North Carolina Newspapers

a accurate, terse timely volume xxxvi I ScAL MARKET I US GOOD SEASON eH Volume of Tobacco Sold Here Highest Since Big 1920 Crop above STATE average W flic curtain ran down on tobacco ' I sales here on Wednesday, bringing i^H t0 a close one of the best seasons j from fire standpoint of quantity (H that the Warrenton market has en-1 jored since 1920 when six million ; I punas ct the tremendous crop j '-"wi-eri the bottom from ; fiiicn * H under prices were disposed of here. pour million, one 'hundred and eighteen thousand pounds of the Jed were sold here during the past i season for an average price of i r^l 520*39- Last season the average prices were several cents higher but the volume was around one million The 4.118.00C pounds of tobacco jojd here released $88,907.62 to ii^H powers who marketed their crop Total sales in the state amounted to 543.231.490 pounds, at an average V Fire Commissioner nl Brockwell Discusses Local Condition Sherwood Brockwell, state fire commissioner, met with the Board S of Town Commissioners on Monday ? night and discussed fire-fighting I facilities and fire protection with 'MK After discussing various types of H equipment and the approximate I cost, the commissioner recommended to the beard that the fire I committee join him in Raleigh for 3,t inspection tour. This committee. composed of Commissioner W. R. Strickland, Fire Chief William Burroughs and Harold R. Skillman - of the water department, are exf^ ?-ooirrt fi-n'c trirv nc ennn as IP"w"lCU IU iliUiVC HiXO WW. die c.jatlitT clears. Mr. Brrckwel! is reported as having been well pleased with foe flow c! water here and also the pressure tut advocated more pressure by the use of a pump. The pump equipped on a truck will cost around $3,000. it was said. The fire committee is expected to make a report of its visit and recommendations to the board at the next regular meeting. Tax Collector To Be At Court House F:r the convenience of those who ate required by law to file Federal Income Tax Returns, a Deputy Col- , ector cf Internal Revenue will be 3f. tho Dofietftv Af T^AArlo f f i r>a I Court House. Warrenton, on TuesI tar, February 25th to assist taxI payers in preparing their returns. I No charge will be made for t-.uis I service. If you net income is $1,000 or I over or your gross income is $5,000 I or over and you are single (or if I married and not living with your I husband or wife), you are required I to file a return. If you are married < I and living with husbanh or wife I ar.d your net income is $2,500 or over or your gross income is $5,000 I over, you are required to file a return. You are required to file your refor the calendar year 1935 not - "later than March 15, 1936.A penI % of net more than $10,000 or ; I imprisonment for not more than : I one year, or both, is imposed by statute for willful failure to make I Jttu;n oa time. I 0. D, C. To Sponsor 'So Red The Rose' I Pay their debts and I r"sil the work cn the Nathaniel ^ 'aeon nlaeo tt t-v <-< ? . unc O. X-J. iAIV; Imsonng the picture, "So Red the ^ at t'he Warren Thieatre on 1 ^ Tuesday afternoon and night, sure to buy your ticket from e Daughters, or their agents. lckets ' 'ill be on sale at the Warnton Grocery Store with Miss ,r'ma Hall in charge, for the con'^nce of out-of-town people. # 's is the beginning of a numr ?f entertainments for this work ^ u'e beg the cooperation of eur i and county people, for it is > ' you we are working. Je wish to thank Mr. Robinson ; bis company for their assistCe in this our first attempt. AMMA D. GRAHAM, resident Warren County Chap- ' er U. D. c. v , WARRENTON, Would Tax Childless inson (above), of the University of Illinois faculty, is advocating that taxes to meet old-age pensions be levied on bachelors, spinsters and childless married couples. Should Use Care In Disposing Scrap, Says Bob Bright i Tobacco producers should not sell J scrap tobacco or dispose of their ; allotment cards before figuring ' their parity, County Agent Bob ' Bright points out in the following 1 article which relates an instance of ' one man hauling 400 pounds of the i weed 16 miles, selling it for $4.00 ] and losing $14.00 in parity benefit. His article follows: "Tobacco producers should not : sell scrap or trash tobacco. The producer is permitted to sell in ex- 1 cess of his allotment without purchasing an allotment card, but 1 producers should not take advantage of this ruling. Every pound of 1 scrap placed on the market adds to the surplus. 