accurate, terse
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molvme xxxvii
fir boosts pav;
It rren sheriff
Bj Changing Method Elect n<>
Grand Jurors Also Is
passed By Legislature
BsTkICT bill held up
,.j biils introduced in the House
l;a: i\eeks ago by Representative
.\yt\i.k of Warren became
. Wednesday when they were
[ the Senate.
tiic bills provides traveling
...j in the sum of $600 anthe
other
.01' Ulj dUCiu*
I > the drawing of the Warranty
grand jury,
h.r ihe bill providing for
ixjienses of the sheriff
i effect at once or at the
of the new fiscal year
: be learned here yesterday,
urroughs. chairman of the
.. oi County Commissioners
H ,.ut lie had not seen a copy
b:l; and consequently he did
t ..now when the new law would
;.uo ef.ect. i
;ii.' past, Sheriff Pinnell has
H ...a from the county approxiSj-JoJ
a year, including the
oi ms bond, a small sum
>! .. .a.' -AbC board for law en
t. a.id traveling expenses
.. county. Out of the total
! n. receives, lie pays his depuautomobile
expenses andj
: v.iiMs incident to his office.;
. io nis iigures, he actually
u.u.cen srlo and $125 per
u..u states that he can hard-,
ins taiiuly on this sum.
: a r?aa. the bill was introduced
nOuse by Kepresentative Ay-'
1
Hp..:: bill regulating the drawing
I a anvil county grand jury is
j to Mean that instead of draw
a iic\v bra. u jury at each term
^ .oart that nine members will be
^Bc.ea every six months to serve for
I I
^P>.pivsei:tative Aycock has also
,-:-u "?ccod the
(roamed a out, wmcu ?
use oa Wednesday, to fix the
5 of justices of the peace of Warcomity.
The object of this
isure. it is believed, is to secure
e uniformity in the billls of
s in cases tried by various magites.
re bil1 introduced by Warren's
esentative to divide the county
five districts for the purpose of
ing members of the Board of
ration and the Board of Counommissioners
is being held up
iie Senate by Senator W. W.
e of Vance at the request of a
)er of citizens of this county.
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a Fatrons To
leet At Warrenton
rren County patrons of the
ers Cooperative Exchange will
ml a ,>-> ti,,. r\r\ f'mirf".
n 1U bUC WdllOliVW" x/wv%* *
? ^Luse here Friday afternoon, March
at 2 o'clock for their annual meetBg,
at which time they will hear a
k Btport on the past year's activities
B M. G. Mann of Raleigh, general
Biar.ager of the State-wide Farmers
Boo. erative ExchangeI
Held jointly with this meeting will
Bo the annual meeting of Warren
Buntv members of the Cotton As.
Bociation for the purpose of electing
Belegates to the district convention.
I This meeting is open to all farmw
-arnt women and farm boys and
Brls- Mr. Mann said, adding that he
B?ped that each man would bring
Bis w'te along with him. "True corporation
begins in the home, with
rnembers of the family working
Bother toward a common goal,"
Ir Mann said.
I Ine FCX was organized two and
B^-half years ago through the corporation
of N. c. state College, the
B;te Extension Service, the DeB'trnent
?t Vocational Education,
State Department of Agricul^
state Grange and the
B ^aroHna Cotton Growers CoP^tite
Association nnH nth or
'Continued on Page 8)
draper makes record
^Aulander?Dr. L. M. Draper of
BCT'er Texas, only son of the Rev.
Mrs. j. t Draper, Methodist
B^?r of Aulander, has an interestrecord
as an obstetrician.
Draper, a native North Caro nan'
began his practice in medi *r'e
? Rorger and has been in the
B??e field for more than 10 years.
B ? which i;me he has delivered
B)re ^ban 1,100 babies without the
B?' ?f a single infant or mother,
M8"** it or not!
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Supreme Court
Change Dangerous
Move, Sajrs Polk
By Wm. T. POLK
The President's proposal to make
over tlie Supreme Court of the
United States raises the most important;
issue that has come be fore
this country in our time.
