I 1 I ACCURATE, TERSE J I TIMELY J I VOLUME XXXVI I SCHOOLS MY I OPEN MONDAY I fro-v Storm Delays Open ing of Warren County Schools A Week ROADS ARE STILL BAD Boys and girls, who have had a | I B,ek'S additional holiday on ac- ] I count cf the heavy snow and sleet, I will return to their c'.ass rooms on I -f-wiHav morning provided road I I Mi/"14-.and weather conditions permit. ^Supt. J Edward Allen said yes te.-day that plans at present are for re-cpening the schools on Monday but that he could not say definitely when class work would resume on account of the fact that he did not know what would be the condition of the roads by next veek. -If the roads are in such condition Monday morning that they do not permit safe bus travel, of curse we will not open at that ime," he stated. me Christmas holidays for stu I cents in the schools over the counry commenced on Friday afternoon, December 20, and were scheduled to come to a close cn Monday mornI ing. December 30. but due to the I unusually heavy snow and rough I weather the opening was postponed until Thursday morning of this I week. A continuation of the inI clemem weather caused the opening I - wo /Waved until next week. = j ?l IV wv ?. ? Some members of the John GraI ham High School were notified on Sunday afternoon that school would not open on Monday and have not returned to Warrenton but others who failed to get their messages arrived here on Sunday night and have been spending the week here . Much Whiskey Sold In County On Christmas Eve The three whiskey stores in Warren county did a laige volume of business on Christmas eve when a total of $1,784 was passed across to counters for gins, wines, whiskeys and liquers. Sales at the Warrenton store exceeded by far those made at NorIna and Littleton, there behvg another whiskey store in the latter town operated by the Halifax county board. Sales here for the day amounted to S1058. as compared with $383 at Xorlina and $343 at Littleton. Business houses here also report that they experienced one of the best day's hnsinpcc in vpare nn I_??_ -v. " J ' ? Cinstmas eve. Mrs. Cook Dies At Aurelian Springs Littleton, Jan. 1?Mrs. Rebecca Cook. 80, widow of the late D. T. Ccok, died at Aureliari Springs on Friday, December 27th. Mrs. Cook I *13 born and reared in Halifax county and has been a member of Quanky Baptist Church for a number of years. Funeral services were conducted I kom the residence Sunday afterI nocn at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. Rufus I Bradley of Rocky Mcuat. The pallI bearers were Willis Perkins, PerI bins Taylor, Horace Robinson, June I Collier, Rufus Bradley , Ollie Mo|tom, Joe Riddick, S. C. Crawley H,and W. W. Warren. Interment was ] ?ade in Sunset Hill Cemetery, I1 V -ittleton. I Surviving are the following ciiilI pn: Misses Mattie and Ailene I Co<*. Littleton; Mrs. J. G. Bose Scotland Neck; Mrs. F. S. I Dunn; E. L. Cook, Dunn; I y5- C. L. Kelly, T. B. and Olea I Littleton. I Auto License Law j j| L Enforced Here I (^spite the sleet and snow which 1 I to t>revc'nted some from traveling I J? adjoining towns to procure new I plates, the law requiring all I I B|!ttllolliles and trucks to wear! r tags after December 31 is bell * strictly enforced here. |1 * number of Warrenton persons I il fio tove down town Wednesday II Bj'"1'11? were stopped by a high-1 11 Patrolman and if they had not 1 bought their 1936 plates \Vm J* were given a ticket and order-1 W[? ai?pear before a magistrate.! IH fl ? Cars with old tags have been 1 1gunning around town since 1 111 J?'eaiher forecast for Friday4.1 HI t'y claudy, rising temperature. | ' 3 WARRENTON, Court Seeks To Clear Docket For New Year Start Efforts to clear up old debts and start the new year off with a clean docket were made in Recorder's court on Monday morning when the session was devoted to ordering capaises issued for these who were granted time to pay the costs in actions and have failed to come forward with the cash. Some of these cases have been on the docket for months despite several efforts to get the cash from the defendants, who were granted a little time to pay rather than committed to jail or the roads after they had been convicted and ordered to pay the costs or fine, but when they appeared before the judge they have in most instances put up sucn a pitiful tale and convincing promises to remove their names from the debit side of the ledger in short order that they were granted an extension of time. But 1935 has come to a close and the solicitor, the judge and the clerk want to clear their records, so on Monday morning 37 capaises were issued in order to get the debtors into court. In addition, an alias capias was issued for Early Kearney, negro charged with disposing of mortgaged property, who is now out of the county. inoi a siiigie case was