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^CURATE, TERSE I fl TIMELY K^exxxi " ma sess mmn court fl . Fined $25 and Costs JlVhiskt'F Charge; No] in ( ieck Case MtfS FOUND GUILTY W. W. Taylor's court held a ^Lpfiitively short session on morning when only two H were heard. Larceny was the of one of these defendants brought bef.re the bar of ar.d wliiskt y was the reason he toils Hire. white man who recent^Hsoved into the Sandy Creek his home. ^HLiborhcod to ? ^Esrrested b-v s!l,-';'i-fT Pllinell sat^Er night with several gallons of jn Cou:t Monday the defendK claimed that he was carrying K liquor to a friend in Hender. K and that he did not have it the purpose of sale. He plead ^Lity to possession and transportjudge Taylor fined him $25 costs and added a six months sentence which was suspendH prodded he meet with the form. I* Willie Green, found guilty of larHocty. was given six months in jail Hotted to work the roads. roe case against F. M. Rainey which he was charged with giv. ^B>g a worthless check and which continued last Week due to the Hact that cne of the principal witfttsses was on jury duty in HalL ^max county, was nol prossed this at the request of the solicitor Bthen witnesses again failed to ap Negro Freed From ^ Confines Of Vault f?CAGO. Dec. 15.?Claude Shep. xt^a negro, is free from his in. tetany imprisonment in the vault his shce shining establishment, U~ni 1 ~ ? "mr- cofa oo I men nave iv get a new owiv. I Chicago knows the combination i his oid one. Es partner accidentaly closed edoor of the vault on him last pt. but Sheppard wasn't worried TH call the combination to you,' ivelled to his partner. "Start at hum right to 46, then left to nine oi right to 18." His was dene, but it failed to Police, firemen and doctors were ilea. A thousand or so spectators altered. Oxygen was pumped into he vault while a safe expert was eing summoned. He liberated the tisoner by the simple process of taning at 25 instead of 20. Awards Medal After Wait Of 64 Years BOSTON, Dec. 14?It was less to two years after the civil war, k Walter Kendall, 13, dived into Is icy waters of the Neponset and saved from drowning a He Massachusetts Humane So*t? wanted to bestow a medal I? Walter, but his mother for? it, saying her son had only N?w, sixty-four years after the M6cue. the society has awarded its Bighest honor, a silver medal, to Bjr Walter Gardner Kendall, of Bollaston. 77, dentist, sportsman, R fancier and horticulturist. Good Response To ^ Old Clothes Drive generous response to the apB?1 for old clothes to be given to B* needy of the county came on ^Ptarday afternoon when Bob B^?'nt. driving a wagon and assisted Bj? several boys of the local school, Bj^ at the homes of Warrenton Bjj?ns, the drive was put on by the B??ty welfare board, and according B? Miss Leach, who handles such B ?s, "It was wonderful." % person who has any addi wmiy clothing which they wish tc B?tribute are asked to notify the B^'e officer in order that she call for samo ? MV pressman Kerr I Qn Five Committees pressman John H. Kerr ha: L membership on five im* committees, and the chairKons\ 0{ the Committee of Elec^Jecti-' a acc"rdin8 to informatioi ? {r?m Washington this week serving on the following MtoSjlto ' Wai^ Claims, Pubili ^pnd v"ar^ Grounds, Immigratioi ^tnti c!ut"aliza-ion'Eiections N?-s 51 Christmas Seal i Letters Are Mailed To Local Citizens Many letters containing Red Cross Christmas seals, were mailed citizens in the county this week by Mrs. C. P. Allen, chairman of War. ren, with the request that they return money for the stamps enclosed. The funds so raised become a part of the national budget used to combat the great white plague. The tuberculosis seals have been mailed out and if anybody has been overlooked or any one wants mere than they have( they can get them at cither of the two drug stores here, at the Warren County Memorial Library or by seeing her, Mrs. Allen said. Emphisizing the need for the funds the county chairman says: By MRS. C. P. ALLEN Christmas seals are again on the market. The proceeds from the seals will be used, as in the past, to wage war against tuberculosis. The public is asked to buy seals generously this year. North Caiolina is working towards the eradication of this disease. Great things have been accomplished, but we must not stop. Seal sales are