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ifCUBATE, TERSE
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malottims
I Ji/LV 11/AlV Hum
tild in Starch For Seven Con '
,,t.Ls nno -tiake Daring
I Breaking i rum l'nson
eluded pursuit
I heats)' armed and traveling fast,
i,aita count/ waters, reiniorced
aie ivi"is ponce and state
'" viifd into Halifax
wiim_v id I lie vicinity of A vent's
B w( .uuiiuay morning shortly alter
_ 10 assist ill tile capture
o. x.eii dangerous convicts who
?>' morning nacl staged a sensaIureas
ai ealeuonia and held
Hostages. but tile report that
_u=ili,ts iiau abandoned their
B . ...u ucu to tlie woods proved
I .r j..u ale omcers returned here
l o crock without catching a
I 01 the lleeing men who
lj,: taas lar escaped capture deB..J..1
tue -act tliat huiidreds 01
H.uavui.en and oiacers have been
re: oil taeir trail since they left
cau.au county and traveled over a
6iou ponton of the state to Guil ....
county where they are believI.
to bate separated.
I ......... .? - i.*c news oX the darM....
a.upo iiau oeen telephoned to
I ... .loin hauiax, Sheriff Pin
os liotiiied to be on the watcliI...
uic prisoners and received
....U....uu0ii that the men had
?.o_uOiau tiioir ears and fled into
Ia.c tvoous aitcr wrecking one of the
.-...at itiucles near Brinkleyville.
I nvo army rules were secured and
..a oarers went immediately to
I t-.ut section but upon reaching
I there they found that the convicts
la- tiieir three hostages had piled
tlie other had
beta wrecked and continued their
race for freedom. The Warren
OT.iy officers continued on the
man hunt for several hours but returned
here when the trail began
to lead far out of this section.
hie chase, one of the most unusual
in the estate's prison history,
i.arteo it Caledonia about 9 o'clock
(Monday morning when Robert
sautn, a convict murderer, pulled a
gun on Captain I. D- Hinton in a
cell biock.
a lew minutes later, Clark York,
aijtner murderer, held up Captain
touuiuiued on Rage 8/
H. Clyde Fleming
Liies At Kidgeway
Funeral services for H. Clyde
F.::.ung. well known citizen of
Ricigev.ay. were held at the MethoChurch
in Ridgeway on Monti;
afternoon at 3 o'clock with the
Ed. Mr. Roach and the Rev. Mr.
iVf-on officiating. Burial took place
tt '.he Middleburg cemetery.
Mr. Fleming, who was 59 years of
"==. died m iiaria Parham Hospital
a, Hinriprcmi or, finnHav n 1 h t.
item a complication of diseases.
His health had been gradually failfor
some time.
it the time oi his death, Mr.
Faming was operating the New
Hrs Tourist Camp near Ridgeway,
tut most of his life had been spent
she mercantile business. At one
-ttte he was president of the Bank
1 trlina.
t aiming was a member of the
-.""a napust church and a mem?
oi tile Masonic Lodge of Nor
c is survived by his widow, Mrs?ne
c.. iteming; one son, William
" Fleming of Ridgeway; two
"eluers, Mrs. H. M. Eure of Moreb'ty
and Mrs. James Foy of
"^anuria. La.; and two sisters.
iIS tetl Feiton of Richmond and
s- B- H. Terrell of Warrenton.
Cheese And Crackers
Is I nnf Of D
v/1 HUOU61
A small amount of cheese, a few
i Kickets and possibly some other
Ihceries were stolen from the mer"Mitile
store of W. C. Mabry at
J%way on Saturday night. It is
"lievea that the robber broke into
e store chiefly to get something
?eat.
