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^CURATE, TERSE timely fepiK XXXVII luLA.CONNELL RigS CHAPEL HILL Vnd Weak Heart |iNERALJ^ TUESDAY cervices for William Allen /erai well known citizen of this f . who died in Chapel Hill on j , night around 9 o'clock, were I :ed from his home near! ton on Tuesday afternoon at I i by the Rev. O. I. Hinson, I e Rev. Dr. J. T. Gibbs anal . r. E- Brickhouse assisting. I ook place in Fairview cem- I came to Mr. Connell in his I r. His health had been on I :ie for some time and fori several weeks he had been I to his home part of thel u an enlargement of thel ; was in Chapel Hill with I iter and son-in-law. Dr. I \V. R. Berryhill, receiving! when he contracted pneu- I eh with his heart trouble his death. lell, the son of ThomasI tli Connell, was born in I ity, near Amos' mill. I young his father pur-| old Alston place in Fork I id the family moved I . He remained in Fork I id the family moved! He remained in Fork J d engaged in farming "" ""hon hp nnrchased thel I in::: xvxo --- * taker farm between Warrenton | [n; warren Plains where he erect|c a modern home and continued to I Althou-h .Mr. Connell was engagI farming practically all of his lie in his latter years he developed a keen interest in politics and frequently made known his views on lanoas candidates and issues of the Bay through contributions to this lu^aper and to the daily papers If the state. I The deceased is survived by his [rife and nine children: W. A. Jr., [Thomas and Hal Connell and Mrs. Claude Bowers of Warrenton, Mrs. RV. R. Berryhill of Chapel Hill, panes Connell of Henderson, Earl ponneli. student at the University pi North Carolina, Miss Ruby Cornell student at the University woman's College at Greensboro, and Major Sam Martin Connell of Mitchell Field. L I. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. A. W. Wilson of . tear Louisburg. Major Connell, who is undergoing treatment in a hospital at Washington, D. C., left his bed to fly here for the funeral but was forced to board his plane and return to Washington late Tuesday Mterncon to continue the treatment he is receiving in the hospital. Pallbearers were HiiPh Holt. Henry Shearin, T. B. Creech, Frank | Gi'obs, Arthur Rodwell and Edward j Hooker Jr. Flowers were handled by members of the Warrenton Gar ?:'. Club. Among those from distanct places attending the final rites were Mr. and Mrs R. w. Underwood of Durham; Mr. and Mrs. Will SoutherBland, Misses Alice Robinson. Jen rae Dunn and H. M. Robinson and Oscar Falkener of Henderson; Mr. and Mrs. E. s. Paddison, Mrs. Eve w Harlow and Pell Batchelor of Nashville; Miss Helen Esterbrook of Raleigh; Wiley and Watson Bowers of Littleton; Air. and Mrs- Han ^u of Greensboro; Mesdames A. ^ ar.d Eugene Wilson, Mr. and iIS Aiex Wilson, and Miss ElizaBp and Mr. Jordan Wilson of ^ puisburg; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Kim- . >lof Alanson; Airs. A. P. Paschall, 'P Willie Robinson, June Row and Edwin Fleming of Mid of h Mr' ancl Mrs" Leon Frazier .-^t-nderson; and an unusually! ^ number of r.prsnnc frmvi +V?o , I ?-rounding towns throughout the ^ i accepts position 1 'Ir W. B. Webb, former sales , anager with the Chevrolet dealers , V1 Gr?nsboro, N. C? has accepted | B Position as sales manager witn j B * Scogein Motor Company. Mr. Mrs. Webb will make their B??e 'n Warrenton. polk spe vks in florida Mayor and Mrs. William T- Polk Wednesday night for Miami, | ia. where Mr. Polk, one of the, t,ates foremost public library en-1 blasts, will speak at a library feting. \ j? Two Vance Men Under Bond On Forgery Charg< Charged with forging checks o the Citizens Bank and Trust Com pany of Henderson, two Vane county men, Dan Hill Weldon an Charles Hunt, were given a hearin here last Friday afternoon an bound over to Superior court undt bonds of $1,000 each. The checl were cashed at the Citizens Bank ( Warrenton in January. Dan Hill Weldon is alleged t have forgecl the name of A. E. Haye a fictitious person, on a $475 checl and Charles Hunt is charged wit using the fictictious name of S- 1 Young on a $352 check. At the hearing here last Frida afternoon the case was