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k VOLUME 67 10c Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY. JUNE 7, 1963 NUMBER 23
Outlook Not As Good For Cotton And Corn Growers
Warren Tobacco Hopes Soar Followina Rainfall
A bright picturc for Warren County to
bacco farmers was painted this week by
county farm agents in the wake of weekend
rains estimated tc be worth several millions
dollars to the county's farm economy.
Prospects for a banner year for producers
of the golden weoi io!lowed the rainfall,
which drenched every section of the county
L. B. Hardage, assistant county agriculture
agent here for 17 years, said the county's
tobacco crop was excellent.
"Tobacco looks as good as I've ever seen
it at this time of the year," llardage said.
He said almost complete absence of disease
was increasing crop prospects.
George D. Hunter, weather observer for
the U. S. Weather Bureau, said Sunday's
rainfall measured at a recording station near
Areola was almost three-quarters of an inch.
i Rainfall varied in several sections of the
county, but a cross-section glance at the
county indicated that all areas, received suf
ficient rainfall.
While the rains meant vintold dollars for
tobacco producers, they came too late to off
set severe setbacks to crops of corn and
cotton.
"Large acreages of cotton," Hardage re
ported, "have been destroyed due to poor
stands resulting from lack of seed germina
tion, frost and early dry weather conditions."
He said cotton was spotty and that seed
borne diseases had been noted in the crop
Last year Warren farmers we:? hard hit
by the boll weevil, and some farmers failed
to meet expenses of production. Farmers
planting 8.370 acres of cotton realized only
S776.769 from the crop and the average yield
per acre stood at 306 pounds
"This year we are shooting at 400 pounds
per acre, and we might make it if farmers
begin applying topdresser and wage boll
weevil control," he said. Hardage said many
farmers could make a bale or a bale and a
half per acre if they took steps to control
the boll weevil
"People in the county just won't dust or
spray and when the tobacco crop begins
pushing them they are forced to neglect the
cotton crop." he said "Many farmers do not
hove stands of cotton sufficient to make two
bales an acre, even with weevil control pro
grams " he added.
Some farmers are plowing under their poor
stands of cotton and replacing the cotton
with soy heans Hardage pointed out that
the latter crop is increasing in importance
here Last year, roughly 3.000 acres of soy
beans brought county farmers more than
(See CROPS, page 4)
Court Term Ends With No Need
For Grand Jury; Docket Slim
Felonies
Not Heard
The June criminal term of
Warren County Superior
Court?devoted exclusively to
the trial of misdemeanors?
ended here shortly after noon
Wednesday. No defendant
charged with a felony was
tried during the three-day
term presided over by Judge
William Y. Bickett of Raleigh.
Court officials, including
the presiding judge and So
licitor W. H. S. Burgwyn, Jr.,
of Woodland, expressed sur
prise that no bills of indict
ment were presented to the
grand jury,
Burgwyn, district solicitor
for five years, said the term
of court here was the first
in which he had seen no bills
submitted to the grand jury.
Judge Bickett excused grand
jurors after a court official
reported that there appeared
no need for an inspection of
county facilities usually un
dertaken by jurors.
The session was marked by
a continuation of cases, many
because of the absence of
John Kerr, Warrenton attor
ney currently serving in the
General Assembly. A total of
14 cases were continued, in
cluding the trial of James M.
Hargrove, Jack Plummer, and
Robert L. Ramey, charged
with murder. This case was
not placed on the court
docket prior to the session.
The last case of the session, j
in which Robert Henry Duns-!
ton, Warren County Negro,
was charged with drunken
driving, ended in a mistrial
after jurors were unable to
reach a verdict. Dunston was
also tried on a speeding
charge, found guilty, and giv
en a 60-day sentence, sus
pended for 60 days upon pay
ment of $50 and costs.
Every case reaching trial
here this week came on ap
peal from Warren County Re
corder's Court. For several
defendants, the appeals
brought stiffer sentences.
Such was the case in the
trial of George Williams and
Hilliard Hardy, charged with
the larceny of boxwood
hushes. Each had viceived
60-day sentences in Record
er's Court, and each had ap
pealed his sentence. Judge
Bickett, after hearing testi
mony that the pair stole (our
hushes from County Commis
sioner Robert Thorne of Lit
tleton, sentenced each de
fendant to 12 months in
prison.
The only cases reaching the
jury during the session in
volved drunken driving.
Found guilty by juries
(See COURT, page S)
Huge Bream Caught
By Clyde Edwards
A 31-ounce blue-gill bream,
one of the largeat erer caught
in Warren County, waa land
ed recently by Clyde Edward*
in a farm pond near Axtelle.
