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/[ ACCURATE, TERSE TIMELY VOLUME XXXVI action oilffiT HAN POSTPONED Committee Reports Delay nue To Illness Of State Fire Chief ROY SHEARIN RE-HIRED rr;,P Board of Town Commis 5;oners took no stops on iviunua; ^ht to gne Warrenton better fire protection due to the fact that the I committee which was appointed to make recommendations to the board is awaiting a visit from Sherwood i Brockwell. state fire commissioner, before making any suggestions. \V. R. Strickland, spokesman for t;ie fire committee, composed cf himself. Harold R. Skillman and; Fire Chief William Burroughs, stat- ;' ed that the committee had visited other towns and inspected equipment and that Mr. Brockwell had; promised to ccme to Warrenton,; look over the present equipment,;1 I familiarize himself with the situation here, and make suggestions.! He said that he had been expecting the commissioner here for several Fire Chief William Burroughs said that he had talked with Mr. Brcckwell's office Monday afterI noon and had learned that the state I commissioner was suffering from a severe cold which had prevented him from coming to Warrenton, and at the time of his conversation, Mr. Brockwell was not able to talk over the telephone. He is looked for here on Friday. At the outset cf his remarks Mr. Strickland told the commiss ioners ^9 tiat the present fire truck had 9 teen fixed so it would start without any trouble?one or two lifts on the crank being all that was necessary to start the motor humming?and rI that members of tne vwiuiwi company were delighted with the improvement. He said thai, the truck is cranked every day or so to assure dependability, and commented on the fact that when the siren sounded Saturday night the truck was rolling within a moment A Mr. Hunter, representative of a tire equipment concern, spoke briefly of the merits cf his product, ar.d signified his intentions of returning here Friday. The five automobile salesmen present, in addition to the two on the board, offered no bids in the face cf the fact that the fire committee ha.d delayed recommendations. Before entering into the discussion of the fire question, the commissioners re-hired Roy Shearin. deputy to Sheriff W. J. Pinnell. at a salary of $25 to assist the town police force in lookir g after the peace of Warrenton. Mr. Shearin was hired several months ago by the town board at a salary cm ? lV , , ? , , t ui oju a momvi DUt at ine J a :iuaiy I meeting it was decided to reduce I '.he force at the expiration of the I month. In a letter before the ocard I in which Mr. Shearin as a man and I deputy was highly praised by Sheriff w. J. Pinnell, his services were offered for $25 a month, and I the commissioners decided to keep a. j. Ellington, who was before I the b:ard to collect for street work, I informed the commissioners that I he would like to have the job of I cleaning up the town if J. H. I Duke's services were not sat sfacI ton-. Mr. Duke, who was an the I meeting at the request of one of I the commissioners, said that he I hoped there would be no grounds I for complaint in the future. He statI that he had been handicapped I hy the snow and ice and by having I * ^Ut on a new man I Dr. g. H. Macon, member of the I jjreet committee, requested that I bave complaints to make I ?ahe them to Chief Wilson and I .'at Chief Wilson make a record I these complaints and pass them I on to Mr. Duke. I ?. ^er batters before the board 5re of routine nature. I the absence cf Mayor William I l'&' Was confined to his home wa aCcount of a cold, the meeting I 35 Presidpri vivi Kjy Avxacjr xrxxvi^RS. MOORE niES tends here regret to learn of death of Mrs. E. H. Moore of J'iax- Sbe is remembered here ,r e she visited often in years P*r,e hy as Miss Ursula Daniel, services were held at Hali?n Monday. - DR. MACON OUT 7 r- and Mrs. G. H. Macon, who c ?e *niured in an automobile ac' eht week before last, are able to be ?"t again. 