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The effects of the drought are shown
on the farm of Jesse Gardner in Six
pound Township, one of the worst hit
townships in the county, on Wednesday
morning. In top picture, Gardner stands
in tobacco fields and raises his arm to
show how tall tobacco was on same field
last year. In center and bottom pictures,
Gardner stands in field of cotton and
field of corn. (Staff Photos)
Drought Loss Estimated
At Two And Half Million
Severe drought in six town
ships and poor rains in other
townships will cost Warren
County farrtjers an estimated
two and & half million doll
ars, Frank Reams, agricultu
MR. MCCULLOUGH
Revival To Be Held
At N. W. Church
The Rev. Douglas McCul
lough will lead in a aeries of
revival services at the North
Warrenton Baptist Church
during the week of August
18-23. The services will be
gin Sunday night and will
continue through the morn
ing worship hour on Sunday,
August 28.
Mr. McCullough is a native
of Alabama, a graduate of
Howard College, and at the
present time is working to
ward a Bachelor of Divinity
Degree at Southeastern Bap
tist Seminary in Wake For
est He waa the pastor of
Immanuel Baptist Church in
Ki niton for three years and
tar now the pastor of the Bap
tist Church at Middlesex.
The services will begin at
8 o'clock each night, and the
Bev. Phillip Lykes, pastor,
?aid all frieDds of the church
are cordially invited to at
tend.
ral agent, said yesterday. He
said the rains of Tuesday
will do little to change the
picture.
The loss is in addition to
8700,000 loss suffered in a
severe hail storm two weeks
ago that caused heavy dam
age in Sandy Creek Town
ship, and in other sections
of the county.
The drought has been the
most severe in Nutbush,
Smith Creek, Sixpound, Haw
tree, River and Roanoke
townships. Reams said the
damage to all cash crops and
hay crops has been severe
in these townships.
Reams said that an area
from the center of the west
ern part of the county has
had considerable rain, and
from the center to the south
eastern part of the county
rains have been excellent.
The southern part of the
county has had fair rains.
Unfortunately, he said, the
worst drought has hit in a
large tobacco producing sec
tion of the county.
If the drought gets no
worse, Reams said, farmers
may expect a 20 per cent
drop in income from tobacco,
or a loss of about a million
dollars. He said he estimates
a 50 per cent drop in corn
and a 50 per cent drop in
small grain. In spite of the
drought, he added, cotton
income it expected to Increase
about M third of a million
dollars. Also hurt by the
drought have been cante
loupes and cucumbers.
In addition to cash crop
losses, livestock production
has been hard hit by the
drought. Reams said, due to
dry pastures and reduction
of silage and bay crops.
Farmers, who have been
feeding hay and silage usual
ly reserved for winter, will
be particularly hard hit, be
said. Reams said that hay
has been hard to find and
has to be brought in largely
from Canada.
Except for Irrigation the
tobacco loss would have been
much greater, Reams said.
He said some farmers, due
to being able to supply water,
have an excellent tobacco
crop. He also said that one
prominent farmer in the
drought section has plenty
of hay and silage to carry
all his livestock. This, he
said, is due to bis practice
of always carrying an extra
year's supply of feed for
his cattle.
Tuesday's rain is expected
to improve pastures in some
sections. Reams said. It was
the first good rain in many
sections of the county for
many weeks.
Boll Weevils Found
In Farmers' Fields
Warren County farmers,
plagued with hail and drought
must now contend with the
boll weevil and red spider.
Frank Reams, county agri
cultural agent, said yesterday
that boll weevils have been
found in large numbers on
some farms. He said cotton
producers are urged to check
their fields, both squares on
the stalk* and those on the
ground. If weevils are found,
he added, farmers should con
tinue to treat their fields un
til bolls are almost grown.
Reams said the presence of
these weevils was ? surprise
in view of the small number
of weevils found during the
early summer. He said these
parasites have, somewhat re
duced prospects for a bumper
crop.
