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VOLUME 66 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1962
NUMBER 2
Superior Court
Adjourns Tuesday
The January criminal term;
of Warren County Superior
Court, which convened here onl
Monday morning with Judge!
Heman Clark of Fayetteville I
presiding, adjourned around 5
o clock on Tuesday afternoon. I
The only case of outstanding!
interest scheduled to be tried
?kidnapping charges against
??'Sam Cheek, Jr., Fred Powell
and Leroy Vaughan?was con
tinued duo to the illness of the
prosecuting witness.
Other cases continued due
? to illness were those of Roy
> Carey, charged with failure
to support an illegitimate child;
Howard Lewis Powell, failure
to remain at scene of acci
dent; and James Carl Alston,
reckless driving.
Also continued t>y consent
was the case of Robert A.
Etheridge, charged with non
support. A speeding charge
against Ivey Steve Clark was
continued, as was a case
against James Lee Pasehall,
charged with drunk driving.
Charlie R. Evans was grant
ed a divorce from Hester
R. Evans on the grounds of
two years separation. When it
was revealed that Evans was
the father of eight children,
Judge Clark cautioned him
that the .divorce did not relieve
him of the responsibility of
taking care of these children,
and that these children were
his first responsibility, taking
precedent over any other chil
dren he might have by anoth
er wife. Judge Clark also held
op signing the decree until
after he had talked with the
Plaintiff's wife, who later told
him she could no longer live
t with her husband.
A Jury found Johnny Wyche
not guilty of a charge of car
nal knowledge. The state took
, a nt>l pros with leave in a
( companion case in which
f Wyche was charged with rape.
Samuel Stone was found
guilty of an assault upon
Joseph Burnette at Miller Rec
reation Hall near Warrenton,
in which Stone was charged
with striking Burnette with a
knife. Judgment of the court
was that Stone serve 12 months
on the road, but the sentence
was suspended for three years
upon condition that the de
fendant remain of good be
havior, gainfully employed, pay
the court costs and $31.35 for
the benefit of Burnette, and
that he remain away from all
places selling, beer, wine and
or liguor.
Beverly Hunter pled guilty
to an assault upon his wife
and was given a 12 months
road sentence. The jail sen
tence was suspended for five
years upon condition that the
rv defendant remain gainfully em
^ ployed, support his family and
not molest or abuse his wife.
A case against Donald Lee
West, charged with contempt,
L was remanded to Recorder's
W Court. j
Charlie Edwards, charged I
with interferring with an of-1
ficer in the discharge of his'
duties. His name was called
out, his bond declared for-1
feited and a capais for his
arrest was issued.
Jerry Wayne Brame, 19-year
old white boy, charged with
an assault with a deadly wea
pon, entered a plea of nolo
contendere. Evidence was that
the youth from Henderson,
while riding with other young
companions near the Warren
ton Box and Lumber Company
threw a bottle at three small'
Negro children walking along
the highway and that the
shattered glass struck two of.
the children, although no dam-!
age resulted. Brame was plac-'
ed on probation for 12 months
and taxod with the court costs I
Jim Wade and Therese Davis
1 "ntercd a plea of nolo con-1
r tandere when their case were
1 called Wade was charged with'
assault and cohabiting and
' ?* Bhvis was charged |
cohabiting. I
was that following'
that Willie Payne I
h?d been assaulted with
by Jim Wade, J
(he sheriffs
it to the borne
a they found
Theresa Davis
beriff Jim
B. Zf&tfrje-iA-.
Hundley told the court that
both were very drunk.
John Payne Davis, who
said that he was 65 years old,
related on the witness stand,
that he lived in a house owned
! by J. T. Harris in which he
| was permitted to stay by Mrs.
I Harris because he sometimes
[helped her around* her house.
