North Carolina Newspapers

I/^ccurate, terse ^i>?riv f i XXXI mffW m LOAN Appointed In All jf County; Hold On Thursday ? IS OUTLINED '.ring to borrow *?? * .v for seed and ior iei uiuua 'Ir the Federal Seed Loan Act asked to s~e members of the m!!eciai committees appointed in K. township by W. N. Boyd, chair? : 0I- the executive committee cf M 'Zno: Gardner's Council on ReKf and Unemployment. Members the township committees are: gjver?W. B Myrick, Sam King, J sixpound-W. XV. Pegram W. T. H,-rson. Jasper Shearin. Hawtre??Boyd >Vhite, Z. M. ^Hfewoian. brans Coleman, Nutbush-J. C. VVatkins, J. Hope Kullock. H. Brewer. Warrenton?C. R. Rodwell, T. B. Bf Aft?Frederick Williams, W. E. Jfcavis, H. M. Williams. M sandy Creek-T. H. Aycock, W. f Shocco-J. B. Davis. Walter Bur Fishing Creek?R. L. Capps, J. F. ^udkins?Macon Thornton, E. H. Roanoke?H. L. Wall, L. W. Kidd. Members of these committees ^Bsthered in the directors room of Hbe Bank of Warren Thursday afHarooon where G. B. Gregory, chairBtan ot the central committee ex^Hlained the details of their duties instructed them in filling out |Hbe application blanks for loans. These group committees will aid ^Bn filling out blanks for local farm, ^w.'s desiring to make loans under flpe seed act. If the loan meets with Bheir approval, it must be signed Hby two of the members and for rarded to the central committee a W'arrenton which will check the apBplication to see if it conforms with fovemment requirements, in the that it does it will be for Ideation huT" ??p?ayea tne apHuseri and other forms ^ explam!!i obta'ning the loans aai?unt iria their use> He said < reluirem?nnCd WiD h~ based on '* urn of the applicant 'Contin 1 lfer' feed for work ?htinueti on Page 8) forded to Washington In order that necessary funds may be supEed. Mr. Gregory asked yesterEby that farmers make application Bo their cwn township committees; Members of the central committee Bin addition to Mr. Gregory are R. Bh. Bright, agricultural teacher, Bjesse Gardner and Jerman Walker. I The placing of Warren county Bin the drought area automatically H:.::tled it to obtain loans under Bee special seed act. The county Bras not at first included but Bthrough the efforts of Congressman Mho H. Kerr, members of the loan committee and Chairman W. N. BtyJ of the relief Council, the enBtire county was added to this area, these gentlemen, with the excepBon of Congressman Kerr, attended Is recent meeting at Henderson where Dr. C. W. Warburton, direc tor of extension for the United States Department of Agriculture, explained the purpose of the loan fund and steps necessary to obtain aid under its provisions. Farmers who expect to obtain loans must agree to plant a garden for family use and to grow the feed crops needed for livestock, Dr. Warburton explained after he had opened the conference with a brief history of the seed loan. He told how they began in 1918 under the stress of war conditions. The loans ave always been well repaid by farmers, he said, except where no ?>P st as made. However, there are *ajs some who never intend to ^ FPnav ? ?me loans and, because of tese. rather stringent regulations must be devised. In the first place, he declared, the loan, will be made to those *ho get their sole income from arming. The maximum to any one Wrson is $600, and this includes Hall the tenants working under one kbdlord. In other words, the agHPcgate loan to the tenants of one Mlord will not exceed $600. The Haans will be made only to those H'bo cannot get local credit and show that unless they get this ^J^trrjnent help, they will be unto produce a crop in 1931. Interest Fi e Per Cent H lean will bear interest at cent and will be paid in ^cnts. The farmer, however, Pay interest on the money foi .,, actual time he has its use. The hv securinS the loan will mature ^meer 30. 