THE JONES COUNTY
TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1969
VOLUME XVH
Teenaged Innocent Bystander Hurt
As Result e( Levers' Fight Tuesduy
Seventeen year-old Donald
Clay Dunn of 1011 West Lenoir
Street remains in a coma at Pitt
Memorial Hospital in Greenville
„ from injuries lie suffered as one
result of a lovers1 spat that
took place early Tuesday in Kins
ton.
Young Dunn, son of Mrs. Cleo
Dunn, was driving west on Ver
non Avenue at about 130 Tues
day morning when bis car was
struck iby another driven by
Ulysses Hardy of 208 South East
Street, who was speeding and
ran a red light while rushing
Ms girl friend Mary Evans of
1700 Cedar Lane to Lenoir Me
morial Hospital.
Police Lieutenant J. W. ‘Pete”
Pate said the accident was the
worst result of a spat between
Hardy and Miss Evans that be
gan around midnight at a chib
on West Shine Street.
Miss Evans reportedly came:
to the club, pulled a pistol on;
Hardy, and snapped it several'
times in Ms direction without
the pistol firing. Hardy then
took the pistol from her and,
she went home.
At about 1:15 Hardy went tc
June *69 Wetter by
Far Than June *68
June of tMs year was wetter
than June of 1988 and by a wide
margin, according to Local Wea
ther Observer Douglas Rouse, i
This year total recorded rain
fall at the Kinston station was
8.43 inches; compared to y2.77
inches for June of last year.
The long term average June
rainfall for Kinston is 4.62 inch
es.
The last rain of the month
wMch came Sunday added 2.98
inches to the total. i
Miss Evans’ home and the argu
ment continued, with him fir
ing the pistol once and the bul
let striking her in the face and
lodging in the side of her head.
After shooting her, Hardy iwas
then rushing her to the hospital
when the crash took place.
Young Dunn suffered very
critical head injuries and spec
ialists at Pitt Memorial Hospital
say it is too early to make pro
dctions on his recovery.
Hardy has 'been charged with
assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill and reckless
driving.
Pate said both cars involved
were total losses.
MINI-BIKE TROUBLE
A 14-year-old 'boy and his mo
ther got in multiple trouble ov
er a mini-bike this weekend in
Kinston. Lyman Ray Sparrow
of 2215 Old Snow Hill Road was
charged with riding it on a side
walk without a license, without
liability insurance, with improp
er brakes and wthout proper
registration and his mother, Mrs.
Lucille Sparrow, was charged
with permitting him to commit
these breeches of the peace.
Hot Thieves
Working
Thieves who apparently pre
fer cooler weather are plaguing
toe Lenoir County Sheriff's De
•ertment. Over the weekend one
sir-conditioning unit was stolen
From the timer's shack at the
Kinston drag strip and an effort
was made to steal another from
Stroud's Grill'at Hussey's Cross
roads near Seven Springs. Last
week thieves of fhe same low
treed stole an air-conditioning
jnit from 081/ Baptist Chapel
>n La Grange route 1.
Jones Counflan is
Charged After Wife
Suffers Wound '
An argument over their chil
dren and an automobile ended
with Tommy Alphin of Trenton
route 2 being charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill Thursday night
and his wife under treatment in
a Kinston hospital.
After emergency surgery for
a .22 caliber wound in the lower
stomach, attendants say ALphin’s
wife Pearline was in satisfactory
condition and is expected to re
cover barring unexpected com
plications.
Two Civil Cases
Filed in Jones
Two civil cases were filed dur
ing the past week in Jones Coun
ty.
Patricia Jarmon Williams, a
resident of Jones County, filed
a suit against Reander Mattocks
of Washington, D. C. charging
him with non-support.
Also filed was a suit against
Edmund Huffman of route 2
Trenton who was charged with
having a delinquent account of
$43.98 with H. Stadiem, Inc.
