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. 15th A two-question bnilwt will be Issued to flue-'pred tobacco grow c s when they go to the polls De cember IS to vote In the Tobacco ASsocia'es Assessment Referen dum. In each question two-thinds proval of those voting is required for the issue to carry. Therefore, growers are urged to vote on both questions: ' Question One: “Are you For or Against an annual assessment of 10c per acre on the tobacco aceage planted for a three-year period (1959, 1960, and 1961)? This assessment is to support an or ganization for promoting, develop ing, and expanding domestic and foreign purchase and consump tion of Hue-cured tobacco. Vote by placing ‘X’ in one box.” Question Two: “Are you For or Against an assessment (if per mitted by 1959 legislation) on to bacco acreage planted for a three year period (1959, 1960, and 1961) % in an amount in each of such years as ms^ be determined by the Board of Directors of Tobacco Asso ciates, Incorporated, but not more than $1.00 per acre (such an as sessment to be in place of and not in addition to the 10c per acre otherwise authorized)? This assessment is to support an organization for promoting, de veloping, and expanding domestic and foreign purchase and con sump ion of flue-cured tobacco. Vote by placing ‘X’ in one box.” These questions are quoted directly from the printed ballot which will be issued to the grower December 15. Other information that will be of interest to growers as they prepare to vote in the assessment referendum: In regard to Question Two, pro posed legislation to provide an in crease in the assessment requires two-thirds approval of fthe board, and also two-thirds approval by _ farmer representatives on the board, to establish the assessment ra'e not to exceed $1.00 per acre. Under a recent change in the Tobacco Associates’ by-laws, farmer .representation on the board of directors has been doubled. Any grower who is dissatisfied with the Tobacco Associates pro gram may obtain a full refund on his assessment by applying for it in writing within 30 days after it has been (collected. The Enabling Act of 1947, under which Tobacco Associates operates requires that a referendum be held every three years to give growers Kinston Man Caught At Jones County Still Sheriff Brawn Yates and Lenoir ABC Officers Clarence Bland, Paul Young and Leo Harper Monday afternoon raided a whisky still in Tucfcahoe Township of Western Jones County and caught Johnnie B. Jones of 392 East South Street in ^Kinston. The still was in “full bloom” and Jones had 18 gallons of fresh ly run booze to show for his day’s work. He was jailed in Trenton, pending trial in the March term of Jones County Superior Court. DON EUBANKS ON DES MOINES Donald L. Eubanks, fireman, tJiSN, son of Mr. asd Mrs. Gordon Eubank of Route 2, Box 222, Tren ton, is serving aboard the heavy cruiser USS Des Moines, which visited Genoa, Italy, Nov. 6-14, af ter ten days of fleet exercises off the coast. The Des Moines, flagship for the Sixth Fleet, operates out of Ville franehe, France. SEAMAN SMITH IN PACIFIC James L. Smith, seaman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Smith of Route 1, Pollocksville, is serv ing aboard the destroyer USS Cushing, operating with the Seven th Flee* in the Far East. an opportunity to determine whe ther or not they favor continuing the acreage assessment to pro mote the sales of their tobacco. All growers who shared in the proceeds of the 1958 crop, includ ing growers who placed their acreage in the soil bank, are eli gible to vote in the December 15 referendum. The referendum will be held at regular community, polling cen ters u$ual voting hours will be observed. Just Two of Many Problems Parental Responsibility Solomon s famous decision as recorded in the Bible was about a child two -women wanted. The problem of countless judges, wel.are workers and taxpayers of all sizes and descriptions now con cerns children, in many instances, that nobody wants. ' Certainly not many of the 824 children who this month were list ed as “dependent” by the Lenoir County Welfare Department fall in that category, but whether they are wanted or not by their parents the costly fact remains that in December the taxpayers had to dig down and find $13,437 to help support the 261 families in which these 824 children are found. Across the Street from the Wel fore Department Recorder’s Court Clerk Mrs. Nelle Warren reports K292 domestic relations cases which are generally “suppport cases”. These are criminal actions brought generally by a mother against a delinquent lather who for same retoon or another is not furnishing enough “support” for her and the minor children. MM. Warren says g ISi of these domestic problems are active, meaning that regular weekly or monthly checks are re ceived by the court and then paid to the needy family. She says an average af three such cases are added each week. ■Many of these cases in Re corder’s Court are also found in the files of the Welfare Depart ment since in many instances the payments made by a father are not sufficient to keep body and soul together. The Welliare Department has one rule that is strictly enforced in this realm: That no mother and children are eligible for aid unless a warrant has been issued against the defaulting father. In many instances this is more a hommiaiity than a reality, since such defaulting papas frequently disappear. Judge Emmett Wooten, whose duty it is to hear the vast ma jority of these “non-support” charges, is faced with an Impossible task. If he orders a defaulting fa ther to make a realistic contribu tion to the care of his family, then papa either has to go to prison or flee the country. Most of those in volved are in, the lowest income , 1 . ■ :THE JONES COUNTY T O U RNAL NUMBER 29 fRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1958 « VOLUME X Marine to Prison Before sentencing Richard J. Lama, a New York native, serv ing with the Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune, Judge Malcolm Paul Monday told the slender redheaded young Leatherneck, "You have not only robbed this young man of his money and his watch but you have also trumped up a story and tried to rob him of his good name." Lama had explaned his taking the watch and money by claiming that the prosecuting witness had made improper advances to him. James F. Fordham, the prosecut ing witness, told police on the day of the crime that Lama had threatened to tell such a story if the robbery were reported. Judge Paul gave the New Yorker a term of four to five years in state pri son to ponder upon his mistakes. Jones Whisky Sales $21,260; Lenoir Sales Hit *166,058 November whisky sales in Jones and Lenoir County ABC