Mabry was also tlie victim of
1 eheck-fiasher this week. Reports
'Aching here are that a negro
to his store, purchased five
?'ons of gasoline and presented a
eck in the sum of $18.00 on the
nieigh Granite Co. to pay for the
^ The check, it was stated, was
anted "For drill work at Greyand
appeared in all respects
f, . aenuine. After receiving his
^ ?e and change, the negro
^nd d?tf antl has not 136611 appre"
I iH
Automobile Show
To tSe Held Here
Week March 29tl
The week of March 29th is th
date which has been set for tfc
Warren County Auto Show an
Merchants Exposition which is to t
held in Boyd's warehouse at Wai
1 renton under the sponsorship <
the Warrenton Lions Club. Apr
5th is the closine date.
The show is to be presented ur
der the direction of A. J. Grey an
Mrs. Ruth Grey of the Grey Pre
ducing Company which, it is stai
ed, has produced with success mar
shows of similar type throughoi
the entire state of North Carolina
Mrs. Grey is in charge of tt
Queen's contest which has alreati
been started, with headquarters i
the show room of the Gillam Aut
Co. She will afford information t
the contestants who have bee
chosen to participate in the cor
test which is promoted with the ide
of determining the most popula
young lady in Warren count
through the sale of tickets. Tl:
winner in this contest will t
crowned queen of the Warre
County Exposition and will carr
main honors at the ball on Frida
night, April 2, when Jimmy Poyne
and his collegians will furnis
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Passes
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S. GARLAND DANliSl,.
Sam G. Daniel,
Old Age Pension
Leader, Succumbs
Littleton. Feb. 16?Samuel Gar
lan;l Daniel, for many years a prom
inent and leading attorney an<
widely known throughout the Stati
of North Carolina, died at his homi
in Littleton Tuesday morning. Mi
Daniel was born in Halifax Count;
75 years ago and later moved ti
Warren and was active in his prac
tice of lawThroughout
his life active in poli
tics, he was a member of the Legis
iature four times, county attorne,
and solicitor for a number of years
trustee of the State hospital am
recently president of the State 01<
Age Pension Association.
He was a master Mason and serv
ed in many civic enterprises. Hi
was for many years trustee of thi
public schools, trustee of the Stat
hospital and a steward in the Meth
odist Church.
Surviving are his widow, Lizzii
Bost Daniel, and three sons, Gar
land D. Daniel of New York an<
Cromwell and Marshall Payne Gar
land of Littleton.
Funeral services were held in Lit
tleton at 2 o'clock Wednesday af
ternoon.
Among those from out of town at
tending the funeral were: Messrs
Albert Stevens, Jack Stevens o
Greensboro; Mr. and Mrs. T. Thorn
and Harriette Thorne, Mrs. Johi
Daniel, and daughters, Jocile am
Annie Murcer Daniel, and son, John
R. T. Fountain and Mrs. Nev:
Henry of Rocky Mount; Mr. am
Mrs. C. U. Harris of Raleigh; am
Jack Dowtin and John Kerr Jr. o
Warrenton.
?m TirrCD
FRAME S'IKIJUititii ?i TTlOU
TRAINING SCHOOL BURN!
An old frame structure at th<
Warren County Training Schoo
near Wise was destroyed by fir.
this week. The building is believe!
to have caught fire from a stove.
The Training School itself wa
not damaged by the flames. Thi
old building was used as quarter
for several of the faculty member
and as a place to store athleti
equipment. The equipment was de
stroyed.
kl
j
iVARRENTON, COUNTY OF \
Warrenton's NeA
i
ie $#:
l" Pictured above is a likeness of t
a at. Warrenton made from a drawing
ir! plans for the edifice were started e*
V held in the church Sunday morning
ie viceie
" iays Writer Gave
y An Exaggerated
h Account Of Flood
Stating that the letter which appeared
in The Warren Record weet
before last, written by a native oj
Warrenton who is now in Louisville,
Ky., was an exaggerated account
of true conditions in thf
flooded area, Dr. Frank H. Mayfield,
a native of Warren who is
yiftvuviug lil^Ull/UlC XJUUIOville,
writes as follows:
Louisville, Kentucky
February 13, 1937Mr.
