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jh accurate, terse j timely wtflvmn xxxiii JiilEF PROJECTS >10 SUSPENDED B ' |d I In Accord With Order Issued From the Governors OfI fice of Relief , gardens ARE STRESSED Relief work projects throughout barren county involving residents on farms have been indefinitely suspended. Jesse Gardner, head of tie work in this county, stated yesterday. The suspension of work in tils county is in accord with an 1 jrder issued from the Governor's jffice of Relief covering the en_ This step is being taken in order > enable all farm families to more Tectively devote their energies to 1 ' ' J? . (gardening ana liuimug, w?, mu nouncement said. The suspension is I said to be a logical development of the plan to require all persons living on the land to cultivate their own food and feed stuffs as a prerequisite to further relief. Meanwhile highway maintenance and other essential public works will be carried on uninterrupted by employing non..farming pecple. The work of distributing garden seed is now occupying the atten. tion of Mr. Gardner and his office force. Some time back 1200 packages of seed, each package contain, ng sufficient seed to plant a one. icre garden with enough variety 'cr both spring and fall gardens, ,vere received here, and since their arrival applicants for Lllcse have been numerous. The garden seed are for the ieedy only and if those to whom hey are given fail to make a propr effort to raise a garden, a red irri is Dlaeed ooivosite their names I ^1 so they will not receive any more I aid frcm charity. The gardens will I be inspected peric-dically, it is und. I erstood. Mr. Gardner ]X>lnted out that I since the relief organization has I been functioning in the county that I 2,877 individuals have been aided I by securing employment or either I by direct relief Averaging five to I the family, he estimates that a I total of 14,385 people have been I helped through the efforts of the I county relief organization with I money sent here by the state from I the federal appropriation. Nine I thousand three hundred and forty. I eight dollars has been spent in the I county in carrying on this work. Decide To Hold | Fiddlers' Meeting "We're really going to have the I Fiddlers' convention after all," R. W. Shaw, manager of the Macon baseball team which is sponsoring the entertainment, assured this week. Two weeks ago the Macon boys requested this paper to give I notice that they were going to have a Fiddlers' convention for the ben' efit of the ball club. A week later they decided to call the convention off, but now they have ironed cut , their difficulties and have their 1 Plans shaped for a big evening on I the night of April 14 when the con. _ icuuon is to be staged, beginning! at 8 o'clock. Manager Shaw said that among 1 I the entertaining features would be I I the Louisburg string band and Nor_ I n|m Ball's band of Wise, each of I them having broadcast over North I I Carolina and Virginia radio sta-1 tions; Jack Riggan of WarrentonI I and the Shear .n boys of Vaughan I as clog dancers; several girl danc. I I ers; and last but not least, two! I dancing prodigies, the Riggan boys I I cf Macon, age 2 and 4. I ClinicTci Be Held I At Elberon Today A clinic will be held this after. I noon at 2 o'clock at the Afton. I Elberon Schocl for the purpose of I I vaccinating children for diphtheria. I I Parents are invited to bring their J children between the ages of six 1 I tnonths and ten years for vaccina- | I bon, which will be done by Dr. I jj ^eete. If there are any without | I transportation means, it will be J I Provided upon notification of the I principal of the school. There will j I be tu'rv . -"V treatments administered, I the second of which will be given I about three weeks hence. ( I P. W. Ccoper, principal, an. ' I nounces Field Day for Afton-Elbe- < L ron School on Saturday, April 15. | The program will last from 9 until I 1^:30, and will consist of stunts and I Musical features, put on by the < I Pades, and quite a number of ath- 1 I ktic events between groups within 1 I the school. The public is cordially! tbvited. School trucks will run as on 1 ^hool days. 1 0 WAF The Radio Priest yaMt K<-?gMa?:S?