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Subscription Price 13.00 a Tmt 10c Per Copy WARRENITON, COUNTY OP WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1962 NUMBER 43
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TermCancelledl
Ths October cMi
Warren County
Court, scheduled to open here
on Monday morning, ?u can
celed Monday when it waa
found that the presiding
Judge waa unable to attend
court
Clerk of Court Joe N. Ellis
waa notified on Monday morn
ing that injuries suffered by
Judge Clawson Williams in
an auto accident in Raleigh
on Sunday afternoon were of
such a nature that the Juriit
could not come to Warrenton
to hold court No substitute
Judge Waa available.
It was reported here that
Judge Williams may have Buf
feted a cracked rib in the ac
cident The only details of
4bc accident known here are
those recounted in the Mon
day edition of The News and
Observer, as followa:
"A second accident which
(investigating officer) Pen
nington investigated saw Mar
garet Fry* Dale, 34, of Wil
ron taken to Rex Hospital
with i broken In nl l?
eiations of the tee* following
an accident on Western Blvd.
The car which her husband
was driving (truck a IMS
Cadillac driven by Superior
Court Judge Clawson Lee
Williams of Sanford.
"Judge Williams was chsre
ed with failing to see that
movement could not be made
in safety before crossing a
dominant highway.' Accord
ing to Pennington, William*
had Just come from a tele
vision station after making a
speech and pulled into West
fin Blvd. in front of Dale's
car. The Judge went to Rex
Hospital with a bruised left
tide and was later released."
Upon notification that
Judge Williams would not be
able to be present to hold
court here and that no sub
acute Judge was available.
Sheriff Jim Hundley conven
ed and adjourned court
around noon under provision
of the General Statutes.
Prearranged Race Costs
Man His Car, MOO Fine
A Warren County man con
victed on dual, cbargea of
pre-arranged racing and sim
ultaneously "driving under
tbe influence" waa fined 9100
and coats and bad his car
confiscated in Recorder'*
Court here last Friday.
Judge Julius E. Banxet or
dered the action in the case
of Samuel Lee Bullock, 28.
Negro, of Hanson, Rt. 1.
Tbe charges were consoli
dated for triitf.
Charged with participation
in the Oct. 14 highway race
was Louis Bullock, the de
defendant's brother, vho was
unable to itand trial Friday.
Louis Bullock was injured
ed nine miles north of here
during the race and was tak
en to * arren General Hos
pital with a reportedly
crushed lung.
Trooper W. E. 'Brown said
Louis Bullock, 29, would be
tried on charges of pre-ar
ranged racing and reckless
driving. Damage to the two
vehicles was listed at more
than 9800 by Brawn.
The driver of a school bus
which overturned 11 miles
north of here late Thursday
afternoon wis taxed with
costs of court and ordered to
surrender his license for two
months.
Richard Wilson Hargrove,
IB. driver of the Negro school
bos, told Judge Julius Ban
it.; that he was alone when
the accident occurred. Troop
er W. E. Brown said the
youth had been driving for
only a month.
? Robert . Lee Parham, charg
ed with operating a motor
vehicle, without a driver's It
cense, waa taxed with court
Moses Braxton Gil lam was
taxed with court coats whan
he was found guilty on a
spending charge.
DeArthur Davis waa fined
$23.00 and charged with
court costs when he waa
found guilty ot operating a
motor vohidw without a driv
William Howard Allen
charged with sheading
with having no operator's U
Verdict of tbe court
that ha pay a 9*8.00 fine
Claude Mh?ggt?t
with speeding and
using, waa charg
ed with court coata
Otis Lee Green
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determined that he had allow
ed an intoxicated person to
operate a motor vehicle.
Major Alston was in court,
charged with reckless driving
and with operating a motor
vehicle without a proper
chauffer's license. He was
fined $25.00 on each count
and taxed with court costs.
Hervey Christmas was
found guilty of reckless driv
ing. Prayer for judgment was
continued for 12 months pro
vided the defendant surrend
er his driver's license for 60
days and pay court costs.
It costs Leslie Lester John
son $28.00 and costs for driv
ing,,wtthant. ,an oprratai'i
license. Five dollars and costs
was added when he was
found guilty of possessing
non-tax paid whiskey.
Ervin Lynch was found not
guilty on a charge of assault,
but was sentenced to the
roads for two years when he
was found guilty of non-sup
port The defendant appeal
ed and appeal bond was set
at $1000.00.
