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I VOLUME XXXVI
M il HNERAI.
H ALTER ROGERS
I Stores Closed During Hour Of
I Service Of Well Known
Warrenton Citizen
I ILL FOR SEVERAL DAYS
I store? of Warrenton closed for j
an hour yesterday morning as a
I tribute of respect to the memory of
I Walter G. Rogers whose funeral
was conducted from Emmanuel
I Episcopal church at 11 oclock by
I t)le Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner, rector.
assisted by the Rev. O. I. ffinI
son. Methodist minister of War-I
I ronton.
Following the services at the
I church, the remains of Mr. Rogers
I were carried to Fairview cemetery
,here interment took place. AcI
tive pallbearers were Stephen E. j
I Burroughs. R. B. Boyd, William I
Boyce. James Boyce. M. C. McGuire, I
I Duke Jones. John Mtichell and I
I Gordon Poindexter. A large num-J
ber of the town's citizens were hon-1
I orary pallbearers.
I Mr. Rcgers. who was 75 years old,
died Tuesday morning at 7:151
oclock after a critical illness of}
I several days. His health had been
I bad for the past five or six years
but his condition did not become
I crave until about two weeks ago.
I Mr. Rogers was considerd one
of the most prominent citizens of
this town. He was a man of means j
I and took an active part in the social.
religious and cultural life of
I this community until several years
I ago when he suffered financial re-}
rerses and lost his health.
I The sen of John and Mary Ann |
I Rogers. Mr. Rogers was born in]
saiisoury. n,ngiana, on Marcn si,
1861. He came to America in 1873
and settled in Lunenburg County,
Va.. where he remained until 1885
when be moved to Warren County.
Coming here as a young man, he
went to the farm of the late William
Wiggins to learn tobacco
farming and later came to Warrenton
to operate the Arrington 'warehouse
with the late S. P. Arrington.
Later, be formed an alliance with
, the late W. B. Boyd and ran a ware
house with him for years, after
which he went into the tobacco
business with the late W. A. Burwell
to operate the Centre warehouse.
After Mr. Burwell's death, he
went into business with C. C. Hunter
and with him continued to run
the Centre warehouse until about
five years ago.
While he did not take an active
part in politics, he served on the
board of town commissioneirs. He
Ms. also, a dirpptor af fho Oitimins
IBank, a vestryman, senior warden,
lay reader and Sunday School superintendent
of Emmanuel Church.
In 1898. he was married to Miss
Lallah Arlington, who survives,
along with three brothers, Ernest),
Edward and Arthur Rogers, all of
Dendron, Va.
Asks Dog Owners
To Tag Canines
TCiis newspaper has been request^
by Chief of Police Lee Wilson
to notify dog-owners to put collars
and tags cn their animals or keep (
them off the streets of Warrenton. i
Chief Wilson stated that there are
E number of stray dogs roaming
the streets of Warrenton, turning
over garbage cans and making
themselves a nuisance at the homes
citizens of the town, particularly
j at night. The chief and other
officers here are of the opinion
that most of the canine running
I loose at ? ------
- ...5ms are aogs noDoay |
, 'binks enough of to feed and that I
I they come here from a distance of I
I ^'eral miles to pick-up food from I
IV wound homes and from the gar-1
I ^ge cans.
I Chief Wilson said that) he did not I
I *ant to shoot anybody's valuable I
I % cr much-thought-of pet and I
I that collars and tags be put I
I on these animals in order that he I
I other members of the police 1
??e might differeniate them from
I e Worthless stoay dogs which are I
t0 be shot. I
(I ^-Gallon Still Is
1 Taken In Raid
A 30-galion capacity copper still |
captured in Sandy Creek town- |
rjip 1&st. Friday by Sheriff W. J. |
7*11, Deputy Roy Shearin, Chief J
Police Lee Wilson and Patrol- J
7 Paul Welch. The manufac-1
urers fled through the woods be- j
"fc the officers reached the still, 1
7>h was in operation at the time.l
, barrels of mash and four gal- J
0ns of whiskey were seized. |
Secretary
who on Saturday became the Democratic
nominee for Secretary of
State when he piled up a lead over
Secretary of State Stacey Wade.
