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Volume 84 15* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, July 23, 1981 Number 28
Costs Of Going To Court Rise
A commonly pronounced judgment in
our courts is the term: "Let him pay
costs."
Effective this past July 1, the costs in
criminal cases were raised $4 in
District Court cases and $10 in cases in
Superior Court.
The costs are determined by the N.C.
General Assemoly.
Court Clerk Anne F. Davis explained
this week what constitutes the "costs"
or charges that are incidental to each
case.
Formerly the total costs for a
criminal case in District Court was $27.
That was $19 as the general court fee, $3
for the facility fee, $3 for the law
enforcement officers benefit fund, and
$2 as the officer-service fee (not that
any officer gets the montfy).
Effective July 1, the facility fee was
raised from $3 to $S and the officer
service fee was raised from $2 to $4.
This brings the current District Court
costs to $31.
In civil cases in District Court, the
general court fee remains at $18, but
the facility charge was raised from the
$6 figure to a new one of $9. This $3 —increase
ups the basic court costs from
$24 to $27.
In Superior Court civil cases, the
general-court fee remains at $28. But
the facility fee has been raised from $6
to $9. This ups the total in civil actions
from $34 to $37.
The costs in criminal cases in
superior Court have been raised from
$48 to a new figure of $58. The general
court fee remains at $28, and the law
enforcement officers benefit fee is still
$3. But the facility fee was raised from
$15 to $23 and the officer-service fee
from $2 to $4.
Clerk Davis noted that, if a case is
bound over from District Court or goes
directly to the Grand Jury, only the
Superior Court costs are assessed. If a
case is appealed, however, both the
District Court and the Superior Court
costs are assessed.
Added to the above costs also are any
additional service fees, jail fees,
restitution, and fines or counsel fees as
directed by the presiding judge.
The money derived from fines goes
into funds to help finance the operation
of the schools, Mrs. Davis noted.
In small-claims cases (which are
handled by magistrates, the generalcourt
fee remains at $5. The facility fee,
however, has been raised from $3 to $5.
This increased the total costs from $8 to
$10. (Small claims cases are limited to
$800.)
There have been increases in court
costs for estate cases and special
proceedings also.
In estate cases, the general-court
fee remains at $8; however, the facility
fee has been raised from $2 to $3. This is
an increase in tlie total costs from $10 to
•11.
The general court fee in special
proceedings remains at $13. But the
facility fee has been raised from $2 to
$3. This places the total costs for
special proceedings at $16.
There has been no change in the fees
involving foreclosures. That cost
remains at $15.
The service fees for officers of the
Sheriff's Department in civil and
criminal matters have been increased
from $2 to $4.
Report Received
Cases Are Heard
In Superior Court
The July session of the
criminal term of Warren
County Superior Court,
which convened here on
July 7 with Judge Robert
H. Hargrove, Resident
Judge, presiding, adjourned
on Friday, July 10,
around 3 p. m. Court
convened on Tuesday
morning because Monday
was being observed as a
July 4 holiday.
According to a report
turned over to Hie Warren
Record on Tuesday, July
21, three jury trials took up
much of the time of the
court during the nearly
four days it was in session,
t. addition there were five
cases on the motion
docket, one case on the
probation docket, several
plea bargains, a few dismissals
and a great number
of cases continued:
Of the three jury trials
heard by the court a not
guilty verdict was entered
in two cases, those of
Andrew Lewis West,
charged with felonious
receiving of stolen goods;
and Ernest Jones, charged
with assault with deadly
weapon with intent to kill
inflicting serious injury. In
the third jury case, Tony
Watson, misdemeanor larceny,
a mistrial was
declared.
Two other cases against
Andrew Lewis West, felonious
larceny and felonious
possession of stolen goods,
were continued for the
term.
Timothy Robert Harris
entered a plea of guilty of
three cases of breaking,
entering and larceny,
which were combined.
Judgment was that he be
confined in North Carolina
Department of Correction
for not more than four
years as a convicted youthful
offender. The sentence
was suspended for five
years and the defendant
was placed under supervised
probation for five years.
Terms of probation were
that he pay a $500 fine and
costs in six cases, pay
restitution as follows:
$135.50 to Andrew Goode,
$100 to George Baskerville,
$150 to Sally Epps, $100 to
Mary Fields; $50 to the
Jones Estate, $1,000 to B.
G. White, guardian of Rita
Loyd; remain gainfully
employed, that after his
18th birthday his place of
employment be with
Crawder Construction
Company or some other
employer approved by his
probation officer. That
during the term of probation
he be gainfully
employed or a full time
student. That if any time
he Is not gainfully employ
ed or a full time student he
shall report to his probation
officer every ten days;
and pay his probation
officer a fee of $10 per
month.
Ted Andrew Harris was
charged with four cases of
breaking, entering and
larceny, which were combined.
