the Kinsi
968,038 pound* of tobacco and had
paid out a total of $20,353,701.54 at
»n average of $59.92 per hundred
pounds.
For the entire 1962 selling season
which ended on October 30th Dk
Kinston market sold 55,805,410
pounds of tobacco and paid out
$32,413,662.38 for a seasonal average
of $58.08.
That particular part of the to
t U grown in the Kinston
had a much more fav
weatherwise than it has
in several years and this had
both for a greater vol
ume and for higher prices grade
for grade than in ’62.
One other factor that has played
an important part in boosting the
price levels on the Kinston market
has-been a vastly improved picture
insofar ' as cultivation practices are
concerned.
For a decade tobacco specialists
have been pleading with flue-cured
tobacco growers, begging them to
let the tobacco ripen in the field.
This year the Kinston growing’ area
had an extremely cold spring and
early summer which set the crop
t two and in some in
three weeks.
cold spring was a blessing in
because a very large part
of the local crop was still in the
field when the Georgia-Florida
markets opened and it was soon
made apparent that the buying
companies were not going to buy
the slick, flavorless tobacco that re
sults from pulling if to early and
from lack of full maturity of the
leaf. Atop this the government had
lowered sharply the support prices
for slick, white tobacco.
The sharp drop in prices in the
Georgia-Florida markets converted
the tobacco farmers who for so
many years had ignored the ser
mons preached to them by the to
bacco specialists.
More tobacco ripened on the
stalk in East Carolina this year
than has ripened on the stalk in
20 years. This stretched the curing
season into mid-September, near
ly a month longer than the curing
season generally last in the Kins
ton trade area.
But the combined delays
of a cold spring and the
sudden decision to ripen tobacco
in the field were another blessing
in disguise, because by the time
this crop began to move to the
market in any great volume it was
much more than apparent that the
dry weather in the northwestrn
part of the Eastern Belt and over
practically all of the Middle Belt
was going to cut short the esti
mates of the total ’63 flue-cured
tobacco crop. v 1
This immediately had a strength
ening effect on the Eastern Belt in
general and on the Kinston market
in particular. This has permitted
the Kinston market to stay in front
during the entire '63 selling Season
in total pounds sold, total dollars
paid out and in overall average.
Some Kinston tobacconists are
even optimistic enough to believe
Kinston will move back into the
No. 2 spot in total saless thjyL it held
for several years.
None is optimistic enough to be
lieve that even with all these fa
vorable things working for Kinston
that it will have a chance of mov
ing ahead of Wilson, which has
been the nation’s No. 1 tobacco
market for many, many years.
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VOLUME XV
Action to Recover Wilcox
Farm Dismissed; Appeal Is
Filed to Supreme Court
Tuesday afternoon Superior Court
Judge Henry Stevens granted a
demurrer filed by defendants in a
civil suit who sought to have an
action dismissed that had been
brought by nine of the 'll daughters
of*-the late Mr .and Mrs. Steven
Wilcox against the other two
daughters and their husbands.
Notice of appeal from Judge
Stevens’ decision was given by at
torneys representing the nine plain
tiffs and their husbands.
.Tie- farm of «be Wfte«Ws -Bow
belongs to Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Fordham and Mr. and Mrs. Matt
hew Moore.
The nine sisters bringing the ac
tion claim that the 394.34-acre farm
was held in trust for them,; rather
than belonging in fee simple to
their other sisters and their hus
bands.
In court Tuesday the defense
tendered warranty deeds to the
tract of land which did -not include
any conditions of transfer.
The plaintiffs claimed that their
parents had deeded the tend to the
Fordhams upon the condition that
the land would be divided' among
all 12 of the Wilcox children at
their death.
