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ACCURATE, TERSE g TIMELY I KVOLUME XXXIV mm library I IS BEING rushed I Force Is Increased To Com plete Work Before CWA Plan Is Discontinued m30 HOURS PER WEEK ? ctn,p headquarters ~| or^rs ? I Rasing CWA laborers 25 per v-will not prevent the Warren .Memorial Library, which is ffldfr'construction on the court Bp-;; lawn, from being completer! HgTrh HVA labor. Jesse Gardner, 0f the work in this county, Kareti yesterday. B jfr. Gardner said that the deBcrease in the number of men on Bthe CtVA payroll will result with Bso'ae projects being abandoned, but Bint he had received instructions Bo rush through any such projects Baa the library which, if abandoned, Bould leave an eye-sore. B In order to speed up work on Bthe library, two crews of men are bow at work on the project, putBtiEgin 30 hours of labor per week, pnor to the order to cut the numB'cer of laborers and the announce cent that CWA work would be disBcontinued after May 1. one crew of Beer, were putting in fifteen hours 9 per week on the library. B Tlie 25 per cent decrease in the B number of men on the CWA payB roll results with Warren county's I quota being cut to 396. fl .Mr. Gardner said that he had I been instructed to lay off laborers according to their dependence upon ^B': ".' means of support. The m first to be removed from the CWA I payroll were those who belonged B a family of which some member B n'us a wage earner. . Mrs. Hattie Harper Buried At Corinth I LITTLETON. Feb. 21?Funeral I services for Mrs. Hattie Morris Har per. who died at her home a few miles from here Monday night after an illness of a few weeks were held from Corinth M. P. church Tues cay afternoon at 3:30 o'clock by her pastor. Rev. R. L. Vickery, pas tor of the church. Interment took place in the church cemetery. I Mrs. Harper was in her 49th year. She had suffered from heart entitle for some time. She had been confined to her bed about two weeks and was apparently improv jr.? when death suddenly came, she was the daughter of the late bfr. and Mrs. John Morris of Hali county and had spent her life I in the community in which she tied. She hid been a devout member of Cori ith M. P. church since {jrlhood and will be greatly missed ir. the chu ch and community by a tost of friends. The deceased is survived by hei husband, Whit Harper, one daughter. Miss Susie Harper and two sons. Raymond and Albert Harper, one sister. Mrs. Charlie Pepper, and one brother, Whit Morris all of the same section. Dorothy Brown Bu -ied On Friday LITTLETON, Feb. 21?Funeral services for Dorothy Mae Brown, | year o d daughter of Mr. and hirs. W. H Brown, who died here at the hom; of her parents ThursI Sav night a iter a short illness, were held from he home Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock with the Rev, Rufus Bradley and Rev. Francis Joyner offic iating. Interment took I P'Oce in Sunset Hjll cemetery. I The chile had measles followed I pneumo iia which caused hei I heath. Besides her parents she is I survived by two sisters, Helen and I - feline, and three brothers I TVv.i-1 -- m "uua William and Raymond. I Mrs. Ethel Jenkins I Dies Near Weavers LITTLETON, Feb. 21?Last rites lor Mrs. Et iel Wilson Jenkins, wits I c- Paul Jerkins, who died at hei I home in the ' Weaver's Chape I n?i?hborho id Tuesday, February I 13th, after an illness of some time , *eta held from Weaver's Chape I fech at three o'clock WednesI aftern ion. Rev. Vickery hac I charge of the service. Intermen I followed ir. the church cemetery. Mrs. Jerkins, who was 21 yean I a?e, waj the daughter of Mr Mrs. It. D. Wilson. She was i I ^tive of t ie Weaver's Chapel com ?j?ity ani a member of Weaver': chirch. She is survived b; I et husband, a year old daughter I er Parents and several sisters an'. 