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r. 0. Box 1736, Loulavllle l?Ky 4J2? 1 (51)? barren Hrrnrd -x VOLUME 73 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY. 1ANUARY 16. 1969 NUMBER 3 At top is a parti.il view of the site upon which Soul City is to he construct (si. Much of the site is on a hill over looking Highway No. ! near Manson At left is the resi dence where Mr and Mrs. S, J. Satterwhite made their home for many years. D. Driving Cases Aired In Court A number of drunk driving cases were among the cases disposed of in a short term of Warren County District Court on last Friday morning with Judge Claude Allen of Oxford presiding. Robert Louis Seward pled guilty to a charge of drunk driving. He was ordered to surrender his driver's license and to pay a fine of $100 and court costs. Joseph Hampton Foster was charged with drunk driving but a motion for a non-suit was allowed James Hartwell Overby, charged with drunk driving and speeding 75 miles per hour in a 60 mph zone, entered a plea of reckless driving. He was ordered to pay a $100 fine and court costs. William Lee Stevenson, charged with drunk driving, entered a plea of reckless driv ing after a motion for non suit was denied. A case against Milton Sam uel Jones, charging him with drunk driving and carrying a concealed weapon, was con tinued to Jan. 17. A case against Robert Dur ham, charging htm with non support, was continued until Jan. 17 Eddie M. Johnson failed to appear in court to answer to a charge of giving a worthless unserved. Case continued un til Jan. 17. A case against Lyman Hamil ton Prlday, charging him with a passing violation and with driving with an obstructed wind shield, was continued until Jan. 17. George William Jordan failed to appear in court to answer to a charge of following another vehicle too closely. Capias was issued to Sheriff of Warren County and bond was set at $25.00 Charles Brantley Overby1"" charged with puMlc drunken r&ss Prayer for Jigl$ment .'vrjfc. continued upon payment of coats, Wilbert Alston, Jr., was sentenced to Jail for 30 days when he pled guilty to reck lesa driving. Sentence was suspended Upon payment of a fiPte COURT, page 4) T. T. Clayton Ordered To Vacate Trailer Home T. T. Clayton, Warrenton at torney, will not be permitted to reside in a trailer on his lot on West Franklin Street, ac cording to an order.of the board of town commissioners in regular session on Monday night. Clayton moved to the trailer, pending the building of a new home on Gaston Lake, when Ire moved his law officefrom Mar ket Street to his residence on West Franklin Street. The town commissioners on Monday night directed J. E. Rooker, Jr., Town Manager, to inform Clayton that the oc cupancy of his trailer within the corporate limits of the Town is Toys For Tots Are Sought By Jaycees The Warren County Junior Chamber of Commerce, which collected and repaired toys for distribution at Christmas under its Toys for Tots program, will be glad to collect any toys or other items during the sum mer, David Pyoctor, chairman of the Toys for Tots commit tee, said yesterday. He said any member of the Jaycees would be glad to pick them up if notified. In announcing plans Jor sum mer collections, Proctor said that ne and the Jaycees would like to have this newspaper ex press their thanks to all Who gave toys, clothes and other articles which enabled the Jay cees to help more than 70 chil dren during Christmas time. Cold Weather Warren County with the rest of the state has been under going unusually cold weather. The temperature has been below freezing every morning since Dec.' 30, Clarence Skill man reported Monday morning. Sk 111man has been assisting George Davis in recording weather data for the Weather' Bureau. Uy Sktllman said that the aver age maximum temperature dbr and the mean I 30.2 degrees. The average minimum tem tpHgltare wis to. 1 degree*Sad ?h ?><*>? ? ,* recording Of 8 degrees was in direct violation of Chapter 0, Section 12-b of the Code of the Town of Warrenton, N. C., 1963, and demand that this trail er be vacated immediately. George A. Burwell appeared before the board with refer ence to glare from the traffic signal at the intersection of Front and Kairview streets and dence of Miss Edith Burwell on Cousin Lucy's Lane. The board agreed with both of his suggestions and referred them to the street committee for action. In other action in a session largely concerned with matters of routine, the board certi fied the following as mem bers of the Warrenton Fire Department as of Jan. 1, 1969: J. D. Roberts, Chief; A. A. Wood, first assistant chief; Thomas GasklU, second assist deputy chief; Archie King, cap tain; Leon Cheek, lieutenant; Cleveland Anderson, James Arrlngton, Walter Barnes, Rob ert Coleman, Frank Jones, Joe Reed, Percell Reed, Joseph Richardson, Otis Williams, Leon Harrington, Daniel Wil liams, Jr., Clinton Davis, Al fred R. Davis, Hue Plummer, Harold R. Skillman, Clarence Green. Jackets To Play At Hortina On Friday Norlina and Warrenton will meet in their second basket ball game of the season on Friday night at Norlina when Norlina will be seeking re venge for a double defeat at Warrenton earlier 'In the sea son. The Warrenton girls suffer ed their first loss of the sea son last Friday night at Aurel lan Springs when they were defeated 41 to 36. The Yel low Jackets took the nightcap by the seore of 78 to 51. John Graham was Idle on Tuesday night. Norlina split games with En field on laid Friday night at oa Tuesday night. The Nor lina girls downed the Enfield girls 38 to 16 and the Enfield boys won 49 to 47. The Aurel tan springs girls dowped Nor lina 32 to 41 and the