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I FIRE PROBLEM
I Appoint Committee To InI
rest'gate Methods Of
I Other Towns
/reduce police force
Harold R. Skillman and W. R.
/sirsftwd wore appointed by the
soird of Town Commissioners on
Monday night as a committee to
with w. H. Burroughs, fire
I-v.f towards securing better fire
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Hprotection for the town ui wai 1CX1- |
'.Members of this committee are
fipected to visit other towns and
inspect their equipment, find out
the cost of a new engine, pump,
hose and other pharaphenalia used
bv modern companies in fighting
tires. They will then make recomBmendatioiis
to the ocard at a called
jjfeting or at the regular meeting
m February.
The discussion of the fire propo- J
siiion was projected in the meeting
sron after the commissioners ar rived.
Fire Chief William Bur roughs
told members of the board J
that in his opinion the volunteer
company did mighty well with what
they had to work with but that'
they were handicapped by lack of
equipment. Following his remarks
and his offer to co-operate with the
j ;? onv uav Dossible, Mr. J
DOaru a* * "*' Sillman
and Mr. Strickland were
appointed to work with him.
The only other acti-n taken by
to board at this meeting, aside
from payment or bills, was to dispense
with the services of Deputy
She iff Ro.v Shearin at the end of
the present month. Mr. Shearin
eras appointed temporarily by the
brand to assist in looking after the
peace of the town during certain
tons. The commissioners expressed
the opinion that the regular
force would be adequate to police
the town new that the Christmas
season is over and there seems to
be no great amount of crime here.
Cash Bonus Bill
May Be Passed By
Present Congress
V' navment of the bonus as an
essential part of the recovery protam
has been recommended by the
Tars and Means Committee and it
berected that the H:use will vote
Ms>r fn- the full payment of the
?Urates.
?>>e chances for its passage
r the Senate are regarded as being
iwe fan-able than they have been
i" the past.
Senator Bailey, who opposed
"nus leeslation in previous Con>wns
stated on Wednesday that
' ?"ed pending negotiations
result in an agreement on the
"-is satisfactory to the President,
*e veterans and the Congress.
The low interest rates now availa10
government make such
Inent far more practicable
any time heretofore," he
:ommending to the House
; of the bonus, the report
Ways and Means committee
"Immediate cash payment
adjusted service certificates
rease the purchasing power
nation. It believes that it is
rntial part of the recovery
n, that T.he present policy
toward recovery argues
y that this debt, which is
ue and unpaid, should be
i cash to the defenders of our
?, who rendered the services,
'id in their lifetime."
committee said thai addimoney
immediately necessary
'yment would be about one
dollars. It added the "cona"
that the adjusted service
:ate "is an acknowledgment
,e war service of the then
1 of our American manhood,
it should be recognized in a
adjustment of the service
t?d that the veterans stirmlrl
^ff'-lve that payment in their lifeI
HOSTESS to club
1I:S- P. M. Alien was hostess to
W c'u^ yesterday afternoon. High
Prize was wen by Mrs. Edmund
Bpe- Miss Eula Allen, the only
Bya Suest, was also presented a
B^5- A sweet course with coffee
B^s- T. D. Peck of Henderson
B5 a guest of Mrs. G. H. Macon
B.Sunday night.
Bp and Mrs. Tim Thompson
W ^en an apartment in the
P 0{ Mrs. H. P. Reid.
Norman H. Newell and son,
?an Jr., are spending this wee*:
Mrs. w. J. Edwards of Green
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WARRENTON,
County Board
Passes One Of Its
Quietest Days
Members of the Board of County
Commissioners held one of the
quietest sessions on Monday that
the present members have ever experienced.
When the meeting, which was cf
minor importance except to those
who had bills which they wish con- 1
verted into cash, came to a close at |
2:30 o'clock in the afternoon, Chairman
W H. Burroughs commented:
"I have been here seven years and
this was the quietest session I ever
attended."
