i accurate, terse I TIMELY I VOLUME xxxiv I BOWERS MUST j> I OBTAIN FORMS I Cotton Farmers Required To b( Obtain Allotment Or To Pay A High Tax J i places of meetings g ^ cotton producers, regardless Jl 0t whether they signed contracts to M'^aii acrtage, must apply to ^ ^presentatives cf the government n B -pr ail allotment of cotton or they bl ?il be required to pay the tax, f( ahich is 50 per cent of the cotton h, II produced, Bob Bright, county agent, ~ j[Sled this week in passing on to f? this newspaper one of the cards n [hat was prepared to notify growers of the ruling under the Bankhead ir Act and to give the places where Jl applications may be made from Friday morning of this week through lc Saturday of next week. si Dear Producer: Under the Bank- ti head Act it will be necessary for v you to apply for an allotment of " cotton if you have or have not sign- Is1 sd a 1934-35 cotton reduction con-J0' tract. If you fail to apply for an I allotment you will be required to r< pa; the tax which is 50 per cent of ci the value of cotlon produced. tl A committee will be at the following places in each township to f( assist you in filling out your appli- ei cation. It will be necessary to fill p out your application in the town- A ship in which you live. This applies rr :o all cotton producers. p "Beginning August 3, ending tl August 11, ail dates inclusive: ^ t fHah rf Pi I \v al l CllLU*' t,V/TYlWiiiy, V u U X u tase; Smith Creek township. Nor- r( lira.Hawtree township, Wise; River G township, Littleton; Judkins town- G ship, Vaugha:i; Roanoke township, c H. L. Wall; Fork township, Inez; Fishing Creek township, Areola; C Shocco towrship, Pinnell's Store; Sandy Creel: township, Hecht's Grove; iVutbish township, Drewry; Sixpound township, Churchill." Physicians Agree " To Low Rates For u Vaccinations b Confronted by the presence of *e typhoid fever in this county, mem- C] bers of the Warren County Medi- ^ ?1 Society met at a called meeting w on Monday night and agreed to im- G munize each family for five dollars ri provided the family comes to tiieir a office by appointment. J' It was stated that there are several cases of typhoid fever in the county at presence and that the chief purpose of the meeting Mon-!n dav nieht was to dismiss rnntroi Is I of the disease in Warren county. ^ Mrs. Mairy Harris I Pneumonia Victim ? to. Mary R. Harris of Warren ftins, a victim of pneumonia, was ] jffled in the cemetery at the WarPlains Methodist Church yesterday afternoon following funeral services conducted at 4:30 o'cock the church by the Rev. Mr. Brothers, Methodist minister on ^ the Warren Circuit. The Rev. Mr. a Hinson, pastor of the church, was n out of town. C: Mrs. Harris had been ill at her n home for about 14 days when she ' succumbed to pneumonia on Wednesday at 3 o'clock, she Is survived ^ by her husband, five boys and three a fals. In addition she leaves three n brothers and three sisters: Howard ^ Klng of Huntington, W. Va., Wav- t] e% King of Macon, and Arthur of Henderson; Mrs. Odle Mor- <^ of Littleton^ Mrs. Ruth Young of h ?Mon, and Mrs. C. T. Hardy of E Henderson. ^ Pallbearers were Prank Harris, jj Somerville Roberts, J. L. Harris, T. l D Hardy, Luther Stegall and Mar,in Stegall. 8 I r> y M committeemen Meet V for Allotment Blanks 1 cwwnlUeemen met here yesterd'4v 'Kith County Agent Bob Bright I to di&cuss allotment of cotton under the Bankhead Act. Beginning 1 I this morning and running through I Saturday oi next week, meetings (I he held in various sections of '8 the county in order that cotton ^ I towers may make application for u their allotments and tax-emption s I certificates under the Bankhead t JH ^ct- Any producer, regardless of r I whether he has signed a contract, 0 I oust make application for an allot- i: I oent or his cotton will be taxed. i filyers leave for a Georgia tobacco market S Messrs. John Burwell and GraI ham Boyd left this week for the J M Wr?ia tobacco market. a WARRENTO 9 Additional Cars Of Cattle Routed To Warren County Nineteen more cars of cattle are sing shipped from the drought jctions of the west to North Carona for pasturage in Warren counr, it was learned yesterday from le office of Relief Administrator esse Gardner. Mr. Gardner stated that he had ist received two wires, one anouncing