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I lUAISE FVmsl
Tiir i inn A DV|
i FOli 1m udiuwi
I Citizens To Be Asked To
I Contribute To Pay Debt
And Buy Books
I TO MAKE A CANVASS
I The annual drive to raise funds
I {or Warren County Memorial Library
will be conducted on Thurs5
jay and Friday of next week,
a Funds will be solicited at WarI
renton by nine ladies of this town,
I and at the same time it is expected
I that those in various sections of
I tjie county will be asked by repreI
tentative citizens of their respective
I communities to make donations.
I Mrs. John Mitchell is chairman
I of the drive committee. She will be
I assisted at Warrenton by Mesdames
I a. C. Blalock, Joe Taylor, Walter
I Gardner, Clyde Rodwell, W. D. RodI
gers Jr., Herman Rodwell. W. H.
I Dameron, and John Kerr Jr. Mrs.
I Mitchell was out of town yesterday
I and the names of those serving in
I other parts of the county could not
I be learned.
I Funds contributed during this drive
I are expected to be used to purchase
| new books and to pay off the In1-1
*""** llWwAw K*ill.l
(debteHness on uie new uuku; ?vmuing.
Few new books have been
bought during the past year or so
cue to the fact that money was
needed for maintenance and as a
result there is a shortage of reading
material at present for both
adults and children. Also, there is
around $300 due on the new library.
The names of those making contributions
are expected to be printed
in The Warren Record.
Polk Speaker At
Library Meeting
Oxford, Oct. 24.?Miss Marjorie
Beal, of the North Carolina Library
Commission, and William
Polk, of Warrenton, president of the
N. C. Citizens Library movement,
addressed an enthusiastic meeting s
of Granville, citizens at the Woman's
Club on Tuesday night. I
The meeting was held in the interest
of the proposed establishment of
the Granville county public library.
Citizens from every section of the
county were present, all of whom
are enthusiastic in furthering plans
for the library which is so badly
needed in Granville county.
Mrs. Andrew Jameson, chairman
of the literature department of the
Woman's Club, presided.
Warrenton Garden
Delegates Winners
Two of the five delegates from
Warrenton to attend the Garden
School in Raleigh on Wednesday
rere successful in winning the prize
lor which they competed. Mrs. W.
A. Connell was awarded a crate of
apples for having the largest number
of children, while "the height of
Mrs. J. A. Dameron won her a shawl.
The contestants, Mesdames Claude
Bowers, W. N. Boyd and J. W. Taylor,
who competed respectively for
foe thinnest, fattest and smallest
garaners at tne meeting, were uefeated.
!
The garden school at Raleigh was '
sponsored by the Raleigh Club for (
the benefit of all North Carolina 1
Garden Clubs, and during the lunch 1
hour the prize contest was held in '
which all Warrenton delegates 1
Participated. 1
Chief Drake Again
Seeks Town Roller
Who has the town roller? That
ts the question Chief M. M. Drake
would e to have the answer to.
Chief Drake said this week that
so many people borrow the roller 1
that he could not keep up with it 1
and that he would like to know :
where it is at present in order to
L a<lvise other people needing it when
^7 may get it and where they may
fit*
rn^- thereabouts of the roller be- 1
es unknown to the town officials
ce or ttice a year and it is the
anri?m Drake t? come by 1
ask The Warren Record to help
locate it. 1
THANKS EXPRESSED i
anks of the local chapter of the '
p erlcan Red Cross were yesterday :
_ ?t"casea to W. H. Dameron and 1
I J?hn Tarwater of Warrenton for
I free use of their buildings in
I carrying out its work.
I Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Miller and
I Misses Annie Laurie Herring and
I Mary Terrell spent the week end at
Washington, D. C.
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WARRENTON, C(
Heads Big Store
W
NEW YORK' ".'. . Mrs. Floyd B.
Odium (above), new president of
one of New York's large department
stores, is the first woman to ever
head a large retail establishment
hereu
i. 1^1
MOSTLY
PERSONAL
By BIGNALL JONES
I have long felt and so stated In
;his column that from years of contact
with both business men and
politicians that so far as morals
were concerned it was six in one and
naif n dozen in the other; that there
were honest men in each and distionest
men in each.
