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p;. . " ,v \ Your Best * Advertising Medium * VOLUME 65 Farm Bi Against Gigarett Any additional taxes on tobacco to get necessary money for Governor Sandford's school program is opposed by the Farm Bureau as unfair to a product that is already overVv taxed. "It is amazing how some folks can talk about taxing people equitably to get the necessary money for expanded edu4. cation in this state and then ask that more taxes be put on tobacco products," Erich Hecht, president of Warren County Farm Bureau, said yesterday in a prepared statement for the press. "Tj my way of thinking, he said, ' equitableness is synonymous with fairness." "How can a tax?" he asked, "be fair that singles out a commodity to make it pay a larger part of our taxes?" Although the tobacco farmer receives only about 3% cents per pack of cigarettes, at the present time there is a federal excise tax cf Sc per pack of cigarettes and a North Carolina sales tax of 3 per cent. In addition to these taxes, some members of the General Assembly are pressing for an additional tobacco tax of 3 cents per pack of cigarettes and a similar amount for other tobacco products. Hecht pointed out that this added tax would increase the tax on the retail price of cigarettes (priced at 23c per pack) from 39 per cent to 46 per cent. "Why, he added, "this would increase the percentage of the consumers' cigarette dol^ lar going for taxes by 7 per cent." For every $1 the tobacco k Demons oi onaping By NAT WHITE, Soil Conservation Service Farmers interested in mechanizing their farming operations can learn a lot at a land shaping demonstration to be held on the farm of Sidney P. and Robert E. Fleming near Vicksboro in Warren County on this afternoon (Friday) at 2:00 p. m. At this demonstration a new type machine will shape waterways, grade the land, build parallel terraces, and leave the field in a shape where it can be easily mechanized. Short ?*- rows will be eliminated by constructing all terraces parallel, and the land will be shaped so the terraces and rows have no sharp curves. Each row will ^ have enough grade to insure good drainage. Farmers attending the demonstration will see a machine that uses a new principle in earth moving. The machine is mounted on rubber and has much more speed than crawler type tractors. A paddle wheel April 5 Is For Gotto Warren County farmers have only a few more days to make their decision on cotton for 1061. April 5 is the deadline for releasing cotton acreage and requesting additional acreage,! and fanners must make that decision on or before that date, T. E. Watson, ASC office manager, said yesterday. Watson said that farmers who are not going to plant all, or any of their allotment, should release the acreage not I to be planted to the county I committee. "In this way," ho K># said, "yon protect your allot ment, you protect the county j I "mi?, ' ' A ( Subscription Price $3.00 jreau Is Added e Tax I farmers received for tobacco used in domestically consumed cigarette-s, $3.23 was collected in taxes by Federal, State and local governments on cigarettes manufactured from this tobacco. Approximately $2,543,368,000 revenue was collected by Federal, State, and Municipal agencies from the sale of tobacco products in 1958. "Tobacco farmers maintain that tobacco is carrying more than its fair share of taxes already," Hecht said. "Tobacco is the most-heavily taxed agricultural commodity in history." Should a special tax on tobacco materialize in this state, Hecht indicated that other states would follow this example and tax their tobacco products even more unfairly than they do now. Moses Davis Is l if i i n Again neaaea ror Superior Court Moses Davis, Warrenton Negro who was freed by a Warren County jury on charges of trespass during the January term of Superior Court, will have another day in court. Davis, elderly resident of northeast Warrenton, appealed a 60-day road sentence handed him by Judge Julius E. Banzet during Friday's session of Warren County Recorder's Court. Accused of stealing a chicken from a downtown Warrenton supermarket, Davis gave notice of appeal to the June criminal term of Superior (Sde DAVIS, page 12) itration ( Set For running in front of the cutting edge of the pan enables it to take a shallow cut in loading. It loads and unloads at a rapid rate. This machine can be used for removing accumulated top soil from waterways, bench terraces, and field borders where it creates a drainage problem. This topsoil can be spread on eroded areas and in depressions to improve drainage in the field. Work of IL:. LI.J s- ?