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,LAUNCHED
ie At Warrenton
\fternoon; Lasts
thanksgiving
IS CHAIRMAN
n~A nmcc RnH I
J, county-* we x\>cv* w*vww _
,hich will continue until I
HLgivinc. is being launched in
this week by E. H. RusBv
Macor.. who was appointed
Htv Rod C*11 chairman at a
K, held last Friday evening
BjThome of Mrs. Katherine P.
While a special call was
Warrenton last Sunday,
^Luihers will be made at Macon,
and Littleton. Chairman
is writing to prominent
B^in all townships asking that
B^id the work in their secB*
j letter to these workers, he
fl^e call comes again to en
member of the American
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cross- You are asked to se- J
K as many members in your I
HJ-j::: or immediate section as I
The membership contriis
only $1. I
of tliis amount goes to the
^Ety Chest of Warren, which is
Hn; under the direction of a
K of Welfare which is in daily I
with Miss Lucy Leach, coun-1
wlfare officer. The policy of J
Ht board is to spend these funds
Kafter actual investigation has)
Hrtd that they are needed. These I
relieve suffering without ad-1
^Emg it. I feel that you are in I
Bipathy with this county pro-j
H-fte other half of the dollar is
i to the National headquarters I
Hire American Red Cross where!
used in disasters wherever they
Hrclop. The Red Cross represents)
tsserve fund of mercy, and I beHrt
that you will be willing to I
your influence and work to
move which humane and
^King people the world over ap-1
and support. |
Call started Monday,
Bb Day. and will end on
^Hxgiving. Many appeals come,
but answer this with a good
Hntant from your section. ButH.'r
the coat lapels and shields
H the windows are enclosed.
Bled your dollars and names to
Hi: Macon."
tacts workers who received
Htofrom Mr. Russell are:
Unenton?S. E. Burroughs,
Hi Ann Burwell; Norlina?R. M.
^ ce. Mrs. M. C. Johnson; SixHai-Simon
Gardner, Mrs. E. H.
HkI: River?Miss Lucy Leach;
Htas-Abner Shearin, Mrs. J. L.
Bar; Fishing Creek?R. L.
Hs. Mrs. Beaufort Scull; HawB-P.
H. Rudd, Mrs. M. H.
B%: Sandy Creek?Thomas ElB?
Mrs. J. K. Pinnell; Shocco
ml Limer, Mrs. Van K. Davis;
H-m. t. Pridgen, Mrs. Harry
Roanoke?L. W. Kidd,
gHenry Wall; Nutbush-^J. C.
S. J. Satterwhite;
^B:- Creek?Kasper Killian, Mrs.
B Hayes.
j^ts are to be made to Mr.
B8-a>- Macon who will check
? a"tl turn reports and cash
Miss Ma ie Gardner,
of the Warren County
BCross chapter.
Bribers enroll in
CROSS AT warrenton
H^tic work for the Red
Wv- tu'o booths in the drug
B^utown and on the streets
bought the total enrollB?
to 319 members for Warren
?4 its immediate section in
thai Red Cross roll call.
Bindred and thirty-four mem
1?re enrolled on Sunday and
^ them ^ Tuesday. The
the Misses Katherine ArB
Sara Howard Ward, Loyce
wd Mildred Allen at work,
^re led to enroll again. It
' Hed Cross Monday down
Halt ot the funds will go to
touflty charity Chest and the
B^Hali to National headB
Sunday call followed brief
B^5 at the Baptist church at
B? Mrs. Arlington presided.
Byf^r the success of the unBp
*as offered by the Rev.
B. T. Gibbs. and the canvass
' Many persons were at
Bm* ^e'r dollar ready, and
4 *as tapidiy made through
BJ1 Those taking part were
W Mamie Williams, J. J. TarM|c<?tinued
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TURIN, Italy?Photo shows the
new cars and for special races atop
George Williams
Tells Fagg How
He Was Held Up
"Two of them hopped on me out
of the dark as I walkng along with
Pearl Hawkins, strangled me and
took $20. 'Twas awful," thus
George Williams, who distributes
circulars in town, tells of his Saturday
night struggle near Roy
Davis' out-of-town place of business
on the Norlina road.
