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? I '' 11 ACCURATE, TERSE sfi TIMELY 1H !M VOLUME XXXIV vrnumt talk 7 I IS BEING HEAR jy0 Pefinite Announcements Made But Political Lines I Are Being Formed I ONE RUMOR IS SPIKED 1I politick rumblings are beginning I J I t0 b? heard over Warren as pri- J J I -ojt time approaches and indica- I I I rjTrs are that there will be a num- J I l^r of candidates in the field. I I I _vo definite announcements cfl I -rWirir.cv have been made but] I friends nio nit'iiuuiiin^ p names for several of the county's \ flective offices. John W. Dowtin, ? veteran politician, rumors persist in saying- will again seek to go to the lower house of Representatives snd Mr. Dowtin. while not saying Positively that he will run, indicates j _ hat he is in a receptive mood. It I / : being whispered around that J C ud:e T. O. Rodwell might again J ek the Senatorial nomination, but J e Judge is doing mighty little I Iking. | Prank H. Gibbs. Warrenton at- J ney and for several years Mayor Iw the Town of Warrenton may be- ICl ie a candidate for tlie Senate. IJ s announcement is also in the 111 ior stage, but the talk persists!" :he part of Mr. Gibb's friend. Iu ilk that Claude Haithcock of In rchill would oppose Joe Powell ( re-election as register of deeds!01 been spiked. Mr. Haithcock has I uncfri that he would not be a tl idate. His father. Wort Haith- c has been mentioned as a tl date for member of the Board " aunty Commissioners, but Mr. is acock Sr. has been doing no resnect around news- j( II tauuii* iu I-"- ?* ? papemten. S1 John H. Fleming of Norlina, for- a mer county commissioner, may seek tl his old job this year. This does not C come from Mr. Fleming, but has been repeated by several of his n friends. 0 Political gossip has it that Sheriff b W. J. Pinnell will oe opposed by IV Macon Thornton of Macon, and a that another Macon citizen, A;' 17.' w Nicholson, will be among those ap- tl pealing to the electorate. Mr. o Nicholson, rumor has it, will be a it candidate for Clerk of the Superior Com. opposing William Newell who p is now deputy clerk. John D. Newell tl the present clerk, it is understood g will not run for re-election. tl Several months ago talk was going the rounds that Bob Paschall ic of Wise would be a candidate for tl the Senate and there was at the a same time conversation about a Squire \V. T. Carter of Vaughan o seeking the toga of a member of lc the House of Representatives, but a this talk has more or less died w com. being no indication, however, that these men will not be in the V running. Neither, on the other hand, is it indicative that they will. Jesse Gardner, Civil Works Ad- lj ministrator, is not seeking public d office this year, in spite of persist m rng rumors that have named him 3 tor half a dozen different jobs. J The scope of his relief work is such that in the performance of his a duties he has to displease a numI ber of citizens and Jesse says that be is the most unpopular man in ** | Warren county. His friends are ^ taking this with more than a grain ^ I of salt. but. anyway, Mr. Gardner b| I says he is not seeking office. w In addition to the above rumored I candidates, an article under a Nor- ^ I y !ina date line in Monday's News w and Obsetver tells that Dr. Chas. a H Peete of Warrenton is being mentioned for the Senate, Mis. n Alex Bater of Ridgeway for Register ?t Deeds, and that J. P. Pippen of ei Littleton is being talked for the ^ I ^ouse of Representatives. bl Rumor no doubt has it wmong In ^ naming a number of candidates, but after the first feelers have been n I out, observers predict that ^ mahy of the rumol s will become an 3 jounced fact. Tl.ese observers say j ut this is the stage of the game *,ere would-be candidates are C0J playing with the suggestion, Raiting for a more definite crystal ation of sentiment. ?j I Judge lTo."Rodwell I A ? - - \ appointed Attorney 1^ Judge T. o. R idwell this week l'as appointed a 5 county attorney 'or ibe Hendersoi i Production Credit Corporation which serves the coun- al lies of Vance, C ranville and War- w Jubge Rodwel's duties will be t.o w ^estimate titles of property put up tc by borrowers as collateral