NUMBER 24 TRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1958 VOLUME X
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Last Meeting of Incumbent
Commissioners Fairly Busy
me last regular meeting or the
incumbent Jones County -Board of
Commissioners was one of the
busiest in many months. At the]
December meeting a new board1—
which will 'include three members
of the present board, will be
sworn in. That board will include
Incumbents Tom Stilley, Harold
MaDud and D. A. Jones. The new j
members iwillbe‘Former Commis- ;
sioner John W. Creagh and Brax
ton George. They replace Charlie .
Davis and IBruee IBnramons.
Monday the -board heard rou
tine reports from .various depart
ment heads in tbe:county govern
ment and paid bills previously ap
proved by these saime department
t.eads.
A special report on the activities
of the Jones County Alcoholic
Beverages Control Board was
made by its attorney, Donald
Brcck. Same of the recommenda
tions made in Brock’s report will
be the subject of a special meet
ing to be held later this month.
Earl Bender came before the
board to discuss some fax valua
tion matters and left happy with
the explanation he received.
The board set the monthly in
spection fee lor all county schools
at $40. The 1957 General Assem
bly passed a law requiring regular
inspection of all public schools tor
electrical faults and fire hazards.
w .. Department
was authorized to permit better
protection tor the several county
buildings in and around Trenton
and also to improve the ability of
the department to fight fires out
side the Trenton area.
The report of the grand jury
was reviewed and a copy was
ordered to be mailed to the High-'
way Commission for its action in
recommendations that called for
a blinker light on the railroad east
of Pollocfcsville on the Croatan
Road. The jury report also asked
for reflectors to be installed in
the sharp curve near Tuckahoe
Creek on the road between Taylor
Band Booster Club
Formed Jones Central;,
Parade for Saturday
An organizational meeting ®f
Biand Boosters of Jones Central
High School was held last month
to make plans for “Band Bay” to
be held in the various towns of
the County during the month of
November.
A committee composed of .Mrs.
Alta Koonce, Chairman, Mrs.
Josephine Bender, Mrs. Am® Whit
iord Bender, Mrs. Margaret Par
ker, Mrs. Lela Pollodk, Mrs. Ervin
Holloman and J. W. Allen was
selected to formulate plans for
organizing a Band Boosters club.
As a boost to the new organiza
tion in its plans to begin a drive
for funds to purchase band uni
forms, the Jones Central Band will
parade in the towns oi Pollocks
ville and Maysville on Saturday,
November 8 and in comfort and
Trenton on Saturday. November
15.
Marriage License
Only one marriage license was
issued last week by Ttegister of
Deeds Mrs. D. W. TCoonce and it
went to Fred Hartper, 26, of Pink
Hill and Leah Mae Batchelor, 19,
of Pollocksville.
The Maysville Community As
sociation is sponsoring a game
luncheon on Wednesday, Novem
ber 12, at 12:30, in the community
building to obtain funds for the
building indebtedness. Luncheon
will be served buffet style and
those who eat may participate in
various games throughout tire af
ternoon. Door and game prizes
will be given.
Crossroads and Pleasant Hill.
The jury also urged that daily
pay for jury duty be raised from
$5 to $10 per day. The commis
sioners took no action on that
mlatter.
W. B. Moore Elected
TB Association Head
In Last Week Meeting
The Jones County Tuberculosis
Association met last Wednesday
night at the home of John Hargett,
who served the ten members pre
sent, a baribeque supper.
The following officers were i
elected; W. B. Moore, presidents
Miss Mildred White, vice-presi
dent in charge of the seals and
Mrs. Braxton George, secretary
treasurer.
Plans were made to appoint a
’committee from this county to
meet with committees from Le
noir and Greene Counties to form
a Tri-County campaign.
Scott Venerable of the State TB
office discussed the arrangement
and gave some vital statistics on
TB. Miss White will soon send out
the letters cocerning the TB
drive.
Charles Mangum Jenkins
Funeral services were held at
3:30 Wednesday from the chapel of
Garner Funeral Home for 34 year
old Charles Mangum Jenkins of
Trenton, who died Tuesday night
after a brief illness.
District Federation of Womans
Clubs Met at Clubhouse in
Trenton Last Saturday
By Mrs. Fred Pippin
The annual mee' ing of the Twelf
th District of North Carolina
Federa'ion of Womans Clubs met
Saturday in T.enton. Registration
took place at the clubhouse where
donuts and coffee were served and
the assembly met in the music
room of Jones Cen'ral High
School.
After reading the Collect, Mrs.
Henry Swiggett, president of the
Trenton club, greeted the guests
and response was made by Mrs.
