i accurate, terse
TIMELY
K[OLVME xxxvi
Mm scimE
I f?: TO CLOSE
Macon And Inez Schools To
' [lose Tonight With Other
Schools Closing May 22
)!0RK THAN 100 SENIORS
vararion is just around the cor-J
r.. for more than 2,000 students]
attending schools embraced in the
barren county system, with clos j,,j
exercises beginning tonight and
running through next Friday, May
9 22na.
v-f Macon and Inez schools will
? I
I heci their closing exercises m-,
I 4t. and on Sunday night the
I jciin Graham High School at WarI
[Cn the Littleton High School
I and the Xorlina High School will
jfgin their finals.
I ftlioning are the commence- <
I nent programs, giving the time of J'
I rv exercises in the various schools 1
I,the lists of potential gradil**u
Macon High School
I May 15. 8:00 P. M.?Musical Recital
presented by pnpils of
I Mrs. J. D. Riggan.
I jj3v 17. 8:00 P. M.?The Commencement;
Sermon?The vis- ,
ling minister will be assisted
by the Rev. O. I. Hinson, Pastor
of the Methodist church ,
here. The services well be held
in the school auditorium.
H May 21. ":45 P. M.?Presentation
of Seventh Grade Certificates.
I May 21. 8:00 P. M.?Graduation '
exercises of Senior Class.
Candidates for diplomas for the
^BVacon High School: Holt Bottoms, '
?B trior. Duncan, Clifton Ellis, James '
Iceland. Thomas Harris, Bernard ]
Eompson. Janie Gilliland, Martha ,
Harris. Mae King. Sara King, Mae
Rtchford. Mary F. Rcdwell. ^
John Graliam High School (
The commencement exercises of ,
ii local John Graham High School ,
ril begin Sunday evening, May 17, (
lith Rev. Isaac Wayne Hughes,
Episcopal minister of Henderson, ;
delivering the baccalaureate ser- j
son to the forty members of the 1
graduating class. The following
program will be observed: ;
Processional, Seniors; Hymn, .
'Faith of Our Fathers"; Invoca
an. Rev. 0. I. Hinson; Announce- ,
ments, Paul W. Cooper; Scripture ;
Reading; Anthem, "Let Every
Heart Rejoice and Sing," by Glee ,
Clab: Introduction cf Speaker, Rev. ;
B N*. de foe Wagner; Sermon, Rev. ;
Isaac W. Hughes; Hymn, "Day is ,
fring in the West"; Benediction, :
fev. R. e. Brickhouse; Recessional, ;
On Friday evening, May 22, the ,
Seniors will present their class day
exercises, at which time the diplo^
will be awarded.
The exercises will be under the ;
ction cf Miss Mary Frances |
-odtvell and F. Halstead Eason, .
embers of the faculty.
seniors of John Graham High ;
H School are: Kenneth Ayscue, Kath- 1
?hne Bell. Llcyd Brothers, Ida
H Burroughs, James Clark, Jeanette
I Cohen, Leonard Daniel, Roy DanChristine
Davis, Robert Davis,
(Continued on page 2)
Blowers Member Of j
Rifle Association
I Ca?t. Claude T. Bowers was!
Hansen as a board member of thel
8 / - Rifle Association organized at!
^ainapoiis on Wednesday following!
'c Invitational State Tournament!
I addition to Capt. Bowers, five!
^ shots cf Company B. fired ml
1^- tournament at Kannapolis.l
I were Vernon P. Bowling,
I f'^'ass Musbian, James E. Overby.
Roy A. Cameron. Jimmie
| 'EHield accompanied the Warren
^ hut did not shoot.
According to Capt. Bowers the
I King bu!u, dld some exPert
keir e'in Uere handicapped by
barren I, He said that the
ke ?ys Wer? using shorth?s
With f, against long-range
m^elescopic sights.
'"dy Graham To
Speak At Littleton
pie ^ Graham, candidate for
^mormOCraWc nomination for
deliver an address
h Day exercises held in
?n Ma ?aist Church at Littleton
'te ^ . under the auspices of
'o>,er 'Can Legion Auxiliary for
f-tr antl ?mce men, John L. Skintc's
invi^ed this week- The Publnv5t*d
to attend.
