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The Warren Record
FaMHted Every Friday by
The Press Publishing Co.
One Tear For __JLS0
HOWARD JONES, JR.
Editors
HOWARD F. JONES, SR.
Contributing Editor
That Justice May Ever Have A
Champion; That Evil Shall Not
Flourish Unchallenged.
Entered at the Postofflce at Warrenton,
North Carolina, under Aet
of Congress of 1879.
If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive us
our sins, and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.?1 John 1:9.
Conscience is the root of all
true courage; if a man would
be brave let him obey his conscience.?J.
F. Clarke.
BETTER LOCKS
NEEDED AT JAIL
While we do not advocate
the county going to
any great expense to make
the jail a safer place in
which to keep prisoners, at
the same time we point out
that there is definite need
for improvement at the
county bastile.
This week two prisoners
walked out of their cell and
made their escape. The cell
door was locked, l^it tear
ing a brace from a stepladder
in the cell, the prisoners
picked the lock. It is)
remembered how once, to
demonstrate the inefficient
cy of the locks on the doors!
of the cells in the Warren
county jail, a prisoner pioJked
one open with a spoon.
Jailer Le.e Wilson stated to
a representative of this
newspaper yesterday that
they did not use metal
spoons any more, but carried
their prisoners wooden
ones.
Possibly the present cells |
could be securely locked
with heavy chains and pad-j
locks. If that is not feasible
or desirable, then the commissioners
should find some
better way of locking the
county jail. The present
condition fails to reflect to
the dignity of the county
and escaping prisoners is a
costly proposition.
Bloodhounds brought
from Rocky Mount yesterday
captured one of the
prisoners and the commissioners
will have a bill for
this service presented to
them on next first Monday.
Usually bloodhounds are
not effective in running
down criminals, due principally
to the advent of the
automobile and to the congestion
of roads. However,
when obtained within a
short time after a crime has
been committed or an escape
made, they could be of
service, but it is usually
hours before they can be
brought here from some
distant town. It would seem
wise for each county camp
to have a pair of these dogs.
Their keep would be negligible
and their constant
presence would serve as a
determent to those planning
an escape.
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Public Pulse
Readers are invited to contribute
to this department. Articles
should be written as briefly
as possible
w Editor,
The Warren Record:
Perhaps the reason that you and
Bignall have recently greeted me
with a smile just a little more cordial
than common, if that were
possible, is because I have refrained
from asking any of your valuable
space since the A. B. C. (Alcohol
before Christ") store was
opened. But say!? Will you perCranmer?
I think I quote accumit
me to quote our beloved Judge
rately. Prom News and Observer,
Cant A. nana Q nnliimn Q
My vuiuuui M.
"To you ABC may mean Alcohol
Beverage Control but to me it
means Alcohol Before Christ," said
the judge in charging a grand jury
Warren ton. North Carolina
at Wilson on Monday. He told the
jury that they might look upon
the ABC stores as their salvation
in this time of depression and wor.
ry, and that they might look upon
them as a means of bringing them
riches, but in reality they were the
worst things that could ever happen
to a county. "I hope," said
Judge Cranmer, "that Almighty
God in His wisdom and mercy will,
if my hand should ever hold a glass
of whiskey and it should ever be
turned to my mouth, paralyze my
hand before the glass is lifted to
my mouth."
With best wishes to yourself and
The Record,
E. A. SKILLMAN.
MISS MODLIN HOSTESS
Miss Maywood Modlin was hostess
to fifteen members of the Y.
W. A. on Monday night. The following
took part in the prgram,
which was in charge of Miss Mary
Frances Rodwe'l: Misses Mary Terrell,
Margaret Kidd, Edith ana
Minnie Mustian, Elizabeth Rooker,
Maywood Modlin, Myrtle Prescott,
Zenobia Lancaster, and Mrs. Leon
King. The following officers were
elected: Miss Maxine Drake, president;
Miss Virginia Evans, vice
president; Mrs. Leon King, secretary
and treasurer; Miss Alvis
Kidd, assistant secretary and treasurer.
An ice course was served.
ON NORTHERN MARKETS
Mr. W. H. Alston and Mrs. W. L.
Wood of the Warrenton Department
Store Co. are spending this
week on the Northern markets.
RETURN FROM FISHING TRIP
Messrs. Edmund White, John
Burwell, Jim Watson, Herbert Alston,
Jerman Boyd, Pett Boyd, Bill
Rnvpp nnrf Oenro'e Rurwpll have re
turned from Alligator river where
they spent several days this week
on a fishing trip.