Norlina boys won 70 to 81. -tj. Farmers Receive Payments Warren County farmers earned $58,449 cost-sharepay ments on conservation prac tices completed under the 1968 Agricultural Conservation Pro gram, T. E. Watson, ASCS of fice manager, said yesterday. These payments were earned on 570 farms. Permanent vegetative cover was established on 70 farms with a total of 408 acres estab lished. Two thousand seven hundred and ninety-two acres of established vegetative cover was improved on 159 farms, twenty-six farms planted 383 acres of pine trees. A farm pond was built on 2 farms. Watson said that winter cover is still one of the most popu lar practices with 3164 acres on 395 farms. Land smoothing Jo permit safe -and effective" removal of surface water , on sloping land was used by 17 farms. Sod waterways were put in on seven farms with a total of seven acres in waterways. There were 16farmsestablish ing 20 acres of summer cover and five farms did forestry im provement on 70 acres. The ACP which was Initiated In 1936 has proven to be a real aid to conservation work over the years, Watson said. The program works on a part - nership. basis between the farm - er and the?Government with each bearing about 50% of the cost In the performance of ap proved soil, water and forestry practices. Although program emphasis has changed over the years, the basic purpose of the pro gram continues to be the con servation of the Nation's agri cultural resources, Watson continued. Funds made avail able under this program aid the consumer as well as the farmer. In addition to assuring an abun dance of food and fiber, the program also provides substan tial fringe benefits such as beaut tft cat ion of our country side, wildlife preservation and many others. The ASCS Office Is accepting requests for practices to be carried out this year. Farmers should study their needs and file their requests tor practices they Intend to complete this year, Watson said. / -ti Estimate Cost $25,000,000 All-Negro City Planned For Warren County Site Plans were unveiled in Wash- ! ington Monday for a Negro built, Negro-run "new town" to be located in Warren Coun ty and to be known as "Soul City." Announcement of plans for the city came as a complete sur- ( prise to county officials and citizens generally who learn- . eel of the project through their ; newspapers on Tuesday morn- | ing I Amos Capps of Arcolc, chair- i man of the Warren County Com missioners. said he had not | heard of the project "until I | received a call from Congress- | man L. H. Fountain's office last Monday afternoon inquir- , ing about it." "While I don't want to make I a comment until I know all the ! details," Capps said, "it did ; copie as a shodk to rne to learn that a project of this | magnitude was being considered j without the knowledge of coun- j ty officials." T, T. Clayton. Negro attor- ' ney, who did the legal work in acquiring an option on property j for Soul City and who was re- j sponsible for Warren County | ? being selected as tin1 site of tin 11 rst such project in tlni South said Tuesday that >ecrecy w.t> absolutely necessary in ordn to acquire tin- property and ti work out details before any an nouncement . Mayor W. A. Miles sair that he learned ot the project with both surprise and mixer emotions A. project of sue! magnitude, he said could have, tremendous impact on the coun ty Other reactions were mixer: from downright hostility, tr skepticism that the city woulc ever be built, to a wait ami see attitude. Mrs. Eva Clayton. Negrt leader who worked with hei husband to bring the project to Warren County, said on Tues day afternoonthat shewashapp\ that Warren County was to ob tain a project that would mean so much to its economy. She will meet with the Board of County Commissioners and members of the Warren Coun ty Industrial Commission sometime next Tuesday, for discussion of the project. The community, which even Boyd's Warehouse Is Sold To B. W. Currin Boyd's Warehouse has been sold by heirs of W. P. Burwell to B. W. (Tot) Currin, Warren ton business man and opera tor of warehouses in South Car olina for several years. Currin has operated two warehouses fn Kingstree, S. C., for several years and has part interest in warehouses in Lake City, S. C. He also has an in terest in Planters Warehouse No. 1 and No. 2 in Fair Bluff, S. C. Currin was - formerly in terested in Norlina Livestock Market and a Livestock MaF ket in Raleigh. He lives on a farm just east of Warrenton where he raises horses and beef cattle. Boyd's Warehouse has been operated here for more than 75 years and is. the oldest ware house to be operated on the same site in Warrenton. For many years it was operated by W. B. Boyd at a time when the market ran practically all the winter months. While operating the warehouse on this site Mr. Boyd also for a few years operated the Ford Automobile Agencv in the same building At that time the warehouse Itad an ad dition across the street where tobacco was stored and prized. Following the death of Mr. Boyd, the operation of the warehouse was taken over by W. N. Boyd, a nephew of W. B. Boyd. Upon his death, the warehouse was purchased by Walker Burwell a nephew of Mr. W. N, Boyd, who operated it until his death 011 Oct. 24. 