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VOLUME 66 Snbscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1962 NUMBER S?
Judge Declines To Issue
Injunction Affecting Sale
Of Warrenton Tobacco
A Superior Court judge fail
ed to issue an injunction here
Thursday which would have
affected the allotment of sell
ing time to individual ware
houses on the Warrenton to
bacco market.
Judge Clawson L. Williams,
of Sanford reserved a ruling
on a request for a restraining
order requested by the pro
prietors of Centre Warehouse
No. 2 and said he would make
a ruling on the request "some
time next week."
Plaintiffs in the action are
^M. P. Carroll. Edward M.
"Moody and Edward Radford,
co-partners of Centre Ware
house No. 2. Defendant in the
action is the Warrenton To
bacco Board of Trade, Inc.
The veteran jurist ordered
attorneys for both sides to file
suggested findings of fact and
conclusions of law. After re
viewing the contentions of
both sides, Judge Williams in
dicated that he would give a
ruling.
The plaintiffs, according to
a complaint aired before Judge
Williams Thursday, allege
that a change in the by-laws
of the constitution of the To
bacco Board of Trade, Inc. has
and is causing them monetary
damage and requested that an
injunction be issued.
The complaint contends that
a $70,000 warehouse facility
was constructed here prior to
the opening of the 1962 sell
ing season by the plaintiffs
and that action by the board
of trade subsequent to the con
struction poses a financial
hardship for the owners.
Key issue in the case is the
" contention by the plaintiffs
that the selling time on the
Warrenton market is unfairly
alottcd and that a change in
the selling time schedule on
?? July 6, 1962 is in essence a
violation of a contract between
the board of trade and the de
fendants.
The Warrenton Tobacco
Board of Trade, Inc. contends,
according to an answer filed
in the case, that the change j
in the by-laws which affects'
the selling time was done in
order to protect the small ex
isting warehouses on the mar
ket which were financially un
able to construct new ware
house facilities, thereby in
creasing floor space and gain
ing added selling time.
The defendant alleges that
2,200 baskets are alotted to the
Warrenton Tobacco Market, a
single-sale market, and that if
the same policy of slotting sel
ling time as was followed from
1951 until 1962 were allowed
to remain in effect, it would
have the effect of taking from
one and giving to another,
thus working an undue hard
ship on some of the establish
ed warehouses.
The defendant contends that
it "realized that ' if each and
every warehouse on the War
renton Market doubled its floor
space, that the same amount
of selling time would be alo
catcd to each and every firm
as previously with no gain for
the additional space."
This, the defendant con
tends, "would create an econ
omic waste and develop a sub
stantial financial burden on
some of the warehouses.
The plaintiffs contend that
a contract was actually reached
between the Board of Trade
and Centre Warehouse No. 2
establishing the number of
baskets to be sold daily and
Dove Season To
Open Saturday
For Split Season
The Dove Season will open
on Saturday, September 8, and
will close on October 13, for
the first hunting season in a
split season, Game Protector
Alton Pridgen said Thursday.
Pridgen said that hunting
would be permitted from noon
until sunset The daily limit
is 12 and the possession limit
TTH
Pridgen said that it is a
violation to uae rifles for
shooting migratory birds.
Local Church To
Have Homecoming
Homecoming will be observed
?at the North Warrenton Bap
tist Church Sunday, September
' 9
Sunday School will begin at
9:40 and the Morning Worship
Sat 11:00. Dinner on the grounds
followed by a Singing at 1:90.
The afternoon message will
be brought by the Rev. Warren
Bwfe of Butner Baptist Church,
a former pastor of the
the amount of selling time and
that a change in the by-laws
constitute a violation Oi that
contract. The Board of Trade
contends that no contiact was
made.
Carroll, Moody and Radford
contend in their complaint
that a meeting of the Board of
Trade held July 9 saw the
adoption of new by-laws, pass
ed over their negative votes,
and that this action broupK'.
about a decrease in their al
ocated time and baskets and
will cause the proprietors of
Centre Warehouse No. 2 "the
loss of many thousands of dol
lars."