HOSTESS TO U. D. C.
Mrs. H. A. Boyd wil entertain
members of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy this afternoon
at 3:30 o'clock. A full attendance
is urged.
IN HOSPITAL
Friends will be glad to learn
that Mr. David Rodwell, who has
been in Park View Hospital, at
Rocky Mount; for two weeks, is improved.
He was operated on for
appendicitis. ! ^
ENTERTAINS GUEST
Miss Elizabeth Taylor entertained
friends at a dance at the Wil
liam's home on Friday night in
honor of her house guest, Miss Pela
Plummer Hundley of Newport
News, Va.
TWINS ARE HONORED
Commemorating the anniversary
of the birth of her four.year.old
twins, Alice and Charles, Mrs. M. T.
Pridgen entertained around twenty
children at her home on Tuesday
afternoon at an Easter egg hunt.
Prizes were awarded Dorothy Powell
and Fleetwood Bowden for find,
ing the most eggs, and a gift was
presented Eugene Bobbitt for getting
the cake which contained the
ring. During Old Man Happy's
hour all the children gathered
around the radio to hear him broadcast
the party. A large birthday
cake decorated the center of the
table, and the guests were served
individual cakes with lighted can.
dies and ice cream cones.
Those present were Alice and
Charles Pridgen, David Dickerson,
Bill Ellington, Alfred Ellington,
Dolores Kinsey, Lee Rose Kinsey,
Hannah Davis, Monroe Gardner,
Josephine Pinncll, Fleetwood Bow
den, Jimmie Limer, Jimmie Coker,
Jeannette Hayes, Pete Seaman,
Eugene Bobbitt, Billie Bobbitt, Dorothy
Powell, Christine Powell,
Charles Pinnell, Patterson Pinnell.
ATTENDS CONFERENCE
Miss Kathleen Capps left Monday
for Camp Silver Pines, Roaring
Gap, N. C., where she will attend
Student Government Conference
of Woman's College of University
of North Carolina. Miss
Capps is senior class representative
to the legislative body of the
Student Government Organization.
The conference will return to
Greensboro, Saturday, September'
7, to welcome all newcomers to the
college.
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TOBACCONIST ARRIVES
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Umstead and
son, Billy, of Durham have taken
an apartment in the home of Mrs.
John Graham. Mr. Umstead Is
connected with the Centre warehouse
this season.
ATTEND CONFERENCE
The Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner
attended a church conference at
Vade Mecum this week.
ENTERTAINS NIECESS
Mrs. Alpheus Jones entertained
.'at a picnic supper at the golf
course on Monday afternoon for
1 her nieces, Misses Rebecca and
' Alice Boyd of Oxford.
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PE RSONAL
By BtGKALB JONES
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Duke and I had our little joke on
Howard last week while he was
away on his vacation. Without his
assistance we got out the paper
about six hours earlier than is usually
the case. In justice to the
present editor, I confess that Duke
and I got the breaks last week.
.There was little happening to be
written, and we just had to string
along mostly with the mechanical
work, of which we do the bulk
every week.
When Howard returned late Saturday
night he told me that vie
thought of Duke and myself down
nere at the office working late on
Thursday with sympathy. I replied,
"You needn't have; I was
enjoying a picture at the Warren
Theatre."
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I am not one of those who admire
Huey P. Long, dictator of the
State of Louisiana, and thom-inthe-flesh
of the United States
Senate. However, I enjoyed reading
the first of a series of articles
about the Kingfish in the current
issue of The Saturday Evening
Post without greatly increasing my
regards for Senator Long, except
i'or some admiration for his boundless
energy and determination.
Without funds he hoboed his
way to Oklahoma City College,
where penniless he worked his way
through. Returning to Louisiana,
married by the time he was 20, he
determined to study law. The required
course called for three years.
He completed it in exactly seven
months and nassed a sneeial py.
amination with flying colors.
He was elected governor by the
Lime he reached 35, and before he
completed his first term in that office
was elected to the United
States Senate. Today he is 42 years
old?a much younger man than I
had believed.
Judging from the article the
Louisiana Kingfish is not only
lacking in principles, and ruthless,
but is unusually vindicative. His
rise in law was the result of winning
a case against a bank that
refused to honor his check; his
present battle with the Standard
Oil Co. is said to be traceable to a
hnsinp.ee honlrcof or i von him hv fh.-if
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company several years ago. .This
trait runs all through the first Installment
of the story of one of the
most colorful characters in America.
