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</ \CCl'RATE, TERSE I TIMELY I "VOLUME XXXVII |?1ll SF| i kind hearing jufoe Grady Makes Perma nent Order Restraining Bonding Company yPPEAL SUPREME COURT Register of Deeds Joseph C. I poi.el! won out in the fight with j I jj;S bonding company on Tuesday! I trh 'U at a hearing in Henderson I j1!f>e Homy A Grady made perm- I anent the rcstraij .mg order forbid- I the United States Fidelity .v I HB I Guaranty Company ot uaiumuic w. I cancel the bond of the Warren 1 I county register of deeds. The judge's ruling also prohibit- I I ej tjie Board of County Coramis- I I sioneis from permitting the bonding I I company to go off the register ofl I deed's surety to the county. The plaintiffs, in seeking to can-I I eel the bond, claimed that the bond I I v.as delivered contingent to an audit | I of the register of deed's office. I Judge Grady ruled that the Unit-1 I cd States Fidelty & Guaranty Co. I I had no legal right to deliver the I I cor.d conditionally and since thatl I :: had been accepted by the county I I commissioners it must remain inl I force until the period of its expira-I I tion. The bond is for a period ofl I four years, it was stated, but must I I fee renewed each year. The ruling of the jurist leaves the I Board of County Commissioners I - cinfinri in pnn. I II Dowerless 10 unk> awivii *** section with the register of deed's office. Judge Grady is quoted as statins in effect that the commissioners had nothing whatsoever to [ do with the matter so long as MrPowell was properly bondedAn appeal was noted by the bondcompany to the state Supreme court. The appeal, however, is not expected to be argued before the fall term of the high court, and a decision is not likely to be handed down before some time after that. Polk w Gibbs of Warrenton represented rite bonding company and JiffiuS Banzet appeared for the ccatmissioners. Air- Powell was represented by Charles Katzenstein of New York, E. L. Travis of Welcon and Gholson 6c Gholson of Henderson. A large number of Warren citiT,-yv^ ^1-, Umi.'lnvc-nn TSiocHqV ItCiid WCTC lil HVilUViOUll afternoon for the hearing. Gala Week Promised At Automobile Show By A. T. GREY, Auto Show Manager An elaborate program is being arrar.ged for each evening during the entire week of March 29th when the Lions Club of Warrenton and their friends and supporters will make merry in Boyd's warehouse where the Automobile Show and Merchants Exposition will be staged. The special events for each night curing the entire week commences on Monday when there will be presented one of the most prominent figures in the business and political world who will give the openht? address at 8 o'clock, followed by an elaborate stage presentation of et?ht to ten high class professional vaudeville attractions. An amplifym? system will be installed so that fiery one within the four walls of the warehouse will be able to hear. Tuesday night there will be ofered a;'ain the stage presentation ?ho\\ed ijV ?l KfiUQm rloriro ruViipVl ~ ? will be under the supervision of A. I J- Ellington, who will also call the figures. Wednesday night will be public wedding night which promises to be outstanding event, and the stage will be elaborately decorated in Palms and flowers to afford the solemn atmosphere which would surround an occasion of this kind A heal couple hold the spotlight *ith the bridesmaids and flower I Sirls forming a panorama of beauty, *hile the ties of matrimony are beI 'n3 performed. It is the desire on this evening to I a*t?rcl the amusement loving public I something which is dear to the I -ourts of all, both young and old, in - old fiddlers convention, to be old on Thursday night, offering 'Continued on Page 2) I f APT. WILLIE WHITE OUT Friends welcome the return of CaPt" J. Willie White to the ^ets ?f Warrenton this week. Mr. ite has been confined to his jute for several weeks on account (Hi w ST. PAUL, Minn. . . . Rep. J. O. Melby advocates pension for dis-' abled tuberculars under the Social Securities Act His plan would! reduce'" cost to" taxpayers and lower present death rate of 70,000 each year from this disease. Town Seeks PWA Aid To Carry Out Street Program Discussion of the filing of application for WPA aid to lay sewer and water mains and improve the streets of Warrenton