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Vol. LXXIV, No. 3
THE County TIMES-NEWS
THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES
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THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — Established 1926
Rich Square and Jackson. N. C., Thursday, September 23, 1965
£ueted“of Hunt ^sks For Support Of
Bloodmobile
WOODLAND - A special call
for 10 pints of A positive blood
has been received by the Rev.
Randolph Phillips, county chair
man of the Tidewater Regional
State $300 Million Bond Issue
JACKSON - Joe Hunt, chalr-
Red Cross Bloodmobile from the the State Highway Com
mote the proposed $300 million
road bond issue coming up for
bloodmobile’s visit to Woodland mission, told a gathering at the vote on November 2.
Over 100 men and women gath
ered in the courtroom to hear
next Monday. The quota for the courthouse here Friday morning
visit will be 105 pints. that his tour of North Carolina
Open heart surgery, scheduled to see first hand the road Hunt who said he “believed it was
at N. C. Memorial Hospital in Problems from the Tennessee the largest audience of ladies”
Chapk Hill on Tuesday Septem- tine to Ocracoke, from the South he had spoken to on the state-
ber 28, will require 20 pints of Carolina line to theVlrginialine, wide trip.
A positive blood. The other 10 to meet the people and to pro- The speaker was introduced
pints will be called from Virginia.
by Don Matthews, Jr., of Ham- Highway Division commissioner,
llton, commissioner of the First Hunt said that if he traveled
District, who accompanied the to learn the people of the state,
group. Others on the tour includ- they also ought to learn to know
ed Bill Babcock, director of State the highway commission, since
Highway Commission; Cameron it would be spendingthelr money.
Lee, chief engineer; GeorgeWil- He said, “We decided wecould
loughby, secondary roads officer;
Jerry Elliott, public relations of
ficer; and Carl Renfro, Fourth
CIVIL RIGHTS SPEAKER addresses a work
shop at Zoar Baptist Church near Conway on
Saturday. Nearly 250 Negroes registered for the
all day session that featured local and state
speakers. L. S. James of South Carolina is
shown. He was identified as a worker for the
The Rev. Mr. Phillips has
urged all A positive donors hav-
National Sharecroppers Fund. Discussions cov
ered all fields of civil rights activities includ
ing local organization, voters rights and equal ^he blood type to visit the
employment laws. Participants came from bloodmobile during its visit here
Northampton. Bertie and Halifax counties.
Negroes Told To Register
And Vote At Civil Rights Meet
By MARIE WOOD
CONWAY - If you get federal
registrars somebody’s got to go
and request it, some 250 Negroes
attending a Civil Rights meeting
for residents of Bertie, Halifax
and Northampton counties, were
told Saturday.
Setting was the Zoar Baptist
Church at Conway and sponsors
were the Voters Movement ofthe
three counties, withMr. and Mrs.
Joseph H. (Buddy) Tieger, rep
resentatives of the Student Non
violent Coordinating Committee
and currently residents ofBertie
County, assisting.
It was a day-long session get
ting under way around 10:30 a.m.
and continuing for the next 12
hours with meals served to the
assemblage.
Speakers at the meeting includ
ed Golden Frinks, Southern
Christian LeadershipConference
field secretary; John Lewis,
chairman of the Atlanta based
SNCC; Miss Ella Baker, adviser
to SNCC and director of the
SCLC; Durham attorney Floyd B.
McKlsslck, national chairman of
the Committee on Racial Equal
ity (CORE); RaleighattorneySam
Mitchell; L. S. James of the Na
tional Sharecroppers Fund, and
Danville, Va., attorney Philip
Herschkopf, and members of the
Mississippi Freedom Labor Un
ion who discussed organization of
agricultural day laborers.
During the meeting there were
question and answer periods at
which a large number of persons
aired grievances concerning turned down, James said “get a
their communities, with those in letter” and send the letter to
Bertie County covering school state and federal authorities, and
problems. to Mr. Tieger and to him, James.
