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Ooqp. 'n .-at s Ularmt Stemrfr VOLUME 72 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY. OCTOBF" 10, 1968 - NUMBER 41 Hicks' old store and grill on Norllna road being torn down to make way for modern restaurant Tfl Rp (ranp 3,1(1 mini-market. The Hicks home, store and grill and rental houses have been sold by Levi IU DC JLClie Hicks to Tommy Blanks of Henderson. Hicks said that Blanks has ordered a 28X60 building which will be constructed where the former store and grill were located and hopes to have his 01 Mini-Mark pt new market ^d restaurant open by Jan. 1. The store will be open seven days a week. Hicks Wl nilll-nailVCI built his store in 1932 and the grill was opened in 1957 and for many years was a gathering place for young people of Norlina and Warrenton. Warren County Tax Rate To Be Based On 50 Percent Valuation Warren County's tax rate for 1969 will be based on 50 per cent of appraisals Instead of the 40 percent of valuations in effect here for a number of years. T}?1? was decided atthe regu-. lar meeting of the board of county commissioners Monday when a motion to make the Increase was made by Com missioners A. J. Ellington, sec onded by Commissioner Robert Thome and carried without dis senting vote. Since the tax rate goes down as valuations are Increased, tt\e only persons who will be ad versely affected by the Increase will be owners of motor ve hicles. The board ordered that the Consolidated Appraisal and Mapping Company, which is now in the process of revaluat lng property in Warren Coun ty, not be required to appraise the valuation of public utilities since this work is done by other means. Jack Harris, a member of the Warren County Planning Board, accompanied by George Monohan of the Department of Conservation and Develop ment appeared before the board to discuss the county zoning ordinances. Harris said that the board does not want any changes made in the ordinances, but said that they should be enforced. He asked the com missioners to appropriate $1, 800 for the salary of a part time man to see that regula tions of the ordinances is not violated. The commissioners took no action on the request. Clay Stone, field representa tive, and two other represen tatives of the Social Security Administration, appeared be fore the board to discuss office space. Stone pointed out that Social Security pay ments in January In Warren County were over $145,000. At this rate annual payments would be over $1,740,000. Under the new court set up, the office used by the Social 1 Security Administration and Mrs. James K. Polk in the court house, has been assigned ' to Judge Julius Banzet. The commissioners prom ised to investigate the possi bility of finding office space at the Armory or In the Hendricks building. Paul Wells, owner and operator of Camp Triston on Gaston Lake, appeared before the board to ask that the coun ty request the State Highway Commission to delete from the county system that part of Road No. 1355 within the boundaries of his property. Wells said that he planned to build- a summer camp for boys and girls and since the road dead-ends on his property he wanted that part of the road closed. The board ordered that Wayne Adkins, Jr., district engineer, be contacted and asked that .Road No. 1355 be abandoned at the property Um? of Camp Trlston. ft was ordered that James Jefferson, Jr., and Candles Miller, tradifig as West Mar ket Street Game Room, be Is sued a beer license upon re ceipt of state permit. The commissioners inter rupted their morning session and adjourned to the court room for about 40 minutes to hear a delegation of Warren County Negro citizens present a list of grievances responsible for a boycott of Warren County mer chants. Lions White Cane Drive To Start Next Tuesday The Warren County Lions Club's Annual White Cane Drive will begin on next Tuesday un der the direction of the Blind Committee of which Tom Wat son is chairman. Hundreds of letters will be mailed out to Warren County citizens and a canvas for funds will be made during the drive. Funds received will be used for work among the blind, the major project of the War renton Lions Club. "The White Cane Story is Llonlsm at work in North Car olina, W. K. Lanier, publicity chairman for the White Cane Drive, said yesterday. B is the ceaseless repetition of ex amples of the real meaning of the motto of the Lions: ,rWe Serve." Two basic principles added to this motto, he said, characterize the uniqueness of North Carolina Llonlsm: (1) Long range planning; and (2) progress through change. Lanier tells the manner In which the White Cane plan was Instituted in the following re lease: In much the same manner that this country was unified by a group of statesmen who met and wrote our Constitution, a small number of Lions met