NUMBER 43 TRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1963 VOLUME XIV
Many Criminal Cases Cleared;
Civil Docket Deadwood Tossed
Out In Busy Week of Court
dolph Mintz of Wilmington cleared
a large ^number of criminal cases
from the docket of' Jones County
Superior Court , and during the lat
ter pagt of the week dismissed an
accumulation of old civil actions
that were cluttering up the court
recoals. ■ :'j. .
Criminal Action.
The criminal charges acted upon
included the following: H. M. Mor
ris Jr. speeding $50, Warren G.
_ Pranks drunken driving 60 dj&ys
' suspended on payment of $100 fine,
. Janies Stallings drunken driving
not guilty.
Raymond Taylpr drunken driv
ing 60 days or $100, Allen Glenn
JDavenport drunken driving nol
ptossed, Elmer Chase violating
liquor laws nol procssed.
A collection of charges and
counter charges growing out of
Pollocksville’s ancient dog feud
came to an end when the grand
jury refused to return a true bill
in any of the simple assault charg
es against Ernestine and Billy
White and David and Jennie Smith.
Floyd Franklin Huggins was
found not guilty of drunken driv
ing; Isabelle Moore had a 6-month
jail term for violating the liquor
laws suspended on condition she
pay the costs and be of good be
i%. Bell charged with
tardy, was ordered to pay $5 pee
week for support of the child he
was the father of out of wedlock.
Heavy Fin* Appealed
George Mitchell appealed to the
state supreme court an 8-month or
.^SOO fine sentence he was handed
for violating the liquor laws.
George Mitchell had to pay the'
costs for driving without a chauf
feur license, William Edward Chap
man had a 30-day term suspended
on payment of $100 fine for drunk
en driving, Alfred Yarborough had
a speeding charge nol prossed, Ray
Sylvester Miller had a choice of
<50 days or payment of a $100 fine
fpr drunken driving.
Eddie ILee Wooten was fined $25
and lost his driving license for two
years after being found guilty of
driving an improperly equipped
and registered car.
Earl Victor Humphrey was
sir
■ agMwaa
tween 6 months in jail or payhtepf
of a $500 fine.
Glatha Strayhom was found not
. guilty of passing worthless checks.
Civil Action*
In clearing up the civil side of
the docket the foSowing actions
were taken: Miller Furniture
Company against Willard 'Taylor,
dismissed; Ethan Mills and Wife
against Wesley ;< Jones, Raeford
Blizzard, William Mills, Alonze
Mills and Donald Brock was dis
missed -rr this
voluntarily.
Paul Casper a
dismissed, Stan
Lynwood Small
Mrs. Kyle Wt !
ist Carl Waters
Pre-ScKbol Clinic
Schedule Listed lor
Jones County Area
Dr. L. E. Kling,, Jones County
Health Director,., urges all parents
to brirtg their children who are, to
enter school this Fall to the Health
Department or to their private
physician to complete their immu
nizations and get their pre-school
examination as soom as possible.
The Health Department does not
give Smallpox vaccinations after
Jane 1. The school examinations
can be done at the Jones County
Health Department on Tuesday or
Friday mornings from 8 JO until
11 a.m. beginning March 19th.
Immunizations are given at the
Health Department in Trenton any
Tuesday or Friday from 8:30 a.m.
until 4:30 p.m.
Maternal and Infant Health Gin
ics are held at the Health Depart
ment on 2nd'and 4th Wednesdays
of each month with Dr. John H.
Thompson as clinician.
Land Transfers
Jones County Register of Deeds
Bill Parker reports the recording
of the following land transfers in
his office daring the past week:
From Fannie DuVal to JEn»
villi.
From L. J. Simmons to Theodore
Simmons one lot in Pollocksville.
From Dr. J. C. Bell to William
D. Metis 3 lots in Maysville.
Spring’s Sprung
Two Jones Arrest
During the past week Jones
County Sheriff Brown Yates re
ports two arrests; that of Jack
Streeter of Trenton route one who
is accused of being publicly drunk
and carrying a concealed weapon
and Herman Mills of Trenton who
is charged with public drunkenness.
One Divorce Granted
During last week’s mixed term
of Jones County Superior Court
one divorce was granted to James
Edward Berry from Gladys Mc
Daniel Berry on grounds of two
years separation.
North Carolina Industries Face
Problem of Foreign Competition
By Senator Son Ervin
.Unemployment and foreign com
petition with American products are
growing problems which many
North Carolina industries are deal
ing with in increasing numbers.
They are also national problems.
Last week the Labor Department
announced that unemployment rose
to a fourteen month high in mid
February.
-At about the same time, Treas
th« we need to make our domes
tic goods more competitive to hold
markets abroad.
Dillion was distrurbed, as many
other Americans are, about the
outflow of American gold to other
nations resulting from failure of
U. S. earnings from exports of
goods and services to match our
imports, foreign aid and military
costs abroad, and overseas invest
ments.
These problems are close to the
livelihood of 230,000 North Carolina
Families who depend up our textile
industry. The textile dilemma has
not improved during the last year.
No longer is there an easy cure-all
remedy for its economic illsfc
But any list of causes for the
North Carolina textile plight could
veil begin with policies pursued by
the Federal Government which of
:en expresses concern over foreign
competition and unemployment.
There is two-price cotton which
jive* foreign textile manufacturers
l raw material advantage of $421
per bale of cotton over our own
manufacturers. There is a flood of
foreign goods which brings a tidal
wave of competion through virtual
ly non-existent tariff walls.
