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kVE EAGLES ARE7
/DISPLAYED HERE1
mWuronton Merchants And I
E liusiness Men Adopt |
m Minkef Code
luAVE DEFISITE HOURS
< fW'arrenton Moves, working
under a temporary blanmet
code adopted hove on'
miondny. open at 8 o'clock!
mjn the mommy and close at'
m in the afternoon five days'
mn the week. On Saturdayj
fhey will open at 8 in the'
morning and close at 9:30<
ni(Wit. j
| Blue Eaglos arc being dis-j
Allayed by stores and other
Kus'iness houses bearing the
Mvonls. "N'e Do Our Part"
o show that the merchants
Kmj business men are co-opMrating
with the President
n his efforts to 1 -est ore pros-l
Kerity to the country. I
Under the terms of the agree-1
lent entered into unanimously at I
lie meeting here Monday, the mer- I
hunts agreed to keep their stores)
pen a minimum of 52 hours a I
Breek. to work no employee for J
aore than 48 hours during a week, I
And to increase pay of any em-1
Rloyee drawing less than $12 a J
reek at least 20 per cent.
Wanenton Garage agreed to work I
to employee for more than 48 i
Wiours a week, but did not adopt I
pening and closing hours pending)
Submission ol special code to cover)
parages and filling stations.
J Drug stores will come under a j
Iditierent code from other stores,
Ibu: both Boyce and Hunter Drug j
Co.agreed to the maximum 48 hour)
B?feic lor tiieir employees pending)
receipt of druggist code. Until this
is received these two stores will
observe longer open hours than
other stores. !
The A. & P. Tea Co. and Pender
Store will remain open until 6
o'clock on week days and will close
at 5:30 o'clock on Saturdays, following
instructions of district managers.
The Sanitary Barber Shop
will open at 8 o'clock and close at
8 o'clock on week days and at 10
o'clock on Saturuay nights. All :
employees ot this shop work on a |
commission basis. I
The meeting on Monday was i
tailed to order by Mayor Frank H.
Gibbs who appointed Bignall Jones,
Editor ot the Warren Record, secretary.
After Mr. Jones had read
a copy of the blanket code. Mayor
Sibte asked tor discussion. FollowImg
a few general questions, the
merchants divided into groups according
to types of business for
agreement on opening and closing !
After the group discussion, Hugh 1
"bite, manager of White's Build- :
iK? Supplies, inc.. moved that the 1
stores open at 8 and close at 5 on
wek days and open at 8 and close 1
1st 9:30 on Saturdays. The motion
*as earned unanimously.
I A number oi merchants, not pres
*nt at the meeting on Monday,
tee since that time signed the 1
blanket code and practically every 1
business house in Warrenton is <
displaying the Blue Eagle.
I Stores and other business houses .
agreeing to co-operate with the
President in his recovery drive are:
I Harris & Gardner. Citizens Insurance
a- Bonding Co.. W. H. Dam|eron
& Co., M. System, Miss M. R. :
Burroughs. Rose's 5 & 10 Store, W. 1
H. Riggan. Rodwell Brothers, W. L. i
Wood. Home Furniture & Supply :
Co' H- R. Rodweli, The Cash Co., i
'' A- Miles Hardware Co., P. Freid- '
ltnberg. Warrenton Department
Store Co.. The Spot Store, M. Per man
wnnenton Dollar Store, Bur joughs
Grocery Co., Allen, Son &
I Hight Grocery Co., Service
\e!! ^?'5' M" Blouse. N. P
-u'as, white's Building Supplies, I
lac.. W. r. Lancaster. The Salvage I
Store, Sooggin Motor Co., Boyd-11
lBoyce Motor Co.. Gillam Auto Co.,!1
Bobbin's Garage, Sanitary Barber I1
Shop. Press Publishing Co., Citizens 1l
S&nk. Boyce Drug Co., Hunter Drug 1
&. Warrenton Grocery Co., Peck 11
Ifohutacturing Co., Weston's Ser-l1
lVlCe Station. Puritan Cate, Pen-1
l^- s Grocery Co.. A. <M P. Tea Co.,Il
lean's Funeral Home, Reavisl
l^ai Market, Sanitary Barber 1
lSr% John's Place. I
I Other business houses who havel
Steady signed the code are ex- I
to do so within the next tew 1
ptnl Allen and sons of t
J^ington. D. C? are guests ot
and Mrs. Frank Allen.
