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Salmon Draws
Prison Sentence
Otha Salmon, charged with
the fatal beating of his bro
ther-in-law, former sheriff J.
Edward Hamlett of Vance
County, on the night of Aug
ust 18, entered a plea of j
guilty of involuntary man
slaughter in open court on j
Thursday tnorning.
Solicitor W H. S. Bur-,
gwin, ,lr? announced thai the |
state would accept the plea j
and presiding Judge William
v. Bickett sentenced Salmon
to serve from 12 to 14 years
in the State Penitentiary on
Thursday afternoon.
The announcement that the\
state would accept the lesser i
plea at 10:25 on Thursday)
morning came as a dramatic
end to a trial filled with
drama as a family divided,!
one member testifying in sup- i
port of her dead husband, and
the other members of the
family serving as witnesses
in defense of their brother.!
Also the announcement end-j
ed the threat of court being1
held in session for possibly j
the remainer of the week, as |
defense Counsel James D. j
Gilliland put witness after |
witness on the stand in an!
effort to shake the testimony j
of Mrs. Hamlett, the defend-\
ant's sister.
Frank Banzet assisted Solic i
itor Burgwyn and Assistant
Solicitor Charles White in the
prosecution.
Much of Tuesday afternoon
and part of Wednesday morn- j
ing was consumed in the se-!
lection of a jury, necesslta-1
ting the summoning of half1
a dozen extra jurors on Wed-!
nesday morning before the
thirteenth juror could be em
paneled. Judge Bickett had ;
stated that he was unwilling I
/ to try the case without the!
thirteenth' juror, present in1
case it should become neces- j
sary to withdraw any juror j
without ordering a mistrial.
Principal witness for the
prosecution was Mrs. Hamlett.
' testifying under stress, who
was unshaken by the defense
as he testified to the events
leading up to the fights be
tween her brother and her
husband and of witnessing
the beating administered by
her brother to her husband.
Mrs. Hamlett testified that
she and her husband had
gone to the Otha - Salmon
home near Wise on the night
CLAUDE HUNTER MOORE
Moore To Speak Here
On Sat., January 12
The Warren County Cen
tennial Committee in Coop
eration with the Warren
County Chapter of the United
Daughter* of Confederacy
will honor the memory of
General Robert E. Lee, and
General Thomas J. (Stone
wall) Jackson on Saturday,
January IX, at 3:80 p. m.
at the Episcopal Parish
House.
Claude Hunter Moore, prin
cipal of Aurellan
School, and a noted
and writer, will be
speaker. Mr. Moore
of August 18 and after sup
per she and her husband had
gotten into the back seat of
the Salmon car with the
front seat being occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. Otha Salmon.
She said that she thought
they were going for a ride,
but that instead her brother
drove to the home of a Ne
gro bootlegger and went in
the house and stayed for
some time. After he had re
entered the car they started
down Highway 1 towards the
Salmon home.
On the way. Mrs. Hamlett
said, the car was weaving
from side to side of the road
and her husband asked Otha
Salmon if he didn't want him
to drive, saying that he ap
peared sleepy, but was told
by Salmon that he could drive
his own car. Finally the car
was stopped and Mrs. Salmon
got on the back seat with her
while her husband got on the
front seat with Salmon. But
then, she said, that Otha Sal
mon became angry and told
Hamlett that he could drive
his own car, stepped from
the parked car and jerked
Hamlett from the car. threw
him about IS feet and began
to beat him.
Unable to stop the fight,
she fled to the Wise Tourist
Court for help. Mrs. Freddy
Hicks was at the court and
as she started to drive Mrs.
Hamlett in search of her
husband, Mr. Hicks drove up
in a pickup truck and car
ried her in search of her
husband.
Mrs. Hamlett said that
when they arrived at the
scene of the fight all the par
ticipants were gone. She said
Mr. Hicks drove her along
the highway until some 50
feet from the drive leading
from Highwav 1 to the home
of Otha Salmon they saw
the Salmon car parked along
the highway. She said that
Mr. Hicks went to the parked
car to inquire as to the where
abouts of Hamlett, and was
told that he had been left at
Joe Riggan's Service Station
in Wise; that Hamlett had
told them that he wanted to
wash the blood off his hands.
They said that when Hamlett
failed to appear they left
him.