tried Monuay, out a jury was drawn to do ciae tne civil case tne 4tn Monday oeiween W. ti. Overoy and M. O. ax-cks, Administrator. Committeemen To 15e Elected By Cotton Growers i Notices requesting cotton growers to meet at various places in the county next week for the purpose of electing cotton committeemen for the year 1936 have been mailed out this week by County Agent Bob Bright. The places and time that the meetings are to be held are printed below: Hawtree township, Perkinson's! store, Monday morning at 10 o'clock; iNUtbush township, Watkin's store, Monday morning at 11:30 oc'lock; Smith Creek township, Mayor's office at Norlina, Manday afternoon, at 1:30 o'clock; Shccco township, Pinnell's store, Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock; Sandy Creek, Hechfc's Grove, Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock; Fork township, Eugene Davis' store, Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock; Fishing Creek township, Capps' store, Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock; Judkins township, Jesse Harris' store, Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock; River township, Sam King's store, Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock; Sixpound township, Churchill school, Wednesday morning at 11:30 o'clock; Roanoke towns-hip, H. L. Wall's home, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock; Warren ton, Court House, Thursday morning at 11 o'clock, o'clock. Local Mortican Hires Assistant JJorman mayiocK 01 xienaersun has accepted a position with the T. V. Allen Funeral Parlors. He will relieve Mr. Allen of the major portion of the embalming work and assist him in conducting funerals but the work will still be under Mr. Allen's supervision. Mr. Blaylock is a graduate of the Gupton-Jones College of Embalming, Nashville, Tenn., and for the past two years has been connected with the Mason-Yelverton Funeral Home at Raleigh. He and Mrs. Blaylock moved to Warrenton on Tuesday and have taken an apartment in the home of Mrs. E. T. Rodwell. Norman Lovell, who has assisted Mr. Allen for several years, will remain with him. "I needed a good man to take some of the work and responsibility off of me, so I got Mr. Blaylock who is well qualified for the job," Mr. Allen said. ACCEPTS POSITION Edward Rooker Jr. has accepted a position as accountant for the Peck Manufacturing Company. Miss Edith Burwell is also assisting with the office work. The mill is being operated at present by V. F. Ward, who is president of the concern. IMPROVING Friends are glad to learn that Mr. A. W. Hall, who for ten days was critically ill at his home here is rapidly improving. Iff 11: , COUNTY OF WARREN, IS Grand Champion of Jun CHICAGO . * . Robert Lcmans of when his Hampshire barrow, Silver him the title of Grand Champion ol at the annual International Livestc W. H. Bell, 60, Dies On Saturday; Paralysis Victim Funeral services for William H. Bell, 60, were conducted from his home here on Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. R. E. Brickhouse, Baptist minister, and the Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal church. Interment followed in Fairview cemetery. The services were expected to be held on Sunday afternoon but due to the inclment wather they were postponed until the following day. Mr. Bell died on Saturday night at 9:45 o'clock as the result of a stroke of paralysis which he suffered nineteen months ago. He had been confined to his home since that time and for ten days prior to his death he was critically ill. Mr. Bell was the son of W. S. and Lucy Wright Bell of Churchill. He remained in Sixpound township until after he had reached manhood, moving to Warrenton in 1902. After coming here he went on the road as a traveling salesman for the Majestic Manufacturing Company and held a position with this concern for around 20 years. He is survived by two brothers and two sisters: John Bell of Warrenton and Stith Bell of Vaughan Miss Lottie Bell and Mrs. Sam Weldon cf Warrenton. Pallbearers were C. R. Rodwen, W. R. White, T. R. Frazier, W. H. Burroughs, A. C. Blalock and T. O. Rodwell. Two John Graham Teachers Marry Two members of the John Graham High School faculty were married during the Christmas holidavs. Paul W. Cooper, principal of the school, was married to miss kuw Kreis of Baltimore, Md., in that city on December 23, one day after F. H. Eason, English teacher, and Miss Sarah Eunice Matthews of Kipling had spoken the wedding vows before the Rev. J. C. Menius of Lillingtcn. Announcement of the CooperKreis marriage was made several weeks ago but the wedding of Mr. Eason and Miss Matthews came as a surprise to friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper have an apartment in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Alston. Mr. and Mrs. Eason are making their home with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scott. Injured Patrolman Returns To Duties Patrolman Paul Welch, who was seriously injured when his motorcycle failed to make a curve at Vaughan several months ago when he was stationed at Warrenton, has been returned to this town by Captain Farmer of the State Highway Patrol. Patrolman Welch stayed in the hospital for several weeks as a result of his accident. The patrolman, who during the rough weather is using a car rather Kian a motorcycle, has been busy since his return to Warrenton seeing that cars and trucks wear new license plates and that the motor vehicle laws are not violated in other ways. arrftt I. