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I accurate, terse TIMELY sSffi j TurnTThumbs Down ^'Proposal F?r* tS School Bu.ld.ng SUFFICIENT room /" ? spite strong pressure brought >ar by members of the Board 'ustces of the John Graham Scbol, the Board of County issioners. meeting in regular here on Monday, flatly re. I o grant funds with which to new building to take care, overflow of students at the j 'ucational institution. j gh the greater part of the spent in listening to the jpeals for another building modate students who are I ing the John Graham e commissioners were as I f not more so, in their I the afternoon at 3:30 J n the trustees came beer a third time as they o'clock when the school -...^,ed for the first time to fci for the county's financial as sistance in securing a $25,000 building here. I v. F. Ward, chairman of the I board of trustees, told members of the board that the local school had 1 become so crowded as the result of the importation of children here torn all parts of the county that seme steps must be taken to relieve the situation. He said the local school was built to accomoIis around 500 students and that lb present enrollment of around 3? pupils had crowded the build[ic to such an extent that it became necessary to turn the library, 'c office, and two rooms under the auditorium into classrooms and even this additional room did not afford adequate space for taking care of the children. Through the PWA, he said, a new building can be erected here to take care of the increased enrollment at a comparatively small cost to the county. The government, he pointed out, is Tilling to pay 45 per cent of the cost of a new school if the county trill pay the other 55 per cent. Not only that, he said, the government will loan the county the 55 per cent on long term notes at 4 per cent interest. Mr. Ward then introduced Stewart Davis, Louisburg architect, who submitted plans for an eight room building. The maximum cost cf I the building, Mr. Davis stated, would be S28.707.23. He added that this figure was based on the prices of material in northern cities, and that inasmuch as the material could be bought locally at prices considerably lower, the cost of the buildtog would not be more than $25,000 The school men pointed out that the county would not be callI on to spend more than $13,750 shd suggested a county-wide levy to take care of this. The commissioners were cold to the idea from the beginning, voicI tog their objections to children beI tog brought to Warrenton to reI ceivA tv,-.-- - _ lucu education. "We had 1 H much rather have the children I stay in the country and attend I school in their respective commun-1 I sties than lor them to be hauled 1 I into tVarrenton," they said. I I The school folks retaliated that I M they were also opposed to the con-1 '<J?lidation of schools?that is as larj 85 bringing the small children here 1 I -but that was something they had 1 nothing to do with. "We don't I *?t to refuse to accept them, and I I W *e have no piace to put them," 1 toj said. I The commissioners went into I feculive session and after half an 1 H ^OUT nr ? *uuie swung open the door \ ?o inform the trustees that they I I had turned thumbs down on the 1 I hea ot an appropriation for anoth-1 H w building. 1 apparently somewhat taken back 1 *>7 the action of the board, the 1 I school men said that peiraps they 1 I "*4 failed in their efforts to paint l I a true picture of the serious con-1 t,l'on at the school and asked that 1 e county's governing body re-1 ^hsider the matter. In their re- \ for reconsideration the trus-1 ^ submits - ...vcu pians lor a six room I I vrtoidr, they said, would! 1:51 ^6 cost considerably. The six! buildinS> they said, would 1 * care of the present overflow 1 0ut would not afford sufficient! 100111 take care of any increase I I ^Continued on Page 4) I WARRENTON, COl Three Cases Tried In Brief Session Of Recorder's Court Monday's session of Recorder's court was comparatively brief, there being only three cases and these being disposed of before the noon hour. John A. Meeder, charged with assault upon a female, entered a plea of simple assault which was accepted by the state. The judgment of the court was that he should pay a fine of $1.00 and be taxed with the costs. Edward Thornton, negro, charged with assaulting his wife, was sentenced to the roads for 30 days. This sentence was suspended on the condition that he pay a $1.00 fine and the costs in the action. Four months on the roads was the sentence given Graham Wimbush, negro, convicted on a charge of larceny. Several Teachers Resign From Local School System Recent resignations have caused several changes in the faculties of the Warren county school system. J. E. Derrick, for several years science teacher and athletic coach i at the John Graham high school, tendered his resignation this week to