The other night I had occasion
so read graft in business by John
r. Flynn. Mr. Flynn has for years
seen a writer for the foremost
nagazines in this country upon the
subjects of business and politics. I
was interested to find that he stated
she identical conclusion that I have
above, with the only difference that
tie held that perhaps the politician
was the most moral due to the pittess
publicity and attacks from opposing
political party brought about
ay any derelection from the straight
and narrow path.
Mr. Flynn was not dealing with
auslness as we know it here but with
she large corporations. He made the
interesting points that as business
Pas changed to the corporation that
it has in reality come closer to
paralleling political set ups. He says
that the mayor and board of alderman
of a town of 20,000 population
represented these citizens in exactly
the same capacity as the president
and board of directors of a corporation
represent 20,000 stockholders,
rhe mayor and alderman are servants
of the people and their duties
are to serve the people. The president
and directors are servants of
the stockholders and hired to look
after their interest. And yet, it becomes
easy for the directors to consider
themselves the owners and lose
sight of the rights of the stockholders
in their efforts for their own
?ain. He cites the case of bonuses
paid where no dividends were produced,
and told as one of many incidents,
the story of Stewart, manager
of the Standard Oil Co., who was
sent out to buy oil for his company
with three representatives of other
1? rrn~Un?irrVif nil fnr
2ompaiij.es. xnejr uuugin wiw
51.50 a barrel but instead of consigning
it to the companies of which
they were agents they fonied a
lummy company. This dummy company
in turn sold it to the big companies
at $1.75 per barrel. Stewart,
Sinclair and Blacker and another,
svhose name I cannot recall, each
received $750,000 in liberty Bonds
as their share of the money which
rightfully belonged to tne stockholders
of their respective companies.
Years past and the transaction
would probably never have come to
light, except the agents of the Department
of Justice in tracing bonds
turned over to Secretary Fall by
Sinclair in the famous Teapot Dome
scandal unearthed the whole business.
In spite of this proved rascality,
many large business men supported
Stewart when John D. Rockefeller
Jr., in the light of the revelation,
led a successful fight to oust him
from control of the Standard Oil
Co. of Indiana.
What Mr. Flynn w;is driving at
through a great portion of his book
was failure of directors to measure j
up to the responsibility to stock-1
holders, and not down-right embezzlement
and stealing. Magnified a
hundred times due to size, it is a
situation known to hundreds of
communities of this state before the
recent changes in the banking structure
during the Roosevelt Administration,
and in numbers of instances
was the cause of bank failures: That
is, insiders in the bank using information
obtained and money on
hand not to earn dividends for the
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)UNTY OF WARREN, N. C
Whiskey Blamed
For Negro's Death
Coroner's Inquest
Whiskey was blamed for the death
of Sam Solomon, negro of Sandy
Creek townshiD who was found dead
in a packhouse by one of his children
last Friday.
Coroner Ed Petar said that he
held an inquest and that the evidence
brought out before the jury
was that Solomon had come tc
Warren ton on Thursday, paid hk
taxes, and started home when he
met up with some more negroes, returned
to Warrenton, procured a
pint of whiskey here, and after
drinking it with the other men stopped
on his way home to attend
church.
Coroner Petar said he did not
know what the negro was doing in
the packhouse. He said he was probably
looking for another drink or
a place to sleep.
Solomon's health had not been
good for some time, it was learned
from his physician, and the jury
decided that the whiskey he drank
while in a run-down condition was
responsible for his death, the coroner
sn1rl
Two Henderson
Men Arrested On
Whiskey Charge
C. A. Clark and J. C. Knight,
white men of Henderson, were arrested
a short distance from Warrenton
late Monday afternoon with
fifteen gallons of whiskey and
several empty containers in their
possession. The men had pulled up
in front of Burt Powell's store and
one of them had gone inside when
Sheriff W. J. Pinnell, Deputy Lawrence
Robertson, Night Officer R. L.
