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For Books
The John Gr?h?? Associa
tion of Parents & "eachrrs is
formulating plan* f" r a
drive to collect books
in the local school library.
This is an c otgx owth of a meet
ing of the "Pr sident's Com
mittee" held on Tuesday night
in the home of Mrs. J. Boyd
ft Davis, local PTA president.
J Citizens of the entire area
served by the John Graham,
Mariam Boyd, and Nathaniel
Macon schools will be called
, upon to contribute books from
I their own libraries which might
be useful in helping the local
high school build its Inventory
of reference, fiction, and text
books to meet immediate needs
for continued accreditation.
A committee composed of
Mrs. Lela Holt, chairman, Mrs.
Miire"'',' Williams. Rpv. Troy
Barrett, and Leonard S. Daniel
has tentatively set the third
week in February for the "lights
on" drive. In making the sug
gestion for such a drive, com
mittee member Dr. Sam Massey
expressed the opinion that
"there are hundreds, maybe
thousands, of volumes on
shelves in Warren County
homes which would be of tre
mendous value In our school
library and which may no long
er be needed by their owners."
Also coming out of this meet
ing was a "challenge" to the
Norllna PTA when committee
member W. R. Drake suggest
ed that "a basketball game
between the Warrenton and
Norllna parents and teachers
I would -pack' the school gym
nasium and provide both or
ganizations a good source of
Income."
"This could become an an
nual affair", Drake said, "and
1 rotate between the two school
gyms with agreed percentages
going to each school." The
Warrenton committee has
extended the "challenge" and is
awaiting Norllna's reply.
In commenting on local school
needs, Principal Kenneth Brln
son listed the high school lib
rary as "probably the number
one deficiency" In meeting
State requirements for continue
accreditation. "Much is needed
on the local level", Brlnson
said, "and while we are prob
ably getting more in return for
each dollar spent than most
county school units, we need
to provide much more with local
funds in order to keep pace and
to maintain the effectiveness
and prestige of our local
schools."
The meeting was attended by
members from all sections
represented in the Graham
Boyd-Macon PTA.
*sSeai Campaign Is
Running Behind Last
(Year, Johnson Says
Warren County's 1963
Christmas Seal Campaign Is
running behind last year's re
sults In returns so far, Charles
T. Johnson, Jr., campaign
chairman, reported yesterday.
Receipts as of January 23,
1964 were $2,44.87, he said,
compared with $2,585.52 a year
a?o.
"We are earnestly hoping that
the people of this County, who
have supported our work so
loyally In the past, will find time
In the next few days to answer
their Christmas Seal letter.
With so much remaining to be
_itmt '" the struggle to wipe nflf
TB and to control other re
spiratory diseases, we feel con
fident every family will want
to renew its annual Christmas
? -Seel contribution which helps
1 make this work possTCTST""
The Warren County Tuber
culosis and Health association,
Johnson added, is looking for
ward to an Intensification at
it* work in the field of pre
vention, detection and patient
care in the respiratory
diseases, ranked by the Public
Health Service as number one
disablers in the United
"To make such a pro
nccessful," he said, "the
lor funds If
Officers lead Marshall Simmons from a farm house
on the eastern edge of Warren County after the 37-year
old fugitive from Central Prison surrendered without
a struggle. At right, occupants of the house watch as
Slmmins Is led out. (Staff Photo)
Convict Captured In
House Near Manson
An escaped prisoner ser
ving 20 to 25 years at Central
Prison on a murder conviction
was captured near Manson
Tuesday afternoon after law
enforcement officers from two
counties surrounded a house
In which he was hiding.
Marshall Simmons, who
escaped from the Raleigh pen
intentiary Sunday, surrendered
to officers shortly after 3:30
p.m. Tuesday. Billy Clark, a
guard at the Warren County
prison camp, discovered Sim
mons hiding beneath a bed
on the second floor of a farm
| house. Simmons offered no
I resistance.
Warren and Vance sheriff's
deputies, Henderson city detec
tives, and officers from the
Warren prison camp encircled
I the house and an adjacent aban
Idoned dwelling once occupied
j by Simmons' mother moments
before the capture. Both houses
are located on US Highway 1
several hundred feet from the
Warren-Vance county line.
Officers, closed in on the
house after receiving a tip that
the wanted man had been seen
in the area. The house was
owned by Mary Yancey.