V. F. Ward, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the school. He 'has accepted a position in another town, which was not named by him in his resignation, it was stated at the superintendent's office. Mr. Derrick's successor had not been chosen yesterday afternoon. George Snuggs, English teacher and coach at the Littleton high school for the past several years, has also resigned. He has been replaced by Johnnie Johnson, former baseball captain and football star. Mr. Johnson's home is at Elizabeth City. Joe Craven, former English teacher and coach at Norlina, has likewise tendered his resignation to the school authorities. He has been replaced by Norman L. Stack of Greensboro. The vacancies caused in the Macon school faculty by the resignation of Miss Katherine Baxter, Miss Pnnnie House Scosrein and Miss Alice Hunter Irby have been j filled. Miss Baxter, who resigned | a few days ago to teach near Henderson, will be replaced by Miss Helen Thompson, former member of the John Graham High School faculty. Miss Patricia Holden of Louisburg will take Miss Fannie House Scoggin's place, who will teach Home Economics in the John Graham school this year. Miss Irby has been replaced by Miss Louise Gunn of Blackstone. The vacancies caused in the Norlina faculty by the resignation of Miss Lottie H. Wall, English teacher, and Miss Helen Reed Gill, science teacher, have been filled by Miss Margaret Lee of Washington and Miss Anna Wells of Greensboro. TXTo-rrnr* PAlinf.V J- I1C OtllUUlO KJX TT CV1 A V/AJk W ?,! ) | delayed in their opening on account of the presence of infantile paralysis in this section several weeks ago, will swing open their doors on September 23. MISS HELEN THOMPSON TO TEACH AT MACON Macon, Sept. 4.?Miss Helen Thompson has been elected to succeed Miss Katherine Baxter, resigned, as teacher of English in the Macon High School. Miss Thompson holds an A. B. degree from Duke University, with a long and successful experience as teacher in the high schools of Greensboro and Warrenton. The Macon school is o be congratulated on securing her as a member of its faculty. TO RESUME SERVICES Services will be resumed at the Iittleton Presbyterian church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and at the Warrenton Presbyterian church at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, announcement was made this week. PHILATHEAS TO MEET The regular meeting of the Philathea class of the Baptist church ?hi u- Tuocrtav pveniner at Will WC IJIClVi Uii * uvwwv.,, - w 8 o'clock in the home of Mrs. H. C. Montgomery, it was announced yesterday. Iff Hj JNTY OF WARREN, N. C., | California '35 * ** " ' J" ':' VENICE, Calif.... Miss Mercedes Hill, ^20 (above), is California's Queen of Beauty for 1935, final selection being made following a parade of beauties before 150,000 Mardi Gras Visitors. To Clear Streets ror Opening Of Tobacco Market The Street Committee of the Town Board will endeavor to clear toe way for tobacco to roll into the warehouses of Warrenton when the market opens here on Tuesday, September 17, members of the town board promised at their regular meeting on Monday night when J.. Edward Rooker Sr. appeared before them and asked that some parking system be worked out whereby trucks and wagons would not be i handicapped in getting to toe warehouse floors by cars parked on the side streets leading to Boyd's warehouse and the Centre warehouse. Mr. Rooker stated that the way cars are parked at present on Market street that it was almost impossible for a big truck to drive into the warehouse and that he felt sure toe business people of Warrenton did not want to do anything which would make it objectionable for the people of this and adjoining counties to market their crop here. The board agreed with Mr. Rooker that the town should do all It could to encourage people to bring their tobacco to Warrenton, and prmised that efforts would be made to see if some better parking arrangement could not be worked out on Market street and the street leading to the Centre warehouse. J. H. Norman, 75, Buried At Littleton Littleton, Sept. 5?Funeral services for J. H. Norman, who died j at his home in Halifax Saturday morning, were held in the Littleton Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday afternoon at 2:30, o'clock with the Rev. Mr. Moore, Episcopal rector of Roanoke Rapids, officiating. He was assisted by the Rev. Rufus Bradley, pastor of the Littleton Methodist church, and the Rev. W. C. Wilson, pastor of the Norlina Methodist church. Interment followed in Sunset Hill cemetery. Mr. Norman, who was 75 years old, was one of the best known and most highly respected men in Halifax county, having served for 18 years as register of deeds of the county. He was also State revenue collector for a number of years, and he was a member of the Littleton Presbyterian church. The large | throng of