accurate, terse timely Volume xxxvi Sims applT FOR SEED loans Howard Begins Receiving Applications For Loans On Wednesday MUST BRING $1.50 FEE The Seed Loan Office, located in the court house, began Wednesday receiving applications from farmers for government loans to produce their 1936 crop. While Mr. Howard and his assistants have been busy familiarizing themselves with the new forms and taking care of the applicants who have presented themselves. they have not been rushed by as large a number of clients as 1 will be expected as soon as word spreads over the county that the blanks are here ready to be filled out. i Mr. Howard reiterated his statemeat of last week that all applicants must bring $1.50 with them in order to get the blanks filled out and again emphasized the fact that the loans this year are for the little man. He stated: The emergency crop loans will be made only to farmers who can- , not obtain credit from any other source, as provided by regulations issued by the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration. The money loaned will be limited to the farmer's immediate and actual cash needs for growing his 1936 crops and in no instance may exceed $200 to one farmer. Farmers are not eligible for emergency crop loans if they can | borrow from an individual, produc tion credit association, uau^, oi other concern. Farmers will also be considered ineligible if they have an application pending with Resettlement Administration, have received assistance from tiiat organization this year or are indebted to the Resettlement Administration for an unpaid loan. "As in the past, the security for an emergency crop loan will consist of a first lien on the crop financed. Landlord or ethers having an interest in the crop to be financed will be required to waive their claims in favor of a liei to the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration until the emergency crop loan is repaid. "Checks in payment of approved loans will be issued by the Regional Emergency Crop and Feed Ltan Office at Columbia, S. C." Graham Basketeers End Successful Year By COACH E. H. EASON The basketball season for the John Graham High School quint ; closed successfully with the defeat the strong South Hill team, 24-17. Illness prevented Clarence Ridout and Capt. John Williams from taking their regular places in tile line-up. but Bill Ward and Sidney Kline, the managers, were substituted and their outstanding floor games contributed to the success of the victory. Much praise is due Charles Lee Terrell, Lloyd Brothers, Leonard Daniel, Clarence Ridout, John WilIiams, Tom Frazier, Sidney Kline, 1 and William Ward for their clean .. _ , -rvwmaiisnip ana splendid record of not losing but one game to a %h school team, and that at the hands of the Lafayette club who *e:e Class B champions of 1935. This setback was avenged later In 'he season when the Yellowjackets ; tame through with a 26-25 win 0;ar their rivals. ' The following record is probably ?ne of the best produced by John Graham in recent seasons: J G. 26 _ ..Texaco 21 G. 30 .Henderson 12 1 J G- 28 ..Company B 22 J- G. 33 Henderson 11 J G. 59 Macon 13 i J G. 31 ..Middleburg 25 G. 25 Lafayette 38 ' G. 39 ? Aycock 25 l J G. 29 Middleburg 28 < ' G> 26 Lafayette 25 ' J G. 24 South Hill 17 ^'STRICT WELFARE WORKERS TO MEET AT LOUISBXJRG Central District Welfare i Conference is to be held at Louis- : ?n March 25 in the Mills High School at 10 o'clock in the mornMiss Lucy Leach announced this week. She said that the program will be interesting and inI structive and invited Interested! ^ns to attend. WARRENTON, ( signment. We ftave managcu w take advantage of discounts by buying in small quanties, and today we have a liquor stock of more than $10,000 value. In addition to our ret profits we have turned over some money to the sheriff for enforcement purposes, as required by law, and we have a sum laid aside for depreciation. And. above all, we think that Warren county has three of the cleanest stores in the state." Mr. Boyce also stated that out of the more than 100,000 bottles of whiskey which had been handled separately in the three stores of