i accurate, terse
timely I
t^olume xxxvii
?0 SALARIES
a Df MEMBERS OF
I ABC BOARD
jj,ree County Hoards Meet
in Conjoint Session To
Discuss Affairs County
Whiskey Stores
ifl'T. AMJ2N presides
jjvjid .Members Frown On
fwv frequent Meeting
Being Held
I ciiirip? of members of the War
II?n county Alcoholic Beverage uon1^1
Board wore set at a conjoint
luting of the Board of County
I commissioners, the Board of Health
lard the School Board on Wednesday
afternoon.
The salary of $50.00 a month
srhich James B. Boyce receives as
ihairman of the Control Board was
:ot altered nor was the pay of $7.50.
jlus milage, which Ernest Moseley
Iliad H F Bonney receive for each
awe they meet changed, but if they
B'ollow out the order of the three
^ loauA they will not meet as often
as they have in the past.
After members of the three
hoards had assembled in the comH
jmssioner's room and appointed J.
Edward Allen as chairman and W.
k Burroughs as secretary, a reso
'?rinn was submitted by Commis
| loner Capps whereby the two memlocrs
of the board would each re
;c;ve S5.00, plus mileage, for their
(meetings but they were not to meet
Ibut twice a month. Dr- W- W. Tay lor
pointed out that the law under
I which they were appointed set
I their salary at $7.50. plus mileage,
I for each meeting and said that he
H did not think the board on which
he was serving had authority to
I change this figure. Other members
I of the three boards then agreed to
I leave their compensation at $7.50
for each meeting they held but
I tiled that they should not meet
(.Continued on page 10)
IV. T. Carter,
Former Member
I Of Board, Dies
I William T. Carter, a magistrate
of this county for many years and
atone time a member of the Board
of Education, died at his home in
Vaughan on Monday morning fol
lowing a heart attack. For the past
two or three weeks he had shown
evidence of declining health. He
was 78 years old.
I Funeral services were conducted
I from the Vaughan Methodist
Church Tuesday afternoon at 2
o clock with the Rev. Mr- Phipps ofI
ficiating. Burial took place between
Bhro of his former wives in the
churchyard.
I Mr. Carter is the father of Chief
of Police Will Carter of Norlina,
Mrs. Dan Barnes of Vaughan, Mrs
lite Porter of Aurelian Springs and
several other children, the names
ot whom could not be learned here.
In addition, he is survived by his
hie. who before marriage was Miss
My HarrisSquire
Carter, as he was known
throughout the county, took an active
part in the politics of Warren
lor many years and up until a few
*eeks ago he was to be found at
the court house on practically evfirst
Monday talking matters of
1 Political nature, both from a
flsunty and national standpoint. He
I tcntinued to conduct his magisI
'hte's court up until a short time
I kfore his death, and at times was
I known to appear in Recorder's
I t0 ar^lle a case *n of
i episcopal services
I, H?ly Communion will be celeI
"ated in Emmanuel Episcopal
I vourch on Snr,/in-.T u
VAAlVlOrjr u
o'clock and at 11 o'clock there will
1* a short morning service, the
l^ev B. N. de Foe Wagner anI
bounced last night upon his return
l;roai Haymarket, Va., where he has
'*?* spending a few days with Rev
B. Carpenter who accompanied
B3*? to Warrenton- There will be
Iiri Mternoon service at Ridgeway
I" 4 o'clock Sunday, he said. The
I ; Mr. Carpenter, who accomI
Pani?d the Rev. Mr. Wagner home
I ^ in charge of services both
Inere and at Ridgeway.
I Mr. and Mrs- Bignall Jones anc
I are spending a few days with
I '^r- Jones' parents, Mr. and Mrs
?
I Wed At Hoi
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y ... With
providing the wedding march mush
taking their marital vows aboard tb
cruised beneath the Falls.