The small crowd in the commissioners
room throughout the day
and the decrease in calls for appro|
priations was attributed to the dis
agreeableness of the weather.
All members of the board were
present except H. L. Wall who lives
across the river. The minutes of
the meeting follows:
Ordered that beer license be issued
to Mr. Joe Atkins of Littleton
for a period of six months for the
sum of $12.50.
Ordered Miat Napoleon Burt
(col), Fork township, be exempted
from payment of poll tax, he being
over 50 years of age.
Ordered that the monthly appropriation
of Chas. Goode be increased
to $4.00 per month for four
months.
Ordered that $5.00 be appropriated
to help defray conveyance expense
of Rev. H. R. Miller to Raleigvi.
Ordered that $2.00 per month be
appropriated for Laura Alston.
Ordered that $4.00 per month be
appropriated for R. L. Sullivan for
four months.
Ordered that $2.00 be appropriated
fcr one month for George
Shearin.
Five Persons
Seek To Become
Postmaster i
At least five persons are known
to have filed application for the
position of postmaster of the Warrenton
cffice, to succeed Mrs. Nannie
Mcl. Moore who some time ago
tendered her resignation to become
effective at the expiration of her
present term in March of this year
Amcng those who secured applications
from the post office before
the filing date came to a close are
Miss Effie Ellington, Robert Scott,
Martin Davis, Fred Moseley and
Edward Rocker Jr.
These applicants will not be required
to stand a competitive civil
service examination in order to become
el'gible for the position, it is
understocd. The appointment, it
was stated, is to be made by President
Roosevelt upon recommendation
of Congressman John H. Kerr.
The appointment is then confirmed
by the senate.
Inasmuch as Mrs. Moore surrenders
her place within a few
weeks, it L', presumed that Congressman
Kerr will give his endorsement
to one of teie candidates
within the next few days.
Floods Sweep
Away Eden Flat
j The flat at Eden's ferry was
snatched loose and driven down the
Roanoke to some unknown destination
by the huge blocks of ics
which floated down the river when
the weather began to modeate several
days ago, it was learned this
week from Jasper Shear in. No one
was on the flat, which had been
made fast near the shore.
Mr. Shearin also revealed some
history in connection with the Rcanoke.
He said t?hat it was known
to have frozen over five times,
these unusual occasions being in
1857, 1892, 1893, 1917 and 1935.
Henry Stainsbury
Buried Wednesday
Funeral services for Henry Stansbury,
45, were conducted from his
home on the outskirts of Warien
ten Wednesday afternoon at 3
o'clock by the Rev. R. E. Brickhouse.
Burial took place in Fairview
cemetery.
Mr. Stansbury died early Monday
morning. He is survived by his
wife and several children.
Mr. W. J. Mayfield of Camden,
S. C., is visiting relatives in Warren
county.
Misses Elizabeth and Virginia
Vaughan and Mr. Junius Aycock
and Mr. Fred Dortch were visitors
in Jacksonville last week end.
Miss Frances Hayes visited her
sister, Miss Alice Hayes, at St.
Lukes Hospital, Richmond, recently.
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COUNTY OF WARREN, N
Lindbergh Host?
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LONDON '. . . AubreyONeil!
Morgan (above), husband of the
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be host to Colonel and Mrs. Charles
Lindbergh and their son Jon, at his1
secluded home at Cardiff, Wales, j
Kidnapping threats at home brought'
the Lindberghs here.
Wife-Husband
Trouble Is Aired
In County Court
The old, old story of man and
wife not being able to live together
in peace and harmony was told in
Recorder's court on Monday morning
when two women, one of them
white and the other colored, came
into the Temple of Justice to have
their husbands punished for abusing
them.
Mrs. Joe Brown, nee Pearl Billings,
told the court that the happiness
of her married life was injured
by her husband slapping her.
After she had given an account of
her domestic troubles she was asked
by Judge Taylor if she wanted
to continue to live with her husband.
She at first replied in the
negative but later said that she did
"if he will treat me right." The
judgment of the court was that the
defendant be taxed with the costs.
