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toiKTUFFICE SITE
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peed For Standard Oil
I Property Has Been For
yarded To Washington
pETAIL s not known
I The government has purchased j
lib; standard Oil Company prop sty
opposite Hotel Warren for the
BLpose of erecting a post office at
ffarrenton. it was learned yesterday
bm t. 0. Rodwell. who drew the
deed and forwarded it to WashingI
Hie property was offered the!
government several weeks ago by I
the oil company at a price of $12, dW,
and since that time government
officials have been here to test the
soil to determine if it came up to
requirements.
No definite details in regard to J
the time construction of the new)
b..iwinr will commence are avail-1
able here; however, P. G. Seaman,
iriu has been operating a service
station there mider lease for several
months, vacated the property
on Tuesday night, and the presumption
is that work will begin at
an early date.
Littleton Methodist
To Have Revival
Beginning Easter Sunday night,
April 12. and running through the
following Sunday night, a revival
meeting will be held at the Littleton
51. E. Church, S, with a sermon
by a different guest preacher
each night at 8 o'clock, the Rev. W.
T. Phipps, pastor, announced this
reel
The schedule to be carried out is
given by the Rev. Mr. Phipps as
fallows:
Monday. Rev. J. O. Long of Weldm;
Tuesday, Rev. W. C. Wilson of
Sorlina; Wednesday, Rev. O. I.
Hinscn of Warrenton; Thursday,
Stv. J. J. Boone of Roanoke
lipids; Friday, Rev. E. B. Fisher of
Roanoke Rapids.
A special Easter service will be
held at 11 o'clock Easter Sunday
moming. A cordial invitation is
extended by the minister to all the
services.
State Exams To Be
Given Next Week
The North Carolina State seventh
grade examinations will be given on
Thursday. April 9, in all the schools
ol the county, Supt. J. Edward Alloa
stated this week. This date is
sot by the state, he said.
On the day preceding these exultations
teachers of the county
till meet here to receive instructcns.
M. E. Conference To
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Hie Second Quarterly Confer?*
for the Warrenton Charge
? be held at Macon next Satur%
April 4, at 11 a. m., the Rev.
0-1. Hinson announced this week.
Dr. J. M. Culbreth will preach in
"ie Warrenton Methodist Church
Sunday night at 8 o'clock, the Rev.
to- Hinson said.
| named on committee
Chapel Hill, March 31?The Inte-Praternity
Council and InterI
Dormitory Council at; the Univer|to
arrange for the pntpw-ommont.
feculty, students and guests at
ifitv n?0nd annual Student-Fac.
ay to be held here Wednes^
April 8.
^'teemen on the InterfeT?5'
Council are: Albert ElCounC]i.
Bern- President of the
Heart T, H'cks, Rocky Mount;
KB w yant' Pineville; Earl Con^
^ B?nd'
*r.
?man maimer of HookerN
c-? a native of Warren coun
t''*as a visitor in Warrenton yesan'i
while here visited the
J..16 of The Warren Record. Mr.
?* was accompanied to our
.** hy a. b. Alderman, candidate
k ,Slate Superintendent of PubHtst
ion who was at the
seat of Warren in the inter
his candidacy.
i services at aroola
BetkilW services will be held at
Church, Areola, on thej
tt'cWv Sunday afternoon at 3 j
Bleste annoimce?ent was made
WAR!
She "Showed 'Em"
COLUMBIA, Mo. . . . She is
an exquisite blonde. She is an
Arts and Science student at the
University of Missouri. Her name
is Miss-Louise Carroll . . . and
they've crowned her the Tiger's
most beautiful co-ed.
'Happy' Plummer
Freed When Jury
n itT . /^i *1.
oays rNot utility
William Henry (Happy) Plummer,
Warrenton negro, was found
not guilty when he was tried in
Recorder's court Monday on a
charge of possessing whiskey for
the purpose of sale. The indictment
was drawn against him upon
order of the solicitor when Willie
Williams, negro, wiio accuses Plummer
of robbing him of around $20,
testified in court that he became
intoxicated off of booze he bought
from Plummer.
