I ACCURATE, terse I TIMELY t^ume xxxii Ifftmml I01A mm (Mine Cups, Trophies And ICertifyes 0n Display c I in Boyce's Window c |0S FOR FOURTH TIME c I -jjjr command of Captain c I .y# T. Bowers, members of "B" j ysed Warrenton on Sunday aiming about 8 o'clock Crcm a t l^een day encampment at Camp I 1-^n, where they won prizes and t Munition for their outstanding c on the rifle range and in s Mp: forms cf camp life. The silver t mag cups, trophies and tertificates e by the local military organiza- l I-? are on display in the window l If the Boyce Drug Co. r-rueh die training schedule 1 year was said to be much more Kpvgent than in former years, both 1 I:Sn and officers report an enjoy pie encampment. "Sickness was at ' I minimum and only two members If the company were on the sick lit during the encampment and l;se were marked light duty," fjpr. Claude T. Bowers reports. |X:th an average score of 200.47 Ijcis from a possible 250, the local Ijoany won, for the fourth con|f.:ive time, the much coveted m-j trophy. Co. "E" from Concord Mgi second with an average of lyoximately 191 points. In this Ijjg Captain Claude T. Bowers, a nth an individual score of 232 I fj and was presented the Major I; 1. Pipkin trophy awarded each r tea: to the soldier making the j n" rha ran&p with the \?g4St 5U.4C \S" o siw. rifle. Cap". Bowers was fol- j /orc - 1st. Lieutenant Harold R. c who scored 228 points. The j mm qualified 8 expert rifle- ? sen, 12 sharpshooters, and 35 j tnartemen. Qualification scores from r a possible 250 points are: marksman? t 190; Sharpshooter. 214; expert rifle- { ran. 221 t Making' a camp and State record e nth the Browning Automatic Rifle, t 1st. Lieutenant Harold R. Skillman \ tot a score of 438 points from a r (Bible 500. In this firing Lt. Skill- a at. firing rapid fire at the prone v Benton, made 197 points from a c B&ble 200. In the company firing, 3 B which 17 men participated, "B" i; Inspany qualified 14 men and o tide an average score of 383 to In: the trophy awarded for Auto- j lattc rifle firing. Those who quali- t Ik with this weapon are as fol- f 155 In the order of their score: 1st. -j I Lieutenant Harold R. Skillman C. r 13 Overfay. Roy Cameron, Waverly t 8 Hawks, Cap:ain Claude T. Bow- t: n, James E Overby, John E. Floyd, SovW.Haithcock. William B. Overby, 2nd. Lieutenant Andrew J. t Hmfiev. Douglas M. Mustain, Jack ^ 0. %an, Walter V. Loyd and Jasper W. Loyd. Other firing in 'id the local company won re- ? ?pnt:on was a combat problem in tf-ch a maximum of 20 minutes s allowed in which to run the ^ ?bat course. First place and the tyhy which went with it, was ? 'warded to Co. "E" of Concord with *#nd place being won by Co. "B". & local company ran the course s 19 minutes and used only part * "ite ammunition alloted it. The tfflers cook 18 minutes in running 11 & course and tired their total alof ammunition. The fol- ? also qualified with the pistol * A J. Hundley, Lt. Harold R. Captain Claude T. Bow- o ^ 1st. Sgr. Edward Weldon and t; J5' John E. Floyd and James E. r Jverby. i] though Warren's military organi- h ,J? scored the greatest number f Joints in firing, it also won re- ^ i on in other ways. It was 1 jj^led the McGougan Sanitation e "'which is presented to the "com- d Jwith the cleanest kitchen, bath e ^ quarters and mess hall. The s ? f?r this cup goes to Mess Sgt. h jjtt R. Tunstall and to Baker ihuner, colored cook who for 32 o boo ? |k """ accompanied the boys in I a Ir^i on their trips to camp. 8 I the company has copks, the v l^al cooking is done by Baker and r ^credit for the health of the a I ^at'on is due him, an officer 8 I ?conW remarked. r I >ny "B" also won second I ri the Field Meet held on b Ionization Day. In this meet 1. I?E' Floyd won first place in f I mgh jump with second place s It* t0 G(>rdan Haithcock. First I if? also went t0 Co- "B" the t: IT' 1306 *bich was wen by Stuart r 15 ^th G. Overby & Iw8 Second place. Honors again t I, -k)the local company when 1st. t Ito J?"''arc* Weldon was selected 1' the first battalion on t I ^Commissioner Officers* Day. 0 I v 56 who qualified in record to and their scores are as fol-|s I ^Pert ?:< < (Oontt ?Capt. C. T.; "V nUnued on Page 8) i at Efforts Will Be Made ' Of Agriculture In No Meeting To Be He Efforts will be made to retain C. jr. Lawrence as vocational teacher ?f agriculture in the Norlina school n spite of the fact ithat the board f county commissioners on last ["hursday refused to levy a tax to ontinued this work, it was learned esterday. Harry W. Walker, chairman of