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VOLUME 66 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1962 NUMBER 31
Three Alleged Drunk
Drivers Freed By Jury
Three defendants in Warren
County Recorder's Court last
Friday, charged with operating
a motor vehicle while under
the influence of intoxicating
liquor, were found not guilty
by a jury.
Other defendants, charged
with lesser violations, did not
fair so well, and a number of
Wortham Rites
To Be Held Today
Mrs. Mary L. Wortham, 92,
died at her home in Warren
ton on Tuesday at 11:45 a. m.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Friday afternoon from
the Warrenton Colored Baptist
Church at 4 o'clock by the
Rev. R. W. Davis.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Eleanor Q. Grady of Wit
mingt"n, and Miss Lucy Wor
tham o the home; four sons,
W. Shaw Wortham and J.
Stewart Wortham, both of
White Plains, N. Y., Joseph H.
Wortham of Savannah, Ga.,
and Paul Wortham of the
home; two grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Stew Sale
Members of Jerusalem Meth
Members of Jerusalem Meth
odlst Church will sponsor a
Brunswick stew sale at the
home of Mrs. Van Coleman on
Friday. August 10. The stew,
which will sell for 85c?per
qnart, will be ready at noon.
Proceeds will be used for
painting the church.
Services At Ridgeway
Holy Communion services
will be held at the Church of
the Good' Shepherd, Ridgeway,
on Sunday morning at 9:00
o'clock, the Rev. James M.
Stoney, Jr., rector, announced
yesterday.
Guest Minister
The Rev. Jimmy Ay cock of
Angler will be the guest min
ister st Sulphur Springs Bap
tist Church on Sunday morn
ing at the 11 o'clodc worahip
service. He is pastor of Ka?
nebec Baptist Church near An
gler. He and his family are
guests of his parents, Mr. srJ
Mrs. T. M. Ayeock, Sr.
defendants had to pay fines
and costs.
Charged with drunk driving
and freed by the jury in three
cases were John Morton Bur
ton, Bobert Perry Carter and
Herbert Perry Denton.
Eugene Joplyn was found
guilty of operating a motor
vehicle without a driver's li
cense and was fined $25.00 and
taxed with court costs.
Clarence Douglas Sellers,
found guilty of speeding, was
fined $15.00 and costs.
Ernest William Faulkner was
fined $15.00 and costs when
he was found guilty on a
speeding charge.
Newell Owens Propst was
taxed with court costs when
he was found guilty of speed
ing.
Hansel Merrill, Joyner, Jr.,
was in court charged with im
proper registration of a motor
vehicle. He was taxed with
court costs.
Robert E. Matthew was found
guilty on a non-support charge
and was ? sentenced to the
roads for twelve months by
Judge Julius Banzet. He ap
pealed the case and appear
ance bond was set at $250.00.
Donnie Julian Richardson
was found guilty of operating
a motor vehicle with improper
lights and with improper reg
tration. The judgment of the
court was that the defendant
' pay the court costs.
Landlord, Tenant
Find Cukes Pay
The production of cucum
bers proved a profitable opera
tion this year for W. A. Con
nell and Son and their tenant,
Daniel Williams.
They produced 783.i bushels
of cucumbers on 0.63 acres,
for which they received
$886.77.
Twenty-two and three-tenths
of the crop rated No. 1; 38.8
per cent No. 2, and 38.9 No. 3.
?According to Frank"Reams,
County Agent, the production
rate was 809.8 bushels per
acre, and the per acre gross
should have been $953.80.
Fertilizer was aplied at the
rate of 753 pounds per acre,
using a 5-10-6 formula which
was drilled in the rows. The
crop was top-dressed with 20
0-20, at the rate of 217 pounds
per acre.
Reams said that no irriga
tion was used, but that the
land was in an excellent state
of cultivation when the cucum
tHW were planted and that
Williams did a good Job of
picking clese.
Bob Butler, local representa
tive of Mount Olive Pickle
Company, for whom the cu
cumbers ware grown under
contract, this week
his pleasure at the high yield.