G. S. Simpson. Af‘er the election
of of icers, Mrs. R. T. Dent, presi
dent of the North Carolina Fed
eration of Womans Clubs, gave a
speech on “Opportunity we have;
through Education, Service and
Dedication we build”.
Following her was Mrs. D R.
Oliver, second vice-resident who
spoke on “Meeting todays Challen
ges”. Mrs. Jack Sharpe, Jr., third
vice-president wias the last to
speak on “Rent; Are you paying
it?”
At the close of the assembly,
our workshops were held in the
class rooms. They were Communi
ty Affairs taught by Mrs. D. L.
Felton, American Home by Mrs.
Fred Hickok, Juniors by Mrs.
David Cordes and International
Affairs by Mrs. Mae Happer.
Lunch was served in the cafe
teria during which Mrs. Gordon
Maddrey talked about the Sam
arcand project in the Sandhills.
Following the presentation of a
Jonas Central Juniors
Top Magazine Sale Goal
The Jones Central Junior Class
went over its goal in. magazine
sale&?They; $a4fi6 and the goat
tfaSr $2100. Hie class will receive
a trophy for outselling the class of
last year. j
Each day during the campaign
the person that turned in the most
money received $5. David Yates,
Elaine Parker, Doris Jones, Su
zanne Bender, Joseph Thomas, and
Sam Davis were the six people
that won prizes.
At the beginning of the cam
paign a name was drawn and kept
a secret. At the end of the cam
paign the person whose name was
drawn received a $25 saving bond
if he had reached his quota. Bren
da Capps won the bond. Another
name was drawn, carl Brown also
reached his quota so he was given
a "sleepy” dog.
There were four tap salesmen.
They were Suzanne Bender $219:
Sam Dlavis $209.12, Elaine Parker
$141.37, and David Yates $125.
They also received prizes.
Joseph Thomas, Doris Jones,
Killian Nicholson, Clifton Huggins,
Brenda Capps, Amy Wetherington,
Pa'ricia Humphrey, Melvin Author,
Kay Koon.ce, Harry Lee Murphy,
Gene Philyaw, and David Foy were
the people who sold $50 or over.
They will be guests of honor at a
dinner to be held soon.
The campaign of selling maga
zines was supervised by Miss
Brock for the purpose o! financing
the Junior-Senior -Banquet and
i buying a nice gift for the school.
wards, the meeting was adjourned
and w-11 meet next year in Vance
boro. Sixty-tour ladies were pre
sent at this meeting.
Missing Man Drowned
..Charlie F. Ward, well known,
negro 'of 'he Maysville section,,
was found drowned in White Oak
River Monday afternoon. Ward!
had been missing from his home
for nearly a month and a wide
spread search ended when a fish
erman found his body in Lower
White Oak River this week. Grave
side funeral rites were held Tues
day afternoon in the White Oak
Cemetery at Maysville.
Jury List Drawn
For Jones Court
Among- .the activities of the
Jones county Board of Commis
sioners Monday wias the drawing
of a 36-man jury for the next
term of Suiperior Court. The panel
includes:
Thomas L. Hood, L. T. Jenkins,.
C. D. Smith, Raymond Killings—
worth, Roger A. McDaniel, Elbert
P. Andrews, G. D. Cox, Braxtoa
Howard, John Parker, Samuel
Riggs, E. L. Morton, A. B. Parker.
! Ralph B. Banks, T. K. Smith,,
Thomas E. Stroud, J. K. Dixon
Jr., Elmer Collins, Linwood Scott,
Dave Collins, Raymond Jones,
Wirt’h Huggins, Herbert Jones, Jim
Metts, Denford Eubanks,
i Nelson Banks, Ray A. McDaniel,
Travis Meadows, Marvin Philyaw,
Emmett Mallard, Carl Turner,
Milord Price, O. C. Thomas,
George Davenport, Luby Collins,
Noland Jones and Albert A. Mit
chell.
FUTURE TEACHERS MEET
A Future Teachers of America
meeting at Jones Central High
j School was held October 22, in the
school cafeteria. President Ellen
I dar Jenkins who welcomed new
membe's in the club. Mrs. Moore
and Miss Jenkins gave a report
| on what the Future Teachers of
America consisted of and what
was expected of each member.
The new business consisted of how
the club wsa to celebrate National
Teachers’ day. Other business con
sisted of election of song leaders,
Jean Pollock and Billie Parker.
A:ter adjournment refreshments
were served by Ann Holloman,
Bonnie Meiggs and Miss Jenkins.
Kinston Tobacco Market’s Sharp Drop in Rank Matter of Serious Concern
The curtain hlas lailen cm the
1958 selling season on the Kinston
Tobacco Market, and although 1958
was better by more than a million
dollars than ’57 there is no dodg
ing the hard fact that 1958 was a
disastrous year for the Kinston
market.
