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HARVESTING BEGINS, AGENT SAYS \ < fay Jack Ridar “Expert” estimates tore claim ing that the North Carolina corn crop will be about 25 per cent below the 1989 crop because of the drought in May and June and the attack of corn blight / during July and August, but Lenoir County Farm Agent Joe Koonce says there is no real way to do more than guess about the actual dafbage until harvesting has begun. Because of the wet weather in August and the lateness of this year’s tobacco crop, Koonce says, he knows of no corn that . ihas yet been harvested in this immediate area. Koonce also expresses the cautious hope that the state wide estimates of a 25 per cent drop may be high fpr Lenoir County since he feels the local corn crop was more nearly ma ture when tiie corn flight struck and it is during the formation of the ear that the worst dam age is done by this blight virus. The biggest corn crop in Lenoir County was in ’67 when a com bination of perfect weather con ditions and much improved cul tivation practices combined to give Lenoir County a total corn production of 3,630,000 bushels from 42,700 harvested acres, an average yield of 85 bushels to the acre. This was sold for $3,812,000, making it the number two cash crop grown by Lenoir County farmers, a position it has held for most of this century. That year Lenoir County farm ers were paid 116,925,000 for their tobacco crop, $1,090 for their cotton crop, $4,600 for their peanuts crop, $121,000 for their Irish potato crop, $101,000 for their sweet potato crop, $75, 100 for their wheat, $15,000 for oats, and $1,212,000 for soy beans. Some Recommendations Experts at the state level have recommended several pos sible ways of coping with the corn blight problem. One is to use the corn for silage, but Koonce points out that all corn in Lenoir County is far past the silage state. A second suggestion from Ral igh is hogging in the corn, which very few Lenoir County farmers NUMBER 13 TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1970 VOLUME xvm District Judge Pate has Bad Day in District Court Ignoring State Laws Last Thursday Judge Lester Pate in Lenoir County District Court ignored the law and found two men not guilty of drunken driving whose blood alcohol con tent was above that described as too much by state law and put another defendant on proba tion for a cirime under which the law prescribes a minimum punishment of one year in pris on. Norman Floyd Smith of Green ville route 3 was found guilty of his 6th drunken driving of fense and'' his 3rd offense of driving while his license was permanently revoked. He was put on probation for five years and fined $1000. The law says one year in prison is the mini mum sentence for any person found guilty of driving while their license is permanently re voked. Smith has another pair of similar charges — his 7th drunken driving charge and his 4th offense of driving with lic ense permanently revoked now pending in the Pitt County courts. Herbert M. Morris Jr. of 2604 Hodges Road and glwoog. Eugene Tyndall of Kinston route 6 were , both found not guilty of a sec ond drunken driving offense de spite the fact that Morris had a blood alcohol content of .13 per cent and Tyndall .15 per cent shortly after their arrest Tar Heel Travel ladustry Booming Despite National Drop in Business In spite of a nation-wide econ omic slowdown, North Carolina s ■travel industry is enjoying a booming summer. “'Nearly all of our travel at tractions are enjoying a success ful season,” said Bill F. Hensley, director of the Travel and Pro motion Division of the North Carolina Department of Conser vation and Development. “Attendance is up at points all across the state,” Hensley added. ‘Tm confident that we are going to see another record year for the travel industry de .'-i spite adverse conditions.” frjret year 38 million visitors spent $752 million in North Car olina making the travel industry the state’s third most important source of income. This summer, the Lana ot uz, the state’s newest attraction at Beech Mountain, drew almost 95,000 visitors during its first month of operation.1 Grandfather Mountain reports an increase of 10 per cent in visitors this summer as com pared with the same period last year. More than one million per sons visited the Great Smoky Parkin June — for the Welcome Centers, located on In terstate Highways 86 and 95 at the Virginia line are up 25 per cent above totals for the first six months last year. Old Salem, the restored Mor avian town at Winston-Salem, re ports an increase of nine per cent for June 1970 over June 1969. Along the North Carolina coast the story is the same. The Sound and light drama aboard thie Battleship USS North Carolina Memorial, permanently moored at Wilmington, is ex periencing its best season ever, running about 14 per cent ahead of last year’s crowds. The battle ship itself is drawing more vis itors this year than it did last season. More than 200,000 people vis ited Cape Hatteras National Sea shore in June. This was a four per cent increase over attend ance for June 1969. A total of 446,372 people, an increase of six percent, have visited Cape Hatteras during the first six months of this year. “These preliminary reports are most encouraging,” Hensley said, “because they indicate that our State is a major travel destination that is attractive enough to withstand a tight and the state law presumes a person to be appreciably under the influence if his blood alco hol content is .10 per cent or higher. Morris was also found not guilty of driving in violation of driving restrictions since he was given permission to drive dur ing working hours, when he was found guilty of drunken driving ip November of 1969. Look, Ma! NoWings Kinston Police Captain Phil Smith answered a call to the Kinoca Hotel Saturday night and found that Robert Lansey, whose address was not clearly estab lished had "flown" out of a third floor window to land in an awning and then slip to the ground. Casual examination revealed that superman had suf fered no serious injury in his brief flight so Captain Smith booked him on a charge of pub lice drunkenness. Nothing was said about his flying without a license. Land Transfers Jones County Register of Deeds BUI Parker reports recording the following land transfers in his office during the past week: From First Citizens Bank (trustee