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t H si |S c 1 ute, TERSE m timely ,tvxxxvii iiia oKSTj I htMiV BILLS' E mre Ends Session On! 5day; Shortest One In j Number Of Years I SjiiiER never TARDY ^ .^11 bills, thirteen of which af-1 V-jrreii county alone, were in- { - in the House by Represent- I (.litw ? 1 H- Aycock during ine past i ' 0f the General Assembly "adjourned on Tuesday after I ,'jjj session for exactly eleven! 1 ten's representative also in- J !lCj two state-wide measures, j : which was written into law, I as one of tiie sponsors of two I bus pertaining to the whole J ;h Carolina. I nenting on the recent ses-1 the legislature, Mr- Aycock I t lie endeavored to represent J to the best of his ability, 1 sought after no "spite" leg- I that lie introduced bills I ie majority of the people, he could ascertain, seemed tnd tiiat he rushed through aider suspension of rules, tated that he missed only! n of the General Assemlat he was not late for a ting. h uuuunig the measure to pay H2.000 to the estate of S. W. PinBMc who was fatally shot on May IH. lO. by John ' Buddy" Macon, Begro. when he went to the home Bf Baidy" .Mitchell with his brothB Deputy Robert Pinnell, to arrest Bin for Franklin county authorities, Bhe local measures introduced by Bepresentative Aycock will cost this Bmntv aDproximately $1,300 an Raiy. which represents close to a o cents increase in the countyRr.ce tax rate The local bills and the Rate-vide measures, such as Social Hecuritv Act. together will cause Rbont a 10 per cent increase in the Rax rate next year, it has been estiHurec Last year the county-wide Rax rate w as lowered 10 per cent. R The bill to compensate Mrs. Hlacy Pnagen, formerly Mrs. Sam Rimeli, for' the death of her husRand while on duty stipulates that Rhe is to receive $500 on April 1, Rs3i, $500 on December 1, $500 on iContinued on Page 5) RBobbitt's Dog Wins At Virginia Meet R A bird dog belonging to Louis M Bobbitt of Winston-Salem, son of Richer Bobbitt of Macon and brother of Cliff Bobbitt of WarrenRon. is now quail champion of the Rmateur Field Trial Clubs of coveted title was won by Mr. Bobbitt's dog at a field meet held this month at Camp Lee, Virginia, Rktch is described as follows by Jimmy Jones, sports editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch: By JIMMY JONES Times-Dispatch Sports Editor Sports Peerless Pride, handsome Bblack and white 3-year-old setter, belonging to Louis M. Bobbitt, the Winston-Salem druggist, is the 1937 1 Quail champion of the Amateur field Trial Clubs of America. I The husky and stylish offspring of I Sports Peerless and Gore's Blue I Bonnie won this coveted honor of tCon.inued on Page 8) Warrenton Girl Is I Officer U. N.C. Club I Miss Elizabeth Taylor of Warren wn, daughter of Dr. W. W Taylor. a student at Chapel Hill, has j ? elected vice-president of the ! fining Democratic Club of the Uni J^y North Carolina which on I ^usday adopted resolutions de ,,'orir,= the organization recently of l?e Roosevelt for King Club" at Bis'6 ^'Versity ?t Virginia, where it ? >uung Franklin D. Roose '* Jr. has leased a house and is ' Paring to matriculate in the law j -hserting that the anti-Virginia j Solutions were adopted "in a spirit j ?faU seriousness" J. C. B. Ehring-; ^ Jr., a University law student ' son of a iormer governor, who j ^miring president of the Young1 ^siocratic Club, declared that, studied facetiousness as we I m this Virginia attitude smacks sarcasm and haughtiness." I We ar? not going to be pre1 ij^ Pti?us enough to invite FrankI Roosevelt Jr. to come to our law I c ??1. as much as we would like I 'Continued on Page 8) AUTOMOB 01 WAB Believe Taylor building Will Be Soon Condemned The Taylor building on the corner at the stop light in the heart of Warrenton, around which a controversy has centered since the old frame structure was partly gutted by fire last summer, is expected to Ho nnnrlomorl oc o -fir?o ho7or^ nrifVi WV VWilUVlliVU UU c* All W imuuiu WAVAA in the next tew days. State Fire' Marshall Sherwood Brockwell visited Warrenton and inspected the building a few days ago at the request of the Board of Town Commissioners and he is reported to have stated that the fire laws of the state did not permit such a building as the Taylor building to stand, within the city Emits of a town, surrounded by other property- When he left Warrenton after looking; over the structure MrBrockwell announced his intentions of writing Chief of Police Lee Wilson authority to condemn the building, and the officer is expecting the letter on each mail. On the same day the building was partially destroyed by flames the Standard Oil Co. secured a lease on the property to erect a service station. Opposition developed to a service station on the