B. S. Jerman,
Ridgeway Native,
Dies In Raleigh
Beverly Sydnor Jerman, a native !
of Ridgeway, was buried in Oak- .
wooa cemetery at Kaieign yesterday
morning following funeral services
conducted at 10:30 o'clock at his
heme in Raleigh on 7 East North !
Street.
Mr. Jerman, who was 74 years of
age, died at 11:30 o'clock Tuesday
night in Mary Elizabeth Hospital. .
He had been in failing health for a
long time.
Mr. Jerman was a former banker '
and for about 50 years was prominent
in the business and civic life
of Raleigh. At one time he was 1
president of the Carolina Power & 1
Light Co. 1
He was born at Ridgeway on
November 4, 1861, and was the son 1
of Dr. Thomas Palmer Jerman and 1
Lucy Beverly Sydnor Jerman. He 1
went* to Raleigh at the age of 20 1
years to accept a position with the
old Citizens National Bank, and
soon became connected with numerous
enterprises there.
Mr. Jerman was a member of the
State Bankers' Association and was
once vice president of the American
Bankers' Association. He was 1
a member of the Raieign unamoer
of Commerce, Capital Club, Coun- 1
try Club, Neuseoca Fishing Club, '
Elks and Odd Fellows. He was also '
a member of the Methodist church. !
He was educated at Williams
Academy, Burton School, and by !
the Rev. William Taylor, private :
tutor, all of Ridgeway. He was 1
married three times, first in 1883 '
to Miss Julia Borden of Goldsboro,
who died a year later, leaving an
infant son, William B. Jerman, now
of Richmond, Va.
In 1895 he married Miss Isabelle
Montgomery of Concord, who died
in 1905. One daughter, Mrs. Lorentz 1
T. White of Raleigh, survives this 1
union. i
His third marriage was in 1912, i
to Miss Edith MacDonald of Ham- ]
ilton, Ontario, who, with one son, (
Donald Sydnor, and two daughters, i
Edith MacDonald and Lucy Beverly, 1
survive.
Mr. Jerman also leaves two sis- (
ters, Mrs. T. B. Williams and Miss ]
Esther Jerman, both of Ridgeway, j
and five grandchildren. i
One Case Heard
In County Court.
Only one case was tried in Re- 1
carder's court this wteek. Samuel
Rivers, charged with reckless driv- '
ing, was found guilty of violating '
the traffic laws and received a sus- t
^ +V,o 1
pended judgment proviucu WJ.V
costs in the action be paid.
A case booked against Mrs. B. 1
L. Conner and Jerry Peoples, charg- f
ing immorality, was continued. 1
i
REVIVAL SERVICES ARE HELD <
Revival services are being held
at Jerusalem church, with Rev. S.
J. Sfcarnes, pastor of Central Methodist
Church, Raleigh, as the visiting
minister. The meetings will continue
through Sunday night of this
week, and the public is cordially
invited to attend and hear the Rev. <
Mr. Starnes. i
TO HOLD REVIVAL SERVICES
Revival services will be conducted
at Brown's Church on Sunday
night at/ 8 o'clock by the Rev. C.
L. Ousley of Zebulon, announcement
was made this week.
EPISCOPAL SERVICES
Holy Communion will be celebrated
at- the Church of the Good
Shepherd, Ridgeway, on Sunday
morning at 9 o'clock, and services
will be conducted at Emmanuel
Church, Warrenton, at 11 o'clock,
the Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner
stated yesterday.
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WARRENTON, COUNTY
COUNTY AGENTS
REAPPOINTED
County Attoimey Instructed
To Proceed With 1933
Tax Sale Suits
ASK ROAD MAINTENANCE
Re-appointment; of the county's
J. S " -
i.wo agricultural agents for another
year, instructions to the county attorney
to proceed with the 1933
land sale suits, and an agreement
to appropriate $8,000 for a new
school building to take care of the
overflow of students at the John
Graham High School were the outstanding
events of Monday's regular
monthly meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners.
