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i accurate, terse TIMELY m/OLUME XXXIV mSpwYMwT I OFFICE IS CLOSED B.ocal Director Is Uncertain Whether Or Not Office Will Be Reopened tECORDS TO HENDERSON . X. ::al Rct'inployment OfH ah: J: been functioning at Hv;?:.:,1:! .-a kv August 9th for the ^E':rpoM' of aiding idle men and j - -f tH.' county in locating! Konien < " ciosod its doors last night. ^ jjjss Mamie Gardner, who has ^Eer. in charge of flip office since it .-tared yesterday that ^Ef was unable to say whether or ^Ko: tile office would reopen here in Hte fitt tire. The Warrenton office was conH.tea with the Vance, Granville ^Ed Franklin county offices sev^Eal weeks ago but the office here Hps permitted to remain open until ^Eiis week when .Miss Gardner re- , ^B;.;u'd ir.-t: actions from C. M. WayHick. state director, to close last in view of the fact that the of^ ices in the counties have been con^Elidated with headquarters at Heu- t ^person. where J. J. Calloway, dis- j ^Brict manager, is in charge, it is ( resumed that the records which ( Have been compiled at the WarrenHtan office for the past months will , ^pe carried to Henderson. Tree Expert Here t I To Trim Trees On j B Principal Street I II Archie Hargrove, a Davie iree exfcerf, is at Warrenton supervising Ehe trimming of trees on Main Ctreet and other public property. He kill probably be here for several weeks engaged in this work. I Mr. Hargrove was brought to Warrenton through the efforts of the Carolina Power & Light Co. without cost to the town. He is supervising a gang of workmen supplied by the street committee. Clifton Bobbitt, chairman of the ^ street committee, yesterday in commenting upon Mr. Hargrove's work, said that he felt that this work was most important, particularly in view of the sleet this spring that damaged so many trees, and should add materially to the beauty of the streets. He said that to have brought a tree expert here would have cost the town several hundred dollars, but by using the services of ' Mr. Hargrove no expense was in- ? curred other than paying a group 1 of local laborers to assist him. To Make State-Wide ' Child Welfare Survey ( The North Carolina Emergency c ,Mef Administration with the aid i ' ol 'ip iapoi t /nv. . <- * ivvui muniUcUi J-iCgiUH m f and Auxiliary will make a survey I I c! Warren County to take a census I I of and to ascertain the need of: I I th Minor children of World Warl veterans and of other citizens who J I ore in distress: I I <2) Orphans of World War vet-1 orans and of other citizens. j 13) All children who are handi- I I C'-Pr>ed by physical disability, in eluding the crippled, the uncared i?r- blind, deaf, etc. | The Local Emergency Relief AdI ministration is asking all organizaI tons that are interested in these I cases to report them to J. R. PalI mer. Macon. N. C? who has been H ^pointed as canvasser for Warren I c?unty. This survey is made for I Mistical purposes and so far no I literature received on the subject I tas made promises of any kind. I Magistrate Sends Negro To Roads ^??d guilty on charges of tres and being drunk and disturb the peace. Graham Wimbush, te?ro, was sent t0 the barren I 0unty Prison Camp on Monday to I two sentences of 30 days each. The negro, it was said, was arrested I i'lp stre<'ts of Warrenton by s'l Officor Wilson and was given Pridgaril^ 'Je^?re Magistrate Macy 11 H (Continued on Page 8) p Mrs. arrington leaves p Mrs. Katherine P. Arrington de- P totted yesterday morning for New l5 ^Bhirk from which point she is ex- i ^ted to sail June 1 for Europe. < will probably return to her > ottle here about September 1. Mr. J* Mrs. William Conway, who f. ^B been visiting Mrs. Arrington '' ^BSlncMast week, are expected to re- *.i to their home at Henderson, v. ^B k. Saturday or Sunday. $ WARRENTON, C( $10,000 Winner > MY JM MADISON, Wis. . . . Professor Samuel Rogers (above), French instructor at the University of Wisconsin and the father of thre; children, is winner of the $10,00*) prize for his novel. "Dusk at tl?5 Grove.'' Sunday School Revival Is Being Well Attended The Sunday School Revival and ;he Enlargement Campaign which jegan last Sunday in 24 church ;s )f the Tar River Association cente v ?d around Warrenton continues vith more than 1000 people in the! raining classes being held at night.' Each afternoon at 2:30 a cen;eneral report meeting is held at he Warrenton Baptist churca. Perry Morgan, Sunday School seo etary, Raleigh, is in change of the neeting and addresses the group cn /arious phases of the campaign. I Next Sunday afternoon at 2:110 he final report meeting will be held ,vhen representatives from all the :hurches will report the final progress and achievements of the veek's work, which will result in idding more than 100 new classes ind 200 new teachers and officers n an effort to win 1000 new Suriiay school pupils and 500 absentees n a week. The Warren County campaign Is ;he fourth of a series of five such projects in May in which 105 ;hurches will take part. The speo alists who are conducting the work n Warren county will leave at 12:50 Sunday for Campbell College where ;hey will be engaged in a simih.r :ampaign in Harnett county next veek. J. Edward Allen, moderator of tte Tar River Association, will presicej it the Sunday afternoon meeting, ."it s expected the crowd attending will | lumber more than 500. A special irogram has been planned for the neeting. A survey of the territory of the .'4 churches taking part in the :ampaigned revealed an enrollment >f 2945 with an attendance last Sunday of 1972. The aim for a> endance next Sunday is 3415. A ampaign of personal visitation vork will be carried on in this in in effort to win 1,443 people next Sunday. The churches taking part wilhj heir Sunday school superintend-1 nts and teachers are Bear Swamp,] r. W. Bowers, Littleton, Ruth Pre>ar, Wingate; Browns, W. T. Bob>itt, Henderson, Mildred Kichline, taleigh; Carey's, Owen Tharringon, Henderson, Mrs. John B. Lane, Charlotte; Centerville, N. H. Grifin, Gupton, Marian Turner, Henlersonville; Enterprise, R. A. King, -.ittleton, Mabel Stroupe, Rameur; Pishing Creek, H. J. Sheariu, Vhitakers, Mildred Brooks, Abe> leen. Gardners, T. B. Fleming, Littl;on, Alice Morgan, Wingate! Harris Chapel, W. T. Robertson, Essex, vtary Currin, Henderson; Inez, O. ?. Clark, Inez, Mildred Averatte, Wake Forest; Macon, H. J. Gilliand, Macon, Velma Preslar, Winrate; Middleburg, J. H. Blum, Midlleburg, Edith Buchanan, Sylvi; vlountain Grove, H. R. Moseley, Uert, T. S. Lawrence, Apex; New Sandy Creek, Oscar Hoyle, Henderon, Louella Brown, Spruce Pine. Norlina, E. B. Watkins, Norlina, lieona Lavender, Nashvme, xen i, 'forth Henderson, D. H. Carter, lenderson, James P. Morgan, Ral igh; Reedy Creek, Richard Dav.s, tfacon; Elizabeth Draughon, Durci; Sandy Creek, A. J. Joyner, Louis>urg, Mildred Braswell, Henderson'ille; South Henderson, E. G. Raney, Henderson, Bruce Ousley, Wa'ce "orest; Sulphur Springs, M. K. Am :ock, Elberon, Mrs. E. J. Hargis, Spindale. J Turkey Branch, Tom Sexton, E1-1 ield, Jennie Willis, Spruce Pine; /aughan, J. D. Riggan, Vaughan, Slma Currin, Henderson; Warreion, J. Willie White, Warrentcn, (Continued on Page 5) lit w OUNTY OF WARREN, N. C {URGES CHANGE IN G. JURY SYSTE1Y Judge Barnhill Says Juror Should Serve For Six Months Term TALKS ON TAX PAYMEN' A continuing system of gran jury service for Warren county wa recommended by Judge M. > Barnhill in his charge at the open ing of Superior court here on Mon day morning. The Rocky Mour jurist said that he came here un J 1 1 J X* X XI ?- ? uer me impression mat me men sc lected at the January term c court had been drawn to serve fc six months and he regretted th fact that this county used the sys tern of selecting a new body of me at each term of court. Pointing out that members of grand jury could serve the count more advantageously when swor: for duty longer than the perio that court was in session, Judg Barnhill expressed the hope tha steps would be taken to have th next legislature pass a law author izing Warren county to adopt th continuing system of gTand jur service. I "Many of the counties of th state already have the system o choosing their grand jury to serv for a six month period and th advantages of this plan have bee: proven," Judge 'Barnhill saic "Where the continuing system pre vails a greater opportunity is