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N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1M1 VOLUME XIII |gi ife 1 j§p r: /• !| K-1' mmm er from the Nash.M* granulations fficers and Pfos^lS^ upon iTflibv%i|KcVemettLi;^V‘ of tie pro gram*' and services of the Legion for afid we appreciate tie great ^sftt ftta/ed % Beat No. 354 of Trenton..: ISincdre thanks to ■every members aNhe Post whb had 5 a part in.th? mUnjbershr^ The Incentive TJoaf of Post B4 is 218, and the membership for 1962 to date is 219.' Incentive Goals art assigned' eadh j American Post i>y the'Stajj* Headquarters and Mp| ‘Commander Tzanck said. "There arh many more eligible veterans ■who have nett jyet joined our Sfost, and ■ We invite them 411- to become member*.” SAVES THE INTEREST Bill Stroud of 1208 North In dependent Street told Kinston of ficials Monday night that he did -not think he should pay interest on a paving project in front of pis’ home that was begun five years ago and just finished this month. The officials agreed, American Legion Auxiliary' met SaMnday afternoon and went to- Kinston to join fhe Kinston ju niors at Jackson CroSs Roads for a practice ' session of 1 their joint drill teams. ' Seventeen members went from <Treoton, and they are geeting ready 4o! march ,in the Chistmas parade November 30 in Kinston. Mrs. Cart Flowers, Jr., Junior'Activities Lead er, went with them and other Were Miss Macy Mallard, Mrs. W. F. Hill, and Mrs. Joe Beaton. Caddie Takes Wrong Bag; Lands in Jail' 'tray Shackelford is, or ,was a’ caddie at!the Kinston CountVy-Club£ £i&f Friday on his way, to pork .fte. picked up a bag -r- trot a golf bag,' :b>t. the han4 i)ag\of, Mrs. C.,. A. ddjKpps,' ■ .. '* jpts.Jeffress had left the hand bag in her' car while visiting the hblhe of her son, Felix .Harvey, on Haryey Circle. It contained about' j$fi(JBO.viii cash and numerous valua ;ble papers. N. W/, ; Kennedy ee^ back $599.99* of 'the money ;from •Shackelford, whoi had “fhn*g a big ohe” Friday night on which he claims he spent the balance of Mrs. Jeffress’ money. PROBATION REVOKED Earl Harper of Pink Hill who drew a probationary terhi earlier this year for stealing in Pink Hill was committed to prison Monday by Judge Henry Stevens for the 18 month term after evidence was ten dered that Harper Had repeatedly violated the terms of his probation. One Divorce Action Filed in Jones Court During the past week one ; civil action was filed in the office of Jones County Superior Court Clerk Murray .Whitaker. In-this suit Lillie Belle Huggins Jones''is seeking a divorce from Dennis. Jones on grounds of 2 years separation. The complaint says tjhe couple was married Octobef 5,.1936 and separated in ■ May of 1958. "No children were bom to the nuttriage. Lenoir Farm Bureau Reaches Membership Goal for the Year * ,The Lenoir County Farm .Bureau exceeded its membership quota of 1200 in time to be recogniezd at the Farm Bureau Convention iii Raleigh. The actual number certi fied was 1202. This is the first year in several that (the Lenoir County Farm Bu reau has' met its goal to the state organization. The membership cam ; paitjga .jftt underway ift September Wift a mail campaign that was high ly suaeefcftil..More and more farm ers appasrettily prefer to join by jn&il flius saving the time of the solicitors as well as the farmer’s time. •• Persons who have not joined may "still join ‘by mail, or by a visit to the county office or through one **£/•#** workers. The .campaign ends Nov jtgir t>efBrrT»«raate. ; Several Fenbir County persons attended dlhe State Cnovention. They included Ralph Daughety, President of the Lenoir County Farm Bureau, John A. Shackelford. State Farm Bureau Director, Jack Alexander, W. Francis Hardee, Odell HtH, J. F. Whitfield, F. H. Jarman, (C. W. Casey, and Willie T. Shivar. The annual county-wide meeting at which .time officers and directors will be elected will be held in the next few weeks. Heavy Calendar For Jones Court Clujb Women Begin' Used Toy Pick Up Aided by Firemen . The Trenton Womans C|ub -met Thursday night in the clubhouse. Mr?. Fred Pippin presided over, the .business meeting, with Mrs.John Hughes Pollock, secretary,; and Mrs. Darris Koonce, treasurer. It was announced that toys will be collected soon to be repaired by club " members and also Trenton flremin. • Anyone who has toys to donate Can.