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Jones Rites
Held Here
On Sunday
Graveside services for Dr.
Rufus Sidney Jones, 68, were
conducted Sunday at 4 p. m.
at Fairview Cemetery by the
Rev. G. W. Crutchfield minister
of Wesley Memorial Methodist
Church.
Dr. Jones, u retired dentist,
died at Warren General Hos
pital on Friday morning. He
began the practice of dentistry
here in January, 1932, and re
tired because of ill health tn
1968. For 35 years he was den
tist at the Oxford Orphanage.
The son of the late, Lula j
Hunter and Leon id as John Jones
of Durham, Dr. Jones was born
on Oct. 16, 1902. He was grad
uated from Durham High School
and attended Trinity College,
now Duke University, receiving I
his A. B. degree in 1923 and]
his A. M. degree in 1924. He
was graduated from the Dental
School of the Medical College of I
Virginia in 1929.
Dr. Jones practiced dentistry 1
in Durham for a few months
before coming toWarrenton. He
was a member of Wesley Me
morial Methodist Church at
Warrenton, where he had serv
ed as a member of the Official
Board. He was a member of
the Masonic Lodge and a mem
ber of the Shrine. He was also
a former member of the Klwanis
Club, the Rotary Club aiiu the
Boosters Club.
In August, 1936, he married
viie former Miss Fannie House
Scoggln, who survives him. He
is also survived by two sons,
Dr. Leonldas John Jones of
Schenectady, N. Y. and Dr. Sid
ney Rufus Jones, Jr., of Dover,
N. J.; a daughter Frances of
the home; two sisters, Miss
Louise Jones of Durham and
Mrs. R, E, Parker ofOakhurst,
N. J.; two brothers, Dr. Edwin
P. Jones of Sun City, Arizona,
and Leonldas Jones of Raleigh;
and two grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Dr. Sam H.
Massey, Jr., F. M. Drake, Jr.,
James P. Beckwlth, and Howard
Daniel, all of Warrenton, Frank
P. Hunter, Jr., of Charlottes
ville, Va., and Phil M. Allen
of Petersburg, Va.
Norlina School District
Bus Drivers To Meet
All qualified bus drivers in
the Norlina School District who
are Interested In regular or
substitute roles are asked by
Principal C. L. Hege to meet on
Monday, Aug. 24, at 2 p. m.
Hege said the meeting, to be
held in the Norlina High School
Library, is to assign drivers
and go over the bus routes.
The buses serve Norlina
High, Northside Elementary
and North Warren Junior High.
Hege said that drivers, bus
numbers and routes will appear
in next week's paper.
TO SHOW SLIDES
Miss Dawn Hilton afWarren
ton will show slides of her trip
to Palestine at the Vaughan Bap
tist Church on Sunday night,
Aug 23, at 8 o'clock, the Rev.
Joseph W. Rlggan, pastor, an
nounced yesterday.
The public is Invited.
In upper picture crew islay
ing rails for siding to Coch
rane Furniture Plant. At right
Carolina Power and Light
Company linemen connecting
electric wires to plant.
Machinery
To Be Tested
At Plant
Testing of machinery at
Cochrane Eastern Furniture
Plant was being held up Wed
nesday morning while employ
ees of Carolina Power and
Light Company replaced a
blown-out transformer near the
entry to the plant.
H. V. Massengill, local man
ager of the power company, said
that he did not know the rea
son for the blow-out but that
it would have been caused by
a defect in the new transform
er. He said that the work
men should soon have it re
placed.
Special machinists were
standing by waiting power to
test the machinery at that
time.
Frances Ragan, local Coch
rane manager, said that he was
afraid to give a time for the
beginning of operations prior
to a testing of the machines.
Following this testing the plant
is expected to begin limited
operation with some 20 per
sons employed. This number
will be increased as fast as
men can be trained.
Employees of the Warrenton
Railroad Company were putting
ballast on the bed of a siding
at the time power company
employees were replacing the
transformer. The work on the
siding should be completed
this week.
