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9 8 *W most of the news all the time ^ A'^vni Jw koki(-:\ks J HIM BONES c^Kgelieyed To Have Been Parts of Skelton of Negro Missing For Two Months IfOl'L play SUSPECTED Parts of :lie remains of a man fithich were fotuid in a swamp near |L old Turnpike road in WarrenI .;n township were identified here I :n Monday by a coroner's jury as reins: those oi Jack Taylor, negro rao disappeared from his home apI proximately two months ago. IB ' Fust evidence of Taylor's fate IB came to light on Thanksgiving day IB fallen a dog was seen gnawing on a 1?1 ?? (II bono which evidently nau utcu ***? thrived from the swamp. A little ;a:er the dog was again seen coming cut of the swamp with what was identified as the jawbone of a man and a searching party was organized Other bones and clothing were then located where the man evidently met his death. While the jury empaneled by Coroner R E. Davis rendered a verdict that "the deceased came to his death from causes unknown to the ;nry." it ordered that several other negroes be taken in custody by sheriff Pinnell for further investi;a:ion. and recommended "that the dcthes identified as belonging lol he deceased be held as evidence and 1 hat they be sent to the Departint of Justice for identification arks found on said clothes " The mains of the body were turned er to the father of the deceased. The men ordered held were MorVaughan, James Young, Theo| Vaughan. Albert Middleton and Vir|B;;e Young. Taylor is alleged to have left his aome cn October 17 with a rifle in IfB hshanc. Testimony indicated that *lM|:2d blood had sprung up between ibj HjTaylor and other negroes over a H KS htikey still which was said to have |8^B:een located in that section at the ana that there was talk of a ^ j idling. The shirt which was found kI by Taylor's bones had a hole in the front and back, it was stated. .Members of the jury were W. C. ? Burroughs, C R. Hecht, J. W. Scott, G. Haithcock, S. E. Allen and |l. J. Harris. ? I ^ Frank Fisher Dies |f At Winston-Salem 1| || Funeral services for Frank Fisher, ?1 p prominent tobacconist for the Brora-Williamson Company in jH.iVmston-Salem. and former resident ' Warren ton, were held from his ..one on rTiaay aiternoon. iiuctwJ^Bnent was in the Church cemetery IE ?. Winston-Salem, k. Mr. Fisher died in the North CarHL.r.a Baptist Hospital in Winston^Hsalem, following an illness of two | Baonths. He was the son of Mr. William Fisher of Phiadelphia, forHrerly of Warrenton, and the late B Mrs. Kate FisherI He is survived by his wife, Mrs. H Laura Ptarce Fisher, and four If daughters. Misses Katherine, Nancy, B Ranees and Dorothy Fisher, all of Winston-Salem; two sisters, Mrs. B Aubrey Slaughter of Hampton, Va . i2^Ba(i Mrs. Ralph Overton of CharJj| H lotte: his father, William Fisher ot H Philadelphia ^ Miss Mat Rooker Dies On Sunday ? . *?ss Mat Rooker, 66, died early S? Sunday morning at the home of her J mother. T h Rooker, near WarB>?nton, following a brief illness. jJH-unerai services were conducted on ?HlIonday aftemoon at 3 o'clock at S^B farcnery Baptist Church by the B^' R E Brickhouse. Interment the church cemetery. S^B.''' Rocker was the daughter of late John and Sally Pinch jKM-Joker of Virginia. She is survived tw'? brothers, T. H. Rooker of '"rren county and Russell Rooker Ebony, Va. !? Pallbearers were Herbert Rooker, HIs E' Rooker- W. E. Rooker, J. E. hi vance nea1, gid miiiermm SON born - anci Mrs-john oiiis auTis of t|:;ear Warrenton announWft the Bj5tR of a son' IveY Lee> on Suhday, SBj "ber 11. Mrs. Harris prior to ^l:|! nir;rr:a"e was Miss Joddie Green ?? erne11 near Warrenton. hi accepts position L. T. Chesson of Oak City i ?*as accepted a position with Boycj[2Hg%ce Motor Co f ..