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VOLUME 67 10c Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN,*". . ... FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, 196 J NUMBER 36
Special Term Is
Called To Settle
$rae*>o(rsuit
A Superior Court judge tt |
expected to decide whether
the sum of $190,000 is just
compensation for a consider
able amount of timber and
North Carolina," has been ap
pointed Goodwill Ambassador
for the U. <S. Savings Bonds
program in North Carolina.
No Report 01
Bat Bites In
County Heard
No bites by bats have as
yet been reported in Warren
County but the danger is not
health officer, told the board
of county commissioners here
Tuesday. He said that bats
would soon be moving south
and it is hoped that migration
will soon end the threat.
Many people throughout
the state are taking the anti
rabies treatment, Dr. Young
said. He advised that should
anyone in the county be bit
ten that he or she should
take the anti-rabies treat
ment.
While a number of baU
have been found to be in
fected with rabies they have
all been of the red bat spe
cies, and not the native black
bats, Dr. Young said. The
red bats, he said, live out
doors in trees and bushes.
Dr. Young said that while
there has been a gradual
decrease of rabies in dogs
during the last five yean
there has been a correspond
ing increase among wild life
Efforts To Curtail
Buying Here Urged
Efforts to curtail buying
in .Warrenton stores entered
their second week with the
distribution of handbills last
weekend calling for "citizen!
who truly believe in a real
domocracy" not to buy ii
Warrenton stores.
Advising "citizens" tha
"full cooperation is needec
in this drive," the handbill*
were obviously aimed at re
straining Negro trade. T1m
handbills advised the readei
that "any self respecting Ne
gro who desires first clasi
citizenship will not suppor
. any store where thej
do not hire Negroes in re
sponsible Jobs."
The handbill stated tha
"ill citizens have an <Hpial
opportunity to employment
and full enjoyment of al
services of any store . .
why spend your dollars foi
drugs and cosmetics and no<
be offered fountain servic<
in the same store."
Injury-Free Holiday
Warren County's highway)
remained injury tree durinj
the long Labor Day
'said only three accidents, all
.with minor property damage
boll
533 acres of land flooded by
Gaston Lake.
- Judge Howard Hubbard of
Clinton will hold a special
term of civil court here be
ginning Sept. 16 for the pur
pose of determining ~Tf the
huge sum?the largest ever
condemnation?is a fair fig
ure.
The sum was awarded Nan
nie P. Robinson and heirs of
the late J. R. Robinson by
three Warren County court
appointed commissioners last
year.
Virginia Electric and Power
Company, plaintiff in a con
demnation suit heard here in
July, 1962, noted an exception
and appealed the case to War
ren County Superior Courts
The power company, which
recently constructed a large
hydroelectric dam on the Roa
noke River, brought the con
demnation to acquire the S33
acres to be covered by waters
of Gaston Reservoir.
The award of $190,000 was
made by Hugh W. Holt, M.
P. Burwell, Jr., and W. B. El
lington, commissioners ap
pointed by the court for the
purpose of appraising the 533
acres and timber which is
part of a 1500-acre tract own
ed by the defendants.
Before making the award,
the commissioners spent three
days touring the lands, hear
ing witnesses and listening to
arguments by attorneys.
VEPCO, in its appeal, claim
ed that "the award is grossly
excessive, not justified by the
facts and considerably more
than the real damages in
curred."
The case, the only one
placed on the docket for the
special term, will not be
heard by a jury.
Reports Case Of
Spotted Fever In
Warren County
A case of Rocky Mountain
Spotted Fever was reported
recently from the Macon area
of Warren County, Dr. Robert
F. Young, health officer, said
yesterday.
Caused usually by the bite
of an infected tick, Rocky
Mountain Spotted Fever can
usually be prevented by indi
viduals searching for and re
moving daily ticks found at
t ached to? their?skin, Dr.
Young said. These insects,
he added, must have remain
ed attached and to have fed
on blood for several hours
before being able to infect a
person.
Preferably forceps or an al
cohol sponge should be used
in removing ticks, Dr. Young
said. Also, for people whose
nrriipatinn regularly exposes
them to these insects, a vac
cine is available which can be
obtained from a private phy
sician and which must be re
peated annually to be effec
tive.