3 WARRENTON Tliree Warren Men Injured In Automobile Wreck A crash of two automobiles at Wise on Tuesday morning brought injuries to three Warren county men and to L. R. Hunter of Charlotte, who was in Warrenton on Monday night in an effort to sell fire-fighting equipment to the town. Following the accident Manson Myrick, Thomas Myrick and George Felts were carried to a Henderson hnsrrifr.nl mtipro hrnicoo on/4 V/ Mi U1UV.O U11U VUUd about the face were given medical attention, and Mr. Hunter was brought to Warrenton to recover from a cut about the head and an injured knee. Manson Myrick and George Felts were released from the hospital on Monday, but Thomas Myrick was kept there on account of a cut about the face which required several stitches. The accident happened near Ben Newell's store. It was reported that Mr. Hunter was traveling north, headed for Virginia, and the car containing the three Wise men had pulled out from a service station on the main highway when the collision took place. Both vehicles were badly damaged. A hearing is expected to be held tomorrow to attach blame. Local Negro Is Sentenced To Work Roads Of County Unable to raise a $500 bond, Vernon Arrington, Warrenton negro, went to prison this week to begin serving a 16-months road sentence given him in Recorder's court Monday by Judge W. W. Taylor on a charge of trespass. When sentence was nronounced the negro, who acted as his own lawyer, gave notice of appeal to Superior court and bond was set at $500. Arrington was said to have gone to Sidney Davis' barber shop, near the Boyd-Boyce Motor Co., and indulged in profane and abusive language. Ordered out of his place of business by Davis, Arrington expressed his intentions o' going home after his shotgun. Davis went to his meat market, according to evidence, and when he returned to his barber shop and saw Arrington sitting there with a shotgun he notified an officer and Arrington was arrested. The defendant claimed that he had his shotgun for the purpose of hunting. Sylvester Davis, negro, was given a 6-months road sentence on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. He is alleged to have shot! another negro last fall when some I trouble developed over picking cotton. James Crosson, negro, had better luck in raising his bond than did Arrington, so his cases will be tried in Superior court. Crosson gave notice of appeal after he had been sentenced to the roads for six months on a charge of driving an automobile on the public highway while drunk, and another six months, to run concurrently, on a charge of indecent exposure. His bond was set at $300. Warrentom School I T -r\\ Wins Three 1 VUHA * .... W'th three recent victories behind them, members of the John Graham High School basket ball team will invade Harnett county on next Tuesday to compete with the Lafayette High School, which won class B championship last year.. Playing Company B on January 29, the local high school team came out on the big end of a 22-28 score. Two days later the Warrenton school quintet defeated Middleburg at Middleburg by the score of 31 to 25. Tuesday the locals won from Henderson at Henderson by the score of 33 to 11. Terrell and Williams starred for the John Graham school in the .... nnj RMnnt, game wiin ?j led his team mates in the clash with Middleburg. Williams was also the outstanding player for the locals in the match with Henderson. WINS BASKET BALL GAME Company B defeated Gold Sand at basket ball played there this week by the score of 27-23. DAUGHTER BORN Born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Pittard on Wednesday, Feb. 5, a daughter. Judge R. Hunt Parker of Roanoke Rapids was in Warrenton yesterday and while here visited the office of The Warren Record. hr Wi [, COUNTY OF WARREN, N ( Pershing Niece, Queen, i\ iUk&\ ll^llt/A j&Wfi W.J* #1 CHEYENNE, Wyo.... . Just now, Mary Helen Warren (above),'18, is at school at Leland Stanford University in l California. Next ^July, shell be wearing her 10-gallon hat as "Miss Frontier," Queen of Cheyenne's^ Frontier "Day's celebration. Her father owns a large ranch hete. She is a niece of General John J. Pershing. Pack of Dogs Attack Sheep Of Tasker Hicks A pack of dogs practically wiped out the entire flock of sheep of Tasker Hicks, the owner told members of the Board of County Commissioners cn Monday when he came before them in an ef|?rt to be reimbursed for his loss with funds derived from the dog tax. Mr. Hicks said the dogs killed 40 outright, but three had died since the wholesale slaughter and that ?ta*a v>a4- frt litre* live muie wcic iiub ca^v/i/uu w A few lambs survived the attack and t-hey are being fed out of a bottle by Mr. Hicks. Mr. Hicks