1931, and will be pro by a chattel mortgage. ^arburtnn as~-- - I gfl NEW LAW FORBID* USING OFFICE Measure Sounds Death Kne Many Justices of the Pea As Collectors Becau FULL TEXT OF THE N Magistrates of North Carolina are expressly forbidden to collect any accounts, other than those owed to them personally, in the Brooks bill which passed both houses of the General Assembly on Tuesday and is now part of the law. John W. Allen, Civil War veteran, and for many years a magistrate of Warren county, was very much interested in the passage of this bill. In spite of his?years, he journeyed to Raleigh Monday to add his personal appeal for the passage of the measure. rm 1A... JnnfU j.ne new law jjuiuiuv* cut? ucctui knell to profits of many magistrates who have been using their office as collecting agencies. Under the practice which has grown up in this State in recent years, business houses, unable to collect bills, wculd often hire a magistrate to collect these accounts on a commission basis. The magistrate would interview the debtor and in substance tell him if he didn't pay a civil suit would be instigated. Much money was collected in this manner by magistrates who except for the fact that they were officials 45 Is Beginning Of The Dangerous Age For Pedestrians ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 10.? The dangerous age for pedestrians crossing the streets is not childi-* aJ Unf kanrino of IllUU UUU UUgiilO MV Wt This is the testimony of nine months automobile traffic killings in Detroit as analyzed" and made public today by Adelbert Ford, professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, The golden age for escaping autos is from 15 to 24, when all the faculties seem keenest. Counting that period as 1, Professor Ford finds the second best age is 25 to 44, when 4.6 as many persons are killed. Third rank the babies up to 5, with 10.7 times as many killings; fourth, the school children of 5 to 14, with 17.2. Then come the 45 to 64-year-olds with 22.5 deaths. Lastly there is a terrific jump to the most fearful of all pedestrian death rates, those of 65 up, who rate 87.2. The reasons for the elders, who are so free with their adviGS to youngsters, failing to profit by it, may be due, says the Ford analysis, to the following factors; 1. Decrease in muscular ability. 2. Increase in body weight and decrease in speed of movement. 3. Preservation of traffic habits from the days when automobiles were not a hazard. 4. Impairment of sensory aculity. 5. A variety of senile effects on mentality. 6. Mental abstraction (absent mindedeness). "In view of the fact that the age limit has been discussed as a selection factor in employment," says Professor Ford, "it may be that equally important facts are procurable in the hazardous occupations of industry, and that the recent tendency to set age \ limits for certain jobs is justified." FALSE ALARM i A false fire alarm was turned in i -1 j last Saturday evening aoout i o'clock by Dr. G. H. Macon who thought that the school house was on fire. Dr. Macon said that he was told that the school building was on fire and when he looked in ! that direction he saw lights in the basement. It is thought that the supposedly light in the basement [ was a reflection from an automobile or from fire light in the Macon home which is just across the school building. TAX MAN COMING J. H. Norman deputy commissioner will be at the office of the Warren Hotel at Warrenton on Mon I day February tu a&aiau ' taxpayers in filing their State in] come tax returns A. J. Maxwell, j commissioner of Revenue, announced yesterday. INFLUENZA ON THE WANE WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.?With all states reported except Maine [ and New Hampshire, influenza 1 cases today totalled 9,926 as against ;, 12,828 a weak ago. ; | The total for the corresponding week last year was 3,040. tie Hi WARRENTON, COUNTY O > MAGISTRATES FOR COLLECTING >11 >o Profitable Sideline Of ce Who Have Been Used se of Their Position EW LAW IS PUBLISHED of the court would not have been able to have done so. The full copy of the bill, entitled "An Act to Make More Definite the Duties of Justices of Peace," follows: The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, while holding the office of justice of the peace: 1. To demand or request payment of, receive for collection, collect or attempt to collect, any claim, account, demand or indebtedness, except that which is personally owing to him: Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to deny the rierht of anv iustice of the oeace to issue any process, writ, judg- I ment, order, or execution which he' is by law authorized to issue: and Provided further, that nothing herein shall be construed to deny the right of a justice of the peace to receive from any part to a suit,1 for any other party, any sum ten- 1 dc-red, if the law prescribes that it is his duty, as a court, to accept j said sum. 2. To request or suggest, either