' He said that Mrs. Harris had
j told him that he must get
rid of Jim Wade, and when
I he tried to do so, that in the
! ensuing quarrel, Wade struck
him in the head with an axe,
| and that he was taken to the
] hospital and treated. He said
I that the reason the blow was
I not fatal was because he grab
| bed the axe.. He displayed
a bag full of clothes, showing
that he had bled freely as a
result of the blow, but in spite
of the loss of blood, the wound
was not deemed serious and
he was permitted to leave the
hospital after treatment. Sheriff
Hundley said that the Davis
home was very filthy, and evi
dence was that he had permit
ted Wade to stay at his home,
and that frequently the home
was used as a place of assign
ation. Judge Clark suggested
that t Davis find another place
to stay.
Sheriff Hundley told the
court that Theresa Davis had
worked for Mrs. J. E. Adams
for a number of years and also
worked part time for the Rev.
and Mrs. John Link. He said
that Mrs. Adams had told bim
that Theresa t was a faithful
and loyal servant ot tine char
acter. Wade told the court
that he had been employed
by Hal Connell until bad
weather caused him to be
laid off and that he expected
to go back to work with Mr.
Connell as soon as the weather
opened up. He said that
he did not hit Davis with an
axe, but broke a bottle over
his head. Judge Clark, who
had shown some skepticism
over the axe story, said,
"That's more like it."
The judgment of the court
tenced to the Woman's Dtvi
tencer to the Woman's Divi
sion of State Prison for six
months. The sentence was su
spended for two years upon
condition that she remain of
good behavior, gainfully em
ployed and pay the court costs
and a $25.00 fine. Wade was
given a two year road sentence
which was suspended for three
years upon condition that he
violate no law, and pay the
cost of the action, including
$5.50 due Warren General Hos
pital and $10.00 due Dr. L.
W. Kornegay before the June
term of Superior Court.
A jury was unable to agree
in the case of the State vs.
Joe Bob Walker, charged with
drunk driving. After deliberat
ing for several hours, the jur
ors said they were unable to
agree. A juror was withdrawn,
a mistrial ordered and the
case continued to the June
term of court.
Win Both Games
The John Graham Junior
Varsity won a double-header
game over I ,ittleton~Tuesday.
Man Sent To Court
On Two Charges
A Granville County Negro,
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon and manslaugh
ter, will be tried at the June
term of Warren County Super
ior Court, following a ruling
of probable cause by Judge
Julius Banzet in Friday's ses
sion of Recorder's Court.
Joe Parrish of Oxford is charg
ed with the fatal shooting of
Joe Thorp and the wounding
of James Evans and James
Kersey at a Christmas party
near Manson on December 23.
Following the hearing Friday,
Judge Banzet ordered that the
case be sent to Superior Court
for trial at the January term,
which ended Tuesday, but the
case was continued to the
June term of court in order
that attorneys fqr the defense
might prepare Parrish's de
fense,
-Other cases before Judge
Banzet Friday were:
Samuel Glen Mayfield, speed
ing, costs.
Charles Rodgers Carroll, speed
ing, costs.
Willie Thrower Robinson,
speeding, costs.
Thomas Henry Rooker, speed
ing, costs.
Milton Carroll, non-support,
costs.
Roy Andrew Hicks, speeding,
costs.
De Arthur Davis, possession
of non-tax-paid whiskey, costs.
Melvin Tharrington, drunk
driving, 30 days road sentence.
Herbert Hunt, Jr., drunk driv-,
ing, $100 and costs.
Encell Swanson Williams,
drunk driving, $100 and costs.
Jesse McMillian, speeding,
nol pros.
Frank Harvey, assault on fe
male, 30 days road sentence;
$25.00 fine.
Sam Yancey, assault with]
deadly weapon, six months road
sentence.
Carlton Griggs, indecent and
profane language in the pub
lic highway, 30 days road
sentence.
Carlton Griggs, non-support,
12 months road sentence.
Samuel M, Fishel was in
court on a charge of giving a
bad check. When it was found
that he had made the check
good he was taxed with court
costs.