said that he had been unable to learn the owner or owners cf the dogs but evidently a pack of around 15 took part in the raid. The sheep were listed by Mr. Hicks for taxation at a value of $6 a head. The commissioners appointed a committee composed of J. C. Hardy, W. L. Paschall and Alvin Fleming to investigate the complaint and assess damages. Mrs. Lucy Thornton Dies At Macon Macon, Feb. 5.?Last rites for Miss Lucy Boy 1 Thornton, who died Saturday, February 1, midnight, following a prolonged invalidism and a brief critical illness, , were held from the family residence in Macon on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. O. I. Hinson, pastor of the Macon Methodist Church, of which the deceased was from childhood a devoted member, conducted the services, while a mixed quartette sang eld hymns. Interment was in the Egerton family plot in the local cemetery. Pallbearers were J. M. Coleman, F. M. Drake, H. K. Kenyon, A. L. Nicholson, Dr. W. D. Rodgers, W. C. Williams. Miss Thornton was the daughter of the late Robert Boyd and Rebecca Egerton Thornton. She is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Frank B. Thornton, Washington, D. C., Raymond W. Thornton, Littleton, N. Macon Thornton and Mrs. Emma Thornton Nowell, Macon, N. C., Mrs. Daniel C. Lawrence, Sanfcrd, N. C., and Mrs. Charles V. Sharpe, Burlington, N. C. Several nieces and nephews also survive. P. T. A. To Sponsor Dinner Program The Parent-Teacher Association will sponsor a dinner with a special program of entertainment here on the evening of Februay 18, announcement was made this week. The meal will be prepared by the mothers in the association and entertainment will be furnished by Miss Sarah Thurston Price and pupils of her dancing school and by Haywood Dowling, director of the Wake Forest Glee Club. I Neither Miss Price nor Mr. Dowling are strangers to Warren| ton. The former has been con - -3 Viorp for ducting a Uciiii/Uig ov/xxuwa 4iv*? ?? several months and the latter appeared in Warrenton with the Wake Forest Glee Club for a concert in the auditorium of the John Graham school in December. Both of these artists are performing without compensation, it was said. Tickets for the entertainment will be offered by school children at a price of 25c a plate. I jn \ .1 * I i M i y irrnt . C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY KERR PRESENTS COMPACT PLAN Introduces Measure For An Agreement Between 4 Tobacco States TO BACK SOIL PROJECT Congressman John H. Kerr's plan of regulating tobacco production through a compact entered into by tobacco producing states was carried before Congress in a resolution introduced by him last week. The plan was devised by Judge Kerr several weeks ago when the Supreme Court ruled the AAA unconstitutional but it was introduced in Congress as an alternative in the event the Federal Soil Conservation Act, which has for its purpose the regulation of basic agricultural commodities, fails to go through. Although Congressman Kerr thinks the compact idea is constitutional and will insure fair prices for tobacco, he is also of the opinion that the Federal Soil Conservation Act, with its amendment, will be effective and he will give his support to this act. His views are set-forth in the following press release which was received by The Warren Record last Friday: Kerr's Statement "The bill before Congress which has for its purpose the regulation of the production of our basic agricultural commodities, and to an extent preserve the program which (Continued on Page b) Local Tobacco Market To End Season Tuesday The Warrenton tobacco market will close for the 1935-36 season on Tuesday, February 11, announcement was made by warehousemen this week. Figures on the amount of tobacco that has been sold at Warrenton this season were not available yesterday afterfftfcn. Robbers Raid Local Grocery Store Burroughs Grocery Company was robbed on Sunday night by a thief or thieves who gained entrance to the building by cutting the screen wire on a rear window. W. H. Burroughs, one of the owners, stated that he was unable to tell exactly what the robber or robbers got but that three or four hams, some bologna and cigars were found missing. The store was entered between dark and 9 o'clock on Sunday night Mr. Burroughs said. No clues leading to an arrest have