For nearly 27 years the citizens
of Wayne County have poured
- hundreds of thousands of dollars
per year into the Lenoir County
^ Treasury add into the treasury of
the Town of LaGnwge, which gets
25 per cent of the net profits from
the ABC! store in LaGrahge.
In commenting about this situa
tion last week it was suggested that
the question is not whether to have
whisky or not to have , whisky, but
is a determination of who gets the
profits front whisky. v
This aroused the indignation of
«t; feast one person who is totally
■■opposed to whisky of any kind,
and presumably to the profits from
such Sales as well.
;■£ This '“Dry” suggested that Lenoir
Couny was not so well off as Dup
This caused a study of the rela
tive position of Duplin and Lenoir
counties to be made, and the facts
are as follows:
Duplin County does not have
ABC stores. ' i ■ 5 ,,^4%'^'
Duplin County does have a hand
some hospital.
Duplin County has consolidated
its school svstem.
its school system.
But Duplin County does owe for
some school bonds. The source of
my information does not reveal
when those bonds were issued, but
in the last reporting year the-in
terest on those school bonds in
Duplin County amounted to $22,
053.
Also the farms of Duplin County
are taxed far more heavily than
the farms of Lenoir County. Due
being that
: town and no large
ect the taxes from
taxes there are have to be
from the farms of the
The total tax listed valuation of
all real estate in Duplin County in
the year studied was $45,604,802
and the valuation of all the farms
in the county was $29,970,593. In
that same year the total value of
all real estate in Lenoir County
was $58,647,290 and the farms of
the county only accounted for $20,*
845,955 of that total.
So, in Duplin County farm real
estate pays 65 per cent of the total
tax levied on real estate and in
Lenoir County farm real estate
■that year paid only 35 per cent of
the total tax levy.
Also that year on the tax books
of Duplin County livestock was
listed for $1,084,110, while it was
listed for only $452,780 in Lenoir
County. -
That year Duplin County ■ levied
sufficient taxes to allocate $475,712
V!
of all its public
bunty that year
allocated $1,095,947 for the opera
tion of . its public schools.
The population of'Duplin Coun
ty in the last census -was 40/70
and that of Lenoir County was 55,
276. Which means that Duplin
County’s per capita expenditure for
schools was just over $11, while
that of Lenoir County in the same
year was just over $19 per capita.
Which brings one around to the
meat of the cocoanut: The big
reason that Lenoir County has
been able to afford such an expen
sive school system has been its
ability to devote such a huge part
of its tax collection to schools
while liquor store profits helped
defray a major part of the other
operating co3t of county govern
ment.
Lenoir County’s rural school sys
tem for white children is far high
er priced than that of the entire
Kinston school system and the
rural negro system.
Counties that could not afford the
dubious luxury of scattered, small
and expensive schools had to con
solidate for economy’s sake. Le
noir County has been the victim of
its own governmental prosperity.
A further reflectioM of this is /
that the non-school bonded debt
retirement item in the Duplin
County budget in the study year
(1961-62) was $72,459 while the
non-school debt retirement item in
the Lenoir County budget was $9,
827.
During this year the net ABC
store profits to Lenoir County
were $317,610, while at the same
time the Lenoir County ABC stores
paid an additional $265,826 into the
state treasury; part of which, of
course, was spent in Duplin, as in
all other “dry” counties.
Of course, there are no argu
ments, either fiscal or spirtual that
will convince the true-blue 100 per
cent "dry” that there is any merit
in having the legal sale of whisky
anywhere at any time.
Fortunately, such individuals are
in the minority, and their number
grows fewer each passing day.
THE JONES COUNTY
NUMBER 46
TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1964
VOLUME XV
Jones Candidate List
Growing Very Slowly
xuccuuu ouaru
:n C., a. Koonce re
the list of
I
five’ seats ott the county
board of commissioners, another
five-on the county school-board,
the job of j u d g e in Recorder’s
Court, the job of register of deeds,
the job of county representative in
the general assembly and assorted
justice of peace and constable jobs
open the list of candidates only in
cludes seven names.