corner, but permission was finally granted after considerable bickering and several public hearings on the matter. But after hurtling the opposition to a service station on the cbrner lot, the Standard Oil Company was confronted with the problem of getting the proprietors of the Puritan Cafe, who have a lease of several years on part of the building which was not ruined by the fire, to move to other quarters in order that the entire building might be torn down. The cafe owners claimed that they had spent a considerable amount of money in making improvements in their business establishment, that they were well satisfied with their location, that it would cost them money to move and. therefore, they were going to stand on their rights unless the oil company was willing to pay them a stipulated sum of money, said to be several thousand dollars. The oil company failed to meet their de(Continued on Page 5) Methodist Revival To Close Sunday Revival services which have been conducted throughout the week at the Methodist Church with Dr. JM Orinond of Duke University in charge will come to a close with the Easter service on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. There will be a service this morning and again this evening. Although the meeting has not been as well attended as some of the church leaders had hoped for, those who have heard Dr. Ormond have expressed themselves as being highly p..eased with the messages that the minister has brought to Warrenton. Shortage Of Farm Labor In Warren There appears to be a shortage of farm labor in this county at present due to the fact that many of those who formerly tilled the soil have gone to a neighboring county to accept work on WPA projects, Miss Lucy Leach, county welfare officer, stated yesterday in requesting farmers who want work to apply to her office. "We have several calls from farmers who want farm labor and can place either a single man or a family," she said. The welfare officer also attached 1 -- -o- - c ? Uow nnll fnr holr> a note in auviuc iu uu ..wr. She said: "We certainly think it best for every one who can get regular employment on a farm to take this work in preference to work on any Federal project." 1936 Cotton Crop Slightly Less '35 Warren county's cotton crop in 1936 was practically as good as the crop produced in 1935, the figures of Ben jamin G. Tharrington, special agent for the census bureau of the Department of Commerce, indicate. Mr- Tharrington's report shows that there were 12,215 bales of cotton ginned, or ready to be ginned, in Warren county from the crop of 1936 prior to March 1 as compared with 12,375 bales ginned to March 1 from the crop of 1935. Last year's crop was regarded as being unusually short ILE SHOW IIP 3ft IRENTON, COUNTY OF WA1 ^, Editoriar.^ of SCARSDALE N. Y. . . . Carl Liml and publisher of the Scarsdale Ea 'on a paying basis for the last yeai the compositor; James Duff, right, h The plant's headquarters takes up bacher home.' Carter Williams Submits To Arrest /-v *-? 1 />11 Un Bank i^narge Richmond, Va., Mch. 22.?Carter N. Williams Jr., prominent in business circles here, voluntarily submitted to arrest here today on a warrant charging him with being a fugitive from justice from Warren1 County, N. C- He was admitted to bail in the sum of $1,000. Williams has declared he is entirely innocent of any wrong doing in connection with the closing Bank of Warren, of which he was president. The charges against him in North Carolina are in connection with the closing of the institution. ( \ Lawyers Inconsistent In Court Opposition HOWARD F. JONES SR. In The News and Observer To the Editor: One of the surprising and inconsistent things in the debate on the President's plan' to increase the membership of the | Supreme Court is the sing-song assertion that "he wants to pack the i rvnirf," bv members of the legal fraternity. There is an old adage that "he who lives in a glass house should not throw stones " I never quarrel with a man about his politics or religion?under the Constitution he has a right to his own views. I never quarrel with a lawyer in his right to serye his client by poring over the jury list with the view of standing aside men he knows do not like him or his client, in the hope that he might draw from the body of citizens an unprejudiced man, I (Continued on page 8) Good Friday Service At Episcopal Church i i From 12 o'clock noon until 3 3 o'clock this afternoon Good Friday services will be held in Emmanuel Episcopal Church with seven ministers taking part in the program which is based on "The - ? ? rpn Words of Passion ana ine wunuoj Problems," the Rev- B. N. de Foe l Wagner, rector, reminded yesterday.! He also renewed his invitation to | the public to attend the service, and