Elijah Evans was in court
on a charge of an assault
wih a deadly weapon. The
case was dismissed when
Judge Banxet ruled "It ap
pearing that this warrant
was issued by J. C. Moore,
J. P., and that there has been
no preliminary hearing, this
court does not have. jurisdict
ion."
Richard Bawlings was in
court, charged with emh4i*l
ing money from sales of to
bacco, selling tobacco with
out a correct sales book and
disposing of mortgaged pro
perty. No probable cause was
the court's verdict on the em
bezzlement charge. He was
sentenced to the roads for
90 days on the charge of
selling tobacco without a cor
rect sales book, but the ten
tence was suspended for two
years upon payment of costs.
He was sentenced to six
on the roads on the
charge of disposing of mortag
ed property. The
was suspended for two years
upon condition that the
fendant remain of good be
havior, violate no criminal
laws for two years, pay Into
office of the Clerk of Super
ior Court, oa or before No
vember 30, the ?um at
$239.03 for the use of Farm
ere Warehouse to reimburse
It tor Ion on account of
fondant's violation, pey
on or before November 30 a
fine of $300 and court -
Robert Morris Davis
in court, charged with
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Tobacco buyer* are shown bidding (or Market following the reopening of the
Farmer*' tobacco on the Warrenton Tobacco warehouse* here on Monday morning.
Prices Higher As
Market Re-Opens
The Warrenton Tobacco
Market reopened on Mon
day morning following a
week's holiday with heavy
sales and the highest prices
of the season. Many farmers
expressed delight over prices
paid for tobacco
Fanners sale* Monday to
taled 445,968 pounds for
which $313,135.02 was paid
out. The market average was
585.27.
tinned for two years upon
condition that the defendant
remain of good behavior and
pay court costs.
.The verdict of the court
In a number" ot speeding
cases was as follows: Ernest
Worley Allen, *10.00 and
costs; Barbara Gee Williams,
costs; Frances King Smith,
costs; .Jean Doremus Wilbur,
costs; James Lawrence. Aiken.
$10.00 and costs; Willard
Graham Inscoe, $10.00 and
costs; Stephen Kersey, $10.00
and costs; John Earl Alston,
$10.00 and costs.
Seniors To Present
Three One-Act
Plays Nov. 2
The Junior Class of John
Graham High School will
present three one-act plays in
the school auditorium on
Friday night, November 2. at
8 o'clock. Titles of the plays
will be "It's Cold In Them
Thar Hills," ? hillbilly com
edy; "Bachelor of the Year,"
a sophisticated comedy; and
"The Valiants," a drama.
Admission will be 50c for
children and $1.00 for adults.
Brownies Have
Investiture Service
Members of the Presbyter
ian Church Brownie Troop
held investiture services in
the church basement on
Thursday night, October 18,
at 7 JO,
Twelve girls had complet
ed the requirements and af
ter repeating the Brownie
Promise, received their
Brownie pins from the lead
en, Mrs. W. K. Lanier, Jr.,
and Mrs. Walter White.
As each girl received her
pin, she took her place in a
horseshoe around the born
tog campflre and the cere
mony ended with the singing
of the Brownie Song.
Punch ? and cookies were
to 00 parents and
: Yellow and gold
Te Go On Hayrtde
The Baptist Youth Fellow
ship will go en a hay-ride
and picnic SHMtay. The
giqwp will leave from the
* ' at 4 p. m Larry
The $63.27 official average
of Monday compared with
an average of $59.13 on the
last day of tales previous to
the holiday and with a sea
son average of $59.42.
Monday's sales sent the
season's sales on the Warren
ton market over the 10
million mark. Total farmers
sales at the close pf the mar
ket on Monday were 10,012,
384 pounds. ??
The five-day sales holiday
was called because the Flue
Cured Cooperative Stabiliza
tion was overloaded with to
bacco causing congested con
ditions in the processing
plants
The holiday, plus the clo
sing of the South Carolina
Border Belt for the season
is expected to relieve the
situation.
Advisory Council Named For
Norlina Agricultural Dept.
A six-man Advisory Coun
cil for the Norlina ' High
School Department of Agri
culture has been appointed
b;> Supt. of Schools J. Roger
peeler.
Members named by the
school superintendent ere
Jack Hawks, J. O. Knight,
Paul J. Lancaster, Prank D.
Perkinson, William J. (Bill)
Hawks, and Leonard M.