di(Continued on Page 8) Grain And Cotton Traders Wage Fight ; On Exchange Bill WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.?Proposals to abolish or limit trading in grain and cotton futures enveloped the Senate Agriculture Committee this week in a storm of protest from the president cf New York and Chicago cotton and grain exchanges. I At the" same time a reqiffest came from the Agriculture Department for a further limitation of speculation. J. C. Murray, president of the Chicago Board of Trade, contended in a letter to Chairman McNary that the Capper bill to give the Secretary of Agriculture ereater control over the grain ex changes would practically destroy" the business his board had conducted for 80 years. Philip Weld, president cf the New York Cotton Exchange told the committee his organization would oppose any legislation to regulate the exchanges at this time. He attacked the Caraway bill "to prevent the sale of cotton and grain in future markets" on the ground there was "no need tor more government interference with business." Weld charged Senator Carawav, Democrat, of Arkansas, author of the measure, with a lack of under-, standing of what the Cotton Ex-1 change does and does not do." The measure, he said, would "de-1 stroy the chief beneficial functions of future exchanges, namely, the price insurance they afford the cotton merchants and mills, which, insurance enables the cotton crop to move from producer to consumer at a minimum cost." The attitude of the Department of Agriculture was presented by J. W. T. Duvel, chief of the grain futures administration. He said it would be impossible to eliminate speculation entirely, but that excessive speculation could be cur-, tailed. "It is a question," Duval said, "of whether we can keep the good that is in the system and legislate against the bad, or eliminate the whole plan and go we know not where." I John W. Connor Is Buried On Monday The remains of John W. Connor were buried on Monday afternoon at Churchill. Church services were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Shoe. Mr. Connor died at his home below Churchill Sunday at 12:30 o'clock. He was 41 years of age and 11i Vxjri vifioith for some | IlfclU UCCXl XJ.L MUU time. A wife and a son survive. NEW STORE TO OPEN Rhflm's Incorporated, men's clothing store, will open in the Harris building next to the pest office on Saturday morning. The new j store will be managed by C. P. i Rhem of Florence, S. C. His brother I J. A. Rhem of Weldon, is assisting in the operation of the store. The I Rhem's are making their home at the old Miles place on souui ?? Street. 1 t \ irmt 1 ' F WARREN, N. C., FRIDAY ci vie clubWauT in chicken sale Kiwanis Club Plans To Have Poultry Car At Norlina Week February 23-28 CONTACT WITH GREGORY n- ?Au; inn mvrs rn UJ iJL W |( illVLT u VilUU V&WI Cock-a-doodle -doo. The barnyard anthem has caught the ears of the Warrenton Kiwanis club, and the local civic organization has turned its attention to rendering financial aid to the many chicken owners in this section. Gather up your chickens. Color, shape, sex or mannerism doesn't matter. As long as they are alive they are eligible. The squawking hen with her ruffled feathers will be welcomed by the Kiwanis club, as will the old tough rooster which has become conspicuously undressed by the absence of tail feathers which have been left in grasping hands in order to save his neck. For toughness, is nothing to the club members. They are not going to eat the chickens, and they are more interested in the welfare of ! their friends in this county than they are in the digestive organs of outsiders. Aware of the shortage of funds in this county at the present time j and feeling that nearly every home ' had a few chickens pecking about, the Kiwanis club at its last Thursday night's meeting became the sponsor of a movement to create a market for these birds. Following the adoption of the r movement plans were made to have 1 a poultry car at Norlina during the ^ week of February 23-28, and ar- j * rangements have been made with!r a Richmond buyer to take care of | ? all the chickens shipped. The best f market prices at Richmond will be paid, and those having chickens for c sale will receive their money when t the fowls are delivered at the car e door at Norlina, a club meiflber a stated. Those owning chickens that they' v desire to turn into