I accurate, terse I timely I VOLUME xxxiv I[[ELIEF OFFICE = I TO BE MOVED I || To Be Consolidated With, Otner Counties Offices At Henderson I FULL details unknown Warren county's relief office is I to be consolidated with similar ofI fices front the counties of Franklin, I vance and Granville, and after DecV ember 6 relief administered in this county will be handled from head quarters at Henderson. Full details of the consolidation I of the four- offices are not known | here, but it is definitely understood I that the present set-up in the office - ,,r? wentnn will undergo a change at- ? -- ? by the 6th of next month and that appeals for state and federal aid after that time will have to be approved from headquarters at Henderson. Jesse Gardner, head of the ERA in Warren county, was out of town yesterday, but members of his staff working in the office at Warrenton were of the opinion that under the) new arrangements the three present case workers?Mrs. Will Harris, Mrs. joe Jones and Miss Susie Rooker? will keep their jobs and handle relief cases from an office here after the cases have been approved by the main office in Vance county. It is not known whether Mr. Gardner or other members of his staff will be retained after the 6th. OFFICE TO BEGIN OPERATING I AT HENDERSON NEXT WEEK Henderson, Nov. 27.?District relief offices of the State and Federal Emergency Relief Administration will be opened here next week, and will have an office personnel of six or more, it was announced today by E. G. Dorsey, of the local ERA office. The new office will serve the four counties of Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren. The personnel will include a disorlrrtit-ticfrotf\f CAPlfll .QPrVlP.ft Sll- I lllVl UUUUUWV* W* f WW.VM . ? ? ? pervisor, disbursing officer, rural rehabilitation farm supervisor, worm project engineer and a statistician, and possibly others. The city is giving free of rent the quarters heretofore devoted to the municipal court, and the office will be one of 33 to be set up in the State j replacing the 104 now in operation, one for each county. Branch offices in each county will be retained only for the work of a case worker. All funds for each of the four counties will be handled through this district office, and will be earmarked for the counties to receive J them. Much of the staff is expected to be recruited from workers already employed in the four counties. Mr. Dorsey said that about $35,000 per month will be handled by the district office, and it will be mean Henderson merchants will Save a ' hanee at supplying much of the materials to be bought for distribution. ISays Mixed Team Defeated Warrenton By JAMES POLK Warrenton lost the foot-ball game here last Friday 6 to 0, but who won it? A team representing Wendell High School turned out to be an ^dependent and mixed team with several old players who must have Played High School football many years ago. But the years slip by and maybe "life begins at forty'' in Wendell. However, Warrenton did not seem to respect age and threatened m cross their opponent's goal line *s the Warrenton backfield got into action. Although it was pretty hard for the Warrenton boys to have their march of victory halted and to have lost the game playing on their home field, they found consolation in a sign in front of the barren Theatre which announced "A girl of the Limberlost playing here today". The game with Weldon figh School Nov., 28th is the last ? lame to be played by John Graham t fcxh\s ^ear ancj the team is to be % I ||0"gratu\ated as well as the coach \ I f officials for the splendid brand ! I football played this vear. I i I HOSTESS TO CLUB Mrs. B. B. Williams delightfully a I entertained her club and other | Bsuests at three tables of cards on ^ I Tuesday afternoon. High score prizes % l*ere awarded Mesdames A. A. Wil| iuams and John Kerr Jr. An ice I Bourse followed by coffee and wafers % |*as served before the game. The I P B^a guests included Mesdames ^ B^ohn Kerr Jr., J. P. Scoggin and |j BMiss SiVlie Watson. % Bs^r Jimmy Mayfield visited Mr. % eePy Holland in Faison this week ?j| B^d spent Thanksgiving hunting. iw 0. WARRENT< Wins Honors ? * r*ap|Kfln^^^^r ksbhw^, ^^nflHflngM^Sj r - : W>n v v; * jp; ... / : ROBERT DORTCH BASKERVILL 1 Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Basker- 1 Vill of Warrenton, outstanding stu- ' dent and athlete at Virginia Espical