Karate- TEBSE
L) Groups
1 ^jwrencev:
I Before G
, Rctwcen WarrenP'""?
Litllcl".! Place
?' -inners In 0ne
CfS"^P?.s"
BilPRO-WSE JS SOUGHi i
ft,guarded As Satisfactory I
K- Either Town; Petitions I
K ' 4re Published I
^ft:: pressed on one side by the I
Lions Club which re-j
^ft:;; them to recommend to
Kncissiowr Collins Barnes that a I
^ft: constructed from Warren- I
V::-inia line to connect
^ft 3 h:::;nay leading from Law- I
^ftxrJIe Va.. as a shorter route I
north to south, and pressed I
hard on the other side by I
^ft I;;.-.; Club of Littleton which
jested that they recommend to J
??Wr that in /
/jjjghffay coiimiioo. event
a bridge was to be con- I
cred across the Roanoke river I'
jlieve traffic on U. S- No. 1 that 11
proposed road lead from 11
is ferry to a point close to 11
ton. members of the Board of 11
ty Commissioners sought Mon-I
if:ernoon to get from beneathl
hottest spot" they have been J
i on in years of office by vot- I
town both resolutions andr
ig up a "compromise resolu- J
shich requested the highway JI
?ioner to build a road I
i Warren county from the!
;e river to intersect with I
r No. 158 at a point equal J
1 between Warrenton and I
the "compromise resolu- ^
lich was drawn up and
iv three of the commis- 1
ras accepted by the Little- ^
gadon and regarded here f
cuj for Littleton over War- i
the long-drawn-out figlitlt
road Question, it is not re- J
Iced as being satisfactory to <
ier town. This fact became evi- (
it on Tuesday when the presi- j
it of the Littleton club called t
i president of the Warrenton <
b ar.d asked for a meeting to t
if some agreement could be j
died between the two clubs over s
: placement of the proposed road
i bridge.
i bridge- Representatives of the
o clubs were expected to meet
t night.
Tries To Rescind Action
ffier it had been made known to
inters of the board that the ]
tition drawn up and signed by (
nunissioners Capps. Wall and i
well requesting that the road in- i
sect route 158 was entirely un- <
^factory to Warrenton, and that (
e Littleton club desired to meet 1
ft Cue Warrenton club in an ef- <
r-16 reach a more satisfactory
Non to tiie problem, Commis- j
p Capps on Tuesday introduc- ,
M motion to instruct the Little- ,
P clu'o not to use the recom- 1
Nations made by the board on ,
^ Until the turn r?lnHo V?or1
V.. v viUWJ 4it*W }
opportunity to confer further j
natter; howeve r, the motion
no second and consequent- ^
eabled. On Commissioner ^
motion, Commissioner Wail- ]
sr.fi Powell took the view that ,
^P" ss~ no point in rescinding ;
P*: action of the day before, that |
^P *as not satisfactory to the Lit-1 (
^P- delegation and they wanted!
^psi&r v.ith Warrenton on the*
Wtf- ^ey would not hardly use
^p~?ray until the two clubs had
together and talked over the ,
m
commissioners found the
^ ' ttctviiie road proposition star^P~<&
in the face Monday morn- 1
*Eoi they came here to meet1
^P Beard of Review and Equali- ('
^P3' As they entered the court (1
W* % found themselves flank- , J
? 0r'O side by the Warrenton 1
^ob, approximately 60 1
^p and on the other side by the 1
^P*? Lions Club, which had <
^P?35 many representatives at i
as did Warrenton, the 11
that town having closed 1
to add pressure to their
H- . fading Room Only 1
r?0m in which standing
at a premium, Claude (I
K * President of the Warrenton; <
EL of the purpose of the 1i
BW delegation from , 1
HL'and then introduced j i
H Gibbs who presented j *
?ntinued on Page 6) <
Vrgue
ille Route
ommissioner;
Smokehouse
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i * Sv $$|&
H ?w.>s v>> vvs\<>.r?>>\ I : ?B
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SBg - .N'A .V.sy.VWS<S A- 1 ^
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BB'^v...l>rt,.v>:,^ < ?gs
'.-. J - ? ^
rhis is the type of smokehou
vhich was used by Senator Mac(
'or curing hams grown on h
plantation. i
VOUNG PEOPLE
HAVE BUSY WEE1
Series of Parties And Dana
Is Given For 25 Visitors
In Warrenton
IS "HOSPITALITY WEEK
With 25 out-of-town guests he
or the occasion, the younger set
.Varrenton has enjoyed a gala wei
vhich started on Tuesday when tl
irst of a series of entertainmen
irranged for "Hospitality Weel
ook place.