The board agreed to retain the
services of Bob Bright at his regular
salary of $75.00 per month
from the county. The remainder
of his salary is paid by the state
and Federal government.
C. S. Wynn, negro agent), was
also hired for another year, and it
was agreed to increase his salary
frcm $50.00 to $60.00 per month in
order to take care of some of his
expenses. His county check is
also supplemented by a state
voucher.
Julius Banzet, county attorney,
was instructed to start immediately
foreclosure suits to collect 1933
taxes.
The Carolina Blue Printers were
employed to photostate the maps
in the Register of Deeds office contained
in plat books No. 1 and 2
at the price cf $272.00; also all future
maps received by the Register
of Deeds.
The Clerk was instructed to recommend
to the State Highway
Commission that it take over and
maintain certain sections of roads
in Warren county.
It was ordered that $4.00 per
month be appropriated for Tom
Powell and wife and that the
monthly appropriation for Rufus
Pendergrass and wife be increased
to $5.00 per month.
The office and stable buildings of
C. E. Jackson on Bragg street; were
reduced to $1800. It was also ordered
that the real property of
Miss Susie Wycoff, located in Smith
Creek township, be reduced to
?1400.00.
Two dollars a month was appropriated
for E. B. Hedgepeth, and a
similar sum was granted to purchase
medicine for Peter Stansoury.
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Holiday Observed
In Quiet Manner
The double holiday of July 4th
was celebrated in Warren County
without any cost of life or evidence
of boisterous conduct. No fatal accidents
occurred in this county and
Recorder's court docket on Monday
morning revealed that the week
end brought only one defendant
oefore Judge Taylor for trial
Warren's peaceful and harmless
cbservance of Independence Day i
holidays was in striking contrast!
to that of the nation which closed I
the two-day celebration with a I
fatality list of 444. Thirteen of the I
violent deaths took place in North j
anfnmnhile accidents |
oaiuiiiia,
claiming three of the victims
According to the Associated Press,
the list of 444 lives was the second j
largest' for the country's holiday in
nine years, and was exceeded only
ay the 483 of 1931 during the past,
six years. In 1931, as this year there
tvas a two-day holiday period.
With millions of cars on the highways,
motor vehicle accidents led
ill other causes of accidental deaths
with a 254 aggregate. Drowning
contributed 104. Various other accidents
contributed the remainder.
Newell Happy Over
Present Of Hands
F. B. Newell Sr. received what he
termed "a happy and delightful
surprise which made him proud"
this week when his son, John D., of
South Hill and a Mr. Brame, who
is in the warehouse business at
South Hill, sent him a truck load
of hands to work for him free of
charge in repairing his tobacco crop
which was badly damaged during
the hail storm and cyclone which!
struck this section nearly two weeks I
ago. Mr. Newell said that his crop!
was in terrible shape, that he was
having difficulty in procuring
hands and that the Virginia workers
came to him as a godsend.
Misses Rebecca and Ann Bryan of
Scotland Neck are guests of Miss
Rozella Dameron.
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OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDj
Winner
Winner over Paul Grady for Lieut
Governor in Saturday's Democratic
run-off.
Tar River Ass'n
Is Organized For
S. School Work
By REV. R. E. BRICKHOUSE
Some weeks ago the pastor,
Moderator and executive committee
of the Tar River Association met at
the Corinth Baptist church and organized
for Sunday School work
with Geither M. Beam of Louisburg
as Superintendent, and Mrs. W. E,
White of Louisburg as associate
j Superintendent.
Due to the largeness of the Association
the 63 churches were divided
into three groups, the county
lines used as divisional lines so far
as possible. The groups centering
around Louisburg, Henderson and
Warrenton were organized with a
group superintendent for each
group.