cash are re- e quested to get" in tfouen With G. B. ; Gregory, active club member, and f cashier of the Bank of Warren, a However, that doesn't mean that t that you can tuck a rooster under s your arm and expect to get him I exchanged for money at the bank, a Mr. Gregory has no place to keep t the chickens there. He just wants c to give ycu information regarding the shipping project. t Here's to more money and * sweeter sleep to the chicken owners t over Warren county! J* !s Good Rains Break I* Drought In Westr ?:? ic WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.?Drought! relief in the form of the first good ] rainfall since November came to i parched lands in eleven State over the week-end. Rain that the United State ( Weather Bureau described as a ? "nnHfiAnH" t.n farmers fell beginning \ Friday night and continuing today in a belt extending from western Pennsylvania southwestward to eastern Texas. ; It varied from half an inch in the Ohio valley to a downpour totalling four inches at Fort Smith, Arkansas. All of Arkansas, where the Red Cross is feeding thousands impoverished by drought, re- ( osived at least an inch of rainfall. The rain was heavy enough to moisten the top soil and prepare it for spring planting, and to relieve the water shortage in most of the drought area. Weather Bureau officials said. j Western Pennsylvania, western 1 Maryland and West Virginia all,, received about three-quarters of an inch of rain. In the Ohio val, ley. Indiana and Illinois it rained approximately half an inch. Kentucky had heavy rains, averageing an inch all over the state and even more fell in Tennessee, ' which received about an inch and ] a quarter. Northern Louisiana and ] Southeastern Oklahoma had about 1 half an inch. j < Practically no rain fell in the 1 wheat belt, that includes Northern Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska ' and South Dakota. I ? No more rain is forecast for the 1 drought area in the next few days, , as the low pressure area that ' brought it is moving northeastward. ( The fall over the week end was normal for the area under ordi-1 < nair conditions, weather bureau of- < ficials said, but much more rain ] is needed before the planting sea- i ' son opens to soak the subsoiL i Jimi , FEBRUARY 13, 1931 f r<vtv* , X\S^ lvX\j^ v> .;,U5 (An E For the first time in history of the county, Wa Red Cross quota. Less tl reported. There is no question obtain. Undoubtedly the scribed its quota for the I a few months before the many to withhold their c can no longer be given, this week sent $1,000 to t to send more money if n< The Red Cross is fe Warren county. Citizens tributing that our people They are our people that we may be wrong, but w will not help himself is no applies to Warren. Ther who have money in this cc if for no other reason, thi ional Red Cross should b not satisfied with one pen out further delay. Checks may be con tatives or mailed to the ] care of Miss Mamie Gard Ray Weston Pleads "Not Guilty" To Whiskey Charges Ray W.3ston, white man of Warenton, will go to Durham on darch 2 and plead "not guilty" tc Lquor charges preferred against lim last Friday when he was arested at the Blue Moon Filling Station near Wise by Federal oficers. Following the arrest, Weston was arried to Norlina and given a learing before Federal Commissionr J. C. Hardy who placed his bond it $1500. The bond was given. Although the warrant under i-hich Weston was arrested includd in its regular form the charger >f transporting, possessing materia or manufacture and eonspiracj .gainst the Federal ProhibitionAct he revenue men failed to find a upply of whiskey when the Blue vloon Service Station was raided md the Warrenton man claims ^ 1 iU? modo fMirolv ATI licit LI1C ttilCiai/ WOO uiauv/ yiuvy u.. ircumstantial evidence. The Federal men found in Weson's possession invoices where he lad been billed for pint bottles and hree ten-gallon charred kegs and nalt was found there recently with hipping tag addressed to Weston. Dfficers stated that in the raid >int bottles were found which had lot been drained of all their aloholic contents, Mrs. Julia Q. Cole Dies On Tuesdaj Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Juincy Cole were held Wednesdaj ifternoon at Jerusalem church vith interment taking place in the 3cle cemetery at the old home place lear Wise. Mrs. Cole died Tuesdaj ivening at the home of a