been reported. Fear Tobacco Prices Will Be Low In 1936 A flue-cured tobacco crop 260,000,000 pounds in excess of the amount that can be sold at a reasonable price has been forecast for this year unless growers restrict production. After studying the situation, the North Carolina Growers Advisory Committee estimated that if growers carry out their intentions, as now indicated, the crop will run to 900,000,000 pounds. The committee also found evidence that the largest amount that can be sold at a reasonable price, according to present demand conditions, will be around 640,000,000 pounds. With this in view, the committee has appealed to all flue-cured tobacco growers to limit their plant(Continued on Page 6) Reading Treat In Farm Feature Another big reading treat's in store for you this month as you read today's issue of The Warren Record. With more than a little pride, we present another special all-rotogravure section, our regular monthly agricultural supplement. Packed with pictures gathered around the . 1 jii state, in neignmormg communities and from far off places, too, our STATE FARM SECTION for February will, we believe, be received even more enthusiastically than last month's. There's something in our February supplement for every member of the family: Some serious thoughts for father on the agricultural situation right in this section of the country and in other com(Continued on Page 6) Error 7, 1936 Subscriptio: Graham Morris ! |~ Killed In Wreck; | Funeral Tuesday | Funeral services for Graham I Morris, 20, who was fatally injured in an automobile accident about a two miles from South Hill, Va., on Sunday morning around 9 o'clock, were conducted from the Warren- I ton Methodist church on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. O. I. Hinson, who was assisted || oy tne Kev. u u. urotners, Memo- m dist minister serving the Warren I Circuit. Burial followed in Fairview | cemetery. I I Mr. Morris, who for several & months had been night clerk at the ] John Marshall hotel in Richmond, coi was en route to Warrenton to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Morris, when the car in which he was riding with a salesman crashed pa in a manner which is not known here. Following the accident both ? men were taken to the Maria Par- _ _ ham hospital in Henderson where IN Mr. Morris died Sunday night about 9 o'clock. No definite details of the accident are known here. The report which circulated here was that Mr. ^ Morris had expected to leave Rich- rea mond on a bus for Warrenton and ^ failing to catch the bus he caught ^ a ride with a salesman said to be from New York. A short distance south of South Hill the car slid in some manner and the accident fol, , mil lowed. Co] In addition to his parents, Mr. _ Morris is survived by two brothers, Be" Randolph and Walter Jr., and one ^ sister, Gwendolyn. . tro I Farmers To Hear I ant Leaders' Plans At ^ Greenville Meet ren bee By BOB BRIGHT ant Farmers and other interested ope citizens of this county are invited 1 to attend a meeting in the auditor- vol ium of Eastern Carolina Teachers' QU? College in Greenville, N. C., on ru* Monday, Feb. 10, at 2:00 p. m. as Edward A. O'Neil, President of a 1 the American Farm Bureau will P speak on the farm program that afc has been proposed to take the place fir? of the Agricultural Adjustment Ad- as ministration. J. B. Hutson, Chief sec of the Tobacco Section of the outlawed A. A. A., I. O. Schaub, Di- sea rector of Extension in this state, the and E. Y. Floyd, Tobacco Special- ^2,( ist, have been invited to appear on the program. crgl This should be a very interesting g meeting and I hope a large dele-1.. gation of farmers will attend. Mr. ? ? cor O'Neil has been instrumental in offering a new program for the tQr farmer and should be able to give ^ you a clear idea of just what has th been proposed and the chances of having this program enacted. 