With only one vacant store in
Warrenton, with houses at such a
premium that they are not to be
rented; with J. J. Tarwater enlargening
iiis warehouse, with an
armory and new post office to be
erected, things seem to be on the
up and up here at Warrenton. We
are fast taking on city ways, what
with a perfectly good traffic light,
and our policemen to be dressed in
uniforms. If this sort of thing
keeps on the first thing we know
we will be buying a high hat for
Mayor W. T. Polk.
HOLD REUNION
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. L.
W. King near Littleton a family
reunion was held last Sunday in
honor of Mr. King, the occasion
being his 84th. birthday. Mr. King
has lived in Halifax county all of
his life, except twelve years which
he spent in Warren county, and he
has numerous friends on both sides
the line. All of his children were
present with their families. They
are J. Howard King of Huntington,
W. Va., Whit Morris of Littleton,
Waverly of Macon, Mrs. James R
Young of Macon, Arthur King of
Henderson, Mrs. T. O. Hardy of
Henderson, and Mrs. King Harper
of Littleton. One daughter being
deceased, her husband, Mr. Harris,
FARMEF
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brought the children. The grandchildren,
numbering 30, were all
present except two. A bountful dinner,
consisting of fried chicken,
country ham, beef, vegetables,
sandwiches, puddings, pies, cakes
and pickles, was served. Relatives
and friends meeting to enjoy the
occasion numbered 80. They were
from South Hill, Va., Huntington,
W. Va., Warrenton, Henderson,
Roanoke Rapids, and Macon, as
well as from the nearby community.
HONORS VISITORS
! Honoring Miss Martha Capps of
Newton, house guest of Dr. and
Mrs W Pimfor Mrs C C. Hun
ter entertained at a watermelon
party on Monday afternoon. Games
were played out doors, and Miss
Ann Macon won a prize for making
the most words out of watermelon.
Those present were Misses
Capps, Ann Macon, Isabel Allen.
Mary and Elizabeth Weston, Tudie
Kiiem, Alice Flowers, Mattie Warren
Blalock, and Clement Hunter
Weston.
HONOR OPERATOR
The telephone operators of Warren
ton, Littleton and Macon gave
a farewell party on Friday night in
the Warrenton office in honor of
Miss Helen Burchette, who has
been transferred to the office in
Washington. N. C. Miss Burchette
received a number of farewell gifts
and best wishes for her success in
her new position. Iced drinks were
enjoyed.
The following operators were
present: Miss Helen Burchette,
Miss Rachel Galloway, Miss Myrtle
Prescott and Miss Lucille Joyner
of Warrenton, Miss Louise Haithcock
of Macon and Misses Lucille
Topping and Annie Price of Littleton.
TWO OUT-OF-TOWN COUPLES
MARRIED HERE THIS WEEK
Two out-of-town couples were
married at the Baptist Pastorium
this week by the Rev. R. E. Brickhouse.
On Monday night at 9:30 o'clock
the Rev. Mr. Brickhouse joined
Robert Edgar Norvell of Henderson
,and Miss Jenette Elliott in holy
wedlock, and on Tuesday at high
noon he officiated when Henry
Burke Robertson of Petersburg and
Miss Virginia Norma Belch of
Hopewell, Va., came to Warrenton
to unite In matrimony.
BOARD REFUSES
(Continued from Page 1)
in the present enrollment.
The commissioners again said,
"no."
Appearing for the third time, the
trustees said, "You gentlemen will
not consider our proposition, and
we are just wondering if you haven't
some plan of your own to suggest."
The commissioners said they
did not, adding: "That's your job,
it's not up to this board to run the
schools."
The school men replied that they
had worked out plans to cope with
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tied unless the county board would
cooperate wit'h them financially.
The matter was discussed for a
few minutes more, at times with
feeling reaching the surface, but
the commissioners were unrelenting
in their former decision.
Those before the board in the interest
of the school were Mr. Ward,
chairman of the board of trustees,
and H. A. Moseley, C. R. Rodwell,
W. N. Boyd, and C. A. Tucker, Mr.
Davis, and Paul W. Cooper, principal
of Jciin Graham school.
A donation of $100 was made to
the United Daughters of the Con
Chas. E. Foster
Civil Engineer, Surveyor
Littleton, N. C.
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federacy for the purpose of cleaning
off the premises around the
Annie Carter Lee grave after Miss
Amma Graham appeared before the
board and told of plans for turning
the grounds around the cemetery
into a park and making the
final resting place of the Confederate
General's daughter one of the
most attractive places in the county.
Minutes pertaining to other matters
before the board are as follows:
On motion duly seconded it is
ordered that the Minute relative
to the real property of Mark S.
