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Qtye liarren iSUcnri* Volume 86 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, May 18, 1983 Number 20 HOBGOOD MISS HAYES JOHNSON Judge Hobgood Will Speak At Academy's Exercise Baccalaureate services will be held at Warren Academy on Sunday, May 22, at 8 p. m. The Rev. John Alford will deliver the sermon. The Rev. Jon Strother and Miss Wanda Carroll, a senior, will also participate in the service. Commencement exer cises will be held on Wednesday, May 25. at 8 p. m., Hamilton Hobgood, retired Superior Court judge from Louisburg, giving the address. Judge Hobgood, who received his A.B. in Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his L. L. B. at Wake Forest, served as resident superior court judge for the Ninth Judicial District from 1955 to 1980. At the present time he is parttime professor of political science at Louisburg College and an Emergency Judge of Superior Court. Judge Hobgood's achievements and awards are many: he received the President's Award of the N. C. Conference of Superior Court Judges in 1973, the Walter B. Clark Award of the N. C. Academy of Trial Lawyers in 1976, the John J. Parker Award of the N. C. Bar Association in 1977, the Outstanding Alumni Harris Award of the Wake Forest University School of Law Student Bar Association Jurist in 1978, and the Distinguished Service Award of the N. C. Crime Commission in 1981. Others on the program are the Rev. Gary Parker, Stewart Johnson, Julius Banzet, III, Paula Hayes, and B. L. King. The Warren Academy Chorus under the direction of Mrs. Glenn Coleman, Jr. will provide the music. The organist will be Mrs. Monroe Gardner, and (Continued on page 8) Stewart Is Running, But It's Unofficial Former House Speaker Carl Stewart of Gastonia told a representative of The Warren Record Tuesday that he would definitely be a candidate for lieutenant governor of North Carolina next year, although his official announcement would not be made until October. "There is not the slightest doubt that I will be a candidate," he said. Stewart, who lost a close race to Lt. Governor Jimmy Green in his first try for state-wide public office three years ago, met with friends and supporters at a public reception at The Carriage House from 5 to 6:30 p. m. Some 150 persons were present for the reception where light refreshments and punch were served and Stewart buttons and bumper stickers were passed out and where he received many promises of support. Stewart, who is legal counsel for the Warren Nursing Center now under construction on the Norlina Road, said that at the recent groundbreaking ceremonies, the contractor told spectators that he expected the building to be completed before Thanksgiving. "He now says it is running ahead of schedule," Stewart said. Stewart was accompanied to the meeting by Benjamin Bunch, • campaign assistant. Tax Base Said Up By $7 Million Warren County's tax base for 1983-84 is expected to climb about $7 million over the approximate $193 million tax base for 1982-83, according to County Commissioner Jack Harris. The county tax supervisor's office is still in the process of compiling the tax valuation figures. Completion of that calculation is expected at the end ot this month, according to Janice Haynes, tax supervisor. That information is vital to county officials as they begin work on the 1983-84 budget and the establishment of the new tax rate. The 1982 rate was 96 cents per $100 property valuation. The budget for the county must be adopted prior to July 1. Norlina Receives First Sewer Bill Based on the first month's billing, Norlina's annual charge for connecting onto the regional sewage treatment system will be well in excess of $20,000 a year, Norlina Mayor Kenneth Davis said yesterday. Davis said expenditures for the treatment plant for April totalled $7,925.20, of which Norlina is expected to pay $2,139.81. He said the amount billed Norlina was based on 27 percent of the total amount of sewage treated. During the month, Norlina had 4,025,714 gallons of its sewage treated, while Warrenton had 10,647,286 gallons treated. Soul City was charged with having 237,000 gallons of sewage treated during April. FACE-LIFTING - Norlina's pubUc library, housed in a railroad car in the center of town since June, 1976, got a fresh coat of paint last week from Joe Edgerton, shown above, and Kattay Mustian. The nnnsmil library building houses approximately 7,000 volumes. (Staff Photo) Two Arrested After Break-In An investigation following a break-in of a mobile home on Kerr Lake, owned by Mrs. Naomi Berry of Colonial Heights, Va., early in May led to the arrest of the alleged robber, and the alleged "fence' and recovery of part of the stolen goods by Chief Deputy B. D. Bolton on Tuesday morning. Arrested by Bolton Tuesday morning was John Glenn Coleman, of Rt. 1, Manson, who was charged with felonious possession of stolen goods. He was released in the custody of his mother and was expected to be given a 96-hour hearing in District Court this morning. Also arrested by Bolton on Tuesday and charged with felonious breaking, entering and receiving was William Leon (Moon) Mayfield of Brown Circle, Soul City. He was placed