occupied much of the hour anci. a half session of the board of town commissioners in regular monthly meeting here on Monday night. Capt. C- T. Bowers, president of the Warrenton Lions Club, and V. F. Ward, member of that organization, appeared before the board to offer the suggestion that a curbing gutter be laid on each of the back streets behind the business district which as Capt. Bowers, who acted as spokesman, pointed out, would enable these streets to be widened and thereby relieve much of the parking pressure on Main StreetCapt. Bowers said that he had been in touch with Earle Jennette of Henderson, district WPA engineer, and as a result of conversations he had with him, felt that the Federal agency would pay the labor costs and much of the costs of materials for this work provided the project was filed immediately. The Lions president said that he laid the matter before h:s organization and at ter receiving the endorsement of the \ civic club, was asked to present the ; plan to the town board. i Mayor Polk appointed W. R. Strickland a committee to go into 1 this matter with Captain Bovvers and Friday night was set as the date for their meeting when plans 1 will be further considered. ! Another p-oject submitted some time ago to have WPA assist the ^ town in laying water mains along ( the streets leading from Ridgeway ( by way of J ick Scott's home along j Fairview street to Back street at ] the Joe Taylor residence, and filed and returned by WPA for revision, i was ordered revised and immediate- i ly sent to WPA headquarters. i The commissioners ordered that 1 Chief of Police Lee Wilson place 1 drunks arrested by him in the cor porate limits: in the county jail in- 1 stead of in ';he town lock-up. This 1 action was taken after Mr. Wilson had reported that prisoners were 1 constantly tearing up mattrices and 1 covers in the lock-up. and suggest- 1 eel that he be allowed to place pris- ' oners in the county jail. Miss Georgie Tarwater was ap pointed registrar, and Weldon Hall j and Frank Serls Sr., judges of elec- | tion, for the town election to be held j in May. J. C Moore was appointed : tax lister to list this year's taxes. A. A. Williams offered to donate < to the town stone from the founda- ; tions of the Katzenstein building, ] this week in process of being torn ? down. The board voted to accept ] Mr. Williams' offer provided it is 1 found, that a rock crusher can be 1 obtained at a figure sufficiently low 1 to justify the work of crushing. >' Reading of reports and okehing 1 bills for payment occupied the re- 1 mainder of the time of the com- ^ missioners. * One Case Heard J In County Court j A brief session of Recorder's court ' was held on Monday morning when 1 only one defendant was brought be- ' fore the bar of justice to face trial. < Edward Bell was found not guilty 1 on a bad check charge. He claimed J that when he gave Willis Perkinson 1 the check for a stock of goods that 1 he told him that his uncle, John j 1 Bell, was handling his funds for him 1 and that the check would not be ' good unless signed by Mr. Bell. i lit 10; ARRENTON, COUNTY OF W State-Wide Liquor j Law Effects One Of County's Stores One of the three ABC stores in Warren county which sell whiskey md all of the people who imbibe to excess are expected to be effected )y the liquor bill which was recent[y adopted by the legislature. < The new state-wide law, as it now stands, prevents any relationship by :>lood or marriage between any em- ( :>loyees and employers of the var- ^ ous liquor stores throughout the ^ state and contains a provision which 1 ^ is interpreted to mean that in the' < suture all those charged with pub- i ^ ic drunkenness will be tried in Re- j ^ ^order's court at Warrenton rather ^ shan by magistrates and mayors ^ throughout the county. I The store at Littleton, where kin-' ] ship exists between a member of the ABC board and an employee of the store, was stated to be the only one. of the three dispensaries effected by J she new law. There is no kinship' between the manager of the Warrenton ABC store and the chairman of the county board although they married sisters. j The section Of the law pertaining to relationship, said to have been1 made a part of the bill to prevent' any connection whatsoever between the distilleries which sell the whiskey