During these airings the as- He discussed cooperatives and
semblage was urged to ask for the federal money available for
transfers of children to white setting these up under the EOA
schools where this has not been and the FHA.
done. He discussed the importance
Too, they were told not to be of making people “lowest down
afraid to assume leadership and feel they are a part of democracy,
that they must register to vote We must have people from the
and after registering they must power Structure down,” he add-
get out and vote. ed, and described the new empha-
They were told “the govern- sis “on the part of those who
ment will help you but you have have been overlooked.”
got to have courage” in various He discussed theNeighborhood
speeches which were tape re- Youth Corps with its $1.25 an
corded throughout the day and hour wage to those enrolled and
evening. said the reason this program
They also were warned that couldn’t get started in many
they were not at the meeting to places was because where they
talk about Jobs and mortgaged might have employed youth as as-
homes, that in many instances sistant teachers, laborers, Jan-
“you’re going to lose those any- itors and the like, “they weren’t
way. The thing is that you're paying the regular staff $1.25
going to have to give ...” an hour.
■Janies’ iai! aealAvIth *nal is' “But a-ics you know the way,”
available under the Economic he admonished^those listening.
Opportunities Act through the “don’t give up.”
at the National Guard Armory
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday.
Col. Selden
Earns Air
Force Medal
EGLIN AIR BASE, Fla.-Alas-
kian Air Commander Major Gen
eral James P. Jensen presented
the first Oak Leaf Cluster of the
Air Force commendation medal
to Col. Littleton C. Selden dur
ing the recent command parade
and review.
The new ACC Deputy Chief of
Staff for Plans earned the dec
oration for distinguished service ■
as vice commander 39th Bom
bardment Wing at Eglln Air
Force Base.
Col. Selden is the son of the i
late Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Selden j
of Jackson. He is married to the '
former Jeannette McDaniel, also
of Jackson and they have two
sons. He has a brother, Stancell
Selden, of Weldon.
Mrs. Porter To
Head Workshop
"W'
'I
Farmers Home Administration
KINSTON - Mrs. Julian Por
ter of Severn -will serve as chair
man' oi district workshop 'spon
sored by the N. C. Division of
the United Nations Association
In discussing grievances from of the USA, Inc., on Monday,
in the way of money for the poor a member of the audience, James September 27 here.
rural areas.
“The federal government has
decided we are going to get cer
tain benefits,” James told his just yet,'
audience, “and is giving us the The latter answered, “You
tools to get them. You don’t have can’t hold yourself but so long,”
to go to Washington,” James as- and went on to air his problems
sured his audience. “Washington concerning Bertie County
depends on you to contact the schools.
right people in your own commu- Later speakers were much
listened to the statement, “We Sponsored by the junior and
don’t want to do like Plymouth,” senior women’s clubs the work-
and warned. “I wouldn’t boil over shop will be held at Kinston Ho-
-- tel from 9:30 a.m. to 2;30 p.m.
r*
MEET HUNT — Approximately 100 person#
were in Jackson on Friday morning to meet
Joe Hunt, chairman of the State Highway
Commission, Exchanging a few remarks with
Ag. Commissioner Says:
nlty.
In answer to
to do when such a request is
ASCS Co. Convention
Elects Committeemen
JACKSON - The County Con
vention to elect a County Com
mittee was held in the auditorium
of the Agricultural Building on
Friday, September 17, at 2 p.m.
The following men were elected
to serve as County Committee
men for Northampton County for
the coming year:
J. Frank Garriss, chairman;
Julian J. Edwards, vice chair
man; J. RussellVaughan, regular
member; *Charlie W. Taylor,
first alternate; Ralph Askew,
second alternate.
The results of the community
committee voting are listed
below giving the number of votes
for persons appearing on the bal
lots,. including write-ins. The
first five men were elected to
the community committees to
serve as chairman, vice chair-
Post Office
MovesToNew
Fed Building
. . less restrained than South Caro-
questmn j^hat James who spoke highly of
the “North Carolina ‘image’ ”
as they described situations in
which they said Negroes had been
mistreated and denied their
rights, and outlined these rights
and the fight which must be made
to obtain them.
The program had called for
discussions of the many avail
able federal programs, areas of
industrial unionization, imple
mentation of the new voting rights
act and formation of athree coun-
X ty coordinating committee to
(* Indicates thatpersonelec strengthen civil rights activities
is a new member to last year’s - ... . .. ..
incumbents.)
CONWAY - Hiram Draper,
Jr., 150; Lawrence Ricks, 149;
1«” mily'
Boone, 34; Willie B. Foriest, *it is often said that 1 am about A capa^
Record Peanut Crop
Produced This Year
man, regular member, first al
ternate and second alternate, re
spectively.