for loans. An attorney ha. been appointed in , g( eacb of the co' inties in which the tl c-ebit orjaniza ion functions. ft 0 WARRENTON, CC Cashing-In on Fourth SOUTH AxKJOA.. . On the rig the fourth largest diamond in the wi Ernest Oppe^heimer, left, who had to Jacobus JOnker Jr., center, in pa; :wa work will Probably End In Warren On April 1 Indications are that CWA work ill be discontinued in Warren aunty April 1 rather than May 1, esse Gardner, head of the work ere, stated yesterday after displaylg a telegram from state headqarters authorizing him to cut the umber of men now employed by ae Civil Works Administration own to 235. The telegram not only ordered aat the men be dropped from the 'WA payroll at once but also stated lat further reductions would be lade each week until the program > discontinued. Mr. Gardner said that 143 men )st their jobs Wednesday as a reult of the order from headquarters nd that he had been led to believe ruit. he would have no men on the WA payroll after this month. Although the state is laying off len on CWA projects at the rate f 5,000 a week with the idea )f ringing the program to a close by lay 1, Mr. Gardner said that it ppeared to him that- the work 'ould end here- a month sooner fwtie reason that men are being laid ff faster in the rural sections than 1 cities. At one time more than 75,000 eople were given employment in tiis state through the CWA pro- . ram. The number of men now on le payroll is around 43,000. While the CWA workers are raplly being demobolized throughout ie country, plans are being made t Washington to put into effect nother relief program that will ffer employment to those men who >st their jobs with the discontinution of the CWA as well as others ho are out of work. FORKING ON SUBSTITUTE PROGRAM FOR CWA W Afcji-iliN Ur l UIN , iviar. 1 A uruaur drawn plan to meet the immeiate emergencies of unemployment (Continued on page 3) Vliiller Expected To Return In Few Days Having practically recovered from is serious illness of last week, J. B. tiller,'lurincipal of the John Graam High School, is expected to e released from Duke hospital ithin the next few days. "Mr. Miller is getting along just ne and we expect him home this eek end or the first of next week," member of the faculty of the ical school said yesterday after0011. Suffering from erysipelas of the ir, Mr. Miller was carried to the ospital last week. Mrs. Miller has eeri with him at Durham during is illness. Miss Leonora Taylor is assisting [embers of the faculty with Mr. filler's classes dining his absence. lishop Penick At I.nral Ckurch I The Rt. Rev. E. A. Penick, bishop t the North Carolina diocese, was t Warrenton last Sunday to hold onfirmation services at the negro piscopal church here. While in Warrenton, the bishop was the guest : Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Lawson. GOOD HOMES WANTED Good homes are at present availale for a settled white or colored oman; Miss Lucy Leach, county elfare officer, announced this eek. Any one interested is asked report to the welfare officer. Miss Leach said that she needed aod homes for white children, but lat at present she had good places >r colored children. hp 1?; HJNTY OF WARREN, N. C. Largest Diamond ^ ^ aHH ft ht is Jacobus Jonker Sr., finder of orld, handing over the stone to Sir delivered approximately $400,000 pment for the stone. Over Thousand Citizens Attend Fiddlers Meet A crowd estimated to contain more than a thousand citizens overflowed the auditorium of the Norlina school hnilrlinp last. Thursdav night when around 80 musicians from various sections contested for honors in an old fashion fiddlers convention sponsored by the Norlina ParentTeacher Association. The entertainment proved a huge success from both a musical and a financial standpoint with nothing to mar the pleasure of those attending, a promoter of the entertainment said. The Louisburg String Band won first prize in the group contest; the Wells Brothers Band of Roanoke Rapids second, and a play-off be(Continued on page 3) Arthur W. Reavis, Farmer Of Afton, Dies At Hospital Arthur W. Reavis, 50, well known farmer of the Afton-Elberon section, ~3ied~"at a Rocky Mount" Tibs^" pital