SUPT. ALLEN DISCI
SCHOOL OUTLO
TO OPEN SES:
Littleton School
To Have George
Reed Teacher
Three hundred dollars was appropriated
by the Board of County
Commissioners on Wednesday afternoon
to supplement the salary of
a George Reed teacher to give instructions
in Home Economics in
the Littleton High School.
No provision was made in the
school budget for this expense due
to the fact that when the budget
was made up a few days ago it was
not thought that such a teacher
would be available for the Littleton
school, Supt J. Edward Allen
stated.
Mr. Allen said that when the ap
1: 11 ? n A rirt/wnpn
piiCcii'iun was maue iui a ucuigc
Reed teacher for the Littleton
school, which was subject to a federal
appropriation, that Warren
county was nearly at the bottom of
the list of the counties which had j
already filed and that little hope (
was entertained for securing such a
teacher at the time, although application
was made. As time went
on nothing more was heard about
the teacher, Mr. Allen said, and it
I was thought that one would not be,
(available for the Littleton school,
but on Saturday President Roose- (
jvelt attached his name to the bill
(Which provides funds for George
jReed teachers and this county was
notified that such a teacher would
I be placed in the Littleton school
and that this county would have to
supplement her federal salary.
There will be no increase in the
I
tax rate due to this appropriation.
| Provision was made in the school
.budget for sanitary improvements
at the Macon school and it is exJpected
that enough money will be
saved out of the money raised for
!this work to pay the county's part
'of the George Reed teacher's salary.
Christian Wyler
Dies At Ridgeway
Funeral services for Christian
Wyler, who died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Kasper Kilian, at
Ridgeway on Wednesday at 1:30
o'clock, were conducted from the
Lutheran church yesterday afternoon
at 1:30 o'clock by the pastor,
the Rev- Mr. Moeibus. His remains
were shipped to Jefferson, Ind.,
where interment took place.
Mr. Wyler came from his home
in Jefferson to visit his daughter
about six months ago. His health
was not regarded as being good
when he left Indiana and he never
regained it after reaching Warren
county. Death, which came in his
82nd year, was attributed to a complication
of disease.
i In addition to Mrs. Kilian, the
deceased leaves two other daugh:
ters, Mrs- Emma Holtzman of
1 ma* x ? PUnnr
i Kiageway ana ivirs. uamcs ounv* ?
Louisville, Ky. He is also survived
1 by two sons, Cris Wyler of Stands
ford, Ky., and Fred Wyler of Los
' Angeles, Calif. His grandchildren
! served as pallbearers.
LIGHTNING STRIKES HOME
i Lightning struck the home of
Sheriff W. J. Pinnell during the
electrical storm which passed over
i Warren county on Thursday after1
noon of last week. Damages were
i. confined to a knocked out telephone.
If*?
WARRENTON, COUNTY OF
eymoan SBe
i
the roar of the Niagara Cataracts
j, a couple of this city are shown
e Maid of the Mist, as the steamer
JSSES COUNTY
OK FOR 1937-38;
5ION SEPTEMBER 7
Free Textbooks To Be Furn-1
ished Elementary Grades;
New School Busses
URGES MORE~ READING
By J. EDWARD ALLEN,
Supt. Warren County Schools
The schools will have their formal
opening on Tuesday morning,
September 7th, on which day the
busses will make their first trip. On j
this day will come enrollment and'
assignment of classes and courses,'
and on Wednesday morning, Sep- (
tember eighth, regular class work1
will begin in all schools.
No elementary basal books will be ,
rented this year. The basal books |
will be furnished without cost in
the first seven grades, and the sup-'
plementary books will be also furn- I
ished by the state on a rental basis-!
Therefore the rental fee will be1
r-Vioro-oH in thp nn?p nf pvprv nunil I
VllHtgVU **? VMV VMWV w* v . .. 0 r?t
in the schools, and no child can
pass the grade without obtaining
the supplementary books as well as
the basal. The rental fee charged
is as follows:
Grades I and II $1.00
Grades III, IV and V $1.20
Grades VI and VII $140
In the High School grades, all
books will be available by rental, I
depending on the books wants, the'
fee being one-third of the purchase [
price. Children will be given the
memorandum of the cost the first
day, and will bring the money the
second day.
