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accurate, terse timely I VOLUME XXXVII I ?fiT OKDEK ' | BLOCKS BOARD1 I Bondini? Company Restrained , I from Going Off Bond Of < I Register of Deeds t I HEARING FEBRUARY 11 h I All order irom the court tying the I < I liaucis o: the county commissioners I >' I prevented the hoard from taking 11 I any action at the regular session 0111' I Holiday towards appointing a Reg-I< I jster of Deeds to replace Joseph C-1 I potveil, incumbent, in the event hel' I could not secure a suitable bond. 11 I The temporary restraining order, I I signed by Judge W. C- Harris 0 fl I Raleigh 011 Saturday, prevented the) ? TTnitorll I board from allowing me I S[atcs Fidelity and Guaranty ComI panv of Baltimore, which has Mr- ' I powcll bonded in the sum of $5,000, I from reins off the bond of the Reg I ister of Deeds and from declaring a I vacancy in the office. I 'iiie order was made returnable I beiore Judge Henry A- Grady at I w'uiusor on February 11, at which I time the jurist will decide whether I or not it is to be made permanent. [ a representative of the Baltimore I bonding company appeared here on I January -1 at a special meeting of I the board and served notice of the I desire oi the company to cancel the I bond- At the request of Mr. Powell, I the bonding company agreed to re main on his bond until Monday of I this weekIn the meantime Mr. Powell em plcyed Gholson & Gliolson of HenI derson. Charles A. Katzenstein of I hew York and E. L. Travis of Hali fas to represent him and the tem .inrarv restraining order was secur ed The restraining order not only forestalled any action which might have been taken by the board Monday in regard to the Register of Deed's office, but it also caused members of the board to hesitate, and one member to refuse, to approve the action they had taken when an executive session of the board was held here on January 21At that time the commissioners, having been called together by the chairman after a representative of the bonding company appeared here and announced the intentions of the company of withdrawing from the Register of Deed's bond immediately. agreed to the terms between Mr. Powell and his bonding com panv. whereby the company would remain cn his bond for ten days but r.o longer. When the minutes of the special session were read Monday for approval Commissioner John Clay Powell said that he felt that the board had no right to approve of the minutes in the face of the restraining order and that he was not going to do anything that would put him in contempt of court if he could prevent it. County Attorney Julius Bar.ztt was called in for his opinion on tiie matter and he told the commissioners that the minutes were nothing more than a record of what took place and that if they were correct in regard to facts that he could see no reason why they should not be approved. The upshot of the whole matter fas that two separate minutes were drawn up ior the board's approval. The first minute, made by Commissioner Powell, was that the approval of the minutes of January 21, 1937, bo postponed until the next meetifiS Of the rpv,;? ,? - - ?.v uvmu. xiiio minute iV'~ ceived no second. The other minute. which was approved by all ol the Commissioners except MrPowell, who voted "No,'' read as follows: "Motion by Commissioner Capps, seconded by Commissioner Wall, that the minutes of this board of January 21 are approved only so far as to the correctnes of same as a true record of what actually transpired in the meeting; the legal ?ect of any action of that date is u?t approved until this board is ad bed by the court of its duties in t"5 premises." TV". _ * wowing the approval of the sec ?d minute, the board employed I County Attorney Eanzet to move to I dissolve the injunction issued before I Jua?e Grady. Commissioner Powell I Jjkd against this action. He took :H j1- Position that as the matter now ; y?ntis't is purely a matter between Register of Deeds and the jH on?ne Company and that it was il 5* to the county to take any jH . ^ until the court ruled on the >1 ^Wfary restraining order- The SI ft cornrn'ssioners took the view rat inosmuch as the Board of 0Ulltu Commissioners had been II ft"16'' 'n restraininft orders that jH e board should be represented by 'Continued on Page 2) Wi Red Cross Funds i Over Quota By Nearly $200.00 Continuing over the week end to respond to the call from the Red Sross for funds to relieve suffering