Four Men Handed
Terms Of 6 Years
Four men being held here on
a total of 88 breaking and
entering, larceny and receiving
charges drew prison terms
totalling six years each Friday
during a session of Warren
County District Court presided
over by Judge Lin wood Peoples
of Henderson.
The four-Robert Alexander
and his brother, Bobby
Alexander, both of Boydton,
Va.; and James C. Hargrove
and Joseph May field, Jr., both
of Rt. 1, Manson—drew the
active jail sentences after
entering pleas of guilty to
reduced charges of misdemeanor
breaking and entering and
larceny. District Attorney
Charles M. White agreed to
dismiss charges of receiving
against I he four.
The defendants had been
h-i(i here in lieu of $8,000 in
connection with a rash of
burglaries at lake front
cottages and mobile homes on
Kerr Lake.
In addition to sending the
men to prison. Judge Peoples
■j- I'-red to't Robert Alexander
a:"i May field pay fines
' tiling $2,000 each. Bobby
Alexander and Hargrove were
fined $1,000 each.
Charges of receiving drawn
•igainst four other men were
not heard during Friday's
lengthy session. Ralph W.
Fleming waived his right to a
preliminary hearing and was
bound over to Superior Court
under continuing bond, while
the charges against Larry Ball,
Ben Jiggetts and Robert Wall
were continued.
In other cases heard Friday,
the following action was taken:
Michael B. Aycock, breaking
into vending machine and
larceny, felonious larceny and
breaking into vending machine,
ordered to N.C. Dept. of
Correction as youthful offender
for not less than 12 months on
breaking into machine and
larceny charge. Notice of
appeal given to next criminal
session of Superior Court with
bond set at $1000. On felonious
larceny and breaking into
machine charge, preliminary
hearing waived and ordered to
appear at next criminal session
of Superior Court to answer
charges.
Arnold Leon Jones, breaking
into vending machine and
larceny, ordered to North
Carolina Dept. of Correction as
youthful offender for not less
than 12 months. Notice of
appeal given to next criminal
session of Superior Court with
bond at $1,000. On charges of
felonious larceny and breaking
into vending machine, voluntary
dismissal.
Gerald Wesley Jones, breaking
into vending machine and
larceny, ordered to N.C. Dept.
of Correction as youthful
offender for not less than 12
months. Notice of appeal given
to next criminal session of
Superior Court. Bond set at
$1000. On a felonious larceny
charge, defendant waived right
to preliminary hearing and
ordered to appear at next
criminal session of Superior
Court to answer charge.
Charles Craig Liming, breaking
into vending machine and
larceny and breaking into
vending machine, ordered to
N.C. Dept. of Correction as
youthful offender for not less
than 12 months. Notice of
appeal given to next criminal
session of Superior Court with
bond at $1000. Defendant
waived right to preliminary
hearing on felonious larceny
charge and ordered to appear
at next criminal session of
Superior Court to answer
charge.
Michael Bryant Aycock,
breaking and entering and
larceny, voluntary dismissal.
Leon Jones, breaking and
entering and larceny, voluntary
dismissal.
Gerald Jones, breaking and
entering and larceny, voluntary
dismissal.
Charles Craig Liming, breaking
and entering and larceny,
voluntary dismissal.
Norfleet Powell Barnes,
speeding 70 in 55 mph zone,
called and failed.
Donald Bottoms, two charges
of false pretense, voluntary
dismissal.
Garry Dwain Brannock,
speeding 50 in 35 mph zone,
found guilty of exceeding safe
speed, court costs.
Allen Elain Brown, driving
under influence, driving without
headlights, ordered to jail
for three months, suspended
for 12 months on condition that
he pay fine of $100 and court
costs, surrender operator'*
license and not operate vehicle
on highways for 12 months.
State took voluntary dismissal
on headlights charge.
T. Willie Brown, speeding 65
in 55 mph zone, court costs.
John Cooper, assault with
intent to commit rape, found
guilty to assault on a female,
ordered to jail for not less than
eight months or more than 12
months, suspended for two
years on condition he pay court
cost, not go on premises of
Annie Alston wherever she
may be situated and under no
circumstances associate with,
mingle with or socialize with
Annie Alston unless she has
occasion to visit in home where
he lives.
Ernest Davis, Jr., larceny,
ordered to jail for four months,
suspended for three years on
condition he pay cost of court
and fine of $100 and not be
found guilty of any crime
involving larceny or trespassing
and not go on premises of
Currin's Minute Mart for two
years unless he has written
permission of owner.
Ricky Jones, larceny, ordered
to jail for four months,
suspended for three years on
condition he pay cost of court
and fine of $100 and not be
found guilty of any crime
involving larceny or trespassing
and not go on premises of
Currin's Minute Mart for two
years unless he has written
permission of owner.