friends who gathered for his last rites attested to the high regard in which he was held throughout the county and state. He is survived by his widow, Annie Patterson Norman of Halifax; three sons, Dr. J. H. Norman Jr. of Bath, S. S. Norman of Halifax, and Milton Norman of Raleigh; three daughters, Mrs. Leon Shields of Kinston, Mrs. H. O. Fishel of Vaughan, and Mrs. W. T. Stephenson of Garysburg; one brother, Royie Norman of Washington, D. C.; and three sisters, Mrs. Z. B. vntnheii of Littleton. Mrs. Ida Dunn of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. Betty Owen of Lexington, N. C. His pallbearers were his six grandsons. amn FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1! SITES OFFERED" FOR POSTOFFICE Bids Opened On Tuesday Morning; Government Representative Here SEVEN BIDS PRESENTED Where the post office which the government proposes to erect at Warrenton will be located is a question which still lies in the rhelm of speculation. A number of pieces of property have been offered and a government representative has been here this week looking over the available sites, but it will probably be a week or so before it is known what location has been chosen. L. A. Walker, government official sent here to look over sites offer ed in bids opened publicly at the post office on Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, said yesterday that he was still looking over property and at the conclusion of his trip of inspection would make a report and send it to Washington and that it would be for officials there, not him, to determine where the Federal building shall rest. Seven bids had been presented at the time of the public opening on Tuesday but since that time several other bids have been submitted, it is understood. The bids opened Tuesday were: A. A. Williams?the corner lot where W. R. Lancaster operates his store, for $6,000. Jimmie Ransom?the lot back cf the Esso Service Station, opposite Hotel Warren, for $2500. J. B. Davis?the los back of the court nouse, wnere tne nome 01 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Burton is located, for $8,000. W. N. Boyd?the lot back of the ' Home Furniture & Supply Company, where the prize house is located, for $4,000. Warrenton Grocery Co.?the lots where their building is located, for $20,000. James H. Green?the lots where Otis Green's home is located, for $4,750. Julius Banzet, John Tarwater and W. H. Dameron?the entire Bank of Warren building, which is I used in part for the post office, for $16,0.00. It was stated that Miss Effie Ellington and Mrs. R. J. Jones had also offered property, and that efforts had been made to persuade Harrison Taylor to offer the corner lot opposite the Home Furniture & Supply Co. but that this property is entailed and is not for sale. It was also said that the gov ernment agent wanted the Stand- j ard Oil Co. to offer the property oposite Hotel Warren. Other pieces of property have also been offered, it is understood. Mr. Walker said yesterday that he had received five or six bids since he arrived here on Wednesday. I Several of the sites which have been offered are too small for the building which the government j proposes to erect, the post office ;man said. Dove Season To Open September 21 i j Dove shooting in Southern States) (will begin and end 10 days earlier than originally provided for in the 1935 hunting regulations, the U. S. Biological Survey announced last week. Approved in a proclamation by President Roosevent, the new j amendment to the Federal regula, tions makes the mourning-dove sea' son September 21 to January 5 in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Ken-1 tucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, j South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New, Mexico, Arizona and California. Formerly set to open on October 1 and close on January 15, the season was changed to equalize privileges of dove hunters throughout the country, following numerous | protests from the Southern States, the Bureau explained. State laws prohibiting October and early November dove shooting in the interl est of upland game birds resulted I in a practically closed season 011 doves in some states under the I original provisions of this year's Federal regulations. Hie President's proclamation also included amendments to clarify regulations that inadvertently made (Continued on page 6) Sot 935 Subscriptior Lajbo^Mj^mtoi: | PITTS^U^H^l . Industry generally is Watching with interest the functioning of the new national Labor Eolations Board of which J. Warren Madden (above), of this city, is chairman. He was named by n : RnnopvoH fn rtorvft for fivO rrt'isiucut j.wv?vtv?? w rears. Bobbitt Appointed Mail Carrier For Warrenton Route W. Clifton Bobbitt has been named mail carrier for route one to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sam Davis several months ago. He received his appointment on Wednesday morning and will assume his new duties in two weeks. 