Miss Louella Brown win serve as
special Sunday School and Baptist
Training Union Worker under the
leadership of the pastor, new associational
officers and Sunday School
superintendents during the summer
through August 16,
Every church in this association
will be given the opportunity to
participate in an associational-wide
study course week in both Sunday
School and Baptist Training Union,
This will greatly help in training
the new organization.
July 12-26 is Sunday School Week
in the Warrenton-Littleton group,
A large number of churches is expected
to line up for simultaneous
study courses which will begin on
Sunday night and go through Friday
night.
The plan is to use local workers
where it is practical. Miss Brown
will assist in getting teachers for
churches which wish an outsider,
Texts to be used are: "Building
A Standard Sunday School," "When
Do Teachers Teach?", or "The
School In Which We Teach."
Meeting Will Be Held
On Sunday afternoon, July 12, at
3 o'clock the initial meeting of the
- Jit U?
Warren ton-Littleton group win uc
! held with the Macon Baptist
church. Every church in this section
is urged to come with a delegation
to this meeting. The meeting
will be short, informal and inspirational.
Church Resumes
Building Program
The building program has been
resumed at the Norlina Methodist
Church, the Rev. W. C. Wilson, pastor,
stated this week. A heating
system and running water are to
be installed, and the work which
was left off when the building was
being constructed is to be completed.
The job is expected to require
about 90 days.
Several months ago all the obligations
of the church were paid off
and notes were burned. The im
provements which are to be made
will not leave any indebtedness on
the churcfi, it was stated.
Church School To
Begin At Norlina
A vacation Church School will
begin at the Norlina Methodist
Church on Monday, July 13, the
Rev. W. C. Wilson, pastor, announced
this week. The school will continue
through the week, culminating
in a Church School Day on the
following Sunday.
The faculty will consist of the
following: Beginners, Miss Eula
Wilson; Primary, Miss Pearl Rose;
Juniors, Mrs. Nellie Register; Intermediates,
Rev. W. C. Wilson.
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\Y, JULY 10, 1936 Subs
RECORD VOTE IS
CAST SATURDAY
Powell dominated As Fifth
Member of Board Of
Commissifoners
JOE POWELL IS WINNER
With a record-breaking vote for
a, aauuu primary, warren voters
moved to the polls on Saturday to
nominate John Clay Powell of Inez
as the fifth member of the Board
of County Commissioners over Coley
C. Perkinson of Wise and to choose
_ Joseph C. Powell of Warrenton as
Register of Deeds over Vernon C.
Browne of Vaughan.
The vote between the contestants
for both county offices was close
and the outcome of the race for
commissioner was not definitely
j known until the early hours of
Sunday morning when a trip was
made across the Roanoke rivr to
Roanoke precinct which divided its
44 ballots nearly equally for the
two candidates and enabled the
Inez contestant to maintain his
slight lead over his opponent. Powk
ell received a total of 1519 votes to
Perkinson's 1494?a difference of
25 ballots cast in the fourteen pre,
cincts of this county.
While a close race was looked for
between Mr. Powell and Mr. Perkinson,
who tied in the first primary,
the run made by Mr. Browne
against Joseph C. Powell came as
a surprise to most politicians of
i this county. Browne drew 1499 ballots
to Powell's 1541?a difference
of 92 votes. In the four-cornered
race for Register of Deeds in the
first primary Powell was given
1389 votes to Browne's 761.
In the race for Governor, Warren
/iaiimItt nvp nvr\V4Pf>or1 ni r* nrflf
UUUlIOjr VUtCiO CAplCOOCU
erence for Dr. Ralph McDonald
over Clyde R. Hoey by a vote of
little more than two to one while
the state as a whole gave the Shelby
lawyer a majority in excess of 50,'
000 votes. The county vote in this
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Fred Moseley
Assumes Duties
As Postmaster
Fred Moseley assumed his new
duties as postmaster of the Warrenton
office yesterday, succeeding
Mrs. Nannie Mcl. Moore who served
in this capacity for more than 20
years.
Prior to taking over the post
office, Mr. Moseley was connected
with the Seed Loan Office in Halifax
county.
