CURATE, TERSE
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Midway Concession Granted
jo Cndy Brothers; Big.
I oer l air Is Planned
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Is0 OCTOBEK 4 as jJAmI
I With grounds leased for a ten-l
vear period and a contract signed j
I for die midway, plans have begun I
I jo take definite shape for a county- I
| iwiie tail' here next fall under the j
| auspices of the Warrenton Lions I
| The laoiis Club, which sponsored I
B a fair here last fall as its first big I
B undertaking since it was organized J
a few months prior to that time, I
B granted the midway to the Endy I
B Brothers of Pottstown, Pa., at a j
I meeting or the club at Hotel War- I
rec last Friday night- The Endy I
B Bros come to Warrenton highly I
B recommended and those in the club I
closely allied with the fair move-1
B ment are anticipating an even bet-1
B ter and more profitable fair than I
B was enjoyed last year when the club I
I made upwards of $500 from the]
B undertaking.
B The club iias leased property!
B from .Miss Arnma Graham for a I
B period of ten years and it is ex-1
B pected that buildings to house ex-1
- - .. there in the f
I Hi oil 5 V. in wv ^
I future. The grounds are located on
I the Norlina road near Roy Davis'
service station where baseball was
I played by John Graham students
I when the academy was in opera
tion here,
I October 4th is the date set for
I the fair this fall. A large premium
I list is expected to be gotten out by
I the club in ample time to stimulate
I action and competition.
January Term
I Of Superior Court
I Ends On Tuesday
Seven divorces were granted by
I Judge Henry A. Grady, here pre
sidmg over the January term of
Warren Superior court, before he
I laid aside his gavel Tuesday morn
in? and adjourned court with but
one case on the civil docket going
I before a jury for a verdict. Other
I cases were continued or non-suited
I Five of the couples who had the
I ties of matrimony severed were
I negroes and the other two were
I white. They were: Joe Brown vs.
I Pearl Harris Brown, white; CharI
lotte Houtz Brown vs. Albert Dan
iel Brown, white. The negroes
were Esther Walker vs. Andrew
Walker; John T- Sommerville vs.
Ella Hendrick Sommerville; William
Hendrick vs. Tempe Williams
Hendrick; Andrew Faulcon vs. Josephine
Faulcon; Cornelia Evans vsWhit
Evans. The divorce suit entered
by Catherine Coleman Caulder
vs. Furman M. Caulder was
postponed until the next term of
court.
Continuance of the $40,000 damage
suit entered against the Carolina
Power & Light Co- by attorneys
for Edward Powell, father and administrator
of Warren Edward
docket with no cases of outstanding
interest The case was continued,
it was stated, due to the fact that
A. Y Arledge, attorney for the
Power Company, did not know of
the suit until a short time ago and
consequently was not properly prepared
to represent the company.
The only damage suit which went
before a jury was the consolidation
of two cases brought by M. E
Myrick and Thomas Edward Myrick
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R. H. Southerland
Dies In Hospital
Robert H. Southerland, promi
nent citizen of Vance county, and
well known by many of the older
citizens of Warren who during the
years gone by visited his mill near
the county line to purchase meal,
fish, camp or attend a picnic, died
Wednesday night in Watt's hospital,
Durham, after an illness of several
*eeks. He was 76 years of ageFuneral
services are to be held
from the residence at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon with the Rev. James
ones, assisted by the Rev. P.
G Woodall, officiating. Burial will
take place in Elmwood cemetery,
Henderson.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Susie Williams Southerland; one
daughter. Mrs. Hubert E- Olive of
^-Xineton, and four sons, Robert E.
Sutherland, Joe L. Southerland
?r,d Kearney Southerland of Henderson
and Whit Southerland of
^ United States Navy, now staged
at Gibraltar.
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uance And Card
* arty At Hotel in
Honor President
A dance and card party will be
held at Hotel Warren next Thursday
night under the auspices of
the Warrenton Lions Club in honor
of President Roosevelt who for several
years has lent his birthday to
a nauori-wide series of benefit balls
to raise funds with which to fight
infantile paralysis.
The dance is to be held here on
Thursday night rather than the
usual time of January 30 due to the
fact that the club was unable to
obtain an orchestra to play at the
latter date. Hal Thurstons orchestra
of Rocky Mount, which has
played here on numerous occasions,
will furnish music for the entertainment
next Thursday nightBoth
the dining room and lobby
of the hotel are to be used for
dancing and upstairs tables will be
arranged for those who desire to
play cards. Admission to the dance
will be $1-50 per couple and card
players will be charged $1.00 per
couple. There will also be a small
charge for spectators. Refreshments
will be served free of charge
to all those who participate and to
spectators.