he Norlina school board, and Democratic nominee for member of he cc unity board of education, has ailed a meeting of the Norlina ichool patrons at the school audiorium tonight at 8 o'clock in an ffort to make arrangements to! :eep this department in the Nor-1 ina school. In an open letter calling this neeting, Mr. Walker says: "Perhaps you already know th^t he County Commissioners of Warren county have refused to provide by taxation any money with which Article Points Out Value of Welfare Work In County Some cf the results of welfare work done in this county are listed in the following article received by Miss Lucy Leach before it was known that her services are to be discontinued: The welfare work in Warren county is not only rehabilitating individuals but actually saving the taxpayers money. During the past years cataracts lave been removed from the eyes :f two blind inmates of the county lome, restoring their sight. One was in old colored man whose wife was cept at the home also, for she was leeded to lead him around. Since he operation, this couple has been >laced in a home. The county gives ;hem a small, amount of money ach monih?not near what it cost o keep them at the county home. Vith the help ctf relatives and leighbors, the couple is getting ilong fairly well. The other man vhose sight was restored was a olored man between the ages of 0 and 40 years, who has been makng his living ever since the miracle if sight restoration occurred. Two white children who were losng their sight to the extent that hey had attended the state school or the blind were given treatment. ?heir sight was saved and they are tow planning to go to school with he other children in the county his fall. The eyes of a colored boy who was hreatened with blindness were reated. His sight was saved. Now ie attends school regularly. Since the beginning cf the welare work in Warren County money ,as been raised from private ources, the gifts of interested citiens, to give hospital treatment to ;undreds of people who were ill and cor. A number of cripples have een sent to the state orthopedic tospitai and have since become selfupporting. For instance, one white roman who faced the future as a lelpless invalid1 was treated and is tow improved. In order to enable hem to go to school, a number of hildren have been given medical reatment, some at clinics. Last winter the county was well rganized. In each part of the ccuny citizens of the white and colored aces aided in looking after those n need their immediate neighbortoods. They reported to the welare superintendent these cases rtiich they felt unable to handle. Trese co-workers helped with the nforcement of the school atteniance laws, collected and distribut-' d food to the needy and to the ick. They did a fine work, though landicapped for lack of funds. Early this spring, a drive was put n to collect and distribute seed m - 4-Uo t^Awla frv nlonf. no 10 encuui age me t? ardens. In many instances land /as given for the gardens of the leedy and unemployed. Teachers of igriculture advised1 those planting ardens as to how to obtain best esults from their labor. A number of white children have 1 *? ?Dopont een piacea m urpiiauagco. ?n.w~. y three neglected youngsters were ound places in an approved intituticin. It is of paramount importance hat we feed those in need in our nidst, many of whom find >themelves in want through no fault of heir own. This winter we fear here will be more calls for aid, with J 2ss funds to meet them, than ever lefore. In addition, we must carry n the constructive work now betig done to help individuals become elf-supportlng. By organization and cooperation, Varren county can meet the (Continued on Page 8) Iff fflj WARRENTON, COUNTY To Retain Teacher rlina School; A Mass Id At Norlina Tonight oar agricultural teacher may be paid for the next session, and Mr. Lawrence will be out of a job, unless we can do something about this matter promptly and decisively. Quite a number of cur citizens feel tha>t we can and should make some arrangements whereby we can keep this very important department of our school work. We are making efforts in that direction and are inviting friends of the work to help us. "For this purpose, a meeting has been arranged at the school building for next Friday, July 22, at 8 o'clock, at which time we hope that we can work this matter out and keep Mr. Lawrence's services. We hope ycu can be there and bring nt.her friends of (this movement. We believe this has done much good; and if we can keep it now, a very