The original warrant against
Plummer charged him with larceny
but when the case came up in
Recorder's court two weeks ago tire
evidence disclosed that the case
was beyond the jurisdiction of
Recorder's court and it was remanded
to magistrate's court where
the indictment was changed to
highway robbery and placed on the
Superior court docket.
Williams testified that he got
drunk at the home of Plummer,
that he had slightly more than $19
with him at the time, that he got
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riummer miu tuiubuci ui/giu i<u
take him home and when he reached
there all his money was missing
except $2.00. He said he bought
the whiskey from "Happy.''
Williams denied that he was
with a woman on the night he alleges
he bought the liquor from
Plummer and lost his money, but
this testimony was Tefuted by Prof.
Adams and other well known negroes
who stated that they saw him
with her. The impeachment of William's
testimony in this regard
apparently raised a doubt in Judge
Taylor's mind as to the veracity
of his evidence in regard to buying
whiskey from Plummer, and a
verdict of not guilty was handed
down.
Levi Coleman, negro, was found
guilty on two charges of larceny
and a charge of resisting arrest.
On the two former counts he was
given two months each and on the
latter charge he was sentenced to
six months on t'he roads.
Willie Holloway, negro, was found
mule,, nf parrvine a concealed
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weapon and also on a charge of resisting
arrest. On each charge he
was sentenced to six months oh
the roads, the sentences to run concurrently.
The jail sentence was
later suspended on the condition
that he pay a $25.00 fine and costs
in one of the cases and a $50.00 fine
and costs in the other.
Zack Goins, negro, was found
guilty of resisting arrest and assault)
on a female. He was given a
two months sentence on each count.
CHANGES POSITION
Dawson Alston, who for the past
six months has been connected
wiKi the Scoggin Motor Company
of Warrenton as an automobile
salesman, has accepted a position
with the Brown-Williamson To'*
? J ***4111 onll /HtrOTAt.teS
DciCCO OO. iUlu wiu ovu
in Warren and adjoining counties
He and Mrs. Alston will continue
to make their home at Warrenton.
Before entering the automobile
business Mr. Alston was connected
with Brown-Williamson for about
seven years, selling cigarettes in
Milwaukee, Wis., and Nashville,
Term.
ENTERTAIN AT DINNER
| Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Faucette delightfully
entertained a number of
friends at dinner on Sunday, celebrating
Mrs. Grace Harris' birthday.
The dining room was tastefully
decorated in spring flowers,
carrying out the yellow and white
color scheme. Mrs. Harris received
many beautiful and useful gifts.
m
BENTON, COUNTY OF WA1
Macy Pridgen
Resigns As Member
Of Town Board
At a called meeting of the Board
of Town Commissioners on Tuesday
night, Macy Pridgen, mayor
pro tern, tendered his resignation
as a member of the board. A new
member to replace Mr. Pridgen !s
expected to be selected at the regular
monthly meeting of the board
on Monday night of next week.
I -EVkllrvmrivk-. TWJ 5
a. uiiuwuig ivxi. rnugcu s resignation,
W. R. Strickland was named
mayor pro tem to try cases while
Mayor William T. Polk is visiting
in Mexico.
Co-ops To Hold
Meeting At Court
House April 9th
Members of the North Carolina
Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
in this section will gather
in the courthouse here on Thursday.
April 9th, at 2:30 p. m. for the
annual membership meeting.
At this time they will elect delegates
to the district meeting which
will be held later for the purpose of
nominating candidates to be voted
upon by the members for director
of the district.
LVA. v*. J.VXCUJU.I, gcuciai managci ui
the Cotton Association, will be the
principal speaker at the meeting
and will make a full report on the
past year's operations and will disi
cuss with members plans for the
coming season.
Legion Commander
Thanks Kerr For Aid
Congressman John H. Kerr's
work in behalf of the veterans is
acknowledged in the following letter
of appreciation from Ray Murphy,
National Commander:
The American Legion
Office of the National Commander
Indianapolis, Indiana
March 27, 1936.
Hon. John H. Kerr,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Congressman:
Please accept this belated acknowledgement
of the service you
have rendered to the American
Legion and to the Veterans of
America in connection with measures
proposed for the benefit of
World War Veterans.
