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Cvery ] j acCURATE, terse timely # ^exxx|7_~_ ftpLETE WORK ? \t~~Norlina, Wise ^er? \fton-Elberon Tolist of graduates A ,exerc^rnorlina' Wise ?f!n Qberon tonight mark is* warren schools with Hclose ?: n{ tue Warren Coim?,WC scCWo school at closing was delayed Wise- *hos .. ?? ?rrount of the ; until Tuesday w. Lmado that swept through that Lcuon several months ago causing Lie destruction of the main school Ituiildiiig. I r)r d. B. Bryan of Wake Pcrest Ljj deliver the commencement ad-| dress at Wise tonight, when grad-J uaticg exercises will be held. Grad-1 nation exercises and presentation off leventh grade certificates will be| feld at Afton-Elberon at the same J1 time when Dr. C. E. Brewer of mieredith College will deliver the I literary address. Dr. A. H. King of I Ke University of North Carolina fl deliver the literary address at! Ke Norlma school when diplomas fill be awarded. Tie commencement exercises in I All the schools cf the county have fen marked by unusually large I Brcwds, in many instances filling f: school auditoriums, necessitatis many being turned away for lacfc of even standing room. I Students receiving their diplomas rum the live high schools of the Bounty are as follows: m Warrenton-John W. Baird, John m> Drake. Edward 0. Hall, Wallace F. Hayes. James E. Poindexter, WHUe Grey Powell, w. Himon Wes-I on, Margaret Blalock, Blanche (Continued on page 8) legislature Names Several Magistrates For Warren County Names of Warren citizens ap!inted as Justices of the Peace the session cf the General sembly were made public this eek in a letter to the Warren ecord from Representative John i Davis and Senator T. O. Rod- , ell. The representatives ask that ie citizens appointed qualify here Clerk of Court John D. reel!. The names of these appointees i t given below: i River?T. C. Alston, E. G. King, L. Salmon. m tixpouM?N. M. Thornton, W. 11 iteee?H. Evans Coleman, H. Coleman, H. J. Ellis. SUA Creek?J. L. Burchett, J. ' XsSash-S. J. Satterwhite, L. O. : fans, J. D. Moss. sandy Creek-J. E. Moseley, W. : &occo-J. William Limer. fishing Creek?J. F. Hunter. Judkins-J, t. Wemyss. J. D. i Warrer.ton-J. W. Allen, F. B. well, Edward Petar, W. C. El flon, l c. Powell. Fork-w. E. Davis, O. F. Clark, T. Pridgen. Rcanoke-L. W. Kidd. 3 pints Get Woman Husband But No Job t Spirits are moving about in this ; ?F> according to "Sunshine" 1 negro woman, who was in , Wttty welfare office with fancy ] ?4work which she claimed the ^-natural beings had inspired advised hpr tn w> itavc W1U1 1VU5S the centerpiece which was 1 B? iour feet in diameter the < woman came into Miss j ^Ph's office where she was hoping i ^ppiritualistic work would be re- t ^F*4 by the materalistic. 11 told Miss Leach that the 1 j bad engineered her hand-1 ^P*nd in the mystic language! her to leave the centerpiece 1 welfare office for three years. 11 Quests for abiding by the 11 wish was linked with a ma-11 request for aid. I * ire 'Sunshine' Spruill, are 11 Miss Leach asked her I ( recalled placing this negro I: hi the county home some 1 ] the woman retorted. "Ise!l J*'4, you get that way?" jl spirits got me a husband," li *f^'r inmate said. 1< I'ou had better get the!' K?et you some work," Miss I i K. Jnonlshed, as she told theli fee scarcity of jobs atjl Family m \ Warrenton School Students Win In Recitation Contest Bettie King and Frank Ridout of the John Graham High school were declared winners of the county-wide recitations and declamation contest held in the local school auditorium i on Thursday night of last week, j W. J. Early, principal of the i Littleton school, president. Judges were Prof. Miller of Macon, Prof. Fishel of Vfliipban onH TV/Ti?c "Rnrf I of the Littleton school. Miss King's subject was "Making Reuben Propose." "This is the Appointed Day of Valor," was the caption of Mr. Ridout's declamation. Miss Janet Bender, "Dora," represented the Drewry school; Addie King, "As the Moon Rose," Wise; Anna Ridout, "The Little Rebel," Afton; Louise Cole, "The Story of the Bear," Norlina; Gordon Bowden, "Address of Genl. James M. Cox before the Empire Club, Toronto, Canada, November, 1918," Afton. Deadlock Broken As Senate Adopts Tax On Luxuries RALEIGH, April 30.?The House last night adopted the report of (he Revenue Conferees