that 17 cars of cattle are eing shipped from West Chicago >r the Jack Johnston place, and ie other stating that two cars were eing shipped for the Ed jUston irm. Last week he received a wire otifying him that several cars of ie animals were being sliipped lto this state to be placed on the ack Johnston property. Before the animals are turned lose in the various counties of the ;ate, they must undergo inspecon. It is thought that the cattle barren County will receive will be ispected at Monroe and then aipped to some point in the >unty. Although Mr. Gardner has not ;ceived information as to when the attle will arrive, he is expecting lem daily. Men are now at work stringing >ur strands of barbed wire around ight miles of the Jack Johnston asture and four miles of the Ed lston property. Should the anilals arrive before the job is comleted, there are some pastures in ie county ready to receive them, Lr. Gardner stated. He said that art of the Johnston property is al;ady fenced, and in addition I^ank 'avis, Sam Satterwhite and J. B. iavis have pastures that are ready ir the animals. Coroner's Jury Says Negro Boy Is Not To Blame For Death A Coroner's jury yesterday afteroon exonerated William Davis, 17ear-old negro, from blame in the ital shooting of his 13-year-old rother, Frank Davis. Frank Davis was killed by a bulit accidentally fired from a 22 alibre pistol in the possession of /illiam Davis as the negro boys ere playing in their home on the Henn Weldon place between Warsn Plains and Wise on Thursday fternoon about 1:30 o'clock, the iry foimd and recommended that William Davis be freed of all blame. The ihvestigation was conducted y Jasper W. Shearin, Democratic ominee for Coroner, who was worn in for the investigation by leputy Clerk William Newell after fforts to locate Coroner Edward 'etar had failed. Members of the ixry were Fred Bobbitt, Fate Weavr W. E. Hester, Claude Painter, V. C. Burroughs and J. E. Egerton. iterinal Triangle Results In Fight The eternal triangle, in this case wo women after one man, brought wo negroes into court as defendnts and one as a prosecuting witess as the aftermath of an alteration which took place at the cor er of Hotel Warren this week 'hen the two women clashed. Vemon Arrington and Cornelia ones we re the defendants in the ction which was tried late Wedesday afternoon before Magistrate lacy Pridgen. Mr. Pridgen said hat the evidence in the case was hat when Vayatta Arrington asked lornelia Jones about taking her lusbancl from her the Jones woman iroceeded to beat her up. After the yomen had gone together, Mr. Prid:en said, Vernon Arrington stepped n and parted the combatants. The Jones woman was found :uilty and fined $10 and taxed with he court costs. Vernon Arrington vas found not guilty. Remains In Town; Is Sent To Jail Failure of Mrs. Lula Patton to save town cost her 29 days of freelom. The north Warrenton woman was iven a hearing before Magistrate ?acy Pridgen several days ago for ising profane language on the treets of Warrenton and was senenced to Jail for 29 days, sentence lot to take place provided she got ut of the county the next mornng by 10 o'clock. When seen down town yesterday he was picked up by an officer ,nd ordered to serve her sentence. Mr. J. B. Miller, principal of the ohn Graham School, is spending few days here. bp ?; N, COUNTY OF WARREN, P U.S.S. Houston Steaming 1 ... -.v? ?:>' -i it rn^:: I PANAMA, Canal Zone . Now or tlie U.S.S. Houston, President Roosevi inile vacation trip until they put in at shows the President and his son Frank salute when they went ashore at cruiser Houston stood by in the offinj Service Station Operator Arrested By Federal Men Ray Weston, proprietor of a service station near Warrenton, was arrested by Federal agents last Friday for having whiskey in his place of business and sleeping quarters that had not been licensed by the government. The Warrenton white man was carried before United States Commisioner J. C. Hardy and given a hearing. He was placed under bond of $500 to face trial at the next session of Federal court. It was said that the government men found a gallon of whiskey in Mr. Weston's sleeping quarters near the service station and that a pint of booze was found in the service station. William Henry (Tip) Green, negro of