EXPENSIVE TANGLE
Damage was estimated at
$100 to cars driven by Levi
Petteway Jr. of Kinston route 6,
and Lotta Gurganus of 600 West
Washington Street, Kinston,
when they collided at 10:15 Mon
day morning at the comer of
Minerva Street and Vernon Av
enue. Petteway was charged
with failing to reduce speed to
avoid an accident.
New Knitting Plant for Kinston to j
Employ 50 People Announced Tuesday
Domestic Fabrics Corp. of En
glewood, New Jersey Tuesday
Kinston Fireman
Wins Carnegie
Award for Heroism
Kinston Fireman Robert L.
Brown last week received one
of the nation’s highest honors
for heroism: The Carnegie Foun
dation Award.
Brown while off duty in No
vember of 1967 pulled three
Camp Lejeune Marines from a
burning Volkswagen that has
been- ramimedi by a truck near
Hargett Crossroads on US 258.
In addition to a handsome
plaque the award also carries
with it a $750 cash honorarium.
Safe Boating Week
Proclaimed by Scott
Governor Bob Scott has desig
nated July 1-7 as safe boating
week and has issued a proclam
ation reminding everyone how
a pleasure craft can be turned
into a deadly weapon if not prop
erly used.
The Kinston Power Squadron
has reminded all boat operators
and owners of their 14-week
course in safe boating that will
be held again this year begin
ning September 2nd at Stallings
Field.
Basic rules of safe boating can
be obtained by contacting mem
bers of the Power Squadron, but
the squadron strongly urges that
the course be taken to receive
the maximum benefits of this
national program aimed at mak
ing pleasure boating less dang
erous and more fun.
SLIGHTLY INJURED
Dorothy M. Mozingo of Snow
Hill suffered whiplash injuries
for which she was treated and
released in a collision at 5:10
Monday afternoon at the comer ,
of Queen and Lenoir streets in -
Kinston, when her car was struck
from the rear by another car i
driven by Alton Lilly of 1205 i
Momingside Drive. <
announced plans for construc
tion of a textile knittting mill to
be located in Kinston.
The new building will com
prise 30,000 square feet and will
contain two removable walls for
future growth.
The plant site contains 22 acres
and1 an option on 17 acres adr
jacent to the site has been ob
tained for future expansion.
John D. Latimer is the archi
tect for the plan and Hardy
Harvey, Inc., local builders, ara
the general contractors, and for
mal groundbreaking is scheduled
for July 11th.
It is expected that the plant
will be in operation about three
months after construction be
gins. The company, which will
be known as “Domestic Manu
facturing Corp.” plans to em
ploy about 50 local people at
the outset and hopes to double
that number within six months.
The company now conducts a
pilot operation in the former
Pittsburg Plate Glass building
on West Vernon Avenue.
Domestic Farics is a major
producer of knitted fabrics for
sportswear, underwear, outer
wear and in industrial use. The
company was established in
1956 by Fred E. Hunneke, Pres
ident. It will continue its New
Jersey operation.
Local manager will be Denis
Mindak who has relocated in
Kinston.
Kinston Principal
Hetidmaster New
Private School
Another veteran Kinston school
principal last week announced
his decision to leave public
schools to become administrator
of a private school.
Ray Futrelle, principal of Lew
is Elementary School in Kins
ton, is leaving to become head
master of Richmond Academy,
a new private school to be open
ed this fall at Rockingham.
Futrelle also served as prin
cipal at Harvey School and for
one year headed up the city
school system’s ESEA program.
