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VOLUME 70 Subscription Price S3.00 A Yeat 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1%6 NUMBER 32
A row of houses and a
shed are being torn down to
clear the site for the erect
Ion of a warehouse byGen
eral Box Company.
General Box Company To Erect
Large Warehouse At Local Plant
The clearing of ground for
the construction of a 30,000
foot warehouse by General
Box Company was started
here Wednesday.
With the completion of the
warehouse within a 120-day
period, General Box will
make it the distribution
point for tobacco containers
manufactured In Meridian,
Miss. The containers will be
hogsheads and cases.
John Smith, manager of the
local plant, said that com
ponent parts of the containers
will be shipped totheWarren
ton warehouse by mall where
they will be collated and
shipped by truck In an un
assembled state to tobacco
manufacturers. Some 230
carloads of the materials
going Into the containers are
expected to be shipped by rail
to Warrenton during a year,
Smith said.
He said thai the warehouse
did not promise any material
Increase In employment of
labor In Warren County as
only six to eight men would
be used durlngthe busy season
when tobacco Is being mar
keted, and perhaps two men
In the slack season. He
said the gain to Warrenton's
economy would come In the
shipment of materials over
the Warrenton Railroad, and
by the employment of local
truckers and trucking lines.
Smith said that the company
Is presently employing 3 5 per
sons In Its other operation
here.
Bill Mlnette, director of
Warren County Industrial De
velopment Commission, Said
yesterday that the prefabri
cated steel warehouse will be
constructed by the Bute De
velopment Company and
turned over to General Box
under a lease-purchase ar
rangement. The warehouse
will be constructed on the
site of several dwellings now
being removed.
The warehouse will be con
structed by George W. Kane,
Inc., of Henderson, low bidder,
and financed by the PeoDles
Bank and Trust Company of
Football Practice To
Start Here Monday
Football practice will begin
at John Graham High School
on Monday morning, Coach
Jimmy Webb announced yes
terday.
Webb said that practice
would begin at 7 a. m. and
would last for about an hour
and a half and would be fol
lowed by a second practice
at 7:S0 that night.
He asks th.it a)! boys In
terested In oor.vHng out for
football to be at the Monday
morning practice. He said that
boys are asked to oome to
the gym tomorrow, Saturday,
at 1 p. m. to purchase their
shoes.
Webb said that around 22
boys are expected to return
from last year's squad. He
said that six of these are
lettermen, but only one was a
starter with last year's team.
Webb, with seven wins
and three losses last year,
said that he Is looking forward
to a good season this year.
This will require a lot of hard
work, he said, but that Be Is
looking forward to a good
Norllna. Mlnette said that
total cost of the project Is |
estimated to be $95,000, which
will Include installation of a
side track by the Warrenton
Railroad Company.
Smith said thai Charles
Garrett would be warehouse
supervisor and that he Is now
undergoing a special courseof
training.
Headquarters for General
Box, which came to Warren
ton in April, 1965, Is In Des
Plaines, Illinois.
N. W. Church To
Have Homecoming
The North Warrenton Bap
tist Church's annual home
ooming will be held Sunday,
August 14, at 1 p.m., followed
by revival services, August
15-21.
Announcement of the home
coming and revival services
was made yesterday by the
Rev. Herman Hicks, pastor
of the church.
The Rev. Ralph Culler, a
former pastor, who now holds
a pastorate in Jessup, Md.,
will be the guest speaker at
revival services each even
ing, Monday through Friday,
at 8 o'clock.
Dance Tonight
The 1966-67 Warrentonlan
staff will sponsor a pre-foot
ball season teenage dance to
night (Friday) at the Warren
ton Armory. The Riding Hoods
will play for the dance which
will last from 7iS0 to 11.
Admission will be 91-00 per
oovgkle or 60$ for stags. All
teenagers are Invited to at
tend.
Mrs. Edward Conn of Ar
eola visited her mother, Mrs.
