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VOLUME 68 10c Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1964 NUMBER 36
SCENES FROM HORSE SHOW heid here
on Sunday afternoon and night.
Horse Show Here Is Deemed A Success
Warrenton's Second Horse
Show here on Sunday afternoon
and night was described by
rural fireman yesterday as a
decided success from a stand
point of attendance, horses en
tered and profits made.
The show, rained out a week
earlier, was sponsored by the
Warrenton Rural Volunteer
Fire Department.
More than 150 horses were
entered In the 22 classes, and
the show which began at 1 p. m.
closed that night at 10:30 with,
the bull riding event, which was
won by Noel Robinson of Hen
derson. Patrick McCann of
Klghtdale was second place win
ner and Sam Blanton of Raleigh
came In third.
The show was held at the
arena at Tot Currln's farm on
the edge of Warrenton where
a lighted ring was available and
where parking space was ample
for the cars of hundreds of
persons attending from East
ern North Carolina and South
side Virginia.
Spectators and horses began
arriving before noon and many
[of the spectators ate brunswlck
stew and ham biscuits served
by the firemen for botn their
[noon-day and evening meal. In
addition cool drinks and other
refreshments were served all
[during the afternoon and even
ing.
Warren Farmers To Elect ASC
Committeemen On Tuesday
Farmers of Warren County
will elect their local ASC com
munity committee In a referen
dum to be held Tuesday, Sept.
15 at regular ASCS polling
places from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.
The election will be by secret
ballot and plurality vote. The
present ASC community com
mittees will tabulate the bal
lots Immediately after the pol
ling place closes for voting.
W. S. Smiley, ASC County
Committee chairman, saldyes
- -terday- that.this annual election
Is one In which all eligible farm
ers have an opportunity to select
the best men available for this
work as ASC committeemen.
By doing this, he said, they help
assure good service to them
selves and sound administra
tion of ASCS farm programs
In their community and county.
The ASC community com
mittee to be elected consists
of three regular members and
two alternates. The chairman,
vice chairman and regular
member will serve respec
tively, as delegate, alternate
delegate, and second alternate
delegate to the county conven
tion where the ASC county com
mittee will be chosen.
A person may vote In the com
munity election If he or she Is
of legal voting age, Is a farm
owner, tenant, or sharecropper,
and Is taking pert or Is eligi
ble to take part In one of the
farm programs administered by
the committee. Also eligible ie
a person not of legal voting age,
but In charge of the farming
operations on an entire farm.
In the case of joint ownership
by two or more Individuals,
each Is an eligible voter.
Smiley said that there are
some limitations on voting. If
a voter has an Interest in afarm,
or farms, In more than one
community in a ocunty, he may
select the community In which
he wishes to vote, but the vote
may be east in only one com
munity of the oounty. Voting by
prosy is not allowable, m the
of partnership farms, the
OMe ASCS, pegs S)
Yam Vote Tuesday
Waxren County sweet potato
growers will participate in a
Yam referendum on Tuesday,
Sept. 15, to determine whether
or not assessments of 2-cents
per bushel on "fresh market"
sweet potatoes and 2-cents per
hundred pounds on sweet pota
toes sold for processing shal
be continued.
The polling placeforall War
ren County yam growers will
be at the agricultural building
I in Warrenton where polls will
be open from 8 a. m. until
6 p. m.
Clarence Thompson, county
refrendum chairman, yesterday
said that all sweet potato grow
ers and all members of their
families are urged to express
themselves on the question of
continuing the assessment pro
|gram-to support thepromotlon
al activities under taken by the
(See YAMS, page 2)
One Holiday Accident
Reported In Warren
There were no fatalities and
only one serious automobile ac
cident reported In Warren
County during the Labor Day
holiday and weekend, State
Trooper R. H, Claris said Tues
day. The holiday began at 6
o'clock Friday evening and end
ed at midnight Monday.
Two Warrenton persons were
painfully but not seriously. In
jured when Mrs. Mildred Per
klnson Felton lost control of
a car she was driving and had
It plunge across the highway
as she was leaving the Country
Club around 1:30 Sunday morn
ing and crash Into a culbert.
The car was owned by Clarence
Brltton who was riding with
Mrs. FUlton.