In asking that Warrenton hold a
ball this year, Henry L. Doherty,
national chairman, says in part:
"Tie leader, for nin^ years, in
this great struggle to better the
chances of the sufferers, has been
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
For the past three years, the funds
raised by the Birthday Balls, held
on January 30th, have been devoted
to both local and national aid to
Infantile Paralysis victims.
' 'the President again has approved
the plan that 70 per cent of the
proceeds raised by each local Birthday
Bail be kept in the community
to be disbursed to local or adjacent
orthopedic hospitals, or for the
treatment of local Infantile Paralysis
cripples, as the local committee
decides. The remaining 30 per cent
of the proceeds will be turned over
to the National Committee for delivery
to the.
sented by him to the Georgia "Warm
Springs Foundation for the continuation
of its part in the national
light against Infantile Paralysis "
In addition to agreeing to hold
the ball here and signing a contract
with the Endy Brothers for
playing the midway of the fair here
next fall, the Lions Club heard a
talk on Japan by the Rev. Reece
Jenkins, pastor of Warrenton and
Littleton, who was introduced by
Edward Rooker Jr.
Educator Addresses
Schoolmaster's Club
Guy Vt Phillips, professor of education
at the University of North
Carolina, addressed the School
Masters Club in the Norlina High
School on Tuesday evening at 6
o'clock. The program, which was
well attended, was in charge of
Prof. J. H. Cowles. T H. Sledge is
president of the club and Walter
Wilson is secretary.
CREDIT ASSOCIATION TO
MEET AT HENDERSON
The annual meeting of the Henderson
Production Credit Association
will be held in Henderson at
the Court House on Wednesday
morning, January 27, at 10 o'clock,
according to an announcement by
T- W, Allen, president of the association,
who states that every member
of the association is expected
to be present this yearAt
the annual meeting complete
and detailed reports will be made
by officers of the association on its
operations this year, directors will
be elected and plans made for continuing
the short-term credit service
the association has been offering
the farmers of this section.
The Henderson Production Credit
Association serves Warren, Vance
1 ..ill _ ft/Mintipc; and this
cJI1U WI <tli. VXil^ UUU11V1VM v.
year made 830 loans for a total of
$215,000.
SEAL SALE CHAIRMAN ASKS
PUBLIC FOR AID TO CAUSE
Contributions to the Tubercular
Seal Sale now amount to $99.70,
Miss Lillie Belle Dameron, seal
sale chairman, reported yesterday
with the following comment:
"This is not so large a contribution
as was given last year. We
hope those who have overlooked the
matter will respond to this worthy
call within the next few days- As
most of you know, three fourths of
the amount contributed is spent
1 cally on health work.
"We wish to use this opportunity
to thank each one who has helped
with this worthwhile cause "
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WARRENTON, COUNT
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Bright Discusess
Tobacco Compact
Meeting At Raleigh
By R. H. BRIGHT
The farmers of Warren Cointy
that have been growing tobacco
were requested by W- E- Turner to
meet with him in the court hsuSqi
at WarregtauSerturday^ Janijaiv. 0
to <Jis6uss Gie tobacco legfsla tion
now in committee in the Gereral
Assembly. Approximately 200 tobacco
farmers attended the meeting
and this group favored control, but
did not specify any particular form
of control.
This lead up to the meeting ;hat
was held in Raleigh on January 19The
meeting in Raleigh was attended
by approximately 2500 farriers.
This group was in favor of cortrol,
but disagreed on the method of ad
ministration that was used utiaer
the Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
The chief objection to the present
compact act is to section 5a which
reads as follows: "For any farm for
which a base tobacco production
has previously been determined by
the Agricultural Adjustment Administration
of the United St ates
Department of Agriculture, as
shown by the available records and|
statistics of the Department, the |
base tobacco acreage and base tobacco
production so last determined
shall constitute the tobacco acr3age
and tobacco marketing quotas, subject
to such adjustments as are
recommended by the county committee
of the county in which the'
farm is located and approver by
the Commission as being in conformity
with the provision of subsections
(d) and (c) of this section.''