Willie M. Davis, gambling,
fined $10 and court costs with
cards and money in amount of
$2.25 to be confiscated and
disposed of according to law.
Walter Clifton Gibson, speeding
65 in 55 mph zone, called
and failed. Ordered arrested
and bond set at $100.
Columbus Harrison, communicating
threats for trial of
prosecuting witness, prosecuting
witness found guilty of
false and frivilous prosecution
and ordered to pay court costs.
Glenn Henderson, manufacturing
liquor, possession of
utensils, ordered to jail for two
years, suspended for three
years and placed on probation
for three years with conditions
that he pay cost of court and
fine of $750, pay $250 to
Warren County Law Enforcement
Officer's Undercover
Fund. Defendant will be held
by Sheriff until execution of
following bonds: $1,000 bond to
be signed by defendant and
parents and $500 secured bond.
Defendant cannot be found
guilty of any crime involving
the manufacture of non-tax paid
whiskey or the sale of non-tax
paid or tax paid whiskey and
that for 12 months any law
enforcement officer in Warren
County while in uniform may be
able to search his person, his
vehicle or any he may occupy or
his premises without search
warrant.
Ervin Kearney, keeping
liquor for sale, ordered to jail
for 12 months, suspended for
three years on condition he pay
fine of $200 and court costs and
not be found guilty of any crime
involving alcohol for three
years.
Laura Kearney, keeping
liquor for sale, voluntary
dismissal.
Van King, assault and
battery, not guilty.
Devone McKinnon, speeding
65 in 55 mph zone, called and
failed. Ordered arrested and
bond set at $100.
Harry Mitchell, nonsupport,
prayer for judgement continued
upon payment of court
costs.
Anthony Clay Morton, speeding
66 in 55 mph zone, found
guilty of exceeding safe speed,
court costs.
Larry Darnell Perry, no
operator's license, called and
failed. Ordered arrested and
bond set at $200.
Steven Nelson Richardson,
speeding 70 in 55 mph zone,
called and failed. Ordered
arrested and bond set at $100.
Harold Spruil, driving while
license revoked, speeding in
excess of 55 mph to elude
officer, ordered to jail for eight
months and assigned to work
under supervision ofN.C. Dept.
of Correction. Notice of appeal
given to next criminal session
of Superior Court with bond to
remain in effect. In charges of
driving under influence and
speeding in excess of 80 mph,
motion to dismiss driving under
influence charge for lack of
evidence allowed and charge
dismissed. Charge of speeding
in excess of 80 mph combined
with other above charges.
Johnny Myron Williams,
failure to give turn signal,
On February 27, 1776, patriots and loyalists of North
Carolina clashed at Moores Creek Bridge in one of the deci§ive
actions of the opening phases of the American Revolution. A
uMrama depicting tne Battle la in Moorea Creek National
Military Park near Currie, North Carolina. A Bicentennial
celebration will be held here February 27-29.
Cornworm Still Eating Profits
By JUDY FLYNN
Each year the corn earworm
pauses hundreds of millions of
dollars damage to crops in
North Carolina and the United
States.
This insect, also known as the
false tobacco budworm or the
cotton bollworm moth, is a
major agricultural pest.
Efforts to control the moth
run into the millions of dollars.
Among the insect's targets
are soybeans, sweet corn,
tobacco, cotton aijd garden
vegetables. Its presence is
almost immediately noticed. In
fact, one of the characteristics
of the moth is the rapid
destruction of the crop.
Other flying insects, more
nuisance bugs than anything
else, are pests in homes
particularly in the summer.
These are the insects which
buzz around light fixtures in
the evening.
Research work at the
University of North Carolina
School of Medicine at Chapel
Hill may reveal ways to control
voluntary dismissal.
Levi Williams, improper
muffler, called and failed.
Ordered arrested and bond set
at $35.
Wayland J. Wimberly, Jr.,
speeding 70 in 55 mph zone,
called and failed.
James Ellison, assault on
female, not guilty.
John Ernest Floyd, Jr., vs.
Betty Carroll Floyd, absolute
divorce granted.
Robert Edward Copeland vs.
Arlean Copeland, absolute
divorce granted.
Thomas Richardson, assault
and battery, prosecuting witness
found guilty of false and
frivilous prosecution, court
costs.
Charlie Leslie Myrick, improper
parking. Defendant
made request for his plea of
guilty be withdrawn and plea of
not guilty be allowed and case
is to be tried in district court of
Warren County.
Ralph Fleming, receiving.
Defendant, through counsel,
waived right to preliminary
these pests.
Dr. Henry Hsiao, assistant
professor in the curriculum in
biomedical engineering and
mathematics, is investigating
the attraction of night flying
moths to light.
