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t;.-r- ? mm>"yfyy wwivi.XJk.rn ***** 4o8w 2 .;?? ?1**'\&**?"- ? . . ? V. As/fKf-vtfC-; '? ? - ? Uarrpn Hrrnrii VOLUME'73 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, 1ULY 10, 1969 NUMBER 28 town lax Rate Set At $1.50 Warrenton's total tax rate under a tentative budget adopt ed by the board of town commis sioners on Wednesday night of last week will be $1.50 on the $100 valuation. This Includes a 50? levy for the special school district approved by the voters on July 1, and represents a cut of 15? In the regular tax rate for the t >wn. For more than 20 years the tax rate of the town has been $115 on the $100 valua tion. Under the tentative budget, which must lie open for 20 days before formal adoption, the general fund levy will be 57? and the bond fund levy will be 43?. The 1968 budget called for a general fund levy of 45? and a bond fund levy of 70?. Budgeted for the operation of the town, not including the school, was the sum of $154, 519- Of this amount $32,153 was to be derived from ad valorem taxes, based on 90 per cent collection of a valu ation of $3,572,598.The 1969 valuation was $2,906,598. The increase of $666,000 will mean an Increase of $5,994 In regular town Income based on 90 per cent collections. The 50? levy for the schools, , based on 90 percent collections, will raise $16,077. The tentative budget provides for principal on bonds in the amount of $19,000, plus Inter est in the amount of $7,205, for a total of $26,205 Hie 15? cut In the regular town budget was made possible by using a surplus of $42,660 and using anticipated profits of the Water Company in the amount of $33,113. Farm Subsidy Fight Not Over, Supporters Assert WASHINGTON? Senators have voted down a proposed $20,000 annual celling on gov ernment payments to farmers for not planting crops, but House supporters of the limit say the fight is not over. The Senate, before passing a $7.6 billion Agriculture Depart ment appropriations bill Mon day, eliminated a House-origi nated amendment which would impose a $20,000 limit on the subsidies. The vote was 53-34 In favor of rejecting the cell ing, and the bill was passed 88-2. A conference committee will Iron out differences between the Senate and House versions of the appropriations measure. Republican Reps. Silvio Conte of Massachusetts and PaulFln Jley of Illinois, who pushed successfully for the celling In the House, said they would not give up on the limit. . Conte, calling the Senate ac tion "a tragic mistake," saldhe would try to get the ceiling reinstated In conference or would seek House floor action Insisting on the $20,000 limita tion. The celling was opposed by the administration. Minority Leader Everett M. Dirk sen of Illinois argued against limiting payments, while John J. Williams of Del aware fought for the celling he said would save the government $35 million annually. Citing instances of five farms each getting more' than $1 mil lion not to produce crops, Wil liams commented: "Idon't know now any member of the Senate (See PAYMENTS, page 2) Members of the Warrenton school district take oath of office before Magistrate Clyde V. Whitford on Thursday night in the municipal building. They are, left to right, Leon (Lee) -Cheek, Dr. S. H. Massey, Mrs. J. Boyd Davis, Fred Hurst and James Y. Kerr. Board Members Five Vacancies Exist On Board Of Trustees Of Warren Hospital The resignation of James H. Llmer, county attorney, as a member of the board of trustees of Warren General Hospital Monday created a vacancy of five on the 15-man hospital board. ' Llmer submitted his resigna tion to the board of commis sioners on Monday afternoon, effective immediately. It was accepted by the board. Vacancies on the board were caused by the deaths of R. H. Bright and Robert Clyde Mitchell and the resignationsof Limer, Bob Butler and Bernard Thompson. During the morning session the board briefly discussed the appointment of aNegiu member to the board, but after Limer's resignation the commissioners decided to postpone action on filling vacancies on the board of trustees until its August meeting, due to the large num ber of vacancies on the board. The printing of a Compre hensive Water and Sewer Plan for Warren County was