If accurate, terse
If TIMELY
m0AJME XXXVH ~~~
M0PERSONS
I fME TYPHOID I
I TREATMENT,
)l(iers Who Missed First
I Dose Expected To Take I
ftiree Remaining Injec- J'
(ions At Meeting's I
i 0i>osse encouraging!;
m Popularity of Treatment Has !
grown Greatly Since First ,
introduced In County L
I i
I approximately 5,000 Warren coun- J
(r persons have taken the treat- J
Efflt t0 prevent typhoid and diph- '
I jjjeria since the campaign against
tiie.-e disease started on Saturday I'
Cj' iast week. Others, who missed j1
,j]e first oi the three doses which '
sre given to immunize against ty- '
pii0Id fever, are expected to join in '
(he campaign by taking the last 1
three doses which are given in
va:;ous sections oi the county for 1
[jre convenience of the public.
H Hie response to the ' campaign 1
^B this year lias been encouraging to 1
physicians oi the county who be- ;
gan to give tiiis treatment a nuin
be: oi years ago to check and di
minish the number of cases of ty
phtii t'-.ur and diphtheria in WarHren.
Vears ago when the treatflj
. given a number of
^B the people were skeptical over the
results, doctors state, and gave lit
II tie cooperation to tlie movement.
Not, they say, the majority of the
people have seen the value of the <
treatment and are not only taking
it themselves but are also urging
others to become immunizedU.S.
HIGHWAY 1
TRAFFIC HALTED
Travel Temporarily Held Up
As Wrecked Truck Is
Pulled From Ditch
3Mic on U. S. Highway No. 1
Ta temporarily blocked on Wedcesday
by Sheriff W. J. Pinnell and
Deputy Roy Shearin while a wrecking
crew hoist a heavily loaded
'lumber truck from part the way
over an embankment where it careened
after striking the abuttment
of one of the bridges at Smith
Creek, near the Virginia-North
Carolina lineWhile
the truck, which was loaded
with 9.000 feet of lumber when
it struck the bridge and had its
brakes torn loose, was being hauled
back into the highway, approximately
25 automobiles were stopped
by the two officers.
The truck was being operated by
Eh Morris, negro, of Washington,
D C.. who escaped injury. He was
^reste'd and brought here and
lodged in jail to face trial on a
cbarSe of reckless driving.
F\
Deranged Woman
| Carried Back To
I Philadelphia
I A mentally deranged white
B?"-can, who gave her name as Mae
Benson when she was picked up
Bcete last week by officers after she
Bad abused persons on the streets
B ^arrenton with profane langB%
was carried to the Byberry
B&spital in Philadelphia on Friday
Burning of last week by Deputy
Roy Shearin and Chief of
B Jte officers remained over in the
B^-'-uon to see a ball game and
B*"- extended the courtesies of the
T* Connie Mack, whom Mr.
B ^ Pitched for when he was in
HWiai Services
Baptist Churches
Hjtoe Rev. Harold Schaley of Brazil I
sI*ak at the Warrenton Bapc'n'orch
at 11:00 a. m. Sunday,
ff* R?v. r. e. Brickhouse anf
yesterday. He will also
J5411 at Warren Plains at 3:30 p.
Bj^ad at Macon at 8:00 p m. The
K/' Mr. Brickhouse will speak at
J? Warrenton Baptist church on
evening at 8 o'clock.
Mr. Schaley was born in
w?gre, Brazil. He was conft
^ trough the teaching and in- j
E(tt 0{ an American Missionary.
HjJ ke completes his college ar..d
K^cal work in the United
ke expects to return to his
country to do religious work. |
I
fLIVESTOCK
DIE AS
LIGHTNING LANDS
Bender Loses Cattle, Barn,
Feed, Cantaloupe Crates
During Severe Storm
SMALL FIRE AT NORLINA
Eleven head of livestock, a considerable
amount of farm machinery
and a large quantity of feed
ind cantaloupe crates were lost in
;he fire which destroyed the large
Darn of George L. Bender near
Ridgeway on Saturday night when
it was struck by lightning during
the severe electrical storm which
hovered over this county from 11
|-a 19 n'nlnolr
KV? AM V ViVVUl
While Mr- Bender is believed to
dave been the only person in the
county to have suffered any great
amount of loss by fire during the
storm, a number of farmers in the
northern section of Warren had
their crops badly washed by the
heavy down-pour of rain, and a
good deal of uneasiness was felt by
many citizens as the bolts darted
out of the heavens and struck trees
and disrupted light and telephone
service in certain sections of Warrenton.
