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f VOLUME 67 10c Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1963 NUMBER 37
Sales Light Here After
$55.05 Opening Sale
Market Tops
Belt Average
More than $100,000 ex
changed hands here Monday
as light sales marked the
opening of the?Warienton
Tobacco Market, but leaf
growers seemed generally
pleased with an average price
of $55.05 per hundred pounds
paid here opening day.
Growers selling on Warren
ton's five warehouse floors
were paid $119,576.21'for the
217,216 pounds auctioned on
the season's first day of sales.
The opening day average
here was above the $54.57 per
hundred average recorded by
the ten-market Middle Belt,
despite a quantity of poor to
bacco on the floors.
The Federal-State Market
News Service said the open
ing average for the belt was
$2.10 per 100 pounds below
the $56 67 mark posted on the
first day of sales last year.*
Volume totaled 3,573,164
pounds Monday, compared
with a 2,801,920 pounds on
the 1962 opening.
Although sales have been
light here this week due to
a late crop, warehousemen
report that sales have been
steady.
Marketing hours were cur
tailed on the Middle, Eastern
and Border Belts Wednesday
for a four-day period to re
live congestion at the redry
ing plant of Imperial Tobacco
Co., a leading export buyer.
Instead of the norrpal 5%
hours of auction time, rtnr
markets will be open four
hours through Monday.
Prices by grades for tied
tobacco on the Middle Kelt
Tuesday were steady to $1
lower. Quotations for loose
leaf offering ranged from
steady to $1 higher.
Wilson Named Zoning
Administrator Here
The Warren County Board
of Commissioners moved to
make possible adjustments in
the zoned area of Gaston
Lake Tuesday night when
they appointed A. E. Wilson
of Warrenton as zoning ad
ministrator.
Wilson, deputy tax collect
or for Warren County, will
be charged primarily with
issuing permits and seeing
that they conform with zon
ing regulations. R. L. Sal
mon was named assistant ad
ministrator.
Commissioners, meeting in
a special session, also named
a five-member Zoning Board
of Adjustment and appointed
two alternates to the special
board. Board Adjustment
members named were Her
bert C. Harris, Alvis Flem
ing, Ernest Whitby, Dr. C. H.
Woodburn and McKinley Wil
kins. Josh Harris and Eddie
Williams were appointed al
ternates.
Commissioner John Wilson
made the motion that the
administrator and board be
appointed following a request
from Jack Harris, a member
of the Warren County Plan
ning Board.
Lions Club To Honor
Teachers Saturday
Teachers from John Grah
am, Mariam Boyd and Nath
aniel Macon schools will be
entertained Saturday night at
a dinner at the Warrenton
Country Club. Members of
the Warrenton Lions Club,
sponsors of the event, said a
hospitality hour would' begin
at 6 p. a. and that dinner
would be served at 6 J0 p. m
by Nunie
The Rev. Milton Mann of
Macon, a Methodist
win be the main speaker. J.|
Howard Daniel win be
tor of ceremonies.
. #reeede*a dance aa the "Vll
a
TOBACCO SALES Begun Here Monday
Vance Bus To
Pick Up Pupils
Despite Ruling
A two-county fight over the
right to pick up pupils living
in one county and transport
Them to a schoul in the other
took shape here this week
with a decision of the Vance
County Board of Education to
transport bus children from
western Warren County to
Middleburg High School in
Vance County.
The gulf between Warren
and Vance County boards of
education widened this week
with a decision of the Vance
I board to send a Middleburg
school bus into Warrtn Coun
ty in order to pick up pupils.
The two school boards have
been embroiled in a dispute
for several months over a
handful of Warren County
children who previously at
tended the Vance County
school. At first the Warren
board ruled that the Warren
pupils must attend Norlina
High School, but after con
ferences with patrons of both
schools and members of the
Vance board, agreed to alter
their decision.
The revised proposal of the
Warren Board, adopted last
month, would have allowed
pupils who had previously at
tended Middleburg High
School to continue to attend
the Middleburg school. How
ever, students enrolling in
the first grade after the res
olution was passed would be
required to attend Norlina
High School.
Warren board members at
tached a proviso that no
Vance buses operate in War
ren County for the purpose of
transporting Whrren students
to tne Middleburg school. The
resolution was forwaided to
Vance County officials for ac
tion.
Monday night the Warren
board was informed that
[Vance Supt. J. C. Stabler re
quested permission to operate
a bus In the county, but no
mention was made of trans
porting^ Warren pupils. The
Warren board, contending
that there was no legitimate
teason for operating the bus
i if Warren pupils were not in
volved, failed to change their
?land.