prosecute by Polk & Gibbs of Warrenton, an Zollicoffer & Zollicoffer of Weldo represented the defendants. Warren Dogs To Be Vaccinated Against Rabie Complying with the law passe by the legislature two years ag< Rabies Inspectors in Warren cour ty will begin their job of vaccinat ing dogs to prevent hydrophobia th first of next month. Th ework ] expected to last for several weeks, The law, which was passed fol lowing an unusually large crop c maddogs in 1934 and '35, stipulate that all dogs over six months, c age must be vaccinated again* rabies. Last year and year befoi several thousand canines in Wax ren county were given the treat ment. When the dogs are brought t certain places throughout tb county designated as a place fc giving the treatment by the inspec tors, a charge of 50c is made fc each animal vaccinated. Whe special trips have to be made t rpnrh thp rincrc thp ireiwtni charge 75c. A credit of 50c if; al lowed those who have had their dog vaccinated when they pay thei county taxes. Polk Discusses Court Change By WILLIAM T. POLK An attempt is being made in th debate on the Supreme Court pro posal to make it appear that it i a fight between the people and th President on the one hand an "economic royalists," "defeatist law yers," "creatures of entrenche greed," and the Supreme Court o the other. Is the Supreme Court really th enemy of the weak and the poor Ask the defendants in the Scotts boro cases. They are alive toda Unnnnen if fOOmO/i f fV?0 Rll Kjmy uciauoc xu ottuxuu w vnv *_?v. preme Court that their rights unde the Constitution had not been pre served to them in their trials. Ask those Southerners who knoi the history of Reconstruction in th South. After the Civil War, a Re publican congress went in by landslide and proceeded to pass Re construction Acts taking from th white people of the South thei rights, liberities and property. Th Supreme Court indicated that i would declare such acts unconsti tutional- An uproar ensued. I was suggested that Congress pass law that the Supreme Court coul not declare an act of Congress un constitutional except by a two thirds majority. It was suggeste that Congress pack the Court b adding new blood to the judiciar to carry out the mandate of th people. Congress finally by hoo and crook prevented the Suprem Court from passing on the const) tutionality of the Reconstructio Acts at all, and the result was tha martial law violation of the Sout which was worse than war be which was in accord with the wi of the nation as expressed throug its elected representatives. The truth is that the Constitu tion, interpreted by an independer judiciary, is in time of need th best if not the only safeguard tha the citizen, black or white, Jew o Gentile, whether he be a minorit of one or a minority of a millioi has against the abuse of power b a majority in the government sad die. There is a world-wide desire fc economic security rather than civ liberty. It is understandable. Br it is easy to lose both. The Amer ican people should think a Ion time before they give up their Con stitutlonal birthright for a mess i (Continued on Page 8) to II, WARRENTON, COUNTY OF ^ Young Angler ^ ^ s CATA^INJ Cal^if. . Charles Thompson Is pondering d If Jonah might have been swal3 lowed by this 1.7-lb. rock cod. ' Usually they run around one-half 1_ tw two pounds in weight) but Charles'"fish is nearly as big as ie he is. Is j_ Advance Ticket >f Sale Auto Show ] Ends March 27th t e The advance sale of tickets to the Lions Club Auto Show and Merchants Exposition, which is to be held in Boyd's warehouse at Warrenton from March 29 to April 3, O - ? . . . -1- i. 0*7 will close tsaruraay mgiiu ivxaiui ? , and those not holding these tickets will find it necessary to pay the adj ditional cost during the period of n the show, A- T. Grey, manager, stated this week in urging supporters of the Exposition to purchase their tickets early. s Mr. Grey said that performers jj. who excell in their field had been secured for the Exposition and that every one who entered the warehouse during the show could be assured of a full evening of enter3 tainment- Amohg the attractions of the week are: A speech