3
Memorial Speaker
??lS
J|
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^^^B:':'^^;;'::: ,^^pU
_ 1. _ <1
SANDY GRAHAM
candidate for Governor, who will
deliver a Memorial address at Littleton
on May 31.
i\ay Weston Ana
oeuian uean Are
treed tsy Jury
Ray Weston and Beulah Dean,
wno jointly faced urial with Annie
belle Johnson in Recorder's court
Monday on a charge of selling
whiskey, were acquitted by a jury
which said in its verdict that the
jonnson woman was uhe only
me of the trio guilty of the
marge. She was fmed $25.00 ana
sosts by Judge Taylor.
The charge was preferred against
Tie three upon information given
Sheriff W. J. Finnell by his brother,
Dharlie Pinnell of Richmond, who
testified that he visited the Pine
Pops Service Station on Sunday,
April 26, and made a purchase of
two pints of whiskey and that each
i>f the trio became involved hi the
sale. Later in the day officers
ivenc there and seized 26 pints cf
government liquor.
In Recorder's court on Monday,
Mr. Charlie Pinnell, who was in
this county to visit his mother,
testified that as a result of a conversation
he had with his brother
he went to the Pine Tops Service
Station on Sunday morning, bought
five gallons of gasoline and purchased
a pint of whiskey from
Beulah Dean after Inquiring if the
A. B. C. stores were open in this
state on Sunday. He said that) the
Dean woman took a drink out of
his bottle at that) time and he took
a taste. Later in the day, according
to his testimony, he went back
there purchased five more gallons
of gasoline, and asked for a better
grade of whiskey, expressing a
preference for corn. He stated that
Weston went) up stairs, remained a
few moments, and then informed
him that he had no corn whiskey
but that other brands were avail
able. The Virginian testified that
he decided on Cream of Kentucky
and that Weston brought it down
to him. Mr. Pinnell said that
when he started to pay Weston
that Weston told him to pay the
woman, which he did. He later
identified the woman as Annie
Belle Johnson.
Weston and the two women denied
selling Mr. Pinnell any whiskey
and claimed that he was not
at the service station around 2
o'clock in the afternoon when it
was alleged he made the purchase.
The Dean woman said that he was
there earlier in the day and at that
time she sold him five gallons of
gasoline but no whiskey. She testified
that he took the bottle cf
whiskey from his pocket and invited
her to drink. The defense also
placed a Mr. Hewett on the
stand who testified that he was
at the service station when the
(Continued on Page 5)
Registration Books
Open Saturday
Registration books, which opened
last Saturday, will remain open
tomorrow and the following Saturday
from sun-up to sun-down
for voters who have become of age
since the past election to register
and qualify to take part in the
primary June 6 and the general
election which follows.
To be eligible to cast a ballot a
person must be 21 years of age
prior to the general election in November,
a resident of the state for
one year and a resident of the
county for three months.
Mr. Claude J. Fleming of Warren
Plains was a visitor in Warrenton
one day this week.
bt Us
WARRENTON, COUNT
Car Is Crushed
Between Engines;
Woman Escapes
Mrs. Tcm J. Jones of Norlina
miraculously escaped death at a
Norlina railroad crossing late Wednesday
afternoon when the Pontiac
automobile she was driving was
struck by a freight train and
rammed up the track between the
engine of another train which was
standing a few feet from the
crossing. She received a few
scratches and was bruised but her
injuries were not regarded as being
serious.
The car was battered and completely
torn into shredded junk as
it was struck and forced into a
space of less than three feet which
existed between the two trains. Mrs.
Jones was pulled from the wreckage
and climbed through the cab
cf the train to the other side of
the track. Her first utterance is
reported to have been, "Where is
my pocket-book?''
Freight cars standing on a siding
are believed to have caused Mrs.
Jones to fail to see the approaching
train, which was traveling at a
comparatively slow rate of speed.
"It seems impossible for any one
to escape death in such a wreck,"
is typical of the expressions which
came from those who visited the
scene and viewed the demolished
car.