Rocky Mountain Spotted
Fever is a "rough" disease
well worth preventing, the
health officer said.
Miss Robertson To
Wed Nat J. West
Miss Virginia Mae Robert
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Nathaniel J. Robertson of
"?""i D|| teHi MAf
of Nat Justis West, ton of
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. West of
Littleton on Sunday at 12:30
p. m. The ceremony will be
held in the Macon Baptist
Church. No invitations have
been sent but friends and
relatives are invited to at
tend.
Mrs. J. A. Guterriez and
family of Chapel Hill spent
last week here with Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Powell. Mr. and
Mrs. John S. Powell aad am
of Biduwmd, Va., are spend
ing pert of their vacation
km witk Hr. and Mnr. A. C.
Powell en route to their
Preparing for the opening of the War
renton Tobacco Market on Monday is
Jimmy Hawks, six-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Hawks of Rt. 1, Warren
ton. Hundreds of growers are expected
to sell leaf here Monday when the War
renton market joins nine other Middle
Belt markets beginning sales.
(Staff Photo)
Criminal Court Session
; 'A
Adjourns Here Thursday
By WILLIAM D. JONES, JR
The September criminal
term of Warren County Sup
erior Court ended here short
ly afternoon Thursday
a session of two and one-half
days marked by only routine
interest.
Some 31 defendants were
scheduled to appear before
Judge Hamilton H. Hobgood
of Louisburg, who presided
over the term, but a number
of continuations cut short the
number of cases heard.
One capital case, that of
16-year-old Clifton Alston,
charged with the rape of a
17-year-old Negro girl, was
included among the cases
continued for either the State
or a defendant. Alston was
ordered held in jail until the
January term of court.
Sentences generally were
light, ranging from 30 days to
two years. Several jury cases
were included on the agenda.
Court opened at 10 a. m.
Tuesday, after a customarj
one-day delay for Labor Day.
Nine new members of the
grand jury were sworn in and
informed of their duties^
| Grand jurors were dismissed
following a presentation ol
their report and action upon
bills submitted by Solicitor
W. H. S. Burgwyn, Jr. One
defendant, Charlie Lee Als
ton, was. .released when the
'grand jury failed to return a
' true bill. He had been charg
ed with carnal knowledge.
In the first case brought
before the court, Leonard
Davis pled guilty to assault
on a female. Davis was sen
tenced to 12 months In Jail,
with sentence suspended upon
condition he pay a fine of $50
and costs.
Beverly Hunter pleadec
guilty to non-support and
prayer for judgment was sus
pended on condition he pay
the costs of court.
Sterling Richardson, Jr.
pled guilty to assault with s
I deadly weapon and was given
a SO-day Jail sentence.
Arthur Durham entered ?
plea of gullty to a charge ol
assault and was given a sus
pended six-month sentence
upon condition he pay $90
land costs.
A plea of guilty was also
tendered by Robert I?e Ala
ton, charged with transporta
tion of non-taxpaid whiskey.
Alston was sentenced to two
years In Jail, but sentence
was suspended upon condition
the violste no liquor lews, pay
a fine of $*?, and pay the
? The Jury, Impanelled earli
ier Tuesday, got it* tint case
In the aftaamooB whaa Robert
???urpd with
driving, entered a
plea of not guilty. Dunston
was sentenced to 60 days in
jail, the sentence suspended
upon condition tba^ he sur
render his operator's license,
pay a fine of $200 and pay
the court costs.
A jury also found An
thony Davis, Jr., guilty of
speeding 90 miles per hour
in a 55-mile per hour zone.
Warrenton police testified
that they had pursued Davis
in the direction of Hender
son at a speed of more than
90 miles an hour. Davis was
found guilty and sentenced to
the roads for six months. He
was also ordered to surrender
his driver's license.
Another witness for the
State, Mayor "W. A. Miles, tes
tified that Davis had admitt
ed in a hearing in Mayor's
Court thai, he had been the
driver of the-car. Davis tes
tified in his own behalf. A
verdict of guilty was return
ed and Davis was ordered to
begin serving a six-months
sentence.
On Wednesday, James Al
fred Fields was convicted of
drunken driving and sentenc
ed to 60 days in jail. Sen
tence was suspended upon
condition he pay a fine of
$100, surrender his operator's
license, and pay costs.
