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VOLlfMNE 65 Sabpcription Erice $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON. COUNTY OF WARREN. N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1961 NUMBER 44
New Tobacco Seed
Added To Variety
To Be Discounted
The United States Depart
ment ot Agriculture has an
nounced a new variety of flue
cured tobacco to the list of dis
count varieties for 1962.
Thurman R. Batten, acting
office manager for the Warren j
County Agricultural Stabliza
tion and Conservation Commit
tee. said yesterday that the
new discount variety is known
as 187-Golden Wilt.
Batten said in 1962. as in
past years. Coker 139, Coker
140, Dixie Bright 244. and the
newly added 187-Golden Wilt
will be supported by the Flue- i
Cured Cooperative Stabilization |
Corporation at one-half the
support rate the tobacco would
otherwise have.
Production of tobacco with I
the undesirable characteristics j
of these discount varieties has j
been shown to be detrimental j
to the farmer by the fact that j
the corporation still has unsold [
stocks of such tobacco on hand ]
from the 1955 and 1956 crops, i
"It just makes good sense
for farmers to produce a qual
ity product which is most want
ed by buyeit; in the market
place," Batten said. "When
this is done, not only do the
farmers benefit, but the buy
ers, consumers, in fact all of j
us benefit from wise produc
lion by farmers."
As farmers will soon be pre-1
paring their plantbeds and pos-j
sibly buying their tobacco seed i
for next year's crop. Batten is-j
sued an urgent request that
farmers make absolutely cer
tain that the seed they pro
duce and plant in their bed is
seed of acceptable variety
which would not hurt their
own tobacco business when the
tobacco is placed on the mar
ket. These seed, he said,
should only be bought from
reliable sources.
. Batten said that he expects
a very thorough discount va
riety program to be carried
out next year, and expects ev
| cry farmer who plants one of
I these discount varieties to re
ceive a * blue marketing card
which signifies that he is only
entitled to receive one-half the
support rate he ' would other
rwise receive.
New Farm Program
To Be Before Panels
The Warren County Farm r
Bureau In its annual meeting
at the Warren County Agri
cultural Building at Warrenton
on November 9 at 7:30 p. m
will hold a. panel discussion
on proposed new legislation to
set Agriculture's house in or
der. W. H. Bender, program
chairman, said yesterday.
Erich Hecht, Farm Bureau
president, will serve as mod
erator for the discussion.
"With the. realization that
the wishful benefits of the
1961 feed grain program have
not proved to be a fact, but
rather an ineffectual and ex
pensive blunder; and with the
knowledge of past history that
flexible supports. without pro
duction restrictions will not
work; and with the belief that
strict acreage control is be
coming ever more .unjustly re
lated to the family farm and
continuing to grow in artific-'
tally inflationary value of the
acreage allotments,, with a de
trimental effect upon the en
tire economy, the Farm Bu
reau will consider a new ap
proach to the problem," Ben
der said.
This approach will be made
under a legislative act to fair
ly' regulate productionand!
price of all agricultural com
modities, and to restore to
fanners equality of opportunity
under the law, Bender said.
He added that this act would
become effective through ad
ministration by the ' Secretary
of Agriculture, under the fol
lowing provisions:
1. The production of any
agricultural commodity in any
amount shall be the right and
privilege of any farm owner
or operator for such restric
tions or regulations as ere
hereinafter stated. *
A. No farm owner or opera
tor may produce an acreage of
any one commodity greater
than that acreage which he
could produce under full price
support.
2 Price supports for all com
modities shall "he available to
any farmer u|?n compliance
with certain requirements here
inafter stated.
,-,4L> Price supports shall be
available upon the retirement
of an acre of cropland from all
harvested production in return
for which a specified amount
of price support will become
available. ?
ft. The amount of price sup
port earned per retired acre
shall be proportional to the
productive ability of the vari
ous cropland .areas.
C. The amount of price sup
port earned per retired acre
?ball be the same regardless of
for the support at which, crop
is used, except tftht it
varied by the ?cretasy of
in order io "
production.
jy the Secretary of Agricul
ure consistent with the cost of
production and the welfare of
:he national economy. The1
support price shall also vary
in proportion to quality.
