N. G, THURSDAY, JUNE 19,1958
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Jones Tax Levy Drops $20,371;
Tax Rate Is Lowered to $1.75
Budget Increased by $21,846
me tentative budget approved
for 1358-59 by the Jones County
Board of Commissioners calls' for
a drop of $20,371 in the thx levied
against the real and personal pro
perty of the county.
The total budget of $463,959 from
monies from all sources will re
quire a levy of $171,939 for the
learning year, the commissioners
decided. Last year the levy was
$092,310.
The various allocations by de
partment for the coming year are
as follows: The figure in paren
theses is the amount each of these
departments will get from sources
other than tax fevies in the coun
ty. The bulk of this is from state
and federal allocations:: Aid to the
blind $1,665 ($812), Aid to the poor
$7,650 ($1,565), Welfare Depart
ment Administration $13,315 ($7,
504), Accountant $3,199 ($533),
Farm and Home agents $0,027
($1,250), Forestry $2,975 ($1,133),
Health Department $14,680 ($8,
156), mosquito control $2,750 ($2,
000), bon’d interest and redemp
tion $34,280 ($4,590), school cur
rent expenses $97,959 ($69,447),
capital outlay $12,500 ($10,500),
school bonds $19,600 ($4,350), old
aige assistance $74,500 ($66,979),
aid to children $Bdt00O ($a,7U),
V
ated tax lWter ralua
the county is $9,800,000.
The tax rate was set at $1.75 to
raise $171,939. To .balance the bud
get $130,916 is needed but the
average rate of tax payment de
linquency demands a levy of
$171,939 to yield $130,916.
Comparisons with last year re
veal, the following: $50 increase in
aid for blind, $1,800 increase in
aid to poor, $687 increase in wel
fare department administration,
$237 decrease in accountant’s of
fice, $42 increase in farm and home
agent offices, $475 increase for
forestry, $3,784 decrease in health
department, $750 increase for
mosquito control, $30 increase in
bond retirement fund, $9,570 in
crease ih school current expenses
and $150,350 decrease in school
capital outlay.
last year there was a $150,000
bond issue included in the school
capital outlay budget.
A $4,925 increase in school debt
fund, $1,060 increase in aid to the
aged, $2,820 reduction in aid to
dependent children, $7,433 increase
in general fund appropriations.
The budget last year, exclusive
of the bond issue totalled $442,«
113.
Land Ti
Toe budget urns year winucn in
cludes no bond issue totals $463,
959.
This represents a gross increase
Of $21,846 in the 1958-58 budget
over that of the ’57-58 budget,
ir Cash balances, greater matching
funds from state and federal sour
ces and more income from non
tax sources in tlie county such as
fines, privilege license and fees
' made possible a drop in the tax
levy despite a'n increase in the
anticipated expenditures.
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White Oak Negro Drowned
Sunday in Farm Fish Pond
Bill Hassell, 24 year-ora farm
hand negro, of White Oak Town
ship was drowned just after noon
time Sunday in a fish pond on the
farm of Ray Collins, which is west
of Maysville on the White Oak
River Road.
Sheriff Brown Yates says in
formation available to him detail
the tragedy in this fashion: The
young negro and his wife walked
from their home nearby to the
Collins home after dinner Sunday
and then with Collins and his wife
they walked aver to the edge of the i
pond;, which is located near the1
Collins’ home.
The extremely hot weather was i
the apparent cause for the sud-1
den impulse of Hassell to “go
swimming.” Still fully clothed he
simply jumped overboard into a
bout 12 feet of water.
He came up twice and Collins, ^
who .could not swim got into the
edge of the pond, holding onto a
root in the bank and attempted to
reach him as he came up a third
time.
The body was not recovered un
Rescue workers said the top two
or three feet of the still waters
in the pond were warm but below
that the water was icy cold. Either
sudden shock from that icy water
or cramps were believed to have
been the cause of Hassell’s drown- j
ing.
A coroner’s jury composed of j
Ambrose Williams, Joe Ed Col- j
lins, Herbert Conway, C. W. Tho- |
mas, Eugene and William Simpson j
was convened at the scene and
ruled the death accidental drown
ing.
Attend Convention |
Jones County Sheriff Brown
Yates and State Democratic Ex-j
ecutive Committee Chairman John
Larkins left Trenton Wednesday to
attend the anrtlual convention of the
National Sheriff's Association which
is being held this year in Phila
delphia. They were expected back
Friday or Saturday. This wasj
Yates' first plane ride am} he may
dbcide to come back from Phila
delphia by other means.
LENOIR ESCAPEES
Jacob Newsome, serving 8-10
years for breaking and entering
and Isaac Fordham, .serving 12
months for liquor violations both
eseaiped from prison work gangs
this week. Each was sent up from
Lenoir County.
