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VOLUME 71 Subscription Price $3.00 A Year 10? Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 21. 1967 NUMBER 28
DELEGATION SEEKS RESTORATION OF CUT IN INDUSTRIAL FUNDS
Leaf Program Wins Approval
From Majority Of Producers
Three Other
Issues Also
Win Favor
Warren County flue-cured
tobacco producers gave over
whelming support to contin
uation of the acreage-pound
age control program Tuesday
by casting more than 95 per
cent of their votes In favor.
Unofficial statewide returns
showed that Tar Heel grow
ers gave the program en
dorsement by a 97.1 per cent
margin.
Unofficial returns In War
ren County showed that 1039
voted for tobacco quotas, 44
against.
Warren voters, together
with their counterparts In five
other tobacco - producing
states, also voted to continue
at assessment of not more than
$1 per acre to support the
promotional program of To
bacco Associates, Inc., for
1968-69-70. The vote was 987
for, 73 against In this county.
Cotton growers voted 914
to 68 to continue an assess
ment to support the North
Carolina Cotton Promotion
Association.
In addition Warren growers
In three townships voted In
favor of peanut assessments.
I Unofficial Warren Referendum Returns
?i TOWNSHIPS TOBACCO CQTTON TOBACCO ASSO.
|i YES NO YES NO YES NO
:? Fishing Creek 50 1 48 2 46 4
:? Fork 32 2 29 3 26 4
:? Hawtree 158 2 137 5 147 6
?j; Judkins 68 10 56 8 71 7
?j: Nutbush 149 7 151 5 144 12
& River 39 3 35 3 37 1
Sandy Creek 155 3 149
Sixpound 81 2 53
Smith Creek 97 5 77
Wairenton 148 5 122
Shocco 62 4 57
153 4
75 6
94 7
137 13
57 9
TOTALS 1039 44 914 68 987 73
The vote was: Fishing Creek,
6 for 0 against; Judklns 10
for, one against; and River
5 for, and 0 against.
The referendum applies to
the crop years 1968 through
1970, and won support from
growers in all six tobacco
growing states.
A two-thirds favorable vote
by producers was needed to
continue the program. Grow
ers In Virginia, North Car
olina, Georgia, and Florida
participated In the balloting.
This program supplanted an
District Governor To
Visit Local Rotary Club
Thomas B. Rose, Jr., of
Henderson, district governor,
will pay an official visit to
the Warrenton Rotary Club on
next Tuesday, July 24, John P.
Smith, president, announced
yesterday.
Governor Rose will address
the local Rotary Club, one at
40 in his district, and will
confer with President Smith
and other club officers to ob
tain information on the club's
plans for Its service activi
ties and to offer suggestions
on Rotary administrative mat
ters.
A member and past presi
dent of the Rotary Club of
Henderson, Rose is chair
man of the board of Rose's
Store*, Inc. He was elected
to office at the Rotary con
vention in Nice, France, last
May, and will serve until next
June 30.
While in Warrenton, Pres
ident Smith said, the district
governor "will t alk to us about
possible growth at member
ship and the likelihood of form
lng additional Rotary clubs In
nearby communities. His visit
will also give us a broader
understanding of the
T. B. ROSE, Jl.
wide Rotary organization that
today embraces more than
600,000 men of practically all
nationalities and political and
religious beliefs."
Though a seasoned Rotar
lan before his election to the
office at Rotary District Gov
ernor, Rose attended an eight -
day meeting last May In Lake
Placid, New York, at which
all Rotaryfovernorsfor 11XP7
6? received intensive i
for their Jobs.
old program based solely on
acreage allotment, permitting
a grower to sell all he could
produce on his allotment. This
program resulted In over
production. The new program
limits production by acreage
allotments and marketing by
specific quotas spelled out in
pounds.
The acreage - poundage
plan, acclaimed by the Agri
culture Department as a sue
cess, was rejected earlier in
the year by growers of bur
ley-type tobacco voting In
a referendum.
Approval of the program
gives an acreage allotment
next year of 607,605 acres,
about the same as this year.
The marketing quotas will
total 1,126,5 million pounds,
essentially the same as the
quota In effect the past three
years.
Lions President Tells Of
Visit To Convention
Every Lions Club member
should attend at least one
International convention, F.
P. Whitley told fellow mem
bers of the Warrenton Lions
Club Friday night.