Red spiders have been
abundantly found on all farms
checked, Reams said. Farm
ors should use two treatments
Of either demeton, ethion or
trithion to control red spKl
ers, he added.
Te Return
Miss Rowe Jones will re
turn on Friday from Duke
Hospital, Durham, where she
has been a patient for
time.
Town Board
Agrees To
Buy Site
The board of town com
missioners Monday night
agreed to purchase 5 acres
of land from John Dinan of
Rocky Mount for a site for
a sewage disposal plant on
Horse Branch near Fishing
Creek in the event that War
renton citizens give a favor
able vote to a bond issue for
! its construction.
j The price of $3250 agreed
j upon by Dinan and the com
missioners came after two!
hours of dickering between!
Dinah, his attorney, Milton
Fields, and members of the i
board, during which pro;-os-j
als and counter proposals \
were made. As a part of the |
[ deal, Dinan agreed to per- j
mit the widening of the road J
leading to the water plant |
and to the site of the pro
posed treatment plant to the
extent that a roadbed of 16
feet would be permitted.
Originally Dinan had asked
$12,000 for some 36 acrcs
running from Fishing Creek
to Route 401. The town had
rejected this offer and made
an offer of $3,000 for 4Vi
acres needed for a site for
the plant. At the Monday
night meeting, Fields said
that his client did not con
sider this enough as the
price of the four acres should
include severance pay lying
below the site which, he said,
would become practically
useless. This led to a later
offer by the board to buy
this land and the proposed
site for a total of $3500.
This offer was rejected.
Dinan proposed that in
stead of the town buying
4Vi acres from him at a
price of $3,000, that it buy
5 acres at a price of $3500.
This offer was rejected by
the board. After consultation,
Dinan, through his attorney,
agreed to sell 5 acres for
$3250. The board agreed to
this proposal provided that
the town would be permitted
to widen its right-of-way
across Dinan's property. Din
an accepted this "offer.
Dinan is the son of the
former Miss Josephine Hud
gins and the grandson of
the late John Hudgins. The
site to be purchased in the
event the bond issue is passed
is a part of the John Hudgins
estate.
Mobile Classroom
Units Purchased
Three mobile classrooms
will be purchased for the
John R. Hawkins High School
at Warrenton to take care
of increased enrollment.
The decision to buy the
units?at a cost of some
$6,000 each?was made at a
meeting of the board of ed
ucation here on Monday
night.
Plans to remodel an old
school building across the
road from the Hawkins school,
previously discussed by the
board, were found to be im
practical, Supt. Roger Peeler
reported to the board.
J. Comer Griffin, assistant
superintendent of schools,
said Tuesday morning that
it 1* hoped that the class
room units will arrive here
in time lor the opening of
school.
Draft Board Seeks
To Find Registrants
The Warren County Draft
Board is seeking aid In locat
ing registrants who hay* not
complied with recent require
ments of the board, Selby
Benton, chairman, said yeater
day.
Members of their familiea,
ha said, are asked to render
help in locating registrants
listed below, and if any are
deceased to notify the draft
board. The list follows:
Thoma* Edward Campbell,
Charles Franklin Harris, Jr.,
Freddie Lea Palmer. William
Edward Raid, Henry Hunter
Rowlett, Jeaee Norman Wil
liams, John Earl Willlama
Norlina Voters To Decide
Bond Issue Fate Tuesday
Norlina voters will go to
the polls on next Tuesday,
August 20, to decide the
fate of a $40,000 supplemen
tary bond issue for the con
struction of a sewer system
and a sewage treatment plant.
Polls will open at 6:30 a. m.
and close at 6:30 p. m.
The purpose of the bonds
are to supplement a $44,000
grant recently approved by
the Federal Housing and
Home Financing Agency un
der the Accelerated Public'
Works Program in order to'
include in the sewer and sew- j
age treatment system those'
sections of to,wn not included j
in the original survey.
