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1 accurate, terse timely volume xxxvn COMPANY"B TO I liAVE FOR CAMP ,j2 Men and Three Officers To Entrain For Columbia Sunday Morning TO BE GONE for 15 days Sixty-two enlisted men and three officers of Company b, Warren's j . .ow unit, will leave by train on , m nuixu*^ ? Sunday morning at 7 o'clock fori Columbia, S. C, for their annual ' The men, who will receive mili- ' [arv instructions for 15 days, will be "under the command of Captain Claude T. Bowers, 1st Lieutenant Harold R. Skillman, and 2nd LieutAndrew J. Hundley. The soldiers are expected to fallin at the armory early Sunday morning, march to the depot where I they will catch the train for War- I ren Plains and go from there to I Norlina where they will board aj special train to Columbia. Nicholas F. Alston, Retired Capitalist, I Dies On Friday Funeral services for Nicholas I Faulcon Alston, retired capitalist of I New York and Warrenton, were I conducted from the home here last I Friday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock by I the Rev. I. W- Hughes, Episcopal I minister of Henderson. Following the services his remains were carried to Durham where they werel cremated. I Mr. Alston, who was 75 years of! age, died here Friday morning j IarOUlICi Z OCIOCK iUilUWUlg a ocuwuo illness of several weeks. Prior to that time he carried his age unusually well. The son of Alfred and Polly Kearny Alston, he was born in the ancestral home in this county, but later moved with his family to Warrenton where he worked as a young man. Mr. Alston later moved to New York and spent most of his time there until around 10 years ago when he returned here to live with his brothers and sisters in the family home He traveled extensively, having only a few years ago made a trip around the world. Surviving are two sisters and three brothers, Misses Laura Eaton Alston and Maria Alston, and Herbert, Howard and Van Alston, all of < Warrenton. 1 Pallbearers were W. N. Boyd, Tom ; Burton, Howard Jones Jr., Stephen 1 Burroughs, Laurie Beddoe, J. P. ' Scoggin, p. G. Seaman and Erskine 1 Clement. J Storm Brings Short Paliaf I Il\CliCl A I Ulll A icai ' A heavy rain, preceded and ac- * roTTi;:aTiied by an electrical storm, 1 brought temporary relief on Tues- ' Say aftenlGon to citizens of this county who, like those living in 1 many other sections of the nation, ' had sweltered beneath a heat wave i that kept the thermometer playing tag with the 90 and 100 degree mark < f?r nearly a week. i While apparently there were no 1 serious results in this county from ( the unusually long spell of hot ' leather, a considerable amount of 1 discomfort was felt, and the weather 1 became the chief subject of con- 5 fersation. The electrical storm on Tuesday atternoon disrupted electric light and power service in town for approximately half an hour, and the tt'nd which accompanied the lighting broke off several old trees , about town. ] ? < bill rook leaves 1 Bill Rook, who spent two years i ere as an employee of Boyce Drug < 0 and Giliam Auto Co., departed i ?n Sunday for Goldsboro where he j s accepted a position with the ] j r Bearings & Parts Corporain?'h ^Ir ^??k' a native of Birm- j b am, Ala., made his home with l r; and Mrs. W. D. Rodgers while 1 lng in Warrenton. ^ II ATTEND SCHOOL ll || Jolin Mitchell, cashied of the i || Citizens Bank, and Pett Boyd, as- < |H Slstant cashier, have been in Chapel Hiu this wek attending a banking ( l| sctl001 Mr. Mitchell was there the I ] *'r$t part of the week and Mr. Boyd i 1| has been there the latter part of i \ ul A. L NICHOLSON DIES IN CHURCH Prominent Macon Business Man Succumbs To An Heart Attack FUNERAL HELD MONDAY Arthur L. Nicholson, prominent business man of Macon and well known citizen of this county, died suddenly from a heart attack Sunnight night while attending church services in the Macon Baptist church. He was 59 years of age. Funeral services were conducted from the home in Macon on Monday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock by his pastor, the Rev. R. E- Brickhouse Interment followed in the Macon cemetery. Surviving Mr. Nicholson are his widow, Mrs. Annie Perrin Nicholson; a son, A. L. Nicholson Jr.; three sisters, Misses Charlotte, Lizzie and Ellie Nicholson, all of Macon; and three brothers, Pryor Nicholson of Varina, John Nicholson of Macon, and Manly Nicholson of Hamlet. Pallbearers were Macon Thornton, Eugene Overby, Jasper Shearin, Forrest Daniel, Clyde Coleman and Robert Shaw. Honorary pallbearers were F. M- Drake, Vivian Shearin, Edwin Russell, J. M. Coleman, Nat Shearin and Claude Overby. Tobacco Curing Is Under Way In Warren County Tobacco curing has started in warren county. W. D. Martin of Norlina, Rt. 2, started fires in his flues on