The week, set aside for a peril
)f holding house parties simultai
ously and designated as "Hospita
ty Week," has included lawn pa
oH-im 1-Y1 iiifr r?Qrtips. nir.nics ai
ICO, OWXllllimig
iances, and has quicken conside
ibly the life of the town to the ei
ioyment of some of the older crov
is well as the younger set and the
(Continued 011 page 8)
Burns Prove Fatal
To Miss Colema
Burns which were received 1
Miss Katherine Coleman of Pa
rhall when the car in which si
ind Herbert Merritt of Weldon we
riding turned over at Neal's servi
station near Warrenton on Wedne
lay morning of last week and lat
aurst into flarries proved fatal <
Sunday.
Merfitt, 18, who was carryii
Miss Coleman, 24, from Weld<
where she worked as a waitress
1 service station to her home ne
Wise, was not seriously hurt wh(
she car failed to make the cur
md plunged over an embankme
into the edge of a small creek.
* ! X -Mrirm r*r\l
.funeral services iur ivnas
man were held at the home of h
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Col
man, at Paschall on Sunday afte
noon and burial was in the Jer
salem Church' near Wise. The Re
Carlton Wilson of Norlina officia
sd. Surviving Miss Coleman, i
only child, are her parents.
Boats May Bring Cai
Weldon If
Viewing the possibility of boa
oringing cargoes of freight up
Weldon to the advantage of Nori
Carolinians and making it possib
;o cultivate ricff soil along the Roi
loke to the benefit of farmers
Halifax, Northampton, Bertie ai
Vlartin counties, Congressman Jol
H. Kerr introduced two bills
Congress last week which provii
for a comprehensive study of tl
Roanoke and Neuse rivers and the
;ributaries as affecting navigatio
In a press release the congres
nan sets forth his hopes as fo
ows:
"I have today introduced in Coi
jress two Bills which provide for
3omprehensive study of the Roi
loke and Neuse rivers and the
;ributaries as affecting navigatio
reclamation of farm lands, deve
upment of power and study of tl
jconomical and social aspects >
hf W
WARRENTON, COUN
~ BOARD HOLDS
RECORD MEETING
, HERE THIS WEE!
5
- Meet On Monday And Con
tinue Session Until Tuesday
Afternoon Due To
Road Delegations
II
; A VALUATION MEETINI
Many Problems Before Boari
In Session For Tax Adjustment
Purposes
Members of the Board of Count;
Commissioners tvent through a hec
tic session and established a recori
for the length of their meeting thi
; week when they gathered here oi
I Monday as a Board of Equalizatioi
> and Review and remained in ses
| sion until Tuesday afternoon lis
| tening to complaints and makini
| adjustments and listening to dele
; gations which appeared befor
\ them for various causes.
While there were three dozen o
! more citizens who came before th
board to have the valuation whicl
se had been placed on their propert;
)n reduced or equalized with adjoinin
lis
property this Tequired : less tim
_ than did other matters which cam
before them, chief mong which wa
the Lawrenceville road propositior
The commissioners heard appeal
r t from Warrenton and Littleton ove
^' the location of this proposed roa
and deliberated over the matter fo
several hours before the majorit
es,of the members of the board agree
to settle the matter by drawing u;
a petition and recommending to th
district highway engineer that th
I" highway intersect route 158 at
point of equal distance betwee;
re Warrenton and Littleton,
of Aside from the road and equali
jIj zation'problems, the commissioner
(Continued on page 8)
* SCHOOLS OPEN
SEPTEMBER 8Tf
id
1_ Biard of Education Decide
Time At Called Session
Here On Monday
r" The white schools and higl
schools of Warren county will opei
^ for the 1937-38 term on Wednesda
:ir morning, September 8, the Board a
Education decided at a called meet
i'ng held in the court house o:
Monday morning, at which time i
was also agreed that all colore
** elementary schools except as spec
ially provided for open on August 1
Upon request ft was decided tha
s" Warren Plains, Hecks Grove an
ae Coley Springs colored schools ope:
re with the high schools on account o
ce agricultural conditionss"
The following resolution with re
f* spect to the rental of supplemen
tary readers was passed by th
board: "Be it and it is hereby re
j solved, that the State Textboo
3111 Purchase and Rental Commissio
in | be requested to make available t
ar the schools of Warren county sup
-n plementary readers on the rents
ve basis for the next session. It wi
nt probably be desirable to use plan 1
1 in most of the colored schools an
e-1 plan C in the white schools. Don
er (in the meeting of the Board
e- Education of Warren county. Thi
r- June 21, 1937.''