Vaccination Necessary
In order to prevent any future
trouble with smallpox, it is required
by the Warren County Board of
Health and State Regulations, that
1 !1 ?1 ~ A +1-1 n rvnKlin
eiii cmiaren wnu tittcxiu
schools shall have been vaccinated.
Mrs. Jones will visit all sschools
shortly after the opening in September
for the purpose of vaccinating
against smallpox. Parents who
jsend their children to school uni
vaccinated, send them with the
'agreement that they will be vaccinated
unless they carry to the
igrade teacher in charge, a certificated
signed by a physician covering
the case. Oral statements can'not
be used, and the law permits
no exceptions.
Every school child is urged to beigin
early the reading for a "reading
j certificate " No child is required
to do the reading for this certificate,
but all children should do
this volutary reading for pleasure,
and the school room which shows
'the highest percentage of reading
certificates will receive a prize. The'
Warren County Memorial Library
Book Truck will help in providing
things to read.
Teachers Meeting
The first general teachers' meeting
will be held in the basement of
'the Memorial Library on Tuesday
[evening, Sept. 7th-, at 7:30. At this
'time Dr. Highsmith and assistants,
| together with a member of the
State School Commission and the
[Secretary of the State Education
.Association will give instructions.
(Continued on page 10)
OFFICES FOR NEGRO DOCTORS
Work has started here on the
construction of a building below the
Community Center to be used as
offices for Dr. Haywood and DrWynn,
negro physicians of Warrenton.
Capital for the erection of the
building is being put up by a group
of men, it is understood.
arren
WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, A1
BOARD AGREE ~1
SCHOOL AUDIT
AT LITTLETON1
Seek To Determine If Halifax
County Has Turned Over
All District Money To
Warren County
HALIFAX COOPERATING i
Warren Side Littleton District
Feels That Funds
Are Due It
The Board of County Commissioners
agreed on Wednesday af- ^
ternoon to have an audit made of
the Littleton School District to de- j
termine whether Halifax or Warren f
county has failed in the past to pay ~
its proportionate part of the ex- |
pense of running the schools in the |
district which is divided by the two
counties.
Those in Littleton on the Warren
side of the line contend that
Halifax county has not come across t
with as much cash as she should for
operating the schools and as a result
bonds have not been retired as
fast as they should have and the rj
tax rate remains higher in the Little
school district than in any other
district in the county. Some of
those living on the Halifax side, according
to reports reaching here, **
claim that they have paid their pro w
rata part of running the schools tl
and if there is a shortage any- n
where it is on the Warren county fj
side.
Halifax county operates the ne- jr
gro schools in the Littleton special g
district and Warren county oper- C]
ates the white schools in this district.
Halifax county is to pay part of ^
the cost of the audit and Warren
county is to pay part. The minute
pertaining to the audit reads as
follows: - 8,1
C!
"Motioned by Commissioner King
that Warren county have an Audi- gl
tor employed to make a complete
(Continued on pace 10)
~ J
One Time Gazette j
Printer Pays Visit ,
To Warren Record
With fingers which had not
known the touch of printers ink in d
nearly 50 years, R. P. Davis rf c
Newport News, Va., a native of this %
county, reached into type cases at ^
the office of The Warren Record j g
on Wednesday morning to see if he I
had completely forgotten the letter g
boxes which were as familiar to him
when he worked here on the old
Warrenton Gazett in 1886-87 as are
the ivories to a talented piano *
player.