approved by the Board of Com missioners after Frank Reams, industrial director, and Hugh B. Stokes, Jr., of W. F. Free man Engineering Company, had discussed the survey with the Legislature Passes Six Local Ads Local Mils tor tfe* CXxmty at War ran paaaad by the Aaaawbly batora tU the Left al Wive Report Mtb^to atttvta of Oovammaot, w IOUOWSS - v County Wlaa Sale; Hot Weather Makes improvement In Cotton commissioners. The firm of W. F. Freeman was authorized to print the same. The $9,000 cost of the project Is to be paid by the Farmers Home Ad ministration. The Rev. J. E. McGrier ap peared before the board asking that a Negro be appointed to the board of trustees of the Warren County Memorial Library and read a statement In behalf of the Community Center Library in which the question of the distribution of state and federal funds was raised. He said that he wanted an answer by July 14. Action of the board was de ferred when it was found that Frank Banzet, chairman of the board of trustees of the Warren County Memorial Library, was out of town, and could not be reached for discussion with the commissioners. L. B. Hardage, county exten sion chairman, Miss Emily Bal llnger, extension economic agent, and four aids, Mrs. Edith N. Clark, Mrs. Hazel Dale, Mrs. Sallle Patlllo, and Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, appeared before the board for a report on the Expanded Nutrition Pro gram In the county. The pilot program has been In operation In Warren for the past three Hot weather has really made an Improvement In cotton and the crop Is looking good, L. B. Hardage, Extension chair man, sold this week in urging farmers to start a boll weevil and boll worm control program. He said that farmers should start a regular spray schedule at once, making four applica tions at five-day-Intervals. If fields are not being Inspected regularly, he said, 'continue ap plications until crop is mature. If fields are being checked and applications are Interrupted, resume when 10% of squares are punctured by weevils or 50% by worms. Hardage said thai some of the recommended materials to be used are: Azodrln 56% EC. Azlnphosmethyl 22% EC plus DDT 25% EC. Methyl parathlon 25% EC plus DDT 25% EC. Methyl trlthlon-DDT 1-2 EC. Cabaryl 80% WP (jSevln). Strobane-DDT 4-2 EC. Toxaphene-DDT 4-2 EC. Hardage said that growers should follow directions on container on amounts of mater ial to use per acre. Negro Percentage In Warren Schools Hiahest Warren County's percent age ot Negroes enrolled In schools is the largest ot any county In the Immediate area, bat the percentage of Negroes enrolled In Integrated schools la the smallest. The figures are from a state wide compilation of all nd mlnlatratlve on Its as reported State ruknartm?A of w Irayeil weeewe^e matruciloo. Of a total enrollment of 5,231 in public schools In Warren County the past session, 3,MM or 57.37 percent were r-' gro. Negro enrollment in Integrated school a wea 4M, or 13.95 per JttiSiJMnMiy*''7"0 Integrated schools was 1,280, or 26.84 percent. Granville County reported total enrollment ot 6,201, with 4,207, or 62.82 percent, Negro. Enrollment In integrated schools was 722, or 18.70 per ' Negro. In Franklin County, enroll ent was 8,264, ot which 8,112 Negro enrollment la J was 2,112, tor 100 months under the dlrev-Li-m of Miss Balllnger. Concensus of the group was that the program has been worth while. All expressed surprise at the depth of poverty in the county and all the aids gave examples of their contacts with those in an extremely low in come group. During the pro gram the aids worked with 635 persons. Commissioners ex pressed the view that this covered only from a fourth to a fifth of the deprived persons in Warren County. The commissioners passed a motion approving the Expanded Nutrition Program and asked that it be continued at the plea sure of the board. Claude Fleming, dog warden, In his monthly report to the commissioners, saidthathehad picked up 145 dogs during June and traveled 2,081 miles. He said that he only sold one dog, for which he turned over- $3.00 to the dog fund. Alvls P. Fleming headed a delegation asking that the State Highway Commission be requested to blacktop County Road No. 1365, known as "Fleming's Dairy Road, a dis