automatically passing the revenue bill cn its first reading by a standing vote of 61 to 31. It was agreed that debate would be withheld until the report goes on its second reading tonight. Numerous points cf order and long speeches held the Senate in session for hours, but the luxury tax group, in a majority for the first time during the long weeks of the revenue fight, were determined to hold the body in session' until a vote should be reached. At 1 o'clock this morning the Senate adopted the report by a vote of 27 to 22. F. M. Fitt* To Be Buried Here Today' ????? I Remains of P. M .Pitts, formerly' of this section, will be brought here frcm Durham this afternoon and be burled in Fairview cemetery at 3 o'clock. He committed suicide in the city jail at Greenville on Wednesday abou' noon. Mr. Fitts, a traveling salesman about 35 years of age, parked his automobile in front of police headquarters at Greenville on Tuesday afternoon where it was discovered that he was drunk. He was placed in jail to await until he had sobered sufficiently to answer charges of driving under the influence of whiskey. Wednesday morning he [ asked to have a bottle of water inj his cell, which was allowed. When| the jailer carried the noon day meal he found Fitts dead with aj deep and ugly wound that he hadj severed his jugular vein from which he bled to death. A note was found in his cell in which he requested that his wife and other relatives be notified. Look For Thieves Who Rob Church FAYETTEVTLLE, April 30.?Officers of this section today were iooking for a thief or thieves making a specialty of robbing churches. First someone stole two antique communion chairs frctn the First Presbyterian Church here. Then the theft of the pulpit Bible from the South River Presbyterian :hurch in Bladen county was reported. EGERTON CHILD DIES The seven weeks old son of Mr. vnd Mrs. Fred Egerton of Warrenton was buried in Fairview ;emetery on Tuesday. Services were ,n charge of Rev. R. E. Brickhouse, pastor of the Baptist church. The ihild died Monday while enroute to a hospital at Raleigh. He was named for his father. DTTRIFT1 TTFRF. J.,1^ JL' JL WMAx&r ^ The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Branch Bobbitt was buried at Fairnew cemetery on Sunday afternoon it 3 o'clock. Services were conducted by the Rev. B. N. de Foe-Wagner of the Episcopal church. The ehild was born at Greenville early Friday morning and died the following day. 3RIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION A detour sign at the southern >art of the business section of War enton is routing highway 59 traffic )ut by the Afton-Elberon road. Traffic will be guided this way until i new bridge is completed over Sudgins creek, over which the State | highway running from here to Ljouisburg. In Wai itp w< VARRENTON, COUNTY OF / THE GARDEN M( By R. H. BRIGHT, Teach( M. Continue planting succt chance to put in somethir ture, for in the South we s keep the garden at work a Look out for diseases a pear immediately give con Make tillage, timely and In the Open?Snap bear corn, carrots, cucumber, okra, parsley, parsnip#s, pe salsifry, squash. Transplant?Tomato, sweet potato plants. Open Seedbed?Tomato ? Kirby Says Religion Ql? ?1 J[ Da unuuiu uc juccpcireu By Silent Thought Religion is something that should be deepened and broadened by meditation rather than influenced the emotions, Dr. J. Edward Kirby, pastor of the United Church of Raleigh, told members of the graduating class of John Graham high school and patrons that filled the large school auditorium here on Sunday evening. Dr. Kirby was introduced by Supt. J. Edward Allen after the Rev. J. R. Phipps had pronounced the invocation and the Rev. S. E. Wright read the scripture lesson. Benediction was pronounced by the Rev. R. E. Brickhouse. The seniors marched to the rostrum in a body singing "Onward, Christian Soldiers." The Glee Club aided in the music of the evening and rendered a special selection, "In the Cross cf Christ I Glory." Choosing as his subject, "The Empire of Silence," Dr. Kirby took as his text, "Be Still and Know That I am God." There is a high road and a low road and each man cliooseth the way his soul shall go, quoted Dr. Kirby. To choose wisely this road, it is necessary that one meditate, realize the value or silence, of