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I ACCURATE, TERSE I TIMELY XXXVI MMHT toiKTUFFICE SITE I UU1 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 Rp Hal rl A*. A/I I-V a. IV1U ril ITlflLUll 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 t-?'1 ? ? -J /n+V* a** rx AfrrA in 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 ~~ ? -- w 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. ? -?11? '? T / * XT41iar? "MTv T (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 ?? S*Bwh mm Mifc] 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 3 nr. rVnrTinn oil of SUH tuiu JLVLI. X3UUU1C X' J. CWJIWI, CVXA V* 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. c 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 14 I PAn TkDAfD A M TA ouil rnuuiuuu iu 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.