Warren, not a one was unaccounted for and that only three had been lost by being dropped on the cement floors. Various Garments - m In Sevring Display The demonstration of garments made by relief clients working in the sewing room of the WPA, located in the Dameron building, was attended by around 50 persons on Tuesday afternoon. Punch and cakes were served the guests after their trip of inspection. All types of garments were displayed, many of which were highly praised for their attractiveness. A bath-robe and several small dresses and suits were especially complimented. In addition to these garments, which, were made from raw material, there were overalls, underwear, pajamas and other items of wearing appearel. There are around fifteen relief clients working in the sewing room which is in charge of by Mrs. Martin Hayes. Three or four garments are made each day by each worker and after they have been completed they are carried to the Department of Welfare where they are distributed among the needy of the county. IN HOSPITAL Miss Mamie Gardner is recover ing from an appendix operation she underwent at Park View Hospital, Rocky Mount, on Sunday. Friends are glad to know she is getting along nicely. Mesdames M. C. McGuire, G. H. Macon, R. J. Jones and J. B. Boyce were visitors in Rocky Mount on Wednesday. WTiiskey Figures Cited Incorrect For Warren, Says Boyce Figures appearing in the daily pr&ss Sunday morning relative to the amount of whiskey which has been sold in this state by the 64 stores which opened in seventeen counties in less than seven months after the general assembly had passed acts permitting the sale of liquor on local option at the request of eighteen counties are incorrect for Warren county, J. B. Boyce, chairman of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, stated this week. Mr. Boyce said that the Associated Press' survey showed that Warren county had sold from its three stores a total of$42,515 worth of liquor for a net profit of $5,032 and that $1,051 had been paid to the state in sales tax. Neither the amount listed as sold in Warren county, the accruing profits to the county, nor the sum turned over to Mr. Maxwell in the form of sales tax is correct, the county chairman stated. He listed the correct figures at: Actual sales of whiskey, net including sales tax, $48,305.15; Actual net profit to the county, $6,429.90; Amount of sales tax paid, $1,392.03. In submitting the correct figures Mr. Boyce entered into a general discussion of the operation of the whiskev stores in Warren countv. commenting on the fact that the stores belonged to the people of the county and not to him or to the Contrcl Board. He said that the stores were set up in this county on the belief that they offered the best means of coping with the liquor problem?with the hope of doing away with the bootlegger and enabling the county to benefit in isome measure from the money which was being spent for illegal whiskey. He stated that members of the Control Board accepted appointment on the board with the ides, of carrying out the wishes of the people and that no efforts had been made to boast sales here or to draw customers to the store, but every effort has been made to hande the sales in a clean and ligitimate manner. He continued: "We had not a cent of money to begin operations with when we set up the stores in this county. Everything we bought in the way of whiskey was on con bp* :OUNTY OF WARREN, N. C ~ ^ ^ i BALTIMORE . . . She now signs her name, Mrs. P. Chase Taylor. She is the new bride of Mr. Taylor, know on stage and radio as Col. Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle. Mrs. Taylor is the former Kay 'Bell, secretary to Paul Whiteman. Dr. Cooper To Talk At P. T. A. Meeting Tonight ut. ivi. uooper, Director Division of Preventive Medicine, will discuss "Prevention and Correction of Physical Defects in Children," at the county-wide meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association, which is to be held in the auditorium of the John Graham school on Friday night at 8 o'clock. Fathers, as well as mothers, are urged to attend this meeting and reap the benefit of Dr. Cooper's remarks. Jump Wanted Negro After Pistol Fails To Fire Ed (Lemon) Cloleman, negro wanted by officers for some time, almost lost his life on Saturday night when he was cut and bruised in a fight that followed an argument over a dice game. Coleman, who lives near Macon, said six negroes jumped on him on^ fYtaf twft r?f tViom norvoH Vilm MXXVA 1/iiUU UUU Ui VllViii VUIX I WM AAA*** with knives. He had snapped a pistol on them several times when they realized the gun would not shoot and they jumped him, it was stated. When Coleman came to Warrenton to be treated by a negro physician, Deputy Roy Shearin and Officer Kenneth Short arrested him on charges lodged against him some time ago, and he is now being held in jail. Deputy Shearin said yesterday that Coleman would probably face charges of carrying a concealed weapon, breaking and entering Henry Haithcock's service station about the sixth of January, robbing John Wesley King shortly after Christmas, stealing a wrist watch off a negress who works for John Powell, and assaults with deadly weapon in Norlina and in Macon. Man Jailed On Robbery Charge William "Happy" Plummer, negro, I is in iail under a $250 bond, charg ed with robbing Willie Williams, negro, of $20.00 on Saturday niglit. According to Magistrate W. C. Fagg, who presided over a preliminary hearing, Plummer and Williams got together on the streets of Warren ton on Saturday night | and Williams, who had been drinking, went with Plummer home. Later in the evening, it was said, Williams got Plummer to take him home and when he reached there he was short of $20.00 which he had earlier in the evening. Plummer, it was stated, admitted taking $2.00 out of Williams' pocket but denied getting the rest of the monev. PHILLIPS RUSSELL HERE Phillips Russell, noted author, was a guest of William Polk on Monday. Mr. Russell is not only the author of several biographies but has also written plays and short stories. Mr. Polk, who is also a successful author, said that he was hoping to get Mr. Russell to speak at the library at an early date. RECOVERS FROM 'FLU Mr. Pett Boyd returned to his work at the Citizens Bank yester 1 ' KJn day after oeing commeu tU xiio | home for five days on account of influenza. Miss Rosa Robertson of Macon is recuperating at Park View Hospital. jrrnt < mm A V MADru on -i no/ M) rixiuni) iTir&iwil ?*\Jy l To Discuss Rural Power Lines At Meeting On 25th D. E. Jones, assistant rural electrification specialist, will hold a 1 meeting in the court house on Wednesday morning, March 25, at 10 o'clock for the purpose of discussing the feasibility of stringing . power lines over certain sections of the county in order that those living beyond the city limits may have electricity in their homes. v Mr. Jones, according to County c Agent Eob Bright, will bring with him a map of the county showing 1 all proposed lines and advise his audience what lines he thinks it / will be possible to build. t All persons interested in rural ^ electrification are urged to attend this meeting. t Dogs To Be Given Anti-Rabies Shots * Again This Year s The anti-rabies campaign, made e manditory throughout the state by b the past session of the legislature, will begin in Warren County the g first of April, one of the inspec- f tors appointed to vaccinate dogs V pointed out this week. w The campaign got under way & several months later last year than n is anticipated for this year due to c the fact that the law requiring all c dogs to be vaccinated was new, and, too, some difficulty arose in pro- C viding the serum. e During the campaign last year J around 3,000 dogs were vaccinated, n Board Followed jj Law In Awarding ti Damage For Sheep ? c "The Board of County Commis- e sioners had no alternative in the ? ~i.i.? >?UAM it^nn nn ^ IIlttlLCl WilCll it Ui UCl cu tiiat ipuuu. nn n,A?.A Win _ tax DUUX5 au 90.VU caui, wcic xwn- j; ed by the pack of dogs which got v into Mr. Hicks' flock. Damages s were assessed by W. H. Petar, W. v L. Paschall and J. C. Hardy, who o were paid a total of $11.40 for their services. v a Honor Roll For s Graham Announced ? u The Scholastic Honor Roll of the c John Graham High Schcol for the y fifth month as presented by Paul s W. Cooper, principal, follows: e .First Grade: Patsy Capps, Jane Reavis, Violet Hamm, Annie Weav- v er, Dave Evans, Wm. Gleen Flem- f: ing, Huber Lee Hunt, Joseph Flem- c ing, Junior King, Marion Height, a J. P. Harris, Milton King, James w Robinson, Dorothy Dillard, Susie ii King, Margaret Powell, Ann Bottoms. J Second Grade: Viola Lee Skillman, Eloise Parker, Douglas Taylor, Odell Cox. Third Grade: Edith Allen, Mary Powell, Estelle Boyce, Nina Clark d Moseley, Helen Faucette, Fairfax a Mitchell, Lucy Seaman, Beaufort S. tl Williams. 