His study focuses on a basic
problem insect physiology—
phototaxis (the movement of
cells under the influence of
light.)
Hsiao and research assistant
Robert O'Connor, a graduate
student in bioengineering at
UNC, are studying the
behavior of the moth in relation
to light. Their research is
funded by a grant from the
National Science Foundation.
If they are able to learn why
these insects fly to light. North
Carolina farmers should J>e abl§
to use the knowledge to help
control these pests.
Currently farmers on research
farms around the state
use light traps to indicate when
to use chemical pesticides.
Moths, attracted by a light, are
hearing and ordered to appear
at next session of Superior
Court to answer charge with
bond to remain in effect.
Assistant To
Doctor Named
Earle Maloway, 37, will join
the office of Dr. D. R. Coffman
at the Norlina Medical
Facilities on March 8 as a
physician's assistant. A graduate
of the Duke Physicians
Program, he has worked in a
medical complex in Brunswick,
Ga.
Formerly from New Jersey,
Maloway and family are
presently living in Georgia. His
wife, Doris, is originally frogn
Durham, and they are the
parents of a daughter, 7 and a
son, 4.
The family plans to move to
Norlina and Maloway will work
regular hours with Dr.
Coffman's office.
sucked into a trap with a fan. If
a large number is caught in a
trap at one time, an outbreak of
the moths is likely. The farmer
then can use a pesticide to
protect his crops.
Thus far attempts to control
outbreaks in this fashion have
been unsuccessful.
While these moths are well
known for their attraction to
light, the traps fail to catch
moths in the numbers needed
to indicate population increases.
Hsiao said at this point light
traps just don't effectively
monitor insect populations.
Hsiao anticipates that results
of his study will reveal what
kinds of light-are effective, why
they are effective and under
what conditions they are
effective.
His research could mean a
"decreased use of "fJPSJticides.
"This is particularly important,"
he said, "considering the
growing list of unwanted side
effects from chemical insecticides.
"If we can understand the
effects of artificial lights on
natural insect populations,"
Hsiao said, "we may be abie to
develop new ways of controlling
insects."
His study may suggest
potential designs of lights
which repel annoying and
disease-bearing insects. "Such
lights may be used in homes or
to surround a field of crops,"
Hsiao said.
Hsiao and his colleagues in
the curriculum in biomedical
engineering and mathematics
use engineering methods and
mathematics to develop medical
related techniques.
Some researchers in the
curriculum, a part of the UNC
Medical School's department of
surgery, study ways to improve
the use of computers to assist in
the diagnosis of disease.
Others apply engineering
techniques to analyze the
function of the heart and
circulatory system, the lungs of
patients with lung disease and
the function of the brain.
Biomedical engineering students
enter the program with a
wide variety of interests,
ranging from psychology to
physiology. Many are interested
in the combined M.D./Ph.D.
degree. Others may prefer to
study for a newly developed
master's degree in chemical
engineering.
TALENT WINNERS-Winner, of the annual Omega Pal Phi Fraternity Talent Hut, held
Sunday afternoon in the Warren ton Lion'* Den are, left to right, Janie B. Hawldna, Vance High,
•ecoad place; William BaakerviDe, Vance High, flrat place; and PhyWe Jeffereoa, Nor Una High,
third place. Junior and aenior high achoola from the conntiea of Vance, Parana, Cranvflle,
Franklin and Warren participated. The flrat place winner will go to Charlotte thia apring to
participate hi national competition under the anapicoa of Omega Pri Phi. [Staff Photo)
Three-Minute Battle
Put Creek On Map
A three-minute battle in
e»rly 1776 saved North
Carolina from invasion, delayed
British appearance in the state
and gave patriots encouragement
to go on to independence!
Two hundred years ago this
week, before dawn on Feb. 27,
1776, a band of patriots
'gathered 20 miles above
Wilmington at Widow Moore's
Creek Bridge to fend off an
attack by Loyalists who had
marched from Cross Creek
(Fayetteville).
An obscure poem recently
unearthed in a South Carolina
schoolteacher's notebook retells
the defeat of the Scotsmen
and extols the victory by the
patriots.
The encounter, which has
been labeled "The Lexington
and Concord of the South,"
began with a grand British
plan, formulated by Royal
Governor Josiah Martin. A
large British force was to meet
the Loyalists on the coast of
North Carolina, march through
and divide the state, and
thereby effectively end the
rebel threat in North Carolina
by cutting off the supply line.
However, the plan failed
when the 1,500 volunteer
Loyalists met the patriots at
the bridge in present-day
Pender County.
During the early evening
hours of Feb. 26, the patriots
abandoned their campfires on
the south side of the creek and
spent the long night removing
the boards from the bridge and
-greasing the supports. They
then waited on the opposite
side for the attack they knew
would come from the Scotsmen,
who were led by Capt.
