NUMBER 47
fRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY,
This it on* of East Carolina's
most 4 beautiful spring season
scones: The home at Orton Plan
tation south ot Wilmington, where
thousands* stop each year to ad
mire one of the nation's lovliest
displays of azaleas, camelias and
other sub-tropical plants. Located
between Wilmington and South
| port on the lower reaches of Cape
Fear River, Orton Plantation .has
a history older Mian the United,
States. Late-blooming plants are
still in brilliant display for those
who might be in the vicinity in the
weekend just ahead.
Maysville Methodist
Revival April 19-24
35k Reverend Millard W. War
ren, of Grahaim, will be the visit
ing evangelist in a series of evan
gelistic services scheduled for the
week of April 19-24, in the Mays
ville Methodist Church.
Warren is a native of Beaufort
County, where his father ^founded
the Warren Chapel Methodist
evangelist, he has
the central pai^JF'fflPlISIiWfi
services will begin on Sunday even
ing at a four-hour prayer service,
with the members of the church
Choosing the convenient time for
them to come throughout the even
ing. Services will begin each
evening at 8.
Fun Night Raises $88
For Home Clubbers
'Fun Night was held Friday night
on'the Trenton Fair Grounds, spon
sored by the county Home Demon
stration dubs.
Joe Williams was master of
ceremonies and judges for the
shits were Mrs. Alma Vassey, Mrs.
Rogers Fodtook and Henry Swig
gett. The Comfort group won with
a pantomime of ‘'Stagger Lee”.
Oalke walks were held and a
gue&sa&ggame wtas^vvon by Tom
Ranks, second.
A profit of $86 was made to be
used by the BDtC County Council
to pay for the year’s expenses. The
4-H club members sold drinks to
help pay for the county Health
Pageant.
Speed Still Highways’
Most Deadly Mistake
lExecessive speed was by far the
biggest single cause of traffic ac
cidents that caused more than
e,825,000 injuries and 36,700 deaths
on U. S. highways during 1058,
(The Travelers Insurance Company
reported in its latest highway
safety booklet.
It was estimated that speed
killed and injured nearly 1,000,000
persons in the United States last
(year, more than 40 per cent of the
total
Cars that did not have the right
of-way were involved in 25.2 per
(cent of the accidents causing a’
total of 608,400 injuries during the
year. Reckless driving was blamed
tor 10.4 per cent of the injuries;
cutting in for 4.0 per cent and
improper signaling for 3.6 per
cent,
i Crossing at intersections was the
chief cause of the 7,700 pedestrians
tailed and 245,800 injured. A total
of 10.1 per cent, or 27,040 pedes
trians were injured while crossing
with the signal as compared with
7.4 per cent injured crossing a
gainst the signal. , •
It. was reported that 97.1 per cent
bf the drivers involved in fatal
accidents had more than a year,
of driving experience; that 87.9
per cent Of drivers involved in
fatal accidents were men; 1hat 87
per cent of the vehicles involved
in non-total accidents were passetf
-more t
per (
in apparently good condition at
the time of the accident.
Dry roads prevailed in 78.3 per
cent of the fatal crashes and 70.1
per cent of the non-fatal accidents.
The weather was reported as dear
in 84.2 per cent of the fatal pile
ups and 79.5 per cent of the non
fatal mishaps.
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Health and Welfare
Program Thursday for
Trenton Clubwomen
The Trenton Womans Club met
Thursday night at the club house
with Mrs. Zeta Burt and Mrs. C.
C. Jones as hostesses. Mrs. Henry
Swigigett opened the meeting with
the Collect followed by the read
ing of the minutes by Mrs. Nimrod
Carroll and the treasurer’s re
port.
During the business session it
wias decided that the clubwomen
will sell sponges for two weeks
in order to make money to use for
repairs on the club bouse.
Mrs. Harold Hargett and Mrs.
Harold Hargett Jr. were program
leaders fo* the month on Health
and Welfare. Mrs. Burt gave an
informal talk on the “Policies at
Welfare”.
