In the steaming warehouses the
sweat wffl pour but nobody seem*
to m«a because of the cold cash
that Is being passed out by the irS-i
lions o! dollars.
Artd pm the farm growling giants ,
chew up the stalks from which:
these truly golden leaves came SO:
shortly ago. Activity leaves 'the
fields and curing bam and mooes'
into the pack houses where all
hands are gathered to prepare that
oH King Nicotine for market.
Not so long ago tobacco selling
' time was mot always the happy time
of recent memory. Prices often
dropped so How the fanner got less
titan enough -to pay, for the ferti
lizer be had put under a crop.
Many -disgusted farmers hauled
tobacco back to the- farm and
dumped it 'in the stables. Today
Jew farms have stables and no
farmer as ilikely to take ‘ any to
bacco badk and dump it in a sta
ble even H he has one.
Thu pictures the next to last field activity insofar as file, 1964 to
bacco crop as treonei— il, Cutting the stalks and finally turning out tbs
root are ainSed at controlling, nematodes and tobacco eating" insects who
thrive on ssafluns flat are left to grow after the good tobacco has been
polled. Every fanner iis urged to do these two chores not only for his
own best aafterest but to 'improve the chances of the entire neighborhood
dor a better «nqp on MB.
This year this heartland of To-been badly hit by drought, no large
baocoland, USA has enjoyed oneareas have suffered from too much
of its finest seasons. No area has rain.
Most sections got enough rain at
lie right time to produce a tre
nendous crop. Hard-learned les
ions have finally caused nearly all
iarmeys to house and to cure their
tobacco more carefully.
Today all across this huge East
:m Belt, where most of the world’s
flue-cured tobacco is grown and
sold eager thousands will be tilting
their ear to the weird chant of the
auctioneer.
What they hear will be good news
because support prices of tobacco
are higher than last year and with
a good crop of what has come to
be called “useable" tobacco the buy
ing companies are eager to replen
ish their stocks.
After several stormy years when
medical propagandists aimed all
kinds of criticism at the tobacco
industry the use of tobacco has be
gun to climb again.
Whether this is good news for
the nation medically speaking still
remains to be seen, but it undoubt
edly is good news to Tobaccoland,
USA.
For the past ten years the com
bination of medical crticism, filter
tipped cigarets and use of “recon
stituted tobacco” — which is sim
ply the use of- g/omui uf> stems
which were once thrown away —
has caused a drop in total pounds
of tobacco used.
This has caused huge surpluses
to stack up both j&’.pt$«rate and pub
lic warehouse^,aSd.tKis, naturally,
has givedthe grower and the pro
cessor of tobacco ,a lot of king
sized headaches.
But there ar,e signs, if on a dis
tant horizon, that this trdtad is eas
ing and even brighter days are not
too far away. ’ '
Tobacco haS Survived many as
saults in its history as one of
America’s major crops. It is still
under attack but the odds are that
it will not only survive but will
flourish for a long, long time to
come.
Let’s hope so.
ASSAULTS BOSS
Robert Lee Moore of Kinston
route 2 was arrested Thursday night
on charge of assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill after
he slashed his employer, Paul Wat
son of Kinston route 1 across the
chest with a knife. Moore was also
charged with drunken driving and
driving without a license.
C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1964
VOLUME XVI
Filed to Keep
Jonep County Children
Mandsy/a '.was filedin Jones
County Superior Court, by parents
•of 46 Janes County children in
which Hhe court iis asked to issue
an rnjunefiqn stopping the Jones
County Board of lEcfucation from
enforcing a recent order recalling
all resident students tto the schools
In the (county.
The conapBaint is filed in behalf
of 46 specified children and “all
others similarly situation in the
western most part of Jones
County.”
The suit«s^rs that J2 of these
children -haaN* been attending Du
plin County schools at ffculaville
throughout their school careers and
34 have attended Lenoir Schools
at Pink Hill throughout their school
life.
The complaint alleges that the
children by attending Duplin or Le
| noir county schools only j^aaie to
' travel 20 or less miles per day and
jf they attend the Comfort elemen
tary school they would have to tea
vel 30 miles per day ana 70 miles
per day to attend Jones Central
High School.
The complaint farther claims that
the order of the Jones County
School Board is arbitrary and an
abuse of authority in that if is not
based in the best interest of the
children involved
. The complaint further asserts that
the August 18th action of the Jones
County Board of Education was
Improper, and an exhibit of callous
pess of which judicial notice should
betaken.
The minutes of the Jones County
Board of Education for August 18
includes the (.following:
■foijy-ii.'i.yv, i—fWys-i
HOME CLUB MEETS
The Chinquapin .Home Demon
stration Qub "held its August meet
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Z. A. Kownce. A delicious chicken
stew was served to the members
and guest present.
Six Jones Arrsets
>■.
During the past week Jones
County Sheriff Brown Yates re
ports six arrests: Levy Mallard and
Bobby Ray i
rille are charged with being drunk
on the highway. Frank Rhodes Jr.
of Comfort and Jesse Powell Jr. of
Castleberry, Alabama are charged
with driving without a license and
Harvey Morton of Trenton and
James Hancock of Jacksonville are
charged with stealing an automo
bile.
Polio Clinics Bring $7,000
Windfall to Area Schools
Contributions to tire Lenoir
Greene- Jones Counties Medical So
ciety during- lire recent Satin polio
campaign exceeded expenses by
more than $7*000, according to Dr.
P. M. Dunning, chairman of the
Medical Society’s immunization
committee.