"When a farmer can gross
nearly $1,000 an acre on cu
cumbers in a short growing
season, with a relatively low
cost for seed and fertilizer,"
he said, "I think it is clearly
demonstrated that cucumbers
are a good crop."
Sales Heavy, Prices
Weak In Georgia
VALDOSTA, Ga?More leaf
1$pe offerings and fewer
primings are on the floors of
the Georgia-Florida flue-cured
tobacco markets, where vol
ume continues heavy in the
second week of sales.
Quality of tobacco was about
the same Tuesday as the day
before, the U. S. Department
of Agriculture said.
Declines of $1 to $2 per
hundred pounds wer^ shown
for around half the grades. A
few primings showed gains
while one-fourth of the grades
remained firm.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sprulll
and sons are on the Southern
Tobacco Market. t ' ' *?
Mrs. Freda Hall and Miss
Rebecca Hill of Wei don vMted
Mrs. A. W. Hall last weak.
Coley Spring School at Afton
as it looked on Tuesday morn
ing when the accompanying
pictures were made. The
frame Negro school building
where three teachers serve 102
pupils in seven grades, is one
of nine small schools that will
be consolidated if a $400,000
school bond issue is approved
by the voters on August 18.
School authorities say that this
building is not the worst in
the county. Plans of the Board
of Education call for the con
struction of a consolidated
cost of $200,000, the addition
of rooms at Northside at a cost
of from $35,000 to $50,000. and
the construction of a school
for the Haliwas near Bethle
hem at a cost of $150,000. The
top photo was taken from the
front of the building and the
lower picture is taken fropi
the side. (Staff Photos)
New Store To
Be Opened Soon
In Littleton
LITTLETON?A new ready
to-wear clothing store will open
soon in Littleton, it has been
announced by Mr. and Mrs.
K. C. Cheves, who are under
taking the new venture.
The store will feature
clothes for ladies, girls, boys,
and some men's work clothing.
Cheves said he would carry
men's suits later.
The new store, located in the
old post office building, is ad
jacent to Cheves Furniture
Company and a door has been
cut from one building to fhe
other.
A specific date has not been
set for the opening, Cheves
said. Workers are busy paint
ing and arranging counters
and racks for the merchan
dise which is arriving every
day. He hopes to be open
well in advance of school open
ing. A large part of the mer
chandise is here, and just
needs unpacking, he said.
Mr. and Mrs. Cheves have
operated the furniture store
for the past - two years and
will* continue to operate that
business.
Less Unemployed
Than In Two Years
WASHINGTON ?Unemploy
ment fell by 445,000 In July,
and the idle rate dropped to
its lowest point in more than
two years.
The job improvement may
take, some of the steam out of
the drive In some Quarters for
an immediate tax cut to im
prove the economy.
Secretary of Labor Arthur J.
Goldberg said in announcing
the July job figures that the
employment situation is only
one of a mixed bag of statis
tics which the administration
is scanning in seeking a tax
cut decision.
Goldberg called the new job
figures encouraging and said
it la always welcome news
when unemployment declines.
la
Mr. Morton Ayeock is receiv
ing treatment in Warren Gen
eral Hospital.
Mr. Jimmy Mlggs of South
Orange, N. J., is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. HOllard ai "
nimble in Areola. JV
Social Security Payments
In Warren Nearly Million
Woman Charged With
Poisoning Her Husband
A Warren County Negro wo
man is being held in Warren
County jail, charged with pois
oning her husband.
Patrania G. Perry, 32, of
Perrytown was arrested Satur
day by Warren County officers
following the preliminary re
port of an autopsy at Chapel
Hill on her husband, Vance
Perry.
Perry died at the Chapel
Hill Hospital op July 18. Ac
cording to hospital physicians,
the postmortem showed large
traces of poison.
Perry was first admitted to
Warren General Hospital on
July 1 and stayed for eleven
days before returning home
and to his work at the Tungs
tein Mines near Townsville.
He worked at the mines on
Friday, July 13 ,and became
ill after a late supper, accord
ing to Sheriff Jim Hundley.