In a year that grew one of the
finest tobacco crops on record,
and in which not less than a five
percent increase in acreage yield
was enjoyed the Kinston market
only increased its pales by 1.7
per cent. This, then is actually a
big drop insofar as the market’s
sale o. its fair share of the 1958
crop is concerned.
One hundred different people,
perhaps will give 100 different rea
sons for this sudden drop in the
position of the Kinston Tobacco
Market. Falling from second place
in rank among United States mar
kets to fourth pliace in one season
is an extremely serious matter for
those people whose livelihood is
directly connected to the success,
or failure of the Kinston Tobacco
Market
AH agree that the time to be
gin worrying about the disastrous
season just ended is NOW and not
sales begin in August
oi ittoa.
Warehousemen in general blame
the drop on one big factor and
severlal less noticeable problems.
They say the failure of the buy
ing companies to pay a price dif
ferential between tied and graded
tobacco and loose tobacco as sold
on the Georgia-Florida markets
caused a far gre)ater proportion
of tips and lugs to go South this
year than in the past. The ware
housemen also say more aggres
sive practices of Greenville, Farm
yille and Rocfcy Mount added up to
more tobacco headed in the direc
tion of those mlarkets.
Farmers have two basic gripes
which cover a multitude of per
sonal peeves. These are lack of
service on the warehouse floor and
questionable practices on the part
of some Kinston warehousemen.
One prominent farmer says a
warehousemlan “helped him out”
by buying 15,000 pounds of tobac
co one day when the buyers didn’t
seem interested in that particular
quality of tobacco. That afternoon
the. warehouseman sold that same
15,000 pounds of tobacco to a buy
ing company for a five-cent per
pound profit.
Whether that is all the story
.
or noi is unimportant, wnat is im
portant is that this was the story
that was told, retold, and told some
more by this farmer, and it’s quite
l-kely that he is still telling it.
Certainly, the rest of his con
siderable crap of tobacco Was not
sold in Kinston and how much
more tobacco he influenced away
from Kisnton is a matter of pure
conjecture.
One fanner was satisfied with
the prices he got in Kinston but
he bluntly criticized the market
in ths fashion, “There ain’t a sin
gle toilet open to the farmers in
any one of Kinston’s warehouses
thlat I’d let my hound go in!’’
' Another farmer put his gripe
this way: “The only time of the
year when Kinston warehousemen
are interested in the farmer is right
while tobacco is being sold.” This,
of course, is not right since many
Kinston warehousemen work at
their trade the year-round, b»t
surely is is true of a percerttage of
the warehousemen who from No
vember until August are either too
busy with o'her enterprises to
work at the intridate job of ware
housing or are just simply too lazy
and/prefer the cool breezes of the
ocean in My and August to mak
irag the rounds and renewing ac
quaintances with the farmer out
in the field.
A merchant who is a very keen
observer o. practically everything
that effects the coming and going
of dollars around Kinston says,
“The continued damnation of our
city by the Free Press has hurt
us. Right when tobacco was be
ing sold the Free Press said the
police and sheriff departments
were crooked and then after
stomping those departments into
the ground they turned and stomp
ed the board of aldermen, city
maniager and other city officials
into small pieces. When :olks keep
reading this kind of criticism—
whether it is true or no'—they
have questions raised in their
minds that frequently end up with
them deciding to go to another
town, where things may be worse
than Kinston but where the paiper
has not spread such bad news to
recklessly and frequently.’’
One businessman said the lack
of competition had claused the
Kinston Tobacco Market to lose
its drive toward becoming not only
the World’s Foremost Toiblacco
Market, but also the World’s Larg
est Tobacco Market.
More acres of tobacco are
grown nearer to the Kinston To
bacco Market than to anyother
market in the world and for a
period Kinston’s geographical lo
cation pushed it toward that goal
of being the largest market.
But somewhere along the line the
steam got out of this drive and
now in one short year Kinston has
fallen from 2nd to 4th place.
People who sell advertising say,
“There is no reason and not much
rhyme to the advertising program
of the Kinston Tobacco Market.
A business that grosses as much
money as the Kinston tobacco
market should have a lull-time ad
vertising manager equipped with
a budget to permit year-round in
telligent, broad-based coverage.
The present advertising budget of
the entire Kinston Tobacco Mar
ket is a fraction of what several
Kinston department stores spend
each year. This, the warehouse
men say, is a. selfish notion from
an advertising salesman who sim
ply wants to sell more advertising.
At present seven groups of peo
ple control the 12 warehouses in
Kinston, this means that there is
less competition today in a $30
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