Whitley, newly installed
president of the local club,
urged Lions to attend an in
ternational convention as he
traced activities held In con
junction with the Lions Inter
national Convention held lafct
week in Chicago.
Whitley and past District
Gov. W. Monroe Gardner rep
resented the Warrenton club at
the Chicago gathering. Also
standing were their wives and
the Whitley's son, Jimmy.
Speaking to Lions at the
War ran Plaza Inn, Whitley
said attending such a conven
tion gives a Lion an oppor
tunity to more folly understand
the alms of the world's larg
est civic orgmUaikxv.
Club member Plommer
Fit*a spoke briefly on Lion
emblems, and Lion Bob Bright
urged support for thn July 18th
tobacco referendum.
Monroe Gardner lad group
tf the ftav. Tad Wfi
Lion Bob
Bright was identified as Lion
X and Plummer Fltts was the
recipient of a dollar prize.
Guests Included Don Bar
ham, partner In Fowler-Bar
ham Ford, a guest of Lion W.
K. Lanier; and Gill Adams of
Winston-Salem, guest of Lion
J. B. Thompson.
Norlina Mayor's Car
Stolen And Recovered
A 1965 model Pontiac Bon
nerville automobile owned by
the mayor of Norlina, and
which had been stolen In the
early morning hours last Sat
urday, was recovered Monday
by police in Alexandria, Va.
Mayor Graham OriMom's
car was stolen from Walker
Avenue In Norlina between t
a. m. and 7 a. m. Saturday,
It was recovered in Alexan
dria, Va., early Monday "In
Mayor Orlsaom want to
Alexandria, Va., Tueaday to
recover his car, returning to
Norllaa around 7 o'clock
night. He aaid that
to the
to be alight.
Board Adopts $1.97 Rate
Industrial Commission Cut
Restored By Commissioners
The tentative budget ol War
ren County became the official
1967-68 budget on last Thurs
day afternoon when the com
missioners gave it their ap
proval.
The budget calls for a tax
rate of $1.97, the same as
submitted in the tentative bud
get. Expenditures are based
on 90 per cent collections on
a valuation of $23,000,000.
Two changes were made
In the budget before Its adop-?
tion. Two cents, previously
cut out of the budget for the
Industrial commission, were
restored, and funds for re
valuation were reduced by 2<f,
leaving theover-allbudget un
changed.
Restoration of the 2? for the
industrial commission came
after a delegation appeared
before the board asking that
the cut be restored. Among
this delegation were Selby G.
Benton, W. Monroe Gardner,
Jimmy Medlln, John R. Ed
wards, Julius Banzet, III, P.
B. Boyd, Clyde Rodwell, Gen
eral Claude Bowers and Mayor
Dennis Rose of Littleton.
Monroe Gardner, chairman
of the Industrial commission,
was the chief spokesman for
the group. He pointed out that
citizens of the county had vot
ed In favor of a 5? levy for
industrial purposes, and that
every cent of such a levy Is
needed for the work of the
commission. He pointed out
that the program Is a long
range program and that two
new Industries had been
brought to the county as a re
sult of the work of the com
mission. He said that to leave
the cut in would kill the pro
gram.
Selby Benton, president of
Bute Development Company,
discussed the work of the com
mission and pointed out In
vestments made by surround
ing counties for Industrial
purposes and the salaries of
industrial engineers In other
counties.
Gen. Bowers, after review
ing the cost of obtaining the
Sportswear Factory here be
fore the levy was made, and
pointing out the work of In
dividuals, said that his only
criticism of the levy was that
It was not for 10$ Instead
of five. R takes a lot of
money to conduct a success
ful industrial program, he
said.
P. B. Boyd, president of the
Citizens Bank, said that while
he could add but little to the
remarks of other speakers,
that he believed that the two
cents cut should be restored.
FoUowlng the discussion,
(See CUT, page 2)
In upper picture Is shown part of a field of corn with bags over tissel and ear follow
ing hand-polllnatlon. In the lower plctare Is laboratory near old Powell homeplace be
ing constructed. (Staff Photos)
Biological Supply Company
Is In Limited Production
Johnjpn Funeral To
Be Held Sunday
Lillian Rose Johnson, 83,
of Clearwater, Fla., died Wed
nesday at the Morton F. Plant
Hospital in Clearwater. The
widow of the late M. C. John
son, she was a former resi
dent of Norlina.