<<vX!;viagoiMMQByAa^? Dispite the bombing of his homeAlso notice of suits for libel and criminal slander, the latter by a I Detroit newspaper, in connection with the banking situation there, the Rev Charles E Coughlin, Radio Priest of Royal Oak, Mich., went on the air the following Sunday, "retracting not one word '' of specific charges Z. B. Mitchell Buried At Littleton Monday Afternoon LITTLETON, April 14.?Funeral services for Z. B. Mitchell, who died at his home here Saturday night after a long illness, were held Monday afternoon in the Methodist Church. Rev. Francis Joyner of the Episcopal Church, assisted by Rev. P. E. Bingham of the M. P. Church, Rev. Rufus A. Bradley of the M. E. Church, Rev. H. Reid Miller of the Baptist Church, and Rev. Hughes of the M. E. Church in Emporia, con. ducted the service. Interment followed in Sunset Hill Cemetery. Mr. Mitchell was born in Brunswick County, Va., 80 years ago, but had spent forty-seven years of his life in North Carolina, having lived in Littleton 31 years. He was twice married; first to Betty Williams of Virginia. To this union three children were born, two of whom are now living: Horace Mit. chell of Brinkleyville and Rufus Mitchell of Rocky Mount. After the death of hisf irst wife he married Linda Norman of Halifax County, who survives him. He is survived also by the following children of this marriage: two daughters, Mrs. W. R. Boyce of Warrenton, and Mrs. W. B. Browning of Littleton, and two sons, Meade Mitchell of Weldon and Norman Mitchell of Littleton. The large number of friends who were present at his funeral and the many lovely floral offerings at. tested to the high esteem in which Mr. Mitchell was held. Active pallbearers were J. R. Wollett, W. A. Bobbitt, W. B. Gray, C. E. Foster, Horace Palmer and B. Ray Browning. Honorary pallbearers were Rom Parker, Spooner Harrison and Walter Holliday of Enfield, E. L. Travis Sr. of Halifax, John H. Kerr of Warrenton, and J. R. Patterson, J. H. House, T V. Picot, T. J. Miles, T. R Walker, S. J. Stal. lings, W. T. Skinner, W. B. Myrick, C. G. Moore, L. H. Justis, J. P. Leach. J. L. Price, E. B. Perry, J. H. Baucom, Howard Browning, J. W. Wood, W. A. Johnston and W. H. Johnston of Littleton. Among those from out of town . attending Mr. Mitchell's funeral were Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Boyce, Mr. and Mrs. Norwood Boyd, Mrs. William Burwell, Mrs. William Baskerville, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Boyce, Judge and Mrs. John H. Kerr of Warrenton; Mrs. Marion Inge, Mrs. Z. V. Mitchell, Mrs. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Meade Mitchell, (Continued on Page 2) Real Beer Sold At Henderson Saturday HENDERSON, April 10. ? Although beer cannot be sold legally in North Carolina until May 1, some beer was sold here Saturday. It was received in the city from some source of supply and quickly exhausted, according to reports. Those who sampled the brew were well pleased with it, it was said, while none is being sold here legally, many orders are understood to have been taken aready, with the probability that the first day V* VvAar itrill COO milrfl Of it WCCI TT1U Uvv mmm _ In the city. Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Nunn return, id to Warrenton Saturday from Henderson, Ky., where Mr. Nunn has been on the tobacco market. Mrs. Clayton Smalling of Norfolk Is spending some time here with Mrs. J. B. Williams. iu? m IRENTON,^COUNTY OF WA White Man Found Guilty Possessing Whiskey For Sale E. J. (Red) Stanley, white man, was convicted in Recorder's court Monday morning on a charge of possessing whiskey for the purpose of sale. He was fined $25 and cost and given a six months road sentence by Judge Taylor. The road sentence was suspended on the condition that he pay the fine and court ccst. Stanley was arrested by Chief Carter of Norlina and Sheriff W. J. Pinnell. Pour of five gallons of whiskey were seized at the time. The defendant plead guilty to possessing the whiskey but stated that he did not have it for the purpose of sale. The case against Leslie Scott, negro charged with disturbing public worship, was continued until May 17. c : fill r?i jciuur nay rteases Here Friday Night An audience that crowded the auditorium of the John Graham high school to its capacity on last Friday night, watched with interest the presentation of the senior class play, "Who Wouldn't Be Crazy." The feature of the play was that the scene of all three acts was the same, and the plot was presented without the usual delays associated with such presentations. Parts were well taken and all members of the cast merited the applause they won from an appreciative audience. Worthy of special mention was Anna Ridout, as Penide, the maid; Dwight Durham, as Reggie Mortimer, and Allen Peoples, as Officer McCafferty. The play was coached by Miss Elizabeth Morton. Receipts from sale of tickets by students and at the doors amounted to $82.00. The cast of characters follows: Lois Meredith, Margaret Flowers, Jack Marshall, Edward Miller, Pendie, Anna Ridout; Pluribus, Thomas Welch; Evelyn Wlnslow, Mary Lee Gardner; Edward Gordon, Roy Haithcock; Mr, Higgin, Maniey Martin; miss tiaveue, twzsi Davis; Mr Marshall, J. T. Guptos; Reggie Mortimer, Dwight Durham; McCafferty, Allen Peoples; Inmate No. 1, Horace Hunt; Inmate No. 2, Betsy Taylor; Marjorie, Rosalie Brown; Janet, Sally Davis; Beatrice, Lula Powell. Last Month To Pay Taxes, Says Drake This is the last month to pay your taxes," Chief M. M. Drake, tax collector for the town of War. renton, warned this week. Chief