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I ACCURATE, TERSE TIMELY ILLUME XXXVI Igmcm I {SOKHT TO END lfontinua,ion of Bank Of I Warren Case Shortens Criminal Docket CONVENES ON MONDAY I The criminal docket of Warren 3 county Superior court, which was slier light this term, was com pjeted on Wednesday afternoon and H on Thursday ihe grind on matters H0;a civil nature was oeguu. I continuation cf the bank case, I which was postponed until the May I term at the request of E. L. Travis 10f Halifax, one of the defense lawI vers, who pointed out that Judge I gerr could not be present at to is I mne on account of his pressing I duties at Washington since the I farm program had been upset by I the ruling of the Supreme court on I ,nf AAA. left the criminal docket I r.ch no cases of county-wide in terest other than the charge of stealing and receiving tot^acco brought by J. E. Frazier against I Buck Loyd and Horace Jones, the latter a negro. I The case against these two deI ferdants lasted from early MonI day afternoon until far nto TuesI day morning and ended with the jury declaring in its verdict that I these two men were not guilty. Two and one-half years was toe I longest period given to any one de- j I fendant during this term of court. I Es punishment was meted out to' Lim Robertson, white, who was! convicted with Doris Knight on a ,.?l,Ko,.,r onrl tr> I " 01 lliS'iway i. j, ye^r Williams, negro, convicted of Robertson and the Knight woman I were accused of lifting around $140 | cJ of G. W. Wagner last week I Then he visited a service station I rear Warrenton on the road leadI in? to Macon and Liberia operated I by Robertson. The woman claimed I that Robertson told her to take the I nrnev off of Wagner, that she did I and later turned the wallet over to I Robertson who carried it to a near by branch and hid the funds. She I said that both she and Wagner I were drinking at the time. Robertson was given two and I ore-half years on the reads and the I soman was given a twelve month I sentence in the Warren county jail I which is to be stricken out in tho I event the welfare officer can got I iter in a farm colony or a state inSelscn Williaii.s plead guilty to I the charge of immorality. JudgI ment of the court was that he I should work the roads of the state I lor a period of 30 months. I Wash Career, negro charged with non support of his minor children, I was ordered to prfr to the clerk of H OT' $4.00 each month for their Twelve months on the roads was 'Continued on page 4) I Failure To Test Soil II Costly, Says Agent I a!2'1"6 t0 test soil ^ ?rder to I the proper stimulant for IS Cnsfincr ~& ttr v..*., iu.mic: a U1 I county hundreds of dollars yearly. C- S. Wynn, negro agricultural, a?ent, opines. In an open letter to i tbe editor of The Warren Record he states: I "Many farmers in Warren county are losing hundreds of dollars; yearly by not having their soils , I ^sted in order to know the kind of, I fertilizers and the quantity of lime i I ^eded. I ( To meet this condition in the I iUture, the North Carolina State I Apartment of Agriculture at Ral ai?h, will analyze your soil, and rec?anend the fertilizers and other 71?3 heeded; that is, if you will H ^ them a sample of your soil at H ODC?. Should you desire to have your H ^ tested, and need my assistance, ^ be glad to serve you in any opacity desired." ^MtREN BOYS TO TAKE PART IN RADIO BROADCAST s>Ullure vs- Wild Life" is the , ^ of a radio program which tQ broadcast from Rocky | Maunt at. a-ir uciock Friday al J1100" ^"ith three Warren county % taking part. I ^rcgram is sponsored by the ^ftment of Conservation and H j 'e'?Pfflent and is under the di9 ,e?ion of E. Hunter Pinnell, game ^ fc-rest warden of Warren counI three boys who will take part I tE Steven Rodwell, Kenneth AysJe and Bradford Haithcock. Mr. Armistead Boyd of Concord 15 a visitor here. WARRENTO Bankhead Act And Kerr-Smith Act In Force By R. H. BRIGHT, County Agent This office has just been authorized to sell and transfer cotton certificates. All cotton producers that 'have surplus certificates are requested to deliver these certificates to this office at once. This applies to the two bale and regular certificates. We are forwarding all surplus certificates in this office to the National Pool not later than January 17. This means that we will not have any certificates left in this office for sale until additional certificates are turned in. The Bankhead Act and the KerrSmith Act are still in force and cotton and tobacco producers