He was taken to the Chapel
Bur well Funeral
Held In Raleigh
On Saturday
Funeral sen-ices for William
A Burwell, a Warrenton na
live, were held Saturday at
the Mitchell Funeral Home in
Raleigh by the Rev. John W
i Kincheloe, Jr., pastor of Hayes
Barton Baptist Church. Burial
was in Montlawn -Cemetery.
Mr. Burwell. 71, of 115 Hud
son Street, Raleigh, died at
Rex Hospital, Raleigh or
Thursday of last week.
The son of the late William
A. Burwell and Olivia Burton.
Mr Burwell was born in War
renton and was educated at the
old John Graham Academy
and at the University of North
Carolina.
Prior to World War I he
operated Burwell's Drug Store
here, closing thir business
when he was called into ser
vice He reopened his drug
store in 1919 and sold it to
J. B. Boyce in 1920. After
wards he became connected
with Eli Lily and Company
with headquarters in Raleigh,
and remained with his firm
until his retirement a few
years ago. Fllowing his re
tirement he on occasions serv
ed as substitute druggist for
Hunter Drug Company. He
was a registered pharmacist
and a member of the Wake
County Pharmaceutical Asso
ciation. He was a member of
Wesley Memorial Methodist
Church in Warrenton.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Katie Payne Burwell; two
brothers. Pettway B. of Walter
boro, S. C? and John Harvell
of Washington, D. C.; a> half
sister- Miss Olivia Burwell of
Greensboro; one step-daughter,
Mrs. Donald V. Gnau of Ea9t
Arora, N. Y.; and one step
grandchild.
Overby Funeral
Held Thursday
Funeral services for Marvin
Durant Overby, Sr., were con
ducted Thursday at 11 a. m.
at Blaylock's Funeral Home in
Warrenton by the Rev. P?*
Parker and the Rev K E
Brickhouse. Interment was in
Greenwood Cemetery in Macon.
Mr. Overby, 63, died at his
residence at Axtelle around
noon on Monday, after an ill
ness of four months. He was
born and reared in Warren
County and was a member ot
the Macon Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
the former Mary Alston Wat
son; five daughters, Mrs Wil
liam x. Bajlard of Siler City,
Mrs H. C. MacAmls of Cull
man, Ala., Mrs. Russell Col*
of King, Mrs Cassell
of Cary, andMrs. T. A
of Vandalia, HI.; ?
D. Overby, Jr., of the home,
am warn ?my B.'w
ez s sc?
of Portsmouth, Va? and
Hill Hospital on Sunday
where he died on July 18.
Sheriff Hundley said that
Mrs. Perry had been charged
with running around with
another man and there was
considerable talk about foul
play when her husband died
He said he made the arrest
when a physician reported that
an autopsy showed traces oi
arsenic in Perry's body.
. Mrs. Perry denies all knowl
edge of the cause of her hus
: | band's death, Sheriff Hundley
I'said. According to the sheriff,
i Mrs. Perry refused to give con
sent to having the report of
the autopsy turned over to
his department, and pending a
court older to make the in
tj formation available, she is be
lling held in jail awaiting a pre
liminary hearing.
BOY AT PUMP?Young boy pumps water at Coley Spring
School. All the nine remaining small Negro schools in the
county are served by this type water facility. (Staff Photo)
Land Measuring In
County Completed
Initial measurement of crops
and land uses in Warren Coun
ty has been completed and all
operators notified of their
measured acreage, T. E. Wat
son, ASCS office manager,
said yesterday.
Watson said that it Is esti
mated that on the 2,528 farms
in the county, 26,000 acres of
crops and land uses were
measureu during the perform
ance season.
The job this year, Watson
said, was the largest in the
history of the county, since in
addition to measuring the acre
age in cotton, tobacco, peanuts
and wheat, over 1100 farms
diverted land under the 1962
feed grain and wheat stabili
zation program. This necessi
tated the measuring of feed'
grain and the acreage divert
ed on these farms.
In addition, he said, there
were 73 farms in the county
participating in the conserva
tion reserve phase of the soil
bank program. All soil hank
base crops on these farms
were measured in addition to
the allotment crops grown.
