THE JONES COUNTY
NUMBERS fRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 25,1959 VOLUME XI
Jones FHA Supervisor Gets Award
J. E. Mewbom Jr., left above.
County Supervisor for Farmers
Home Administration -at Trenton,
received a certificate of apprecia
tion along with a cash award from
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture for a suggestion he submitted
recently Hor revising Hie form of
the Farm and Heme Plan used
in developing a plan of operation
with their borrowers. This award
was made in connection with the
incentive awards program in
augurated by Congress recently in
which federal employees are en
couraged to submit suggestions
through their departments that
would improve service of their a
geney. Marion C. Holland, right
above. Area Supervisor for Farm
ers Home Administration, stated
this was one of the first such a
wards that had been made by
Farmers Home Administration in
this section of the state. ,
Area Farmers Urged Attend
Annual Stabilization Meeting
Tobacco growers rrom tne nngnt
Leaf belt which embraces the flue
cured area of Florida, Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina and
Virginia are urged to attend Sta
bilization’s 13th annual stockhold
ers meeting in Raleigh, June 26th
at the Sir Walter Hotel, begin
ning at 10 a. m
Li T. Weeks, General Manager,
and W. A. Allen, Director from
District 6 (North Carolina East
ern Belt), announced that James
P. Richards, President of The To
bacco institute, me., will be tfce
who has served in
from South Carolina and
held high positions in government
is very familiar and well informed
on problems facing tobacco grow
ers. His address will be of interest
to members of Stabilization.
Other highlights of the program
will he the annual reports of Gen
eral Manager Weeks and Presi
dent Carl T.'Hicks.
During the business session,
there will be a confirmation
directors who were elected at thi
district meetings earlier this year.
Directors elected were: BiHy W.
Hill, District l (Florida); Dorsey
Matthews, District 2 (Georgia); T.
W. Williamson, District 3 (South
Carolina); and T. W. Allen, Dis
trict 8 (Middle Belt of North Caro
Lt.' Moore Killed
Lieutenant Frederick M. Moore
son of Dr. and Mrs. Branch Moore
of Kinston, was killed instantly
Sunday in the crash of his F-lOfl
fighter plane at an Air Force Base
in Japan. Another pilot was killed
in the same crash. Information
available in Kinston indicated that
the super-sonic plane flown by
Moore crashed on take off. In ad
dition to his, family in Kinston
Moore is also survived by a wih
•od .-mm*- living
with him In Japan.
FRIDAY WRECK
Willie Baker of Jacksonville was
changed with failure to yield the
rigrt of way last Friday after a
wreck at the corner of Bright and
MldLewean between his car and
another driven by Willie Mills of
1700 Cedar Lane.
lina). All were elected for 3-year
terms.
Both officials pointed up the
need for-growers to fully acquaint
themselves with Stabilization’s
overall condition and other related
problems that seriously affect the
growers’ welface.
They urge all flue-cured coun
ties to send a large delegation to
the meeting.
Farmers See Lenoir’s Top Hog Producers
This is part <of the interested
■roup of Lenoir County hop pro
ducers who last Friday made a
tour of numerous points of interest.
a tan-pen farrowing house with a
largo circulating fan for more
summer comfort, The farrowing
house last Friday had four York
shire sows with a total of 50 piqs.
Other stops sip the tour wore to
observe commercial operations
such as Sutton's and purebred
operations such at Ike Stroud, For
rest Waller and Frosty Mmi Pack
ing Company have on thoTr farms.
Jones Arrests for
Week Include Two
For Drunken Driving
Hie record of arrests in the of
fice of Jones County Sheriff Brown
Yates shows five arrests in the
past week.
Most serious of the charges were
against Lonnie Griffin of Comfort
and Haskins. Samuel Bass of
Jacksonville who were each charg
ed with drunken driving. Bass was
also charged with reckless driv
ing.
Joe Bender of Pollocksville was
accused of public drunkenness and
James Houston of Pink Hill route
two was charged with the same of
fense.
Samuel David Roseman of Mia
mi Beach, Florida was booked on
a charge of carrying a concealed
weapon.
Baysden Gets 12
Years for Bogus Bills
Earl Baysderv, Richlands and
Jacksonville merchant, was found
guilty last weak in federal court
at Wilmington of counterfeiting
over $700,000 in bogus $20 bills and
was sentenced to 'a term of 12%
years in prison. His brother-in-law
Ula Hall was also 'convicted but
was fined $5,000 and placed on
probation for 5 years. Baysden was
a|so fined $10,000. He has filed
notice of appeal and the appeal
bend was set at $50,000.
Eugene Moore Drowns
Thursday Afternoon
Negro Gets 33 Years
For January Burglary
Sandy Lee McNeil was- found
guilty of 2nd dergee burglary last
Friday after just over two hours
of deliberation by a Lenoir county
Jury. Judge Chester Morris asked
McNeil his age, found it was 33
years and then sentenced him to
that same number of years “at
hard labor in State Prison where*
he is to wear felon stripes.”
Ashley Jones positively identi
fied McNeil as the man he had
found in the living room of his
home shortly before midnight on
January 16 of this year. Jones,
armed with a shotgun, stopped
McNeil directly under an overhead
light, and then to his discomfort
found the shotgun unloaded.