John Wiggins pled guilty
to two violations of liquor
laws and was sentenced to
two years in the county jail
(See COURT, page 6)
Tax Settlement Audit
Is Ordered By Board
The Board of County Com
missioners in regular session
here on Tuesday ordered that
the audit of the tax settle
ment of A. P. Rodwell, Jr.,
tax collector, by Watts &
Byrd, CPA, be accepted.
The audit showed that the
ed to the auditor for collec
tion amounted to $357,916.08,
and that cash remittances,
penalties collected and re
leased totaled $335,598.80,
leaving a balance of uncollect
ed taxes in the amount of
$22,317.28.
J. R. Peeler, auperlntendent
of schools, requested office
space for the new assistant
superintendent, J. Comer Grif
fin; the new guidance coun
selor, Mrs. E. K. Fishel; and
the supervisor of schools, Cal
vin C. White. White now has
an office in the Taylor Build
Dnuiar IniArruniinn
ruwet linen upitutt
Power service in the War
renton, Norlina, Littleton,
Macon, Vaughan, Wise, Mid
dleburg, Man son, Drewry and
rural areas will be interrupt
ed Sunday, Sept. 8, from B
m. to e a. m., it was an
nounced thia weak by C. P.
Gaston, local manager for
Carolina Power ft Light Co.
This will alao include RKA
atomers in tlx abort nam
ed areas.
Gaston said this Interrup
tion is nseeasary in order to
110,000 volt air break
at the Wi
ing, but needs to be closer to
the superintendent's office,
Peeler stated.
Peeler was asked to try to
solve the problem within his
present quarters until the new
education building is built.
The site has been selected.
TKe larcHItect is working on
the building plans, and con
struction is expected to take
about four months.
The site for the ne"w build
ing Is located near Warren
General Hospital.
A request that an old un
used building be moved or
torn down at a dangerous
intersection in Warren Plains
was made. The building be
longs to the Selma Katzen
stein estate. The matter was
discussed later with Bedding
field, Warren County highway
supervisor, who will pursue
the matter with other high
way official*. Other road
matters discussed with him
were a road from Warren
Plains to Oakvllle, one Com
Long School section toward
Odell and culverts near Beth
lehem Church at Areola.
A request from Frank
Reams, county agent, to ad
Just salaries of two secre
taries within their own de
partment budget waa turned
down. The request was made
the state did not ln
its part of the salaries
as the county did . Reams
also made a report oa the
grain and hay situation. Orain
will be available to
at a
n a
(See BOAB0, pan ?)
Warrenton Leaf
Market To Open
Monday Morning
New Phone
Numbers In
Telephone subscribers in
the Warrenton, Macon and
Norlina area will begin using
their new telephone numbers
Sunday morning.
Howard T. fitts, area man
ager for Carolina Telephone
Co.,-said yesterday that dur
ing the past few weeks tele
phone company workers have
been busy installing new cen
tral office equipment in War
renton for the change over at
2:01 a. m., Sunday, Sept. 8.
Most subscribers, he said,
have received stickers in the
mail with their new telephone
number on it and are asked
to put this on their dial
Sunday morning. Others,
those who have had some
change in their service re
cently, have their new num
ber on the telephone covered
by a tape with the old num
ber on It?this they have
been asked to remove the
morning after the change
over.
The central office installa
tion is complete and all is
in readiness for the change
early Sunday morning, Pitts
said. New directories will be
mailed so as to be in the
hands of all subscribers prior
to the number change.
Pitts asked that all sub
scribers do three things to in
sure their getting the best
possible service:
First, all who receive stick
ers for their telephones put
them on the morning of
change over.
Second, consult the direc
tory for the numbers when
ever making a call.
Third, when calling a party
on yourjine, follojw the new
instructions as the codes for
this service have been chang
ed.
An appeal to telephone
users was made this week by
Jimmy Roberts, chief of the
Warrenton Rural Fire De
partment, who risked that a
note be made of the volun
teer fire department's new
number. . %
Roberts said the number
,'257-3456" had been assigned
to the fire telephone.
