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VarrantonMam.Library X 117 8 .Main St. Warrenton, N.C. 27589 Stye m&rat Hfcoirft Volume 85 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, August 25, 1982 Number 33 Warren Sportswear Firm To Expand; Perdue Seeks Acreage Increase Here Poultrymen Want 800 More Acres By KAY HORNER Staff Writer Perdue Industries, one of the nation's largest poultry firms, has signed a contract for the purchase of 800 acres at Soul City, according to Pelham Lawrence, Perdue's treasurer and chief financial officer. However, the closing of the sale is not anticipated until later this year, Pelham said. Perdue already owas 500 acres in the develop ment. That parcel was purchased in 1979. At that time, Perdue was considering the site for a poultry complex that was expected to employ more than 1,000 people with an initial investment of $20 million. In a telephone inter view on Monday, Tom Shelton, Perdue's senior vice president and general manager of the broiler division, said that Perdue officials have been very im pressed with the Warren County area. "If we expand to the point of building a new plant, it will be at Soul City." However, he stressed that there are no immediate plans to build. Perdue also has facili ties in Bertie, North ampton, Halifax and Hertford counties. In 1979, their total invest ments in the state were estimated to exceed $35 million. Soul City Prices Not To Be Reduced The federal govern ment received only one bid last week in its attempt to sell five par cels of land at Soul City. However, Warren T. Lindquist, general manager of the New Community Develop ment Corp., a Depart ment of Housing and Urban Development agency, said in a telephone interview on Monday that there are no plans to lower the minimum selling prices established by HUD. "If somebody makes an offer for not less than the amount advertised, I'd be happy to make a deal," Lindquist said. "But we have no plans to accept less than the amount advertised, because that's what we think it's worth." The only bid received lant week was from Attorney Joyce Wilker son of Philadelphia, Pa., according to Charles Worth, a Soul City resi dent and assets manager of the property. sne suDmioea a Dia 01 $36,650 on an 89-acre parcel of farm land. The minimum selling price set by HUD on that parcel was $34,000. As of Monday, the bid had not officially been accepted. According to Lindquist, there was a question as to whether or not the property had been properly shown to another prospective purchaser. He said that questions of that sort are not unusual when property is offered at auction. Lindquist did not identify Attorney Wil kerson by name, but said that the delay had nothing to do with the "prospective purchas er" who submitted the bid and that he could make no comment on the merits of the objection being raised. According to prev iously published reports, the other four parcels, on which no bids were received, in cluded: Parcel number one — 90 lots in Pleasant Hills subdivision and a 1.5 acre tract. Minimum bid, $99,000. Parcel number two — 28 lots in Green-Duke subdivision, plus 28 acres of developed land. Minimum bid, $49,000. Parcel number three — a 23-acre tract, a 69 acre tract in the town's industrial park, and a road right of way. Mini mum bid, $106,000. Parcel number four — a 1,566-acre tract includ ing about 275 acres of wood, 300 acres of partially cleared woodland, 850 acres of cleared crop land and 140 acres of wetland, to gether with an 11.74 acre tobacco allotment. Minimum bid, $527,000. According to reports, HUD has contracted to sell Floyd McKissick, a former civil rights leader who headed Soul City before the govern ment scrapped the project, 70 acres adjacent to his home for $48,500. soul city, a "new town" project, was begun in 1974, and received about $29 million in grants, contracts and loan guarantees from HUD and other federal agencies before the project was declared a failure by HUD in 1979. HUD came into possession of the land now up for sale because it had been used as col lateral for a $10 million HUD-backed loan, which Hie Soul City Co., developer, did not repay. Opening Day Enrollment Said Up In Warren Schools Orientation Day was held Tuesday at Warren County public schools and a total of 3,080 students were enrolled in grades K-12 at the end of the half day session, according to Michael Williams, Warren County superintendent of schools. This was an increase of 62 over enrollment on Orientation Day last year. Nine hundred and sixty-one students were enrolled at Warren County High School on Tuesday in grades nine through 12, six more than registered on Orientation Day last year. A further breakdown of the student population released by the superintendent's office showed that 2,292 of the students enrolled in the county's public schools were black, 608 were white, and 180 were v ■ i Indian. I^ast year, those figures were, respectively, 2,268, 5bd, and 185. Nine children were enrolled in the system's pro gram for the trainable mentally handicapped, a decrease of two from last year. More than 2,000 public schools in North Carolina's 143 local school systems are preparing to open by the end of the month. According to information from the State Department of Public Instruction, student enroll ment will decline 1.36 percent from last year. About 1,099,018 youngsters are expected to enroll in public schools in the state —15,134 fewer than last year. p Vandalism Delays Start Project Is Begun Here Of PCB Dumping Project Carolina Telephone Company announced this week that a construction project has begun in the Oine and Drewry communities along State Roads 1200, 1218, and 1224. The undertaking will cost approximately $50,000 and will involve placing underground cable facilities of varying sizes. The project will take about five months to complete, but will provide for growth in demand for future telephone service for the next nine to ten years. At present, 712 lines are working in this area but will increase to about 1481 lines by December, 1992. The cable extension is necessary to provide continued- service to these communities although other service projects in the company are being delayed due to poor economic con ditions, including the effects of competition, deregulation, inflation and the company's inability to attain sufficient revenues to support its capital needs, a spokesman said. Carolina Telephone recently cut its construction program by more than $21 million but plans to provide adequate service while working to improve its economical environ ment. The plastic lining of the hazardous