with excess poundage will be required to purchase sales cards for tobacco and certificates for excess cotton poundage. In case there is a tobacco ana cotton program offered for 1930 producers will be asked to sign the new contract. I do not know just what the contract will be like. 1 do know that there was a misunderstanding about the cotton contract under the AAA. I understand that several producers interpreted the contract as dividing the crop produced by a tenant. This was not the case. The contract specified hew the payments should be divided. In case of a share tenant the owner of the land received 37.5 per cent of the payments. The owner of the workstock received 12.5 per cent of the payment and the remaining 50 per cent was divided in tiie same proportion as the crop was divided. For example if a crop was produced by a half share tenant and the tenant furnished the workstock the payment would be divided as follows: The landowner would receive 37.5 per cent plus 25 per cent making a total payment for the landlord of 62.5 per cent; this would leave 37.5 per cent for the tenant. This division may or may not apply to any contractts offered in 1936. ( Relief Activities Now Under Local i>\ir\/-*w4 ?t cuai c i/cpi. Relief activ.ties in Warren county are new being carried forward from the court house under the supevision of Miss Lucy Leach, welfare officer, and Miss Clyde Satterfield, who has been named head case worker for the welfare department. Under the new set-up Miss Leach and Miss Satterfield will not only have the responsibility cf meeting relief needs but will certify relief clients to WPA, the CCC camps and the Resettlement project. Miss Leach said yesterday that garments made by those employed on the sewing room projects have been transferred to her office in the county and that in the near future she would receive food supplies for the indigent '/ho are unable to work. The added duties of the welfare officer were set forth in the following letter to Miss Leach from Mrs. I W. T. Bost, commissioner of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare: "In submitting to the FERA a . -? ~ 1 -Qli'of crrnnt to request ior uie muu North Carolina, Governor J. C. B Ehringhaus asked that sufficient funds be included for the purpose of integrating the remaining relief activities with the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare and the local welfare units. Accordingly when the budget was set up, funds were earmarked for that purpose. "The funds thus made available makes possible the strengthening of the state and county welfare units now being charged with the re-1 sponsibility of meeting relief needs not only of the unemployables but those employables not yet absorbed through WPA. Inadequately staffed, many of the county welfare de- j payments have found it practically impossik 'e to meet the excessive demands of recent months in the matter of servicing clients. Establishment of active welfare units in the one hundred counties of the state at least through June 1936 and probably longer is now under way. ""? " AiiHno duties "in aacuujii tu U1W KVMvm.v of the County Superintendent of Public Welfare the enlarged county unit will be responsible for certification of relief clients to WPA, the CCC camps, Resettlement, etc. "Likewise, the State Board, through six additional field representatives, under a trained social service director, will be enabled to (Continued on page 8) N, COUNTY OF WARREN, I JUROECLARES LOYD NOT GUILTY Former Baseball Player Is Freed of Charge Of Tobacco Larceny NEGRO IS ALSO FREED C. E. (Buck) Loyd, forirer baseball pitcher, and Horace Jones, negro, were found not guilty by a jury on Tuesday on charges of larceny and receiving. They were accused of stealing between three and four hundred pounds of tobacco from J. E. Frazier, prominent farmer of near Warren Plains, on the night of October 23rd. Mr. Frazier testified that after his tobacco had been stolen he went to a re-drying plant in South Boston and found some tobacco there sold at South Hill under the name of C. E. Loyd and Overby which he identified as his tobacco. He identified the tobacco as being his by the color and the way it was tied. J. E. Frazier Jr. and a Mr. James also identified the tobacco as being the property of the senior Mr. Frazier. Sheriff Pinnell and Deputy Roy Shearin testified that barefoot tracts found across a field leading to Mr. Frazier's packhouse corresponded identically with tracks made by Horace Jones, that automobile tracks