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I g opening day
jdJui Graham School, Warm\enton,
Has Largest EnI
rollment In History
Lperates MANY TRUCKS
I f/ih trie largest enrollment In
Jut history cf the school and the
fcs; complete cmricuhun that has
fve: been offered, the John
Bora ham high school at Warrenton
?-/.iniK oDenlng on
lad an ?
Tutscay morning when around 600
students and a number 01 parents
assembled in the auditorium of the
trilding at 9:30 o'clock for the beginning
of the 1931-32 school year.
I invocation was offered by the
^v. B. N. de Foe-Wagner Iftisco ui
minister, and a talk was made
Ijiy the Rev. J. A. Martin, pastor
of the Methodist church.
Following the exercises, winch
lasted about an hour, the students
were registered by grades and given
a lis: of books to be studied this
I Last year there were about 500
pupils attending the John Graham
iugh school as compared with
around 600 here on the first day of
this year with more expected to
register within the next few days.
The larger enrollment is due to
the fact of the State operating the
schools and bringing boys and girls
here from other parts of the
county.
The John Graham high school
has the most complete curriculum
this year that has ever been offerW
cd here. Four different courses
have been worked out for girls and
boys. A science ana uvenwjr
c:urse are being offered to both
girls and boys, and a four year
home economic course is being offered
the girls alone, while a four
tear course in agriculture is being
cffered to the boys alone. These
:ourses, it was said, give to the
ocal school as complete course of
tody as is offered in any schools
i! the State.
Pro vide 8th and 9th
Grade Instruction
An extra teacher will be emioyed
at Afton-Elbercn in order
hat eighth and nineth grade studnts
may be instructed in that
chool instead of being transported
o Warrenton it was learned yeserday
at the office of the superinendent
of schools.
The school committee of that
iistrict. in session Tuesday night,
iranimously voted to pay fcr the
Krvices of this teacher from district
funds.
Football Prospects
Good at Graham High
Prospects for a good foot-ball
earn at John Graham^high school
pretty good, Bob Bright, agri
mural leacner and assistant coach
Raid yesterday. Mr. Bright said that
here were already 22 boys out for
he team and that he expected that
his number would climb to 30 with
a few days.
I Practice is being held this year
Rom 11:20 until 1 o'clock due to the
act that a number of the players
Re irom the country and have to
Rave on the school buses in the afRtoon
when school is over.
I The first game of the season will
R with Rich Square. This match is
Rheduled for Friday, Sept. 11, but
R is not yet known whether it will
R Played here or on foreign terri
jttnmy Mayfield, former State colRe
football player, is again coachR
^he boys. He is being assisted
R Bright.
Only Two Schools
With 6-Month Terms
Only two white schools in the
will not have the extended
R?, it was learned at the office
tne superintendent of schools.
R???1 committees at Vaughan and
v?ted to run these two schools.
V; for the six months provided
by the State. Areola will run
Bj^ht months. Funds for the
R^eftded time win v>?
OUfrh *** wv iftiotu
.. pr*vate donations of paf.'
" *as stated.
* sxnt
,j atten'd luncheon
_Lucy Baskervill Mattic
16 and ?ameron' Katherine Scog
^eon atroline Ward attended a
t) ri?, the Henderson Counits
Cl on Wednesday given bj
W , Peace in honor of Mrs
^ Jackj0n cooper, a reml
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Good Tobacco Sells S
Tobacco Much Low
Eastern Carolina
With good tobacco selling slightly
better than tin opening day last seacnn
TirifV* rwv?
Twm tJvjyjL wwavuu selling lliuun
lower and with the average from $1
to $2 a hundred less, 17 markets
opened in eastern Carolina for the
1931-32 selason on Tuesday morning.
Wilson, the world's largest tobacco
market, was one of the few
points reporting- a higher average
than prevailed on last year's opening,
according to reports carried in
the Daily Press. Sales there totalled
503,526 pounds at an average of
$7.82 compared with $7.65 paid last
season for 490,496 pounds.
Despite this improvement growers
expressed dissatisfaction at prices
paid and indicated they intended to
wait on the market to (improve before
offering any great amount of
the remainder of their crop. No leaf
had been placed in the warehouses
tonight for tomorrow's sales there.