waste landfill in Warren Coun ty where the state plans to store PCB-laden soil was sliced by vandals in 23 places some time Saturday night. The vandalism was reported to authorities at about 11:15 Saturday night by a Lineberger Construction Co. em ployee making a routine check of the area. Line berger Construction Co. is building the landfill. According to publish ed reports, a spokesman for the state Depart ment of Crime Control and Public Safety said the incisions in the lining could be repaired. But no estimates were available yet as to cost or time needed for repair. The liner was delivered to the site in several pieces and then put together, and it is believed that the liner can be mended in the same way that it was initially put together. The total cost of the liner was reported around $40,000. As of Tuesday after noon, there were no leads on who was re sponsible for the vandalism, according to Warren County Deputy Bo&by Dean Bolton. Joyce Lubbers, spokesperson for Warren County Citizens Concerned About PCBs, said she was "sadden ed" by the vandalism. The group has been involved in litigation to halt the state's plans to remove dirt from 210 miles of North Carolina roadsides where PC3 was illegally dumped in 1978 and move it to the site in Warren County. "The group has done everything possible within the law to call a halt to the dumping of PCBs in Warren Coun :y," she said. However, she said that if and when the state begins to trans port the PCB-laden soil into the dumpsite, the group would then do whatever necessary to stop the action. The landfill was sche duled for opening this past Monday, but frequent rains pre vented the completion of the liner, according to state officials. Tobacco Prices Are Reported Good Farmers were pleas ed with prices paid on the Warrenton Tobacco Market Monday when a third of a million pounds were auctioned for $178.78 per hundred pounds. Mrs. Alice R. Robert son, sales supervisor, said a total of 318,233 pounds sold Monday for $568,924.56. Sales were also being held in all five Warrenton warehouses today. Thus far for the year, Mrs. Robertson re ported, sales have totalled 2,169,940 pounds for $3,519,993.42, an average of $162.22. Sales on August 17 amounted to 330,354 pounds for $562,532.79 — an average of $170.28, and on August 19 amounted to 328,792 pounds for $563,67127 — an average of $169.43. Next week growers will sell on the Warren ton Tobacco Market on August 31 and Septem ber 2. Over 200 Jobs To Be Created By HOWARD JONES More than 200 new jobs are expected to be created in Warren Coun ty early in 1983 as part of a major expansion an nounced this week by officials of Carolina Sportswear, a company based in Warrenton i ACT Key to the expansion is the purchase of the 73,144-square-foot War ren Industrial Building at Soul City. The building was named SoulTech I when it was built in 1975 at a cost of more than $1 million. Revenue stamps on the deed indicated that the building was purchased this week for approxi mately $300,000. Jerry Costa, vice president of manufac turing with Carolina Sportswear, said the firm was expanding their industrial output in Warren County "because of increased demand for our fine knit shirts." costa saia tne expan sion "is indicative of the commitment our firm has to the area." He was complimentary of the quality of the Warren County work force. He said the start of operations in the newly acquired Warren In dustrial Building will be delayed until early 1983 in order that extensive renovation of the build ing can be carried out. He said his company would use all of the office and manufac turing space in the building. Costa said employ ment at Soul City is ex pected to reach 150 by the end of 1963. Addi tionally, 100 new job openings are expected at the Warrenton plant. There will be no physi cal plant expansion at Warrenton, Costa indi cated. Carolina Sports wear has expanded its once, by 20,000-square feet, since building its plant here. While renovation of the Soul City property is expected to begin at once, information con cerning applications for employment will be "forthcoming soon," Costa said. The Soul City opera tion will be known as Central Sportswear Company. The Soul City building was purchased from New York Life Insur ance ^o., wrucn ooiain ed title through a fore closure. The sale was handled by Charles A. Hayes, former county manager and now vice president for real estate of Warrenton Insurance and Rea' Estate. T*® Soul City building was built by the Soul City Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corporation organized by Soul City developer Floyd B. McKissick and his partners. Soul City officials said in 1975 that the building was financed, in part, with a $750,000 loan from New York Life Insur ance, $100,000 from The Soul City Co. and $100,000 from a Cleve land, Ohio bank. The re mainder of the money came from the federal Office of Economic Op portunity. The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development gave up the "new town" project in 1979. It did not take title to SoulTech I be cause HUD officials said it already was mortgag ed for as much as it was worth. Donations Sought The Warrenton Rural Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary is seeking do nations for a yard sale which will be held on Saturday, September 4, beginning at 8 a. m. on the courthouse square. Anyone with a donation for the sale should call 257-2070 or 257-1753. Items may also be taken to Warren Tire Service. Completes Basic Pfc. Benjamin T. Smith, son of John T. and Mary A. Smith of Rt. 3, Littleton, has completed basic train ing at Fort Jackson, S. C. Campaign Spending Given For Warren Candidates By KAY HORNER Staff Writer According to cam paign financing reports filed with the State Board of Elections, winners in the race for seats in the N. C. House of Representatives from District 22 and District 7 spent a total of $46,133.84 on their recent campaigns. The breakdown for representatives from District 22 is as foDows: John T. Church, in cumbent — contribu tions: $3^30.00, expen ditures, |2,M0.13. William T. (Billy) Watkins, incumbent — contributions: expenditures, 96,417 . J5. James T. Crawford, Jr. — contributions, $41,037.45; expendi tures: $34,619.82. In District 7, Warren expenditures totalling 12,106.64. In the state Senate race, incumbent Julian Allsbrook reported contributions of $5, 887.02 and expenditures of $5,460.20. Candidates for local office in counties of fewer than 56,010 la population, such as Warren County, do not have to Oe financing
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