r ' : Your Best % Advertising Medium > VOLUME 68 I Census Change While the population of Warren County decreased nearly 4.000 from 1950 to 1960, the white to colored ratio remained virtually unchanged . during the ten-year period. This was revealed in a breakdown of population figures by townships received this week from Congressman L. H. Fountain by request of this newsi** paper. In 1950 the white population of Warren County, according to census figures for that year, was 33.6 per cent. In 1960 t the figures were 35.4, an increase of 1.8 per cent among the white citizens. For all practical purposes the white-colored ratio in Warren County in 1950 was two Negroes to one white and in 1960 it is still that figure. In 1950 only one township in the county, River, contained more white persons than Negroes, and the trend in this township continued upward a few per cent in the 1960 census. In 1960 there were two townships in the county with a white majority as Smith ureeic increased tne wdlte-colored ratio from 49.2 per cent to 53.3 per cent. On the other hand, two townships, Hawtree and Nutbush, showed an increase in the Negro ratio to white, but Shocco Armed Ro f anHfi Men 1TAUI A 20-year-old Negro man is being held in Warren County Jail charged with attempted armed robbery. . - v - <.<Len Wilson was arrested at , F his home near Drewry on Sunday night by Highway Patrolman Wallace Brown a short while after Gene Wilson had identified him as the man who attempted to hold him up wltii 1 a shotgun in front of Wilson's Service Station on the Drewry-Kerr Lake road around 0:30 o'clock on Sunday night. Arrested with Henderson was George Lee Bullock, who is being held in jail on suspicion of complicity in the attempted holdup. Also arrestf ed on Monday, but posting a $200 bond, was A1 Bullock, also being held on suspicion of complicity. According to Deputy Sheriff > Herbert Booker, Gene Wilson, operator of the service station and store?owned by the Wilson brothers?John and Gene ?had lined the service station and gotten into his car when a man wearing a handkerchief across his mouth [walked up to the car. He stuck a shotgun into the car and told Wilson, "This is a holdup." Wilson grabbed the gun barrel but the would-be robber Jerked the gun away > and ran around back of the service station. Wil&An summnnjwf th* of. Gardner Ii "Lion Of 1 ... ... Monroe Gardner, manager of the Warren ton inanranee Agency, waa elected "lion of the Year" at the regular meeting of the Warrenton Lions Onb held at Ifetai Warren on bat Friday night Lien Gardner hae Men very active in all work of the Ltene dub and eaneeiaUy In blind > neck. He bGnt rice pro rid eat if the dab, and la alio serving as Deputy District Governor. Warren County'Tab^whfch*!? Iganeorad by the Lions Club. Lien F. P. Whitley waa pre? seated a wawhirtlilp button A Ul. 4U. .U.L .. | H<Piwldent *Msc pre*j i 11m iu? Tny barret ?r>J ^iitr U^w at-i wnk. ^ ; ''. i Subscription Price $3.M Figures I In Whit showed an increase in the number of white persons and a loss in the number of Negroes. A11 townships in the county except Shoceo and Smith Creek ^ showed a loss in white citizens. from 1950 to 1960. Every township in the county with the ex- ? ception of Fishing Creek show- J' ed a loss in Negro population. N However, in Fishing Creek the R non-whites (Indians) showed n p decrease from 819 to 357. This g was responsible for the Negro g increase in Fishing Creek, as in this township the non- ^ whites showed a decrease. ? All *- -1-1 1- -l- A? V nu wwiiduipb in uie cuuuiy showed a decrease in popula- rp tion both on an actual and a percentage basis. Fork's loss was greatest in the. county, 845 or 45 per cent of its population. Roanoke had the small- II est loss in actual persons, 123, but was second highest in the l county on a percentage basis. Smith Creek, with a loss of 158, had the smallest percent- F age loss of any township in the f county. J The loss by townships was: j Fishing Creek, 245; Fork, 845; K Hawtree, 330; Judkins, 481; B Nutbush, 289; River, 356; Roa- fl noke, 123; Sandy Creek, 474; g Shoeeo. 