Taking part in the capture1
vere Capt. J. B. Reaves ^..d
Lt. C. T. Varker of the Hen
derson Police Department and
Vance Deputies K. K. Rober
son and S. R. Mims, Warren
Sheriff J. H. Hundley and Dep
uty B. G. Stevenson, and pri
son camp officers.
A bloodhound from the pri
son camp was brought to the
scene as officers encircled the
house In search of the 37-year
old convict.
Simmons, who was convicted
of second degree murder In
Duplin County, told officers he
had been hiding in the house
for two days. He was taken
I to the Warren County prison
| camp for transfer to Central
j Prison.
Central Prison Warden K. B.
i Bailey said Simmons was first
] missed Sunday at a & p.m.
| headcount, but the escapee's I
j Identity was not determined un- j
til about 11 p.m.
Bailey said Simmons, an I
| honor-grade prisoner and ana- (
S tive of Wallace escaped by I
breaking through a screen in j
a window on the first floor of !
the honor grade building and j
scaling an eight-foot chain link j
fence. The building is out j
side the Central Prison wall.
Connell Named Director
Of Heart Fund Campaign
W. A. Connell, III, prominent
dairyman and (arm machinery
distributor, will be chairman of
Warren County's 1964 heart
Fund campaign, it was announc
ed yesterday by the North Car
olina Heart Association.
Proceeds of the campaign will
be used to fight the heart and
circulatory diseases, now re
sponsible for more than 54
per cent of all deaths in the
United States. These diseases
Include heart attack, stroke,
high blood pressure and hard
ening of the arteries, rheumatic
fever and Inborn heart defects,
The annuai nationwide cam
paign, which supports the re
search, education and com'
munlty service programs of the
American Heart Association
and chapters, begine with the
opening of Heart Moath, Feb.l.
It continues through Feb. 9.
"I am happy to accept the
chairmanship of the 1964 Heart
Fund campaign and to Join act
ively in this health crusade
which is saving hearts in our
owb community and throughout
the nations," Connell said. He
"This assignment is chal
lenging because the Heart Cause
is so very important. It 1*
unique in that it Is concerned
with*
W. A. CONNELL, IH
which consmwes my nuihI'bi
One U. S health problem of our
times."
Connell said that the Heart
Fund will reach lta high point
here on the weekend of Heart
Sunday, Reb. 23, when volun
teers will visit their neighbors
to distribute Information about
the heart and Its diseases and
to receive contributions. Sim
ilar Heart Sunday visitations
are to be carried out by more
than 1,750,000 Heart Fond vol
imteers In residential commun
ities throughout the nation.
MARSHALL SIMMONS
Four Men To Face
Trial On Theft Of
Corn; Hearing Held
Four Warren County men
were slated to face trial In |
Warren County Recorder's
Court here today on charges
of corn stealing.
Three of the men were charg
ed during the past weekend with
stealing corn from the C. W.
Cole farm near Wise last
Thursday night. Officers ac
cused the men of pulling the
corn during the moonlit night
and selling it the following day
at a local feed mill.
Arrested In connection with
the corn theft from the Cole
farm were Gene Russell, James
Alexander and Fred Alston, all
of near Wise.
During their Investigation,
member's of the Warren County
Sheriff's Department also
charged Clarence Russell, a
brother of Gene Russell, with
theft of corn from Mrs. Ava
Perklnson of Wise.
The four Negro men were
given a preliminary hearing
Monday night before Magistrate
N. G. Hudgins In Norlina.
Annual March Of
Mothers Scheduled
The annual Mothers March
will be held here on Monday
night as the annual March of
Dimes campaign gets underlay
In Warren County,C. P. Gaston,
Warren County chairman, said
yesterday.
Residents of the town are
asked by Gaston to turn on their
porch lights at 7 o'clock at
which time the fire siren will
sound to remind citizens of the
occasion.
Money raised by the March
of Dimes Campaign, of whioh
the Mothers March plays a
prominent part, is used for a
continuous fight on birth de
fectum arthritis, polio, and for
support for the Salk Institute
for biological studies.
Gaston said that he hopes our
citizens would donate as liber
ally as possible to the March
of Dime* campaign this year.
He asks that anyone who should
be missed in the Mothers March
Monday night mall a check to
him at Carolina Power and Light
company at Warrenton. ? ~
One Case Is
Tried During
Civil Session
The January civil term of
Warren County Superior Court,
which convened Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, adjourned
early Monday afternoon after
trying only one case. Judge
Henry A. McKlnnon of Fay
ettevllle presided over the short
session.
A case Involving a suit by
the operators of a local ware
house against the Warrenton
Tobacco Board of Trade, ex
pected to take much time of the
court, was continued, and was
responsible for the short term
of court.