The government of the United
states was founded on the beliel
aiat nothing is as dangerous to the
average man as his own governmeni
.o. xxxxa j.o uiuax nut. uixxy irom ui~
^Uixst/ii/uuuu ox liie unxieu ioiaiea
.vocii out aiso irom tiie record ox
vxie uc warns attending its drafting.
ine iramers ox the uonsoitution,
relieving mat each human being is
mwueu to certain nianenaole lights,
mote them aown m a compact oeuween
tne people and the government,
cahea a constitution, setting
.eitli the limits beyond which tne
eminent could not go, and the
oincers of the government were, and
me, sworn to abide by this compact.
as further security, the founders
ji this government devised the plan
ux dividing the government against
itself. in tne people s interest. They
.mew that the isnglisii people haa
obtained what liberties they had by
reason of the historic struggle for
power between the king and the
nobles; and they knew that the
x-rench people had lost their liberties
because the struggle between
the king and the nobles there had
culminated in the king attaining
full power. They feared full power
in any man or g;roup. Therefore
they set up a system of checks and
balances, such as state and nation,
legislative and executive branch.
Above all, they set up the Constitution
as interpreted by the Supreme
Court, as a check against any attempt
to hand over to the Federal
government any powers not granted
it by the people in the Constitution
or to take away from the States or
the people any rights preserved to
them by the Constitution.
The rights thus preserved to the
x-? rvonQr ha fnrffftffpn.
OX1UUXU 11V I V* W J>V*QVVVV*tf
abridged or endangered. Some of
them are:
Freedom of religion, of speech, of
the press:
The rights of the people to bear
arms, and to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers and effects
from unreasonable search and seizure;
The rights of persons accused of
crime by the government, such as
the right to a trial in public by a
jury, the right not to be tried twice
for the same offence, the right not
to be compelled (by torture or otherwise)
to be a witness against themselves,
the right to procure witnesses
and have the assistance of
counsel;
The right of each person not to
be deprived of his life, liberty or
property without due process of law.
These are minimum human rights
that ought to be secure to everybody
everywhere in the world- But
thej' are not- The fear of government
by our "founding fathers" has
been justified by world history.
Government is still the most dangerous
thing in the world. Ask the
(Gontinued on Page 7;
Charles Lee Hayes
'Dies At Ridge way
Pinal rites for Charles Lee Hayes,
who died at his home at Ridge way
on Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock
after an illness of several years,
were conducted from the Methodist
church at Norlina on Sunday afternoon
at 3:30 o'clock by his pator,
Rev- W. C. Wilson, with the Rev. B.
N. de Foe Wagner, Episcopal minister
of Warrenton, assisting.
Mr. Hayes was born in Franklin
county on May 12, 1870, the son of
the late Peter Hayes and Martha
Jackson Hayes. Early in life he
joined the Mount Auburn Christian
church, but after moving to Norlina
he transferred his membership to
the Norlina Methodist church which
he attended until his health failedMr.
Hayes was twice married. His
first wife was Maggie Evans and to
this urion were born five children,
two of whom survive: Mrs. Horton
Hawks of Norlina and Mrs. Dudley
I Harris of Richmond, Va. His first
wife died June 24, 1906.
On September 4, 1907, Mr. Hayes
was married to Eva B. Seaman. To
this union were also born five children,
four of whom survive: Mrs.
Clyde R. Edwards of Norlina, Mrs!
J. Bernard Pittard of Littleton,
Clarence and Arthur Hayes of Norlina
Eight grandchildren also survive.
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fARRENTON, COUNTY OF W
Honor Engineer f(
4
CHIEF ENGINEER CHARLES H. ]
Santa Clara, being presented wii
Scout ship Tarpon, 1935 flagship of tl
pletion of 1,500,000 miles at sea withou
For this record, typical of all Grace
an honorary member of the crew oi
Great Neck, L. I. The presentation w
Santa Clara recently. Left to right a
Charles Stillman and Bertram kapli
Variety Of Cases
Tried In County
Court Monday:
A variety of cases, including re- j
sisting arrest, operating a motor vehicle
with improper brakes, reckless
driving, driving while under the influence
of whiskey and disorderly
conduct, were tried before Judge T.