Jones To Leave
Health Position
Dr. W. Burns Jones, Warren
County health officer for more
than two years, will resign to
accept a position with the
State Board of Health.
Dr. Jones' resignation will
become effective October 26,
Amos Ca|>ps, chairman of the
Warren County Board of
Health, said Thursday. "We
have no replacement in sight,"
Capps said.
A native of Beaufort, S. C.,
Dr. Jones will become Assist
ant Director of Local Health,
under the supervision of the
State Board of Health. He is
a resident of Warrenton and
has made |>is home here since
July, 1960.
While no , replacement for
the county's health officer has
been found, Capps said Dr.
Jones would probably be avail
able on a pert-time basis until
another health officer is em
ployed. Capps said state health
authorities had assured him
the county would not be forced
to operate without a health
officer for any extended per
iod of time.
Aside frim his duties with
the Warren County Health De
partment, Dr. Jones has served
as health officer for Franklin
County under an arrangement
worked out by the boards of
commissioners of both coun
ties.
"Dr. Jones has done a very
good job and we hate to see
| him leave," Capps, who is also
chairman of the Warren Coun
ty Board of Commissioners,
said following the resignation.
Dr. Jones is a graduate of
the Citadel and the Medical
College of South Carolina and
has done graduate work at the
University of North Carolina.
He served three years as a
medical missionary to Alaska.
A member of Emmanuel Epis
copal Church here, Dr. Jones
is married and has one child,
David, 2.
Committeemen
To Be Chosen By
Farmers Sept. 12
ASC committee elections will
be held in each of the twelve
townships of the county on
next Wednesday. September 12.
T. E. Watson, ASCS office
manager, said Thursday that
every farmer who is eligible
to participate in any program
administered by the county
ASC committee is eligible to
vote. "This means," he said,
"any owner, operator, tenant,
or sharecropper on a farm par
ticipating in the Agricultural
Conservation program, the Soil
Banfc program, or who is eli
gible for price support on any
crops produced."
Any person who entertains
doubt as to his eligibility to
vote is asked to see their ASC
Committee or call the county
ASCS office.
"If you are eligible to vote?
most farmers are?don't let
the polls close without voting
for the farmers you want to
administer these important
Stabilization and conservation
programs for the coming year,"
Watson said. "It is." he add
ed, "your chance to help M;
led the best committeemen
you can And." ,
The polls will open at 8 a.
m. and close at 6 p. m. at the
following polling places in the
twelve communities in Warren
Ccuaiy:
Fishing Creek ? Pittman's
Store and Davis' Store (Ar
eola).
Fork?W. K. Thompson's
Store.
Hawtree?Parkinson's Store.
Jadkins ? Triangle Service
Station and Mrs. Blanche 8tal
Store (Embro).
lutbush ? I. C. Watkln's
(Bee caOBSN, page It)
Three Draw Life Terms
Trio Admit Part
in Poison Death
Three persons?participants in a murder plot
brought to light when authorities discovered the hus
band of one of the three died of a lethal dose of rat
poison?were sentenced to life imprisonment here
Tuesday.
Judge Clawson L. Williams pronounced sentence oh
Petronia G. Perry, wife of the dead man, Vance Per
ry; Maggie Williams Alston and John Henry Harris
about 6 p. m. to climax a half-day trial marked by
.... j sudden pleas of guilty by
I the defendants, all Ne
THREE NEGROES CONVICTED OF MURDER HEAR SENTENCE HERE
W&
Three persons accused in a conspiracy to murder the hus
band of one listen to evidence presented during their trial
in Warren County Superior Court this week. Accused of first
degree murder after rat poison was fed the victim, the de
fendants are shown above at right. From left to right, they
are John Henry Harris, Mrs. Maggie Williams Alston and Mrs.
Petronia G. Perry, wife of the murdered man. At left, an
officer holds one of the bottles of poison handled by the de
fendants prior to the death of Vance Perry.