Howard Jones Jr., Editor,
Warrenton Record,
Warrenton, North CarolinaDear
Howard
It is not my purpose to take issue
with the writer of the recent
letter which appeared in your paper
but he was obviously badly misinformed
as to the true state of affairs
here and as a result greatly
exaggerated them. The tragedy
which has befallen this city wa:
great enough without being added
to by idle rumors conjured in the
minds of a frightened people or
coming from the tongues of those
who like to carry startling tales
. There were many unsung heroes
" doing rescue work during the disaster
and there was great suffering
and inestimable property damage.
For a while the city was in a
. bedlam and the generosity of all
the people of the nation cooperating
and contributing has greatly alleviated
the suffering of the people
" here. All of us realize that it will
J take a long time for this territory
" to be restored to normal.
" In regard to the number of deaths
' that occurred; they were remark'
able only because there were so few,
3 The statement that hundreds oi
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; Agents Advocates
! Raising Work Stock
I By BOB BRIGHT
I County Agent
In the last week's Warren Record
- I urged farmers to purchase a suf'
ficient supply of cotton seed tc
e plant their 1938 crop from. The
6 farmers have placed orders' for al
most the required quanity at this
time and again I wish to urge all
e cotton growers to purchase seed di
rect from the breeder to plant a
I sufficient acreage in 1937 to furnish
- 1938 seed for his or her entire crop
Mr. C. K- Sadler of Littleton "has
- a very good Percheron Stallion- This
- stallion is of the draft breed and
tills particular oreeu is vcij taoj
- handle and make good work horses
j. The Percheron breed of draft
f horses originated in France and
e practically all of the horses that
r shows use are of this breed. They
i are usually a dappled gray and
i, stocky but not as stocky as some
a draft breeds. I have examined this
i particular horse and he seems to be
i of good type.
f| I cannot understand why farmers
who have good pastures and plenty
of feed do not raise their work animals.
Mules are very high and go5
ing higher. Colts may be raised
s with very little trouble*and expense.
1 And the farmers of this county can
s raise horses or mules that will comi
pare favorably with the WQrk animals
raised in other sections of the
s country. There is one thing that
s I am sure of and that is a mule or
s horse may be raised in this county
s for less than $25000 and that is
c about the lowest figure that you will
- be able to purchase a work animal
of the better type for.
amn
iVARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, F
v Baptist Church
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y '</. >: : >>y
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w?'?& '':WM
.
$1
he newly constructed Baptist Church
of the building by the architect when
irly last fall. The first service will be
j. There will also be an evening serlifeD.
K.err Fear#
Larger Tobacco
i Crop This Year
Washington, Feb. 17?Representative
John H. Kerr, Warrenton, N.
C-, predicted yesterday a billion
pound flue cured tobacco crop this
year unless the states producing the
bulk of this type leaf?Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia ? regulate production
through interstate compacts.
Kerr addressed a letter to Repre.
sentative Braswell Deen, Alma, Ga.,
expressing concern about the atti
tude of the Georgia legislature toward
enacting compact legislation
similar to Virginia and North Carolina
statutes.
He called upon Deeri, whose congressional
district produces the
largest amount of flue cured tobacco
grown in Georgia, (o use his influence
with the slate legislature.
' Kerr said he haB been informed
' "the reason the Georgia legislature
> hesitates to enter the proposed coml
pact is that no restraint would be
placed upon the Florida growers of
flue cured tobacco.'1
"In my opinion, this need not be
seriously considered, for the reason
that the growers of flue cured tobacco
in Florida have never produced
more than one per cent of
this type of tobacco," Kerr wrote.
"Should the four large producing
states, namely, Virginia, North Carolina.
South Carolina and Georgia,
go into this compact and regulate
production to the industry's demand
the Florida growers of tobacco for
the next ten years could not materially
effect the results of this proposed
legislation."
Predicting a billion pound .crop
which he said would not bring more
than 10 cents a pound, Kerr said:
"It would be a disastrous mistake
for the state of Georgia to break
down this compact and impoverish
farmers who through their own un1
selfish cooperation and the assistance
of the federal department of
agriculture, and these compact
statutes could regulate their production
and vouchsafe for themselves
a profitable price for one of
1 the great industries of our republic.