-J?a i? u- - i lliu &U1U Id UCCUL'U 111 UIC iubacco belt of the piedmont before tobacco can be fully mechanized. The demonstration is being sponsored by the Soil Conservation District Supervisors of Franklin, Vance, and Warren Counties. In these three counties the tobacco allotments total around 25,000 acres. Most of this tobacco land is in need of land shaping. We have found by study that thousands of acres are greatly in need of inis wore. In Franklin, Vance, and Warren Counties most farmers are Deadline n Release representatives ~ of argi cultural agencies and farm organizations, ginners, buyers and businessmen are all urged to assist in getting farmers who will not plant cotton to release it by the deadline, Watson said. The farmer releasing his acreage protects his future farm allotment and the county allotment, Watson pointed out. He added: The released aeroage can be planted by farmers UVWiUIB HIV1V VVVWU ?HU benefit. The ginners, buyer* nd other business men benefit by bavins the acreage plant-, e ( because it means more business for them. jgj "So let's all get busy for the Mat few days," irtfrmf said, - ' 3hr J a Year 10c Per Coj fl H | A large exhibit of Indian relii Norlina, was used as part of Pi petition. Perkinson, who has b played his winning exhibit last o'clock. In the left foreground clay pipe, found near Kerr Lak Perkins Phil Perkinson, a sophomore i at Norlina High School, was a I winner in the district Science Fair held at State College on | Saturday and is eligible to enter the State Fair at Duke University on April 7. The 16-year-old Norlina boy was one of ten winners of top honors in the 17-county district fair in which some 176 high school boys and girls participated. His exhibit, in the biological division, was "Prehis! toric Cultures in Warren Coun1 ty." ] A -I'-hn Graham High School girl, Lyndelle Aycock, dough)f Land Today r tobacco men. On an average tobacco farm, about 80% of the income comes from tobacco which uses less than 10% of the land. In many instances this tobacco land needs help to the extent that the investment in land shaping will be repaid with increased production from the tobacco crops. Eroded areas in tobacco fields usually yield about $300 per acre less than on the good soil. These eroded areas can be top soiled with four inches of . top soil for about $135 per 'acre. There are many advantages in land shaping. It is essential on many tobacco fields before the farmer can mechanize without causing serious erosion problems. It increases production by top soiling eroded areas and giving better drainage. The parallel terraces and trroocnH innfnrtuouo lr? land shaping gives excellent soil and water conservation. Farmers are urged to attend this demonstration on March 31 at 2:00 p. m. on the Sidney P. and Robert E. Fleming farm just one mile off U. S. 401 on the Vicksboro Road. S. Grove To Have Visitation Week The Rev. John E. Wood, pastor of the Bethlehem-Shady Grove Methodist Charge, has announced that the week of March 27-April 2 will be a week of Visitation-Evangelism in the Shady Grove Methodist Church of Inez. The first four nights of the week will be ftMil In trleUSnc* Ke? A* mam Ul * Ulllllg W/ WIC IKCUIben and followed by three night* of evangelistic sendee. The pastor will conduct the sendees Friday night through Sunday night at 7:M. J. Albert Jennette, - laymen of Garner, will be the t speaker at the >11' vice on Sunday, April 2 The Rev. Mr. Woe'i uV, that a^mtoryProgram^cd visitation Bfiarri iy WARRENTON, COt BgSaV ' 4k . ._JHBHHB^HBHE552S59E :s, shown above with amateur ai :rkinson's prize-winning exhibit ir een adding reli es to his collectio night (Thursday) over WUNC-' is an Indian skull, taken from o. nn Pair ^ uoiiico iioiiio, picaiuciu ui uic u club. ai Tommy W. Brittian of the 81 Coker Seed Farm. Van Watson 81 of Watson Seed Farms and W. e' G. Westmoreland of Geigy Co. h< will lead the discussion. The public is Invited to attend. t( Shearin Win* h Duke Scholarship t W Ronald V. Shearin, a senior ?( at Warrenton's John Graham High School, has been awarded the George Garland Allen Memorial Scholarship at Duke " University. ?jj Shearin, who was a finalist s in the Angier B. Duke Schol- u' arship finals at the Durham institution two weeks ago, re- C ceived notice of hia selection on Tneeday. t A classmate at John Graham, James E. Cheves, Jr., a semi- , finalist in the Angler Duke JJ competition snd a flnallat in the HankiQ Scholarship compe- ? tion at Wake Forest College, ~ was given a grant-in-aid at " Duke TtmwsraHy. Mrs. A. n Harris visited Mrs. Crichton Thome Davis in s? Memorial Hospital. Chapel Hid, ? on Saturday. h V / 1 1 till ter of Mr. and Mrs. Junius Ay- t cock of Elberon, won honora- b ble mention in the district fair B for her exhibit. "Zone Elee- I trophoresis." f The Norlina school winner is C the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram B Perkinson. Jr., of Norlina, and t is described by his teacher, B Mrs. Lawrence Baxter, as an J excellent student and a fine 1 boy. He has a keen interest c in the collection of relics and is ani eager student on field i trips,' Mrs. Baxter said i'nil j has been intrested in the col- c lection of Indian relics for ] about live years and has a valuable collection. t Nine students from Norlina attended the district fair where * they had eight exhibits. They e were Linda Stegall, Fred Hicks, \ Roy Young, Kenneth Franke, <j Dinah Clarke, Phil Perkinson, c Kay Floyd, Bill Fleming and 1; John Mulchi. They were ac- ? companied by their teacher, v Mrs. Baxter. v Seventeen students from ii John Graham High School at- s Board C Town El Lecture Course o On Corn To Be p Held At Inez * The Inez Community Club will sponsor a lecture course a on "How to Grow Corn With p a Minimum of Cultivation" on Monday night, April 3, at ri 7:30 o'clock. d Announcement of the meet- el ing was made yesterday by ai m !R s< rjVTY OF WAiatEN )r. 