on Tuesday, following an operation a week before for stomach trouble. Funeral services were conducted at Sulphur Springs church on Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. R. R. Jackson, pastor, and the Rev. Charles Gillespie of Wake Forest. Services at the grave were in charge of the Afton-Elberon Council of the Junior Order. Active pallbearers were W. J. Pinnell. Thomas Pinnell , Joseph Choplin, O. M. Limer, Fate Weaver and Ed snort. Mr. Reavis is survived by his widow, one daughter, Miss Jessie Reavis, and seven sons, Wilton, Edgar, Herman, James, Woodrow, George and Charles Reavis. Dukes Reported Poisoned At Inn Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Duke and daughter, Marietta, formerly with Hotel Warren, are recovering from poison accidentally taken while eating at Mr. Duke's mother's Inn at Elizabeth City, according to reports reaching here this week. The poisonous food caused one man's death and several others to be taken to a hospital for treatment, it was stated. According to reports, the poison was accidentally placed in the food by the cook who mistook roach powder for baking powder. Many Children's Tonsils Removed - - J-U. Fifty-five children ana two aauits have recently had their tonsils removed through efforts of the Warren county welfare department. Miss Lucy Leach reported this week. Miss Leach said that many more children are in need of tonsilar operations but are unable to pay for this work. The names of children needing this type of medical attention are being booked, Miss Leach said, and as soon as a group of eight of ten can raise the money another clinic will be held in Rocky Mount. ROSS LEAVES A. J. Ross, employed by the Press Publishing Company for the past 14 months, leaves today for Smithfield where he has accepted a position as linotype operator on The Smithfield Herald. Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson 01 Roanoke Rapids were visitors at Warrenton on Wednesday. . I P{ TO , FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1934 WHISKEY CASE= AIRED IN COURT Negro Says He Was Carrying Liquor For Another; Sentence Suspended J. P. PUTS IN GOOD WORD Trial of a negro for possessing and transporting a five gallon runlet of liquor was the only matter that was presented before Judge W. W. Taylor in Recorder's court on Monday morning. The charge r\f Trtrwlr?fi*-,** 'FiirHnarf.nn Ar?f urac VI V JLVlClljillg , 1/1XV A ua wwaa a&ww > uw written against Andrew Baker of near Vaughan. The negro became a target for the law when he was sighted by Sheriff W. J. Pinnell with something on his back that aroused the officers' suspicion. He became a prisoner after he had thrown down the evidence and attempted to outrun the officer. Sheriff Pinnell testified that when he sighted Baker near Vaughan and asked him what he had on his back, the negro responded that he had rations. The . officer stated that when he told Baker to let him see, the negro threw down his pack i and attempted to outrun him. Baker was carried before Magistrate W. T. Carter of Vaughan and given a preliminary hearing. The! case was sent to Recorder's court, j and Squire Carter came along in /4ofons4cmt Tim UdlclJ.1 U1 liXU U(/ll/UUIM*v> Vaughan Magistrate told the court that the negro was a victim of circumstances, that he was carrying the booze for someone else, and although he would take a drink, that he did not have a reputation for dealing with whiskey in any manner. Other witnesses gave the defendant a good character, and the Sheriff said that in the Magistrates trial Baker stated that he was carrying the booze for some one else. The defendant, who entered a plea of guilty, was sentenced to jail for twelve months, assigned to work for the State Highway and Public | Works Commission. Judgment was, suspended upon the condition that he pay $5 fine and court costs and remain of good behavior for a period of two years. Mrs. Frances Jenkins Dies Near Weavers LITTLETON, Mar. 1?Last rites for Mrs. Frances O. Jenkins were held Thursday afternoon at 2( o'clock at the home with her pastor, Rev. R. L. Vickery, pastor of Weavers Chapel Church, in charge of the service, assisted by the Rev. Harry Wilson of Richmond. Interment took place in the family cem etery near the home. Mrs. Jenkins was in her 61st year, and died at her home a few miles from here Wednesday after an illness of some duration. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Billie Shearin and the widow of Henry Jenkins, who died a few years ago. Mrs. Jenkins is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Leonard Walker, Mrs. D. G. Dickens, Mrs. P. M. Shearin, Mrs. S. J. Harris, Misses Beatrice and Lucile Jenkins, and four sons, Garnet, Skinner, Jesse, and Henry, and an adopted daughter, Miss Pearl Jenkins. Mrs. Mary Harriss Dies At Littleton LITTLETON, Mrs. Mary Harriss, age 79, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Spraggin, near Littleton on Tuesday morning of last week following an illness of about 18 months. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from Gardner Baptist Church. The ser-j vices were conducted by the Rev. ^ J. J. Marshall. Interment took place in Gardner's cemetery. The deceased was the widow of Mr. Heuery Harriss, who died several years ago. She was a member of the Bethlehem church for a number of years. | Surviving are, one daughter, Mr:. J. H. Spraggin, and eight grandchildren. Pallbearers were Jimmie King, Richard King, Gilbert Jones, Elmo Spraggin and C. R. Sadler. County P. T. A. To Meet At Norlina The Warren County ParentTeacher association will meet in the auditorium of the Norlina High School on Tuesday afternoon, the Sixth of March, at 4 o'clock, Mrs. H. Evans Coleman, secretary-treasurer, announced this week. A full attendance is urged. Sfonu Subscript: Old Customs Again Reign Due To Sleet Storm Mother Nature's sudden enforcement of nineteenth century customs over the town through her agents, rain, snow, sleet and wind, paralyzed operations in some business houses, left others running in a ship-shod manner, and sent housewives scurring hither and [thither for lamps to light their homes. Business houses not dependent upon electric current for their operation remained open and made the best of the situation Monday, resorting, in some cases to candles and lamps. The entire candle supply was reported exhausted here Monday at noon, and many citizens were seen on the homeward trek with lamps under their arms or in their cars. People used to high-powered electric lights found little satisfaction in reading by lamps and laid aside papers and books at an early hour. With the drug stores closed and no picture show to attend, downtown proved unattractive for Warrentonians on Monday night. The streets were practically deserted soon after nightfall and indications were that the town went to bed oorlior fl-iof rnorlif than in UPQr.C VtlUV A* 1/ VAAIAAA AAA J vw?w. Littleton Bank To Be Reopened Within Few Days Without any restrictions and with deposits up to $2500 guaranteed, the Bank of Littleton will reopen within the next week or two, this newspaper learned yesterday from a reliable source. The bank has already received its charter to reopen, it was stated, and under the insurance feature of the Federal Banking Laws every depositor is guaranteed his money up to $2500. The bank will reopen with J. R. Wollett as president. Robert Thorne has been named as cashier, and Percy Harris will be teller. Virginia Patrolmen Seek Man Here Two Virginia highway patrolmen were here this week in search of any clues that might lead to the apprehension of the thief who stole J. Edward Rooker's car last week and later assaulted an officer near Petersburg, Va., who attempted to make an arrest. The Virginia authorities were unsuccessful in their efforts to get any worthwhile evidence here, it was said. Mr. Rooker recovered his car last week after the thief overpowered the Virginia officer and abandoned the automobile near Petersburg. . Square Dance At Armory Tonight A square dance will be held in the Armory at Warrenton tonight for the benefit of welfare work in this county, Miss Lucy Leach, Welfare officer, has announced. Music for the entertainment will be furnished by the Ball Brothers band, with W. J. Ball as manager. | mere win oe a bin an ttuiuiooxun i charge for men but ladies will be admitted free. Those who like