^bate, terse timely kv>*xxxy' ^dedicate NEOROJ^ENTER oi To Me Held In ?%sAr? (llLTTHKOl'GHWPAAID sssm ?f the war" ' ? \-f-ro Community CenieaC0U"'T which has recently MP buucun?* . * - -rp.i here alter nearly lUiu*-** I , v.vU-i oi p.amung and work, I W ^ iifiu in tlie court house at I fX'Tcnicii 0:1 Friday, October 30,1 ft, 10 ociock ai tiie morning. Mem- I Kk oi bod1 raccs are invited 10 I the exercises which feature! ftarcmun oi outstanding white! ft.-..," -j speaker* as well as music. I Ijts program follows. Ij>c. '.,1.. country 'tis of Thee/'I ftr?uu.miv; rm oration, Rev- N- j ft iiurouuctory Remarks, J ft-u. h. c'luts, master of cere- I ft-caw; Music, Warren County I ft'-iDi;., lAhooi cilee Club; Re- J ft^-i,: pro: U- W- Mitchell, State I ft : e c t 0 : farm Demonstration j ftiiuii. ii:. W.mam T. Polk, Chair-- I ftr: Boa: a 0: Trustees Warren I ft-".:; -Memorial Library; Mr. E-1 ft. nom.. Director Employment I ft-.sior 0: W P. A ; Mr. S. E. Jen- I ft :; Engineer, third dis-1 ft.: W- P. A : .Wis. Mary E. Camp- I ft:. Sn.te DirectoT Women's! ft: rro.essicaal Projects; Music,! I High School Glee I ft;::: Adaress. Hon. George W. I ftaa. State Ac,mimstrator W. P. A ; I Dedication Address, Dr. James E I H/: North Carolina I ftrXerroes; Accepting the building! ft :he par: oi the board of trus- I ft; Professor J. Edward Allen,} ftpercr.atde::: Warren County! six; System: Music, Macon j ft-"c:Z Cray; Offering, taken byj Edbers of the board of trustees; f ftyr.? of the cornerstone, at the} Ommunity Building. I Efforts are being made to re- ( |sove ail indebtedness from the J hiding. which was constructed b>' IfPA labor of bricks made by the negroes, by the 1st of November, lia a book campaign is to begin e: extend through December. Prof G E Cheek, one of the negro leaders of the county who has been instrumental in having the 'siding erected here, stated yeslercay that a number of friendly white people had already offered a contribute books when the builder was completed and that he, as well as other members of his race, ras grateful for these promises cd hoped that the response would * generous when the drive for feature gets underway. Following is a letter mailed out n:er the auspices of the Board of teees of the Community Center 5-r.g attention to the dedication senses next Friday night: To Interested Citizens: "On October 30, 1936, at 10:00 nock A. M. a dream of years of a beautiful Community l-"er Building for Negro Citizens barren County will become a Sa5' The Dedication Exercises ' '"s building will be held in the fwy Courthouse. The exercises featured by addresses from o: both races in the state"Without doubt, the history of %o achievement in Warren tety i$ riCh monumental and fends far into the remote past; tradition gives no example, -:"0ry shows no record nor do we of a finer spirit of loyalty cooperation than that shown ? keen-witted, broad-minded, iblic-spirited citizenry of the constructing the best and Community Center Building *%roes in North Carolinathat our house is almost '--P.eted. wc need your continued 4 in our final drive for money 1 settle remaining bills and aid in necessary equipment. And " ? tve arc asking every church, Mention, and union, along with Ip; T. A's., Four-H Clubs and ticual citizens to give, regard's of whether they have given" or ,e are also making a very .-la' appeal to you to give your anc' best sum and thereby 1 ihc honor and pride which 10 County and certainly . 'dividual citizen who helps construction of such a P^ ''time-honored, public enteric the features of the Dedit,nal Exercises will be a roll t .All persons giving $1.00, $250 in atl(^ uPward will be listed Material Honorees and their atlCl t5le am0UntS WlU com 'n building f?r public A duplicate copy of this ie" ^'1 be placed and sealed in cornerstone for history. Any 'Continued on Page 6) Court flliilj|i^lll^^ WASHINGTON . . Mrs. 1^7 Connell, ^22, of Marianna, j Fla. (above), bears the distinction of being the youngest woman lawyer ever admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. She was one of 40 admitted at the opening of Fall sessions. Her husband was also admitted. Gives Views On Proposed Changes State Constitution By JOHN B. PALMER On November the 3rd we are to J vote on five proposed amendments to our State Constitution. All of these amendments are of the highest importance and if adopted, will make it possible for the General Assembly to cure serious defects in our tax laws and to in- j crease the judges of our Supreme Court from five to seven members. I Four of the proposed amendments deal with taxation and one with the Supreme Court. Only one of the proposed amendments is automatic or self-executing: four of the amendments leave all action authorized by them to the discretion of future General AssembliesThe most important of the five proposed amendments is that one providing for $1,000 tax exemption on homes provided the owner lives in the home- Our present tax system allows liberal exemptions on solvent credits, incomes and inheritances. Surely some tax exemption