George said that he didn't know
one of the men who hit him. but
swore out a warrant against Davie
Robinson, negro who works part
time at the Warrenton Box & Lumber
Co.. and Judge Fagg found
probable cause, binding Robinson,
under bond, to the next term of
Warren Superior Court.
George says that he had been to
town with Pearl Hawkins, a negro
woman of about 25, and that he
was walking homeward with the
woman half his age. She complained
about his not having
bought her an ice cream cone, and
about that time the two negroes
pounced upon him. "I thought I
would die any minute," Williams
said yesterday in recounting the
struggle.
After the men had gone and
with them the $20, George hurried
to Roy Davis' place and called
Sheriff O. D. Williams, who went to
the scene immediately. The warrant
was sworn out, and the officers
got busy. Judge W. C. Fagg
(held the prehminary hearing the
[ first of the week, and Robinson,
! unable to give $1,000 bond, is in
jail.
Mrs. Perkinson Is
I On Welfare Program
Mrs. Charlotte Story Perkinson
of Raleigh was one of the speakers
_x iu. maatino nf the Central Dis
HI liliC UlCCbiiig v* -
trict of the Welfare Superintendents
held at Henderson on November
6. Other speakers on the program
were Dr. Harry W. Crane,
professor of Abnormal Psychology
at the University of North Carolina,
Dr. Wiley B. Sanders of the
Sociology Department, Dr. Leonard
of the Eastern Carolina Training
School, Miss Margaret Lane, police
woman of Raleigh.
George H. Lawrence of Chapel
Hill presided at the morning session
held at the Parish House, and Mrs.
Kate Burr Johnson, commissioner
of public welfare, presided at the
luncheon session held at West End
Country Club. |
Mrs. Perkinson, at the request of
Frank Graham, president, present-1
ed the aims, accomplishments and,
some of the future objectives of the
North Carolina conference for
social service.
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Tables Reserved For
Benefit Bridge Party
Tables are already being reserved
for the benefit bridge party
which is to be given by the American
Legion Auxilary at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Knsey on,
Friday evening, November 22, commencing
at 8:15 o'clock. Proceeds
will be used for the soldiers at
Oteen.
Prizes will be offered by several
of the town's leading business
firms, and the bridge party will be
widely attended. Similr benefits
here have always won wide interest.
The committee in charge includes
Mesdames L. C. Kinsey, W. D. Rodgers,
A. C. Blalock. Loyd Wood and
C. R. Rod well. Persons desiring to
reserve tables are asked to consult
one of the committee.
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WARRENTON, COUNTY C
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asphalt roadway for the testing of
the Fiat Works in Turin. I
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Reckless Driving 1
And Possession Of
Whiskey Charged
Reckless driving and the possession
of whiskey were charged in the
three bills of indictment before Recorder
T. O. Rodwell on Monday.
The whiskey indictments grew from
the same offense.
Charlie Carter, a white man of
Littleton, was fined the cost and ordered
to pay $10 into the court for |
the use of Louise Davis, a school
girl of seven or eight years who was
injured when struck by the Carter
car in the Town of Littleton. Her
injuries were of minor nature.
Witnesses for the State were C. F.
Alston, Lawrence Stainback and
Walter Brown.
Faced with a battery of four
deputies sheriff, John Russell and
Oscar Hargrove admitted the possession
of booze and transporting it.
They were fined $10 each and
costs. Deputies Elmore King, R. O.
Snipes, Frank H. Neal and Walter
Mustian pounced upon the men as
they drove from a sideroad into the
main highway, finding a half gal
Ion and a pint in their possession.