1 "To break down this compact
will cost the Georgia tobacco grow'
ers $15,000,0000 and that is nearly
ten times as much as the Florida
crop is worth."
Income Tax Man To
Be Here On March 2
For the convenience or tnose wno
1 are required by law to file Federal
Income Tax Returns, a Deputy Col'
lector of Internal Revenue will be
at Warrenton, N. C-, on March 2.
' 1937, to assist taxpayers in preparing
their returns, C. H. Robertson,
Collector, of Greensboro, announced
this week. No charge will be made
for this service. The matter of filing
your Income Tax Return should
be given immediate attention, in
1 order to avoid penalty and interest.
Mr. Robertson said.
If your net income is $1,000 or
over or your gross income is $5,000
or over, and you are single (or if
married and not living with husband
or wife), you are required to
file a return. If you are married
and living with husband or wife
and your net income is $2,500 or
1 over or your gross income is $5,000
or over, you are Required to file a
return.
Form To Be Used
Form 1040 A should be used if the
-? a onn
I net income aues Xiut exueeu *y.uuv
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ten;
EBRUARY 19, 1937 Subscri]
10 HOLD StKVlCli
IN WW ( Ml ild H I
1 I
Rev. R. E. Brickhouse To
Breach In New Structure
On Sunday Morning
BUILT ON A CASH BASIS
The first service to be held in
the newly constructed Baptist
church at Warrenton will be conducted
on Sunday morning at 11
o'clock by the pastor, Rev- R. E.
Brickhouse. There will be special
music by a mixed choir of the town.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Following is the program, which
is to be carried out:
"Open the Gates," by Edward
Rooker Jr-; Call to Worship: Invo
cation; Response; Hymn No, 122,
"Hie Church's One Foundation"; w
Scripture; Prayer; Anthem, "O Di- Vl
vine Redeemer"; Announcement; jjj
Hymn No. 220, "I Love Thy King- ^
dom, Lord"; Sermon, "This Temple h
of God," by the pastor; Hymn, "Re- jq
joice and Sing"; "Hymn, "Praise b
God From Whom All Blessings ai
Flow"; Benediction. o;
The new churcn, upon which gon- s
struction started in September ol "
last year?nine months after the f.
old church had been destroyed by w
fire, has not been completed but is vl
at present comfortable and Suitable si
for use. When completed, the edi- pi
fice will be one of the most spac- ir
ious churches in Warrenton and e(
from a financial standpoint will be
worth an estimate of at least $30,- ^
000. it is being constructed on a si
cash basis- The
front of the edifice, which
faces Main street and overlooks
Ridgeway street, is a pute colonial
type of architecture, and the rear
of the building, which faces Bragg
street, is an academic type of building.
The building was erected with an di
auditorium that will comfortably ol
seat 450 persons and with sufficient tl
Sunday school room to accomodate bi
350 children and grown-ups. In ad- R
dition, there Is a small study for the vi
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Violations Of B
T
Motor Laws Are is
Aired In Court ?
T
Violation of the motor vehicle
laws was responsible for three of 11
the four cases which were tried in 01
Recorder's court on Monday morning.