School, Lynchburg, Va. i Warrenton Boy Is Leading Athlete At Virginia School President of the General Athletic association, Captain of the 1934 ( Football Squad, Chairman of the ( Hop Committee, President of the , "V" Club, and a member of the ' Honor Committee, Robert Dortch Baskervill, is an outsanding student and one of the most popular boys , at the Virginia Episcopal School, , Lynchburg, Va., according to reports received from his school and newspapers of that section. Captain Baskervill, a senior at V. ? ' ' -X * AT? ?v, J ' iU. fc>., is Dne son ui ivii. ctnu jLvxxo. W. R. Baskervill of Warrenton. During the three and one half years as a student of the Virginia school, Mr. Baskervill has made an inviable record. Though an outstanding student in all phases of school life, the Warrentonian excells in athletics, and has won his letter in football, baseball and track. Under the leadership of Captain Baskervill. V. E. S. 1 has had one of its most successful years. That Robert Baskervill is an outstanding athlete and an honor student is shown by the following from The Meteor, V. E. S. school paper: Robert Dortch Baskervill III has been an outsanding student during his entire career at this school. He is one of the most popular boys i?, school because of his wonderful personality and fine sense of humor. . Every boy in school likes him and ' a person who does not is indeed a "rare animal". For the last two years he has been a member of the Honor Committee which is a coveted position held by the three outstanding counselors of the school. He is perhaps best known for his athletic ability. He is an all around athlete having earned his letter In three of the four major sports, football, baseball and track. As captain of the 1934 football team, he has led one of the most successful teams of recent years. He is a fast, hardcharging tackle and j is rated among the best linesmen IH i the state. The 1934 team nas lost only one game, to Episcopal High School by a score of 7-0, and tied one 6-6 with Fishburne Military Academy. During the season V. E. S. scored 157 points to its opponents 13, defeating McGuire's School 14-0, Lexington Va. High School 45-0, , Shenandoah Valley Academy 33-0, Virginia Presbyterian School 27-0, Randolph Macon Academy 25-0 and , St. Christopher's School 7-0. During every game this season Hartt Rnslrpruill lpri t.he fcpam hnt.h on the offense and defense, playing most of the time in every game. He was the "fifth man in the opponent's backfield", breaking through on innumerable occasions to smear enemy plays before they ever got started. Because of his fine and consistent play he is conceded a tackle berth on the mythical AAState Eleven. Baskervill is the head of three very important organizations. He is the president of the General Athletic Association, Chairman of the FTP Committee, and president of the "V" Club, the association of boys who have made their athletic letter. TVTr*e \XT D T3oeVnr*tHn Mice "11 Q. ?? XV* -*??U>Jlk.V/X TXXX) I Baskervill and Mr. William Baskervill attended a football game In Petersburg on Saturday and were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Sneade of that city on Saturday night. [jp 11 3N, COUNTY OF WARREI WRECKCASESARE AIRED IN COURT Responsible For Long Session County Court; Other Cases Are Heard EVIDENCE IN THE CASES Two cases resulting from automobile accidents were responsible foi a long session of Recorder's courl this week. There were two or thre< cases other than charges of reckless driving but in-as-much as there was no legal battle surrounding them these were heard and completec within a few moments. The case growing out of a wreck which occurred at Wise last Thursdav niffht. wVlPT"! a V/i'hInlci ? a ?v>? w? v/iiiviu uuv/uyi^v, by two women of Richmond, Va. was in collision with a car containing two young men from Wagon S. C.. consumed a major portion ol Judge Taylor's long day in the hai: of justice. The other case that required several hours came from ar accident which occurred at Ridgeway when a Chevrolet driven bj Wash Teal, negro, smashed with a car operated by Oscar Gayle, young white man of South Hill, Va. According to evidence before Judge Taylor, Mrs. Elizabeth Garrett and iier sister, Miss Haney were returning to their home a I Richmond last Thursday night froir a two week's trip to Florida wher the car they were traveling in crashed with the car occupied by Earlj Garvin