THE JONES COUNTY
NUMBER 48 TRENTON, N, C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1970
VOLUME XVD
Jones County Has Five Students
On N. C.S. U, Dean's List
Consistency is the word for
Jones County’s honor students
at North Carolina State Univer
sity.
Out of the five Jones men who
made the Dean’s list for the fall
semester, three are repeaters
from last year, and the other
two are freshmen. Chancellor
John T. Caldwell announced that
the Jones men were among 21
per cent of the students who
earned academic averages of
“B” or better and were named
to the scholastic honor list.
The Jones students were:
Cecil S. Hargett Jr., a politics
major who is married to the
former Annette Gray and is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil S.
Hargett of Route 2, Richlands;
Robert M. Adams, a mechanical
engineering student, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William C. Adams of
Trenton; and Walter L. Adams
Jr., an electrical engineering
' student who is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter L. Adams of
Route 2, Trenton; Tony D. Cris
citiello, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Morris, of Maysville; and
Sherwood A. McDaniel, the son
son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos R.
McDaniel, of Route 1, Pollocks
ville.
All the Jones County students
are graduates of Jones Central
High School, except Hargett
who graduated from Richlands
High School.
Twelve Lenoir County stu
dents have earned places on
the prestigious Dean’s List at
North Carolina State Universi
ty, Chancellor John T. Caldwell
has announced.
Mts. Stroud is one otf two Le
noir coeds on the Dean’s List.
There are now over 2,000 wom
en pursuing a higher education
at NCSU.
The other woman student is
Nancy C. Altman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Altman,
308 DuPont Circle, Kinston.
Following are the remaining
students, their studies, parents,
and addresses:
KINSTON — Michael F.
Archie, mathematics, Mr. and
Mrs; J. P. Archie, 1215 Carey
Road; Michael R. Bain, textile
technology, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
F. Bain, 623 Madison Ave., and
Robert A. Casper, nuclear engi
neering, Mr. and Mrs. V. A.
Casper, Route 4.
' Luther Ernest Hardee, Me
chanical engineering, Mr. P. W.
Hardee, Route 7; Frankie J.
Rackley, forest resources, Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Rackley, 3202
Gardenia St.; Carlton D. Rouse
Jr., pre-veterinary medicine,
Mr. andi Mrs. Douglas Rouse,
Route 3; and Robert J. Whitfield
HI, agricultural institute, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Whitfield Jr.,
Route 4.
Senator Sam Ervin Claims President's
Budget Proposals Net Balanced
The money issues — inflation,
spiraling interest rates, govern
ment spending and taxes —
foreshadowed the President’s
pledge for a tight federal bud
get for fiscal 1971.
As with any budget message,
this one is predicated upon many
assumptions about spending and
revenues. It is based upon
a multitude of estimates about
the de-escalation of the Vietnam
War, and the need for hundreds
of federal programs. These fore
casts are seldom on the mark,
'because nearly eighteen months
will elapse before prophesy be
comes actuality.
It is commendable that the bud
get message emphasizes the need
for economy in government. Ac
cordingly, the new budget pre-'
diets that the Federal Govern
ment will spend $200.8 billion
during fiscal 1971, and that the
Treasury will receive revenues
of $202.1 billion leaving a $1.3
billion surplus.
- This thin balance is precarious,
however, because it assumes
that Congress will agree to raise
postal rates, increase the maxi
mum wage base of social securi
ty, approve a package of trans
portation user charges, extend
current telephone and auto ex
cises, and make substantial cuts
in a number of programs^ includ
ing defense.
At this stage, Congress has yet
to review the priorities of spend
ing, and if past experience is
any guide, it will have its own
ideas about funding education,
health, crime control, and en
vironmental programs. r
IIt should be pointed out that
the new budget is baaed upon
poses as social security, medi
care, and highway programs.
Had the “administrative budget”
concept of several years ago
been used, trust fund collections
would have been excluded, and
the fiscal 1971 budget would
show a deficit of about $7.3
billion. The $1.3 billion surplus
predicted in the budget is thus
based upon the inclusion of $8.6
billion in trust fund receipts
for fiscal 1971.
This explains why the govern
ment will again be borrowing in
fiscal 1971 even though it will
have an estimated surplus. The
national debt is divided into sev
eral categories. The surplus will
reduce the federal debt held by
the public to $277.3 billion for
fiscal 1971 as compared with
fiscal 1970’s $278.5 billion for
such debt.