Wilson and Owen Robertson closed
in on them, it was stated at the
sheriff office.
When the arrest was made a
pistol was found about the person
of Clark; however, the officers encountered
no difficulty In making
the arrests.
The men were given a hearing
before Magistrate Macy Pridgen who
set Clark's bond at $300 and Knight's
bond at $100 for their appearance
in Recorder's court. Bonds were arranged
for both men.
The car was the property of
Clark, it was said.
Only One Case In
Recorder's Court
Oris Pnrf.pr npcrrv was found
guilty on a whiskey charge in Recorder's
court this week and was
taxed with court costs. There were
no other defendants before Judge
Taylor this week.
Carter was charged with having
whiskey in his possession for the
purpose of sale. This week in court
he plead guilty to having the whiskey
in his possession while taking a
drink.
THROUGH CAP]
By BESS HE
CHISELING ON THE FARM?
Tenant farmers attending the
meeting of tobacco growers at
State College let the cat out of the
bag on some landlords signing the
acreage reduction contracts that
boosted weed prices. These hornyhanded
sons of toil said that their
landlords keDt them on the place
according to the terms of the contracts
but appropriated all the tobacco
allotments and made the
tenants raise cotton and other less
profitable crops. The share-croppers
said they thought the Roosevelt
program was a fine thing and
that it was working swell in raising
prices but that they would like to
have the contracts revised to compel
these chiseling landlords to let
tenants in on the profits.
TROUBLE BREWING?Political
news-casters are spreading the
word that Doctor (that's his name
not a title) Mac Johnson of Enfield
is getting his ducks in a row to oppose
Congressman John H. Kerr foi
the Second District seat in 1936
The same boys also say that A. O
Dickens, Wilson attorney, pians
another attempt at the Job twc
years hence. Judge Kerr is coauthor,
with Senator (Cotton Ed)
Smith, of South Carolina, of the
Kerr-Smith law levying a tax on
tobacco sold by non-signers of the
government's tobacco crop reduction
program. On the same daj
farmers at State College were prais
TO
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 19:
OFFERS PRIZES TO
WHEAT GROWERS
J White Seeking To Stimulate
Growth of More Grain
1 In Warren County
OTHERS CO-OPERATING
1 In an effort to promote the growth
of wheat In Warren County, Edmund
White, owner of White's Flour &
1 Meal Mill of Warrenton, is offering
1 prizes for the best per acre yield,
! t.hp sppnnrl hpsE tier acre vield. a
prize for the lowest per bushel cost
on an acre of unimproved land,
and a prize for the best essay of
from 500 to 1000 words by a high
1 school boy or girl on "Why Warren
Farmers Should Grow Wheat."
; Co-operating with Mr. White are
i R. H. Bright, county agent, A. R.
Ammons, teacher of vocational agri
culture in the Norlina High School,
Prof. G. E. Cheek, principal of the
Warren County Training School,
negro school at Wise, and The Warren
Record.
In addition to the prize, a Parker
Fountain pen offered by Mr. White
for the best essay on "Why Warren
Farmers Should Grow Wheat," the
winning paper will be published in
The Warren Record, as will the
names of the winners of tHE~growing
contest. Judges of the essays will be
Mr. Bright, Mr. Ammons and Bignail
oones.
The wheat growing contest will
be judged by Mr. Bright, Mr. Ammons
and Prof. Cheek, who will also
be in charge of the arrangements,
checking acreage and furnish any
other necessary details. Any farmer
in Warren county, white or colored,
who desires to take part in this
contest are asked to communicate
with any of the above. 1
The prizes for growing wheat offered
by Mr. White are:
First prize?High grade 15 Jewel :
Elgin watch in a fancy engraved i
improved quality yellow gold filled i
case, 16 size complete in a gift box.