Unofficial figures on.the Greenville
market, second largest in the
belt, placed the average price at
$7.25 with offeitngs totaling slightly
less than 900,000 pounds. BeginField
Meetings To
Be Held In Warren
On September 10th
By R, H. BRIGHT
Local farmers will have a good
chance to show their ability at esti
mating crop yields at field meeting
scheduled for Thursday afternoon,
September 10th. The following
farmers will be visited: E. H. Pinned,
H. G. Limer, J. D. Limer, R.
E. Limer, F. F. Limer, David Limer,
E. D. Halithcock, Will and Tom Harris,
and S. G. Wilson.
The meetings ha've been arranged
for by Mr. G. R. Frazier of the
North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative
Association and Mr. R.
H. Bright, Vocational Agricultural
Teacher.
The object of the demonstrations
on these farms is to show the importance
of quick-acting nitrogen
under crops. The demonstrations are
divided into two sections both of
which received the same amount
of fertilizer under the crop. One of
the plots received a side application
of Chilean Nitrate, the other was
not side-dressed.
When the farmers visit the demonstrations,
they will be asked to
estimate the yields of the two plots.
When the plots are harvested, the
farmer whose estimate is closest to
the yield will be given $3.00 and the
one second closest will get $2,00.
The tour will start on the farm
of Mr. E. H. Pinnell at 1:30 p. m.
and will continue until all plots are
visited. An interesting program has
been arranged so that the Visitors
will see and hear much that can be
applied on their own farms. Everylone
interested in farming is urged
I tr> ar>H mnlie a nrnfitable half
l/V/ WiJlt n _
day of the tour. Refreshments will
be served.
Many Expected To
Attend Dance At
Hotel Here Tonight
With cards mailed to towns over
the state, placards stationed in
windows, signs riding the back of
automobiles and the word passed
around in vocal fashion, many
dancing couples from other towns
are expected to join with Warrentonians
in striking a stride to the
tune of Thurston's orchestra at
Hotel Warren when a dance will
be sponsored there by the Black
Cat club for the benefit of Warren
County Memorial Library.
The following Warrenton people
have been asked to chaperone the
dance which is scheduled to begin
m n'nlnek and conclude at 2
o'clock: Mr. and Mrs. Edmund
White. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Boyd.
Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Macon, Mrs.
A V. Lawson and Miss Mabel
Davis.
'SNOWBALL JONES TO BE
TRIED ON LIQUOR CHARGE
"Snowball" Jones, Warrenton
negro, was placed under a $50 bond
by Magistrate Macey Pridgen this
week in connection with a whiskey
. charge.
Jones was arrested Monday by
John Cary Davis, deputy prohibition
enforcement officer for the
county, after a pint of whiskey had
been found in his home by the of,
ficer.
t" NO MAIL MONDAY
There will be no delivery of mail
' on the rural routes Monday due tc
the fact that Labor Day is a legal
t'holiday, Sam Davis, rural carrier,
[announced yesterday afternoon.
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WARRENTON, COUNTY C
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ugiiiiy Dener, roor
er, Average Less As
Markets Open Season
ning low with the morning sales, the
price trend was upward in the afternoon
and some of the houses
selling late averaged more than $8.60
per hundred pounds.
Wendell reported official sales of
61,646 pounds at an average of $9.29.
Unofficial figures from Zebulon indicated
sales of approximately 25,000
pounds at $7.78.
A number of markets, including
Goldsboro where an average of $7.95
was paid for 157,000 paunds, reported
a few sales as high as 25 to
28 cents a pound for the better
grades but the poorer grades reduced
the average.
Robersonville sold 250,000 pounds
at $6.10 and has a block sale of
100,000 pounds scheduled for tomorrow.
Light Sales Forecast
Williamston reported sales of
192,000 pounds at ian average of
$6.54 wtith indications that sales for
the remainder of the week will be
light.
The Ahoskie market sold 111,386
(Continued on page 5)
Negro Arrested By
Special Office Freed
In Recorder's Court
A negro, whom Special Prohibit.on
Enforcement Officer Edward Davis
testified he saw at a still on March
13. was given his liberty by a Recorder's
court jury on Monday
morning when he was brought here
for trial.
An alibi established by the defendant
and the delay of the officers
in making the arrest are believed
to have been potent factors
with the jury in rendering a verdict.
The special enforcement officer
testified that on March 13 he and
his deputy, John Cary Davis, came
across George B. Alston at a still.
The negro made good his escape,
but the officers said that he was
close to him and was positive of his
identity.
On cross examination by John H.
Kerr Jr.. counsel for the defendant,
the witness said that he first had
a warrent sworn out before J. C.