At Norlina lightning struck a sycamore
tree afttT leaped to a small
building, causing it to burst into
flames, but thertire was extinguished
before any serious damage occurred.
The eleven head of livestock
which were lost when Mr. Bender's
barn, 'which was approximately 40
feet by 80 feet, was destroyed included
cows and yearlings. No
mules or horses were in the barn.
In addition to his livestock and
farm machinery, Mr. Bender lost
3,000 cantaloupe crates, 10,000
pounds of feed, and a considerable
amount of clover which had been
cut and was being saved for seed.
The barn was located on the old
Seaman place, a short distance off
of U. S. highway No. 1.
The lighting struck electric wires
and disrupted both telephone and
electric light service on certain
streets of Warrenton. In addition.
it struck a tree in the grove at the
home of Mrs. M. P. Burwell and
also at the home of William and
Stephen Burroughs, which has been
the victim of several electrical and
wind storms during recent yearsWhile
the rain which accompanied
the storm was of considerable
value to many farmers, it was regarded
as being a disadvantage to
those living in northern Warren
county and Virginia due to the fact
that it washed crops badly in that
vicinity, especially in Virginia. The
rain covered a considerable section
of the county; however it did not
reach Areola. People in that section
received a nice rain on Sunday.
Miss Rosa Rodwell
Dies At Vaughan;
Is Buried Monday
Funeral services for Miss Rosa
Glenn Rodwell, who died at the
home of her sister, Mrs. William
Fleming of near Vaughan, on Sunday
rrforning at 4:30 o'clock, were
conducted from Gardner's Baptist
church on Monday morning at 11
o'clock. The final rites were in
charge of the Rev. Garland Hendrick,
who was assisted by the Rev.
Mr. Fountain of Weldon and the
Rev- Mr. Roach of Norlina. Interment
tvas in the church cemetery.
Miss RoSwell, who died at the
age of 55 following an illness of several
years, was born and reared in
Warren county, the daughter of the
late John J. and Mary Pryor Rodwell
of the Oakville section. For a
number of years she was office
nurse for Dr. H. G. Lassiter and Dr.
BlackWell Pierce in Weldon, leaving
there to accept a position with the
Kennedy Home in Kinston which
she held until her health failed several
years ago.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs.
Anna Gardner of Churchill, Mrs
a. H. Hunter of Raleigh, Mrs. R. D.
Fleming of near Vaughan, and two
brothers, H. Edgar Rodwell of
Macon and R. R. Rodwell of Norlina.
SEVERAL ATTEND FUNERAL
SERVICES OF MISS RODWELL
Among those who attended the
funeral of Miss Rosa Glenn Rodwell
on Monday morning were: Rev.
and Mrs- T. E. Walters of Gastonia,
Rev. Richard Fountain of Weldon,
Dr. arid Mrs John Hunter and A.
D. Hunter of Cary, Mr. and Mrs.
(Continued on Page 8)
Ik v
WARRENTON, COUK
The Princ
Dr. Archibald Henderson, the pri
exercises, as he told the history oi
crowd estimated at 2,500 persons.
Home of T
rn'riQ o0000fprnTTfllTtlTITIT^ ' ^ >;8?&$!888&&&tfa
Hr^MR&T
The above is a view of the] rest
gressman John H. Kerr, who came
ter of ceremonies, opening the exei
are Governor and Mrs. Hoey and
the principal spaker; Secretary ol
Public InstructionClyde Erwin; D
dolph-Macon College; John L. Sk
land Hendricks, who delivered the
served as correspondent for the coj
of the master of ceremonies; Mrs
tained the special guests at a tea
Anderson, state president of the
president of the local chapter of t
Jury Tries One
Of Five Cases In
Recorder's Cour
A jury decided on the evidence i
one of the five cases presented i
Recorder's court Monday mornir
by Solicitor Joseph P. Pippen an
the other four were passed upon t
Judge 'Rodwell.
The only evidence given to a jui
was in the trial of Jesse Stansbur
wrbito man oharced with being tt
father of a negro child- He wi
found not guilty.