(Staff Photos)
By Board of County Commissioners
Zoning Area Approved
The Warren County Commis
sioners on Tuesday following
a public hearing approved the
zoning of the am adjacent to
ning
uasion Lake as a zoning area.
Only half a dozen persons
were present for the advertis
ed public bearing and these
expressed no opposition to the
adoption of the zoning area.
The adoption of the zoning
area is only the first step in
the zoning of the area. The
Warren County Planning Board,
following a study of the area,
will recommend that certain
sections of the area be zoned.
Following their recommenda
tion, another public hearing
will be held to see whether
or not citizens approve or dis
approve the recommendations.
The Planning Board said
that its members wished to ob
tain the helm>f Interested dt
ixlng In making zoning
mendations and asked that the
commissioners name a commit
tee to work with them. The
pommi?irinn>r? ninnH tn tKl*
committee Ralph Tolbert, Roy
M. Jones, W. T. Robinson,
Alvis Poe Fleming. R. L. Sal
mon, Gid W. King and E. J.
Walker.
Acting as spokesmen tor
members o( the Warren Coun
ty Planning Board present to
ask for the adoption of the
sonlng area were Marvin New
som, chairman, and George
Monoghan of the State Depart
ment of Conservation and De
velopment, who showed maps
outlining the proposed area to
be loued, and explained the
purposes of a zoning ordi
nance.
Following the hearing the
commissioners, upon motion of
Commissioner Richard Davis
and second of Commissioner
Robert Thorne, adopted the
following resolution upon
unanimous vote:
"Thb lilling of Uaston Lake
will provide an unparalleled
opportunity for the develop
ment of lakeshore recreational
uses, summer homes, fishing,
and boating opportunities.
With a water level controlled
to fluctuate no more than one
foot during the course of a
year, the lake will be an in
valuable addition to the natur
ral recreation resource* of
both North Carolina and Vir
ginia. The lake is scheduled
to begin filling on October 1,
1082.
"In order that the potential
of the Gaston Lake be realiz
ed, and that the lake be utiliz
ed according to a comprehen
sive plan for its bast future
development, Warren, Halifax
and
have joined together to retain
the services of the Division of
Community Planning of the
N. C. Depai Unem of Conserva
tion and Development in a
$20,100 contract to develop
plans and regulatory codes to
guide future development in
the area.
"If the Lake area is to de
velop properly, it is of prime
importance that a system of
major thoroughfares be achiev
ed that will net only provide
access to the various locations
along the lake, but will serve
the traffic needs of the entire
region as well.
"The Planning Commission
?t Warren. Halifax, and North
ampton Counties, working to
gether with the Division of
Community Planning, the Ad
vanced Planning Section of the
N. C. Highway Commission,
(See ZONING, page !?)
Bond Set
Salmon Is
Not Tried
A bond of $20,000 was or
dered here on Wednesday for
Wise m l' Jr- 43_year-old
Wise man charged with mur
der in the death of a former
Vance County sheriff.
seethe ZaZS?n L' WiUiams
uUorne ^?nd after Salmon-s
attorney, james Gilliland, ask
tion tHC?Urt f?r a eo"tinua.
?on. Indications are that the
case will be tried at the Jan
uary term of Superior Court
This case, one of two murder
W T the docket the
September term, was among
dayemLCaSeS Wfdne^
day morning prior to the close
Wednesday1' S~ta at
Salmon was charged with
second degree murder in the
hif'h ?l J" Edward Hamlett
his brother-in-law. The Warren
County grand jury reVu^d
the second degree murder in
dictment Tuesday.
. jV?0 returned Tuesday were
indictments against three Ne
groes charged with murder and
conspiracy in the death of a
I3,'? County Negro who
J dv Si SrSenic Poi??iing in
July, They received life terms
during the course of the ses
sion. ^
No case reached the iurv
ahh"8^6 brief term of co^rt
led Tues/ ^ WaS imPanei
ied Tuesday to hear the case
of the State rs. John Henry
fnt wa Inhh'S ?aSe the defend"
ant was charged with striking
an Afton man in the face with
a cultivator tooth.