0 Fourth Grade: Mary Arden ft Tucker, Margaret Rodwell. ti Filth uraae: jean mien, uoris ? Harris, Vivian Harris, Mildred King, n Nancy Loyd, Nancy Moseley, Ger- tl trude Rivers, Mary K. Allen, Clay- C ton Smalling. a Sixth Grade- Evelyn Corbitt, Blanche Evans, Wayland Modlin, si Vann Parker, Charles Peete. tl Seventh Grade: Panthea Stewart, a Kate Davis. t< Eighth Grade: Jimmy Boyce, tl Robert Brickhouse, Alpheus Mose- ti ley, Dick Ward, Claude Weldon, Kathryn ParKer, Ellen Stewart e Minnie Wilson. a Ninth Grade: Edgar Limer, Les- S lie Overby Stanley Shearin, Billy a: (Continued on Page 8) tl Srni 3 Subscri^ EPISCOPALIANS TO MEET HERE immanuel Church To B< Host To Annual Convention of the Diocese -IART IS GUEST SPEAKEF Emmanuel church, Warrenton /ill be host to the 120th Annua! Convention of the Diocese, whicl 3 to meet for two days in May, th? 2th and 13th. In addition to the Rt. Rev. Edwir l. Penick, D. D., there are expectec o be around 150 clergymen and laj elegates present for the convenion, which is regarded as one o] he most significant occasions in th< listory of the local church. The Rev. Oliver J. Hart, D. D. ector of St. John's Parish, Washngton, D. C., will be the guesi peaker on Tuesday night. The purpose of the meeting is tc lect officers and attend to othei ncmftco rvnnfninivirf fa fhn nVMimV?no UOXilCOO pci bailUii5 |AJ (M*G V/AAUX UXiV/O With Stephen E. Burroughs as eneral committee chairman, plan; or entertaining the convention al Varrenton got under way several ;eeks ago. C. E. Jackson has een named chairman of the fiance committee; C. A. Tucker hairman of the entertainmeni ommittee; Bill Boyce, chairman oi tie transportation committee; M t. McGuire, chairman of the lunchon committee; and Howard Jones r., chairman of the publicity comlittee. Committee chairman, who are at berty to call on other members f the church for assistance, met in tie basement of Emmanuel church n Tuesday night with the Rev. B r. de Foe Wagner, rector, and disussed in detail plans which are xpected to be carried out. Short Session Of Recorder's Court Here Monday The request for a jury in one ase and inability to try anothei n account of tne state's chiei ntness being absent left Recorer's court docket void of anj mgthy trial material on Mondaj lorning. Grover Shearin, white man oi ircola who engaged in an affraj nth Sol Fleming, also white, in the tore of R. L. Capps on Saturday light, submitted to a plea of guilt] f assault and trespass and war ined $15.00 and costs. Mr. Fleming said that Mr ihearin jumped on him withoul /arning and without cause, forerig him to the floor and causing dm to receive a scratched face anc ossibly a fractured rib. TTCien /ere around 20 persons in th< tore at the time and the fraca; /as broken up and Mr. Shearir rdered out of the store. Arthur Blacknell, negro, was conicted on a charge of non-supporl nd was sentenced to the roads for ix months. John B. Milam, negro, chargec nth operating an automobile while nder the influence of whiskey ailed for a jury trial and his case /as automatically continued unti ix men are selected to hear the vidence in the case. The case against Macon/ West, /hite, was continued due to the act that Patrolman Welch wae ailed out of town to testify hi nother case. Mr. West is charged rith driving a car while under the ifluence of whiskey. Negroes Instructed In Canning Method* Methods of preserving iooa were escribed toy negioes of the countj t a canning demonstration held al le Warren County Training School n Thursday of last week when