George Twitty, negro, was als
charged with bastardy and it wj
expected that he would be tried i:
a jury, but he decided to leave h
fate in the hands of the cou
rather than to have his case pr?
sented to six men selected for jui
duty at this week's session of cour
Prayer for judgment was continue
upon payment of costs.
Tom Shearin and Sam Chewir
were each charged with temporal
larceny of a truck and operating
motor vehicle while under the ir
fluence of whiskey. Chewing wi
found not guilty on the charge <
temporary larceny and a nol pr<
was taken as to Shearin in th
case. Each of the men was four
(Continued on page 8)
SALES TAX ON BUILDING
MATERIALS IS REMOVE
Effective yesterday, the thr<
per cent sales tax on brick, floorin
ceiling and other building supplii
was lifted. Local men who furnii
i hniidine' material claim that in tl
past the three per cent tax hi
driven some erstwhile customers 1
Virginia for their materials ar
are expecting the removal of tl
tax to increase their business I
some extent.
arrpn
fTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRI]
ipal Speaker
Wncipal
speaker at the Nathaniel Macon
: the life of the great) patriot before a
he Statesman
. ..V-..-. .... ... ?
: i::: ? ' /l
; _
ored home of Mr., Macon and of Conhere
from Washington to act as mas rises.
Seated on the porch behind hitr
daughter, Miss Isabel; Dr. Henderson
i State Thad Eure; Superintendent o!
r. R. L. Blackwell, president of Raninner,
one of the speakers; Rev. Garinvocation;
Howard F. Jones Sr., whc
mmittee on invitations; Mrs. Kerr, wif<
5. Katherine P. Arrington, who enterfollowing
the exercises; Mrs. John H
U. D. C-; and Miss Amma Graham
;he U. D. C.
Cotton Begins To
Bloom In Warren
t County Fields
Cotton is beginning to bloom in
n the fields of Warren county.
The first bloom to reach this ofd
)y flee this year came in on Monda}
|from the farm of E. L. Harris ol
y Inez and was grown by Wade Dowy,
tin. On the same day F. M. Drake
ie was displaying a bloom in Warren13
ton which came from his farm al
Macon. Two other blooms were
>0 presented at the office of The War1V
ren Record on Tuesday, one froir
is the farm of J- B. Shearin of neai
rfc Littleton and the other from the
}_ farm of William Alston, negro, oJ
.y near Areola. Wednesday Maggie L
,j. Watson, colored, of Grove Hill senl
,d a cotton bloom to the Record office
I The weather has been favorable
igr
_ to cotton this season and as a geny
eral thing the crop looks promising
a at this time.
>-j
Miss Strickland
3S j Becomes Member
is
id Graham Faculty
With the election of Miss Maxine
Strickland of Stedman as a seventh
D grade teacher, all vacancies in the
3e faculty of the John Graham High
g, School faculty have been filled.
5s Miss Strickland, who was gradih
uated from the Women's College ol
le the University 01 worm uaronna
is Greensboro, does not replace anj
to one in the school here but wil
id teach a section of the seventh grad<
le which is to be divided this year or
to account of the large number 01
students.
KL?
mmi
IjPt ^7"\?
DAY, JULY 2, 1937 Sub
limimmuniiiiiiiiiimnmiMiiUiima
| MOSTLY j
PERSONAL 1
By BIGNALL JONES
Never have I had more cause to
feel proud of the citizens of Warren
county than I did on Tuesday
when more than two thousands of
them joined at the home of Nathaniel
Macon to pay tribute to the
memory of this great North Carolina
statesman and citizen- Many
distinguished men and women from
other sections were present for the
celebration and they must carry
back with them to their respective
homes a picture of the orderliness,
the courtesy and the kindness of our
people.
No evidence of ear, eye or nose
could testify to the use cf any intoxicants
by any of the huge crowd
present nor of any loudness or
boisterousness. For more than two
hours hundreds of citizens stood and
listen pH rniirtennclv onH n/it.h art
parent appreciation to the remarks
of our distinguished guests upon
this occasion.
AH during the day as I mingled
with friends and listened to the
speakers the thought persisted oi
how much of that day's pleasure I
owed to Miss Amma Graham oi
Warrenton. Other citizens of the
county rendered yeomen service to
make Tuesday a red letter day in
Warren county, I am well and
gratefully aware. And yet if it had
not been for the guiding spirit and
determination of Miss Graham I am
afraid that instead of a shrine as
it has become, the home of Mr
Macon would be marked by a
crumpling crib and a delaphidatec
house, as it was largely when ]
visited it for the first time a few
years ago.