to cut the caper are urged to attend this dance and thereby help the unfortunate of the county. Management Is Changed Imperial Due to a change in management, | no pictures are being shown at the Imperial theatre at present. It will probably be a week or more before the amusement house is again thrown open to the public. When the theatre reopens, it wiil be under the management of L. Weeden, head of the General Amusement Co. of Roanoke Rapids. The show will be run by George Robinson, who was with the local theatre before he went to Roanoke Rapids several months ago. RANKOFF SAYS HE IS nnrvr. TO HOTEL WARREN | A. Rankoff, who has been operating the picture show business here for about two years, presented his last picture on Wednesday night. When asked yesterday where he would go from the Warrenton theatre, he replied: "To the hotel." Little Miss Rie Betsy Alston of Inez is recovering from an attack of whooping cough. I ? ri> [ ion Price, $1.50 a Year . CHICAGO ... A nation-wide ^ search is under way for Louis W. Gruber, (above) former purchasing agent for the Atlantic and Pacific B Tea Co., who is alleged to have defrauded his employers of approxi- o mately $500,000^ ? I Negro Dies As Result Exposure d During Cold Wave 5 The death of a negro in Sixpound L township on Monday night was at- p tributed to the cold wave which ac- s companied the snow and ice here on c Sunday. J The negro was found early Tues- J rloxr mnrnina in thp crrnvp hptwppn *-**-* J1 m VitV n? V/ I W wxyvxvwa. Russell Palmer's home and the 1 highway by a member of his race, * Joseph Gregg. r Although sparks of life still flickered in the body of the frozen man t when he was found, he never rallied a from the cold which had cut him v to the marrow. P Dr. W. D. Rodgers, who was called t; to the home of Russell Palmer t where the 19-year-old man was n carried to warmth soon after he 1( was discovered, found the negro P dead upon his arrival. The War- y renton physician said that death y was due to exposure. k It is thought that the negro hacl s been drinking and that he was on ^ his way home when he fell on the s ice and remained a victim for the ' elements. ^ ? - ?- rStreams Rise As t Result Sleet Storm c Streams fed by melting snow, ice v and recent rains have reached a a higher stage this week than in sev- n eral months. At the same time the p supply of water in wells has in- S creased considerably, it is said. t< The prolonged dry spell of last fall resulted with some wells run- j| ning dry, springs disappearing, and v the creeks carrying off a great deal t less than their normal flow of v water. 0 i: Medical Society Asks |1 Aid During Epidemic i: 11 Confronted by an epidemic of j. whooping-cough, the Warren coun- v ty medical board is appealing to c parents for their co-operation in I t checking the disease which has been n spreading since Christmas. L Meeting in the court house yesterday afternoon to discuss the prevalence of whooping couch in the n county, members of the medical 0 board decided that they would not order the schools closed but thai; 1 they would ask parents to help . check the disease. Parents are asked to cooperate 1 by reporting the first symptoms of the disease to the county health s officer and to see that the quar- Cl antines are enforced. c tl Man Questioned In Miurder Case u V ROANOKE RAPIDS, Mar. 1?Poy ti lice today were questioning G. T. a Pierce, Roanoke Rapids married n man, in the death last October 6 of li Marvel Cullom, 19, found slain in a a scope of woods near her home. d A coroner's jury called secretly C after the girl's body was found, de- si cided she had been beaten to death li by parties unknown. o: Coroner W. Williams said Pierce formerly of Suffolk, Va., had ad- d mitted having; been in the girl's ir company on the night of her death, w but later changed his admission, tl Police said they wanted to clear up gi his testimony. si n Miss Emily Hilliard, who teaches at Cliffside, has been spending some k time here with her parents due to d the fact that her school was closed ir on account of measles. Miss Elizabeth Stackhouse of Mullins, S. C., arrived yesterday ig afternoon to spend a few days here , R in the home of Dr. and Mrs. G. ft I. Macon. I ai MOST OF THE NEWS < ALL THE TIME j i NUMBER 9 * >LtET CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE . 'ower Lines Restored Here On Tuesday; Cut Off From Outside World VATER OFF TWO HOURS Restoration of power lines and iectric light wires here on Tuesday fternoon was the first step toards bringing back to Warrenton tie normal living conditions which jrminated here on Sunday night nth the heavy sleet storm that hrew the town into darkness, DtroroA oil TYioone nf MmmimiM l_ uu AiiV. UliO U1 VvAAUAi MAmwIA ion with the outside world, and ;ft the streets and roads lttered ,'ith debris. Soon after the power was thrown n here contact with the outside rorld was resumed by the Western fnion which announced that its nes had been mended sufficiently 3 send and receive messages. Long istance telephone service was posible on Wednesday morning. While the Carolina Power and iight Co. and the Carolina Teleihone and Telegraph Co. have reumed their operation, employees if these public utilities have by no neans completed their arduous ask of permanently repairing the housands of dollars of damage to jolls and wires that was done by v he elements which brought snow, ain) sleet and wind to this section. Hundreds of telephone and elecric light poles fell to the ground, nd it is expected that workmen /ill be on the job for weeks retiring this damage as well as unangling the mass of electric wires hat went down with the poles beleath the heavy coating of ice. The Deal branch of the Carolina Telcihone & Telegraph Co. reported esterday that it would be some time et before telephone service would ie available in all homes which the torm effected but that efforts are leing made to resume this service is soon as possible. More than 50 phones were out of commission at Varrenton on Mondav. and em >1 i^trnrta , vf A i n 1 nnXi nai n n n >> . M w woycco wi wile xeiepnone comp&iiy aid that it was impossible to conact with any of the homes in the As a result of the storm, the rater supply was cut off here for bout two hours early Monday ight. The water was cut off as a recautionary measure, Harold R. ikillman, manager of the Warrenon Water Co., said. Mr. Skillman explained that when ; became apparent that power rauld not be available for some ime, efforts were made to pump rater into the town tank by means f a tractor. This machinery proved nadequate, he said, and the pump emained idle throughout the day. Vith the supply gradually dwindlng in the tank and the uncertainy of getting any power for several lours, it was decided to save what ras in the tank in case of fire, Mr. Jkillman stated. Juice was shot to he pump about 9 o'clock Monday light and the water was cut on fter being off for about two hours. While linesmen were working ight and day to resume the flow f electric current, the road force *as out clearing limbs and trees rom the highways of the county, ilthough the roads were left in bad hape by the heavy weather, trafic was not paralyzed. In spite of the bad weather, mail ervice here and throughout the ounty was uninterrupted. The mail ame here as usual and was routed hrough the county in regular maner. Trees and shrubs suffered heavly from the snow, sleet, rain and rind which fell in sub-freezing emperatures throughout Sunday nd early Monday morning. This lixture of ice and rain adhered to mbs and twigs, wires and poles nd as it increased in weight bore own the objects to which it clung. >ld trees which had weathered the torms of hundreds of years lost mbs this time as the elements went n a spree. But while nature was doing her amage she hung a picture of dazzllg beauty over the town. The trees ith their branches bending beneath ~ UAAtrM /lA-ifinnr nf ipp CTPTP .<?!]?? iC IlCTCbvy WMUuig v* ?vw m v.. ??9 estive of giant chandeliers as the in shone on them Monday afteroon and Tuesday. Several people here went out with odaks to preserve nature's artlst'c isplay of trees jeweled with sparkllg icicles. Mrs. B. N. de Foe Wagner and uest, Miss Bernice Williams of ichmond, Miss Grace Wagner and Tr. Belford Wagner were visitors t Greenville on Monday. ^ ^
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