kcCURaTE' terse i timely W\ BOYD MAKES |l#SAPPEAL ciriToTa Series Of Telling Aboyt The HIS of Organization LE BEGIN^NOV. 11TH 3 ^Pthe" campaign of Carouse interest in the j r*?<AO e o/hirh will! of the u,x'" " ? K ^ annual Roll Call in Warcounty beginning on Novem. r ji N. Boyd, chairman of K Warren county chapter, wTites open letter to members and H?pective members setting forth H accomplishments of the organ- J Kjon and telling the need for its J 9f ^lng the coining winter. Mr. I Is is the first of a series of j Hrers about the Red Cross to be I ^E-ibuted by leaders of the great! organization. His letter in I Ha regional meeting of the Red I Boss embracing the counties of I stem -North Carolina, was held! H.Henderson. Sept. 29. 1931. Dr.! E. Green and others from! ^Lonal headquarters were pres-1 I wish it had been pcssible a larger number of our mem-1 ^Bship to have heard the address, I Hghave better realized the work! H: Red Cross has done, is doing I (j plans to do. f K The National Roil Call will be-1 Ha November 11th Armistice Day,! ^Ec we have been asked to increase I Hur membership. We think this! Haw be done and we are making! plans accordingly. | IV "Do you realize what a tremenkus saving the Red Cross brings E in every disaster; that if the Ed Cross did not step in the Each between us and the calls, 1st we would have petitions after Eticns for one cause or another, is was never brought out more IteabJy than duruig the cyclone Ester in the northern part of 1 county last year and the light disaster which affected Hi a large section of the United lies. Do ycu not believe that if I Red Cross had not come to the p of these two disasters that r would have been called upon number of times?and too for p others which were not objects [ our help? po you realize that the Red pss. during these two trying tes in cur county, spent more tney for food and clothing, than s county has put into National adquarters since the World ir? Only 50 cents of every dollar en in this county goes to Natal Headquarters. Now may I urge you to think ut this?and as the time apaches for the Roll Call, that -N /... -uu i.?. j? tt t?S leei auie UW' iWS First Week Of Tobacco Sales ng on the middle flue cured ich includes Henderson, durfirst week of the tobacco included about 27 per cent ides. 6 per cent cutters, 66 it lug grades and about *1 it nondescript according to tobacco price report of the States Department of AgTiCommon leaf and lug were not in demand, the reintinued. but the better leaf j 8 grades and cutter grades' i demand all week and prices j Hy improved. The report:? irings were heavy in volume opening day and the sales 'l&cked at Oxford and H?n Bom blocks were cleared up sdnesday and offerings were Jte to light in volume for the of the week, brings consisted of about 27 nt leaf grades> 6 per cent cut^dos, 66 per cent lug 49 per 'f orange colored grades, 3 per ?f mixed colored grades and ?ont of green colored grades. UTteen percent of the cutters forty percent of the lugs were ferings of leaf grades and lugs lted principally of medium to rades I?H.- . - ? .. f uctter leai and lug ^V--S and cutter grades were in deall week and prices gradually ^??ved. Both the lemon and sides of the medium lug also improved in prices. Comand lug grades are not in There was keen competiKj* the few lots of wrapper B** which were offered this ^ ^rings of U. S. Type 12 (eastCarolina flue-cured) at Smithfield, Williamston ^Kj^shington this week were to light in volume and Principally of tips and low 5^ anc* primings. Prices on ^stnok.tig types were firm J* improvement." m Negro Is Killed In Wreck; Driver Of j Car Held In Jail Howard Coleman, negro who was j ? ? - uliving tne fora touring car that i turned over at the curve at Long Bridge Sunday afternoon and instantly killed Johnnie Green negro pool ball racker for the Warrenton Billiard Parlor, is being held in jail under $1000 bond to face trial at the next term of Superior court on a charge of reckless driving. A Corner's jury headed by W. C. Fagg, appointed as Coroner to act in connection with the sudden death decided that Green came to his death by riding in an automobile driven by Coleman and recommended that the driver