imong the million or more persons vho were victims of the flood which swept through the Ohio and Mississippi river valley, Warren county sitizens have oversubscribed their 5600 quota by nearly $200 in addi;ion to what has been turned into] headquarters from Littleton or any ither section of the county. nasi weoit Sjcs.oj was turned over .o j. isawaru Alien, chairman of tile iota! chapter of uie Red Uross, ana since mat tune tins sum has been increased by $4'is.83, bringing the nita! to $793.18. following is the list of those contriDUling smce last week when names were published: J. Willie White, $3-00; Miss Rie Alston, $2-00; Miss Sue White, $1.00; Miss Luna Cawthorne, 50c; Mrs. Ii. B. Boyd, $100; R. L. Pinnell, $5; Mr. and Mrs. Edmund White, $15; Mr. and Mrs P. M. Stallings. $2.50; Prank Fleming, $1; Norlina High OQ' nnllnn + rtrl Kit A/fro owiiuiu, yuu.uo, wucwvcu wji MUO> Joe Eliis and Miss Sallie C- Watson, $21.50; Baptist Philathea Club, $6; Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Albert, $5; P. P. Haley, $1; Hawkins High School, $835; Mrs. J. T- Walker, $1; J. R. Robinson, $10; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Alston, $5; J. M- Bender, $2; Mr. and Mrs. C. W- Fleming, $1.50; Rev- J. E- McGrier, $3. Heels Grove Sunday School, $4.16; Howard Alston, $1; Macon High School, $45-84; Employees Peck Manufacturing Co., by J- W. Liles, $25; Miss Annie Hawkins, $2; J- D. Stewart, $1; George L- Bender, $5; Wise Baptist Sunday School, $25; Miss Lula Allen, $3; Miss Lou E. Brown, $1; Mr. and Mrs. Ft L- Pinnell Sr., $1; Ridgeway Baptist Sunday School. $5.88; (Continued on Page 4) Bad Weather Is Cause Dance Loss The President's Ball sponsored by the Warrenton Lions Club in Hotel Warren on Thursday night of last week to raise funds to aid those suffering from infantile paralysis proved an enjoyable affair for those who braved the rough weather to attend but failed as a means of raising money for the crippled. The Lions Club lost between $5 and $7 on the entertainmentThe dance was well attended consiriprincr the rainv nieht and had it been fair it is believed that both the lobby and dining room of the hotel would have been crowded with couples. During the evening dancers were showered with confetti and received balloons which were suspended overhead. At intermission refreshments were servedCare, games were held on the second floor of the hotel as part of the entertainment as couples danced below to the strains of Thurston's band from Rocky Mount. Boyd Would Have Figures Published W. N. Boyd, prominent business man and large taxpayer, is of the opinion that the county should publish mnnthlv a financial statement showing all receipts and disbursements and has written Representative T. H. Aycock to introduce a bill to this effect. In his letter to MrAycock, Mr- Boyd says: "I would like to see a bill passed by the Legislature, requiring the County Auditor to publish monthly a financial statement of Warren County, showing all receipts and disbursements. The Town of Warrenton is doing this, and I believe it tends to honesty and more interest in government. This should be in addition to the regular audits the county is now having." Prisoner Hurt As Truck Overturns One prisoner was injured when a Warren County prison camp truck ran off the road and overturned near here Monday afternoon. The prisoner, T- C. Green, about 35, sentenced to prison from Raleigh, was rushed to Central Prison Hospital in Raleigh- He was understood to have suffered a broken arm and possible other injuries. B. R. Felts of Wise, driver of the truck, told highway patrolmen he had been run off the road by a car from New York and that the truck overturned before he could regair control of it. which stood adjacent to the flaming wooden building of Powell, was damaged to any noticeable extent, although the hardware store suffered some loss from a damaged roof, ceiling, and wet stock. The headway made by the fire before it had been discovered and the rapid manner in which it spread prevented the equipment and merchandise of Mr. Carroll and MrOdom from being saved. They both were protected by insuranceThe fire was discovered by Night Officer Kenneth Short and Buck King after the latter had reported to the officer that he smelled smoke as he walked along the street on the way to work. When the officer and Mr. King traced the smoke they discovered tne lire in me rear 01 Mr. Carroll's sandwich shop and be(Coutlnued on