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VOLUME 68 10c Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1964 NUMBER 32
Jury Rules
On Cause
Of Death
A Warren County coroner's
Jury has ruled that a man whose
body was found on a highway
near here came to his death
as the result of being struck
by an automobile driven by
Mollle Williams Alston.
The body of Robert David
Carter, Negro of Rt. 2, Little
ton, was found on Highway 43
a short distance this side of the
Warrenton Golf Course around
4 o'clock Saturday morning.
Evidence was that the man had
1 been struck by an automobile.
An Investigation of the acci
dent was made by Highway Pa
trolman R. H. Clark, who blam
ed the death on a hit-and-run
driver. Parts of an automobile
from around the transmission
of a car were found near the
body which was lying In a pool
of blood.
Saturday morning around 10
o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Als
ton, who live on the outskirts
of Warrenton, reported to
Sheriff Jim Hundley that Mrs.
Eddie Alston had run over the
body of a man lying in the
road at"^ about 3 o'clock Sat
urday morning. Alston said that
he and his wife was badly i
frightened by the occurrance
and for that reason his wife [
failed to report the accident
to the Highway Patrol.
Coroner N. I. Haithcock, call
ed to the scene by Patrolman
Clark, ruled that an Inquest
should be held to determine
whether foul play was Involv
ed.
At the Inquest held at Green's
Funeral Home on Saturday
afternoon, members of the Jury
Inspected the body and the mor
tician testified that he found
| no slab wounds on the body.
The Issue before the coronor's
Jury was whether Carter has
been previously murdered and
placed on the highway, whether
he had been walking down the
highway when struck by some
car whose driver was unknown,
or whether he was lying on the
highway alive when struck by
the car driven by Mollle Wil
liams Alston.
An examination of the car
driven by Mrs. Alston re
vealed that blood and hair were
found on the underside of the
(See RULES, page 8)
Open Air Retreat
To Be Held Sunday
At Memorial Forest
i
The second annual Sunday
School Open Air Retreat will be
held at the Memorial Recreation
Forest on Sunday, August 16,
beginning at 10:30 a. m.
The event, sponsored by
Jerusalem, Edward Grove,
Hecks Grove and Jordan Chapel
Churches, was announced this
week by S. A. Davis, presi
dent of the MRF's Council.
Davis said that every family
In the Hecks Grove school com
munity is urgently Invited to en
joy this open air retreat, and
that every family is urgent
ly Invited to bring their family
dinner and spread It on the ta
bles In the Forest, forget
their troubles and enjoy this
fellowship together.
The American Friends Ser
vice Student Group has been
Invited to share In the teach
ing of the 12 or more classes
that will be organized In small
sections from the beginners
through the adults and seated
and taught under the shade of
the trees.
^from the Forest studio,
Davis said, the Jerusalem choir
will lead the opening music.
The Edward Grove choir will
lead when classes reassemble.
The Jordan Chapel choir will
lead following the lesson series
and the Hecht Grove choir will
lead the cloalng.
Davis said the open air audi
ence will Join over the loud
speaker In the singing.
regular services
Regular services win beheU
at the Warranto Presbytertar
Church Sunday morning at 11
o*el?ck by the pastor, the Rev
James Grant.
FAMILIAR SCENE as Warren farmers harvest their tobac
co crop. Charles Fleming and crew are shown preparing
leaf for barn on the Tommle Harrington farm near Vicks
boro last Friday. Present Indications are for one of War
ren's best tobacco crops. Border market sales indicate
better prices are In store.
Farmers Optimistic
Over Tobacco Outlook
With prices up around $4.00
a hundred pounds on the bor
der tobacco markets on opening
day last Thursday and with the
best crop indicated in years,
Warren County tobacco farmers
are optimistic about prospects
for a good year.
A crop, which looked poor
only a few weeks ago, has been
brought out by fine rains and
agricultural agents say that
Warren County has the best to
bacco crop in years. Many
farmers are expected to har
vest around 2500 pounds per
acre. Some tobacco has been
damaged by winds and hail in
scattered storms in the north
ern part of the county, but hail
damage to date has been less
than is usually the case.