Your constant support of such
measures has been extremely helpful
at all times. Among the many
things for which the veterans
should be grateful is your support
of the Bill for immediate payment
of the adjusted service certificates.
Your willingness to support this
legislation, even to the extent of
voting to override the President's
veto, is indicative of the type of
support you have always given to
veterans' legislation.
On behalf of my associates, and
personally, X wish to express my
gratitude~~for your loyalty and service.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) RAY MURPHY,
National Commander.
Halifax Cotton Crop
Short, Census Shows
There were 23,679 bales of cotton
ginned in Halifax county from
the crop of 1935 as compared with
26,648 bales from the crop of 1934,
R. S. Clark of Littleton, special
agent for the Census Bureau of
the Department of .Agriculture, announced
this week.
WIN COOKING SCHOOL PRIZES
Those winning prizes yesterday
afternoon at the" cooking demonstration
which is being held at the
library for two days under the auspices
of the Carolina Power &
Light Co. were Mesdames J. H.
Knight, Sam Davis, A. C. Blalock,
O. I. Hinson, M. P. Powell, G. H.
Macon. G. W. Hester, R. J. Jones
and Miss Elizabeth Rooker.
SECRETARY RETURNS
Howard F. Jones Sr., secretary to
Congressman Kerr, and Mrs. Jones,
who have been in Washington, D.
C., since January X, returned Wednesday
to Warrenton where Mr.
Jones is on his vacation. Mr. and
Mrs. Jones will probably be here for
the remainder of the present sesnnnorpss.
OIUU V?* X/Wi40.
Mr. R. D. Fleming of Littleton
was a visitor here this week.
Mr. John Kerr Jr. was a week
end visitor in Washington, D. C.
arrett
RREN, N. C., FRIDAY, APRI
WARREN CITIZENS
GIVE TO R. CROSS
More Than Hundred Dollars
Donated For Relief Of
Flood Sufferers
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
One hundred and forty dollars
and forty-three cents has been
contributed by citizens of Warren
to the Red Cross for the benefit of
the homeless thousands of stricken
families in the thirteen states recently
heavily hit by floods.
This money has come from many
sections of the county and has been
turned over to Paid Cooper, roll
call chairman, and Howard Jones
Jr., who was requested by Mr.
Cooper to assist) him in receiving
donations. Within a few days the
funds raised will be placed in the
hands of J. Edward Allen, who will
forward it to national headquarters.
In the meantime both Mir. Cooper
and Mr. Jones will continue to receive
contributions.
Following is the list of names of
those who have given:
V. F. Ward and family, Mrs. H.
V. Scarborough, Miss Edna Allen,
Arthur Petar. Katherine Frazier,
Wilton Roberts, Mrs. B. D. Scull,
Sarah Joe Ivey, Christine Felts,
Arthur Petar, Janet Crinkley, Eula
Inscoe, Pressley Williams, M .C.
Duke, Mrs. M. C. Duke, Harold
Duke, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Sheartn,
Willard Harris, Annie Laurie Williams,
Margaret Rcdwell, Fourth
Grade B, Loraine Davis, V. D. Alston,
Mrs. V. G. Pearsall, Fairfax
Mitchell, F. H. Eeason. Joe White.
Eugene Bobbitt, Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Bobbitt, Billy Bobbitt, W. N.
Boyd, Mariam Boyd, William Lcyd,
Mrs. W. A. Miles, Sixth Grade A,
Mavis Serls, Niles Seris, Frank
Serls, William G. Fleming, Marie
Parrish, Walter Parrish, Fifth
Grade B, Edna Stegall, Gwendolyn
Morris, Tenth Grade. Fifth Grade
A, Wilbert White, Mr. and Mrs. J.
IE. Rooker Sr., Philathea Class of
Baptist Sunday School, Mr. ana
Mrs. C. R. Rodwell, J. M. Gardner,
Second Grade A, Sarah Read, Annie
Weaver. Lucy Sterling Moore,
Janice Fleming, Joe Fleming.