Both Mrs. Felton and Brlt
ton were taken to Warren Gen
eral Hospital where Mrs. Ful
ton was found to be suffering
from lacerations and brulsea
and Brltton was found to be bad
ly cut and bruised about the
face and bend.
Clark estimated the damage
to Brltton's car at $1,000 or
more.
He said no charges would be
preferred.
While Mrs. Felton and Brit
ton were the only persons In
volved In a serious automobile
accident In Warren County dur
ing the holiday, Clark said a
pedestrian was struck by a car
near Wise around 4:30 a. m.
Friday.
As a result Estelle Foster
Adams, 54-year-old Negro wo
man of Norllna Rt. 1, was taken
to Jubilee Hospital In Hender
son where 11 was found that
she suffered a broken arm and
deep lacerations aboutthehead.
He said Tuesday that her con
dition was described as fair.
Clark said that his Inves
tigation revealed that Mrs.
Adams ran Into the side of a
1881 Cadillac, being driven
south by Georgia May Price of
Mont cialr, N. J. He said the
pedestrian was hurrying across
die highway as the Cadillac ap
proached and as the driver
swung the car Into the left lane
to avoid a collision Mrs. Adams
ran into the side el Im Mr.
? i"1 1 wr"'
ferred pending the ontoome of
Mrs. Adams' lnjarles.
Negro Boy
Held For
Shooting
A teen-age Negro boy?Rufus
Ballentine ? Is being held In
Warren County Jail charged with
waylaying and secret assault
with Intent to kill as the re
sult of firing a rifle at Orr's
Service Station at Manson on
Monday night, around 8:30.
A companion, John Clark,
charged with disorderly con
duct, Is being held under $300
bond.
According to Deputy Sheriff
Bonnie Stevenson, the shooting
was the outgrowth of a dis
turbance at the service sta
tion on Sunday afternoon when
Orr drove a group of young
Negro boys from his store,
after engaging In a fight with
one of the boys. Orr said that
the boys were disorderly and
were using foul and profane
language.
On Monday night, according
to Stevenson, four boys went
to the hpme of Rufus Ballen
tine where they obtained a rifle
and returned to a site on the
railroads about 125 yards from
the service station, and where
Balentlne allegedly fired sev
eral shot 8 into the front of the
building. John Clark Is said to
have been with Rufus at the
time but Is not charged with
the shooting.
Also going to the home of
Rufus Ballentine to obtain the
rifle were Johnny Blackman
and Nathaniel Ballentine, who
waited down the tracks a dis
tance from where Rufus Ballen
tine allegedly fired the shots.
Deputies Stevenson and Dor
sey Capps and State Highway
Trooper Pete Vaughan were
near the scene at the time of
the shooting. Stevenson was
In a nearby service station and
Capps and Vaughan were sitting
In the Patrolman's car. Ste
OSee HELD, page 2)
Mr. and Mrs. W. Pryor nod
wall, jr., spent Sunday at Nags
Head and KID Devil Kills and
visited Ocracoke Island on Mon
Prices Good As Warrenton
Opens
Negro Children Enter White
Schools Without Incidents
Court Term
Expected To
End Friday
The September criminal term
of Warren County Superior
Court, which opened here Tues
day morning, with cases docket
ed for two days, Is expected to
end sometime Friday.
Judge Leo Carr Is presid
ing over the term.
Thursday morning Mollle
Williams Alston, charged with
hit and run driving, was sen
tenced to two years In the
Woman's State Prison, and as
court was nearlng a recess at
1 o'clock Thursday, as this
paper closed Its pages, Amos
Ellis was being tried on charg
es of breaking, entering and
larceny.
Cases disposes of on Tues
day and Wednesday Included:
A Jury found Wylie Gregory
Mitchell guilty on a charge ol
drunk driving. The court order
ed that he pay a $100 fine and
court costs.
Ernest Ayscue, charged with
larceny, was called and failed.
Byron Brown, Jr., charged
with speeding, reckless driv
ing after license had been re
voked, was called and failed.
The State took a nol pros In
the case of State vs. OllleBoyd,
charged with involuntary man
slaughter.
Arthur Evans, charged with
an assault, was called and fail
t ed.
Linton Holloway was sen
tenced to the roads (or six
months when he was found guil
ty of violating the whiskey laws.
Norman Judklns, jr., charg
ed with reckless driving and
with driving without an opera
tor's license, was called and
failed.