Last week I again expressed my
concern over the textile industry’s
plight to the highest Administra
tion officials by letter. The views
which I expressed may be sum
marized as follows:
“Ever since I came to the Senate
■Tai|te_gj54rJ:fee textile industry
has endure much economic suffer
ing on accou nt of governmental
policies which have increased the
cost of production of textile goods
manufactured by cheap labor
abroad. Moreover, the government
has placed the domestic textile in
dustry at an additional disadvan
tage by policies which compel the
domestic textile industry to pay ap
proximately $42 more than their
foreign competitors for each bale
of American cotton they buy.
“These governmental policies
have contributed materially to the
liquidation of a substantial portion
of the American textile industry,
to the loss of thousands upon
thousands of jobs of American tex
tile workers, to the denial of a fair
return upon their investments in
the textile industry of thousands of
American investors, and to the loss
of a substantial part of their mark
:ts by American textile manufac
turers.
“For more than two years! the
Ydministration has been promising
to do something to protect the tex
Annual Land Judging Contest
Scheduled for Friday, March 19
k^UUiUTTWU
vuviaituu
future Farmers of America will
lold its Eighth Annual Land Judg
ng Contest near Wheat Swamp
ligh School on March 19, starting
t 2:30. At this time, teams of four
toys each representing the Con-'
Entnea, Deep Run, LaGrange, Moss
fill, Pink Hill, Southwood and
Vheat Swamp FFA Chapters in
.enoir County and Jones Cen
tal in Jones County will compete.
IWRlight to present this feder
tion at the State Land Judging
Contest on April 6.
The federation contest. will be
etr np and conducted by the S<nl
irenion win nave tne actual re
sponsibility of selecting an<J ar
ranging the sites for this contest.
L. Harvey & Son Company of
Kinston is sponsoring the federa
tion contest on a local level. Realiz
ing the importance of soils and
their proper management in the
ever-changing agricultural picture,
this large farm supply business is
ifurnishing the following awards:
First Place Team — $30. Second
.Place Team — $20, Third Place
Team — $10, All Other Entries —*
$5 each. The. high individual will
also receive $10 and the second
high $5.
In a land judging contest, four
different holes or pits are dug in
locations that illustrate different
types oi son conditions. The boys
from the different teams involved
evaluated the physical characteris
tics of the soil such as thickness,
texture, consistence and structure
of both the topsoil and and sub
soil; permeability, drainage; slope
and erosion;-From these, the land
can be classified and management
treatments prescribed to maintain
and preserve the soil in its most
profitable production. The same
procedure applies whether the
contest is on a federation, state or
national level;
Immediately following the com
pletion of the federation contest at
Wheat . Swamp School, an official
of the' 'J. Harvey & Son Co. will
present the winning teams with
their awards.
Dedication Held for lienoir
Industrial Education Center
Jones 4-H Clubbers
4-H Week
Jones' Cbunty 4-H Week was
considered a big success, according
to Glenn Harrison, chairman for
national 4-H week.
During the week talks, programs,
news articles, exhibits,, and posters
were made.
4-H week closed with a round
up held at Wyse Fork Community
Wgmm* ’
Welcome was given by J. A. Hill
III.. Devotions, Billy Harrison,
Wedges were led by Warren
Moore arid Annette Lowery.
Rev. Douglas Ponder spoke on
"You Tomorrow,” William Grif
fin Adult lead on "Young Citizens
in Action”, and Judy Haskins on
“Talent.” Song leader was in
charge of recreation, Maple Grove
and Trent Raccateer Clubs were
in charge of refreshments.
BAD CHECKS
Earl Wood of Hookerton route 1
and Mark Jones of Washington,
N. C., have been picked up by lo
cal officers during the past week on
charges of passing worthless
checks.
governor jerry Sanford headed
the delegation df state officials who
took part Tuesday in the dedica
tion of Lenoir County’s new In
dustrial Education Center on High
way 7D just east of Kinston.
Making the principal dedicatory
iddress, Sanford congratulated Le
noir Countians for moving forward
with this industrial education pro
gram. He also said there is a good
chance that in the near future
scholarships will be made available
to students .in such schools on a
basis similar to those now given
to college students. These would
be private scholarships.
A large delegation of legislators^
beaded by Senate President Clar
ence Stone, and including four of
the five women members of the
Assembly, were on hand for the
dedication.
An open house will be held Sun
day at the facility and Director
Dan Wise, along with his faculty
ind members of the county board
af education have extended a
cordial invitation to the public to
kbsit the center during the day, Sun
day.
At present the Lenoir County
Facility is supervising classes in
seven counties in this immediate
area and has several hundred stu
dents taking regular classes in the
new building. A wide range of in
struction is available for either
teaching new trades and skills or
for upgrading present skills.
Full information is available to all
who might be interested in any
phase of the program at the cent
er on any week day or night when
classes are being held, and of
course also be available Sunday.
tile industry. It has promised among
other things to take adequate steps
to limit imports from abroad and
to abolish the two-price cotton
system.
“So far as I can ascertain from
the sources of information avail
able to me the proposal to equalize
the price of cotton by the granting
of another subsidy has died aborn
ing, and the effort to limit imports
from abroad by voluntary quotas
imposed upon themselves by for
eign competitors of our textile in
dustry does not seem to be work
ing with any high degree of suc
cess.
“It seems to me that the time
has come for decisive action, and
that such decisive action can best
be taken by the United States re
suming the power to regulate its
own trade instead of delegating
such power to competing foreign
lations.
“For these reasons, I respectful
y urge that the two-price cotton
system by abolished by the impo
iition of an equalizing import fee
tpon textiles coming from abroad,
ind that appropriate import quotas
>e fixed by decisive action on the
)art of our government without
urther delay.”