tance of 1.5 miles. A delegation also appeared before the board to request the Highway Commission- to black top County Road No. 1110, a distance cf I 7 miles. J. H. Hundley, Register of Deeds, reported 111 marriage licenses Issued during the quarter ending June 30, for which the sum of $555 was turned Into the general fund. A. P. Rodwell, Jr., tax col lector, reported 1968 taxes col lected during June In the amount of $3,302.04, making a total of 1968 taxes collected to date in the amount at $468,374.24. The percentage of 1968 taxes col lected Is 94.92%. Dr. Charles Bunch Named To Faculty The American Society of Ab dominal Surgeons, made up of over nine thousand Surgeons throughout the United States, has Instituted Correspondence Courses on various Abdominal Conditions, Diseases, and Operations. " V Dr. Charles Bunch, local Sur geon, has been appointed on the Faculty to stg>ervlse these and In the future. In HospNal Patients In Warren Hospital at 3)30 Tuesday were listed as followstun--"; ?/ty:-. Betsy Aane Hayes, Lucy St. Sing, Blanche Andrews, Lambert,; School Burden Resis On State RALEIGH--U. S. District Court Judge Algernon Butler today Issued a precedentset tlng ruling that places on the state superintendent of public Instruction and the State Board of Education "the h'irden to actively seek the de. egrer of the public schools c' Carolina." Butler's ruling "luie in .? desegregation suit against the Johnston County schools which has been pending since April, 1968. Adam Stein, a Charlotte at torney who is handling the case on behalf of 167 Johnston Coun ty pupils, said Butler's ruling is "the first of its kind in North Carolina." State officials, who are named as co-defendants in the suit with the Johnston County School Board, had argued that the is sue was a local matter that did not involve them. In today's ruling, Butler said that argument "makes no sense in logic, frustrates rather than promotes the Supreme Court's mandate that the public schools be desegregated now and is without support in the law. "The state's duty is to effect a transition from the dual sys tem of schools formerly im posed by the constitution and laws of the State of North Caro lina," Butler said. "Whether or not the state board or the state superintend ent has actively discriminated does not affect their responsi bility to actively pursue school desegregation," Butler said. Fee Set At $75.00 Fred Bartholomew Is District School Supt. Fred Bartholomew, principal of John Graham High School, has been employed as superin tendent of the Warrenton Special School District. Dr. S. H. Massey, chairman of the district Do; ~d, said that Bartholomew would probably also retain his title as John Graham High School principal pending further developments in the district school. Dr. Massey, Warren ton dentist, was named chair man of the Warrenton Special District school board at an organizational meeting last Thursday night following swearing In ceremonies aTTHe Town Hall. C. V. Whitford, Magistrate, administered the oath of office. Dr. Massey and four other members of the five-man board were appointed by the Board of Town Commissioners at a.spec ial meeting on Thursday after noon, from a large list of names Groundbreaking For Plant Here Friday Ground-breaking ceremony will be held on the site of the new furniture plant just north of the Warrenton town limits at 1 1 a.m. on Friday, W. Monroe Gardner, chairman of the board of Warren County Industrial ?velopment Commission, as 1 yesterday, eremonies wlllbespon oy the Warren County ; ial Commission in co op .cion with Cochrane Eastern, Inc., which plans to build a furniture plant in the Warrenton Industrial Park lo cated East of the Warrenton Railroad. Gardner said that the public is urged to attend the ground breaking exercises. Officials of WCIDC and Co chrane Eastern, Inc., and town and county officials and other special guests have been In vited to attend a 12 noon luncheon at the Lion's Den, Warren County Fair Building, as guests of The Citizens Bank. Hail Storm Damages Area Approximately 29 acres of tobacco were damaged in a hail storm covering a small area Vote On Pay Bi A bill to give North Carolina legislators a$5 retroactive hike in their $20 per day subsistence allowances, which