Mayor Graham Grissom
said yesterday that the cost 1
of the entire sewer project
is $398,000, which includes
approved Federal grants of
$210,000 from the sale of
bonds.
These bonds are to be re
tired annually for a period
of 38 years by a tax increase
of 40c, making a total tax
rate of $175 In addition,
Mayor Griss-jm said there
would be a sewer service
charge of making a
minimum monthly service
charge for water and sewer
of $5.25, plus 61c for each
additional 1000 gallons of
water.
A. B. Laughter is registrar
for the election and A. J.
Peronne and Mrs. J. B. Lewis
are judges of election.
Mayor Graham Grissom
said yesterday that he hopes
that voters will give their
full support to the bond issue.
Any town that hopes to grow,
to attract industries, and ad
ditional citizens can not hope
to do so without a good sew
age system, he said. "Due to
many relatively small resi
dential lots in Norlina, a
system of septic tanks is
impractical, and actually
creates a health menace," he
said. "I hope every voter
will not only go to the polls
himself but will get his
neighbor to go and cast a
vote in favor of an issue
which I sincerely believe to
be in the best interest of
Norlina."
Aug. 21 Deadline
For Nominations
Petitions signed by six or
more eligible voters nominat
ing persons for membership
on ASC Community Commit
tees will be received at the
ASC county office until Aug
ust 21, T. E. Watson, ASC of
fice manager, said yesterday.
The names of incumbent com
mitteemen may be included in
the notice. Community com
mitteemen elections will be
held on Sept. 17.
Watson said that plans are
now being formulated for the
election of around 3500 ASC
community committeemen who
will assist in administering j
the ASC farm program in
North Carolina during 1964.
Each year an election is held
in which three committeemen
and two alternates are elect
ed to serve in each ASC com
munity in the state. Three
ASC county committeemen
and two alternate committee
men are also elected in each
county after completion of
the community election.
The names of persons nom
inated will be included in the
slate of nominees if found
willing to serve and are eli
gible, Watson said. If a per
son nominated by petition is
found ineligible he will be
notified of such determination
prior to completion of the
slate of nominees and that he
may appeal to the county
committee any time prior to
the date set for completion
of the slate of nominees.
The County and Commun
ity Committee will make such
additional norminations' as are
required or as it "determines
to be desirable, Watson said.
Officers Searching
For Store Robbers;
Pattern Followed
Members of the Warren j
County Sheriff's Department j
and an SBI agent are still j
searching for the persons who '
broke into the J. C. Watkinsj
Store at Drewry on Sunday
night. ? !
Robbers broke into the j
store and attempted to break ]
open the safe, but apparently
were unsuccessful, officers
said.
The combination to the safe
was knocked off by the in
truders. Holes were bored
around the lock at the front
j door as a means of gaining
J entrance. Deputy Bonnie
| Stevenson said this was the
same procedure used in two
weekend robberies in Vance
County, leading officers to be
lieve that there may be a con
nection between the three
robberies.
A quantity of shoes, ciga
rettes, an electric drill and
other items were carried
away. The store is located
on the Warren County side
of the county line in Drewry.
Farmers Being Paid
Some $152,000 For
Diverting Acres
Warren County farmers are
being paid approximately
$152,000 this year for divert
ing acreage from corn, wheat
and barley under the 1963
Feed Grain and Wheat Stab
ilization programs, Thomas E.
Watson, ASCS office mana
ger, said yesterday. Final
payments are now being made
at the county ASCS office.
Under the 1963 Feed Grain
Program, Watson said, 452
producers agreed to divert 4,
406 acres from the production
of barley, corn and grain sor
ghums, and under the Wheat
Stabilization Program, 536
farms diverted 2,335 acres
from wheat to conservation
uses.
Watson said that advanced
payments made at the time
agreements were signed un
der the two programs amount
to to $68,699 and that final
payments would be consider
ably larger due to price sup
port on acreages planted.