Hicks then drove Mrs. Ham
lett to a service station and
store just across the Virginia
line operated by her brother,
John Salmon. When they ar
rived Hamlett was standing
in the yard of the store His1
his D.waa torn from his I
his g'asses had been lost, hfa
ace was badly bruised, and I
faceTnd "r?Und his I
?ace and on his body. Mrs
2,'e tur" h She reUted ,h" I
for meH. d ,nt0 ,he borne
h?,? m?dic,ne and a blanket
ihp ?hen she came out of!
the house her husband was
shTs? H n.?,Cr0SS examination,
said that she did not see
?ny knife in his hand
Felix Williams testified
that as he rode by Joe RiE
gans service station, he saw
a man iying beside ^ ^
hp slowed down he
heard his call for help. Wil
liams said that although he
had known Hamlett well for
fhpl and althou8h he threw
hil ham? ?f 8 i'ashlight on
him n d ,0 rec?gnize
him on account of his condi
tion, and it was only when
he spoke that he recognized
his voice. Williams said that
S?lmCnr'neo Hamlett to Johni
Service Station and !
that Hicks and Mrs. Hamlett
had nnt arrived at that time
Hlcks testified that
Hamlett appeared to be badly
beaten up and that when he
saw him he was standing in
his yard that he pulled a|
pen knife with a blade he
judged to be about two in
ches long, and stated that he
? |?/n? to the home of
Otha Salmon and cut his neck
1" sh?ulders. Hicks
said that he then left the ser
vice station.
Otis Powell. a neighbor,
who stopped by the service
station, said he saw the knife
blade and heard the threats
made by Hamlett.
Mrs Hamlett testified that
husband was nearly 70
years old. that he weighed
?hr?und. '22-25 pounds, and
that his health had not been
f??? '."refent months. She
?aid that her brother was
?r?und 43 ye?rs old and she
judged that he weighed
around 200 pounds or more
Mrs. Hamlett said that
when she found her husband
had disappeared and learned
that he had started to the
.hp"16 Otha Salmon that;
she got her niece, Louise
,to drive her towards
the Salmon home. She said
they overtook her husband on
the way and that she begged
him to get in the truck with
refused but he
<S?e SALMON, page 4)
ACPSignup
Begins 14th
The initial signup period
for the 1963 Agricultural Con
servation Program in Warren
County will begin on Janu
ary 14 and will run through
January 28, according to
announcement made this
week by the local ASCS Of
fice.
T. E. Watson, office man
ager, said that farmers with
conservation problems on
their farms can be aided in
their solution by the 1963
ACP program.
Watson, in listing the 1963
ACP practices approved for
Warren County, asked that
farmers look over the list
"and if you think your con
servation problem comes un
der one or more of the ap
proved practices and you de
sire government cost-sharing
to help solve it, you should
visit the ASCS Office for
more information.
The practices listed in
clude :
A-2?Permanent pasture or
hay.
A-3?Additional vegetative
cover in crop rotation.
A-4?Liming material on
farmland.
A-5?Contour stripcropping.
A-7?Establishment of stand
of trees on farmland for pur
poses other than wind or wa
ter erosion.
B-7?Farm ponds as a
means of protecting vegeta
tive cover.
B-10?Forest improvement.
C-l?Sod waterway.
C-4?Terracing.
C-14?Farm ponds for irri
gation water.
I D-l?Winter cover crops.
D-2?Summer annual le
I gutnes. ?
F-l?Field stripcropping.
i F-2?Land smoothing.
G-l?Establishment of vege
tative cover providing wild
life food plots and habitat.
Local PTA To Meet
On Tuesday Night
The Warrenton P. T. A.
will meet on Tuesday evening
at 8:00 p. m. Dr. Joseph
Stroud of Raleigh will be
the speaker. The topic to be
discussed is "How To Teach
Our Children Gracious Liv
ing." There will be an oppor
tunity for parents and teach
ers to participate through a
"Question and Answer Per
iod.
Criminal Term Of Superior
Court Ends Thursday P. M.
The January criminal term
of Warren County Superior
Court, which convened here
on Monday morning with
Judge William Y. Bickett of
Raleigh, presiding, adjourned
around 4:30 on Thursday af
ternoon.
Principal case in both in
terest and length was that of
State vs. Otha Salmon, charg
ed with murder, which ended
on Thursday morning after
Salmon had entered a plea of
involuntary manslaughter, for
which he was sentenced from
12 to 14 years in the stste
penitentiary on Thursday af
ternoon.
Zollie Gupton, charged with
an assault with a deadly wea
pon, waa sentenced to the
roads for two years. The
sentence was suspended for
three years upon the
tion that the defendant
Of good behavior,
no laws for three yean,
a $2100 fine and court
at the April, 1961, term of
court.