Harris and W. H. Wright as appears
on page 185, August 5th, 1935, be
rescinded, and it is further ordered
that the valuation of Mark S. Harris
to remain the same; that is
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witnout any decrease, aiiu uiai vv.
H. Wright's valuation be reduced
$119 in valuation.
Ordered that the monthly appropriation
of P. P. Crowder, outside
pauper, be increased to $5.00 per
month.
Ordered that $6.00 be appropriated
to purchase a truss for Mr. J.
A. Cheek.
Members of the Board of Commissioners
for the Town of Warrenton
appeared and requested an
appropriation for the purpose of
building a N. C. National Guard
Armory. On motion by Commissioner
Powell, seconded by Commissioner
Wall, and with no dissenting
vote; it is agreed and ordered
that an amount not to exceed
two-thirds of the cost for the
purchase of the land be appropriated.
Chairman W. H. Burroughs
is appointed to act with the
Town Board in the matter.
The following are ordered placed
on the outside pauper list and paid
$2.00 per month: Tempe Richardson,
voucher to be delivered to Mr.
R. L. Capps; William Hargrove,
Norlina, R-3, Box 46; Simon Kearney
and wife, Elberon; Elizabeth
Spruill, $2.00 for one month.
Ordered that $5.00 per month be
appropriated for rent for office of
the colored County Agricultural
Agent.
A GUARANTEED
MONTHLY
RETIREMENT
INCOME for LIFE
If you are a family man with
responsibilities you will be
interested in this Retirement
Income plan for yourself
because it performs
double duty.
THE OPTIONAL RETIREMENT
POLICYwill:
Take care of you if you live;
Take care of your family if
you die prematurely.
THE
EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES
Jimmie Mayfieid, Agt.
Warrenton, N. C.
Pleue send me further information
on the Optional Retirement Plan.
My present age is t
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Ordered that $3.00 per month be
appropriated for Mr. R. H. Rudd
on account of physical disability.
Voucher to be delivered to Mrs.
Charlotte S. Perkinson, Raleigh.
Mr. T. B. Gardner is appointed
Disbursing Agent for the Warren
I County Alcoholic Beverages Con.
trol Board, and compensation fixed
at $50.00 per month.
There being no further business,
on motion duly seconded, it is or. |
dered that this board adjourn to
meet again subject to the call of
the Chairman.
Mrs. George Thomas of Wilming-j
ton is a guest of Mrs. Haywood
Clark at Hotel Warren.
Mr. John Skinner of Littleton
was a recent visitor here.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends
and physician for the many acts
of kindness, expressions of sympathy
and for their beautiful floral
offerings during the illness and
death of our step-mother and (
grandmother.
?Herman Pike and family.
Local Firm Extends
Modernization NHA
Loans For Repairs
It is the time now to use NHA
facilities to repair your home. Mr. I
Hugh White was discussing this
plan and the very cheap money.
For instance if your home needs a
new roof, new plaster walls or re-1
painting, he will be glad to accept!
your application from $100 to $2000.'
I CAR OF IS
Smokeless
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This is an ideal coal
and particularly in ca
troubled with clogged
Part of car already en
mainder at small profit
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Warreni
Sales & Service
)y to see Shorty Gilk
He said he was so I
have time to write ad.
some mighty good j
ng wrecked cars.
?Advertising Mara
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1 These loans are PaW^acTaTw.
I from one to three years,
lin equal Installments. ' 1 I
1 Should you need a new root m
I painting outside and the cosu,
1 $275.00, and you wish to repay 5 |H|
I three years, the monthly
I ment is $8.79. This is the Go\w
Iment figured rate of 5 per cent in.
I terest.
I At these very low charges it ^
1 apparent that NOW is the time ^
I do your repair work, as he does not
1 know how long these terms
llast. He also mentioned the ^
1 of red tape in making these lo^
I There is no surveyor, appraiser
I any other cost whatever, and th>
1 usual time required for complete
I of loan is ten days from day of
1 plication.
I Any one wishing to repair, sim.
I ply selects his carpenter and finds
1 out the cost of the job. He thai W?
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a^uuauon at vn,i. I
Building Supplies Office to T t I
A. Willi,ms Jr. I, son
ance in estimating your job it M, I
be given you free of cost J1" B
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LOWER PRICES I
Clover Seed $5.75 blJ
Abruzzi Rye $1.25 bu
Corn Twine 48c ball
Macon Grocery Co,
Macon, N. C.
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Large Egg
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for furnaces and stoves,
,ses where residents ave
flues and stove pipes.
gaged. We will sell re- I
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