requested that all those who are unable to attend all the periods of meditation to withdraw during the singing of a hymn. Easter Services will be held at Emmanuel church on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock; at Good Shepherd Ridgeway, on Sunday j morning at 9 o'clock, and at Saint Alban's, Littleton, on Sunday af-1 ternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The sacrament of the Holy Communion will be observed at the services at Littleton and Warrenton on Sunday. Church School Vespers and Presentation of the Lenten offering will be observed at Emmanuel church on Sunday afternoon at 4 p. mDr and Mrs. Horace Palmer of Littleton, Mr. and Mrs. Wharton Moore of Durham and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Blantley of Henderson are guests of Mrs. N. M. Palmer who is ill with 'flu. Master John Garrett, grandson of Mrs- Palmer, is also ill with 'flu. OPENS H irmt ilREN, N. C. FRIDAY, MAR arsdale Eagle News : r*5?fpT,J bacher, Jr., 12. years old, is editor gle News, published monthly and . Peter Conese (standing left) is landles sports and writes a column, most of the basement of the Limtiarold Cooiey May Ue Guest At Automobile Show The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Lions Club will be helc Monday night in Hotel Warren ai o o'clock rather than tonight at ' o'clock in order that Senator R. R Reynolds, who is to open the Automobile Show and Merchants Exposition on Monday night with ? speech, may meet with the club a' this time. Senator Reynolds will have witl * * ? - - 1 1* T TTl 1\ nM mm nis secretary, w- cj. nauuuucuu and it is expected that they will b( accompanied to Warrenton by Congressman Harold Cooley of Nash ville, who will also be guests of th< club. A letter received this week by ? Warrentonian on another matter 01 business from Senator Reynold; stated that he would be accompanied here by the Nashville Representative who has expressed the desire to attend the Exposition in th( role of spectator. Whether he wil make any remarks at the show i; not known. Contest Winner To Be Named Fridaj The winner of the contest among more than a dozen young ladies t( determine through the sale of tickets who shall be crowned queen o; the ball to be held at Boyd's warehouse tonight week as a part of the entertainment provided by the Au tomobile Show and Merchants Exposition which opens on Monda; night is not expected to be announced until next Friday night. In the meantime, the varioui candidates for the honor are busil; engaged in disposing of tickets t< the Exposition and dance in an effort to build up a substantial leac that will not be overcome at th? iacf few hours of the race. 1HUV *v?? ? Each of the contestants receivi 100 votes for each ticket sold dur ing the week and 200 votes fo; those which are sold on Saturday The tickets to the dance are wortl 2.000 votes each to the contestants The race ends Saturday nigh with the close of the sale of advanci tickets but the number of votes se cured by the various candidate; will be withheld until next week. The rating of those who had re ceived as many as 10,000 votes ui until yesterday is given as follows Miss Dorothy Parker 16,801 Miss Elizabeth Boyce 82,40< Miss Elba McGowan 69,501 Miss Doris Pinnell 20,701 Miss Frances Reid 15,101 Miss Katherine Bell 33,40< Miss Mattie W. Blalock 34,80< Miss Hilda Overby 17,20< Miss Nan Hawks 45,80( Miss Clara Dell Vaughan 80.50C Miss Dorothy Thompson 35,401 McGUIRE THANKS MERCHANTf "I wish to thank the merchant; a million times for the wholehearted cooperation they gave me in the sale of booths for the Automobile Show and Merchants' Exposition,' M. C. McGuire, who was in charge of this part of the work, stated thie week in asking that this newspapei voice his appreciation to the public. ? ERE MONDi foroi CH 26, 1937 Subscripts rttAV 1 1XNMT COUNT! COURT Day And A Half Required To Dispose of 16 Cases Before Judge Rodwell AIR OF SUPERIOR COURT A day and a half was required to dispose of the heavy docket which was presented by Solicitor Joseph P. Pippen before Judge T. O. Rodwell in Recorder's court this week. Judge Rod well laid aside his gavel on Tuesday at noon after hearing evidence in sixteen of the eighteen cases which were booked for trial this week. The other two indictments were continued. The unusually large court this week was due to the fact that it (Continued on Page 8f Stores Expected To Be Closed On Easter Monday Carrying out the same custom that has been followed here for years, Merchants of Warrenton are expected to close their business houses from Saturday night after work hours until Tuesday morning in observance of Easter MondayThe Citizens Bank and schools of the county will also take holiday r Easter Monday. While the merchants