01 WARRENTON, CC Contempt of Senate ^ WASHINGTON: . . . Win. P McCracken (above) assistant Secretary of Commerce in charge of aeronautics under President Hoover was arrested for contempt of the Senate when he refused to produce files which the Senate Committee wanted to see in its investigation on air-mail contracts. Hunting Season Ends; Scarcity Of Game Is Reported < Cold weather kept many out of i the fields on the last day of the l hunting season which drew to a ( close on Tuesday. Although the day i was fair and the hopes of sports- < men for one more trip into the I woods and through the fields after < quail, turkeys and rabbits had been 1 raised by clear skies which came 1 I following the all-day rain on Mon- i ! day, this hope fell with the howling : winds on Monday night which \ brought a cold wave here that sent i the thermometer down below the i 20 mark. Few hunters ventured out i in the cold air. 1 According to the consensus of < opinion among various hunters, a 1 comparatively small amount of game was bagged in Warren county dur- i r% 1 ing the past season, ury wcaum no doubt saved a large amount of ! partridges and rabbits. Lack of moisture handicaps the dog's ability to smell and also caused birds to go into the swamps and marshes. A good many sportsmen contend that game is getting scarcer each year, while others blame their dogs for not being up to par. Whether jt had been the dryness of the earth, the wildness of the birds, the scarcity of game or the fault of the dogs, the fact remains that hunters have not returned home this past season with as much game as in previous years. Mrs. Arthur Jenkins Buried At Weavers , ____________ 4 LITTLETON Feb. 22.?Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa Wilson Jenkins, wife of Arthur Jenkjns of the Weavers Chappell Community, who died in Roanoke Rapids hospital Sunday night, at the birth of a baby daughter, were conducted on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Weavers M. P. church, with : Rev. R. L. Vickery, pastor of the church officiating. Burial followed jn the church cemetery. The mother and infant daughter were buried together. Mrs. Jenkins was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Wilson and a member of Weavers M. P. church. She is survived by her husband and ten children, five daughters, Ruby, Stella Mae, Emma Elizabeth, 1 Eula and Viola and five sons, Curtis, Bennie, Raymond, Prank and Willie, her parents, one sister, Mrs. Knight of Brinkleyville (one sister, Mrs. Paul Jenkins was buried last '> Wednesday) and three brothers, Matthew, Bryant and Cary Wilson all of the same neighborhood. I Negro Janitor Is I Victim Of Hold-Up t m LITTLETON, Feb. 22.?Lewis Alston, colored janitor at Littleton High School was robbed of $25.001 late Tuesday afternoon while he was cleaning the auditorium. - a i.? Three men, one wnue ana iwu wi! ored, entered the auditorium un! masked and demanded that Lewis hand over his cash to them. Earlier 1 in the afternoon he received his pay 1 check and had it cashed at Moore's Pilling Station. Although the men 1 were strangers to the janitor, it is thought that they must have known 1 that he had just been paid off. t No clues leading to the identity of the robbers have been discovered. 3 Investigation of the robbery is be' ing made by Chief J. W. Harvey. i Mrs. H. P. Reid and daughters, s J Misses Helen, Emily and Rachel, 71 were visitors in Louisburg Sunday. I Mr. Eli Pound of Richmond was 1 a guest of Mrs. Paul Bell and family last week. he Mi HJNTY OF WARREN, N. C., Representatives And Growers Study Tobacco Licensing WASHINGTON, Feb. 21?Representatives of the tobacco growers' association of the state, C. T. Hall of Woodsdale, chairman of the delegation, R. Hunter Pope of Enfield; J. E. Winslaw of Greenville, Lionel Weil of Goldaboro, E. E. Bullock and E. G. Moss, of Oxford came here today for a conference with members of the North Carolina delegation, and with government officials. The visitors first went to the office of Representative Hancock, where arrangements were made for a meeting this afternoon, with most of the members from the state and J. B. Hutson, chief of the tobacco section of the agricultural adjustment administration, and J. C. Lanier, formerly of Greenville, and also at this time with the tobacco section, in attendance. The conference was held in the committee < rooms of Judge Kerr. ] The conference today was sue- . oessful, in that tentative plans for supplementing the voluntary agree- i ments between the planters and the i government, for a control of pro- 1 iuction of the bright leaf this year, j received the informal approval both i of the members of the state dele- i gation in Congress, and members ' of the visiting delegation. If the ' oasis of an agreement arrived at 1 today is given the sanction of Sec- 1 retary Wallace and other govern- i ment officials yet to be consulted ] the agreement will be embraced in i bill soon to be formulated andjj ' ? t a ? ? rr_rnu? ?1 nv* I , introduced Dy duage rven. j.uC pian i ] is in harmony with the one recent- ( ly