David Elmer Burdlck was In
court on a charge of drunk driv
ing. The State accepted a plea
of reckless driving and the de
fendant was ordered to pay a
$75.00 fine and court costs.
The case of Will Roger Mar
row, charged with non-support,
was settled out of court.
James Baxter, charged with
trespass, was called and fail
ed.
A case against Willie Moore,
charged with larceny, was nol
pressed.
Thomas Moseley, charged
with forgery, was put on pro
bation.
A case against Thomas Lewis
Rooker, charged with drunk
driving, was continued.
P. A. Bishop, Jr., found guil
ty on nine counts of giving bad
checks, was sentenced to the
roads for a total of 18 months.
In five of the counts he was
sentenced to 30 days on the
roads on each count, and In
four consolidated cases ha was
sentenced to the reads for 30
days.
Young Golfers See
Arnold Palmer Play
Three promising young golf
ers - Phil Daniel, Joey Gil
bert and Johnny Mayfleld all
who play regularly at the War
rent on Country Club, saw
Arnold Palmer play an exhibi
tion match at the Raleigh Coun
try Club on Saturday afternoon.
The boys received some valu
able pointers whenPalmer con
ducted a golf clinic before the
match.
Mrs. Roy Shearln and Mrs.
Clarence Davis have returned
? visiting relatives In Alex
va.
Fifteen Negro children en-1
tered previously all-white
schools In Warren County Wed
nesday morning without lncl- i
dent, and a sixteenth child, who
had previously registered, en- j
tered the Afton-Elberon school j
on Thursday morning.
Ten of the Negro school child
ren entered John Graham at
Warrenton, one at Marian Boyd,
one at Afton-Elberon, three at
Macon, and one at Norllna.
J, Roger Peeler, superinten
dent of schools, said yesterday
that no Incidents had been re
ported from any of the schools.
Three Negro students had
been assigned to the Norllna
school, but Peeler said that two
of these children ? James
Howard Vaughan and Thelma
Vaughan?had laler requested
reassignment to the North War
ren High jSchool. The third
child ? Marie Elizabeth Vau
ghan?entered the Norllna
school Wednesday morning.
Supt, Peeler described the
opening Wednesday morning as
the best ever held In the coun
ty. He said the principals had
done a good Job and the open
ing was well planned. The buses
ran on time.
Negro school principals,
Peeler said, reported at
tendance Wednesday as being
the best they could remember.
He said attendance at the new
South Warren school was ex
cellent and patrons, "teachers
and pupils seemed to be de
lighted with the school.
Negro To Be Named
To Industrial Body
A Negro will be appointed to)
serve on the recently appoint-1
ed nine-member County Indus
trial Commission to fill the
vacancy caused by the death
of E. G. Hecht, Norlinabuslness
man.
The County Commissioners
Tuesday agreed to ask the Com
mission to select the names
of three Negro citizens from
whom the commissioners will
make the appointment at their
next meeting.
Action of the board followed
the receipt by each of the com
missioners of a letter from the
Executive Committee of the NA
ACP, sharply written and highly
critical over the fact that
Nwgroes are being Ignored In
governmental matters, and ask
ing for the appointment of a
Negro on the Industrial Com
mission.
The Commissioners expres
sed themselves as being highly
resentful over the tone of the
letter, but said that they felt
that a Negro should be appoint
ed to the board.
The commissioners approv
ed the expenditure of $200 for
treatment against termites In
the Agricultural Building
After County Agent Prank
Reams had appeared before the
board telling of the damage to
the building and request
ing funds for treatmem of the
building.
Julian Farrar, Welfare
Superintendent, appeared be
fore the board to ask that $10.
00 per month be transferred
from the supplies account for
his agency to the stamp account.
He said that the recent rise
in postal rates had depleted his
stamp allowance. The commis
sioners authorized the trans
fer.
The board ordered that the
Clerical Personnel In the Health
Department be placed in the
same grade as the Clerical
Personnel In the Welfare De
partment, which Is one grade
below the State Standard Plan.
Action of the board was tak
en after Dr. Robert F.
Young, Health Department, told
the board that a difference In
the starting pay rate for the
position of typist offered com
plication In the hiring of a
typist for his department.
Services
Services of Holy Communion
will be held at the Church of
the Good Shepherd, Ridgeway,
on Sunday afternoon at3o'clock
with the Rev. James M. Stoney,
rector, In charge.