by United States Senator Bob Reynolds, a. e troupe of profesional entertainers, a public wedding, square dance, s round dance by the music by Jimmy e Poyner, and the coronation of the d queen of the show, the presentation _ of prizes, a negro dance for the d firemen, with the music of Georgia a White, blues singer, and her 14 piece recording orchestra. At Dresent a crew of talented C | A ? decorators are busily engaged in decorating the warehouse to give it y a gay and carnival atmosphere. r DARDANELLA" FAMOUS SHOW WILL THRILL VISITORS By A. T. GREY, v Auto Show Manager e The Lions Auto Show, which will be held in Warrenton on the week a commencing March 29, after seeking the best talent in the country, e | has eng;aged the famous "Dardanelr la's Vaudeville on Parade" company e which was the sensation of the Florida State fair at Tampa and which has played all the hot spots t in Florida during the winter seaa sond This aggregation of outstanding - artists features the first and forei_ most acrobatic dancer in the cound try, Little Dardanella, who is the y only acrobatic star leading her own y orchestra. Her act is not the usual e | twists and bends associated with * ? * * 1 JL 1 _ if | tnis type 01 dancing, dul i? a, rcai e' sensation which has thrilled winter _ | visitors in the sunny south during n the past season. Ripley cartooned an acrobatic dancer who was able ft to stand with her feet on her head Lt as one of the wonders of the world, 11 but Dardanella out Ripleys Ripley h by doing a tap dance with her feet on her back, a feat never even attempted by another dancer in the tt world. ie Ross Lewis and the three Grimes it sisters, famous radio and stage ir stars, will present the same feature y | act which has made them familiar 1,1 to the radio listerners of the nation y and which was a major act of the Florida State Fsir show. La Costa and Loleta, an internatir ionally famous dance team which is il now touring this country with Darit danella's Vaudeville on Parade com - pany after playing the capital cities g of the continent including London, i- Paris and Berlin, will present their >f | famous bolero dance of almost un(Continued on Pago 8) arrett SVARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, MAJ FISHELISNAMED= SEED LOAN AGENT Succeeds J. C. Howard Who Has Been Transferred To Person County OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE Harry Fishel of Vaughan, who was appointed several weeks ago to succeed J. C. Howard as Field Supervisor of sppri T^ians for Warren county, received confirmation of his ap;x)intment Wednesday from Washington. He had previously received notice of his appointment from the head office at Columbia, S. C., and several weeks ago assumed his new dutiesMr. Howard, who was Field Supervisor of Warren and several other counties in this district for several years, has been transferred to Roxboro where he is in charge of the oflce serving Person and Caswell counties. Last year the local office made loans amounting to approximately $100,000 to distressed farmers who turned to the government for financial backing for their crops, it was stated. This year the office is making about the same amount of loans but the rush has not been as great as it was last year due to the fact that the work of receiving applications started earlier this year than usual, it was said. Mr. Fishel's office is in the court house, the same place that was formerly used by Mr. Howard, and he has as his assistant Mrs. Thomas Connell. Coroner Receives $25 Month Under Legislative Act The bill ftitroduced in the House recently by Representative Aycock to place the coroner of Warren county on a salary passed the Sen 'ate on We&nesday. Under the new Iftw, the coroner will be paid $25.00 per month and receive 5c per mile for his automobile trips when he is called to investigate deaths. Heretofore, he was paid a certain sum for each investigation he madeSeven Minister To Take Part In Service Seven ministers of the gospel, ini eluding the Rev. J. M. Ormond of Duke University, will take part in the services which are to be held in Emmanuel Episcopal Church at Warrenton on Good Friday, the Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner, rector, announced this week. The service, which is based on "The Words of the Passion and The World's Problems," begins at 12 o'clock noon and lasts until 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Those who are unable to attend all of the periods | of meditation are requested to with1 draw during the singing of a hymnFollowing is the schedule which has been arranged for the occasion: 1. The Problem of the Past?S Luke 23:24, Rev. J. M. Ormond, D. D., Professor Duke University. 