Monday and on Tuesday Robert Robertson of near Warren Plains had filled a barn and had everything in readiness to begin curing the weedAlthough both Messrs. Martin and Robertson are reported to have unusually good crops of tobacco this year, the crops over the county as a whole are said to be spotted and are not regarded as being as good as in some years. The corn and cotton crops in Warren county look better than usual. New ^Chauffeur's Licenses Needed Chauffeur licenses expired on July 1 and must be renewed at once to avoid the embarrassment of arrest and the penalty of the law, State Highway Patrolman Parks Alexander stated this week when he returned to Warrenton after a week's vacation which came "on the tie els of three weeks' strike duty at Lumberton. The patroThian stated that all ;hose who operate for-hire automoailes or for-hire trucks must have ;hese licenses ih addition to the regular motor vehicle licenses whicn expire the first of the year but that they are not necessary for those ivho operate an automobile or a truck for individual use of a family or a firm. The chauffeur's license cost $2.00 and may be obtained from a representative of the state who is in the sheriff's office at the court House each Tuesday afternoon between the lours of 1 and 5 o'clock. The patrolman will also issue them but he orefers that they be obtained at the sheriff's office. 14-Year-Old John Gra County Prize . Stephen Bowden Jr., 14-year-old John Graham School student who ives near Warrenton, has been declared Warren county winner in the senth annual cooperative essay con;est, according to word received tolay from M. G. Mann, general manager of the N. C. Cotton Association and the Farmers Cooperative Exchange sponsors of the contest. Young Bowden's essay is now beng judged along with others writsen by students in the Central dissrict and if he is declared district vinner he will go to Raleigh somesime during August to compete with shree other district winners for the State championsnip ana nrst prize )f a one-year college tuition. Bowden, who wrote his essay unier the supervision of P. W. Cooper, principal of the John Graham High School, will receive a three-year subscription to the Carolina Co-operator as prize for being county hp U; WARRENTON, COUNTY I FIRST ENGLISH CHUi ON ORIGINAL SITES :Ci-^>, .v The First English Church in Pictured above is Old Chapel, reprodu .the most authentic records of the C .erected by the "Lost Colony," which se Island, North Carolina, in 1587. The 10 and 9 children, which made up this Ci .disappeared, the only traces left beir .pieces of armor and the word "Croatc LeggetU Goes Into ( New Building; J. B. Davis To Open Store Leggetts Department Store, which bought out the Warrenton Depart- ^ ment Store several months ago, 5 moved into its new quarters on the 0 corner opposite court square on Tuesday night and will open for h business with a sale today. h Removal of the stock of goods f from the Warrenton Department tl Store building, which is owned by g Mrs- W. T. Johnson of Raleigh, left 3 the building vacant for the first a time in 27 years. The building will si be occupied in a few days by J. Boyd Davis, who will operate a S( clothing store there, and it is rum- h ored that Mrs. Loyd Wood and Miss p Bessie Taylor will share the build- h ing with him and operate a millinery shop and a ladies depart- j, ment. u The new Leggett store, which was built especially for this concern, is owned by A. A. Williams and Dr. .. T. J. Holt. Jjj Only One Case Tried By Recorder cL A brief session of Recorder's court ^ was held on Monday morning when only one case was tried before Judge J T o Rodwell. J ^ Ernest Watson, negro, submitted to a charge of assault with a deadly weapon and received a suspend- ^ ed judgment upon payment of court Jl COStS. I J The only other case on the docket p booked for trial this week was a n charge against James Henderson, v negro, of possessing whiskey for ^ the purpose of sale. A jury trial p .was demanded and this case was U | ' -p automatically postponed until the fourth Monday in the month. ^ Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Sullivan of ? Richmond Hill, New York, are G guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Reid H for the week. P [ B iham Student Wins j< In C-op Essay Contest ' ti winner. "The essay Mr. Bowden submitt- r ed showed real study and sound * thought on the cooperative movement," commented Mr. Mann in making the announcement. "He is to be congratulated not only upon & his understanding of the benefits of 0] farmer-cooperation but also upon tr I his underlying desire to see our a, farm people get their rightful share a] ' of the nation's income. It is upon the young people of today that we w must depend to a great extent in b; our battle for a better day for agriculture" tl The subject of the essay contest "r this year is "A Well Rounded Co- 1 ai operative Program for North Caro- Sc lina." In his 2,000-word essay, Mr. c< Bowden dealt with the following ii four questions: 1. Why should cotton farmers market their cotton crop through A (Continued on Page 8) wi irrrtt OF WARREN, N. C. FRII iCH AND FIRST ENGLI! AT ROANOKE ISLAND, ^vvj| 'I tree. One of the m Mm i JDare, the first chili ''Wk #? -*ca> August 18th, 15 .