L. C. Brothers Sr., Nancy Peete,
Laura Ellis, Betsy Rodwell, Sulphur
Springs Sunday School,
Third Grade A, J. T. Gupton, Julia
Dameron, John Bruce Bell. Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Moseley, Mary
Frances Rodwell, Cleone E. Hobbs,
M. P. Thompson, Elton Shearin,
Nellie Davis Bugg, Clara Williams,
Providence Sunday School, Mrs.
John Crinkley, John Dameron,
Second Grade B, Walter P. Rodwell,
Irene Rodwell, Mrs. Alice
Rooker, M. A. Parker.
Miss Amma Graham, A. P. Rodwell,
W. H. Alston, Mrs. A. E. Jones,
Inez Methodist Sunday School, Mrs.
W. H. Dameron, Howard Jones Jr.,
and the following Ridgeway citizens:
Mrs. Beasley, Mrs. J. E. Banzet
Sr., Mr. J. E. Banzet Sr., Mr.
Willie Mabry, Mrs. Willie Mabry,
Mr. Frank Banzet, Mr. H. H. Grant,
Mrs. H. H. Grant, Mr. Moore, Mrs.
Moore, Miss Grace Moore, Mr. J.
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(J. IVllt). O. V/. ii-Jiiau, ?U| v.!
T. White, Mrs. J. T. White.
Littleton Seeks To
Organize Civic Club
Littleton, April 1.?The business
and professional men of Littleton
met recently to organize a Littleton
Chamber of Commerce, but definite
action was deferred until a later
date. It was decided that it would
be better to invite someone who
understood and could explain the
aims, rules and by-laws of such an
organization to be present at a future
meeting and help with plans
and organizing.
Discussions were made of the
general business condition in the
town and what might be done to'
improve it. Plans for sanitation
and bealtification of the town as'
well as business boosting were also
discussed.
Commenting on the proposed organization,
a citizen of the town1
said yesterday that the people o{
Littleton are "showing a keen in
terest In their town. They are getting
together to form a Chamber
of Commerce, to improve the conditions
here. One of their objects
is to convert Littleton into a payroll
town, in conjunction with the farm
trade, to help boost the town. It
looks like Littleton has finally
awakened. We know Littleton will
go ahead With the new undertaking
as everybody is supporting every
movement. Our slogan is watch us
grow."
Hero
L 3, 1936 Sub
"Stone Girl" Happy
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ROCHESTER, Minn. . . . Miss
Nona 'Cloyes (above), "stone
girl," has been assured she will
completely recover within a year
from sclerodermas an illness of
rigidity and hardening of the
skin.
Despondent Woman
Ends Own Life On
Monday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Curtis
Overby of near Warrenton, who
ended her life on Monday afternoon
by shooting herself through
the heart with a .32 calibre pistol,
were held from the home at 1:30
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Following
the short service at her
home, her remains were carried to
Rocky Mount, her former home,
where burial took place.
Mrs. Overby's suicide is attributed
to poor health. She had not
been real well for some time and
for the past few days had been unusually
despondent.
She was at home alone Monday
afternoon when she locked all the
doors and windows to her house
and committed the act. Her husband
was in court here as a character
witness for a tenant, and her
two cmiaren were in scnooi.
Her body was found by her two
children, Curlds Allen, 10, and
Olive Collins, late Monday afternoon
when they returned from
school.
Mrs. Overby was before her marriage
Miss Blanche Frazier of
Rocky Mount. In addition to her
husband and two children she is
survived by the following brothers
and sisters: Mrs. Henry Davis, Mrs.
Charles Gray, Mrs. George Swan
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Rocky Mount, Mr. Henry Frazier of
Warren Plains, and Mrs. Herbert
Tharrington of Chester. S. C.
School Team Is
Rounding Into Shape
The baseball team of the John
Graham school is rounding into
shape rapidly, Coach P. H. Eason
stated this week. He also said:
"This is the first time we have
had a regular team in several seasons,
but likely prospects are being
developed into players who will
make a winning tearti."
The schedule of games to be
played are announced as follows
by Coach Eason:
April 1?Macon, here; April 3?
Middleburg, there; April 8?Littleton.
here; April 10?Middleburg,
here; April 15?Henderson, there;
April 17?Aycock, there; April 22?