1 "One producer hauled 400 pounds 1 of tobacco 16 miles and sold it for < $4.00 and filled out his allotment card. This of course meant that he would not draw any parity. I figured up his parity and it came to $18.00. This producer lost $14 irv addition to the time and trouble of preparing and bringing to market 400 pounds of tobacco. "Producers should not sell out [ their cards until they have figured j their parity. One producer was selling to another 'his card with ' 900 pounds on it. This card at 4c j per pound was worth $36.00, the parity on this card was worth $129. If this card owner had sold this card he would have lest $93. I know that producers have made this mistake and sold their cards. "Tobacco and cotton producers should abide by their contracts regardless of the decision of the. supreme court. This contract was| in favor of the farmer and anything he does that is a violation of this contract is hurting the farmer. The farmer should realize that any program that is offered him is his program and drawn in his favor. "I can't understand why it is necessary to pay farmers to carry out a program that is benefitting him. The farmer should be willing to cooperate without pay, but he will not do it. I hope to see the day when the farmer will cooperate of his own accord." John Drake Runs In Madison Garden : : Chapel Hill, Feb. 10?John O. J 'Red" Drake of Warrenton ran the 1 first leg in a two mile relay run at the Millrose Games in Madison < Square Gardens Saturday, Febru- ] ary 1, in which the University of i North Carolina won fourth place. < Fordham was first; New York University, second; Columbia, third: University North Carolina, fourth; and Yale, fifth. Drake, who is a university senior is a middle distance runner here and is Co-captain of the '36 track . team. He is a letterman. j Two other North Carolina boys ( were members of the relay team: ( Graham Gammon, of Charlotte who ( ran the fourth leg; and Roy Rosser , of Sanford who ran the second j leg. ; Mr. Drake is the son of Mr. and f Mrs. M. M. Drake of Warrenton. ? P. T. A. Dinner Off i Due To Weather Tb^linher and special program i of ^|fl?!tai*i||ient which was to be \ given John Graham High \ Schcxjl'^ll^^esday night under the I ausplW^MBfe Parent-xeacner as- c sccla1*?MP been cancelled in- i definlteljKjftpkcount of weather i conditio!,VflMch have kept schools t closed thflBNpk and prevented i necessary ^HBj|/-nients from be- c ijr ffi COUNTY OF WARREN, Fall From Snow Shovel Fatal To Howard Hawks Funeral services for Howard Hawks of Norlina, father of Mrs. Julius Banzet of Warrenton, were conducted from the Methodist church at Norlina on Monday afternoon by the Rev. O. I. Hinson, pastor of the Warrenton Methodist church, assisted by Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal church, Warrenton, and Rev. W. C. Wilson, pastor of the Norlina Methodist church. Burial took place at the Parker cemetery, Norlina. Mr. Hawks, a prominent farmer, died in Duke hospital in Durham on Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the effects of a fall which he sustained near his home on Friday afternoon while dragging the roads. His neck and back were broken and he was paraliyzed at the time. Howard H. Hawks was born March 3, 1880, the son of Lucas H. and Sopronia Coleman Hawks. He was married to Mss Nannie Tudor of Virginia and to this union were born the fcllowing^children: Herman Hawks, who died in 1925, Louis and Prank Hawks - of Norlina, Mrs. Julius Banzet of Warrenton and Misses Louise and Nan Hawks of Norlina. In addition to his wife ind children, he leaves the following brothers and sisters: B. H? T. r., and S. N. Hawks of Norlina, Mrs. M. E. Walker, Misses Katie ind Bettie Hawks of Norlina, and Mrs. J. D. Randolph of Warren Plains. He was active in church work, laving served as steward of the Warren Plains Methodist church :or eighteen years. Pallbearers were Jerman Walker, Ft. L. Yancey, Jim Hundley, S. G. Wilson, Clarence Thompson, and 3. A. Rose. PWA Says Work May Be Started On Armories Soon Capt. Claude Bowers said yesterday that he had received no recent information in regard to the erection of an armory at Warrenton rther than the news story carried !n Thursday paper which stated rhat an additional allotment had been made to the State Work Progress Administration and that possibly some of this money would be used to erect armories. The news story stated that Administrator Coan had notified district directors of the WPA to select possible sites for armories where sufficient skilled labor is available or where local agencies will provide sufficient supplemen;ary funds to secure, adequate skillad labor outside of relief rolls. Pinal decis'on on armory sites will ae made by the state office in co:peration with Adjustant General Van B. Metts. Free Clinic To Be Held At R. Rapids There will be a free examination xnd treatment for cripples and deformed persons unable to pay, both vhite and colored, at the Rosemary Baptist church building, Roanoke Ftap'ds, N. C., cn Wednesday, Feb"uary 