This prize is given for the greatest .
number of bushels of wheat grown (
on a measured acre. \
Second prize High grade ? j
Jewel Waltham watch with fancy ;
engraved Chromium case, 16 size in (
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Shaw Choral Society ,
To Appear Here ]
One side of the court room will
be reserved for white people when
the Warren County Shaw Club presents
the Shaw University Choral
Society in a musical concert at the
court house here on Friday evening, 1
November 2, at 8 o'clock, Prof. G. E.
Cheek of the Wise Training School ;
announced this week.
Tickets for white people who desire
to attend this entertainment
are available at the office of the j
county superintendent. Tickets for j
colored people are being handled by
members of that race.
The entire receipts from this coni
cert will be contributed to shaw'
| University, it was said. j
i
ITAL KEYHOLES
VTON SILVER ,
J i
ing the law, others met at Winston-'
i Salem in protest and planned a
campaign against it. I
I SQUABBLE?Word trickling;
into Raleigh from Western North
Carolina relates some of the difficulties
Democrats in the moun- [
tain counties are experiencing as
the November election draws near.
The "regular" boys complain that
many federal jobs with the CCC
i and other emergency agencies are
! going to Republicans and the rankand-file
of Democrats are not enthusiastic
about that. The grapevine
hears rumblings that that
' condition may cook Democratic
i order to the extent of electing Re-,
publicans to the General Assembly
i in some close counties. The fol- j
lAnrare r\f .Tnffflrertn Ulro fn
AUTTV4S VA TTVIUU VW .
know what to do about It. Repub1
licans aren't reporting any worries
! over the situation.
[ TIGHTENING UP?Some time
ago Keyholes called your attention
to the coming drive of the State
. Revenue Department against de,
linquent tax-payers in order to
i swell receipts and Justify the rei
organization that has been going on
for a year. Revenue Commissioner
A. J. Maxwell and his executive ass
sistant Dr. M. C. S. Noble Jr.,
i started out by prosecuting a num!
ber of Raleigh lawyers who had
not paid their license fees. If suits
' against merchants and cafe owners
DaffA
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Becomes a King
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BELGRADE, Yugoslavia. c
Above is the last picture of Petor v
II, aa a care tree Doy or n years, <London
sights. The photo was I
t?v?n 18 days before he became the
boy jKing of Yugoslavia through j
the assassination of his father, King
Alexander,, while on an official mis*
aion in France.
20 Percent Increase
Tobacco Crop Next ^
Year, Says Hutson
Washington, Oct. 20. ? Tobacco
control plans for 1935 will permit
an increase of about 20 per cent \
over this year's crop, it was dis- c
closed today by J. B. Hutton, Chief J
of the Tobacco Section of the Agri- r
cultural Adjustment Administration, t
Stated another way, the aim in a
1935 will be to hold the crop to a 1
level of consumption?the carry- 8
over having been reduced to a nor- s
mal figure. v
While Mr. Hutson and those as- ^
sociated with him have reached a
definite conclusion on this one vital f
point, details of the program will t
not be worked out until alter the ^
referendum on the Kerr-Smith cou- t
trol bill, which will be held during ^
the last two weeks in November. t
Decision as to launching a new j,
sign-up campaign for extension of j
the voluntary reduction plan, with g
which the Kerr-Smith bill is directly a
linked, also will wait until after the jreferendum.
t
Under the law, continuation of the c
plan must receive the approval of
three-fourths of the growers of the
entire belt, which embraces the *
Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia and
Florida.
Want Real Referendum
An effort will be made to secure f
a ballot from every tobacco farmer. \
Mass meeting will be called around c
November 15 in each tobacco-grow- \
Ing county and farmers will be ask- c
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Littleton Wins Over ;
South Hill Team |
Littleton, Oct. 20.?Littleton High
School ran its grid victories to three *
yesterday by defeating South Hill, 3
Va? 39-6. c
With Joe Shearin showing the
way on offense, the locals chalked (
up six touchdowns and three extra
points. The hefty fullback was responsible
for three of his team's
touchdowns.
Thrower made a sensational 55- ?
yard run for a touchdown, while 3
Leach caught a pass from W. T. J
Threewitts for another. Warren t
scored the other touchdown, on a ?
line plunge.
