I ^CURATE, TERSE
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M0UME XXX
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libers Discuss Erection Of
fifooden Buildings In Fire
I District of Town
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lOl'LD iNCKfcASiu iwujo
I# M. Drake, chief of police, was
Ijjjjtfd Building Inspector for the
WT0f Warrenton at the regular
EJhly meeting of the board of
^commissioners on Monday
F. Mr, Drake's duties will be to
Cthat there are no buildings
F^ within the fire district that
fnot meet with regulations laid
lotti by the Commissioners and
E state Insurance Commission,
K to see that any buildings that
E have been erected here in
Ettion of the resolutions be made
Eoafora thereto or be torn down.
MJhe appointment of Mr. Drake
after routine matters had
En disposed of and after rather
E:hy discussion about the erecE
of frame buildings in the fire
End. Mayor Gibbs told members
mite board that a representative
tbe Southeastern Underwriters
w at Warrenton to inspect
I in regard to fire hazards
iys ago, but that unfortuthat
time he was in the
ind did not see the repreHe
told of a conversation
p Scoggin, automobile
re, in which Mr. Scoggin
that he would be glad to
building comply with the
ie Mayor would tell him
so. The dealer stated that
ed to being singled out,
jht that the law should
d in the case of others as
; Mayor informed Mr.
hat this would be done
the board had no intenhgling
him out.
[iscussion, members pointiat
other residents had
ditions to their places of
complying with the law
exception that wooden
used in a number of
1 although in the cases
fire hazard was not inter
were of the opinion
lould be mad^to comply
air. They further pointed
:iie building erected by
u was of wood, with the
if the roof, to be used
rage of automobiles, and
s a fire hazard, in their
trary to law, and if al)
unremedied would in ance
rates in the town.
>ner Ed Gillam said that
down the wooden sides
i pit, that although it
assed by the insurance
t as it stood, that he
to tear down the wood1
porting the galvanized
Ijstitute metal post. He
r members of the board
1 had been built against
and that he did not bein
any sense a fire
that he wanted to com;
law to the fullest exPeople
To
set on Saturday
of the Epworth League
People's Missionary Sothe
Weldon district will
up meeting at the Methch
here tomorrow niornMng
at 10:30 o'clock. All
Pie who are not members
of the organizations are
1 to be present. All are
3fing a simple box lunch.
' Gilbert L. Rowe of Duke
' *ill address the gatherill
the Rev. E. L. Hiliman
ville, who is conducting a
meetings at the Methodist
brents are asked to help
as possible in seeing that
crowd of young people at
Hj^n Ranks 18th
m Pupil Promotions
county ranks 18th among
^ ies in the State in peraI
pupils promoted in her
^cording to this week's is'WrSchool
Pacts.
the proof of the effectB
M our educational system
results," Supt J. Edward
B ^ yesterday in commenting
^BJ; article, "It costs the State
^B^ Carolina $6,000,000 each
send children through the
^B*tlle second time. One can
failure of pupils to be proto
the tax burden of
is naturally very gratibarren
county has such
in respect to pro^B
- are obtaining results.")
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Warrenton Squad
To Play Norlina
This Afternoon
The Warrenton football squad
will journey to Norlina this afternoon
to meet the Norlina eleven at
3:30 o'clock in the locals second
game of the year.
Despite a lack of headgears and
uniforms, the Graham boys held the
visiting Whitakers squad to two
touchdowns on the local field in
their first game on last Friday afternoon.
Playing in odds and ends
of suits and in overalls in a number
of cases, the locals played the visitors
to a 6-6 tie during the first
half, and won the support of a
MlimKav 1 rtrtft 1 ttiVtA ?M
li U4.il UCX Ui AVfV/ai iatl4C113, WUU iu
many instances were witnessing
their first football game. The visitors
took the game with a winning
touchdown in the last half, the
score being 13-6 at the final whistle.
Terrell and Poindexter starred for
the locals; Parker and Weaver
played stella ball for the visitors.
The probable starting line-up for
this afternoon's game will be G.