in September of 1934, in States ville and organized the North Carolina Association tor the Blind. The parallel between these two events differs only in the number of people invol ved. Out of a patchwork of uncoordinated projects there emerged a unified, planned course of action spearheaded by Pioneer Lions. Their first objective was the establish ment of a central state agency charged with the responsibility of administering all tax sup ported services for visually im paired residents of North Car (See DRIVE, page 2) Punt, Pass And Kick Contest To Be Held Saturday The Punt, Pass and Kick Contest, sponsored by Fowier Barham Ford Agency, will be held ?t the John Orahsa Athletic Field on Saturday morning at 10 a. m. All boys who have registered from S to IB, will Brantley Overby, sales man ager for Fowier-Bsrtuun, Will be in charge. The young hoys pete to see who cai and kick a Harris Says Farmers Need The Farm Bureau Pointing out that the Warren County Farm Bureau Is in the middle of its annual member ship drive, Dennis Harris, president of the local bureau, said yesterday that farmers are at a crossroad and there-is a real debate as to whether many of them will continue to farm. "The cost-price squeeze that has plagued farmers tor the past five years has taken Its toll and will continue until the parity ratio Is raised enough to allow the average farmer to make a profit," Harris declar ed. The farm leader pointed oat that farm prices are lower at the present time than they have been since depression days. "At the same time," Harris said, "the cost for farm equipment and supplies is higher than ever before. It is high time the farmers took tfee bull by the horns and Joined together to fight this bad btVfhere U tured. "The total number of farmers has dwindled to less than six percent of the na tion's population, toe must realize that our numbers are Insufficient to cause any par ticular stir in Washington," President Harris revealcjd. "Even congressional agri cultural committees are hot taken too seriously any more In the Congress. Only by uniting solidly in Farm Bureau can farmers make their voices effectively beard." Harris disclosed that there are over 70,000 farmers In North Carolina who belong to farm Bureau. The organ I rat ton has nearly two million mem bers In the 80 states. "Farm Bureau offer* the farmer a democratic forum through which he can make his complaints known," Harris in dicated. "Then, with the farm er'! support, something can be done about It. We are Is Students May Register At Home College students over 21 who maintain their residences in Warren County may vote in the Nov. General Election if they will register at their regular polling places and apply to Paul Lancaster, chairman of the Warren County Board of Elections for an absentee bal lot. The registration books will be opened for the next three Saturdays. Lancaster said that he had not made an accurate check but he estimated that a little over 1,000 persons registered In the new registration last Satur day. He said that this is only a small part of the total number of potential voters in the county. Lancaster pointed out that a total new registration is re quired for this year's election as the old registration books have been discarded. He urges all those planning to vote to be sure that their names are placed on the registration books during the next three Satur days. Due to the expected heavy registration, he asks that citizens register as soon as possible. Jack Kidd Funeral Held Here Monday Funeral services for John Carlton (Jack) Kldd, 51, of Roa noke Rapids were held from the Bl&ylock Funeral Home In War renton on Monday at 2:30 by the Rev. Marshall White hurst of Roanoke Rapids. Interment was In Cedarwood Cemetery In Roanoke Rapids. Mr. Kldd, was born and reared In Warrenton, died early Saturday morning at his resi dence on Summltt Avenue In Roanoke Rapids. He had been living in Roanokq Rapids for the past 20 years where he was owner and operator of the Red River Saddle Club and Shop. He was a member of the Bap tist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Hazel Benson Kldd; two daugh ters, Miss Hazel Karyl Kldd of the home and Mrs. Ruby Kldd Cox of Burlington; his mother, Mrs. W. W. Kldd, Sr., of Roa noke Rapids; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret K. B1 ay lock of War renton and Mrs. Alvls K. Bell of Greensboro; and two bro thers, Walter W. Kldd, jr., of Scotland Meek and Dr. Wil liam E. Kidd of Washington, N. C. MEMBER ROYAL SOCIETY Dr. Charles Bunch has re ceived certificate from London, of Id* election to ?h*P In the Royal Society <* Health, with the designation of M.R.S.H. Title organization - was founded in 1871 and U under the patron a?e of Her Majesty the Queen. Lord Cohen at Birkenhead is its president. The motto of the organisation I* "Health la the common ground between Na i. ? iHh To Be Intensified Negro Group Tells Board Boycott To Be Continued The boycott of Warren Coun ty merch?