Drake said that the money for town taxes must be in his hands before May 1. He asks for the cooperation of the citizens of this town in his collections. MEDICAL SOCIETY MEETS A meeting of the Warren County Medical Society was held Monday night in the office of Dr. W. D. Rodgers and Dr. C. H. Peete was named as delegate to attend the State Medical Society which meets in Raleigh the first three days of next week. Dr. G. H, Macon was chosen as alternate. All members of the county medical society are planning to attend the State meeting at some time during the session, one of the physicians stated yesterday. Mesdames H. B. Daniel, Claude M. Overby, E. T. Burrows and son, and Misses Edna and Eula Clark were visitors in Rocky Mount and Nashville Tuesday. Governor of Alaska ^ <1^ .John W. Troy, publisher of the Alaska Daily Empire at Juneau is the new Governor of Alaska. He is a native of Washington State and has been in. Alaska since the gold rush days. His nomination was sent to che Senate by President Roosevelt. armt lRREN, N. C.f FRIDAY, APR STORES TO CLOSE HERE ON MONDAY Local Merchants To Observe Easter Holiday Monday; Is Usual Custom SERVICES ON SUNDAY Business will be at a standstill here on Monday when stores of Warrenton and the bank will close in observance of the Easter season. Mail service will go on as usual. Although the one day holiday is looked forward to by those tied by business strings, nothing looms on the hcrizon in the form of set en. tertainment for the occasion. Some of the followers of Izaak Walton will no doubt trek to brooks and streams for perch and ether small fish while others, more adventurous, will probably drive to Weldon for a day on the Roanoke with the Rock fish. The golf course will also lure many, it is expected. The greens are in mighty fine shape, it is understood, and the chances are, with weather permitting, there will be many devotees of the sport out for a round or so during; the day. A number of the boys and girls have already begun rolling in from colleges for the Easter holidays, and by Sunday it is expected that many more will be here. With no baseball game for the day or public dance for the night, indications are that Warrentonians and friends will spend a quiet and peaceful Easter Monday here this year. The schools of the county will not observe Monday as a holiday due to the fact that bad reads earlier in the year caused much time to be lost, which the school folks are trying to make up. SERVICES AT THREE CHURCHES SUNDAY Services will be held, in three of Warrenton's four churches on Sun. day morning;. There will be no services in the Methodist church here due to the fact that the pastor, the Rev. E. C. Durham, will be at one of the other churches in his charge at that time. There will be three services at Emmanuel Episcopal churrh, two at the Baptist church and cne at the Presbyterian church on Easter Sunday. Special Holy Week services have been observed by the Episcopalians at various times this week, and to. day the special Good Friday service will be held from 12 to 3 o'clock. This service will be in charge of the Rev. I. W. Hughes, rector of Holy Innocent church at Henderson, while the Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner will officiate at Henderson. On Easter Sunday services will be held at the Episcopal church at Warrenton at 11 o'clock in the morning when Holy Com. munion will be observed, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon when the Church School Service for the Presentation oftheLenton Self-Denial Offerings will take place, and at 5 o'clock in the afternoon; when evening prayer will be held. Hie Rev. R. E. Brickhouse announced yesterday that there would be two services at the Baptist Pnvi/lrnr mifh ^Iiurua UIl liitoucx uunuaj nivu special music during the morning service which begins at 11 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Bftckhouse said that his talk would be only for about 10 or 12 minutes and the remainder of < the service would be devoted to special music appropriate for the occasion. He will also hold his i regular service here at 8 o'clock in 1 the evening; he stated. ( It is understood that no special program has been arranged at the Presbyterian church but that services will be held there in the morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday School Meet Postponed The Warren County Baptist Sunday School Convention will be < held on July 30, rather than the i fifth Sunday in April as previously < announced, J. Willie White, secre. f tary, stated yesterday. The change < in date is due to the fact that the fifth Sunday in April is the tune ' for the annual commencement sermon of at least five of the schools 1 of Warren county, the secretary ex- 1 plained. .1 "We have a gcod program ar. J ranged and trust that July 30 will < be agreeable to every one and that we will have a large crowd pres. 3 