w
John Edward Stegall submitted 01
to a charge of operating an automobile
while under the influence of a
whiskey and was fined $50.00 and P1
taxed with court costs. His license sa
was also revoked for a period of 12 'J
months. al
Joe Walker, negro, admitted that 01
he was guilty of operating a motor
vehicle with improper braises v
Judgment was suspended upon the c'
condition that he have the braises w
repaired and pay the court costs. ee
Operating a car without a driver's ifc
license was the charge which ^
brought James Watson, negro, be- w
fore Judge Rodwell. Judgment was 'r
suspended upon the condition that 111
he secure a driving permit from the ai
state and pay the court costs. ei
Found guilty of possessing illegal
whiskey for the purpose of sale, v<
Hubert Plummer, negro, was sen- n<
tenced to the roads for four months. 12
The case against J. R. P&schall, tc
who is charged with operating a car m
on the public highways of North fr
Carolina with improper license, was P<
continued. si
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Fiddlers To Meet u
At Norlina On 26th Si
By J. EDWAKD ALLEN be
They are going to have another
Old Fiddlers' Convention at Norlina
this year?at the high school on
Friday night, February 26, at 8
o'clock. The School Board took It
over, and it is going to be bigger
and better than ever before. It is
bound to be, with Dr. Foster, R. L. Ri
Traylor and Boyd White on the cl
School Board. Well, the Executive pi
Committee in charge is headed by Si
toman t walker, who is by way Bj
of being a veteran showman, ably ar
assisted by Mr. Cowles, J. H. Flem- de
ing, E. A. Gunn; and. because they $1
needed new inspiration and talent S!
they asked Miss Susie Rooker, Mrs. h.
A. Smith Wyckoff and Mrs. H. H. Sc
Foster to be members also. CI
One feature of the occasion will B.
be the use of the new amplifying Ei
system skillfully handled by the lir
Traylor Radio Shop, which will be W
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)tion Price, $1.50 a Year
Baptist Pastor
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THE REV R. E. BRICKHOUSE,
ho began his pastorate here Noember
1, 1926. He came to War:ntcn
from Darlington Heights,
irginia, after serving the Baptist
lurch there four years. Mr. Brick ouse
was reared near Columbia,
orth Carolina. He holds an A
degree from Wake Forest College
na me degree 01 Master 01 xneei;y
from the Baptist Theological
eminary, Louisville, Ky. During
le years of his ministry here the
lurch has been making substanal
progress. A new pastor's home
as erected during 1927. Since No;mber,
1926, the church memberlip
has made a net increase of 40
jr cent, and for all purposes durig
this period the church has raisi
$55,200.00. On a per capita basis
lere are few Baptist churches, if
ay, in the state that surpasses
lis church in the support of misons
and benevolences.
nstricting County
Is Jbad Move, days
J. Cdward Allen
Claiming that the measure is conicive
to rotten government, Supt.
; Schools J. Edward Allen writes
lis week against the bill which has
ien introduced in the House by
epresentative T. H. Aycock to dide
Warren into five districts for
le purpose of electing members oi
le Board of Education and the
oard of Courity Commissionershe
bill has passed the House and
now in the Senate- ,
Mr. Allen's letter follows:
0 the Editor: |
It has been a cause of surprise
lat nobody has taken the trouble,
: has had the desire, to analyze
le efiects of the Districting Bih
hich has passed the N. C. House
: Representatives for Warren
ounty. The writer hesitates to be
le first one to refer to it, but it is
robabie that something should be
.id so that the people of the coun1
may think of it. It is part good
id part bad- It is true that by the
11 creating "districts'' for the nomation
of members of the Board oi
ounty Commissioners and the
ounty Board of Education, there
ill be assured one member from
ich of the proposed "districts": but
is by no means certain that this
the most important mater in the
orld, even to the proposed "disicts"
themselves. It is no more
lportant to Fork Township to be
ssured of a Commissioner from
thee Fork, Shocco or Sandy Creek,
tan it is to be allowed to cast a
)te on everybody on the Board,
0 matter where he comes from. It
no more important to Sixpound
1 be assured that there will be a
ember of the Board of Education
om either Roanoke, River or Sixiund,
than it is to be assured that
xpound will be permitted to vote
i all five members, no matter
here they come from. Sometimes
le school interests of River and
.xpound conflict.
If this bill becomes law, there will
; five men on each Board, each of
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irlrlitinn;i I r.ifi/PIH!