and F. C. Cook of Wagon S. C., who were returning to theii home from Washington, D. C. The wreck badly damaged botfc vehicles and left cuts about the head of Miss Heney and Mr. Garvin. Occupants of the Virginia cat claimed that they were traveling uorth at a very slow rate of speec and when the South Carolina cai came within a few feet of them that it headed into their car. The driver of the South Carolina cai testified that he was traveling a speed not more than 30 miles ar hour and that the Virginia cai crashed into his vehicle. f Marks left on the highway, whicj the state's witnesses claimed we?E made by the hub when the whefc smashed in the collision, showA that the car carrying the Virginian; was on the right side of the centei of the road by about six inches Witnesses for the defandant claimed that the mark on the highwaj was made by a nut on the bottoir rvf flio ofnormof r\ r*r?/i wn 4-i * n wiw vji/tttiuig aypaiaiuo uittg^iut on the concrete and that the nut was several inches on the inside oi the wheel and that this showed that the car occupied by the womer from Richmond was traveling or Mr Garvin's side of the road wher the wreck occurred. There was evidence that a wagor was traveling along the highway tr the same direction in which the cai from South Carolina was moving and the jury, apparently, believec (Continued on Page 6) THROUGH CAP By BESS HI LIFE AND LIMB?While sentiment for a State automobile drivers license law is growing as a result of increased accidents taking toll' of life and property, there is one big obstacle confronting legislative action. It is money. Senator Aller H. Gwyn, of Rockingham county introduced such a bill in the 193!! General Assembly but it didn't gel to first base. The reason was thai Raleigh, Winston-Salem and othei cities have drivers' license laws foi revenue purposes. Enactment of t State law would have knocked th< cities out of their mazuma anc some of them were then in default The same situation will confronl the coming legislative session anr supporters of the drivers' license are agreed that it must be designee for safety and witnout tnougxu, u money beyond the cost of operation BIG QUESTION?How many eli gible voters in North Carolina. Yoi guess. Here's what a brief check o the registration book in one Raleigl precinct showed. Of 444 name checked 99 of them were found t< be either duplicates or the name, of persons dead. The Capital Cit: is to have a new registration sooi but what about books in other citie: and counties, of the State? Thi question has been raised in Raleigl * * ? ? -in t.hf as do now mtuiy **? ?? State have their names on the book; at two or more voting1 places anc how many deceased persons art still recorded as eligible voters. Ou - T" y* arrot Y, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBE 'i, .. ~T~ I Bucky Visions Flag l WASHINGTCW . . . 8tanley "Bucky" Harris (above), is- back i again as manager and is of the nninion that a few player-deals will ~xr ~ ^ pot the Senators very definitely in the American League pennant race. > ; Joyner Participates i In Dedication Of His | Own Memorial r Littleton, Nov. 28?The unusual t experience of participating in the , dedication service for his own memorial widow Sunday befell the Rev. Francis Joyner, eighty-one ' year-old retired Episcopal minister of this city. I The memorial, a beautiful chancel [ window, rests above the altar of Ali i Saints church in Roanoke Rapids, where the service was held. The r Window was given by friends of the minister, members of his All Saints parish, to commemorate the work of Mr. Joyner in founding All Saints Parish there in 1902. He was for 1 ^ several years in charge of the 1 church's work there. Rev. Louis N. Taylor, also a former rector of All Saints, delivered the sermon. , Rev. Joseph Bynum, rector of the | parish, was in charge of the service. . He declared the memorial service ( to have occasioned the greatest day , in the history of the parish since [ his own work was begun there. There were present many out-of-town peo' pie, mostly friends and relatives of . the two visiting ministers. [ Mrs. Fannie Bowden i Buried On Sunday i 5 Littleton, Nov. 28?Mrs. Fannie Bowden of Platerson, N. J., was laid to rest in Sunset Hill Cemetery Sun. day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, r Mrs. Bowden, who was 93 years l of age, died at her home in Pater; 6on and her remains were brought t to Vaughan where funeral services E were held Sunday afternoon at the [ home of her son, C. J. Tucker. Rev. i Roache, pastor of the Vaughan Bapt tist Church, conducted the services. l She is survived by one daughter, Miss Betty Tucker of Paterson, N. i J., and one son, C. J. Tucker of i Vaughan. , Miss Katherine Scoggin attended 1 the Carolina-Virginia football game at Charlottesville on Thursday. ITAL KEYHOLES NTON SILVER . of it all may grow a movement for State-wide registrations at regular 5 intervals. 