In addition to asking lor return
of the land they also asked $3,000
per year rental from the Fordhams
since 1951 when Fqrdhsun jB* snout
ed guardian to Wilcox. .. .. • ,
Wise Fork Community 'W; 'j
Building __—_—WiOO-ll-JSO
Foy Methodist Church 11:4S-12tl5
Wayne Haskins Service
Station-1:30- 2:3t
Jarman’s, Store —{— 2:35-3:15
Leslie. White’s Store ~ 3 JO- 4:10
Swine Vote Tuesday
All person who are in the basi
nets of growing hogs for market
are urged to fully inform them
selves and to take time to vote in
the swine referendum that is be
ing held in every part of North
Carolina next Tuesday, October
1st. The basic idea is to apply
money directly from the grower as
with Tobacco Associates and Nic
kels for No How, but in order' to
[ collect tfcO flVe " cents ' per ' biid dn
hogs that sell for $10 or more ft
is neceeary for at least two-thirds
of all bog growers to vote in favor
of the program. Everyone who
shares in the proceeds of hogs sold
for slaughter is eligible to vote.
LalRoque, Wallace
Get 50-year Pins
From St. John Lodge
Wednesday night in a special open
meeting of St. John Masonic Lodge
No. 4 two Master Masons of Kins
ton were honored in receiving 50
year pins, signifying their ■ mem
bership in the order for a half cen
tury. \ ,
The honored pair, Frank LaRoque
and Fitzhugh Wallace, received
| their pins from Former Mayor Guy
Guy Elliott after Gordon Street
Christian^ Church .Pastor Douglas
;.Beff had soken pn their service. -;.i
A .social hour was held at Fair
field Recreation 'Center • afterVjlie
awards program’eridid The meet
ing’ was held in Richard Caswell
Lodge Hall on Greenbriar Road.
Barra* Low Bidder on
Highway Resurfacing
Among 15 road projects approved
Ttjesday by the State , Highway
Commission were two resurfacing
jobs in this area upon which Bar
fus Construction Company of Kins
ton was low bidder.
Resurfacing of 18.4 miles in Pitt
and Beaufort counties'went to the
Kinston firm at the low of $78,016.
Resurfacing of 29.5 miles in Len
oir, Greene and Jones Counties also
went to Barms at the low bid. ot'
$125,666.
The only other East Carolina
projects were resurfacing of 24,63
in Pamlico, Craven and .
Jones Whisky Store
Looted Last Week
Last Thursday night thieves Chis
eled a hole in the rear of the Wyse
Forks Store of the Jones ABC sys
tem and hauled away a goodly load
of whisky.
The loot included 283 pints, 12
fifths and 11 tenths of assorted
brands of whisky.
And old model car with an out
of-state license plate was seen
speeding away from the scene by
a person in the neighborhood, and
this is' the only clue the sheriffs
department has to work with in
trying to solve the robbery.
For Jones Countiam
A mobile x-ray unit will be in
Jones County next week. A free
chest x-ray will be available to all
persons IS years of age and older.
The trailer is open from 10 until
4 each day according to the follow
ing schedule:
September 28, October 1-2, Com
fort ; October 3, 4, and 5, Trenton;
October 8 and 9, Pollocksville; and
October 10, 11, and 12, Maysville.
The Jones County Tuberculosis
Association in cooperation with the
State Board of Health has made
this possible.
Rural Development Meet
In Trenton Wednesday
r'.‘ A Rural Area Development meet
ing was held at Trenton in Jones
County Wednesday. Charlie Davis,
Neuse Area Development Vice
President of Agriculture presided
over the meeting which was attend
ed l<y (leading farmers, business
leaders, and professional workers
from Jones, Onslow, Duplin, Greene,
Crayon and Carteret Counties.
Officials from several agencies
were present and explained how
each of these agencies can help in
area or communities seeking assist
sistance in development. Assistance
from these agencies is available in
both technical planning and financ
ing projects in rural communities.
OHn P. Wiearn of the Small Busi
ness Administration explained loans
made by its agency.
W. W. Black of Community
Facilities Administration gave a
summary of his agency’s loan pro
Probationary Sentence
Fbr Man Who Killed His
Cousin at Drinking Spree
New Trial Ordered for
Jones County Dealer
The State Supreme Court Wed
nesday ordered that a new trial be
given George Mitchell, who was
fined $500 in Jones County Superior
Court earlier this year for num
erous violations of the liquor laws.
