JONES COUNTY
VOLUME XIIV
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pounds sold and roughly a 13 per
-cent'drop in money paid out by the
Kinston market. '
lh 196CT with one of the most fa
vorable crop .years ever known in
the Kinston trading area total sales
in Kinston amounted to 58,115,558
pounds for which $34,500,795.78 was
paid; an average of $5$>.37.
This year an extremely odd
spring, combined with a disastrous*
ly wet June hit a great many of
the tobacco growers who normally
' sell their - crops' in Kinston a bad
blow.
/Through Tuesday of this week
the Kinston market had sold 46,
557,349 pound* of tobacco and had.
paid out $29,893,057.87; an average
of $64.21. .
On the basis of sales through
Tuesday the market had sold 19
per. cent-plus less pounds this year
Vthan last and had paid out 13 per
cent-plus less'money, than last year.
Few market: observers expect
enough . additional tobacco to be
sold in (the remaining part of the
sales. season to materially alter
these figures. '"y“; V' '
fpr the past
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
. ... 80,575,408 4bs.
_JTXB 74,830,490 lbs.
$29,752,060.09 53,327,836 lbs.
$30,904,116.41 54,238,560 lbs.
$27,016,553.50 47,259,804 lbs,
$54,500,795.78 58,115,558 lbs.
MONDAY ACCIDENT
Phillip W. Rukgaber of 400 East
Vernon Avenue was charged with
making an improper lane change
after a fender bending between his
vehicle and that of Mrs. Eunice P.
Tolston of 1200 Anne Drive Mon
day afternoon on North Heritage
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The American Legion Auxiliary
met Monday night in the Legion
Hut with Mrs. Bruce Johnson pre
siding. Mrs. • Bill Johnson, girls
staite chairman, introduced Rebucca
Foscue and Margaret Jones, girls
state representatives this year, who
told of their trip this summer.
Mrs. Leslie Pa'rfcer, Mrs. J. k.
Franck, Mrs. Clifton Pollock, Mrs.
Millie Mallard, Mrs. Nimrod Car
roll and Mrs. Earnest Barnes were
welcomed as new members, by the
president.
Miss Macy Mallard announced
that the area meeting would be
held in Jacksonville October 11th
at 10t30.
Mrs. Laura Davenport was ap
pointed chairman of the Christinas
party and Mrs. Carl Flowers was
appointed chairman of a supper
committee. The supper will be held
at the; November meeting at which
time the Auxiliary members will
be hostesses to the American Le
gion. j _
The group • voted to send two
gifts per member for the Veterans
Hospital Christmas List..
Land Transfers
^Jones
From Missouri Riggs to Robert
J. Riggs' one tract in Pollocksville
-Township.
From Edward R. Turner to Wil
bur S. Mills one tract in Tuchahoe
Township.
From Asa B. Heath to H. C.
BeH three lots in 'Pollocksville.
From Mathilda F. Smith to
Franklin D. Jordan one lot in Pol
locksville.
From Pennie Allen to Herbert
W, Banks one tract in .Pollocksyil
le. ;f ■ ■
From W. H. DiBahunt to Herbert
W. Banks one tract in Pollocksville.
Older Farm Workers Can
Qualify More Easily for
Social Security Now
the Social Security Law.
Men who were 65 or women who
.' were 62 before '1058, for example,
now need credit for only six quart
ers, (about 1 t'if years) of work
under social security to qualify for
benefits. For each year after 19S6
a man was under 65 or a woman
was under 62, an additional quarter
of work is.figured. - :
A farm worker who is paid $150
or more in cash farm wages in a
year by an employer, or who works
for a farm employer dn 20 or more
gives credit for four quarters of
work for that year. ,
The farm worker in general, and
the older one in particular, who is
seekihg enough -.credit to qualify
for social security benefits, should
make sdre his wages are reported
to his social security account. Fu
ture benefits are based on the. earn
ings credited to the social security
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Employers are required by law to
keep accurate payroll records. A
farm worker can help his employer
in this respect by having his social
security card available when lie re
ports for work.