'M. 1 m;>;t;M . :JB jflMfarv v T ?J .?/ j I 1 ( I \ 1 i i ] cheologist Phil Perkinson of i the district science fair comn for the past five years, disrv (Channel Four) at 8:30 the Gaston Lake area, and a (Staff Photo) Winner ended the fair, accompanied eld on May 2. | James D. Gilliland, Warren- ,i m attorney, was given per- 1 ission to operate a taxicab' 11 ere if he complies with staj?il iquirements and purchases a < own of Warrenton permit, t hich is standard- procedure >r those applying for such I srmits. < Gilliland was also granted a ' iwn beer license for the oration of the Sandwich Oop on West Main Stret ( K>n receipt of a stale' permit. , unrise Service To < e Held Sunday Sunrise services will be held t the cemetery of Providence ! [ethodist Church on Easter unday rooming at 5:40, with w Rev. W. A. Beeker, pastor,i charge. Music will be furn hed by the choir of Shocco | [ethodist Church, Vicksboro. j Immediately following the ' 2*"* sli - ? iy their science teacher, Mrs. Irsie Stewar t They were Lucy lanzet, Jane Williams, Kitty iurwell. Sally Peoples, Bonnie lupton, Helen Andrews, Betsy Crazier, Betty Rudd, Wanda JcGowan, Elizabeth Massey, Cnox Polk, Ann King, Sandra ones, Harriet Cheek, Ann "witty, Tom Banzet and Lynlell Aycock. Three students from Afton21beron, Jim Davis, Gail Flemng and Faye Thompson, ac:ompanled their teacher, Mrs. Jorace Twitty, to the fair. Calvin White, Warren Couny school supervisor, said yeserday that he was well pleasd with the showing made by Varren County schools in the listrict fair in which they ompeted against some of the argest schools in the state, ioth competition and interest vas keen, and the exhibits irere excellent, greatly superor to those of last year, he aid. 1 1 alls For ection The Board of Town Commisloners met in a called session n Tuesday afternoon for the urpose of calling a general lection here in May for the election of a Mayor and seven ! ommissioners, and to consider ' n application for a taxicab ermit. ' The commissioners passed j' squired legislation stating the ' ate and time of voting, the | ligibility of electors, the dates ] ad hours in which the regis- ] ation books are to be open, nd naming Mrs. M. E. Grant < t registrar and Lee Riggan , ad S. O. Nunn as judges of , lection. The election wilt he . rrjnri * FRII For Gaston Lak Land To \ Some 157 Warren County i property owners?whose property is to be affected by the flooding of the Gaston reservoir next year?have been invited to attend a Dublie meet ing here tonight (Friday) Officials of the Warren County Planning Board, a committee appointed by the Warren Board of Commissioners to study proposed planning for Easter Lilies To Be On Sale Here Saturday Easter lilies will be sold on the streets of Warrenton tomorrow (Saturday) by 4-H club members of Warren County as a part of the campaign to raise funds for the Warren County Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Boyd Reams, in charge of the campaign in Warren County, this week urged citizens to hpln fl'ohf ^rtnnUurr ?.r vnffuug uucaac uy using the local Easter Seals they have received from the society. He said these seals have been maiid to 2,163 persons in the county this month. Everyone receiving these seals, he said, are urged to help the handicapped by sending their donations in as early as possible. They can also help, he added, by purchasing Easter lilies tomorrow. "While the most important objective of Easter Seals is raising funds for treating the physically handicapped, the annual messengers also tell a story of aid and hope for the handicapped," Reams said. "Use of Easter Seales, regardless of the contribution made in their behalf, is a definite means of expressing interest in the crippled." Reams said that the appeal fiances care and treatment, education and research programs that aid all crippled persons regardless of race, creed or handicapping conditions. He said that 60 per cent of the contributions received remains in the county to treat local physically handicapped. St. Mary's Alumnae To Hold Meeting The alumnae of St. Mary's School and Junior College will have their annual luncheon on Wednesday, ~ April 12, at the Henderson