^setsr CD WAR To Play At Rose Bowl DURHAM, N. C. . . . Here is CoPon+oin TT/rio f+ViP T?PH^ Tinton. Duke University's star punter and triple-threat, who will play "with his team against the University of Southern' California in the Rose Bowl football classic on Jan. 2. One Case Disposed Of In Recorder's Court On Monday One case was disposed of in Recorder's court on Monday morning by Judge T- O. Rodwell and Solicitor Jos. P. Pippen while several others were continued when requests were made for jury trials. Found guilty of operating a car on the public highway while under the influence of whiskey, William Alston, negro, was given a 60-day road sentence which was supended provided he pay a $50.00 fine and ' court costs. Cases continued were: J esse Stansbury, charged with assault; E. \xt TTiiinortrm anri Harrincton Keec ! '? VWJ.A M..M er, charged with assault with a dtadly weapon. A case against Lem Christmas, in which he is charged with assault on a female, was remanded to Juvenile court. Miss Harris In Cast Of College Play Miss Martha Dora Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs- Raymond A. Harris of Macon was cast in the 1 role of 'Mrs. Fielding' in Charles Dickens' play, "Cricket on the Hearth," which was presented by the Greensboro College Players, under the direction of Miss Ella HenHinger, head of the department of speech and dramatics, on December 8. She is one of the G. C. Players, an honorary Group; as well as a member of the dramatic club, of which she was secretary last year and at present serves as wardrobe mistress. She also had minor roles iv. tnrrv fnrmpr nlavs. "Trelawney of l-n V/ AVXM.w. 4 V - > ~ the Wells," and "The Happy Day'," both given her freshman year. Miss Harris holds the office of secretary-treasurer of the N. C. Methodist Student Conference, which will meet in Greensboro on February 17, 18, 19. Miss Harris is a junior this year at the college, where she belongs to the Irving Society. Girl Scouts Work On Christmas Plans Continuing their preparation for the Christmas season, Girl Scouts of the Warrenton troop are busily engaged on three projects which they decided on some time ago as their best means of rendering service and giving joy at this period of the year. Two of the Patrols have selected needy families, and are busy paint | ing and repairing toys, dressing | dolls, and making clothes for members of these families. Patrol No. 2 is preparing a scrap book for a shut-in. Plans are also underway for a Christmas frolic at the Cabin on Wednesday evening, December 21 Patrol No. 1 will be in charge of the program. The Warrenton Girl Scout Troop is now composed of 27 members and several others will soon be ready to :?nf sprrond meet tne requirciucuvo ~ class rank, it was stated. Mrs. Barker Williams is in charge ol the organization. BROWN'S W. M. U. MEETS The W. M- U. of Brown's Baptist Church met on Tuesday night in the home of Mrs. Lous Fuller. Mrs. Macon Reavis was in charge of the program. Others taking part were Mesdames Ray Frazier, Louis Fuller, S. H. Bowden, I- M. Weaver, and Miss Aelise King. A sweet course j was served. RENTON, COUNTY OF WAR] $6067.34 Released 1 In Warren County By Relief Agencies Six thousand, sixty-seven dollars and thirty-four cents was released through the Warren County Welfare Department last month by the county, state and federal govern- ] ments for those who are eligible for assistance under provisions of the Social Security Act, the report if < Miss Lucy Leach, welfare officer, forv \ the month of November discloses. ' In addition approximately $1,900 i came into the hands of members cf t families of this county who ha /e 1 boys in CCC camps. ( The money was received in the J following forms: Old Age applica- < tions, $2,120.50; Aid to Dependent ? Children, $614.50; Aid to the Blind. $3,332 34; Boys of needy families in ( PPP Mmnc li lin oro ' t WW vmuj/o, IlilW UiV UUyjLTW&U t1 .J send $25.09 home monthly, 75. ' In both the cases of aid for the 1 blind and for dependent children the cost is divided in three ways, 1 with the county paying a third, the;5 state a third, and the federal gov- | ernment a third. In the case of old ! age assistance the federal govern- ' ment foots one-half of this bill and 1 the county and the state each pay c one-fourth of the cost. "In spite of this assistance," Miss . Leach said, "there are a great many families in our midst right now who r are suffering from the lack of bare necessities of life." Other activities listed by Miss \ Leach in her report for November ^ are as follows: t New W. P. A. applications, 147, i number of referrals 63; N. Y. A. applications 7, number of referrals ] 3; CCC applications 18; families receiving W. P. A- clothing 66; families receiving