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Since March 12, 1038, North
Carolina fanners have voted 11
times in flue-cured tobacco ref
erenda. In 10 of these 11 votes,
farmers have approved quotas
on flue-cured tobacco. Only on
December 10, 1038, did farmers
fail to approved quotas. This urn
favorable vote was for the 1839
crop when only 57 per cent of
farmers favored quotas.
The 1939 crop of flue-cured
tobacco was grown without acre
age allotments and marketing
quotas. Farmers boosted their
flue-cured acreage by 360,800
acres in 1939. The average price
of 14.9 cents a pound for the
crop returned growers an aver
age of 8137 an acre. The average
price for the 1938 crop was 22.7
cents a pound.
For 1940, quotas and allot
ments were approved and used,
the price average 16.4 cents a
pound in spite of the large car
ryover from the 1939 crop, and
growers receive an average re
turn 3103 an acre. By 1964, the
total acre grown—625,700 acres
— returned to growers aii av
erage of about $1,275 per acre.
Since 1939, growers have ap
proved marketing quotas for
flue-cured tobacco every time
they voted.
The percentage of North Caro
lina farmers favoring quotas
has run from 87.1 per cent in
July of 1940 to a high of 98.3
per cent in December of 1961.
The total number of farmers
voting has ranged from a low
of 103,429 in 1943 to a high of
188,487 in 1952.
One of the big reasons for
the high degree of farmer ap
proval of the program is its fi
nancial success to the individ
ual grower. A grower with 10
acres in 1940, with an average
yield of 1,025 pounds, would
have produced 10,250 pounds
and at the prevailing price of
16.4 cents a pound, would
have received $1,681 for his
crop.
With normal conditions, his
allotment in 1964 was 7.11
acres. With average yields of
2,180 pounds, he produced a to
tal crop of 15,499 pounds. At
58.5 cents a pound, his tobacco
income would be $9,066.
Thus, under the production and
price stabilization program, the
farmer who had 10 acres in
1940 received $1,681 for his
crop, while this year, with his
allotment at 7.11 acres, he re
ceived *9,066 for hi* crop —
nearly five and one-half times
as much. ■
This points out very clearly
that even though acreages have
been cut in recent years, the
farmer’s income has been main
tained and increased. It is one
of the very few farm commodi
ties that has increase in value
as the farmer’s cost of living in
creased.
Any person sharing in the pro
duction of flue-cured tobacco
may vote in the upcoming refer
endum for the 1965, 1966, and
1967 crops' qf flue-cured tobac
co. Polling places have been es
tablished in each ASCS commu
nity.
Local ASCS offices will furn
ish a complete list of polling
places in each county. There are
73 counties in North Carolina
with flue-cured tobacco allot
ments.
LAND TRANSFERS
Real estate transfers record
ed in the office of Jones County
Register of Deeds Bill Parker
during the past week included
the following:
From Leslie and Patricia Park
er* to John and Dollie Avery
.245 acre in Trenton Township.
From W. G. Westbrook to
himself and wife, Daisy, 315
DEATHS
Robert P. Bonder
Funeral services were held
Monday for Robert P. Bender of
Pollocksville, former legislator,
attorney and Democratic Party
official, who died over the week
end after a period of declining
health.
Mrs. Robena Jones
Funeral services were held
Tuesday for Mrs. Robena Jones,
80, widow of Zebulon Vance
Jones of the Wyse Fork section
of Jones County, who died ear
ly Monday.
One Killed, One Jailed, One Scared
In Weekend Shooting in Lincoln City
A neighborhood squabble be
tween two women erupted into
violence Saturday afternoon on
Dudley Alley and left one wom
an dead from a .45 pistol bullet,
another woman in jail charged
with her murder and a very
frightened fruit peddler from
Greenville who was last seen
heading north, rather rapidly.
According to reports filed by
Kinston police Esther Mae
Campbell of 706 Dudley fired
the shot that instantly killed
Gladys Knight of 701 South Da
vis Street.
Children of the two women
had been involved in a squabble
and this cause the two women
to extend the difference.
Hie fruit peddler who was in
the neghborhood reportedly was
also struck by a ricochetting
bullet, or at least thought he
was, since he took off in a hur
ry and has not been seen since
in that vicinity.
The shooting permanently or
phanned the eight children of
Gladys Knight and has tempor
ily orphanned the six children
of Esther Campbell, wno is in
jail pending trial on charge of
murder.
Cop's Car Copped
Sunday morning Kinston Police
man Felix Jarman decided to
stand inside the doorway of
Branch Bank at Queen and Gor
don to escape the chilling
breeze. Less than a hun
dred feet away his 1962 private
car was parked while he fought
the cold air. After a few
minutes he walked around the
corner of Queen onto Gordon
where his car had been. No
carl Thieves had apparently roll
ed it backward down Gordon un
til they got out of Jarman's
hearing and then cranked it up
and took off._
LAGRANGE THIEVERY
The office of Williams Ice
and Coal Company in La Grange
was broken into over the week
end by a thief, or thieves who
took between $140 and $160 in
cash from a drawer after break
ing a glass in the front door.
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Is on the Job When You Need
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Also Sand, Gravel and Crushed
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FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION
Each Second And Fourth
Wednesday Beginning
Wednesday, November 25th
10 O'clock
Location:
Harry Sutton Livestock Market
Highway 258 South -r Kinston
ANYONE CAN BUY OR SELL
Bnrrow-Kennedy Auction Co.
Kinston, N. C.
for details contact
M. Ballsy Barrow Billy Konnody
JA 3-4981 JA 3-4981
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From G. N. and Jane Noble
to Letha Hill a'lot in Trenton.
From Raeford and Annie Bec
ton to Kleber and Brice Bryant
one lot in Beaver Creek Town
ship and from the same parties
to Albert and Marzella Collins
two lots in Beaver Creek Town
ship.
From Nolan and Anna Jones
to Everett and Oma Mae Mead
ows two lots in White Oak
Township.
From Leo and Bernice Eu
bank to Willie Curtis Eubank
one lot in Pollocksville Town
ship.
From John C. and Sebie He
witt to Thomas F. Hewitt 66.7
acres in Beaver Creek Town
ship.
From Cicero Lathan Riggs to
himself and wife, Josephine, 44
acres in Trenton Township.
Thompson to W
i e-fourth undivid
185 acre in Tren
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Donuts, Glazed, Chocolate, Jelly and Cream — Good Variety of
Breakfast Buns — Fresh Daily
Special Orders for Wedding, Birthday and Party Cakes.
Aunt Jennie’s Bake Shop
813 N, Queen St. Kinston, N. C. Phone JA 3*4811
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