u- Before adjourning the board als
!v- passed a resolution asking the Boar
,t- of County Commissioners to set
in date for the consideration of th
annual school budget.
rgoes of Freight To
Kerr Bill Becomes Lav
ts the areas surrounding these rivers
to "There have been previous sur
th veys dealing largely with dredgini
le for improving navigation, but thi
a- is a broader approacn ana coniem
in plates a comprehensive inventory o
id all the resources in these areas,
in hope that because the Nation ha
in become more reclamation conscience
3e and with advanced thinking aloni
ae these lines that much more can be
sir accomplished- I especially hop
n. that I will be able to enlist the sup
s- port of members of Congress am
1- other interested parties well up ii
Virginia for the Roanoke river pro
l- ject. This improvement has beei
a the cherished hope of this territor;
a- for many years. My idea is to havi
ir this great waterway, it being thi
n, most important waterway on thi
I-- South Atlantic Appalachan Slope
ie incorporated in the National Plan
of 1 (Continued on page 8)
armt
TY OF WARKEN, N. C. FR]
PROG
I NATHANIEL
BUCK ?
Warren Coi
June 2
J Master of Ceremonies (
^ Music: "The Old North St
Invocation
Pastor of Gar
i Address: Life of Nathaniel
Hend
i
s Civic Responsibility As I
1 John L.
i
Our Duty to the Coming (
Virtues of Mr. Macc
Or
o .
Recognition of Distinguishe
e
Music: "America"
r
; Facing Threat
: Teachers, I
: Funds
r
dr Four Cases Heard
y In Recorder's Court
I Here Monday
e
e Four cases, one of which involved
a a white man, were disposed of in
n Recorder's court on Monday morning
by Judge T. O. Rodwell and
Solicitor Joseph P. Pippen.
EJzra Jordan, the only white man
tried, was convicted of operating an
automobile while under the influ
ence or wmsxey ana was oraerea 10
serve a four months road sentence
J or pay a $50.00 line and court costs.
He paid outg
Found guilty of possessing unstamped
whiskey, George Bob Alston
was given a six months road
sentence which was suspended upon
, the condition that he refrain from
l1
dealing in liquor, remain of good behavior,5
and pay the court costs. He
J paid the fine and costs.
Robert Lee Davis and Louis Taylor
were convicted on a charge of
prostitution and adultery. Davis
. was given a six months road sentence
which was suspended upon
the condition that he Temain of
' good behavior and pay the court
' costs. The woman was given a 60
' day jail sentence which was sus^
pended upon the same condition.
Four months on the roads was the
sentence given Willie Holloway af"
ter he had been convicted on a
" charge of possessing whiskey for
e the purpose of sale.
n James E. Kimball
0 Passes In Vance
ll Henderson, June 23.?Funeral
^ services for James Edward Kimball,
8 75, of Townsville will be held on
^ Thursday afternoon at the family
e residence. Services will be conlf
ducted by the Rev. A. S. Hale, pass
tor of the First Baptist Church of
Unnrlorcnn occicfpH hv t.hp Ri^v S
0 L. Morgan, pastor of Rock Springs
d Baptist Church of Townsville, and
a the Rev. I. W- Hughes, rector of
e Holy Innocents Episcopal church.
Mr. Kimball died Wednesday
morning after an illness of several
months. He was a native of Warren
County, the son of James Allen
f Kimball and the former Miss Mollie
Eaton Watkins. He had lived in
;. (Continued on page 8)
? Kerr To Confer
! With Roosevelt
f
1 John H. Kerr, Member of Cons
gress, from the second congressional
e district, has been invited by the
I President to confer with him while
e he is spending some time at Jeffer?
? n nliiK nrvwrvrtparl
e son isianas uuus, O/ 1/1UM j
- of nationally prominent democrats,
1 situated near Annapolis, Maryland
i Representative Kerr was among
- the first invited and will see the
1 President on Saturday,
7 While at Jefferson Islands the
2 President will confer with the
e Democratic members frcm both
?' Houses of Cohgress relative to!
