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VOLUMNE 65 Subscription Price >3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1961 NUMBER 351
Mart Has Fine Opening, Afton-E. School Patrons
Full Sale, Good Quality
Estimated Aver&ge 66c
The Warren Tobacco Market,
had one of its best openings- in .
the history of the market on
Thursday morning with all ]
houses full of tobacco, mostly
of good quality, and averages
the highest in the history of
the market. ~ : ~?
The?average, not?computed
at press time yesterday after
noon, is estimated to be ap
proxicately' 66 cents a pound.
A tabulation of 100 piles of
tobacco selected at random
over the Centre Warehouse
floor, where the first sale was
held at 8:45, showed ah aver
age price of ,65.87, with 72c
being the top price. Experi
ence has shown that such
sampling is amazingly close
to the final tabulations.
Farmers were jubilant and j
Warehousemen were highly
pleased as pile after pile of
tobacco hit the 72 cents mark
and even common grades were
bridging double the price of
only a few years ago.
Customer satisfaction was per
haps accurately expressed in
an overheard remark of one i
colored woman who said, "We
should?hurry?home?and?get,
some more ready to sell."
Of the 100 piles of tobacco
sampled more than half sold
for 70c or better, and 38 piles
of the 100 reached the top
price of 72 cents a pound. The !
average was pulled down by
some common tobacco, but this
sold surprisingly well and no
turned tickets were in evi
dence.
Edgar Wood, sales super-j
i visor, said yesterday that sales
! would begin on the market at
8:45 o'clock each morning.
Superior Court To |
Open Here Tuesday
The September criminal term
of Warren County Superior
Court will convene here on
?"???sday with Judge Raymond
* of J"abor City presid
? ? m, which will open
on <y instead of Monday
diM ie Labor Day holiday,
has c_<es- docketed only for
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Whiskey Cases lead the dock
et with violations of motor ve
hicle laws a close second. Few
cases of outstanding interest
have been docketed for either
Tuesday or Wednesday.
Highlighting the docket In
multiplicity of charges- if not
in interest are the cases of
State vs. Robert Edwards, op
erator of a filling station near
the Vance-Warren line on High
way No. 1. Edwards will be in
court Tuesday to answer sfjc
charges of violating whiskey
laws and one charge of assault.
The whiskey charges Include
four counts of possession of
illegal whiskey for purpose of
sale, and three counts of trans
porting, and a charge of em
ploying a minor under 18
where beer'or other intoxicat
ing beverages are sold.
Other caises docketed for
trial on Tuesday include:
State vs. Lucy Farrar. charg
ed with possession of non-tsx
paid whiskey and possession
for purpose of sale.
Norris Leaman Shafer, no
operator's licecne.
Walter John Ogazaly, speed
ing.
Tom Lewis Rooker, improper
headlights, drunken driving.
Len Henderson, armedrob
bery. ?< '
Claudle L. Jones, public
drunkness, break of peace, and
assault on female.
Kernel Haywood Burt, a
sault with deadly weapon.
Addle G. Majewski Rodwell,
drunk driving.
Raymond Whitimore, larceny.
Also docketed for trial on
Tuesday morning is one di
vorce case, Eleanor W. Currin
vs Mac G. Currin.
Wednesday Session
Cases docketed for Wednes
day are:
State vs. Richard Hargrove,
manufacturing non ? tax - paid
whiskey, possession, and pos
session of equipment to manu
facture whiskey; and failure to
atop for a siren.
Roy Lee Buckner, larceny;
Augustus C. Powell, .drunk
driving.
Jurors summoned for the
September teem include;
Hugh R. Feltt, Mrs. O. Q.
King, Arnold Bender, R. O.
Leete. Mrs. John A. Wilson, W.
L. Turner, F. D. Shearin, James
Thomas Reid, W. C. King, W.
T JItchford,?J;?W.?Arnold,
Mrs. John Thomas Harris,
James M. Fowler, E D. Haith
cock, OUie Tunstall, Mrs. Bil
ly L. King, Paul Lancaster, Joe
T. Shaw, G. G Hendricks, James
P. Beckwlth, Archie Boyd, John
A. Do re, Roger C. Moore,
John R. Edwards, Everette J.
Young, ' Vvv-".
'3. B. Lynch, V. D. Alston.
Jr.. Olie Anstead, Van. Earl
Coleman, Mrs. Wilton E. Loyd,
John Bruce Bell, Prince Rob
ertson, Mrs. C. J. Perkinson, T.