The large flab wai caught
on a cane pole with a flab
lag worm in a pond owned
by William Bender of Rt X
. Norllna.
MRS. ANNE W. BAXTER
Mrs.Baxter
Wins Grani
Mrs. Ann W. Baxter o
Warrenton has been awardec
a graduate assistantship ii
the Department of Bacteriol
ogy at the University o
North Carolina Mcdical Schoo
in Chapel Hill where she wil
work towards a Ph.D. degre<
in Bacteriology. The assist
antship will begin in Sep
tember.
Mrs. Baxter and her daught
er, Ellen, expect to move t<
Chapel Hill in September.
This summer Mrs. Baxtei
will attend the University o:
North Carolina under a gran
from the National Scienci
Foundation. She studied un
der this grant at the Uni
versity last summer and ha
been attending classes 01
Saturday. She hopes to obtaii
her M.A. degree by the en<
of this summer.
Mrs. Baxter graduated fron
Rockford College in Rockford
Illinois, in 1938, and did grad
uate work at the Northwest
em University Medical Schoo
in Chicago. Afterwards shi
attended Ursuline College a
Louisville, Ky., taking course
in Education to obtain i
Secretary of Education cei
(See BAXTER, page 4)
National
Guardsmen
To Depart
Warrenton National Guards
men will leave this weekend
for a two-we<>k tour of active
duty at Fort Bragg. Guards
men will return June 23 af
ter two weeks of intensive
training on the giant military
reservation.
Four officers and 51 en
listed men, members of Com
pany C, 3rd Battalion. 120th
Regiment of the 30th (Old
Hickory) Infantry Division,
will put into practice at Fort
Bragg training received in
the local armory during the
past year.
Under the command of
Capt. Robert L. Duke of Mid
! dleburg, local Guardsmen are
I members of a rifle platoon
and headquarters of Company
A. A rifle and weapons pla
toon station in Henderson,
also a part of Company A,
will train with Warrenton
Guardsmen.
During reserve training, the
two components will drill at
? separate armories, but during
the annual two-week active
duty training period the com
pany drills as one unit. War- j
renton has served as head
quarters for the company
since National Guard reor
ganizations plans were put
into operation in March.
Guardsmen will set up
tents and live on the u;as
sive reservation for the en
tire period. A fourth of the
company will depart for Fort
Bragg Saturday, with the re
mainder of the company leav
ing on Sunday morning.
Some 10,300 Tar Heel
Heel National Guardsmen,
under the command of Maj
Gen. Weston H. Willis of
Jacksonville, will engage in
summer training this year.
In Hospital
Mrs. J. J. Nicholson of
Macon is a patient in Warren
General Hospital for treat
ment.
?OOD AND COUNTRY AWARD WINNER
?Lew Hep son of Mr. and lbs. C. L Hege
of Nor Una, Sundaybecame the first Boy
Scout in the town's history to receive the
God and Country award, one of the highest
awards in Scouting. Lew, a Ufa Scout, has
earned over SO merit hedges and becomes
eligible for his Eagle wrt in October.
Pinning the God and Country medal on Low
la. the Rev Jaaaes B. Parvin, minister of the
NorHna Methodiit Church, who conducted
the ceremony. Scoutmaster W. K. Delbridge
look* on. Sponeored by the church o<
which a Scout l> a member, the medal is
given jk. feoy who
three boon weekly hi chi
? church camp, lyM+t? with
Bible, participates in youth work, and
an active part in church life and
projects (Stall Photo)
Summer???
Summer is bound to be
right around the bend when
a girl and a beach ball ? be
come inseparable compan
ions. For this youngster,
the junior-sized waves of
Kerr Lake are large enough
to ponder and cold enough
to prove that summer is
still not quite here. (Staff
Photo)
Town Posts
Unchanged
Commissioner Raby L. Tray
lor was re-elected mayor pro
tem of the Town of Norlina
at a meeting of the town
board on Monday night.
Also re-electcd were Buck
White, police chief and super
intendents of the street and
water departmens; Charles
Wilson, night officer; Mrs.
Mae Gums, secretary-treasur
er; and John Kerr, Jr., town
attorney.
Also during the meeting,
largely occupied with routine
matters, Mayor Graham Gris
som appointed Traylor as
chairman of the water com
mittee; E. G. Hecht, chairman
of the street committee; and
P. J. Harton, chairman of the
sanitation committee.