deep and earnest thought, he said. True religion is a deepening and a broadening of the soul, and should not be confused with the emotionalism that tends to sway through the passions, he stated. Alexander A. Capps Dies At Hollister Alexander L. Capps, well known farmer of the Arcola-Hollister section, died suddenly at his home at Hollister Saturday night at the age i of 79 years. He was found dead in' the hall of his home about 10 o'clock by school teachers boarding there when they returned from a call Funeral services were conducted at the Bethlehem church at Areola at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon by the Rev. Shoe, pastor of Harris Chapel Baptist church of which Mr. Capps served as a deacon, and ?*? * * " r\act.rYr r>f J Dy JtCGV. O. XL. vv x 151.ii/, ? Bethlehem church. The remains were interred at Areola in the piesence of a large number of friends who had gathered to pay their last respects. Mr. Capps' grandsons served as pallbearers and his granddaughters were flower bearers. He is survived by R. L. Capps of Areola, Daniel, George, Otis and Dallas Capps of Rocky Mount; Mrs. S. E. Gupton, Mrs. William Reid and Mrs. Alvin Shearin, of ( Areola; and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Company B Wins 11?? ? I? A Pnur i nree 111 n iw? Three up and three down is the way the baseball score board of Company B. reads to date. In their first game of the season the baseball nine of the local military unit defeated a team made up of Warrenton boys by the score of 12-11. Last Thursday Norlina was defeated here by the score of 3-4. Pettis Terrll, who played well during the entire match, started the Military Co. on the road to victory in this game by knocking a home run during the first inning of the company's batting. Playing1 Victoria, Va., on their soil Wednesday afternoon, the local boys took the big end of a 11-6 score. The score in this game was | 4-0 in favor of the Virginia boys. until the fifth inning when Uncle Sam's boys got the fighting spirit and march to victoria. Jack Loyd has been doing the pitching for the j military company. ' Ten "Sh< irrnt 1 WARREN, N. C., FRIDAY, )NTH BY MONTH :r of Vocational Agriculture A.Y sssion crops; watch every lg else as other crops mahould make every effort to ill the year. nd insects. When they aptrnl mpasnrps thorough. is, Lima beans, beets, sweet cantaloupe, watermelon, sas, endive, pepper, radish, iggplant, pepper, celery, Cox Not To Return As Principal John Graham School R. C. Cox, principal of the John Graham High school for the past year, failed to be re-elected at a reoent meeting df the board of trustees of the local school, it was learned yesterday* ' Miss Arline Lindsay will not return. Neither will Miss Anna Cohcon, who has accepted a position in a Portsmouth school. All other j teachers are expected to return ! with the possible exception of one j cr two, although contracts ;have I not been signed in all cases. Miss 1 Lillie Belle Dameron will again be in charge of music. Teachers re-elected at the board meting included R. H. Bright, teacher of vocational agriculture, Miss Mariam Boyd, Miss Helen : Thompson, Miss Katherine Taylor, | Miss Florence Mackie, teacher of home economics Mrs. H. V. Scarborough, Miss Jennie C. Alston, Mrs. Virginia Pearsall, Mrs. B. B. Williams, Miss Frances Robertson, Miss Rose Kimball, Miss Mary Randolph, Miss Rosa Hamilton, Miss Lillie "Belle Dameron, music teacher. In addition to choosing successes to Mr. Cox and Miss Lindsay, the beard will also elect an additional teacher, it is understood. Teachers Behind In Pay As Warren Schools End Work The closing of the schools of the j county this week finds Warren teachers from two weeks to two months behind in their pay as special tax districts face deficit due to the failure of citizens and the Seaboard Air Line Railway to pay 1930 taxes, it was learned yesterday at the office of the superin tendent of schools. Teachers have been paid in full for the six months term. Following distribution of $11,496 received from the State extension fund this week, Warrenton teachers are behind two weeks in their pay. At Littleton and Macon, where Bank failures occurred, the teachers are due two months' pay. Norlina is a month behind in payment. Teachers at Drewry are two months behind. Teachers