19th, announcement was made his week. This Kiwanis Club Orthopedic Clinic will be in charge of Dr. VV. ?. Cole of Greensboro. Those suffering from infantile paralysis are especially urged to attend. Welfare Officer Lists Five Cases Five cases are submitted to the jublic fcr consideration this week jy Miss Lucy Leach, welfare officer. She says that she has a man )n her list who wants to bottom hairs, two colored girls who desire vork in a home, that money is )adly needed to buy glasses for a vhite child who is going to school, hat three sick people need food ind bed clothing, and that she has i good home for a settled colored jerson. VISIT FLORIDA Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Allen left yes 1 1 Xt 4-rrrr\ I ;eraay morning uy mu im ? veek's trip to Florida. When asked vhat part of Florida he would visit, vlr. Allen remarked that he had no lefinite destination in mind, that le and Mrs. Allen would visit iround until they found a place hey liked. He also stated that durng the past 33 years he has had >nly 15 days of vacation from his vork. irrett I. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 WORK STARTED" ON POSTOFFICE However, It Will Be About Four Months Until Construction Is Started SURVEY TO BE MADE The first steps towards the actual building of a new post office here were taken this week when J. L. Poster, a representative of the Post OfBice Department, visited Warrenton and began preliminary work on the lot opposite Hotel Warren, which was recently purchased by the government for a post office site. Mr. Foster, who will probably be here ten days, is having pits dug on the lot for samples of gravel, l/CttViilg piUUUICO U1 Uilli one OUM erecting concrete slabs which will probably designate corners. He is also having a survey of the lot made. It is expected to be around four months before the job of erecting the building is begun. Bridegroom Uses Wagon When Car Is Halted By Snow Snow and ice caused Dal Riggan some inconvenience when he set out to get married on Friday of last week but these obstacles failed to cause him to leave his bride-tobe waiting at the altar. With the preacher by his side, Mr. Riggan started to the home of Mrs. Katherine Fleming Pope to marry her daughter, Miss Clara Fleming Pope, and was within a mile of her home when his car balked. Undaunted, he procured a wagon and team and made the rest of the journey in "ffcis manner. After the ceremony had been performed, he and his bride and tne preacner cnmoea aDoara me wagon and returned to the car where the rest of the trip was made by motor. Mrs. Perkinson Buried At Macon Macon, Feb. 11?The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Ellis Perkinson, 58, was held Saturday, February 8th at 2 o'clock, at her home near Macon, with her paster, the Rev. O. I. Hin-' son, officiating. Interment was in the Wise cemetery Mrs. Perkinson for several years had been an invalid with rheumatism. She was the oldest daughter of the late John and Delma Ellis and had been a devoted member of the Hebron Methodist church for 45 years. Surviving her are her husband, Willie J. Perkinson; six sons, Herbert, Clarence, Ollie White, Willie, Jr., John Russell and Clyde; two daughters, Florence and Lena; one sister, Mrs. L. J. Harris of Macon; four brothers, Henry J. Ellis, Ollie D. Ellis, J. Russell n;iiis 01 Macon, and W. Cleveland Ellis of Jeffress, Virginia. Pallbearers, who were nephews cf the deceased, were: Willie Pegram, Leon J. Harris, Clifton Ellis, Wil- j lis Ellis, Walter Ellis and Oliver Ellis. Areola Boy Wins Scholastic Honor Buie's Creek, Feb. 10?Robert Harris, Areola, Warren County's only student to make the Camp- , bell college semester honor roll, made the highest average of any ; freshman boy in college. Young ; Harris, the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Harris, made the "A" honor roll , for the semester. Two other students shared this honor with him; ] a freshman girl, Mary uetty eaaep- , hard, Durham, and a sophomore boy, Francis Thomasson, Cameron. ] Harris a member of the Einstein ] Science Club, made the highest j average of any student taking freshman Biology. Little Miss Marian Polk iias been ( confined to her home this week on I account of a cold. j Mrs. Claire Rutledge and daughter, Janet, and Mrs. Motts and j daughter and son. all of Goldsbcrro, ] were guests in the home of Mrs. T. B. Gardner Sunday. j Mrs. Carr Moore is recovering j from influenza at her home. Mesdames G. H. Macon and j Mary Eleanor Price Grant spent Wednesday in Chapel Hill with j their sons. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Cooper left Thursday for a few days visit to ] relatives in Baltimore. * / I item-. 