:, pending legislation in an effort to
-' clear the legislative calendar as '
'rapidly as possible.
Swm
[DAY, JUNE 25, 1937 Subsc
(RAM
MACON DAY
1PRING
inty, N. C.
9, 1937
Congressman John H. Kerr
;ate."
...Rev, G. A. Hendrick
dner's Church
i Macon -Dr. Archibald
erson
exemplified by Mr. Macon
Skinner
leneration to Inculcate the
Gov. Clyde R. Hoey
id Guests.
120th Inf. Band
:s of Loss
Joard Votes
For Building
Faced by the fact that the John
Graham High School would lose its
agricultural and home economics
departments unless more space was
provided to take care of students
enrolled there, the Board of County
Commissioners on Tuesday agreed
to appropriate $3,000 for the construction
of an additional building
on the John Graham property.
If the John Graham school had
lost its agricultural teacher, the
Macon school would have also been
without an agricultural teacher, it
was said, due to the fact that the
same teacher serves both institutions.
The state served notice on Superintendent
of Schools J. Edward
Allen several weeks ago that unless
more space was provided at the
school here to relieve the overcrowded
conditions that these two 1
nrAiil/I hn nliminnfnrl 1
i/iu^ubo vv uiuu uc cuMimabcu.
On Tuesday a delegation of school \
folk appeared before the commissioners
and after acquainting them
with the situation and discussing
finances for some time, the board
agreed to borrow the money.
The board is unable to borrow
but approximately $3,500 under one
(Continued on page 8)
Old Macon Letter
Condolence Found
Following is a copy of a letter
written by Nathaniel Macon, whose
memory is to be honored next week,
to Mrs- Susanna Plummer following
the death of her husband, Kemp ;
Plummer, great-grandfather of H- \
L. Falkener of Warrenton, who now
owns the letter:
Madam:
Most sincerely and from my heart i
do I lament the loss which you have
sustain, not to grieve for such an i
event would be not to have the ,
feelings of humanity. Could your
grief, by being divided among the :
numerous iriends of the deceased, 1
? - 1 ~ 11- ! li-1
wno sincerely sympainrze wnii you
for being bereaved of him, diminish
it, you would find it more dimin- .
(Continued on page 8) i
Physicians Begin Fighf
Diphtheria In Wa
1
I Revival Services
At Jerusalem (
i
Revival services will begin at (
Jerusalem Methodist church, of the |
Norlina charge, on Sunday night, (
June 27, at 8 o'clock, announces the
Rev. W. C. Wilson, pastor. Services (
will be held throughout the week ,
at the same hour. (
The Rev. Wade Johnson of Hali- 11
fax will be the visiting pastor. The {
public is cordially invited to attend t
these services. t
Services to be held Sunday by the l
Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner, Episcopal J t
rector, are announced as follows: Is
Emmanuel Church?8 a. m., Holy i
Communion; 11 a- m., Litany. jt
Good Shepherd?4 p. m., Evening' l
Prayer. c
ri
ription Price, $.. uxavx*
Senator Reyn<
Attend Cell
Macon H
The Macon Home
Above is a likeness of the unpretentious
residence of Nathaniel
Macon where the great of the nation
came and sought his wisdom
after he had retired from Congress
at the age of three score and tenTAYLOR
PUT ON
WELFARE BOARD
Young Lawyer Appointed As
Successor To William T.
Polk, Resigned
NO PAY IS PROVIDED
William W. Taylor Jr. was named
by the Board of County Commissioners
on Tuesday a member of
ine warren uouniy wenare coara
to succeed William T. Polk who resigned
on account of pressing
duties.
Other members of the board,
whose duties it will be to govern
the amount of funds to be received
by those who become eligible for
aid under the Social Security Act,
are Mrs- G. H. Macon and Macon
Thornton.
No provision was made in the law
to provide compensation to members
of the board for their services
in this connection, but it is expected,
if the law does not prohibit,
that fhe commissioners will pay
each of the members something for
their work.
Two Hurt When
Truck Strikes Dog
A white man and a negro were
injured on Tuesday morning when
a truck carrying vegetables from
Norfolk to Durham overturned at
Macon after striking a dog which
rtnfrtop V?inrV?mo r
uiuwvtu auuoo nit iiigiinoj.