Warren County May
Take Part In Program
Warren County will most
likely participate In the Fed
eral Economic Act of 1964.
This was Indicated by the
Board of County Commission
ers at their afternoon session
Tuesday following the receipt of
a request by James L. White,
State coordinator, that the coun
ty participate In the program,
and Inviting the commission
ers to attend a State Confer
enc e In Raleigh on Sept. 14-IS.
In his letter inviting the com
missioners to attend the Con
ference In Raleigh, White point
ed out that "the primary aid
to counties from the Federal
Government will oome in the
form of grants to oounttee which
bring together all IcSsT-aa st
eles and leadership into the
preparation of a comprehensive
community action proposal.
Preparation of such a propo
sal will Involve close oo-or
dl nation-of all county, muni
cipal, and non-profit agencies
involved In meeting the prob
lems of those people la the
oommuntty living under condi
tions of poverty."
The commissioners, who had
been rather lukewarm to the
Idea at the morning sesalon,
towards the close of the even
ing session had arrived at the
point of selecting a county bl
raclal council to work with the
State commission, when they
decided to postpone further act
ton until they could become
more familiar with the pro
gram, at the Raleigh conference.
Earlier In the afternoon, Wel
fare Superintendent Julian Far
rar discussed the program
with the Commissioners and
laid that he hoped they oould
attend the Raleigh meeting. Ha
said that while the program was
in no sense a welfare program,
M felt that It would be of bene
fit to the Welfare Department.
Later In the day, Negro Agri
cultural Agent, L. C. Cooper,
inking his regular monthly ap
pearance before the board,
briefly touched on the ECO
act, and said that he fait that
it woald be beneficial la hla
eork.
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Untied Weed
Prices Are
Much Lower
The Warrenton Tobacco Mar
ket began Its 1964 sales Thurs
day morning with a good break
and good prices and with farm
ers seemingly pleased with the
prices offered.
Weldon Hall, a former veter
an buyer, was heard to remark
that the opening sales here
Thursday were the best that he
has ever seen.
The market opened with first
sale at Currln's Warehouse at
9 o'clock when Luke Lea, auc
tloner , began his chant ask
ing for the high dollar.
No official" averages were
1 available at press time, but a
! sample of piles showed that
j tied tobacco sold well, but that
! untied leaf tended to depress
[ the market average.
A count of 100 piles of tied
j tobacco showed an average
j price of 59.94. Fifty-five piles
[ of untied tobacco averaged 39 f.
1 The average for the 155 piles
| was slightly under 52 cents.
John Graham To
Play At Weldon;
Norlina At Home
John Graham High School
football team opens Its season
tonight at Weldon against a
strong Weldon team that won
a one-sided victory over Scot
land Neck last Friday night.
With a squad of more than
40 and with a strong back,
Coach Jlmmle Webb expects the
Warrenton team to give a good
account of Itself tonight. He
said that while the team had
been looking good In practice
this week, one could not judge
a team's real strength until
after they had a game or more
under their belts.
Norlina, which was downed
In Its opener at Davie last Fri
day night, will host a team from
Enfield tonight.
R. P. Perkinson
Dies On Thursday
Russell Page Perkinson, 88,
died in Warren General Hos
pital cn Thursday morning, Sept.
10, at 4:40 after an Illness of
eight years. He was born and
reared In Wise where he was
In general business and a pro
minent farmer.
Funeral services will be held
on Friday, September 11, at
Blaylock Funeral Home at 3
p. m. The Rev. A. T. Ayscue
will officiate and Interment will
follow in the Wise cemetery.
Survivors include one bro
ther, c. T. Perkinson, of Wise
and a number of nieces and
nephews.
Peeler's Spaniels
Win Top Prizes
Roger Peeler, superintendent
of Warren County schools and
local dog fancier, entered three
Cocker Spaniels In the Raleigh
Kennel Club Show Monday and
all dogs proved to be prise win
ners.
His black female Cooker
Spaniel was judged beet of breed
and also placed second In the
sporting group.
A black and tan Spaniel i
first place in the pi
and another black and tan I
let won flret plane in (
class and placed first in ? ,
ner^e class sod beet of wl?- ?
IN BOCTITAX*.'?
^ Mrs. Fuller Ayeook of
petlsnt at Marts
Pital la