i accurate? terse timely ^lumexxxi^ n ? ii T> 10 PVm utnt 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 / 01 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. I \ he ? WARRENTON, COUNTY C d.il? n 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) ~ ' *** .1 rvr 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." riii _ . ? gests Goats As lg Milk ;To Those lip Tn Ha up A r.nw A W m