The court ruled that Judge Ru
dolph Mintz had made a prejudicial
error in his charge to the jury, and
this was sufficient excuse to put
the county to the additional ex
pense of trying Mitchell again.
Maysville First Baptist
Church Sets Revival
The First Baptist Church will hold
its fall revival beginning with the
evening service Sunday October 6
■ through morning, services-, Sunday,
October 13. Services will begin each
evening at 7:30 and a nursery will
be provided for the children.
Rev. M. E. Gibson, pastor of
the church, will bring the message.
Immediately following the morn
ing service Sunday October 13,
Homecoming will be observed with
a picnic held on the church grounds.
Members are urged to attend,
Visitors are cordially invited.
BULL ON HANCOCK
George R. Bull Jr., radarman,
of Route 1, Pollocksville, is serving
aboard the attack aircraft carrier
USS Hancock which recently vis
ited the port of Sasebo, Japan.
nancing community improvement
project*.
Paul Stone; Extension Communi
ty Development Specialist gave a
summary of the meeting on ser
vices offered each agency.
The meeting was also attended
by Marion C. Holland, Farmers
Home Administration and State
RAD representative who led in the
discussion period. Individual groups
met after the meeting with these
officials in consultation of their in
dividual project or situation needing
assistance.
PRICE IN BOOT CAMP
Raymond T. Price,; 1,8, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Milford R. Price of
Route 2, Trenton, is undergoing
nine weeks basic at the Naval
Training Center, Great Lakes, 111.
NOT GUILTY
Recorder Emmett Wooten found
Cornelius Simmons and James
Buddy Fisher npt guilty of assault
charges placed against the Hap
persville pair over the weekend.
Tuesday Judge Henry Stevens
sentenced Godfrey Wilder to one
year in prison after the court had
accepted a plea of guilty to man
slaughter from the defendant. But
the prison term was suspended on
condition that Wilder remain on
probation for 5 years and not use
or have in his possession in that 5
year period any alcofiolic beverage
of any kind.
Evidence before the court indi
cated that Wilder shot his first
cousin J. B. Harris at close range
with a 12 gauge shotgun late in
the afternoon of May 26, 1962.
Wilder had brought Harris and
three others to his home for a drink
of stumphole whisky, which lasted
until nearly a half gallon had been
consumed. Then the visiting quar
tet got loud and profane and were
asked to leave by Wilder because
of the language they were using
before his wife and children.
When they refused to leave he
got his shotgun, and a witness said
the four backed Wilder all the
way around his hotise before he
pulled the trigger and killed Har
ris. When this happened the other
three left in a hurry.
Wilder had been in the state
hospital for tubercular patients
since shortly after the killing. He
was recently released but is still
under close surveillance as is his
family by county health authorities.
New Trenton Lawyer
James Hood has joined Donald
Brock to form the law firm of
Brock and Hood, and to become
Jones County’s newest attorney.
Hood is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Euguene Hood of the Wyse Fork
Community. Hood is a graduate of
Jones Central High School, the
.University of North Carolina in
1950 and earned his law degree at
Duke University in 1902. He passed
the state bar examination in 1962
and has practiced law in Tarboro
with Taylor and Brinson since that
time, and until he joined the Tren
,ton firm. His wife is <Ke former
Nancy Carol Mallard, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Mallard, and
they have one three-year-old son.
Land Transfers
Jones County Register of Deeds
Bill Parker reports recording the
following land transfers in the
county during the past week:
From Cora Moore to Walter
Moore .99 acres in Beaver Creek
Township.
From John Larkins and George
Hughes to Eldridge Sumerell one
lot in Trenton.
From Dinah Norman to Harry
Lee Norman one aS^iMin- White
Oak Township.
From Louise Stilljsy to Eleanor
Eubank one lot Ht£ Chinquapin
Township. '<?'