The jury listened to testi
nio?y at some length unti,
ohn Kerr, defense attorney
requested the court to
' T!5d,ct- "fudge WiUiams di
?nH th 8 Verdict Of not guilty
and the case was closed.
tJ,h/r f?ther cases w?re con
tinued for the term?Ernest
Ayscue, larceny; Roy car^f
non-support; and Eugene cZr'
Burroughs, involuntary
??rK*r
ir^tr cases disposed of dur
Johnea term included:
nnJoh" Andrew Boyd, assault
? ?S?:lww"
Floyd Edston Pendorgras
speeding, $25 and costs
Claaence Arthur Barbour
JErK." ~
.?X
Sanths. Jte_state took a nol
Pros on a charge of breaking
EOS?
George Roberta, attempted
mnn?K and en'ering, 18
arisr* senten?
Robert Matthew,, ?on-,up.
555."?*'
Perry Newman, Norlina man,
waa ordered to begin a six
month prison sentence sus
pended previously when New
Probation officer Robert
Gillvary told the conrt that in
vestigation bed needed that
Newman had violated the
terms of his parole sad re
quested that the active sen
tence be
.
grro es.
An overflow crowd, on hand
81 nee the beginning of the
criminal term of Warren
County Superior Court regis
tered little emotion when the
veteran jurist sentenced Har
ns and Mrs. Perry. However,
here was some slight surprise
shown m the crowded court
room when Mrs. Alston, named
I as an accessory in the conspir
acy, drew a life term.
inCFrTn?ry "nder indictment
in Franklin County on a mur
der charge stemming from the
alleged arsenic poisoning of
her first husband, Mrs. Alston
7Z J"1 0t the tri0 f he
sentenced.
| Judge WilUams told Mrs
nlf t^ere were not words
'n the English vocabulary to
express in full1 her part j
Ir ,??e' "You 801(1 the Uvea
r,. 686 , two perrons (Mrs.
Perry and Harris) . . . arKj
you are just as guilty as If
you had gone down there and
rammed the poison down the
man's throat."
Judge Williams told the
three defendants they would
spend the rest of their Uvea
in prison and "every breath
you draw will see you 8uffer.
ing for this crime that you did
? ? . I do not envy you."
The three defendants ten
dered a plea of not guilty at
the outset of the trial, but af
ter a brief recess in which thev
conferred with their court,
appointed attorney, John H.
. Jr.. they changed their
Pleas to guilty of first degree
murder.
The State produced three
witnesses?Warren Sheriff j
H. Hundley, Deputy B. G Stev
enson and SBI Agent L. M.
Horton?whose t )e s t i m ? n r
touched on the conspiracy^
murder and subsequent inves
tigation. The defense produced
no witnesses in their h-?"ilf
Officers testified that invea
tigation on the case began soon
after Vance Party died in
Chapel Hill's Memorial Hospi
tal on July 18. An autopsy re
vealed that the man had died
of arsenic poison of a sufficient
quantity "to kill several aver
age persons."
Testimony revealed that tho
poison was administered hv
Perry's wife. PetrX ? ?
urging of Harris, and with the
assistance of Mrs. Alston Kerr
said the act was ta^nwTT
case of "Adam tempting Eve"
Harris and Mrs. Perry went
said by officers to have "been
Wing together for several
years" and the relationship*
the conspirator, was further
was alleged^ 5? ???%
?Qfflrara said the n pl"t
w?a apparently hatched by
Perry and Harris and
2*J?* Perry had told' Har
2 'Ud ^ten
ed to kill her and that "she was
going to do something first"
Fcoaa testimony and front
* written report
entered in evidence by ??
ed the details ef .
Prior to Perry's
ris and Mrs. Parry,
a resident of
mnity of 1
? trip to ]
Mrs.