Hardy of Norlina who was serving
in the capacity of a U. S. Federal
commissioner. Several months later.
Mr. Davis acknowledged, he had
another warrant sworn out for Alston
before Mr. Hardy who was
serving as a regular magistrate.
The special officer attributes the
delay in making th* arrest to Federal
authorities, to whom he said
he had sent a warrant the same
day that Alston was seen at the
still. Thinking that the warrant had
become "tied up" in government
red tape or was lost, the officer
said that he decided to arrest the
negro and have him tried in criminal
court. He said that Mr. John
Cary Davis had received a letter
from the Federal officials, but that
he was not aware of the contents.
The contents of the letter were
not revealed in court as Solicitor
Daniel failed to place Deputy John
Cary Davis on the stand.
Before leaving the witness chair
the officer was questioned further
by Mr. Kerr about the Federal authorities
losing a warrant or failing
to serve one, and the fact was
brought out that Mr. Davis was not
a special enforcement officer at the
time Alston was alleged to have
been seen at the still and had a
trial been held at that time and a
conviction obtained, that the $25
fee would have not been paid.
Alston testified that he had not
been around a still and was unaware
of the fact that one was near
his home. A watch, a clock in his
home, a son to go for his daughter
who was teaching in the Areola
school and a neighbor "Who wanted
to know what time it was were used
as evidence by the defendant as he
gave a regime of the day of March
13 in establishing an alibi to prove
(Continued on page 6)
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Deplores ueatn ur
Miss Urtie Harrison
LITTLETON Sept. 2.?Miss Urtie
Harrison who died here Monday
afternoon at 3:45. was widely
known and will be greatly missed.
She was a faithful member of St.
Alban's Episcopal church, where
the funeral took place Wednesday
at. 3:30. she is survived by her
mother and the following brothers
and sisters: William, Thomas,
i Lewis and Fawcett Harrison, and
Mrs. Telfair Ricks. j
Interment was in Sunset Hill j
| cemetery.
armt
>F WARREN, N. C., FRIDAY
W. T. POWELL IS
BURIED SUNDAY
Superintendent County Home
Is Victim of Stroke Of
Paralysis On Friday
END COMES SATURDAY
Funeral services for W. T. Powell,
superintendent of the county home
for more than 15 years, were conducted
from his residence on Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock with interment
taking place in Fairview
oemetary at Warrenton one hour
later. In the absence of the Rev S.
E. Wright, Methodist minister and
Mr. Powell's pastor, the services
were in charge of the Rev. J. A.
Martin, pastor of the Methodist
church at Warrenton.
Mr. Powell died Saturday morning
at 10:15 following a stroke of
paralysis which he suffered Friday
about mid-day. He was apparently
in good health until Friday about
dinner time when he complained of
feeling bad and a few minutes later
suffered the stroke. He was 58 years
nf acre
Mr. Powell, known as "Col Scrap,"
had many friends from all over
Warren and adjoining counties who
gathered at his home and around
the grave at one of the biggest
tnnerals that this county has known
in some time.
Active pallbearers were Joseph C.
Powell, Thomas Harris, John L.
Skinner, Keneth Thompson, W. H.
Burroughs, R. L. Capps. Honorary
pallbearers: Will L. Harris, S. W.
Powell, Lewis Thompson, Dr. G. H.
Macon, P. M. Stallings, Sheriff W.
J. Pinnell, Rob Alston, J. M. Pteace,
Walter Vaughan, W. A. Hunt, Dr.
W. D. Rodgers, W. W. Kidd, G. B.
Gregory, R. E. Davis, Fred Moseley.
He is survived by his wife, one
daughter, Mrs. Ed Weldon of Norlina,
and four sons, Arthur, A. C.
Burt and Romeo.
Pays Tribute To The
Memory W. T. Powell
!
"Howdy, frieijjj," is de!ad.
The familiar salutation from "Col.
Scrap'1 will be heard no more.
A warm hand-clasp conung irom
a biig-hearted man will be missed.
And so grief came from men in
'all stations of life as the news was
brought to Warrenton on Saturday
that "Col." Powell was dead.
"Howdy, friend" will no longer
ring out from a church gathering.
"Howdy friend" will be mlissed at
a barbecue.
"Howdy friend" will not greet the
ears of friend and foe during political
gatherings.
But "Howdy friend" wiill be out.
standing among the pleasant memories
associated with "Col. Scrap
Powell.'1
Mr. Powell was a rare character.