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 t ior Feeding With Owner $11111 i i i -:-x-. ' : : : : " * x*x-xv*xvx<>vxv:x::x;:*>x??<^ %\.vX*.v. . .% : iyS^""^''v!vA-Wv'' < ' -.^vfiSlaaoganaKSfrlvAW&.^X'X'XvXvX'Xi V r r * P.A.S.J : ..\..:.?; ./ .: . i Eldred, 111., got the thrill of a lifetin; Light, weighing 320 pounds, won fr Junior Feeding in the early judgii. ick Exhibition here. Young Folk Skate And Sleigh During Cold Spell The blanket of snow which ha; covered this section since Sunday December 22, began to disappeas yesterday beneath the steady rainfall which began early Thursda\ morning with rising temperature. And with the rising temperature and melting snow came pleased expressions from persons of the towi: who welcome the breaking of the cold spell which has had the thermometer playing tag with the 12 and 20 degree marks for nearly twe weeks. While the paved streets and highways have been cleared of the snow and ice the roads in the country 'although dragged, are still slippery and unpleasant to travel over. Main street in Warrenton has been dagged several times since the snow first occurred here and on Tuesday and Wednesday the highway force, with prisoners under guns in the hands of guards, loaded the snow in trucks and hauled it out of town. Streets of the town were unusually treacherous cn Wednesday night due to snow and ice melting in the middle of the day and freezing again after sundown. Young boys and girls, and some of the older folks too, have taken advantage of the unusual weather for sleigh riding and ice skating, however the latter sport has not been indulged in as much as the former due to the fact that the ice on the ponds has been covered most of the time by snow. Before the second snow, whicb came last Sunday, there was some ice skating on the pond at the rifle range and on the Peck pond. Sleighriding has been down practically all grades around town and par ticularly so on the road leading towards Macon and Liberia and on the street next to the Citizens Bank. Warrenton Quietly Greets New Year Warrenton greeted the new year without much ado. There were a few fire-crackers tcssed out of cars traveling up and down the street about the midnight hour and several bells were heard to ring out for a few minutes, but apparently they "were not being pulled with the gusto that usually causes them to swing long and loud at the opening o7 another year. There were a number of watch parties and cock-tail parties but the j majority of the folks preferred tc remaiff by a fire rathe than venj tuee into the cold night air on ' slippery streets. CHANGES JOB T. R. Frazier, who for years has 1 been connected with the BoydI Boyce Motor Company as Ford I calMman has accented a. nnsition i with the Williams Motor Company | Dodge and Plymouth dealers. W j R. Hedgepeth, who for years has I had charge of the mechanical di! vision of the Boyd-Boyce Motoi Co, has gone on the roads as 1 salesman to-replace Mr. Frazier. I ! Mr. Tom Holt returned to the University of North Carolina yes| terday. &ni l, 1936 Subscri MHiHl WK11US1 ABUll NLW YtiAl Thinks 1936 Good Time T< Improve Sous and Farm Buildings OFFERS TO CLEAN SEEI By R. H. BRIGHT County Agent Nineteen thirty-six is here an 1935 is history. I wonder how man iarmers will take inventory befot starting 1936 operations. I gues we all try to justify what we hav done in tire past year and try t show a profit. I see now whero could have given better service i 1935 and resolve to do this in 193' This cold weather forces us i and this seclusion naturally causf one to think. I was sitting before blazing fire and thinking aboi 1936 and how I could help to male it a better year for the farme This thought occurred to me: Wt not start a movement to impror farm lands, farm buildings an farm life, and the farmers be r< sponsible for the program? A scoi card could be drawn up and evei farm in the county graded. Th would be an excellent inventoi and give us a basis to work oi This plan could be worked out o a community basis and each con munity have its officers and con [ pete with other communities. Th card would be divided into sever: . sections. For example: soil conse: vation, soil improvement, land us ! painting the farm home, paintir barns and other buildings on tl r farm, a sufficient number of livs stock for the farm, herd improve ment, poultry for the farm, pa! ture for the farm, financing tl: farm, and care of woodland. Th list is not complete but gives son: idea of the items that should be ir oi in n nlnn frv mnlrn fnnmin ( v/iuugu iii ai j^/ian uu ma&c xaxuiii. ' a safer and better vocation. 