R. T. Stegall, Wednesday.
Four Hurt
In Wreck
On Friday
Four Warren County teen
agers may have been saved by
their seat belts from serious
Injury when a 1966 Mustang
automobile In which they were
riding near Elberon around
10 o'clock Saturday night was
completely demolished.
Involved In the wreck were
the driver, Ashley Davis, 16
year-old son of Warren Sheriff
Clarence Davis; Wayne Mose
ley, 17, Lew Hege 16, and Jack
Call than, 16.
The car failed to make a
curve and overturned, andone
of the seats was torn from the
car but the seat belts held,
according to reports reaching
here.
Davis and Moseley, suffer
ing from bruises, were taken
to Warren General Hospital
for examination and released
Monday morning.
Sheriff Davis said that his
son reported that he failed to
see the curve.
The accident was Investi
gated by Highway Trooper
Bobby Clark who charged
Davis with driving at a speed
too great for safety.
Twitty Funeral Is
Held Here Saturday
Funeral services for Hor
ace Palmer Twitty, 51, were
conducted Saturday at 2 p. m.
at Warrenton Baptist Church
by the pastor, the Rev.
John Link. Burial was In Fair
view Cemetery.
Mr. Twitty died on Thurs
day of last week at the Rocky
Mount Sanltarlam. He was a
member of the Warrenton
Baptist Church and the Allen
Bible Class and was employ
ed by the State Highway Main
tenance Department.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Virginia Murphy Twitty;
one son, Tommy Twitty of
Warrenton; three brothers, J,
Perry Twitty, Henry F, Twitty,
and Frank B. Twitty, all of
Warrenton.
Defandant
Faces Four
Charges
A defendant who faced four
separate charges In Warren
County Recorder's Court last
Friday was convicted of two
of the charges and found not
guilty on two counts.
Walter Clemon Smith was
found guilty on charges of as
saulting a female and non-sup
port, but was found not guilty
of breaking, entering and as
sault and of trespassing. He
was sentenced to the roads
for 90 days on the assault on
a female charge and for 90
days for non-support, with a
recommendation that he be
placed under the work-release
program.
Troy Worth Rouse, Jr., was
ordered to pay court costs
when he was found guilty of
the unlawful possession of
fireworks.
Alfonso Ragland was sen
tenced to the roads for 30
days when he pled guilty to
driving without an operator's
license.
Charles Thomas Fogg, who
pled guilty to charges of al
lowing an unlicensed person
to drive and with carrying a
concealed weapon, was order
ed to pay a $25 fine and court
costs.
James Lenwood Kearney
was ordered to pay a $25 fine
and court costs when he pled
guilty to operating a motor
vehicle without a driver's li
cense.
J. D. (Shine) Collins pled
guilty to the use of Indecent
and profane language. Pray
er for Judgment was con
tinued for two years provided
the defendant not call or talk
to the prosecuting witness on
telephone for two years and
pays the court costs.
Allen Hargrove was sen
tenced to Jail for seven days
when he was found guilty of an
assault on a female.
William Crump, charged
with larceny, was found guilty
of receiving stolen goods
knowing them to be stolen.
He was sentenced to the roads
for 30 days with a recommen
dation that he be placed on
the work-release program.
Lucius Towns, charged with
assault with a deadly weapon,
was found guilty of pointing a
shotgun at Bulah Towns. Pray
er for Judgment was continued
for two years upon condition
that the defendant not violate
any criminal laws of the state
for two years and pays court
costs today.
John Henry Wyche, found
guilty of non-support, was
sentenced to the roads for 60
days. The sentenced was sus
pended upon condition that the
defendant pay Into the office
of the Superintendent of Wel
fare of Warren County the sum
(See COURT, page 7)
TRIP TO EUROPE
Mr. William Conn of New
York spent last week here
with his mother, Mrs. W. P.
Conn, prior to leaving Satur
day night for a six weeks
European vacation during
which time he will visit Ger
many, Switzerland, Austria,
Italy, France and Spain.