and the men who buy it and sell it for the county, reads as fol- 1 lows: "That no person shall be appoint-' ed a member of either the State! Board or of any County Board who' shall be a stockholder in any brewery or the owner of any interest therein in any manner whatsoever, or interested therein directly or indirectly, or who is likewise interested in any distillery or other enter-; prise that produces, mixes, bottles or sells alcoholic beverages, or who is related to any person likewise interested or associated in business with any person likewise interested and neither of the said Boards shall * ? . ? i _ i _ 3- C., Mrs. P. J. conoon 01 suiioik, /a., Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Watson of c Snfield. Miss Mary Hilliard Hinton c )f Raleigh, Mrs. Sprague Silver of t Raleigh, Mr. Edward Peoples of Ox- t 'ord. and Mr. Charlie Eppes of ^ Henderson. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. s Watson, who were in Florida at the I ;ime of the death of Mr. Watson, I ivere also here for the funeral, rhey returned to Florida Monday f light- c employ any person wno is reiaiea vj any member of the employing board * (Continued on page 8) : t W. R. Watson Is ! j Buried At Fairview i Final rites for William Randolph t Watson of Darlington, S. C-, a na- < tive of Warren county, were held at 1 Fairview cemetery on Sunday after- t noon at 4:30 o'clock with the Rev. J. R. Jenkins, pastor of the Presby- ( terian churches at Warrenton and s Littleton, in charge. I Prior to the arrival of the body t here on Sunday afternoon, funeral j services were conducted from the { borne at Darlington- i ^ Mr. Watson, who was engaged in \ she tobacco business most of his life. c lied in a hospital in Florence, S. C., i 3n Saturday afternoon after being ] in declining health for some time.1 ( Re was 78 years of age. I . The deceased, who was born in , this county on August 29, 1859, was j the son of the late Lewis N. Watson ? and Anna Crichton Watson. His . boyhood days were spent on the ^ "arm, but as he grew into manhood < he went to Ridgeway and accepted ' a job as clerk for Captain Moore. Leaving the mercantile business, MrWatson returned to the farm where' he remained for one year and then ( moved to Henderson where he was ' engaged in the banking business for 1 firm reave TTr? thpn P{JTTIP f",0 * AUVUV l/W \J jctwo. __ Warrenton and entered the tobacco business under the firm name of R. B. Boyd and W- R. Watson- He remained in this line of business ;he rest of his life, although making his home in Darlington, S. C., I for the latter years of his life. I Surviving are two sons and one. laughter: David Lewis of Asheville i ind Major William R. of Brooklyn, j NT. Y., and Miss Mary Hinton Watson of Darlington, S. C. He also leaves three brothers and three sisiers: R. T- and W- J. Watson of Warrenton and Ivey Watson of EnField; Mrs- W. A. Burwell and Miss ( Sallie C. Watson of Warrenton and Mrs. P. J. Cohoon of Suffolk. His ivife, who was formerly Miss Jennie Hinton of Raleigh, preceded him to ;he grave. Among those from out-of-town liere for the funeral were Major W. R. Watson of Brooklyn, N. Y., Mr. George Patton of Darlington. 3. C., Mrs. Copeland of Darlington, imn ARREN, N. C. FRIDAY COUNTY BOART IN LONG SESSION Variety of Matters Presented To Commissioners In Session Here Monday SCHOOL MATTERS HEARD Members of the Board of County Commissioners had a long and tirng day on Monday when in addiion to their regular duties they ap?inted tax listers for the year 1937, selected men from various townships to revalue property in Warren :ounty, made recommendations to ;he State Highway and Public Works Commission in regard to vorking two pieces of road, and leard two delegations of negroes ieeking to improve educational fajilities The commissioners also recomnended that the Board of Educa;ion reimburse two persons for the oss of hogs and a turkey, gave their indorsement to a proposed measure ;o place the judge and solicitor of Recorder's court on a salary, and recommended and signed a petition requesting Senator W. W. White of Vance county to kill the bill which s now pending in the Senate to dis;rict Warren county for the purpose of electing members of the Boards of County Commissioners md Education. Discussions pertaining to two legro schools occupied