Farmers are being notified
by postal card when their
payment is ready. Watson
said all producers must sign
for their final payments and
where several growers on one
farm receive payments, all
must sign before delivery of
any payment for the farm.
Lions Club Gives
Dinner For Blind
The Warrenton Lions Club
entertained some twentj
guests at ita regular meeting
at Hotel Warren on last Fri
day night when it gave its
annual dinner for the blind.
A delicious turkey dinner was
served.
Edward Rooker gave the
invocation and also the ad'
dress of welcome to the
guests.
Monroe Gardner led group
singing with Lionets Nellie
Gardner at the piano.
J. Howard Daniel, who was
in charge of the program,
presented his sister, Mrs. Re
becca Newman, and hta sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Leonard Dan
iel, who gave a musical pro
gram. Mrs. Newman, accom
panied at the piano by Mrs.
Daniel, aang a number of
songs which called forth en
Lion Jim Bracken of the
Henderson Lions Club was a
guest of Duke Miles. Bracken
waa on the trip to Florida
with the Wamnton group.
The automobile of Claude Haithcock
of Churchill is shown on wrecker and the
car of Ollie Boyd lies in the road near
Hebron Church in Sixpound Township
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following a wreck on last Saturday morn
ing that cost Mr. Haithcock his life.
(Staff Photo)
Roddy Drake Named
Conference Chairman
Roddy Drake, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Drake of
Macon, was named Citizenship
Chairman of the North Caro
lina Conference Council of
Methodist Youth last week
during the annual conference
session on Duke Campus.
Roddy, a rising senior at
John Graham High School,
will work on the Council and
strive to promote better youth
citizens. He will attend the
annual conference uesaion
next year as an officer.
Others attending the con
ference frdm Warren County
were Charles Drake of Macon,
Misses Ann Hicks of Norlina,
Gail Fleming of Vicksboro,
Helen Andrews of Afton and
Faye Clark of Warrenton.
Claude Haithcock Loses Life In
Auto Wreck Near Hebron Church
A prominent Warren Coun
ty citizen was killed and a
Negro was critically injured
in a head-on collision of two
automobiles eight miles north
of Warrenton on Saturday
morning around 11 o'clock.
Killed by the impact was
Claude Maxwell Haithcock,
64, a rural mall carrier out
of the Macon post office, and
a long-time leader in the re
ligious and political life of
the county.
Critically injured was Ollie
Boyd, taken to Warren Gen
eral Hospital and transferred
to Duke Hospital when it was
found that he had a broken
pelvis. Boyd la reported to
have alto suffered internal in
juries and his condition la
still regarded as critical.
Dust is believed to have
been the cause of the wreck
which occurred Just below
Hebron Church In Slxpound
Township. According to Stale
Trooper Bobby Clark, who
investigated the wreck, anoth
er car had passed the one
driven by Boyd, creating a
billowing cloud of dust on a
dirt road in a drought-ridden
section. Clark said that the
ruts on the road appeared
more to the left. There were
only the drivers of the two
cars involved.
Both cars were demolished
by the impact. Clark said
this was the first fatal wreck
of the year in Warren County.
Haithcock, who was to have
retired this year, was carry
ing the mail at the tine of
the accident, and was nearing
the end of his route. Ho had
been a mall carrier for 98
years.
Funeral services for Mr.
Haithcock wore held at Gard
ner's Baptist Church on Sun
day at 4:30 p. m. by the pas
tor, the Rev. Raleigh Carroll,
assisted by the Rev. Lenny
Stewart, a former
Burial was in the church
etery.
Mr. Haithcock
ber of Johnston-Caswell Lodge
No. 10 AFfcAM; a director ot
Warren General Hospital, a
former education board chair
man, a member of the Cullom
Baptist Association
committee, and a ?
the board of deacon* of i
ner's Church.
Surviving are his
the former Mollis
two daughters, Mrs.
E"-*-s of Raleigh
P. Young ?|
brothers,
Haithcock of
Harvey J.
Overton of 1
four