The blocking of Captain Ricks i
was an oustanding feature. *
t
Fire Destroys Gin 1
Of Capps At Areola ]
Fire destroyed R. L. Capps' giu
at Areola on Wednesday afternoon.
The blaze also took with it several
bales of seed cotton, but the lint I
cotton was saved. v
The flames were discovered in the r
press and blow pipe, ana It Is be- 2
lleved that they originated from a s
match dropped in the gin. t
Fire fighters of the C. C. C. Camp, f
located near Hollister, Joined with c
citizens of the Areola neighborhood
in fighting the flames and saving
what cotton possible as soon as The
alarm spread. t
The gin was partially covered Dy 1
insurance, it was reported here. c
t
Mrs. W. D. Rodgers was hostess I
to her card club on Thursday after- \
noon. t
\
Mrs. John Mitchell was a visitor t
in Durham yesterday. ~ t
iu un oaiuraay
A meeting1 of the Democratic
Executive Committee will oe held
a the court house on Saturday
norning at 10 o'clock, John Kerr
r., chairman, announced this week.
The following letter calling attenion
to this meeting has been maild
to all county committee members
,nd Democratic nominees:
Dear Sir:
"This is to advise that there will
ie a meeting of the Democratic Executive
Committee of tins county at
he court house in Warrenton at
0:00 o'clock A. M. on Saturday,
Jctober 27th. All Democratic nomiiees
on the county ticket are inited
to be present and participate
a this meeting, -he purpose of this
nee ting is to discuss plans pertaining
to -ne approaching general elecion.
AL.ioug^ there will be no oposition
to county ticket it Is imperaive
that the Democracy of this
ounty cast a large and substantial
ote as the influence and prestige
if the county in party affairs is
argely determined by this vote.
"I want to urge your attendance
it this meeting.
"Sincerely Yours,
"JOHN KERR, JR.
"Chairman Warren County Exelutive
Committee."
iVarrentop Gridders
Lose To Henderson
By JAMES FOLK
Henderson High School Invaded
Varrenton last Friday afternoon and
:arried away a 16-0 victory over the
fohn Graham football team. Warenton
had a very bad setback in
he first few minutes of play when
l punt was blocked and downed by
ienderson behind the goal line. The
;ame went on after this with many
pectacular plays until the final
irhistle. A triple pass and a safety
iccounted for the balance of Henlerson's
score. The many tackles
aade by Dickerson were responsible
or halting many Henderson atempts
for gains. Terrtll, Miles and
Villiams were noted for their
ackles, runs and intercepted passes,
["he game was exciting to watch and
he score should not have been so
arge on the Henderson side. Coach
Derrick's team seems better every
;ame as the plays work smoother
,nd faster. Warrenton's supporters
lope that Captain Floyd will be able
o play in todays game with Ahoskie
in Graham Field.
John Fleming Wins
Three State Prizes
John H. Fleming of Norlina, who
or many years has walked away
vith prizes offered in the poultry
iepartment of State Fair, this year
vas awarded three prizes for his
ihickens.
TViic vpor ATr TPlomincr nroa rvrp
*"*" |
ented one first prize, two second
>rizes, and two third prizes. He ex- j
libited Barred Rocks and Buff I
Minorca chickens.
Mr. Fleming said that some of
lis Barred Rocks were laying this
'ear before they were five montns
Id.
Ghosts To Prowl
At Graham School
A hallowe'en carnival will be held
it the John Graham High School on
Wednesday evening, October 31, at
I o'clock, announcement was made
his week. There will be side shows
tnd refreshments, it was said. )
The entertainment will be held
n the basement of the school. There
will be a small admission charge and
he preceeds will be used for school
imposes, it was announced.
Littleton Fair To
Open On Monday
The Littleton Pair will open on
Monday and continue through the
reek, T. R. Walker, promoter, anlounced
this week. On Friday, Nov.
!, all white school children will be
idmitted free up until 5 o'clock In
he afternoon, Mr. Walker said. The
ollowing day will be colored school
lay.