On the other hand, because
the Federal Government can bor
row moneys allocated for special
purposes and use those funds
for- other purposes by pledging
its credit, the new budget pre
dicts a rise in the gross federal
debt (which includes the debt
held by federal agencies and
trust funds) of about $7.8 billion
during the same period. Thus
the overall gross federal debt
will jiimp from $374.7 billion
for fiscal 1970 to $382.5 billion
for fiscal 1971.
What all this means is .that
even a tight budget sent to Con
gress last week projects a bet
ter impression than the hard fig
ures warrant, fit my judgment,
it will take a herculean effort to
get our national financial house
In order.
How well the President, the
Congress, and the people meas
up to the hard decisions
will determine whether
Distillery Destroyed
Jones County Deputy Sheriff's
Milton Arthur and Wesley Mal
lard and ABC Officers Tommy
Taylor and Paul Young destroy
ed what appeared to be a new
whisky still on the Clay Koonce
farm in northwest Jones County
Monday afternoon, where about
1600 gallons of mash was near
ly ready to run. The officers
had to almost swim to reach
the operation which was located
in a swampy area near Josuha
Creek. No one was around the
still at the time the officers
made the raid.
Jones Candidates
SHERIFF
W. Brown Yates*
Dan Hollingsworth
Joe Monette
COURT CLERK
F. Rogers Pollock*
Harold Hargett Jr.
COMMISSIONER
Osborne Mallard
SENATE
Charlie Larkins Jr.*
HOUSE
Dan Iilley*
Guy Elliott*
Red Tingen
Fitzhugh Wallace
* Denotes Incumbent
Republicans in bold type
Land Transfers
The fallowing land transfers
have been reported recently in
Jones County by Register of
Deeds, Bill Parker.
Jrom J. K. Warren Jr. and
Mary B. Warren to Dalton R.
Jones and Corrine H. Jones 1.73
acres in Trenton township.
From Ralph M. Conway and
Stella H. Conway to Herbert
Conway and Daisy Lee Conway,
a tract of land in White Oak
township.
From Darris W. Koonce,
Trustee for Herman M. McAr
thur and Charlotte McArthur
to E. P. Robinson a tract of
land in Tuckahoe township.
From John K. Scott and An
nie G. Scott to Stephen Douglas
Scott a tract of land in Chinqua
pin township.
From J. L. Gheston to Essie
C. Fields a tract of land in Chin
quapin township.
From Mark N. Smith and Hil
da Grace Smith to Kenneth E.
Avery and (Marilyn G. Avery a
.tract of land in Trenton town
ship.
From Hattie Iromae Jones and
Jeremiah Jones to Jeremiah
Jones Jr. a tract of land in Pol
locksville township.
From J. L. Cheston to A. H.
Cheston and Gladys E. Cheston
a tract of land in Chinquapin
township.
From J. L. Cheston to A. G.
Cheston and Bertha B. Cheston
6.07 acres in Chinquapin town
ship.
From Charlotte C. Kinsey to
Aaron H. Cheston and Gladys E.
Cheston a tract of land in Chin
quapin township.
From Titus Eldridge Sumrell
and Isabelle M. Sumrell to Nancy
G. Maness a tract of land in
Trenton township.
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we can stop the rapid decline in
the value bf the dollar.
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Commissioners Split on Welfnre Fund
Transfer in Februory Meeting on 2nd
At the regular meeting of
the Jones County Board of Com
missioners on the first Monday
of February their was harmony
on all points except one, and on
that a 3-to-2 split developed.
This was the transfer of $428
from the county general fund to
the aid to dependent children
fund of the welfare department.
Chairman James Barbee broke
a tie vote to approve, voting
with Charles Battle and Horace
Phillips. The transfer was op
posed by W. D. Eubank and
Clifton Hood.
Student Teacher
Judy A. Heath of Trenton is
among 246 East Carolina Uni
versity students who will con
duct regular classes under the
direction of a supervisor this
quarter and will receive a grade
for her performance. Miss
Heath is doing her practice
teaching in the second grade
at Northeast Elementary School
in Kinston.
Other less controversial items
included extension of tax list
ing without penalty until Feb
ruary 15th, permission to use
the basement of the ag build
ing for civil defense headquart
ers in case of a national emer
gency.
Holidays for county employees
were set to be Easter Monday,
March 30th; the day after
Memorial Day, June 1st; July
4th; Labor Day, September 7th;
Thanksgiving and the day after,
November 26th and 27th. Christ
mas holidays will be fixed at a
later date.