Suing the Tobacco Board of
Trade were M. P. Carroll,
Edward E. Moody and Edward
Radford, trading as Center
Warehouse No. 2, who alleged
in their complaint that they had
been unfairly treated in the al
lulnifiit of selling time follow
ing the construction of their new
warehouse on the Norlina Road
last summer.
The continuance tfas granted
at the request of attorneys for
the defendants on the grounds
that they wanted to study a
deposition of Edward G. Tar
water, a defense witness, be
fore adversely examlng M, P.
Carrol .
The only other case docket- I
ed was that of R. M. White & j
Sons vs. J. L. Fleming. The j
litigants waived a Jury trial, j
The Court ruled that the plain
tiff was not entitle to recover !
anything and ordered that he
be charged with the costs of |
the action.
Youth Charged Wiih
Placing Cross Tie
In Train's Path
A 14-year-old boy charged
with the near-derailment of a
passlnger train near Macon last
week will be given a hearing
here before Juvenile-Judge Joe
N. Ellis today at 2:30 p.m.
The youngster Is charged with
placing a heavy wooden cross
tie on the Seaboard Air Line
tracks two miles east of Macon
last Wednesday night.
He was arrested Thursday by
two special SAL agents from
Raleigh who tracked the boy
from the spot where the cross
tie was found to the youngs
ter's house, a short distance
away. His name was not re
leased by authorities.
Officers said the southbound \
train?dispatch train No. 17?
struck the cross tie while
travelling at 55 miles per hour.
The engine's apron threw" the
tie off the track, preventing a
derailment, but the engine was
damaged by the blow.
The young boy gave no reason
for placing the tie on the track.
He had moved from Franklin
County a week before the
Incident occurred, iofflcers
said.
Coroner Rules No
Foul Play In Death
Of Warren Co. Man
Warren Coroner N. I. Halth
cack has ruled that no foul
play was Involved In the death
of a 56-year-old man whose
body was discovered early
Tuesday morning In Possum
quarter Creek three miles south
of here.
The body of Charlie Gilbert
Williams, Negro of the Balti
more Community of Warren
County, was found partially aub
merged in approximately five
feet of water. Sheriff Jim H.
Hundley said Williams' head
was resting on a log approxi
mately 10 feet from the creek
bank whan the body was dla
covered.
A search for Williams was
begun early Tuesday morning
when he failed to return home
Monday night following a hunt
ing trek Into nearby wood*. His
body waa discovered lees then
a mile from his home.
Halthcock'a ruling came later
in the day, when authorities
!?WMd that WUIlame period
ically suffered from dlaafnees.
Officers said WlUlamm' loaded
shotgun was toand on a bank
overlooking the creak.
: >.. SSStysESF- . ?. fjSS
Eight Charged
In Theft Case
SCENE OF FIRE WHICH SWEPT WISE COTTON GIN
Wise Cotton Gin Is
Destroyed By Flames
Fire completely destroyed
Perklnson Cotton Gin at Wise
at 4:55 Monday afternoon with
a loss estimated at more than
$50,000, only partially covered
by insurance.
Destroyed with the gin were
13 bales of cotton and a trailer
of Dugger Cotton Company of
Rocky Mount.
Cooper C. Perklnson, in
charge of the operation of the
gin, said that the fire originat
ed from an electric motor. He
said that he heard the motor
spark and saw a sheet of flames
envelop the gin within minutes.
Perklnson said that it would
have been impossible for fire
men to have extinguished the
flames had they been present at
the time. He and his brother,
Page Perklnson, praised the
Warrenton Rural Fire Depart
ment, the Norllna Fire Depart
ment and the Drewry Auxiliary
Fire Department for their
work in confining the flames
to the gin. The loss would
have been at least $10,000
more If it had not been for the
work of these fire departments,
they both said. Not only, they
added, did the firemen keep the
flames from spreading, but put
out the fire on one nearby build
ing which contained a large
quantity of fertilizer, insecti
cides, and other materials.
The Gin was built In 192(J
by C. C., R. P. and C. T. Per
kinson, trading as 'Perkinson
Brothers, and was remodeled In
1928. It had a capacity of
40 bales a day.
The Perkinson Brothers said
that they did not yet know
whether or not the gin would
be rebuilt.
Fire Chief Thanks
Public For Gifts To
Rural Fire Dept.