1 I have often thought that tt farmer was willing to make pro<; ress if he had a chance. One of tt best farmers in the county wt talking to me a few days ago abo? land use. He said that farme: cleared land that should be left i 1 timber. And wvTen you look at sorr 1 of the clay hills and gullies in th 1 county you are forced to agre Land is a natural resource an there is a limited supply. I sa some slides a few days ago of lan L in Denmark that was growing ur. believeable crops. The man shov ing these slides said that this pai ' ticular plot of land cost over $2,0C : per acre. Naturally I thought < the land that is being washed awa and ruined so far as farming : concerned. [ Tobacco Seed I will be glad to clean tobacc , seed for farmers if they will brir : the seed to this office. All persor (Continued on Page 6) i Wild Life Hurt i By Snow Storn Wild life has suffered heavil from the frigid weather in Warre county, E. Hunter Pinnell, gam warden, stated this week. He sai : that partridges would net fl , more than a hundred yards wha flushed now and asked that sports men refrain from shooting thes birds until they had an opportun ity to get something to eat and re gain their strength. Not only have birds and rabbi! suffered from the cold weather an lack of food, but the snow has ol fered an opportunity for many pec pie to track them down. Davis Now Head Of County Hom< Hugh G. Davis of Pishing Cree township, elected by the Board c County Commissioners at the! regular monthly meeting in Augu; ! to manage the county home, too i charge on Wednesday. Mr. Davis succeeds Mrs. Nann i B. Powell who has been superlr tendent of the home since tl death of her husband, the late V T. Powell. While Mrs. Powell ws i in charge of the home, she was as sisted by her son, Arthur Powell. 1 Mrs. Powell and Mr. Arthi i Pcwell have moved to the Powe , home near Warrenton, formerl , t>he residence of Mr. and Mrs. v i H. Dameron and family, LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON i Congressman John H. Kerr d< parted yesterday for Washingtc for the opening of Congress toda i His secretary, Howard F. Jones, ar Mrs. Jones left Wednesday mon ing. rii ption Price, St,,u ly NEW YORK ... The striking re woolen style above, worn by Jane lCj Wyatt, /is a pearl gray design j. knitted against a dark blue back* ground and is fastened by twd e enormous frogs of braided cord. The 7 skirt is o? matching blue, the shoe* is and bag being reptile. y ? m Couples Seeking [I Marriage Licenses is Swamp Register al ' f- The Register of Deeds office was e, swamped by applicants for marig riage licenses on Christmas eve day ie when eight couples and friends appeared there at practically the same hour to procure licenses. ?" Register of Deeds Powell said ie that he nor Deputy Scott issued a 13 license in the morning but that ie when they returned, to the office l_ after lunch the hall was crowded ? with persons who desired licenses. While they were busy issuing 12 these certificates another couple >- appeared with a license and, acte cording to Mr. Powell, the parties is were so impatient to be married xt without delay that he carried them rs into the vault and "hitched the n knot" while Mr. Scott continued to 15 fill out the blanks, is "It's fun.iy how it happened," ? said Mr. Scott, "but we didn't have d any licenses to issue in the mornw ing or none to issue after we had d taken care of the rush. They all i- seemed to have congregated at the r- office while we were out for perhaps 45 minutes getting lunch." >0 A check-up of the records reveal)f ed that 29 persons applied for ,y licenses to marry between Decernis ber 20th and January 1st, and one applied on January 1. The licenses were issued to the following :o couples: 12 "Hpp 9fi r^-Pnroro "RVanlr -Trvnpc nf w BW A 1U11U V ViiVU is LaCrosse, Va., and Lucy Lee Morris of LaCrosse, Va. (white). Dec. 21?Karl L. Ponzer Jr. of Elizabethtown, N. C? and Mabel Thomas Overby (white); John B tl Williams and Cornelia C. Wilson (colored); Herbert M. Banks and iy Alice M. Palmer (colored); John n Henry Stegall Jr. and Susie Grace le (Continued on page 6) d ? * Credit Association To Hold Meeting ;e ? i- An invitation is extended to all i- farmers of this county to attend the annual meeting of the Hender:s son Production Credit Association