On Thursday morning War
ren Supt. J. R. Peeler receiv
ed a letter from Stabler say
ing that the Vance Board had
voted to defy the wishes of
the Warren board and would
operate a has on the road
leading from Jackson town in
Vance County through Drewry
and Manson and along US
Highway 1 into Middleburg.
The totter, written by Stat
tor, atotod that the Vane
bn??d nstoH the poettta
that. rnnilltolBg all of th
tvolved in thl
It wtoM net ha fair o
right to operate the bus on
the road and refuse to pick
up the children in question
their own transportation to
the Vance County line or to
the Middleburg school."
Stabler wrote that he had
been instructed as of Sept.
10 to begin operation of the
bus and said he regretted
'very much that it becomes
necessary for us to take this
action against your will and
without approval of your
board."
Stabler said that "it should
be pointed out for all parties
concerned that some of the
Warren County buses are now
operating in Vance County
and transporting both Warren
and Vance County children to
Warren County schools."
He wrote that the Vance
board was interested in co
operation with the Warren of
ficials and "working towards
the end for harmony, peace,
and good will."
Early Meal To Launch
County's Scout Drive
The annual Boy Scout fund
drive will reach ita peak here
next week with a kick-off
breakfast scheduled to launch
sales of general and special
gifts.
Volunteer solicitors will
meet at Hotel Warren Thurs
Daniel Tells Of Work
"
Of Campaign Groups
Activities of various fund
raising groups in Warren
County were outlined here
last Thursday night by J.
Howard Daniel, Warrenton
banker who was guest speak
er at a regular meeting of
the American Legion Auxill
?ry.
Daniel, Introduced by Mrs.
W. L. Wood, spoke on the
various campaigns conducted
annually in the county. List
ed and discussed at length
by Daniel were the Tubercu
losis, Master Seal, March at
Dimes, Heart, Cancer, Boy
Scoot; Girl Scout, Salvation
Army, Bed Cross and White
Cene Drives.
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The Drewry fire
hi
at UiSB a.
m. at the Drewry Fire De
lta stew wffl sell
day, Sept. 19, for a 7 a. m.
breakfast held for last-minute
discussion of sales plans. Mil
ton J. Ayscue, general solici
tation chairman, said all
majors, captains and work
ers" had been urged to at
tend the breakfast meeting.
Early solicitation began last
week when Chairman H. M.
Hardy began seeking major
gifts for the drive. B. W.
Pnrrin, Jr, rhalyman of the
1963 drive, said A. E. Wilson
will begin special gift solitita
tions on Tuesday and that
drives would be begun next
week in Norlina, Afton-El
bero'n, Manson, Drewry and
Areola.
MILTON AYSCUE
Alderman
Traylor
Resigns
Raby L. Traylor, a member
of the Norlina Board of Com
missioners for more than 20
years, resigned Monday night
during a special session of
the board.
Traylor said he was re
signing "due" to heavy per
sonal and business responsi
bilities." He was the oldest
member of the Norlina board
in years of service and served
as mayor-pro-iem.
His son, R. Leigh Traylor,
Jr., was named to succeed
him on the three-man board.
The younger Traylor, a Nor
lina clothing merchant, will
take oTfice immediately.
Norlina Mayor G. P. Gns
som said that "Traylor's scr
vice to the town through the
many years" would be missed
and that he wished- to pub
licly thank Traylor "for his
interest and energy as
board member in trying to
make Norlina a better town.
Grissom said that Leigh
Traylor "has an energetic and j
dynamic personality and will!
make a fine board member." |
In his letter of resignation, |
Traylor said he regretted that
his resignation had become
necessary "as I have enjoyed
serving in this capacity for
many years."
Over 200 Shriners
Expected Saturday
For Parade Here
More than 200 Shriners
comprising the Divan and I
uniformed units of Sudan
Shrine Temple nre scheduled
to arrive by bus in Warren
ton Saturday for a Shrine pa
rade through town.
Manley S. Martin, chair
man of the local Shrine com
mittee, said visiting Shriners
would parade along Warren
ton's Main Street, beginning
on South Main Street and
moving to John Graham High
School.
Mrs. North Carolina, Mrs.
R. Leigh Traylor, Jr., of Nor
lina, will appear in the pa
rade. Also included will be
the colorful bands, patrol and
clown units of the temple.
The parade is slated to begin
at 10:30 a. m.
Following the parade, visit
ing Shriners will board their
buses for Roanoke Rapids
where a similar parade is
scheduled at noon.