||ps$| .the few remaining WtJ? 350th anniversary : |||f ; memorated at Ros MS ;$ .series of celebratio ' Am h 1 By special act of C 11111 Jar has been mint* ^ anniversary of the Above is pictured ' site of the original, America colonists to arrive i Carolina. Governo: cod according to English settlement lhapel originally land for additionE ttled at Roanoke years later the ent 0 men, 12 women .living member was olony completely the "Block House" lg a few broken with a high nalisai lan" carved on a Car;k~rs r. wl very ' 31der "Boys" To Play LfOuisburg Team Next Week With a team selected from a list diich contains the names of around 0 business men of the town, Chief f Police Jack Scott and State Highway Patrolman Parks Alexander ave arranged for a baseball game ere next Wednesday afternoon besveen the town of Warrenton and iie Louisburg Junior Order. The ame is scheduled to take place at o'clock in the afternoon on the thletic field of-the John Graham :hool. While practically all of the men elected by the lawmen for the game ave in days gone by handled the ill with adept fingers few of them ave had a baseball in their hands 1 years unless it was to entertain mior and show him how papa sed to play. It is presumed that the line-up ill be changed frequently during le game as a number of the potenal players will hardly be able to ist more than an inning or so. Following is the list which was ;ndered by Jack Scott, whose right rm in years gone by carried him > world fame on the mound. He I expected to pitch Wednesday af;rnoon and it is probable that Duke ones or Jim Moore will be on the ;ctfiving end. Gordon Poindexter, A. C. Blalock, J. T. Polk, John Dowtin, Duke ones, Jack Scott, Parks Alexander, im Moore, Herbert Lovett, Sheriff innell, Hickory Wood, Simon Garder, E. E. Gillam, Barker Williams, J. A. Miles Sr., Duke Miles, W. A. tiles Jr., Laurie Beddoe, G. Nittard, Bill Boyce, Ed Hicks, Wilom Newell. Walter White. Ben atts, Alfred Williams Jr., Romeo Williams, A. J. Ellington, William aylor Jr., W. W. Taylor Sr., W- N. oyd, James Poindexter, E. L. reen, Will Kline, Charlie Rodwell, arry Cohen, Clifton Bobbitt, C. E. ritton, Bill Davis, S. O- Nunn, Tom urton, H. L. Hayes, Graham rhite, A. D. Harris, Graham Boyd, 3hn Mitchell, Marvin Drake Jr., Ben Herring, Jim Moore. How many of the above list will irn out for the game is unknown. Revival Meeting To Be Held At Wise The annual revival meeting will agin at the Wise Baptist Church i Monday and continue through le week with two services daily? 5 3:30 o'clock in the afternoons tid ? o'clock at night. The pastor, Rev. F. G. Walker, ill be assisted during the revival y Rev. W. A. Elam of Shelby. In making the announcement of le meetings, T. H. Sledge stated: rhe public is cordially invited to ttend the services and hear the >ul stirring messages which we are jnfident Brother Elam will dever." Mr- Bill Reid has returned from thens, Ga., after spending three eeks with relatives. ?WB1 )AY, JULY 16, 1937 Subs i ? 5H FORT RESTORED , NORTH CAROLINA | embers of the Colony was Virginia I d born of English parents in Amer87. The restored Chapel will contain relics of the ill-fated Colony. The of the "Lost Colony" will be commoke Island, North Carolina, in a ns from July 4th to September 4th. ongress, a commemorative half dol:d and a stamp honoring the 350th birth of Virginia Dare will be issued. (' ^ ] | J English Fort in America 'The Block House" restored on the which was built by the first English n America at Roanoke Island, North r John White, leader of this first in the new world, sailed for Engil supplies. Upon his return four ire Colony had disappeared and no ever heard from again. He describes as "A place vevy strongly enclosed 3e of great trees, with curtains and fort-like'." Local Man Loses Part of His Finger During Air Cruise An airplane ride cost Holland nallrnrra^ evnnlnvee nf the Hovd V?aiAW*YUJ j J vu v* ?..? ^ ( Boyce Mortor Co., a portion of his i index finger on Sunday when a 1 plane was at the government air- i port near here taking up passen- i gers. j The young man, who was seated < in the front of the plane, was flying 1 over Warrenton when he stuck his right arm out to wave at persons ' below and the propeller caught the ' tip of his finger. j After the ship had