By LAURA HARRELL membership meeting oftheNorth
LEWISTON - It was an ideal Carolina Peanut Growers Asso-
day for getting out into the field elation.
and learning about methods and Astor Perry, program chair-
equipment for improving the har- man, was in charge, Commis-
vesting of peanuts and even though sioner of Agriculture James A.
it was an ideal day also for work- Graham told the group in his
ing in the field, a record number welcoming address that peanuts
of farmers and farm owners are big agri-business in North
from North CarolinaandVirginia Carolina.
Bertie, Halifax and North- off from their work to “This crop is vitally impor-
ampton counties. attend the 13th Annual Peanut tant to the State’s agricultural
Among those sharing in audi- Field Day at the Peanut Belt Re- economy, not only for the $40
ence participation was Jesse search Station in Lewiston on million a year it brings the grow
ers In cash farm income, but
capacity crowd filled the for the processed value as well.
Hunt, second from left, prior to his talk are;
R. L. Grant, C. W. Bass, both of Jackson, and
J. Guy Revelle, chairman of county commis
sioners. of Conway.
Firemen's Yearly
Supper Planned
WOODLAND - The Woodland
Volunteer Fire Department Is
sponsoring its annual barbecue
supper on Wednesday, Septem
ber 29, at the Fire House, start
ing at 6 p.m.
Advance tickets may be pur
chased from fire department
members.
Proceeds will be used to pur
chase needed equipment for the
department, according to Mere
dith Lee, publicity chairman.
Mrs. Dan Moore To
Speak In Ahoskie
RICH SQUARE - All was happy wL'’
cohluslon at the new Rich Square 3' R. o.
29- William beloatch, 9; George the best friend the Negro has in seats in the cinder blockbuilding And some records are being
Porter, 9; John Gumbo, 8; Henry Northampton County. I am 74 which is used for the morning shattered by you growers, not
Clemons, 6; Bernard Deloatch, years old and a Yankee. If I
1 (write-in); George T. Vann, 1 uve and keep my health,” he
(write-in). Total number voting, promised, “I am going to do
176. y something for the Negroes in
CREEKSVILLE - Charlie W. Northampton County and North
Taylor, 115; Harbie Martin, 109; Carolina.”
*E. L. Ricks, 96; John Sykes, 94; During the late afternoon the
Grady Lassiter, 90; Frank R. ku Klux Klan was mentioned and
Deloatch, Jr,, 31; Chester Hawk- the assemblage was told that “the
ins, 30; Raleigh Deloatch, 28; Klan will burn crosses as long AHOSKIE — North Carolina s
Robert C. Deloatch, 20; Alvin as you let them.” The statement First Lady, Mrs. Dan K. Moore,
Reid, 12; George F. Joyner, 9; also was made: “The white man will be a special guest and the
S. L. Deloatch, 6. Total number is not going to respect you until featured speaker at aTrl-County
voting, 132. you respect yourself.” Democratic Women’s Clubmeet-
GALATIA & MARGARETTS- More than a dozen patrol cars ing Tuesday, September 28, at a
VILLE - Henry Britton, 131; manned by the Northampton 1 p.m. luncheon at the Toma^
Alvin Bridgers, 129; Dewitt Gay, sheriff’s Department and the
125; Tom Vaughan, 124; Harold n. C. Highway Patrol prowled
Taylor, 119; John H. Foriest, the area during the meeting but
40; John J. Dickerson, 38; Ar- there were no incidents,
thur Day, 19; W. Raleigh Lee,
only with the members of the
Two-Ton Club in 1964 but by all
of you this year,”
Graham said even though farm
ers have been helped by the
weather, they have set a record
crop estimated at 387,200,000
iwunds. This year’s yield is esti
mated at 2,200 pounds per acre
on the 176,000 acres to be har
vested.
He added that the doubling of
peanut yields in the past 15
years “is a three-way result of
research from the Experiment opened in Northampton County
Station, the Extension Service’s , 1965 according to
nffz-wte 4« frnft n^w finn— _ ' Chairman of
gain more knowledge of the state
by traveling over it than we could
sitting in Raleigh 10 years look
ing at road maps.
“In eastern North Carolina we
have seen that one of your prob
lems Is a lot of water which also
is a tremendous asset. The water
poses a problem in construc
tion,” he said.