very important this year. Great movements started heretofore are financed only through the sales of these stamps. Therefore it is a duty as a citizen to help keep your town and State healthy for health's sake. You are asked to buy generously and help a good cause. The following are a few ways the money is used: 1. Some of the reasons for the importance of the subject: ta) It is more expensive than all other communicable diseases put tog ether, (b) It is preventable, (c) It is curable. Tuberculosis is costing our people more money every year than we pay for our roads, and the cost will increase if we do not exert every effort to care for those who have it and prevent its spread. J.t | costs more money if we don't care for it than if we do. 2. In addition to the sanatorium and the tuberculosis clinics, we can materially aid by looking for the symptoms of tuberculosis in those vho are run down and ill, and urg' irg them to secure a thorough ex. ; animation. 3. Child Health Education: We must begin with the child as one of the leading factors in conquering tuberculosis, (a) Teach him proper health habits; (b) He must be well nourished; (c) Weigh and measure him and keep his health charts. Youth is the plastic age and it is cnly through the child that we car effect the eradication of tuberculosis. 4. The McBrayer memorial bed at the State Sanatorium is main, tained by the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs in mem, ory of Mrs. Cordelia Deaver McBrayer, who gave years of her life to the eradication of tuberculosis, and worked to make the patients happy in the Sanatorium. Renters' Paradise Upset By Receive* CHICAGO, Dec. 15?A renters paradise was found in Chicago yesfnrrloTr UIVJ . That is, it was a paradise for them until their new landlord, S. i T. Kimball, acting as a receiver for a court, learned that four tenants in a flat building had been living there for years without paying any rent . In fact the tenants couldn't recollect the landlord's name. Kimball was .appointed receiver j after, it was discovered that the owner, whoever he was, had paid no taxes for twelve years. , A. Bartholomay said he didn't think the landlord knew he was liv, ing in the building. "Nobody was using the apartment," he said, "so I just moved ' in." i . Christmas Wreaths For Sale At Library > The annual Christmas wreatl , sale will be put on by the Woman': ,? club next week. The wreaths wil be made at the library on Monda3 evening the 21st. The library wil be open for that purpose at 7:30 The club will be assisted by C. A 5: Tucker and Mrs. John Mitchell Wieaths will be on sale on Tues 5 day, Wednesday and Thursday. Library Will Be i Closed For Holiday! I The Warren County Memoria i Library will be closed on Christ i mas day and Saturday following I, Re.aders are reminded to suppl; reading matter in advance. fop lis WARRENTON, COUNTY f The Warren Record to Instead Of Thurs In order that advertiser issue of this newspaper may : of benefit to late Christmas employees of The Press Publi Christmas holidays, The War on next Tuesday instead of ' day. We ask those sending in ments to bear this in mind. It will also be greatly desiring to insert advertiser week will prepare their cop: Littleton and Enfield papers day. After these papers are o hnlirlav until tViP fnllnwincr TV The cugtom of many w( issue during the holiday seas The Press Publishing Compa] vertisement does not make th will appear on January 1, 191 V Pension Checks Are Received By Clerk of Court Checks amounting to $2,595.00 ^ were received at the office of the, \ clerk of court of Warren county < Monday to be distributed to veter- j ans of the Civil War and widows j of those who followed Lee and i Jackson. i Each of the six veterans in the county receive $182.00. There are ] 22 widows of veterans, and in all 1 cases except three, they receive $50 ] each. Three of these widows, who ] are divided into class A on account of their extreme old age, it is : thought, receive $150.00 each. Al-h fred J. Harris, negro body guard j to J. H. Harris, receives $100.00. i bringing the total to $2,595.00.1 j These pension checks are paid J ] semi-annually. . 11 The six veterans in the county ] are Austin Allen, John W. Allen, Chas. Riggan Jas. W. Shearin, J. 1 W. Wilson, E. W. Williams. ( Those who have not receved their ' pension checks may do so by call. 1 ing at the office of the clerk of ( court. 