completed its flight Galloway was brought to Warrenton where a portion of his finger was said to have been amputated by Dr. F. P. Hunter. Soviet Aviators Set New Record March Field, Calif., July 14.? Three air heroes of the Soviet ' Union blazed a 'new distance record ^ across the North Pole from Moscow , to a Southern California cow pasture today for the cheers of the world and a ham-and-egg breakfast. Fog 'forced them down near San , Jacinto, a mountain community, ( after they had penetrated almost to the Maxican border. Their direct air-iine distance was ] 6,262 miles, although they flew much farther in avoiding bad weather, i They Timed themselves in 62 hours ( and 17 minutes from this Moscow i takeoff, landing just short of this \ Army air Base about 6:27 a. m- P. S- T. (9:27 a. m. E. S. T.). ] They had flown for some two and I a half hours over the San Diego and Mexican border region before turning Back north attempting to 1 find a "hole in the early-morning < fog. i Smiling gamely, Pilot Mikhail i (Continued on page 8) Work On New Motion Expected To Be The work of constructing a new i motioft picture house here to be (r occupied by the Warren Theatre is i expected to get under way within (] the next week or so and be com- ? pleted early in the fall. Blue prints of the new building,' J which is to be located between the Warrenton Grocery Co- and Hotel Warren, have already been approved and bids are now going out to a number of contractors. I The bids are to be returned on j July 26, and unless some unforseen j situation develops, work is expected j to start within a few days after the t bids have been submitted. ' t The new theatre is to be owned ] i by Mrs- W. H. Dameron, who ap- t proximately a year ago purchased ] a lot adjacent to the Warrenton; Grocery Co. for this purpose. 't The building will be air condi- r tioned and will have ample seat- j ing capacTty to take care of 500 fflr (cription Price, $1.50 a Year $75,000 Remc Proposi Commissioners Revise Jury List In Monday's Session Approximately 700 persons were ;elected as eligible for jury duty vhen the list was purged by the Board of County Commissioners in * i 3 session nere on iviunuay oi tun veek. Later around" 125 of the approximately 700 names chosen by he commissioners for this service vere stricken out due to the fact hat these people had not paid their [ axes. The list is revised every two years n order to remove the names of he deceased and to withdraw the lames of those who have become ncapacitated and otherwise dislualified for this duty. As a gen:ral thing not more than 160 men ire drawn for jury duty in Superor court annually. The revised list includes the lames of negroes in practically ev:ry township. With the exception of their work in the jury list, which required ibout two hours, and rescinding heir action to include certain items 'or school purposes in the proposed iond issue, the commissioners at;ended to only one other matter. Mter listening to a report of the ivork which had been done in this :ounty under the supervision of fire Warden E. Hunter Pinnell to ih'eck fires and save timber, and earning from him that a $200 appropriation which was made last rear for the purpose of preventing forest fires had not been used, the board, at Mr. Pinnell's request, agreed to make this money available for building bridges and repairing roads in sections which are covered by the Warden and his men in fiehtine fires. TJle commissioners completed their day around 2 o'clock in the aftcrnoori and adjourned until the first Monday in August. Robinson's Death May End Fight Washington, July 14. Senate leaders expressed agreement today the death of Administration Leader Joe Robinson was a "serldus blow" to the Roosevelt court bill, and some forecast ft would be abandoned. While discussion of the court bill's prospects was off the record, there was widespread talk among senators of dropping the measure, leaning up the legislative program as quickly as possible and adjourning. Senators, shocked by the leader's sudden death, were reluctant to discuss the legislative situation. But they agreed the death of Robinson had struck an almost fatal blow to the drive for the legislation. The Arkansas senator not only ivas directing the drive to push the compromise measure through the Senate, but was the main author of the substitute. He had been given a free hand by President Roosevelt to negotiate a sill thE Senate would pass. The immediate effect of Robin>on's death was to interrupt the ' lmAno rinhof/-? nrfoinH ViaH hhhn nrn. . Ui 1U lu utunw TY liMM wvv*? |??W seeding In the Senate for more than i wee?