strong point will be gained." Negro, Held In Death Mystery, Is Given Freedom Charles F. Williams, young negro man, was given his freedom Monday morning by Judge W. W. Taylor after spending three weeks in the Warren county jail in connection with the death of Annie Alston, negro woman who was found dead in the driveway leading into the backyard of the home of H. L. Falkener of Warrenton on the night of June 26. The negro was committed to jail following a coroner's inquest on a charge of moving a dead body, but when he was brought into the hall of justice on Monday morning to face trial, Judge W. W. Taylor and Frank Banzet, prosecuting in the absence of Solicitor Daniel, failed to find in 'the statutes where the negro had violated a law in moving the body for several feet. It is unlawful, it was said, to move a dead body from one county or precinct to another without permission but with that exception no ruling was found in connection with the body of a dead person who has not been buried. Annie Alston was found dead on the night of June 26 after Charles Williams reported to officials the finding cf a listless form in the driveway back of Mir. Falkener's residence. A coroner's jury was impaneled and evidence was brought out that she was up town drunk on Saturday night and was being accompanied to the home of her kin by Joe King Williams, "Lindbergh" vvtmii *r 5 TTT: n i rv?i Williams, riorace ana wuiiam mimer, amd when she reached the vicinity of the jail corner she "passed out" and was carried to the driveway and left <to "sober-up." At the inquest Charles Williams told several' conflicting stories about leaving the woman in the driveway and finding the body, but finally testified that he had gone back there, found her dead, moved her body so it could not easily have been seen from the street Sunday, later pulled her from the covering and reported finding the woman. There were no other cases in Recorder's court this week. Health Bulletin Says Health Work Must Be Preserved Commenting on the tendency of an aroused people to destroy overnight that which has been gained through efforts of a generation, the North Carolina Health Bulletin ex 11 pressed "the opinion in me xuuuwling article handed in by a local physician that the thinking people of the State will not allow public health work to be sacrificed to false economy: If history teaches anything, it is this, that when the masses of the people become thoroughly aroused and excited on any one issue, consideration of that particular issue is given attention to the exclusion of almost every other problem. At this time the keynote of every political | speech, the chief plank in every * " " TP | political piauuim, 10 duction of the cost of government, elimination of bureaus and commissions and jobs, reductions of appropriations for every cause, regardless of merit or demerit. At such times work which has taken a generation to build up in the interest cf the public is often destroyed overnight. When large bodies of people are aroused en masse, they generally lose the power to think and reason in a cool and deliberate I manner. '- KTnrth I Public healtft worn XXX j Carolina must and should stand on | (Continued on Page 8) V / arrett OF WARREN, N. C., FRIDA1 NEWELL STRUCK" RY RftAI) TRIM Rushed to Hospital at Rocky Mount; Condition Is Regarded As Serious HIS HORSE IS KILLED Frank B. Newell Sr. of Warrenton, former county commissioner and former member of the House of Representatives, lies in a Rocky Mcunt hospital in critical condition as the result of being run over by a State prison truck on the edge of Warrenton between 6 and 7 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Newell suffered a collar-bone broken in two places and a slight fracture of the skull. The horse which he was riding at the time was killed outright. A car, driven by Joe Taylor, engineer in charge of the Warren r.o.inty highway department, preceded the truck that struck the horse by about 50 yards Will Ca;roll, driver of the truck, said that the horse shiad afier Mr. ( Taylor's car passtet and Packed j intc the side of his truck as it was | passing. He was corroborated in this statement by Walter Thacher . of Wise,, road foreman, riding be- , side him at the time. The truck was loaded with piisoners returning to the camp from working on , the county roads. Following the accident Mr. Newell , was taken into the home of Clara ; Kearney, colored, where he was glv- : en surgical treatment by Dr. F. P. ; Hunter and Dr. G. H. Macon, pri- ] sen physician. Afterwards