on a home is more important than exemptions on solvent credits, incomes and inheritances. Home ownership is the supporting pillar upon which we can build a better community and State. Criminal court records show that most of the crime is committed by those who do not own a home. Let us adopt this amendment and by a fair tax exemption encourage young couples to establish thir love nest?a home. ? *- nvw AM/1 J. nc next must mipui ttnio auicxiu~ ment is that one which would allow the General Assembly in its discretion to increase the rate on incomes from 6 per cent to 10 per cent. At present the constitutional limitation is 6 per cent. According' to the Institute of Government no other State in the Union has any limitation on the income tax rate. The Federal Constitution has no such limitation. However, a half loaf is better than no loaf, so let us adopt this amendment providing (Continued on Page 0) Find Negro's Body On Railroad Track Believed to have been run over and killed by a freight train which he attempted to catch, the badly mangled body of Macon Davis, negro about 18-years-old, was found on the railroad tracks at Norlina Sunday morning around 1:30 o'clock, about an hour and a half after he had left his home at Norlina. The negro is said to have gone to his home and asked his father j-ii? fiVinrnh the I or a uunai l/U 5U bv next day. The father, it was reported, did not have a dollar but gave him what change he had and the boy left home Saturday night about 12 o'clock. A freight train was on the tracks opposite Blair's service station about that time and the belief is that the negro attempted to catch the train for a ride down the road, missed his hold, and fell beneath the wheels of the train. MRS- ARRINGTON RETURNS Mrs. Katherine P. Arrington has returned to her home at Warrenton after spending several weeks visiting European countries- She was accompanied abroad by her daughter, Mrs. William Conway of: Henderson, Ky. i l}? 10< WARRENTON, COUNTS t N THIS WEEK In Washington V Washington, Oct. 21.?One definite forecast can be made at this time in regard to the presidential election of November 3. That is, that the total vote will be greatly in excess of the number of ballots cast in any previous election. Both of the major parties have been concentrating a great deal of their energies upon seeing to it that every one of their prospective voters was registered, and the result so far has been a surprising Increase in the total registration. In New York State, for example, the registration is nearly a million in excess of the number who voted in the 1932 presidential election The increased registration is proportionately somewhat less heavy in other states, but on the whole it is a safe bet that there are around 15 per cent more citizens in the nation qualified to vote this year than ever before. The effort to get out the vote does not end, of course, with seeing that all possible voters are registered. From now until the morning of election day the most vigorous efforts will be made to see to it that not only those newly registered but all of the previously qualified voters, in states where annual registration is not required, actually go to the polls. That will not be such a difficult task as it has been in many previous elections. The proverbial apathy of the American voters seems to be a minus quantity this year. Certainly not since 1916 has partisan spirit run such a high temperature and penetrated so deeply into the mass of voters. Expect Heaviest Vote While there are no exact figures of the total number of persons qualified to vote in the entire nation, there are somewhere above 60,000,000 citizens who have reached the age of 21 and who can vote if they have been duly registered. The heaviest vote cast was in 1932 when 39,816,522 citizens went (Continued on Page 6) 125-Boll Stalk Of Cotton Is Exhibited A st.nlIf nf rnt.t.nn with 125 holls. most of them full grown and ready for picking, was on display in the office of J. M. Gardner and Company yesterday. The cotton was grown by Miss Eula Allen and the stalk stood next to one which bore 115 bolls. In commenting on the cotton, Mr Gardner, who has been i in the cotton buying business for yeans and years said: "I don't think I have ever seen as pretty and as fine a stalk of cotton as that before in my life " Littleton High Wins Inter-State Match In a downpour of rain, Littleton High won its first inter-state game of the season last Friday, defeating a strong team of Emporia, Virginia, High, 6-0. Little, the locals flash- j ing back, tore around the end and | PA 1 - eonrn /if ran ou yaixit? xux ixxc uixxj owxv v? , the game. Littleton has not been defeated in the last two seasons, winning its third consecutive victory for this season under its able coach, Hager. Only four of last years regulars are playing on this season's team. Friday, this week, I Littleton journeys to Rocky Mount to clash with the strong High School team of that cityGROWS 'EM BIG A sweet potato nearly the size of a pumpkin and apparently large enough to take