He bore a personality that was un.
forgetable and carried with him a
friendship that was everlasting. No
matter how often Mr. Powell saw
his friends, he always stopped to
shake hands and utter his friendly
greeting, frequently swapping yarns.
He harbored no animosity, and apparently,
was happy in rendering
some favor.
"He would slap you on the back,
laugh at you and do you a favor
all at the some liime," was said of
Mr. Powell by a friend in describing
the big-heartedness of the man.
There was nothing superficial
about Mr. Powell. He felt Kindly and
acted accordingly to the rich and to
the poor, to the elite and the uncouth,
and made friends among
them all as was evident at his home
and at the grave when representatives
from these classes stood sideby-side
to pay their last respect to
a friend who had entered the portal^f
of death.?H. P. J. Jr.
niLMON REAVIS TO BE
TRIED IN COUNTY COURT
Hilmon Reavis, Warrenton negro,
is under a $100 bond to face trial
in Recorder's court on Monday
morning in connection with a whiskey
charge which resulted from a
raid on his market Tuesday when I
Special Prohibition Enforcement
Officer Edward Davis and Deputy
John Cary Davis captured a pint
and a half of whiskey. Reavis was
given a hearing before Magistrate!
Macey Pridgen who found probably
cause and sent the case to Record
,sr's court.
BREAKS ARM WHILE RIDING
IN SCHOOL BUS AT INEZ
Furman Clark, young son of Otis
Clark of Inez, is nursing a badly
broken arm which he suffered on
Tuesday while in a school bus.
The accident occurred, it was said,
when Ms arm w'as protruding from
a window and was struck by a post
while the truck was turning around
at the home of Stanley Powell. The
break was above the elbow.
Stern
if, SEPTEMBER 4, 1931
Welfare Officer Sug
Means of Supplyii
Who Are Unal
By LUCY I. LEACH
County Welfare Officer
Gcat raising as a source of profit
has been followed in many lands
since antiquity. The abundance of
agricultural resources in our own
country has resulted in the adop
tion of other classes of animals,
particularly the cow as a means of
profit from meat and milk.
For sometime I have been convinced
that it would be a good idea
for poor families who are unable
to keep a cow. to keep milk goats,
but how to sell my idea, was quite
another thing. Everytime I have
said anything to the people in War-'
ren county about keeping goats to
supply the family with milk, they
would look at me in a strange way
as though they thought I might
possibly be mentally unbalanced.
I decided to discuss my idea with
ethers interested in the unfortunate.
I then asked a prominent physician
: in our county what he thought of
I my idea and he said he thought
it was a good one. He also suggested
! Teachers Gather <
At Warrenton For
First Meeting of Year
White teachers of the Warren
county school system met in the
auditorium of the John Graham
j school, Warrenton, on Monday
I morning at 9:30 for the first
| teachers meeting of the 1931-32 j
session.
Dr. Cook of N. C. C. W. made a
short talk on the outlook for
teachers. Superintendent Allen dis-'
cussed the new school law and
salaries, explaining to those present
that the schools were going
through a period of adjustment and
experiment due to the fact that
the State was taking over the
operation of the six-months
schools. Until such adjustment is
| completed and difficulties ironed
| cut, teachers would be called upon
to make the best of a difficult situ1
ation, but that he had every confidence
that Warren teachers
would make the best of the matter.
Miss Nancy O. Devers, assistant
State Supervisor of Elementary Instruction
told the teachers that
the curriculum should be adapted
to the needs of folks. Instruction
in reading and other subjects
should be increased through enlarged
activities. She discussed
promotions ahd held that definite
grade standards should be used for
this purpose.
State Inspector Puts
Okeh On Trucks
The okeh was put on Warren
county school trucks last Saturday
jby a representative of the State
| highway patrol who came here to
examine these vehicles before they
| began transporting children from
, their homes to the schools over the
I county.
I Thirty-three trucks are being
used in transporting white school
children this year. The number of
trucks serving these schools is as
follows: 1 at Ebony, Va.; 3 at
Drewry; 5 at Afton; 5 at Ncrlina;
I 3 at Wise; 9 at Warrenton; 5 at
Macon; 5 at Littleton. The same
trucks are serving at Afton and
Warrenton and Wise and Norlina.
Mrs. W. T. Williams
Dies In Duke Hospital
Funeral services for Mrs. William
Thomas Williams of Norlina were
held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the Norlina M. E. church, with
interment following in the family
cemetery near Middleburg. In the
absence of her pastor, the Rev. Mr.