Cotton crops look particular
ly good at this time, and for
the first time in many years
the boll weevil has offered no
serious threat to the crop.
Based on reports from pro
ducers as of August 1, North
Carolina's flue-cured tobacco
production is forecast at 862
million pounds?or 5.5 per cent
from the July estimate, accord
ing to the North Carolina Crop
[Reporting Service. Such a pro
ductlon would fall short of the
920.7 million pounds produced
last year by 6.4 per cent, but it
would exceed the 1958-62 five
year average of 804.9 million
by 7.1 per cent. If the esti
mated production materializes,
flue-cured yield would pass the
one -ton mark for the fist time
in history and woul d amount
to a record 2,077 pounds, or 78
pounds more than the previous
record produced last year.
Following the droughty con
ditions which prevailed over the
state for a considerable period,
rains since the firsl of July
brought about a marked im
provement in flue-cured to
bacco, especially in the Middle
and Old Belts, Type 11, and in
the Eastern Belt, Type 12.
Type 11 production in the
Middle and Old Belts is es
timated at 319,800 pounds from
164,000 acres for a yield of
1,950 pounds as compared with
a 1963 production of 325,780,
000 pounds from 182,000 acres
and a yield of 1,790 pounds.
The United States flue-cured
crop is estimated at 1,277,
241.00 pounds for a decrease
of 6.9 per cent from the 1,
371,462 pounds produced last
year.
Board Budgets Fund
To Pay For Truck
The Board of Town Commis
sioners Monday night approved
the amount of $7,683.64 as a
supplementary budget for the
Fire Department In order that
the balance due on the recent
ly purchased John Bean Fire
Fighter could be paid in full
during the current fiscal year.
The funds were appropriated
from surplus funds on hand
June 30.
The board also approved pay
ment of a bill In the amount
of $384.17 to pay the expenses
of Fire Chief Walker Burwell
and two firemen Incurred In
attending the John Bean Fire
Fighters School at Lansing,
Mich., and In the delivery of
the new fire truck to Warren
ton.
B. C. Powell appeared be
fore the board in behalf of
himself and Wlllard Faucette
of Sinclair Service Station to
ask the commissioners to abate
certain nuisances occurring on
a lot back of the Community
Center. The board took no act
ion but Mayor W. a. Miles
promised Powell that he would
have police officers make an
Investigation of conditions at
which he complains.
Bruce Rose agipeared before
the commissioners relative to
parking meter problem a, but
no action was taken.
Other matters before the
board in a rather long session
were of a routine nature.
Football Practice
To Start Saturday
Football practice will begin
at the John Graham High School
at 7:30 a. m. Saturday, Coach
Jimmy Webb announced yester
day.
Webb said that around 25 boys
have already signified their in
tentions of coming out for the
team and that about 20 of these
Were members of the squad last
year.
The John Graham Coach said
that he la looking forward to
a good season and expressed
the hope that many boys would be
on hand for the first session
Saturday morning.
HORSE SHOW
A horse show win be held
at Robbins Ball Park in Clarke
vine, Vs., on Saturday after
noon, August 15,fromlil0p. m.
Daylight Savings Time, and 7
p. m. DST. Delicious cold drinks
and brunswlck stew win be ser
ved.
The show which wUl be com
prised of U classes is spon
sored by the Mecklanburg Life
Saving and Rescue
Woman Is Shot
Cornelia Powell Williams,}
ioung Negro woman, is in a ser
ous condition at Roanoke
Hapids Hospital as the result
if being shot in the back with
i 22 calibre rifle at the home
if her sister, Mrs. Sol Smith,
Tr., at Vaughan around 9:30
Saturday morning.
Charged with the shooting is
drs. Williams estranged hus
)and, Joseph Williams, who is
<eing held in Warren County
Jail without bond,
Following the shooting during
a quarrel over a child, Williams
fled. He was picked up by Lit
tleton Police officers on Sat
urday afternoon and brought to
the Warren Clunty jail by Deputy
Lloyd Newsome.