Mrs. Moore, who announced in
November that she would resign at
the expiration of her present term,
was appointed by President Wilson
in May 1915. She succeeded the late
John B. Powell who held the place
f nr eov<vral vPQirs
Stolen Torch Used
In Safe Robbery
1 An acetylene torch stolen from
1 the school bus repair shop at Warrenton
last Friday night was located
at China Grove this week
where it had been used to cut a
hole In a vault; of a textile mill. It
is understood that no money was
kept in the vault at the mill but
that records were kept there and
these were stolen.
1 The thief or thieves entered the
school bus garage here by removing
staples from the door. The stolen
property was recovered on Wednesday.
Hebron To Have
Home Coming Day
Home Coming Day will be observed
at Hebron Methodist Church
the third Sunday, July 19, at which
time a sermon will be delivered by
the Rev. C. W. Goldston and a
speech will be maae by uean itmert
House of the University of
North Carolina. The minister is to
deliver his sermon at 11 o'clock in
the morning and Dean House will
speak in the afternoon.
In announcing the observance of
Home Coming Day, the Rev. O. I.
Hinson, Methodist minister of War
renton, said: "All who can do so,
are requestd to carry a lunch with
them, so all may be privileged to
eat together under the ancestral
oaks in the church grove. Hebron
' church is one hundred and forty
years old, being founded by the
) Rev. Henry Fitts in the latter years
. of the 19th century."
Dr. Frank CNeil of Henderson
was a visitor here last night.
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Price, $1.50 a Year
Nominee
I s
\
W-imBm
CLYDE R. HOEY
of Shelby, who became the Democratic
nominee for Governor when
he defeated Dr. Ralph McDonald
in Saturday's Primary.
Bid of $50,813
Made On Building
Local Postoffice
Washington, July 6.?The Upchurch
Construction Company, of
Montgomery, Ala., submitted a low
bid of $50,813 today to the Treasury
for the construction of a new post
office at Warrenton, N. C. W. P.
Martens, Newport News, Va., the
only other bidder, made an estimate
of $58,000.
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l own Boara
Donate $50 For
Negro Center
The sum of fifty dollars was appropriated
to the Negro Community
Center by the Board of Town
Commissioners in regular session
here on Monday night. The appropriation
was made after J. Edward
Allen and H. A. Moseley, white
members of ^the board of directors
of the community center, had appeared
before the board and pointed
out the need for such a building,
and stated that the efforts
that the negroes had put forth in
their own welfare merited the assistance
of the citizens of the town.
Mrs. John Kerr, (Jr. and Mrs.
Herman Rodwell , appeared before
the board and requested that the
town make no charge for tapping
the water main to supply water to
the jScfout cabin located jon the
town property near the pump. The
board readily granted this request
and also agreed to furnish water
without charge provided no excessive
amount was used. A request
that the Scouts be allowed to obtain
current from the lighting system
of the pump, which runs below
minimum, was temporarily refused
pending consultation with
the Carolina Power & Light Co.
Mrs. Kerr told the board that the
Scouts would pay any amount that
such connection made the town
meter go above the minimum light
rate at the pump, and after the
members of the board had pointed
out that there might be objection
to the connection on the part of
the power company, agreed to contact
the power company officials.
J. H. Duke was before the Board
relative to removal of trash and
garbage from the streets. He was
instructed by the Street Committee
to give his time to he removal
of garbage and was told that extra
help had been employed to remove
the limbs and debris of the recent
storm from the streets.
G. W. Polndexter of the Citizens
Insurance & Bonding Company,
accompanied by W. H. Burroughs,
Fire Chief, was before the commissioners
relative to a blanket! liability
policy for members of the
Warrenton Fire Company. Action
was postponed until it could be
determined the amount of protec
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tlon given yne members uy mc
State Industrial Insurance.
A report of the Street Committee
regarding the running of a
boundry line alon Wilcox avenue
affecting the property of Raymond
Rodwell, Miss Amma Graham and
other citizens, was ordered adopted.