4, 1936 Subscript Veterans Swarm Offices foi . v : HW which is reported to have prevailed tlir< offices of the Veterans Administratio passing of the Baby Bond Bonus Bill taker* in New York where 5,000 veterai blanks the first day, Schools, Closed By Snow May Re-Open Monday Schools of the county which were prevented from opening last Friday morning by the eight-inch snow, which fell Thursday night and Friday are expected to reopen on Monday morning after more than a week's holiday for students and faculty members. Supt. J. Edward Allen said yesterday that the present plans call for the schools at Warrenton and Macon to resume operations on Monday and that he was hoping road conditions would permit the reopening of the Norlina and Drewry schools at the same time. While he did not state definitely that the Littleton school would remained closed on Monday, he appeared more dubious about the opening there than in other educational centers of the county. Hie superintendent explained that the roads in some sections of the ccunty are in worse condition than in others. The roads leading into Warrenton and Macon will perhaps pernjit safe bus travel by Monday, while in other sections of the county they may not, he said. Schools over the entire state have been forced to halt class work on account of the unusual bad spell of weather. Cooper Announces Graham Honor Roll The Scholastic Honor Roll of the John Graham High School for the fourth month as offered by Paul W. Cooper, principal, is as follows: First Grade: Milton King, Susie King, Elsie Parrott, James Robinson, Dorothy Dillard, Margaret Pcwell, Ann Bottoms^ J. P. Harris, Gwendolyn Morris, Mariam Hight, Violet Hamm, Patsy Capps, Janie Conn, Nellie Davis Bugg, John Thomas Harris. Second Grade: Walter Jones, Erdine Conn, Viola Lee Skillman, Betty Brickhcuse, Douglas Taylor, Eloise Parker, Elizabeth Pernell. Third Grade: Estelle Boyce, Eula fnscoe, Edith Allen, Helen Faucette, Fairfax Mitchell, Margaret Parrott, Mary Powell, Lucy Davis Seaman, Beaufort S. Williarps, Norma Martin. Fourth Grade: Mary Arden Tuck;r, Margaret Rodwell, J. T. White. Fifth Grade: Nancy Loyd, Doris Harris, Nancy Moseley, Olive Rook;r, Richard Vaughan. Sixth Grade: Charles Peete, Bil-j y Bugg, Wayland Modlin, Louise Davis, Evelyn Corbitt, Simon Ter ell, Vann Parker. Seventh Grade: Isabel Allen. Eighth Grade: Robert Brickrouse, Frank Daniel, Alpheus Mos;ley, Dick Ward, Claude Weldon, Arthur Williams, Kathryn Parker, Minnie Wilson. . Ninth Grade: Harold Davis, Lesie Overby, Billy Peete, Dorothy aurrougxis. Tenth Grade: Sam Pinnell, Helen lolt, Margaret Capps, Edna Montgomery. Eleventh Grade: Virginia Weldon, jeonard Daniel. HANY STUDENTS ARE ON ATTENDANCE HONOR ROLL The Perfect Attendance Honor : tail of the John Graham High i (Continued on Page 6) lion Price, $1.50 a Year : Baby Bonus BoncHManks ' ' ;i , ??| z % o*e is pictured a scene, the like of niglyHit the United States at regional n, the day and week following the by congress. The picture above was is swarmed the offices for application T. R. Walker Sr., Former Editor, Dies At Littleton Littleton, Feb. 13?Funeral services for T. R. Walker Sr., 78, who died suddenly at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. G. Jones, early Wednesday morning, were held at the home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 with interment following in Sunset Hill cemetery. Mr. Walker had resided here for the past 40 years. He was editor and publisher of the News-Reporter, local paper, for 25 years. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. D. G. Jones of Littleton; and three sons, T. R. Walker Jr. and H E. Walker of Littleton and M. E. Wal ker of Norlina. Company B. Holds Place of Leadership Company B, under the leadership of Capt. Claude T. Bowers, continues to hold its place of leadership in accomplishments which it has assumed in the 120th N. C. Infantry of National GuaTds for many years. The membershp of the North Carol'na National Guard Team for the indoor rifle matches was announced yesterday by AdjutantGeneral John Van B. Metts. The team consists of a captain and a coach and ten members selected on the basis of their scores in state matches in which every rifle unit in the state takes part. Capt. Bowers was selected captain and four of the ten tearr], members are from Co. B. They are Corporal B. P. Bowling, Private C. R. Ridout, First Lieutenant H. R. Skillman, and Private Roy Cameron. Members of the team will receive a bronze medal for firing and teams from every state in the union will fire in the matches during the month of February. The winning team will receive a trophy and silver medals. "The Company is to be congratulated on placing so many men on the team and the results of the matches will be waited for with great interest by the friends of the N. C. National