Country Club, Mrs. "onrad Sturgess announced yesterday. Participating alumnae chapore arn ? ~v waawsvs, naiicuvvu, | Louisburg, Franklinton and j Flenderson. Miss Elizabeth Bason will be | special guest for the meeting ind Miss Robin Fuller, alumlae secretary, will present the >rogram. In making the announcenent, Mrs. Sttirges urged mem-1 >ers to make plans now to at-1 end. Chapter members will, >e contacted closer to the date ( fPThe luncheon so that reservations can be made. Local almnae planning to atend the meeting are asked to all Mrs. Whit Peoples by \pril 10. Drake Resigns F. M. Drake, Jr., ceenty saatary officer stace 1M?, has resigned. Drake, who ?cessded Woodnew Ohaartn as the eeeftty saais. ,,t , n _ _ m*aW_ tari an irtm jnti igo, Nr nitted his i lalgaattaa te the S^^nSsS^He^sald is resignation ?NM take ofThe American Legion Auxllary will meet at the AfMa Rlheron club hOUM on UMt rhursday, April ft, at 8:00 p. n. lira, Jo* Andrews, Mrs. Louoi.^Fuller and ^ Mn.^Henry, ident Marvin Newsom of Littleton has called for a meeting open to all persons interested in the orderly development of the Gaston Lake area. A favorable response from tonight's meeting must be forthcoming if the Warren Board of Commissioners is to appropriate $3300 for use in planning a portion of the lake's S. C. Mini; Accepted The Rev. William H Puckett, Jr., a native of Greenwood, South Carolina, has accepted a call to the Warren Plains Baptist Church. Mr. Puckett will conduct his first services at the Warren Plains church on | Easter Sunday morning. A graduate of Greenwood High School, Mr. Puckett received his degree from Furman University and attended Southeastern Seminary. The 23-year-old minister was ordained in August 1957 at the First Baptist Church in Greenwood. Since that time he has served as pastor of the Parksville Baptist Church in Parksville, S. C., and the Modoc Baptist Church in Modoc, S. C. Mr. Puckett and his wife, Jacqueline, have two children ?William H., Ill, and Jack. He replaces the Rev. W. T. Bruce, who left the Warren Plains and Macon pastorates in January to accept a call to a church in Colerain. Schools To Be Closed Monday Warren County school chil-| dren will have their first official holiday since Christmas as both the white and Negro schools suspend operations on Farm Worm In Vance Oi The 15th District Organization of Home Demonstration Clubs will meet in Vance County at the Island Creek Baptist Church on Wednesday, April 5, Miss Emily Ballinger, home economics agent, announced yesterday. Mrs. James C. Harris of Inez, chairman of the 15th district organization, will preside. Registration for the meeting will begin at 9:15 a. m. with the morning program being from 10:00 a. m. until noon and the afternoon session from 1:30 to 2:30 p. m. The speaker for the program will be Mrs. William C. Pressly, popularly known as Harriet Preaaly, who for some 17 years had daily programs on radio station WPTF, Raleigh. At present, she is free lancing for WPTF. Mrs. Presses topic will be "The Role of HosaeI makers in This Changing World." The Warren County Home Demonstration Club Chorus will stag several selections dor tag the afternoon program. Harrington the gpoomponiit Several- Warren County club i.t 1.111i wnn committee assign menu n.n? Wm wtmi- iri, ? are. Report, Mrs. wjuiis ricm I !_ )AY, MARCH 31, 1961 :e Briefing I Ow leetl the Gaston Lake area, issued invitations lo the property 1 owners to hear a discussion of I proposed planning and zoning, j The meeting, authorized by ithe Warren commissioners on ] March 20, will be held at 8:00 o'clock tonight in the Warren County courthouse here. Not only are property owners urged to attend the meeting, but planning board pres Your Best Advertising Medium NUMBER 13 ners Here 250 miles of shoreline. At tonight's meeting, representatives of the Community Planning Division of the State Department of Conservation and Development will acquaint those present with the advantages of planning, zoning and subdivision regulations. Most of the program will be handled by Robert Barbour, C&D offical, who recently appeared before a group of Halifax County property owners. These property owners voted iinanimntic f oonr ~ ' ^jHuiiimu u.i?ravui?nn a smanu plan for Halifax County. Warren County commissionsioners, who will be present at the meeting, have urged all those interested in the planning proposal to be present at the meeting. ster Has WP Call I * I H REV. WILLIAM H. PUCKETT I Monday in observance of the Easter holidays. Throughout the county business houses and banks will close for the traditional Easter Monday holiday. A majority of stores will be closed Monday, according to W. K. Lanier, Jr., chairman A the holiday committee for the Warrenton Merchants' Association, and will reopen for business as usual on Tuesday, { in To Meet j m Sw3$ I Mi*. gg?H^Twiy
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