The officers ware looking for bigger
game but brought these men
to the bar. The arrests were made
near the Billy Curtis place in the
Palmer Springs neighborhood. The
court ordered the sheriff to destroy
the confiscated liquor.
Last Month For Tax
Discount^ Sheriff Says
"This is the last month in which
taxpayers may secure a discount,"
Sheriff O. D. Williams commented
yesterday. He urged that as many
persons as possible take advantage
of this saving which was authorized
by the last legislature. Taxes paid
in December will be at par and
thereafter the penalty of 1 per
cent per month will be added.
Wide notice of this ruling has
been given before, and the sheriff
said that his collections had been
better this Fall than last.
Nellie Tharrington
Buried On Tuesday
With the Rev. G. W. May offic
iating, funeral services were neia
from the home Tuesday for Nellie
Tharrington, the eight-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Tharrington of Inez. Interment
was in the family burying ground
near the old Shady Grove church.
Complications developing from an
attack of measles several years ago
were said to have been responsible
for Her death.
RETURNS FROM CONVENTION I
The Rev. R. E. Backhouse of the |
Baptist church returns to Warrenton
this afternoon from Shelby
where he has been attending the
Baptist State convention. J. Edward
Allen was in attendance upon
the sessions for two days. - He returned
home yesterday.
NAMED RADIO DEALER
W. R. Strickland, member of the
It 1 nf fnwn commissioners and
I UUclI U Vi Wu*.
business man of Warrenton, has
just been designated as dealer for
the Crosley radios at Warrenton
and in this territory. Manufac- ,
turers of the Crosley are among
the biggest in the radio field, and
Mr. Strickland is explaining the
points of excellence of their products
to prospects.
"THE ABUNDANT LIFE"
With the Rev. B. N. de Foe-Wagner
absent, conducting a mission at
High Point, services at Emmanuel
church on Sunday evening at 7:30
I o'clock will be in the form of a religious
picture, "The Abundant Life".
The public is invited to attend.
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SCHOOL CHILDREN
DRINK WHISKEY
Investigation Leads To Destruction
of Large Steam
Outfit Near Town
SOILER CAUGHT BEFORE
Younger heads set giddy by the
jse of manufactured corn led to
he- capture Wednesday of a big
iteam plant in Butcher Wortham's
>asture on the old Jack Smiley
)iace two and a half miles from
own. Clues came to Henry Haith:ock
and after a little sleuthing
ibout Macon where some of the
ichool children had been imbibing
:orn from this "unknonw source,"
;he raid was made.
Officer Haithcock, accompanied
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uy oiaixey rtuuxvci auu vkucu^
Haithcock, broke up the whiskeymaking
party, but the three men
it the still escaped. The opinion
is expressed here that the car
which crashed through the fence
it the junction of the MaconLiberia
highways last Wednesday
night was loaded with products of
this plant.
Seven or eight thousand gallons
of beer and two tubs of liquor were
destroyed. Thirteen cases of fruit
jars and the steam boiler were confiscated,
but two trucks were stuck
before the spoils of the raid reached
the highway. The boiler was
identified as one which had been
captured in four or five previous
raids and resold by the county each
time.
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New Members Added
To Library Ass'n
Eleven new members of the Warren
County Memorial Library association
have been added during the
past week, according to figures re-1
leased late yesterday afternoon by
Stephen E. Burroughs, secretarytreasurer.
A campaign is under way
to secure at least 100 persons as
regular members in order that the
library may be financed without
necessity of campaigns eaeli Fall.
These joining this week include
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Scoggin, S. M.
Gardner, Miss Julia Dameron, Mrs.
R. J. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Dameron, Mrs. Matille D. Graves,
Mrs. Walter R. White, George W.
Harrison, Miss Sallie Allen, Mrs. E.