page 4) 75 Pound Hams Reports Frazier Hams which were said to weigh 75 pounds each before they were trimmed were taken from one of the two unusually large hogs killed on Tuesday morning by R. H. Frazier, farmer of near Warren PlainsMr. Frazier said that he killed two four-year-old hogs and that the larger one tipped the scales at 667 pounds after being dressed and the other weighed approximately 500 pounds- He said that he was forced to cut the hogs into four pieces in order to weigh them on his scales. Insurance Company Honors Dameron Barker Dameron of Goldsboro, a native of this county, has qualified fnr mpmhprfihin in the 1937 Julian Price Club, according to a card from the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company, which states that this is the highest honor a member of the field force can earn. Membership in this club, it was stated, requires at least two years of service and a consistently large production of new insurance so carefully selected that a very high percentage of it remains in force. EPISCOPAL SERVICES The Rev- B- N. de Foe Wagner will hold Communion at Emmanuel Church, Warrenton, on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon he will conduct Evening Prayer at Saint Alban's in Littleton. On Ash Wednesday Holy Com munion will be celebrated at J o'clock in the morning at Emmanuel Church and in the evening at 8 o'clock he will hold Penitential Service here- He will be at Saint Alban's at 11 o'clock in the morn ing on Ash Wednesday and at Good Shepherd at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. BIBLE READER IN SCOOLS Interested in giving the boys anc girls attending the schools of the i county more religious training, C L Mitchell of Norlina is endeavoring i to place the "Child's Bible Reader' i in every school of the county. He said that the book could be put ir : the schools for $60.00 and that he i was willing to give $10 00 of this amount. hr ffl, \RRENTON, COUNTY OF W FIRE DESTROYS TWO STORES FnJv T71 W7 .1, IJ iuuiiung X' tames HXCtiv Large Wooden Building Tuesday Morning STOCKS ARE DESTROYED Two places of business here? Eugene Odom's Dollar Store and flower Shop and J. W. Carroll's restaurant?were completely wiped out by fire of undetermined orign which destroyed Ben Powell's building on Main street Tuesday morning around 5:30 o'clock. As the rapidly spreading flames ate into the wooden structure and roared and leaped into the night air fear was felt for the safety of other buildings standing nearby and a call was placed with Henderson for assistance from their fire department but before the Vance county men had opportunity to respond to the call it became apparent that the local firemen had the blaze under control and the Henderson firemen were notified that their truck and service were not needed. However, the Henderson fire chief and five of his men drove down in a car but they were not pressed into serviceNeither the C. E. Jackson building, occupied by the Salvage Company, nor the W. A. Miles Hardware Company, the two brick buildings arrnt ARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, FEB] Standard Oil Compan To Erect Service S Corner; New Z< A permit to erect a service station on the Harrison Taylor lot at the corner of Main and Macon streets was ordered issued to the Standard Oil Company by the board of town nnmryiiccmnorc ir? romilor enccinn LUiiuiiuoiuiivi o xu ivguiAi ai/Miuu here on Monday night. Prior to granting; the permit the commissioners had ; inspected plans submitted by the Standard Oil Co., through its representative, Mr. Adkins. discussed the zoning plan with C- A. Tucker, chairman of the Zoning Committee, and repealed a section of a zoning law adopted last summer which would have prevented the erection of a service station on the Taylor corner. The commissioners ordered stricken out of the proposed zoning law submitted by the Planning Board the words "storing of lubricating oils or derivitatives of lubricating oil or gasoline in quantities in excess of 25 gallons in Class A busiwrftMftrfTr" O C if TTTQC fiPUpVPfi IlCOk> pi UjJtl \JJ CIO IV TTC*0 wcc?.wx. that such words might be construed to prevent storing of kerosine in stores. It was further believed by Native Man Says Flood Stories Have Been Held Down Claiming that conditions in the flood-swept Ohio river valley are from 50 to 75 per cent worse than painted by the newspapers and radio, a native of Warrenton, now residing in Louisville, Ky., writes