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VOLUME 69 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 6. 1965 NUMBER 32
CORN WITHOUT CULTIVATION-In the upper picture,
a group of farmers watch Dr. C. K. Martin, State Uni
versity agronomist, as he examines sod on farm of Hal
Paschall near Norllna. Farm owner Paschall is shown at
left side of picture. In the lower picture Negro County
Agent stands beside Farm Owner Nick Hunt (center) on
his farm near Embro. In the foreground is shown plant
er used for planting the two-acre plot.
Jest Plots Visited
Uncultivated Corn Grows
In Warren County Fields
Com ts maturing In Warren
County fields which have not
h#en touched by plow or culti
vators in Its cultivation.
These fields were the scenes
of a farm tour Tuesday attend
ed by extension workers, soil
conservationists, plant food
representatives and interested
farmers when the new plant
ing practices were discussed
and a machine used for plant
lng corn In unplowed sod was
exhibited.
Visited by agronomy experts
and some at the best farmers
Two Sent To Roads
By
Two road sentences were
given defendants in Warren
County Recorder's Court last
Friday by Judge Julius Banzet
who suspended a third road sen
tence.
Leon Baskervllle was senten
ced to serve 12 months on
the roads when he pled guilty
to a charge of breaking and en
tering.
Frank Russell, who pled guil
ty to three counts of giving
a bad check, was ordered to
ferve 30 days on the road*.
. Carl Franklin Hall, found
guilty of careless and reckless
driving, was sentenced to the
for SO days. The sentence
suspended upon payment at
$25 fine and oourt costs.
Charlie Waverly Jones was
guilty of drunk driving
ordered to pay a $100 fine
oourt costs. The defendant
t was set at $118.
r Chssteen Sellers, Jr.,
pled guilty to speeding and fol
lowing too close. He wis or
dered to pay court costs.
Carlton Alton Frldgen pled
guilty to a charge of non- sup
port. He was ordered to pay
to Sylvia Rose Williams for use
of his child, Jean Vlrtorla Wil
liams, the sum of $20 per month
with first payment to be made
Friday and subsequent pay
ments to be made by the fifth
of each month thereafter.
Ralph Freeman was ordered
to pay a $10 fine and court
costs when he pled guilty to
speeding.
Onley Coleman pled guilty to
a charge at reckless driving.
He w?? ordered to pay a $28
fine and court costs.
Newton Henry Burgees, Jr.,
was ordered to- pay a $10 fine
and costs whan ha pled guilty
to speeding.
Lucy Collier Adoook, who
pled guilty to speeding, was or
dered to pay court <
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in the county were the farms
of Hal Paschall and Walter
Bender of Rt. 2, Norllna, Nick
Hunt and Josh Harris of Rt. 2,
Macon, and Alvls Fleming of
Rt. 2, Littleton.
On the tour, In addition to
farmers, were Dr. C. K. Mar
tin, Extension Agronomy Spec
ialist of State University,
In charge of the sod planting
tests over the state; Dr. A. D.
Stewart, Agronomist Specialist
at State University, In charge
of Corn All-Practice demon
stration over the State; E. Y.
Floyd, director of the Plant
Food Institute of North Caro
lina and Virginia, a leader in
sod planting tests In the two
states; Frank W, Reams, coun
ty agricultural agent; Nat White
and Travis Pulley of the Soil
Conservation Service. James
El am, FHA director, was pre
sent on the morning tour.
The demonstration at the
farm of Nick Hunt was under
the direction of h. C. Cooper,
Negro county agricultural
agent. This plot was described
by Floyd as the best that he
had seen in either Carolina or
Virginia.
On the two-acre plot at the
Hunt farm yield was estimat
ed at 80 bushels or more per
acre and will be out for silage
to feed Hunt's A-grade dairy
herd. After the corn Is cut,
grasses and clovers in the field
may be grazed.
m fleldb on other farms, corn
had been planted In small train
sod, chemicals used for grass
and weed control, with promts
ing results. On the Hunt farm
the corn was planted In unbrok
en pasture sod and chemical
ly treated at the time of plant
ing. In all the plots the plant
ing of the corn marked the end
of all labor In the fields until
the corn is harvested.