Mr. Newell was removed to his home , and carried to the hospital in a prison truck, converted into an am- . bulance, about 9 o'clock. Superintendent T. H. Aycock of the prison camp sent 11 trusties from the camp to remove the horse from the road, and converted one of the prison trucks into an ambulance. This truck was driven to Rocky Mount by R. O. Snipes. Mr. Newell was accompanied to the ' hospital by Dr. Macon, prison i physician, and Joe Taylor, engineer 1 in charge of prison forces of Warren. ? ,v- Word received from ithe hospital j yesterday was that Mr. Newell had jan even chance for recovery. County Swelters Beneath Blazing Sun For A Week With a few scattered clouds overhead and the barometer falling hope : lis being held for rainfall within the ' (next twenty-four hours to quench the thirst of plant life and cool the : body of mankind which has been i subject to sweltering heat for more i than a week. Some relief from the intensity of the heat came yesterday when the thermometer dropped four points from where it stood on the previous aay. weanesaay is regaiueu us uuc of the hottest days that has been 1 ushered* in by summer in several ( years. i The mercury reached its highest ] pitch here in the afternoon of Wed- < nesday when it played around the i 100 mark. Several people said that their thermometers registered 102 < degrees around 2 o'clock in the , shade, but E. A. Skillman, who ] keeps tab of weather conditions for j Uncle Sam, said that the thermome- ] ter was 100 at 1:30 o'clock Wed- j nesday. Yesterday at the same time ] the mercury was touchng the 96 ( point. Although the torrid weather has restrained vegetable growth and been unpleasant, the people here ( have endured the heat far better than in some towns and cities where death has resulted. No deaths, as far as it is known, have occurred in j} this county from tne neat. Child Falls From Speeding Car; Is Painfully Hurt Falling from an automobile going more than 30 miles an hour, Evelyn J Powell, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1 Joseph C. Powell of Warrenton, < escaped fatal injury two-miles north i of Steel Bridge on Sunday after- I noon. - T, uwv,?,. nf .TrvsAnh J J Oil II X5. ruwcu, uxuuici v* -wwwjc? C. Powell, and Mrs. Powell were on ] the front seat of the car at the t time. Children of both familes were ( cn the rear seat. The child opened ' the door and it is believed that the 1 force of the wind swung back the door and jerked her from the i machine. ! Rushed back to Wa/rrenton for j < medical examination, the child was 1 found "to have suffered painful cuts i and bruises, but no serious injury. (i ( She is recovering at her home. Srrui j 4-H Club Girl Cham] The four style-review winners in year are now enjoying the national toi with President Hoover at the White I Mass., Annette Yonkelowitz, 111., Pre; and Louise Morgan, Ga. Escaped Convict Recaptured; Shot By Prison Guard Linwood Mangum escaped negro convict, was re-captured by Warren and Franklin county officers at the home of his father near Franklinton on Tuesday and is at work at (the local prison camp. Mangum escaped from the prison truck near Manson on June 8. Mangum eluded arrest after a two-hours chase Sunday afternoon by Joe Pritchard and several trustees. Surprised at a sawmill near Louisburg, the negro made a break tor freedom and was shot through the fleshy part of the neck. The bullet failed to stop him and plungine: throuerh a swamD he outdistanc ed his pursuers. Surprised in the home of his father on Tuesday, Mangum offered little resistance to arrest. Improvement Made Mailing Facilities Improvement in mailing facilities was made this week when Uncle Sam placed a standard mail box before the Warrenton post office. Not only does the new box give the town a modern, touch, but its placement is a big help to strangers who are not familiar with the manner in which letters are mailed here after the post office is closed. Heretofore (the only manner in which letters have been mailed late at night has been by slipping them in a narrow cut in a plank just above the sidewalk. This little niche was unknown to some of the citizens of the town and was not easily discovered by strangers. Mail placed in the new box during the night is removed by the staff of the local post office each morning. Swimmers Narrowly Escape Injury Friday Swimmers in the pool at the Warrenton golf course narrowly escaped injury on Friday night ,T,v,on fvio Chevrolet-, nr>ach of George VV iiUii VAAV _ _ Harrison missed by only a few