Irs. G. A. Brevard, a representaive of the Ball Brothers Co., anc rorking under the State Departlent of Agriculture, was brought tc tie county through the efforts ol '. S. Wynn, negro agricultural gent. The main feature of the demonnation, Wynn said, was to show aat meats can be canned as well s fruits and vegetables and tc ;acn iarm women now to ujuociyc leir surplus farm produce until a me when it is needed. "Through the efforts of Prof. G. !. Cheek, a large crowd of men nd women came to the Training chool for the demonstration, nd expressed the idea of canning leir own meats," the agent stated. * H^ice, $1.50 a Year J. W. Shearin, l Veteran Of *65, [ Dies At Churchill Funeral services for Joseph W. B Shearin, Confederate veteran, of Churchill, were conducted from Gardners Baptist church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the t Rev. Mr. Willis, pastor of the church, with the Rev. Mr. Nelson > of Henderson assisting. Burial took 1 place in the church cemetery. 1 Pallbearers were J. M. Coleman, 5 R. D. Fleming, J. J. Nicholson, E. L. Fleming, John Turner and A. C. 1 Blalock. Flowers were handled by * his grandchildren. 1 Mr. Shearln, who would have been 90 years old had he lived un[ til the 6th of April, died on Tues2 day afternoon at 2 o'clock. He was unusually active, both mentally ' and physically, for his age and had ~ not been ill but for a few days when death came. Mr. Shearin volunteered his ser' vices to the Confederate forces when he was 14 years of age and j went through the War Between the , States without an injury. J ^ He is survived by the following I children: Mrs. W. P. Rodwell of j Warrenton, Coroner Jasper Shearin, . Mrs. Hugh Rodwell of Macon, Mrs. J. H. Gilllland, V. G. Shearin of \ Churchill, Mrs. R. T. Teague of [ Newland, and John Shearin of Richmond, Va. The death of Mr. Shearin leaves i only two Confederate veterans in . Warren county. They are Charlie Riggan of Vaughan and Austin Al; len of Axtelle. I 1 Case Against Local Motor Concern Is Thrown Out Court Halifax, March 17.?In Halifax County Superior Court Monday, Judge E. H Cranmer granted a non-suit in the case of J. A. Pridgen, administrator, against Ford r Motor Company and Boyd-Boyce Motor Company, arising out of the > death of James Clifton Pridgen, f which occured in connection with ^ an automobile accident near here last year. The plaintiff contended that the ^ ?i .? j?i-i_ it.. real uause ui ueam was wie laiiuie 7 of the car to be equipped with safety glass. It was contended that the car was sold upon represenr tation that it was equipped ; throughout with safety glass, but r that in fact one of the windows f of the car had only panel glass. 3 The defendants undertook to show the accident was caused by the high speed at which the car ' was being driven. The Ford Motor Company likewise further denied liability on the J ground that the car in question 1 was sold as a used car by the deal5 er, and that the Ford Motor Comp5 any assumed no responsibility for s cars sold as used or repaired cars. i It is believed that this is the first case of its kind tried in North Car. olina. t The plaintiff was represented by r Allsbrook & Benton of Roanoke Rapids. Ford Motor Company was represented by J. M. Broughton of Raleigh, and the Boyd-Boyce Mot: or Company by George C. Green of Weldon. i . 1 Hicrh Wind Blows Roof Off Home i The high winds that hit this i section on Tuesday afternoon blew i the roof off the home of W. E. I Davis of near Inez. Window panes > were also torn out. The Davis home was constructed about the time of the Civil War, and is one of the interesting old residences of this county. i SEVERAL HUNDRED CHILDREN ' SNOWBOUND AVERY SCHOOL r Marlon, March 19.?Geo. M. ; Bowman, superintendent of schools 1 at Newlands where several hundred i school children are snow-bound in the Avery county consolidated I school, telephoned Louis Klutz, editor of The McDowell County ? News, today that food and fuel in ' the community were running low. 1 Klutz said Bowman asked him to appeal to the State highway department to make extraordinary efforts to open the highways, Mock ? ? ? 