JUDGE HOBGOOD
Judge Calls
For Control
A Superior Court judge this
week called on the nation':
j political and sociological lead
|ers to attack the problem ol
"illegitimate and half-witted'
children with "more posiliv<
birth control programs thai
heretofore practiced or pro
moted in this country."
Judge Hamilton H. Hob
good of Louisburg, presidinj
over the September crimina
? term here, told members ol
the grand jury that'he had
! become "quite disturbed ovel
[the alarmingly increased num
j ber of half-witted people and
! illegitimate young defender:
I who are on the criminal cal
[ endars of our courts."
| The veteran jurist said "i(
I is obvious to any clear-think
: ing person that for the good
j of our state and nation thai
j the more intelligent parent:
should have the largest fam
ilies, but the reverse is true.'
He charged that the govern
ment "not only permits bul
actually encourages both fee
ble-minded and unwed moth
ers to produce the largest
families, thus compoundinf
and encouraging this probleir
by producing more criminals
and idots. Our government
gives these women extri
money for every child sht
bears, often half-witted anc
illegitimate."
The judge told jurors thai
20 yesrs hordes' -o? thos?
children would fill prisons
and institutions and becom<
(See HOBGOOD, page 6)
Sates May
Be Light
For Week
Sale of tobacco on the War
renton Tobacco Market is
slated to begin here Monday
morning amid hopes of grow
ers and warehousemen that
increased prices will offset
reduced poundage.
Market officials predicted
this week that sales would
be light for the first week,
due to the late harvest. They
said the area's crop should
be "fair," considering grow
ing conditions.
First sale on the Warren
ton market, one of ten?mar
kets operating in the Middle
Belt, will begin at 9 a. rr at
Thompson's Warehouse. Auc
tioneer Bill Martin will be on
hand to open sales at both
Thompson's and Boyd's Ware
houses.
Five sales will be conduct
ed daily, E. R. Wood, sales
supervisor, said yesterday. A
full set of buyers will be here
for the market's opening and
all major companies will be
represented. Luke Lea will
auction leaf at Currin's, Farm
ers, and Centre Warehouses.
During the first week of
sales the government will
support both loose leaf?
which is sold during the first
week?an-d tied bundles. Last
year, when untied tobacco
was sold on the warehouse
floor for the first time, gov
ernment support was not ex
tended to tied bundles during
the first week. This year gov
ernment graders will place a
six-cents per pound premium
on tied tobacco.
"Poundage is expected to
be lower than last year's un
usually heavy crop," Wood
said. Last year the market
sold 12,802,884 pounds?one
of the best years In its Ion*
history. .
While eight warehouses are
in operation this season, ware
housemen owning more than
one warehouse are allowed
only one sale.
Second sale on Monday will
be held at Farmers. Currin's
will have third sale, Boyd's
f?C<mtr*nd Centr*'
operated b7 m'^CwtoI^ EA
ward Moody and Edward Rad
ford Thompson's two ware
5,?"*fr win be operated by C.
E. Thompson and R. S. Young.
Currin's Warehouses will be
operated by Mrs. D. G. Cur
nn, D. G. Currin, Jr., C. W.
Currin and D. E. Tillotson
Farmers Warehouse will be
operated by E G. Tarwater
and Miss Gayle Tarwater
Boyd's Warehouse will be
operated by Walker P Bar
well.
Wood said tobacco company
representatives back froai last
y**r would include Ton
??rnham, America* *Z
Cnrrtn, Reynolds; Si
Imperial; and Phillip aHw
Company win aba km bur
en on the ?
of their bnM.
Assistant Negro Farm
Agent Is Named Here
C. W. Koonce, 25, former
assistant Negro agricultural
agent in Granville County,
has been appointed to senre
aa assistant agent in Warren
County.
The Jones County native's
appointment was approved
by the Board of County Com
sioners at,their irifeeting here
Monday upon recommendation
of the Extension Department
Warren County has been
without an assistant Negro
farm agent for several
months. -
Koonce will begin his new
duties hen on October 1. He
graduated from A. and T.
College, Greensboro, In 1060
with a B. 8. degree. Follow
ing his graduation he went to
Granville County where ha
servad for nearly thraa years.
A member oI
Church. Kooaea la
(ML
Appearing before tin
with Koonce wan J. A
Spalding, district Negro exten
sion agent, and L. C. Cooper,
Negro county agent.