Warrenton, was also placed under arrest by the Federal agents after a quantity of new wine and a small amount of whiskey, said to have been about a drink in a bottle, was found in his home. He also awaits trial in Federal court. Since the Eighteenth Amendment has been repealed, the government requires that all whiskey be licensed and stamped. Thieves Enter Littleton Store . Littleton, Aug. 2?Thieves broke into the Eugene Johnston Company store Sunday night, gaining entrance fViynnirVi n honlr TtfinHrra? Two hi V1UVUQ44 Mr WMV? ||< - l> w ?. cycles, men's clothing, cigarettes, watches, knives and $9.50 in cash were taken. All of the stolen goods with the exception of $1.00 in cash were recovered when D. B. Carraway, 20, and his wife, Rosa Carraway, 19, and J. A. Toler, 20, all of New Bern, were arrested at a tourist camp between Weldon and Halifax. They were brought to Littleton and given a preliminary hearing. Unable to furnish required bond they are in Halifax jail awaiting trial at the next term of superior court. Mrs. Rosa Carraway, when arrested was dressed in men's clothes. Norlina Citizens Gather At Picnic Citizens of the Norlina section enjoyed a basket picnic and brunswick stew on the grounds of the Norlina school yesterday. The occasion was a general get-together meeting and outing with no set program of entertainment. Arrangements were in charge of C. R. Ammons, Vocational teacher in the Norlina high school. Brief talks were made by a representative of a fertilizer company, by Mr. Amnions and oy tsoya wnne. ideally a thousand citizens were present. CONDITION WORSE The condition of Mrs. Wallace P. Mustian, who is ill in Duke Hospital, Durham, was reported as being worse late yesterday afternoon. Dr. Mustian was notified by telephone Thursday and he left for Vade Mecum for his daughter in camp there and then went to Durham. Mrs. Mustian had been confined to her home with illness for several weeks, and her condition was such on Sunday that she had to be moved to a hospital. jrrpit I. C.f FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, ; Pacific With President ;!;!va;X;' IvX-IyX-X-X'IylyX":' : i^flBssSy it on the broad Pacific ocean aboard elt will not leave ship on his 10,000 Hawaiian Islands. .. Photo above lin D., Jr., receiving the presidential Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, while -the JFree-For-All Fight Brings Six Before Recorder Taylor A free-for-all fight among negroes of the Littleton vicinity resulted with six defendants being brought here to face trial in Recorder's court before Judge Taylor on charges of assault and affray and with a large delegation of representatives of their race packing the court room to hear the evidence that was brought from the witnesses by Solicitor Cromwell Daniel, Joe Pippen and Robert Kirkland, the latter two attorneys appearing for the defendants. Court had already adjourned Monday morning and Judge Taylor had changed from jurist to dentist when he received a call to return to the Temple of Justice and try the cases involving the Littleton negroes. After hearing the evidence he held that Howard Johnston, Adell Gilchrist and Charlie Palmer were not guilty of violating the statute, but that Cleveland Daniel and Elmore Hidks were guilty of assault and that Sterling Lynch was guilty of being drunk. Daniel was given a four months jail sentence, commitment not to take place provided he pay the court costs; Hicks was sentenced to one month in jail, sentence suspended on the condition that he pay court costs; and Lynch was given a one month sentence in jail, suspended upon payment of costs. Earlier in he morning Fredonla Whitter, negro, was found guilty of assault. Judgment was suspended upon payment of costs. William Whitter, who was mixed up in the fight that resulted with himself and the Whitter woman facing charges of assault, was found not guilty. White Man Tried On Three Counts Lem Robinson, white man of Warrenton, who escaped from officers two weeks ago after they had raided his home and found a quantity of home brew, was arrested on Wednesday with a gallon of liquor and brought before two magistrates of Warrenton to face trial on three counts?having home brew for the purpose of sale, possession and transporting whiskey, and assaultling his wife. According