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Century Of Operation
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renter
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Knew the railroad was
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the efh< [ ?.:i then
busi nes.se> u, j> minimal
Ste\ e Y-1im . manage,
1 it I .t'twiH, i !???'im at
Mild his cump.im w ill b?
for 'oil t<> pa\ highea
freight fasts !ar truck
uig. but noted ifiat i
used no more tiian 1
cars a year
Peck M.tiiSita, t viiuii)
Compam's sole use a
(tic railroad. acc,>rdini
to Manager Hill I v.ir.. i
for shipping of coal ,,nc
a >car for operation of,
boiler
"Hut I don't like to se
the railroad closed.'
Hear\ said It's jus
something else < losur
down on us."
The 1 It miles of trac
owned b> VV'arre.itoi
Railroad between Wat
ren Plains and Norlin
was almost shut daw
last year w hen .Seaboar
Systems Railway, Iru
abandoned its track tx
tween Norlina an
Roanoke Rapids
Formyduval. a par
owner of tho railroa
since 1979, entered into
lease arrangement wit
Seaboard for track t
Norlina to keep th
railroad operating.
That lease expired
month ago
Formyduval, who ah
holds interest in th
Aberdeen and Bria
Patch Railroad Con
pany as well as railroac
in Georgia and Soul
C arohna, said ccntrac
under a rail car prograi
for use of other railroai
in which he holds intere
had enabled him to ke<
Warrenton Railros
aflnu t
Those contracts wou
not be renewed, promp
ing the closing of Wa
renton Railroad.
Formyduval said I
plans to file with the I
(Continued on pwge I
Domestic Quarrel Results
In Injuries And Arrests
\ Saturday night
(1 u mi's tic quarrel
resulted in injuries t
two men and assault
warrants mi two resi
dents of Kt 2, Warren
ton, according to reports
in the Warren Count>
Sheriff's I iepartment
Helena Cheek Carter
has been charged with
assault with a dead!;,
weapon and her boy
friend. Hoy Alston, has
been charged with
assault on a female
Deputy J A McCowan,
assisted by Aux.l
Deputy Johnny
Williams, investigated
the 'ncident
The report stated that
Ms. Carter and Alston
had spent the afternoon
partying and that Ms.
Carter became upset
when Alston danced with
another unidentified
woman She reportedly
came upon the couple
with a piece of broken
glass and cut Alston on
the upper arm
As the couple
struggled with each
other, another person at
the gathering, Samuel
Cheek Williams, report
edly attempted to break
up the brawl The report
stated that Ms Carter
also cut Williams, whose
injuries required 47 stit
ches Alston's cut
required 16 stitches
Alston was treated and
released at Maria
Parham Hospital in Hen
derson and Williams was
treated and released at
Franklin Memorial
Hospital in Dmisburg
Both were taken for
treatment by private
vehicle.
A hearing for Ms. Far
ter and Alston is sched
uled for Sept 10.
Another report in the
sheriff's office listed the
theft of a pocketbook be
longing to Mrs Barbara
M Ciupton of Vance
County on labor Day.
Deputy McCowan in
vestigated and reported
tliat Mrs. Ciupton had left
her pocketbook in the
flour of tu'r locked
automobile parked
behind Wise Truck Stop,
which her husband,
.11 in ni > tl upton,
manages.
While she was inside
eating a meal with her
husband, she reported
that someone broke the
side window of the
driver's door and took
the piK'ketbook. which
contained jewelry
valued at $8,000, between
$450 and $500 in cash and
an assortment of keys,
titles and other papers.
The investigation is
continuing
July Jobless Rate
Stays Unchanged
The July unemploy
ment rate for Warren
County remained
basically unchanged for
the month of July, a
trend which appeared
statewide
Warren County's July
rate, which was reported
in a recent release from
the Employment Securi
ty Commission of North
Carolina, was 8.3, iden
tical to the June rate
Among the neighbor
ing counties, Franklin
recorded the greatest
variance from the rate of
the previous month.
iiovwi lob.i percent from
June's 7.4 percent Gran
ville County's July
unemployment rate
declined slightly, to 5.7
percent from 5 8 the
month before.