Give To Red Cross
Additional contributors to the
ad Cross fund for flood relief, inuding
several names which were
eviously omitled.^are: Snow Hill
inday School, $5; Warren Plains
iptist Sunday School, $10; Pleasit
Hill Sunday School, $4; Province
Christian Sunday School,
.60; Baptist Missionary Circle of
ccc Chapel Church, $1; Mrs.
jwie J. Powell, 50c; Inez Sunday
ihool, $2; Charles Allen Jr., 25c; :
lapel Hill Baptist Church, $5.25;
D. Moore, $1; Seaboard Air Line
nployees and Expressmen, Nor- ;
la. $33.80; Mrs. A. W. Jones, $1;
'. W. Haithoock, $5; Mrs. W- R. i
iskervill, $1. i i
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MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
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NUMBER 8
CROP LOANS TO
BE MADE HERE
Howard Announces Applica
lions win ?e neceivea
Beginning Monday
LOANS TO LIMITED CLASS
Applications lor emergency crop
and feed loans for 1937 will be received
at Warrenton and at Littleton
by J. C. Howard, field supervisor
of the Emergency Crop and
Feed Loan Section of the Farm
Credit Administration, beginning
Monday afternoon, February 22.
These loans will be made only to
farmers who cannot obtain credit
from any other source, as provided
by regulations issued by the Governor
of the Farm Credit Administration.
The money loaned will be
limited to the farmer's immediate
and actual cash needs for growing
his 1937 crops or for the purchase
of feed for livestock and in no instances
may exceed $400.
Farmers are not eligible for these
loans if they can borrow from an
individual, production credit association,
bank, or other concern.
Emergency crop and feed loans will
not be made by the Farm Credit
Administration to standard rehabilitation
clients of the Resettlement
Administration whose current needs
are provided for by ResettlementAs
in the past, the security for
these loans will consist of a first
lien on the crop financed- Landlords,
or others having an interest
in the crops, will be required to
waive their claims in favor of the
lien to the Governor of the Farm
Credit Administration until the
loan is repaid.
Mr. Howard's office in the court
house can take care of from ten
to fifteen applicants each morning
and afternoon and he has arranged
the following schedule for the convenience
of those seeking loans:
Monday afternoon ? Nutbush
Township.
Tuesday morning?Fishing Creek
township.
Tuesday afternoon?Smith Creek
township.
Wednesday morning ? Hawtree
township.
Wednesday afternoon?Sixpound
township.
Thursday morning ? Judklns
township. ,
Thursday afternoon?Sandy Creek
township.
Friday morning?Fork township.
Friday afternoon?Shocco township.
Saturday?Warrenton township.
Service Station Is
Destroyed By Fire
Burnett's service station, approximately
one-half mile from Warrenton
on the Norlina road, was
completely destroyed by fire on
Monday morning around 12:30
o'clock. The loss was estimated to
be six or seven hundred dollars.
The orign of the fire, which was
discovered by Dorman Blaylock as
he returned from Henderson, is not
known but it is believed that the
blaze started from an oil stove in
the rear of the building.
Woodrow Burnett, who with the
Henderson Vulcanizing Co., owned
the building and equipment, had
left the station arouna iz ociocs
Sunday night and driven to Norllna
to get a sandwich before retiring to
his quarters In the building when
he observed the flames leaping into
the night air.
Efforts of Mr. Blalock, Stewart
Crinkley, who lives nearby, and
Night Officer Kenneth Short to
save the building or any of the
stock were futile.
The building was formerly the
property of Hugh White of Warrenton
but some time ago was sold to
the Henderson Vulcanizing Company
which placed Mr. Burnett
there to dispose of its products, and
at the same time allowed him to
gradually purcnase tne property, at
the time of the fire Mr. Burnett had
an interest of nearly $200 in the
building and equipment and owned
all of the stock, which included a
new radio, candies, cigars, cold .
drinks, etc. A new high-priced
phonoghaph machine had been
placed in the building on Saturday
by a Henderson concern.
It is understood that the building
was insured but that the stock was
not.
_ Whether or not the station will
be rebuilt could not be learned here
yesterday.
Although the fire alarm was not
sounded, a number of citizens were
attracted to the scene by the blaze??