to Magistrate Fagg, who heard the evidence in the whiskey and beer cases, Robinson had 29 bottles of home brew when he was arrested the first time, and when he waSUpprehended Wednesday he had a gallon of whiskey in his hand. On each count he was placed under bond of $50 to appear in Recorder's court for trial. I Magistrate Pridgen, who heard the evidence in the assault case, said that Robinson tore the clothes I off his wife in an attempt to get jsome money from her. He was (placed under bond of $250 for his appearance in Recorder's court. Hog's Runs Loose; Owner In Court j John Taylor, negro, was taxed with court costs and ordered to pay Richard Plummer, negro, $5 for damages when he was tried this week before Magistrate Macy Pridgen for letting his hogs run on the property of Plummer after he had been requested to keep them off. fenit 1934 Subscription Pri( UBRARY OPENS"1 HERE ON MONDAY Several Hundred Attend In- tb formal Tea At New Build- re ing On Court Square Sc OFFERING TOTALS $52.50 * The Warren County Memorial w cc Library opened on Monday afternoon in its new home on tne couit fr square after occupying a rented building on Main Street for nearly l ten years. rt Several himdred citizens of the p; county attended the informal tea tl that marked the opening of the n llihrarv in itc miarfprs TVIrs nt 11W1MA J AAA IVU AAVTI \|IAMA vvawi ?? ? V\ W. H. Dameron and Mrs. A. A. Wil- tl liai?S poured punch. They were pi assisted in serving by Mrs. John H. p< Kerr Jr., Miss Catherine Moseley, Miss Elizabeth Boyd and Miss Ann re Scoggin. Other ladies from practi- oi cally every section of the county te acted as hostesses. sc A silver offering taken at the F door totalled $52.50. b; Among the out-of-town persons 01 present for the opening were Miss " Marjorie Beal, Director of the ' North Carolina Library Commis- s< sion, Mrs. Walter A. Montgomery, Miss Betsy Montgomery, Miss Sarah ) Cheshire and Miss Mordecai of Raleigh; Mrs. S. T. Beckwith of Miami, Fla., Mrs. Ivey Allen, Miss Elizabeth Allen and Mrs. S. W. Adams of Oxford; Miss Newton of Fayetteville, and Miss Mary Hin- w ton Watson of Darlington, S. C. 0: The re-opening of the library on ii Monday was in striking contrast to E the original opening of the library V here ten years ago when only 200 books were contained on the shelves o: of the rented building. Today the A library containing 5500 volumes is d housed in its own building, and interest shown by only a few hundred ic citizens has spread until it touches u the lives of thousands all over the ri county. During the ten years that the library has been opened a total a of 142,664 books have been loaned to o citizens of the county, Miss Mabel c: Davis, librarian, said yesterday. ti School Budget jj Calls For $17,900 b For All Purposss [5 c A total of $17,900 is called for m a the school budget adopted by the a Board of Education in session here p on Monday and to be submitted to fl the Board of County Commissioners u for approval. c. Twenty-eight hundred dollars of the sum asked is for vocational edu- < cation. Ma:lntenance of plants calls s for $4000; fixed charges, $4000; capital outlay, $5000; and debt service, $2100. The object of capital outlay in- b eludes the following items: Libraries t( and library service in all schools, 51 s! in number, $1250; new buildings n and additions, $750; school furniture in all schools, $1500; equipment in all schools, $1500. n Negro Schools Hosts ? Vocational Students a ti About 25 white citizens, guests of n honor, and approximately 1000 col- tl ored citizens of Warren gathered at w the Warren Couflty Training School a at Wise on Wednesday where the v vocational classes of the John R. fl Hawkins school and the Warren il County Training School were hosts to about 150 negro vocational stud- n ents of tne state. ti The program, beginning at 12 ls o'clock and lasting for two hours, was under the general direction cf a Profs. Cheek of the Training School and Jarnigan of the Hawkins ri School, with S. B. Simmons, Pro- E fessor of Agriculture at A. & T. Col- ri lege and Supervisor of Negro Vocational Agriculture in the State, as n principal speaker. Several members P of the negro race were called upon to take part in the program, fea- a tures of which were a talk by Robart .Tones a