Charlie Coleman's wife, negro,
said that her husband had grabbed
her rather forcibly about the body
and had choked her. The husband
admitted catching k.old of her but
denied putting his hand around her
throat to choke her. He said that,
hari "lnw-mfpH" his narpnf.S. I
After hearing both sides of tlie
case, the solicitor took a nol pros.
Fenne.- Peoples, white man who
engaged in a fracas on the cotton
mill hill a year or mere ago, faced
a charge of assault due to the fact
that his case was re-docketed on
account of not having paid the
costs in the case. He was ordered
to the roads fo-r a period of 30 days.
Howard Alston, negro who was
brought into court under a capias,
paid up his costs in a case that had
been on the docket for some time.
Sidney Rooker, white, was told that
he would have to pay. Several
others for whom capiases had been
issued had paid up since last week,
while others, who are still in arrears
in their payments, were out
of the county or could not be located
by the sheriff.
Christmas Calls
Drain Charity Chest
As might have been expected
aunng tne monin wmcn not umy
embraced the Yuletide season but
also brought with it the coldest
and roughest spell of weather that
this county has experienced in
years, disbursements from the
county Charity Chest exceeded receipts
in December.
Miss Lucy Leach, welfare officer,
sa;d that $86.00 was donated by the
more fortunate for the poor during
the past month but there was such
a heavy demand for relief that
$113.00 had to be pulled from the
Charity Chest, which was padded
by funds contributed during the
recent drive conducted by the Welfare
Board.
In addition to the money that
was spent from the welfare office |
to relieve suffering and brighten
on Christmas morning, Miss Leach
said that 92 Christmas Opportunities
were taken by persons who
wished to share the joy of the
season.
In commenting on expenditures
and receipts, the welfare officer
stated that her department is continually
called on for help from
the destitute who are unable to eke
out an existence and have no other
rUnro tn cro fnr t.h hare necessities
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of life. She asks that the public
bear this in mind and make contributions
whenever possible in
order that the welfare department
may continue to relieve suffering
humanity and at the same time
stay out of the red.
DR. CULLOM TO PREACH
Dr. W. R. Cullom of Wake Forest
College will preach at Brown's
church on Sunday morning, Jan.
12, at 11 o'clock.
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SUPERIOR COURT
OPENS MONDAY
Criminal Docket Regarded
As Being Very Light;
No Murder Case
CRANMER TO PRESIDE
The January term of Warren
county Superior court will open
here on Monday morning with
Judge E. H. Cranmer cf Southport
pres'ding. This will be the first
time that Judge Cranmer has held
court in Warren county since May
1931, at which time four murder
cases were tried.
When the Southport jurist comes
to Warren county this time he will
not preside over a single murder
nract. nnlf.cs rmp finris its Wav On the
docket between now and the duration
of criminal court.
Fourteen cases have been placed
on the criminal docket since the
September term of court, but the
docket is regarded as being fairly
light unless the bank case is gone
into during this term.
The new cases which have been
added to the docket are: Charlie
Ellis, negro, charged with attempted
rape; Ray Weston and Beulah
Dean, possession of whiskey for the
purpose of sale; Wilson Lee, negro,
false pretense; Willie Davis, negro,
breaking, entering and larceny,
James Wcrtham, negro, false pretense;
C. E. Loyd, white, and Horace
Jones, negro, entering and larceny;
Robert Williams, negro, larceny
and receiving; Lucy Brown
and Nelson Williams, negroes, immorality;
Ed Bolton, negro, larceny;
Charlie Williams, negro, breaking,
entering and larceny; Dan Terry,
negro, assault with intent to commit
rape; William Cheek, negro,
larceny; Wash Carter, negro, noasupport
of minor children; John
Watson, negro, embezzlement.