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WA
JOHN S: DAVIS NOI
TRUTH, SAYS MEI
C. W. Powell Says Body Sa
Were Handled In Mann(
Scathing Attack On I
THINKS DAVIS ARTICLE
John S. Davis, former representative
from Warren
county, was not telling the
truth when he insinuated
that the grand jury was instructed,
or ordered, to take
no notice of his charges
against the board of county
commissioners, C. W. Powell
of Wise, member of the Jury,
declares in an open letter
this week to the editor of
The Warren Record.
The Grand Jury, Mr.
Powell writes, made a careful
investigation of charges
made by Mr. Davis and of
the manner in which the. tax
sales had been handled by
the board of county commissioners
and satisfied
Two New Teachers
Allotted To John
Graham School
I
Two new teachers in ad-!
dition to the list released
and published two weeks
ago were, assurred for the
John Graham High School,
Warrenton, upon receipt of
teacher allottment deceived
from the State school commission
this week, it was
learned yesterday at the office
of Superintendent of
Schools J. Edward Allen.
Mr. Allen said that one of the
teachers to be elected would be a
replacement teacher in the high
school in place of Miss Katherine
Byrd and the other would be an
additional teacher in the grammar
school. Trustees will select a high
school teacher who can assist as a
football coach, and a grammar
;rade teacher who can teach a
business course in addition to her
regular grammar grade duties.
Says Judge Kerr
Entitle To Praise
For Help Given
Congressman John H. Kerr is entitled
to credit for the valuable as- (
sistance he gave us in our successful
efforts to recover funds paid
the Federal Government, under the
re-capture clause, C. R. Rodwell,
Secretary-Treasurer of the Warrenton
Rail Road Co., said yesterday
sommenting upon 40 per cent dividend
paid into the town treasury
last week as a result of this refund.
Judge Kerr went before the Interstate
Commerce Commisson in
our behalf and aided in many
other ways, Mr. Rodwell said, adding
that he thought that Judge
Kerr should be given credit for his
work.
When Chairman Rayburn of the
fnterstate Commission appeared before
the Congress asking for the
refund to a number of smaller railroads
of the country, the Warrenton
Rail Road Company was used
as an illustration of discrimination
and Judge Kerr's presentment of
their case was largely quoted, Mr.
Rodwell said.
\\7 F Miiefian
i-'l TT A JIT1UOUUIA
Goes To Chicago
Dr. Wallace F. Mustian left Wednesday
for Chicago where he will
?ive a clinic before the Chicago
Centennial Dental Congress and
the American Dental Association in
meeting there. He has appeared before
this group in Chicago on several
occasions. While there he will
also attend the Century of Progress
Exposition. Dr. Mustian will return
to his office on August fifteenth.
Union Services To Be
Held At Littleton
Union church services will be
held at the Baptist Church, Littleton,
Sunday night at 8 o'clock,
it was announced yesterday. The
Rev. C. R. Jenkins, Presbyterian I
minister, will conduct the services.
hf m
RRENTON, COUNTY OF WJ
T TELLING THE
WBER GRAND JURY
itisfies Itself That Tax Suits
;r to Save Money; Makes
?ormer Representative
; CONTEMPT OF COURT
themselves that the tax sales
had been "handled in the
best manner possible to save
mrmpv fni* flinco wIia
V?V/J *V4 Vil v?JV ?? 11UV1
been unfortunate." He added,
"If the law fails to allow
the commissioners to use
common sense in handling!
our affairs, it is a curious1
law." '
Mr. Powell says that he would
be afraid to make such charge as 1
Mr. Davis made in his article and
asks, "Wouldn't Mr. Davis be surprised
if he were indicted himself
for contempt?"
The Wise citizen says that he
has been reliably informed that Mr.