have been paid in full at Afton-Elberon, Wise, Vaughan, Warren Plains, Churchill, Epworth, Inez, Explaining that each special district was responsible for the payment of teachers beyond the six months period, Supt. Allen said yesterday that teachers could not be paid until taxes were paid, as the county had no authority to borrow money for this purpose. Property will be advertised for . sale next week, where owners have failed to pay their taxes. It is ex-J pected that many citizens will pay tcday to avoid having their prop- j erty advertised for sale. Much of this tax money so paid in will be ( used to pay teachers, it is said. Miss Overby Hurt > In Automobile Crash , Miss Susie Overby is recovering ] at her home near Macon frcm cuts < and bruises she sustained on Mon- ] dry morning when the Ford sedan in which she was riding and a truck ? driven by a Mr. Griffin collided : near Centerville. Miss Overby was brought to Warrenton where a badly cut ear and cuts about her body were given medical attention by i Dr. G. H. Macon. Mr. Griffin, who c lives in the Centerville neighbor- c hood, was not seriously injured t it was said. Mrs. Helen Overby, s Mrs. Ben Moore and Mrs. Wilmer j t Overby were in the car with Miss 1 Overby when the accident occurred. I ould H Smt MAY 1, 1931 NEGRO KILLED^ AXE PISTOL FIGHT Wounded Man Batters Assailant To Death With Axe; Is Awaiting Trial DIES AT COUNTY HOME An axe-pistol battle between two negroes on Tuesday afternoon near the county home ended with one of the men being battered to death and the other placed in jail recovering from a pistol wound in his face. With blood running from a pistol wound he received in the face, Kitchen Williams took an axe and battered John Davis in the head to the extent that he died a short while afterwards. According to reports of the murder, Williams and his wife lived with Davis. Davis sent Willams off to borrow a wagon and when he returned reproved him for the length of time he was gone. Williams explained, it was said, that his delay was caused by having to go to three places before he could borrow the wagon. Both men had been drinking and the mouthing continued until the men clashed and Davis pulled a pistol from his pocket and shot Williams. Williams grabbed and axe and knocked Davis in the head. Williams was brought to Warrenton where his wound was dressed by Dr. G. H. Macon, who later went to the Davis home to render aid there. Davis was found to be beyond me'dical aid and was carried to the county home where he died several hours later. Sheriff W. J. Pinnell and Deputies Lawrence Robertson and R. O. Snipes arrived at the scene shortly after the affray. Williams was arrested and given a preliminary hearing before Magistrate W. C. Ellington on Wednesday morning. He was bound over to Superior court without bond. Charity Ball To Be Held At Warren Hotel Tonight "Remind the people through The Record that tonight is the time for the May Day Charity Ball and that everybody is invited," a member of tlie Black Cat Club, sponsor of the entertainment, requested yesterday afternoon. "Because you have not rceived a special invitation is no sign that you are not wanted. This is a script affair and we are anxious to have as many guests as possible" she said. This member of the Black Cat Club, which organization is promoting the dance in the hope of raising funds for the unfortunate of the county, said that many cards calling atention to the dance had been mailed out but there were a number of people who did not get these cards and who seem to feel that they are not wanted. That idea is a mistake, she said. The dance will be held in the dining room of Hotel Warren and will start around 9 o'clock and conclude at the hour of one. Thurston's nine-piece jazz orchestra will furnish music for the dancers. Members of the Black Cat Club have this week made a solicitation of the town for contributions that (Continued on Page 8) Quiet Election Is Expected Tuesday All indications point to a quiet election here on next Tuesday when Warrenton citizens will go to the polls to choose a Mayor and members of the board of town commissioners. The balloting on Tuesday will >e merely a formality, it is expected, as the present incumbents )f the officers have no opposition. Frank H, Gibbs received the renomination for Mayor at a meeting held on March 27, at which ;ime the present board members vere also renominated. Members ire H. A. Moseley, C. F. Moseley, Prank Serls, E. E. Gillam, W. R. Strickland, J. E. Rooker Sr. and Boyd Massenburg. E L. Hudgins and Weldon Hall ' ire judges of election. Tom Gard- < ner is registrar. i MISTAKEN FOR GROUNDHOG EFFINGHAM, HI., April 28.? vfrs. Samuel Carson has auburn : :olored hair. A groundhog has fur : >f the same hue. Mrs. Carson. < ired, lay down by a tree stump to leep. Dr. G. H. Parmenter, mis- ] aking her for a groundhog, fired 1 lis shotgun. The charge struck her t jouisburg leads. ] ave A rh ? ? 