be held under $1000 bond. The recommendation was complied with when the case was tried before Magistrate Ed P,star. William Boyd and Dick Boyd Brown, riding in the car when the accident occurred) were released by Magistrate Petar. The four negroes, it was said, were returning from a meeting at Greenwood church when the car failed to make the turn immediately north of the bridge and overturned. W. M. U. Workers To Meet October 13 A Conference of W. M. U. Work ers will meet with the Warrenton I Baptist Women's Missionary Society I on Tuesday, October 13, at 10 ' o'clock. Mrs. Edna R. Harris and " Miss Alva Lawrence from the State p headquarters in Raleigh will conduct this conference, assisted by several members from societies in the Tar River association. The object of this conference is to have an extensive study course for one day using the Year Book as R the text, Miss Edna Allen president of the Warrenton Missionary ai society> pointed out. "It is earnestly C( hoped that delegates from the near- ^ by societies will have their societies v, represented as this is to be a most d( ^practical conference on |how| our . societies should function," Miss Al- C( len said. Lunch will be served by the War- jji renton society and the meeting will ei mnKniif t.hrnnp-h fh/? rfav -ar ? st Smiths In Car Smash tu Monday Afternoon ai ai I Two automobiles driven by two sc Smiths traveling in the same direc- \\ tion and enroute to the same town pi collided near Norlina on Monday 01 afternoon when one driver attempt- cc ed to pass the other. n< J. T. Smith and wife and two W: children were in one of the cars and re the other was occupied by D. N. Smith and a small child. Both auto- J. mobiles were traveling to Norfolk. V, The accident occurred, it was re- D iportedi when D. N. Smith attempt- tl ed to' pass J. T. Smith and the cc former's car struck the automobile re of the latter and caused it to overturn and injure the driver. Neither << Mrs. Smith nor the two small children in the overturned car were hurt, it was said. Following the accident Mr. J. T. Smith was carried to a doctor at y< Norlina by Mr. D. N. Smith who tc also carried him and the rest of D his family to Norfolk, lc v< Improvement Made Jj In Several Industries d ATLANTA, Ga. Sept. 30.?In- tl cveased retail trade, greater consumption of cotton and improvement in production of coal in Alabama and Tenessee were shown to- 6. day in the monthly business review tj of the sixth district by the Federal L Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Department store sales increased n 9.4 per cent in August over July ti and average 9.6 per cent less in ai actual dollar volume than in Aug- f< ust, 1930. Cotton consumption in the United States, as well as in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, was greater in August than it was in n that month last year and in Ten- ir r.essee here was an increase over P July. tl August was the fourth month to ^ show an increase in the production e] of cotton cloth by mills in the dis- n trict as compared with the corre- p sponding monn rasi year. w Orders received by textile mills tl were greater than in July or in August a year ago and unfilled orders reported at the end of August by yarn mills were 31.2 per cent a greater than a year ago. The num- si ber of workers at cloth mills in- a creased slightly over July, but em- 1 ployment at both cotton and yarn mills was less than in August last "] year. li Iff Mi WARRENTON, COUNTY O LUCKY i - By C. R. X-AND SOAK TH, Said the paper manufactur TO HIS BOY HELPER.WHO.WHII SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHING BATCH OF PAPER RUNNIN THROUGH A PAPER MACHP FELL ASLEEP ?WHEN TH , PAPER WAS FINISHED, IT W I-OUNU 10 lit SO SOFT in TE> ORE THAT IT ABSORBED INK ABIOTTY FASHION?THE PI BLOTTING PAPER HAD BEEN MA fegro Arrested In Raid Is Placed In Vance County Jail Lemuel Clanton, negro arrested ;ar a still when a raid was made , riday night by Special Prohibition . aforcement Officer Edward Davis ' id Deputies John Cary Davis, irey Wilson Claude Fleming and j laude Coleman, was piacea in usance county jail on Saturday in ] jfault of $500 bond that was aced over him by U. S. Federal ommissioner