Davis appeared before the Board of
Commissioners and asked that the
valuation on his property be reduced I
and was told that the law did not1
permit it. Afterwards he began his
attacks upon the board, the writer
(Continued on Page 4)
Squire Carter
Assumes Role Of
Attorney In Case
Roaring with a voice that reverberated
throughout the room that
there was no man, be he white or
black, in the Temple of Justice who
would dare attempt to blemish the
character of D. M. Burgess, negro.
of near Embro charged with an |
affray, Magistrate W. T. Carter of I
Vaughan assumed the role of attorney
in Recorder's court on Monday
morning and insisted that the
State proceed with the trial of the,
defendant even though the prosecuting
witness was not present.
The State refused the request of.
(the magistrate and the case was^
j continued until Monday morning.
The case was sent to Recorder's
court by Squire Carter after D. M.
Burgess had gone before him and
confessed that he had cut Eugene
Burgess, negro of Panacea Springs, |
with a knife after the latter had
cursed him and called him a liar.
Eugene Burgess had not appeared
before Magistrate Carter, and he
had not been subpoenaed to be in
court Monday morning. Papers
have been issued for his appearance
next week.
When Solicitor Daniels stated
that he was unable to proceed with
the case against D. M. Burgess due
to the fact that Eugene Burgess
was not present, Squire Carter be-'
gan eulogizing the Embro negro
urging and arguing that the trial I
nn nn wo hoiri that. Euerene Bur-!
6v/ "w ? gess
was in fault and that the
court should listen to some evidence J
in order that D. M. Burgess might (
be exhonorated of blame. Judge
Taylor upheld Solicitor Daniel's
opinion and the case was postponed
until the following Monday morning.
J. W. Carroll, service station operator,
was found guilty by a jury
on a charge of possessing whiskey.
According to evidence, Carroll was
arrested by Sheriff W. J. Pinnell
and Deputy Lawrence Robertson
after he had been seen with a jar
'of whiskey a short distance from
his place of business. The officers
testified that when the service sta[tion
operator saw them he poured
the contents of his jar on the
ground. Prayer for judgment was
continued by Judge Taylor providing
he pay the costs in the action.
West Palmer, negro, was given a
two months suspended sentence on
a trespass charge.
A civil action growing out of a
note given A. P. Brame of Macon |
by Harry Kenyon of Macon six or
seven years back was dismissed by
Judge Taylor for want of jurisdiction.
I
Services To Be Held
At Baptist Church
, Regular services will be held at
jthe Warrenton Baptist church on
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and
Sunday night at 8 o'clock, it was
announced yesterday. The Rev. Mr.
Brickhouse and family who have
been spending two weeks at Murfreesboro
and Creswell are expected
to return to Warrenton tomorrow.
Mr. Horace Palmer Jr., has re-;
turned to his home at Littleton
after visiting in the home of his
grandmother, Mrs. N. M. Palmer.
armt
VRREN, N. C., FRIDAY, Al
ASK RETENTION
FARM TEACHERS
School Budget to Be Sub
mitted to County Commissioners
Monday
REQUEST WORK ON ROAI
The Board of Educatior
meeting here on Tuesday
approved the retention o
agricultural teachers in thi
high schools as for the pas
two years with request fo:
provision of funds fron
county tax therefor. A1
members of the board wen
present with the exceptioi
of J. P. T. Harris.
The county budget of debt ser
vice, capital outlay, and curren
expenses was discussed by tin
board. Superintendent Allen wa;
instructed to present this budget
together with the debt servici
needs of the several bond tax units
to the Board of County Commis
sioners for approval at their reg
ular meeting to be held here or
Monday, August 7.
The board ordered that thi
State Highway and Public Work:
Commission be asked to pu
crushed stone or other good sur
facing material on road leadini
from new No. 59 highway south
eastwardly toward home of Mr
Limer, and others, for safe trucl
operation. In the same distric
truck driver is to pick up Ream;
child, age six.
On recommendation of theii
principals, the two high schools fo
the colored race, located at War
renton and Wise; will open or
Wednesday, August 30.
High school children in thi
Drewry vicinity will be given ar
opportunity to attend whichevei
of the adjacent high schools the<
may elect, provided that a true!
shall run from Drewry to Middleburg,
as required by the State
school commission, the Board decided.