Mayor Will Appoint
Bi-Racial Committee
Inaction Is
Of Boycott
[arging that the appoint
of a bi-racial committee
scuss grievances of Nc
?itizens of Warren Coun
id been treated as a
assing, political football
betiAen the county commis
sion's and the Mayor of
Warmnton, a negotiation com
mittee of the NAACP, pre
sented their views on "Why
Warrenton Has Been Boy
cotted," in an article submitt
ed to The Warren Record on
Wednesday night.
Pointing out that a com
mittee from the NAACP had
met with Warrenton mer
chants on June 13, 1963, with
the object of trying to find
a solution to the " problems
confronting the races, and
that the committees requests
have been ignored, the com
mitee in its article listed
these requests and other per
tinent facts leading to the
boycott of Warrenton stores
as*follows:
THE "WHY" OF THE
BOYCOTT
We address ourselves to the
editorial of Seplernber
| on" the evening of June 13^
1963, Mayor W. A. Miles and
several persons of the ? white
and Negro races met for the
purpose of discussing the
local problems of race rela
tions and finding possible so
lutions for solving those prob
lems. At that meeting, copies
of a petition were given those
present and additional copies
were left with the Mayor to
pass on to all town and coun
ty officials and business exec
utives. The petition reads as
follows:"
To: The Honorable W. A.
Miles, Mayor of Warrenton
Business Executives and
County -Commissioners oi
Warren County.
From: NAACP Negotiating
Committee and Negro Citizens
of Warren County.
This group, we ate sure, is
aware of the problems of race
relations faced by all Ameri
cans at this time. In the
furtherance of democracy and
the enjoyment of all its
rights: this committee has
submitted the herein requests
to ascertain that all the
rights, privileges and use ol
all facilities in Warrenton
and Warren County be enjoy
ed by all citizens regardless
of race, color, religion ot
national origin. We are sub
mitting the herein requests in
GOOD FAITH and are asking
that each and every item be
carefully considered immed
iately.
We seek for the Negro Citi
zens of Warrenton and War
ren County^^^^ ^ ^
discriminatory practices in
public places, public accomo
dation in any Hotel, Motel,
Restaurant, Theater, Hospital
In Warrenton and Warren
County because of race, color
or religion.
2. We seek fair employment
practices in all local, state
and federal agencies located
in Warren County. We fur
ther seek fair employment
practices among employers at
factories, local and chain
stores from discrimination
against applicants because of
their race, color, religion, or
national origin.
S. We request that Negroes
he placed on all appointed
committees (which are repre
itative of all people) of
4. We are rnqinatliig that
an ineestigation of PoUce
Wwttf* or deputy) brutality
be made and that mesial
3L,ssyR.,2:y
DURING $190,000 APPEAL
Witnesses Ready
To Testify Here
At feast a dozen witnesses
are expected to take the
stand here next week during
a special terra of civil court
before Judge Howard Hub
bard of Clinton rules on an
appeal from a $190,000 con
demnation suit.
The sum, the largest ever
awarded in a Warren County
condemnation, was awarded
[Nannie P. Robinson and heirs
I of the late J. R. Robinson by
[three court-appointed commis
Isioners last year.
Virginia Electric and Power
[ Company, plaintiff in a con
j demnation suit heard here in
jJuly, 1962, noted an exception
and appealed the case to War
ren County Superior Court.
The power company, which
recently constructed a large
hydroelectric dam on the Roa
noke River, brought the con
demnation to acquire 533
acres to be covered by waters
of Gaston Reservoir.
The award of $190,000 was
made by Hugh W. Holt, M.
jp. Burwell, Jr., and W. B.
j Ellington, commissioners ap
I pointed by the court for the
i purpose of appraising the 533
acres and timber which is
part of a 1500-acre tract own
ed by the defendants.
Negro Pupil Transfer
Is Approved By Board
Requests of approximately
25 Negro school children seek
ing transfer from several
frame school buildings in
southern Warren County to
Warrenton's John R. Hawkins
High School was approved
here Monday night by the
Warren Board of Education.
Board members instructed
Supt. J. R. Peeler to begin
transfer of the students to the
Negro high school here after
patrons had requested that
their children not be taught
in the frame buildings?
scheduled to be abandoned
early next year.
Peeler said most of the re
quests were prompted by an
unforseen delay in construe
tion of a new Negro elemen
tary school to serve the
southern end of the county.
Peeler told board members
Monday night that it would
be "six or seven" months be
fore the new school is in
operation.
Board members expressed
concern that the student shift
might cause an overcrowded
condition at Hawkins, but
Peeler said three mobile
[ classrooms were slated to be
i in operation at the Negro
j high school early next month.
He said the students could be
| handled until they are as
signed to the new elementary
1 school next year.
arrenton Attorney
Clayton appeared before the
board in behalf of one pa
tron seeking the transfer.
Other patrons had made their
wishes known prior to Mon
day night's meeting.