Ninth District
Meeting U. D. C.
Held Here Friday
The Ninth District meeting of
the United Daughters of the Confederacy
was held Friday with
around 50 representatives of the
Warren, Wake, Franklin, Vance
and Granville chapters in attendance.
Mrs. Creasy K. Proctor of Oxford,
presided over the meeting ' and
members from practically all chapters
in the district took part.
Mrs. C. B. Singleton of Henderson
was elected director to succeed
Mrs. Proctor, and Mrs. B. G. Davis
of Henderson was named secretary
to succeed Mrs. W. L. Pearce.
The principle address of the day
was made by Mrs. R. E. Ridenhour
of Concord, division president, who
stressed service, loyalty, patriotism
and citizenship.
Following tiie meeting here, the
delegates went to Memorial Road,
where a marker to Anne Carter Lee
was dedicated. Taking part in the
(Continued on Page 8)
One Candidate's
Name Added As
Filing Date Passes
The political campaign of Warren
waggled along over the past
week end with cnly one additional
candidate filing for a county office
before filing time ended on Saturday
afternoon at sun-down. The
new candidate is Bailey Ayscue,
who is seeking the place of coroner
in opposition to Jasper Shearin,
incumbent.
Several other candidates filed for
township constable in the various
townships. In Warrenton E. L.
Green, Tom Vaughan ana raw;
Weaver are running for this place.
' Rumors were rampant here last
Friday and Saturday that Zollie
Newman would run for Register of
! Deeds but the sun sunk in the west
without him filing with Claude J
Haithcock, chairman of the Warren
County Board of Elections. I
Pipkin's Window
Is Highly Praised
The show window of J. A. Pipkin's
Jewelry Store on Main Street,
dressed especially for the Convention,
was highly complimented by
townsmen and visitors here on
Tuesday and Wednesday. i
Hie window contained a picture
1 cf Bishop Penick, a picture of Rev.
B. N. de Foe Wagner and his
' church, a picture of the old church
f built in 1824, a picture of Mrs.
' Hannah B. Arrington, the oldest
member of the Episcopal church in
I a nietirre of the I
1 VVttllCU , - c
Virgin and Child by Botticelli, a
l picture of the oldest Protestant
! church in use in America today,
located near Suffolk, Va., two pic
tures by Millet?The Angelus and
i The Gleaners, a Welcome to Warrenton
banner in gold letters on
white satin, and a program of the
Convention and a Bible. The win
dow was dressed in white and lavender.
|
arrni
Y OF WARREN, N. C., FRID
SUPERIOR COURT
OPENS MONDAY
Bank Case Will Determine
Length of Session; Interest
In Robbery Case
CRANMER TO PRESIDE
The May term of Warren county
Superior court opens here on Monday
morning at 10 o'clock with
Judge E. H. Cranmer presiding.
The action taken in the case
against former officials of the Bank
of Warren will determine to a
large measure whether the Southport
jurist will face a light or heavy
docket when he presides over
criminal matters here next week,
this being the only case of outstanding
interest other than the
indictment charging Dabney and
Dennis Winkle, young white men of
Mecklenburg county, Va? with
breaking into Lee Bizzen s tseer
Garden at Norlina several weeks
ago, and robbing the place of several
hundred dollars worth of property,
after leaving the night clerk,
Jeff Coat, tied to his cot.
The Bank of Warren case, continued
for several years for various
causes, is expected to be tried
at this term, Judge Cranmer having
stated when he was here in
January and granted a continuance
that he would dispose of this case
when he returned in May. If all
the evidence is gone into at this
term, the trial of this case will
probably take several days.
Other cases booked for trial at
this term of court are listed below:
Lee Terry, negro, charged with
forgery; Robert Rippier and Painter
Haines, young white boys of
Philadelphia and New Jersey, are
charged with breaking and larceny;
Alfred Henderson, negro,
charged with breaking, entering,
larceny; John Harris, charged with
breaking, entering and larceny;
Ed Lemon Coleman, negro, charged
with breaking, entering and larceny;
William Henry Plummer,
negro, charged witn robbery; A. C.
