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/ru TT Tn\TI7C NUMBER 5 TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1908 VOLUME XX Eighth Bridge Acrois Lenoir County's Longest Creek v i / Southwest Creek is the longest drainage system completely within the borders of Le noir County, rising in the western edge of Trent Township, near the Duplin County line and winding its way out of the county's largest township to become the boundary for many miles between Woodington and Neuse Town ships, swerving into the township that bears its name and finally dividing Southwest and Sand Hill Township before emptying ifs cy press stained waters into Neuse River about four miles east of Kinston. Along its meander ing path Southwest Creek is crossed by seven bridges at present, and this is a Tuesday pic ture of the progress on its 8th span. The first bridge is on a rural road beside Tull Millpond, where Southwest Creek spills out of its first millpond, the next bridge is on Highway NC 11 iust north of Deep Run, the third is on Highway 258 just north of Woodington, the fourth is on Highway 58 three miles south of Kinston, the fifth is beside the bridge pictured here under construction on Highway 70 at Kelly's Millpond, the sixth is the bridge of the Atlantic & East Carolina Railroad and the sev enth is on the River Road at Southwest Creek Christian Church. The bridge pictured here is one of many now under construction be tween Goldsboro and Dover to provide the additional two lanes that will see Highway 70 four-laned all the way through Lenoir and Jones counties, and most of the way through Wayne County in early 1969. Kinston, Dunn, Wilson, Rocky Mount Warehousemen Seeking Improvements In Overall Marketing of Weed Crop ■Vr f Active work and planning to alleviate some of the ineguities that have faced the tobacco in -dustry in the past few years have recently been undertaken by a,group of Costal Plains ware :^°^^nized in March of this yearas the Coastal Plains Auc tion Warehouse Association, Inc., the Association is made of ware housemen m Dunn, Kinston, Rocky Mount and Wilson. . The Association has compiled a mass of meaningful tobacco markettogstatistics which point to the .causes and possible ewes for ills which have beset both the growers and companies to recent years, These statistics will be part of a presentation the warehousemen made to a subcommittee of the Governor’s Thirty-Six Man Com mitfoe which is now,trying tb find solutions to problems of the tobacco economy. Analysis by the warehousemen fof marketing statistics for a period of years disclosed that the farmers to haul their tobacco long distances and across belt lines in order to locate a mar ket. ' The Association, as a result of research and study, proposes that selling time on the; Various belts be allocated according, to tiie tobacco produced in that belt Futher, recognizing that the volume of tobacco will probably have to be curtailed during the seling season, they propose that if a bet is substantially through selling its production that such belts bear the heaviest propor tion of any curtailment in the allocation of hours. • The Association has pointed out that its proposals would give the tobacco farmers ip each area their proportionate share of the redrying and processing facili ties. i Exhibits and figures showing the praticality of these propos als were submitted to the com mittee. It was also proposed to the committee that the belts to the north of the border belt be opened with a limited number of sets of buyers some two weeks earlier than their traditional V The need for this been apparent and its * spy Famliy Awarded $1,000 Per Acre For White Oak Lands This week $3,070 has been deposited with the Jones County Clerk of Superior Court for 52 members of the Hatched Fami ly in White Oak Township for a tract of land condemned for a microwave tower site. The commissioners appointed by the'clerk awarded $1,000 per acre for the 3.07 acres requir ed for the tower. The site is near an existing microwave tower in the same corner of Jones County near the Carteret County line. was described in a detailed plan submitted to the committee. The purpose and objectives of Coastal Plains Auction Ware house Association as set forth in the articles of incorporation are threefold: (a) To promote more efficient handling and orderly market tog of tobacco for the tobacco farmers in the Coastal Plain area of North Carolina. (b) Establishment of better re lationships between the tobacco farmers, buyers, and warehouse men through active cooperation with other Warehouse Assotia lions, the Tobacco Association Tobacco Associates, Inc., Flue Cured Stabilization Com., Inc. L&J. V , * ■, v • • . ■ tp Poflocksvile Mon Under $2500 Bond Charaed with Embezzlement of $1800 Following a preliminary hear ing last Friday before Jones County Recorder’s Court Judge Joe Becton, Ray Metts of Pol locksvUle was hound over