J. C. Hardy. ] A 60-gallon copper outfit went 1 to the hands of the Federal gov- < nment and 200 gallons of beer 1 ere poured on the ground as a re- 1 lit of the raid. Clanton was capired by Deputy John Carey Davis. ( The still was discovered Friday ( ternoon by Officers Carey Wilson ] id John Cary Davis who left the ( ene and came for reinforcement, j 'hen they went back with the de- , ities three men were seen near the i itfit but two of them, negroesi sue >eded in escaping. The still was 1 3t being operated at the time it ] as said, but everything was ' in adiness. Saturday morning Federal Officer A. Donned W. G. Watkins, Bill : ratkins, L. B. Watkins and J. C. ' avis went to the scene to look over : le still site, while there they disivered 4 gallons of whiskey, it was : ported. Painless Extraction" Applied To Dentist' NEW YORK.?Bending over a rvjftpnt and examining a 7UI/1UU1 K)th preparatory to extracting it I r. M. V. Sacharoff found himself ioking down the muzzle of a re-1. river. Meanwhile the youth's asstant "extracted" $21 in cash and :30 in jewelry and dental gold from octor Sacharoff's office. "Painless extraction, eh, Doc?"l le boys said as they left. PHILADELPHIA WINS FIRST Philadelphia defeated St. Louis M 2 in the first baseball game of 11 le World Series played at .St. ouis yesterday afternoon. The two 1 :ams will play again this after. oon at St Louis and then,! will avel to Philadelphia for the third ad fourth game. The team winning >ur out of seven games wins the 1 ;ries. CASE THROWN OUT A case against Vernon Arrington, egro arrested by special officers i connection with a whiskey charge j nd tried before Macey Pridgen was irown out of court when the magtrate found there was not sufficiat evidence with which to hold the egro. Arrington it was said, was a an automobile' some time back in hich there was found whiskey by ae officers. nunc/wnr twitvTTON Dr. Rives W. Taylor of Oxford nd Mrs. S. B. Burwell of Henderon were guests in the home of Mr. nd Mrs. Howard P. Jones on Tiursday njght. Mrs. Tom Taylor and Dr. Rives I raylor of Oxford were guests here 1st night. RF \ ' - i to?/.* i wren > 'F WARREN, N. C, FRIDA BREAKS Miller ??????? ?? ATUP?l#jl H J Plans For Prison Camps Approved, Scott Announces RALEIGH Oct. 1? Plans for the i ;onstruction of 10 prison camps for the State Highway Commission tiave been approved and will be presented soon for bids, Sam D. pii nnnri e frtr tllP Olsl/bl/; OU}A/l VWV1 iVi i/uv Highway Commission announced Wednesday. The proposed camps will provide prifon facilities for J3 counties, and will accomodate approximately 850 convicts. They will be erected along lines approved by prison and wel[are officials. Sites have been arranged for the erection of camps as follows: for Dabarrus and Stanly counties at Mt Pleasant with 100-man capacity; Catawba and Lincoln counties near Newton, with _00-man capacity; Cleveland county, near Shelby. with 100-man capacity; Haywood county near Hazelwood, with 75-man capacity; Chatham and Randolph counties near Siler City with 75man capacity; Duplin, near Kenansville. with 75-man capacity; Warren, near Warrenton, with 75man capacity; and prison quarters will be erected in Cumberland and Northampton counties for 75 convicts. Camps are now under construction in Wake, Burke and McDowell counties. The Wake County camp built as .in experimental model'for the other structures, i? nearing completion * ana is expeci/eu iu uc u^upicu umi week, Mr. Scott stated. "When the prisons are completed." he said, "we will have comfortable accomodations for our convicts." He was pleased with prospect of the new camps. Giant Airplanes Travel Over Town Eighteen passenger air planes be?an traveling over Warren on their route from Richmond to Florida the first of this month, according' to announcement made by E. A. Skillman local weather man for the Eastern Air Transport Inc. Heretofore five passenger Kingbird ships have been used on this route for carrying the mail and passengers, These Condor eighteen paipsenger air planes were taken from the Richmond Greensboro route, Mr, Skillman said. Two Men To Face Judge Result Fighl Frank Tucker and Waverlj Thompson will be triea beion Judge