Several of the growers presen; requested
that it be specifically si ated
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Debt Adjustment
May Help Farmers
Theo Stallings, county supervisor
in charge of the Rural Rehabilitation
Program of the Resettle) nent
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Administration in warren v-tmnj
feels that there may be farmers in
this section in danger of losing
their property from foreclosure, or
otherwise in distress on account of
debt, fvho could be helped bj the
Farm Debt Adjustment Service
which is now a part of the Rural
Rehabilitation Program of the Resettlement
Administration"While
thousands of distressed
debtors in the nation and hunireds
in this state have been helped to
clear up their debt entanglementsland
and chattel?to the satisfaction
of both creditor and de btor,
recent studies indicate that ;here
are still those who do not take advantage
of the friendly debt conciliation
service offered by the Resettlement
Administration," Mr,
Stallings said"While
it is not always poesible
to save a farm from foreclosure, In
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Y OF WARREN, N. C. FR
r Four More Years.
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jut a new portrait study, of Presiis
desk in the White House, shortly
on1 January 20th, which officially
of our federal governmeot,
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Roosevelt Begins
Second Tefrm As
32nd President
WathinrrMti .Tan. 30 ?-Franklin
I ?o
i Delano Roosevelt beg$$ his second
. term as 32nd Presiden^of the United
States tonight with an emphatic
promise that th^government
, derprivileiged Americans. \
He voiced his pledge after taking
(the oath of office?29 minutes late?
before thousands from all sections
of the nation who braved rain, sleet
and snow to-gather on historic plaza
for the ceremony.
Seated nearby as Mr. Roosevelt
spoke were John Nance Garner,
grey-haired, ruddy-faced Texan
(Continued on page 6)
Committee Named
To Buy Equipment
A committee composed of Mrs. W.
R. Boyce, Mrs- Joe Taylor, Miis
Mariam Boyd and Miss Mary Randolph
was appointed at the Parent-Teacher
meeting held in the
John Graham High School on Tuesday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock to
purchase playground equipment. An
outstanding feature of the meeting,
which was well attended, was a talk
by Mrs. Rebecca Seligman, whose
subject was "Home and School Cooperation."
A toy orchestra was
won by A section of the first grade
for having the largest number of
mothers present for the meetingThe
sixth grade won a world globe
and the ninth grade won a book.
To Concrete 4 Miles
Road At Littleton
Littleton, Jan. 21.?Messrs- T- L.
Cordon, Ralph, W Hessell, W. David
Gantt, Claude McKeithan and JS
Knox, employees of the State
Highway and Public Works Commission,
under the supervision of
T. C. Johnston Jr., are temporarily
located in Littleton- They are preparing
necessary data for concreting
highway No- 48 for about four
miles east of Littleton towards Roanoke
Rapids
Ames and Webb, Inc., have the
contract and its force is now here
ready to begin work about February
1, weather permitting.
Buildings To Be
Added At Littleton
Littleton, Jan- 21.?The Standard
Oil Company of N. J. is erecting a
modern, fully equipped service station
at the eastern end of South
Main Street.
The Orange Crush Bottle Co. is
making an addition to its plant on
South Main Street. This addition
is of brick and will be 79 by 110 feetIt
will contain all necessary up-to'
date equipment and will be used as
a bottling room
[DAY, JANUARY 22, 1937 I
SHERIFF NABS ^
| WEED THIEVES
Fjour White Men Arrested ,
On Charge of Stealing i
Tobacco In Warren (
ARE PUT UNDER BONDS '
.four wnite men, not any ui tncxu '
residents of this county, have been *
arrested by Sheriff W, J. Pinnell as '
the result of tobacco having been (
stolen last Thursday night from J (
E- Frazier of near Warren Plains, j
Drew Carroll of near Warren Plains, 1
and Macon Thornton and May ol 1
Macon.
Jack Oakley of Henderson waa ,
arrested while selling tobacco in
Durham. The sum he received |
from the tobacco amounted to '
$193.30, and according to Sheriff '
Pinnell, represented part of the to- \
bacco stolen from Thornton and ,
Mays and part stolen from Carroll, |
He was given a preliminary hearing
on Tuesday and placed under a $500
bondOakley's
partner, L. D. Vaughan
of Loris, S. C., who was said to
have been pin-hooking tobacco with
Oakley in Oxford, was arrested at
the sale of the weed, but denied any
knowledge of the stolen tobacco, the
officer stated He is also under
bond, in the sum of $150, for his
appearance here in courtBruce
Grissom was arrested in
Henderson Wednesday on a charge
of receiving and handling stolen
tobacco knowing it to have been
stolen- His bond was set at $100Ted
Read, who is alleged to have
been driving the truck which carried
the tobacco to Oxford, has also
been arrested but has not been given
a preliminary hearing.
fJlgUI/ Ui 11111C IlUliUiCU pUUIIUd UJ.
tobacco were stolen from Mr.