3. sThe Secretary of Agricul-j
lure shall through existing,
means (Commodity Credit Cor-'
poration) purchase all support
ed commodities produced by
participating farmers when I
such commodities decline in
price below the support level.
He shall also be empowered to
purchase commodities produc
ed by non-participators when i
the price approaches the cost
of production level. The Sec
retary shall also sell auch pur
chased commodities whenever
the price advances above the
support level; the rate of sale
to. be consistent with sound
management in relation to sup
plies on hand and production
expected.
Bender said that a practical
application of the plan would
be as follows:
The Secretary would fix the
amount of support earned per i
acre retired at, for example,
$200. A farmer with 100 acres
of cropland would decide to!
participate. Let's say he wants
parity price on $10,000 - worth
of sales. To earn this he
(See PROGRAM, page 10)
Garrett Is Named
Cashier At Bank
John W. Garrett,*III, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Garrett.
Jr., of Warrenton, has been
elected chashier of Wachovia
Bank and Trust Company at
Salisbury.
Garrett, who became asso
ciated with- Wachovia in 1997,
has been officer in charge of
operations and personnel in
Salisbury since 1960. He ia a
graduate of Duke University.
In Salisbury, he is active in
civic affairs as a director of
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce and chairman of its
community development com
mittee, member of the indus
trial brochure committee of
the Chamber of Commerce and
t member of the official board
jf the First Methodist church.
He ia married to the former
Harriet R. Traynham, of War
renton, /uid they have two[
thlldren.
Decorator To Be ?
Here November 14
The Warrenton Garden Club
will sponsor Mrs. Ray Caineaa,
prominent member of the Ral
sigh Garden Club and Demon
itrator of Holiday Decorations,
n a holiday decorations dem
onstration ia the Fellowship
Room of the Warrenton Meth
xliat. Church, an Tuesday, No
^^?14. at 2 80 p. m. ??
?Hwlll be Ma |
la invited ?
HOMECOMING QUEEN?Nancy Wilson, a senior at John
jra'hara High School, was selected to reign over the homecom
ng football game hero last Friday night between Warrenton
and Norlina. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson
>f Macon, she was crowned during halftime ceremonies by
Warrenton Principal Tom Brown. (Staff Phto)
4-H Fund Committee
Holds Kick-Off Meet
Friends of 4-H in Warren
County have declared their in
tention to help raise $1500 of
Warren County's quota for the
North Carolina 4-H Develop
ment Fund during Nbvember,
Miss Ann Rackley. assistant
home economics agent, and L.
B. Hardage, assistant county
agricultural agent, said yester
day.
At a meeting Tuesday night
in the Warren County Agri
cultural Building, Paul Lancas
ter, county chairman, presided
over a meeting which had
representatives from through
out the county attending.
Robert N. Wood, Assistant in
Development from State Col
lege, told the group that "The
4-H Development Fund is a
continuing financial program
of support for 4-H" club pro
grams in those areas which are
not supported by' tax funds
such as camps, recognition
scholarships and world under
standing through the Int^r
national Farm Youth Ex
change."
After his explanation, the
group discussed ways of rais
ing their quota. It was decid
ed to break the county into
small areas, each area having
a small proportionate share of
the quota.
The following have agreed
to be chairman or co-chairman
of their community, with other
communities and chairmen to
be announced later:
Drewry?T. P. Hicks and
Paul Lancaster; Inez ? Miss
Catherine Brown; Marmaduke
?E. C. Robertson; Littleton?
Mrs. Fred West (co-chairman):
Shaw Springs-Enterprise?Mr.
Robert King (co-chairman):
fhufchill?Mrs. George Robin
son; Norlina?Mrs. Owen Rob
ertson (co-chairman); Oakville
?Mr. Gid King (co-chairman);
Oine?-Mr. C. P. Rooker; Ridge
way?Mrs. Chris Holtzman;
Vicksboro?Mrs. Goode Flem
ing and Mrs. Willis Fleming.
Peeler Is Speaker
At Rotary Meeting
J. Roger Peeler, Warren
C o u n ty Superintendent of
Schools, was the guest speaker
at the regular dinner meeting
of the Warrenton Rotary Club
at Hotel Warren on Tuesday
evening.