more time of the board than any other one subject. First appeared a delega;ion from Sandy Creek township vith plans for a school building In ;hat community to take care of the oupils who have been taught in the ihurch since their school building vas destroyed by a fire which developed from lightning about a year igo. The old building carried iround $2700 worth of insurance md the negroes had hoped to take ;his money and use it in connec,ion with a WPA project and secure i six-room brick building. To carry out their original plans they find ;hey need around $1500 more dolore qcItpH f.VlP Pfllinfcv t,n ffiVG H1U UXlVi UUlkVVt w??w 0_ , _ shem this sum. The commissioners ;old the delegation to see if they :ould not cut down the size of their puilding and secure a suitable school ;hat would not cost as much money. The second delegation of negroes :ame from the John R. Hawkins school here- They painted a bad picture of sanitary conditions there ind asked the commissioners to appropriate sufficient funds to rem;dy the situation by installing water vorks in the school, which is used py more than 850 pupils. Sanitary :onditions there have previously peen labeled "bad" and "dangerous" py two grand juries and the Board pf Health. The commissioners igreed with the school folks that something would have to be done n the way of improvements and instructed them to secure bids on the :ost of installing water works. At she same time they appropriated 550 to pay for gravel to repair the ? i* i_ i Jriveway leacung into tne ^scnooi grounds. After a letter bearing the names if perhaps 50 taxpayers had been ead requesting that the road leading to Largo pond and serving as a connecting link between the War enton-Louisburg and Warrentonflenderson road be repaired, the commissioners recommended to the 5tate Highway and Public Works Commission that this road, which s used by an estimate of 75 famiies, be worked. The commissioners ilso recommended to the highway commission that a road in River ;ownship, near the L. R. Bobbitt ilace, be worked. The board recommended that J. ?. Williams be paid $10 for two logs killed by dogs and that Panie rones be paid $5 for a turkey killed >y dogs. Sheriff W. J. Pinnell, who is also ax collector, was authorized to nake a daily settlement with the luditor of all funds collected and to ake a receipt therefor. It was after 5 o'clock in the afterloon before the commissioners com:ompleted their duties. EPISCOPAL SERVICES wr?iv mmmnnion will be celebrat ;d at Emmanuel Episcopal church >n Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock, he Rev. B- N. de Foe Wagner, recor, announced this week. The service is changed to this hour, he ;aid, so that all may go to the Methodist church to hear Bishop tern at 11 o'clock. Evening prayer will be held at 3aint Alban's in Littleton at 3:30 I'clock Sunday afternoon. IRprni MARCH 5, 1936 Subscripi ' UPI^ ; ^ BOSTON . . , George Varnoff (above), University of Oregon freshman, pole vaulted 14 ft., 4% inches to break the 14 ft., 4 in. indoor record set by Keith Brown of Yale in 1934. | Bill To Fix Salaries Of Recorder And Solicitor In House A bill to fix the salaries of the judge and solicitor of Warren coun- 1 ty Recorder's court was introduced 1 in the House on Wednesday by ( Representative T. H. Aycock. The j purpose behind this bill is to get away from the fee system for the solicitor and to increase the pay for 1 the judge of the court. i At present the judge of Record- I er's court receives $50.00 per month and the solicitor is paid $5.00 for each conviction which last year numbered 232. Under the new bill j both the judge and the solicitor , will receive $900 a year and the solicitor, in the event he is called on to assist the state solicitor in ( Warren county court, will receive . additional remuneration. Hi UiSUUddiilg 1/11C piupuocu. 11XCO.O- ^ ure with members of the Board of County Commissioners on Monday, J Solicitor Pippen stated that such a bill would mean cojjsiderable less ray for him but that he was opposed to the fee system- "It is rather unpleasant," he said, 'to conscien- ' tiously prosecute a case to the best , of my ability and feel that there are possibly some whc are hearinj , the evidence who feel that I am , prosecuting unduly hard simply to J obtain a conviction in order to get my $5.00.'' Last year the judge and solicitor j received together a total of $1856. , Provided the new bill is passed, the ( two will receive a total of $1800 for their time in Recorder's court, and , the solicitor may pick up some additional money through his assist- , ance to the state solicitor. 