Frazier's packhouse last Thursday
night ahd a similar amount was
stolen from Mr, Thornton and Mr- ,
May on the same night- Mr.'^ar-,
roll's loss amou^esUfe ***? 500
pounds. The tobacco was taken
from packhouses and carried a distance
of about 200 yards to the public
roads, the sheriff stated.
Company B Wins
General's Praise
For Raleigh Show
Company B, one of the outstanding
military units of the state,
made a splendid showing at the
inauguration exercises held in Raleigh
for Governor Clyde R. Hoey,
according to the adjutant general
who expressed his praise for the
boys of Warren in the following
letter of appreciation to Captain
Claude T, Bowers:
State of North Carolina
The Adjutant General's Department
Raleigh, Jan. 18, 1937.
Captain Claude T. Bowers
Warrenton, North Carolina
My dear Captain:
Since the day of the Inauguration
of Governor Hoey is has been
my purpose to communicate to you
and the members of your command
my sincere appreciation of the
splendid appearance?and I may
say outstanding appearance?of
Billy Benson County
Corn Club Champion
By producing 53-5 bushels of corn
at a cost of 39 cents per bushel,
Billy Benson, a member of the Inez
4-H Club, has been declared the
county 4-H Corn Club Champion of
Warren County for 1936, and because
of this will be presented with
a gold wrist watch awarded by the
Barrett Company, Distributors of
Arcadian Nitrate of SodaBilly's
record has been forwarded
to State College, where It will be
considered in connection with similar
records from other counties in
the State for district and State
honors. According to G. R. McColl,
assistant county agent, who has
supervised this demonstration, 4-H
corn club members are doing much
to encourage the use of improved
seed corn, the use of balanced fertilizer,
and practical cultural methods
in growing corn.
NO RECORDER'S COURT
The regular Monday morning session
of Recorder's court was not
held this week due to the fact that
no defendant scheduled for trial
before Judge Rod well was being
held in Jail, and Superior court was
occupying the regular temple of
justice. Next week jury cases will
be disposed of.
Subscription Price, $1.50 a Yeai
Schools Closed In
Warren On Account
Of Road Condition
The epidemic of school closing
A'hich began to spread throughout
;he state a few days ago on account
)f the wet weather which has made
bus transportation impractical
reached here on Wednesday afternoon
when Supt. J- Edward Allen
ardered the schools of Warren
rounty to shut-down for a two-day
period.
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wnne me ousses useu ui mc
iransportation system of the schools
3f this county have held up comparatively
well and attendance at
the various schools has been unosually
good, they are beginning to
show the effect of the strain put
upon them by the muddy roads
and mechanics are finding it almost
impossible to keep them in A-l
shape, Mr, Allen said- "We are
shutting down at this time as a
precautionary measure?to protect
our busses and as a safeguard
against any injuries which the children
might suffer on account of the
muddy, slippery highways," the
county superintendent stated.
Time that is lost now on account
of the inclement weather will be
made up at the end of the session,
the superintendent informed.
While the order was going out
for the schools of Warren to close,
the legislature was appropriating
$600,000 for the purchase of 650 new
school busses to be placed in the
state system as early as possible.
This emergency appropriation was
made without a dissenting vote
among legislators as a result of
grand jury criticism, and the fact
that a number of the schools of the
state had been forced to close on
account of busses breaking downin
WASHINGTON 1
WHAT
IS: 1
f^M f?
UNITED STATES*SENATOR!
? *_ Jr _ ft,.
It is too late to anticipate the
course of the new Seventy-fifth
Congress in reshaping Federal
pragrams and Federal activities in
the light of the brighter economic
skies that have followed in the
wake of depression storms. However
there is every indication that the
Congress will give more than usual
study to each recommendation
that may call for larger expenditures,
increased activity and new
functions of govornment.
Evidence of this is already avail
able in the form of the unprecdented
interest in the estimates of
income and expenditures?the Federal
budget?submitted to the Congress
by the President. Thus it is
obvious that expenditures must be
justified on the basis of the contribution
they will make to the
public welfare.