daughtei n Richmond where she had been iving for some time. Her remains vere taken from a Richmond train Afednesday and carried to Jerusaem church where services were if :harge of the Rev. Midyette o) <Torlina, Rev. Ernheart of Hender >on and Rev. Jones. Mrs. Cole was 84 years old, anc i former Warren county resident raving spent the major portion oJ her life at the old Cole place nea: iVise. She left there about 15 yean igo and for the past several yean ras been making her home with her daughter in Richmond. She ii survived by several sons anc daughters. Federal Officers Arrest Local Mar Another Warrenton white mar vas caught in the network of th< prohibition law on Friday wher Eugene Mims was arrested at Circli Filling Station located at the intersection of the Macon-Liberk road, by Federal officers. The revenue officers testified before Federa Commissioner J. C. Hardy at Norlina that, upcn seeing them, Mim: smashed two pint flasks containinf x-hictpv He was Dlaced under i ?200 bond and failing to raise thai amount was carried to the Vanc< :ounty jail. Carson McNair and Roy Walton who were arrested last week at i still near Warrenton are also at th< Henderson jail where they are abid ing their time until Federal couri in Durham. ri> ? ft j - : T*>> :; ' N >T HELP ITSELF ditorial) many years, perhaps in the ,rren is falling behind in its lan $1,000 asked has been i that money is hard to fact that Warren oversub ted Cross in November, just second appeal, has caused :ontributions. That reason The American Red Cross his county and stands ready jcessary. eding destitute citizens of all over America are conmay be given assistance, they are helping. Perhaps, 'e feel that any man who t worthy of help. The same e are hundreds of citizens >unty. As a matter of pride, is $1,000 asked by the Nate donated. Let Warren be ny less. Let us raise it withtributed to local represenRed Cross at Warrenton in ner. J Company B Leads Other State Units \ In Rifle Match Steady of nerve and eye, the rifle team of Company B has already led all the other units of the State militia in firing and in the near future will match scores with a team from each State or territory of the United State for ' the title of "Champion National Guard Indoor Rifle Team for 1931.'' The local company fired in the armory here several weeks ago and a lead of 33 points gave the Warren county boys the title of "Chief | of Militia Bureau's Indoor Rifle ' Team for 1931 in North Carolina." ' ^pt. daW^ Botfei-s led therifle team of Company B with 339 ' points. Other scores among the [ team were: Jesse Robinson, M. Sgt., 331; John E. Floyd, Cpl., 327; ' Harold R. Skillman, 1st. Lt., 324; Roy A. Cameron, Pvt., 322; Mark 1 P. Bottoms, Cpl., 317; Douglas M. Mustian, Sgt., 315; Geo. N. Pittard, Sgt., 315; B. Pettis Terrell, Sgt., 308; ! Jasper W. Loyd, Cpl., 308. , First Sergeant Geo. E. Weldon is captain of the team, and Sergeant William W. Prescott is team coach. Second Lieut. Andrew J. Hundley is range officer, and had charge of the firing and scoring the targets. Scores cf the teams in the match for the State championship follow: Co. B, 120 Infantry, Warrenr ton, 3188; Co. L, 120 Infantry, Parkton, 3135; Co. E, 120 Infantry, Concord, 2962; Co. G, 120 Infan try, Winston-Salem, 2938; Co. C, L 120 Infantry, Henderson, 2921; Co. , C, 105 Engineers, Salisbury, 2914; . Headquarters and Service Co., 105 r | Engineers, Charlotte, 2804; Co. F, . 120 Infantry, Charlotte, 2667; Co. i K, 120 Infantry, Shelby, 2580; Co. j A, 105 Engineers, N. Wilksboro, [ 2438; Headquarters Co., Second . Battalion, 120 Infantry, Albemarle, i Jury Frees Pusey On Reckless Charge i , The only two cases brought be[ fore Recorder's court on Monday r morning ended with, the defendants 3 leaving the court room without s fine or sentence wnen the State i failed to convince a jury that O. S. s Pusey, white man, was guilty of I reckless driving, and was without sufficient evidence to convict Wilbert Davis and Plum Alston of manufacturing whiskey. Pusey was charged with reckless driving on the night of January 4 when he struck and injured Whit J Kearney, negro, near the Box Mill ' in North Warrenton. The State was a without evidence to prove that Pusey was operating his automobile in a careless manner, while, on the other hand, the defendant claimed j that he was driving at a slow rate ox speed, and that the negroes, who j