Haithcock, left end; G. Jones, left
tackle; J. Riggan, left guard; J,
Poindexter, center; A. Peoples,
right guard; W. Parker, right
tackle; E. Hall, right eftd; John
Drake, quarterback; P. Terrell, left
half; E. Connell, right half; "Srap"
Powell, fullback.
To Dedicate New
Providence Church
Dedication exercises at the New
Providence church at Afton-Elberon
will be held at 11 o'clock Sunday
morning, October 19, the Rev. S.
E. Wright announced yesterday. Dr.
J. M. Ormond will preach the
dedicatory sermon and will dedicate
the church at 11 o'clock. A dinner
will be served on the grounds following
the dedication and those attending
are asked to bring basket
lunches.
The afternoon session will be in
charge of Dr. W. P. Few. President
of Duke University, and Conference
Lay Leader. The public is invited
to join with the members of the
church in the Sunday service.
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Tne new rroviaence iviewiuui&t
church was begun in 1929 and completed
one year later. The building
is an attractive brick structure
which cost about $9,000. The Duke
Foundation donated $2,500 of this
amount.
The membership of Providence
church is small, with about 60
members with a large Sunuday
School enrollment of 120 with an
average attendance of 85.
Trustees Meet Here
On Monday Night
A. C. Blalock and H. A. Moseley
were appointed a committee to
assist the patrons of the John R.
Hawkins negro school in the erection
of an industrial building with
the aid of the Rosenwald Fund at
a meeting of the board of trustees
of the John Grahafn High school
held at the school building on Monday
night. An agricultural department
was added to the local negro
school this year and a new building
is needed for this work, it was
brought out.
The crowed condition of the John
Graham school was brought to the
attention of the trustees. After a
discussion of the matter, it was decided
to have Miss Katherine Tay
' il-- A
lor of Warrenton assist tne iacimy
during the entire morning period.
Miss Taylor has been aiding in the
work of the school for two hours
each day for several weeks.
Prof. M. J. Benjunes of Chowan
College has expressed a desire to
organize an orchestra at the Graham
school. The board voted that
a thorough investigation of the
music teacher's qualifications and
results of his work be made before
pci mission was granted to him.
Many Persons Attend
Revival Services Here
Many persons have attended the
revival services conducted this week
at the Warrenton Methodist churcn
by the Rev. E. L. Hillman, pastor
of the Jarvis Memorial church,
Greenville.
The meeting opened on Monday
evening and services have been conducted
each morning and evening.
Although the business houses of
the town have not been closed for
the meeting, many business men
have been present each morning, it
is said.
The Rev. Mr. Hillman made a
talk yesterday morning to the pupils
of the John Graham high school
during chapel period, and tonight
will hold a special service for the
I young people.
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WARRENTON, COUNTY
LUCKY,
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MADE PROGRESS IN PR
Imprisoned for his
Deiiefs, John Bunyar
burned his tremendou
enerqy to Writincj, an<
penned uie qrequest
reliqious
alIeqory of all M
'pilgrims:
VDfXMISS |pPP|
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Many Are Aided
With Funds From
The Charity Chest
TVifl urnrlr nf aidinc f.hp nfior fttld
'? w*ta V* vaaw a?? |
destitute in Warren through fluids
raised by the charity chest and contributions
by friends interested in
Welfare work, Miss Lucy Leach,
welfare officer for Warren, tells in
her report for the past month of
sending sick people to hospitals for
treatment, of the gathering and distribution
of clothing and other '
phases of her work.
The welfare worker reports sending
a white man, a colored man and
a colored child to hospital; of sending
a colore! boy to a school for the
blind and tiro colored women to the j
hospital, and of sending a white girl
tq a maternity hospital. She sentj
a white child and two colored children
to clinics. One cripple white
girl is being taught at home, the,
teacher being paid by an interested
friend.
Many good second hand clothes
have been received, Miss Leach said,
but the need is great and it seems
almost impossible to get clothes
enough to go round.
During the past month $147.7G
was spent from the charity chest.