-ts by the Negro Citizens Committee will be in tsnsified and continued until Jan. 2 unless grievances of Negro citizens are met, a de legation of Warren County Ne groes told the board of county commissioners here Monday morning at a meeting held in the county court room. Blamed for triggering the boycott was the refusal of the board of education to hear Mrs. Eva Clayton speak when she appeared as spokesman for the Negro Citizens Committee at a recent board meeting. At the meeting, held on Sept. 9, Frank Banzet, board attorney advised the board that since the opening or the schools was by court order that no one but an attorney was qualified to speak. Among the demands which Mrs. Clayton was not allowed to present, was that J. Roger Peeler, superintendent of schools, be discharged. John Hawkins, one of the spokesmen for the group, said that Immediately following the meeting the Negro group gathered at one of their church es and decided to boycott War ren County merchants. What the Negroes want, he said, are first class citizenship and fair treatment. Mrs. Clayton, during the reading of a list of grievances, said that the committee asks for the formation of a Human Relation Committee for War ren County for better race com munications. The meeting of the board of commissioners was trans ferred from the commissioners room to the court room due to the size of the delegation. Board Chairman Amos h. Capps re cognized Ernest Turner, pres ident of the Warren County Negro Citizens Committee, who announced that Mrs. Clay ton would read the lists of grievances In which ten points were listed. They were: Failure of Negroes to have fair representation on the var ious boards in the area of edu cation, health, welfare, elec tions, etc. In the field of education, it was charged that the board of education is not responsive to the wishes and needs of the majority and parents and school children since the school popu lation is composed of 70 per cent Negro and 30 per cent white. The board and superin tendent have demonstrated, it was further charged, they are not really concerned about a first rate education system In Warren County. Thie resigna tion of Supt. Peeler was asked. More opportunities for job employment. "We charge the county commissioners and others with the failure to at tract and help create new Jobs." Fair protections of all our citizens and tv.e hiring of a Negro deputy.' It was stated that the com mittee feels It a disgrace that Warren County provides no recreation opportunities for its young people. It was charged that the full potentials of the Welfare De partment to aid needy persons Is not being used. It was requested that Warren County take fuller advantages of federal programs for its eco nomic development. Failure to integrate library facilities was the ninth griev ance. The tenth grievance, added In recent days, was: "Justice Warren County Style?An example of Warren County's version of justice, which In every case Is Just to the white person and unjust to the Negro Is where a white man assaulted and physically injured a Negro lady for no food reason and when being tried in Recorder's Court went un punished." Chairman Capps told the delegation that any group was always welcome to appear be fore the county commissioners and assured them that they would always receive a cour teous hearing. He said that many at the grievances were not with in the power ot the board of commissioners to correct. Memberships In most atfihe offices are by public election. The board, Capps said, has no control over the board of cas eation. The board.has already determined to hire a deputy on Jtaly 1, 1969, whan the new budget is adopted The board is permitted to place only one per son on the welfare board and that must be a commissioner. The board has no control over the board of elections. There has been no chance made in lib rary appropriations, and that an industrial commission Is ial commission Is bring Industries Into working to bring industries Into the county. Following marks, and a ohamrw from the (MecattoM ney asked to be Says It Is Heedless Negro Woman Decries Boycott Mrs. Candies Miner, a well known Negro business woman of Warrenton, whose own business has alleged to be threatened with a boycott because of some remarks made by her mother, for which Mrs. Miller says she is not responsible, this week strikes back at the boycott in a letter submitted to this news paper. In her article, Mrs. Miller says that the boycott is a bad thing" for the county "arfins" being led by persons who are not natives of the county, and suggests that many of the things wanted by Negroes could be pro vided by their own efforts. Elsewhere in this