Credited by Floyd for Hunt's
success was a good sod and
early planting. To be success
(See CORN, page 2)
Lanier Appointed
Member ABC Board
W. K. Lanier, Warrenton
hardware merchant, was elect
ed a member of the Warren
County ABC Board at a joint
meeting of the boards of health,
education and commissioner* in
the commissioners room Mon
day afternoon. He was chosen to
fill oat the unexpired three
year term of the late G. N.
Plttard.
Present at the meeting, over
which County Attorney Jim
Limer presided, were Commis
sioners Amos l. Capps,
Richard R. Davis, Alfred J,
Ellington, Robert Thorn* and
John Wilson, Mayor W.
Miles, Supt. of Schools J. R.
Peeler, J. T. Gupton, mem
ber of the board of education,
awl Dr. Walter white, member
of the board of health.
Lanier was the only per eon
nominated. Ha was unanimously
elected in astnk
than five minutes.
Maternity Care Program
Is Approved For Warren
Bids Asked
*"15 for the widening of
West FrankllnStreetln War
renton were among those
called Tuesday by the State
Highway Commission for the
August 24 highway letting.
The Warren County pro
ject calls for 0.273 miles of
grading, bituminous con
crete base surface and curb
and gutter In widening and
resurfacing SR 1001 (frank
lin Street) in and near War
renton.
Shearin
Rites Held
On Sunday
Funeral services for Jasper
Walton Shearin, 68, were con
ducted at Gardner's Baptist
-Church Sunday afternoon at 0:80
p. m. by the Rev. Raleigh F.
Carroll, a former pastor, and
the Rev. Russell Harris, pas
tor. Interment was In the church
cemetery.
Mr. Shearin died on Thursday
night of last weak in Duke
Hospital, Durham, after abrlef
Illness.
A lifelong resident of Macon,
f!f Warren County, Mr. Shearin
was prominent in religious and
business circles. He was a
member of Gardner's Baptist
Church, which he served faith
fully over the years as Sunday
School Superintendent, teacher
of the Men's Bible Class, and
chairman of many committees.
Succeeding his father as Church
Clerk at the tatter's death in
1936, he had held that post
continuously since that time,
and was also chairman of the
Board of Deacons at the time
of his death.
Mr. Shearin was employed by
Warren Cotton and Fertilizer
Company In Warrenton. He was
a pioneer in rural electrifica
tion In his area, and was in
fluential In the organizing of
Halifax Electric Membership
Corporation, Enfield, N. C. He
had served as a member of that
board of directors since 1950,
and as Vice President since
1960.
Born November 28, 1896, the
son of the late Joseph W. and
Sally Fleming Shearin, Mr.
Shearin is survived by his wife,
the former Elizabeth Minor
Nelson, originially of Hender
son; three sons, J. W. Shearin,
Jr., of Winston-Salem, Edward
Nelson Shearin, a student at
Cornell University, Ithaca, New
York and William Joseph
Shearin, a student at N. C.
State University, Raleigh; and
three daughters, Mrs. Earl F.
Bladen of Vienna, Virginia,
Mrs. John M. Ross of Macon,
and Mrs. Victor A. Bartlett,
Jr., of Arlington, Virginia. He
Is also survived by two sis
ters, Mrs. Hugh E. Rodwell
of Macon and Mrs. R. T. Teague
of Winston-Salem; and ten
grandchildren.
Hail, Wind Cause
Damage To Tobacco
High winds and hail caused
damage Sunday afternoon esti
mated at around $80,000 in ?
narrow strip of Warren Coun
ty
The storm, which occurred
around 2 o'clock, extended from
near Alton to Littleton, with
the greatest damage reported
near Marmaduke where the to
bacco crop of C. E. Robert arm
suffered savers damage.
County Agent Frank Roams,
who Investigated the storm
damage, said the principal dam
age was from high winds, which
seemed to Una and dip and
mlaa some farms In Its net*.