5 J MONEY AND MUD?Advocates of ! diverson of highway funds point to i the large surplus in cash on hand , while farmers and others living on I the secondard roads point to the \ mud-holes, bumps and delapidated t bridges over which they must drive, r The surplus came about because of : limitations placed on the Highway i department by the last Legislature ? and not because motorists are pay[ ing more money than can be spent . in building and maintaining roads, t The money was collected to provide I a highway system for use by those ; who kicked in but as a result of the 1 legal restrictions motorists are havl ing to pay about all they can and , ride as best they can. SPILT GRAVY??The executive i order from Washington commandf ing the Home Owners Loan Corpo? on. 1 ratlOIi XlOt to au^cpu auuivxuxiw c"f s plications for loans on homes has ) thrown the fear of unemployment s in the hearts of many employes of / the HOLC hired help will find themI selves with nothing more to do than s twiddle their thumbs without the ; accompanyment of pay checks. The i situation is causing concern among > employes of other administration s! emergency units in wfilch there is i ' a sign or two of recession to nor; mal conditions. It's enough to II (Continued on page 2) Srro R 30, Subscri MISCONCEPTION IS RIFE SAYS AGENT Many Farmers Believe The Bankhead Act Calls For An Additional Cut IS FROM BASE FIGURES By R. H. BRIGHT County Agent I am satisfied that there has never been as much misunderstanding about any legislation as there, is about the Bankhead Act. There is one point that I wish to make clear land that is this there is not any connection between the Bankhead Act and the contract except the information in the contract has a bearing on the allotments under the Bankhead Act. The Bankhead Act is a supplement to the contract to force the few that refused to, sign a contract to refrain from destroying the program. There seems to be a feeling among the farmers that if the Bankhead Act is continued there will be an additional cut of 25 percent in the acres the farmers will be permitted to plarit in 1935. This is not correct I will illustrate how the reduction will be made in 1935. Suppose you have a contract with a base acreage of 20 acres. The base acreage is the five year average from 1928-32 inclusive. Your permitted acres to plant in 1935 with a base of 20 acres will not be less than 15 acres, This is a 25 per cent reduction instead of the reduction of 35 percent45 per cent. Now this does not mean that the Bankhead Act will require a 25 per cent reduction in case it is continued. The Bankhead Act is simply this you are alloted so many of cotton to sell tax free and then if you produce pounds in excess of this amount you have three options; 1. You may pay the tax on the excess lbs. 2. You may purchase certificates on/) ticn Shorn instead nf t,h#> tax. 3 You may gin your cotton and place a lien tag on the cotton. I don't think any fair thinkiny person will deny the fact that we have produced an excellent crop o1 cotton in Warren County this year and the yield has been above the average. This naturally necessated buying certificates or paying the tax on the excess cotton. We have not fared as bad as some would have you believe after all. We have sold certificates for 1,500 bales of cotton this year. Our allotment was 10,250 bales net wt. 478 lbs. It is useless to compare the price of the cotton this year and last. The seed is selling for approximately three times what they sold for in 1932-33 I admit without argument thai we do not have a fair distribution of cotton in all cases, but I do saj that we have done the best we could and that the farmer did not have any records in the majority of cases and we all had to guess at the production. This will be corected al least from now on. You should think of the process that you received for your cotton in 1932-33 