WIN ERA PRAISE
The Emergency Relief Admlnistraion
expressed itself as being well
)leased with the quality of the work
if Warren women working under
he local chapter of the American
led Cross in making uniforms for
porkers in meat canneries in a leter
to an official of the chapter this
peek. The relief administrator asked
hat he thanks be expressed publicly
o those who did this work.
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MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
NUMBER 43
tffi HELD FOR
DEATH OF CHILD
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hayes,
Edison Hicks and A1 Riggan
Are Put In Jail
WHISKEY CAUSES DEATH
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hayes of
near Ridgeway and Edison Hicks
and A1 Riggan of Henderson were
on Monday afternoon bound over to
Superior court under bonds of $1,000
each on murder charges as the result
of the death of Theo Hayes,
five-year-old boy who, according to
doctors, died from acute acoholism.
The child, who died in a Henderson
hospital on Monday of last
| week, was found in an unconscious
condition by Dr. Q. H. Macon on
Sunday when he visited the Hayes
home to render medical aid, Hicks,
Riggan, and Mr. and Mrs. Hayes
were also under the Influence of
whiskey at the time Dr. Macon
called, it was said.
Although Hicks and Riggan denied
any knowledge of liquor being given
the boy, both admitted that they
had been staying at the Hayes home
for some time, that liquor flowed
freely there, and that tney were
under the influence of whiskey at
the time it was discovered that the
boy was sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Hayes denied that
whiskey was kept at their home.
They said that they did not know
who gave their son the whiskey
which is alleged to have caused lata
death.
Circumstances surrounding the
child's death were responsible for an
autopsy being performed upon his
body last week by Dr. G. H. Macon
and Dr. P. P. Hunter, county health
fflcer. At the coroner's inquest these
two Warrenton physicians expressed
the opinion that death was caused
from too much alcohol. A similar
opinion was expressed by Dr. Furman
of Henderson, who treated the
boy when he was brought to the
hospital in Henderson.
Dr. Carpenter, of Wake Forest, .0
whom the ausgans of the. boy were
sent following the autopsy, attribtot- ~
ed death to acute acoholism, according
to Dr. Hunter at the coroner's
inquest.
Falling to give bond, all four of
defendents are at present being held
in the Warren County Jail.
Tells of Red Cross
Swimming Course
By JIMMIE MAYFIELD j
The American Red Cross is conducting
a Nation-wide Campaign in
[Water Safety and Recreational
Swimming. Through representatives
from various sections of the State
and Nation the Red Cross is giving
their Red Cross First Aid and Life
Saving Courses to the public, endeavoring
to decrease the number
of water accidents and deaths occuring
in American waters every
year.
I had the pleasure of attending
their School for the Southern District
which was held at Brevard, N.
C., at Camp Carolina. During my
stay at this Camp we were instructed
by representatives from twelve
States who volunteered their time
and knowledge to this work so that
the boys and girls, men and women,
of this country could learn the lmnnrfonpo
of motor fiflfflt.V
Upori my return from this Camp
I conducted three classes In Water
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Warehouse Host At
Barbecue Thursday
Tobacco buyers and a number of
farmers and business men of Warrenton
were guests at a barbecue
given by the Centre Warehouse
yesterday afternoon at 6:30 o'clock.
There were around 150 persons present
for the occasion.
Although no one made a speech,
remarks of appreciation for the
proprietors of the warehouse, Charlie
Fleming and R. K. Carroll, were
heard frequently from the guests.
When asked last night what was
i the purpose of the barbecue, Mr.
[Fleming said that the Centre Warehouse
wanted to show in some
manner the appreciation it had for
the co-operation on the part of the
tobacco buyers and business men of
1 -
the town. He said that he was
happy to have a number of farmers
present with them on this occasion,
and regretted that he did not have
an opportunity to contact more of
them.
Mr. Lewis White of Wise, who was
injured when he fell about four
weeks ago, was taken to a Rocky
Mount hospital on Tuesday night.
It is reported that he is improving.