1968. A number of years ago the addition across Macon Street was torn down and the present building enlarged. Pulley Heads Warren Forestry Club Travis Pulley of Warrenton was recently dueled president of the Warren County Forestry Club for 1969, L. B. Hardage, Warren Cbunty Extension Chairman, announced this week. Other officers elected were Willie T. Robinson, Route 1, Macon, vice president: William Brauer, Route 1, Norlina, trea surer; and Clinton Capps, Ar eola Station, secretary. Hardage said that the War ren County Forestry Club has approximately 50 members from Warren, Vanre and Hali fax Counties. Thepurposeofthe club is to promote forestry and improve forests and marketing practices. He said that this is an educational organization made up of all segments and interests in forestry?farmers, forestors, educators, etc. Hardage said that the club has been an Important factor over the years In making for estry a valuable part of the economy of this section of the state - Recently el?ct?d offleara of th? Warran cowtjr Foraatry ch* J*?1 rt^nUvt. Pullay, proaKtent; WtUl. T. Robin**, vice president; Clinton and William Braunr, troaaoror. tu.ill-. wmuM 11.i? .1 population of ' 8,000 pi*:.sons would b?* built on .hi l.B!0-a<ro farm t rat t TUo piopvit;,. known as the S.ittei white i.iirn, i> owned by Perry Lumber Company and is loc ated a mile <>1! C. S. High way No 1 some ten miles 1 rom Warrenton and flanks the edge of Vance. County line. The idea ol the new town, which has been promised signi ficant support from government agencies and from blue ribbon buUdirjg firms, is to both re duce the migration and entice Negroes back trotfT#* slums. Klovd McKissick,' Negro l.iwyer from Durham and form er head of the Congress of Racial Equality, outlined plans for the town at a press con ference in Washington without going Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, who pledged departmental aid for planning the community McKissick. who now heads his own New York firm, McKissick Enterprises, Inc , said an op tion has already been taken on the tract near Warrenton at a sales price of $500,000. Records in the office of the Warren County register of deeds show an option 011 the property was taken Dec. 19, -19?8?Option price on the re cords is listed at $390,000. The new town would theoreti cally he open to all, hut Mc Kissick asserted that the main idea would be-to "create new jobs, new careers for black people, the development of tal ents heretofore never employ ed or afforded the opportunity." The community, he said, would probably grow "by stages of 5,000 persotys, each" and reach full develop ment 111 10 years. It would include a full range of community services and seek to attract both commercial and industrial development. Clayton said that twoormore industries have already evi denced some Interest incoming into the proposed city. The development of public facilities could be financed by government-guaranteed bond issues, McKissick said. McKissick estimates that the project will involve a $25 mil lion outlay. McKissick's firm is under taking planning for the nav town in association with the House Company, de\ elopers of Colum bia. Md . ,i completely new planned community just south of Baltimore and prototype of new town enterprises through out the country. The -option, foi, ' which Mc Kissiek Enterprises paid $4,- ' 000, according to county re cords. will expire on Feb. 19. Clayton said he did not know when actual construction "f the city would start. Secretary of Agric ulture Or ville Freeman has ottered his Department's assistance and advice to McKissick Enter prises in planning the Warren County venture Housing legis lation passed in (he last ses sion of Congress authorizes federal guarantees of bonds is sued by community organiza tions for construction of new cities. McKissick said tiie enter prise will be aimed at re vitalizing of a rural agricul tural urpa to demonstrate that good jobs, quality education and cultural enhancement can lie created in decaying rural areas. He said it is considered es sential to the country's future that a new way of life lie built in the non-urban areas of the country to end the mass migra tion of unskilled poor people to the slums of the cities. The Rouse firm will train Negro planners who will in turn prepare blueprints for the War . ren County community. Community planning depart ments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of North Caro lina: business schools at Har vard and Columbia universities and planning units of the Arthur Little Co., and Corn Products Company have also offered planning and technical assist ance. McKissick said. * McKissick proposes to seek federal planning and develop ment money through new community-building programs under the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and Housing and Urban Develop ment. The McKissick plan is said to have the interest of officials in the incoming administration of Richard Nixon, who has capitalism as a major ap proach to problems of Negroes. McKissick. himself has been one of the most indefatigable exponents of the idea that Negroes should "do their own thing" economically. A few year ago, he propos ed that CORE take the lead In setting up Negro-run cooper atives which would provide an economic base for Negro farm producers and small (See CITY, page 4) Public Meeting Project JOBS will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the Community Cen ter at 7:30 p. m., when de tailed information about "Soul City" will be given, Mrs. Eva Clayton announced yesterday. The public is invited. District Meeting The Second Congressional District will hold its first meet ing of the new year Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Snow HU1 Bap tist Church, at 11:00 a. m. All citizens are urged to attend. To Solicit Foods The Macon Junior Woman's Cldb and the Maooa Rural Fire Department will begin to solicit fohda for the Macon Rural Fire Department. If anyone la not contacted mid would like to glvd a donation, -?c ?
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