his family giving "first hand" information of the horrible situation in the water-covered area- The name of the writer is omitted through request. His letter follows: "WoW 9Q 1097. "Dear Mama and Dad: "I hope you received my telegram ^Continued on Page 4) Graham Seniors To Present Play 12th 3| The Seniors of John Graham will present the play. "Bachelor's Choice," on February 12 ,at 8 p. m. Bachelor's Choice is a three-act royalty play by Frances HuntleyThe eleven roles offer opportunities to represent the different types of people whom you see every dayBecause you are acquainted with people just like them, you all will sympathize with Nancy, the heroine, when her mother forces her to practice her singing lessons all day long and you will hate Alice, Nan(Continued on Page 4) 4-H Club Boy Wins Scholarship For his outstanding work in 4-H Club, John Robert Paschall of Manson has been awarded a free scholarship by the Chilean Nitrate Edu 4-- Ctntn A_H" cation jsareau tu uu Short Course to be held at State College, Raleigh, G. R. McColl, assistant county agent, announced yesterday. This award is based on the merits of the project and the boy. Both must earn a rating of excellent to get this award. Littleton Raises Over $250 R. Cross Littleton, Feb. 4.?Littleton responded with its usual generosity to the Red Cross appeal for flood suffers by contributing $257 00 through the following solicitors: Mesdames Justis and Foster, $48.50; Cora P. Newsome, $9.00; R. H- Ward, $24 68; 1 Jack Bobbitt, $1713; Glasgow and Farmer, $29.25; Littleton High i School. .'144.40; and the Lions Club, . $94.04. | PIP PEN LEAVES BOARD I Littleton. Feb- 4?Jos. F, Fippen has resigned as chairman and mem. ber of the local school board. MrI Pippen states that under a ruling of ; the Attorney General, holding this position when, at the same time, beI ing Solicitor of the Recorder's Court, was holding two offices within the meaning: of the Constitution, therefore prohibited. I BREAKS ARM ! Mrs. R. J. Jones received a brok en wrist early Tuesday morning I when she tripped over a wire sur' rounding the Confederate monui ment on court square while watchi ing the fire that destroyed the ' Powell building on Main street. She s was not otherwise injured by her fall. teoi RUARY 5, 1937 Subscrij y Issued Permit itation On Taylor :ming Law Is Adopted the members of the board that the words "no gasoline shall be stored o'' sold ' would provide ample protection against the establishment of service stations in the restricted areas of the newly adopted zoning law. The vote to repeal a section of the zoning law of last summer, to adopt the new zoning law as submitted by the planning board, and to make the new law effective on April 1, was unanimous, with all commissioners present- Thus was settled a matter that has been before the board at practically all regular sessions and several special sessions last summer when a hastily passed zoning law blocked efforts of the Oil Company to errect a service station on the Taylor propertyAlthough the commissioners were in session for around two hours, the matter of the erection of the service station on the Taylor corner, and discussion of it and the zoning law occupied the greater part of the board's time, with no other business of exceptional nature. onort Session Or County Court Here Un Monday A short session of Recorder's court was held on Monday morning when only two cases were tried before Judge T- O- Rodwell. One case was continued until next week and another was remanded to a Magistrate's court. Dave Allgood was found guilty of a larceny count growing out of the theft of automobile tires and was sentenced to serve six months on the roads- Ralph Hicks, who was indicted on the same charge with Allgood, was found not guilty. Jesse Brown, negro, was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle with improper license- The charge I was dismissed against him on the ' condition that he pay the court cost and secure a license. A charge of simple trespass booked against Jack Riggan. Butler Jones and A. J. Wrotham was stricken from the solicitor's docket and the case was remanded to a J. P.'s court for a final hearing. The case against Buck Loyd, charged with resisting arrest;, was continued until February 8Announces Rates 1937 Soil Pavments Soil-building payments offered North Carolina farmers who participate in the soil-conservation program this year have been announced by J. F. Criswell