M. Aycoek, Mrs. S. T. Hight,
Mrs. Frank H. Daniel, Mack
PatiUo, Irvin Harris, Stella W.
Rose, G. W. Tunstall, Mrs. Wil
liam H. Bender, Mrs. B. W.
Currin, Jr., B. W. Currin, Jr.,
L. A. Fowler, E. P. Nicholson,
F. L. Robertson, C. P. Elling
ton. W. A Benson, Jr.,' Mrs.
WUlle L. Norwood, John L.
Lynch.
?pw Busine^ ^Tb "
Ftl idiiifilfl
- Another aw business is t
teg to Wirr?toa.
Gowen and Atwill, gas
Implement corporation of 1
noke Rapids, will open a pro
pane gas retail outlet in War?
ronton -within the next few
weeks.
ki$jp I H
has leased the show
of the Boyd-Boyce Motor
pany oh Front and Market
Street, afid company {Wtelala
said yesterday that "fBffare an
nouncenMRl^ilKjM^Mp
about our grand
The officials said Opt the
Warrenton branch of ~
Lykes Ordained As
Baptist Minister '
2' The Her. FhilUp Lykes was
ordained as a' minister of the
Baptist Church at services held
at the North Wairenton Bap
tist Church on Sunday night.
The Her John Link, pastor
of the Warrerta*, Baptist
Church, preached the ordina
tion sermon. The Rev.
Hamm of Wake
the charge to the *
Rev. W. F. Wheel
Wake County, Rave
Bitty Fall aw of the
Baptist Church tod the
m prayer. i)i
The
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Techniques in education may have changed radically 'during
the past quarter-century, but wearing apparel lor that first day
of school has remained the same, for at least one Warren
County youngster. Six-year-old Linda Ann Loyd, arriving at
Mariam Boyd Elementary School here on Wednesday morning,
wore the same dress worn by her mother, Mrs. Walter E. Loyd,
when the latter began her schooling 26 years ago at the Macon
school. The dress was made by EtMdf~ Ann's grandmother, Mrs.
L. R. Harris of Macon. (Staff Photo)
More Than 5300
Students Register
Some 5,386 Warren County
school children ended a three
month vacation on Wednesday
as Warren school system be
gan operation-of "the 1861-62
school year.
Registration and lesson as
signments consumed most of
the time spent in school an
Wednesday, and youngsters re
turned Thursday for their first
full day.' ?
Warren School Superintend
etn J. R. Peeler said yesterday
that he was well pleased with
the smoothness of operation
on opening day, and said that
the operation of both the white
and Negro schools in the coun
ty was a credit to the teachers
and school administrators.
He blamed a late tobacco
crop for a small decrease in
the number of pupils who at
tended school the first day
last year. 1402 high school stu
dents registered on Wednes
day, along with 3984 elemen
tary students. On the,first day
of school last year, 1553 high
school students and 3964 ele
mentary pupils were present.
A breakdown of the enroll
ment in the five county high
schools shows John R. Hawkins
far ahead in the enrollment,
with 570 high school students
in attendance on Wednesday.
North Warren had 438 present,
while John Graham registered
228, Norlina registered 145,
and Littleton counted 106 in
attendance.
As is the case annually,
owing to the fall harvest, first
day enrollment was consider
ably lower than .was the en
rollment of the last day of the
school year. In June there were
approximately 6200 students at
tending schools throughout
Warren County.
Jjurner Pushes Early
Buying Circus Tickets
rjB' L. Turner, efeairman of
the circus ticket sales commit-'
tee of the Warrenton Lions
Club,, again this week stressed
the need for selling tickets be
fore the circus 0]
pealed to the
their tickets in
Hoxie Circus, sponsored by
tin local Iiofis Club, will give)
two performances here on Sat-1
urday, September 2?a matinee
at 2 o'clock and a night show
Proceeds front tidnt wl(^
isiK,.'be need for Sited wgcte
and other Qbgfltabla wor!
IKf ib. Turner sairi
SI of tickets can ;
a difference.to the'
fade tew club wlu
_? -
Aw
?$<
nfcht;
jklaiA.aM
circus,
at the Pah-;
a big tent. He
saM thaf Ae parking lot at'
would be open,
' for those at
Business houses
To Close Monday
Various business flnps and
banks in both Warrenton and.
Norllna will Mon
In observance ? Labor
' i -
Citisens Rank in War-,
aa# the Peoples Bank
in Norllna wlHbe closed ^11J
day, as will the majority ofj
the towns' 'business establish ]
e Warrenton
wUl also be
Seek Restraining Order
Snow Hill School
Is Being Boycotted
Wjrron County is in the
midst of its first school boy
cott.