surplus commodities 235; probation cases 1; paroles 7; school children helped with free * books, free lunches and clothes, i about 300; home placements 2; child ^ labor certificates issued 7; crippled 1 children serviced during the month 1 j; new cases approvea lur coum-y ? home 2; visits to jail 1; hospitaliza- * tion cases 6; domestic relation cases 1 serviced 3 families; taken through c Duke clinic 3 groups. ^ Names Omitted In Scout Write-Up i b In giving an account of a county- , c wide Boy Scout meeting held at a Littleton last week and listing new a officers who were selected at that r time, this newspaper inadvertently; omitted the names of two citizens y who were chosen to lead in this t work. They were E E. Gillam, who g was chosen district chairman, and t W. A. Connell, who was selected a assistant district chairman. Both c men are active workers and the' r omission is regretted. i \ KILLS LARGE HOGS n One thousand, eight hundred p and seventy-four pounds was the s total weight of six hogs killed by t c n wiicnn nf npsr Warrenton on v?, Mr ? Tuesday. The hogs, wljicl) were a thirteen months old, dressed as fol- p lows: 320, 303, 325, 326, 310, 290- ii Welfare Officer Lists 2 For Citizens To A Chances for the more fortunate l to brighten the homes of the poor o and sick are offered this week by Miss Lucy Leach, county welfare a officer, who submits her annual list of Christmas Opportunities. p The list this year contains 24 cases which represent persons or _ families who are at present facing Christmas without the prospect of . a visit from Santa Claus to brighten their firesides, 100 such cases have ^ already been taken by the Warrenton Lions Club and the John Hawkins High School, the former taking 1 75 of the Opportunities and the latter 25. Her list follows: ? 1. Needy colored girl?wants help for 3 children, girl 6, girl 3, boy 5. g 2. Needy colored family of 14? t needs food and old clothes. 3. Needy white family?5 boys fi from 8 to 16 years old. 4. Orphaned colored girl, 12 yrs. b old?not strong ? would enjoy clothes, food and fruit- f 5. Large white family, boy and o-iw ii pirls 8 and 9 years old. a & * **J O -6. Old colored woman needs food and fruit for self and 3 grandchil- s dren. c 7. Invalid white girl in countywould enjoy a second-hand battery v radio. 9 8. Two small white boys 4 and 6, need clothes, food and fruit f 9. Three white girls?children 14- s; xxrtn REN, N. C. FRIDAY, DEC] SCHOOLS CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY reachers And Pupils To Have Holiday Until Jan. 3rd; Students Returning FRIDAY RUMOR IS FALSE Christmas holidays for the teach;rs and hundreds of students enrolled in schools embraced in the Warren county system will begin iext Wednesday afternoon and con;inue until Tuesday morning, Janlary 3, it was learned from the )ffice of Superintendent J- Edward Mien yesterday. This applies to all 3f the schools of the county, he ;aid. Mr. Allen's announcement check:d a rumor which had prevailed for he past few days to the effect that he John Graham High School vould probably close on Friday of jnis wees m order mat students ind teachers might have a longer period to prepare themselves for Christmas, and make up the extra ;ime at the end of the term. It is inderstood that teachers and pupils alike favored this plan, but the late had already been set for closng next Wednesday by the school poard and no change will be made n these plansLocal boys and girls who have peen away from home attending /arious schools and colleges are expected to begin arriving here over ;he week end for their holidays vhich usually last slightly longer ;han the holidays enjoyed by pupijs n high schools of the county. Duke-Dutchess Club To Give Dance 28th The Duke and Dutchess Club will 1U1U l?s iiisu annual wuiici uanuc n the armory at Warrenton on ( Wednesday evening, December 28, Tom 10 until 2 o'clock, with Jeet ' Bennett and his orchestra from the : Jniversity of North Carolina pro- ' 'iding music for the occasion. Ad- 1 nission to the dance will be by card 1 inly, except for the chaperones who 1 vill be invited to attend. 