According to the Sheriff's
Department, the bullet went
through a kidney and punctured
the woman's Intestines. The
kidney had to be removed be
cause of the Injury.
Man Is Stabbed
Lenn Slmms, Sr., colored,
s recovering at Jubilee Hos
iltal In Henderson from knife
wounds allegedly Inflicted last
?"rlday night by Russell Davis
it Arthur Alston piccolo Joint
it Liberia.
According to the sheriff's de
>artment, Slmms was stabbed
n the face and stomach, and
fO stitches were required to
:lose the wounds.
Davis, who Is being held In
Varren County Jail, alleges that
Slmms attacked htm with a
stick, after he had cursed him.
A warrant charging Slrnins
with a assault with a deadly
weapon has been sworn out by
Davis' wife, according to the
officers.
Miss Emily Burt Person re
turned to Warrenton this week
to resume her duties as vo
cational home economics
teacher at John Graham High
School.
4-H Club Members Leave For Camp
More than 30 Warren County
1-H'ers left Monday, August, 10
or a week's encampment at the
lew Betsy-Jeff-Penn 4-H
Center near Reidsville. A few
if the week's activities will ln
:lude handicraft, canoeing,
Mating, swimming, dancing and
slectrlc activities. The4-H'ers
will have athletic competition,
alent show, vesper programs.
a banquet and meet new friends
from Forsyth and Jones coun
ties.
One adult leader, Mrs. Clifton
Stegall Is attending camp with
the group along with the two
assistant agents to serve as
cabin sounselor s and group
leaders.
The group Is made up of
the following:
Arlene Bender, Conrad Ben
der, Laura Bender, Tommy
Bender, Donna Brauer, Carla
Calllhan, Bonnie Carter, Annie
Mary Craft, Clifton Randy Cur
tis, Valerie Fleming, Ernest
Boyd Harris, Phil A. Harris,
Teresa Hicks, Burnlce White
Hllllard, Carol Hobgood, Ruby
Kimball.
Lou Ellen King, Mary Long,
Nancy Pete Mitchell, Hal Pas
chall, Jr., Bob Rtdeout, Mike
Rock, Harriet Sabrowskl, Shir
ley Sabrowskl, Shirley Anne
Seaman, James Clifton St eg all,
Carolyn West, JudyGayle West,
Ronnie West, Vivian Williams,
Pamela Hardage, Mrs. Clifton
Stegall, Miss Rita Castleberry
and L. B. Hardage.
Warren Will Seek To
Participate In North
Carolina Fund In 1965
Children Assigned
At Board Meeting
A misunderstanding over the
admission of two Negro child
ren?Ramona Denlse Harvey ;
and Ronald Andre Harvey?to
John R. Hawkins school was
corrected at a meeting of the
Warren County Board of Edu
cation Monday right, and the two
children were ordered admit
ted.
In assigning 18 Negro child
ren to white schools at the July
meeting of the board, several
applications from among the 57
pupils requesting assignment
were denied on tne grounastnat
the parents of the children were
not legal residents of Warren
County.
This led to the Impression
that two children of Mrs. Sarah
S. Harvey, who now resides In!
Richmond, Va, were denied ad
mission to all Warren County:
schools.
Monday night Melvlne Tun- 1
stall and his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Ethel Tunstall, grandmo
ther of the children, appeared
before the board to ask that
the children be allowed to at
tend the John R. Hawkins High
School.
Tunstall, who acted as spokes
man was told that the board In
denying admission to white
schools of children whose par
ents are not legal residences
of the county, did not attend
this to apply to admission to
other schools, and that the
children could attend John R.
Hawkins.
Dr. S. H. Massey told Tuns
tall that since space Is at a
premium In the white schools
and all the applications could
not be approved, the board felt
that first consideration should
be given to those children who
are legal residents of the coun
ty
Tunstall said that he under
stood that, and he felt that the
admission of the eighteen stu
dents was fair and he believed
entirely satisfactory to mem
bers o f his race who under
stand the problem. Massey as
sured him that the board act
ed In good faith.