here have not signed any petition stating that j they will close Monday, all of those ^ questioned in regard to the matter j stated on Wednesday that they expected to close if the other business houses did?that they always had closed for Easter Monday. t Prison Mechanic Is Badly Burned ' A mechanic for the State Highway and Public Works Commission and a prisoner who was assisting I him in repairing a leaking gasoline tank 'were burned at the Warren county prison camp on Tuesday f afternoon around 2:30 o'clock when the truck they were working beneath burst into flamesH. M. Hudgins, said to be the chief mechanic for Vance and War, ren counties, was severely burned [ on both arms, face, mouth and j neck. After receiving first aid treatment from Dr. G. H. Macon, prison physician, he was sent to Park View Hospital, Rocky Mount. Har(Continued on page 8) Mrs. John Hudgins ? ? ? m 1 Dies In Hospital ^ Mrs- Nellie Andrews Hudgins, wife of John A. Huclgins of Warrenton, died at St. Lukes Hospital in ^ Richmond, Va., Wednesday night from a complication of diseases- She was 60 years of age and had been confined to her home on account of illness for about two weeks when she was carried to the hospital on f Wednesday. j Funeral services are to be con. ducted from the home this morning, j Friday, at 11 o'clock by the Rev. O. j I. Hinson, with the Rev. R. E. Lrickhouse assisting. Interment is 2 to take place in Fairview cemetery. Pallbearers selected are A. J. Elf lington, Albert Bugg, Hugh White, Owen Robertson, Frank Serls Jr., 1 and Joe Jones!. In addition to her husband, Mrs. t Hudgins is survived by four sons f/Mif staucrVifore T^Qnipl T,PP_ Fir 3 CW.IU. IUUI uaugiiwAu. ? ?j - nest L, William and John Hudgins s of Warren ton; Misses Nellie and Annie Elizabeth Hudgins of War renton, Miss Madge Hudgins of RaJd eigh, and Mrs. M. J. Dinan of : Miami, Fla. She also leaves two 3 half brothers, R. J. and Giles ) Pence of Rockingham, and six ) grandchildren. 3 Postoffice Janitor's 3 Pay To Be $1,260 3 The janitor of the new post office ) here will probably receive a salary 3 of $1,260 a year, according to announcement coming from the Post 5 Office Department notifying appli3 cants that they must stand a civil service examination for this job. ; Following is the announcement: ; The United States Civil Service ' Commission announces an open ; competitive examination for the po3 sition of Fireman-Laborer for filling r j vacancies in the Custodial Service, ' Post Office, Warrenton, N. C., the (Continued on Page 8) AY NIGHT rii _ W? Ms ovv n Price, $1.50 a t#* : ~ SAN FRANCISCO . . . "Smokey" Poison has been flying 25 years and sky-writing the last ten years. He gets $50 to $100 a word, making him the highest paidrwriter.! "S.ure,JI misspell words. But I get paid just the same." 1937 Soil Program Similar To '35 Plan, Says Bob Bright By BOB BRIGHT The 1937 Soil Conservation Program has been announced- The program is very much like the 1936 program, except producers may not divert over 25 per cent of their tobacco base acreage and receive payment for the excess above 25 per cent. The payments for diversion are as follows: 5c per lb. for cotton and tobacco diverted and one and one-fourth cents per lb. for peanutsEach farm in 1937 will have a cr?il pnncpruint; hasp flllfl t.hfi DFO WWU WAiUv* 1 MMWV _ A ducer should have his soil conserving base plus his diverted acreage in soil conserving crops. For ex(Continued on Page 5) Sam Alston, 60, Dies In Texas Sam Alston, a native of this county and brother of Mrs. Lucy Williams and Mrs. Ella Thome of Warrenton, died at his home in Texarkana, Texas, on Wednesday with heart trouble after an illness of some time. He was around 60 years of age. The son of the late Jennie Crichton and Captain Philemon Alston, the deceased was born in Fork township and spent his boyhood days at the old Alston home there. As a young man he moved to Texas to enter business and at the time of his death he was head of the Cotton Seed Oil Mills in Texarkana. In addition to his two sisters of Warrenton, he is survived by two brothers, Henry Alston of New York and Lewis Alston of Richmond; his wife, who before marriage was Miss Annie Ballard of Louisburg, and one daughter, who married a Dr. Lee of Texarkana. Three of his brothers, P. G, Gecrge and Hugh, preceded him to the grave and are buried in Texarkana. Mrs- Williams was called to his bedside several days ago and was with him when the end came. Hie funeral services are to be conducted in Texarkana today. ... To Overhaul Two Highway Here Work of overhauling Route 59 from the Baptist church to the J home of J. A. Dowtin and from the stop light in the center of the town [ to the city limits on the Macon l ^ itnrlflrnrov road is cxpecieu tu gco