S. Allen, Brodie Jones.
Members who affiliated with the
association before this week were:
Mrs. C. E. Jackson, Miss Mamie
Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Williams,
Mrs. A. E. Jones, T. I. Gillam,
W. H. Burroughs, William T.!
Polk, Mrs. A. D. Harris Sr., Mrs.
V. L. Pendleton, T. O. Rodwell, Miss
Mamie Williams, Dr. and Mrs. T. J.
Holt, Martin J. Davis, Stephen E.
Burroughs, Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Palmer,
J. William Limer, C. E. Jackson,
M. H. Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. C.
R. Rodwell, Mr. and Mrs. Walter B.
Fleming, A Friend.
Allen And Burroughs
Speakers At School
J. Edward Allen and S. E. Burroughs
were speakers at the chapel
exercises at John Graham High
school on Monday morning at 8:40
for the celebration of an Armistice
day program. Principal J. W. Beach
presided, and the music score included
"America," "Carolina" and
"The Star Spangled Banner."
Supt. Allen explained the purpose
of National Education week?the
present one?and talked upon school
work as related to patriotism. Mr.
Burroughs spoke upon the significance
of Armistice day and the program
of the American Legion.
The school auditorium was filled,
and the 45 minute program .enjoyed.
Seeks Copy Of
Warrenton Sketches
"Could you help us secure a copy
of 'Sketches of Old Warrenton,' by
Montgomery?" E. C. Crittenden,
librarian of Wake Forest college,
writes to J. Edward Allen, superintendent
of education and one of
the trustees of the college. The
book was published several years
aeo and there are many copies
U here.
Whether any one will part
with their copy remains to be seen.
Miss Mabel Davis, librarian of
Warren County Memorial Library,
"We should very much like to have
the book for our North Carolina
collection in the library."
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
Major General William S. Rivers
and Mrs. Rivers of Washington, D.
C? were guests of Mrs. Katherine
P. Arrington during the past week
end.
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iY, NOVEMBER ; i929
Frazier Is In Jail
Following Shooting
Of Young Negro
Charlie Frazier, white farmer
who lives near town, is in Warren
jail with privilege of bail denied
until the condition of George
Davis, young negro, is determined.
Davis was shot by Mr. Fraizer late
Wednesday afternoon following an
argument about feeding some stock.
The white man used a shotgun
at close range, shooting the negro
in the leg between knee and thigh.
First aid was given by Dr. W. D.
Rodgers and the man rushed to
the Henderson hospital. Mr. Frazier
is a son-in-law of Fate Weaver,
former night police officer at Warrenton.
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mann uiscusses
Federal Advances
At Meeting Here
The Federal Farm Loan board
and how It is operating to help the
members of the co-operation receive
16 cents a pound for their
cotton was explained by M. G.
Mann, assistant general manager
of the North Carolina Cotton Grow|
ers association to a group of Warren
farmers in the Court House on
Wednesday. The advance is for
basis middling on all cotton placed
[in the seasonal pool. Smaller advances
for inferior grades of the
staple are also being made by the
association.
Mr. Mann spoke as one well
posted on the Farm Bill and his
discussion was favorably received.
He said that a great opportunity is
being offered the members of the
, Cotton Assocation at this time,
provided the farmers will join and
accept the benefits.
Hugh Johnson, field representative
of the Cotton association, accompanied
Mr. Mann on his visit
here. About 25 or 30 farmers v/ere
present.
Rn?r#1 PliAclcft Tax
Books Wednesday
A full meeting of the board of
commissioners of Warren was held
at the Court House on Wednesday
for the purpose of checking the old
tax books against the new to find
any errors in transcribing and to
place any additional real and personal
property upon the books.
Auditor P. M. Stallings met with
the body.
A number of errors were found
and corrections made. Other townships
are to be checked later by
the body, it understood. A tacit
agreement was reached at the
meeting to withhold compensation
to list takers in the future until
after the books had been checked
iby the board.