She was a member of the
First Methodist Church of
Clearwater, Fla., and a mem
ber of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy.
Funeral services will be
held Sunday afternoon at the
Norlina Methodist Church with
Interment in the Rose-Hundley
Cemetery. Her remains will
arrive In Norlina on Saturday
morn inf.
Surviving are one son,
Franklin C. Johnson of Wil
mington, EM., and Kennedy
vllle, kid.; one daughter, Mrs.
James W. Coachman of Clear
water, Fit.; tear grandchil
dren; and om great-grand
KECUPEftATMG
Mrs. J. a Masaenburg U i
patient la Warren OeMral
?raring from a
iwrla1, 'h.W,,
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The Carolina Biological
Supply Co. Farm, located be
tween Warren ton and Macon,
is In limited production with
hybrid corn being grown for
research purposes.
In addition to the corn, some
hay is being grown for a beef
cattle farm that Dr. T. E.
Powell, owner of the company,
will maintain largely as a
hobby.
Hybrid corn is being grown
on the old Buddy Harris farm
across the road from the old
T. E. Powell farm. This week
farm superintendent Travis
Pulley and a crew of helpers
have been busy hand pollinat
ing a field of corn. Bags are
slipped over the tassels to col
lect pollen which is deposit
ed by hand on the tip of the
ear on the same stalk, and then
covered with a bag. It is a slow
operation, but anecessaryone
in breeding of corn.
Pulley said that the field of
corn was being bred to pro
duce albino corn which will be
used in schools and colleges
for experimental purposes. To
avoid any errors that may oc
cur In the fields, Pulley said,
each year would be checked in
the farm's laboratory becore
being planted for a crop of
albino corn, which has a white
stalk and a white ear.
Considerable work has been
done on the large operation
which began here In early
spring. Tuesday a score of
carpenters were working on
the farm's laboratory, located
a short distance from the old
Powell borne which will
later be renovated. A number
of other buildings on the farm
are la process of renovation.
A number of fields have been
cleared and roads cot, with a
large amount of fmcta'- being
constructed and farm ponds
built.
IB hla explanation of the
work at the research farm
and laboratory, released to the
press earlier in the year,
Dr. Powell MM; ?m order to
to the tallest extent
26 strains of corn,
soybeans, It has become nec
essary to provide certain fa
cilities. These Include irriga
tion ponds and isolated fields
placed relatively close to
these reservoirs. This ar
rangement permits the sev
eral plant forms to be groym
In isolation and to be conven
iently hand-pollinated Infields
that are close enough to the
water storage to provide the
necessary irrigation.
"In essence, our application
and our farming operations
will be similar to those of
any well operated farm in the
local vicinity. There will be
certain differences. We will
not depend on cotton and to
bacco as staple products In
our operation. We will grow
a greater variety of plant
crops than the average farm,
but essentially we will operate
a test or experimental farm
under close scientific man
agement."
The farm in Warren County
Is a part of a company that
serves the nation and much of
the world with biological sup
plies, and is not only expect
ed to provide employment for
a number of Warren County
citizens but Is expected to at
tract scientists from all over
the world who will from
time to time visit the local
farm.
Four Are Tried For
Assaults On Females
Four cases of assault on a
female highlighted last Fri
day's sesslonof Warren Coun
ty Recorder's Court. Judge
Julius Banzet also tried one
case of assault and one case
of non-support In addition to
a number of traffic cases.
Silas Charles Williams was
ordered to pay court costs
when he pled guilty to an as
sault on a female.
John Campbell was found
guilty of assaulting a female
with a deadly weapon. Pray
er for Judgment was continued
lor two years upon condition
that he remain* of good be
havior and pays court costs.
Jack B. Ayscue was found
guilty at an assault on a fe
male. Prayer tor lodgment
continued tor two years pro
vided the defendant not violate
any of the criminal laws of the
State tor two years, keeps
gainfully employed, an
weapon.
Yar ho rough Williams
found guilty of wilfully falling
(See COURT, page 3)
No Play This Week
There has been no match
play in either the Little Lea
gue or the Pony League this
week as All-Star twu have k
been pr acting durfeg Mm
weak for regional plajottfc
The Little League WM
?inled to play TtfrtMfft 4
Greenville * S p. a. ye?er
day. -v
The Pony!
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