for A. H. Bargent estate) to Walter C. Jones, D. .M. Rob erts III and D. G. Hudson 15 acres in Pollooksville Township. From Oscar and Frances Muel er to Charles and Annie Rowe Dixon a lot in Trenton. From Norman and Rachel Eu bank to Frederick Earl and Mida Jones King a lot in White Oak Township. From Clayton and Myrtle Mor ton Humphrey to Hazel and Ray wood Kennedy a tract in Tren ton Township. v From Jean and Walter Humph lett Jr. to Johnsie Gray Koonce and Carla Lou Gray a portion of the B. C. Gray estate in Chinqua pin Township. Front Johnsie and G. T. Koonce to Jean Humphlett part of the B. C. Gray estate in Chinquapin Township. ' From Jessie C. Morton to Joe Ed Collins a lot in White Oak. From J. K. and Lois AVery to Jones County a lot in Tren 4 - . • ' \ are either equipped or inclined to do, Koonce says. Koonce did not say, but there is a feeling in some circles that experts are viewing this corn blight with more alarm than the situation really demands. The combination of weather and possibly a more virulent strain of the corn blight have certainly worked against the per fect corn crop, but it is the view of most practical fartaers that the extreme dryness of the early growing season combined with the extreme wetness of the maturing season have had as much to do with the expected drop in com production that is beigrt predicted. Sound Advice It is accepted on all sides, from the desk expert through the practical farmer that every farmer should and undoubted ly the better farmers will ex ercise far more care this year in the harvesting and marketing of their com than they previous ly have. The possibility of much higher com prices is going to make those farmers who do have good to fair com crops more reluctant to, sell their com crop directly from the field. As with every thing the farm er does, this is just one more gamble; whether to involve one’s self with the additional expens es of either private or public Jones County Boys Win Honors With Their Dairy Cows Jones County 4-H members participated in the 19th annual Kinston District Junior Dairy Cattle Show sponsored by the Kinston Chamber of Commerce August 20th at the Lenoir County ivestock Arena. According to Fletcher Barber the animals exhibited in the show were of high quality and were well fitted. James Dove of Route 2. Tren ton, showed the Grand Champ ion Guernsey. He was award ed in addition to a cash award a model Guernsey Cow. Joe 'Kinsey of Route 2. Tren ton received third place honors with his Gurnesey Heifer. He received a book on the history of the Guernsey breed, along with a cash award. storage or to sell directly from the field. The expected shortage of corn is reflected further in the hog production picture, which has slowly become a major part of the overall cash farm income in recent years. A!nd lastly the price of all other grains can be materially affected by any major fluctua tions in the corn supply situa tion, since if corn is not avail able for poultry and cattle and hog feeding other grains will have to be used. The consensus seems to be clear that higher grain and high er meat prices are on the way for the next 12 months. But then a fellow may bet his farm mortgage on this consensus and wind up with his hat in hand at the bank next summer. Three Civil Suits Filed in Courts F: Of Jones County Jones County Court Clerk Rog ers Polock reports three suits being filed recently in his of fice, two for collection of debts and another seeking damages for injuries in an automobile. Nine year-old Angela Metts, through Anna Quinn Metts, is asking $5000 for injuries she suffered July 6, 1969 while rid ing in a car owned by Allen Michael West and Charles Willi ford and driven by Deborah Metts. In the other two actions John Gooding of Trenton seeks to collect $185 allegedly owed him by Robert Thigpen of Trenton route 2 and $57.50 allegedly owed him by Linster Jenkins, whose address was not listed. Note of Thanks I wish to express my appre ciation for having been priv ileged, by way of temporary ap pointment, the only too brief employment in Judge Larkin’s Chambers at Trenton and the as sociation with all present and past members of his Staff. It was a pleasure having had the opportunity to meet the nice people in Trenton and I wish to thank them for their hospi tality during my stay there. — Mrs. Mary B. Safford Ben Fountain Leaving Kinston Jan. 1st To Head State's Community Colleges Dr. Ben Fountain, President of Lenoir Community College at Kinston, will become Director of ty Colleges on January 1st, suc ceeding Dr. I. E. Ready, Director since 1963, who is retiring. An nouncement of the appointment and Dr. Fountain’s acceptance was made yesterday by Dallas Herring, Chairman of the State Board of Education. “The Community College Sys tem and the State are fortunate to have a man of Dr. Fountain’s proven ability to assume this im portant responsibility,” Herring said. “The success of his lead ership at Kinston, his prior ex perience as a superintendent of schools and university profes sor make him an ideal choice.” “He brings to this assignment a full understanding of the com munity college movement and a deep philosophidal commit ton. From Odell Murphy to Mary and Alex Preston .5 acre in Poi locksville Township. From James Leslie and Corena Thompson to Elmer and Lacy Davis one acre in PoDocksville Township. ment to its goals. We are es pecially glad that at Kinston he has achieved and maintained a sensible balance between occu pational and general education al programs with the widest pos sible opportunities for his stu dents. Under his leadership, high qualitative standards, as well as diversity of programs, have been uppermost in his concern,” Herr ing said. A native of Rocky Mount, Fountain is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned his baccalaureate and his doc tor’s degrees. He served as su perintendent of Elizabeth City schools and as a professor of education at Chapel Hill. Herring also paid tribute to Dr. Ready, first Director of the department, “whose vision and dedication contributed very sub stantially to the phenomenal success of the community col lege movement in North Caro lina.”. The system is recognized nationally as among the top five in the nation and it holds credit for a number of innovative pol icies notv being copies by oth er states. .. j£- -.-V j
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