Powell, charged with disorderly
conduct; James Crosson, negro,
faces three charges: attempting
rape, driving on the public highways
while drunk, and appearing
on the public highways in an indecent
manner. The cases against
Joe Williams and Ed Bolton, which
were continued at the last term
of court,, are also on the docket
fcr trial. Williams is charged with
hunting without a license and Bolton
is charged with larceny. At
the last term of court the latter
was serving time on another charge
in Granville county.
Bright Tells Of
Benefits Under The
Conservation Plan
By BOB BRIGHT
Every farm owner in Warren
county should acquaint himself
with the provisions of the Farm
Conservation Program.
The rules and regulations governing
this program are very flexible
and will permit a producer to carry
on under the program without having
to conform to specific regulations.
In the case of cotton a producer
may divert from 1 to 35 per cent
of his cotton base to soil conserving
crops and receive payment at
the rate of 5c per pound for the
diverted acreage. The local committeemen
have reported several
cases where the producer does not
plan to plant his base of cotton or
tobacco, but refuses to try and
qualify for payment under the program.
In addition to the diversion
payment each farm in the county)
is entitled to a payment of $10,001
if the producer will qualify for the
payment.
The farm below will represent an
average farm in Warren County:
Cotton Base acres, 10, tobacco
base acres 4.5, cotton yield 250 lbs.
per acre, tobacco yield 700 lbs. per
acre, corn base 10 acres, truck and
other crops of a" soil depleting nature
2.5.
This producer decides that he
will plant 4 acres in tobacco and 7
acres in cotton. He will plant his
base on all other crops. He will be
required to have in soil conserving
crops 4.8 acres. His payments would
then amount to $17.50 on tobacco
? J AOn cn fnr +V,rep arrpc r,f nnHnri
miu .j>o i.ju iui ? -?- ?
plus a $10.00 payment that he is
entitled to receive provided he
earns it, making a total payment
of $65.00 for the farm. He may
plant the 4.8 acres to peas, soy
(Continued on page 8)
Item
AY, MAY 15, 1936 Sub
Presides Here
BISHOP EDWIN A. PENICK
who presided over the Diocesan
Convention held here this week.
rleavy Docket
in County Court
Here Monday
A heavy docket, which gave Reoorder
s court the appearance of
its big brother?Superior Courtwas
tried before Judge W. W. Taylor
on Monday. Most of the cases
tried this week were disposed of in
short order, the only exception being
the lengthy trial against; Raj
WesOcn, Beulah Dean and Annie
Bell Johnson.
Clement Brown and Marvin Alston,
young negroes, arrested bj
Patrolman Paul Welch on charges
of operating loaded school buses
over 25 miles per hour, were found
guilty and fined $5.00 each and
(Continued on page 8)
E. E. Wollett,
Prominent Citizen
Of Littleton, Dies
f ufla(-am tv^to-tr 1A THnnoro 1 cot*
iJil/liCbUll, AVXC*jr Air A' IWAVI UA wv*
vices for Elmer E. Wollett, whc
died at his home here Friday afternoon
at 4:30 o'clock after ?
weeks illness, were held at the residence
on Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock with interment following ir
Sunset Hill cemetery. Rev. W. T
Phipps, pastor of the Methodis!
church, was in charge of the services.
Mr. Wollett was born in Pennsylvania
74 years ago and came witi;
his family to Warren County, N
C., when he was a young man oJ
25. His family made their hom<
at Odell, near Littleton. Mr. Wollett
later moved to Littleton, wiier<
he spent the remaining years o:
his life. He was engaged in th<
wholesale lumber business here foi
35 years, retiring from that business
a few years ago. Since tha
time he had been interested ii
farming and operating a cotton gin
His health began to fail a fev
months ago, but he was ill only :
! week. He is survived by his widow
TITollnff
IV!IS. IVIcttliUct JTJll.Uiii'-'iu. v* ?-?uvuv
one daughter, Miss Anna Wollett
one son, J. R. Wollett, both of Littleton;
five sisters, Mrs. Alice Ryder,
Mrs. C. C. Alston and Mrs. W
C. Best, all of near Littleton; Mrs
E. R. Page of Roseburg, Ore., anc
Mrs. G. N. Pittard of Madison
Conn., and one brother, J. R. Wol
lett of Hollister. He leaves a hos
of friends, both white and colored
His colored friends took part in th<
funeral services by reading a tribute
to him and singing severa
negro spirituals at the grave.