Edward (Bubber) Collins,
was in court charged with im
proper passing, driving on the
wrong side of road, and reck
(See COURT, page 10)
More Tobacco Is
On Discount List
A new variety of flue-cured
tobacco known as 187-Golden
Wilt has been added to the
list of flue-cured tobacco die
count variety, T. E. Watson,
local ASC office manager, said
yesterday. This variety is also
known as XYZ, Super XYZ,
Mortage Lifter, No-Name and
Other.
Watson said this new variety
as well as Coker-139, Coker-140
and Dixie Bright 244 will be
supported at one-half the sup
port rate for comparable grades
of acceptable varieties in 1083.
In addition to the addition
of 187-Golden Wilt to the list
of flue-cured tobaeco discount
varieties, the United States De
partment of Agriculture (UN
announcerd that any other un-.
released breeding type having,
the characteristics jof Cokor
130. Cokor 140, or Dixie Bright
244 will be supported at ose
half the rapport rates for cons
parable grades of accepted va
rieties. Growers raising any
one of the discount varieties
will be issued a limited sup
port blue marketing card.
Discount varieties tobaccos
are considered by the trade to
be undesirable and therefore of
low commercial value. For their
own protection, as well as the
protection of the total tobacco
industry, growers must produce
tobacco with the flavor and
aroma desired by both the do
mestic and foreign trade if the
tobacco industry is to be main
tained on r sound basis.
There are many varieties of
flue-cured tobacco acceptable
to the trade and sufficient re
liable sources from which such
seed may be obtained to meet
the needs for seeds at all floe
cured tobacco growers, Watson
Said- "Know what tobeeeo va
lor your 1862
Proves Old Adage
Man Who Was His
Own Lawyer Jailed
The old adage that a man.
who is his own lawyer has aj
fool for a client may havei re-1
ceived some support in War-|
ren County Superior Court on
Tuesday afternoon. 1
At least it took a jury less
than ten minutes to decide
that Zollie Wilson, Jr., who
acted as his own lawyer^ was
guilty of an assault with a
deadly weapon.
Wilson was charged with fir
ing a shotgun twice at Robert
Christmas in front of Perry
Perncll's Store on the Warren
ton-Louisburg Highway on the
night of November 13.
Christmas said that the shot
from the first blast hit the
road and raised sparks near
his feet but the second shot
did not come so close. He
said that he suffered some in
juries when he ran into a
fence near the embankment o
the road when he fled.
Asked by Judge Clark was
he running fast or merely
loping along, Christmas said
that he was not just loP'"8
along. He said that when he
saw Wilson coming toward a
car he was about to get in
and noticed that Wilson had
a gun, that he ran around
back of the car as Wilson
came to the front and then
fled up the road.
Wilson's version was dit
ferent. He said he shot once
towards Christmas from across
the road and toward a field
near the road with his second
blast from the 16-gauge shot
gun "You know I could have
hit him if X wanted to as he
was just across the road from
me." Wilson said. .
Wilson said that he ?hjM?
Christmas when he saw Christ
mas start toward the back seat
of the car in the belief that
he was going after a shotgu .
This Christmas denied.
Questions were often argu
mentative and facts not too
clearly brought out, at time
causing a great deal of puzzle
ment on the part of the judge,
the solicitor, and the news
paper reporter, and no doubt
the jury. From what could be
pieced together, the evidence
was something of ths nature.
Wilson and Christmas were
both at a fish fry at the
apartment of John Wigguw
nearby when they got intoan
argument. Both agreed on that
part of the story. Wilson said
that two men held a gun on
him while Christmas tried to
attack him with a pocketkmfe
and that he broke away and
went to a home of a friend,
whose wife asked him to take
a shotgun and six shells home
with him as her husband was
in a quarrelsome mood. He
said he went to the store of
Perry Pemell to buy a pack
of cigarettes, and as he was
forbidden by Mr. Pemell from
entering his store that he
stood by the side of the road
with the gun while a friend
started toward the store to
make the purchase He sa,d
that he had been told by his
brother, that he had heart
Christmas was going to get
him. For this reason, he said.
into the back of his car, he
fire-! at him.