Peeler also reported that
Negro attendance was off
from "40 to 50 per cent," but
blamed the lack of attendance
on a late tobacco crop which
has kept both white and Ne
gro students at home helping
with the harvest. He said
lack of attendance in white
schools was not severe.
A portion of the meeting
was devoted to a discussion
of problems revolving around
the opening of schools last
week. Peeler said school of
ficials had run into '"few dif
ficulties," and that operation
of the county's schools was
progressing well.
Funeral Conducted For
R. L. Capps On Sunday
runerai services xor kod
ert Lewis Capps, 80, who died
on Friday afternoon, wer<
conducted at Bethlehem Meth
odiat Church at Areola or
Sunday at 3 p. m. by the
Rev. William Sabiston, past
or. Interment was in th<
church cemetery.
Mr. Capps served as a mem
ber of the board of countj
commissioners for more thar
a quarter of a century, and
all his life showed an In
terest in public affairs oi
the county and of Areola
He way a leader in the re
cent establishment of the Ar
eola Community Center Club
house and offered the land
as a site for its erection.
ander L Capps and Hattie
Wood Capps, Mr. Capps was
a lifelong resident of Areola
where he was the operator
of a general merchandise
store and where ha had op
erated a cotton gin for many
years. He was a member of
Harris Chapel Baptist Church.
He is aui rived by his wife,
the fanner Mary Tharring
ton; Ore daughters, Mrs.
Paul S. Shear in of Chapel
Hill, Mrs. C. C. Liles of Whit
ahara, Mrss. Travis Barham
of B altimore, MtL, Mrs. J.
C. Harris ef Hampton, Va.,
J. A. HQliard of
Cbppa ef
Mrs. Lena Keid and Mrs. A1
vin Shearin,' all of Areola
four brothers, Daniel I., Oti!
and George, all of Rock;
Mount, and D.'las Capps o!
Winston; and ..6 grandchil
dren.
Warrenton Youth Is
Burned In Accident
A Warrenton boy was pain
fully injured here early Wed
nesday night while tending a
fire in the back yard of hia
home.
Larry Hayes, a 1963 grad
uate of John Graham High
School, received first-and sec
ond-degree burns of his face,
gasoline-fed trash fire sudden
fir biased up. " "
Given emergency treatment
at Warren Gerieral Hospital
Hayes was transferred to Hen
derson's Maria Parham Hoe
pltal. His condition was list
ed as "satisfactory'* Thursday
morning by a hospital
Hayes is the son of
id Mrs. Herman P. H
of
Merchants
Ask Miles
For Group
Mayor W. A. Miles agreed
on Monday night to appoint
a bi racial committee to work
with Warren County Negroes
i in seeking to redress a num
ber of grievances.
Miles said yesterday morn
ing that he expected to be
able to name his committee
early next week.
The agreement to appoint
the committee came at the
regular monthly meeting of
the town commissioners after
more than two hours of dis
cussion by the mayor, board
members and a delegation
; from the Warrenton Merch
I ants Association.
Acting as chief spokesman
! for the group was Sam War
lick, Jr. Other merchants
I present and asking for the
1 appointment were Billy La
nier, president of the Merch
ants Association, W. K. La
nier, Sr., Scott Gardner, and
Hy Diamond.
Warlick recounted that
\ Negro leaders had sought a
! hearing for some two months,
i that the merchants felt that
| the Negro leaders were en
l titled^ Jo ^the courtesy of^ a
i ing of the present race prob
j lem was vital to the interest
I of the town and county. He
I said that he felt that as
mayor. Miles should take the
lead in settlement attempts
and that as the first step
j that he should, appoint a bi
racial committee.
Billy Lanier, said that he
had been requested by a com
mittee from the Merchant's
Association to request the ap
' pointment by the Mayor of
a bi-racial committee.
Mayor Miles said that
while he felt that since this
was a rural county that the
committee should be appoint
ed by the county commission
ers, but if the town com
missioners approved he
would be glad to make the
appointment. This remark
precipitated a long and heat
ed argument.
Town Attorney Frank Ban
zet, asked for an opinion,
said that the board had no
legal authority to ask the
mayor to appoint such a
committee. Commissioner Dix
on Ward, who led the dis
cussion for the commission
ers, said that he did not
oppose the appointment of
a committee, per se, but that
he did oppose the commission
jers endorsement of the pro
posal on the grounds that
requests presented by the
Warren County NAACP
covered grounds over which
the commissioners had no
jurisdiction.
(See MAYOR, page 4)
Last Rites Held tor
Miss Tempe Dameroi
Thursday Morning
Tempe Hillard
who died
at 11 a