Pallbearers were his nephews
Henry and Spencer Wollett, Juliar
and William Alston, Frank Ryder
and Billie Fimple.
Guard Hurt When
Lightning Hits Tree
John Young, Warren Count:
Prison Camp guard, was shocket
and slightly burned on the left foo
Wednesday afternoon about I
o'clock when lightning struck t
tree under which he was standinf
In the Afton-EIberon section io:
protection against) the rain whicl
started while he and three othe:
guards were in that community
with around 40 prisoners doing roac
work.
The shock which burned him anc
knocked his gun out of his hand)
was felt by several of the main,
tenance crew, it was stated. Non<
of the prisoners attempted to es.
cape as the other three guards tool
charge of the situation.
Mr. Young was carried to hi
home at Churchill. He is expectec
to return to his job in three o;
four days.
Miss Carrie ijrotightou C
j^Sfalc liihrai v
scription Price, $1.50 a Year
WAGNER THANKS CITIZENS
FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION
Several times during the past
few years the good people of
this whole community have
shown their unsurpassed spirit
of cooperation and splendid
ability to cope with the situation
and rise amply equal to the occasion.
This wonderful spirit
has been most signally shown
during the preparation for and
entertainment of the Diocesan
Convention just hel<| in Emmanuel
Church.
We feel that the work of the
various committees in charge
has been noticeably efficient, in
fact was commented on generally
by our guests. But the happiest
note of all has been the
lovely spirit of Christian unity
on the part of the members of
all the churches in their wholehearted
cooperation and hospitality.
We cannot thank them
enougn xor an tney nave aone.
We desire, however, that they
should be assured that the rector
and members of Emmanuel
Church are profoundly grateful
to them for all their kindness.
REV. B. N. de FOE WAGNER.
i Lightning Strikes
; Car, Breaks Glass;
Driver Is Unhurt
A phenomena occurred here Tuesr
day night about 8:30 o'clock when
i lightning struck the Plymouth
i coach being driven by G. H. Fischer
[ of Charlotte, a representative of
[ the John F. Trommer, Inc., Brewery,
leaving the driver uninjured
and the car damaged only to the
extent of a shattered glass.
Mr. Fischer, who said he did not
receive a shock, attributed his escape
to the fact that glass is a non1
conductor of electricity, and that he
had his feet on rubber and his
hands on a stearing wheel which
* is partly made of rubber.
He said that the ball of lightning
seemed to have struck the
t glass and glanced off to some otner
t point) nearby.
Tire car was seen by a number of
j Warrenton persons at the Williams
Motor Co. on Wednesday morning.
Democrats To
Choose Delegates
r Here Saturday
5 ______
Local county political interest
5 will center in Warrenton on next
f Saturday when the Democratic
i convention will meet/ in the courtr
house at eleven o'clock. Delegates
- have been selected in most of the
t- precincts, and it is understood that
i in the remaining precincts all Dem..
ocrats in good standing were elector
ed as delegates.
i Hie convention will elect dele,
gates to the State Convention
; which will meet in Raleigh on Fri;
uay, June 12, 1936.
tl. tho Dnnntrv conven
ncictuiuib, iinv ^ ?
- i/ions have been held after the
. primary but this year the DemoiContinued
on page 8)
; Edmund White 111
i> At Duke Hospital
; Edmund White's condition was
about the same on Thursday as it
1 was the day before, according to
reports reaching here yesterday
: from Duke Hospital where he has
l been seriously ill for several days.
, Mrs. White and other members of
his family were with him yesterday.!
Mr. White, who was taken l? the
hospital last week, is suffering
from a blood-clot on his leg. His
i illness not only came as a surprise
to friends but also to himself. He
/ and Mrs. White had booked passage
i on a boat sailing for Europe on
t May 23 and were expecting to
i leave for New York on the 20th.