0V? I have invited a field agent of enj the Grange to come to this county act and assist in organizing a grange. ieg The Grange is a farmers organization and has sponsored legislation i^j in the past that has been very ben- 1VJ eficial to the rural people. The Grange was directly responsible for our Rural Mail Delivery System, j Men and women may become mem- Bo| bers of this organization. I would ne? like to get in touch with interested 10. persons as soon as possible. Vance ne. County has one of the best Granges Ma in the South and has been very da, active in promoting the welfare of the farmer. me 1 ??; ete Graham Seniors i To Present Play Els "Here Comes Patricia," a royalty Boi play by Eugene G. Hafer, will be j presented by the Senior class of hu,' John Graham High School in the dat John Graham High School auditor- Hil ium on Friday evening, February for 21, at 8 o'clock. Shi "Here Comes Patricia" is an un- an< usuually wholesome, brilliant, and tor exhilirating farce, a member of the faculty commented yesterday. y The players are Mary Howard Palmer, Ethel Mae King, Nancy Gillam, Hattie Drake, Pat Egerton, Sara Palmer Moore, John Williams, t Leonard Daniel, T. R. Frazier, Bill pie Ward, and Clarence Ridout. wil Pupils from Miss Sara Price's nig school of tap dancing will give at some attractive dance numbers be- ton tween acts. Pet disi nanrrTorp CPDlTTrrC A D/1T HOI OUIVTAVUU jt, Baptist Sunday School will be foil held in the John Graham School phi on Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock ten and preaching service will be held the at the same place at 11 o'clock, the cor Rev. R. E. Brickhouse announced tin The Baptist minister also an- chi nounced that he would preach at lim Macon on Sunday evening at 7 itir o'clock. div n Price, $1.50 a Year For Liggett Slaying | rtfy ^BCadKraH MINNEAPOLIS . . . Above is a irt picture of Isadore Blumenfeld, as Kid Cann, liquor salesman, as . i._.' 1 _X 1. J / J.1 11 J _1 i inai auirieu lor uie auegea siay* of -Walter Liggett, crusading blisher, shot down following newsper attacks on racketeers and icials. " Jf** * - early $5000 Net Profits Reported By Whiskey Store t net profit of $4,780.68 has bee lized from the sale of whiske Warren county since legal sale ;an on July 22, the auditors re t of WaU & Williams for th f year period ending Decembe reveals. The report was su'o ;ted to the Board of Count nmissioners on Monday by J. I fee, chairman of the Alcoholi /erage Control Board. The report shows that total salt m the county's three stores! at Warrenton, one at Littleto I one at Norlina?have amount to $35,396.50, with the bulk c s business being done at War iton. The net profit here ha in $4,059.56, at Littleton $663.3! 1 at Norlina, where a store wa ined a few months ago, $308.85, Tie report also discloses that th ume of business for the secon irter that the stores have bee: miner Vine hppn more than twic large as the first quarter, wit jig increase in the percentage c fit Yor thil county. Warrenton and Littleton for th it quarter amounted to $10,951.0 compared with $21,859.28 for th ond quarter, which embraced th i months and the Christma son. Total sales at Norlina fc i second quarter amounted t 302.21. The profit that has been mad 1 eventually be applied to th leral fund of the county but ? sent is being used to pay fc lor stock which was sent here o isignment. At the time of th iitors* report the stock inver ied $16,790.00. The stores have paid $327.22 t i state in the form of sales ta 1 around $100 has been turne ir to the sheriff's office for la 'orcement, as stipulated in th , which permits whiskey to I ally sold. (rs. F. Bobbitt Dies On Monda; Mineral services for Mrs. Fletche bbitt. who died at her horn ir Macon on Monday morning ? 45 o'clock following a brief ill ss, were conducted from th con Methodist church on Tues 7 afternoon at 3 o'clock by th v. O. I. Hinson, pastor. Intel nt took place/ in the Macon cerr ry. rhe following nephews served ? Ibearers: George Bobbitt, Wh bbitt, Fletcher Bobbitt, Arthi in, Algernon Bracey and Branc bbitt. JLrs. Bobbitt is survived by h? sband and the following sons an jghters: Louis M., A. Bracey an liard of Winston-Salem and Clii d of Warrenton; Mrs. R. 1 aw of Macon, Mrs. M. C. Schaui i Mrs. D. Sprinkle of Win? i-Salem. oung Peoples Union To Mee The Warren County Young Pec 's Union of the Methodist churc 1 meet in Norlina on Frida ht, February 14, at 7:30 o'clocl the Methodist cnurcn, w. cane i Wilson, district director Youn jple's Work of the Rocky Mour brict, announced yesterday. l brief business session will b lowed by reports on the Mem is Conference. Delegates who ai ded the Conference will giv :ir impressions. The Union wi iclude its meeting with & Valen e party