Cases which have been on the
docket for some time, some of them
fcr years, but which have not been
disposed of are: Jack West, carrying
a concealed weapon; W. H. Holloway,
false pretense; Burl Ayscue,
onH 1 o rnonv W TT Kt.PW
ui&aiiuxg uiiu IUJ. ) in ??. ?..
I art, reckless driving; Harry Lee,
Ardical Miller, Thomas Royster,
breaking, entering and larceny;
George B. Alston, Billie Alston, embezzlement;
Murphy Alston, seduction;
G. B. Gregory, Carter Williams,
J. G. Ellis, L. C. Kinsey, violation
of the banking laws.
Some of the above cases have
been tried but are still on the docket
due to the fact tiiat the defendant
or defendants are required to
come into court and report; some
of them have been continued on
account of the defendants being on
the road or having escaped from
jail, and some of them have been
continued at the request of the defendants,
or tiie solicitor, for various
causes.
Jurors chosen for this term of
court are:
?First week?J. C. Moore, F. R.
Bobbitt, Ollie A. Rose, Leon Ferkinson,
J. B. Pritchard, G. G.
Egerton, J. F. Hunter, F. T. Read,
W. A. Moore, Simon Wilson, A. J.
Ellington, E. J. Perkinson, Henry
Howard, P. E. Brauer, G. W. Hes*
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lev, 1. u. ijeunara, hj. w. ncnmig,
J. F. Ayscue, Charlie Moseley, John
D. Holtzman, Fate Weaver, J. P.
Harton, W. A. Connell Sr., Albert
Brietzke, F. G. Seaman, Billie T.
Alston, C. C. Alston, C. S. Tate, E.
H. Parker, C. E. Mustian, D. M.
Harris, B. H. Hawks, H. E. Weldon
Jr., R. H. Dillard, W. E. Turner, J.
W. Shearin.
Second week?S. B. Bobbitt, T.
I. Cheek, Robert Herman Pike, R.
M. Alston, S. H. Bowden, W. E.
Thompson, W. W. Kidd, W. K. Alston,
Joe Shaw, D. R. Mustian, J. H
Knuckles, Pett B. Boyd, George S.
Sinn, J. C. Hardy, Clarence Davis,
R. W. Thornton, John Adcock, R.
L. Brown.
W. M. U. To Meet
At Louisburg 11th
On Saturday, January 11th, beginning
at 10:30 o clock, there will
be held in the Baptist church in
Louisburg an all-day conference on
W. M. U. work, according to announcement
made early this week.
Mrs. Edna R. Harris, state w. M.
U. Corresponding Secretary of Raleigh,
will teach the Year Book for
1936. All associational officers, W.
M. S., Y. W. A., G. A., R. A and
Sunbeam leaders, counselors, presidents
and other officers are urged
to come. Others are invited. The
hope is expressed that a delegation
from every church in the Tar River
Association will have a delegation
present.
Mr. Tom Gillam of Henderson
was a visitor here on Sunday.
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WASHINGTON ... Winter in
session of the 74th Congress which
Upper photo is an unusual view ol
under its first mantle of snow of the
of the House standing' as the chap]
Forest Thinniing
Demonstration To
Be Held In County
The State Extension Service, cooperating
with t>he office of the
county agent, will hold forest thinning
demonstrations in Warren
county next week, County Agent
Bcb Bright announced yesterday.
The places and dates on which
the demonstrations are to be held
are: Monday, 2:3C o'clock, Clarence
(Buck) Thompson's: Tuesday, 9:30
in t'he morning, Geo. L. Bender's
farm; Tuesday, 2:30 in the afternoon,
J. L. Skinner's farm.
All land-owners and renters are
invited to attend these demonstrations
and are asked to bring their
axes with them. The trees will be
marked and cut at the demonstration.
in commenting on tne demonstration,
toe county agent stated:
"The timber and firewood question
is one of vital importance to the
citizens of this county. The average
consumption of firewood per
family in this county is 15 cords cf
wood annually, and when you add
to this the wood burned in curing
tobacco you begin to understand
the prcblem. It takes the average
ac;e of woodland 25 years to grow
30 cords of wood.