d at Henderson on January 16 in the Vance County Court House, it is >- announced by W. B. Gooding, secretary of the association. The Henderson association serves Granville, Vance and Warren (Continued on Page 6) e E. T. ODOM WINS JACKk POT AT WARREN THEATRE >f lr E. T. Odom won the jack-pot at st the Warren Theatre on Wednesday ik night and was presented $10)30 Each Wednesday night a name ie is drawn from a box containing the i- signatures of those who have atie tended the theatre at least one 7. time prior to the drawing and the is lucky person wins the money. In the 5- event the person whose name is called is not present, the money is ir added to the jack-pot for the fol11 lowing week. ly 7. METHODIST TO HOLD CONFERENCE SATURDAY The first quarterly Conference will be held at Warrenton next >- Saturday, January 4, at 10:30 a.m., m the Rev. O. I. Hinson announced y. this week. Ld The new Presiding Elder, Dr. J. i- M. Culbreth, will preach at tills hour, the Rev. Mr. Hinson stated. * |^H MOST OF THE NEWS jl ALL THE TIME NUMBER 1 FIRE DESTROYS BAPTIST CHURCH | Two Members Express View That Fire Was Started By A Rat CITIZEN WATCH HAVOC The opinion that a rat was responsible for the fire which destroyed the Warrenton Baptist church on Tuesday afternoon was expressed on Wednesday by two leading members of the church who made a thorough investigation after the devastating flames had been smothered. Supt. of Schools J. Edward Allen and "Capt." J. Willie White bcth said that they were inclined to believe that the fire was started by a rat that had gotten hold of a match and climbed into the wall3 rather than by the furnace which was at first blamed for the fire by a number of persons who expressed opinions as to the origin of the flames. Mr. Allen stated that he found no defect in the flues, that the current was off in the building, and that from his investigation he rather thought that a rodent had gotten hold of a match and carried it to its warm nest in the wall near the flue. Mr. White stated that indications were that the blaze did not start from the furnace, which was being operated with a small fire at the time to prevent pipes from freezing and that he, too, was of the opinion that a rat started the fire. smoke was pouring irom tne building when the fire was discovered about 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon by Edward Tarwater who threw in the alarm from a switch located near the church in front of the home of Dr. and Mrs. G. E'. Macon. Practically the entire town responded to the alarm and stood on the ice for an hour or more as firemen played two hose on the building. The flames had such headway by the time the fire was discovered and the water turned on it was practically impossible to salvage anything from the building other than the Bible, which was saved by the janitor, a few pictures and a small organ. The pipe organ was ruined. Although the brick walls did not crumple and the church still stands, the building is regarded as a complete wreck. There was $6,000 insurance on the church itself and $1500 on the organ. The value of the chinch and organ was placed at between $10,000 and $12,000. While officers of the church have not come to any definite decision as to what steps they will take for a future house of worship, there exists some auuDt as to wneuiei the church will be rebuilt. Inasmuch as the building is regarded as a complete loss and that several offers have been made for the lot in the past, it is probable that steps will be taken In an effort to secure another lot further from the street where a larger church may be erected. It is a known fact that Mrs. Katherine P. Arrington made a tempting offer to officers of the church several years ago in an rffort to acquire the lot, remove the church and further enhance the beauty of her home and garden, out whether she still desires the property is not known. She is out of town at present. It has also been stated that the Standard Oil Company desires the lot as a location for a service station and that the (Continued on Page 6) Baptist To Hold j Services Sunday The destruction of their church by fire on Tuesday will not prevent members of the Baptist church from holding services and conducting Sunday School on Sunday. The Rev. R. E. Brickhouse, pas' --C aU>.waU trAofo-fHd J tor OX tilt? UIIUTUU, OiaiCU jrtauv/iwwj that Sunday school will be held at the regular time in the basement of the John Graham High School and that the 11 o'clock services will be conducted in the Methodist church. There will be no evening service, he stated. All churches of the town have been offered Rev. Mr. Brickhouse and members of his chuiph for holding services and it is probable that the others will be used. The Warren Theatre has also been offered by George Robinson, its manager.