Negro School Project
Costs Reach $304,882
Bids More
Than Hoped
Combined bids totalling
$304,882 for construction of
?.he South Warren Elementary
school and for additions at
the Northside school at Nor
lina were received Wednesday
by the Warren County Board
of Education.
The total low bids, coupled
with $18,293 in fees for Ar
I chitect Owen F. Smith of Ral
j eigh, exceeded funds ear
marked for the two projects
I by "roughly $23,000," Supt.
J. R., Peeler said Thursday.
Peeler said board members
would meet with Owen Smith
at 9 p. m. Thursday to study
means of trimming the bids
or finding additional money
for the projects.
"I hope we won't have to
chop the plans to pieces,"
pieces," Peeler said, "but the
board doesn't have additional
funds available for the pro
jects."
Low bidder for general
construction of the South
Warren Elementary School to
be built near Afton and an
addition to the Northside
school was Hutchins Con
struction Co. of Durham The
Durham firm had a combin
| ed bid of $231,900 for both
projects, plus an alternate
combined bid of $1,320. for
cabinets.
The combined bidsr, opened
at the Warren County Court
house Wednesday afternoon,
did not include bids for kit
chen equipment, furniture and
a well at South Warren. The
Board of Education had set
aside a total of $338,000 for
completing both projects.
Actually, individual bids oa
the South Warren plant fell
under the estimate made by
the board, but this was more
than offset by construction
bids for the Northside pro
ject. Some $90,000 had been
labeled for use on the North
side addition, but low bids
and architect's fees ran the
(See BIDS, page 4)
MOTEL UNDER CONSTRUCTION?An
18-unit motel is rising rapidly on US High
way 158 between Macon and Warrenton.
Undfer construction by I. M. Clark, the
motel, of brick construction, will contain a
restaurant with seating capacity for 160 per
sons. Clark expects the motel to. be com
pleted within the next two months. Locat
ed on the east side of the highway, the
motel is situated behind Clark's home, sev
eral hundred feet from the highway.
(Staff Photo)
Continued Funds For Industry
Hunter For Warren Requested
The Warren County Board
of Commissioners has been
requested to again include
in its budget the sum of
$2,000 for the county's part
of the salary and expenses of
an industrial engineer. The
remainder of the $4,000 fund
would be raised by the in
corporated towns of the coun
ty
Making the request at the
regular meeting of the com
missioners on Monday were
Selby Benton, president of
the Bute Development Com
Danv. and Pettwav R Rnvri
a director of the company.
Pointing out that It would
be a year before the voters
would have an opportunity
to make their wishes known
concerning the hiring of a
full-time engineer, Benton
said that he feels that it is
essential that the work of the
part-time engineer be contin
ued until the election. He
said that the tov/ns have al
ready agreed to raise their
part of the costs of the em
ployment of the engineer.
While no factory is yet In
operation as the result of the
employment of the -engineer,
Benton said, funds are being
raised for a shell building
at Littleton and one or men
prospects are considering lo
cating in or near Warrenton
as the result of the engineer**
efforts. In addition, he said,
other work of the engineer
may bear fruit in the coming
years.
Boyd said that he feels
that the engineer should be
retained as an insurance that
Warren County would make
every effort to obtain indust
ry.
The request for the inclu
sion of funds for the eagf* J
neer in the 1963-64 budget,
was one of several requests
for funds before the commis
sioners on Monday. It was
unique in that it was the only
request that did not ask for
increased appropriations.
Among others submitting
tentative! budgets for the
commissioners approval
Wilbur P. Davis for
Forestry Service. He
that this was the year
the purchase of a
and that he would have
ask for a
iSKs
Mrs.
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4-H Representatives
To Be Picked Tuesday
Warren County's represent
ative in state and district 4-H
competition will be selected
Tuesday night during the an
nual 4-H Health Pageant, Tal
ent Show and Dress Revue
slated to begin at the Nor
lina Gymtorium at 8 o'clock.
Winners of the talent and
dress competition will repre
sent the county la district
contests, and a king and
queen of health will be chos
en to represent Warren Coun
ty in the State Health Pag
eant In Raleigh to ."."f July.
Miss Rita
agent, said ?> local Mm
1
in or j in*
Talents selections will be
presented by blue ribbon win
ners from local clubs and the
talent winner will represent
Warren County in the District
Talent Contest to be held
June 28 at the West Edge
combe School Mar Rocky
Mount.
The king and queen of
health will be selected from
among senior dob girls an4
turning fa the beat
health improvement
"The Judging of these r?
irds La based on I
ant* made by the
cm hia own health, his