Lucile H. Daily waa grant
ed a divorce from Jamea
Dailey, and William Brytfnt
Hendricks waa granted a di
vorce from Ella S. Hendricks.
Jamea Perry waa sentenced
to the roads for not less than
three nor more than five
years. Ha was found guilty
on a breaking and entering
charge.
The State took a nol pros
with leave in the case of
Eugene Carter Burroughs,
charged with reckless driv
ing and involuntary man
slaughter.
Jesse Wimbrow, charged
with five counts of breaking
was sentenced to the roads
for not leas than seven n
the court was that he be
sentenced to the roads for
not less than five years nor
more than ten years, to run
concurrently with other sen
tences.
Hargrove was also charged
with two other counts of
breaking and entering and
larceny, and sentenced to
the roads for not less than
seven years nor more than
ten years.
Abraham Williams was sen
tenced to the roads for si*
months when he was found
guilty of possessing non-tax
paid whiskey.
The State took a not pros
with leave in the case of
Osborne V. Palmer, charged
with an assault with a
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guilty on a
A six
r Jorlina Ok's Bond Issue
Pictured above are the newly elected
officers of the Warren County Farm
Bureau (left to right): Erich E. Hecht,
president; E. C. Robertson, secretary
treasurer; and Boyd M. Reams, vice presi
sident. Mr. Hecht reports their 1963 mem
bership quota has been obtained and that
some important activities are planned for
the benefit of their members
Vote Is 213
In Favor Of
Project Bonds
Norlina voters on Tuesday
approved a $165,000 bond is
sue lor the running of sewer
lines in the town and for the
construction of a sewage dis
posal lagoon
The vote was 213 in favor
of the bond issue and 31
against the issue.
About 75 per cent of the
town's eligible voters cast
ballots.
Fears that a difference over
the type of sewage disposal
plan to be used proved to be
without foundation, and it is
believed that 'his issue had
little effect on the vote.
Charges that the lagoon
type system of sewage dis
posal would be unsatisfactory
had been raised by Alex
Katzenstein of Greensboro
and Charles Katzenstein of
Chapel Hill, property owners
of the town, in a newspaper
article and in appeals to the
town officials.
The charges were answered
by Mayor Graham Grissom,
who pointed out that the in
vestigation of lagoons had
been made by the board and
that they had been approved
by the County Health Depart
ment, the State Health De
partment, and the Streams
Sanitary Commission. He said
that a recent visit to Farm
ville had revealed that the
system in that city had re
vealed no trouble in four
years of operation and that
the town was planning to add
several more acres to the
system.
The arguments were re
newed by the Katzenstein
Brothers and answered by
Town officials at a mass meet
ing held at the high school '
gym on Thursday night of
last week, when plans for the
installation of the sewage sys
tem were explained and a
question and answer period
was held.
Mayor Grissom, who had
prophesized the passage of
the issue, said on Tuesday
night that he was very much
gratified by the overwhelm
ing vote given the bond issue.
He said that much detail
work remains to be done be
fore construction could be
started but that he and other
town officials were happy
that Norlina was on the way
to obtain a much needed fa
cility.
Property Valuation To Remain
At 40 Per Cent Of Appraisal
The Warren County Board
of Commissioners on Monday
ordered that the tax valua
tions for 1963 be fixed at
40% of the appraised valu
ations as established by the
Associated Surveys in 1960.
This was the same ratio
used in determining property
valuations for purpose of
taxation last year.
After a quiet morning
session when the commission
ers found time for discussion
of basketball and baseball
players as they waited for
business, the afternoon ses
sion was a full time affair
lasting until 6 o'clock.
Principal reason for the
long afternoon session was a
discussion of awarding con
tractor for a new boiler at
the Warren County Kealth
Center. After opening of bids,
three local contractors were
called before the board for
additional information. Ap
pearing before the board
Cliff Ellis, representing War
renton Supply Company, J.
B. Martin's Heating and
Plumbing Company, and E.
G. Hecht of E. G. Hecht
and Sons of Norlina.
The awarding of the Con
tracting finally rested be
tween Martin and Hecht and
after much discussion of the
heating problem at the
Health Center, of long du
ration and affected by more
than the boiler, the com
missioners decided to an
nounce their decision at a
meeting scheduled to be held
Thursday night when the
board was to conduct a pub
lic hearing on the zoning of
the Gaston l*ke area.
Also consuming some time
was a discussion of the cost
of making repairs to the
agricultural building. Ap
pearing before the board
were Walter S, Smiley, Chair
man of the ASC committee,
T. E Watson, ASCS office
manager, and Frank W.