As then editor of this newspaper
I was present at the first meeting
of the county board of commissioners
several years ago when Miss
Graham appeared to ask the aid oi
the county in purchasing the hom<
(Continued on page 8)
Stores To Close
Here Monday For
July 4th Holiday
* Not to be deprived of a holidaj
. which would have been theirs any1
way had it not fallen on Sunday
. business men here have agreed tc
f close their establishments frorr
" Saturday night until Tuesdaj
morning in observance of the 4th
I of July, which this year falls or
^ Sunday.
It is understood here that surrounding
towns are adopting the
same policy as Warrenton in closing
on Monday due to the fact thai
the Fourth comes on Sunday.
Although the bank and stores
will be closed, county offices wil
remain open, and the Board ol
1 County Commissioners will hold its
regular monthly meeting at this
1 time.
A number from here are expected
. to take advantage of the two-daj
r holiday by visiting the beaches
. and friends and relatives in othei
' towns, while many others are ex'
pected to spend the day at the
i golf course
' Local Golfers In
Elimination Contesl
1 A spirited contest has been underway
at the golf course this week as
! the majority of the masculine mem:
bers of the club have gathered or
the links to participate in ths
; tournament among members of th(
In order to determine the skill o;
the various golfers and to furthei
f interest in the club, various mem'
bers were paired off last week anc
< at the conclusion of their matches
scores were recorded. These scores
were later compared and the players
were hooked-up in one of thres
flights, which are being played ofl
this week, with the high men in
' each flight being eliminated eact
18 holes played. The finals will
5 probably be played off on Sunday.
\ MRS. JACK KITCHEN, 28,
BURIED AT LUMBERTOIN
Mrs. Jack Kitchen, who lived at
Warrenton several years ago whilt
p her husband was doing bridge construction
work in this vicinity, diec
'T at her home in Wendell on WedP
nesday at the age of 28 with heart
, trouble. She was buried yesterday
, at Lumberton. In addition to hei
p husband, she leaves two smal
children.
riHF^
scription Price, $1.50 a Year
Over 2,000 C
Attend Cell
Home <
Governor Hoey, Dr. 'Archibali
And Congressman Johr
Rugged North Care
Stand Listening
EVENT SPONSORED BY P.
Dr. Henderson, Principal Spe;
Traces Careed of Macon Aj
Of Nation's Most
Beneath sheltering oaks su
between two and three thousa
day at Buck Springs to pay ti
aniel Macon, "the last of the
Archibald Henderson, Govern
Congressman John H. Kerr te
--n /? -n j_'
unei executive
I I
The above is a likeness of Governor
Hoey, whospoke at the dedica'
tion exercises at the old home of
Nathaniel Macon on Tuesday. The
' editor of this newspaper regrets
that the picture taken of him as he
addressed the crowd failed to develop
properly.
WARREN CAN BE
PROUD OF EVENT
T
Miss Graham Extends Thanks
, To Those Who Made Cele>
bration A Success
1
r We feel that Warren county can
1 be justly proud of the Nathaniel
1 Macon Day and its success was due
to the co-operation of all her citi,
zen's- Special thanks are due to the
. county commissioners and their
i township chairmen, to the officers
and members of the Lions Club, to
! the Highway officials and their
1 corps of helpers, and last but not
- least tb the WPA workers who with
5 our U. D. C. and D. A. R. members
' have labored long and lovingly to
provide a sErine and park dedicat'
ed to the memory of Nathaniel
Macon. To call the roll of the
5 above would be too long, but Mr.
: Howard F. Jones who has given so
' much time in preparing the pro'
gram and acting as secretary for the
Committee on Invitation, Judge
Kerr, who left his post in Washington
to come and serve us by acting
** J nr\rl TVTrC
I as lviasiei ui ocicmunj. onu xum
Katherine P. Arrington who brought
the whole to a wonderful climax in
" the lovely reception she served to
5 the honored guests and many of
" the home people must be men1
tioned.
5 May we have been inspired by
5 the great addresses of yesterday to
c live up to our heritage and may the
: Park be often used for such occaYours
with highest appreciation,
I sions- : ?