newspaper the grievances of the Negroes engaged in the boycott of War ren <5jrmtjrmerchapts arfjstat ed at some lengthandthe merits of their contentions mav be judged. Below, the grievances of Mrs. Miller is given similar publicity and their merits may also be judged: TO WHOM THIS MIGHT CON CERN: I am a born citizen of the town of Warrenton and have my life-thus far lived. I was Informed by a member of the N. A. A. C. P. that my busi ness is to be boycotted because of the exchanging words with some teenage members and my mother on the street and not Course In Food Services May Be Offered In County Provided there are enough persons in this area, a course will be given In food service, Mrs. Sue Skinner, Warren County Lunchroom Supervisor announced yesterday. The course, "Overview of School Service," Is designed to give training to anyon6 hoping to work with foods in schools, hotels, restaurants, etc. Mrs. Skinner said the course will be taught on Tuesday after noons from 3:30 to5;30p. m. by Mrs. Esther Delbrldge of Norllna and will be offered through the Halifax Technical Institute. Fifteen students are needed for class organization. The first meeting will be held in the John Graham High School lunchroom on Oct. IS. All those Interested should con tact Mrs. Delbrldge at 456 4971. Bartholomew To Speak At Two Churches Fred Bartholomew, principal of John Graham High School, will be the speaker at Lay man's Day services at S&ady Grove Methodist Church at taez and at Bethlehem Methodist Church in Aroola on Sunday. The service at Has will be at 10 a. m. and at Areola at 11 r Layman's Day services are held the aeoond Sunday In Octo ber In the United Methodist church to remind the dmrch ike ' tk? ... my place of business, name ly "Laundry Mat" on Frank lin Street. While working on my Job at your county hospital this happened. Yet I am the one who has the blame for what goes on in the street one and one half miles away. So to get to me with your ill mind of thinking, you broke your way through by my mother. I am a person who has and always will meet my problems, troubles, and mis understandings face to face, and not go to Richmond to get back to Roanoke Rapids. It's sad how many of Warren County's citizens are being lead by such poor leadership of some who are natives of other towns and counties, yet want to be the pilot of Warren County Negroes. Yet you say Negroes and Whites should live in good re lationship. But how can this be when Negroes are boycotting Negroes; so how can Negroes and Whites live together when Negroes can't do it? Dear one or ones ? Stop and think for a minute, for Sunday School, our Churches are so few with class mem bers and the collections are shameful; but in the afternoon N.A.A.C.P. meeting you have your babies from the cribs, and everybody has plenty to say about it all, of how not to love one another but how to hate, and work against one and another, and from pockets come your green dollar bills, making your collections great. Try to find a prayer from your heart and which is best. And how about our Police Staff? We have a Negro Police man, the greatest, I personal ly think. Your group are not satisfied with him. Yet you want, white and. black to live together. Because of .a past incident in which he only car ried out a police duty, he was talked about and looked on with scorn,?Now you all who cried out for Negroes on Police Force (See MILLER, page 2) ? VjfrV -?jy "?? Bob Scott speaks to a group of supporters on the courthouse square here on Tuesday afternoon during a brief visit to War ren County towns. Bob Scott Makes Brief Visits To Warren Towns :.y Lieut. Governor Bob Scott In a brief talk here on Tuesday afternoon pledged his support to better education and farm ing and to work for the contin uing development of the State. Pointing out that he Is and has been a farmer all his life, Scott said that he feels that be understands the problems of the farmer and'that as Gover nor he would be able to do many things that a state dan do to atrengthen Its agricultural pro V** V. ? . On* thing that would help North Carolina Agriculture, he said, would be for North Car olina * industry to use North Carolina farm products. Anas ample, ha added, would be North Carolina agptes in aRpta frit ters. He was referring to his Scott said that he has little patience with those who are con stantly knocking North Caro lina and America. North Car olina cttlaens, he said, can be proud of the progress that the State has made under Demo cratic Administrations and would continue to make pro gress under a Democratic Administration. Not all la right In either North Carolina or the United States but a great deal is. America la stilt the best country in the world < the best form of and we all can work to make it better, I
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