At the end of Hie meeting the
hostesses served sandwiches, nuts
and drinks.
Add History, Drop
Sociology in School
Curriculum Studied
Monday night a brief discussion
at the regular meeting of the City
School Board over the recent con
troversy about sociology textbooks
led to serious talk by the board of
dropping sociology completely and
rylacing it with a course in mo
dem world history.
No action was taken on .this
step , but Superintendent Jean
-»»otfe-an4.his..«taff_ directed
to make a study of this suggestion
and come up with a, recommenda
tion in the near future.
(Booth admitted that he favored
more—much more history in the
high school curriculum, but he
doubted that he should attempt to
force his own personal preference
upon the school system.
Board Chairman Fleming Fuller
agreed with Booth that history
should have a larger part in high
school study. Each agreed that a
(better understanding of history is
needed before the present can be
fully appreciated.
(Board Member Paul LaRoque
said he would sit in meetings un
til doomsday before he’d vote to
ban any particular textbook that
bad been recommended by the
school officials, but he expressed
the sentiment that the crux of the
matter is whether sociology is more
important than history and whe
ther sociology should be taught at
the high .school level.
Reporter Lloyd Whitfield, a re
cent Grainger High School grad
uate, said it would have been far
more helpful to him to have bad
history rather than sociology when
he entered college.
Negro Asphyxiated
Leroy Fredericks, a Happersville
negro, was found dead at 11:10 p.
m. Sunday night in the burning
home of Blanche Parks. Firemen
say Frederick died from fumes
since he was not badly burned and
was removed from the building be
fore it burned down. The loss was
estimated at $1500 for the house,
which was owned by Earl Tyndall.
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ASSAULTS UTILITIES POLE
Cfaaries Hendrix of 1203 Fern
dale liane was charged with
drunken driving by Kinston police
Sunday night at 0:15 after his car
bad dipped off a Utilities pole on
the 500 block of Greenmeade drive.
Highway Commission Asks
Bids for Second Bridge -
On US 17 at Pollocksville
Following a well attended con- j
fere-'.ee last Friday in the court j
house dn Trenton the State Highway |
Commission this -week asked bids
C3 a neiw bridge across Trent
Raver on Highway US 17 at Pol
locks vi lie.
long one of the worst hazards j
on the full length of this federal
highway, the bridge bottleneck at
Pollocksville will be corrected by j
the addition of a new bridge that;
will be built immediately up- 1
stream from the present bridge.
The old bridge will still remain
in service and upon completion of
the new crossing the old bridge
will carry northbound traffic and
.he southbound traffic will use the 1
new bridge, which will also in-1
elude sidewalks.
(Bids will be opened April 28th (
for this and some 20 other highway j
projects across the state.
Hargett Speaker
The Farm Bureau met last Fri
day night with John Hargett as
guest speaker. His topic was “How
the General Assembly affects the
farmers”. The Bureau is opposing j
the special state tax on cigarettes
and other tobacco products. A i
group of farmers attended the ,
legislature Tuesday in Raleigh
concerning the subject. 1
Mrs. Robert Buck
Reelected President
Maysville’s PTA
Approximately twenty parents
and teaichers of the Maysville
Elementary school PTA met Mon
day afternoon for the April meet
ing.
It was announced that the neces
sary funds had been raised to fin
ish the payment on the stage cur
tain. This was done through the
classes and each grade was given
a party after completing the pro
ject.
New officers elected'were: Presi
dent Mrs. Robert Ruck; Vice
President Mrs. Sam Pruitt; Sec
retary Mrs. A. B. Bracey and
Treasurer Mrs. Bill Henderson.
Principal Clifton Phillyaw an
nounced that May Day will be on
May 1. The outgoing officers, Mrs.
Buck, Mrs. Robert Curtin and Mrs.
C. D. Smith served refreshments
of brownies, cookies and Cokes.