The chest received $17 during that
period. In view of this state of af-'
fairs Miss Leach asks that those in- J
terested in aiding the poor of the |
county contribute as much as pos-J
sible to the relief fund.
In addition to aiding the poor,
the welfare officer has investigated
several cases of children being ab-1
sent from school and has made
three talks in the interest of better j
attendance in the schools. Miss
Leach made eight trips out of "Hie
county during the month in the in.
terest of her work. Other business
out of town has been attended to
by a number of interested friends.
Fleming; Evidently
Knows. His Chickens
John H. Fleming of Norlina, nominee
for the board of county com-}
missioners, evidently knows his
chickens.
Exhibiting Barred Plymouth Rocks
at the Golden Belt Fair at Hen[
derson this week, Mr. Fleming won
prizes for best pen, best hen, best
cockerel, first and second pullet
prizes, best pen in American .class,
best pen in show, and in addition
i was awarded a prize for best display
in show.
Mr. Fleming has been exhibiting
at the Golclen Belt Fair since its
inauguration several years ago. He
has been uniformily successful in
winning a number of prizes each
year. He said yesterday that he
plans to exhibit his chickens this
year at the State Fair at Raleigh
next week.
MISS BECK HERE
Miss Dora Beck, Chief Officer of
the Juvenile court of El Dorado,
Ark. is a guest in the home of Supt.
and Mrs. J. Edward Allen. Miss
Beck is pleasantly remembered here
| where she has visited a number of
! times since she was employed as
! welfare worker at the Peck Manui
facturing Company.
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OF WARREN, N. C., FRIDJ
BREAKS I
. Miller
'!SOW-JUS . /TLi
Citizens Approve
Charter And Elect
Library Trustees
Meeting in the library building
at Warrenton on Wednesday night,
citizens approved the articles of incorporation
for the Warren County
Memorial Library, and the by-laws
and elected a board of trustees who
will name the officers for the body
at a meeting to be held on Friday
right.
W. T. Polk presided over the
meeting. He appointed Miss Gayle
Tarwater temporary secretary and
read the Articles of Incorporation
and the By-Laws which were approved
with no opposing vote.
A nominating committee, composed
of C. R. Rodwell, Henry Montgomery,
W. T. Polk and Miss Mabel
Davis, retired to the office of C. R.
Rodwell to consider nomination.
Ten trustees were named by this
body and elected without opposition.
They were S. E. Burroughs, J.
W. Limer, J. Edward Allen, John
Mitchell, Bignall Jones, W. T. Polk,
C. A. Tucker, Mrs. Katherine Arrington,
Mrs. C. R. Rodwell, Henry
Montgomery.
In order to better carry out the
work of the Warren Memorial Library,
recently articles of incorporation
were taken out. Signing the
application on behalf of the library
were W. T. Polk, S. E. Burroughs
and C. R. Rodwell. Mr. Polk called
a mass meeting of citizens to approve
the charter. With their action
on Wednesday night, The War.
ren Memorial Library, Incorporated,
became a functioning body.
Jim King Buried At
Norlina On Monday
Funeral services for Jim King, 30,
of Norlina, were held at Jerusalem
Church on Monday afternoon by
the Rev. Midgette of Norlina and
Rev. J. A. Martin of Warrenton.
Mr. King died on Sunday night
at his home in Norlina about 8:00
following an illness of only a few
days. He is survived by his wife,
three children, his mother and a
sister.
MANY SEE PARADE
A crowd estimated at approximately
2,000 joined with Warrenton
citizens in witnessing the parade of
[ Downie Circus here on Tuesday and
many of them attended the shows
in the afternoon and at night. Fully
two-thirds of those present were
of the negro race. Police officers
here report that the crowds were
orderly and gave them no difficulty.
Comment on the show has been
favorable.
PERSONAL MENTION
The Hon. J. A. Hartness, Secretary
of State, was a visitor at Warrenton
on Tuesday.
Miss Ann Burwell is spending
some time in New York.
Mrs. Ship McCarroll, who has
been spending several weeks here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.