found near the scene of the crime tallied with tracks made by Jones' automobile, that they found crumbs of tobacco in (Continued on Page 8f Judge Cranmer's Charge Covers Various Subjects In addition to instructing members of the Grand Jury in regard to their duties as officers of the court, Judge E. H. Cranmer touched on several other subjects in his charge on Monday morning in an effort to improve the morals of the people of Warren. Following are a few of the highlights of his speech: THE CONSTITUTION?We hear a great deal about changing the constitution these days but I am glad to say that there are few radicals in North Carolina and most nf f-.hp iv>nnlp nf this staff* arf> will ing to continue under the same document feat our forefathers worked under when they began to rebuild the nation. RELIGION?The Bible is necessary for good citizenship and prosperity. The survival of nations and of individuals is dependent upon spiritual guidance. The fall of Rome and Greece was due to departure from the teachings of God. A. B. C.?I understand Warren county is one of those counties which voted for legal whiskey. I presume that you have done away with bootlegging, that you don't have any taxes to pay, and that you have reached your millennium. To some peopie A. B. C. means Alcoholic Beverage Control but to me it means Alcohol Before Christ. AUTOMOBILE WRECKS ? We are now killing people in worm Carolina with automobiles at the rate of about three a day. Accidents don't just happen; they are caused. You never hear of any one running into a road machine on the highway; that's because drivers slow down and exercise caution when they approach this powerful machinery. YOUNGER GENERATION?The younger generation gets criticised cften these days. The trouble is not with these young people but with the older generation which sets them bad examples. If we drink and gamble we canot expect our children to refrain from these Vices. DRIVING?If a man will take more than half of the road when operating an automobile he will take more than his share of other things. He is not the type of man to be appointed guardian for your children or administrator of your estate. BAPTIST SERVICES Sunday school In the basement of the John Graham High School at 9:30 o'clock and preaching services in the Parish House at 11 o'clock were announced this week by the Rev. R. E. Brickhouse, pastor of the Warrenton Baptist church, which was destroyed by fire several weeks ago. Bruno Hauptmann, convicted kidnap-murderer of the Lindbergh baby, was granted a 30 day reprive yesterday by Governor Hoffman of New Jersey which saved him from being electricuted today. | ttrrru N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY Mud Balks Buses; Schools Orderd To Close Until Monda] The Jchn Graham High School as well as other schools in th county dependent upon bus trans portation, closed on Wednesday af ternoon until Monday morning 01 account of road conditions. In suspending class work, Supt J. Edward Allen, set forth his rea sons as follows in a letter to com mitteemen: "This morning I found that tei of cur school busses were stuck ii the mud or otherwise delayed b; road conditions. Moreover, I fount that it is practically impossible tt keep the brakes properly adjustet and safe, under read conditions no\ prevailing. And the roads are go ing to be worse tomorrow and Fri day than they are today. AltO' gether it seemed that for the nex two days school busses could no be operated with reasonable safet: to children, and the certain damag. to equipment seemed to promise t< run high. "Therefore, after consulting witi school officials, members of flu Board of Education and others, ] have asked principals of schools dependent upon transportation tc suspend all work until Monday morning next. Roads are worse than we have known them in several years. I trust that this actior will meet with your approval. "Very sincerely, "J. EDWARD ALLEN, "Superintendent." Mrs. Annie Porter Dies At Littleton Littleton, Jan. 16.?Mrs. Annie E Porter died at the home of her son W. I. Porter, near Littleton at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning. She was si years 01 age ana naa oeen in declining health for several months. Funeral services were held Fridaj afternoon in Corinth Methodis! Protestant church near Littletor and were conducted by the pastor Dr. T. M. Johnson, assisted by Rev E. O. Peeler of Enfield.- Mr. E. L Smith and Mrs. J.