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I ACCURATE, terse i i timely i vol^vle xxxiv mornir I minoL I pjunge Into Political Pool I Reminiscent Old SwimI ning Hole Days 10THE1S PLUNGING IN I Candidates are taking the plunge jjjo t!ie political j>ool in a manner ?''?hly renunescent of the old Viiniirr da-vs of boyhood. I ' jo'v.ar.1 Petar. several days ago, -note tae ice" when he announced "onrfirtnfp fnr jj,at he wouici ut' " ? of Recorder's Court. Mayor rwnk J I- Gibbs was next in w>ith ],js announcement for the State Senate. jigcy Pridgen. member of the I board o' town commissioners, after I hesitating a few minutes on the I bank, aunched in with the anI Douncerient that he would be a I oandida e for Judge of the RecordI er's Cot rt. I Frank M. Allen of Warrenton, afI ter watching Edward Petar, present I Coroner swim about for a few I strokes, launched in the swim, beI coming a candidate for Coroner, a I position he has held in times past. I Zollie M. Newman of Norlina I went in with a high dive as he deI dared h mself a candidate for RegB ister of Deeds. I John f Fleming of Norlina was I only a few jumps behind. Mr. I Fleming is seeking his old position I on the Board of County CommisI sioners. I Nobody exactly saw Jack Dowtin I and T. i). Rodwell plunge into the I pool, am it is rather expected that A to en ered below the pool and rM i p the branch. But they I are is he midst of the boys, the I former seeking to return to the I House )f Representatives and the I letter n the State Senate. Most ''f the court house boys actompani 'd Mr. Dowtin and Judge Rodrell into the pool. The b; nks on both sides are lined up wi:h other prospective candidates ard as soon as the water warms up a little it is expected the poo! will become somewhat crowded. "Several experimental fingers have bein slyly dipped into the water at d it is reported that several shirts are being slowly unbuttoned Former Miss Wood Hurt In Auto Crash ' Special To Record) WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 12. -Having been released from a hospital. Mis. A. A. Edwards, formerly Miss Mary Robert Wood of Warrenton, is recovering at her home, 3513 Nor hampton St., Chevy Chase. D C? fiom injuries she sustained iun au omobile wreck while riding ttb hei husband. In the accident Mrs. Edwards had six teeth knocked out. many others tened and suffered a deep cut on her ;hin which required six stitches. In addition, her body was badly braised. Mr. Edwards, who Ms driving the car, escaped with minor biuises. Althou;h Mrs. Edwards seems to be gettii g along very nicely, the extent of her injuries have not been definitely determined. It is thought that it will be several months before she is able to return to her work. Two days after his sister had tan injared. A. A. Wood Jr. was In an aitomobile accident. He suffered a oad cut on his knee and bruises <n his nose and head, but his iniiHoe ?-< '-j aic nuu regaraea as being of a serious nature. He retums tomorrow for the doctor to tfetermin? whether he has a broken tone in his nose. Both Mr. Wood and Mrs. Edwards would be happy to hear from their Wi.rrenton friends while thev arc con 'aleseing. Mr. Wood's adtress is 3618 Conn. Ave., Washington. D. 0. I^ank B. Allen And Miss Johnston Wed Comirg as a surprise to friends here th s week was the announceI Went from Mr. and Mrs. Vere WilI liaw Jcihnston of Durham that I d;ughter. Gay Elizabeth, was I Carried to Mr. Frank Brown Allen I ? the 17th day of June, 1933, at I H s. c. I Before moving with her parents I 10 Durham. Mrs. Allen's home was I at Laurel, Mississippi. She was I 1932 QUCen at Duke University in I Wlen is the son of Mr. and I s- Prank M. Allen of Warrenton. iv* his graduation from Duke ttorsity, he has been in business Durham. i m W> New Picture House Opens Here Monday Night Featuring the picture, "Carolina," the Warren Theatre, successor to the Imperial Theatre, will open here on Monday night. George Robinson is local manager of the picture house, which is owned by L. Weeden, head of the General Amusement Company of Roanoke Rapids. The opening the show here next week brings to Warrenton the first pictures that have been flashed across the screen here since A. Rankoff, manager of the Imperial Theatre, went out