were returning from church, were , walking on the wrong side of the | road, and were not in the ditch as t they claimed. The jury returned a 3 verdict of not guilty. Nelson received injuries to his head and a broken ankle in the accident. '? i Concluding that there was a lack 5 of evidence to convict Plum Alston and Wilbert Davis of manufac 11 turing whiskey, the state nonsuited the case. * MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 7 RED CROSS SENDS FUNDS TO COUNTY National Organization Feeding Destitute Citizens In Drought Area TUCKER IS IN CHARGE The National Red Cross is giving aid to drought suffers in eight townships of Warren county. Committees have been appointed and are functioning ana $i.uuu nas oeen placed to the credit of the county, the expenditure of which will be handled by C. A. Tucker of Warrenton, finance officer in charge of the relief measures. Mr. Tucker was appointed to head the relief work at a meeting of citizens at the court house here on Tuesday night when Miss Kersey of Washington, D. C., Red Cross representative, outlined plans for relief and tcld how the national Red Cross would aid. Members of the township committees met yesterday morning in the directors room of the Bank of Warren where Mr. Tucker explained the duties of the committees and how the funds would be expended. A survey is being made of persons entitled to receive aid from the Red Cross and is expected to be complete within the next few days. Mr. Tucker explained to the committeemen that no money would be expended by them. That when persons without resources due to the drought were reported to them that they must make an investigation. Should they find that the person applying or being applied for was entitled to aid, they should give a requisition sheet to be taken to seme local merchant for supplies. The merchant will render his bill on the 15th and 30th of the month to Mr. Tucker who will issue him a voucher for the amount of the claim. Landlords will be given no assistance unless they are without resources, Mr. Tucker said. Neither will their tenants be cared for unless a signed statement is made by the landlord that he is at the end of his resources. The purpcee of the Red Cross, as explained by Miss Kersey and Mr. Tucker, is not to assist landowners cr to aid in recuperating losses caused by the drought. It is simply to feed persons affected by drought who would probably starve without assistance. No matter how worthy a case may be or how much assistance is needed, unless the loss has been caused by the drought, no aid will be given through the Red Cross it is said. Such persons found by the committees during the course of their work will be turned over to Miss Lucy Leach Welfare Officer, to be taken care of from other sources. While no absolute limit has been set upon the amount of aid that may be given a destitute family, the Red Cross has been feeding families of five in drought areas of Arkansas with appropriations of $5 every two weeks. As fast as the destitute families can be placed in position to care fca themselves they will be dropt from the relief list, Mr. Tucker said. If after relief measures have been instituted it is found that persons are on the relief list and not entitled to this aid they will be removed. On the other hand, if it is found that persons have been left off the list they may be added at any time. The Red Cross it is understood, intends to carry on this relief work in this county as long is it may be necessary. Citizens knowing of persons entitled to receive aid are asked to communicate Mth committeemen in their township. No aid can be given in another township by any committeeman, nor by himself Mr. Tucker said. A list of township committees fd lows: Nutbush?J. C. Watkins chairman; Jesse Capps, W. M. Fleming. Smith Creek?M. C. Johnson, chairman; S. G. Chappell, Boyd White. Hawtree?Evans Coleman, chairman; J. W. King, Ben Newell. Sixpound?Jesse Gardner, chairman; Claude Haithcock, A. L. Nicholson. Roanoke?H. L. Wall, chairman; F. W. Read, L. W. Kidd. Judkins?Charlie Hardy, chairman; Dal Riggan, D. M. Harris. River?John Skinner, chairman; Sam King, Walter Myrick. Warrenton?A r t h u r Rod well, chairman; Jerman Walker, J. E. Frazier. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund White, Mrs. T. J. Holt and Mr. C. A. Tuck?< a nH C*I WCie VidllA.uo aw ^ Michlopin, Va., on Wednesday.