Reams, county agent. Rich
ard R. Davis had also served
Support Deadline
Is January 31
The deadline for obtaining
price aupport en most 1982
crop* grain* and related
crop* will be January II,
W. S. Smiley, Chairman of
of the Warren A9C County
Committee announced thl*
the official do#
with this group as a com
mittee for having repairs
made at the agricultural
building.
The gist of the report of
the committee was that the
cost of the repairs had run
approximately $1,000 higher
than the $2400 appropriated
for this purpose by the
board. The members said
that after they had gotten
into the project that repairs
that had not been forseen
appeared. They said that they
felt that these repairs could
not have been deferred.
The board agreed, follow
ing the explanation in some
detail, that repairs were best
made at that time and
agreed to find the money for
the remainder of the bill.
They did order deferred anti
cipated repairs to the up
stairs of the building in the
amount of some $600 be de
ferred until after the end
of the present fiscal year.
The Board ordered that
Blaylock's Funeral Home be
paid $50.00 on the burial
expense of Mrs. Nannie
Moseley Gibson.
The following resolution
was passed by the board:
"Resolved, '.hat the State
Highway Commission be re
quested to investigate the
advisability of improving the
highway crossing over the
S. A. L. Railway between
Rtdgeway and Norlina for
the purpose of eliminating
the existing hazardous con
dition."
A. P Rodwell. Jr.. Tax
Collector, reported taxes col
lected to date of $226,027.35.
Of this amount $37,585 was
collected in December.
The bond of S. E Allen,
Register of Deeds, was re
ceived and ordered filed.
The State Highway Com
mission was requested to add
to the County Road system
that road known as "Ridge
crest Drive," being about 1-4
of a mile in length, located
in the Country Meadows
Development just east of
Warrenton.
S. E. Allen, Register of
Deeds, reported 87 marriage
licenses issued for the quar
ter ending December 31,
1962, for which $405.00 was
turned into the General
Fund.
Woman Finds Drunken
Driving Can Be Costly
Hazel Williams, in Record
er's Court last Friday, found
that drunk driving can be ex
pensive.
Judge Julius Banzet order
ed that the defendant give
up her driving license for one
year and pay a total fine of
$150.00 plus court costs. The
$50.00 fine was levied after
the woman had been convict
ed of hit and run driving, and
the $100 fine came as the re
sult of conviction on a drunk
driving charge. Judge Banzet
said that provided the de
fendant meets the terms of
the sentence prayer for judg
ment would be continued for
one year.
Forace Silver was found
guilty of driving after his li
cense had, bfen revoked,
drunk driving and improper
brakes. He was given a 60
days jail sentence, to be re
leased in the custody of
George W. Davis for purpose
of work froaa 11 p. m. each
2 p. m.
pay costs.
ed to appear at the January
term of criminal court.
John Thomas Spruill was
in court on a larceny charge
Prayer for judgment was con
tinued for one year upon con
dition that the defendent re
main of good behavior for one
year and pay court costs.
Willie Jiggetts was charged
with operating a motor ve
hicle without an operator's
license. He was found guilty
of operating the vehicle with
out proper brakes and was
taxed with court costs. He
was found not guilty on the
charge of having no opera
tor's license. ?
James Allen Long was taxed
with court costs when ho was
found guilty of failure to" stop
at a stop sign. He was found
not guilty on a charge of op
erating a motor vehicle with
out an operator's license.
Long was also charged with
reckless driving. In this action
prayer for judgment was con
tinued for one
dition that the
a $50.00 fine, pay to the Clack
of Superior Court $63.00
uoe of Thee 1
the nee of Thee Howard to
reimburse him far damage to
his ??UmihPs, and pay the
casts of
Jules Banzet Speaks
At Auxiliary Meet
Jules Banzet was guest
speaker at the regular meet
ng of the American Legion
\uxiliary, Unit 25, held In
:he home of Mrs. W. C. Bob
>itt on Thursday evening.
Mr. Banzet, introduced by
Mrs. Hal White, presented an
nteresting talk on State Leg
islation. His remarks were
punctuated by numerous il
lustrations used in order to
tring out the various points
given. A question and answer
period followed.
Mrs. A. A. Wood, president,
presided over the meeting,
following the Pledge of Alle
fiance, and the prayer, the
Preamble was recited by the
members.
The regular business meet
ng was held and eoaamittae
reports given. Poppies to bo
told in May have boo
leoed. With 87 mamhan
to date, an attempt is
?ode to roach the ?Mi
up by the Stat
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