Hie report showed that, according
to a survey made by C. E. Rodwell,
C. E., that there was incroachment
upon the street, but that no removals
would at) this time be ordered.
Stakes were ordered planted and
a furrow run to show the true
boundaries of the street.
Bills were approved and ordered
paid. Lee Wilson, Oiilef of Police,
was given a six day vacation. A
report of the financial condition of
the town was read and discussed,
and the board adjourned at 10:30.
MOST OF THE NEWS
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NUMBER 28
MAY BIED NEW ,
SCHOOL HERE
Board Agrees To Appropriate
$8,000 Toward Erection
Of New Building
MUST BE TURN-KEY JOB
The Board of County Commissioners
agreed on Monday to appropriate
$8,000 for a new school
building to relieve the crowded
condition at the John Graham
High School provided this sum will
QCClira a {nh an/1 fha
wvjoiug c* viuu-avj juw turn vuw
county will not be called on for
any more money by the Board of
Education or interested citizens who
are backing a movement to secure
a $20,000 school project for Warrenton.
This agreement was reached after
a delegation from the Lions Club,
which is behind the movement for
more space at the local school, appeared
before the commissioners
and pointed out the need for
another building.
Claude T. Bowers, president of
the Lions Club, stated the purpose
of the club's visit to the board and
called on Paul Cooper, principal of
the school, who told the commissioners
that the school was built
to accommodate about 500 students
and that an enrollment of around
750 students had crowded the
building to such an extent that it
became necessary to turn the library,
an office, and two rooms under
the auditorium into classrooms
and even this additional room did
not afford adequate space for taking
care of the children and giving
them the training they deserve.
Through the use of Federal funds,
he said, a new building can be
erected here at a comparatively
small cost to the county.
Supt. of Schools J. Edward Allen
spoke after Mr. Cooper and told
members of the county board that
the state school laws required that
children from certain other sec
tions of the county be transported
to Wanrenton for their schooling
and that It left he responsibility on
the county to provide space for
them. M. O. McGulre and Ed Gillam
also spoke of the need for
more space at the local school and
told the members of the board that
the Lions Club was backing the
movement for another building.
The appropriation from the county
was asked for as the first step
necessary In an effort which Is oq
foot to secure a $20,000 WPA school
project and get a 6-room building
built here to take care of children
In the primary grades.
E. C. Perry of the state WPA office
and S. E. Jennette, district
supervisor, are to come to Warrenton
at an early date and determine
if Warren county's relief load will
entitle it to such a project.
In asking for a "turn-key" Job
the commissioners pointed out they
did not want the building started
and then dropped In the county's
lap for completion due to withdrawal
of Federal funds. It was
understood and agreed according to
Chairman William Burroughs, that)
the county would provide for $8,000
and that school authorities could
spend this as they saw fit, but no
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other appropriation wouia De maae.
Frazier Loses Stock
And Stable In Fire
George R. Prazler, Warrenton
men-chant and one of Warren's
most prominent; farmers, suffered
losses estimated at $2,000 early
Wednesday morning when fire destroyed
a large barn at his home
near Warren Plains, taking with
it a mule, mower, wagon, stalk cutter,
wheat thrasher, rakes, pitchforks,
hoes, wheat which had Just
been cut and potatoes which had
just been gathered.
The origin of the fire, which was
discovered by Mr. Frazier Wednesday
morning around 3 o'clock, is
-inf Imnnm Tho hllildinCT Was envel
11VV AAlwnUl ?*aw v
oped In flames when Mir. Prazler
awoke and the Intensity of the heat
prevented the salvaging of any
property or the rescue of the mule,
valued at $240. Other livestock In
and around the barn was saved.
The building carried only a small
amount of insurance.
Revival services will begin at the
Warren Plains Methodist CSiurch
on Sunday afternoon, July 12, at
3 o'clock, the Rev. O. I. Hlnson announced
this week. Rev. C. W.
Golds ton of Rocky Mount; will assist
In the meeting, the Rev. Mr.
Hlnson said. A cordial invitation
Is extended to the public to attend
the services.