ATTENDING CAMP
Misses Kay Ward and Car
oline Leake are attending
camp for two weeks at Cir
cle Bar M, Ranch at Clover,
Va., under the direction of
Mrs. Georgia P. Martin.
It Can Be Hard To Get Home
Writing in The Raleigh
Times about people being
stranded by the airplane
strike, Editor A. C. Snow,
told of the strange experience
of a Norllna woman and her
neighbor. After telling of the
experience of a Raleigh man,
Editor Snow relates :
But the strangest ex
perience of all Involved a
Norllna woman who was visit
ing In Cleveland when the
strike struck.
She had a round trip tide at
to Raleigh and was assured
a trip home when die arrived
d the Cleveland airport.
But In the watting room she
spotted a neighbor named
Charlie, also from Norlina.
Charlie wasn't hafepy. He
said he didn't know when he
would be able to set a flight
out of Cleveland since he had
no reservations.
"They said It may be Tues
day," said Charlie, not look
ing forward to a tour-day
wait especially since two 01'
his friends from Norlina were
to meet him at Ralelgh-Dur
ham Saturday afternoon.
His friend promised to tell
the boys and did so when ahe
arrived in Raleigh-Durham.
The boys said they would just
go bosk to NOrlina and 1st
Charlie gat home the best
way ha could.
They left and the Norllna
lady was chatting with friends
in the airport lobby when up
walked Charlie.
He had actually beaten her
to Raleigh by a few minutes.
"Piedmont put on a special
flight and I got on," he said
happily. After being told his
friends had gone back to Nor
llna without him, Charlie said
he would hare to hitchhike
home.
He got a ride to a point
beyond Raleigh and was out
thumbing for his second ride
when along came his two
friends and picked him up.
They had lingered In Raleigh
before handing back to Nor
Warren Industrial
Director Resigns
Bartholomew Named
J. Graham Principal
Fred Bartholomew, princi
pal last year of the J. P.
Knapp consolidated high
school In Currituck County,
has accepted a position as
principal of John Graham High
School.
He will succeed John L.
Honeycutt, elected last spring,
who resigned to accept the
position of superintendent of
schools of Vance County.
Barthomew, 28, Is a 1958
graduate of John Graham High
School where he was a star
In football, basketball and
baseball. He Is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Bartho
mew of near Warrenton.
Before going to Knapp
School, Bartholomew spent
four years In Smyrna In Cart
eret County as coach and
teacher and principal for his
last year. As basketball coach
at Smyrna he directed the
Blue Devils to 50 wins while
losing 21. In his last year as
coach, Smyrna's cage team
won 25, lost 5, and was run
ner-up In the district play
offs. The schools baseball re
I cord for the same three years
was 29-11.
As principal at Smyrna,
Bartholomew oversaw the ad
dition of two new vocational
programs, automotive me
chanics and Introduction to
vocations. Accredited 11
j brarles were set up In both
' the elementary and high school
J programs. He undertook the
re-organlzailon of Smyrna's
Instructional program In pre
paratlon for full accreditation.
Bartholomew was selected
Extension Of Water
Line Is Approved By
Town Commissioners
The board of town commis
sioners on Monday night ap
proved the extension of awater
main on the old Airport Road,
a short distance beyond the
fertilizer plant at the request
of six residents of that sec
tion.
The citizens, headed by
James McGowan, agreed to
pay the cost of extending a
one-Inch line from the end
of the present main. However,
the commissioners decided to
Install a 1.5 Inch main and
pay the difference In the cost
of the pipe.
A beer license was ordered
Issued to John Henry Allen
and Robert Samuel Thomas,
subject to approval of the
State ABC Board.
The commissioners dis
cussed hidden leaks In water
lines and attended to a num
ber of other routine Items
In the short regular meet
ing.
FRED BARTHOLOMEW
as principal of the Smyrna
school over 15 applications.
At the time he said he left
the Smyrna school with re
grets but the salary increase
could not be Ignored. He was
employed as principal of John
Graham Saturday.