W. W. Taylor in Recorder's court on Monday morning as the result of a fight which occurred between these two men early Mondaj morning in Kidds barber shop. Mr. Tucker and Mr. Thompsor had a run-in as the former was leaving the barber shop and the latter was entering. A few word: followed and Mr. Tucker, it wae said, struck Mr. Thompson in the eye and on the side of the face The two men were soon parted. form Y, OCTOBER 2, 1931 ALLEN'S PICTURE i< IN COURT ROOM Court Halts on Tuesday To r Pay Tribute to Veteran ^ Magistrate of Warren h HAS SERVED 58 YEARS * John W. Allen for 58 years a Magistrate in Warren county, was honored on Tuesday when civil & court paused just before beginning 8 the afternoon business for the pur- o. pose of having the picture of the veteran justice of the peace hung v, in tVio 'I'ho rvintn-nn nroo 11 ILL 111C I/V/IU U 1 UUill. xug TYttO ?' presented by Solicitor R. Hunt Par- n ker and welcomed by Juge W. C. n Harris of Raleigh here presiding ii over court. a In presenting the picture, Solicitor Parker said in part: J "For more than 58 years John Watson Allen has been a justice of the peace in Warren county. During these many years that he has held this important position, he has P handled the many cases brought Ji before him in an honest, just and ts fearless manne^ and there is not e< a magistrate in North Carolina that 11 is his superior." " In receiving the picture Judge Harris said that it was his pleasure to have the picture hung on the s wall of the court room and that he r< hoped the image of the distinguish- ked and honorable magistrate would t< be an inspiration to others whose w gaze fell upon the foatures of the P Warrenton gentleman. t] b: Father J. G. Mitchell 11 Dies On Sunday ti T Funeral services for W. Z. Mitch- N ell of Oxford, prominent tobacconist and father of John G. Mitchell, *] cashier of the Citizens B^nk of Warrenton, were conducted Monday afternoon from his home on Broad street with interment taking place in Elmwood cemetery in Oxford. pi Mr. Mitchell died early Sunday y< morning following an illness of sev- ^ eral days. For half a century he had ^ been engaged in the tobacco busi- h hess> operating the Banner ware- s< house in Oxford. Mr. Mitchell had P1 AM AAlltlA wn wf- I1M 4-V?/v if,, I tl <111 fciunvc \j<xl t in uxic \^diiiiiuiiiujr life of Oxford, having served as a: mayor of the town a member of the tl board of commissioners, a chairman 4< of the board of trustees of the grad- ei ed schoolsi director of the First National Bank of Granville, presi- 01 I dent of the Oxford Building and 01 Loan association member of the h 'Rotary club and member of the a board of Stewarts of the First S' i Methodist church. P The funeral services were attend' ed by an unusually large assem- I ' blage of friends and relatives who were present to pay their last tribute of love and respect to a man i who had labored for a lifetime for 1 the upbuilding of his community. t' As a mark of respect the tobacco h: market closed at noon Monday for S( . the funeral services. s' 1 Mr. Mitchell, who was 69 years of 11 age_ was twice married. His first T , wife was Miss Johnnie Meadows, w . and his second marriage was to w ' Mrs. Annie Lee Lewellyn by whom e . he is survived. In addition to his e children he is also< survived by his ^ sister, Miss Mata Mitchell of Ox- ^ ford; brother Garland Mitchell of ^ ' South Hill, Va. The following were the ten chil- I dren at the services: Mrs. C. E. Roller Mrs. T. L. Blalock, Oxford; T ' 1X7 rj Tr? W. Li. IVULUUCll, VT . CI. uxivv/li&u VI. Erward MitcheH Oxford; John M. Mitchell, Warrenton. E. M. Mitch- ri I eh North Wilkesboro; Mrs. William p Harris, Wilmington; Mrs. Chas 01 Olsen Pittsburgh; Mrs. Thurman g Williams, Rockingham. g _________?t] i KINSTON CLAIMS TO HAVE F BEATEN TALL CORN RECORD 0 1 KINSTON, Sept. 30.?Andrew ? Swartz, of Sharon Pa. who claims to have raised the tallest corn in a the United States this year, didnt. ( Walter Sutton, business manager at the Caswell Training School here 1 today reported a stalk 16 feet 5 A inches tall on one of the school's farms. Swartz's tallest stalk missed that mark by three inches. Much of r( the work on the Caswell School h