"Again I wish to urge all landowners
and renters to attend these
demonstrations and bring their
axes."
Schools Collect
Food For Hospital
By LUCY LEACH
Welfare Officer
In-as-much as the colored hospital,
Jubilee, in Henderson has
helped so many of the sick and indigent
colored people in our county,
I asked toem to collect food to
send to the hospital in lieu of
? .. winnTr nnnlrl trivo fniH
IllUIiey, Since many wuiu t,' '
but could not. give money. I really
felt our colored people here were
under obligations to the hospital.
The superintendent told me food
would be very acceptable to the
hospital since they had to feed their
staff and patients.
I asked that this food be collected
through the schools. The following
schools have sent generous
boxes of all kinds of edibles: Oine,
Shocco Chapel, Olive Grove, Warren
Plains, Oakville and Mayflower.
I am told that possibly ether
schools sent boxes of food, but I am
reporting the names of the schools
that were given me.
This food was taken to the hospital
before Christmas, and I have
received a nice letter from the superintendent
of the hospital thanking
the Warren county colored
people for their gifts.
Often Jubilee Hospital takes in
emergency cases from this county
and no one becomes responsible for
the bill, so little, if anything, is
paid for hospitalization of patients.
BAPTIST SERVICES
The Rev. R. E. Bricimouse, pasim
of the Warrenton Baptist church,
announces services for Sunday,
January 12, as follows:
Sunday school will be held at
9:30 o'clock in the basement of the
John Graham High School, and
preaching service will be held by
the pastor in the Presbyterian
church at 11 o'clock.
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fact greeted members for the second <
convened for opening on January 3d. (
f the national capitol, 'taken at dusk j
s season. Lower picture shows-members
ain delivered the opening prayer.
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Parity Checks
To Be Delivered To J
Warren Growers
i
By R. H. BRIGHT
I County Agent
I wish to correct some reports
that I made and caused to be made. ,
I was notified on the morning of
January 6 to discontinue the delivery
cf all rental and parity
checks, but later in the day I was
authorized to deliver checks. Those ,
contract signers that have notices
for checks and those that receive (
notices that their checks are here
may have their checks when they .
call for them.
I presume that all contract signers
have heard of the ruling of the
Supreme Court of the United States
ruling that the Agricultural Adjustment
Act was unconstitutional. I
am not able at this time to advise
whether producers wishing to sell ,
cotton or tobacco in excess of their i
allotments will be required to purchase
cotton certificates and allotment
cards for tobacco. I will notify
all producers as soon as I have
been advised on this point.
I realize that farmers will ask the
question if there will be an adjust- ,
ment program for 1936. This I can
not answer at this time. My understanding
of the present status of
the program is that there is not any
restrictions on any crops and will
not hp unless there is a new Dro
gram instituted. I will keep in
tcuch with the situation and notify
producers as scon as their is any
development.
Miss Gardner Wins
Honor At College
Greensboro, Jan. 8?Miss Mary
Lee Gardner, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T. B. Gardner of Warrenton,
and a student at the
Wcman's College of the University
of North Carolina, was one of a
number of assistants to the business
manager of the Play-Likers,
dramatic group at the college, in
the production of the first major
play of the fall season, "Ladies of
the Jury."
The Play-Likers gave a repeat
performance of "Ladies of the Jury,
a three-act comedy by Fred Ballard, :
which was their first major production
cf the fall season, at the
Carolina Inn, Pinehurst, North |
Carolina, Saturday evening, January
4, to an audience composed
of guests of the Inn and other
members of the winter colony at
j the famous resort. This was the
' second successive year that the
(Play-Likers have been invited to
present a play to a Pinehurst
audience, and the invitation this
year was considered a distinct
honor. Last year the Play-Liker.s
staged Noel Coward's "Hay Fever"
in Pinehurst.
With a complete list of characters
of 20, "Ladies of the Jury" ineluded
in its cast eight students, (
three members of the faculty, and ,
two Greensboro attorneys.