of State College. The maximum amount of these payments a grower will be eligible to earn is called his soil-building allowance, Criswell said, i These payments will be in addition to the diversion payments offered for taking land out of soil-depleting crops and planting it to soil-conserving cropsOn farms where a diversion, payment can be earned, the soil building allowance will be $1 for each acre normally devoted to soil-conserving crops, plus the number of acres diverted from soil-depleting crops. For farms not able to earn any diversion payment, the soil-building allowance will be 75 cents for each acre of crop land or $1 for each acre in soil-conserving crops, whichever amount is larger. In both cases additional allowances will be made for truck growers, orchardists. and dairymen, Criswell continued. The rate of soil-building payments are: For planting approved seeds of (Continued on page 2) J. B. Connor, 85, Dies At Ridgeway Funeral services for Joseph Britton Connor, 85, of Williamsville, Md-, who died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. T. White at Ridgeway Sunday were held Monday at her home and burial followed in the Episcopal Church cemetery. Mr. Connor, who i.1 IMIam Ule was spending me wui?;i v?ui daughter, succumbed to a heart attack The Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner officiated at the servicesSurviving Mr- Connor are his widow, Mrs. Rosa Barnes Connor; two daughters, Mr| White, and Miss Hazel Connor of Long Beach, Cal., and three sons. C- S-, C- R-, and E. S. Connor, all of Long Beach. F0"" ition Price, $1.50 a Year ^ ^ 1 Edison Promises Ships XM ... ;jj ' build ships," said the new Assistant Secretary of the Navy? Charles Edison (above), as he settled at his desk alter being sworn in on Jan. 18th. - Mr. Edison is the son of the late Thomas E. Edison, Inventor. - 4 V * T oou rrogram 10 be Explained in Group Meetings The 1937 conservation program which has been announced will be explained in the court house at Warrenton on Thursday, February 11, at 2:30 o'clock by H. A. Fatton. County Agent Bob Bright stated yesterday. Mr. Bright said that the farmers of Warren county did not understand the soil conservation program of 1936 and urged that they attend the meeting here next week in order that they may become thoroughly familiar with the provision of the program for this year. For the convenience of producers, township meetings have been arranged for every section of the county. Farmers are urged to attend at least one of these meetingsFollowing is the schedule which has been worked out : ... IJgbicg . .grsefc-Sridajr. .3Peb.~ 13, 9:30 a- m., Capp's Store. Fork?Friday, Feb. 12, 2:30 p. m., Powell's Store. Hawtree?Saturday, Feb. 13, 9:30 a. m., Ferkinson's Store. Judkins?Monday, Feb. 15, 9:30 am., Harris' Store. River?Monday, Feb. 15, 2:30 a- in-, Harris' Store. Sixpound?'Tuesday, Feb- 16, 9:30 a- m., Harris' Store. Nutbush?Tuesday, Feb- 16. 2:30 p. m., Watkin's Store. Smith Creek?Wednesday, Feb. 17, 9:30 a- m-, Mayor's Office. Sandy Creek?Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2:30 p. m., W- E. Turner's. Shocco?Thursday, Feb. 18, 9:30 a- m-, Pinnell's Store. Warrenton?Thursday, Feb. 18, 2:30 p. m-, Court House. Roanoke?Friday, Feb. 19, 10:00 a. m.. H. I,. Wall's. Agent Would Have Growers Buy Seed By BOB BRIGHT County Agent The cotton in this county has deteriorated in the last two cotton seasons. This was caused by farmers planting seed that were not suitable for planting. I have been watching the cotton varieties and I am convinced that Farm Relief Strain 4 is one of the best varieties of cotton for the heavier soils in the county and Coker has developed a variety called Cokers' 100 that replaces the old Coker 884 which proved to be a very good cotton for this county. I am trying to make up a ton or der for Farm Kenei strain t auu a ton of Cokers 100. The price of the Cokers 100 is $12.50 per 100 lbs. in 100 lb- lots or $10 per 100 lbs- in ton lots- The Farm Relief Strain 4 in 100 lb. lots is $10; in ton lots $9.00. The freight must be added to this priceIn ton lots the Cokers' 100 will cost $3-25 per bushel delivered at Warrenton and the Farm Relief in ton lots will be $3.00 per bushel delivered in Warrenton. I have orders for approximately 500 pounds of seed at this time and any one interested should notify me at onceThe Cokers' 100 variety seed supply will soon be exhausted and orders should be placed early. I would not