mmwiI the first of April, Dr. G. H. Macon, a member of the street committee of the town of Warrenton, stated this week after conferring with R. Markham and a Mr- Speight of the State Highway Commission. The highway officials were here the latter part of last week. Dr. Macon said that officials also informed him that the WarrentonLiberia road would be re-surfaced at an early date. It is expected that gravel will be put on this road and that the worn edges will be repaired. Firemen To Meet Here On April 5 Firemen from six surrounding towns are expected to gather here on April 5 at 11:30 o'clock to attend a Fire School conducted by State Fire Marshall Sherwood Brockwe.ll of Raleigh. The purpose of the school here ts to teach firemen modern ways of (Continued on Page 8) J MOST OF THE NEWS Co^, TIME NUMBER 13 AUTO SHOW TO OPEN MONDAY Lions Club Sponsored Event Expected To Bring Big Crowds All Week REYNOLDS TO BE HERE The collosal task of arranging booths and appropriately decorating RnvH 'c tunrphmisft wfts comnleted last night and with the exception of a few minor touches, which will probably be made over the week end, everything stands in readiness for the Automobile Show and Merchants' Exposition which is to open here on Mbnday night at 7 o'clock with an address by United States Senator Robert Rice Reynolds for a full week of entertainmentFollowing the Senator's speech there will be given a floor show by actors and actresses who come to Warrenton highly recommended for their talent and type of performance Included in the list of entertainers are Dardanella's Vauderville on Rarade Co., which in addition to Little Dardanella, an acrobatic dancer who leads her own orchestra, features Ross Lewis and the three Grimes sisters, formerly of the radio and stage; La Costa and Loleta, dancing team; the Del Rio sisters, Spanish dancers; Charles Joy, comedian formerly with the Warner Brothers pictures; Stanley Gilbert, dancing master of ceremonies, and others. Mere than a thousand persons are expected to gather in the warehouse on Monday night to attend the opening night of the exposition and hear Senator Reynolds talk- An amplifying system will be used to carry his remarks to all within the warehouse, and a loud speaker will be placed at a window on the east side of the building in order that members of the negro race who have expressed a desire to hear the Senator may also receive his message by gathering on Bragg street. A different program has been arranged for each night of the show and it is expected that large crowds will be here each evening throughout the week to witness or take part in the entertainment which has been arranged under the direction of the Warrehfon Lions Club which is sponsoring the exposition. Tuesday night, as well as each night of the show, there will be offered again the stage presentation followed by a square dance which will be under the supervision of A. J. Ellington, who will also call the figures. The entertainment for Wednesday night has been changed from a public wedding to Amateur Night when those of outstanding ability will be given an opportunity to display their talent. All amateurs wishing to enter this contest, which will be under the direction of Mrs. J. W. Taylor, are asked to get in touch with Mrs- A. T. Grey at Boyd's warehouse in order that their ki rt w? n f *v?r*t? V\ n Hrf a/^ am/? a1a0a(#Ia/I uaiAico may uc iioicu cuiu tiaooiiicu in ample time- This contest is expected to be somewhat in keeping with Major Bowes Amateur Hour, and is open to all who are not professional entertainers. On Thursday night there will be a fiddlers convention in which both young and old are expected to take part. A large number of musicians from Warren and adjoining counties are expected to take part in this contest and afford entertainment for the many who prefer this form of music to the present day jazz. One of the biggest events of the entire week will take place on Friday night when there will be a dance with the music of Jimmy Poyner and his Collegians who were selected several weeks ago to play for tbp Qnppn's Rail rohirh ofvpn in honor of the young lady who, through the sale of tickets, is selected as the most popular of the county. On Saturday night, which is the closing night of the exposition for the white people, a number of free prizes are to be given away during the evening, as well as the grand (Continued on Page 4) MUSTIAN RETURN'S Nick Mustian, who was seriously injured in an automobile accident between Norlina and Manson on Thursday of last week, has returned to his home here from Park View hospital where he was carried following the wreck. He is reported to be rapidly improving. Mr. Jerman Boyd of Erwin spent SSunday here with his mother, Mrs. R. B. Boyd.