stores were $21,260.30 and $166,058.75 re spectively. The three stores in the Jones County system have now been open for just a full year, having first opened on December 6th of last year, so naturally there are no comparative figures available in that system. In Lenoir County, however, the legal grog business was off from a year ago. In November of 1957 the five Lenoir County stores sold $178,568.25 worth of spirits. This indicates a drop in total business of $12,509.50 and Lenoir officials attribute the major part of this drop to the opening of the Jones County stores. The November sales in the Jones County stores brought the total sales since opening of the system to $197,072 65. For the first five months of the current fiscal period this brings total sales in the Jones ABC system to $116,838.70. Jones sales In November were $2,292.50 less than October sales, which were $23,552.80. Store No. 1 in Trenton st.ll top ped Jones Courjty sales with $7,739.80, Store No. 2 at Hargett Crossroad remained in second place with $7,110.55 and Store No. 3 at Wyse Fork, the newest store in the system, had gross sales of $6,409.90. P.T.A. Sponsored Dinner A Success The scarlet and white uniforms for members of the Jones Central High Ochool Band are becoming a reality. In an all-out effort by members from throughout Jones County, the P.TA. of Jones Central High School was successful in realizing a profit of over $600 on a dinner sponsored at the school last Fri day night. 1 A planning committee was com ' posed of Mrs. Frank Bender of Pollooksville, Mrs. Sam Pruitt of Maysvilie, Mrs. Austin Koonce of Trenton, Mrs. Thomas Vatsey of Trenton, Mrs. Nancy Mallard of Mallardtown, Mrs. W. W. Lowery of near Phillips Crossroad , and Mrs. Thelma Philyaw of Comfort. Each committee member was re sponsible for soliciting food from her district. Many other helped the committee members. People trom all over the county respond ed with gifts. To date, the “Band Boosters” Club, in cooperation with the P.T. A., has been successful in raising $1800 of the needed $2400. Tobacco Specialist Urges Farmers to Go Slow When Studying New Practices State College Tobacco Specialist Dr. R. R. Bennett Monday night urged Lenoir County tobacco grow ers to go slow in pattinp into use neiw cultural practices and new .varieties Speaking a$ the annual tobacco meeting in the court house, Ben nett said the hardest job the peo ple in the experiment stations have is trying to decide how much or bow little inlormation to give farmers. Too frequently, Bennett stressed, farmers have jumped on a new variety or a new cultural practice and run it into the ground before it had a chance to prove itself, or before all “the bugs” had been worked out of it. A current example, Bennett gave, was the use of MH 30 for sucker control. Excessive use of this' product has caused all to bacco buying companies to veto its use. Bennett says he still has faith in sensible use of MH 30 but the tobacco companies, who are the bosses, are down on it. TJ)is resulted, Bennett pointed, when farmers who thought that if four pints of MH30 per acre was good, then eight pints would be twice as good. Bennett reviewed experiment station results with ail principal types of tobacco now in use in North Carolina and with several new varieties. He begged farmers NOT to all plant the same kind of tobacco, not to stress quantity and forget quality and lastly to accept all re ports and recommendations slow ly and after sufficient time has passed for an intelligent evalua tion of their worth. Facing 1959 Session of General Assembly brackets and many leave one brood and wife to soon acquire another. A small, irregular pay check divided between two hun gry households will not go very far. A recent defendant before Judge Wooten had eight children by his first wife, all minors, and five by a second wife. He made $35 per week, “when I’se work ing.” One fourth of the dependent negro children are illegitimate. One twentieth of the white child ren fall in this unhappy category. Hardheaded, and some might add hard-hearted taxpayers scream a bout “subsidized bastardy”; but none insists that such an unfor tunate does not get just as hun gry, just as cold in winter as the most legitimate child in town. Welfare officials insist that their’s is a job of helping the needy. Moralizing is not their pri mary function. They generally are confronted with a problem after moralizing would have done any good. They admit that it appears bad to increase a welfare check after a woman adds another, and another illigitimate child. But they ask what is the alternative? That is the question a lot of peo Continued on pa go IX Beleaguered Municipalities Now, nearly two months before I the 1959 General Assembly is tc be convened there is enough work layed out to keep this body in session :or several months. Work created by 12 commissions set up by previous General Assemblies to make specific recommendations in a number of fields of legislation. Backed by a high-priced but very effective organization the Committee on Judicial Reforms has Caused most headlines and received a disproportionate part of the public’s attention in this pre legislative jockeying. Each of the 12 committee re ports is vitally important to some segment of the population; some of them to all of the population. None is more important than the report and recommendations of the Municipal Government Study Com mission. Far sweeping changes in city, county and state operations are recommended by this group. Many o'. its recommendations do not call for immediate legislative actio/i. These include recommendations for 1. Renewed stress on city ptanning. But to implement this -uggestion the committee asks legisla'ion to permit much more broad planning both by city and county governments. Among these are authority to zone any town of more than 2,500 population and the land within one mile of its boundaries, that towns of 15,000 and more popula tion be authorized to contract with boards of county commissioners for extension of subdivision and zoning controls for distances greater than one mile. Lastly it is recommended that extensions of city limits be made a matter of state-wide policy through a new annexation procedure. The Municipal Study Group urges adaption of suggestions from the Tax Study Commission designed to make more stable the tax base of all cities and towns. Also to a dopt legislation assuring regular revaluations, and in this same category adopt laws forbidding counties to set tax valuations at less than 55 per cent of market value, and of signal importance to every property owner is a recommendation that cities and Continued on page 12
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