Halifax and Vance
counties both showed in
creased rates of
unemployment Halifax,
to 9 5 percent from 8 9
and Vance, to 8.6 percent
from 8 1
The unemployment
rate represents the
number of persons
unemployed, expressed
as a percentage of the
civilian labor force
Proposal Is Submitted
For Operation Of Hospital
Hv K W IP IKM K
V ?s I alitor
? ,. >p 11; ?? nt
te-s t>. ??:.
.:>? f. r ti',.'
' - : r.: a.. - a. operation
a,th beds to
for
it. r tun -
1 'P'-talieM "i ??
'?iiird . :? > set
\. urgent ran- ser\ ice
ami routine iiu-doni tare
M l'Vircv Hi all I'liuM geil
> suite and
Spei Uilist "iisa.Ui
tion provided t/\ ? <>m
rnunit> Mem ?: ...' :
medical stall
The hospital ha- '! Ill
reeeivt jtan cimitted
obstetl'U ai ? irg'a al
patient' a' i a.'.I not
under .rr.-nt
proposal
Aecrdiii- !? >' pro
posal. ph\ -i? iaiis irum
the Vance-Warren foin
preheiisn e Hi aitii Plan
have pledged their --up
port and .iit? ntuin to af
filiate with the hospital
In commenting on the
proposal Monda> at tlie
regular meeting the
counts coiniuissii -iiei's.
Chairperson I- \ a M
Clayton -aid th* ??un?>
was pleased with the pro
posal. but added that
details for indigent? ai e
and for financial op. ? r
tion of tin1 hospital w. .11
have to he coseie.i
before the board .. I
enter into an agreeim nt
with Bute Development
Corporation
We are. howe :
very pleased with tl
step," Mrs t'layton said
The commissioner?
also received encourag
ing news from Warren
General Hospital
auditors Holden. Moss.
Knott, (dark & Taylor
P A of Henderson
The audit, requested in
light of the board's plans
to lease the hospital, in
dicated that net assets ir
liquidation as of July 31.
1985 were $76,171.
Of special concern to
the board were possible
refunds due Medicare
and Medicaid programs
for past overpayments to
the hospital.
At the end of the
1982-83, reimbursements
of more than $181,000
were required.
Payments are made
based on projected costs
Ihange In Zoning
s Given Approval
!U \i M'.N i ? HI I..N,
xp,;> s
M'l"
unanimous ; . ? !.??
'.lit- town -
property ? : ' a ; I ?.
streets ? ? . . ? ?
way HUsines
Ihe request ; :r ?m C!
Medlin. wht ' ,i : pi .'pi
which Is |.? at'- : ? t.d.m; which 111
a ishe.x t<
las nee:
dosed tor a pi i ? \ ti ^ ... ?;.t!l>. reopening
't tilt' busiif .1 ? it,i.a would be .i
violation ut ttii ,: t ? ,? -tutus. .Hid a ar,
ance to the ordinal.'j . lequired
Reasons be tin- .? ?: ' e and InstilL
/oiling status ?i'i i ' 0"ard memtx r
considered the ? ha:.i ? ? |,J Highway Hum
to represent tlx best ; property in ques
I'he varianee wo. . ' not only Nledlin's eorne:
property but also ? f t.i:: adjoining paret Is bet;.:,
rung at the proper!. ,::.e it the -aunty-owned lie;
dncks Building and extending to the intersect;":
with West Franklin Street, then west aiong West
Franklin Street to the propi rty on Houaid StainUicit
known as High li'dlai Warehouse Property liousint
the A&P grocers store ;? mi cried in thi .Mruin
hange
I here vtas no pub la ? <>:uinent ihi trie request aiu
the only persons' present at the public hearing in ad
dition to the board members and Zoning F.nforce
ment Officer V R. I'ete Vaughan were Medln
and W'arrenton attorney T T Clayton
The decision of the Planning Hoard will be cm
sidered now by the W'arrenton Town Board, wher
authority for granting or mo.ng the variant'
rests.