O. Rodwell in Recorder's court on
Monday morning.
C. E. Loyd was found guilty by a
jury on a charge of resisting arrest
and was fined $10.00 and costs. The
charge was booked against Mr. Loyd
several weeks ago when officers
went to his home near Macon to
take him in custody in connection
with some tobacco which had been
stolen. He was bound over to
Superior court on the stolen tobacco
chargeMiss
Helen McClosky of Baltimore
Md., was found not guilty by
a jury on a charge of reckless driving.
The case came into court as
the result of an automobile-truck |
collision near Manson about ten
days ago. The transport truck was
loaded with hogsheads of tobacco
and was going north. Miss Mc-1
Closky and her sister were traveling!
south, en route to Florida. Both!
behicles left the road and each of ;
the drivers claimed that the other,
was on the wrong side of the high- j
way. Miss McClosky was slightly
hurt, but no one suffered serious
injuries.
J. R. Paschall was found guilty of
operating a motor vehicle with improper
licenses. Judgment was suspended
upon payment of costs. The
defendant appealed and bond was
set at $100.00.
Found guilty of driving a car
while under the influence of whiskey,
Tommie Brown, negro, was [
ordered to serve four months on I
the roads or pay a fine of $50.00 and |
court costs. He paid the fine and
costs- His license was revoked for
12 months.
Judgment was suspended upon
payment of costs in the case against
Ben Arrington. negro, charged with
disorderly conduct.
John H. Harris,
Dies At Cokesbury
Funeral services for John H. Harris,
for 50 years a resident of the
Cokesbury community and a brother
of Nathaniel Joshua Harris of
Vaughan, were conducted from the I
1 J-., nffntmnnn of j
residence last rnuaj axbciiiuwu >?v j
2:30 o'clock with the Rev. C. L.I
Spencer, pastor of Mt. Carmel |
church, and D. A. Petty, pastor of i
Cokesbury M. E. church, officiating.
Mr- Harris, who was 73 years of
age, died at 9 o'clock Wednesday
night of last week while sitting by'
the fire with his wife in the living
room of their home- He had suffered
from a complication of diseases
for the past year or more. ,
In addition to his brother, Mr.;
Harris is survived by his widow,'
" ' * TT7QC Miss Tda
WHO UC1UIC mainugv ???*,? ?,?.
Edwards. His father, Nathaniel
Harris of Snow Hill, England, had
been dead 38 years, and his mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Harris of Warren
county, died some 41 years ago.
Mr. Harris was a native of Snow
Hill, England, where he was born
October 19, 18G3- He was married
December 22, 1887, at Cokesbury.
He had been engaged in farming all
his life.
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ARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, F
>r Safety Record
j /' S&
\.r
ELLIOTT (left) of ttre Grace liner
th a picture of the crew of the Sea
he Boy Scouts of America, on com
it a blemish on his record for safety.
Line officers, Mr. Elliott was made
f the Tarpon, which is berthed at
as made in the engine room of the
re: Mr. Elliott, Able-bodied Scouts
n, and Bos'n's Mate Walter Steen.
P. C. A. Loans
To Be Greater In
1937, Says Gooding
Every indication points to a tremendous
increase in 1937 over any
previous year in the volume of crop
loans made by the Henderson Production
Credit Association, it was
announced by W. B. Gooding, Secretary
and Treasurer of the loca
organization, today. Already, loan.1
totaling approximately $150,000 have
been arranged for by farmers ol
Vance, Granville and Warren counties,
as compared to $85,000 to the
same date a year ago, he said.
1vrrn irtPVPQQP ill VOlllITIG
IliC laigV/ &AAVAVMMW ? .
said Mr. Gooding, is mainly due tc
the many netf applications by farmers,
who have recently become
better acquainted with the convenient
short-ternf credit facilities of(Continued
on Page 8)
Negro Take Part In
In Thinning Project
"The colored people of Warrer
county are keenly interested in the
state's conservation program," C. S
Wynn, negro agricultural agent
writes this week in telling of a forestry
thinning demonstration helc
at the farm of Rev. N. A. Cheek lasl
Thursday.