1 ( Says Railroad Was ] A Device of Satan ; Someone has dug up the records 1 of the Lancaster, Ohio, school board ] in 1828. In these records there is , an account of a proposed debate as * to whether railroads were practical or not. Permission was asked to hold the debate in the school house and i the minutes of the school board meeting ran as follows: "You are welcome to use the , school room to debate all proper . questions in, but such .things as . railroads and telegraphs are impos, sibilities and rank infidelity. There , is nothing in the word of God about . them. If God had designed that His intelligent creatures should * ! travel at the frightful speed of 15 miles an hour by steam, he would J have foretold it through His Holy prophets. It is a device of Satan , to lead immortal souls down to ' . hell." J ~ < ' Says Spanking Was ' Not Worth $750! i CROOKSTON, Minn., Dec. 15.?A i ' ' " -1 "? mUImm mntr ko 1 gooa oia-iasnioneu sptnia-iug XUCtJ wv I | worth something, but not $750. , Judge William Watts so decided in granting a new trial to Jolm A. j Hughes, Red Lake Falls, Minn., J Superintendent of Schools, against , whom a jury assessed $750 damages ( 1 fcr spanking Vay Rewarts, a pupil , ' for the proverbial offense of putting a tack on a seat used by a girl student. Willing To Become Husband For $10,000^ CHICAGO, Dec. 15?William | Roberts has announced he would ] r marry any one, even a bearded lady or an Eskimo, if she would pay him 1 $10,000 for the privilege of being his , wife. 1 "If women can make such offers j to sparry for Cash," said William, 1 "then so can men, and I need the money." William is 28, has curly brown . hair and says he is "physically per. feet." WILSON-JOURNTGAN The announcement of the marriage of Miss Rosetta Journigan ofi ? * utrilcrm nf I 5 Louisburg to Mr. k. a. ? __ Littleton was received here this 1 week. The couple were married at - New York in The Little Church !. Around the Corner on Thanksgivy. ing. They are residing at the Scott ' apartments in Providence, R. I. <vi 1$ 2 >irmt OF WARREN, N. C., FRIDA ? Be Printed Tuesday ] day Next Week nents inserted in the next reach readers in time to be shoppers, and to give the < shing Company a few days 'ren Record will be printed rhursday, regular printing ] i news items and advertiseappreciated if advertisers 1 nents in The Record next * i as early as possible. The ? will be printed on Wednes- ( lit the entire force will take i londay. l jekly papers in missing an 1 ion will not be followed by I ny this year. Scheduled ad- [ is feasible. All three papers 32. t / ^ c Young Boy Falls 1 From Tree, Breaks ] Arm; Friends Aid i i Five young sons of Warrenton held * their heads and proved themselves 1 sturdy companions on Tuesday af- 1 ;ernocn when one of their number "ell about 15 feet from a holly tree 1 ind received a badly broken arm ? ind well shaken body. Bill Reid, young son of Mr. and 3 Mrs. H. P. Reid, was the victim of s the fall. His companions were J. B. j Powell Jr., Wesley Snipes, Tony j Harris and Bobby Kinsey. According to the account of the ( iccident reaching here, the five boys 1 lad ventured forth into the woods ] n search of a Christmas tree for j the first grade. Locating a suitable tree, Bill Reid ascended, and in some nanner fell to the ground, the blow oreaking his arm, and rendering ] lim temporarily unconscious. Tcny Harris was dispatched to ^ Warrenton to notify Mrs. Reid to | jet a doctor, while the other three j joys brought their wounded com- { paion to town in a wagon. They ? iidn't leave him for a minute it vas said, and it was, necessary to 10 V,,rvi QM*rc<! a flW.loff flT-naiTOW i jCXL \ J AJAAAA l*VAVUW w <Uw..u(7 oridge to get him across a branch. ' teaching Warrenton, young Reid | .vas given medical attention by Dr. 1 Rodgers and Dr. Macon. He was re- ] ported yesterday to be recovering licely frcm his injuries. i All of the boys were under 8 years " 5f age. ' ' 1 ? Sheppard To Have I Charge Government ' Loans In County i t J. S. Sheppard will have charge af the collection of United States crop liens in the counties of War- | ren and Vance in the future, according to an announcement made yesterday by Thomas J. Hyder, field igent for the U. S. Department of Agriculture, who has heretofore ( aandled this work in these two t counties as well as others. Mr. ( Sheppard will meet the borrowers at ;he courthouse in Warrenton each j Vlonday, and by appointment iD the ( """ ~~ ' ??" ? if TVTrvfinoc will 1 iniereni; cunmimuwcij. WM/VW w* | j oe mailed out to this effect, it was stated. i Mr. Hyder will devote his full y time to the collection of crop liens n Halifax, Northampton and Edge- < ;cmbe counties. Weldon will be his < iddress. 