ent," Mr. White said. J Miss Sarah Maccn is visiting inr Norfolk today. Srra IL 14, 1933 Sub State Prisoners Praise Work Of Miss Lib Smith LITTLETON, Apr. 14.?Miss Elizabeth Smith, talented daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wcilet of Littleton, who gives a daily program over Radio Station WPTF, Raleigh, has '"won such a place in the hearts of the men sojurning in the state prison that there her programs are 'looked forward to more eagerly than those of the brightest stars in the radio sky," according to a story carried in the April issue of the Prison News. A picture of Miss Smith and a copy of the paper carrying an article about her was forwarded to ; Miss Lucy Perry, Littleton representative of The Warren Record, for publication by "Fifteen Good Fellows of the Print Shop, Wishing iviiss ?mini success. The article in full follows: "Of all the radio performers who slip in here without benefit of commitment papers, via the loudspeaker of course, there is none who holds so high a place in the esteem of the lowly prisoner as Miss Lib Smith of Station WPTF, Raleigh. She is one who, in addition to possessing talent of no mean order, a style which instantly endears her to her audience, and a personality which successfully pierces the veil woven around it by the tin and glass gadgets of a radio set, has demonstrated a consideration for the wishes of her listeners which HfetedZ yjf - V, MISS LIB SMITH is most unusual. Indeed Miss Smith has won such a place for herself in the hearts of the men sojourning in the State Prison that there her programs are looked forward to more eagerly than are those of the brightest stars in the radio sky. "Listening to the radio is one of the few joys the prisoners are permitted, and as is natural with every listener the prisoners like to request the performers to sing or play some particular number. But when a re. quest is made and so far as the piece asked for is concerned the radio emits thunderous silences, there is nothing to be done about it but accept with resignation and j mild gnashing of teeth the buffets of fate, the snootiness of the ar. tiste, the absent-mindedness of the announcer or whatever the omission may be attributed to. When, however, a request for a song is made one day and granted the next. then loud Is the rejoicing and great the merriment and rightly so. Some of the prisoners who had expended their precious postcards in trying to get a response from performers in the higher priced brackets had just about given up hope of ever (Continued cn Page 2) Ed Jenkins, Power Salesman, Leaves Ed Jenkins, who for the past :ighteen months has been located it Warrenton as salesman for the Carolina Power & Light Company, severed his connection with the ;ompany last week to accept a position with his brother-in-law at Greenville, S. C. So far as it is known at the local office, no new man is expected lere at present to replace Mr. Jen. dns. It is thought that a salesman !rom the Henderson office will also fV?4e? AJ VCX l/iilO itiiitrt/i j . Mr. Jenkins succeeded William Hunt as salesman working out of Warrenton. During the time that Mr. Jenkins was located here he nade many friends who express regrets at his departure. scription Price, $1.50 a Year I Matrimony Splash ll PA9 r.. .. ? .. .1 Georgia Coleman, Olympic diving champion, has splashed into matri mony, becoming the bride of "Ruf" Gilson, amateur golfer of Jackson Mich. She is honeymooning in Florida as shown in the photo. P. W. Cooper Is Named Principal Littleton School LITTLETON, April 14.?At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Littleton High School on Monday night Paul W. Cooper was i elected superintendent for the com. J ing year. Mr. Cooper has been sup. erintendent of the Afton-Elberon School in Warren County for the past live years. Due to the uncertainty as to the number of teachers to be employed next year, the election of the re. maining members of the faculty has not yet been definitely decided upon Diphtheria Clinic Begin Conducted In Warren Schools One hundred and nineteen pupils attending John Graham school were yesterday afternoon inoculated with toxin_antitoxin as part of the diphtheria clinic which is being 1 given in the various schools of the county by the Warren County Medical Society. The children will receive another dose of the serum two weeks from yesterday. While the physicians were at the school a pre-school clinic was given in connection with the vaccine treatment and 44 pupils were ex. amined. The first children in the county , to receive the serum were those attending the Macon school. The , clinic was next started at the Wise , school and the students of the j Warrenton school were third to ( receive the preventive medicine, j The clinic will be given in the ? Afton-Elberon schocl this after. ^ noon, and it is expected that Nor. , | lina and other schools of the coun. * ty will