The negro agent stated that froir
one acre 12 1-2 cords of wood were
cut and 932 trees were left standing
The 932 trees left on this acre, ne
said, will produce almost twice the
amount of cord wood or lumber tha1
it would have produced in the same
length of time had not the tree;
been thined.
Wynn said that some of the farmers
expressed their feelings by saying,
"If I could have seen thi:
demonstration years ago, I woulc
have saved hundreds of dollars or
my forest."
Sisteir Of Warrenton
Man Dies In Norfolk
Mrs. F. H. Hobbs, a sister of W
R. Baskervill of Warrenton, died al
her hone in Norfolk Wednesday
night following an illness of a fev
months. Funeral services are to bf
held in Norfolk Friday a.fternoon a1
3:30 o'clock.
Before her marriage Mrs- Hobb:
was Miss Betty Baskervill of Baskervill,
Va- As a young girl she attended
school here under the late
Mrs. V. L. Pendleton.
Mrs. Hobbs is survived by one
daughter and three sons: Mrs. Duvail
of Norfolk, William Hobbs o.1
New York, Robert Baskervill Hobb:
of Baltimore, and Frederick Hobb:
Jr. of Columbus, Ohio.
Mr. ar.d Mrs. W. R. Baskervil
nrlll affpnH fj")f
<U1U OUil , XVUWV/X V, TV *** MWVXSAAM
final rites in Norfolk this afternoon
EPISCOPAL SERVICES
Services to be held in Emmanue
Episcopal Church at Warren ton anc
Good Shepherd Church at Ridgeway
on Sunday are announced a:
follows oy the Rev. B. N. de Fo<
Wagner, rector:
Emmanuel?8 a. m., Holy Communion;
11 a. m-, Morning Prayei
and Litany.
Good Shepherd?3:30 p. m-, Evening
Prayer.
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EBRUARY 26, 1937 Subscri;
COMPLETE SALE
EXHIBIT SPACE
I
Lions Express Appreciation
For Merchants' Aid In
Forwarding Auto Show
CONSIDER STAGE SHOW
The sale of exhibit space for the
Warren County Auto Show and
Merchants Exposition, to be held in
Warrenton during the week of
March 29, has been completed, A. J.
Grey, director, announced this week
and at the request of the Lions
Club committee exDressed their an
preciation for the wholehearted support
and cooperation which has
been given the undertaking by merchants
of the town and county.
Around 40 display booths have been
sold, he said, anticipating many educational
and interesting displays
in Boyd's warehouse during this
period of six nights of the show.
A stage show is now being considered
by the committee in charge,
the director stated. In discussing
the stage show Mr. Grey said that it
will be found to be one of the best
and cleanest ever to be presented
in Warren county and will carry
features in singing, dancing, educated
animals, as well as athletic
performances from all over the
( United States. In the event the
proposed stage show is secured, one
of the features, Mr. Grey said, will
r be Si Stone, who will present Ebner,
>' the $5,000 educated mule. The di
| rector prophesized that this act
; alone will afford sufficient laughs to
j satisfy the show going public to the
I, fullest extent of the small admission
> fee.
) Mr. Grey stated that the populart
ity contest covering the sale of ad
j vance tickets to the Auto Show and
' Merchants Exposition is rapidly becoming
quite active with eleven
,' young ladies competing for one of
>1 the three beautiful prizes which
will be on display at a local jewelry
; store this week. Enthusiasm is lent
to this contest, he pointed out, due
to the fact the winner will be
crowned Queen of the Exposition at
the Queen's ball to be held in the
warehouse on the night of April 2
, when music will be furnished by
L Jimmy Poyner and His Famous ColI
legians. This will be the outstand11
ing event of the week in the deco!
rated warehouse where the Lions
(Continued on Page 8)
I -
; Mrs. Pegram, 38, Is
Buried At W. Plains
i Funeral services were held hi the
; Methodist church at Warren Plains
. at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
; for Mrs. Bettie Macon Stegall Pe3
gram, 38, of Henderson, who died in
t Richmond Sunday after a long ill3
ness. Rev. Robert E- Brickhouse.