Bender.
In announcing his appoint
ments Peeler said that the
function of the council will
be very much like that of
the school board and it will
serve in an advisory capacity
to the teacher of agriculture
and to the department ia gen
eral
Some of the qualifications
considered in selecting the
members were their interest
in agriculture, success in
agriculture or agriculture bus
iness, willingness to devote
the necessary time and en
ergy to the council, ability to
consider local problems with
an open and objective mind
and to form decisions that
arc for the beterment of the
Vocational Department of the
high school and the agricul
tural population of the com
munity.
Peeler said that the coun
cil will elect Its officers at
the first meeting and will be
given all the necessary in
formation pertaining to their
functions and responsibilities
by Vocational Agriculture
Teacher Clint Hege.
Smoke, Odor Bring Students
From John Graham Building
Smoke and odor from a
burned out transformer in a
flouresent light on the third
floor of the John Graham
HighSshool caused the sum
moning of the town's fire
department shortly before the
close of the school day last
Friday.
The children, accustomed
to fire drills, calmly filed
from the building and watch
ed the arrival of the fire
engines.
Supt. of Schools Roger
Peeler said Thursday that
there was no fire. Be said
the smoke and odor m,#
cessive in Mrs. Annie Drake's
room, but that these
formers had frequently burn
ed out in schools of *0i
county. He said the school
system replaced at least 46
of these last year. Damage
wan estimated at about 18.00.
ton Rotarians w
Birthday Calendars On Sale
The Warren ton Rotary
Club thia week placed on
sale their 1083 Community
Birthday calendar* KoUrlna
ask that each pert on la the
ajrea purchase one from any
of the rural club
Selby Benton la
of sale* - in the. rural attrs
and other Rotariana hare
IMWB assigned ?ws?'la
of Wtrrerrton. Anyone
is aaked to caU Bun
?
County an urged to *up
lit
Dor will be
observed it the 11 o'daek
WonMp s^rviro at 1M|I>
Memorl*.
on Sonfcqr, October M. A
follow-up MT?tM wfD b* ImM
on Nofwmber 4.
School Site To Be
Selected By Board
A definite rite for the lo
cation of a consolidated
Negro elementary school in
the southern part of Warren
County ia expected to be
?elected next week, I. Roger
Peeler, superintendent of
aehoots, said Thursday.
The moat logical and
satisfactory location for the
new school ia terms of popu
lation, transportation, and
adequacy of site would ap
pear to be south of Coley
Springs on one of the seve
ral sites available, according
to a recommendation of a
committee from the State
Department of Public Iiucruc
tion, Peeler asid.
Peeler said that no effort
has been made here to rec
ommend any particular site
south of Coley Springs for
the new consolidated elemen
tary school. Either of the
sites examined by the com
mittee in this area would be
adequate, and, there
fore, be aaid, the selection of
a site by the Warren County
Board of Education can be
made on the basil of price
as well as adequacy.
Following the report of the
survey team, a committee
from the 'Board of Educa
tion has contacted W. T.
Burton and T. M. Brown in
regard to prices of available
land in the COley Spring sec
tion.
The survey team?compos
ed of Or. Joseph If. Johns
tou and W. L. Latham?said
that the expansio:'. of facili
ties at the John R. Hawkins
School to - accomodate ele
mentary pupils in the small
schools in the southern sec
tion of the county would be
neither feasible nor wise,
since the number of pupils
then to be served at this
site would be far too large
for a most efficient and ef
fective elementary school op
eration.
The team said that the
John R. Hawkins site is also
extremely limited, and that
any land adjacent to this
school site should, therefore,
be acquired for the needs of
the present enrollment.
Death of Negro Man Found
In Ditch Is Ruled Accidental
The death of * Warren
County Negro, whose body
was discovered in a ditch in
the northern part of the coun
ty on Monday night, has been
ascribed to natural causes.
Coroner N. I. Haithcock
said Wednesday that an exam
ination of the body of Joe
Barr, about 63, showed no
marks of violence and that
he could find no reasons for
an inquest.
Examining the body of Barr
with Coroner Haithcock was
Sheriff Jim Hnudley who went
to the scene of the accident
with Deputy Herbert Rooker.
Haithcock said that he was
notified of the man's death
about 12:30 Tuesday morning.
He said that Barr had been
dead for several hours when
he arrived at the scene.
Haithcock quoted Barr's
wife as saying that he had
been ill for several days but
had refused to seek medical
attention.
