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NUMBER 8 ■ " TRENTON, N. q., \Y, JUNE 23, 1966 VOLUME xvm Ben Kittrell is manager and welcoming committee to the newest of North Carolina's tobacco research stations which is to be dedicated Thursday afternoon with the principal address by State University Chancellor John Caldwell, under whom all agricultural research stations in the state are operated. The newest station is in Lenior County's Vance Township, near Airy Grove Church, and Vance Countian Kittrell says he is happy to be in Vance Township and hopes a lot of tobac co farmers will be visiting the station to see the things that are being done to help make the tricky business of tobacco production more profitable. Latest Link in North Carolina's Tobacco Research in Lenoir County Station Being Dedicated Thursday Afternoon Ben Kittrell Invites Tobacco Growers to Visit Station rvny way it i» nicasuicu, uj bacco is “Big” in North Caro lina. This includes the researcl effort that goes into solvini problems affecting the half-bil lion dollar crop. The program at North Caro lina State University in Raleigl is the largest single tobacco re search effort in the country ant perhaps in the world. “This is only appropriate since we have the largest tobacco in dustry,” suggests Doctor Ken neth Keller, in charge of tobac co research at State. The program involves tht equivilant of 35 full - time scien tists. The budget total aim os1 three-quarters of a million dol lars, exclusive of grants receiv ed from industry and othei Keller believes this is ‘Ian ex cellent investment by the peo pie of North Carolina.” The farmer and the industry benefit directly and the total economj feds strong effects from the advancements made in tobacco One of the most recent and particularly significant researcl studies at State was that relat ed to the relationships of vari ous production practices and profitability. “The findings from this study played a key role foi those in policy - making posi tions when the decisions were made on the acreage - poundage program,” Keller explains. The principles that lead tc these and other advances in to bacco are worked out at six re search stations strategically lo cated -in the tobacco - growing areas. Further studies are then out on privately owned i every county where to is grown. • . most recent addition tt ■ uie ujuaccu researcn iacmue: ■ is the lower coastal plain tobac t co research station near Kins ! ton. The 1963 General Assembly ■ appropriated 110-thousand dol lars to establish the 81 acre farn Continued on page 8 l ' ; Nine Cases Moved . Off Court Docket Nine cases were cleared^ ir Jones County Recorder’s Courl in the past week. David Hill of Trenton was . found not guilty of being pub licly drunk. James Simmons of Dover, Route 2 pled guilty to assault With a deadly weapon, was as signed 30 days to work on the public roads, suspended on pay ment of $10 and court’s cost and good behavior for 12 months. The cases against Wilber Metts of Comfort on a charge of drunk, disorderly, and assault 09 a female, and Charles Hen ryJStrayhorn of Pollocksville for nonsupport were dismissed. George Bryan Duff of Route 1, Holly Ridge, Glenn Lacy Ram beant of Camp Lejeune; and James Leatherwood of Camp Le jeune paid $26 each for speed ing. George Nathan Cannon of Maysville and Durald Lee Gur ganns of Route 1 Richlands had Entered a prayer for judgment on payment of the costs for speeding. Two Civil Suits Filed in Past Week Two civil actions were’ filed by Clerk of Court Walter P. Hen • . t Joins Countians Returning to Polls Saturday to Nominate Commissioners, Pick Fifth Education Board Member oaiuiuay joues v^uunuans nave the second opportunity in four weeks to exercise their fran chise. Nobody expects the re cord turnout this week that marched to the polls on May 28th in one of the county’s hard est fought first primaries. The record turnout in May left the board of county commis sioners’ race completely unset tled. Not one of the 15 Can didates received sufficient vot es to be nominated. This meant that the top 10 could possibly be involved in the second primary which will be held this Satur day. But one of the five candidates who ran in the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th places decided he’d had enough competition for the year and did not exercise his light to be in the second pri mary. So on Saturday the race for commissioner is a 9-way fight for the five seats and in this second primary the highest five will be nominated, since in a second primary numerical plur alities are not required. The nine in the race for Sat urday and the votes they got on May 28th are Charlie Battle 1393, Clifton Eugene Hood 1332, James Barbee 1300, Nelson Banks 1233, Harold Mallard 1219, Denford Eubanks, Horace Phillips 1063, Harry Mallard 1023 and Leslie Strayhorn 860. Augustus Cheston, who ran 9th with 885 votes decided not to run in the second primary. In the fight for the fifth seat on the board of education Wal ter Ives, who ran 5th with 1337 votes is opposed by Ben Gray, who ran 6th with 1289 votes. Issues involved Although the picture in Jones County is as it always has been in that there have been no pub lication of issues there are sev erai involved in the two tough ! fights for the county commis sioner jobs. One is County Attorney Don ald Brock, who succeeded some years ago in getting a slate of commissioners elected who fir ed the Late George Hughes as county attorney and gave the job to Brock, which he still holds, while also serving as county vet erans service officer, attorney to the school board, attorney to the ABC board and attorney to an assortment of other quasi public non-profit, non-stock cor porations that are either pres ently using or planning to use tax funds. Brock also became deeply in volved in an abortive effort to unseat Superior Court Clerk Walter Henderson in the first primary. Brock also has taken a positive part in the effort to have a long range flood control program in stalled for every part of the county. This has also left bruis es on this political body, which show indirectly on the bodies of those men on the board of coun ty commissioners who have re tained his services in such a wide assortment of legal posts. The unpopularity of the “War on Poverty” program has also left scars on the incumbent board of commissioners. So Saturday Jones Countians will be voting for nine men but they will be voting on two is sues: Attorney Brock and the “War on Poverty.” The incumbent commissioners have their work cut out for i-hem. They are Battle, Barbee, Banks and Harold Mallard. The fact that they were among the top five in the first primary does not assure them of an easy time Saturday. Nobody in tne county knows this better than they. Woo I co Plans September 21 Opening of New Kinston Store derson in the past week. The First Citizens Bank and Trust Company filed suit against James and Sallie B, Gray. First Citizens alleges the couples owes $300 with interest from May 11, 1905. Melvin Truman Dixon seeks divorce from Mary Ellen Dixon, alleging their marriage on No vember 13, 1958 and their sep aration April 29, 1965. Although the sign here does not specify, officials of Woolco did last week when they visited Kinston to make plans for the opening of their new store which is rapidly going up in the background of the picture here. September 21st has been fixed as "0 Day" by the company and with the Sapid progress being made by workers of T. A. Loving Company it .is quite possible that this deadlne will be met, despite the fact that a great many "sidewalk superintendents" swear it cannot be done. Woolco's store will be the largest of several to be opened in Kinstonian Plaza on North Heritage Street. Other firms opening stores there include A & P, Colonial Stores, Eckerd Drugs/ Firestone, and branches of Wach ovia and First Citizens Bank are scheduled to be in the center if the banking commission gives it approval.
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