feet 5f making a ncse dive into the tvater where bathers were playing. The unoccupied automobile, gaining momentum as it rolled from ivhere it was parked on top of the hill down the steep incline leading to the basin, was checked by the ooardwalk around the pool just a few feet above the heads of Mrs. E. E. Gillam and J. B. Boyce. Dthers were also in the pool. Mr. Harrison and several ladies lad just gotten out of the car and ivere on their way to watch the swimmers when the brakes failed :o hold and the vehicle began movng down the incline. The automobile failed to overturn, Dut was standing almost on its nose vhen halted. The car, undamaged, ivas removed the following' day. Fewer Marriages, Divorces In dtate There were fewer marriages and "ewer divorces in North Carolina in 1931 than in 1930, according to a compilation by the census departnent in Washington, which has just ceen released. In 1931 there were 13,127 marriages in the State, compared with L4.573 in 1930, which was a decrease )f 9.9 percent. The number per 1,)00 population was 4.1 in 1931 and 1.6 in 1930, which was 8.6 marriages "or each divorce granted. In 1931 there were 1,535 divorces ;n the State, as compared with 1,537 in 1930, which was a decline of rnly two, or 0.1 percent. The num Der per 1,000 population was 0.43 < 'or each year. In 1931 'there were 16 mnualments of marriages in the State, as compared with 27 in 1930. rii pions at White House J the 4-H Club show at Chicago last w jr then awarded and are here shown T lous'c. Left to right ; Mary Markley, iident Hoover, Helen Thomas, Ohio ie f< u Kerr Would Bar Sale Tobacco Seed J To Foreign Nations a] C( WASHINGTON, July 15.?Repre- al sentative John H. Kerr would prohi- 01 bit the shipment of fine flue-cured ir tcbacco seed to foreign countries. b( He would stop the competition that ei comes from that source. bl Judge Kerr represents one of the 1 great farming districts of the Unit- p ed States, where a very large per 131 Icentage of the flue-cured tobacco , ? ' ? f - ' f -1 L Q | usea in tne manuiaciure ci cigarei- ^ tes and smoking tobacco is grown. These tobacco products contribute c approximately $400,000,000 of re- v venue to the Federal Government, h and no other commodity is taxed L like the cigarettes and smoking to- F bacco 'that comes from the flue- iv cured crops. a Judge Kerr introduced a bill today providing a penalty of $5,000 T "for the unlawful exportation of tobacco seed from this country to another for the purpose of the cultivation of 'the American type to to- n bacco." t( This is most interesting legisla- 11 tion and will no doubt raise legal questions which will have to be set- fcl tied by Federal court. r< Mr. Kerr, for a number of years a member of the judiciary of the I /State, has <the reputation, of being a > fine lawyer and will be prepared to defend this legislation. n 11-1- * !_1.U II | "ine reason ior mis legislation, i said Mr. Kerr, "is that in recent p years foreign tobacco producers h have been purchasing many thou- a sand pounds of American tobacco U seed, principally that 'type of to- a bacco used in the manufacture of 1< cigarettes and smoking tobacco, and b 'have been planting this tobacco in a (foreign countries. The first year b these seed produce a type of tobac- tl co which is a fair substitute for the ri American tobacco. After one year it e; deteriorates because of climatic and w soil conditions, and it becomes nec- o essary to secure American seed for n each crop. A large percentage of w American flue-cured tobacco is ex- a ported, and unless we can find a a market for this raw material, the t< industry here in America will be g seriously injured and our revenue t< impaired. It is imperative to protect ci the producers and manufacturers n and exporters of American tobacco, n The welfare of our country demands b that these industries should not be a destroyed. I will have this matter b thoroughly investigated, and if it is n necessary for Federal legislation to c protect and vouchsafe th tobacco Si industry of this country it must be w secured." a Negro Charged With 1 Stealing Golf Balls J William Mess, negro of near Warren Plains, will be tried in Recorder's court Afonday morning on a charge of stealing golf balls, cig- v arets, candy and drinks from the b; store at the Warrenton golf course, v The negro was given a hearing h before Magistrate Macy Pridgen a and bound over to court under bond c< of $250. Several of the caddies at the course also went into the store T after it. was onened. it was said, but