give: the grand jury to serve the countj and, too, it is not necessary for th body to be instructed as to the! duties at every term of court." With the exception of the recom mendation that the county chang its grand jury system, and a dis cussion of the benefits derived fron money paid as taxes, Judge Barn hill's charge, which was compara tively brief, dealt largely with th mon clf.Hnty nn th U. UllCO UX VX1W XXXV** U4VV...Q v.. .? grand jury. Speaking of the reluctantcy o: the part of some people to pay thei taxes, the Jurist said that the SVer age tax payer got more for th money spent in taxes than fror any other money he spent. As a) example of this he reminded thos in the court room as well as mem bers of the jury of the school.' roads, protection by officers am the courts which are made possibl by taxes. It would cost the average famil a great deal more, Judge Barnhi] said, to educate its children by pri vate means than it does througl taxation. And today our roads al low us to travel at all times u comfort, he reminded. "It used t be that people living in the coun try did not come to town but abou once a month, but now, with ou splendid highways, if a farmer doe not come to town once or twice i week he feels like he has los something." Continuing along th same line of thought, the juris said that if it were not for officer.' which are paid by taxes, tha crime would be rampant. "And w have our courts where an oppor tunity of redress is offered at al times." In reminding the members of th grand jury that it was their dutie to investigate magistrates of th county, Judge Barnhill said that a a whole the men serving in thi capacity throughout North Caro lina were high type citizens but tha occasionally some men were ap pointed magistrates who were no worthy of the office, men who over stepped their jurisdiction by tryin all kind of cases and took advan tage of their office by using it as i collecting agency. He said that h trusted that Warren county did no have any of the latter class mei serving as magistrates but that i was the duty of the grand Jury t make an' Investigation. Memorial Eve Ball At Littleton May 21 Littleton, May 25.?Invitation have been sent out to 500 dancer | throughout eastern urumm an Virginia to attend the Memoria Eve Ball which will be held at Lit tleton on the night of May 29th The entertainment is promoted to: the L. D. C. Club and music for th occasion will be furnished by John nie Williamson and his nine-piec orchestra of Rocky Mount. MEMORIAL SERVICES AT ARCOLA ON SUNDA1 Memorial Services will be held a Bethlehem Methodist church, Ar cola, on Sunday, May 27, at p. m., it was announced yesterdaj All are invited to attend. itrrnt FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1934 A Gracious Gift, A l' _ ^ Bit ' >? ll NEW YOBK . , . Amid a great a where the beloved Ernestine Bchuma y tribute to Mrs. James Roosevelt (ri n at the end of her song dedicated to ^ red rose to the gracious guest of ho * Similarity Of j ! Names Confusing, | e Says Haithcock y Attention of this newspaper was s this week called to the fact that a number of voters of the county have Claude Haithcock, who sells insurance, and C. A. Haithcock, j who is running for the board of education, confused. a Commenting upon the fact that j the surname and the somewhat e' similar initials of the two men is r causing some confusion as to which is in the field for votes, Claude . Haithcock requested this paper to 0 announce that he was not a candi. date for any public office. "I apn preciate the fact that a number of . people have approached me in what . they deemed to be the interest of e my candidacy, but as I am not e running for office I think the public should be aware of the fact," he n said. r The initials of Claude Haithcock, . the insurance man( are C. M. He e lives at Churchill. The initials of a Charlie Haithcock, the candidate, [i are C. A. His home is at Marmae duke. 5< Poppies To Be Sold e Here Tomorrow y Saturday will be "Poppy Day ' [1 throughout the United States. Mil. lions of Americans will wear little i red poppies in tribute to the men - who gave their lives on the poppyi studded battle fields of France and o