INFLATION LARGELY GENERATED BY UNPRODUCTIVE GOVERNMENTAL OVER-EXPENDITURES
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See How The Tax Spiral Continues
Upward in Local Towns
Taxed Unit
County Tax School Tax City Tax Total Tax
Kinston ’57-’58
Kinston ’67-’68
$467,383
878,262
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$82,972
115,272
$454,370 $1,004,725
631,251 1,624,785
LaGrange ’57-’58
LaGrange ’67-’68
22,301
50,276
0.00
0.00
15,514
31,422
37,815
81,698
Pink Hill ’57-’58
Pink Hill ’67-’68
9,969
19,871
0.00
0.00
7,799
12,419
16,768
32,290
Trenton ’57-’58
Trenton ’67-’68
8,107
10,054
0.00
0.00
3,603
4,276
11,710
14^32
9,942
17,045
0.00
0.00
3,866
8,462
13,808
25,507
Maysville ’57-’58
Maysville ’67-’68
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Pollocksville ’57-’58 Town Government inoperative at this time
Pollocksville ’67-68 11^18 0.00 - 5,218 16,586
By Jack Rldar
Although economics is not" a
subject on which the average
American is espert it is aprob
lean that all Americans are
learning more about, and learn
ing the hard way because o« the
Among the standard defini
tions of inflation is: The sub
stantial rise of prices brought
about toy an undue expansion of
paper money or bank credit.
undue expansion of bank cred
it.
Inflation generally results
when there is a shortage of
things people want and an over
supply of money. But that is
NOT the case in the United
States today. There is no short
age of consumer goods in any
sector except housmg, and that
has not yet reached alarming
proportions although it soon will
if drastic steps are not taken
to stabilize the money market.
Deflation on the other hand
takes over when there is a great
glut of consumer goods and lit
tle money in the hands of those
who need such goods.
This situation, fortunately,
ioes not exist and is not likely
to exist at any foreseeable time
in the future in the United' Stat
es.
So then, where has the pres
ume been generated) that is caus
ng serious inflation?
One needs look no further
han the assorted governmental
mdgets; federal, state, city and
sounty to rind the fire that has
wer-heated the economy.
In the 1957-58 fiscal year the
;eneral fund collections of the
State of North Carolina totalled 1
1242,111,755. Ten years later
he state’s 'collections for the
[eneral fund had soared to
879,198,928 and the budget now
about to come out of the general
assembly for 1969-71 biennium
calls for a general fund expen
diture of $1,813,015,071, or well
over $900 million per year.
There are precious few pri
vate businesses that have seen
their expenses skyrocket at this
phenomenal rate.
In this same 10-year period
all local, city, and county taxes
levied totalled $161,992,291 in
1957-58 and by 1967-68 those
same tax levies had climbed to
$342,515,239, indicating that city
and county governments were
rocking right along with the
state government.
But the federal government
was not to be outdone in this
spending spree.
The federal budget in 1955
totalled $60 billion, and this year
congress is expected to come
up with a budget that is going
to come very close to $200 bil
lion.
In that period county tax lev
ies rose from $85,313,933 in
57-58 to $206,195,645 in ’67-’68.
Total city levies rose from
*54,199,473 in ’57-58 to $112,
195,530 in ’67-’©8.
This indicates an increase of
>ver 140 per cent in county lav
es and: an increase ,of oyer 107
>er cent for municipalities.
General Motors has not even
frown at that rate.
No longer ago than 1955 the
total public and private debt
in the United tSates was esti
mated at $672-3 billion, which
included business borrowing as
well as individual debt.
Last year this combined debt
of all flavors was estimated at
$1,419 trillion.
In 1955 the federal part of
the total was $231.5 billion, the
private part was $269.8 billion
and state and local government
debt totalled only $38.4 billion.
By 1967 that total debt of all
flavors had broken down as fol
lows: Federal $287.7 billion,
state and local $113.4 billion,
vate $1,008 trillion.
In 1955 the interest on the
federal debt was $6,370 billion
andi in 1965 the interest on the
national debt had hit $11,346
billion. Reflecting almost a 100
per cent increase in interest pay
ments although the federal debt
only increase from $269.8 billion
to $287.7 billion.
President Eisenhower’s Treas
ury Secretary George Humphrey
manipulated these exhorbitant
increases in the interest costs
to the federal tax payer. He is
one of the nation’s biggest bank
ers and from this he and his
banker colleagues have reaped
additional billions each year
from the innocent, ignorant
taxpayers.
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