale of Radio Station WOOL, property of the Wayne Broadcasting Company in Goldsboro, was sold to Better Ad vertising, Inc.,- a Kinston corpora tion. The sale is not final until ap proved by the Federal Communi cations Commission, which is ex pected without difficulty in about two months. William S. Page is president of the buying grouip and Jack P. Hankins its secretary. They occupy the same positions in the Farmers Broadcasting Company, which owns and operates Station WELS in Kinston. the past week to: Earl West, 19, of Trenton route one and Marie Eubanks, 18, of Kinston route three. Carol Wayne Meadows, 2^ of Maysville and Sara Joe Yeoman, 18, of Maysville.
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