Belgium during the World War. An( . army of approximately 100,000 t women will distribute the memorial r flowers on the streets of practically s every city and town in the country, a Arrangements for observance of t "Popp Day" here have been come pleted by the women of the local t American Legion Auxliary Unit un>. der the leadership of Mrs. John t Rogers, popy chairman. Auxiliary 0 women will distribute poppies on the street throughout the day, and 11 will receive contributions for the welfare of disabled veterans, their e families and the families of the s dead. ^ rrn nffororl 1-vrr fhh -Lilt? pU l W Wt wjr kaav S Auxiliary tomorrow are paper res plicas of the wild poppies of Prance which grew on the battle ^ fields and war cemeteries. They have been made by disabled vet11 erans working in 58 government hospitals and Auxiliary workrooms * in 40 different states. The local Auxiliary Unit will distribute popa pies made at Oteen Hospital, N. C. The bulk of the money con^ tributed for the poppies will be ret tained in the city to be used for 0 the relief of needy veterans and their families during the coming year. Part will go to support state and national activities of the American Legion and Auxiliary for the ) disabled and dependents. The poppy sale is the principal source of tvin onntinnmis welfare g suppui b 1U1 I^AIV s and rehabilitation program carried d out by the Auxiliary, and the Aux.1 iliary workers are hoping that more _ people than ever before will "honor j i, the dead and serve the living" by y wearing a poppy tomorrow. e . PRISONER LIKES TREATMENT e AT WARREN COUNTY CAMP Prisoners evidently like the treatment they receive at the Warren county prison, camp. James Johnf son, having jserved a term at the t local camp and now in trouble In - the neighboring county of Halifax, 3 this week writes, Supt. T. H. Aycock, "I am in trouble again; please come and get me." &M Subscription l Song and a Rose ^BwT*'- 'SaBP^ profusion of beautiful flowers everynn-Heink (left), symbolized -a fitting ght), mother of the President when Mrs. Roosevelt, she presented a lone nor. Tubercular House At County Home, Urged By G., Jur} Construction of a house for tu bercular inmates of the Count; Home, with special food and atten tion for them( and necessary re pairs on the roof and floors of thi court house were recommended b; the Grand Jury for the May tern of Superior court. Affairs of to county as a whole were in gooi shape according to this body. Th report in full follows: "To the Hon. M. V. Barnhill, "Judge Presiding: "We, the Grand Jury selected fo the above term beg to make th following report: "We have carefully examined wit nesses. and passed upon all bill presented to us by the Hon. W. E S. Burgwyn, Solicitor. We have ex amined witnesses and made pre sentment on all matters brought t our attention. "We Tmve visited the prlsoi camp by committee and find th buidings and premises in exceilen condition. "We visited all of the offices c the courthouse by committee, an< so far as we were able to determim all are well kept and the prope records kept. "We visited the Auditor's offic and made inquiry in regard to thi failure to list property for taxation We find that there are some case of failure to list before the list takers, but the Board of Commis sioners have made a ruling order ing the listing of such property b; the Auditor and penalizing tin owner for failure to do so througl the regular channels. This, order i being enforced. "We visited the county jail am find it clean and the inmates wel cared for. "We have inspected the court house and wish to recommend tha such repairs be made to the roo and floors as are necessary to pre serve the building. "We visited the County Home b; committee and find that it is a well kept as the equipment am ?