250- SiTnn-iinrf d(W- - Smith Creek, 158; Warrenton, g 469. The county loss was 3878. g bberyTry l n In Jail ficers and Patrolman Brown, Deputy Sheriff Rooker, Deputy Sheriff Bonnie Stevenson and Norman Gene Pinnell, with dogs from the prison camp, * went to the scene. Wilson v identified the man who had b tried to hold him up as Len 0 Henderson. While the depu- T ties were trying to follow the tracks of the fleeing man with prison camp dogs, Patrolman h Brown and John Wilson went u to the home of Henderson v where Brown arrested Henderson and George Lee Bui- v lock. a Henderson and the two Bui- d lock men had reportedly been d seen hanging around together r most of the early evening, ac- 1 cording to Rooker. d Booker said that he expects 0 that Henderson and George . Lee Bullock will be given a r hearing on Friday. Ball Games To Be i Played Saturday J The Little League and Ponyj League will nlav Norlina at I the Fair grounds on Saturday. * The Little League game will J; begin at 2:00 and the Pony J League about 3:30. Warren Plains won both the Little League and Pony League j games over Warrenton on last j Saturday. I 1 s Chosen ; I c< I el it I SI U I ,1; I n' It" l?' || A |t>4 PR?#**!' Eh? w \ m Yeir 10c Pe Show L e-Negrc Population Of White 1950 1960 ishing Creek 181 151 ork 186 157 iawtree 980 795 udkins 569 445 [utbush 343 260 ;iver 914 789 oanoke 50 32 andy Creek 619 478 hocco 162 191 lxpound 470 337 mith Creek 1200 1214 barren ton 2227 2090 OTAL 7901 6939 950 population 960 population oss 1960 % White 'ishlng Creek 10.5 'ork 18.7 [awtree 43.6 udkins 33.7 r..4U.,oi. to K lUkUUOII W.U liver 55.6 loanoke 14.9 andy Creek 33.2 hocco 20.1 ixpound 33.9 mith Creek 53.3 Sfarrenton 41.1 lounty 35.4 'ounty (1950) 33.6 Town F The tax rate of the Towi f Warren ton will remain a 1.15 -on the hundred dolia aluation under a tentativ udget adopted by the boan f town commissioners oi uesaay nigm. The budget is based on ; ix valuation of $2,537,544.Ot p some $200,000 from th aluation figures of 1960-61. Failure of the increase ii aluations to be reflected oi lower tax rate is said to b ue to the fact that no divl end from the Warrenton Rail jad Company is anticipated 'he railroad company mus efend itself in a suit arisin; ver the death of a child oi is tracks in March of 1959. rhree Wi Named E Three Warren County risin, eniors have been named Gooi itizens by the Warren Count; haptor of the Daughters o id American Revolution. They are Virginia Slanchi licks, daughter of Mr. am Irs. Tasker P. Hicks of Not na and a student at Norlini tigh School; Panthea Anm witty, daughter of Mr. am Ira. Henry F. Twitty of Wat raton; and Sallie Ann foatei aughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franl oyner Foster Of Littleton am student at Littleton Higl chool. Announcement of the selec on of the Good Citizens wat S9i Bui week by Mr*. HUtoi :okes of Littleton, chairmai ! the Good Citizens committe ! the Warren County Chapte [ the Daughters of the Ameri in Revolution. The three Good Citizen ere selected by students am culty of their respectiv boots because they possess t i outstanding degree the fol wing tour qualities: (1) De sndability, which include uthfulneaa, loyalty, and punct ility; (1) service, cooperation mrtesy, consideration at oth *; (S) leadership, personal p, self-control, ability to as one responsibility; (4) patriot m, unselfish interest in ton t, school, eontounity, em ^titled nef lB r*V*?~ ?am r Copy WARRKNTON, < /ittle I > Ratio | Warren By Race Negro Other | 1950 1960 1950 I960 1 i"g 683 930 819 3571?| 913 644 37 ft 1171 1026 1 1231 874 Jt 1871 1665 1 860 629 227 165 1296 963 1038 759 1010 660 1239 1067 3278 2933 13 14817 12315 821407 J White Negro Other C 7901 14817 821 6939 12315 407 ^ 962 2502 414 lii ta w; IV JI F 1950 population 23539 Of 1960 population 19661. 1? Loss 3878 St rii or th F< in fo til Late $1.15 I N' l The $1.15 tax rate includes t a 70c rate for general pur- w, r poses and a 45c rate for debt th services. pi ' Marketing Cj a The 1961 wheat marketing re I, cards have been prepared and e will be mailed to producers sa today (Friday), T. E. Watson, th a ASC office manager, said yes- . a terday. p, e Watson said that it is nee1 essary that producers have a w] I- marketing card in order to I. market or exchange wheat for t flour. Buyers are instructed g not to accept wheat not identn ified by a marketing card as p: the buyers are required to keep H irren Count >AR 'Good 5 I 1 t I > H rANTT.. ANNE TWUTt | | the State Conference. Judging M for the atate award* will be I baaed upon the enrollment of I the achools which the contest- I | anU attend. , Good Citizens are named I . from the 84 D. A .R. Chapters I in the State. lira. Norman Cat. m ; don of Chapel Hill is state . DAR Regent. Mrs. W. A.jl . Graham of Warren ton is War . ran County Chapter Regent 11 Mrs. L. O. Yates of