? AMMA D. GRAHAM.
> EPISCOPAL MINISTER GOES
TO CAMP AS INSTRUCTOR
The Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner
1 left this week for Camp Vade
1 Mecum where he will teach handi'
craft to the boys of the Junior
camp for two weeks. He was accompanied
to the camp on Tuesday
* * TTTn/rnnr onH TVTlCC
uy IVII. Dciiui u. tv a5^ivi uwvt atmw
r Elizabeth Wagner who returned to
' Warrenton on Wednesday.
i
SOUND OF LIBERTY BELL
I TO BE BROADCAST SUNDAY
The Liberty Bell, symbolical of
t America's freedom, will be rung ber
fore a micraphone on Sunday af ,
ternoon, July 4th, at 1 o'clock, Eas1
tern Standard Time, and may be
i heard over the radio.
THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
NUM1BER 27
iitizens
ebration At
)f Nat. Macon
i Henderson, John L. Skinner
[ H. Kerr Tell Story Of |
>linian As Hundreds
For Three Hours
VTRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS
iker At Dedication Exercises,
3 He Rises To Become One
Valued Statesmen
rrounding his restored home,
ind persons gathered on Tues'ibute
to the memory of Nath;
Romans," and to hear Dr.
or Hoey, John L. Skinner and
11 of the sturdy, rugged North
Carolinian who had left the
impress of service and wisdom
upon the early pages of
the nation's history.
The exercises, held on the 100th
anniversary of Mr. Macon's death,
were the results of efforts on the
part of the local chapters of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and the Daughters, of the
American Revolution which several
years ago induced the Board of
County Commissioners to purchase
70 acres of the original 500 acre
track 'to be used as a park, and
later, through a WPA project and
additional funds from the county
and means of their own, restored his
home and cleared the grounds as a
shrine to the former statesman who
served in Congress for 37 consecutive
years.
The principal speaker at the dedication
exercises, Dr. .Archibald
Henderson of Chapel Hill, mathamatician,
historian and biographer,
gave fin account of the life that
Nathaniel Macon lived as he rose
irrom oosucrity to oecome one ui
(this state's greatest contribution to
the nation and one of the nation's
most valued statesmen nearly a
century and a half agoCharacterized
by Henry Adams as
a "homespun planter who erred
more often in his grammar than in
his principle," Dr. Henderson refuted
the slur upon Mr. Macon's
gramMar by stating that letters of
the Warren statesman showed the
use of better grammar and spelling
than the majority of his contemporaries
in public life. He said that
it was honesty which sealed the
friendship between Mr. Macon, the
democrat, and John Randolph, the
aristocrat. Each had the courage
of his own conviction and was unswerving
in principle, he said.
Stating that Mr. Macon believed
in essentials and that he had faith
in the people, the speaker reminded
his audience that the statesman was
a fearless exponent of the rights of
the people and a zealous guardian
of their liberties. "It was his wisdom,"
he said, "that helped defeat
the Alien and Sedition laws and
preserve the liberty of the press
and freedom of speech " Dr. Henderson
also spoke of Mr. Macon's
contribution to the Republic in the
State Constitutional Convention of
1835 when he defeated an amend
ment to the Constitution which
would keep persons of certain religious
persuasions from holding office.
Commenting on the fact that in
Mr. Macon's day that this was an
agrarian section while the north
was an industrial section and that
the problems confronting the two
sections were of different nature,
Dr. Henderson said that Mr. Macon
felt that a state should liave the
right to succeed from the unionHe
said that Mr. Macon looked
upon slavery as an evil wliich had
come upon the south and that he
entertained little hope for the future
of the negro race.
The sDeaker stated that Mr.
Macon was opposed to the secret
'ballot, that he was opposed to lobbying,
and that he was opposed to
'politicians using press agents to get
'them elected to office- "Mr. Macon
never asked a person to vote for
[him," the speaker stated.
| Dr. Henderson referred to Mr.
Macon's faith in the Constitution,
spoke of his ardent pleas for the
protection of the courts and drew
| a parallel to the present proposal to
! increase the membership of the
Supreme court. "The independence
1 of our judges is about to be destroy[ed
and the Constitution of our
country trampled under foot/' DrHenderson
quoted from Macon in
(Continued on page 4)