Land Transfers
Only one real estate transfer was
recorded in the past week in the
office of Jones County Register of
Deeds Mrs. D. W. Koonce and that
was for one lot from W. Edward
Haskins' to Fred E. Dunn one lot
in Chinquapin Township.
Election Law Changes Cause
Concern Among Kinstonians
Changes in the law, or at least
changes in the interpretation of
these election laws are currently
causing considerable concern a
mong Kinstonians who pay any
serious attention to public affairs.
On Ijwo points: Prohibition of the
so-called “single shot” voting
^W9d whether:.a_niimerLcal majority
,is needed far ejection there is
much confusion.
In the recent past Kinston elec
tions have been held under an
interpretation which made it man
datory for voters to cast a ballot
for five aldermen, but City At
torney George Greene says now
that a slight alteration of the gen
eral election laws in the 1957 ses
sion of the General Assembly has
made it impossible for Kinston to
operate its election in this manner.
Greene also interprets the exist
ing election laws as saying that in
any race—either for mayor or al
derman—a numerical majority of
the votes cast is not a requisite
to election. In the ease of mayor
the high man would be automati
cally elected, and in the case of
the board of aldermen the five
candidates receiving the highest
numiber of votes would be auto
matically elected.
This year since Mayor Guy
Elliott is unopposed the job of
mayor poses no problem but with
21 candidates in the race for the
five seats on the city council it is
theoretically possible for five al
dermen to be elected who each had
less than 20 per cent of the total
vote cast.
Mayor Elliott says he will have
to abide by a ruling that Greene
is asking from the attorney gen
eral on this point, but he says that
his personal view it that as a mat
ter of practical common sense a
runoff would have to be ^called if
a candidate failed to get a numeri
cal majority of the votes cast, and
if the next candidate in line called
for such a runoff.
(Elliott admitted that it is illogi
cal to rule out a runoff since tie
votes are not impossible and hs
could suggest no alternative than
a runoff if say the fifth and sixth
high candidate aided in a dead
heat.
Marriage License
Marriage License issued in the
past week by Jones County Regis
ter Deeds Mrs. D. W. Koonce
included these two:
1G f*\ald Affan Colpitts, #20, to
Bernadette Marie Dixon, 21, both
of Maysville route one.
Arfester Ingram, 21, to Ethel
Xee MOore, 16, both of Beaver
Creek Township.
Mrs. Lucy Koonce Simmons
Funeral services are to be held
at 3 Friday from Oak Grove Me
thodist Church for 82 year-old
Mrs. Lucy Koonce Simmons, wid
ow of Christopher Sevens Simmons,
who died at her home in Pollocks
ville at 4:¥30 p. m. Wednesday.
I Burial will be made in the Pol
locksville Cemetery.
Kinstonian Killed
Forty nine yedr-old Carl Ed
wards, son of Mrs. Hester Daniels
of 419 Lincoln Street, was killed
in a construction accident last
Thursday morning in Norfolk. His
sister, Rosa Lee Anderson, said a
bulldozer being used on the con
struction job rolled over on Ed
wards, killing him instantly.
KELLYS BEWARE!
Cars driven by Mrs. Margaret
Blount Harvey of 901 Dewey Street
and Carol Rae Kelly of 705 Wals-v
ton Avenue had an expensive tan
gle at 12:20 Sunday afternoon at
the corner of Dewey and Washing
ton Streets. Damage was set at
$700 to the Harvey car and $400
to the Kelly ear. Miss Kelly was
driving west on Washington and
Mrs. Harvey north on Dewey when
the wreck took place. Three years
ago Miss Kelly’s tether, Raefbrd
Kelly, was involved in a serious
wreck at this same intersection.
FOUND NOT GUILTY
George R. McCarthy, a Greens
boro salesman, was found not
guilty last week in Recorder’s
Court on charges of assault with
an automobile and reckless driv
ing. The charge was brought on
January 20th when his car struck
Hillman Brewer, an employee of
the Kinstonian Motel, where Mc
Carthy was an overnight guest.