2. The Problem of the Future?S. Luke 23:43, Rev. O. I. Hinson. 3- The Problem of Relationship? S- John 18:23, Rev. W. C. Wilson. 4. The Problem of Evil?S. Matthew 27:46, Rev. R. E- Brickhouse. 5. The Problem of Pain?S. John 19:28, Rev- B. N. de Foe Wagner. 6. The Problem of Work?S- John 19:30, Rev. L. C. Brothers7. The Problem of Life?S. Luke i23:46. Rev. C. R. Jenkins. The Rev. Mr. Wagner also announced the following services for Palm Sunday and Holy Week: Emmanuel Church?Palm Sunday 9:30 a. m. (Procession of Palms); Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 5 p. m., Evening Prayer; Maundy Thursday, 8 p. m-, Annual Service of Preparation; Good Friday, 12 to 3 p- m., Meditation on the Seven Last Words on the Cross; Easter Day, 11 a. m., Holy Communion, 4 p. m., Church School Vespers and Presentation of Lenten Offering. Saint Alban's?Palm Sunday, 11 a. m., Holy Communion; Good Friday, 8 p. m.; Easter Day, 3:30 p. m., Evening Prayer. Good Shepherd?Palm Sunday, 4 p. m., Evening Prayer; Good Friday, 10 a. m.; Easter Day, 9 a. m., Holy Communion. Mr. Gas Currin has returned to his home at Norlina R. F. D? after undergoing an apendicitis operation in a Richmond hospital. Emu ftCH 19, 1937 Subscription] ? n. t T~~ , ? j Labor Peacemaker - O.J W n< N ai Ji* m ti PITTSBURGH, Pa. . . . Mrs. My- gl ron Taylor, wife of the chairman w of}he U. S. Steel Corporation, Is hi credited with paving the. way for b] negotiations which led to^ an agreement between the steel cojr- ^ poratiou and Crt.Q.f ? Six Defendants f Face Rodwell In Recorder's Court J h Two white men and four negroes c< faced trial in Recorder's court Mon- ti day morning on charges of public a drunkeness. speeding and delaying n officers in the performance of their ir duties. fi The whiskey charges which came p into Recorder's court under a pro- a vision of the newly enacted state- a wide whiskey law which removes n such cases from the jurisdiction of mayors and magistrates revealed a L considerable increase in court costs h for this offense. Three men?John 5 Powell, Dave Evans and Gilford c< Brown, the latter a negro?were IV tried on this charge and each of It them was fined $5.00 and taxed with court costs, which in each b case amounted to approximately it $2500. Powell's fine and costs si totaled $27.20. H Found guilty of delaying officers 1{ who were making a search for s' liquor, Robert Arrington, negro, was a fined $10 and taxed with court i1 costs. a Curtis Clanton, negro, was fined sJ $10 and costs when convicted on a charge of exceeding the speed ^ limit. Raymond Boone and Edward k Johnson, also negroes, faced similar tJ charges and received suspended w judgments on the condition that ri thev Dav the court costs. a A case against Rodger Wilson, Ci charged with assault on a female, Cl was continued until March 29 un- " der bond of $100.00. t< Macon Juniors To ? Present 'The Wren' i* The Junior Class of the Macon J High School will present "The Wren," a royalty play, March 25The characters are: Robert Danna, the Soldier, Gordon Young; Jane Danna, the J "Wren," Margaret Loyd; Sarah n Woodston, Jane's friend, Anna E. tl Gardner; Donald Drew, . another e friend, William Rodwell; Mammy, a That's All, Estelle Robertson; Mrs- h Harriet Greenston, a business tl woman, Laura E. Gardner; Reginald ii Greenston, her spoiled boy, Joe ji Ross; Mrs. Cecelia Danna Fords- t] ton, Jane's Aunt Ruth Crissman; Corinne Fordston, Jane's cousin, o Mabel Duke; Binkie, Mrs. Ford- v, ston's maid, Virginia Duke; Rodney e Blake Sr., a foster father; Mrs. Rod- li ney Blake, a foster mother; Ford- b ney Blake