I
? Poppies To Be Sold
I Here On May 23
r
1 Poppies will bloom In Warrenton
I on Saturday, May 23, glowing on
the coats of remembering Amerii
cans in honor of the World War
3 dead, Mrs. Loyd Wood, poppy chair
man, announced yesterday. The
; women of Llmer Post No. 25 Unit
of the American Legion Auxiiary
z will offer the poppies on the streets,
giving everyone an opportunity to
3 pay tribute to the war dead and to
I help the war's living victims with
r contributions given for the little
red flowers, she said.
1
' most of the news
all the time
I NUMBER 20
CHURCH SESSION
COMES TO CLOSE
Next Meeting of Dioeceean
Convention To Be Held
At Winston-Salem
ENDS ON WEDNESDAY
The 120th Diocesan Convention
of the Episcoal Church was brought
to a close on Wednesday afternoon
at; 3 o'clock with the election of officers
and the selection of WinstonSalem
as the next meeting place
for the annual session.
The two-day convention opened
here on Tuesday morning with
around 200 ministers and delegates
in attendance. They were entertained
in the homes of members of
all churches here and at Hotel
Warren and t'he Norlina hotel.
The two outstanding features of
the meeting here were the annual
address of Bishop Edwin A. Penlck
of Raleigh and the address of the
Rev. Oliver J. Hart, rector of Saint
John's Church, Washington, D. C.,
and a member of the National
Forward Movement Commission.
A newspaper account of the
Bishop's address and an advance
copy of the Rev. Mr. Hart's address
are found on page 6, along
with other church data.
One of the most impressive
events of the convention occurred
on Tuesday night when the lights
went; out while the Rev. David T.
Eaton was conducting evening
prayer before Rev. Mr. Hart's address.
Lightning crashed, thunder
roared and the lights snapped off.
but those startling occurances seemed
to have only added appeal to the
minister's delivery as he uninterruptedly
carried on the service In
the darkness.
The Rev. Mr. Hart was presented
by Bishop Penick who also used the
occasion to express his personal appreciation
and the appreciation
of the ministers and delegates
for the welcome and courtesies
I which had been extended the
convention by not only members
of the Episcopal Church but
by representatives of all denominations
of the town who had opened
their homes to them.
The ministers and delegates
were served dinner in the Parish
House on Tuesday by ladies of EmJ
manuel Church and on Tuesday afternoon
at 5 o'clock Mrs. Katherine
P. Arrington entertained the entire
convention at a tea at her home.
On Wednesday the mid-day meal
was served by Bob Meiuon, iamouo
In this section for his barbecue,
brunswick stew and slaw, under the
direction of the ladies of the
church.
lhe Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner
and Stephen E. Burroughs were
among those elected to office during
the convention. The Rev. Mr.
Wagner was chosen a member of
the Executive Council for a threeyear
term, and Mr. Burroughs was
chosen a layman delegate to attend
the Provencial Synod Convention
in New Orleans next October.
Bishop Penick To
Be Here Wednesday
Bishop Edwin A. Penick will be
present next Wednesday to confirm
a class of young persons and
to preach at 8 o'clock that night,
the Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner, rector
of Emmanuel Episcopal church,
stated this week in his announcement
of services to be held here
and at Littleton.
The Rev. Mr. Wagner said that
Holy Communion will be celebrated
at Emmanuel church on Sunday
morning at 8 o'clock, and that the
night service will bd omitted due
to Commencement Service at the
high school. Thursday, Ascension
Day, services will be held at 10 a.
m. at Emmanuel church, he said.
The Holy Communion service at
Saint Alban's, Littleton, will be
1?1J m o nn aMniint of the
I1C1U cvu XV ?*. ***.
commencement service In the high
school at 11 a. m.
The public Is Invited to these
services.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
There will be a Memorial service
held at the Ridgeway cemetery on
Sunday, May 17, at; 4 p. m. The
public is invited to attend this service.
Solicitor and Mrs. W. H. ti. Burgwyn
and son, and Mrs. Blanchard
of Woodland were visitors here this
week.