care of a crowd at a family reunion was brought to the office of the Warren Record for display this week by A. D Hardy as a product of Edmund White's farm near Liberia- When dug the yam weighed 13 1-2 pounds and had a circumference of 31 inches. SERVICES AT LITTLETON . - 44.4.1^4-^ HAofVin Services slz wie jlhi/i/ici/uxx xyxblulv- | dist Church on Sunday, October 25th, were announced as follows by the pastor, Rev. W. T. Phipps: The Church School at 9:45 a. m ; preaching at 11 a- m. and 7:30 p. m. A cordial invitation is extended by the minister to attend these services. Messrs- John Kerr Jr. and Claude Haithcock were visitors in Raleigh this week. Mr. Robert Davis of Stewart, Va, was a visitor here on Tuesday night. irrru ' OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDA1 State and County Officials Discuss Welfare Work Various phases of welfare work were gone into here on Monday 1 when state leaders met with local officials at a meeting of the County Council of Social Agencies, held in the court house in the presence ( of a larcrp cmnn of interested ner sons, with William T. Polk, county chairman, presiding. Mrs. W- B. Aycock, from the , State Board of Charities and Pub- f lie Welfare, spoke of the necessity j, of Welfare Departments having the cooperation of all social-mind- ^ ed citizens and urged the department to strengthen the County Council and get cooperation from 3 all organizations which stand for c good in the county. She said that f all cases of distress should be reported to the Welfare Department ] and if they are aided by some other organization to notify the 1 Welfare Department just what has 1 been done for these people. Miss Elmer H- Ashton, also of the s State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, explained the duties of y the Superintendent of Welfare. 6 She said that the superintendent * should have under the control of 11 the County Commissioners the care t and supervision of the poor; that 5 it was her duty to act as agent for ? the State Board of Charities and r Public Welfare in relation to any 1 work to be done by the state in the 1 county; that she should look after a persons who are discharged from v state institutions; that she should i have oversight of the prisoners on ? parole; that she should have super- $ vision of dependent and delinquent I children; that she should help find e employment; that she should in- ? vestigate and relieve as far as possible any cause of distress appeal- 1 ing to the Welfare Department; v and that she should see that the 1" Child Labor Law and the School E Attendance Law are enforced. 1' Miss Lucy Leach, Superintendent g vf "txrolf O T-Q nrorprl t.hP TYIlblic tO E Ui TTV/UU1V) v..v x _ contribute to the Charity Chest, which is a fund in the Welfare De- i partment to help emergency cases, a She said there were many cages v that would have suffered but for r the aid given them from her department. Most of the money from J the Charity Chest, she said, was spent to help the indigent, to buy medicine, food and clothing. It was decided at the meeting to launch a county-wide drive for funds the c first week in November. u Mrs. J. S- Jones, County Nurse, s talked on the good which may be t derived from Maternity Centers, t explaining that such centers are I being held in this county at a Vaughan, Wise, Stony Lawn and J Warrenton, and commented on the v | fact that the doctors attending the j centers, as well as herself, are ^ being paid from the Children's ? Bureau in Washington. She also t said that she is trying to get all parents to have their children vac- } I cinated against dipntneria ana | spoke of the need for vaccinatting ' them against typhoid fever in the I spring. Warren is one of 20 counties [ of the state given these opportuni- r ties- C Miss Clyde Satterfield explained v that she dealt with the needy and b | able bodied persons who may be in b | (Continued on page 6) f Church To Celebrate b Home Coming Day t Littleton, Oct- 23?Sunday, No- e vember 1, will be observed as C "Home Coming Day'- at Calvary a Church of the Littleton Charge, y the Rev. W. T. Phipps announced g this week- o The program to be carried out p on this day is as follows: Church C School at 10 o'clock with Clyde t) Myrick, superintendent, in charge; 5 preaching at 11 o'clock by the pas- w tor, with the Sacrament of tne o Lord's Supper; dinner on the grounds, followed at 1:30 by a ser- b mon by Dr. T- M Johnson. w "All former members and pastors t> are given a special invitation to be present and the entire community n is urged to come and enjoy the c day with us," the Rev. Mr. Phipps p stated. g v ANNOUNCES SERVICES S: Episcopal services are to be held s at Warrenton and Ridgeway on g Sunday, the Rev. B. N. de Foe fi Wagner, rector, announced this week. The services at Emmanuel g Church, Warrenton, are to be held I at 11 o'clock in the morning, and 1< Evening Prayer will be held at \ Good Shepherd, Ridgeway, at 3:30 g in the afternoon. ]P t Mr. Fab Pendleton of Richmond J was a visitor here Wednesday and b Thursday. J ifcnii