Christmas' version was quite
ditferent. He admitted that he
and Wilson had had some
| words at the ' Ishfry, but de
j nied that he tried to use a
i knife on him. "I don't even
I have a knife," he said. He
i also -denied that two/nreirTield
. a gun on Wilson.
Christmi - said that after
Wilson had left the Wiggins
' apartment, that he later went
| to Pernell Service Station
where he bought and drank a
bottle of beer. Finishing his
drink, he said, he went out to
I his car planning to go home,
when he saw Wilson coming
i at him with a shotgun, and
j that he ducked behind the
I car as Wilson approached from
the front and fled up the
road. He said that he was
not hit by either shot and
that only injury was sustained
when he ran into a fence.
Perry Pornell told the court
that Wilson, who is about 30,
was big-mouthed, insolent and
quarrelsome, and that he had
to use a pistol to drive him
. from his store when Wilson
had used violent and obscene
| language and threatened him
with bodily harm.
Wilson admitted that Pernell
had driven him from his serv
ice station, but said that it was
due to mistaken identity as to
who was using the bad lan
guage. He denied that he was
quarrelsome, and said that he
i had worked for 13 years on
the Fleming farm.
Wilson was sentenced to
serve on the roads for 12
months. Judge Clark suggest
ed that at the end of that peri
od that it would be better for
Wilson if he found employment
in another community.
Board Orders
Traffic Signal
To Be Changed
A two-light traffic signal at
the intersection of Front and
Fairview Streets will be re
placed by a regulation three
light traffic signal.
This was decided at the reg
ular meeting of the Board of
Town Commissioners on Mon
day night when the board or
dered the immediate removal
of the light installed a few
weeks ago, and the purchase
and installation of the regula
tion type signal.
The motion to purchase and
install the new light?made by
Commissioner Wood and sec
onded by Commissioner Hurst
?also carries the provision
that warning signs, reading
"traffic signals ahead," be
erected at the four approaches
to this intersection.
Other matters before the
commissioners at their hour
and a half session were of a
routine nature.
Mr. W. H. Bender has return
ed home from the Maria Par
ham Hospital, Henderson.
Father Rufuses To
Testify Against Son
Bent and wrinkled and
beaten they stand before the
bar in court in term after
term to ask mercy be shown
to a wayward son. It is a part
of the heartbreak of the ad
ministration of justice.
Monday the ultimate was
shown as an aged father re
fused to testify against his
31-year-old son who had slash
ed his throat with a knife. He
showed the court the scars on
his neck, running almost from
ear to ear, admitted that the
wounds were caused by his
son, but said that he would
not bring any complaint. Ha
admitted in reply to a question
by the judge that he had hired
a lawyer to defend his ton.
John Young, Jr., admitted
that he had leaped from his
bed and struck his father In
the throat with a knife. He
said that he did not
he did it, as he was drunk.
Judge Clark said that there
was not but so much that he
could do about the case if
John Young, Sr., refused to
testify against his son. He
told John Young, Jr., that be
was fortunate that he was fac
ing the court on an assault
with a deadly weapon charge
instead of a murder charge.
A little more force, a little
more reach, and your father
would be dead instead of try
ing to help you, the Jurist
said.
Judge Clark sentenced Wil
son to prison for two years,
but permitted him to serve a
probation senfence of three,
years instead of doing time in'
Jail.
A companion case In which'
Wilson ms,charged with aa-|
sault and battery was nol.
.with wave by the
it*
Three Negro Men
Are Indicted On
Murder Charge
j Three men were arrested
| and jailed here Monday, min
j utes after a Warren County
grand jury returned a true
bill of indictment charging the
| trio with murder and conspir
acy to commit murder.
Jailed without privilege of
bond were James M. Hargrove,
32, Jack Plummer, 24, and
' Robert L. Ramey, 28. Both
I Hargrove and Ramey are resi
I dents of the Ridgeway com
munity of Warren County.