Help Need To Restore
Appeal Of Small Farms
By REP. L.H. FOUNTAIN
Continuity builds strength on
the family farms of our country.
Unfortunately, that continuity-the
passing down of the family
farm from one generation to
another-is being *hreatened by
the Federal inheritance tax
laws now on the books. And the
tax laws ought to be revised.
When the present inheritance
tax law was passed back
in 1942, exemption of the first
$60,000 of an estate was
adequate to take care of most
family farm inheritance tax
problems. As recently as 1960,
the average value of farm
assets throughout the country
was $51,464. Now, however,
that figure has escalated to
$162,270. but the exemption
has not changed.
Consequently, it's increasingly
difficult for a farmer to
leave his farm to his widow and
children. The taxes are just too
high. When the head of a
household dies, the widow is
immediately confronted with a
large tax bill.The tax bill for the
children later on is even higher,
because they do not receive the
30 percent marital deduction.
Since 1942 the price of land
has moved rapidly upward.
Inflation has served only to
increase the rate of climb. Land
is a precious commodity and
there are more and more people
competing for the same land.
Land prices in North Carolina
have gone up at the rate of
about 14 percent a year on an
average over the last five
years.
A typical family farm today
in North Carolina consists of
about 105 acres of land, valued
at about $66,990. The value of
the land alone - not counting
any other assets a farmer may
have such as expensive farm
machinery and personal possessions
is enough to guarantee
the surviving members of a
family a tax problem.
The money is tied up in fixed
assets which are part and
parcel of the family farm, but
the tax collector wants cash.
And he wants it double-quick.
The result may be forced
liquidation.
What the present inheritance
tax exemption provision does is
force the heirs to buy back the
family farm from the government,
or else sell out in'a hurry
and thus interrupt the
continuity of ownership which
has contributed so much to the
success of American farming.
The President's proposal is i
step forward, but it just doesn'l
go far enough. What is alsc
needed is an outright increas<
in the amount of exemption. /
$60,000 estate tax exemptioi
may have seemed big in termi
of high-value 1942 dollars and
low-priced land. But, it doesn't
seem so big in terms of inflated
1976 dollars and high-priced
land.
If formers are to be able to
pass along the fruits of their
labors to their survivors, the
exemption should be at least
doubled to $120,000. And, if at
all possible, the exemption
should be raised to $200,000.
Doing so would help the family
farm to survive.
Incidentally, the points I've
made about family farms also
apply to small businesses,
which are the backbone of
every town and every county,
and any changes in the tax laws
should cover small business as
well.
Our young people should be
encouraged to remain at home
and take over the reins of
family enterprises when the
time comes, by responsible
changes in Federal inheritance
tax laws. Continuity builds
strength.
Church To Have
Pancake Supper
All Saints Episcopal Church
will sponsor a Shrove Tuesday
pancake supper on March 2
from 5:30 to 7:45 p. m. at the
church. A silver offering will be
collected.
At 7 p. m. the Venerable
Robert Davis, Arch Deacon of
North Carolina Diocese and the
Rev. Lex Matthews will be
guest speakers.
Napoleon was defeated in
1815.
Alexander McLeod and Flora
MacDonald's husband, Brig.
Gen. Donald MacDonald.
Just at dawn the Loyalists
came upon the abandoned
campfires and knew the
patriots could not be far ahead.
They attacked across the
bridge, slipping and sliding into
the icy water of the creek.
Some used the points of swords
as balance as they managed to
keep their footing across the
greasy bridge, only to be met
by musket and artillery fire of
the patriots in ambush on the
other side.
The final score: for the
Loyalists, more than 50 dead,
including their leader, McLeod
and the rest taken prisoner,
including MacDonald; for the
patriots: two wounded, one of
whom later died; for independence:
a great victory—enough
to discourage the British from
their plan of invasion of North
Carolina, and to turn their
sights toward Charleston.
The battle had lasted three
minutes.
Farm Loss Rate
High In State
North Carolina has lost farms
at a faster rate than any other
state in the nation for the past
two years but, with 125,000
farms remaining, ranks behind
only Texas, Missouri and Iowa.
The number of Tar Heel
farms declined by about 10,000
during the last two years. In
fact, 22 per cent of the natioal
decline in farms occurred in
North Carolina.
The U. S. now has 2,785,780
farms compared to 2,830,490 in
1974.
Numbers alone don't tell the
U. S. farming story. While the
number of farms is declining,
the size of farms is expanding.
The average U. S. farm has
added 47 acres in the past
decade and is now at 389 acres.
North Carolina, traditionally
a sate of small farms, continues
to rank well below the national
average in farm size, although
this figure is expanding.
Average size is growing by
about an acre a year and is'now
106 acres.
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