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LOSS OF 450 WHITES AND 776 NEGROES B * . J°nes County’s official popu lation in the 1970 census was 9, 779, down 11.1 percent from the I960 figure of 11,005. The official population of the state was 5,082,059, up 11.5 per cent from the 1960 population count, which wasr 4,556,155. The 1970 census counted 5, 383 white persons in Jones Coun ty, 55.0 percent of the total: 4, 392 Negroes, and 4 persons of other races. In 1960, 53.0 per cent^ of the population was *• This reflects a drop of 1,226 In the county’s total population in the 10-year period; 450 of that loss was in white popula tion and 776 of the loss was in colored population. The census shbwed 849 chil dren under 5 <years; 3,014 in ages 5 through 17; 5,105 people 18 through 64; and 811 who &ere 65 and older. The popula tion 14 years and over included 4,321 married people, 578 who were widowed, 111 divorced, and 1,942 never married. Jones County’s 1970 popula tion Was classified as 100 per cent rural. There were 2,691 households, with 9,754 persons, including 312 one-person households, I9 addition 25 persons were living in group quarters. The 1970 census counted 3, 034 housing units in Jones Coun ty, 1,851 of them occupied by owners, 840 occupied by tenants, and 343 vacant. These included vacant units for seasonal use. The proportion occupied by NUMBER 41 TRENTON, N. CL, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1971 VOLUME xvm Ten Criminal Cases, Five Civil Suits Set far Trial in Next Week Court Term Judge Marvin K. Blount is scheduled to preside .over a one 'week mixed term of Jones Corun ty Superior Court beginning next Monday and Solicitor Wal ter Britt sand court officials have prepared a trial calendar that includes 'just 10 criminal cases and only five civil actions. The 'Criminal side of the cal endar includes auto theft a gainst Jerome C. McClesse,; drunk driving against Jesse Eari j May, Public drunkenness against ! Claude Kinsey, cruelty to ani mals against Lendell W. Walton,! aiding and abetting in the kill irig of a dog agMdSt Tommy Mea dows, assault with a deadly wea pon and disorderly conduct a- ! gainst Jake Dawson, assault with \ a deadly weapon against Char lie A. Bill and Bessie Adams and the term’s only felony charge of murder against Cleve land Roberts. On the civil side of the cal endar a motion is to be heard in the suit brought by Tom Linwood Bryant against Norman Elwood Robinson, and trial is scheduled in the actions brought by Wil bur A. Metis against Dallas Mer riel Foster, by William F. Banks against George Parham, by Dinah Norman against Phoebe J. Hatch ell and by Estelle E. Adams against Herman Leslie Adams. Four Jones Arrests Jones County Sheriff Brown Y^tes reports four arrests in the county in the past week, includ ing Sgt. Albert Edward of Jack sonville route four and Marvin Wells Heath of Dover route 2 on drunken driving charges and Danny S. Nobles of Kinston and William Banks of Conjfort on public drunkenness charges. .i ' .. LAND TRANSFERS Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Parker reports re cording the following land trans fers in his office during the past week: From Vernon and Gladys Wil liam to Julius and Lodeda Ford ham 157.42 acres in Beaver Creek Township. From The First Citizens Bank to Delphia and Allen Bender Jr. land in Pollocksville Township and from them land to Clarence i Franks. Two Accident Suits, One Debt Action in New Civil Filings Jones County Court Clerk Rogers Pollock reports receiving three new civil actions in his of fice during the past week. In the largest suit, $50,000 damages are asked from Rellie Preston Whaley and Billy Landis Clemmons for the June 18, 1959 death of 17 yearold Alphonso Canady-Jr., who was -hit on US 17 as Tie rode a bicycle by a car owned hy Whaley and driven by Clemmons. Edmund Bundy Jr. is asking $1700 damages from Judge N. Komegay Jr. for injuries he suf-1 fered July 25, 1970 in a wreck on NC 58 near Trenton. In a small claims action L. Harvey & Son Company of Kin ston is trying to collect $21.15 it allegedly is owned by Lawrence Small of Pollocksville route 1. Eleven Cases Off •tV Docket from Last Week Court Session In last week’s session of Jones County District Court 11 cases were cleared from the docket. Randall Dawson was given a 99-day jail term, suspended on condition he make good a check, pay the court costs and remain on probation three years. Elmer Hall had a noli prosse with leave entered in a disor derly conduct case and a simi lar judgment was entered in a speeding charge against William Robinson. Michael Meadows was found nofcgiulty Qt.wesalipg.lQo fast for existing roadway conditions. Fred Love and David White paid costs for fishing without a license. James Grady has a choice of 20 days in jail or payment of costs for public drunkenness. Leonard Jones was fined $25 and costs for reckless driving and public drunkenness. Linda F. Bryant and Danny Williams each paid court costs for traffic violations. Jones County Records Drop in Those Getting Free Food Over Last December There were 2,287 low-income people in Jones County on the Department of Agriculture Sur plus commodity distribution pro gram in December as compared to 2,335 during the same period a year ago, it has been report ed by USDA’s Food and Nutri tion Service. The decrease in Jones County ran counter to a considerable overall increase. The statewide increase, accord ing to Russell H, James, South east regional director of USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service, is attributed to the efforts of con cerned community leaders to see that all ^eligible needy people were, provided assistance. At Die same time, James re vealed that there was a state; wide increase of 32 per cent in participation in the USDA food programs. A total of 300,965 persons were given aid in De cember — an increase of 73,994 over the 226,971 on the programs 'a year ago. s,v. The increase, he noted, oc curred in the food stamp pro Of this amount, $2.9 million was in the form of free bonus stamps. This was up 94,394 from the 80,394 on. the food stamp pro gram in December 1969. Due to the fact that a number of counties during the year changed from commodity dis tribution to food stamps to pro vide additional food for those in need, there was a decline in the number of the family food distribution program. On this program there were 126,379 peo 146,577 on the program in Dec ple — down 20,198 from the 146,577 on the program in De cember 1969. In North Carolina the food dis tribution program is handled by the Department of Agriculture, while the food stamp program is administered by the Board of Public Welfare, both in coop eration with the Food and Nu trition Service. BE SURE TO read OPEN LETTER TO JONES COUNTIANS V!