Peeler outlined.the steps be
ing taken by his office and
the Board of Education to have
students and teachers devote
tfie school day chiefly to
studies and teaching. He said
extra-curricular activities are
being spaced to interfere as
little as possible with the pri
mary purpose of study and in
struction.
Peeler also described in gen
era] terms the present needs
Tor ne>v'school buildings in the
county and the plans- being
made to provide them. He
ipoke of a possible bond issue
to permit the school board to
go ahead with badly needed
construction rather than wait
For the accumulation of funds
through several years.
Ia Hospital
Mrs. Frank Twitty is a pa
tent <in Maria Parham Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. James Stalling*
ind sons of Charlotte were
guests of Mrs. Claudia
Robinson To Speak
At Prayer Meeting
The Rev. Milton Robinson,
Methodist missionary to South
America and a classmate of
the Rev. Troy J. Barrett, will
ic the speaker at prayer meet
ng at 7:15 next Wednesday
ivcning, November 8, at Wes
I e y Memorial Methodist
Church.*
The mission study this year
for all Protestant denomina
:ians is Latin America. "Here
an opportunity to get first
land information on the situa
ion there," Mr.--Barrett said,
**nd we trust that not only
he Methodist Churches in ] j
Warren County will attend, but!
>ther denominations as well.!1
The service will be over by I
>r before 8:00, in time forJ
?hoir practice at the Various '
hurchea."
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Swsiw
nd Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Poin
lexter spent the waehend in
vovingston. Vs., via Mr. and
in Gordon Polnderter, Jr.
Mrs. J. C. Powell oi Hender
on visited friends km ott
1
flHHi
State Bond Election To
Be Held Next Tuesday
Warren County voters will
go to the 14 precints of the
county on next Tuesday to
make their decision known
concerning a .state bond issue
of some $61.5 million for capi
tal improvement of state facili
ties.
The polls will apen at 6 a.
m. and close at 6 p. m.
To be decided by the voters
' of the state will be ten issues
making up the total. They are:
Capital Area Building Bonds
?$2,858,000; State Training
Schools Capital Improvement
Bonds?$1,110,000; State Edu
| cational Institutions Capital Im
provement Bonds?$31,008,000;
J Community College Capital Im
| provement Bonds?$1,483,000;
j Archives and History and State
(Library Building Bonds?$2,
, 560,000; State Port Bonds?$13,
500,000; State Mental Institu
tions C a p i t al Improvement
Bonds ? $7,196,000; Hospital
Capital Improvement Bonds?
$500,000; National Resources
Conservation and Development
Bonds?$961,000; State Agricul
tural Capital Improvement
Bonds?$289,000.
Proponets of the issue say
that passage of the bonds
should not cause any new
taxes, but their failure of pass
age could easily mean increase
in the State tax rate. They
base their decision on the fact
that some of the bonds will
be self-liquidating; and that
the remainder of the issues
can be retired over a 20-year
period under current taxes;
but say failure to provide bond
money for essential improve
ments would necessitate a
higher levy to do this neces
sary construction
This view is set forth by the
Citizens Committee For A Bet
er North Carolina?of which
Fohn W. Umstead of Chapel
fill is chairman?as follows:
The state bond issue will re
quire no new taxes!
To the skeptic this is hard
to take but is still a . true
statement.
The items in the bond issue
are spelled out in the law
which was passed by the Gen
eral Assembly in 1961, at the
recommendation of the Advis
ory Budget Commission. Tha
Commission and the General
Assembly seeing the need now
for many items suggested the
bond issue. This is borrowing
money. The General Assembly
cannot borrow money for these ,
capital improvements?only the
voters of the state can do that
in a special election.
The bonds for the port de
velopment at Morehead City
and Wilmington are 'self liqui
dating ' The ports are now
making a profit. With these
added warehouse sheds, piers, 1
the ports can accomodate more
shipping, which they cannot
handle now because they do
not have the room. In normal
operation with the additions
they will make - additional
profits. Ninety per cent of the
513,000,000 earmarked for the
ports will be paid back out of
these profits.
A considerable amount of
the 531,000,000 for all of the
state owned colleges is for
dormitories to relieve the
crowded conditions at these
schools and to allow more stu
dents to attend. The rent paid
by students for these rooigi
! will go back for the buildings.
"Now for the amount left,"
the skeptic asks, "how wfiH
that be repaid?"