N.C. Expects Lawsuit
In Voting Age
RALEIGH- Atty. Gen. Rob
ert Morgan said today he has
been notified that the U. S.
Justice Department will file suit
against North Carolina to try to
force it to comply with the con
troversial Voting Rights Act of
1970.
Morgan said his office learn
ed the government's Intention
Monday in a telephone conver
sation with Justice Department
attorney David Marblestone.
Similar suits were filed Mon
day against Arizona and Idaho.
Tobacco Farmers Asked
To Attend Demonstration
Demonstration on fertiliza
tion of tobacco and control of
black shank and nematodes will
be held this afternoon CThurs
day), L. B. Hardage, County
Extension Chairman, announced
yesterday.
Hard age said that all tobacco
farmers are Invited to visit the
Tobacco Economy of Fertiliza
tion test on A. L>. Capps' farm
below Bethlehem at 3 p. m. to
day. Farmers attending this
test should go to Areola, to
Bethlehem, straight across the
Essex-Inez black top road, and
keep right on black top road for
about five miles where they
will see a tobacco sign and
turn right on a dirt road.
"This is a wry food demon
stration," Hard age Mid, "tod
convince you that you
save some money on your
fertilizer bill (or 1071." TIm
I
demonstration, which begins at
3 p. m. will last about 30 min
utes.
Following the demonstration
on the Capps' farm, the farmers
will go to Frederick Williams'
farm near Inez where they will
see an excellent demonstration
on the control of black shank
and nematodes by using cer
tain rotations, gases and varie
ties. The demonstration should
be completed by 4:30 or 4:45
p? m.
Hardage said that the Econ
omy of Fertilisation demon
stration ha* been In cooper
ation with tbe Extension Service
as well as the test at the Wil
liams' farm. He said that
Melvln Sheartn, George Harri
son and Leo* Williams have
done an outstanding Job In con
ducting these demonstratkws.
Ryan Employed As Head
Of Warrenton Water Co.
Paul W. Ryan, 45, of King, a
rural community near Winston
Salem, has been employed as
superintendent of the Warren
ton Water Company and will
assume his duties as soon a*
he can find a house hero.
Ryan has had 15 years ex
perience as superintendent 01
King's rural water system
which has 1800 customers as
compared with 700 customers,
at Warrenton. He has a B lic
ense as waterworks operator.
Ryan was employed at a spec
ial meeting of the Board of Town
Commissioners Monday night.
J. Ed Rooker, Town Manager,
said yesterday that Ryan is
highly recommended and gave
as his reason for leaving King
a desire on the part of his wife
to be nearer her aged mother
who lives In Granville County.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan have three
children, only one of whom Is
of preparatory school age.
In other business, the com- I
mlssioners granted a taxicab I
driver's license to James
Pope who will drive for Thurs
ton Brown.
The meeting of the Com
missioners started at lOo'clock
Monday night, following a joint
meeting of the board with the
directors of the Warrenton
Railroad Company to discuss
operational problems, and last
ed until midnight.
Biggest Industry
Agriculture is the nation's
biggest single industry. It
employs more people than
the utilities, transportation, and
the steel and auto Industries
combined.
Rep. Fountain To Visit
In County Next Week
Rep. L. H. Fountain, Con
gressman from the Second
North Carolina Congressional
District, will spent next Tues
day morning, Aug. 25, In War
ren County, according to an
nouncement made this week
from his Washington office.
His trip to Warren County
will be a part of a tour through
his district, concentrating on
the county seats of each county
and other communities en route.
He will be at the Warrenton
Postofflce from 8:30 -10 a. m.
From 10 a. m. to 12 noon he
will visit Warren County at
large, and from 12:30 p. m.
to 1 p. m. will have lunch
at Warrenton.
All who can come by to visit
with Rep. Fountain at any time
on the Itinerary are Invited
to do so. _
During the rest of the week,
Rep. Fountain will visit In
Vance, Franklin, Granville,
Parson and Nash Counties.
On Saturday, Aug. 89, Rep.
Fountain, who la chairman of
the House Foreign Affairs
Near East Subcommittee, plans
to team for the Middle East.