when you are thinkiny of any program. There is still a carry over of 16,000,000 Dales or cotton, almost a two year supply. Small Decrease In Cotton Ginnings Two hundred and eighty-foui more bales of cotton were glnnec prior to November 14 last year thai: have been ginned to the same date this year, according to report released this week by Benjamin G Tharrington, special agent of the bureau of the census. Mr. Tharrington reports that up until November 14, 12,126 bales ol cotton were ginned in Warren from the crop of 1934, compared witl 12,410 bales ginned to November 14 in 1933. Mother Goose Bazaai To Be Held At Macon A Mother Goose Bazaar will be held at the Macon Methodist Churcl on Friday, December 7, it was learned here this week. In addition tc the regular dinner, served from ? to 7:30 o'clock, there will be cakes Dies and candies on sale. Little Bo Peep, Little Jack Horner, Old Mother Hubbard, The Pretty Maid anc others will exhibit their variouf wares, all designed for attractivi Christmas gifts. An invitation is extended everyone to attend. THANKSGIVING SERVICE There will be a Thanksgiving Service in the Methodist Church a' fen o'clock Thanksgiving Day, Rev O. I. Hinson, announced this week An offering for the Methodisi Orphanage will be taken at this time. rii ption Price, ,A-V,s C^ftvv ~= I Antarctic Postmaster c%K\'?wWw ^SMP^^S(SfttBF--': I SAN FRANCISCO . . . Charles P. Anderson (above), XJ. S. Postal Inspector is now on the high seas 1 enronto to Admiral Byrd's base in 1 Little America, to become postmaster ' there. He is the first postal worker < ever to leave U. S. territory with 1 authority to cancel stamps. ] i Roy Shearin To Replace Robertson i I As Deputy Sheriff i Roy Shearin will replace Lawrence Robertson as Sheriff W. J. Pinnell's chief deputy, it was learned this i week. 1 Mr. Shearin, who is at preseut . connected with the State Highway , Department, will take office the first , Monday in December when other new county officials are sworn in. ( Mr. Robertson, who has been ] 1 Sheriff Pinnell's deputy for the past four years, said yesterday that he ] ' had no definite plans for the future ] 1 in the way of a job. ] Care With Fire Is Urged By Forester ( i The splendid cooperation being ( 1 given to the Forest Wardens by the , citizens of eastern North Carolina , ' has been of great help in holding ! down the losses from forest fires , so far this fall stated District Fores ' ter L. A. Carter of Washington, N. j ! C. The dense growth of grass along ' the highway and in fields caused ' by early fall rains presents a great , fire hazard and numerour fires 1 have been started along the high- '| ! ways by careless motorists throwing lighted matches and cigarettes from I their cars. Only the aroused public ( ' interest in saving our forest lands 1 which has resulted in landowners ' and other quickly putting out these | ! fires has prevented serious losses. These careless smokers and the : careless hunter who drops his smoke 1 or match or leaves a "warming ' fire" without being sure it is out, L are causing both forest land owners ! and the Forest Wardens consider' able worry right now. The annual 1 influx of hunters to this section for rro 1 .... T + ' lllillliiagiVlIlg UlUlliO, lugcuuu Wiwi the dry condition of the woods, is ' cause for concern. J The careless hunter is making it ' harder each year for himself, and 1 the hunter who is careful with fire in the woods, to find land on which to hunt. Many land-owners Eastern North Carolina are planning to Post their lands against hunting, not because they are mean, but because they desire to prevent . the hunter who is careless with his | "smoke" or campfire from setting ^ the woods on fire. , Every hunter who expects to be ' in the woods and every other person who may travel through them [ is urged to be especially careful with fire and to urge others to [ Dance Friday Night The Warren County Welfare Department will sponsor another ' square dance on Friday night, Nov^ ember 30, at eight o'clock in the Warrenton Armory. Miss Lucy , [ Leach, welfare officer, announced [ I this week. Music will be furnSShed . by the Warrenton String Band and , will be under the magement of W. j J. Ball. ! GARDEN CLUB MEETS An interesting picture "Longfelj low's House and Garden" was spon5 sored by the local Garden Club on a Monday night at the Parish House ' of Emmanuel Church. During the slides