Macon, there; April 24?Henderson,
here; April 25?Norlina, there;
April 29?Open; May 2?Norlina,
here; May 6? Littleton, there;
May 12? Aycock, here.
All games at home begin at 1:30
P. M? and will be played on the
school athletic field, northwest of
the school building.
State Tax Yield
Rises $4,000,000
Raleigh, April 2.?Revenues of
the State of North Carolina for the
first three quarters the current
fiscal year increased by $4,189,136
or 10.25 per cent over receipts for
the same period in 1934-35, the
State Department of Revenue reported
yesterday.
General fund revenues for the
nine-months period increased 17.72
per cent) from $20,290,153.48 last
year to $23,885,563.95 this year. Motor
vehicle taxes and fees increased
2.88 per cent from $20,589,328.72 to
$21,183,054.60, despite lower-priced
license tags.
Collections from all sources were
$45,068,618.55, as compared with
$40,879,482.20 up to March 31 a
year ago.
Over half of the increase of $3,595,410.47
in general fund revenues
was attributable to a rise of $1,854,176
in sales tax returns.
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Mi* C-vrie Bro?W?n
Bt,t. WW***
scription Price, $1.50 a Year
Seed Loan Funds
Arrive At Office
Of J. C. Howard
The first batch of government
checks for those who applied for
Seed Loans arrived here on Wednesday
of this week, it was learned
yesterday from J. C. Howard, who
'has charge of the local office as
well as supervision of the Vance
county office. Mr. Howard said
that around 20 checks came in and
that they averaged around $75 or
$80 each.
As the checks arrive here they
are being mailed out to the owners.
Mr. Howard said that efforts
are made to "have everything in
readiness to mail the checks out
as soon as they reach his office and
that it only caused bother and unnecessary
delay In his office for
applicants to come to him looking
for their money before they receive
a letter from him.
Right-of-way Is
! Given To Tobacco
Compact Bill
Washington, April 2.?The rules
committee today gave right-of-way
to the House floor to the Kerr bill
authorizing states to enter into compacts
controling tobacco production
and commerce.
Leaders hoped for early consideration
to make the program applicable
to this year's crop.
The measure involes compacts by
North Carolina, South Carolina and
' Georgia on flue cured tobacco, by
North Carolina, Tennessee ana
Kentucky on burley, and Kentucky
and Tennessee on flue-cured. It
also provides for the control of
Puerto Rican cigar-filled tobacco,
when any three of the states of
Pennsylvania. Ohio, Wisconsin and
Connecticut have a compact Involving
two-thirds the producers of
cigar-filler, and cigar-binder tobacco.
The bill also authorizes the secretary
of agriculture to spend up to
$300,000 for administrative expenses.
Floyd Explains
New Farm Plan
Wilson, April 1.?"It's up to you,"
E. Y. Floyd, of the State Extension
Bureau in Raleigh, told a meeting
of Wilson county farmers here this
afternoon in explaining the new
government soil conservation act.
"This program doesn't carry the
control features or tne ora program,"
he told the farmers, "and
is purely voluntary, but if you will
i cooperate you will benefit by it
just as much as you did under the
AAA."
Floyd explained the new act to
the county committeemen here
this morning, and spent this after,
noon before one of the largest
gatherings of any kind that Wilson
: has seen in a long time.
Explaining that the Supreme
Court decision on the AAA had been
more harmful to the farmer than
had been anticipated, the extension
agent stressed the need for some
sort of a program.
"If we should fail in this new
program," he said, "and the tobacco
acreage in the section be increased
rather than decreased, the prices
are going right down to 8 and 10
cents. I*In
urging that the farmers cooperate,
Floyd said: "You have
never seen poor people living on
fertile soil, and rich ones living on
poor land," and told the farmers
that the prime factor of the new
program was to help improve the
soil.
He also said that there would be
"no handouts under this new proI
gram, like there were in the old,
but every farmer will only get out
of it what he puts into it."