P. Burwell, returned ysterday to her
home at Pasiac, N. J.
Mrs. Leon Jones of Durham was
a visitor in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. w. J Davis this week.
Swn
kY, OCTOBER 10, 1930
TO DISCUSS NEW
CO OP CONTRACT
1
Tobacco Growers To Meet (At
Court House on Saturday
At 2:00 o'Clock
HULL) STATE MEETING
A meeting of the tobacco grower!
of Warren comity will be held ai
the court house at Warrenton or
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, R
H. Bright, vcational teacher of agriculture,
announced yesterday. Tht
purpose of the meeting is to explair
the new contract of the Marketing
Association.
Agricultural agents and vocational
teachers of the State met at Ra.
leigh early in the week with agricultural
leaders. Plans were made
at this meeting to call county meetings
over the State as early as possible.
Mr. Bright announces that he
will have some of the new con.
tracts at the meeting on Saturdaj
and urges as many tobacco farmers
as can possible do so to attend the
meeting.
Local U. D. C. Elects
Officers For Yeai
Members of the local chapter o)
U. D. C. met on Tuesday afternoor
at the home of the president, Mrs
P. M. Allen, and elected the following
officers: Mrs. N. M. Palmer
recording secretary; Mrs. J. P
Scoggin, corresponding secretary
Mrs. J. E Rooker, treasurer; Mrs. J
B. Massenburg, historian; Mrs. H
A. Moseley, registrar; Mrs. B. C
Hilliard, custodian.
The chapter decided at futur<
meetings the serving of refreshment
would be dispensed with.
A report; from the State conventior
nUnniAf] i-Vi A f f Urt /*M rl TJrtrO I
diiuwcu umt ti ic wiu kjuiuxci a aavahxi
was taking good care of the Vet'
eians and that there were about 21
old soldiers at this home. Th<
youngest of these is 80 years of age
Crape Myrtle and other flower:
havp been planted on the Jeffersor
Davis highway running througl
this State through the efforts a
Mrs. Alex Cooper of Henderson, i
was reported to the members pre<
ent. Many unsightly billboards haw
been removed and $1600 has beer
spent for the beautification of thfc
highway through the efforts of thi
United Daughters of the Confeder
acy,
The November meeting' of the
chapter will be held in the hom<
of Mrs. Howard Alston.
Attend 100th Meeting
Tar River Associatior
The Rev. R. E. Brickhouse anc
John W. Allen attended the lOOtt
anniversary meeting of the Tai
River Baptist Association held at
Old Sandy Creek church near Oem
fnrvillp r>n Wednesday.
Fifteen hundred persons wer<
present Wednesday, the openinf
day, at which time the Rev. S. L
Blanton of Louisburg preached th<
introductory sermon. The Rev. Mr
Brickhouse made a talk at the af
ternoon session. A basket dinner wa:
served on the grounds.
J. T. Alderman of Henderson wai
re-elected Moderator of the associa
tion. The meeting will come to s
close today. The next session wil
be held next year at Louisburg.
Taxpayers To Ask
For Special Sessior
Taxpayers of Warren gathered ii
mass meeting at the court house a
Warrenton on Saturday afternoor
decided to circulate petitions asking
for a special session of the Legislature
to lower taxes on real es
tate. Many present signed the petition
and plans were made to hav<
them circulated over the county foi
additional signatures.
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The meeting was canea dj w.b
Turner, president of the Warrer
County Taxpayers Union. About 21
taxpayers responded to the oaii
Brief talks were made by John S
Davis, Democratic ominee for th(
House of Representatives, and bj
John H. Kerr, Jr,
Haithcock Member
Board of Election!
Claude M. Haithcock of Churchil
has been appointed a member oi
the Warren County Board of Elec
tions, succeeding Jesse Gardner
who resigned this week. Mr. Gard
ner is Chairman of the Warrer
County Democratic Executive committee
and in resigning said that
he did not think it well for botl
positions to be held by the sam<
person.