1 The Duke and Dutchess Club was ' irganized here last summer primarly by college boys and girls who ] vere home for the holidays, but : vith their departure for college ] ither members were taken in until < it present the club has around 65 j .ctive members, many of whom are i narried couples, s In addition tu two big dances a j ear, members of the club gather at i he club house of the Warrentqn ] ;olf course every other Friday night o dance by music from a radio and ! , phonograph- There will be a lance of this nature held there tolight. Girls as well as boys hold < nembership in the organization, t vhich has as one of its rules that r lone other than members are sup- 1 >osed to attend the dances unless j uch person lives outside of Warren- i on and is invited by a member. i A number of younjj couples from ] djoining towns are expected to be resent for the dance on the evenng of December 28. 4 Opportunities id Poor At Christmas 2-10. Would appreciate food, fruit r clothes. 10. Sick old white woman?would j ppreciate fruit and food. 11. Needy colored family, will apreciate food and clothes. 12- Father in hospital?7 children -colored veteran. 13. Father in hospital, colored, G hildren. 14. Needy colored family?2 chilren, boy 6, girl 2. 15. Needy white family?2 boys, 1 and 9 years old. 16 Needy colored family, bay 4, e irl 5, and baby, 1 17. Needy colored family, girl 11, irl 10, boy 7. Rt. 3, Box 184, Litleton, N. C, 18. Needy colored family wants ood19. Needy colored family, girl 15, oy 18, boy 13, girl 11, boy 9, girl 7. 90, Needy colored family, wants ood and fruit. 21. Colored family in need of food nd clothes. 22. Old white woman and invalid on, a war veteran, would appreiate a basket at Christmas23. High type white gentJen^n /ould appreciate a pair pf sheea No. 1 or 10, ' 24. Needy colored family, 7 in 1 amily where there has been much < ickness?needs food and fruit, 1 J fit fimn EMBER 16, 1938 Subsc. Tieless Delegate WASHINGTON, D. C. . . . Joseph (Tieless Joe) W. Tolbert of South Carolina, oldest member of the Republican National Committee, claimed he's never worn a necktie i "because it's just too aggravating." , Mr. Tolbert told new members , gathered for the meeting of the Committee that he was the oldest s member of the Committee, having: c been a delegate to more gonven* irons than any man in the world, i ' ? Local Office Gets 1 Orders To Curtail \ W P. A. Roll i Orders coming down from Washington via way of Raleigh to cur- * tail the list of those working on re- 1 lief projects is expected result ' with the heads of many needy families being thrown out of a job be- " fore Congress makes more funds available for the continuation of . the program, it was learned yester- 1 day from the office of Miss Lucy | Leach, welfare officer. 1 Miss Leach said that her office had already taken off some persons i and that it would be unable to take ' an any more men for WPA jobs due to the fact that the government's appropriation for this work is running short and she that she had. been advised by the Raleigh office that Warren, as well as the other 1 lounties of the state, would have to f . . ..If reduce its relief load Py laying on men until more money for this work was made available. The welfare officer stated that at present there are around 350 persons engaged in work on relief projects in Warren and that her Dffice had certified 100 more persons for work hut that there existed iQ jobs for them. In addition, she said, "we have about 200 other per- ^ sons, the heads of nee^y families, ^ which we could certify if we were sermitted to do so." n SOCIAL AGENCIES CHAIRMAN ASKS CITIZENS TO AID POOR ? g The Welfare Department has re- ^ ;eived information that no new g :ases are to be assigned to W. P.. A rhere are about two hundred desti- ^ tute families whose fathers are ible to work, but who are unable to :'ind employment. This means that t ;hese families not only will not lave toys for Christmas, but that hey will not have food unless neip s given them. We are appealing ;o the interested citizens in the bounty to help out these people at his glad season. Furthermore, we c lave been told that some of those Sl low working on W. P. A will bo aken off very soon. J The need is greater this year than t has been lately mercy, genirosity, ancj charity whose other laftie ia justice. Walt Whitman j, ibserved (the quotation is from c