First to file and still unopposed
is Incumbent Representative Mrs.
John M. Hargett.
This week one more name came
tb the list of candidates for coun
ty coiriissioner; that of Clifton
Hood of the Wyse Fork section of
Reaver Creek Township, who join
ed Albert Sracey and Clinton Lan
caster of Maysville as the only
candidates for this board’s five
.-seats. ^ ■ \V
Former Election Board Chairman
W. F. Hill of Trenton and Horace
Faulkner of Beaver Creek Town
ship joined Rogers Pollock of
Trenton to make a total of three
school hoard candidates.
Among these six board-candidates
the only incunfhent is Pollock.
The filing deadline is Noon'April
Candidate lilt
Representative '
Mrs. John M. Hargett*
Commissioner
Albert Brac*y
Ointon Lancaster
Clifton Hood -
* School Board rj?
P. Rogers Pollock
Baptist Church of MaySville will be
led by Dr. W. C. Reed of Kinston
each evening at 7:30 p. m., April
6-12.
Dr. Reed was a successful
School Administrator in the public
schools of North Carolina for a
quarter of century. He served as
Superintendent of Kennedy Home
and as General Superintendent of
Baptist Children’s Homes of North
Carolina for a total of 16 years.
At present, he is Promotional
Consultant for the Homes.
Dr. Reed has been very active
in civic affirs in his own commu
nity and county. He has worked
with the State Welfare Department
in setting up standards for Chil
dren’s Homes, Foster Homes, and
Hay Care Centers.
- He has participated in simliar
projects in other Southern states.
FRIDAY ACCIDENT r
Friday morning at about 7 cars
driven by Bernice Hall Thompson
of Grifton route 2 and Terry Glen
Owens of 710 Darby Avenue col
lided with damage estimated at
$450.
SHOPLIFTING CHARGES
Over the weekend Milford Keys
of 607 Fields Street, Mable Hall of
3-D Carver Courts and Thomas
McKinely Faison of 305-C Rich
ard Green Homes were charged
with shoplifting in downtown
Kinston stores.
THUNDERBIRD MEEt
The Thunderbird 4-H Club met
recently with Claudia Armstrong
presiding. The pledges were given
>y Judy and Brant Banks and the
by Betsy Armstrong.
Jenkins was in charge
bn Outdoor Meal?,
were given by
on Sewing and
on Foo4»w
Jones County’s First
’64 Auto Deatli
Recorded Monday
Fifty seven year-old Leonard
Hunter of Trenton route 2 was in
stantly killed at about 6:15 p. m.
Monday and became Jones Coun
at-at pickup
truck being driven by James Coy
Griffin, 56, of Trenton route 1
when Griffin lost control of the
truck on a rural paved road that
runs southwardly from NC 58 from
Doc Killings worth’s store.
Patrolman C. W. Oakley, who
investigated, indicted Griffin on
charges of reckless driving and
manslaughter. A preliminary hear
ing is scheduled to be given Griffin
at 9:30 a.m. Friday before Record
er Nick Noble.
Land Transfers
Jones County Register of Deeds
Bill Parker reports the only trans
fer of real estate recorded in his
office during the past week was
that of one lot in Tuckahoe Town
ship from Martin Cromartie to
Southern Holding Company.
QfiE JONES ARREST
The office of Jones County Sher
iff .Brown Yates reports the only
grre'st in the county during the
past week was that of Floyd Ed
ward Roberts of Pollocksville who
was charged with being publicly
drunk.
Supreme Court Orders
Trial of Jones County
Suit Over Wilcox Farm
Kinstonian Absolved
In BSke Rider Death
Tuesday night a Craven County
Coroner’s Jury ruled that J. A. Or
mond of 1500 North Queen Street
in Kinston was not at fault in the
Saturday afternoon death of Rom
and Lawson, 51, of Dover route 1.