Th$ *arm employer who has a
record of each employee’s number
and the total amount of cash wages
Jurors Chosen for
Next Term of Local
Superior Court 1
Last week the Jones County
Board of Commissioners ^rew a
panel of jurors to serve in the Oct
jober term of Jones Ccwnty Superi
or Court.
The panel includes: Joseph A.,
M<etts. Felix M. Griffin, WUUam
Henry Jarman, Randolph Foy, John
Edward Waters, Authur .Turner,
Willie Wjhite, Silas A. Norris. ■
Elliott Spence, J. P. Davenport,
H. L. Adams, Dorris B. Collins,
David. Civils, John C. B. Koonce,
Linnwood Scott, Joe Edd Collins,
W. A. Rouse, j J
Lamp Wiggins, Raul Stilley, Fred
Jortes, C. C. Jones, George Mate
ja, Garland Smith, Jasper Lee Foy
and Marvin Heath.
Maywille Foremen
'Buy New Fire Truck
With Help from Town
Hie October meeting of the
Maysville Fire Department was
held Monday at the community
building with approximately 30
members present. Rudolph Pelletier
presided.
Business discussions included
preparation for the Firemans Christ
mas Ball which are now well Un
der way.
They announced that another
truck has been purchased and is ex
pected to arrive soon. The depart
ment is paying half and the town
>* paying^,half. . • : j,: r
changed to a higher position and
is expected to give better service.
A special %uest gave a demonstra
tion on a new type of fire extin
guisher. '
Following adjournment, George
Mateja, William Smith and Cleve
Provost served baked ham, potato
salad, hot rolls and soft drinks. .
They welcomed Calvin Banks as
a visitor. .
Valuable Farm Being
Sold for Division in
Trenton on Saturday
At Noon Saturday a valuable to'
bacco farm located two miles east
of Maysville will be sold by com
missioner of court at the court
house door in Trenton.
The Jeff Dudley Estate, owner of'
HIS ALARM
the farm .involves a minor child
from Spokane, Washington, thus
causing the sale to have to be ap
proved through the courts.
The farm on North Carolina
Highway 58 two miles east of Mays
villfc includes a total of 215 acres,
which is divided into 72 acres of
cropland and 143 acres of woodland.
The farm had a 1961 tobacco al
loc atiop of 6.7 acres.
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New Negro Home
iAgent is Employed
la their regular October session
Jones County Commissioners ac
cepted the recommendation of ex
tension department officials and
employed Rachel C Davis as Ne
gro Home Agent. ' ’*< , &
Miss Davis replaces Mattie But
ler, who Tecently resigned the post.
Saturday Night Killing
At North Kinston Cafe
.
Extra State Money
OK’d for Salaries
in Two Departments
In their Octcofcer session the
Jones County Commissioners ap
proved the use of additional state
Snatching funds for a<iministrative
purposes in the health rind welfare
departments.
The board voted to amend the
budgets of the two departments by
adding $6,560 to the administrative
item in the welfare budget and $962
■to the administrative item in the
health budget.
These additional amounts have
been made available from matching
funds voted by the 1961 session of
the general assembly.
PTA. MEETING
The Jones Central P. T. A. will
hold the second meeting for the
school year on Monday. October
16, at 8 in the school cafeteria., ]
Please make every effort to attend. :
An argument that ended with a
singje shot from a pistol at “Sam
my’s Drive-In” last Saturday night
esulted in the death of Julian Bays*
ten and the murder indictment of
Jarland Purvis. ;
Purvis, a resident of 1411 Green
’ille Road, just two doors north of
he cafe, was bound over to superi
ir court without privilege of bond
fter a preliminary hearing before
tecorder Emmett Wooten Wednes
lay morning.
Baysden, a resident of 1606 Bec
on Street, died instantly from a
mllet wound in the heart.
Reason for the argument between
he two men that led to the shoot
ng were not touched upon in the
ireiiminary hearing.
One report, unconfirmed was that
■hinds worked as a "bouncer” on
Saturday nights at the establish*
nent and was acting in that capaci
y when the argument began with
laysdem The shooting took place
it 1 a.m.