of business more than two weeks ago. The delay in opening the amusement house here has been due to the fact that the theatre has undergone renovation. A change has been made at the entrance to the theatre, and on the inside the ceiling has been painted, the stage ar- | ranged for a long curtain clear across the stage, and the seating arrangements improved. Mr. Robinson, the local manager, has had several years experience in the picture show business, having worked at Enfield, Warrenton and Roanoke Rapids. He was here with Mr. Rankoff before he went to work for Mr. Weeden several months ago. Mrs. Beardsley Of Cedar Grove Buried At Fairview Funeral services for Mrs. Laura C Beardsley of Cedar Grove, former- a ly of this town, were conducted h from the Baptist church here on ^ Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock by si the Rev. R. E. Brickhouse. Her remains were laid to final rest in o Fairview cemtery. Mrs. Beardsley died Sunday at n the home of her niece, Mrs. J. H. d Liner of Cedar Grove, with whom s she had been making her home fo* g the past two or three years. At the iv time of her death she was 75 years A of ace. Before going to Cedar Grove, J J Mrs. Beardsley resided here for a number of years with Miss Georgia i LaCoste. She was twice married. Her first husband was John Pender who ran ? a harness shop at Warrenton for years. After his death she married fc< Grant Beardsley, who died a number of years ago. Among those from Cedar Grove and Burlington for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Liner, si Arthur Finley, Mrs. Delia Allison, Miss Aurelia Dark, Jule Pace, W. A. and J. G. Rodgers. a Comedy To Be * Staged At Littleton a ri Littleton, March 15?"Mary's b Castle In the Air," a three act tl comedy, will be given by the Senior f< Class at the Littleton High School auditorium Friday night, March 23, a ~ ? ? * -s 1 5 ill 1 cH ai a ociock. Admission win ue iut o per person and 25c per family. d This is an unusually interesting w play, and Mrs. Edith B. Clark, di- si rectress, and the cast have given much time to make it a success, a The cast is as follows: tl Mary Estabrook, Emily Pippen; p Mrs. Estabrook, Kathryn Mitchell; b Mimi Carlyle, Thelma Reid; Mrs. tl Jenkins, Offa Lou Harris, Jane y Jenkins, Martha Gray; Jim Ruggles, c Billy Benton; Daddy Alden, James si Jenkins; Edward Carlyle, William a Crawley; Bill Bronson, Willie Threewitts; Lenny Taft, Francis Ricks; fj Delia, Allyne Faucette. C w PHI LA THE AS MEET tl With 22 members present, a meet- b ing of the Philathea class was held in the home of Mrs. B. P. Terrell F on Tuasday night, she being hostess on this occasion with Mesdames A. D. Harris, H. A. Moseley and W. J. Coker. In the ab- C sence of the president, the meeting v was opened by the vice president, tl who read the 1st Psalm. Mrs. E. T. a Rodwell led in prayer, after which n I the roll was called. Mrs. Walter o Gardner read an article on "The y Next War," and Mrs. E. T. Rodwell s read a paper on the "Power of Prayer." The social committee, v composed of Mesdames Warren A Morressette, W. M. Baird and Mack K Clark, arranged several contents C which proved of interest to those n present. A sweet course was served. fi n ATTEND FUNERAL o Mrs. C. H. Peete and Mr. Alpheus t! Jones attended the funeral of Mrs. r Arthur Blanchard at Raleigh yes- s terday. Mrs. Blanchard, a cousin ti of Mrs. Peete and Mr. Jones, died r on Tuesday night. o lit Wi , ^RRENTON, COUNTY OF \ Official Portrait of NEW YORK . ."!, The oEcial fcurtr; to hang in the White House has been studio of Mrs. Ellen Emmet Rand, wh August of 1933. This is the portrait it showed the President smiling. It approved by Mrs. Roosevelt. Dxford Orphanage Singing Class To Be Here Monday Night The Oxford Orphanage Singing flass will give a concert in the 1 uditorium of the John Graham ' igh school on Monday night, i larch 19, at 8 o'clock. No admission change will be made but a col- i ?ction will be taken for the benefit f the Orphanage. The party of 17, including 14 1 lembers of the class, a student 1 river, the class directoress and upt. L. W. Alderman, will be i uests in Warrenton homes on ] fnnHou nicrVit Qppnrrlirip- t.n E. G. I AUHVAHJ MVVW? ??0 - ? .lien, in charge of arrangements, i ) Robeson