Testimony before the jury in
dicated that Lawson was riding a
bicycle between Dover and Fort
pm Satur
day when his bike swerved sud
denly into the path of Ormond’s
car.
Lawson was killed instantly when
he was knocked about 30 feet upon
contact with the Ormond car.
Housewife Pleads
Guilty to Lottery
Violation, Fined $100
Tuesday before Recorder Buck
Wooten Mrs. Sallie Banks Sim
mons of 609 E. Washington St.,
Kinston pled guilty to violation of
the state lottery laws by having i
in her possession tickets of the
kind used in the “numbers” or
“butter and egg” racket.
At the time of her arrest, mix
ed in with the tickets police found
£6,265.34, which was impounded and
held until Tuesday when Judge
Wooten ruled that the money
should be returned to her.
PAPA MUST PAY
Milton Dove Jr. of 601 Beech
Drive was booked last week on
:harge of being an illegitimate fa
ther and refusing to support his
:hild.
Child Welfare Month
rved in April
Legion Auxiliary
During the month of April the
American Legion Auxilary in
Jones County and throughout the
nation will observe Child Welfare
month emphasize a major year
round program of the Legion.
Funds expended by the American
Legion represent only a part of
its' child welfare program, effort.
e has been the
for establish
and Federal
ied with the
of children.
At present, the American Legion
through it’s posts, State Depart
ments and National Organizations
are concerned with the illegal use
of “pep pills” by teen-agers. The
development of Community facili
ties for the diagnosis, education and
treatment of mentally handicapped
:hildren and creation of community
programs aimed at reducing school
Iroponts and improving youth em
ployment opportunities.
Mrs. P. Nelson Banks is Child
Welfare Chairman of the local unit.
±11 a ic^ciii uc^isiuii me nuuu
Carolina Stale Supreme Court set
aside a demurrer granted by Judge
Henry Stevens in Jones .County
Superior Court last year in litiga
tion over the farm of the late .Steve
Wilcox.
The suit had been brough't by
nine of the 11 daughters of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox against two
other daughters and their husbands.
The defendants in the action are
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Eh Eurdharaand
*Sfr. and Mrs. Matthew Moore.
The nine complainants allege that
the farm was deeded to the Ford
hams on condition that the land
would ultimately be divided among
the 12 Wilcox children.
In addition to seeking the div
ision of the land now they also
seek a rental of $3,000 per year
for each year since 1952 when the
Fordhams were named Wilcox’s
guardian.
The Moore’s were deeded part
of the 194.54-acre farm after the
death of Wilcox.
Heavy Fine* Levied
For Hauling Wlmky
Wednesday Kinston Recorder
Buck Wooten fined Obediah Bow
den of 723 Tower Hill Road $500
and fined Doris Lee Bowden of
217 Tyree Road $300 for their part
in hauling 48 jars of stumphole
The pair was caught on March
Sth by ABC officers in a 1955 mod
el car, laden with the light load of
stumphole. The car was confiscat
ed.
Other judgments Wednesday in
cluded 8 months in jail for Carrie
Fordham of 208 Lincoln Street for
violating the liquor laws, $150 fine
to Emma Rollison of 911 Thomp
son Street for the same offense.
Jethro McLawhorn of 1100
Chestnut Street was fined $25 for
speeding, reckless driving and fail
ing to stop for a stop sign.
ANOTHER ON FRIDAY
At 11 pan. Friday cars driven by
Ernie Pule Rouse of Seven Springs
route 1 and Frederick Kennedy of
Kinston route 2 collided at the
comer of Queen and Capitola with
$800' estimated damage and two
passengers in the Rouse car suf
fering painful but not serious in
juries. Rouse was charged with
failing to yield right of way and
Kennedy with driving without a
driving license.