0* * lv ' p Recorder's Court Has Long Session Monday Morning Judge W. W. Taylor's Recorder's court on Monday morning stretched from its usual brevity into a lengthy session as Frank H. Gibbs, pressed into service as State prosecutor a few minutes before court opened due to the absence of Solicitor Cromwell Daniel, and Con t.i tt rr gressman joiui n. mu, icpicijciiuing a client, questioned witnesses for approximately an hour as to the mentality of Beverley Brown, 17year-old white boy of Vaughan, charged with attempting to wreck a Seaboard Air Line train. The young Brown boy had previously admitted to Railroad Detective W. E. Wilson that he had placed a heavy piece of iron, approximately 25 pounds in weight, over the track near Vaughan. He told the rail road detective that he was walking along the track when he saw the iron and for some reason or other he placed this over the track. Congressman Kerr endeavored through the boys kin, teacher and acquaintances to show that the defendant was subnormal?that his mental attainment was trailing along behind his physical development by the measure of about eight years. Judge Kerr stressed the point that the boy was not incorrigible, that this was his first departure from the ways of righteousness, and that this, he opined, was done in a thoughtless manner characteristic of a child of six or seven years of age. He said that he felt sure the boy would ne r do such a thing again and asked the court to allow him to go back home with his father. Admitting that he thought there was no malice connected with the boy's act of placing the iron on the (Continued on Page 8) Want Government To Aid In Fight On Disease In Warren Efforts will be made to have the Federal government appropriate funds for a whole time physician and nurse to aid in the fight on disease in Warren, caused largely by undernourishment and brought on by poverty. Dr. D. A. Deever of the State Beard of Health visited Warrenton on Wednesday to make a survey of conditions in the county. Ke was informed by Supt. J. Edward Allen and others that much Pellagra and other diseases existed in all sections of the county, and that there was great need for relief work. Dr. Deever said that the Federal government was appropriating funds for this work in drought areas and that it was possible that Warren county would be included in the sections afforded this help. I He explained that there was no I guarantee that this would be done, but said that the State board of health would do all it possibly could to secure this aid for the county. Federal Loans To Warren Farmers Around $300,000 Federal loans to Warren farmers will total around $300,000, G. B. | Gregory, chairman of the county, loan committee said yesterday.) Time limit for making these loans expired yesterday. Mr. Gregory said yesterday that exact figures of the total amounts of these loans could not be given, pending a final check up, but that he believed they were in the neighborhood of $300,000. Under the terms of the Federal Loan Act, final applications were required to be in Washington on April 30. The last group of applications were mailed yesterday morning in time to reach Washing ton last mgnc. Sheriff Urges Citizens To Pay Taxes Now "Please pay your taxes at once" Sheriff W. J. Pinnell requested yesterday. Today Is the last day for paying your 1930 taxes without additional cost, Sheriff Pinnell said and called attention to the fact that he was required by law to advertise the names of delinquent taxpayers for four weeks in May. In asking for an immediate settlement Sheriff Pinnell said that it would be impossible to grant an extension of time and that he was hoping