shown by Mrs. J. W. Taylor, a sketch of Longfellow's TTouse and Garden was made by Mrs. Claude \ Bowers. A talk on "Native Flowers t and Gardens" was made by Mrs. . Rowland Totten of Chapel Hill. . Pictures of local gardens were also t shown. The "Husband Calling Con: test" as announced in last week's' i Warren Record, did not take place. M i i 11 i i MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 48 E. GERALD ALLEN DIES ONMONDAY Prominent Young Warren ton Man Buried At Louisburg Tuesday Afternoon VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA Friends packed the Methodist church here beyond seating capacity jn Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock to pay respect to the memory of Eugene Gerald Allen, popular young business man of this town who died >n Monday afternoon at 1:40 o'clock from pneumonia which developed Dn Saturday night following an attack of pleurisy which he suffered an rnaay. Following the services here, the remains of Mr. Allen were carried to Louisburg and laid to final rest in the family plot in the cemetery af his native town. Around 200 people from Warrenton followed the bier to Louisburg to pay final respect to their townsman. Conducting the funeral services here were the Rev. O. I. Hinson, his pastor, the Rev. Creasy K. Proctor, superintendent of the Oxford Orphanage, and the Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner, Episcopal minister of Warrenton. At the grave tne Rev. Mr. Hinson and the Rev. Mr. Proctor officiated. Active pallbearers were the following first cousins: Courtney D. Egerton of Raleigh, Lawrence Egerton and Davis Egerton of Greensboro, Kenneth Davis and Stuart Davis Jr. af Louisburg, C. Pryor Allen and J. Edward Allen of Warrenton. Ushers at the church were Robert H. Bright, Dr. Rufus Jones, Jerman Walker dl Norlina and M. T. Pridgen of Warrenton. Eugene Gerald Allen, better known as Zapp Allen, was the son of Ivey Allen and Mrs. Mary Davis Allen 3f Oxford. He was born at Louisburg College on June 8, 1903, and was a graduate of the Mills High School at Oxford. He also attended the University of North Carolina. Shortly after leaving the University, he came to Warrenton to make his home and enter the mercantile business with the firm of Allen, Son Si Co. Although he lived here only about twelve years, Mr. Allen was unusually well known and had a large number of friends. While living at the hotel he made many friends with the traveling public who stopped over-night here. At the time of his death, Mr. Allen was Red Cross Roll Call Chairman for the county of Warren. He was Senior Warden of JohnstonCaswell Lodge of Masons, of Warrenton, and a faithful and zealous worker for both this and the John Graham Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics, of Warrenton, of which he was also a member. In addition to his mother and father, the deceased is survived by one brother, Dr. Ivey Allen Jr. of Bloomsfield, New Jersey, and one sister, Miss Elizabeth Allen of Oxford. 'd A WORD OF APPRECIATION "I would just like to say something in the paper about Mr. Allen," Jesse Richardson, night man at Hotel Warren where Mr. Allen lived, told a representative of this newspaper yesterday. "You know I waited on him, running errands, and often talked with him. He was a mighty fine man, and ain't nobody going to miss him more than I will." The spirit in which Jesse Richardson, humble negro, offered his tribute to his white friend merits its retention among many expression of regret over the untimely passing of this popular young Warrenton business man. Mrs. Agnes Riggan Dies At Vaugha.n Vaughan, Nov. 28?Funeral services for Mrs. Agnes Schoonberg Riggan were held in the Baptist Church at Vaughan on Monday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock with Rev. J. J. Marshall, Rev. Nelson and Rev. Roaohe officiating. Interment followed in the Vaughan cemetery. Mrs. Riggan suffered a stroke of paralysis Saturday night, from which she never rallied. She died early Sunday morning. She is survived by her husband, Dallas Riggan, and one son, Pete Riggan. Pallbearers were J. P. T. Harris, Charlie Nicholson, M. P. Nicholjon and Lambeth Brown. Mr. Graham Boyd of Farmville I 'tinnl.nraifiinM tt.slf _ id opciiuuig inc ivjlxdays here with his mother, Mrs. R. B. Boyd Sr. Miss Mary Randolph spent the week end at her home in Faison.

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