The Board called upon principals
to show truck routes anc
name truck drivers, to the enc
that if there be any objections te
the same they may be lodged. Thi;
action was taken pursuant to Section
28 of the School Machinerj
Act of 1933.
Must Present
Pictures Of Home
To Obtain Loar
Those who apply for funds frorr
the Home Owners' Loan Corporatior
must submit two views of the home
on which money is requested, Josepl
P. Pippen, of Littleton, attornej
for the corporation in this county
stated this week. Mr. Pippen saic
that the views requested are pictures
of the side and front of the
home.
Harry Fishel of Vaughan, countj
appraiser for the corporation
rvnf tvrfailo In WorrontnT
puuilicu V/UU TV lliiV AAA (T M*AVMVVA
Tuesday that the property does
not necessarily have to be locatec
in town in order to procure s
loan. He said that the home maj
be either in town or country, 01
that the home may be located ir
town with adjoining property ir
the country.
Samuel Williams In
New York Hospital
Friends are sorry to learn thai
Samuel -Williams, young son of Mrs
J. B. Williams of Warrenton, is ir
a New York hospital suffering froir
a serious infection of the hip
Members of his family were unable
yesterday to say how he is getting
along, but stated that they were
hoping for news last night or to
day.
Young Williams, Wit 1 four othei
boys an-i five gir'j from the Methodist
Orphanage in Raleigh, was
enjoying an outing in the State ol
New York when his hip begar
troubling him and he was carried
to a hospital where it was found
seriously infected.
The boys and girls from the orphanage
were guests of Edwin C
Gould, philanthropist. They wen
given the trip due to the fact thej
were chosen as the most capable
boys and girls in the institution.
DAMERONS RETURN
W. H. Dameron, head of the
Dameron Supply Company, and
Mrs. Dameron returned to theii
home at Warrenton on Tuesdaj
after spending several weeks al
Hot Springs, Arkansas.
forn
JGUST 4, 1933 Si
Littleton Merchants
1 Adopt The Blanket
) Recovery Cod
. LITTLETON, Aug. 3.Effective
today Littleto
merchants and busing
) men are working under
| blanket code of the Natior
1, al Recovery Act and di:
Splaying the Blue Eagle ii
^jsignia bearing the word
3 "We Do Our Part."
^ Stores at Littleton wi
P . _
j open at o and close at
* I o'clock on all week day
I On Saturday stores will ope
3 at 8 and close at 9:30 o'cloc]
1
The fire sireen will be soundc
each afternoon! at 5 o'clock for tl
- merchants to close their stores.
t Under the blanket code signe
e by the Littleton merchants, the
s agree to keep their stores open
,, least 52 hours a week, to work r
e employee more than 48 hours, ar
to raise wages of all employees r<
- ceiving less than $12 a week i
. least 20 per cent.
1 The following merchants hai
agreed to these conditions ar
2 will display the Blue Eagles:
s The Eugene Johnston Co., C. (
1 Moore, D. Pender Grocery Co., C
" T. Vick, The Stallings Co., J. '
' BeU, Littleton Supply Co., W. J
* Bowers, J. W. Myrick, H. K. Ker
'* yon, A. R. Delbridge, E. C. Bot
c bitt, W. R. Wiggins, The Sp*
' Store, W. A. Bobbitt, D. G. Jone
3 F. C. Rainey, Littleton Sales C<
T. W. Northington, The Pure Foe
r Store.
r
' New Committees
Are Appointed In
J Four District
New school committe*
men for Norlina, Wise, Li
tleton and Macon were ai
pointed by the Board c
Education in session here o
* Tuesday.
I "
A recent ruling of th
> State School Commissio
3 that districts not be allov
" ed more than three commi
' teeihen, necessitated the ar
pointment of new commil
tees for these four school:
New committees are con
posed of the followin
1 members:
1 Norlina?Dr. H. H. Foster, V
, B. White, R. L. Traylor.
> Wise?H. Evans Coleman, A. C
i Perkinson, A. P. Gooch.
' Macon?Robert H. Shaw, Joh
. W. King, Joe Neal.
1 Littleton?Jos. P. Pippen, Paul 1
Johnston, H. E. Walker.
k
, Bill Palmer Weds
W m.T X.r 1 .