As a result of this excess, $415.00
will be turned over by the Medical
Society to each of the 17 schools
which were used as clinic sates dur
a greed to allow them to attend the
Lenoir and Duplin County schools,
provided they meet the Lenoir and
Duplin county school buses at the
county lines, and proHded further
that the Lenoir and Duplin county
hoards of education give the Juan
County Board of Education the at
tendance of Jones County children
who attended the Lanoir and Dup
lin county schools.”
The parents bringing the action
and the number of school age chil
dren they have are Beasley Jones,
1, Rex Blizzard 2, Arthur Turner 2,
Charlie 'Blizzard 1, Barton Turner
2, Walter Blizzard 1, George Pike
2, Gardner Pike 2, William
Taylor 4, Lena Pate 6,
George Swinson T, Della Turner 1,
Needham Houston 2, L. T. Jones
1, Norman MarsWburn 1, W. J.
Jones 1, Richard Weston 1, Chesley
Thigpen 1, Carlton Jones 2, Clifton
Byrd 4./:, , ■' \
T*rr
ing the immunization program.
There was no charge for the vac
cine to the public, but it was sug
gested that each person receiving
vaccine donate 25 cents to help cover
the cost of administering the pro
gram in the three-county area. If
there had been a deficit at the com
pletion of the program, the Med
ical Society had agreed to make
up the loss from its members.
The excess funds will be turned
over to the school principals for
the purchase of equipment or sup
plies, or for other needs at the dis
cretion of the principal, for which
funds are not provided by City,
County, or State funds. Each prin
cipal is to advise the chairman of
the immunization committee of the
use made of the funds.
The program resulted in about
55,250 individuals in the three coun
ties being immunized against all
three types of polio. Dr. Dunning .
pointed out that about 1,500 per
sons were immunized against only «
one or two of the types. He urges 1
those individuals to follow though <
and get their needed types to com- i
plete their immunization. .
On behalf of the Lenoir-Greene- 1
Jones Medical Society, Dr. Due
ling expressed appreciation to the '
public, school?, organizations and t
business firms" for their cooperation
in making the, (program a success, i
He specifically expressed thanks ^to i
Jones Court Clears
34 Cases off Docket
During the past two weeks sub
missions before Clerk Walter Hen
derson or trial before Judge Nick
Noble have removed 34 cases from
the docket of Jones County Re
corder’s Court.
As usual the majority — 22 —
were traffic violation charges but
included among these were nuisance
type indictment of persons who had
a driving license, but happened not
to^have jt in _ tJ®ir^Q.cket_ whet
stopped, and whose indictment was
quashed when they tendered a valid
driving license to the clerk’s of
fice.
These seven person were William
James Jones of Pollocksville route
1, Mildred Bryant Morgan of Pol
locksville, John Robert Boyette of
Pollocksville route 1, Gertrude An
drews of Maysville, Roland Scott
of New Bern route 3, Donald
O’Neal Williams of Pollocksville
Carolina Dairies for the use of
their hardening room for storage
of the frozen vaccine; to the Kins
ton Jaycees who served as a trans
portation corps to take the vaccine
and supplies from the Carolina
Dairies to each station; to City
and County school boards and
school principals; to PTA organi
zations who provided volunteer
workers at the clinics; to nurses
and pharmacists who volunteered
th'qir services; and to the local
press and radio for its cooperation.
Dr. Dunning estimated that 7,
300 man-hours of volunteer help
went into helping the Medical So
:iety complete the campaign.
route 1, and Roy Allen Williams of
Kinston route 5.
In the non-traffic department
John Wesley Brown of Trenton ap
pealed a 6-month jail term for
beating a women to superior court
and his bond was fixed at $500.
Harvey Morton of Trenton route
route 1 and James Hancock of
Jacksonville were found guilty of
temporary auto theft and given 90
day jail.Jerms suspended on pay
ment of $50 fines.
David Alfred Ward of Maysville
paid $15 for being publicly drunk,
Waters Mattocks of Maysville paid
$18.50 for the same violation.
Worth Campbell of Pollocksville
was found not guilty of disposing
of mortgaged property. Walter
Marshburn of Comfort was fined
$25 for simple assault.
Floyd Hill of Dover route 1 had
a woman beating charge nol press
ed on request of the lady he had
whipped but she was ordered to
pay the court costs.
Thomas Edward Hall of Tren
ton route 2 had a charge of assault
with intent to kill withdrawn and
the prosecuting witness paid the
costs in this case too.
John C. West of Jacksonville had
a non-support charge withdrawn on
the same condition of the prosecut
ing witness paying the costs.
A public drunkenness charge
against John Hughes White of Pol
locksville was nol prossed.
A 90-day jail term was suspend
ed for Elijah Roberts Jr. of Kins
ton route 5 on charges of carrying
Continued on Page 8
Carl Bell Seeking Possession
Land He Claims Ownership of
Since February 21, 1923
inis weeic a suit was rued in
[ones County Superior Court by E.
2. Bell, who is speeking possession
if a 78-acre tract of land in Pol
ocksville-Township which he claims
o have owned since February 21,
923.
The suit is against Cornelius nad
-ula Bell Jordan, Florence Jordan
White, Wade W. and Emma Bark
ir Mallard and Donald F. Brock,
rustee.
' The complaint alleges that the
lefendants are “wrongfully and
inlawfully in possession of the
a.
land and have refused and still
refused and still refuse to vacate
the same although the plaintiff has
repeatedly requested them to va
cate the premises.
Bell’s suit further alleges that
a reasonable, rental of the tract is
$2500 pef -jwjsar and he asks the
court to award him rental at that
rate for the 41-year period in which
he alleges the defendants have
wrongfully retaihed in possession of
the land.
And finatly he asks immediate
possession of the land.
And Shop in Kinston