^Er Bellamy ol Enfield sang a duet, "Peace, Sweel Peace" and Mr. Smith sang "The Old Rugged Cross." The choii sang "O, Bear Me Away" as she was gently laid to rest in the family plot at the church cemetery Pallbearers were the following grandsons, Tom Porter, Henry Porte, Forest Porter, Benton Porter Horace Porter and Waverly White The flower bearers were her granddaughters. Mrs. Porter is survived by foul daughters, Mrs. W. F. White ol Richmond, Va., Mrs. J. R. Powers of Enfield, Mrs. J. W. Warren oi T.ittWnn and Mrs. Allie Tharring ton of Hollister; and five sons, L U. Porter, J. E. Porter, W. I. Porter, C. W. Porter and W. C. Porter. Institute Sends Student To Hawkins The Hawkins High School hat again been chosen by the Hampton Institute as one of the six outlying communities in which to place its this year's graduates for the purpose of observing and practing the methods and teaching of vocational agriculture, according to Prof, H G. Rose. For the past five years, he said the department has furnished adequate facilities for a good training on the field. Robert Sanford is the trainee selected for the local negro school He will complete one month of work here. COURT OFFICIAL GUESTS AT COUNTY PRISON CAMP Judge E. H. Cranmer, Solicitor W. H. S. Burgwyn and Sheriff W J. Pinnell were luncheon guests of Supt. T. H. Aycock at the Warren County Prison Camp on Wednesday. It was reported that the court officials complimented Supt. Aycock and the entire personnel of the camp on the manner in which the prison is being maintained. According to one source of information, the solicitor is reported to have stated that the Warren camp is a credit to the state and later added in a light vein that if it ever got so he couldn't stay at home he would make application to Supt. Aycock. Dr. John Burwell of New York if spending some time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Burwell. Mr. John Henderson of Clayton was a visitor here last night. Mr. Kemp Malone of Salisburg Maryland, visited his aunt, Mrs. E H. Parker, over the week end. fimu 17, 1936 Subscrip JAIUNADEQUATE rSAYSGRANDJURY g Warren Bastile Is Unsani- { tary And Not Safe, Say i Jurymen In Report ' SEVERAL BUSES UNSAFE 1 ~ C The county jail and school buses 1 - were lound to be in bad condition i oy the Cr.and Jury which also dis1 closed in its report tendered yes- j 1 leruay that two guardians, six magisirates and eight administrators uad failed to make their report. 1 J The jail was labeled "inadequate, 1 not, sanitary or safe," and a nuni- i oer of school buses were declared "poor and unlit for service," 'too I small for load," "overcrowded." 1 . Due to the tact that court naa ' t adjourned until Monday morning v when the report was returned, < Judge Cranmer was not here to re- 1 ceive it. In his charge on Monday 1 morning ire instructed members of i the jury to examine the buses, and county offices and institutions and \ make a thorough investigation and ? to find out from the clerk of the c court if all guardians, magistrates ^ and administrators had filed their s reports. "You find out if they have s reported and if you find any who ? have net, let me know and I will v find out why," he stated. e Conditions of school buses were t set forth as follows: But No. 10? F Brakes, poor; condition. of body, u fair; load, 47. Bus No. 4?Unfit for t. service; load, 43. Bus No. 24?Un- w fit for service, load 32. But No. 38 li f ?Brakes bad and too small for service. Bus No. 119?Late, not reported. Bus No. 28?Front wheel r out of line. Bus No. 6?Overloaded, J glass broken. Bus No. 29?Brakes [ poor. No. 48?Late, not reported. [ No. 12?Unfit for use. No. 16?Unl fit for use. No. 14?Unfit for use. No. 25?Brakes bad. Seven buses T at the colored school were found to c . be in good shape and two were v [ found to have bad brakes. Other Abuses examined were found to be 11 ' in good shape. The full report, with the excep- * f tion of thar part dealing with ^ t school'buses, which was condensed 11 , in the interest of space, is printed , below: 11 , "Warrenton Jan. 1936. c "Hen. E. H. Cranmer, J "Judge Holding Superior Court r Warren County. a "Your Honor: VI ? "We, the Grand Jury selected for c Superior Court 1936 of Warren a 1 Co., do beg to make the following j. report. We have carefully examin- v " ed witnesses and passed on all bills s : presented to us by Solicitor W. H. j S. Burgwyn. c "We have visited the County jail v ' and found that the jail is inade- f quate, not sanitary or safe. The ' jailer is doing the best he can con- a ' sidering the physical condition of v the property. e "We