The fact-findlngtrlpisafollow
9 to the recent Middle East
FOUNTAIN
Hearings during which Rep.
Fountain probed deeply Into the
bitter Arab-Israeli conflict.
Accompanied by several
members of the Subcommittee,
Rep. Fountain will consult with
tofr officials in Lebanon,
Kuwait, Bahrein, Saudi Arabia,
Egypt and Israel. For security
reasons some countries in the
area will not be visited.
Warrenton's
Population
Is Now 1046
Warrenton's 1970 population
Is 1046, a drop of 78 since
1960, according to preliminary
census figures supplied to The
Warren Record this week by
Congressman L. H. Fountain.
Congressman Fountain said
the preliminary figures for
other towns and townships would
be forwarded to this newspaper
shortly.
Information forwarded by
Rep. Fountain only cove red pre
liminary figures for the state's
100 counties and towns and
cities of more than 1,000.
In 1960 Warrentonhad apopu
latlon of 1124 and Littleton's
population was 1024, the only
two towns of the county with a
population in excess of 1,000.
Norlina's 1960 population was
927, andMacon'spopulationwas
187. Since Littleton's 1970
population was not tabulated In
the 1970 figures reaching this
office, It may be presumed
that Littleton's population has
dropped below the 1,000 mark.
According to the preliminary
figures, Warren County's popu
lation dropped from 19,652 in
1960 to 15,292 in 1970, a drop
of 22%, the largest on a per
centage basis of any county in
the state. Wake County, with a
33.4 percent Increase was the
fastest growing county in the
state.
Percentage losses of adjoin
ing counties were: Franklin,
8.5%; Halifax, 12.1%; Nash,
6.2%; and Northampton, 14.2%.
Vance County showed a gain of
1.7%.
Tobacco Up
At Sales On
Eastern Belt
Prices were higher on the 17
Eastern North Carolina To
bacco Markets as the belt began
season sales with prices esti
mated at $72 to $74 a hundred
pounds.
State tobacco marketing
specialist John H. Cyrus said
he was confident his prediction
of a $73.50 average would
be fulfilled.
"Things are looking real
good," said Cyrus, who is with
the North Carolina Department
of Agriculture. "The market
demand Is better than our ex
pectations."
He added: "Several of the
major companies that had been
buying light up to now are buy
ing a little heavier here In the
East."
The Federal - State Market
News Service said prices by
grades were up by $1 to $2
a hundred over initial sales
last season. The service said
gains were more noticeable
for cutters, lugs and primings.
A few leaf and nonde
script offerings showed losses.
Most good and fair grades
were auctioned at their govern
ment support levels or only
one bid above.
Top price paid by the com
panies was $82 hundred for
some good lugs.
F. S. Royster of Henderson,
veteran market observer and
managing director of the
Bright Belt Warehouse As
sociation, said the sales he
observed averaged about $74
a hundred.
He said market demand was
stronger than at the beginning
of the season last year, and
farmers generally appeared
satisfied with their sales.
Royster said he was well
pleased with quality on the
sales that he visited.
General manager Fred G.
Bond of the Flue - Cured Sta
bilization Cooperative after a
check with his field men oper
ating across the belt, estimated
receipts under the price sup
port program at IS to It per
oent of gross offerings, com
pared with a slightly less
then 0 per cent on the 1069
opening.
The trend this season, as
various belts have opened, has
been for the co-op to take
more tobacco under {OM than
on the oorreapoartiac
last year. The fir
was atoot 18 per oent tn the
Georgia - Florida Belt Md
K per cent tn the
Criminal Term
Superior Court To
Convene Mondav
The Criminal Term of War
ren County Superior Court will
open on Monday morning with
Judge Coy E. Brewer of Fay
ettevllle presiding.
A highlight of the Monday
session will be the presenta
tion of a portrait of the late
John H. Kerr, Jr., by Judge
W. H. S. Burgwyn.
Cases have only been docket
ed for Monday and Tuesday but
trial of cases Is expected to
last beyond that period.
Three murder cases and orK.
manslaughter case have lieen
docketed for trial on Tuesday.