The meeting triggered a dis
cussion of a policy of the ad
mission of any children to War
ren County schools whose par
ents are not legal residents of
the county. The membersques
tloned the Justice of taxing
Warren County citizens to edu
(See ASSIGNED, page 8)
Baxter Succumbs
To Heart Attack
Funeral services for William
Alexander Baxter, 53, were
conducted at the Norlina Meth
odist Church at 4:30 p. m. Sun
day by the Rev. Bruce Tate.
Burial was In Falrvlew Ceme
tery at Warrenton.
Mr. Baxter died of a heart
attack at his home at Norlina
on Saturday night. He was the
son of the late William Alex
ander and Delia Fltts Baxter of
Rldgeway and a graduate of Nor
lina High School.
At the time of his death Mr.
Baxter was owner and opera
tor of the Baxter Tire and Re
capping Company on the Norlina
road. For many years he was
a member of the North Caro
lina State Highway Patrol, re
tiring In 1961.
He was a member of the
Durham Masonic Lodge No. 352,
AF&AM, the Scottish Rite
Bodies, and the Sudan Temple
Shrine.
He Is survived by his wife,
the former Maxlne Drake of
Warrenton, and by one sister,
Mrs. J. M. Lewis of South Hill,
Va.
Warren County Is expected
to seek participation In the
North Carolina Fund next year,
It was revealed at a meeting
of the board of education Mon
day night.
The fund provides teachers
and some funds for special
courses for those handicapped
by environment and for other
causes, and Is an experiment
In the effort to break the pov
erty cycle.
Assistant County Superinten
dent Comer Griffith and Ken
neth Brlnson, principal of the
John Graham High School, have
been making a study of the pro
gram for several weeks and
Monday night sketched Its pro
visions and objectives for the
benefit of the board members.
After a brief discussion the
board members decided to have
further study made and to apply
lor one of the several plans 01
fered next year.
The meeting of the board last
ed for more than three hours,
with much of the action of a
routine nature.
During the time the members
approved a survey of school
building needs for the State
Department of Public Instruc
tion to be used In connection
with the State School Construc
tion Bond Issue of Nov. 3.
Thirteen of fourteen students
from Warren County assigned
to the Mlddleburg High School
were reassigned to the Vance
County school at the request
o f the board of education of
that county. The application of
the fourteenth pupil, Paula Ann
Fleming, a beginning pupil, was
declined. This action was In
keeping with a resolution of the
board adopted on August 5,1963,
stating "That new pupils (be
ginners and Transfers) entering
school in 1964-65 will be as
signed to the Norlina school.
The 1963 resolution also stat
ed that "The Vance County
Board of Education will not send
buses Into Warren County to
pick up pupils." This resolu
tion was the basis of a re
fusal by the board of a request
from Charles Mitchell that his
children be permitted to ride
the bus from his home In War
ren County to Mlddleburg.
The Halifax County Board of
Education has released the as
signment of Deena Lew Arrlng
ton to the Warren County Board
of Education. Monday night the
Warren board approved the as
signment of the-child, daugh-^
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Arrington, Jr., tothefirst grade
at Marlam Boyd school.
The request that Kathy Harris,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
(See FUND, page 8)
Boosters Club Gives
Tickets To Players
The Warrenton Boosters Club
sill give free tickets to the
[forth -South Boys Home Game
.0 be played at Greenville to
llght (Friday) to all boys who
ire going out for the John
Graham High School football
ieam this fall.
A1 Blalock, flashy halfback
af last year's John Graham
team, win play for the North
team. Al was outstanding in all
?ports and school activities
luring his four years at John
Graham High.
Announcement that the Boos
ters would provide tickets to
the game tonight was made
yesterday by Peyton B. Rogers.
He said the John Graham acti
vity bus will be used to carry
the boys aad will leavefrom the
gym at 4)SO p. m. The I
who are planning to
game are ashed to be on I
Same Is to be
la Cast can