The 1961 General Assembly
wrote the method into the law,
creating the bond issue. Ono
per cent of the total General
Fund will automatically go into
the debt service fund. The
amount collected each yao$
will pay off the entire bonds
in twenty years with no
change in the tax structure.
As State Treasurer Edwin
Gill puts it "The State of
North Carolina'is in excellent
financial condition. The bonda
of our state are rated AAA-?
the highest -rate obtainable for
securities of this kind.
"The anticipated debt ser
vice requirements of the pro
posed bond issue, constituting
only approximately 1 per cent
of our annual General Fund
Appropriation was provided by
the General Assembly of IBM.
The future requirements, in
my opinion, can be easily mot
out of funds derived from our
present tax structure.
"Because of North Carolina's
long record of fiscal integrity,
I anticipate that we will bo
able to market successfully and
to good advantage the $81,
665,000 of bonds, if voted on
favorably by our people."
One thing that the akoptfe
does not realize . . . that if the
(See ELECTION, page 181
Three Men Are Jailed
On Kidnapping Charge
Three young Warren County
men have been jailed here on j
charges of kidnapping follow
ing a-hearing held in Norlina |
on- Wednesday night.
The trio?Leroy Vaughan, 19,1
of Norlina and Fred Powell, |
21, and Sam Cheek, 21, both |
of Warrenton?were ordered |
held without privilege of bond
until the January term of
Superior Court by Norlina j
Magistrate N. G. Hudgins.
However, both Powell and
Check were released on bail
on Thursday morning. Powell's
bail was set at $2000 and
Cheek's at $1000.
The three men were bound j
over to the criminal term of |
court when charges of kid
napping were levied against!
the three men after a part
time Wise painter charged that
they forced him into an auto
mobile and beat him on Mon
day night.
The Wise resident, A. C.
Dowell, 40, was taken to a lo
cal hospital after jumping
from the automobile as it slow
ed down while passing through
the Wise community on Mon
day night.
Warren law enforcement of
ficers said Carl A. Lorenz, of
Wise, saw Dowell jump from
Pin Presented At
Meeting of Lions
Club Here Friday
C. M. Bullock, former presi
dent of the Warrenton Lions
Club, was presented a past
president's pin and praised for
his work as head of the local
civic club during the past year
at a meeting of the club held
here on Friday night.
Bullock was succeeded as
president by W. Duke Jones,
who was presented- the presi
dent's pin by W. A. Miles.
Bullock was presented the pin
by J. Howard Daniel. A third
plh was 'presented Third Vice
President Nat White by Lion
Harold Skillman.
A report of the Whit# Cane
drive currently in progress was
given by J. B. Thompson, drive
chairman, who reported that
the annual- drive was progress
ing satisfactorily.
Willis F. Gupton
Wins Promotion
The promotion of Willis F.
upton to trust officer of the
fachovia Bank and Trust Com
any of Wilmington has been
nnounced by Robert H. Tate,
snior vice-president.
Gupton joined the beak in
M8 and became assistant trust
fficer in 1958.
He is the son of Mrs. Bessia
upton of Hollister and <is a
raduate of John Graham High
rhool and Wake Forest Col
Re. He serves on the finance
>mmittee of the Girl Scout
ouncil of Coastal Carolina,
i treasurer of the Wilmington
hapter of the N. C. Symphony
iciety, a member of the Of
cial Board of Trinity lleth
list Church, and to a Kt
anlan.
Mrs. Frank Thompson and
family spent the weekend with
tor. and Mrs. Malcolm Stowsrt
rhey visited Mr. and Mrs.. A.
1. Kenly in Portsmouth. T?,
for several days,
he automobile and he sum
toned an ambulance.
Dowell was taken to Warren
leneral Hospital here for
reatment of injuries he claim
d was sustained when he st
acked by the three men .along
nth a 15-year-old boy who was
ot jailed because of his age.
Warrenton Township Con
table W. D. Vaughan said the
ten were arrested and jailed
n Wednesday night. A previ
ius charge of assault had
irought the arrest of Vaughan
in Tuesday night, and he had
ubsequently been released
rom the Warren County jail
inder a $50 bond.