Watson said that about 40
er cent of the farms of the
county received excess notices
after initial measurement was
made, which indicated failure
to comply with one or more
of the following: (1) too much
tobacco, (2) too much cotton,
(9) excess peanuts, (4) too
much corn?feed grain farms,
(5) too much wheat, (6) not
enough diverted acreage, and
(7) too much diverted acreage.
Too much diverted acreage re
quires no action on the part
of the producer unless he de
sires to harvest a crop from or
grata the diverted acreage.
To date practically all farm
operators have requested re
messurement or disposition of
will all be completed within a
faw days, Wataan aakk
Daring the peak * tkt per
formance season, (*.- , office
manager said, 24 reporters
were employed and eight tem
porary employees were used
in the county.
PAUL LANCASTER, JR.
Paul Lancaster
Tapped Into State
4-H Honor Club
Paul Lancaster, Jr., of Rt. 1,
Manson, National 4-H Tractor
Project Winner of 1961, was
tapped into the State 4-H Hon
or Club at the annual initia
tion ceremony held during 4H
Club Week in Raleigh la
week.
At the recognition banquet
held on Friday night, Lancas
tar was awarded a $100 schol
arship by the honor club. Two
scuh scholarships are awarded
each year by the State 4-H
Honor Club.
Nearly a million dollars
were received by Warren
County citizens in Social Se
curity payments in 1961.
Social Security payments
about equalled the amount in
wages paid during that period
by the Carolina Sportswear
Company, largest employer of
labor in the county, with a
payroll of between $900,000
and $1,000,000 annually.
At the end of 1961, 1803
persons in Warren County
| were receiving a total of $78,
074.00 in Social Security bene
| fits each month, according to
M. G. Morris, field representa
tive. This amounts to $936,
888 per year. A large amount
of the Social Security pay
ments was paid to survivors of
deceased workers.
The Social Security law pro
vides for the payment of
monthly benefits to widows,
widowers, parents and chil
dren under certain conditions,
Morris said. The primary fac
tor is that the deceased work
er must have a required
amount of work under Social
Security before his survivors
may be entitled to monthly
payments. Due to changes in
the law in 1960 and 1961 the
amount of work needed has
been substantially reduced;
threefore, survivors who filed
before 1960, and were disa-1
lowed, may now be entitled to
receive monthly benefits.
Morris s?id that persons who
are survivors of a deceased
workers and are at least 62
years old should check with
their Social Security represent
ative. Also widows who are
less than 62 but have a child
of the deceased worker who is
under 18 or a disabled. child
ow la in their ?re ahuuld?
inquire at the Social Security.
office.
"Although many people in
Warren County are receiving
benefits each month, there may
be others who should be gett
ing benefits," Morris said.
"Don't delay?check today, you
may be one of these persons."
Two Communiti*
Name Adult
4-H Leaders
Inez and Areola Communi
ties have just recently named
the adult leaders who will lead
the community 4-H club in
their respective communities.
Ann R. Kilian, assistant home
agent, said yesterday. Spon
soring committees made op of
seven to eight people hi each
community named theee lead
ers.
Mrs. James Harris, IBM.
Richard Coleman and George
Davis, Jr., will serve in Usee,
while Mrs. Melvin Shearin and
George Hunter were selected
for Areola. ,
These leaders will heed up
a new type of 4-H precnah.fct
their communities;
ular meetings in the
ity each month, Mrs.
said. ?
Watson Funeral
Held Here Monday
Funeral services for
Mamie Pettyjohn Watson, 83,
were conducted at the Wedley
Memorial Methodist Churtfc on
Monday afternoon at 3
with interment in M
Cemetery. The pastor,
Rev. Troy Barrett, was In
charge of the services,
assisted by the Rev.
Vereen of Raleigh, a
pastor of the local church.
The widow of the late R. T.
Watson, for many years presi
dent of the Citizens Bank, Mrs.
Watson died at Warren Gen
eral Hospital cm "??
Mr*. Watson is
three sisters, Mrs.
Burwell of Wamnton,
Fred Fuqua of
Va.;
?, Walker,
D. Pettyjohn, aU of
,.Wh ..*? ; '*?
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