Chairman Hunt stressed that
“if and when the road bond issue
is passed, we’re not going to en
gage in a crash building pro
gram.”
He discussed the rural road
bond proposal of Gov, W. Kerr
Scott and said city people felt
that it would not be in their in
terests. They found out, however,
that with better rural roads,
country people came to the city
to buy merchandise, caused the
sale of more cars which pur
chased more gasoline.
“We do not find any organized
opposition to the road bond is
sue,” Hunt said. He urged the
people not to become complacent
because “thereareenoughpeo-
ple who are diametrically op
posed to any kind of bond issue
to defeat it if people don’t go to
the polls and vote for the Issue.”
He stressed the bond issue will
not cost the taxpayers one pen
ny additional tax. He said re
tirement of the 1949 bonds and
increase in population, cars and
consumption of gasoline will
make It unnecessary to increase
the present penny-per-gallon
bond tax.
He said North Carolina Is on
the “threshold of Its greatest
era, industry is interested in
moving to North Carolina” and
good roads is “the key to the
w tuture ol the development ol our
state.”
He pointed out that the state
counted 30 fatalities on the high
ways last weekend and that the
state ranks fifth in the nation on
weekend fatality rates,
“These fatality rates empha
size the need for better roads,”
he said, “and the passage of the
road bond Issue will assure bet
ter roads.”
Hunt described Matthews, who
was recently appointed First
District Commissioner, “as a
hard working, dedicated com
missioner, who knows as much
about his district as anyone. He
has been all over the district
and knows the problems and is
interested in you. Give Matthews
all the help he needs because he
is going to help you.”
J. Guy Revelle, Sr., chairman
of the county Board of Commis
sioners, who presided at the
meeting, stated that the board
has endorsed the $300 million
road bond Issue.
ABC Stores Open
On October 1st
JACKSON - Liquor stores will
efforts in bringing the new find
ings to you and your efforts, too,
in putting these findings to work.
Research cannot increase yields
by a single ounce unless farm
ers put r e s e arch findings to
work.”
In conclusion, Commissioner
Graham cited the work of Sena
tor J. J. Harrington and others
in the Legislature who have
shown an Interest in helping agri
business “and in you, the farm
er.”
Other welcoming remarks
Bartlett Burgwyn,
the ABC Board.
Burgwyn said that the new Gra
dy’s Store in Jackson and the old
Studebaker building in Conway
would be used as ABC store lo
cations. He said that the board
had decided to start the first
four stores including Gaston and
Rich Square with only one em
ployee until the volume of busi
ness and the work load were de
termined.
He also stated that the choice
of these locations did not mean
that there would not be a need
for additional stores in the future
since Northampton County had a
peculiar setup in that it has a
large land area and no large
towns.
The October 1 date was chosen
to allow time to organize the
stores and the stocks and to avoid
having to start bookkeeping this
month.
Burgwyn indicated that the
board would have completed hir
ing arrangements for the opening
by next week and that they would
be announced prior to the open
ings. He stated that he did have
some Negro applicants and that
they would be considered along
with other applicants on the basis
of their qualifications.
post office Thursday morning.
Postmaster E. L. Womble de
cided on Wednesday to go ahead
with the planned move from the
old building to the newly com-
8; Wilber Morris, 3; R. O.
Glover, 1 (write-in). Total num
ber voting, 159.
GARYSBURG - North Taylor,
97; J. A. Suiter, 96; John Bur-
Oia DUliaing lO me liewiy com- • -• cfar«Kon
Dieted Rich Square Federal fwyn, 95; *J Bennett Stephen-
piBveu xxic H Stephenson. 86;
son, 94; Read Stephenson,
Sumner Bell, 28; Joseph John
son, 18; Roy Buffa^oe, 16; Sam
Moody,
Final Money
Arrives For
Head Start
Building.
The move Into the new quar
ters was completed Wednesday
night.
Thu
irons were being servedfromthe ’Qe"'4.’Total number vot- Roger Jackson, head oftheChoa-
new office. One of the first or- Area Development Associ-
GASTON - Marshall Grant, 76; ation, reported Monday.
M. C. Dunlow, 75; AllanDickens, The money will be used to pay
hawk Restaurant in Ahoskie,
was announced Monday.
Members of the Hertford, Ber
tie andNorthamptonCounty Dem
ocratic Clubs will be hostesses
for the meetingaccordingtoMrs.