in the basement of th ireh. The young people of Not a. church will be host to the vis ig delegates from the other loct isions. * OF THE NEWS 1>*WLLTHE TIME NUMBER 6 BOOST PAY OF MISS LEACH $25 State Board Asks Increase In Salary of Warren Welfare Officer DUTIES ARE INCREASED The salary of Miss Lucy Leach, welfare officer, was increased S25 a month by the Board of County Commissioners on Monday after Mrs. W. B. Aycock of the State Board of Charities and Miss Essie Toler, field counselor for the State Board of Charities and Welfare, petitioned for this raise on the grounds that her salary was not in 'ine with other welfare workers of this state. She was also given a clerical helper, who is to be paid by the State Department of Wel" fare. Mrs. Aycock and Miss Toler told the commissioners that since ERA had been liquidated and all relief activities placed under the super8 vision of the county welfare officer , that the head of this department n should draw as much if not more y money than her assistants, who are ss paid by the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare. Under her e present salary of $60 a month plus ir $40 for car expense, those working under Miss Leach are making more y money than she, these ladies pointi. ed out. c Mrs. Aycock and Miss Toler also told the board that due to an inadess quate staff many of the county - welfare departments have found it ' n practically impossible to meet the excessive demands of recent months if in servicing relief clients and that the State Board of Charities and is Public Welfare is endeavoring to 8. strengthen the state and county is units now charged with the responsibility of meeting relief needs e not only of the unemployables but d those employables not yet absorbed n through WPA. jjjijfjj e In addition to the routine duties h of the County Superintendent of >f Public Welfare the enlarged county rs unit will be responsible for certiflie cation of relief clients to WPA, the J t- i-- 1. U..rA il uuu camps ana are nupiug tunc e the organization so it will be able e to take charge of pensions when the is Social Security Act begins to func?r tion, they stated, o After the commissioners had increased Miss Leach's salary to e $125 a month, doing away with the ie $40 item for car expense, Miss Toler it called Mrs. Tom Bost of Raleigh, t commissioner of the State Board of n Charities and Public Welfare, and ie she promised Miss Leach clerical i- help, to be chosen from this county at a salary of $60 a month, which o is to be paid by the state departx ment. Miss Mildred Frazier, who d assisted Miss Satterfield with toe w files in the ERA office, is doing ie this work at present. >e Other matters before the board are shown from the following minutes: Ordered that the monthly appropriation for Ed/ Douglas (col) and Y his children be increased from $5.00 to $8.00 for the months of Februir ary, March and April, ie Ordered that $2.00 per month be it appropriated for office rent and 1- $1..75 per month for telephone for :e the Resettlement Administration, i- Ordered that $2.00 be appropriated ie for Letha Jordan for toe month of February. i- Mr. Tasker P. Hicks appeared before the board relative to a numis ber of sheep killed by dogs. Thereit fore, in accordance with the Statute ? lit-- onnnlnloH fVl? fflllOWinfif II" 1/11(7 Uuaiu ? ?? _ h to serve as Jurors and to meet at the residence of Mr. Hicks on Wedir nesday, February 12th, at 12 o'clock d M and investigate ids complaint d and assess such damages as they may find and render their report I. (Continued on page 6) n Begins Distribution Of Food To Needy Miss Lucy Leach began this week t the distribution of commodities sent here by the State Department i- of Welfare for relief clients in Warh ren county. y There are 125 heads of families c, in Warren county who were termed eligible for food orders by the state g authorities who investigated each it case from reports sent to Raleigh and then instruct the county welie fare officer what to give each i- family. Miss Leach said that each order e is supposed to last a family one 11 month. The orders include hami berger, soup stock, skimmed milk, e prunes, flour and snap-beans. The welfare officer stated that a i- total of 4,816 families in Warren il county have received either work or direct federal relief since 1932.