nemory) that "whoever walks a j, 'urlong withoiit sympathy walks to ^ lis own funeral dressed in his p hroud." There is a poverty of the n ipirit more terrible than poverty of he body. That is why it is more t .'Continued on Page 8) t p EPISCOPAL SERVICES h Holy Communion will be celebrat- c !d at both Emmanuel and St. Al- (jan's Episcopal Church on Sunday l j? Dnv "Qi "NT H/a "FOP I nuuung, wjc ik>. *-*. * .. c Wagner announced this week- The c lervice at the Warrenton church c viU be held at 8 o'clock and the ^ ;ervlce at the Littleton church will )e at 11 o'clock. ( "The Y. P. S. L. vespers will be cancelled, the Rev- Mr. Wagner said, "due to special services at the r Methodist church to which mem- a sers of our congregation have been I ixtended an invitation,'* 1 j KILLS LARGE HOGS -] Two hogs, one weighing 500 s pounds and the other tipping the g scales at the 360 mark, were killed t ay J- Boyd Williams of near Wise on December 12, he reported yesterday, ^ ri a lAV>T*^ ?i.s?o a Year RECORD TO GO TO PRESS WEDNESDAY The Warren Record will he printed next Wednesday rather than the regular time on Thursday in order that the paper may prove of more benefit to merchants who have Christmas messages and shopping suggestions which they wish circulated in this trade area before stores close Saturday night, and also in order to allow a longer holiday for the office force of The RecordCorrespondents and advertisers are requested to get their copy to this office as early as possible. Garden Club Is Sponsoring Home Xmas Decorations The Warrenton Garden Club Is igain this year sponsoring home Christmas decoration in order to jeautify the town at the yuletide season and at the same time bring >ut individual artistic talent. The homes will be judged on Wednesday evening, December 21, ind prizes will be awarded for the jest house as a whole, the best ioorway, and the best outside Christmas decoration. First prize is $5 00, for the best louse as a whole, given by the Warrenton Lions. Club; second >rize is $3.5.0, given by the Carolina Power & Light Co., for the best ioorway; third prize is $2.00, given >y Rose's 5 & 10 for the best outside decoration, Last year and the year before she contest created considerable nterest and drew many favorable :omments from local citizens and hose from distant points who visted the town during the holidays. Patrolmen To Present 'Greeting' Cards To Motorists Should you be stopped by a State lighway Patrolman within the next ew days don't be unduly alarmed, or the officer probably has no, other lusiness with you than to present ou with a "Greeting"' card which he Highway Safety Division is dis- i ributing at this time. Patrolman Parks Alexander, who i on duty in this area, stated yes- 1 erday that beginning the 15th of his month the Highway Safety Diision began, distributing cards re- i [uesting motorists to practice care : nd caution at this season, and that 1 he patrol force has been ordered to ee that they are displayed on i ootor vehicles. The cards read in part: "Your 1 ooperation in driving and walking afely so that you and others may iave a Merry Christmas and a safe nd happy Now Year for 1939 is iereby requested in the interest of lumanity.'* The officer requested that vehile owners and operators display hese cards in a conspicuous place 1 n their windshields so that it will ot be necessary to stop them more han one time. "It will save you rouble and time and it will save ;s 1 rouble and time if you place th: ' ards where they may be easily een. . i Baptists To Hold Christmas Services Special Christmas services will be i leld at the Warrenton Baptist i Jhurch in the morning and even- i rig and at the Warren Plains Bap- < ist Church in the afternoon, the lev. R. E. Brickhouse, pastor, an- I lounced this week. At the Warrenton church at the i corning hour the choir will give ' he Christmas Cantata, "Night of loly Memories," and at the evening i lour, 7:30 o'clock, there will be Jhristmas hymns and the Pastor's 'hristmas Message. The service at the Warren Plains hurch, which will be held at 3 1'clock in the afternoon, will inlude Christmas hymns and a Christmas Message by the Pastor. /HRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE AT