Only four of some 45 pupils
assigned to the Snow Hill Ne
gro school near Warrenton ap
peared for registration on
Wednesday morning in protest
of the conditions of the two
teacher school.
Aotion of the pupils in not
reporting for school followed
a meeting of the school pa
trons on Monday night when
it was decided that this action
should be taken as a protest
of the physical condition of the
school.
The Snow Hill school, locat
ed on the Warrenton-Ridgewaj
road, is one of 11 sinall small
Negro schools remaining in th<
county. Nineteen of sue!
schools have been consolidated
during the past four years in
Peeler Suggests
Bond Issue At
Rotary Meeting
J. Rodger Peeler, superinten
dent of Warren County Schools,
told members of the Warrenton
Lions Club here Friday night
that he believed a $300,000
bond issue Js needed to put
Warren County schools in good
shape. He said that he believes
that this size bond issue can
be retired without any increase
in the tax rate.
Peeler, guest speaker, was
presented by Nat White, who
was in charge of the program.
He discussed conditions of the
schools and the physical needs
of the school. Peeler explained
that his belief that the bond
issue-Could be retired without
any increase in the tax rate
was based on the fact that
funds for interest on and re
tirement of the bond would re
place a present capital outlay
tax.
Except for the buildings,
Supt Peeler said that he feels
that Warren County schools
are doing a good Job and com
pare favorably with schools in
jurroundlng counties. He also
spoke of the improvement in
both the curricula and in the
quality of the teachers.
The meeting was held In the
Hotel Warren dining room with
President Duke Jones, presid
ing and Lion Monroe Gardner
tnd Lioness Nelie Gardner in
:harge of music. The invoca
:ion was given by the Rev. E.
W. Baxter.
Lion W. L. Turner, chairman
>f the circus committee, passs
?d out tickets to members ef
he club, stressing the need
for advance sales of these
ickets. The chib, be said
votdd receive 50% of the ad
ranee ticket sales and only
10% of tickets sold at the
loor.
Lion Charles Marsh of Me
Penna., first vice
of the McKeesport
chairman of Blind
his district, was a
Jack Harris.
Number Change*
Several chaaflfc:Agm been
nade in teleAone listings in
he new diiictories due to
onnectteg the Warrenton and
forlina exchanges. As a public
ervkejt* the next two
^ Jnen Record will W|
?gj- ??
Kt'
I
which J. Rodger Peeler has
heen superintendent of schools,
and the board has been striv
ing for several months to work
out some feasible plan to build
another consolidated school in
the Southern part of the coun
| ty and the final elimination of
this type school. So far their
efforts have not been success
ful although the study is con
tinuing.
1^ Malvin Tunstall, a patron of
the school, said Wednesday
afternoon that the patrons had
decided at a meeting Monday
night to boycott the school in
the hope that some relief
would be granted.
Tunstall, past president of
the PTA and chairman of a
committee for better schools,
said that only three pupils out
of some 60 enrolled appeared
at the Snow Hill school Wed
nesday morning. He said that
the school was operated by
two teachers, with three grades,
to the teacher.
The' reason given for the
boycott at this time, Tunstall
said, is that the I|oard of Edu
cation has not given the relief
they petitioned for earlier in
the year.
At their meeting on Monday
night, Supt. Peeler and Board
members, said they had no
comments to make on the boy
cotting of the school.
Tunstall was a member of
a delegation of Negro school
patrons appearing before the
board of education at a' hear
ing in the court room on May
15 to ask for further consoli
dation of the small Negro
schools. Tunstall said that he
did not speak at this meeting [
because the ground was pretty j
well covered by other speak
ers.
Superintendent Peeler and
the Board members told the f
group that a large number of j
these schools had already been
consolidated and that a con
solidated school would be built!
in the southern part of the I
I county as quick as money could ]
, be obtained. Money is already |
being accumlated for this pur-'
'pose hy the county commission-!
ers through an annual levy, (
the delegation was told. The j
school board members said:
(See BOYCOTT, page !?) 1
Afton-Elberon Patrons
Ask Court For Relief
Frank Banzet, attorney for
the Board of Education, told
the board members Monday
night that he and Blackburn
and Blackburn of Henderson,
attorneys for the Afton
Elberon school patrons, had
agreed to ask for a defer
ment of a hearing on Tues
day. He said that the hearing
wonld probably be held on
Thursday, although It might
be held Wednesday if the de
ferment is granted, as the
attorneys expect.