In explaining the new act
*"A" T7T1 svttsI kaU that +VlQ varf/MIQ
IIOCU XiVjru ocuu vunv vuv >?.?>?.
| crops had been placed in various
| groups and that the first group,
such as corn, cotton, tobacco and
1 peanuts, were called , depleting
crops, while such crops as hay,
beans and peas were put into a
group called conserving crops.
I "You get paid 5 cents a pound up
to 35 per cent, of the base for all
cotton acreage reduced; 1 1-4 cents
a pound up to 20 per cent, of the
1 base for all acres of peanuts reduced,
and 5 cents a pound up to
30 Der cent, of the base for all
reduction of tobacco," Floyd said.
BANK PRESIDENT RETURNS
R. T. Watson, president of the
Citizens Bank, and Mrs. Watson
returned to their home at Warrenton
this week after spending six
weeks in Florida.
\ MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
NUMBER
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BE EXPLAINED
Mass Meeting of Farmers To
Be Held At Court House
Saturday Afternoon
FERGUSON IS SPEAKER
B. Troy Ferguson, of the extension
department at State College,
Raleigh, will be the speaker at the
mass meeting of farmers at the
court house at Warrenton on Saturday
afternoon. April 4, at 3
o'clock, when the new soil-conservation,
soil-building and soil-depleting
program will be explained
to the growers of this county.
Every farmer in Warren is urged
to attend the meeting and hear
the new program explained in detail,
said County Agent Bob Bright
yesterday.
By BOB BRIGHT
uouniy agem
The soil conservation program
will be in force for the year 1936
and producers may divert as much
as 35 per cent of their cotton base
and receive 5c per lb. for the diversion.
In the case of tobacco, a
producer may divert as much as SO
per cent of his base and receive 5c
per lb. for the diversion. Under
the soil conservation program a
farm will have two bases. A soil
conserving or soil building base and
a soil depleting base. To qualify
for payment a producer must have
20 per cent or more of his soil depleting
base in soil conserving or
soil building crops.
Soil depleting crops are cotton,
tobacco, corn, wheat, and other
cash crops or feed harvested. Soil
conserving crops are crops plowed
in as green manure. Soil building
crops are classified as crops plowed
in that improve the soil from
the standpoint |of pflant | food.
Clover plowed in, vetch plowed in,
lespedeza plowed in, and other
legumes plowed in. For plowing
under crops the producer will receive
payment in addition to his
payment for diverting crops. This
payment cannot exceed $1.00 per
acre if the payment is greater than
$10.00, but in the case of small
farmers the payment may be
greater than $1.00 per acre.
X understand (hat terracing will
be an approved practice and land
owner or cash renter may receive
payment for having his land ter
raced. This program should he a
wonderful help to farmers and I
sincerely hope they will take advantage
of It.
Local Students Made
Members Beta Club
Miss Margaret Capps of Areola
and Miss Myrtice Strickland of
Warren Plains have been made
members of the Beta Club, an honorary
society recently formed at
the John Graham High School, announcement
was made in the auditorium
of the school yesterday
morning during the Good Citizenship
program which was held to
award medals to Virginia Weldon,
Leonard Daniel and Raymond Modlin,
who had been voted the three
outstanding members of the senior
class. The medals, given by the
Warrenton chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution,
stand for Service, Loyalty, Attitude,
Leadership and Scholarship.
Bruce Howell
Dies At Weldon
Bruce Howell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. B. Howell of Weldon, formerly
of Warrenton, was buried
Wednesday afternoon following
funeral services conducted from the
Methodist church In Weldon.
It was reported here that he died
following an attack of Influenza
which gradually took his strength.
In addition to his mother and
father, he Is survived by one
brother, Grover, and two sisters,
Mrs. J. A. Ross, and Miss Annie
Sue Howell.
The Howell family moved from
wtuicillAm auvub tuicc jcaio ogv.
RECOVERING
Friends of Miss Lula McCraw
Gay will be glad to learn that she
is recovering from an operation
for appedicitis at the Roanoke
Rapids hospital, where she was
carried on Saturday while on a
visit to her grandmother, Mrs. E.
C. Price. She was accompanied to
Roanoke Rapids by Mrs. Mary
Eleanor Grant and Miss Martha
Reynolds Price.