He Is a graduate of Louis
burg Junior College and East
Carolina College, where he did
graduate work. He is married
to the former Deanna Ballou
of Morehead City. They have
two daughters, Betsy, 2, and
Patsy Carroll, 3-months.
Bartholomew and his fam
ily are expected to arrive in
Warrenton during the week
end.
Capps Appointed As
Acting Jaycee Head
Clinton Capps has been ap
pointed acting president of the
Warren County Junior Cham
ber of Commerce for the next
three months, Roy Pat Robert
son, publicity chairman, said
yesterday.
Robertson said that Capps
was named acting president
due to the absence from the
county of President David
Perkinson and First Vice
President Charles Garrett. He
said that both men are attend
ing school for a three-months
period.
Says Warren
Has Great
Potential
Bill Mlnette, Warren Coun
ty Industrial Director, has
resigned effective Aug. 31.
Announcement of Mlnette's
resignation was made Tuesday
morning by W. Monroe Gard
ner, chairman of the Warren
County Industrial Commis
sion.
Gardner's announcement
followed a regular meeting of
the commission Monday night.
He said that Mlnette's resig
nation was made by letter and
was accepted by the board.
He would not elaborate.
Gardner said that a com
mittee was appointed to find a
replacement for Mlnette.
Jules Banzet, in, of Warren
ton Is chairman of this com
mittee. Other members are
Mason Hawfleld of Littleton
and Graham Grlssom of Nor
Una.
Mlnette came to Warren
County as Industrial director
In January, 1965, from At
lanta, Ga., where he was con
nected with the Industrial De
partment of the Southern Rail
road Company.
In his report to the county
commissioners on the first
Monday In August, Mlnette told
the board members that the
Industrial Commission faced
an acute shortage of funds and
said that this was due to a
failure of town boards to be
asked for donations. He said
that money provided by the
county under a 5? special levy
was not enough to carry on
the work of the commission
and that he had believed that
the Incorporated towns of the
county were to be asked to
help In the program. They
were not asked, he said. He
said that If the commission
was to operate successfully It
must have the full cooperation
of the members of the Indus
trial Commission.
Mlnette's report to the com
missioners was a written re
port, a copy of which he made
available to the press. The
story was picked up by the
(See DIRECTOR, page 7)
Norlina Merchant Is
Stabbed By'Customer'
The FBI Is searchlngfortwo
men charged with an assault
with a deadly weapon on D.
G. Knight, Norllna grocery
man, around 5.5S p. m. last
Friday.
The FBI was called Into the
case when It was learned that
the men are residents of Bal
timore and have crossed state
lines to avoid capture.
Knight, who for many years
has operated a grocery store
on Hyco Street In Norllna,
yesterday said he and his
assistant, Mrs. J. Jones, were
In the store at about 10 minu
tes to five o'clock Friday
afternoon when two young
Negro men entered the store.
He said that he and Mrs.
Jones were In the front of the
store when the men asked
(or meat and he walked back
to the meat counter with one
of the men. He had pulled
a ham from the showcase and
was beginning to slice It with
a saw, with Ids beck to his
customer, when he felt a blow
In the email of his back and
lock ad around to seo that tha
man held a bant knife he had
picked up from a meet block.
The man flourished the knife
and ordered XhlgM to move
loth# frost.
grabbed up alarger
knife from the block and
the man fled out of the store,
Joined by his companion.
He said that he found that
he had been cut In the back,
but that his wound was not
severe. It was treated in a
local doctor's office and the
wound required no stiches.
Knight also received a cut on
his right thumb, supposedly
from his own knife.
Knight said that he believed
the object of the men was
robbery, as the man laft In
front of the store had moved
closer to Mrs. jones, who
stood at the cash ra
He said that he ra
one of the men, who said his
name was Willie Williams,
that ha lived in Baltimore, Md.
Knight said ha was the grwtd
aon of Mavis Satterwhtte. He
said that he did not 1
Mil name of the
bat had hoard him oaSad
James. He said both man were
twean >1 and M