According to officers, the in
:ident occurred' after the three
ndicted men returned from
Ienderson and entered Hunt's
testuarant in Norlina. After
emaining there a few minutes,
hey went outside where they
aw Dowell. Vaughan and
)owell reportedly became en
[aged in an argument and
lowell was shoved to the
' ground
The restaurant owner told
' Dowell, who Constable Vaugh
I an said had "been drinking,'
j to leave the premises. Dowell
reportedly left and crossed the
' highway. The three .men latei
j charged with kidnapping, along
with the 15-year-old boy, left
to take a restaurant employee
Troy Thompson, to his Nor
i lina home.
j Afterwards they returned
| and Dowell charged they stopp
j ed as he stood beside the
I highway and forced him intc
| their car. Once inside Dowel
said the men began assaulting
him with their fists.
Dowell reported that one o:
the men suggested that the;
. take him across the Roanoke
1 River in Virginia and kill him
! Dowell said when the vehicle
j slowed .is it entered the Wise
. community, five miios south o:
the Virginia stat* line, he
'jumped front the automobile
He said the car continued or
its way.
Two Men Injured
As Car Overturns
Two persons were injured
when an automobile overturn
ed several times on a rural
paved road two miles west of
the Afton community on Tues
day night.
William Louis Kearney, 22,
was taken by ambulance to
Warren General Hospital here
after being thrown from the
car and suffering head lacera
tions. A companion, Dorothea
Wiggins. 21-year-old Warren
County Negro, was also hos
pitalized after the automobile
overturned about 9:30 p. m.
Excessive speed was listed
as the cause of the accident,
which demolished the 1951
model automobile, by State
Trooper V. R. Vaughan of
Warrenton.
Vaughan said the couple
was en route to Afton at the
time of the accident. He said
it could not be determined
Whether the Wiggins woman
was thrown from the vehicle.
Kearney was charged with
careless and reckless driving
by the investigating officer.
The wreck occurred on the Af
ton-Cokesbury road after the
driver lost control of the ve
hicle on a curve.
Over $150 Raised In
UNICEF Drive Here
More than $150.00 was col
lected in about an hour on
Hallowe'en night, October 31.
For United Nations Internation
al Children's Emergency Fund
(UNICEF) by over 50 junior
high young people, according
to the three ministers?the
Rev. John Link, tho Rev.
James Stoney and the Rev.
Troy Barrett?who helped the
young people with this pro
ject.
The young people gathered
it Wesley Memorial Methodist
Church about 7:00 for a devo
tional led by Mr. Stoney. Mr.
Link divided up the territory;
the young people went out in
Four groups, came back and
counted their money. Then
hey enjoyed refreshments fur
tished by Mrs. J. E. Cheves,
Mrs. Burns Jones and the Em
nanuel Episcopal Church,
ram Hawkins and Mm. John
Cameron of the Methodist
Church assisted in serving. Mr.
Jarrett had closing games and
i friendship circle.
The ministers asked that if
here happens to be some who
sere not contacted and who
would like to Siva, that they
will put the total amount to
gether and'send It next week
to help feed children around
the world, and to help heal
their diseases. "Our thanks to
the young people and to the
entire community of Warren
ton for a Job well done," the
ministers said.
The next union service will
be a Thanksgiving service on
Thanksgiving eve. Wednesday,
November 22, at 7:30 at the
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
MYF Take. Part
In UNICEF Drive
Members of the MYF of
Providence Methodist Church,
Afton, participated la the
UNICEF drive on Tueeday
eight. Sponsored by various to-'
cal churches. UNICEF pro
vides for the sick and needy
children of the world.
A social hour was enjoyed
later at the heme of Mrs. W
U Fuller with Mrs. J. H. An
Irews jad Mrs. Jim
Joint
lh
Mr. W. W. Mo ris la in War
Green To Serve On
Bond Committee
O. Manson Green, local Fnft
eral Director, haa bees
pointed to serve aa a
of the North Carolina
Committee tao work in
County toward the
the $61,665 State Bond
on November 7.
On "Election Day" 1961
citizens of North Carolina
have a chance to vote
confidence in the fnture
"Better North Carolina,'
In working with friends
the Citizens' Committee
Warren County, Green
is very enthusiastic
possibility that the
speak with the voice
when they.cast their
the Bond Issue in
am tin, 1 ii A 1
county on wovroww ,
Working For
Frank