Charged with murder ain
Rose Bud Whitfield, Mary
Chavis Jones and George Wash
ington Bullock, none of whom
has been charged with first
degree murder.
Charged with manslaughter is
Connie Lee Brantley.
Also charged with man
District Governor Pays
Visit To Warrenton Lions
District Governor Frank T.
Colbert of Raleigh paid his of
ficial visit to the Warrenton
Lions Club at the Warren
ton Lions Den on last Friday
night.
The meeting was also high
lighted with music by the
"Young Hearts," a quartet of
young ladies who will soon de
part for colleges, and a visit
from Amos L. Capps, chair
man of the Warren County Board
of County Commissioners.
Presented by Lion Past Dis
trict Governor w; Monroe
Gardner, Governor Colbert
spoke on Lionism. He told of
the many activities sponsored
by the Lions of North Caro
lina, and praised both the local
club and Lion Monroe Gardner
for their services to Lionism.
He was accompanied to the
meeting by District Deputy Gov
ernor, Lion Pete Faulkener of
the Epsom Club.
"The Young Hearts," com
posed of four beauties, Misses
Lisa Coleman, Janet Gardner,
Jennifer Taylor and MyraJohn
son, delighted those present
with several musical select
Ions. They were accompanied
on the piano by Lioness Nellie
Gardner.
Lion Thomas Watson prais
ed Chairman Amos L. Capps
and the Warren County Board
of Commissioners for service
rendered during their tenure of
office and gave Capps, a spec
South Carolina and Border
North Carolina Belt.
Alter the opening week In
each belt, however, loan re
ceipts generally have declined.
On the Carollnas Border Belt,
for example, they had dropped
to less than 6 per cent by
the first of this week.
' "First pulllngs"or primings
have predominated on other
belt openings, but Eastern
Belt offerings Tuesday In
cluded primings, lugs, cutters
and leaf, Bond said. "There
was a lot of leaf," he added.
Traditionally, the East opens
with a wider range of
grades than earlier belts. Many
of the early "pulllngs" or
harvestings made In the
area are sold elsewhere before
Eastern markets begin auc
tions.
The market news service said
the most significant differ
ence In overall quality, as com
pared with the 1969 opening,
was a shift from lemon to or
ange colored tobacco.
Eastern markets will oper
ate 4 1/2 hours a day for four
days this week.
Sales were full In most ware
houses and they are expect
ed to be full again today. Some
space may be available later In
the week, however.
Mrs. J. F. English, Jr., and
Betty and John Roland, m,
left Monday to visit relatives in
Monroe before returning to
their home at Panama City,
Fla. They had spent several
weeks her* with Mrs. Eng
lish's sister, Mrs. Mary W,
Shields.
Mr. art Mrs. P. M. Drake
spent Tuesday of last week in
Richmond, Va., with Mr. Md
Mrs. George Scott,
Mr. awl Mrs. w. R. Woodall
a?1
COLBERT
ial guest, a rising vote of thanks.
Capps expressed his apprecia
tion for the honor paid him
and the commissioners and for
being a guest of the club.
Past President Nat White of
Asheboro, a guest of Lion How
ard Daniel, was welcomed by
the Lions.
President Jack Harris pre
sided over the meeting. Music
was in charge of Lion and
Lioness Gardner and the grace
was said by Lion Duke Jones.
Jimmy Roberts was Lion X
and Lion Dorman Blaylock re
ceived the dollar, which he con
tributed to the convention fund
of the club.
CARTER
Carter Begins New
Duties As Manager
Of Colonial Store
Kenneth T.Carter, 42, of Bel
haven began his new duties as
manager of Colonial Store here
on Monday morning. He suc
ceeds John Gaylord (Bennle)
Powell who left this week for
Washington, N. C? to become
manager of a Colonial Store.
Carter has been with Colonial
Stores for 15 years. Before go
ing to Belhaven as Colonial
manager he was manager of a
Colonial Store in Goldsboro. A
native of Florence, S. C., he
was graduated from Darling
ton, S. C., High School *nd F.