that as many as possible would pay at once and avoid the embarrassment of having their property advertised for sale. Garden MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 18 MANY UNABLE TO GET INTO HALL Standing Room At Premium As Final Exercises Are Held Here Tuesday DR. TAYLOR IS SPEAKER Probably the greatest crowd ever known to attend graduating exercises during the history of the school packed the auditoruim of the John Graham high school on Tuesday night where the final phase of the 1931 graduating exercises were presented in a praiseworthy manner and climaxed by a speech by Dr. Carl C. Taylor of State College, Raleigh, who told the people of Warren county how to live. Long before the 28 seniors marched from the hall down the isle of the auditorium to the stage impressively decorated with wisteria, pansies and golden rods and seated themselves with the Rev. Dr. J. T. Oihhs Dr Carl Tavlor. SuDt. J. Bd ward Allen, and Principal R. C. Cox, a crowd that was representative of practically every nook of the county had filled the seats in the auditorium and balcony. They continued to come as the exercises got under way until standing room in the back of the auditorium was at a premium and many others unable to work their way into the room hovered around the outside 1 doors catching a word now iand then and vaguely seeking the girls, costumed in white, and the boys, dressed in white trousers and blue coats, as they came before the public for the last time in the role of seniors of the John Graham high school. Some of this crowd occupying the hallway later melted into the auditorium as chairs were brought from other parts of the building and placed in the isles. Still there were many who never did find space. During the two and half hour program which began at 8 o'clock the audience was attentive throughout as the final exercises of the school moved along in attractive style with invocation by the Rev. Dr. J. T. Gibbs, addresses on worthy citizenship by students, music, presentation of seventh grade certificates by Supt. J. Edward Allen, a literary address by Dr. Carl Taylor, and the awarding of diplomas by Principal R. C. Cox. Class Exercises James Poindexter, president of the senior class, made the opening address of the class with the topic "Qualities of Citizenship." "The Blue Danube Waltz," rendered by Margaret Blalock and Mabel Carroll, followed, after which Helen Gibbs spoke on "How Student Government Prepares for Worthy Citizenship." "What the School contributes to Health and to Worthy Home Membership" was told by Mabel Carroll. A soprano solo by Dorothy Murphy was rendered next. "Vocational Training?Its Contribution to Future Citizenship" was depicted by Hinton Wesson, and Jane Parker talked on "How the School Teaches Wise Use of Leisure and Ethical Character." A quartet by Dorothy Murphy, Grace Wagner, Mary Robert Wood and Mabel Carroll was next on the program. Dr. Taylor's Speech "Life consists of just eight great things, "Dr. Taylor said in opening his address on the subject of "Learning to Live" after he had paid a tribute to the graduating class for the excellence of their program and announced that his talk would not be confined to the seniors but also to the large crowd which had gathered in the auditorium. "These eight things, he said, "are food, clothing, health, shelter, earnings, religion, recreation and friends, and without all of these no man is getting the full benefit of life." "Did you ever stop to think that you had to live?" Dr. Taylor asked. "You were a combination of an idiot and a savage when you were born into this world," he said and (Continued on page 5) Dr. E. A. Alderman Dies In Pennsylvania CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va? April 29?Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, presl. dpnt of the Universitv of Virginia, died at 10 o'clock tonight at Conntllsville, Penn., Mrs. Alderman was advised by a hospital there. Dr. Alderman, long recognized as one of the leading educators of the South was stricken with apoplexy while en route from Charlottesville to Urbanna, Inn., where he was to deliver an address Friday. Mrs. Alderman was advised that he was taken off the train when it reached Connellsville and that he succumbed in a hospital there. Dr. Alderman was 69 years old.