fall in line. j ! The clinic is being given by the ? Warren County Medical Society, | which is composed cf Dr. C. H. c Peete, Dr. T. J. Holt, Dr. W. D. Rodgers, Dr. G. H. Macon, Dr. F. P. . Hunter and Dr. H. H. Foster of Norlina. The doctors rotate in giving the clinic, with two of them going to each schcol for both inoculations. The serum is given two weeks apart. Street Improvements \ Being Made Here 1 i I Men have been at work this c week widening and making other 1 improvements on the street adjacent to Hotel Warren. After com- s pleting this job the force will be v moved to Wilcox avenue, better t known as Baptist Hill, where improvements are to be made. There o are ten or twelve men employed / in this work which is being super, f vised by E. E. Gillam, head of the street committee of the town. METHODIST MEETING Miss Edith Burwell entertained the Young Ladie's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church on t Tuesday night. The program was a conducted by Miss Mariam Boyd, n The four concluding chapters of the a mission study book were given by t Mrs. E. M. Harrison. Refreshments oi were served during the social hour. o< MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 16 DAVIS ARRESTED WHISKEY COUNT Officers Arrest Former Rich Oil Man At His Home In Virgin^ HEARING IN VIRGINIA Prank W. Davis, one time wealthy oil man and contributor to the cause of prohibition, was arrested at his home in the edge of Virginia Wednesday on a whiskey charge. Following his arrest he was taken i. ? T-? Si ? - - lu xjoyaion ior a bearing, It is not definitely known, but it is thought that satisfactory bond was arranged. When called by telephone yesterday, John Keats, one of the members on the raiding party, said that he was under the impression that bond had been given for Mr. Davis. He thought that $500 bond was required. Mr. Davis was taken into custody Wednesday about noon when a search cf his home and premises revealed two stills, four and onehalf gallons of booze and a quantity of beer. According to Mr. Keats, Mr. Davis said that he found the stills on his place and brought them to his home and stored them in an out-house. Carey Wilson, another member of the raiding party, said that Mr. Davis told them before the search was instituted that he had Whiskey in his home but he had it there for his own use. Prohibition officers cf Virginia came into North Carolina Wednesday morning and after contacting with Warren county officials organized a raiding party and drove the fifteen or twenty miles of red roads through Six Pound township nearly to the river where nestles the home of Mr. Davis, just a short distance from the North Carolina line over in Mecklenburg county, Virginia. Arriving at Mr. Davis' home they read a warrant and began a search. His dwelling house gave up nine jars of whiskey and a search of an out_house, a few feet frcm his home, revealed two stills. A short distance from the residence of Mr. Davis was found beer, estimated to be around 700 gallons. One of the stills was a 70-gallon copper outfit and the other was one of the submarine type of booze manufacturing plants. The raiding party included prohibition officers of Virginia, Township Constable John Keats of Boyd. ton, Va., and the following, from Warren county: Sheriff W. J. Pinnell, Constable Fate Weaver, John Carey Davis and Carey Wilson. The officers encountered no trouble in the raid and arrest. Both Keats and Wilson commented on the genial manner in which Mr. Davis received them, even after the purpose of their visit had been explained, and the way he conducted himself throughout the entire affair. Mr. Davis contributed funds to the Anti-Saloon League soon after that organization began waging a tight against whiskey in North Car. Dlina. That was back in 1919 when le was living in Winchester, Ky., md rolling in wealth. He was re. rarded as being in the millionaire :lass and his contribution to the :ause c? prohibition was $5,000. le made his money in oil, and ifter losing his fortune returned o this state and begun farming >perations near the Roanoke river. Crop Loan Office To Be Open Only Mornings, After 18 With time for maiing application or Crop Production Loans almost it an ena, it was announced today >y J. C. Howard, Field Supervisor cr Warren county, that the Crop Production Loan Office would >pen mornings only beginning Tuesday, April 18. This arrangement is being made o as to enable the Field Superisor to visit the various borrowers hroughcut the county. It was also announced that the ffice would be closed Monday, ipril 17, (Easter Monday) except or the delivery ol checics. To Present Flag, Bible At Drewry A flag and Bible will be presented o the Drewry school on Sunday fternoon at 3 o'clock by the Ju. ior Order Councils of Warrenton nd Norlina. Plans formulated by he two chapters call fcr a speaker f note and special music on the jcasion.