mentioned by this paper. A tax , differential that will provide a mild , form of "punishment for the man , who fails to conform or to enter , into an acreage reduction contract | svith the government, but at the , same time will not prove confisca- j tory, and will keep it out of the , class of the compulsory Bankhead , oill, which is designed to control , the production of cotton by drastic methods, in the form of a prohibl- t tive tax. It is the idea now to im- ] pose a tax of 25 or 30 per cent on j the tobacco sold by the non con- , formists, or upon those who choose j to take their chance on the outside, , ivith the rugged individualists. To j oring the proposition more in keeping with the fundamental law, the constitution, this tax would apply ' to all growers, but a rebate would be provided for the benefit of the signatory farmers, so in the last analysis the tax burden would fall alone upon those who decline to sign the government contracts. J. Horace Rose Buried At Norlina On Wednesday Funeral services for J. Horace Rose of Norlina were conducted Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock from his home by the Rev. B. C. Thompson, Methodist minister of Norlina. The Rev. Mr. Thompson was assisted with the burial ser ? ?? T3oTr iwr Kinler of Vices uy uic ivv?. . LaCross, Va. Interment took place in the family cemetery. Death came to Mr. Rose Tuesday morning at 2 o'clock. Although his health had been unfavorable for some time, his death came as a surprise to members of his family and friends. Apoplexy was given as the cause of his demise. In addition to his wife, the deceased is survived by one daughter and one son, Miss Pearl Rose and Raymond Rose. Active pallbearers were R. M. White, J. P. Bobbitt, T. T. Hawks, S. N. Hawks, J. V. Cawthorne, W. A. Delbridge. Honorary pallbearers were J. C. Hardy, J. L. Overby, 3. G. Wilson, C. C. Hunter, W. B. White, G. B. Harris. Says Wife Silent For 39 Years SALEM, Mass., Feb. 20?Thirtynine years of silence was too much for Joseph E. Cottle and he asked Judge Edward O'Brien in probate court for a divorce on the grounds of desertion. Although the wfie has never left him, Cottle told the court that she hasn't spoken to him since 1895 when she had him arrested for nonc.irwnrt Judge O'Brien took the OU|/|/UA ?wpetition under advisement. Mesdames Fletcher Gregory and S. T. Thorne of Littleton were guest of Mrs. W. B. Fleming last week. The St. Mary's Branch of the Woman's Auxiliary will meet in the Parish House on Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. \ irrru FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1 UNEMPLOYED TO AGAIN REGISTER Miss Gardner Says Those Seeking Work Must Apply By February 28 FILES BEING CLEAREE Those seeking work through th< Warren Courty Reemployment Bureau must come to the office ir Warrenton aid register before February 28 or their names will b< placed in the inactive file, Miss Mamie Gardner, head of the loca office> stated yesterday. The purpose of the new registration is to bring the file up to date Miss Gardner said that due to the fact that some of those who hac registered for work in the past hac found employment, or changed theii addresses, and consequently she could not determine by lookint through her files whether a person who had registered for wort months ago was now looldng for a job. Farmers who have vacancies or their plantations or available tenant houses are requested, to mak< this fact known at the Reemployment Bureau. Likewise, those whc are looking for places on farms are notified to come in and register 'If we can get both, the farmei who has a place for a tenant anc the tenant who is looking for s farm, registered, this office shoul; prove of great benefit to each,' Miss Gardner said. "The United States Employmenl Service of the Department of Labo: is directing a movement in Nortl Carolina designated to promote satisfactory, economic adjustmem jf the unemployed farmers," Mis; Gardner stated. "This service," she said, "will include effort's to restore to the farm misfit farmers who have moved to urban communities; the placement of tenant fanners whe are seeking location; and helpfti control of special seasonal labor rejuired in large farming operations.' Desiring to cooperate with thi: service. Miss Oatrtrmr. stated that thi local reemployment office is asking those who want to go on the farrr to come in and register for farn placement. In this