won General Assembly approval on the last day of the session, was favored by Senator Julian Allsbrook of Halifax, and opposed by Senator Vernon White of Pitt, and Re presentatives James Speed of Franklin and John T. Church of Vance. The bill increases the room and board allowance for legis lators from $20 to $25 a day during the session. The bill would in effect send each legis lator home with an extra $775 in back allowance. In the Axtell-Vlcksboro section on Sunday afternoon, L. H. Hardage, extension chairman, said yesterday. Hardage said the tobacco suf fered from 60 to 75 percent damage. He listed damages as follows: Melvln Abbott, 13 ac res; James O. Garrett, 9 acres; Floyd Pendergrass, 7 acres, with all acreage in severely damaged class. Abbott also suffered a 10 to 15 percent damage on another 17 acres of tobacco and Wil liam Bender had seven acres of tobacco slightly damaged. Hardage said that there was some damage to other crops on these farms with a total esti mated damage of from $30,000 to $35,000 to all crops In this section. submitted by the commission ers. Other members appointed were Mrs. J. Doyd Davis, Leon W. Cheek~(cbIored), James Y. Kerr, Fred M. Hurst. Dr. Massey is a former member of the Warren County Board of Education and ser ved as vice-chairman for a number of years. Kerr is a former principal of John Gra ham High School, serving here in the late twenties. The board members have been busy since taking the oath of office, meet ing three and four? times a week. In addition to employing a district superin tendent and receiving applica tions from many citizens whose children live outside the district, the board set the fee for those outside the district to attend the Warrenton school. The fee is $75 per child. Charles M. Johnson is serv ing as attorney for the board. Injunction Sought The NAACP, which is leading opposition to the creation of Warrenton as a special school district, has not been idle. On Wednesday, following the ap proval of the school by Warren ton voters, a Warren County group filed a suit in Federal Court to have the creation of the school declared void. An account of the suit, as carried in the Durham Morn ing Herald, follows: A Warrenton delegation is seeking an Injunction to prevent three school boards from im plementing legislation they successfully sought during the recent session of the General Assembly. The motion has been filed In Eastern District Court against ?a battery of defendants, in cluding the boards of educa tion, the state superintendent of public Instruction and the North Carolina Board of Education, by the delegation, represented by a four-firm legal corps including Conrad O. Pearson of Durham. The complaint alleges that a statute passed by the General Assembly approving special enabling acts tor local refer endum s on establishing new school districts apart from existing systems Is "unconsti tutional." Three such bills were passed during the 1969 session of the Legislature. They applied to the Halifax County Board of Educa tion and involved the Scotland Neck school district; the Town of Warrenton and the Warren ton City Board of Education; and the Littleton - Lake Gaston School District. All representa tive bodies are named In the action. Pearson said that the statute passed May 23, 1969, detaches certain geographic areas from the Jurisdiction at the Warren County Board of Education and the Halifax County Board of Education and transferred all school property within that area to the newly created Littleton - Lake Gaston school District. He reported that during the 1968 69 academic year 1,615 white children, 281 bdlai and 3,524 black children i ?d public schools in Wa County. CAR IN WHICH TWO PERSONS WERE KILLED Two Killed, Two Badly Hurt In Wreck. Two parsons were killed and two others were seriously In I-BS it 5:45 s.m. on Friday ' J?iy 4 In the wreck wee the driver at the ear, febert Le roy Waters, 53-year-old white Pollock, 4, vu critically In jured and transferred" from j Dak# Hospital. ' . ; Mrs. Mary E. Waters, 48, wife of tks driver, was pinna in the ear tor <8?tawt?*Ma* ?h. www rsmnwsri 4m w ' wii remorN to warren w of the car apparantly fell artMp at the wtml ?f the car
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