Barr's body was found in a
highway ditch in front of his
home which is located near
the home of Jesse Gardner
in Sixpound Township.
Police Search For Persons
Who Robbed Rec. Center
Warren County police and
the SBI are searching for the
person or persons who broke
Into the Norlina Recreation
Center on Monday night.
The theft was discovered
by Jamea D. GiUiland, an
owner of the center, who
went by the place of business
?round 4:30 on Tuesday morn
ing. Be notified the Sheriff's
Department and Sheriff Am
Hundley and SBI Agent L. M.
Horton nude a prompt invest
igation. If any clues were dis
sovered they have not been
revealed.
Hie thieves took a cash
register and broke open the
coin boxes on the pin - ball
machine, the juke box and a
pool table. Hundley quoted
Gilliland as saying that the
cash register was an old
second hand machine worth
about $35.00, and that the
cash obtained hardly exceeded
$10.00 as weekend receipts
hid been
Hundley . said that he be
lives that there was more
than one person connected
with the robbery. He said his
guess would be about three
persons.
J. T. Harris Dies ?
At Home Here
On Wednesday
John Thomas Harris, 68,
died at his residence on Bre
hon Street at 3:30 p. a., js
Wednesday after an illiness
of several years.
A large landowner and
farmer, Mr. Harris was a
member of the Shady Grove
Methodist Church in Mf
and was a member of the
Board of Stewards. He had
served as county commission
er of Warren County for 30
years and was a member >f
the Warrenton Lions Club.
Funeral services will be
conducted at the Shady Grott
Methodist Church at Ioex on
Friday at 11 a. m. by the
pastor, the Rev. William
Sabistan, assisted by the Rev.
Troy J. Barrett of Warren- ??
ton and Dr. Cecil Bobbin*,
president of Lotdsburg Col
lege. Interment will be ill
the church cemetery.
Mr. Harris is survived by
his wife, the former Kate
Hawks; one daughter,
Nancy Rose Harris, a
at Peace College,
and two sisters, Mrs. M.
Fitchett and Mrs. W. H.
Rankin, both of Norfolk. Vs.
Pallbearers will be Eagem
Davis, Romeo Powell, Faulk
Alston, Amos Capps, Raby
Traylor and Melvin Souther
land.
Examiner's Office
To Be Closed 111
On October
The license examiner's
flc upstairs in the
house will fee c1om4.*K
Monday and
39 and SO, in
Wilder may attend a
training school in
Hill.
In announcing that
flee would he
said that the
flee would be
day and Toei
at the school was
would not be
te:aafha tfte?. ..
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IN. Warrenton Voting Booths
To Be Placed In New Location
Voter* of Weft Wirrenton
Precinct will no longer be re
quired to dimb the stairs to
the court room in order to
east their ballot*.
Wiley 6. Coleman, chair
man of the Warren 'Comity
Board of Elections, said this
week that quarters for the
voting booth* had been ob
tained in the Agricultural
Building on the court square.
He caid that voter* would en
ter the boDding on the north
?ide, opposite the heme of
John Boyd Davis.
Doe to the number of el
derly voters in the precinct.
an effort had been made for
some time to have the voting
booths placed at some place
on the ground floor of the
bunding. Due to the diffi
culty of finding a suitable lo
cation downstairs in the court
house, complaints of many
citizens had gone unheeded.
Recently the Board of Elec
tions and the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners worked out
an agreement to pjsce the
booths in the Agricultural
Building and the announce
ment of the change in loca
tion of the West Warrenton
Precinct waa made this week
by Coleman.
Norlina Vocational Agriculture
Dept Working With Adults
The Noritaa High School
Depart meat of Vocational
Agriculture in cooperation
with certain member* of Mr*.
Roger Peeler"* commercial
clan to in the proem of
making a ntrwr of the needs
ana dwtrw of patron* in the
Wcrlina High School district
concerning further education
1 1 Agriculture. ?
I Agriculture
ter in teaching some of these
courses. At the successful
con-pletlon of the coarse, the
students will receive a cer
tificate from the center and
credit for the work done.
The Council will dedde the
day and hour of the class
ar.it the length of the course.
Hege said he was very
thmiasttc about the proaMft
of reaching every person who
to Interested in taking
post the high
said that all persons
sixteen years of age
and working in agriculture
are ?UgB>le. sgSagSj
win ho
of "Mi