Jr., an adopted son, Joseph Daniels; Judge Gray, a lawyer, Raymond Harris Jr. The proeeeds will go for their h trip to Washington, D- C. d IV HURT IN WRECK V Robert Moss, negro, received in- E juries which necessitated his re- a maining in Jubilee Hospital at o Henderson for two days on Sunday n when the car he was driving was w in a head-on collision with a car v, being operated between Manson ri and Drewry by Woodrow Bolton of g near Warren Plains- E Neither James Rivers, who was o] riding with Mr. Bolton, nor John a: Plummer, who was traveling with tl Moss, was injured. Both cars were ft reported to have been badly dam- Ji aged. Ji Moss and Plummer are negroes of Vance county and Bolton and Rivers are white men of near Warren Plains. O M MASSENBURGS RETURN m Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Massenburg 2' and Miss Sarah Blount Massenburg N returned to Warrenton yesterday tl after spending the winter months in jc Florida. # b< il ? ? ^sS \ \bv?vV Price, $1.50 a . ***** ilick Mustian Is Seriously Hurt In Automobile Wreck Nick Mustian, salesman for the rnrrpntnn Ornrprv Comnanv. was iriously injured yesterday morning ; 11:10 o'clock between Ridge way id Manson on U. S. Highway No. when the Plymouth Coupe he was aveling south in was in collision ith a Ford Coupe being operated irth by Frank L. Wise of Carmel, . Y. Mr- Carmel was badly shaken id received a few cuts but his iniries were regarded as being of a linor nature. Following the accident Mr. Musan was picked up by a Miss Gallalan, a trained nurse of New York ho was en route to the home of er parents in Southern Pines, and fought to Warrenton where he was iven first aid treatment by Dr. W. >. Rodgers before being carried to ark View Hospital, Rocky Mount, 1 the ambulance of the Blaylock uneral Home here. The extent of Mr. Mustian's inlries are not known here, but it as feared when he reached the ospital thac he was suffering from incussion of the brain or a fracired skull. From the time of the ccident until he reached the hosital he was either unconscious or 1 a coma and had not quieted suf cientiy lor doctors to make a comlete diagnosis of his case when the mbulance returned to Warrenton round 2 o'clock yesterday afteroon. Miss Callaghan and Norman ovell accompanied Mr. Blaylock on is drive in the ambulance to iocky Mount. Claude Bowers, acompanied by Mrs. Mustian, Miss lary Terrell and Ed Overby, fol>wed them in an automobile. Blame for the accident had not een definitely attached, so far as ; could be learned from the leriff's office yesterday afternoon, t was stated, however, that the ;ft front of Mr. Mustian's car truck the left rear of Mr. Wise's utomobile and that the two veicles stopped about fifteen steps part with both cars on the south ide of the road. Two of the eight or ten beagle ounds Mr. Wise had with him were illed in the crash. It was stated lat he had been spending two reeks near Charlotte and was en oute to his home in New York to ttend his mother's funeral. He ame here to Hotel Warren to reover from his injuries while maklg preparations to continue his trip j New York. Both cars were badly damaged, t was estimated that it would cost etween four and five hundred doltrs to repair each vehicle. Vfton Junior Order Sponsors Minstrel The Afton-Elberon Council of the unior Order will sponsor a negro linstrel which will be presented at be Afton-Elberon School on Friday vening, March 19. This minstrel fterpiece, "Good Mornin' Judge," as as its setting a court room, and tie comedy of the play is exhibited i the ludicrous dispensation of ustice to the guilty as well as to tie innocent. The performance begins at 3 'clock, but it is expected that there 111 be a musical band present to ntertah^ early arrivers. The pubc is cordially invited- There will e a small admission charge. BETA CLUB MEETS The Beta Club of the John Graam High School met on Wednes-j ay evening in the home of Mr. and Irs. J. G. Williams with Miss Jean Villiams, Stanley Shearin, Elmer roi-rio onrl T?alr>h Williams as hosts ! nd hostess. A green and yellow olor motif was carried out in the efreshments. An Easter program ras rendered. Songs and poems 