In INew i orK ^it]
L
' Friends here were surprised t
I learn this week of the marriage c
1 Mr. William A. Palmer of Nei
' York to Miss Mary Neal Maddock
* also of that city. The wedding too
i place in the First Presbyteria:
i Church on Fifth Avenue and 12t
Street Monday, July 31, at Nooi
with the Rev. David O. Kenda
officiating. They will make thei
I home in Brooklyn, New York.
Mr. Palmer is the son of Mri
N. M. Palmer of Warrenton. H
' has been living at New York fo
' the past three years where he i
1 employed in the advertising depart
ment of the New York Times.
i
r Quarterly Conference
; To Be Held At Hebroi
The third quarterly conferenc
for the Warrenton charge will b
held at Hebron church Sunday aft
| ernoon at 5:30 o'clock, announce
' ment was made yesterday. Suppe
1 is to be served on the ground;
"Let the officials of the charge, an
others, take notice,'' the announce
ment reads.
i P. D. Jones Leaves
' For Parts Unknowr
i
P. D. Jones, who has been makin
his home with Mr. and Mrs. Howar
F. Jones for the past two year;
> left here on Saturday for Wak
I Forest. From there he left for part
unknown in a desire to see th
r world. It is not known whether h
; will return to Warrenton for schot
this fall.
cm.?c bvo^?" K
li lAbviwV $1.50 a Year
Three Ware
e Be Opei
n Hopes For A
Processing Tax On
* Tobacco BlastecJ I
3" RALEIGH, Aug. 1?High hopes
* . 1.
1- ior a tnree-cent processing tax on x
S, flue-cured tobacco this season, the ^
proceeds to be distributed to growers
in exchange for acreage curtail- r
g ment for next year, were blasted
yesterday when leaders in the move''
ment were informed from Washington
that there was little prospect
of the tax being applied this
!(j season.
ie At a conference held here last
Friday with 25 representative told
bacco growers, a group of Federal
:y officials headed by C. C. Davis,
it production chief in the administra10
tion of the farm adjustment act,
id gave indications that the tax might
2- be applied in time to effect this
at year's crop of tobacco, which goes
on sale in Georgia today and on
ze the South Carolina and border of
lcj North Carolina markets on August
15 with other North Carolina marj
kets opening later.
3. However, further conferences
r. have been held in Washington and
P. it now is indicated that the tobacco
l- manufacturers and buyers for the
i- export trade will be expected to
it raise prices to growers without the
s, compulsion of the process tax except
as a threat for next year.
>d It 4 estimated that the"*present
North Carolina crop will be ap
proximately 500,000,000 pounds as ^
compared with the small crop of ,
270,000,000 last year.
The average price of the crop last (
;S year was only $11.10 dhd Dr. Clar- C
ence Poe, editor of the Progressive t
Parmer, George Ross, director of
" State owned farms, L. V. Morrill,
Jr., of Snow Hill, and others have *
)- been active in a movement to se- t
cure protection of the federal law (
for this year's large crop.
Secretary of Agriculture, Henry
A. Wallace, who was here early ^
ie last week, indicated that it would
n be posible for tobacco growers to
come within the law and the conJ~
ference last Friday was held in an Cl
t- effort to agree upon some plan n
which would include the appoint- B
ment of an administrator for to- g
bacco similar to those already ap- g
3. pointed for cotton and other com1
modities. y
g It is expected that something Ci
will be worked out for tobacco for b
the 1934 season but unless present e
indications change there will be no
processing tax levied on this year's e
J. crop. e
n Negro Convict IS
v. Escapes From Road
Gang Wednesday!
Walter Green. South Carolina I
. negro who was serving a 30-day IB
road sentence for hoboing, escaped |h
0 from guards of the Warren County |L
Prison Camp on Wednesday while |it;
working on a road near Norlina. He|p
, had not been captured late yester-|C(
? day afternoon.
n Green, who had served more 11
than half of his sentence, wasl
working with a bunch of menl
II strung out along the road when he |
r made his get-away. He was notl
missed from the force until several!?1
I P<
> minutes after his disappearance. I
5' | He was one of W. R. Baskervill's |ca
el I or
men. Walter Thacker was the road I,
r foreman. Pe
S | A
The fugitive was sent here JulyjtQ
15 from Norlina where he was ar-1 C(
rested for riding the rails without JC]
a ticket and sentenced to serve for
1 30 days on the roads of Warren |t0
i county- W(
e Comedy To Be or
! Presented At Macon ed
~la
r "A Fortunate Calamity," a three se
. act comedy, will be presented in the cj(
3 auditorium of the Macon high pr
. school on the night of August 11 ^
. at 8 o'clock, announcement was
made this week. The entertainment fQ
is given for the benefit of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and sc
I admission will be xo and 15 cents.