^contact Mrs. Pippin or Mrs, Paul Huffman. The 'December meet ing will be presented by the Home Life Department and' will be on Christmas flower arranging. Mrs.' Jack ,Dixon, Jr., of the Ed ucation Department, presented the program anils showed a film on problems of the teenage children. Miss Lois Brock served refresh-' ments. ' V / Three Hurt Thursday m Pink Hill Accident •Three passengers in the car of Leon Mtirphy suffered painful but not serious injuries last Thursday afternoon at about 2:30 in an ac cident in'Pink Hill at the intersec tion of Main and Beulaville high way. Murphy, driving east on Main StTeet, said he had the green light when his cir was struck in the right rear door area by the ambulance of the Pink Hill Volunteer Fire De partment, which was being driven by Herman' Stroud. Mrs. Murphy, her daughter-in law Mrs. Mary Grace Murphy and hot Leona W " emergency, office for cuts and bruises. Marriage License Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Parker reports the issue of three marriage license in the past week to: Edward Rouse, 19, and Etta Faye Burkette, 16, bdth of Kinston. Robert Lee Baker, 20, of Kinston route 6, And Nancy Lee Hargett, 17, of Dover route 2. Robert Rodolph Holland, 19, and Jean Carolin Humphrey, 18, both of Maysville. District Solicitor Robert Rouse has calendared »117 cases for* trial at nekt weckfi'Jbpes Coun ty Superior Court; over which Judge Albert Cowpef bf "felnston will pre side. . , Of this total, however, 62 are speeding cases that will largely con sist of pleas guilty in absentia, leaving an active docket of 57 cases. .Most serious charge set for hear ing is that of rape against Johnny Payton, who was given a life sen tence for tljfc crime after a trial earlier this yt*r, which was set aside for a' technical error by the state supreme cqilrt. Other cases set*, for trial next week include drupken driving charges against Willijurti, tEJiomas Sessons, Mark Thohtij, VS&tckelford, John Coward Jr., Frank James Puret, Jimmy Lee Toodle, Ruth Cash Small and Swindell. Dunn. Worthless check charges are pending against R. L. Kellum and A. W. Huffman and an embezzle ment charge is to be heard against Malcolm Leroy Banks. . | Bobby Glenn Warren of Kinston is charged with manslaughter and reckless driving. Roy and J. C. Hill, Richard Le Page and James H. Howland are charged with breaking, entering and EHisoh Rhodes Jr. will be tried for | armed robbery. The other cases involve traffic violations, domestic relations cases and liquor law violations. Land Transfers Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Patker reports the following land transfers that were recorded in his office duping the past week: Alonzo Mills to Victor Wbertz, 4** in 'Fucfkahoe .Township, j-f A.-'Jofnes-to Seastey'M. T'onts '20 acres in Tuckahoe Township. I. P. Hatch to Georgia Ward and to Gertrude Isler one lot each in Pollocksville. Pauline Jones Moore to Beasley T. Jones 20 acres in Tuckahoe Township'. W. T. Smith to C. M. Howard one lot in White Oak Township. Evelyn Griffin to Lynn M. Kelso 89 acres in Pollocksville Township. George R. Thomas to Ikie D. Hill 17.6 acres in Pollocksville Town ship. Agnes Hill to Lessie Godby one lot in White Oak Township. Urban Renewal: One Man’s Opinions in Favor of It By Jack “Rider Many friends whose opinions I respect and frequently seek have bath privately and publicly demand ed of me, “How cat} you so oppose federal encroachments into il&cal af fairs and -still support Urban, Ren newal. • . . is. .i;i ■ V I have decided to explain ithis a$ completely as I ,can, so that l ean •carry proofs of it around with me and hand them out because I have worn out tw® sets of. tonsils «e peating my reasons oyer and over again- J-'-'.y I feef that the ONLY basic argu-^ tn**f.'h*or,th indulging in is, wheth er there JS a need f or urljan renew al, and whether die first proposed project area in^Kuwton is the most needful? ; _ ; V *.