Richard Vann of Murfreesboro,
chairman of the Hertford County
club.
Mrs. Arthur B. Bradsher is
chairman of the Bertie County
club and Mrs. Julian Porter is
chairman of the Northampton
County club.
The Tomahawk Restaurant has
notified the presidents of the
were given by station superin
tendent W. R. Baker, Jr., and
Peanut Growers president Min
ton Beach, Jr., responded.
Two Contests
Joe S. Sugg, executive secre
tary of the NorthCarolina Peanut I I n
Growers Association, explained SwOm DV JUdOO DUrOWVII
the two contests Which are spon- JtTWIII L/J
sored by the group each year.
Young Woodland Attorney
, __ MURFREESBORO - Some
15; C. L. Buffaloe, 12; $61,265 of Head Start funds have three clubs that it can take care
^ , , , Wilson Hardy, 8; JosephL. John- been received to settle the final of 180 guests and presidents are
Thursday morning postal pa- g-Paul S. Buffaloe, 4; Law- accounts in Northampton County, urging club members’ attend-
ons were beine servedfromthe o, raui
MRS. DAN K. MOORE
One Is the Two-Ton Club in
which a producer must average
4,000 pounds on one or more
acres.
The second area of competi
tion is in the county production
contest in which every peanut
producer is eligible to partici
pate.
Receiving cash prizes for hav
ing the highest yields In the Two-
Ton Club last year were Ran-
WINDSOR - Charles Julian
Vaughan of Woodland was admit
ted to the Bar Monday at noon
when he was sworn in by Super
ior Court Judge W. H. S. Bur
gwyn during the first day of the
fall term for Bertie County.
Presiding Judge Elbert S. Peel,
Jr., turned the court over to
Judge Burgwyn for an emergency
session for the swearing - in
ders of business for the day and
a contributing factor to the gen
eral comings and goings was the
assignment of boxes in the new
office to patrons.
Most patrons were happy with
the change and admiring the in
terior of the new building.
ceremony.
Vaughan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
‘wre Mrtr,rp’5 visit is a nartof clubs in each of the 15 counties '^olph burgess, Northampton John S. Vaughan of Woodland and
Mrs. Moore s visit IS a partot , x. nistrlct are beine Invited. County, 4,508 pounds, $75; Earl - -
.r nlan tn make a oersonal ap- ‘n® aisirici are peing inviieu. . Halifax Countv 4 489
Mrs. Moore is the first gov- sparks, Haiim county, %4o»
pounds, $50; J. S. Locke, Hall-
her plan to make a personal ap-
M. c. uuniow, /o; i,i« muuc/ vix. .v. pearance In each of the state’s , „ pounas, u. s. boexe, nan-
68; W. w. Grant, 66; -J. E. all oulstandmg bills and that in- coneresslonal districts with the ernor s wire to mae such a ^^5
nirVens. 61: James H. Jones, dudes salaries, medical ac- Ahoskie luncheon to mark her of- ,^x. Thirty-five certificates were
Dickens, 61; James H. Jones, dudes salaries, medical ac- Ahoskie luncheon =hP visited th^ lOth District and
28; Leroy Moore, 25; James counts in Halifax, Northampton, ndal appearance in the First gJfJ^^^fV oemoSra ic cluS-
Ivey, 18; Hubert Turner, 14; Gus Bertie and Hertford Counties, congressional pistncj, ^d rep- ^hPihv
(See ASCS. Page 7) according to Jackson.
resentatlves of the Democratic sponsored meeting at Shelby.
awarded to those who qualified
(See PEANUTS, Page 7)
Pugh, charged on five counts of
forgery, after taking the oath.
In November Vaughan will en
ter the Navy and serve in the Ad
vocate General’s office as a
member of the legal staff.
With plans still indefinite for
location of private practice when
he Is discharged from the Navy,
Vaughan said, “All I know nowis
that I will return to Eastern North
Carolina to practice.”
The young lawyer took his oath
In the Bertie County Superior
Court because no term will be
held In Northampton before he
leaves for military duty. Judge
Burgwyn, from Vaughan’s home
June graduate of UNC Law
School, Chapel Hill, does not
plan to establish a law practice
until he completes a three year
stent In the Navy; however, he . . ,, , ,_x
was appointed by the Bertie Court county, was asked to administer
as defense counsel for Dorothy Ibe oath.