if, OCTOBER 23, 1936 Subi FLIMFLAM GAME IS WORKED HERE i Vegro Cheated Out Of $20 On Pocketbook Racket Here Thursday :rook makes getaway The old pocketbook game was ised at Warrenton yesterday by an inidentified negro to flimflam mother negro out of $20.00 of to>acco money. The crook's method of working he racket here was similar to the icheme which has been worked for rears in various places, particularly luring the tobacco season, on the jullible to get their money. The negro who lost the money vas said to have been named Thome and came to Warrenton rom near Airlie, Halifax county, vith Garland Alston, who sold his ;obacco here and then gave Thome 520.00. The trickster waited until Thorne vas looking at him and then pickid up a pocketbook as if it had >een found. He then opened the vollet and told Thorhe that it conained $700, that he would give him ;500.00 of it if he would not tell my one of his find, but first he nust get the big bills changed. He ed Thorne to believe that it would ook suspicious for him not to have inything but $100 bills when he vent to get the money changed and nduced Thorne to give him all his noney, promising to leave him the 1500.00 with County Agent Bob Jright, for whom he said he workid as janitor, after the change was nade. When Thorne surprised Mr. Jright by asking for the money vhich he believed had been left for iim, he found out after some exilanation that no money had been eft for him, that his $2000 was ;one and that the man had disapteared. The negro was unable to give an ntelligent description of the crook ,nd officers met with no success /hen they went to look for the nan. Slegro Hit By Car Is Fatally Injured Kelly Israel, negro about 18 years Id, was fatally injured early Satirday night at Ridgeway when he tepped from behind a vehicle into he side of a car being operated owards Warrenton by C. A. Tucker. Jr. Tucker stopped immediately md carried the injured negro to Jubilee hospital in Henderson /here he lived until Sunday night. An inquest was held here on Vednesday and Coroner Jasper ihearin wrote into the records that he accident was unavoidable. Win First Victory In Defeat Of Enfield Playing in a driving rain on a mid-coated, slippery field, the John Iraham High School football team /on its first victory of the season ast Friday afternoon by taking the! ig end of a 7-0 score from Enield Despite the unfavorable feather, the local boys played the est game of the year, according to Joach Ward, who gives the followng account of the battle: "Outplaying Enfield in virtually very department of play, the John Jraham team ploughed its way up nd down the field, gaining enough ards to win a couple of football ames, only to lose the ball because f its slippery handling. In the last art of the second quarter the irahamites drove the ball from heir own 40-yard line to Enfield's -yard stripe where the touchdown fas scored by Billy Peete on a drive ver guard"In the second half the attack of oth teams bogged down and both fere content to play defensive footall. "The John Graham team is by no leans the well oiled machine it Is apable of being, but rapid imrovement is being shown in every ame by the players. By Friday rhen we play Norlina the team hould be beginning to hit its t-p /I/we +>i#vrt<>T* scription Price, $1.50 a Year x Jobs?Not Pensions 1 I> jft ^ ^ , 1 - j; World War vet- N erans rather than lobbying for a p pension system. Commander Kearney resides at Gloversville, N. Y. Time Is Extended J Through October p Bright Announces ^ F The time for complying under the A Soil Conservation Act has been extended to October 31 in order to give all producers an opportunity ^ to qualify, County Agent Bob al Bright stated this week and urged gl that all those who have not quaiiII fied to do so at once in order that this county may receive its full share of payments- He also stated that all producers who did not b< plant their base in cotton or tobac- b< co should sow clover, vetch or win- 01 ter peas on any land in order to al qualify for their payments. w In notifying farmers of the ex- al tension of time which has been ^ granted them and in discussing the 0 program, the county agent said: 11 < < T nfM/\4-n nil nwn/ln/tntan n fntrr /-I O TTP jl wiutc tin piuuutcio a xc w uajo ago to qualify and notify tnis of- ? fice upon qualification. This county is entitled to payments in excess of $200,000 if the farmers will qualify. The majority of the farmers in the county have qualified, but in a few townships the per cent to qualify g( is small. I am sure that the farm- V( ers do not understand the re- Qi quirements or they would qualify ^ for their payments- C( "This program was intended to w help farmers, not depress them, w and if any farmer will thoroughly understand the act I am sure that jr he will endorse it. The time is lim- a ited for complying in 1936 and all 5; those farmers who are not sure y that they have qualified should come to this office and find out $ just what they are required to do. C) "We will begin to mail in appli- w cations for payments in a few days tl and when these notices go out I would appreciate it very much if tc the farmers would come in and sign r their applications promptly. In cases where tenants are interested in the payments it will be neces- p sary for them to come in with the y landlord and sign the application w for payment." w Over $400 Raised bl For Campaign Fund m Incomplete reports which have cl come in this week in regard to the w amount of money which has been fc raised by the various Roosevelt pi Elector Committee chairmen in this county disclose that more than cl $400 has been contributed in War- cl ren to aid in the re-election of President Roosevelt on November ? 