Discovery 1 ttds Tobacco Grower , Refined white napthalene is one . f the most effective agents known >r the control of small worms ;n , ibacco plant beds, according to . ssts made by Dr. B. B. Fulton, resarch entomologist for the North . Carolina experiment station. He said that thousands of tobacco . rowers in the eastern part of the . tate used napthalene last year ; 'ith excellent results. , Napthalene flakes may be used j t the rate of 11-2 pounds to 100 ( ^uare yards of bed, with three ap- j lications during a period of 10 ( ays. Heavier applications may be squired when strong winds are . lowing, since they are apt to blow ' tie fumes away as fast as they j jrm. ( Fulton said that if no results re seen during several days of 1 trong winds, growers should not be icf><Mirnorp<i for the napthalene Ill take effect as soon as the winds | ubside. The small worms, midge larvae, pparently do not feed directly on , lie plants, but badly damage young , lants by uprooting them in the ed. Although they have not made , heir appearance in large numbers , et this season, Fulton said a close heck should be kept on the beds a that napthalene can be applied s soon as worms are found. This method of treatment was irst brought to public attention by >. O. Dukes, Robeson county agent, 'ho reported the good results ob- j ained by Ira Kinlaw on his plant eds last season. i " I ARMERS CO-OP EXCHANGE < INCORPORATED AT RALEIGH I Raleigh, March 15.?The Farmers to-operative Exchange, a statedde co-operative organization for', tie purchasing of farm supplies nd for the marketing of products .ot now handled by commodity co- ; A1 ??" {virtAnnArofoH hPFG i pCrflI/lVCl!j} Wctfi liiV/Ui jjuiuwu ? , esterday with an authorized capital tock of half a million dollars. At the same time announcement, ?as made of the election of M. G. fann, secretary-treasurer of the Torth Carolina Cotton Growers'! to-operative Association, as general lanager of the new organization. The purchasing co-operative was ormed through the federation of a lumber of local and sectional coperative organizations, including he Producers Mutual Exchange of )urham and the Cotton Growers' lupply Company of Raleigh. It will; ake over the North Carolina busiiess of the Southern States Co-. perative. jrrot VARREN, N. C., FRIDAY, Mi President Roosevelt ^ lit of President Roosevelt which is I approved. It is shown above in the ,o has worked on the painting since j which failed to be approved when was changed and has now been ^ 1 Tells Of Visit I Of Sherman's Men j To Father's Crib i i Pointing out that few people are < familiar with the fact that a part < of General William T. Sherman's j army camped in this county when ] returning north to disband, W. E. ( Davis of Fork in a letter to The j1 Warren Record this week tells, i where the soldiers camped and of (< a visit they made to his father's < crib. He writes as follows: t ~ IiT talking with people on the 1 subject, I find there are very few ' people in the county who know that J' Sherman's victorious army camped 1 in Warren county on the marcn 1 from the South to Washington to 1 be disbanded. ' 1 "In April, 1W5, a' Hfcmeh *)t . Sherman's army, I think under 1 General John A. Logan (who was I in 1884 a candidate for vice presi- | dent with James G. Blaine and was defeated by Cleveland and Hendricks), in its march from Raleigh to Washington came through Louisburg, and through Warren county, camping on the spot where W. H. Pridgen now lives. The army ' had to camp near a stream to get ' water for animals and men, so they camped on both sides of Fish- i ing Creek at Davis' Bridge. One i could stand where W. H. Pridgen 1 now lives and see thousands of Fed- < eral soldiers at once. < "They came to my father's by the 1 hundreds. He had two cribs full ( Df corn and a smoke-house full of * bacon but they were not full when 1 they left. I was too young to know ' anything about the war but when 1 the Yankees (as they were called) ' r?Qmo in and took possession they 1 made a lasting impression on me. 1 rhey destroyed about a mile of rail 1 fence of my father's for camp * fires. They left many clothes and 1 other articles on the camp ground, 1 and the negroes came from all di- 1 rections and dressed up in good * clothes, but