Asbeboro | to State "Good Cittoen" chair- I nun; and Mrs. J. M. stokes of II i Littleton to Warren County II I Chapter "Good Cltisens" Ch.tr-|B I Mr. Bobby Lynch'U in Fort " i Bragg Hospital for treatment. * n\ m JOUNTY OF WAKREN, I Hpijj I > A ^Hr jf JR ' HOWARD I.F.E STULTZ tultz Appointed ! anitarian For ! barren County Howard I.ee Stultz of Noria has been appointed Sanirian for Warren County, it as announced this week by r. W. Burns Jones, County eatth Diretocr He succeeds M. Drake, Jr., who resignI several months ago. Stultz is the son of Mrs. G. Stultz and the late Mr. ultz of Norlina He is mared to the former Doris Stevison. They are members of e Norlina Baptist Church. Stultz graduated from Wake arest College and has served the Naval Medical Corps j r four years. At the Dresent I ne he is ^attending a fourpek course in Sanitary! ience at the School of Public ealth of the University of orth Carolina in Chapel Hill. Dr. Jones said that Stultz ould assume his duties with e Warren 1 County Health Deirtment on July 10. irds Mailed cords of all wheat purchased. Producers are urged, Watson id, to be on the lookout for eir card in the mail and to s extra careful not to misace their cards so they' will t readily available whenever heat is taken to the market. In Hospital Mrs. Roy Howard is a tianf WTa ? I rrn ni in ??? ai i cii ueucmi Dspital for treatment. :y Girls Citizens' j6 he I SALLIE ANN FOSTEB I < I ( II It VlKUInlA ] . I -V *v.; J. ?*'. * &??? m:; miri , m* BUwtotd Printing C j *>*& South Shelby Stre< I. c. Under Tent Count To Be Warren County's tax rate for the 1961-62 fiscal year will be $1 74 up the $100 valuation If a tentative budget adopted by the commissioners on June 13 is adopted at the July meet ing of the board. The tax rate is based on estimated $20,186,575 valuation and compares with a $1.98 rate on a $17,306,880 valuation last year. The tentative budget calls Hockaday As J. G. F J F Hockaday, principal of John Graham High School for the past two years, has resigned his position here to uc cept the principalship of a high school in Sanford. Hockaday's resignation was announced this week by W. R. Drake, chairman of the executive committee of the Board of Trustees of John Graham High School. Drake praised the fine work of the retiring principal and said that the committee accepted Hockaday's resignation with the deepest regret. If! his of **oairr+ Hockaday expressed his regret that he found it necessary to leave Warrenton and his thanks for the fine spirit of cooperation he had received from the school committee. Hockaday said yesterday that he loved Warrenton, its people and the John Graham school, and was leaving Warrenton with extreme regret. He came to Warrenton from New Bern two years ago. Drake also announced the employment of Mrs. Barker Williams as science teacher in the John Graham High School for the 1961-62 school year. He said that the committee feels that the employment of Mrs. Williams, who taught at John Graham a number of years ago, will strengthen the science department of the school. Mrs. Williams, who for the last three years has taught at Aycock school In Vance County, is attending a Science Institute in Physics this summer at Furman University. With the employment of Mrs Williams as science teacher, Charles E. /'Preacher" Parker of Winston-Salem as physical Education director, and Miss Janice Allen of Mt. Gilead as French teacher, the faculty of John Graham High School, the Mariam Boyd School at Warrenton and the Junior High School at Macon, are complete with the exception of a principal for John Graham High School. Members of the faculty at (See HOCKADAY, page 10) To Attend Conference The Rev. Troy J. Barrett and Mr. Randolph Morris, will be Ministeral and Lay delegate, respectively, at the N. C. Annual Conference, meeting at Trinity Methodist Church, Durham, Monday through Thursday, June 26-29. Brunswick 8tew The Afton-Elbe ron Rural Fire Department will sponsor > Brunswick stew on Friday afternoon at the Afton-Elberon Clubhouse. The stew, which eiO nail for 75c per quart, will he ready by 1:00 P- m. To Bpsneer Pence Members of the Wlee-Paeihall Home Demonstration -Ink. ?Ill ?m...- - a? -? the 'wis School building on Prttay night. Am ?, town 1.