ville route 1 $25, Zane Howell
of Maysville $25, Arthur Branch
of Trenton route 2 240.
Paying $12 court costs for oth
er minor traffic violations were
Melvin Lee Aycocfc of Pollocks
v©* route 1, Heber Garris of
New Bern, Morey Lee. Tfrlor of
Maysville, Isaac Edwards Sum
mons of Trenton route 1; Aus
tin Smith of PoUocksvUle and
APPEALS
Reverend Ira Wil
eenvffle was fined
as
Corbett McDaniel of
ville.
Maysville Water System Soon Working
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water tank for
;d and shining
f 'W*rte* whrwr
In Good Shape
Audit Indicates
i Police
> is the most
death some
past weekend of
Mrs. Diane Stroud
: and 40 year-old William
Clerks' Accounts
An audit of the books in the
office of Jones County Super
ior Court Clerk Walter Hender
son indicates that everything is
“present and accounted for.”
In the words of accountant Si
mon Sitterson “The records of
the clerk were accurate and
clearly reflected the transac
tions of the office from Decem*
her 3,1962 to June 30, 1964 and
have been properly prepared
and maintained.”
Among many other things the
audit shows total cash receipts
in the office during the period
of $68,417.79.
Also reflected is that as of
June 30, 1964 the clerk held
$21,680.17 on deposit for minors
and incompetents.
MARKET CLOSES
Monday the Kinston Tobacco
Market ended sales for the 1964
season with gross sales of 57,
105,794 pounds for $32,783,029.
31.
couch with a sing
in the chest i
on the floor i
wound in the-otiest and by his
side a .38 caliber pistol.
Robertson for.many years was
manager of Kinston theaters but
he left suddenly taking Sirs.
Stroud Information
now indfo*«# tiiet they went to
California.
Recently police say Mrs. Rob
ertson had been living with her
parents dn McAdoo Street and
Tuesday night she worked at the
local theater until its doting
time and then dedded to ride
by her home, which had been
deeded to her by her husband
when he left so suddenly in Au
gust. ■
She saw a car parked in the
drive and a tight on. When she
tried to get in the screens were
all latched and she could not
get in and at that point she
called police, who forced their
way in and found the dead cou
ple.
Police say the car, which Ro
bertson had rented, came to the
house on Thursday night, ac
cording to witnesses in the
neighborhood and it is presum
ed because of the condition of
the bodies that the deaths of the
two took place shortly after
they got to the house.
Farmer Co-operation Urged by Franck
In Tobacco-Type Survey Being Taken
A tobacco variety perform
ance survey is being conducted
HtJbn^Coanty todeternrfne
how various varieties compared
in yield and value during 1964.
The information from this
survey serves as a valuable tool
to both agricultural workers and
farmers in evaluating the per
formance of the different varie
Cards are being sent to a rep
resentative group of growers in
the county and the growers who
receive cards are urged to fill
out the card accurately and re
turn it to the County Agent’s
office.
Everyope jyho receives a card
should aend it in regardless of
whether his.yield is low, medi
um or high. Hits is essential if
the summary of the variety data
is to represent the actual per
formance of a given variety in
the county and state.
This information is also be
ing accumulated by other
counties, and a summary of the
county, belt and state results
will be available for growers to
see as soon as it hits been sum
marized:
on American Habits and Election Returns
■ dent Johnson are not only un
precedented from a statistical
supported the lost
country Was ready
Those who
>pe that the
nent can find lit
imediate or long
to console them
dorsement of the Johnsonian
philosophy.
The independent farmer who
deplores government dictation
of farm policies added his vote
to the support of contropfed
farndag. v J W, . g',.
The rabid segregationists add
ed their vote to swell the Jen
son mandate to even greater
proportion. §£ ;
The tobacco fanner who de
spises the idea of integrated
public schools voted for the Na
tion’s No. 1 integrator of schools
and private business to “protect
their tobacco program.”
But for those who need sp
end there are more than
aillion in that category it
be found in history, U nbt
mothers, (remember recently
Mrs. Peabody in a Saint Augus
tine jail cell) tore up bars, in
timidated editors and threaten
ed lawmakers.
Bat after all the pressures of
the hatchet-swinging grand
mothers, and tiie pious bleatings
of the pulpit had wrung the
prohibition laws out of a reluc
tant set of legislative dragons
they somehow overlooked re
pealing a more basic law: That
of fermentation.
And so it is, at present, with
the communications media of
nation hand-tied by three great
threats and all paying careful
service to a new egalitarian
of the humanistic creed
great society,
have pissed laws, seen
fiats issued, troops sent
sovereign states
political leaders
the new frenzy
jsoowttinesre.
lead
as he
“hr©
of
run
laws of human nature out-date
by some thousands of genera
tions the most recent decrees
of the supreme court.
People did not quit drinking
because of the prohibition
amendment, people will not
suddenly surrender their prej
udices because there is a law
ordering them to do so.
Racial prejudice may have to
be bootlegged in private clubs,
schools, and newly founded
churches but it will exist be
cause it is an inherent charac
teristic of all races to harbor
some bias, based in fear, sup
erstition or historical differ
ences.
Surely, it would be a wonder
ful world if all such prejudices
could be wiped out by passage
of a lawi but this is an utter im
possibility.
In another time thf Ameri
can dreamers chased the rain
bow of Pacifism, which totally
disarmed our country and dir
ectly led to World War H. This,
too, was a beautiful dream, but
li
sinking our
Our great
run
ing navies, air forces and great
land armies.
Our country would be some
thing much less than it is if we
did not suffer these fits of ideal
ism from time to time. We all
know the negro has been badly
abused by history and all of us
with an even-half-fair mind
want to help make ours a better
world for the negro, but none of
us except the fanatic is anxious
to surrender our own place in
the sun in order that this might
be done.
It takes a time for the virus
of such impractical dreams to
run its course through the body
politic. Prohibition lasted for a
quarter of a century. Today
none except that same fanatic
would seriously consider toying
again with that kind of social
experiment. -
More wisely our society to
day accepts that a percentage
of people are alcoholics just as
a percentage are diabetics and
that our efforts to help should
be aimed at direct help to those
in need of help, rather than cut
the cup that cheers to
.. me or giving every citizen
shot of iusulin each day.
In time .w current exercise
in humanism will run its course
' it let us hope that Americans
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