1 The bill was given the okeh .-f members of the Board of County CommissionersOld Building Being Rapidly Toirn Down J With a dozen or more men at j ] tvork, rapid progress is being macle I, in tearing down the old Katzen- j, stein building here to make room for a new brick building which is to be erected by A. A Williams and ^ Dr. T. J. Holt and occupied by the i ( Leggett Brothers who recently j bought out the Warrenton Depart- j ment Store. The old Katzenstein building., j which was constructed here more ] than 50 years ago and was perhaps, i the largest frame structure in the < county before it began to be dis- i sected this week, was offered for sale at public auction on Saturday < but the low bids received at this 1 time caused the owners to offer the building in conjunction with an ex- ( cavation project and the contract ' was awarded to C K- Placon and Thomas Connell. Later Messrs. Connell and Placon sold their contract to Pinnell & Finnell who are j at present tearing down the build- ( ?' " 4-T-i o ing. ine mnnen uromeis auiu bllV^ j ? building to Miss Selma Katzenstein ( and after removing it will dig the basement- c 1 JOHN ROUTH MERCER DIES , AT HOME IN ROUHY MOUNT j John Routh Mercer, son of Mrs. i Mary Mercer and the late Dr. W- P. j Mercer, and nephew of Howard FJones of Warrenton, died at his f home in Rocky Mount last night af- j ter being confined to his bed for several weeks. Funeral arrangements had not been completed last night. < ti. ?ice, $1.50 a Year Commissioner All Propei Fax Listers For 1937 Named At Board Meeting Tax listers for 1937. who will bejin their work on April 1, were | ramed as follows by the Board of ( Jounty Commissioners on Monday: River township?Mrs. J. H. Norhington. Sixpound?A. L. Nicholson. Hawtree?J. Russell Ellis. Smith Creek?J. C. Hardy. Nutbush?W- M. Fleming. Sandy Creek?W- E. Turner. Shocco?F. F. Limer. Fishing Creek?R. W. Pittman. Judkins?E. P. Nicholson. Warrenton?J. C- Moore. Fork?B. G. Tharrington. Roanoke?L. W. Kidd. Company B Men ! Win State Indoor Rifle Match Here The State Indoor Rifle Match was held here in the armory of . Company B on Wednesday night with ten men representing military companies in three towns competing for honors, which, according to unoffical sources, went to Warren county boys. In addition to the men who fired, the team coach, the team captain and other officials were here for the match. In competing the men fired from four positions?lying down, sitting, laieeling, standing?and their total icores were add ?d- Private Clarence P. Ridout of Company B led his opponents with a total of 356 points. Cther total scores made by the various men are listed as follows: Sgt. Lee R. Smith, Concord, 355; Capt. C. B. Sturges, Henderson, 353; tiarold R. Skiilman, Warrenton, 353; Dorpl. B. P. Bowling, Warrenton, 151: Sat. W. E- Bryan, Henderson, 350; Pvt. James J. Trull, Concord, 150; Sgt. Jack Walters, Henderson, 143; Sgt. T. McC. Nicholson, Henderson, 343; Sgt. D. M. Mustian, Warrenton, 331. Others present for the shooting ,vere Major J. C. Cooper of Henderson, officer to supervise firing; Capt. J. N. Alston of Concord, team captain; Capt.. C. T. Bowers of Warrenton, team coach; 1st Lieut. G. P. Ritchie of Concord, 1st Lieut. G. H. D'Neil and 1st Sgt- Langley of Henierson. Following the match the men were , served supper at Hotel Warren. Sheriff Finds Booze Hid Inside Wall i Kinton (Bad-eye) Whit, operator if a service station between Norlina ind Ridgeway, was arrested Wed- , lesday by Sheriff W. J. Pinnell and Deputy Roy Shearin on a charge of ; possessing illegal whiskey for sale : if tor they had raided his property . md found several gallons of booze secreted in the wall of the building. , The whiskey was being kept in a ; LO-gallon copper container which . ,vas made to fit between the weath- j nboarding and inside wall of the , milding. The whiskey was poured , nto the container through a spec- ] al type of funnel which could be j nserted through a knothole and ater withdrawn. At the bottom of j .he container was a spigot which i ;ould also be hid from view after j t was used. j The officers also found a number )f empty fruit jars, glasses, fun- < lels and other paraphenalia. Swine Expert To Speak At Wise H. W. Taylor, swine specialist of i ;he North Carolina State College extension service, will hold a swine ( ichool at the Wise Training School : in March 9 at 7:30 o'clock. < Mr. Taylor was in Warrenton j :arly in January and gave this illus- < ;rated lecture to a group of 200 j vhite and negro farmers. At the equest of Prof. G. E. Cheek of the ] IVise Training School, he will re- ! ieat his lecture. 