inspected the Court House g and find that window shades need e to be put up in the Grand Jury r > room and a transom glass over the door is broken. The cellar that . > contains the heating plant needs * i cleaning up. : "We visited the County Home i and found that the dwelling house needs painting inside and the roof i also needs paint. The lockup roof w [ needs painting. Stable roof needs w , repairing. We recommend that the dead be given a better coffin with , suitable lining, burial not to exceed $15.00. Mr. Hugh Davis, the keeper, 1 ; is doing all that can be done with present equipment. The inmates n are well fed and have good clothes ^ . and seem to be satisfied. We find ' ; that the present buildings and ? equipment are inadequate for the comfort cf the inmates and rec- ^ ommend operation of the county > home. . '"Kie Road Camp was found in excellent shape and well managed. "The following magistrates have _. i failed to make report to the Court: fj E. G. King, H. J. Ellis, H. L. Cole- ^ man, L. O. Reavis, J. E. Moseley, ' i Edward Petar, "The Clerk of the Superior Court b ! reported that the following Guardians have not reported: A. S. Bugg, Guardian Albert Davis Bugg, last ? (Continued on page 8) b 1 n ' Nurse To Inspect h School Children r' Miss Cleone E. Hobbs, state school nurse, is now in Warren county to n make the regular inspection of n > school children from the first ii through the seventh grades, it was d learned this week from County ri i Superintendent J. Edward Allen. The law requires that this work E , be done at least every three years, u . it was said. It has been two years w since the work was done here. s tion f Judge Makes Apology To Taylor In Open Court Judge E. H. Cranmer, here presiding over the January term of iVarren County Superior court, rpologized in open court to Dr. W. N. Taylor, judge of Recorder's :ourt, on Wednesday for the re ut; gavu 111111 tuc picviuua uay n open court. In his apology, the Southport jurist told Judge Taylor that he had reen informed by several of his 'riends that he dealt rather harshly ,vith him the day before and that f he was too hard he was sorry. Judge Taylor replied that he appreciated the spirit that caused him ,o express his regrets and assured rim that when he arose in court ruesday morning he was not at;empting to point out law to him rut was endeavoring to show why le had acted as he did in quashng the indictment. The criticism of Judge Taylor vas made by the Southport jurist ifter he had denied a motion to [uash an indictment charging Ray Weston and Beulah Dean with pcsessing whiskey for the purpose of ale. The motion to quash was ranted in Recorder's court several reeks ago by Judge Taylor who ruld at the time that inasmuch as he Turlington Act had been relealed in Warren county there exited no law by which to punish he defendants in the event they rere tried and found guilty. So.citor Pippen took an appeal at the (Conolnued on Page 8) rhree Cases Heard In County Court Monday Departing from the usual pronf folrirxr frtrrv tiroolrc' VDPOCQ CUUiC ui taivuig inu ?vi<vno i vwuv ,-hile Superior court is in session in Varren county, Judge W. W. Tayor and Solicitor Joe Pippen of Litleton held court on Monday mornug of this week in the city hall. ?hey disposed of three cases as folows: Robert Hunt and Dan Terry, legroes, were found guilty on a harge cf larceny. Prayer for udgment was continued for each f them provided the costs in the ction was paid. A three months road sentence ras meted out to J. R. Davis, negro onvicted cf larceny. Pug Drew, nother negro facing a charge of irceny and concealing stolen goods, ;as also given a three months road entence. The case against Arthur Mitchell, haraina him with manufacturing rhiskey, was continued due to the act that a jury was called for. The case against Doris Knight nd Lem Robertson, charging them nth immorality, was also continud. Robertson was convicted in luperior court this week on anothr charge and was sentenced to the oads for two and a half years. 