way, the farme: desiring a tenant will be able to ge in touch with those registered J. B. Miller Is ~ Critically 111 In Duke Hospita Suffering from erysipelas of th< face, J. B. Miller principal of thi John Graham High School, is ii Duke hospital at Durham in i critical condition. Mr. Miller was carried to tin hospital oh Wednesday following i period of illness which, came ove him more than a week ago. At firs he was not regarded as being serl ously ill but his condition took i turn for the worse, and yesterda; it was reported that he was facini a crisis. Uses Periscope To Study Bears' Habit: YELLOWSTONE PARK, Wyo Feb. 22?When spring comes t Yellowstone Park, Frank W. Childf supervising ranger at Old Faithfc ranger station, will know the ans wers to many questions concern in hibernating bears. Last fall, when park bears wer ready for their long winter's sleej Childs succeeded in establishing tw cubs in laboratories equipped wit! periscopes, listening tubes and ther mometers. He is making daily ob servations of the sleeping, recordin the rate of respiration and th body temperature. Among other scientific fact: Childs hopes to determine whethe bears sleep perfectly during hibev nation, or whether they occasion ally move restlessly, perhaps i nightmares. He hopes to knc whether they jump promptly ou of bed with the coming of sprirn or whether they take several shoi "beauty snoozes" before going mi the open. Childs is also observing for adult black bears in their own den and several marmots, ordinaril called woodchucks. Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Rodgers, M James R. Rodwell and Miss An Rodgers attended the piano recit! given at Durham on Wednesda night by Josef Lheville. Mrs. A. C. Blalook spent tl" week end at Newport News wit I her brother. j Miss Katharine Sooggin and M I Bignall Jones visited Chapel Hi 'on Sunday. Q X Smt 1934 Subscription P Fairbanks Sr., Involved LONDON: . . . Lady Ashley, above, tne iormer ojivia uamvw, 1 blond British actress, has been ' notified of divorce action filed by ' her husband, Lord Ashley. Petition was also to be filed on Douglas Fairbanks Sr., by Lord Ashley. Warren Physicians i Endorse Sanitary Program In County Warren county physicians this ! week unanimously endorsed the con' tinuation of work relative to privy ' sanitation and signed a petition : asking that it be continued. Under the government's plan of ' tapering off CTWA work, fear has ' been expressed that the sanitation 1 work could not be completed and | efforts are being made to have the work rushed, if possible with an increase in the number of men emt ployed. The petition, reading as folr lows, has been sent to Mrs. O'Berry, i State Civil Works Administrator, by Edwin Russell, in charge of this work in Warren: "To whom jt may concern: "We, the undersigned, members of the Warren County Medical Society, do hereby petition a continuation of the woTk now being done 5 relative to the privy sanitation. We I i n. _ J i. _ n_ .. consider cms co oe a very wurcny \ service to the community and are very much in favor of its continu5 ation." (Signed) "W. D. Rodgers Jr., i G. H. Macon, H. H. Foster, F. P, ' Hunter, C. H. Peete, H. Palmer, B. ' Ray Browning, L. H. Justis, T. J. Holt." r fc Judge Taylor Presides Over Brief Session Of Court Judge Taylor presided over a 1 brief session of Recorder's court this week when only two cases were # on the docket presented by Solici" tor Cromwell Daniel. 1 i M. T. Munn was found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and 3 was sentenced to jail, assigned to 5 work the roads, for 30 days. Alr though the defendant denied the j charge, Walter Shaw, Wilson Robertson and A. L. Nicholson testified j that Munn pulled out a pistol and ,, fired once in their presence. y George Woodward, negro, plead guilty to larceny of a rifle and was sentenced to the county jail for a period of twelvemonths, assigned to work for the State Highway and 5 public works commission. Mrs. Thelma Perry ? Dies At Hospital ,i LITTLETON, Feb. 21?Funeral g services for Mrs. Thelma Mitcneu Perry, who died in a Raleigh hose pital early Friday morning, Febru>, ary 16, were held from the home o Saturday afternoon at two o'clock h with her pastor, Rev. Rufus Brad ley, in charge of the service. Mr - Bradley was assisted by Rev. H. Reic' g Miller and Rev. C. Rees Jenkins e Burial took place in Calvary cemeitery a few miles from here. Mrs Perry, who was 