1 In announcing the change Mr. 1 Hyder asks that this newspaper ex- ? press his appreciation to the people ' }f Warren county for the fine spirit 3f cooperation which they had shown him. Sent Gavel That Garner Can't Break ] i WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.?The mail today brought Speaker John N. Garner one gavel he isn't likely to break. It was from George Roh- ' leder, of Eagle Pass, Texas, and bore this card:? "Friend John?This gavel is good . for anybody that raises new issues , or wants to send our money across the sea. We need our dollars here. Make those rowdy boys behave." The new gavel is a steel-headed . hammer with a hickory handle. Black Cats Mailing 1 Out Cards hor Dance ( i Members of the Black Cat Club have been busy this week mailing out cards and making arrangements for the dance to be given at Hotel Warren cn Christmas night for the benefit of the Warren County Mem_ orial Library. Thurston's orchestra i of Rocky Mount will furnish the ! music. It will be a script affair. $mn Y, DECEMBER 18, 1931 RELIEF WORKERS ARE APPOINTED Community Chairmen Are t To Select Co-workers And 1 Form Advisory Board FUNDS TO BE SOLICITED J Welfare workers, representa- * :ives of both races, are this year c lituated in all parts of the county 1 driving to alleviate suffering as far * is possible among the unfortunate ? )f Warren, Miss Lucy Leach, welfare officer, commented this week 1 n submitting a list of names of 1 Derschs who have been chosen to 1 ook after the cases as far as pos. '' able in their respective communi- * j _ ^ f ies. Each chairman in the various ;owns or communities, it is under:tood, will select two or three coicrkers .and form an advisory ;nard. The purpose of this advisory joard is to study the cases nearby md relieve as much suffering as, xxssible through whatever means ts members think feasible. Cases hat cannot be handled by the advisory board will be tinned over to tfiss Leach. The welfare agencies in the va icus localities are asked to render service along the following lines: 1. Investigate cases reported in ,-our community and aid when possible, and when not possible to iclp, refer the cases to the Superntendent of Public Welfare. 2. Try and report cases of chil_ jren being out of school, and do vhat you can to aid in getting them ( in school. If they do not go report hem to the principal. 3. Put on an intensive drive to aise money through existing or- 1 janizations and interested citizens, ieep a part of this money for lo- ( :al work, turning ever the balance o Charity Chest. The money sent ,o the Chest is used in the county ;o furnish medicine for the. sick ind indigent who have neighbors so poor they cannot aid them. 4. There are many people unemviPXed in the county and if those , htfl can do "so do not help them here will be much real suffering , n our midst. When possible Give A Employment Instead or rood. 5. Ask these unable to contribute ] c noney to make a donation of food i -ptas, potatoes, meal, meat, can. < red goods or anything they can ;pare. Use what is needed in your | Avn locality, sending the rest to ny office to be distributed from .here. 6. In order to avoid duplication, [ suggest that a list or record of ( he names and addresses of per- i (Continued on page 10) 6 1 Santa Claus Returns ( To Texas Town \ i CISCO, Texas., Dec. 15.?Santa ^laus returned today to the city i hat had learned to fear the jovial c )ld Saint. It was on December 23, 1927, that Marshall Ratliffe disguised himself is Santa Claus, robbed a bank and * rilled, two officers. Later "Santa Claus" was captur- j :d. After he had killed a guard he vas lynched at Eastland. Since then three Christm'ases have :ome and gone without Santa. The "hamber of Commerce, feeling that c ;ime heals all wounds, planned his ] eturn this year. He arrived in an ; lirplane and was paraded through < ;he streets. i ) Laughing Cause of ' Man's Broken Neck < I( CLEVELAND, Dec. 14.?James, ? Eddy, 24, probably will never walk igain because he laughed. i While dining last nlgm a friend < ;old him a stcry. Eddy became convulsed with laughter. Suddenly he ( choked. While the rest of the party laughed, he ran to the porch of ;he second-story home. There was i scream as he toppled over the railing. He was found unconscious ] with a broken back. I 1 KILLS BIG HOGS , According to weights submitted < here yesterday by J. W. Burroughs < rf the Afton-Elberon neighborhood, ' me Utter of six pigs tipped the scales i to register 1638 pounds. The largest Df the six weighed 340 pounds. The iverage weight of the litter was 273 pounds. Tobacco Market To ? - I Reopen January 5th , The Warrenton tobacco market closed yesterday for the Christmas i holidays. The market will reopen the ] 5th of January. i i jft . MV' '' i cb ? . #,?> V***" Other Christmas Opportunities Listed By Welfare Officer Five new Christmas opportunl. ies were this week added to the ist submitted by Miss Lucy Leach, :ounty welfare officer, bringing the otal to 17 cases which are subnitted to the citizens of the coun_ y in the hope that they will ac:cpt them and contribute towards the happiness and wejll-b^ing of ,hese unfortunate at this Yuletide leason. Miss Leach said yesterday that lot any of the cases which she arranged last week had been definey taken, but that a number of citi'ens had spoken to her regarding :hem, and that she believed that ;ney woiua De carea ior. muse wuo ire willing to take these opportunties are asked to get in touch with ;he welfare officer in order that she nay explain the nature of each :ase. The full list follows: 1. Family of white children greaty in need on account of sickness, n addition to the parents, there ire five children. 2. White unmarred mother needs nod and clothes for self and baby. 3. White unmarried mother needs ;ood and clothes for herself and jaby. 4. One old white woman needs hod and clothes. She has also in ler family a daughter and baby to :eJp support. 5. Afflicted negro woman needs iood and clothes. She is in a poor neighborhood. 6. Sick negro man needs food and ilothes. He is in poor neighborhood. 7. Two white children need food, rheir father is out of work. 8. Help is needed for old white voman and son who is not strong. 9. White woman and small chiL iren need food and clothes. 10. Two small children need help. 11 One large family white chiliren need food and clothes. 12. Colored woman and seven children, need food and clothes. 13. Sick colored women, needs 'ocd. 14 Colored woman, needs food ind clothes. 15. Colored family, seven children rnder 9 years of age, man out of vork, food and clothes needed. 16. Colored man, needs food and dothes for two children. Lost every ;hing in a bank and can find no work. Cat Returns Home After 5-Year Trip LONDON, Dec. 15.?Bedraggled, me ear torn, one claw missing, r>eter, a 12-year,-old cat, has return. ;d to the home he abandoned five /ears ago. Peter lived in some cpulence at: he home of Mrs. Mary yhomas, but vhen the family moved in 1926, 3eter stayed only a few days. Recently Mrs. Thomas saw a mel. mcholy black object from the winlow of her drawing room. "Is that you, Peter?" she called. It was. Now Peter is pretending he hasn't jeen away at all. Shower of Stones Deluge The Lobdells DURAND, Wis.( Dec. 15.?One jan't convince Lloyd Lobdell he is lot living in the Stone Age. It all started when he and Mrs. Lobdell lecided a fireplace built on a stone ,'rom each State in the Union would /e just the thing for their summer tabin. Letter? were sent out and stones came back, even from 31 foreign countries. They've got the fireplace *nd more than a few to spare. Now it's a question of how to stop getting them. They are still :oming. Christmas Play At Elberon Tonight A Christmas play, "Betty Jane's! Dream," will be presented by the' grammar grades of the Afton-Elceron school on Friday night, December 18, at 7:45 o'clock. In addition to the play there will be jther features such as special music rnd songs. The public is invited to ittend. Christmas Every Day At West Point WEST POINT, Ga., Dec. 15.?It's Dhristirias every day now for the destitute who pass through West Point. , A cafe here has posted this signj on its windows, "Stranger, if you