farms is done by feeble-minded g t youths housed in the institution. j tl f DUKE OPENS FREE LEGAL c . AID CLINIC TO HELP POOR n J DURHAM, Sept. 30?A, number o: J of clients have been accepted by the ei Duke legal aid clinic just opened at t the Duke university law school to give free legal advice to the man i without the price of an attorney's V - tvio t.hp first established v j UCV. ..... > in North Carolina, is under the l i direction of Prof. John S. Bradway, c ; formerly of University of Southern u ;1 California( who is secretary of the e .'national organization of legal aid li societies. c government Agent To Be In County On October 5-7 Information in respect to paylents on seed fertilizer and reabilitation loans may be received cm Thomas J. Hyder, district eld agent for the United States , apartment of Agriculture, at the 1 blowing places: Warrenton courthouse all day i [onday, Oct. 5; Manson post oilice , a. m. Tuesday, Oct. 7; Macon post ] tlice I p. m. Tuesday, Oct. 7. Mr. Hyder said that he had met , ith fine cooperation so far, and ] equests mail carriers, postmasters, ] lerchants, ginners and warehouse len to call attention to these dates i order that people may find liim : f the most convenient place. ohn Graham High ' Meets Littleton Here With spirits in fine fettle due to \ ast victories .the football team of , ohn Graham high school will ickle a team from the Littleton lucational institution this after- , oon at 3:45 o'clock at League park i South Warranton. Warrenton played spectacular iotball last Friday afternoon at ( outh Hill when Gordon Haithcock jceived the pigskin on the second ick-off and ran 70 yards for a >uchdown. The second touchdown as made by John Drake in a line ' lunge. Neither team scored during oe first half. The Warrenton boys 1 rought home a 12-7 victory from le Virginia town. 1 The game this afternoon will be ie fourth match for the locals, hey have defeated South Hill and 'orlina and tied Rich Square. rwo Negroes Pick Over 800 Pounds ______ i "I have really got some cotton I Lcking hands on my place this I jar," Fate Weaver farmer of near barren ton boosted' this week. Mr. leaver said that Alex Roberts and Is wife, South Carolina negroes, ;arted off picking three hundred Dunds each. The next day> he said, ley got out a total of 744 pounds nd the third time they traveled re fleecy rows that one gathered )0 pounds in one day and the oth- ' r pluked 403 pounds. Mr. Weaver said that he had anther little bunch of hands getting at 1000 pounds a picking and that ' e was getting two bales of cotton day. He said that his crop was 1 jod and had not yet heen half 1 icked. i \ T. A. To Sponsor 1 'Daddy Long Legs' In an effort to raise funds for ' le cafeteria of the John Graham igh school the parent-teacher as- 1 >ciation will sponsor a picture I iow, "Daddy Long Legs,'' at the 1 mperial theatre on Monday and 1 hesday, October 12-13. A matinee ill be given on Monday. "Not only ' rill those who attend this show njoy an afternoon or evening of ntertainment, but they will also e helping a good cause," a memer of the parent-teacher associaon commented yesterday. -arge Still Captured By Officers Tuesday A 140-gallon capacity copper still sady to be operated became the 1 roperty of the Federal government n Tuesday and approximately 1000 J allons of beer were poured to the 1 round when a raid was m'ade in 1 le Sandy Creek neighborhood by ederal Officer J. A. Donnell and ifficers J. C. Davis W. G. Watkins, ill Watkins and ' Robert Pinnell. n automobile trailer found at the till site was seizeed by the officers nd 12 cases of fruit jars were detroyed. One man seen at the still scaped. lNNUAL library meeting to be held on tuesday The annual meeting of the War;n County Memoril library will be eld on Tuesday night, Oct. 6_ at o'clock in th? library building. Tie purpose of the meeting is for le election of officers. The finanEal report of the library will be ;ad at this time, it was said. Every ne interested in the library is urgJ to attend. SMALL FIRE A small fire at Wilker's Gin. near barren Plains, was extinguished nth little loss by employees on Tiursday morning. The blaze | riginated in the gin house from n known