Jimmy Roberts, Chief of the
Warren County Rural Fire De- j
partment, yesterday asked that j
this newspaper express his j
thanks of the department to the j
public, for contributions madej
during the recent drive to raise j
funds for a fire house at War- j
renton.
Roberts said that while the j
drive was a success due to the;
generosity of the public, addl- j
tlonal funds are needed. He j
asks that those who have not j
yet donated and wish to do so i
to send donations either to him j
or to Edward Hunter, secre- j
tary-treasurer, at Warrenton. i
Progress made In the con
struction of the building has !
been good, Roberts said. He j
said that It Is hoped that the
building will be sufficiently
completed by next week to en- j
able trucks to be stored In It, j
and that the building could be j
completed In the spring.
Chewning Improved
i
The condition nf Robert D
Chewning, Warrenton Chief of
Police, who suffered a stroke
on January 19. was reported
yesterday to be slightly improv
ed.
Following the stroke, Chief
Chewning was taken to Warren
Ocaeral Hospital, where his
condition still remalnsserlous.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Powell of
Sanford and Mr. and Mrs. Sid
ney Rlsdon of Charlotte were
weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.
George Davis at lne?.
Equipment
Stolen In
Virginia
The arrest of two Warren
County men Wednesday brought
to eight the number of persons
charged In connection with the
theft of highway construction
equipment In neighboring Meck
lenburg County, Va.
warren?siiei iff'g?doputios
Wednesday arrested Albert
Williams and Ludlis Hlnton of
Wise on charges of receiving
a part of the loot stolen from
a storage trailer owned by Tal
bot Marks Construction Co., a
firm currently engaged In the
construction of Interstate 85
in Virginia.
Both men were released on
$100 bond following a hearing
Wednesday night before Nor Una
Magistrate N. G. Hudglns.
Earlier Warren and Vance
County Sherriff's departments
had cooperated to bring the
arrest of four Warren youths.
Charged with theft of gas, mo
tor oil, electrical tools and
an acetylene welding outfit were
j Robert Pltchford, 20, of near
! Oine ; Amos Ellis, 20, and Wll
j liam Earl Ellis, 17. Officers
j also arrested a minor in con
?ncctton -with Hie theft.
Saturday night two other teen
age boys, Roy Felts and John
Lee Jordan, were arrested. The
: two, along with those arrested
earlier in the week, waived ex
j tradition and were turned over
j to Mecklenburg County author
ities.
Rites Conducted Here
For W. Lunsford Long
Funeral services for William
Lunsford Long were conducted
at Emmanuel Episcopal Church
here on Saturday at 3 p.m.
by the Rev. J. M. Stoney, Jr.,
rector. Interment was in Fair
view Cenetery.
Mr. Long, 73, retired textile
and mining company executive,
died of heart failure at his home
here early Friday morning.
Interested in mining ever
since 1917, when he operated
a zinc mine In Spottsylvanla
County, Va., Mr. Long headed
Tungsten Mining Corp., which,
during World War II, developed
the tungsten mine In Vance
County near Henderson. Event
ually, the mine became one of
the nation's chief suppliers of
this stragetlc metal.
Mr. Long was one of the
principal organizers of the
American Tungsten Institute,
where he served as president.
He vas also a former director
and president of Manganese,
Inc.
Earlier, In 1936, he reorgan
ized Halle Mines, Inc., which
mined gold In South Carolina
for a number of years, as
well as elsewhere. He served
Halle as director andpresldent.
Although he retired In 1960,
Mr. Long continued to serve as
a mining consultant until Ills
death from offices he main
tained at 500 Fifth Avenue in
New York. :
A life-long Interest and part
icipation in politics marked Mr.
Long's career. He was a mem
ber of the N, C. House of Rep
resentatives from 1815 tol?17.
Thereafter, he was a member
of the State Senate which he
served as president Pro Tem
in 1921, 1923 end in ltt?.
He was a member of
N. C. Democratic ___
Committee from IMS until
1928, and was a delegate to the
1632 Democratic ItfllMl Con
vention.
W. LUNSFORD LONG
Long and Bettle Gray Mason
Long. He earned his A. B.
degree (1909) and his LL.B.
degree (1911) from the Univer
sity of North Carolina. He
was a r ber of Phi Beta
Kappa and Sigma Alpha Epil
lon fraternities.
From 1*11 nntlll 9S4 hspiw
tlced law In Roanoke
where he was active In
business life of that town, I
lng president of tk* I
Manufacturing Company, The
Roanoke Rapids Mills and the
Roanoke Rapids Fiber
Company.