■ - But on the mechanical operations tion of its. socialistic aspects, ^its Christianness, or as sosne hive questioned, its morality I personally If 72 cents out of every state and county tax dollar collected were be ing used for urban renewal and this was done on a long established and accepted basis, I might then be forcedly in favor of federal aid to education. . ' Secondly, the City . of Kinston has an annual income from all sources of just over $3 million. The federal government collects almost $12 mil lion -per year in taxes of all types from the citizens of Kinston. I wish this were not true, and do all I can to curb the further tax reach of the federal government. ; * t But when a project-for the public welfare is agreed upon, whether it be highways, waterways, airways drainage, flood control op urban Te newal one inust attempt to accom plish that project within the frame work of the taxing system, that EXISTS, rather than 'within the framework of a different taxing system, upon which there would-be no agreement and that would likely be no more popular and no more a““aiafe, mKjutt tbe existing eral government has the money. It has taken over the taxing and has left very little to local jurisdictions. People are close to their aldermen, tjheir commissioners and they can put a lot of pressure on them, but Washington is more remote.” . “But aren’t you — in supporting urban renewal, adding to this, ra ther than helping to bring it under control ?”, my friends demand. My answer is that urban renewal is a 12 year-old program, establish ed and accepted i>y the congress, the courts and apparently by the majority of people since there have been six congressional elections since urban renewal was written in to law, and congress has not re pealed^ but has to die contrary ex panded urban renewal. If a person feels so strongly about this that he prefers to refuse any federal money for urban renewal and still continue paying his part of the neatly $12 million per year in federal taxes that if bis privil ege. I prefer to continue the fight to elect congressmen who will' cut the federal'budget in every sphere, and lower federal taxes so that loc al governing units will not be'so bard pressed for avenues of finance. ■But until * majority of congress is - elected that will take steps in that direction the nation must try to work out the best possible use of the system that IS, rather than some system that MIGHT be voted into law, next year or ten years from now. Most particularly I oppose those .who out of one corner of their mouth says, “This is a republic, not a democracy; let’s keep it that way” and out of the other corner of their mouth they demand the “God-giv en right to vote on this issue before it is jammed down the throats of the people of Kinston. I happen to be one of those who takes seriously the proposition that this is a republic, and I resist the idea of demagogues rolling out the Voters {verytime there is an issue upon which there is a difference of opinion. The orderly way to run a republic is to elect, representatives and trust £em to do what is right and in e public interest. If they fail, then the orderly way is to elect some different representatives. For Kinstoiiians now to lather themselves into political fits over » 12 year-old program that has been repeatedly approved by the Con gress of. the United States, the; North Carolina General Assembly and by both federal and state courts is to confess either their ignorance or their lack of interest in public affairs. For them to label such a pro gram un-constitutional, un-Christ ian and immoral is to slander the legislative branch of both the fed eral and state governments which established the program, the exe cutive branches of federal, state and local governments which have ad ministered the program and the courts . of e\ery level and every jurisdiction that have approved the program. In summary, people- who take this position simply do NOT HAVE FAITH IN OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. • If they believe that the legisla tive, executive and judicial branch es of.our 'government — state, fed eral and local — are composed of ruthless, greedy immoral officials (they are guilty of the grossest lack of faith. They a$e saying, in substance to the homeowner, "Your property is not secure because your city, state ahd federal officials have banded together in an un-holy, un-consti tutional effort to cheat and de fraud .yijfLM,' To say, that this attitude is ridic ulous is to labor the obvious. If 8*
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