Swansboro’s Annual Mullet
Festival Set for Saturday
Recent Jones Arrests
Arrests reported in. the pest two
weeks, by Jones County Sheriff
Brown Yates includes the follow
ing: Wardell Jones of Trenton route
2 public drunkenness, James Fields
Jr. of Trehton route 2 public
drunkenness and indecent exposure,
Felix Brock of Trenton, public
drunkenness, Fred Wade of Pol
locksville route 1 drunken driving
and speeding, Jim Knight Turner
of Kinston drunk and disorderly
and Bill McIntosh of Maysville
larceny.
Exhibit at Trade Fair
Felix Harvey, Chairman of the
Board of Dixie Chemical Corpora
tion, Manufacturers of Dixie Fert
ilizers, with offices in New Bern and
Kinston,, . announced today that
this company would have an ex
hibit and display at the Trade Fair
in Charlotte from October 12
through 21.
Featured in the exhibit will be
the history of the “Dixie $1250 per
acre Club,” which was formed by
Dixie Chemical Corporation in 1955
,as an inducement to farmers in
Eastern North Carolina to improve
their yields on farm crops.
Also, the progress and develop
ment of this Club into a member
ship in excess of 1,000 members will
be a part of this display.
Maysville Scouts
Win 3rd Place for
Their Fair Exhibit
Maysville Boy Scout Troop 209
won- third premium with its
entry at the Jones County Fair on
home repairs.
This is the first time the boys
have entered an exhibition.
Scoutmaster J. R. Brock stated
their. parking of cars proved very
successful and netted them $33 as
their share. He expressed his ap
preciation to ill parents' for allow
ing the boys to participate.
No Indictment Ye*
Dilds Mas Arnold, a young negro
woman, was treated in the emer
gency room of Lenoir Memorial
Hospital over the weekend for .in
juries she*said resulted from a pan
of lye-water being thrown in her
face by her fether; She told Police
man Elisha White that she would
the annual Mullet festival in
Swansboro is being held on Sat
urday*of this week and a wide var
iety of special events has been
planned by the Swansboro Recre
ation Commission .which is sponsor
ing the event.
At 1. p. m. a parade “all around
.town” will begin the festivities.
At 2 there will be refreshments
at the community building with a
concert by the Force Troops Drum
and Bugle Corps from Camp Le
jeune and dancing by the "Jackson
ville Cloggers.”
At 3 there will be a boat and water
show, in the obvious place.
AJI new model cars will be dis
played: ofT^fie' elementary school
! grounds.
A tour of historical buildings is to
be conducted and boat rides around
the harbor will be a feature during
the afternoon.
he "Mullet Dinner” will be held
from 5 to 7 at the high school.
There will be fireworks after
dark, a dance at the high school.
The sponsoring group has urged
everybody to come “and to bring
their family, too!”
Mighty Mean Trick
Federal liquor agents Tuesday
night-played a mighty mean trick
on Bobby Smith of the New Hope
section between La Grange and
Goldsboro. The officers found an
old car with 16 cases of stumphole
whisky in it. They watched the
rai* fn v lavoval lianas L..s — — __
came for it. Finally they decided to
“steal” the heavily laden flivver and
when they did Smith gave chase
and forced the liquor-loaded car
into a ditch, where he was greeted
with open arms and indicted for
being the owner of the illicit elixirs.
Car Burning Under
Investigation by
Sheriff Department
No arrest has been made but in
vestigation is continuing into the
(burning of a 1961 Ford tudor last
week just east of Oak Bridge on
NC 55. v '
Deputy Sheriff William Stroud
says the car's owner, Hugh Earl
Stroud of the Albertson section of
Duplin County, reported the car as
stolen at 2:50 a.m. from the Cen*
tral Cafe in front of the court
house.
At 4:24 a.m. a burning car was
reported to the sheriff’s office. At
3:30 a-m. Stroud says he arrived at
the spot where the car had been
burned and "it was cool enough I
could lay my hand on it”
The car was classified a total loss.