are hungry, without funds, come in and eat with me." j l U > v fy " l" < 9 MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME j ' * ?i NUMBER 51 LOW FIRE LOSS! WARREN COUNTY Forest Fire Fighters Put Out Many Fires Before They Could Make Headway COST OF WORK LITTLE While other counties in the state were suffering thousands of dollars worth of loss as forest fires swept acre after acre due to dry weather in November, Warren's loss was held to a minimum with only 247 acres burned over, according to fire records of E. Hunter Pinnell, forest and game warden of Warren county. Fire after fire started up in the county during this period, but were soon under control and district wardens at the county warden responded to calls for aid. Twelve fires were put out by these men, with the greatest number, occuring around Thanksgiving. Hunters were responsible for the great majority, the report shows. According to State figures heaviest fire loss occurred in these counties which had made no appropriation for forest wardens. Warren's Commissioners appropriated $600 for this purpose, with the understanding that if all the money was not needed it would be returned to the general fund. Warden Pinnell received $20 per month for his work. Other fire fighters are paid for actual ser_ vice rendered at the rate of 10c an horn:. The cost of the twelve x-?- xr?s\ nmmt.tr in liTW Hi nuvcuiuci \j\j V&4V wvu^vj, M4 eluding the warden's salary for month was $55.45, an average of $4.62 per fire. Warren county has the lowest acre average fire loss of any county in the state, according to District Wa rden L. A. Carter. Mr. Pinnell said that the fire fighters of Warren were proud of this record and would do all in their, power to hold down such loss as much as possible. He asked that any one discovering fire call him at Telephone 1530 and he would be glad to pay for the message. I A list of the fires and time of appearance follows: | Seventy-five acres were burned, lover on Hilliard Creek property in Fork township on November 7th and 8th. Hunters were responsible for starting the fire for, which the fighters were paid $1.45. On November 23 ten acres of Dameron property near Warrenton I was burned over. Origin was nuknown. Fighters were paid $2.60. The same day the wardens responded to an alarm on the J. A. Dowtin place near Warrentcn. Hunters were responsible for starting the fire which burned over 10 acres and for which fighters were paid $1.65. Twenty acres were burned over on Dr. C. H. Feete's lands near the Roanoke river on November 22. Smokers were responsible for this fire for which the fighting cost was $8.85. A second fire the same day, some distance away but on the same tract of land, burned over five acres. Smokers were responsible. The cost was $3.75. The forest firemen celebrated J Thanksgiving Day by putting out a I fire near Thrower place on Dr. iPeete's land near the river after it v,o^ humprf nvf>r one acre. The cost nau wku?<vM here was $1.50. Smokers were guilty of starting the fire. One acre was burned over on the Henry Ellis place near Oakville. The cost was $1.05. The fire was of Incendiary origin. Hunters were responsible for a fire that swept over 10 acres on the Dowtin land on Bridle Creek on November 21. The bill for firemen's services was $2.00. Twenty acres were burned over on James Davis place near, Macon on November 20. Hunters were responsible for this fire for which fire fighters bill was $2.30. 1 With the woods almost like tinder and with a 2,000 acre sweep in its ! front, fire was discovered on the J W, H. Pridgen place on November ,24. The fire was put out after it had burned over ten acres at & cost of $1.70. Hunters are blamed for this fire. Twenty-five acres were burned over on the Richard Alston place in Fork township in the second Thanksgiving Day fire. The cost here was $4.50. Hunters were responsible. The last fire of the month occurred on W. H. Dameron land in Pishing Creek township. Here 60 acres were burned over. The cost of fight; ing the flames was $4.10. Hunters were responsible for the fire. RETURNS HOME SATURDAY Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Jones will return to their home here Saturday from Washington where Mr. Jones is employed as secretary to j Congressman John H. Kerr. Congressman Kerr is expected to return December 22.