under $1,000 bond for a 96hour hearing in District Court this morning. Among the recovered items as listed by Bolton were a 19-inch color TV; two black and white TVs; one 5-band radio; one 8-track tape deck with detachable speakers; and one mini AM-FM radio with earphones. Not recovered were the following items listed as being stolen from a shed behind the trailer: one 10-amp. battery charger; one Coleman lantern; five rods and reels; fishing equipment, and one 6gallon gasoline can. No One Injured As Sheriff's Car Strikes Vehicle Late for a funeral at 11:05 a. m. Friday, May 13, Deputy Sheriff Harold Seaman became involved in a serious accident here as he attempted to pass two cars on a yellow line, Freddie Robinson, police chief and investigating officer, reported Monday. Chief Robinson said evidercc was that two cars were headed north on Main Street with the leading car owned and operated by "Hoot" Holler, owner of Martin Well Company. The following car was not identified. Overtaking the two cars, Deputy Seaman attempted to pass on a yellow line. He passed the first car, but crashed into the Holler vehicle which was making a left turn into a street leading to his home. Both cars were badly (Continued on page 8) For Purpose Of Collecting Taxes Poor And Well-To-Do Find Names Listed By KAY HORNER v Staff Writer A( least once a year, the poor and the downtrodden in Warren County find themselves in the company of the more affluent and successful. In May, the county and town tax collectors, in accordance with state law, publish the names of persons and businesses owning real estate for which tNWslwve not been Mid for the preceding year. The notices officially inform the public that liens upon the real estate described will be sold at public auction, for cash, to the highest bidder. An examination of the first of four such notices from the Warren County tax collector published in The Warren Record on May 4 indicated that taxes had not been paid on well over 1,000 parcels of land. Some of these tracts are part of unsettled estates, others are owned by people who are unemployed, and others are owned by people whom economic circumstances have left unable to pay the taxes owed. But some tracts are owned by people gainfully employed in government, in the practice of law, and in private enterprise. The prospect of one's property being sold at public auction for non-payment of taxes and the embarrassment of having one's name published in the local paper seem incentive enough to get most citizens to pay promptly. However, the process involved in selling such property at public auction is long and complicated, according to Susan W. Whitley, Warren County tax collector. "In the four years I've been county tax collector, we've only had about two different sales of actual property, < '*tt five or six tracts involved in each," Mrs. Whitley said this week. County real estate taxes are legally due on September 1 of each year. Landowners are notified of the amount due between July and September. Payment can be made through January 5 of the next year without penalty. After that date, the account becomes delinquent. "As long as some effort is made to pay, property won't be sold," Mrs. Whitley commented. "We'll take any amount. Some people even pay $10 at a time until the taxes are paid." She noted that because of the low income of many county residents, the tax office makes every effort to work with landowners on a program for payment of their taxes. "Of course, some people don't pay on purpose," she said, noting that if they have to borrow money to (Continued on page I) County Salaries Are Not In Line, Report Indicates Warren County's key officials fare more poorly than do their counterparts in each of Warren's neighboring counties, statistics released by the Institute of Government have revealed. The salaries are included in an annual publication recently made public. It shows that Warren is on the bottom of the salary scale when compared with officials in Vance, Franklin, Halifax and Northampton counties. The figures, contained in "County Salaries in North Carolina," are as follows: SHERIFF Warren $17,000 Vance 24,960 Franklin 22,469 Halifax ,...23,003 Northampton 22,656 COUNTY MANAGER Warren $27,748 Vance Franklin 31,509 Halifax 31,593 Northampton 32,004 COUNTY COMMISSIONER Warren $1,555 Vance 3,000 Franklin 3,120 Halifax 1,670 Northampton 1,896 REGISTER OF DEEDS Warren $15,282 Vance 21,672 Franklin 16,988 Halifax 22,455 Northampton 20,364 FINANCE OFFICER Warren $19,548 Vance 24,960 Franklin 21,426 Halifax Northampton TAX SUPERVISOR Warren $15,281 Vance 23,820 Franklin 19,542 Halifax .. 21,908 Northampton 20,352 VETERAN'S SERVICE OFFICER Warren ..$11,757 Vance 15,804 Franklin 15,498 Halifax 13,789 Northampton 11,820 SOCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR Warren $20,520 Vance 24,960 Franklin 11,723 Halifax 29,356 Northampton 27,396 SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT Warren $32,490 Vance 43,382 Franklin 34,740 Halifax 45,383 Northampton .42,552 AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION CHAIRMAN Warren $23,155 Vance Franklin Halifax Northampton
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