-? rb - owners in 1970 was 6L0 percent, compared with 49.3 percent in 1960. Among year-round dwelling units there were 2,750 single family houses, 73 housing units in multi-unit buildings, and 193 mobile homes or trailers. The percentage of occupied units with more than one person per room was 16.0, compared with 27.0 in 1-960. Of all the occupied housing units, 1,771 had piped water, toilet, and bath, while 920 lacked some or all plumbing. The median value of owner occupied houses in Jones Coun ty was $8,100, compared with less than $5,000 in i960. The median rent paid by tenants in 1970 was less than $30 per month, compared with $35 in 1960. Half were over and half below the median figures. These results are from two 1970 census advance reports for the state: PC (V2), General Population Characteristics, and HC(V1), General Housing Char acteristics. The reports, which contain additional 1970 census data for the state and various areas within it, may be purchas ed at nominal prices from the superintendent of documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., or from of fices of the Department of Com merce in major cities. Further reports giving more extensive statistics on the char acteristics of the population and housing will be published in fu ture months as the 1970 census results are tabulated. Three Resignations Accepted Monday; Board Asks New Hunting Restriction Jones County and Towns Shares Listed From One-Cent Tax Last week, acting under legis lation quickly pushed through the general assembly, the state revenue commissioner distribu ted funds to those 25 counties and their corporate communi ties from the one-cent sales tax. The County of Jones got $17, 907.49 as its slice of this distri bution, Maysville’s slice was $1, 395.14, Pollocksville’s was $687.83 and Trenton’s slice was $815.97. i This represents a total alloca tion to Jones County of $20, 806.43. The Total collection of this one-cent tax in Jones County was $10,162.43. This distribution represented collections for the months of September, October and November. The state is still holding the collections from December and up until January 20th when the law was declared unconstitutional for settlement of claims that may be placed against the tax by individuals. After a specified date, and if no claims are filed the final al locations will be made from this fund. Monday was a day of parting, officialy for three employees of Jones County as the board of commissioners accepted the re signations of J. M. Foscue Jr. from the Jones County Water shed Commission, of Myrtle Franks as assistant home agent and George Parham Jr. as as sistant farm agent. The board also adopted a reso lution asking its delegation in the general assembly to pass a local law forbiding hunting a long highway right of ways in. Jones County. The board voted to pay W. E. Bailey Company of Kinston $51.51 for three new radiators. The board also voted to sit as a board of equalization and re view beginning on April 5 and ending on May 3rd, at which time they will hear property owners who object to the tax listed valuation of their proper ty in the county. IMMEDIATE RATE HIKE Monday night the Kinston City Council voted to immediately install the new electrical rate struce approved for Carolina! Power and Light Company last week by the utilities commis sion, which is slightly more than! an 11 per cent increase over present rates. Kinston buys all its electricity from CP&L. Failure Apparent in Effort to Keep Parrott Memorial Hospital Open Until New Hospital Ready for Occupancy Letters from Dr. Dexter With erington to the trustee of Par rott Memorial Hospital and from the trustees to County Commis sion Chairman Dick Whaley and Lenoir Memorial Hospital Trustees President Ed Langrall this week apparently indicate that efforts to keep Parrott hos pital open for about another 18 months have failed. Dr. Witherington’s letter is one of resignation, effective April 15th, as administrator of Parrott Hospital, and the letter from the trustees confirms an earlier letter of January ^15th, which gave a 90-day notice of closing the county’s oldest hos pital facility. In 1967 the owners of the hos pital had agreed to sell the fa cility to'the county for $300, 000 and to . keep it open if pos sible without financial loss un til the county’s new hospital was completed. - But recently the staff of . the hospital has shrunk to just Dr. Wittierington and Dr. Clif ton West, and under this jii circumstance Witherington re luctantly reached the conclusion that he could not carry on in the many capacities he was being forced to at present. Repeated efforts to persuade members of the staff of Lenoir Memorial Hospital to help With erington failed. The doctors for an assortment of reasons reached the conclusion that they had rather lose the use of 55 hospital beds for 18 months, continue to put patients in the hallways of Lenoir Memorial or simply delay hospitalization of less than acutely sick people. Numerous excuses have been tendered for this refusal to co operate on an interim basis to keep these 55 hospital beds available. They include possible refusal of state officials to ac credit the hospital for medicare patients, lack of staff, lack of clinical and X-ray equipment, condition of building and {he possibility that federal officials might also frown on accredita tion of the hospital.
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