1 Mr. Bobbitt was appointed by Congressman Kerr from a list of three eligibles who stod high in the Civil Service examination conducted here several months ago with 20 or more persons competing. The other two persons eligible for appointment were Martin Davis and Stephen Bowden. All three men were former service men. Since the death of Mr. Sam Davis, the mail on this route has been delivered by Mr. Martin Davis. He will continue until Mr. Bobbitt begins his duties. ABC Stores Take In Over $6,000.00, - Boyce Tells Board Six thousand, seventy-eight dollars and thirty-five cents was the sum which had been paid for whiskey in Warren county's two liquor stores up until Saturday, according to a report submitted to the Board of County Commissioners on Monday by J. B. Boyce, chairman of the Alcoholic Beverages Control Board which has jurisdiction over the handling of the spiritus frumenti in this county. Although Mr. Boyce's report gave a detailed account of receipts and disbursements and other matters pertaining to the store, it was almost impossible to tell how much profit the stores had made since their opening here on July 22 due to the fact that a great amount of the whiskey was placed here on consignment. Mr. Boyce stated that the stores were operating at a substantial profit but he did not give the exact net returns. Members of the board were apparently well pleased with the figures submitted by Mr. Boyce. Patrolman Welch Is Stationed Here Paul Welch, highway patrolman, has been stationed at Warrenton. His headquarters are at Hotel Warren, but he will spend a great part of his time around the court house, in the sheriff's office. Patrolman Welch stated on Wednesday when he arrived here that in addition to his other duties he would issue driver's licenses and urged the public to apply to him for these certificates to operate an{ automobile. I The driver's license, which the state now requires every person who operates an automobile to have, must be signed by a patrolman or a notary public. There is no cost to the license when it is signed by a patrolman, the officer stated, but twenty-five cents is the usual charge made by a notary who signs them. The patrolman pointed out that the law passed by the recent legislature requires not only automobile and truck owners to fiave licenses but also every person who operates a motor vehicle. Mr. and Mrs. John Williams and family have moved from the J. J. Tarwater place on the outskirts of the city limits into the home formerly occupied by Dr. J. T. Gibbs and Mrs. Virginia Pearsall. rii 1 Price, $1.50 a Year ^tV,vnw - escape 'l rrom County Jail Two negroes, one held for murder and the other held for larceny, | escaped from the Warren county ' jail yesterday morning around 11 o'clock after one of them had picked the lock to their cell door with I i _ i.i i _ p a urate wmcn iney lore irom a J stepladder and fashioned into a tool. As the two fugitives went over the wire fence they were espied by Mrs. Lee Wilson, wife of the jailer, who secured a gun in time to prevent two more men from escaping. With the weapon in her hand, she forced the prisoners back into the jail and summoned her husband, who also serves as chief of police for the town. Bloodhounds brought here from Rocky Mount ran down one of thj men in the woods between Warrenton and Norlina and were on the trail of the other, it was said, when the chase was broken up by rain. The two men who escaped were Eddie Campbell, 19, held for the murder of James Johnson, and David Allgood, 17, held for the larceny of a bicycle at Norlina. Allgood was spotted near Roy Davis' service' station and the nounas, me property 01 w. a. warren of Rocky Mount, picked up his scent and followed it until he was captured in the woods in front of W. H. Riggan's home. Campbell was spotted about a mile and a half from Warrenton, head towards Baltimore, but the rain prevented the dogs from following the scent more than a hundred yards. R. O. Snipes and Theo Robertson, of the county prison camp, made the arrest. Fifty or more persons, it was said, were attracted by the excitement and took part in the chase. / Officer Wilson said late yesterday afternoon that he had received no report on Campbell since the hunt was abandoned on account of the weather. Thomas Hamm Of Vicksboro Passes Henderson, Sept. 3. ? Thomas Hamm, 79-year-old lifetime farmer of the Vicksboro section of Vance county, died at 10 p. m. Sunday at Maria Parham hospital following a stroke of paralysis he suffered eight days previously from which he never recovered. He was a native of Warren county and was bom August 5, 1856. Surviving are Mr. Hamm's widow. Mrs. Maggie Hamm; four children. W. H. Hamm of Vance county; Mrs. J. M. Ellis and Mrs. Sol Fleming, both of Warren county, and Mrs. Roy Lambert of Petersburg, Va.; and one sister, Mrs. W. B. Anstead of Granville county. Mr. Hamm was the son of Bert Hamm of Warren county, and Mary Nuckles of Franklin county, who have been dead 35 and 40 years, respectively. The deceased was a member of Shocco Methodist Episcopal church for 50 years. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday from the residence at Vicksboro, and interment followed in the family cemetery nearby. Rev. J. A. Dailey of Middleburg, pastor of Shocco church, was in charge of the services. New Patrolmen Receive Injuries Patrolman Walter R. Aycock of I Flhernn who renentlv became a member of the State Highway Patrol, was painfully but not seriously injured at Kinston on Tuesday when his motorcycle was struck by a truck. James Pratt Jr., driver of the truck was detained. Aycock was taken to a hospital by another patrolman who followed him in a car. ' Patrolman Aycock's injuries were not of a serious nature, according to Patrolman Paul Welch, who is stationed at Warrenton. Raymond Duke, another Warren : I county boy who assumed patrol I rinfar ft few davs aeo as a member of the State Highway Patrol, was slightly injured this week when he was forced off the road by a car, i but, according to Patrolman Welch, his injuries were nothing more than . a few scratches on his arm. I MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 35 PROVIDE FUNIS" ! FOR ARMORY SITE County To Pay Two-Thirds Of Cost; Town Will Bear Remaining Third $1250 MAXIMUM FIGURE The town and county will pro vide funds with which to purchase a lot for the erection of an armory here, the Board of Town Commissioners and the Board of County Commissioners agreed at their regular monthly meetings here on Monday. The town is to bear one-third the cost of the site and the county is to bear the other two-thirds, the two bodies agreed. In reaching this agreement, the two boards set a maximum figure at $1250 for the purchase of lots on which the proposed Federal building is to rest. The boards considered two pieces of property which have been offered as desirable sites for the erection of an armory. One of these places belongs to Miss Amma Graham and is located on the old road to the cemetery. The other piece of property belongs to Otis Green and is located on Bragg street, back of "Red" Harris' garage. V* J i ? it- i. ... 11. Ul M rroviaea coin sues are avauauie at what is considered reasonable prices, the building will be erected on the property deemed most suitable for an armory by the adjutant general or a member of his staff. | The building which the government offers to erect here provided (Continued on page 6) War rent on Cops Wear Uniforms, Is Ruling Of Board Warrenton's policemen will wear uniforms in the near future, the Board of Town Commissioners decided on Monday night and agreed to purchase two of these garments at a cost not to exceed $26.50 each. The uniforms are to be worn by Lee Wilson, who is acting as chief of police, and Kenneth Short, night officer. No provision was made for a uniform for Deputy Sheriff Roy Shearin who has been acting as a special officer for the town since the resignation of Chief M. M. Drake several weeks ago. The uniforms have to be ordered and it is not known when they will arrive here, but Officer Wilson said yesterday that he was Sloping to have them by the time the tobacco market opens here on Tuesday, September 17. The commissioners, apparently j satisfied with the way the town is being policed, made no change in the personnel of tiie force. Mrs. Betty Pike Is Claimed By Death I Littleton, Sept. 5.?Last rites for Mrs. Betty Pike, who passed away early Sunday morning after an 111ness of only a few days, were held at the home in the Odell community Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Mr. Roach, pastor of the VaugSian Baptist church, in charge. Interment took place at Sunset Hill cemetery in Littleton. Mrs. Pike, who was 78 years old, was the widow of the late E. L. Pike, who died a year ago. She had been in poor health for some time, - - ? ? 1 A ? but was ill only lour aays prior to her death. She Is survived by one son, Ray Pike; two step-sons, Herman and Mack Pike; and three-step-daughters, Mrs. Will Bennett, and Misses Emma and Florence Pike, all residing in the Odell community near Littleton. Supt. J. E. Allen Back From Europe Supt. of Schools J. Edward Allen ' ' ? x m. a returned to warrenton on i uesuay after spending several weeks in Europe as a representative of the Masonic bodies of this country. While abroad Mr. Allen was entertained by royalty and capitalists as he visited Northern England, Edinburg, Scotland, Dublin, Ireland, London and Paris. Mr. Allen has long been prominent in the Masonic world, as evidenced by the fact that he was given the trip to Europe by his fraternity brothers. He sailed on August 8 and returned on September 3. TI j