28 years of age, hac r | been in declining health for some - time suffering from a combination: - of diseases, but was seriously ill foj n only a few weeks. She was a native v of the Calvary community and e it member of the Calvary Methodisl X, church. She was the daughter ol 't j Vance Mitchell and the late Mrs o Maud Mitchell. She is survived bj her husband, Sam Perry, and foui ir small children, Daphine, Edward s, James and Barbara; her father, on< y sister, Mrs. Bobbie Mitchell, anc two brothers, Raymond and Ghol son Mitchell, r. Pallbearers were Robert Newsom n j. L. Price, O. H. Currin, C. M. Hale il prank King and Macon Gardner. iy W. M. U. TO MEET ie The Warren-Halifax Woman"; h Missionary Union will hold its quar terly conference at the Reedy Creel r. Baptist church on Sunday, Febru 11 ary 25, at 2:30 o'clock, Mrs. Pete Davis announced yesterday. rb _ -f' .-. S2M <-^ -r -* rice, $1.5 Stolen Car And Cigarets Found; Robber Escapes The Buick sedan stolen from J. E. Rooker Sr. at Warren ton and cigarettes stolen from W. A. Delbridge's store at Norlina on Monday night have been recovered, but the negro who was driving the automobile containing the tobacco escaped from the clutches of the law after I over-powering a highway patrolman who attempted to take him into custody Tuesday afternoon near Petersburg, Va. The highway patrolman was in the act of placing handcuffs on the nesrro with the stolen DroDertv when the escape was effected -by grabbing the officers gun and overpowering him. The patrolman was not injured by the fugitive. Mr. Rooker's car was taken from his garage here some time Monday night or during the early hours of Tuesday morning. Mr. Delbridge's store was found to have been robbed of around 40,000 cigarettes when opened on Tuesday morning. Indications arc that the thief or thieves attempted to steal C. R. Rodwell's car on the same night Mr. Rooker's automobile was taken. The Ford car of Mr. Rodwell was found with a key broken off in the door lock on Tuesday morning. Mr. Rodwell said that when he put his car up he locked the ignition switch but that the doors to his automobile were left unlocked. It is thought that the would-be-thief was under the impression that the Ford door was locked and in attempting to unlock it sprung the lock and broke off the key. Mr. Rooker's car was not locked, it was stated. It was said that his Buick was in the garage back of his son's car which was locked and that the robber or robbers pushed the car of J. E. Rooker Jr. out of the way and then drove off in the car of the senior member of the family. Boy Scouts Are WW rn Hosts io rarents With a "tenderfoot" initiation ant-1 handicraft work as special features for the occasion, members of the Warrenton troop of the Boy Scouts of America were hosts to their parents and others at a barbecue supper given in the study hall of John Graham High School on Friday evening from 7:30 until 9 o'clock. The entertainment was under the supervision of Scoutmaster J. E. Derrick, and the meal was prepared by Miss Annie Laurie Herring, home economics teacher, and members of her class. The handicraft work, which effectively displayed the various scout , laws with letters fashioned from wood and neatly arranged or , boards, was placed around the wa'J of the room in which the banquet was held. "Be Thrifty," the mottc chosen by W. A. Miles Jr. for hi: artistic work, was adjudged the best display of handicraft. He wa: i awarded a scout prize for his labor as was Raymond Modlin Jr. whc j was pointed out by Scoutmaster Derrick as the professional knot tier among the scouts. Following the banquet, which was presided over by C. A. Tucker as toastmaster and which was inter. spersed by speeches from various guests, the scouts publicly initiated 1 the following boys into their fra1 ternity: James Carr Moore, Randolph Miles, Randolph Morris, "Sunny' ! Lawson, Walter Kidd, Alfred Bell ' ueveriey Jtriugen, octm rumen. [ Halifax Veteran Answers Last Call LITTLETON, Feb. 21.?Andre? I Jackson Wilson of Company A ! Roanoke Minute Men C. S. A., th< i last Confederate soldier of hi! : neighborhood, known as "Dred' } Wilson by his comrades, died at hi; i home near Lttleton; on Saturday t February 17. Mr. Wilson was 9: f years of age. He is survived by twi . daughters and one son. Funera r services were conducted at Weav r er's Chapel where he was buried bj , Rev. Mr. Vickery. ; His bent form and eager face wil 1 be missed on the streets of oui town. An honest, upright gentleman esteemed by all who knew him, hi marfp manv friends. The Daugh ters of the Confederacy wish t< extend w his family their sympathy and rejrret at his passing. 