While Mr. Davis had not com- S1
pletely lost knowledge of the cases, lf
his fingers were not as adept in Sl
reaching to the right boxes and a
picking up the small type as they n
*- 4-1,^
wore wnen ne gut uut mc i
for Mr. Foote two and a half de- 111
cades ago- |u
Stating as he walked into the j ^
mechanical end of the office that s
he would like for old time sake to *
set an item to be published in this
week's issue of the paper, Mr. Davis t
appeared to be surprised when he c
was informed that our type for the c
paper was no longer set by hand s
but by machinery. e
j As the former printer looked over
at the linotype which was turning 8
lout as much copy in an hour as he '
probably could set in a day by hand, 1
he remarked: "That's a remarkable 1
piece of machinery; if any one had 1
told me when I was bending over
the cases picking up type 50 yeais J
ago that some day there would be
(Continued on page 10)
ATTENDS CONVENTION
Claude Haithcock left yesterday 1
for Wilmington to attend a life in- c
surance convention held for repre- i
sentatives of the Security Life & \
Trust Co. t
ACCEPTS POSITION <
Mr- Herman Paynter of Ridgeway i
has accepted a position with Leg- i
gett's Department Store, where he
: is manaeer of the Shoe Depart
jment- Mr. and Mrs. Paynter are
making their home with Mr. and i
Mrs. W. W. Cawthorne- ]
MAYOR GOES TO CANADA
Mayor William Polk left on Wed- i
nesday for Canada where he will
spend a few days with his wife and 1
daughter before accompanying them <
back to their home here.
Srrn
UGUST 20, 1937 Subscr
Marines In Peiping JH^W
*hP^
PEIPING . . . Col. John Marston
)f Germantown, Pa., commander
)f the United States Marine bar acks
at Peiping, scene of the
present Slno-Japanese crisis,
FARMERS MUST
HELP IN CHECK
5
^arm Must Be Checked And
Reports Filed Before Pay- *
ments Can Be Made
'ELLS REQUIRED DATA
By BOB BRIGHT
We are trying to complete comliance
by November 1st- To do this
e must have the cooperation of J
le producers or farmers- The farm ^
lust be checked and the report
led before any payments will be
lade. Supervisors are now check- (
lg farms and the producers should (
ive them all the aid possibe in \
necking the farm. j
The farmer should have clear in <
lind the following at the time his s
irm is checked:
Acres planted to general crops, ]
lis includes corn, all small grain 1
nd truck; acres in conserving 1
:ops, this includes peas, beans, les- <
edez,a and other legumes. He 1
iouIcKbIso be ~atJle tor advise the ]
ipervisor what he intends to do
(Continued on page 10)
)ove Season To
Open September 15,
Other Date Is Error
The season for shooting doves
oes not open until September 15,
lame Warden E. Hunter Pinnell,
ho last week announced that the
an on this game would life on
eptember 1, stated this week after
sceiving new regulations from the
tate Department of Conservation
nd Development.
Mr. Pinnell said that when he
'as in Raleigh recently he was inarmed
by J- D. Chalk, Commisioner
of Game and Inland Fisher;s,
that the dove and squirrel seaan
would open on September 1,
nd after he had made announcelent
to this effect he received new
nstructions from Raleigh which
otified him that Federal game reg
lations prohibited the shooting of
oves until September 15 when the
eason will open for 30 days and
hen close until December 20.
Mr. Pinnell said that Tie has noified
those who sell hunting lienses
and many sportsmen of the
hange in the opening date for
hooting doves and asks that othrs
pass the word along.
There was no change in the
;ame warden's announcement last
ireek relative to shooting squirrels.
This season will open on September
and remain open through the
nonth.
Revival Services
North Warrenton
Revival services will begin at
*Jorth Warrenton Baptist church
>n Sunday, August 22, at 11 o'clock
t. m. Services each night for the
veek at 7:30 and day services beginning
Monday at 9 a. m- The pasx>r
will be assisted by Rev. B. L.
Uulfton of Pittsboro. The public
s cordially invited to attend each
service.