A group of Afton-Elberon
school patrons who unsuccess
fully petitioned the Board of
Education on August 14 not
to send the seventh and eighth
grades of the Afton-Elberon
School to Macon have carried
their case to the courts.
A hearing on a motion for
J. E. Adams
Succumbs To
Heart Attack
James Ervin Adams, Sr., 58,
died Thursday morning at 10
a. m. in the Hamlet Hospital
at Hamlet. He suffered a heart
attack in Hamlet on Mdnday
afternoon while visiting his
parents.
He was a member of the
Warrenton Baptist Church,
Johnson Caswell Lodge No. 10
A. F. and A. M? York Rite
Bodies of Henderson, aqd Sudan
Temple Shrine of New Bern.
A graduate of the University
of North Carolina, he operated
a trucking firm, and was later
engaged in thp lumber busi
ness here until' he retired sev
eral years ago because of fail
ing health.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Saturday afternoon in
warrenton. Interment will be
in Fairview Cemetery in War
renton.
He is survived by his wifo,
the former Mildred Allen of
Warrenton; two sons, Capt.
James E. Adams, Jr., of the U.
S. Air Force, stationed in Sum
ter, S. C., and Turner Van of
the home; and a daughter,
Judith, of the home. Two
grandchildren also survive.
a temporary restraining ord? I
will be heard before Judge
Raymond B. Ballard at t"
court house in Warrenton
2:30 p m on Tuesday. Septem-|
ber 5.
The hearing will be held!
upon order of Judge Hamiltonl
HObgood of Louisburg, resident!
judge, issued at Louisburg ..on I
Saturday, who said it appear-1
ed to the court that the de-|
fendants should be heard 1
fore granting an injunction.
The motion few the K
ing Order was made
I Judge Hobgood by BU?
| and Blackburn, Henderson^ at
torneys employed by the " ~
Elberon group.
Plaintiffs in the action areI
John L. Vaughan, T. J. ^Coley.l
Clifton Stegall, John Joyner.f
Perry Pernell, Owen N. Ays
James L. Peoples, and all
er taxpayers similarly situai
in School District No. 2, Wa
ren County.
Defendants are Eugene
Davis, Boyd Mayfield, DrS.
(H.) Massey, Edward
and Robert Gupton, I
of the Warren County
of Education, and J.
Peeler, Warren County
intendent of School, M
ren County Board of
tion, a corporate body.
The motion submitted
Judge Kobgood and signed
Blackburn and WlanWa
as follows: ,'
"To the Honorable
H. Hobgood, Resident
of the Superior Court of
Ninth Judicial District.
"The undersigned
fully show:
"1. That a summons
issued by the Clerk of
Court of Warren County
above entitled action,
action is brought to
injuction against
and to forbid the
[the 7th and 8th J
Afton - Elberon
'School of District No.
I Warren County, to the
I School of District Nov
Warren County. nu*
grounds for seeking
junction are mere
set out in the ve
plaint filed with said
in said action, which i
is asked to be taken as an
fadivit and made e pact
this motion at is fully set
herein.
"2. That the
said complaint
of plaintiffs
Which plaintiffs
the event a
straining order
"Wherefore,
the Court that s
straining eider he
porarOy
ants tn
and 8th grades
era School, and
fendants to show
there be, why
until the final
termination of
The coaapl
the motion for a
'Peeping Tom' Gets
Sentenced To Roads
A peeping Tom will reflect
on bis action while serving
road sentence.
fmfT Coleman was
ed In Recorder's Court last
Friday by Judge Julius Banset
to serve one year on the roads
when he was found guilty of
n m hspiImh Im&a uah jdmif ^ J V? I
peeping into room occupied oy
The Friday session of
court, as has been the
for severe! weeks, had s
dominance at esse
with violations of the
vehicle laws. These
Milton Jones, reckless driv
ing. $25.00 and costs.
Billie D. Wallace,
William McKinle; Kearney,
racklase driving, f
side of rood, 1
Allen
Clay, failed to appear In court
when their caae was called.
Johns was charged with speed
ing. Judgment of the court was
absolute and bond was for
feited. Clay was charged with
reckless driving. A capi
Issued and the case was con
tinued.
Howard Jenkins was hi court
on a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon. Prayer for
Judgment was continued for
two years provided defendant
keep peace toward Gray Neal
and pay court coats.
A prosecuting witness found
l, a? .if a_.? ^ .a _ - ?
ntnwiis taxea wttn court