'ere read by Ralph Williams; a eading on the Crucifixion was iven by Billy Peete; and Miss lorothy Burroughs read the orign f the Easter festival. There were round sixteen present including le three following special guests: liss Huldah Nobles and Messrs. ohn Williams and T. R. Frazier r. of State College, Raleigh. CHARTER MEMBER NIGHT The Norlina Council of the Junior rder, No. 137, will hold a "Charter [ember Night" at their regular leeting next Monday night, March \ announcement was made from orlina this week with the request lat all members be present to eniy the special program which has ;en arranged. MOST OF THE NEWS W* TIME rv>. 1 ^ NUMBER 12 SOIL CHECKS ARRIVE HERE Nearly $100,000 Paid Warren Farmers For Soil Conservation a nnnst ta rttstimf.ss XX UV/Vk/A -M. V Soil Conservation checks aggregating $99,661.66 have been received in County Agent Bob Bright's office and are at present being turned over to farmers who participated in the government's agricultural program to improve soil and curtail the production of cash crops. As the checks are being received here notices of their arrival are being mailed out to the owners who are responding immediately with a visit to the county agent's officeAround $9,000 of the $99,651.86 which has been received here in the form of Soil Conservation checks came shortly before Christmas and the other $90,65166 reached here a few days ago, Mr. Bright said. He also stated that farmers of this county are due about $75,000 more, or a total of around $175,000 under the program. The checks represent payment to approximately 1400 farmers. The influx of the large sum of money here has not only caused the office of the county agent to be swamped with claimants but has also caused additional work on bank employees where the checks are be ing cashed and have given some increase to trade. Some of the money, it was stated, is being applied on government loans, a part of it is being deposited, and some of it is being spent and applied on other types of loans. Six Escape Injury As Leach Car Is Struck Six patients en route to Durham in Miss Lucy Leach's automobile to attend a clinic at Duke Hospital escaped injury on Wednesday at noon when the car was struck about six miles south of Durham by a truck, which was said to have been stolen by two negroes. Miss Leach was not in the car. The patients were being carried to Durham by Miss Mildred Frazier, assistant welfare worker, and the car was being driven by Dan Green. Although no one was injured, the car of the welfare officer was badly damaged. Two Neeroea Held On Robbery Charge Two negroes, William Boyd and James Hawkins, are reported to have confessed to breaking into Tarwater's warehouse on Saturday night around 8:30 o'clock and stealing two or three bales of hay and are now being held in the county jail to await trial at the May term of Superior court on charges of breaking, entering and larceny. Nothing other than hay was reported to have been stolen from the warehouseLittleton Charge Services Changed The services on the Littleton Methodist Charge for Sunday. March 21, have been reversed due 4-r\ fv?/a fV?of. thA Spnnnri Qn&r WW WiiV AUVV V4MV VMV ? ~v terly Conference will be held at Bethel Church, Airlie, on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the Rev. WT. Phipps announced this week. The service at Calvary church will be held at 11 o'clock in the morning instead of 3 o'clock in the afternoon, he saidThe Presiding Elder, Dr. J. M. Culbreth of Rocky Mount, will preach at Bethel before opening I the conference, which is expected to be attended by a large number of officials and others from Littleton and Calvary, the minister stated. FIRE DESTROYS HOME Fire of unknown orign completely destroyed the home and household goods of Thomas Pinnell, son cf Sheriff W- J. Pinnell, in the AftonElberon neighborhood on Saturday morning around 2:30 o'clock. The blaze was first discovered in the kitchen ceiling. The home carried only a small amount of insurance. Mr. Walter Davis and family of Cyayton spent the week end here with Mr. Davis' mother, Mrs. W. JDavis. Mr. Bart Burgwyn of Jackson was a visitor here yesterday.