- What the ultimate effect night be no one was willing to (Continued on page 8) Picture House Started In Few Days jersons including the gallery space, rhe theatre will also contain a arger stage and screen than the present theatre and will house a oda shop. Politics May Halt New Road Project Henderson, July 14?Injection of x)litics into the situation in Virgilia may do what a movement aunclied here several weeks ago lad as its goal, the blocking of he diversion of tourist traffic from he present national highway, Route , 4-r\ on otiv^Hnrw rnnfo furfhpr tn . ,} tv uil HUAU1W1J 4UUWV AVMWAWA VM I he east, according to information earned today- , The state of Virginia would have o furnish a good deal of the money ; lecessary for building the proposed lighway, which would route south(Continued on Page 8) I MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 29 >ved From 3d Bond Issue Reduction Made Aften Allen States Board Education Did Not Request Issue BONDS TO BUILD JAIL The proposed $95,000 bond issue to raise funds with which to remodel the jail and take care of school demands was reduced to $20,000 on Monday by the Board of County Commissioners after this body had been informed through the office of the superintendent of schools that the request for approximately $75,000 for school purposes was not made by the Board of Education. Disclosure of the fact that the Board of Education was not accepting the responsibility i'or the oral fo/inoela morto hu difttripf. Pfimttlifc 1V/\^UVUVU U4MYKV ??-- ?--? w teemen led the commissioners to strike out all items for school purposes in the proposed bond Issue and to call for an election to let the people decide only on the question of voting $20,000 for repairing the jail, as recommended by several grand juries and ordered by Judge Grady. The date for the election will probably be set at the next meeting of the board. In a letter to the Commissioners Supt- of Schools J. Edward Allen stated that while in Ills opinion some of the items In the proposed $95,000 bond issue should be provided, that neither personally nor officially was he responsible for the requests and that the suggestions of improvements at Littleton and Norlina and the gymnasium facilities in general did not originate with him. Questioned as to the board's view in regard to the matter, William H. Burroughs, chairman, stated that the requests for the vsjlous school items were made by committeemen in the presence of members of the Board of Education and that the commissioners were of the opinion that they were carrying out the wishes of the Board of Education when they agreed to Include the folio wine items in the proposed bond issue: Around $1?,800 for additional classrooms at the John Graham school, gymnasiums at a cost of $15,000 each In the Warrenton, Littleton and Norlina schools, water and sewer facilities in the Macon, Wise, Drewry and Afton-Elberon schools at an individual cost of $1,500, and $5,000 to replace a negro school in Sandy Creek township which was destroyed by fire last summer. "Of course," he said, "the board was glad to leave these items out after learning that they did not represent a formal request from the Board of Education." The minute rescinding their action of July 5 when the various items were included for school purposes and the letter from the superintendent of schools read as follows: "Whereas, Mr. J. Edward Allen, Superintendent of Instruction of Warren county, has notified the county attorney that the Board of Education had not formally petitioned the Boatfl for the issuance of bonds for school purpose, as orally requested by district committeemen it is ordered that the resolution passed at the regular meeting on Monday. July 5. 1937. be re scinded." Mr. Allen's Letter: "Gentlemen of the Board of County Commissioners: "With reference to the request made of you a week ago for an election on a bond Issue for school needs and other objects, I desire to place on record the following facts: (1) The Board of Education of Warreh County was in session on Monday last, but I was of the opinion at that time that to action by that Board was necessary, since all such Requests for the bond election went to you directly; and therefore no action was taken thereon, as attached minutes will show. "(2) 1 desire to make it plain that I as county superintendent of public instruction, or persortally, was in no wise responsible for the items that went to you In that request- I did then believe, and still believe, that the items of sanitary toilets ought to be provided. 1 knew then and know now that tlie responsibility rests on you to pro vide a place for the Hecks Grove people to go to school insofar as it can be done within constitutional limitations. I knew then, have known for several years and stQl know that additional teaching space at Warrenton Is a (Continued on pitge 8) ? i : (i I'd 1
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