cause. Quickly discover-' d it was put out with estimated' >ss of a fraction of a bale of otton. -~y~" MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 40 AWARDS RIGGAN $600 DAMAGES Case In Court as Result Of Automobile Wreck On January 17th SUIT WAS FOR $10,000.00 A Warren county jury yesterday afternoon at _:15 o'clock awarded Jack Riggan $600 for damages done bis young son, Harry Riggan, who was injured on Saturday afternoon. January 17, when a car driven by his siter, Miss Carrie Mae Riggan. Local telephone operator, crash into the rear of the Home Furniture & Supply Co. truck near War renton. me piainwn was asauig for $10,000. Counsel for Mr. Riggan offered three points of contention?that the truck did no have a right to park where it did, that it was parked without lights, that the truck was over 80 inches in width md did not carry clearance lights. The attorney for the defendant. It was said, proved that the vehicle was lighted, and that it was parked in a lawful manner. The fact that the truck was over 80 inches in width and did not carry clearance lights was responsible, it is thought, for the jury deciding in tavor of the plaintiff. The case was hard fought with Julius Banzet representing the Heme Furniture & Supply Co. and Solicitor R. Hunt Parker and Julian Allsbrook, of the law firm of Parker and Allsbrook of Roanoke Rapids, representing tne plaintiff. The legal battle began Tuesday afternoon and the jury was given the case about 10:30 yesterday. According to reports at the time of the accident, Miss Riggan was passing J. M. Ellis store about a mile north of Warrenton. A crowd ui people were coming out of a maavImi ?r?rl fhA Ul <X IXV/lilC UCaiKfJ ouu V^v girl turned out to av>id striking them and cut her car too far, causing it to crash into the Home Furniture & Supply Co. truck parked in front of the Ellis store. The truck, driven by Andrew Smiley, was said to have been parked with two wheels resting In the ditch on the edge of the road. Young Mr. Riggan was cut the entire length of his face, from his forehead through his chin. It was necessary to take 37 stitches in the boy's face. Miss Riggan was badly shaken up but escaped injury. The top of the Ford roadster was torn off as well as the windshield. No damage resulted to the truck. Results of other cases tried by this term of Superior court which eegan last Thursday afternoon with Judge W. C. Harris of Raleigh presiding were as follows: Boyd Gillam Motor Company was awarded 6145 in a case against G. R. Rogers, fn the case of W. E. Hawks vs Mattie J. Tucker and Willie Tucker, growing out of disputes over boundary lines, it was decided that a new surveys should be made and that each should pay half of the court costs. In the case of Edward C. Rundell. executor of Mary Rundell vs John W. Scott, the jury decided that the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff in the amount of $3603 68 with interest from June 14, 1930. The case of Susie J. Overby against R. D. Grif fin was transferred to the Vance county Superior court. Divorces were granted in the cases of Thomas Hicks vs Lizzie Hicks and Carrie G. Cox vs A. P. Cox. The case of Swift & Co. vs Popular Mount Mercantile Co. and J. 0. Brauer was being tried late yesterday afternoon. Deputy Arrests Escaped Convict Thomas Williams, negro who escaped from a Rocky Mount prison camp last Wednesday, was arrested Friday night in the Grove Hill section by Deputy Lawrence Robertson. The fugitive was brought to Warrenton and lodged in the county bastile where he remained until Saturday when Rocky Mount officers came for him. Williams was sent to Rocky Mount from Warren county. He * ? ' - * * -L -1? was at lirst sentenced to sia iuuuu? on the roads by Judge Cranmer on a charge of stealing but due to his insolence to Deputy Rdbertson the jurist later changed the sentence of the negro to 12 months. SMALL FIRE TUESDAY Blazes around a water tank at Harris & Gardner pressing shop brought forth the fire company and many citizens on Tuesday about 2 o'clock when the fire alarm was sounded. The fire was extinguished, without damage, before the fire company and citizens arrived.

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