The play is under the direction
g of Miss Marguerite Harris who for
d the past several years has been ai
5, studying art at Elon College. Those M
e taking part are Mrs. Clarence B:
s Thompson, Misses Eva Belle Bob- er
e bitt, Dot Parker, Ethel Russell and
e Lalla Thompson; Messrs. Marvin
>1 Drake Jr., Wiley Coleman, Russell w;
Palmer and Wilson Robertson. jla
MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
NUMBER 32
houses To
rated Here
tobacco Market To Open On
September 19 With ETn- ,
larged Facilities Here
2XPECT A GOOD SEASON
Three Tobacco Waretouses
will be operated at
Varrenton this season.
The market will open on
Tuesday, September 19, with
Centre Warehouse, Farmers
Warehouse and B o y d's
Warehouse ready for sales
)f the golden weed.
Fanners Warehouse,
vhich has not operated for
leveral years, will be run
his year by J. J. Tarwater
ind son, Edward Tarwater,
vith Charlie Hicks of Henlerson
in charge of sales.
Centre Warehouse, run
ast year by Carroll and Bobaitt,
will be operated by R.
K. Carroll of Warren Plains
ind C. J. Fleming of Sandy
Creek. G. W. Pruitt of Henderson
will be in charge of
sales.
Boyd's Warehouse, as for
;he past several years, will
ie operated by W. "N. Boyd
tnd J. E. Rooker Sr.
J. E. Roberts of Durham
vill auctioneer and Rodwell
Gardner and F. C. McQuefen
)f Loris, S. C., will act as
dip and bookmen for all
hree warehouses.
With excellent crops of
obacco in this section, local
;obacconists yesterday predicted
a successful season
'or the Warrenton market.
" 7 '"~T -<
TOBACCONIST LEAVE FOE
MARKETS IN GEORGIA
Several of the Warrenton tobaconists
were called to the southern
larkets last week end. John C.
urwell and Rodwell Gardner left
aturday for Waycross, Ga.( and on
unday R. B. Boyd departed for
axley, Ga., and Graham Boyd for
idalia, Ga. Mr. Burwell was acDmpanied
to Waycross by Mrs.
;urwell and their son, George Allen
(urwell.
Mr. Boyd was accompanied to
laxley by Mrs. Boyd and two sons.
Richard and Hamilton.
ikinner Offered
Place Government
Advisory Board
John L S.kinner, member of the
oard of County Commissioners,
as been offered a place on the
ocal Government Advisory Board,
was learned here this week,
riends here feel that he will ac;pt
the appointment.
Announce Openings
In Marine Corps
The Savannah Marine Corps Reuiting
Station, located In the
jst Office building will have vaincies
for graduates of high school
from institutions of higher
arning during tne months of
ugust and September, according
an announcement by Lieutenant
jlonel A. B. Drum, Officer In
aarge.
Men accepted will be transferred
Parris Island, S. C., for a few
seks intensive training before beg
assigned to some school, ship
Marine Barracks for duty.
ine Marine ourpa uuera uuw;
lucational advantages both schostic
and scenic. Some men are
lected for aviation, radio and
erical work upon completion of
eliminary instructions. Many are
signed to ships and stations in
ie United States, and a few to
reign lands.
Applications will be mailed high
hool graduates upon request.
I
TO VISIT NAGS HEAD.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Beddoe, Mr.
id Mrs. M. C. McGuire, Mr. and
rs. Loyd Cook, and Mr. and Mrs.
ranch Bobbitt will spend the week
id at Nags Head.
Mrs. Finley Gayle of Richmond
as a guest of Mrs. W. N. Boyd
st week.