A
rij
Jury Says Oy- C<* I
? Not0::>
1 ^nunuea
VA^Sr ithat had for their vic'
persons well known to Warfen
gave to Recorder's court Monday
morning an air of importance
i beyond the wonted procedure of the
' justice dispensary as more than
3 twice the usual number of citizens
t gathered in the court room to lis{
ten to evidence given a jury of a
(> fight that occurred at Macon Sep.
ternber 28th between Harry Ken,
yon and W. B. Overby, and to hear
i the outcome of a case charging
, Vernon Powell with the manufacture
of whiskey.
After hearing evidence of the
Kenyon-Overby affray for more
than an hour, the jury retired to return
in short order with the verdict
that W. B. Overby, the defendant
was not guilty.
Evidence of the fight pointed out
. that Mr. Kenyon walked into the
r Riggan service station where Mr.
> Overby was sitting on a Coca-Cola
> crate and asked to speak to him
privately. Mr. Overby, having had
a previous conversation with Mr.
Kenyon in which the latter had
shown bitterness, told Mr. Kenyon
that he could say what he wanted
to him there in the service station.
I Mr. Kenyn, who was on the oppoi
site side of the room at this time
. sitting down, asked Mr. Overby why
. he told that God damn lie on the
, witness stand (speaking of a trial
?( . Wnrrpntnn'* Mr Ovprhv ripnipri
; that he did. Mr. Kenyon then told
. him he was a damn lie. Mr. Kenyon
. said after that remark" he kept his
. seat for several minutes and then
started for the ice box, which was
5 in the direction of Mr. Overby, to
s get a coca-cola when Mr. Overby
struck him across the head with
j the pump handle. Mr. Overby and
; witnesses testified that right after
1 the "damn lie" that Mr. Kenyon
3 headed for Mr. Overby.
; The State, through Cromwell
!. Daniel, endeavored to sKBw that
5 Mr. Overby used more than necesl
sary force in protecting himself.
1 The defendant, through Julius
c Banzet, pointed out that Mr. Overby
k was not a strong man, that Mr. Ken.
" yon was beyond the average in
5 statue as well as a fighter and that
1 Mr. Overby would have been justis
fied in any method to stop Mr. Ken2
yon.
' Many in the court room had gathered
to hear what Vernon Powell
" had to say in connection with a
' charge of manufacturing whiskey
and to hear the verdict of Judge
Rodwell, but their hopes were frustrated
when after the KenyonI
Overby trial it gradually spread
aiound the court room that Powell
j would be tried by a Jury Monday
j morning, October 13.
r Powell, known to the streets of
I Warrenton as "a hundred per cent"
. was arrested last week near a
liquor still after he had been run
; down by officers. It is understood
j that he will be defended Monday
_ morning by Kerr and Kerr and that
> Julius Banzet has been secured to
pxosecute.
A noi pros was taken oy me atace
5 In the following cases: D. C. Powell,
Martha Wan, Jake Chanis and Wil3
liam Munn.
J Legion Auxiliary To
Hold Tournament
The American Legion Auxiliary
will give their annual bridge tournI
ament at the home Mr. and Mrs.
L. C. Kinsey on Friday night, Octo1
ber 17 at 8:15 o'clock, Mrs. Wallace
t Mustain announced yesterday. The
l entire proceeds of this tournament
will be given to the Warren County
Memorial Library.
Tables will be sold for $2 each
" or 50c per person. Those desiring
5 reservations are asked to please
r communicate with any member of
the followng committee: Mrs. Wallace
Mustian, chairman, Mrs. Jer1
man Walker, Norlina; Mrs. W. D.
J Rodgers Jr., Miss Ann Rodgers,
' Mrs. L. C. Kinsey, Mrs. A. C. Bla'
lock.
' John H. Fleming
M n wlrat I
I raises iTial nvi
"I sold tobacco on the Warrenton
' market this week and averaged a
little more than 16 cents a pound,"
jj John H. Fleming, farmer, fancy
f chicken raiser, and Democratic
" nominee for board of county com
missioners, of Norlina said this
" week. "I have sold on a nearby
1 market once this season, and I tell
" you frankly that prices at Warren&
ton are Just as high this year as
* on that market and I believe as
? high as on any other surrounding
market."
MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
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NUMBER
41
TO DECIDE ROAD
SYSTEM AT POLLS
Board Orders Referendum To
Whether Roads Shall Be
Worked As A Unit
DISAGREE~Wrm SHERIFF
Warren county voters will determine
on November 6 whether the
roads of the county shall be worked
under the township or county sys
tern. The board or county commissioners
in regular .session on Monday
ordered that a referendum be
held in order that the representatives
in the General Assembly may
know the wishes of the electorate
upon this .matter. '][*he motion was
introduced in the closing minutes
of an all-day session by Commissioner
John L. Skinner and was
passed without dis.<ienting vote. It
was brought out tliat several citizens
had requested this referendum
and that there would be no additional
cost to the county to hold
it in connection with the general
election.
Difficulties arose between the
Sheriff and the board in regard to
employment of an office deputy.
This in connection with the referendum
on the roads were chief items
of interest and other matters were
of more or less routine nature.
Payment of $100 to Constable Salmon
for the arrest of four men at
a still and for the liquor outfit resulted
in discussion of the cost of
this item to the county and the
passage of a minute that deputies
be paid $20 for the capture and conviction
of a distiller and from $5
to $20 for the still. Commissioners
Skinner and Newell opposed this
motion and Chairman John C.
Powell broke the tie by voting for
the bounty.
The trouble between Sheriff Williams
and the board arose when the
sheriff told the members that he
was not going to hire a chief deputy
for the remainder of the time that
he was to be in office. The board
held that for the proper collection
Af In vnp rt ei nvti ntn r? n A/iAnfin w*r nMfl
vsi waco a uc^jui/jr was iici,cooaiy auu
pointed out that according to. law
a part of hi? salary was intended
to be paid to this deputy. Sheriff
Williams disagreed with this interpretation,
claiming that tto? 4aw
intended that in the event that a
deputy was employed that he should
be paid a stipulated sum, but that
it was not mandatory. He further
claimed that the employment of
such deputy was unnecessary as his
clerk could discharge these duties
quite satisfactorily and that the
county would suffer no loss thereby.
Sheriff Williams told the board
that if Sheriff-elect W. J. Pinnell
wanted to name his own deputies
that he would be glad to name
them now as his own, but that he
was unwilling to turn the tax
books over to deputies for what
little time remained in his unexpired
term. Mr. Pinnell refused to
do this. The board pointed out that
Mr. Pinnell had no legal right to
appoint deputies as he was not the
snerui, ana asxea in&i anerui Williams
make his own appointments.
The board read a section of law
requiring the Sheriff to be in certain
townships on specified days as
the commissioners might determine
for the purpose of collecting taxes
after ten days due notice should
have been given. Sheriff Williams
told the board that he would go as
often as the commissioners required
and that he would go every day except
Sunday if they wanted him
to but that he was not going to hire
an office deputy, and walked from
the room.
The board then took a calendar
and starting on October 21, arranged
a list of appointments for
Sheriff Williams. Tt.ese appointments
require Sheriff Williams to
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oe in eacn tuwaainp twu uajo auu
at Warrenton each Saturday until
November 25.
The board telephoned the attorney-general
for a ruling on the
question of whether the sheriff was
required to appoint a deputy or not.
A letter was received from his office
on Tuesday sustaining the board
in their contention, and advising
them in the event that no deputy
was appointed, the board had the
right to deduct the deputies' salary
from the Sheriff's payment.
The board ordered that Gorham
& Co. be employed to begin p.n
audit Nevember 26, to check out the
out-going sheriff and check in the
in-coming sheriff.
Mrs. Joseph S. Jones, county
nurse, was granted a two-weeks vacation
upon order of the board.
T. A. Baxter having resigned
from the Smith Creek township
road board, affective September 13,
upon recommendation of Will Paschall
and W. E. Mulchi, surviving
members of the board, S. N. Hawks
was appointed to fill the unexpired
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