He pled guilty to the
charges. Judgment was
that he be confined in
North Carolina Department
of Corrections for
four years as a youthful
convicted offender. Hie
sentence was suspended
for five years and the
defendant placed on supervised
probation under the
following conditions: Pay
$500 fine and costs in five
cases, pay restitution as
follows: $137.50 to Andrew
Goode, $100 to George
Basketville, $150 to Sally
Epps, $100 to Mary Fields,
$50 to the Jones Estate;
remain gainfully employed,
that after his 18th
birthday his place of
employment be with
Crowder Construction
Company or some other
employee approved by his
probation officer. That
during the term of his
probation he shall be gainfully
employed or a full
time student. If any time
he is not gainfully employed
or a full time student be
shall report to his probation
officer every ten days,
and shall pay a probation
supervision fee of $10 per
month.
Raymond Jones pled
guilty to a charge of
breaking and entering.
Seven other cases in which
Jones was charged with
the same offenses were
combined for judgment.
He was sentenced to be
confined in the North
Carolina Department of
Correction for from two to
four years. That as a
condition of work release
or parole, the defendant
shall pay restitution to
Sidney Burton in amount of
$415, and to Jasper Jones
in amount of $1,799.82, and
reimburse the State of
North Carolina for attorney
fees in amount of $550.
The court finds as a fact
that the defendant would
not derive benefit sentence
under convicted youthful
offender statute.
The State took a voluntary
dismissal in four
cases against Edward
artwtT in which he was
charged with breaking,
entering and larceny. In
the fifth case be plead
guilty to a charge of breaking.
entering and larceny
and was eocrflned to serve
not mgpe than twe years in
(Continued on page 11)
GLENN HOLTZMAN
Warren Is Included
In Regional Survey
Warren County is one of
three counties in North
Carolina selected to be
represented in a comprehensive
survey financed by
the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
The community research
project was announced this
week by Randall P. White,
assistant professor of
agricultural economy and
rural sociology at N. C.
A4T University in
Greensboro.
Mr. White said the
survey will be conducted
simultaneously in 30
counties in the southern
United States. Data will be
collected and analyzed at
N. C. A&T. The survey will
also be conducted in Bertie
and Hoke counties.
Seeking to determine
many answers dealing
with the quality of life in
the county, the survey will
be conducted by three local
interviewers.
A total of 72 families are
expected to be contacted in
Warren County in order to
complete the survey.
Interviewing will begin in
late July and continue until
late August or early
September.
Mr. White stressed the
fact that no names will be
used in the collection of
data, and all information is
confidential. All sections of
Warren County are
expected to be included in
the completed survey.
Mr: White is being
assisted by two
Greensboro residents —
Ms. Albertine Banks, his
research associate, and
Rodgely A. Mu'min, a
graduate student at N. C.
ACT.
Farmers Looking For
High Prices Tuesday
Farmers who have
designated their tobacco
for sale on the Warren ton
Tobacco Market are hopeful
of receiving some of the
same high prices for
tobacco that Boarder Belt
farmers got on Monday
and Tuesday of this week.
The Warrentoo Market
will open another sales
year on Tuesday. July M.
The first sale is scheduled
to start at • a. m. at High
Dollar Warehouse. Sales
will follow at Currtn's,
Farmers, Thompson's and
Centre.
George Willis Shearin,
■ales supervisor for the
Warranted market, said
prospects look bright in
Warren County and in this
area.
Preliminary figures
from the Federal-State
Market News Service
showed the average price
paid Tuesday on North
Carolina Border Belt markets
was I1S7.M per
hundred pounds on total
salsa at S.S million pounds.
That figure was up almost
14 par hundred from
Holtzman Named
State Champion
Reuben Glenn Holtzman,
Jr., 16. of Ridgeway has
been named state winner
in 4-H Agricultural Projects.
Glenn, a 4-H member for
four years, lives on a
poultry and general field
crop farm in Ridgeway. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Reuben G. Holtzman, Sr.
This statewide honor has
earned for Glenn a chance
to enter his agricultural
project record book in
national competition. Being
one of several state
winners named by the
State 4-H Office, Glenn will
receive an all-expensepaid
trip to national 4-H
Congress held in November
in Chicago, 111. Sponsor
of Glenn's award is International
Harvester Company.
Glenn's 4-H accomplishments
include major projects
and activities in tractor,
soybeans, tobacco,
poultry, health, gardening,
commercial horticulture
and marketing. Glenn's
many projects and activities
have enabled him to
become well acquainted
with many activities on the
farm. At an early age he
learned how to operate updated
farm machinery and
employ recommended
practices and good management
procedures on the
farm. His roadside market
of fresh fruits and vegetables
has been very successful
during his 4-H career.
"Agriculture plays a
big part in my family's
life," he said. "My father
bought my grandmother's
farm four years ago in
order to give us a job
during the summer
months. We enjoyed it so
much that he decided for
the farm to become our
means of making a living.