- ?*- ?1? ?-? r*"\r fho oornnppR
Miagerte, who waa oi^d., m*v uw*favww
were in charge of Rev. Mr. Woodall.
Mrs. Williams who Was 22 years
of age, died Monday afternoon at
6 o'clock in the Duke hospital at
Durham where she had been undergoing
treatment for three weeks.
The floral offerings and on overflowing
church attest the esteem in
which she was held.
Mrs. Williams is survived by her
husband, her mother and father, |
two brothers and one sister. i
FARMERS ADVISED TO LET
CORN GROW TO MATURITY
Farmers are advised to let their
com grow to maturity by Joe Rob- j
ortsnn of Macon, who writes as fol
lows: J
"Wish you would please advise
the people not to cut their corn
down before it is full grown. Let it
stand and the ear will be much
better."
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gests Goats As
lg Milk ;To Those
lip Tn Ha up A r.nw
A W m <IM V V A A fl
my writing to a specialist interested
in Child Welfare. So I wrote to
Dr. Hugh Thompson, an Orthopedic
specialist in Raleigh and also Dr.
Albert Root, Baby Specialist. In
reply Dr Thompson writes. "Sf'a
are certainly on the right tra-k
trying to get farmers with small
families to use goats milk. I have
investigated this subject pretty
thoroughly but have not the literature
available at the present time.
However, you can get all you need
to know about goats from two Gov.
ernment bulletins. One is entitled,
Milch Goats and is Farmers Bulletin,
No. 920, put out by the Department
of Agriculture. Washington,
D. C. The other is entitled
"Milk" and is known as Bureau
Publication, No 163, put out by the
Department of Labor, Washington.
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Dr. Root writes, "I think your
idea of having goats for poor lamil'es
is a splendid one. I think Dr.
Hugh Thompson has been interest(Contlnued
on Fage 8)
University Alumni
To Observe Founders
Day Here October 12
The foundation of the University
of North Carolina will be observed
in Warren county on Monday, October
12, when alumxii will observe
the 142nd anniversaiy by gathering
at a barbecue and listening to an
address by Albert Coates, professor
of law at the university.
Plans for the celebration of the
event were shaped Wednesday afternoon
when a number of former
students of the instituation assembled
Sn the office of Polk and Gibbs
following a call meeting by John H.
Kerr Jr.
Gerald Allen, John Mitchell, John
Henderson and Howard Jones Jr.,
were appointed as a committee on
arrangements, with Mr. Allen serving
as chairman, and John H. Kerr
Jr., was named to notify former
students of the university of the
celebration.
All former Carolina men of Warren
county will be invited to obcoruo
fVio rolphrQt.irm Pnllnwine' is
a partial Est of the alumni of the
institution with some of the more
recent students being omitted, but
who will be notified by Mr. Kerr to
be present:
R. B. Hunter, Areola; Otl.s King,
Areola; Forrest Pridgen, Creek; J.
E. Adams, Warren ton; J. R. Betts
Jr., Macon; Sidney G. Chappell,
Norlina; Frank Mayfield, Norlina;
Herbert Scholz, Macon; H. H. Walker,
Norlina; Stephen Watkins, Norlina;
J. E. Banzet Jr., Warren ton;
R. D. Scott, Ridgeway; E. G. Allen,
Warrenton; W. C. Bobbitt, Warrenton;
Graham Boyd, Warrenton;
Pett Boyd, Warrenton; Boyd Davis,
Warrenton; M. J. Davis, Warrenton;
Howard Jones Jr., Warrenton;
John Henderson, Warrenton; W. G.
Fleming, Warrenton; E. L. Hicks,
Warrenton; Hugh Holt, Warrenton;
Dr. T. J. Holt, Warrenton; Dr. F.
P. Hunter, Warrenton; Alpheus
Jones, Warrenton; Bignall Jones,
Warrenton; John H. Kerr Jr., Warrenton;
Dr. G. H. Macon, Warrenton;
John Mitchell, Warrenton; J.
B. Palmer, Warrenton; James K.
Polk, Warrenton; William T. Polk,
Warrenton; Walter R. White, Warrenton;
William Elmore King, Wise;
George Williams, Wise; W. W. Taylor,
Warrenton; James Y. Kerr, and
Barker Williams, Warrenton.
R. A. Jackson Is
Buried At Union
Chapel Thursday
Funeral services for Robert A.