Predictions of a "rubber stamp"
Congress by reason of the sweeping
victory of the President last November,
and the top-heavy Democratic
majorities in both Houses are
not borne out by development to
date,
THE BUDGET?The Federal
budget for the fiscal year 1937, as
submitted by the President, calls
for expenditures of roughly $65 for
each man, woman and child in the
United States- It also calls for
taxes in amount of $45, on the
average, for every individual, adult
and youngsters. The difference of
$20 represents the deficit.
Let's look at the budget another
way. John Jones can maintain his
-Torvilltr inonnift anrf OYTVPTlHl
i.aixmy UUU5W iiiwuig uxxu
ures balanced so long as the latter
adhere rigidly to the budget. But
if some mishap befalls the Jones
family, requiring unusual expenses,
the head of the household has to
borrow. From then on, income must
be increased or expenditures slashed
, else the budget loses caste.
That is what happened to the
Federal budget- In the absence of
adequate income to cover the
emergency outlay and in the face
of " ' -"tenance of regular expenditure,
snare has been a deficit. In
other words, multiply the Jones
problem about three million times
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ptoST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
r NUMBER 4
POWELL HAS TEN
DAYS GET BOND
Bonding Company Refuses To
Continue Bond of Register
Of Deeds Joe Powell
GRANTS AN EXTENSION
Failure of Register of Deeds Joseph
C- Powell to secure an adequate
bond within the next ten days will
mean mat ne win oe succeeded in
office by an appointee of the Board
of County Commissioners, it was
learned yesterday afternoon from
W- H- Burroughs, chairman, following
an executive meeting of the
board.
The ten day period of grace was
granted Mr. Powell by his bonding
company, a Baltimore concern, after
they had been called by one of
their representatives who appeared
here Wednesday and notified Chairman
Burroughs that they were going
off of Mr, Powell's bond immediately.
Chairman Burroughs called a
meeting of the board Wednesday to
discuss the matter with the commissioners,
the bonding company's
representative, and Mr. Powell.
During the meeting the Register of
Deeds persuaded the bonding agent
to call up headquarters and request
extension of time. The conversation
terminated with the bonding
company agreeing to remain on his
bond for ten days, but no longer.
No reason was given Mr, Powell
by the bonding company's representative
why he was being disqualified,
but members of the Board
of County Commissioners attribute
the bonding company's action to information
contained in an audit of
thp Register of Deed's office which
was completed a few weeks agoThe
bonding company was sent a
copy of the auditor's reportIt
was, stated that the Baltimore
bonding company Issued the Reg- _
ister of Deeds a #? ''
Jbe "^fiim^Commlssloners
authorized an audit of Mrwas
issued with the understanding
that It could be cancelled at any
time.
The auditor's report disclosed that
Mr. Powell was not short of any
funds but that at times he did not
have money in the bank that had
been paid in and was supposed to
be there.
When Mr. Powell was called before
the board after the auditor had
completed his investigation shortly
before Christmas, the Register of
Deeds explained that the discrepancy
came about due to the fact
that he was holding back some of
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Noted Author To
Visit Mayor Polk
Thomas Wolf, noted author whose
book "Look Homeward Angel" won
for him praise from the nation and
condemnation from his hmetown of
Asheville, is expected to visited
Mayor William T- Polk, also an author
of note, during the week endMr.
Polk and Mr# Wolf were
roommates at Harvard and since
that time have been fast friends,
corresponding with one another
from time to time.
I The Asheville author is spending
a few days in North Carolina and
yesterday visited Chapel Hill where
he attended the University of
North Carolina before going to
Harvard.
"Look Homeward Angel'' dealt
intimately with the lives of Asheville
citizens and for a long time
was banished from the library of
that town.
BOYCE HAS PNEUMONIA
I James B. Boyce, proprietor of
Boyce Drug Co., Is recovering at
1 his home from pneumonia. His condition
was reported last night as
being very favorable. Mr. Boyce has
| been ill for several days and on
(Tuesday developed pneumonia\
BOYD HAS PNEUMONIA
I R. B. Boyd, native of this town
and a tobacco buyer on the Warrenton
market until a year or so
ago when he was transferred to the
Oxford market, is confined to his
home in Oxford with pneumonia,
it was learned last night. His
mother, Mrs. R- B Boyd, left yesterday
morning to be with himRETURNS
TO OFFICE
Friends welcome the return of J.
M. Gardner to his office and the
streets of Warrenton. Mr. Gardner,
Warrenton's oldest citizen actively
engaged In business, underwent an
operation about two weeks ago.