former student, and an n essay by Paul Green Jr., winner of p the state essay contest among negro students, who will represent North Carolina in the near future in a j* contest between negro students ? from seven states. At the conclusion of the program, cj Prof. Cheek called upon a number of the white visitors to say a few t] words. Responding were Supt. J. h Edward Allen, the Rev. B. N. dePoe c] Wagner, J. Edward Rooker Sr., Wil- t] liam T. Poll:, Boyd White and , Sheriff W. J. Pinnell. t] Following the exercises at the ^ school building, brunswick stew and ice cream were served on the u grounds, with special service for the | white persons present. Later in the evening a ba;il game was staged. i se,sii'50 a Year loard Asks For 1 An Appropriation For Warren Library Expressing its appreciation of ie service rendered by the War- C n County Memorial Library to the hool children of the county, the oard of Education, meeting in lecial session here on Monday, C ent on record in favor of the iunty commissioners providing ;eded support for this institution n om county funds. 11 The resolution, presented by Mr. d imer, and adopted by the board, :ads: "The Board of Education ap- p reciates the tremendous value of ie Warren County Memorial Lib- e iry to the 'school children of the 1 junty and hereby records its hope L lat the tax leving authorities may n rovide for the library needed sup- a art from the county." A proposal and request was also e :ad at the meeting that the Board " ; isaucauon provide reading ma.- :rials in the 40 colored elementary a ihools on the following basis: a unds of the county to be matched y local donations up to the amount s C $15 per school, provisions be c lade for the safe care and circulaon of such material among the ;hools. Warren Schools To Begin Fall Term On September 10 White Schools of Warren County ill open for the session of 1934-35 n Monday, September 10, accordig to resolutions passed by the J hard of Education in session at farrenton on Monday. The 40 negro elementary schools f the county will open on Monday, .ugust 6, in order to allow a recess uring the cotton picking season. v The board resolved that provis- t >ns be made for vaccination of all c nvaccinated school children under e ales of the cOunty board of health, s The board will meet on Saturday T fi iw fV?o onurf mnm fn man X ItClXXVJUli XXJL l/llt VUIUV iwm w ut truck routes and all interested Itizens are invited to be present. Scale of salaries for student ruck drivers to John Graham High chool, Afton-Elberon, Drewry, Norna, Macon and Littleton was set y the board Monday at $7.50 per lonth, with a provision, subject to oe approval of the State School 'ommission, that salaries of such dult drivers as are needed be set t $15. Other salaries in the transortation system paid by state rnds are to be determined on Augst 4 upon recommendation of the ommission. Severe Electrical Storm Saturday Although no damage to man or east has been reported, Warrenonions on last Saturday night tiook through one of the worst, if ot the worst, electrical storms oat this town has experienced since the memory of man runeth not to the contrary." The storm, preceded by ominous louds which appeared suddenly in to uroet hurst nvor this vicinitv bout 7:30 o'clock and for nearly t ivo hours rain poured, thunder f aared and lightning crashed irough the air like giant rockets, ith some of the bolts sounding * s if they were bursting into the ery homes of citizens here. Smaller lashes of lightning kept the sky luminated practically all the time. Several people stated that light- 2 ing came in their homes on elec- t ric wires during the storm, and it ? i reported that a negro ran into i le Warrenton Service Station right 1 fter one loud crash and said that ^ a ball of fire as big as a hat" 1 ailed off the steeple of the colored t Ipiscopal Church here. It was also sported that on Sunday night t ghtning struck at the beer garden 1 ear Norlina and stunned several 1 eople momentarily. t Trees in the yards of W. J. Davis 2 nd M. P. Burwell were struck by 1 ghtning during the Saturday t ight storm, and a number of tele- f hones were put out of commis- e ion. The electric lights were out jr more than an hour, and work- J len were busy Saturday night and unday repairing