Jackson of Palmer Springs, brother
of C. E. Jackson of Warrenton,
were held vesterday afternoon at
5 o'clock at Union Chapel church
where interment followed.
Mr. Jackson died at his home on
Wednesday morning around 10
o'clock. He had not been confined
to his home on account of sickness
and news of his death came as a
tin prise to friends in North Carolina
and Vltginia. Mr. Jackson
was 72 years of age and spent his
entire life in the Palmer Springs
ccmmunity. He was nevej married.
In addition to Mr. Jackson "he is
survived by the children of a deceased
brother, H. H. Jackson, of
Chase City. Va., and the following
half brothers and sisters: B. R.
Palmer of Warrenton, Mrs. Ed
! Fitts of Macon. Mrs. Paul Palmer
and Miss Mary Prances Palmer of
Palmer Springs, and J. H. Palmer
of Merry Mount.
MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
NUMBER 36
SITE FOR PRISON
CAMP SELECTED
ri i -1 J. _ m_l__ A?Dmam.
CiXpeciea 10 mne uv? *. iuperty
Within Next Few
Days; 32-Acre Tract
IS NEAR DOWTIN PLACE
A 32-acre tract of land back of
the Jack Dowtin home near the
city limits of Warrenton was approved
on Wednesday by the State
highway commission as a site for
the location of a prison camp in
Warren county. Unless some unforseen
hitch comes in the transaction.
it is expected that the
State will take over this property
within a few days and that the
work of constructing the camp
will commence shortly thereafter.
The property belongs to the
estate of the late B. B. Williams
and, it is understood, was offered
to the State at a price of $25 per
acre. This purchase will be made
by the State without any help
from the county, it was said, as
soon as a clear title to the prop,
erty can be acquired.
Although without official confirmation.
it is being said here that
a 100 or 125 capacity prison camp
will be located on the site at a cost
of approximately $10,000.
A number of farms in the county
have been inspected recently by
representatives of the State highway
force, but due to unsuitable
locations in some instances and in- ,
ability to agree on prices in other
eases, the Williams land is the only
tract in Warren county that the
State highway commission approved.
Member of Farm
Board Replies To
Gibb's Telegram
"The suggestion which you make
has been submitted to the Board
'in a number of variations," James
C. Stone, Chairman of the Federal
Farm Board, wrote Frank H. Gibbs
this week in answer to a wire in
which Mr. Gibbs briefly outlined a
plan to relieve the cotton situation
and suggested that the same policy
be pursued in respect to wheat and
tobacco.
The advice given to farmers by
the Farm Board to destroy every
third row of their cotton as a means
of increasing the price, and a proposition
from J. R. Paschall of Wise
to pay for the telegram were the
circumstances which actuated the
following message from Mr. Gibbs
to the Farm Board on the morning
of August 13:
"Destroy all cotton held by the
government and cooperatives. Announce
to trade that the government
will continue to buy and destroy
cotton until it goes to a reasonable
price. Pursue the same
policy with respect to wheat and
tobacco and the resulting benefits
to government revenue through an
improvement in business would yield
? UnMJnAVvin Mafntm /vn fKn KtiVPCf,
<x imiiuai/ixic icuiuii uii
ment."
Mr. Stone's letter:
"Mr. Frank H. Gibbs,
"Warrenton. N. Carolina.
"Dear Mr. Gibbs:
"I am sorry that I have not acknowledged
sooner your telegram of
August 13, but we have been working
so continuously on this problem
that my correspondence has gotten
considerably behind.
"The suggestion which you make
has been submitted to the Board
iv. a number of variations. The
Farm Board is now considering all
suggestions in the hope that some
practical plan which will at least
partly solve the cotton problem
may be developed.
"Your interest in this is very
much appreciated.
"Very truly yours,
"JAMES C. STONE,
"Chairman."
As a result of the publicity given
his plan as embodied Sn the telegram
to the Farm Board, the following
week Mr. Gibbs furnished
The Warren Record with an article
in which he explained Wis views and
the costs and benefits to the government.
The article was picked up
from this paper by the News and
Observer and purhaps other papers.
WOMAN'S CLUB TO MEET
The Warrenton Woman's club
will hold the first meeting of the
year at the home of Mrs. O. H.
Macon on Tuesday afternoon, September
8. at 3:30 o'clock, according
to announcement made yesterday
afternoon.
RETURN FROM CANADA
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Polk returned
to Warrenton to make their
home on Saturday after spending
!a month in Canada with Mrs. Polk's
I relatives.