W. B. Collage la Nashville,
fenn. lie mo his family are
me.rbers of the Free Will Bap
tist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter have
(oar children. They are Dell,
1?, LMa, 1?, Patricia, 13,
Jr., 3 1/a.
slaughter ami scheduled to lie
tried Monday is James Lenward
Evans.
Among other cases on the
docket are;
Monday?William Loyd Reiti,
j drunk driving; David Ear)
I Champion, speeding, and drunk
| driving; Clyde Alton Spragln>,
Jr., arson; Samuel Alston, Sr.,
! assault with deadly weapon;
Lauren Weber, III, speeding
i and no operator's license; B.
C. Brown, receiving stolen
I goods; Albert Bailey, non-sup
port; Byrcr. Calvin Brown,
Jr., speeding; Arthur Ulch
ardson, breaking, entering and
larceny and larceny (felony).
Also, Martha Harrison,
assault with a deadly weapon;
Walter Russell Hodges, drunk
driving; William N. Souther
land, assault on female; Wil
liam Arthur Alston, posses
sion of non-taxpald whiskey, and
possession of non-taxpal'i whis
key for purpose of sale; Elijah
Rodwell, drunk driving (second
offense); Eddie Holmes Wil
liams, driving while license re
voked; James Otis Alston, pos
session of utensils for manu
facture of liquor; Mllo Alex
ander, receiving stolen proper
ty; Julius L. Roberts, Jr.,
allowing drunk driving; and
Robert Lee Champion, tres
pass.
Also expected to be heard
during tho criminal term of
court Is a civil case In which
Mrs. Candles Miller Is seek
ing an injunction against War
ren General Hospital, Its ad
ministrator and trustees, en
joining them from Interfering
with her right to return to
work.
Named as defendants in the
action, to be heard before Judge
Brewer, are Warren General
Hospital; Bernard Thompson,
administrator; and Elmer Har
ris, Ellis Fleming, W.i Harris,
Joe Andrews, W. F. Davis,
Clyde Edwards, Charlie E.
Fleming, L. B. Henderson,
James Y. Kerr, G. W. King,
Robert Thorne, Hal W. Connell,
Mrs. C. S. Fltz, Matt D. Nel
son, Jr., and Mrs. W, L.
Wood.
Mrs. Miller, an employee of
the hospital for the past 15
years, is seeking to have de
fendants enjoined from inter
fering with her right to re
turn to work at Warren Gen
eral Hospital In her capacity as
a Licensed Practical Nurse
and without prejudice, and asks
that she be awarded back pay
for time lost.
Jurors
Jurors tield over from form
er sesslor.s to serve next week
are Fred W. Mulchi of Norllna
and George Oliver Taut of Lit
tleton.
Other Jurors summoned for
the term Include:
Wise?Ruth Harriet Alexan
der, Mabel Hawkins Davis,
Ellen P. Perkinson, Edith Fraz
ier White.
Warrenton?William Wallace
Allen, J. W. Bolton, Jerome E.
Branche, Alston Bryant, N. N.
Bullock, M. P. Carroll, James
Henry Ceile, Wiley Gorman
Coleman, Lattle Cooper, Alt a
Mustlan Davis, Mary Elizabeth
Davis, John H. Falcon, Mrs.
Rosalie G. Fleming, Martin
Carson Fowler, R. i, Harris,
Walter R. Hodges, Louise King
Hunter, Nannie Brown Hurst,
Eltgha Kearney, KllubM D.
King, the Rev. J. E. MoGrier,
Mrs. J. T. Mitchlner, Vance
Zeb Neal, WHtt m an Strtagfallow
Peoples, Mattie Davis Prldgen,
David F. Proctor, Eddie Lee
Richardson, Melvin Shear In,
Junius Wright, Mid John Arel
Young.
Littleton-Lucy Alston, Otis
Alston, R. M. Alston, Anne Stod
dart Browning, Henry St lth Har
ris, sally Foster Harvey, Hath
Harrison Mlncher, Herman R.
Newso me, Myrtice Harris
Pierce, Bernari
lags, Oeraldlne