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Fleming To Discuss
Creamery Prospects
Prospects for a creamery for
Warren county to be established at
Warrenton will be reviewed to'
night by Dr. A. H. Fleming of
Louisburg in an address before the
Kiwanis club at Hotel Warren. He
jwill be presented by Dr. H. N.
Walters.
The Kiwanis club here has received
inquires about the advisability
of a creamery locating at
Warrenton. Dr. Flemng, whose
club promoted the establishment
[of a similar project at Louisburg,
?iii HrrVif nnnn thp subiect.
Will Ul 1115 H511V Uf/V.. ?
The meeting is at 6:30 o'clock, and
[Secretary Paul Bell is urging a
large attendance.
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Dr. Gibbs Stresses
Peace-Time Duties
A brief Armistice Day talk was
made at Boyd's warehouse Monday
morning by the Rev. Dr. J. T.
Gibbs between sales at the two
warehouse. The minister was
called upon for a few impromptu
[remarks by J. Edward Rooker.
The Rev. Dr. Gibbs spoke for
about ten minutes upon the service
[rendered by soldiers in the days of
the war. but urged more particularly
the duty of "carrying on" in
peace.
PHILEATHEAS MEET
| Mesdames Pete Reavis and W. W.
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[Kidd were joint nosiess iu wic
Philathea class on Tuesday of last
week. After the usual business
was condurted, Mrs. John Bell read
an interesting account of the Life
and Works of James Lane Allen.
A salad course was served to the
15 members present.
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WORLD'S TALLEST
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NEW YORlTciTY.?Photo shows
a view looking down at Fortysecond
Street and Lexington Avenue
from the steeple of the new Chrysler
Building, 800 feet in the air,
and which is the tallest building in
the world.
Portrait Of Late
John Graham Will
Be Unveiled On 27th
A life-size portrait of the late
John Graham, veteran Carolina
educator and a soldier of the South
in the days of the War Between
the Sections, will be unveiled at the
John Graham High school on
Wednesday morning, November 27,
at 11 o'clock. It is said to be a
particularly fine likeness, and is the
work of William Steen of New York
and Chapel Hill.
The picture is a gift to the
school from the class of 1929, the
first to graduate after the official
designation of the Warrenton High
[school as the John Graham high
school, from Mrs. Katherine P.
Arrington, and from individuals of
old Graham school. These were
, int orviewerl nr written hv J. Ed
[ward Allen or C. A. pucker.
The address of the morning will
be delivered by Robert B. House,
xacutive secretary of the University
of North Carolina, and a former
student of Mr. Graham, who
conducted a model private high
school here from 1899 until the
early days of the World War.
Other pupils of his will have part
in the exercises.
Banzet Speaker On
National Defense
Program Monday
Julius Banzet was the chief
speaker on the National Defense
program which was held in the
Court House here on Armistice evening
under the auspices of the
Daughters of the American RevoUo
nroe nroconfnH hv AvT i QC
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Amma D. Graham. Mrs. C. R. Rodwell
presided.
The Warrenton attorney sketched
briefly the history of the American
Revolution, and outlined the foundation
stones of the Republic. He
pointed out that many of the
world's questions could be settled
arcund the council table, and cited
in particular .the recent visit of
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
and his conferences with President
Hoover in reference to world peace.
Mr. Banzet's address was well received.
The program was varied by
a number of musical selections under
the direction of Mrs. John Burwell.
LEWIS IN JAIL HERE
I Willie Lewis, charged with breaking
into the store of R. L. Capps of
Areola, is in jail here under $1,000
bond, after a hearing before Magistrate
W. C. Fagg. The negro
was in court on a similar charge
at the September term.
PERSONAL MENTION
Miss Katherine Arrington departed
on Wednesday for New York
~t? ?* H hmamJ a /Jotre
WI1CXC SI1C Will opciiu a 1CYV uajo.
Dr. H. N. Walters was a visitor
at Raleigh this week where he is
taking a post graduate course.