recommend a farmer purchasing seed to plant his entire crop, but a fermer should purchase sufficient seed each year - produce the following year's supply of seedAll crops deterioate each year and unless a farmer renews his seed supply his staple will naturally get shorter. * I MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 6 MANY CHANGES LOCAL BUSINESS Leggett's Buys Out Department Store; Two Building To Be Razed NEW HARDWARE HERE Warren has buzzed with convercotinn thic nroolr oc tha nowe ronld ly spread that old and well established firms here had sold out, new business was coming here, new buildings are to be rected, and several merchants must find new quarters for their establishments. The most startling news which set tongues wagging over the week end was that the Warrenton Department Store, Inc., a business founded here by Warren county men more than a score of vears ago. had been sold to Leggets, a Henderson concern with stores in other towns. The unexpected sale took place Saturday night. And as the Department Store news was being talked word spread around that T. V. Allen, who had been in the undertaking business here for more than 30 years, had sold his business to Dorman Blaylock of Henderson, who came here about a year ago to conduct Mr. Allen's business for him. Interspersed with the other news was the talk of a new hardware store here, operated by the Watkins Hardware Co- of Henderson, a new building to replace the old Katzenstein building in which is located Lancaster's Grocery Store and Marks' Dry Good Establishment, and rumors that Mrs. W. H- Dameron had disposed of her interest in the W. H. Dameron Supply Co. The latter rumor is false, although the business is undergoing reorganization and some changes will be mad e there, it was learned yesterday from Herman Rodwell, one of the ownersMr. Rodwell said that as soon as the changes had been definitely * worked out thjjj^.-then. -would lie hnovm to the publicAdded to the other happenings here was the fire Tuesday mornirg which destroyed Eugene Odom's business and J. W. Carroll's restaurant, leaving the proprietors searching for locations to reopen their establishments. Mr. Odom has been unsuccessful in his efforts to find a vacant building, but it is under( aa/I lifr Oorrnll nHIl InPflfp itl Ovuuu mlau itu. viuiuu n?u ivvmvw ? the building formerly used by John Powell for a cafeMr. Lancaster Is expected to move to a building near the Boyd-Boyce Motor Co-, now owned and occupied by Jimmle Green, Warrenton negro. Mr. Marks, who has been in the mercantile business here longer than any other person of the town, having started business 40 years ago, has not found a place to go. He has sold part of his stock to a Norfolk concern, but will remain In business provided he can find quarters. The proprietor of the Puriton Cafe will also have to find new quarters inasmuch as the Taylor building on the corner near the stop light Is to be torn down to make way for a service station for the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. The town has agreed to the erection of a service station on that corner and it is expected that the work of removing the old building, which was partly ruined by fire several months ago, will begin within a few days. W- B. Fleming, who now owns and operates the Warrenton Service Station, is expected to take over the management of the new station when it is completed, i The Warrenton Department Store, I Inc., was born here 27 years ago and , since that time has been owned and operated by the founders or their heirs- The store was the outgrowth of two separate mercantile businesses here, one operated in the present building by the late W. T. Johnson and the other, which stood next to it, operated by the late A. D- Harris. While these two separate business houses were running and carrying goods somewhat similar, a ?nv?m nf Warren county young bus 6lvuf '? - iness men who were on the roads selling merchandise conceived the idea of combining the two stores, tearing down the partition whlci stood between them, and opened a department store here- The plan was carried out, the business was incorporated, and stock was issued to Mr. Harris, Mr- Johnson, Howard. Van and Herbert Alston. A. A. Williams and Kearney Williams. The stock never changed hands, with the eveption of Mr. Johnson's and MrHa. which became the property of Mrs. W. T. Johnson and Mrs. Walter Gardner, and paid large (Continued co Page 2)