The Monday hearing was the arst for the preser
board which en ludes four m ? : t appointees: Bei
nard Thompson, chairman: Mrs Nancy Blalock
Col. John Jenkins and Mrs Grace Miles. Othe
board members wts sorted also on the previou
panel were McCai n :: Mstmi. !^ < " 'heek and Jel
Palmer
Reaionai
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Water Is
Requested
Kv K \N ihlKM K
w- 1 dm r
\ -,\ ' .me was ( \
H"; :a Warren i ou/i
11 vim the in,mi
at the mterseciion of
"a tj\pass and L S !u8
business when the con
solidated hi^h school was
built
Ne.ii. who also rep
resented Hud Kndicott
and Mrs Kearny Wat
kins. told the board that
the .system's engineer
had advised 'he school
iKiard against allowing
'an-ons 'o the !me
because of the drop in
water pressure that
would result
Ayscue recently pur
chased property on the
bypass for construction
of a convenience store
and sandwich shop, and
Rocky Mount busi
nessman Hen l.ayton.
who has a mobile home
sales lot on the bypass,
has acquired lit acres for
a modular home de
velopment near the
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Warren Receives $102,000
In Distribution Of Taxes
In the suite's largest
distribution of intangi
bles Uix ever made to
local governments last
week, Warren Counts
received more than
$100,000, according to a
release from the N C
Departme n t of
Revenue.
The $72.8 million
statewide total was
distributed to 408 munic
ipalities and all 100
i:ii ' .?.rrfhvU'd a
>1 . . .'HI HHTOaSO
i\er iii.st \ <ar > intanm
hli's tax
Warn ''aunty
I ai i'i\ ail a total* af
$ 1 a 2 . fit'' ] 8 with
$:<.i. ? a, iosu;nated
for tfit' i aunty novorn
mant $1'43 t'?0 far Maeon.
$2,52!' 42 far Norlina.
and $ti.lH:t ;??? far
Warrenton
H\ definition, the in
Tobacco Growers
Get Most Money
Tobacco growers
realized their highest
averages of the 1985
selling season during
last Thursday's sale on
the Warrenton Tobacco
Market, Mrs. Alice R.
Robertson, sales super
visor, has reported. The
day's sales brought an
average of $162.06 per
hundred pounds of
tobacco.
Stabi)iTation continued
to rake a high percent
age of the offerings,
however, claiming 38
percent on the most
recent sale day, the
supervisor said
Thursday's sales
totalled 294,416 pounds
for $477,138 29. bringing
the season's totals to
1,495,467 pounds sold for
$2,294,872.10.
After seven days of
selling on the 1985
market, tobacco sold
locally has averaged
$153 46 per hundred
pounds and Stabilization
has taken an average of
27 percent, the records
show
tangibles tax is a
property tax levied
against intangible per
sonal property,' which
for the fiscal year end
ing dune 30, included;
money on deposit in
banks; money on hand,
accounts receivable,
notes, bonds and
evidences of debt;
shares of stock and units
of investment funds;
beneficial interest in
foreign trusts; and fun
foreign trusts; and
funds on deposit with in
surance companies.
Legislation enacted
during the 1985 General
Assembly prohibits
taxation on the following
holdings; money on
deposit in banks; money
on hand and funds on
deposit with insurance
companies.
Vance County's
receipts from the re
cently distributed tax
were: County,
$350,464.18; Henderson,
$144,229.20; Kittrell,
$159 40; Middleburg,
$179.70.
Totals for Gr inville
County were; County,
$187,048.42; Creedmore,
$7,038.20; Oxford,
$36,277.16; Stem,
$162.48; StoviU, $272.34.