the damaged ansformers and other equipment hich suffered from the electric tiarges coming out of the clouds. I The roads were badly washed by C le heavy rain, and a few farmers 2 ave reported damage to their C rops, but many of those who till c le soil say that their crops are * >oking better since the rains over ? le week end, the ground in many ;ctions of the county being rather t ry before that time and the crops 1 1 need of moisture. t Mr. Ed Turner of Sandy Creek t township was here yesterday. ? ||pST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 31 rOBACCO PRICES ALMOST DOUBLE iolden Weed Brings Higher Prices On Georgia Market On Opening Day QUANTITY IS REDUCED Tobacco prices on the Georgia larket on the opening day of the 334 season Wednesday were almost ouble those received a year ago, ; was learned yesterday from reorts in the daily press. At Valdosta 419,544 pounds avraged 24.47 cents per pound. The obacco receipts were $102,699.51. *ast year's opening figures on that tiarket were 523,688 pounds at an verage of 12.27 per pound. Official figures at Moultrie showd 436,290 pounds sold on tne openog day at an average price of 24.11 ents per hundred. The price level ppeared to be higher today, the loultrie Observer said. At Waycross 44,526 pounds were ? - __ - 4-?A. ?Q 707 OS OICl Oil 1>H6 lust uaj lui i? ?wv| r an average price of 21.84 cents ler pound. The highest price was .41.00 a hundred pounds. Hazelhurst estimated approxinately 300,000 pounds were sold at m estimated price of 20 cents. Hahaira's three warehouses yeserday sold 92,744 pounds at an iverage of 24.15 cents per pound, jringing $22,396.59 to growers. Av:rage of 24.15 cents per pound, iringing $22,396.59 to growers. Henderson Men Engage In Fight; Resist Arrest H. E. Finch and Arnold Macon, vhite men of Henderson, were yeserday afternoon sound over to Reorder's court under bonds of $100 ach for resisting arrest and asaulting Night Officer Lee Wilson Phursday morning about 3 o'clock vhen he went to take them into :ustody for striking J. B. Powell ind N. P. Marks. For assaulting Hr. Marks and Mr. Powell, they vere each fined $5 and taxed with lalf the court costs. Officer Wilson had started to ake the Henderson visitors to jail, t was said, when one of the men ;rabbed the arm his gun was in and he other caught him around the leek and began pounding his face vith his fist. The altercation ended vith the officer having a swollen aw, one of the men having a sore tomach and the other a gash icross his head from the gun in dr. Wilson's hand. The trouble with the Henderson nen began with John Powell and tf. P. Marks. It was said that after hey got together they had some and of an argument and Mr. Pow:11 and Mr. Marks wefe knocked iown by the visitors. In giving an account of the assault, Night Officer Wilson said ast night that Frank Neal, who rejlaced E. C. Lovel as night officer he first of the month, told him hat there had been a disturbance ip the street between Mr. Powell, dr. Marks and two other men and hat when he approached the men led. Mr. Wilson said that when he (Continued on Page 8) Swept From Bridge; Rescued From Water Knocked off a bridge and swept ilong by a sudden gush of water hat turned Little Shocco Creek In Sandy Creek township Into a ragng torrent on Saturday night, Fohnny Hunt and Buck Clopton, vhite men, caught on an overhang ng limb and grapevine and climbed ;o safety in tree tops. Shouts for help attracted the atention of a colored man who lived learby who secured ropes and afected a rescue after the uen had jeen stranded In the trees for sev:ral hours. The name of the color jd nan could not be learned Liere yeserday. Clopton and Hunt are retorted none the worst from their xperence. Bishop Conducts Service Sunday The Rt. Rev. Edwin A. Penick, Jlshop of the Diocese of North Carolina, preached to a large con;regation in Emmanuel Episcopal Ihurch on Sunday morning at 11 1'clock. Bishop Penick spoke on the fellowship and Communion of the Spirit. Following he sermon confirms ion services were conduced and a lumber of Warrenton citizens were uiited to the church by the bishop. While here, Bishop Penick was he guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. icogigin. ; - I'x H

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