to superior court under $2500 bond. Metts is charged with the em blezzlement of over $1800 from his former employer, Bender Candy Company to PollocksviUe. Metts was released pending trial on bond signed by J. M., Sid ney and Carlton Metts. Other cases cleared from the court docket by trial or by pleas of guilty during the past week included the following: Frank James Hines of Camp Lejuene, Wayne Edwards of Beulaville route 2, Hunter Heath of Jacksonville, Earlis Jack of Camp Lejuene, Marion McDon ald Price of Mount Olive and Gary Waples of Camp Lejuene all paid off speeding tickets. Myrtle Leighton Buck of Mays ville paid $13 for failure to yield the right of way, Lona James Ward of Pollocksville paid $26 for driving without a driving license and Norman Hill of Mays ville had a warrant withdrawn by the prosecuting witness for assault on a female. She also paid the court costs in the case. Jones Central Graduation Exercises Set for Sunday at 3, Monday at 8 The 1968 graduation exercises of Jones Central High School are i being held at 3 Sunday aftef-j' noon and 8 Monday night. | Robert L. Pugh, retired super- j intendent of the Craven County .School System, will deliver the Bacaiaureate Sermon Sunday afternoon after being introduced by Jones County Schools Super intendent J. W. Allen. A. B. Bryan will deliver the invocation and Lionel Swink will j give the benedicition. For the commencement exer cises Monday night the featured speaker speaker will be Douglas Jones, dean of the School of Education at East Carolina Uni rersfty. Invocation will be given by rommy M. Faggart and the bene liction will t>e said by Roy L. Hauley. Jones Central Principal Robert 2. Lewis Jr. will introduce Dr. lones. TWO JONES ARRESTS Jones County Sheriff Brown tfates reports booking two peo ple at the county jail in the past week. Emmanuel Moore of Trenton route 2 was accused of being publicly drunk and Colph sus Dudley of Maysville was :hargdd with assault with a dead ly weapon. Neil Williams Wins Annual 4-H Club Tractor Drving Contest for Clubs In Jones, Greene & Lenoir Counties The annual 4-H tractor opera tors contest for Lenoir, Greene, and Jones Counties was held at the Lenoir County Livestock Building May 25 with seven boys participating. Winner of the contest was Neil Williams of the Strivers 4-H Club of Kinston Route 4 with the low score of 445 points. In second place was Chuck Jenkins of the Restless Adven turers 4-H Club of LaGrange Route 3 with a score of 776 points. Third place winner was Jerry Foy of Jones County with a score of 1120 points. Other contestants were Bud dy Thomas of LaGrange Route 3 (1540), Alonza Wright of Tren ton Route 1(1680 points), Thom as Wright of Trenton Route 1 <1838 points) and Brent Stilley of Trenton Route 2 (2274 points). The contest featured a true false 20-question written exam ination, manuevering a lime spreader down a 40 foot lane and through a figure 8 obstacle course and then moving a 4 wheel wagon from one shed to another in a 50 foot area. Each contestant accumulated points for errors made in skill and safety while operating the tractor and equipment, for the time involved in going through the contest, and for questions answered incorrectly. A trophy was provided tc the overall winner by Hodges Oil Company of Kinston. Tract ors and equipment were furnish all buying companies, farm or ganizations and state and nation al government agencies interest ed in flue-curd tobacco. (c) The continuous develop ment of better marketing fad lities, practices and methods foi the convencince and best in terests of the tobacco farmers and purchasing companies. ed by Kinston Equipment Com pany, Turners Tractor and Im plement Company, L. Harvey & Son Company, Herring-Curie Tractor Company, Sanders Equipment Company, and Mills International, Inc. Judges for the contest were George Parham, Assistant Agri cultural Extension Agent of Jones County and Walter C. Johnson, Agricultural Extension Agent of Lenoir County. Two Jones County Graduates at NCSU Two Jones County young men were among 1400 North Caro lina State University students receiving bachelors degrees Sat urday in one of the University’s most colorful commencement programs. They were William C. Adams Jr. of Trenton, who studied1 eletrical engineering, and Thom as L. Hood1 II of Rt. 2, Dover, who majored in English. The two young men are both 1964 graduates of Jones Central 'High School. I Firefighting School Saturday Sunday The Kinston Fire Department and Lenoir County Community College have planned a fire school for June 1, and June 2. This will be a flammable liquid firefighting school. There will be some foam de monstrations on Sunday after noon, also, there will be several contests among the departments present. Registration will be held at ■ No. 1 fire station, Kinston, from : 12:00 — 1:00 p.m. All firemen are invited to attend. ■
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