3" 1 This money has come from all i sections of Warren, with contributions. as a rule, ranging from $100 to $5-00* Frank H. Gibbs, committee ei chairman for the town of Warren- tl ton, closed his campaign last Sat- h urday after raising $122.50 here, r rather than $13Z.du as was xnau- St vertently stated last week. Other o reports that have come in from p< the chairmen, including those made Cs last week, are as follows: Ed Tur- tl ner, $70 00; Harry Williams, $53 00; Macon Thornton, $46.00; Wallace ns Paschall, $50.00; Ed Petar, $200; si: Walter Myrick, as Warren county's pj part of the donations he received tt at Littleton, $80.00; total, $423 50- ti It is not known here what sum J. P. T. Harris, another Roosevelt" Elector Committee chairman, raised, or the amount of money that S; has been raised around Norlina, e\ where, it was reported, contributions have also been received. sc 0 ? .? pST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 43 FRANK WELDON DIES SUDDENLY lanager of Norlina A. B. C. Store Drops Dead While On Duty Thursday iURIAL SERVICES TODAY Frank Erwin Weldon, manager of tie A. B. C. store at Norlina, ropped dead in the store yesterday fternoon at 4:20 o'clock from a eart attack. While his health was ot regarded as being bad, and his eath came as a shock, he had been omplaining for the past few days i maigesuon ana naa laiten meaiLrife on several occasions to relieve im of his pain. He was 48 years f age. Funeral services, which will be in harge of the Norlina Masonic Orer, will be conducted from the ome at Norlina this afternoon at :30 o'clock by the Rev- Mr. Roach, ho will be assisted by the Rev. fr. Wilson. Interment will take lace at the Warren Plains Bapst Church, of which he had been member since childhood. He was the son of the late George feldon and Mrs- Fannie Owens /eldon and was born at Warren lains- He had been making his ome at Norlina for the past 15 5ars and was Past Master of the rancis S. Packard Lodge, No. 630, F. & A- M- He was also a World far veteran. Surviving is one brother, Hugh / eldon, of Norlina- His mother tid father preceded him to the rave a number of years ago. [M LIMER TEMPORARY MANAGER OF STORE Jim Limer, who is already under and due to the fact that he has jen assisting in the A. B. C. stores f the county while the managers ad employees had their vacations, ill be placed in charge of the store ; Norlina until another manager appointed^ B. Boyce, chairman the ieverar^^i^HB Vehicle Laws And Face Judge Taylor Failure to conform with laws rverning the operation of motor jhicles was responsible for four ! the five cases which were brought ;fore Judge W. W- Taylor in Reader's court on Monday of this eek. The other charge was assault ith a deadly weapon. W. H. Short plead guilty of drivig on the streets of Warrenton in reckless manner and was fined 15.00 and taxed with the costs in le action. Charles C. Granger was fined 10 00 and costs after he had been Dnvicted on a charge of driving ithout licenses. He plead guilty to le count. Found guilty of operating a mo>r vehicle with improper brakes, aymond Russell, negro, was fined i.OO and costsJudgment was suspended upon ryment of costs in the case against hlliam Plummer, negro, charged ith operating a motor vehicle ithout driver's license or state sense nlates. after it had been ought out that he had been reliring his car and was trying it it on an isolated dirt roadLevi Medlin and W. H. Galloway, larged with assault with a deadly eapon, each plead guilty. Prayer ir judgment was continued upon lyment of costsA case against F. J. Peace, negro, larged with giving a worthless leek, was continued due to illness. f YoiTWish To Vote Register By Saturday Saturday, from sunrise to sunset, 111 be the last day prior to this ection for putting new names on le registration books, Claude aithcock, chairman of the Warin County Board of Elections, ated yesterday- The following, ctober 31, will be challenge day, a ;riod set aside when the qualifiitions of a voter to participate in le election may be questionedMr Haithcock said that a few imes had been added to the books nee they have been opened on the ist two Saturdays, but no more lan is customary before an elecon. Mr. W- G- Smiley announHHH Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. G. miley on October 9, a son?Mathv Thomas. Miss Annie Rose Smiley of Wil>n spent Sunday with A. I. Smiley. s -y i'J