7our Negro Students Attend Convention Four negroes from Warrenton ere selected to attend the stateide meeting in Raleigh a few days go of vocational students who prouced the greatest yields in their jspective communities, according } Prof. H. G. Rose. According to Rose, the students ot only enjoyed an interesting rogram and banquet but returned ) Warrenton with good ideas and dded inspiration to triple the 'orth Carolina per acre average in orn production, as the "Three to me" implies. UDGE CEANMER MAKES TALK AT PRAYER MEETING Judge E. H. Cranmer, here preding over Superior court, spoke at le Methodist church on Wednesay night at the regular prayer leeting hour. His remarks, which ere heard not only by Methodists u1-. also by members 01 otner aeominations, were well received. "His talk revealed that he has reat knowledge of the Bible and is manner of, getting across his lessage was liked by those who eard him," one of those present sported. WILL HARRIS INJURED W. B. Harris of High Poinr, forleily of WaTrenton, is recoveiing icely from injuries he sustained 1 an automobile accident on Sunay afternoon, December 22, it was sported here this week. Mr. Hairis was on his way to [igh Point after spending Sunday rith his mother in Franklinton rhen the accident occurred, it was tated. MOST OF THE NEWS ; ALL THE TIME NUMBER 3 II GOVT. SELECTS ~ l! POSTOFFICE SITE To Be Located Opposite Hotel Warren On Site Of Service Station SPENDS $12,000 FOR SITE The new post office which several months ago was promised Warrenton will be located opposite Hotel Warren on property which has been acquired from the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. It is not known when work of erecting the new federal building will begin but it is understtod that the government's total investment in the pest office will be $50,000. Information pertaining to the new post office is vague here. The only definite facts in regard to the post office to reach this paper are contained in a soecial release which was given The Warren Record upon request by the Procurement Office of the Treasury Department. This release states: "Acceptance of the proposal of toe Standard Oil Company of New Jersey in the sum of $12,000.00 for a site for the Post Office is released." The oil company came into possession of this property four or five years ago when it purchased several lots from the Jimmie Ransom estate for a sum of $6,500. A service station was erected there and at present is being operated by P. G. Seaman of Warrenton. Compact Plan Best Method, Says Congressman Kerr A compact of cotton and tobacco growing states is the best immediate solution of the agricultural problem created by the Supreme Court decision, Congressman John H. Kerr, author of the Kerr-Smith tobacco act, says in a statement for The Warren Recoru this week. His statement in full follows: "I attended the meeting this morning at which Secretary Wallace and AAA Administrator Chester Davis outlined their views. After hearing them, I am of the opinion that a compact of the coctoii and tobacco growing states is the best immediate solution of the agricultural problem created by the Supreme Court decision. I do not feel that the so called debenture plan is practical; neither is the old McNary-Haugen bill. I am not impressed with the idea of the Government buying thousands and thousands of acres of land but I do feel that the several states so vitally affected can work out this situation. "Unless there is more political hostility than I now foresee, the compact plan I advocate seems to offer tire most substantial and the quickest aid to our farmers in this crisis." According to his secretary, Howard F. Jones, Judge Kerr was the only Member of Congress to attend the morning conference of the Agricultural leaders. Five Divorces Are Granted Thursday ?y& Five divorce cases were heard by Judge Cranmer yesterday before adjourning court until Monday morning. The bonds of matrimony were severed in each case. Following are the cases in which the divorces were granted: Caroline C. Stahr, nee Miss Caroline Ward, vs. Alden J. Stahr; C. Carroll Oldham vs. Evelyn Gray Oldham; Lucy S. Lambert vs. Eugene A. Lambert; Clarence W. Gooch vs. Susie S. Gooch; Helen Duke Maultsby vs. James Franklin Maultsby. Alimony of $20 a month was granted the former Mrs. Maultsby for the support of her son. The other divorcees are without chilHron V** v**? CHILDREN STUCK IN MUD LEAVE SHOES BEHIND Mud, working like quicksand, balked the small children of J. P. Capps of Nutbush township a few days ago when they started to cross a field for the mail box and held them until released by their father who was attracted by their cries, according to A. E. Paschall. It was stated that after Mr. Capps rescued his children and carried them home he became aware of the fa t that their shos were missing, retracing his footsteps to the place where he dislodged the children he stirred beneath the mud and found their shoes still gripped by the gummy substance, Mr. Paschall said.