9 Mr. John Wheeler Moore of Lit' - tleton was a business visitor her* i this week. Mr. William Polk left Sunda: r I for New York where he is spendini a few days. ........ . .. MOST OF THE NEWS AU. THE TIME NUMBER 8 Cotton sign up ends saturday Nearly 32,000 Acres Signed Up By Warren Growers In Reduction Drive FEW REFUSE TO SIGN Saturday is the last day for accepting1 cotton contracts, Bob Bright, county agent, stated this week. Mr. Bright urges those who have not yet turned in their agreement with the government to cur tail acreage to do so at once. The sign-up in Warren county was termed very satisfactory by the county agent. In commenting on the success of the; campaign in Warren county, Mr. Bright pointed out that around 31,730 acres had been signed up by farmers of this county who are cooperating with the government to shorten the cotton crop in an effort to bring about higher prices. It was estimated that more < than eight million pounds of cotton are represented in these contracts. Pew farmers, said Mr. Bright, refused to sign. "The farmer is now realizing what power he possess through organization and he is cooperating to bring about pressure that will result with better conditions for those who till the soil," the county agent opined. Efforts, meanwhile, are being made to have a bill passed through Congress imposing a tax upon those farmers who fail to sign the contract to reduce their acreage. The purpose of this bill, known as the Bankhead bill, is to make it prohibitive for any fanner to grow cotton unless he signs a reduction contract. With this in view the proposed bill calls for a tax of 12 cents a pound on all cotton ginned by those who are not co-operating with the government in its reduction campaign and also to tax cotton grown by all signers of contract > hi excess of their quotas. ' Following meetings of tobacco r growers- all over the state a simi. lar plan for a tax on tobacco is ' being worked out with prospects of its passage called bright. The tobacco plan is less drastic than the one asked for cotton. The essential difference, according to the Washington correspondent to the News and Observer is that the Bankhead cotton bill seeks to make excessive planting prohibitory, while it is proposed in the tobacco bill to place a tax that will discourage excessive planting but will not be sufficiently high to prohibit it entirely. C. T. Hall, of Woodsdale, presi| dent of the growers association, de( dared that the fanners are expectI :mg prices of at least 20 cents and that sentiment is for a tax of at least 35 per cent. On that basis signers abiding by their contracts ' would receive in excess of 23 cents ' a pound and non-signers would receive only 13 cents. | Kerr to Introduce Bill The bill, when placed in final ; form, is expected to be introduced in the House by Representative . John H. Kerr, who acted as chair, man at the conference Wednesday. Mr. Hall was accompanied by the . following members of the advisory I committee of his association: R. Hunter Pope, Enfield; J. E. Winslow, Greenville; Lionel Weil, Golds1 ? - - TH TJ1 T5?il1/*rtlr Avf/vH I QflH ^ uuiu f cj. hi. dullula, m??v? , E. G. Moss, Oxford. All of them declared sentiment is practically ' unanimous among the signers for the compulsory legislation and letters to the same effect were read from J. A. Brown, of Chadboum, | and Dr. J. M. Pate, of Rowland, absent members of the committee. / The Department of Agriculture , was represented by J. B. Hutson, > tobacco administrator, and his asj sistant, J. C. Lanier, of Greenville, N. C. i Members of Congress present were , Senator Bailey and Representatives L Kerr, Hancock, Umstead, Clark, ) Lambeth, and Doughton, all of N. 1 C.; and Representative Thomas G. Burch of Virginia, who, before the r delegation of that state was reduced and all Representatives elec1 ted at large, represented the Danr ville district. i | ' ; Girl Scouts Observe > Washington Day r Simultaneously with a program held throughout the United States, - the Warrenton troop of the Girl > Scouts held a meeting yesterday in celebration of George Washington's f I birthday. Mrs. John Kerr and Miss y Leonora Taylor are heads of the 'scout movement at Warrenton.