3 pastor of the Baptist church m
Warrenton, was in charge of the
. services.
Mrs. Pegram was the daughter of
3 Mr. and Mrs. Nat Stegall of Warren
j county. She is survived by hei hus1
band, Walter Pegram; two children,
Eugene and Elizabeth Pegram;
three sisters, Mrs. C- G. Harris of
Crewe, Va., Mrs. Hugh Stegall and
Mies Belle Stegall of Warren coun
C[ty; three brothers, Boyd, Herbert
and Luther Stegall of Warren coun.
ty.
' Senior Play To Be
! Presented At Macon
t
The Senior class of Macon High
. School will present its Senior play,
"The Romance Hunters," Wednesday
evening, March 3, at 7:30
, o'clock. The characters are:
Amanda Armen, who has social
ambitions, Willie Currin; Margaret
Benry, her niece, Beatrice Tharring'
ton; Susan Williams, Margaret's
friend, Annie B- Duncan; Hancy
5 Reed, another old schoolmate, ro'
mantically inclined, Lucile Overby;
Kezia Vreeland, who "likes to be on
1 hand," Lillian Gipson; Mrs. Ben;
don, who always is on hand, Marion
Williams; Liza Steubbin, the village
gossip, Snow Hunt; Cindy Brown,
Amanda's colored maid, Nell Shear1
in; Enoch Westervelt, who hopes to
J marry Amanda, Joseph Daniel; Jim
Harrison, who hopes to marry Mar*
"-i-1- 'Howard Van
^ ^?H*6D, JtlUi\j i/uiiiw, .? ..
' ter, who also hopes to marry Margaret,
Bernard Thompson; Hen
- Bush, who hopes to marry Nancy,
r Jesse King; Clem Hicks, who suffers
from a sense of humor, Joe
- Ross; Rufus Green, Cindy's beau.
I Mae Pitchford. |
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SttvW jpp.j^cctption
Price, $1.50 a Year
To Head Yaie ?
NEW-HAVEN . .Charles Seymour
(above), provost and history
professor at Yale, is to succeed
Dr. James R. Angell as president
at the end of this year. He was
elected by the directors, Feb. 13th.
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jL?iSiiop raul Kern To
^peaK At ivietnodist
Church On March 7
Bishop Paul B. Kern of Durham,
who is in charge of the four Conlerences
in North and South Carolina,
will preach in Wesley Memorial
Methodist church the first Sunday
in March, the 7th, at 11 a. mIt
has been more than 40 years
since a Methodist Bishop has been
in Warrenton to preach.
Bishop Bern is one ox the ranking
men of southern Methodistism,
maintaining the highest traditions
ox tiie ispiscopacy. a coraial invitation
is extended to ail who may
uesire to hear him.
Sni i r.nnsprvatinn
Program Similar
To '36, Says Agent
By BOB BRIGHT,
County Agent
The 1937 soil conservation program
will be very much like the
1936 program. There are two
changes that farmers should understand.
In 1937 each farm will have
a soil conserving base and the administration
will not pay for over
25 per cent of the tobacco baseApproximately
83 percent of the
cotton base in this county was under
work sheet in 1936 and 87 percent
of the tobacco base- Those
that have not filled out work sheets
should do so at once and those that
have work sheets in the office will
receive a notice by planting time
explaining just how they may qualify
for their payments in 1937.
The farmers in Warren county in
1936 earned in excess of $175,000.00
under the soil conservation program,
but they did not earn a soil building
payment as high as they should
have earned. For example in 1937
producers may earn soil building
payments for thining forests, for
seeding lespdeza and clovers, terracing,
and seeding alfalfa. In the
fall they will be paid for turning
under peas and beans and lespedeza.
Producers should inquire
about the program and find out
just how they will be able to earn
their payments.
I am sure that when a farmer
understands the soil conservation
program there will not be any trouble
in his complying with the rules
and regulations governing the program.
We are making adjustments as
fast as we can and will have In the
hands of the farmers within a few
days the program worked out for
each farm.