1- OA M L. i ea Dy iour to m icet ui tu. - %cu 1 snow from Tuesday's blizzard. Bowman reported, Klutz said, that there had been no actual suffering from hunger or cold but with supplies running low and the highways still blocked the situation was becoming alarming, i Citizens of Newlands have opened a road from the town to the (Continued on Page 8) MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 12 WORK OUT FLAN TO CUT ACKMUK Believed 80 Per Cent Of (Urowers Would Agree io Curtailment nan WHIRLWiWU CAMPA1UN County Agent aoo bright stated yesterday aiternoon tnat ne naa no dennite lmormauon ouier wan vvnat naa appeared in tne papers in regard to tne proposed wrimwind campaign" to secure a voluntary tobacco sign-up, out tnat ne xeit sure uae larmers of Warren county would join wnoienearteoiy m any move to curtail acreage and enter into a compact witn ower tobacco growing counties of tnis and other states. The county agent said that he talked yesterday morning with Charlie Fleniing, Ed Turner and other prominent farmers of the ' county and that they were of the opinion that 80 per cent of the growers would enter into an agreement to keep production down in an effort to keep prices up. LEADERS AGREE ON DRIVE FOR LIMITATION OF CROP Raleigh, March 18?A whirlwind campaign to enlist tobacco growers in a voluntary compact to avert economic disaster this fall will be launched today. The sign-up campaign, which contemnlahAS t.ht cnnnprntfnn nf growers of Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia, was planned here yesterday at a meeting of agricultural leaders presided over by Governor EXiringhaus in the Hail of the House of Representatives. IVA-nrtU 4 i ? 1 J-~* iuatuuici jr lux au UlliCUSlVe UT1VC to secure the, signatures of at least 80 per cent of the growers, or of growers owning 80 per cent of the acreage on which the 1935 tobacco crop was produced was set in motion immediately alter the farm leaders unanimously had endorsed provisions of the proposed oontract. Under the contract, the fluecured crop this season would be limited to 70 per cent of the base acreage under the old AAA. Governor Ehringhaus was authorized by the central steering committee to communicate with Governor George Perry of Virginia and Governor Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina to urge immediate conferences looking to similar campaigns in those states. Dean I. O. Schaub of the N. C. State College extension service told the farm leaders a sign-up campaign was started in Georgia yesterday as the outgrowth of meetings held last week, and said he had assurances the program would be backed there. Steering Committee Named to the central steering committee to direct the drive in North Carolina were: Claude I. Hall of Woodsdale, who was selected chairman; J. Con Lanier of Greenville, who was chosen secretarytreasurer; Dean Schaub; J. E. Wins low or Greenville, neaa 01 tne iarm bureau federation; Harry P. Caldwell of Greensboro, representing the State Grange; H. P. Foxhall of Rocky Mount, president of the Eastern Carolina Tobacco Warehouseman's Association; and Titus Currin, farmer of Oxford. Governor Ehringhaus and Commissioner of Agriculture William A. Graham will be ex-offlcio members. Printing Contracts Lanier, with the backing of the central committee, said printing of 200,000 contracts would be started today and they would be placed In the hands of county farm agents for distribution before the end of the week. Schaub told the committee that there were around 100, ?' ? ? J ?\n/vnnAA_ 000 growers who wouiu uc ytive growers. Money to finance printing, distribution and other expenses of the campaign would be underwritten, privately, committee members said. State and Federal funds are not available. The action starting the immediate drive culminated a four-hour meeting, and the appellation "whirlwind" was appended to the campaign by the central committee. The committee stressed the idea the contract signing would be supplimentary to, and not in conflict with the new Federal soil conservation program and with the idea of proposed compacts between the states. Mr. O. R. Frazier was a visitor in Raleigh on Wednesday.