w Moss was pointed to as the one s] who broke in and committed <the K robbery. Charges were not prefer- n red against the other caddies. pi t( GIVES BRIDGE LUNCHEON oi The Misses Mary Ellen Watts and Sara Parker of Charlotte, house guests of Miss Katherine Scoggin, were honeyed by Miss Fannie House M Scoggin at a two course bridge lun- A cheon yesterday morning. The home M was fesiive in mid-summer flowers. High score prize of the morning was M won by Miss Alice Burwell. In ad- gi dition to the honorees, Miss Scog- d; gin's guests included the Misses Katherine Scoggin, Alice Burwell, IV! Jane Miller of Portsmouth, Lucy D Baskervill, Anna Olivia Drake and E Catherine Moseley. Miss Ann Scog- ti gin assisted in serving refreshments, te t MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME Year NUMBER 30 AX REDUCTION IS OVER $10,000 ommissioners Abolish Offices and Reduce Appropriations to Make Cut 1ATE IS 8 CENTS LOWER mi i 1 L llie DUQgBu eSI/UUilliCU, pUUU3?lCU i another page of this newspaper, lows that the taxpayers are reared to pay $10,448.60 less taxes lis fiscal year than for the past :ar. The county-wide budget last ;ar called for $79,182.60, compared ith $67,734.00 for the present year, he cut in rate is 8 cents. In addition to the county-wide ivy, special levies will also be made >r special district schools and to ike care of road bonds. These ites will vary in different districts. Praotically one-half of the xeducon in the budget came through iscontinuance and scaling down of ppropriations and abolishing the )unty nurse, agricultural teachers, ad welfare worker. The remainder E the cut was due /to saving; in iterest charges, as a reeuLt of the oard efforts during the past sev:al years to reduce the county's onded debt, reduction of salaries ) per cent last January, and to aruig uuwn several items 01 exense going to make up the total. Abolition of public work and reuced appropriations savings may e listed a sfollows: ounty nurse ?$ 894.00 /elfare Officer 1000.00 iospital bed 1000 00 ibrary 250.00 ire Company 25.00 lilitary Company. 125.00 gricultural Teachers 1400.00 'otal savings $4569.00 The total valuations of the counr are roughly eleven and one-half lillion dollars. Allowing for failures ) collect and for ease of estimatlg, the interested taxpayer can .gure that it requires one cent on ae hundred dollars valuation to lise $1000. babbit Wins Fight With Chicken Snake LITTLETON, July 19.?While assing through his pasture he eard a rabbit squeal and saw a Dmmotion in some bushes nearby, rpon investigation, he found that chicken snake, five cr six feet in ;ngth had captured a young rabit. While the rabbit was struggling nd apparently helpless the old rabit came rushing up and attacked be snake. The snake immediately sleased his prey and bent all his nergies toward escape. In other rords, "he did not stand on the rder of his going, but went." The lother rabbit would overtake him ith a spring, catch him in the back nd shake him just as a dog shakes rabbit; however, the snake was )o heavy for her to maintain her rip and he would break away, only ) be overtaken again by the rabbit, aught and shaken again. He finally lanaged to get to a 'tree and lost o time in making his way up it eyond the reach of the angry and ggrieved mother of the young rabit upon which he had expected to lake a meal. After the snake had limbed the tree the mother rabbit at upon the ground under the tree atching the snake until Mr. Alston nd another man whom he called ame up to get the snake out oi the ee and kill him." 3aroled Prisoner Is Carried To Vance R. Harris, white prisoner at the fan-en county prison camp, paroled y Governor Gardner, learned on Wednesday that he had not gained Is freedom. He will have to face worthless check charge in Vance aunty court. Harris was sentenced by Judge 'aylor in December of last year hen he was found guilty of tranoorting liquor. Superintendent T. [. Aycock informed him on Wedesday after filling out necessary apers that he had been instructed ) turn him over to Vance county fficers. PERSONAL MENTION The Misses Mary Willis, Emma IcCormick and Dorothy Kindler of sheville were guests of Mr. and [rs. J. E. Ajlams Saturday night. Mrs. W. R. Bowers and daughter, [iss Sallie Ray of Halifax were aests of Mrs. T. V. Allen yesteray. Mrs. H. A. Moseley and daughter, [iss Catherine, and Mesdames W. >. Rodgers, Walter Gardner and J. . Adams attended a meeting of le Meredith club at Manson yes:rday afternoon.

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