they soon found themselves doing a lot of scratching." * i Local Fire Company [ Chooses Its Officers 1 f "The boys know when they turn > over the money to me it won't be < gone when it's called for," William < Perry, treasurer of the Warrenton i Colored Volunteer Fire Co., chuckl- < ed this week as he came to the '< office of The Warren Record to re-11 port that he had just been re-elect-) 1 ed to office by a unanimous vote. 1 "For 25 years I have been treas- 1 urer of the company, and on Mon- 1 day night when we elected officers : for another year not a one of the < ? i J ~ma" Worrv said ^ DOys VOtea agaiiiok lii&| JL m. J ^ ^ proudly. ( Other officers selected Monday ( night to serve Warrenton's fire- i fighting department were HI H. I Reavis, secretary; J. L. Harris, first foreman; Tom Branch, assistant t foreman. Harris replaces Bob i Stainback, who died recently. * i AIR-MINDED RUSSIANS Leningrad, March 15. ? Young ' Russia has become air-minded, fn a display of working models of machinery recently opened here nearly half the exhibits built by 3 children of from nine to fifteen 1 were of airplanes. The prize piece I was a model bomber, powered by PI' three-cylinder motor which flies I fifty meters. < Jirau \RCH 16, 1934 Sul ULEN DISCUSSES*; PAY OF TEACHERS; explains Why Back Salaries Of Teachers Have Not Been raid In full WANTS COUNTY SYSTEM While agreeing with an editorial a The Warren Record of March 1C, leclaring that teachers hould b; >aid back salaries, J. Edward Aller., uperintendent of schools, in a;.i pen letter to the editor of The Varen Record explains why teachirs have not been paid and sug:ests as a remedy the adoption of v county-wide rate for debt service, lis letter in full follows: "Please allow me to correct a tatement or two in your excellent iditorial of last week. I think the hought in this editorial was good; tut two or three accurate statenents are necessary that one may inderstand what must be done ibout the unpaid salaries of teach:rs in the Macon and Littleton ligh Schools for some time past. "Your editorial sets forth that he district committeemen of the listricts sought to have the dis;ricts borrow money to do some juilding, and the application was luly approved, and so forth. This night cause one to think that these listricts can afford to spend d:.s,rict money for buildings and hold jack on the teachers. This is rot ;rue at all. The fact is, that no iistrict can under the present school law borrow any money at. ill. The Board of Education cannot eorow any money. Under certain conditions, the sovereign county of Warren can do so. Therefore in ;he past two or three months, the committees of several districts, Including Macon and Littleton, have isked the county of Warren as a jvhole to borrow money for needed auilding, as prescribed by Sees. 5683-5686 of the Consolidated Statutes. The Commissioners, who ilone can levy taxes, have to aparove any borrowing business, or 't s not valid. "The. trouble with these districts s, that they borrowed so much luring the days when districts could borrow, that now, with greatly reduced tax valuations, they can scarcely pay installments on yhat they borrowed?not to mendon paying teachers for the expended term, which was an obligation of the district until the 1933 school law made the state term eight months. In 1930-31, the Littleton high . ??!??. fViirib-innr scnooi Degail UlC seoaiun she could pay her teachers in full. 3y January, it became evident that ;his could not be done. At this late, 1934, there is still unpaid an iverage of $41.65 to each teacher )f the last two months' salaries of ;hat year. Also, the district comnittee promised to pay the principal a bonus, some of which has lot been paid; and the committee employed one extra teacher above I vhat the state allotted and paid j for; and a part of one month's' salary is still due this teacher. For [ ;he year 1S31-32, it was apparent ui the very beginning that there vould be no district funds. Therefore we set out to operate the schools for six months only. Teachers and citizens later went ;o work to see what could be done ibout it. I told them that I had no j luthority to employ teachers except it full salary. It was revealed that f these teachers they could get ibout $175 