-00 to 11:00. Admission price "r,n to ar^- -r -?j Mrs. SattftnP^^^'peeree eft on June 9 to join her hasxnd, who is stotioned at Jreot Lakes, Illinois. Tbajr jjll lisp to Wi^Chh^ Mr N, f I ? $ L FRIOAY, JUNE 23, 1! ative Budget y Tax CutT | for total expenditures from all sources of $507,332.24, comparI ed with total expenditures in 1960-61 of $496,172.51, an increase of $11,159.73. Of these amounts the tentative budget calls for a tax levy for 1961-62 of $316,464.24, compared with $312,421.23 in I96061, an increase of $4,043.01. The overall increase in the amount of taxes levied in the 1960-61 budget is due in large \ Resigns rincipal i ?f MISS JANICE LEE ALLEN Janice Allen Is Elected French Teacher At J. G. With the employment of Miss Janice Lee Allen of Mt Gilead as French teacher th? week with the exception of t T*r r> T-? u- - s- 1 yi iiicipn, w. rv. uraKc, scnooi committee chairman, said yes terday. Miss Allen was born in Mt Gilead, attended the Mt. Gi lead public schools and wa: graduated as valedictorian o] her senior class. In high school she was active in sport! and student government. Ir her junior year she received the School Spirit Award anc in her senior year she receivec the annual Citizenship Cup. She attended Wake Fores' College and graduated cuit laude with a Bachelor of Art) degree in French. While al Wake Forest she was electee to Phi Beta Kappa and waj president of Phi Signu Iota national honorary Romance Language Society. Miss Allen Is a Baptist and (See TEACHER, page 2) Moonshin $500 Fine Othan Salmon was fined $500 and costs in Recorder"! Court on last Friday when he was found guilty on two counts of violating the prohibition laws. Charged in one ease with transporting non-tax-paid whit key, Salmon was sentenced tc serve two years on the road) but the sentence was suspend ed upon the condition that tlx defendant remain of pood be havior ,pay the court coat anc a fine of pOOOftk In the tec ond case, in which Salmon wai charged witth poiiilae ? non-tax-paid whiskey, the dp fendant was also given a five which was suspandad upaa condition that ha pay tba court coats -ig Your Best Advertising Medium 1 " 3 I )<5l NUMBER 25 r L Rate o $1.74 ; part to an increase in the I amount of taxies levied for schools. The amount of money required to be raised by taxes for schools in 1960-61 was $144, 650.39. In 1961-62 the required tax levy is $172,090.00, an increase of $37,449.61. The total county requirements for the operation of schools, in 1961-62, including ( monies from tax sources and other sources, is $204,590.00, compared with $179,057.58 for the 1960-61 fiscal year, an increase of $25,532.42. The total budget requirements other than for schools shows a decrease for the 1961- J 62 fiscal year. The requirements for other departments in 1961-62 is $302,742.24, compared with $317,114.93 in 196061, a decrease of $14,372.69. This WAS HliP in nort tn ? in valuation expenses from $29,295.00 in 1960-61 to $1,575.00 in 1961-62, a decrease of $27,720.00. The public health and welfare budgets called for a decrease in expenditures. Appropriated for these two agencies | in 1960-61 was the sum of $96,060.47, compared with $88,j 430.28 in 1961-62, a decrease of $7,630 19. Tn-utwo June 30 Last Day To Make Reports For Crop Insurance June 30 is the last day on which acreage reports for cotton and tobacco can fe Blebs in Warren County, lbs.' Anne F. Polk, office representative of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, said this week in urging farmers to turn In their reports promptly. Mrs. Polk said that Warren County farmers who have their tobacco and cotton insured , inrougn her office to call, | write or come to the office I as soon as possible and turn tin the acres of tobacco and cotton planted and their ahaie in the crop. The acreage report, Mrs. , Polk said, establishes the covj erage each farmer has on his L 1961 crop and also determines , the premium. I Hole In One I Lt. James C. Harris, son of I Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Harris pi Warrenton, now stationed in t Japan, recently made a holei in-one while playing with a i group of officers on a Japanese t golf course, it was learned 1 here this week. . i . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nalaoa > of Salem, Va., were goeete ef I mt. ana Mrs. A. D. Daniel ~ I j during the weekend. Mrs. Nelson i* a sister of jfn. Daniel. ier Draws , Costs I Carl HUliard waa fined $10.00 i and court costs on a similar charge. ^ i.; i Tommy Hawkins drew a onefound guilty on a charge of I i ^fte^Jiggette 1waTIta ?e*t on a charge of pnaiisaion 11- .1 i legal whiskey for the purpose hntarwd """SmmmS*4 i*

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