Officers Capture
Still In Smith Creek
A new still, described as the prettiest
one captured since the establishment
of A. B. C. stores in this
county, was captured in Smith Creek
township by Sheriff Pinnell on Sat
urday.
The still, which was found in a
old building, had not been used, anil
the belief is that the outfit was left
there to be picked up by others and
placed in the woods for opera""^
The copper plant was brought
Warrenton and destroyed.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Polk of
Knoxville, Tenn, were week end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. H- Gibbs
| and Mrs. Tasker Polk.
j;ov?v |
MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
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NUMBER 9
BOND HEARING
AT HENDERSON
Lawyers To Argue Register
Of Deed's Case Before
Judge Grady Tuesday
AN APPEAL IS PROBABLE
The temporary restraining order
vo pre vein uie u in tea crates nueianu
uruaianty eo. xroin witnmawing
irom tne oond of Register
oi ueeas Josepn U. Toweii is to be
ueard in Henaerson on Tuesday afternoon
beiore Judge Henry A.
orrady. Time set ior the hearing
is 4 o'clock.
When the order was signed by
Judge W. C- Harris of Raleigh on
January 30 it was made returnable
before Judge Grady and was expected
to be heard in Windsor on
February 11, but Judge Grady was
out of the district on that date and
the hearing was postponed. Later
agreement was reached between
counsel for the bonding company,
the county, and Mr. Powell to hold
the hearing in Windsor on February
25, but when it was pointed
out that Judge Grady would be in
Vance county next week to preside
over court it was decided to postpone
the hearing until March 2 and
meet in Henderson rather than
travel to Windsor.
The injunction not only prevents
the bonding company from going
off of Mr. Powell's bond but also
prohibts the Board of County Commissioners
from declaring a vacancy
in the event Mr. Powell was unable
to post a $5,000 bond.
Kegarcuess of wnat action Judge
Graay takes on the restraining order,
it is not expected that Mr.
Powell will lose his place as register
of deeds anytime soon. In the
event the jurist upholds the injunction,
it is believed that Polk &
Gibbs, attorneys for the bonding
company, and Julius Banzet, county
attorney, will give notice of appeal.
On the other hand, should
Judge Grady dissolve the restraining
order it is thought that counsel
for Mr. Powell, Charie Katzenstein
of New York, Ed Travis of Halifax,
and Gholson & Gholson of Henderson,
will appeal.
If the case is appealed to the
Supreme court, it will not be heard
until September and an opinion
will hardly be handed down before
October.
Gommunity Center
Exhibits Show Talent
History, craftsmanship and ait
are effectively displayed in the Community
Center building here as exhibits
of the talent and initiative
among members of the negro race
who have been hard at work under
the recreational project of the
Works Progress Administration
sponsored by the Public Welfare
Department.
A number of white citizens here,
as well as many negroes, have visited
the building this week to leave
profoundly impressed with the creative
work of an educational nature
which has been carried out under
the projectVisitors
have been shown attractive
baskets made of corn shucks
and of pine cones, miniature drums
made from pint and quart oyster
containers, doll chairs, tables and
stools made from corn stalks, vases
made from vinegar jars and shel
J lacked, and various other articles
made by hand from native material.
Washington City is artistically
displayed through the use of soap
which has been moulded into the
form of buildings which clearly
show their likeness to the Capitol,
the White House, Lincoln's Hut,
Lincoln's Memorial, the Washington
Monument, and a statue of George
Washington. Lincoln's home and
early life are portrayed through the
use of pictures made from paper.
Among the attractive displays 1s a
4-room modern home, in front of
which stands a model airship made
by a young negro boy and placed
there to commemorate Lindberg's
hirthdav.
. Hung about-ttie walls of the build(Continued
on page 8)
VRICT MEETING U. D. C.
I ninth district meeting of the
h. ted Daughters of the Confederacy
will be held in Henderson at
the West End Country Club on
Tuesday. March 2, at 10:30 o'clock
with the Vance county chapter as
hostess. Warrenton is expected to
be well represented at the meetingV