apiece from the State, ind they elected to do so. At this late they lack of having received she full salary for the two months, 521.86 average. The same thing iccurred during the year 1932-33, ind on that year's last two months ;hey lack an average of $29.27 of laving received full salary. "The same thing occurred at Vfacon. The State funds for these jvere much smaller during the fears 1931-32, and 1932-33; and the iificiency is much greater. For the fear 1930-81, each teacher is due saiarv Tlie 3xacuy uihj iiiunvii 0 www a. committee promised the principal i bonus, and part of this has not aeen paid. When the 1931-32 session started, nobody had the slightest idea that there wou.d be money to operate the school beyond six months. In the spring, mass meetings were held at Macon. It was found that if the school ran sight months, the State would have (Continued on page 6) Mr. and Mrs. Roy Daniel and Mrs. C. E. Lovell attended the ftlneral of their aunt, Mrs. 3ettie Powell, at Emporia, Va., on Tuesday. Mr. Percy Miles of Danville was i visitor at Warrenton this week. # rii t&L Heard | WR Weston Requests Jury To Try Case A request for a jury trial in the , only case that was on docket Monday morning resulted with no cases being heard by Judge W. W. Taylor in Recorder's court this week. , On Monday morning of next week Ray Weston, proprietor of Three Point Service Station, is to come before six jurors who will decide whether he is guilty of the charge of possessing whiskey for the purpose of sale. He is to De represented by John Kerr Jr. Re-employment Office Is Ready To Register Farmers The manager of Warren County Re-employment office announces 1 that this office is now ready to reg- 1 ister landlords and farmers who arc ' in need for farm labor of any kind. 1 Likewise, families desiring to rent ( a farm and unemployed farm labor 1 are urged to register. 1 Families who left farms for work in towns or factories and are now interested in going back to the farm are urged to'-register and give the Government a chance to help them find the kind of employment they prefer. There may be some families applying for farm placement who do not have enough food and clothing to "run" them until the crop is made. Under certain conditions, provision will be made to extend help to such families. Hilliaird Wins $7,500 Verdict In Railroad Suit Damages in the sum of $7,500 were awarded John A. Hillard, white man of Norlina, when his case against the receivers of the Sea boad Air Line Railway was tried before Federal Judge I. M. Meekins at Raleigh on Wednesday. Tho cnit- oorninst. t.he railroad i. JliV/ UUi U ...... .... "COfiijiftDy came as the result of a I fall that the Norlina man experienced in April, 1932, while working in the capacity of carpenter on a building of the Seaboard Air Line. It was said that he fell from the roof of the building and seriously injured his back and spine. The plaintiff was represented at the trial in Raleigh by Charles J. Katzenstein of New York City and Warrenton, Polk & Gibbs of Warrenton, and George C. Green of Weldon. The railroad was represented by Julius Banzet of Warrenton and Murray Allen of Raleigh. Martha J. May Dies At Littleton Littleton, March 15.?Funeral services for little Martha Johnston May, 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. May, were held Wednesday afternoon at the home nf Vior norenfs Reverend H. Reid UJ. 11VA {/Vlt v?vu> ? _ _ _ __ Miller, assisted by Rev. Rufus Bradey and the Rev. Mr. Vickery, conducted the services. Interment was at Sunset Hill Cemetery. Martha died Tuesday night, following a two-weeks illness of measles and pneumonia. The community is deeply sympathetic with her family. She is survived by her parents and one brother, Jack May. Pallbearers were Messrs. J. R. Wollett, Garland May, Paul Johnston and Clyde Johnston. CUTS OFF WIFE IN WILL Danver, March 15.?Mrs. Breta Clark Elam, who divorced her husband four years ago, will receive nothing from his estate, an unusual clause in the will of Harry F. Elam, Denver automobile dealer, who died last December, specifies. "Because," the will states, "I feel she now has title to more of my possessions than she is justly entitled to." STORY IN TWO PARTS Denver, March 15.?Louis Martinez abused his wife, she reported to police. "We'll send a cruiser right away," Police Radio Operator Vernon McCoy told her. "But wait I a minute, maybe you'd better send I the ambulance," Mrs. Martinez I suggested "You see, I hit him :> with an axe." Martinez was taken to a hospital suffering severe lacerations about the head. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis and family of Greensboro were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. I Davis on Sunday. | Mr. William T. Polk and Mr. Frank H. Gibbs were in Raleigh this week attending Federal court. MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 11 CLAIMED ACREAS TOO NUMEROUS Figures For Cotton And Tobacco Exceed Maximum Government Allows RECHECK BEING MADE Total ligures for tobacco and cotton acreage having exceeded the naximum allowed by the governnent under its reduction program, jommitteemen in all townships of the county, under the direction of Bob Bright, county agent, are bssy rechecking figures with farmers to discover wherein lies the discrepancy, and to make necessary adjustments before checks for acres taken out of production will oe turned over to the growers. Mr. Bright saic'l that totals showed that the excess sign-up in cotton was about 10 per cent and that in tobacco about 8 per cent. Part af this excess was brought about by double listing in some cases where two or more parties were interested in the same farm, and some through unintentional erros, the agent said, adding that, of course, some of it would have to be charged to willful mi.',representation. Committeemen in each township are busy checking over the figures with the growers and in the event of good weather should be completed within a few days, Mr. Bright said. Pointing out that the sooner the check-up was completed the sooner the growers would receive their redaction checks, he asked that each gTower have available all figures and other information possible when the committeemen called. TTnripr the mwrnmcnt. reduction plan, growers will be permitted to taise 18,000 acres of cotton and 3,570 acres of tobacco in Warren this year. Land taken out of pro- ' duction of these crops and for which the farmers will receive a rental fee from the government total 10,000 acres for cotton and 1500 for tobacco, Mr. Bright said. Vocational Students To Practice Work Raleigh, March 15?The vocational agriculture classes at Macon High School, Warren County, under the direction of C. H. Drye, teacher are miking definite and detailed plans for supervised practice work. Project books for these undertaking were ordered and are now in use. Arrangements have been made for one boy to purchase a purebred flock of Rhode Island Red chickens for his project. Mr. Drye assisted one farmer in pruning his home orchard, and diagnosed trouble and recommend ed treatment for a flock of chickens. He also helrted on co-operative poultry sale, and participated In a county-wide cotton improvement meeting. Barbecue Dinner Methodist Church Stewarts of the Methodist church are sponsoring a barbecue and chicken salad dinner to be held in the social room of the local Methodist church on next Thursday, March 22, from 12 to 2t and from 6 to 8. Plates will be sold for 35c and 40c and proceeds will apply on the church building fund. COMEDY IN HOSPITAL BECOMES MYSTERY Mare Island, March 15.?A comedy presented by the Peninsula Players for the entertainment of Naval Hospital patients here has developed into a first-class mystery play. Ray Rigby. one of the principal ninvars triDDed over a piece of r?~j ??> * stage equipment in the last act, and broke his leg. The curtain was rung down. Patients are still arguing ovohow the play, called "The Marl Honeymoon," would have ended. ECHO OF PROHIBITION Denver, March 15.?Gallons and gallons of bootleg liquor?the last "evidence" of the prohibition era? went gurgling down a sink in the basement of the customs building in Denver recently. The evidence, accumulated in numerous raids by federal officers, was destroyed under the supervision of Federal Marshal C. A. Pntton. ? Mrs. B. J. Taylor attended the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Bettie Powell, at Emporia, Va., on Tuesday. j i >i ^ ; '
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