M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY A Christmas carol service, diected by Mrs- Kaiold M. Hardy, ,nd given under the auspices of the Jpworth League, will be held at the Varrenton Methodist Church on Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock, [he public is invited to attend the ervice and enjoy the special pro:ram which has been arranged for he occasion. Mr. Whit Patterson of Littleton vas a visitor here yesterday. ACCURATE, TERSE TIMELY NUMBER 50 GliOWKIK KILL CROP CONTROL Restraint Remains On Cotton But Growers May Plant Tobacco Without Limit COUNTY VOTERS DISSENT Warren county cotton and tobacco growers who went to the polls last Saturday to participate in the referendum held to decide the fate of federal crop control for tobacco and cotton went on record as being in favor of continuing the government's plan of curtailing production of these two monied crops in an effort to boost prices, although the southern states as a whole voted to abandon control of tobacco but continue government regulations over the planting of cottonThe vote in Warren, which re necsea a similar attitude as that revealed in Pitt, Wilson, Edgecombe and some of the other large tobacco growing counties, went for control of tobacco by a vote of 1,322 against 498, and for cotton by a vote of 1,761 against 498. The neighboring county of Vance, like the majority of the counties of the state, went against control for both crops. While the south at large gave an overwhelming majority for cotton control, tobacco lacked the twothirds majority needed to continue control of this crop in 1939, with every farmer left to plant as much of the leaf as he desires. The return was a sharp contrast to last March when 127,534 voted fr r and 15,534 against cotton quotas, an 89.2 per cent majority; and 151,593 voted for and 17,340 voted against tobacco quotas, an 89.7 per cent majority. A clear, cold day prevailed for voting, but the return was considerably smaller than the March election. E. Y. Floyd of State College, AAA executive officer for North Carolina, commented on the returns: "There is no question but that the 'antis' won; as for the ultimate outcome of the vote, we can only wait and see." Proponents of the measure had warned farmers that there would ue control?either of their own choosing or through low prices that would drive money crop growers out of business. Defeat of the tobacco quotas in North Carolina came after four over-whelming expressions of con licence in crop control. me latest, last March 12, endorsed both cotton and tobacco control, by majorities of mo.-e than 89 per cent. The first call for an expression on the New Deal farm policy came in (Continued on page 8) Firecrackers Illegal In Town, Scott Says Reminding that there is a town ordinance forbidding the shooting of fireworks in Warrenton during the Christmas holidays, as well as i 1 V. i- i-1 riU.A# f\t Dn. imuuguuui nit: year, uma 01 ir\j~ lice Jack Scott is requesting that ? the youth of the town, and elders also, cooperate with him in his effort to enforce this law and keep Warrenton peaceful and joyous during the yuletide season. "We regret that it is necessary for us to deny any child the happiness which he or she might obtain by shooting firecrackers in town," Chief Scott said, "but these explosives are not only annoying to many of our citizens but they are also dangerous." Continuing, the officer stated, "I know that it will be impossible for members of the police force to be everywhere at once and that there will probably be some fireworks shot in spite of all we can do, but I am asking the good citizens of the town to cooperate with us and requesting that parents instruct their children In regard to this matter " Ladies To Carry Baskets To Home Ladies of the entire town are reminded again this week of the annual custom of providing baskets for inmates of the county home on Christmas day and are requested to leave their baskets of food at one of the grocery stores here. They will be picked up and carried to the county home for the poor and unfortunate. G. G. ALLEN HERE George G. Allen of New York, head" of the Duke Foundation, spent the week end at Warrenton with his brother, F. M. Allen.
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