*! - - , buildings will permit, we muni that repairs previously recommend ed are being made and will add t< the comfort of the inmates. W< recommend that a house be buil for the tubercular inmates tha they may be separated from threst. We recommend that specia food and attention be given to al tubercular patients. "Having performed our duties t< the best of our ability we respect fully request that we be discharged "Respectfull submitted, "H. EVANS COLEMAN, "Foreman Grand Jury." Two Warrenton Boys In Sport New< Two Warrenton boys broke int< the news last week by means o their athletic prowness. John Drake son of Chief and Mrs. M. M. Drake won the 440 race for the Universit: of North Carolina in Southen Conference meet held at Duke 01 Saturday. At the same time, Davie j?11 ann nf Mr and Mrs. W rtUUWCIl, ou?. W Pryor Rodwell, pitched a winninf game for State College over Wak< Forest. NAMED EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Littleton, May 25.?Miss Elbert? Foster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C E. Foster of Littleton, ha;; recently been elected editor-in-chief of Th< Acorn, literary publication of Mere dith College. ri - \< i Price, $1 = - .^vl Far? "j.? Meetings To Be Held By Agent Bob Bright Beginning Monday morning and running through the month, meetings will be held in various parts of the county by County Agent Bob Bright and members of his force to explain record books prepared by the government for the benefit of farmers and to discuss the recently announced ruling of the AAA which gives tobacco producers the privilege of increasing their acreage. Following is the schedule of meetings: May 28, 10 a. m., Hecht's Grove. May 28, 3 p. m., Afton-Elberon school. May 29, 10 a. m., Wise school i building. May 29, 3 p. m., Drewry school house. May 30, 10 a. m., Norlina school house. May 30, 3 p. m., Macon school house. May 31, 10 a. ra? Vaughan school - house. May 31, 3 p. m., Sam King's store. Negro Boy's Leg Is r Broken When He Is Struck By Truck v Arthur Carter, 7-year-old negro boy of Warrenton, received a broken ~ leg anc. a cut about his face lasc y Friday when he dropped from a * lumber truck into the pathway of a I 2 vehicle driven by J. C. Adams, sawi mill man of Inez. e The accident occurred about a quarter of a mile from Warrenton on the road leading into the Macon and Liberia highways. It could not r be learned yesterday whether the e boy's lsg was broken when he dropped from the truck on which he was xxuxxxg to wxe xxarusurxace ox uy me automobile. It was stated that he t Is recovering nicely from his in-1 juries. o Writing of William Polk Is Praised a " Praise for the writing of William * T. Polk of Warren ton is echoed In the Spearman Literary List of the Charlo.te Observer which recently found its way to the desk of The e Warren Record. The writer says of r Mr. Polk: "A North Carolina author who " has already arrived at a point of literary recognition is William Polk g of Wairenton who has one of the leading stories in the May issue of "Story," that magazine which seems to me to have a monopoly on the very best that is being in the American short story field today. "Mr. Polk, by the way, is not only s a relative of the Presidential Polk, but is x,lso a cousin of the Hawkins ^ family of this city?Vaughn, Rose j and Saiah. His story is called "The Crop" and is a tersely moving ac count 01: the fate of a tenant farmer famiiy." t ! Miss Pattie Brinkley Dies In Canada f s Littleton, May 24.?Funeral ser1 vices for Miss Pattie Brinkley) who * passed a way Tuesday night, May " 15th, in Lemington, Ontario, Can3 ada, were held on Friday afternoon - at the family burying ground near Terrapin Point. Rev. W. W. Rosser 1 of Smithfield conducted the ser3 vices. Miss Brinkley was the daughter of the late Robert and Virginia Brinkley and a former resident of 3 Halifax county. For a number of years she had made her home at! ' Roanoke with her sister, Mrs. Ellis. [ She is survived by three nieces) and one nephew: Mrs. Don Harrison of Detroit, Mich., Misses Pattie and Betsy Ellis of Buffalo, N. Y., and Robert Ellis of Roanoke, Virginia. She was related to a 5 number of people in this community. o ' To Install Cooling System At Theatre I7 i Announcement is made this week 1 by George Robinson, local manager 1 of the Warren Theatre, that an up. to-date cooling system will be inl stalled ir the theatre at once, ; The cooling system is of the "blower," or continuous air circulating type, and changes the air in the theatre every two minutes. It i is similar to the finest air-cooling . equipment installed in the smaller 7 houses, Mr. Robinson said. Mr. Dike Jones was a visitor In' Belhaven last week. MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME = :! NUMBER 21 _ TRIAL OFFICIALS BANK POSTPONED Inconvenient For Attorneys To Be Present; Criminal Docket Is Finished STEGALL IS SENTENCED Continuation of the cases against former officials of the now defunct Bank of Warren resulted with the criminal docket of Warren County Superior Court being brought to a close earlier than in years. The last case on the docket was completed Wednesday morning about 10:30 o'clock and court adjourned until Friday morning when the grind will be started on matters of a civil nature. Charges of making false reports as to the condition of the Bank of Warren and receiving deposits knowing the bank to be insolvent were not heard at this term of cocrt due to the fact that attorneys representing the bank officials requested that the case be continued. One closely connected with the case said that it was not convenient for either Charles Katzenstein of New York or Congressman John H. Kerr of Washington to be here at this term of court and that it also suited other attorneys in the case for the action to be postponed until a later date. Postponement of the bank cast left the criminal docket unusually light, and with the exception of a case charging Floyd Stegall, 19year-old white boy, with seduction, this term of court has held little in the way of interest and arguments on the part of lawyers. The Stegall case began Monday and lasted until Tuesday at 1 o'clock when the jury, "after about 20 minutes of deliberation, said by its verdict that Stegall had had immoral relations with Helen Cheek, 19-yearold girl., under the promise of marriage. Late Tuesday afternoon Judge Barnhill sentenced the defendant to 18 months on the roads. Following the SteSall 'case/ DSftrtl * ' Kearney, negro, was brought to trial on a charge of attempted abortion. This case lasted for | about an hour and a half and end ed with the defendant being xouna not guilty. This week witnessed the first appearance of a negro attorney in the courts of Warren county. P. A. Escoffety of Durham came here to represent two members of his race, Ftimeo Moore and Charlie Sanders, charged with manslaughter as the result of the death of Edwin Painter, white man who was killed in an automobile accident which occurred near Norlina on the 9th of November, 1933. According to the evidence Moore and Sanders, accompanied by two other negroes, were returning to Washington, D. C., where they worked, from Smithfield, where they had been to attend a funeral, when a car driven by Paini;er drove from a service station a short distance south of Norlina into the pathway of the vehicle occupied by the negroes. After the evidence had been gone into, Solicitor Burgwyn took a nol pros. Washington Evans and Ellis Pendergrass, white men charged with trespass and larceny, were found guilty. Evans was sentenced to six months on the roads and Pender 1.U ? grass was oraerea 10 serve un mo roads for three months. An eighteen months road sentence was meted out to Profus Bullock, negro convicted of entering and larceny. Marshall Simons, negro facing a charge of larceny, received a road sentence of four months. In the case against J. Faulkener Brown, negro charged with trespass and larceny, the state took a nol pros with leave. A jury came to the conclusion that Lercy West, negro, was guilty of forgery, and Judge Barnhlll ordered that the defendant serve on the roads for eighteen months. Twelve months on the road was the sentence that Miles Miller, negro, received after he had been found guilty on a charge of larceny and driving while drunk. Breaking and entering, the count booked against John Harris, resulted with the negro being sentenced to the roads for eighteen months. Ullyses Durham, negro, plead guilty to a charge of larceny. His sentence was six months on the roads. The c<ise against W. J. Kersey and Loyd Campbell, negroes charged urith secret assault with intent to kill, was continued on account of the illness of one of the (Continued on Page 8) -
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