When Jones turned to get shells
for the gun, McNeil fled and was
arrested later the next morning.
He had previously served prison
terms for burglary.
MARINE ACCUSED
Gpl. FYank Gordon, a negro
Gamp Lejeune Marine, was ar
rested last week on a warrant 'by
a Kinston negress that charged
him with assault with intent to
commit rape.
Cardinals Holding Tryouts
July 1-2 at Wilmington
Wilmington will be the hub ol
intensive baseball activity on July
1 and 2 when Cardinal scout Ed
die Lyons will stage a baseball
tryout camp at Legion Field, it
was announced) today by Farm
Director Walter Shannon.
“Changing times have made us
more selective in our scouting en
deavors, and we are holding these
camps only in certain key places
chosen by our scouts, “Shannon
remarked. “Certainly there are a
lot of players living in areas that
are not scouted as frequently as
others who deserve a chance to
find out whether or not they’re
ready for professional baseball.
Tryout camps give them that
break. Besides, it is .physically im
possible for our scouts to see all
of the players in their territories,
and camps make it possible for
them to look at a group of players
at one time.”
Wbnkouts will get underway
promptly at 10 a. m. To be eligible
a player must be in the 17 to 23
year age bracket. No equipment is
needed other than a glove, shoes
and a uniform if the player has
one. The Cardinals will supply the
balls, bats, and catching equip
ment.
“We want to point out, too,”
continued, Shannon, “that all of us
are dedicated to the job of help
ing baseball newcomers realize
their ambition to get to the big
time. In other words, it is a mat
ter of personal interest in the play
er from the very beginning, and
nothing will be left undone in the
yraiy of developing his ability and
showing bin) that he wisely chose
fbe Cardinals for his baseball
carter.”
A player sighed to a contract
will be refunded any expense in
curred as a result of attending (he
camps. To participate in tryouts
an American Legion player must
have a letter of approval from
either his Legion coach or Post
Commander.
Marriage License
Hie only marriage license is
sued in the past week by Jones
County Register of Deeds Mrs. D.
W. Koonce went to Albert Ray
mond Shreves, 38, of Cherry Point
and Irma Irene Smith, 34, 0f New
Bern route two.
Land Transfers
Real estate transfers recorded
during the past week in the office
of Jones County Register of Deeds
Mrs. D. W. Koonce included the
following:
From H. B. Hargett to Fletcher
Barber four lots in Trenton.
From Harold Lee Smith to C. H,
Heath one lot in Trenton._
PARRISH ARRESTED
Marion Parrislh of Kinston route
one was arrested Tuesday night
on a warrant that accuses him of
passing a worthless check.
Eugene Moore, 44 year-old Ten
ant fanner of the Elan Grove sec
tion of Jones County, drowned last
Thursday afternoon while on a fish
ing trip about six miles below
Trenton on Trent River.
Moore was accompanied by Paul
Harrison of the same section, who
reported that Moore told him he
wanted to “try out his motor”.
Harrison got out of the boat and
Moore did not return.
Despite intensive searching
Moore’s body was not found until
about 7 Saturday night. Graveside
funeral services were held a< 9
Sunday morning.
Lenoir Safecrackers
Given Sentences
Last week four of five men
earlier indicted pled guilty to
multiple breakings and enterings
and safe crackings in Lenoir Coun
ty and drew heavy prison terms
and on Tuesday of this week two
other indictments were made by
Kinston Detective Wheeler Ken
nedy that clear up the last un
solved safe cracking in this series.
Earner Louis Sheppard drew 13
years, Thomas C. Jones 7 years
and Ernest Battle got 3 years af
ter their guilty pleas last week
each of .their sentences from Le
noir County to begin at the expira
tion of prison terms they had al
ready received in Pitt County.
Henry A. “Jim Dandy” Davis got
4 to 7 years for his part in the
series of crimes. Charlie Graham,
another of those arrested last win
ter, could not be tried since he was
in federal prison for stealing gov
ernment checks. He will be tried
later.
The Tuesday indictments were
against Jones and Graham for
their part in stealing and tearing
open the safe from Pharo’s super
market on South Queen Street, one
of the crimes in the same series
which had remained unsolved un
til Tuesday.
New indictments were issued a
gainst Fred Lee Edwards of 612
South Adk:n Street, who is charged
with breaking, entering and lar
ceny and Willy “Juicy” Thompson
of 900 Warters Street, who was
held for vagrancy and investiga
tion for complicity in disposing of
some of the items found in the
Pharo safe, including a diamond
ring.
Trenton Elementary PTA Officers
This is p picture that get lost on
Journal Editor Jack Rider's dosk
for sovoral months, but Jt is still
tho officers of Hto Trenton Ele
mentary School Parent-Teacher
Association, shown as they wars
being installed by Schools Superin
tendent W. B. Moore, at left. The
others, from left to right, are
President Jimmy Franck, Vice
President Mrs. L. C. Swink, Sec
retary Mrs. Isabelle Mallard and
Treasurer Mrs. Clifton Pollock.