SECTION TWO Stye Hamtt Errnri) SECTION TWO
VOLUME 74 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1970 NUMBER 46
Warren County Forestry Week Is Being Observed Nov. 8-14
Attention Is Called To
Importance Of Forestry
The Week at Nov. 8-14 Is
being observed as Forestry
Week Id Warren County under
the sponsorship of the Warren
County Forestry Club.
Attention Is being called to the
Importance of the forests to
the county by large displays In
the Agriculture Building, the
Poatofflce, and the Citizens
Bank, by radio talks and by
pictures and articles prepared
by writers concerned with the
different facets of the forestry
Industry.
Cooperating with the Forestry
Club are the Warren County
Extension Department, the
N. C. State Forestry Service,
the pulpwood and sawmills and
other wood using industries and
the Soil Conservation Service.
Forestry Industry Brings
In $6 Million In Warren
By FRANK W. REAMS
• Is good to have an opportunity
to say a taw words on the
place forestry production plays
hi oar Warren County Industrial
complex* This Is one of the
atvtral articles written describing
the value of the total
forestry program to this county
Bare la the Industry that does
not manufacture and use some
wood products, whether In producing
a finished product, packaging,
wrapping, advertising or
soma allied purpose.
The stumpage value of harvested
forest products has been
carefully estimated to be $2,000,000.00
annually, now, a lot
of people are Involved in the
harvesting, sawing, preparing
the aawed timber for the wholesate
and/or retail trade. Thte
Income, to people other than
laatumiera, is carefully estimated
to be $4,000,000.00
creating an Initial Income of
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$6,000,000.00 of original Income.
According to the best Information
available, this $6,000,000.00
Is spent over and
over about four times In Warren
County in such retail trade
as- gasoline, automobiles, television
sets, clothing, food,
housing, taxes, education, etc.
If Warren County had a larger
number and variety of retall
outlets this money would
remain longer in the county
and be spent over and over
several more times. A lot of
people spend a portion of their
money at retail outlets away
from Warren County and, at
course, this greatly reduces
our possible economy.
Sometime ago, I had the privilege
to observe some new
forestry harvesting machinery
and operations at a sawlog assembly
yard. ^
Some of the operations observed
are shown in the two
accompanying pictures. Willie
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WILLIE NORWOOD OF ARCOLA OPERATES
PRENTICE LOADER
Norwood of the Areola Community
Is operating a prentice
loader. Trees are cut down
In the woods, and stripped
of their limbs, after which
they are "snaked" to the assembly
yard. A chain saw crew
cuts the logs into desired
lengths and what remains Is
cut Into pulpwood size. The
prentice Is used to lift the logs
and pulpwood onto trucks or
neatly piled In racks awaiting
the arrival of transporatlon. I
did some timber harvesting In
my early twenties and I must
say the Improvements have been
terrific. To say the least, this
harvesting method has come
from a dirty back-breaking Job
to one of comparative ease.
This Is just one example of the
labor-saving devices that start
the Industrial process, and I
don't hear of anyone complaining,
either.
When this timber hits the
sawmills the logs go through a
rapid and fast undressing process,
called the debarking machine.
The sidings left after
sawing the desired boards
are then run through the
chipping machines and then
chips loaded on a standby van.
This reminds me of the story
going around about animal
slaughterhouses to the effect
that they save everything except
the squeal and that Is now recorded
on either a record or
Warren County has many Industrial
plants and promoters
that are vital in our Industrial
process.
Amos L, Capps Pulpwood
Company, who has offices at
Areola and War rent on and a
rail wood yard at Norlina, ships
tremendous cords of pulpwood,
sells logs to other processors
and also buys large volumes of
pine cones tor seed used by
pine seedling nurseries.
Warrenton Box ft Lumber
Company, Warrenton, saws
their own lumber which Is purchased
from sawmill operators
and owners of standing timber.
They process timber on order
which La sold to the trade tor
building houses, all kinds at
larger buildings and to industries
tor stock lumber to
be mads tab
boses.ete.
Alter the timber U eut into
ed logs the remaining parts are
chopped Into chips which are
Immediately loaded on a waiting
van.
Carolina Lumber Products
Company, Warrenton, processes
sawed lumber into a finished
product. They process to
full orders of the building trade
for housing, large buildings,
and to industries, stock lumber
to build hogsheads, crates,
boxes, etc.