He bought another farm in
order to expand our
acreage. We also rented
another 100 acres of land to
plant soybeans. I picked
the 4-H Agricultural Project
ao I could help my
father on the farm. I
helped him with all the
crops; from breaking the
land to planting the winter
cover crops.
"In 1977 my father
wanted to give my sister
and me something to do in
the summer time, so be
bought my grandmother's
farm. He planted a large
garden and a half acre of
cantaloupes and two long
row* of watermelons. We
had a roadside stand and
sold oar produce, cantaloupes
and watermelons.
This gave us our first start.
Ha Mkad it so weU my father
decided to quit public
work and bought us
another large farm with a
beautiful home site and
moved to Ridgeway."
Previous honors and
recognition won by Glenn
include receiving a countychampion
certificate and
trophy in agriculture in
1978, and a district championship
in 1978. Glenn has
also won blue ribbons in his
poultry, power tool safety,
gardening, and commercial
horticulture projects.
Glenn's 4-H leadership
experience includes membership
on the 4-H County
Council, junior leader in
his local club, local club
treasurer for two years
and assisting with many
other projects and activities
carried out by the
Ridgeway Community
club with Mrs. Chris
Holtzman, leader.
Glenn is a rising junior
at Warren County High
School this fall. After
graduating he plans to
pursue a career in commercial
farming.
This week Glenn and
other winners will be
recognized at N. C. 4-H
club Congress held on the
campus of North Carolina
(Continued on page 14)
Lightning Kills
Florida Woman
At Lake Gaston
A Florida woman was
killed by lightning at
Gaston Lake around 6 15
on Monday afternoon.
According to Warren
County Ambulance Driver
Roy Harmon, Mrs Betty
Frances Jones Allen, 40, of
Sarasota, Fla., had left the
lake ramp and started to a
nearby "ottage when
lightning struck a large
sweetgum tree just as she
was passing by. The lightning
jumped from the tree
to her body causing instant
death.
The body was taken by
Harmon to Blaylock Funeral
Home in Warrenton
from where it was taken to
Durham where it was
cremated and the ashes
shipped to Kentucky for
memorial services.
Mrs. Allen, a counselor
Drug Store
Coming Here
Rite Aid Corporation has
signed a lease for a 6,400square-foot
discount
pharmacy at the proposed
Hall Springs Shopping
Center on Macon Street,
Warrenton, according to
Martin Grass, Rite Aid's
Vice President of Real
Estate.
The si topping center,
which will include a Byrd's
Supermarket, is expected
to be open before the end of
this year. The developer is
Byrd Food Stores, Inc., of
Burlington.
The new store will
employ approximately ten
persons and will feature a
prescription department
that will offer both brand
name medications and
highest quality generic
drugs at discount prices.
Approximately 11,000
other merchandise items
will be available in the
store, including the popular
Rite Aid brand pro(Continued
on page 14)
at Booker High School in
Sarasota, Fia., was born in
Mount Sterling, Ky., the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Jones of Interlachen.
Fla., who survive
her
Other survivors include
her husband. LXigene S.
Allen of Sarasota, Fla.;
two sons, Gene Cooke, and
Ted Cooke, both of Sarasota,
Fla., a stepdaughter,
Elaine Allen of Lakeland,
Fla.; and a brother. David
Jones of Crescent, Fla.
O'LEARY
New Controller
Is Named Here
Warren General Hospital
has a new director of
business affairs.
He is Kevin Joseph
O'Leary, 23, a native of
New York State who began
his duties as controller at
the hospital on Monday.
O'Leary is a native of
Albany, N. Y. and attended
the State University of
New York. He worked for
two years before moving to
Warrenton as an accountant
for Fox Hospital in
Oneonta, N. Y.
O'Leary, who is single,
lives at 418 East Macon
Street, Warrenton
Alice Marie Robertson, left, president of the Warranto! Lioness Club, Inducts Joyce
Garrett and Kathy Scott, right, as new members of the local civic club. The club met
Monday night at the Warrenton Lioos Den. (Staff Photo)
New Members Are Inducted
Two new members of the
Warren ton Lioness Club
were initiated into the club
on Monday night during
ceremonies held at the
Warrenton Lions Den.
Lioness President Alice
Marie Robertson conducted
the initiation ceremony
and welcomed Kathy Scott
and Joyce Garrett into the
club. ,
The meeting, which
began at S p. m., was
called to order by Presi
dent Robertson and singing
was led by Vice
President Dorothy Roberts.
Lioness Secretary
Katie Davis read the
minutes and called the roll
Liooeas Tailtwister
Blanche Andrews held a
bit of merriment and fined
all Lionesses ten cents who
could not comply with her
request.
The guest speaker for
the night, Ben Terrell, was
introduced by Juanita
Wood. Mr. Terrell, principal
of Warren County High
School, explained the new
class system and the new
program that will be
implemented at the new
consolidated school. He
invited all present to visit
the school.
The next regular meeting
of the club will be ImM
August 17 at • p. matthe
Lions Der