No School
Warren County schools,
which closed Wednesday on
account of the cold wave
and snow storm, will not be
open before Monday, Supt.
of Schools J. Roger Peeler,
Slid yesterday.
A basketball game sche
duled to be held here to
night (Friday) with Davie
will be played unless Davie
should call it off, John
Graham Coach Preacher
Parker said.
I Plummor's address is listed as
j_Rt. 2, Norlina. AIL are Ne
| groes.
I The three men were charged
! with the murder of a former
! companion who reportedly was
I to have turned state's evidence
1 in a whiskey trial in Federal
' court involving the threesome.
The bill presented to the
I. grand jury on Monday con
j tained information gathered
i for several months by mem
j bers of the Warren County
| Sheriff's Department, ATTU
! and SBI following the discov
I ery of the decomposed body
] of Jerrel Dean Talley early in
j November, 1961.
Talley's body was found by
a Mecklenburg County, Va.,
farmer in a wooded area near
an abandoned whiskey still site
approximately five weeks after
the 26-year-old Negro was last
seen alive.
Warren Sheriff Jim H. Hund
ley said Talley's skull?shat
tered by a bullet?was found
by a farmer searching for a
stray cow between the Meck
lenburg County communities of
Boydton and Chase City.
Mecklenburg sheriff's depu
ties, - summoned to the scene
by the farmer, discovered the
remainder of the body nearby.
Talley was arrested by Fed
eral agents at a whiskey still
near Vaughan in Warren Coun
ty months before his disap
pearance. Arrested with him
were Plummer and Ramey.
Talley told officers that the
| still was the property of James
J Hargrove and agreed to be a
witness for the prosecution
| when the trial was held ia
Fe.deral court.
j After Talley's body was dis
. covered, law enforcement of
! ficers began searching for in
formation which would reveal
the identity of Talley's killers.
I Talley was last seen alive
| leaving the Warren County
fairgrounds in the company of
^ Plummer and Ramey, officers
learned from acquaintances of
the dead man.
Although his common-law
wife reported him missing
| shortly after that night, offi
i cers were unable to determine
, his whereabouts.
| During the course of search
ing for the man, it was learn
ed that Talley was beaten by
Plummer and Ramey some
weeks before and witnesses
told officers the two men
"threatened to kill him If he
testified against James Har
grove."
Working in near-secrecy af
ter the body was fotmd, offi
cers sent the body to the Med
teal College of Virginia at
Richmond where the Virginia
medical examiner revealed that
j the man had been dead from
j five to eight weeks,
j The three men charged in
? the case were ordered held
(without bond until the June
I term of criminal court in
' Warren County.
i Littleton Girl
t Is Given
(District Award
Dorothy Ann King of Little
ton has received a $5.00 check
as third place district canning
[winner for 1961.
I The check was presented to
I her this week by L. R. HarilL
| State 4-H Club leader.
| As county winner, Dorothy
iAnn received a free subscrip
tion to "The National 4-H Club
News,' Miss Ann Rackley, a?
sistant Home Economics Agent,
said in announcing the award.
Workers School
To Be Held Here
A Christian Workers School
will be held at Wesley Me
(mortal Methodist Church here
on February 4-8 when the Rev
Troy Barrett, pastor of the
^Ulrh; wi11 ^ach a course en
titled "Guiding Youth."
, This course is designed to
instruct all those working with
junior-high youth on up to
older youth. Mr. Barrett arid
it will be beneificial to all
those who instruct young peo
ple as well as those who are
interested in youth and who
may help in the future.
Mr. Barrett said this will be
and if ^riCt"wide ''PPOrtuntty
and all those from Warren ton
Macon, Afton, Vicksboro, fnes.
Areola and Noriina are urged
to attend.
Stores To Close
Wednesday P. M.