Register of Deeds Bill Parker
was authorized to rent a micro
film camera for use in his of
fice, and a letter was authoriz
ed to the North Carolina Asso
ciation of County Commission
ers and North Carolina League
of Municipalities asking them to
support every effort to improve
the procedures for listing and
collecting ad valorem taxes on
motor vehicles and mobile
homes.
Janes Countjans Enjoy Forestry Tour
And Dinner Held on January 29th
by J. R. Franck,
County Extension Chairman
Milford Price of Route 2,
Trenton proved that he had a
good eye for pine timber when
he won the timber volume es
timate contest Thursday, Janu
ary 29, on the Jones County Ex
tension Forestry Tour.
The contest was staged on a
mature stand of pines on Croa
tan National Forest Land. Price
was awarded an axe by Pollock
Johnson Hardware Company of
Kinston as first prize winner
in the farmer division. In the
forester’s division, Bob Davis, a
forester with Weyerhaeuser Pap
er Company won an axe for his
estimate.
This particular stand of pines
is a mature stand and is ready
for harvesting since growth has
slowed to the point that only a
'two per cent annual monetary
return is being realized.
Most phases of forest manage
ment from planting to harvest
ing were covered on the tour
attended by approximately 40
farmers, public and private for
esters and agricultural workers.
Pretty tobacco plant bed weath
er kept many farmers occupied
and reduced the number of farm
ers in attendance.
The first stop on the tour was
to view a site on the Murray
Koonce Farm from which a ma
ture stand of timber was harv
ested about a year ago. Exten
sion Foresters pointed out that
this harvesting operation had so
completely destroyed all under
growth that no further land pre
paration was needed before hand
planting the area to Loblolly
pine. The next stop was to view
an area planted to pines in 1968
on land that had been prepar
ed by a rolling chopper on Mil
ford Price’s Farm. This project
proved to be very successful as
attested by an excellent stand
of 4 to 5 ft. pines.
Next a pine plantation on deep
sandy land on the G. N. Noble
farm was visited. Both Slash
and Loblolly Pine were planted
on this area in 1960. The group
observed the almost phenomen
al growth that had occurred here
in both species (many trees are
over 25 feet high). It was agreed
that the Loblolly species had
made the most growth to date.
However an early severe freeze
in the fall of 1962, severely in
jured the more southerly slash
trees. Costs of planting and ACP
assistance were discussed here.
The tour then featured a stop
at Red Cotton’s Furniture Square
Sawmill near Trenton. This
market for farmers’ hardwoods
was discussed.
Following the timber estima
tion contest, a dinner of fish
stew and/or chicken stew was
heartily consumed on the W. V.
Griffin farm. The dinner was
the courtesy of Albemarle Pap
per Company, Weyerhaeuser
Paper Company and Riegel Pap
er Company. The afternoon was
devoted to visits to Extension
Forestry Demonstrations on W.
V. Griffin’s Farm. These were
as follows:
Christmas Trees: This demon
stration was started in 1967 with
the planting of 500 White Pinese
and 500 Virginia Pines. The
trees were pruned in the sum
mer of 1969. It was pointed out
that the pines should be mark
etable in 3 to 4 more years air
$3.00 or $4.00 each.
Combination Hardwood and
Pine Regeneration Area: This
area was mechanically prepared
in 1968 for the purpose of get
ting a natural stand of Poplar
and Pines. Pine seed were plant
ed on the area in 1968 and pop
lar seed trees were left stand
ing. A good stand of both pine
and poplar was observed.
Poisoning and Planting De
monstration: This area was in
scrub hardwood in 1959 when
the trees were poisoned and
slash pine planted. Although
the land is a poor site, a profita
ble pine plantation is now bring
ing it’s owner a good return.
Growth Rate Demonstration:
This area was in cultivation in
1944 and later naturally seed
ed into Loblolly Pines. These
pines were thinned in 1958,1963,
and 1968. Records on yields ob
tained and growth made by re
maining trees were discussed.
The 25 year old pine stand is
producing a growth of about
1500 board feet per acre, per
year.
Seed Tree Reproduction Area:
This demonstration area was
visited on the 1968 tour when a
rolling chopper was preparing
the ground for natural ^reseed
ing from the 15 or so mature
pine seed trees per acre. The
seed trees were harvested in
1969. This year’s 'group observ
ed a plentiful supply of healthy
seedlings.
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