Miss Cate Monroe Gardner, who
is spending some time with the
family of Mr. J. T. Rowland at
Raleigh, and Mrs. Sam Gresham
were visitors at Warrenton yesterday.
Friends of Mr. Rowland will
be pleased to learn that his condition
has improved and that he
will probably leave the hospital on
Sunday.
Miss Lucy Boyd returned to Warrenton
on Wednesday after spending
several days at Rocky Mount
where she was one of the bridesmaids-at
the wedding of Miss Lillian
Braswell.
MOST OF THE NEWS
AIL THE TIME
NUMBER 46
ALLEN DECLARES
FIGURES WRONG
Superintendent Of Schools
Takes Exception To Mrs.
Sprinkle's Statement
THE FACTS AND FIGURES
Taking exception to the statement
by Mrs. Mary Camp Sprinkle
of the State Welfare department,
"that there are 2 Oftfl rhilriren nf
compulsory school age in Warren
county who are not enrolled in
school," said to have been made
Tuesday in an address to members
of the welfare department of the
Woman's club and other women at
the Episcopal parish house, J. Edward
Allen, superintendent of education
in Warren, gave the following
statement to the press yesterday:
"It is brought to the attention of
the county superintendent that a
representative of the State Department
of Public Welfare made the
statement in a meeting of the
Woman's club of Warrenton, at the
Episcopal Parish House last Tuesday,
that there are 2,000 children
of compulsory school age in Warren
county who are not enrolled in
school. In justice to the people of
Warren County and to Miss Lucy
Leach, Welfare Worker for Warren
County. I think it should be stated
that this is wholly incorrect. Our
people believe in school, and send
their children to school in the fhain
without being compelled to do so.
Of course, there are perhaps a
dozen cases each year which are
different, but these are so exceptional
as to be conspicuous for their
rarity.
"The facts are. that Warren
County has the reputation for having
the most complete school census
among all the counties, as county
reputations go in the State Departments
at Raleigh. But in
spite of all this, the records show
(and they are on file in Raleigh)
that for the past school year the
compulsory school census for Warren
County, both white and colored
was 4,826, and for the same
school year, the total enrollment of
children of compulsory age was
4,742. The total number of children
of compulsory age not enrolled
was, therefore, shown to be 84.
The percentage of enrollment was,
therefore, 98, which is extraordinarily
good. For the white children
the compulsory census was
actually less than the enrollment,
due to the fact that some outsiders
come to our county schools.
"While the average attendance
among the colored children is disgracefully
low, it is improving
greatly. For the white race, the
figures show that in a compulsory
census of 1513 last year, the aver
| age attendance of compulsory age
was 1235, which is about 80 per
cent of the census and still is not
bad as the counties go. In fact,
for 80 per cent of the census to be
in school every day within the compulsory
age in an eight months'
term, is a very good record.
"It is quite possible that the
statement referred to was incorrectly
reported to us, but it will do
good to have the actual facts known
by our people."
Harris And Reavis
Take Case To Court
With Justice W. C. Fagg presiding,
argument will be heard this
morning in the case between A. D.
Harris, Warrenton merchant, and
V. T. Reavis, tobacco buyer, in a
case in which Mr. Harris is seeking
to recover -50 from Mr. Reavis
on account of alleged damages to
Erwin Page's car. which Mr. Harris
was driving, on Wednesday,
October 23. Mr. Reavis truck was
being driven by George Yancey and
the smash occurred near the Baptist
church.
Efforts for a settlement out of
court failed, and the matter will be
argued this morning. Evidence
was taken yesterday afternoon.
Frank H. Gibbs is appearing for
Reavis and Julius Banzet for
Harris.
LEGION TO HELP LIBRARY
Limer Post of the American
Legion last night, after full discussion,
pledged itself to pay $50
yearly to the support of Warren
County Memorial Library association.
The funds will be paid on
January 1. and the decision by the
Post will be welcomed generally.
Other matters of interest were
transacted last night.