A majority of the Warren
ton store? and business h<m
heve begun cloaing for W<
nesday afternoon holidays, *
K. Lanier, Jr., chairmen
the holiday committee et
Warrenton Merchant Asse.
t'on, said yesterday.
The closing schedule will
to effect until the ' 3P3?
' market
the illness
rs-ws,
Rotarians Hear
Talk On Industry
Warrenton Rotarians and
members of the town and
county governing boards heard
a report of the formation and
operation of the Industrial De
velopment Commission of
Franklin County on Tuesday
night.
Meeting in the Afton-Elber
on clubhouse for their regular
meeting?at which special
guests were present?Rotary
members heard G. D. Zealand,
director of the commission,
tell of the work of the organi
zation. Zealand was presented
by Selby Benton, who was in
charge of the program.
The Franklin County Indus
trial Development Commission
was formed by Franklin Coun
ty leaders after the citizens of
that county had voted a spec
ial tax of 5c on the $100 val
uation for its financing. This
gives the organization a work
ing capital of some $12,000 an
nually, Zealand said. Its pur
pose is to attract industry to
the county.
Zealand told the group not
to expect overnight results
from the formation of an in
dustrial development commis
sion as the search for indus
tries is a highly competitive
business; nor can results be
obtained by the employment
of a low-priced director, he
added.
In spite of the fact that
procurment of industry is a
long drawn-out process, Zea-i
land said that since the com-1
mission was organized last
July, that two fine prospects
have shown keen interest in
locating in Franklin County,
and it is expected that one or
both would make a favorable
decision within the next few
weeks. This is encouraging, he
said, when one remembers that
i it has been 13 years since
] Franklin County has obtained
an industry employing more
than 40 persons.
Pointing out the large loss
of population in Franklin
County during the past ten
years. Zealand said that it is
imperative that new industry
be created or drawn to the
county. Not only does the
building of such industries
create jobs and wealth for a
county, but it also tends to
keep more young people In
the county, he said.
Zealand said that the de
signation of Franklin and War
ren Counties as distressed
areas by the Federal Govern
ment would make the financ
ing of industries much easier
in those localities as the gov
ernment provides long-term
loans at 4r/c interest to small
businesses. The government's
definition of small business is
a business with less than $5,000
000 capital and employing less
than 500 persons.
Zealand said that the forma
tion of an industrial commis
sion required much planning,
cooperation and hard work on
the part of citizens and public
officials, but that he feels that
the results are well worth the
effort.
Present in addition to Ro
tarians ? guests of Benton ?
were Bill Benton of Loiiisburg,
a brother of Selby Benton who
was active in the formation of
the Franklin County organiza
tion, of Louisburg; Mayor W.
A. Miles, Town Commissioner
David Dickerson; County
Commissioners Richard R.
Davis and' A. J. Ellington; Mon
roe Gardner, secretary of the
Bute Development Company;
and Bignall Jones, editor of
The Warren Rpcnrrt
Citizens Asked To
Return Seals Fund
The 1961 Christmas Seal Sale
in Warren County la more
than $250 short of to goal,
Mrs. Clyde Whitford^Qttcotive
secretary of the TB and Health
Association, said yestarday in
appealing to citisens to return
funds for seals mailed to them.
W. L. Turner, TB Associa- j
tion and Seal Sale chairman, i
added his appeal to that of.
Mrs. Whltford. Turner express |
ed his thinks to every individu
al contributor, volunteer work-,
or, The Warren Record for,
publicity, the Warren Theatre
for showing film strips, the
schools for their cooperation
and to all others who havei
helped with the Seal Sale.
Mrs. Whitford pointed out
that the Warren Tbunty Tuber
culosis Asaocoation works con
tinuously to eradicate TB in
I Warren County through, X-ray I
1 program (Over S,000 free chest
X-rays given last year), educa
tional program, rehabilitation
and research. For five
she said, the local
has contributed to
program at Gravely Sanatorium
in Chapel Hill. The
HI has been tested there
a 5-year TB toot oi
cine ia schedule
n Haiti this moi
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