General Box Company, Warrenton,
builds hogsheads, pallets
and many other lumber
products on order and also processes
hardwood lumber.
Areola Lumber Company and
Areola Hardwood Company at
Areola buy logs and standing
timber and operate their own
sawmills. Their sawlogs go
through a debarking machine
and after sawing into lumber,
the remainder Is chopped Into
chips which are Immediately
loaded on a waiting van. They
process finished lumber for
sale, build hogsheads, pallets,
crates and sell chips and sawdust.
In all cases In Warren
County the chips and sawdust
are sold to the pulpwood mills.
Cochrane Eastern, inc. at
Warrenton processes stock
parts for assembly at the Cochrane
Furniture plants at Llncolnton,
N. C. Some parts will
be completed here, machinefinished
and assembled here.
This plant is on the market for
all the local lumber that can be
used In their manufactured products.
Eastern Motor Lines and
Read's Truck Lines of Warrenton
are vital to our Industrial
complex by furnishing
transportation for lumber to
and from their plants as
well as the finished products.
Warrenton Railroad Company
Is also a vital link, however,
the railroad's physical facilities
must be greyly improved
to be of full service.
There are many sawmill
operators and pulpwood crewa
that form a real service in this
total process.
All of the above mentioned
may from time to tine change
and modify their operations to
supply the chance* in market
Hie agricultural ajpeftcle*located
in the county agricultural
building, the State Forestry
Stumpage Is Worth $2 Million
To Farmers Of Warren County
By L. B. HARDAGE
Co. Exten Chairman
Warren County's timber income
is valued at $2,000,000
yearly stumpage to the landowners.
The Warren County Forestry
Club can claim some
credit for part of this income
due to Improved practices that
the club has advocated over the
past years. The Agricultural
and. Forestry Agencies have
also contributed a part to the
above In recommending certain
Improved practices that have
been accepted by landowners.
The paper companies, saw
Service, Including the local forest
fire unit and many
others, promote forest production
and protect It from fire,
insects and many other hazards.
If forestry was suddenly
eliminated from Warren County,
this loss of Income would
Immediately stagger our entire
economy. It would take a comprehensive
survey to determine
the full economic extent forestry
provides Warren County
but it Is no secret that it is
tremendous. Estimates Indicate
that, on the average, Warren
land owners are receiving only
about 50% of their potential.
To come near our full potential
would create many chain
reactions resulting in pumping
many additional millions into
our economy.
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mills, private companies and
foresters have also been very
active In all phases of forest
improvement in the county.
Many farm owners have done
an excellent Job in forestry sgme
have accepted some practices,
others have done nothing
to increase their Income from
woodland.
The main purpose of the Forestry
Club is to increase in
come from forestry In Warren
and surrounding counties. This
is a respected and growing
club. The original membership
was around 25; today the active
membership numbers above 50
so this speaks well for the club.
My guess is that if all forestry
land in the county was treated
as a crop that the total Income
could easily be $3,000,000
stum page value by 1980.
Capps Dealer Of Month
The following was taken from
the October, 1969 Issue of the
News for Dealers, Chesapeake
Operations, West Point, Virginia:
Dealer Of The Month
Amos Lee Capps of Areola,
N. C., has been In the pulpwood
business since 1940.
His principal yard has been
at Norllna but any day now he'll
be operating from Chesapeake's
new eight-acre siding on the
Southern near Henderson.
Born in Areola, he worked In
a sawmill at 14, later tried
trucking and the meat market
business. During the depression
he married and took a job
with the Coast and Geodetic
Survey. In 1939, he resigned and
set up his own pulpwood business.
Today It's a corporation
—Amos L. Capps Pulpwood Co.,
Inc. with Amos as president and
Mrs. Ann L. Arrlngton as secretary-treasurer.
In 1933 his bride was the
former Rebecca Davis of
Areola. They have two daughters
and five sons. The eldest
son, Weldon C. Capps, Is
vice president of the company
and a 1959 forest management
graduate of North Carolina State
University. Another son, Lester
Davis, also a State forest Management
graduate, Is now lb the
Marines.
Amos Capps has the energy
of a six-weeks-old pup when It
comes to community affairs. He
Is chairman of the Warren
County Board of Health and
spent 15 of his 19 years membership
as chairman of the
Board of Commissioners. He
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