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Dick Miles Is shown selling the first mall box to Mrs.
Fred Hurst on Tuesday as Warrenton prepares for free
mall delivery service. Members of the Lions Club are
selling and Installing house numbers and mall boxes each
night. A member said yesterday that It would expedite
the work If the householder would determine the place for
the number and box before the arrival of the Lions.
(Photo by Bill Jones)
Telephone Co. Completes
Expansion, Improvement
A project to Improve and ex
pand the Warrenton telephone
exchange has recently been
completed.
Carolina Telephone Manager
Howard T. Pitts said yester
day that a $14,700 program
Just concluded has expanded
the company's central office
equipment here.
Included in the project was
Installation of equipment to pro
vide facilities to serve 460
new telephones for subscribers
In this area and permit bette.
grades of service to present
subscribers.
Pitts said that the growth of
Warrenton in recent years has
brought about an increased de
mand for telephone service.
This demand had taxed the capa
city of existing equipment.
Telephones in this area have
increased from about 980 to
more than 2,000 In the past ten
years.
"The construction program
here Is in keeping with Carolina
Telephone's continuing pro
gram to fulfill the telephone
needs of the communities it
serves," he pointed out.
Pitts said, "The Warrenton
Improvement and expansion
program was engineered to al
low for telephone growth In the
future."
IIOLY COMMUNION
Holy Communion will be cele
brated at Emmanuel Episcopal
Church on Sunday morning,
August 8, at 11 a. m., the Rev.
J. M. Stoney, Jr., rector, an
nounced yesterday.
ATTENDS MEETING
W. L. Turner, Director of the
N. C. Association for the Blind,
attended a director's meeting In
Greensboro on Sunday.
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. C. V. Hicks Is In Maria
Parham Hospital, Henderson,
recuperating from a broken
ankle and collarbone sustained
from a fall at her home last
Saturday.
Mrs. Mamie Aycock McCall
spent several days last week
in Rocky Mount.
Federal
Govt. To
Pay Costs
A maternity care program
for Warren and Halifax Coun
ties involving around $150,000
has been approved by the Fed
eral Government, Dr. Robert F.
Young, health director for the
two counties, told the board of
county commissioners Monday.
Dr. Young read a letter from
Congressman L. H. Fountain
notifying him that the project
had been approved.
The program calls for In
creased personnel, supplied by
the Federal Government and for
around $65,000for hospital care
of complicated cases of preg
nancy among mothers of thotwo
counties.
Dr. Young also briefly re
viewed the work of the Warren
County Health Department, with.
"Spectai emphasts upon ttre
clinics, he said that two-thirds
of the children enrolled in the
Head Start program under way
In the county had attended
pediatrics clinics conducted by
the health department.
The Health Officer also an
nounced that he would attend
a conference In Germany In
September as the result of the
acceptance of a paper on Tuber
culosis written by him. He
said that Dr. King of the State
Health Department would fQl
In for him during his absence
of a month.
The County Commissioners
may Increase the ratio of tax
valuation to actual valuations
from 40 per cent to 50 per cent
next January. This was briefly
discussed at their meeting Mon
day when action was deferred
to a later meeting.
The discussion followed a
statement by Auditor A. P.
Rodwell, Jr., to the effect that
should the commissioners de
sire to make the change next
January that It would require
considerable advance notice In
order that the new valuations
might be established by the
time any action Is taken.
The increase In the tax ratio
would mean a drop in the tax
rate, although it would mean a
slight increase In the over-all
amount of taxes paid. Principal
advantage to the county, would
be to Increase the amount of
funds in the OenartI Fund. =
In other activities during a
rather quiet session, beer
licenses were ordered issued '
to C. L. Keeter upon receipt
of state licenses.
A bid on a 1062 police car
in the amount of $201.90, pre
sented by Douglas Vaughan and
Howard Salmon, was rejected.
On motion of Commissioners
Alfred J, Ellington, seconded by
Commissioner Richard Davis,
it was unanimously ordered that
the following resolution be
adopted:
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