The negro, whose name could not
be learned here, received a bad cut
across the shoulder which necessitated
several stitches. The white
man, P. S- Hicks, was also cut
about the shoulder ahd received injuries
to his knee and leg, but the
damages which he suffered were
not regarded as being as heavy as
those received by the negro.
The two men were given first aid
treatment by Dr. G. H. Macon.
Neither of the two men was sent to
a hospital.
: On Typhoid And
rren County Saturday
The campaign to prevent typhoid
fever and diphtheria begins in
Warren county on Saturday, and
jvery person, regardless of age or
;olor, is urged by the Warren
bounty Medical Society to take this
ireatment, which is given free of
:hargeThe
diphtheria treatment is for
jhildren between the ages of six
nonths and six years and requires
>nly one inoculation. The vaccina- <
ion to prevent typhoid fever is for!
arsons of all ages and is adminis- j
;ered by the county doctors in';
hree doses. |:
For the convenience of the pub- 1
ic, places have been arranged in'
various sections of the county for
tdministering the treatment. These 1
)laces, and the dates and hours i
he physicians will be there, will be i
ound on page six in this edition j
if The Warren Record. 1
MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
)lds May
ebration At
[ome Tuesday
Governor Hoey, Congressman
Kerr, Dr. Henderson, Rev.
Hendricks And Skinner
On Program
BEGINS AT 10:30 O'CLOCK
Many Notables Expected To
Be Present At Dedication
Macon Home Place
United States Robert R. Reynolds
may be among the numerous
dignataries expected in Warren
county on next Tuesday to commemorate
the 100th anniversary of
the death of Nathaniel Macon by
the dedication of his home, which
has been restored through efforts
of patfiotic organization, and a 70acre
park, which was purchased by
the county and conditioned by
ladies of the town working in conjunction
with a WPA project.
In a letter received here yesterday
afternoon, senator Reynolds
stated that he was scheduled to
make an address in Charlotte on
the morning of June 28 and in the
afternoon he is to talk at Monroe,
but in the event he came to North
Carolina by automobile and did
not have to be in the Senate on
Tuesday he would journey to Warren
county to "be with mutual
friends in the celebration."
The principal talks of the outstanding
occasion will be made by
Dr. Archibald Henderson, Governor
Clyde R. Hoey, and John I*
Skinner. Congressman John H.
Kerr will serve as master of ceremonies,
and the invocation will be
HnHtrnrnrl Hxr fhn Dmr norlonH
UVM T VI VU K/J V11V IWTi Vt?AUU*M
Hendricks, pastor of Gardners Baptist
Church, which was attended
by Mr. Macon when he was in Warren
county.
In addition to these men, other
notables are expected to be present
(Continued on page 8)
14.7MILESTCT
MACON PLACE
Course Charted For Benefit
Of Citizens Wishing To
lAttend Celebration
It is 14.7 miles from Warrenton
to the home-place of Nathaniel
Macon which is to be dedicated
with appropriate exercises on Tuesday
of next week.
While the 14 7 mile route does
not lie along the same path that
was followed when, according to
tradition, John Randolph came by
way of carriage to visit in the unpretentious
home of Warren county's
distinguished son, it is the best,
and maybe the only, way to reach
his old home and grave from War
renton.
Following is the route which js
expected to be followed by hundreds.
if not thousands, on June 29
when the 100th anniversary of hl3
death is to be commemorated by
the dedication of his home, which
has been restored, and a 70.-acre
park, to the public:
Leaving Warrenton at the stoplight
in the heart of town, turn
east .6 of a mile to the fork of the
road at Neal's service station and
turn left on highway No. 158 and
continue to Vaughan?a distance of
10.1 mile from Warrenton. At
Vaughan turn to the left, or north,
travel approximately .1 mile, cross
the railroad tracks, bear to the left,
continue approximately -4 of a mile
and then bear to the right. There
is no chance of getting off the
road from there on, a number of
signs having been erected from
Vaughan, where a marker stands
on the north side of the road, to
the home-place.
Public May Inspect
Postoffice Tonight
Warrenton's new post office has
been completed with the exception
of the installation of letter boxes
which have not arrived here from
*** Ul ? ? J -?411 Lo amamaJ
wasuiugi/uu fcuiu win uc upcixcu on
Friday night from 8 until 9 o'clock
for the.benefit of those who care
to inspect the building.
Postmaster Fred Moseley said
this week that he had had the
building unlocked on two occasions
since it was completed and that
already approximately two hundred
persons had looked over it, but for
(ConMnued on Page 8)