Guard," a citizen of the town stated yesterday in contributing the above information. Only One Case In Recorder's Court James Alston, negro, was the only defendant to face Judge W. W. Taylor in Recorder's court on Monday morning. He was charged with larceny, having been accused by W. A. Walker, white man of near Warrenton, of stealing his dogs. The negro denied the charge and a non-suit was granted by Judge Taylor. In the absence of Solicitor Pippen, the prosecution department was manned by Gilmer Overby. SHERIFF OUT Sheriff W. J. Pinnell returned to his office this week after being confined to his home for two weeks on account of illness. Although he is much better, he is still suffering from hoarseness and weakness. Mrs. Tom Read, formerly Miss Donna White of Ridgeway, will resume her work with Margaret's Beauty Parlor on Monday. MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 7 DEBT CAUSE OF ICE ON STREETS I Town In Good Shape, But No Funds Left For Removal Of Snow DEBT LOAD IS AT PEAK If Li: Warrenton is in better shape financially than it has been in years?in such good shape that its bonds are not for sale?but due to the fact that outstanding bonds are being paid off as they fall due, the present tax rate does not provide sufficient funds for removing snow off the streets and sidewalks, purchasing needed equipment and carrying on desired work. "Well, if we haven't got the money, what's become of it?" the average taxpayer, who realizes that the town raises more than $10,000 yearly from assessments, questions. The answer to this question is found by a study of the financial sheet by which Warrenton functions. "Rie budget, in round figures, shows that the town has about $1,300,000 worth of taxable property, which raises $13,000 a year at the present tax rate of $1 on the $100 valuation. Bonds, which were issued when the hotel was built and water works installed, are being taken up when they fall due at a cost of around $6,000 a year. Interest on the bondet' indebtedness is between $3,500 and $4,000 annually, which brings the total bond cost to $10,000, leaving $3,000 for operating expenses. The last fiscal year around $2,500 was required for administrative ??J mamawaI rtvnnnPOC TVin cfropt. CtHU gCIICi <Xl UApCIlO^O. JL lily wvv/vW department required about $7,200, the police department around $3,000, and the fire department about $1,000, bringing the total operating expense, outside of bond account, to about $14,000. Only $3,000 of the $13,000 raised through taxation is left to apply on the $14,000 expense of running Warrenton. Fortunately for the town, it has other sources of revenue, such as the Warrenton Water Co., the Hotel, and the Warrenton Rail Read Co. These three units, and privilege taxes, pay into the town an average of about $11,000 a year, which makes up for the deficit. The bond burden is heavier now than it has been in the past and will continue to be heavy through 1939, when a number of the bonds will be retired, but in 1939 a big percentage of the bonded indebtedness will have been lifted and there will be more funds for other items incident with the operation of the town. Harry M. Darden Dies In Virginia Littleton, Feb. 13?Funeral services for Harry MacMillan Darden, who died suddenly Saturday at McKenney, Virginia, were held on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of his uncle, J. M. Darden, in Suffolk, Virginia. Interment took place in the Suffolk cemetery. Mr. Darden came to Littleton from Suffolk about ten years ago and was engaged in the wholesale lumber business here. He was a prominent business man and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He had been in failing health for several months. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Robert P. Thorne nf Littleton, and one son, Harry Darden Jr., a student at Duke University. The following Littleton people attended Mr. Darden's funeral: Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Pippen, Miss Mary Powell Pippen, Mrs. B. L. Rives, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnston, Mrs. M. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. S T. Thorne, Mr. Jack Nelson and Mr. Prank Foster. Welfare Workers Attend Conference Miss Lucy Leach and Miss Clyde Satterfield of the Warren County Welfare Department attended the state conference of County Super intendents of Public Welfare and Certifying Agents at the Carolina Hotel, Raleigh, on Wednesday. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss problems which have arisen since the establishment of certifying services in the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare and to present various phases of the program to the conference. Clifford Shaw of La Crosse was a visitor here on Wednesday. * iii 1