Mr. and Mrs. William Newell are j
expected to return to day from a ,
I week's visit in Florida.
Mrs. Hugh Norvell and little (
; daughter, Lucy Ann, have returned j
to Henderson. ,
Miss Sara Howard Ward has returned
after a visit in New York
and Boston. ]
MOST OF THE NEWS H
ALL THE TIME f
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AAA IS KILLED
BY COURT RULING I
Supreme Court Holds Government
Has No Right To
Collect Processing Tax j
CURTAILMENT CROP OFF
"Rie Agricultural Adjustment Act.
jnder which the processing tax
vas collected on corn, cotton, toDacco,
wheat and other farm com
nodities to pay parity checks for
;hose who curtailed acreage under
President Roosevelt's cherished
'arm aid program, was declared un:onstituticnal
on Monday by the
Supreme Court of the United
States.
The momentous decision of the
nine black-robed justices destroying
one of the New Deal pet proiects
not only means that no more
funds will be collected by the government
in the form of the processing
tax for benefit or rental
payments but also causes grave fear
for the survival of the Kerr-Smith
;obacco act and the Bankhead cot;on
law. If these two measures are
declared invalid, and it is a foregone
conclusion that they will be,
farmers of Warren county will be
permitted to plant as much tobacco
ind cotton as they are able to finance.
While no steps have yet been
taken to do away with the Seed
Loan, which was created under the
New Deal to loan farmers money
to finance their crops, there is some
doubt whether this policy will be
continued if some regulatory program
is not put into effect.
On the heels of the Supreme
Court's decision, proponents of the
measure expressed the belief that
some way would be found to continue
the program, and have invoked
the question of a Constitutional
amendment. President Roosevelt
has taken no action since the
opinion was handed down, however
tie stated at the Jackson Day dinnor
on WoHnecHov nicrhf fViof 'Mm
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tice" for agriculture would remain
an objective of the Administration.
Those who are due parity checks
will receive their money, and County
Agent Bcb Bright is at present
issuing those he has on hand. It is
understood that around $20,000 is
due farmers of Warren county from
this source.
While fee ruling of the Supreme
Court did not come as a surprise
here, it brought expressions of regret
from the majority of those who
have been heard to express themselves.
There are some features of
the cotton and tobacco acts, such
as seemingly unfairness in some allotments
which were unpopular, but
the acreage curtailment program is
credited to a large measure by most
people with boosting the price of
cotton from 6c in 1933 to 10.9c in
1935 and the price of tobbacco from
6.1c to 22.7c for a similar period.
Local Camp To
House Whites Only
The Warren County Prison Camp,
which has been a place of confinement
for both whites and blacks
einno If ttto c nrnnforl horn POVhTO 1
omv^t lb nnu bi&vvi'U nv* v wrv?M?
years ago, was this week converted
into a camp for white prisoners
only. "
The change was made on Tuesday
and 20 of the 37 negro prisoners
incarcerated there were sent lo
the Louisburg camp. The others
were carried to Oxford.
Supt. Aycock sad yesterday afternoon
that at present he has 71
white prisoners in the Warren
camp. He was expecting five more
last night from Vance county where
Superior court is in session.
The Warren county camp was
built to take care of 75 prisoners,
however, it can carry 100, according
to the superintendent. It serves
Warren, Franklin, Vance and
Granville counties.
Seal Sale Chairman
Expresses Thanks
By LILLIE BELLE DAMERON
As chairman of the tuberculosis
seal sale for our community, I wish
to thank each one who contributed
so generously to this worthy cause.
The sum of $92.23 has been given.
Of this amount one fourth will be
sent to the state association and
the remainder will be used for
health work among our school
children. It will be most gratifying
to be able to report one hundred
dollars and it is to be hoped that s
some who have overlooked the
matter will send in their contributions
in the next few days.
Mrs. John Kerr Jr. is visiting her
parents in Richmond, Va.