DESERTER CAUGHT
Robert Cleveland Hill was ar
rested in Kinston last week by FBI
agents who reported him as be
ing a deserter from tie navy. He
was living ait 3151 East King Street
in Kinston at the time of his ar
rest.
j. w. Young to White. Oak Town
ship, one acre from Roy E. White
to Willie White to Beaver Creek
Township, 15.3 acres from Eunice
Pollock to C. M. tfoy to Chtoqua
Township and 100 acres from
Tyndall to Guy. Tyndall in
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Moore Brothers Are
Involved in Suit to
Set Aside a Deed
Archie Moore of Harrisburg,
Pa., a native of Jones County, this
week filed a suit in Jones County
Superior Court against his brother
W. L. Moore in which he seeks
to set aside a deed he admits sign
ing September 18, 1939.
The Pennsylvania Moore claims,
•however, that he though he was
signing a mortgage rather than a
warranty deed. He says he was
borrowing $100 from his brother
and using as security a one-tenth
interest in the farm of the late
Walter L. Moore, their father, in
Chinquapin Township. The farm
is 210 acres in size.
The suit asks that the deed,
which the plaintiff claimes he felt
was a mortgage be set aside and
stricken from the records.
The Jones County Moore has not
yet filed an answer to the suit
Which was filed this week.
Caused Law Suit in
Jones County Court
John Isler this week had filed
in the Jones County Superior
Court a suit asking $500 damages
from Carl Brown and Alphalene
Baker Brown.
This suit resulted from an ac
cident May 5, 1958 near Oliver’s
Cross road between a car driven
by Isler and Mrs. Brown.
Isler alleges that his car suf
fered $500 damages because of the
negligent driving of Mrs. Brown.
Traffic and Domestic
Troubles Cause Three
Jones County Arrests
Jones County Sheriff Brown
Yates reports three arrests in the
past week: Two for traffic viola
tions and the third resulted from
a wife-beating.
Augustus Hooker of Chinqua
pin Township is accused of beat
ing his wife, Mary, in a warrant
charging assault upon a female.
Benjamin Franklin Dixon of
Stella was booked on June 11th.
charged with drunken and reckless
driving and driving on the wrong
side of the road.
Sylvester Kinsey of Kinston was
indicted on a speeding charge.
Oops! Foot Slipped!
There was nothing unusual about
F. B. "Bee" Blend going fishing
last Wednesday afternoon. The
trip ended some different than past
Bland fishing expeditions, how
ever. On Swift Creek, between
Vanceboro and New Bern, Bland
and a companion were attempting
to pull, their boat onto a trailer.
The pickup truck they were using
suddenly cut loose and rolled over
board into 15 feet of water. Divers
and Wrecking trucks had to be
called to the scone to retrieve the
Wafor>loggod ftruck. Bland com
pute* that the antlra trip—which
didn't not a mass of, fish—would
cost about $301. viw,
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Tornado Inflicts Heavy
Damage in Deep Run
Section of Lenoir County
Above Architect Jack Carey,
School Superintendent Henry Bul
lock, Roofing Contractor Linwood
Scott and Insurance Adjuster Har
vey Winslow survey the damage
to A. R. Munn Gym at Deep Run
Higli School which was heavily hit
by the big wind that struck that
neighborhood Sunday. The roof has
already been temporarily restored
as protection from rains that might
further complicate the damage of
the interior which was soaked very
thoroughly on Sunday.
This is' a front view of the Plato
Kinsey Home at Deep Run, show-'
ing the badly battered car that
was swamped with mortar and
stone when the roof and part of!
the wall of the home were blown
upon it in Sunday's tornado. Six
members of the Kinsey family
were at home but none was in
jured. All were soaked by the
cloudburst that came along with
the destructive wind.
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This is a rear view of lhe Kin
sey Home, showing how the rocf,
and part of the rear wall were
blown away in what Kinsey calls a
split second, He said, "All of a
sudden the wind said, 'Rawmph"
and then it was raining on us."
Kir.sey's workshop in an adjoin
ing shelter was also destroyed by
♦h s "ill wind" that blew info Deep
Run and surrounding area Sunday
afternoon.
At 4 Sunday afternoon a tornado
accompanied by big-as-egg hail
and a rain of the cloudburst cate
gory hit the Deep Run section of
lower Lenoir County, miraculously
inflicting no serious personal in
juries but leaving a toll of proper
ty damage that may reach near
the million-dollar mark.
An estimated 500 acres of to
bacco was damaged—at least 100
acres of that estimate damaged to
the extent of 100 per cent. At $1,000
per acre that racks up a first
obvious damage of $100,000.
The other 400 acres of tobacco
average at least a 50 per cent loss,
thus adding another $200,000 to the
storm’s price tag.
An estimated 2,000 acres of corn
-were damaged from 100 per cent
to 25 per cent, with a minimum
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average of 50 per cer.t. At $100 per
acre this adds another $100,000 to
the stonm’s account.
The roof of A. R. Munn gym
nasium at Deep Run High School
was blown away and the front
wall of the gym suffered damage
that has not yet been appraised.
Conservative estimates on the cost
of .putting the school property back
in. first class condition are around
$25,000.
Dozens of homes in Deep Run
and various kinds of tobacco barns,
packhouses, stables and storage
sheds were dashed to piece by the
fierce twister that disrupted power
and telephone service for more
than a half day.
Worst hit home was that of the
Pllto Kinsey Family in the south
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