1 A space will be reserved for in- 1 ;erested white persons. They are I nvited to attend. 1 < U. D. C. TO MEET The U- D. C. will meet on Friday, i ifternoon with Mrs- H. A. Moseley- < . I I MOST OF THE NEWS I ALL THE TIME NUMBER 10 . .. s Order i\ rty Revalued Board Says County Not Trying To Increase Nor Decrease Valuations ITT A \Tm TT A TT m-m.-r ? ? - WAiYA VAJL.UUJ5 IJN JL1JNIS Seeking to equalize valuations, the Board of County Commissioners in regular session here on Monday authorized a revaluation of all property in Warren county. The work is to begin on Monday. In discussing the question of revaluation, members of the board said that the county was neither trying to increase nor decrease valuations but was chiefly interested in getting the values in line. At present, they said, some of the valuations appear to be too high and some too low. It has been a number of years since the property in this county das been valued, although the valuation was lowered considerably in 1933 when a horizontal cut of 25 per cent was authorized by the commissioners. . Lawrence Robertson and Bob King were named by the board as a committee to head the revaluation work. They will be paid $5.00 per day, plus 5 cents a mile for one automobile, and will be assisted by one man from each township who is also to receive $5.00 a day for his work. Following are the names of the men selected by the commissioners to assist Messrs. Robertson and King: River?T. C- Alston, Littleton. Sixpound?J- J. Nicholson, Macon, R. F. D. 3. Hawtree?J. Boyd Stegall, Warrenton, R. F. D. 1. Sandy Creek?W. E. Turner, Henderson, R. F. D. 2. Shosco?J. W. Burroughs, Warrenton, R. F. D. 1. Fishing Creek?M. T. Harris. Grove Hill. Judkins?Joe W. Neal, Littleton, R. F. D. Warrenton?Edward Petar, Ridgeway. Smith Creek?S- N. Hawks, Norlina. Nutbush?Jesse L Capps, Manson. Fork?C- H. King, Inez. Roanoke?E. R. Clary, Ebony, Vain the event the men selected by the board are unable to serve, others will be appointed by Auditor T. B. Gardner. Powell Painfully U J. T O 1 F_ll nun in dau ran Register of Deeds Joseph C. Powell suffered a badly sprained leg and a painful injury to his finger on Tuesday afternoon while at Henderson to attend the hearing arranged before Judge Grady to prevent his bonding company from withdrawing from his bond. Entering the court house, Mr. Powell stepped on a broken piece of sidewalk, it was stated, and fell face forward on the pavement, twisting his leg and ankle, which many years ago was badly broken in an automobile accident. After being carried to his car, the door was accidentally slammed on Mr. Powell's finger by one of his attorneys who had gone to the automobile to speak to him. Although' a good portion of the end of one af his fingers was mashed off, he is not expected to lose any part of the finger. At present Mr. Powell is recovering at his home here, but he may be taken to a hospital for Xrays and treatment. He is not expected to be able to return to his office for a week or ten days, Mrs- Powell stated. Bishop Kern To Preach Sunday A union service of the Macon aria Wesley Memorial congregations will be held in the Methodist :hurch here on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock when Bishop Paul B. Kern of Durham is to preach. A cordial Invitation is extended by the Rev. D. I. Hinson to the entire community to hear the Bishop's message. Bishop Kern is in charge of the four Conferences in North and South Carolina, and ranks unusually high in Southern Methodism. His visit here will be the first that has been made by a Methodist Bishop in more than 40 years, it was stated. The Rev. Mr. Hinson will preach at Macon Sunday night at 7:30 a'clock. .