A. T. GREY HERE
A- T. Grey, under whose managenent
the Automobile Show and
Merchants* Exposition was put on
lere in the spring, was a visitor in
Warrenton Monday. Mr. Grey is
.low in Louisburg arranging for a
similar exposition which is to be
pat on in that town by the American
Legion during the week of
August 30th.
i
r st.w |
iption Price, $1.50 a Year
ALLOCATE $21,2201
WARREN COUNTY
County's Part of $2,000,000
Highway Fund To Be
Used On Country Roads i
BE REPAIRED AT ONCE
Warren county will receive $21,520
of the $2,000,000 allocated by
jovernor Clyde R- Hoey for het- 1
erment of school bus routes and
arm to market roads, according to ^
innouncement made from Raleigh
yesterday. Repairs are expected to
;et imder way at once in order to
itrengthen all the weak spots in the
oads before the opening of school, b
t is understood. s:
Allocations to other counties in V
he first division are as follows: a
3ertie, $17,300; Camden, $5,860; t
Chowan, $6,920; Currituck, $6,540; b
Dare, $6,720; Edgecombe, $21,240; b
Dates, $9,640; Halifax, $22,580; b
Hertford, $14,060; Martin, $16,840; e
Northampton, $16,400; Pasquotank, s
59,720; Perquimans, $9,240. f
The total for this division is C
5184,280. c
r
Six Cases Tried *
In County Court c
Here Monday ce
Six cases which involed eight deiendants
were disposed of by Judge s
r. O. Rodwell and Solicitor J. P. 1
Pippen in Recorder's court on Mon- *
lay morning. r
c
Operating a motor vehicle with- t
>ut a driver's license was the ?
:harge which brought Lloyd Young ?
nto the temple of justice. Judgnent
was continued upon payment
)f cost and the condition that he g
;emre a driver's license.
Judgment was continued upon ^
Payment of costs in the case against 0
Ernest Weldon who was found guil- ^
;y last week of refusing to surrend- j.
;r his driver's license after he had c
aeen ordered to do so by a state {
patrolman. He was ordered last ,
tveek to surrender his license but T
;he rest of the judgment was con- j,
;inued until this weekRobert
Davis, Nettie Harrell and f
Eliza Palmer, negroes, were book- v
id on a charge of engaging in an v
iffray in which a deadly weapon j
was used. Davis was ordered to ^
;he roads for four months; Nettie t
Harrell was given a 60-day jail sen- t
tence, and a nol pros with leave c
was taken as to Eliza Palmer- t
Matthew Alston, negro, was con- t
victed on a charge of assault on a t
female. He was given a 60-day t
road sentence which was suspended s
an the condition that he pay court
:osts and remain of good behavior r
for six months. s
Judgment was suspended upon ?
payment of costs provided he secure t
a driver's license in the case against j
John Thornton, negro, who was j
tried for driving without a permit. <
A case of hit-and-run driving, j
booked against Robert Burton, ne- ]
gro, was sent to Superior court t
Bond was set at $200. (
A case against Harry Alston, t
charging >him with abandonment
and non-support, was continued.
Mrs. Emma Pike
Dies At Littleton
i
Miss Emma Pike, 47, died at her \
Unmn r\a<%y T.UHofon nn WprinpsriftV 1
IlUIUVy llvm U1VV*VV^.. w. .. ?
night following a stroke of paraly- j
sis which she suffered ten days ago. i
Her health had not been good for
some time. I
Funeral services were conducted i
from the home Thursday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Interment followed in 1
the Littleton cemetery.
Miss Pike is survived by two sisters,
Miss Florence Pike and Mrs '
Will Bennett, and three brothers,
Herman, Mack and Raymond, all of
near Littleton.
Open Boll Cotton
Is Disployed Here
The first boll of open cotton to
be displayed here from the crop of
1937 was brought to Warrenton on
Tuesday by Frank W. Davis of near
? * ?* ?? * !- 4-Vtnf
five fonts- Mr. uavio muu uuu
the cotton was grown on his farm.
Dr- Frank CNeil, resident physician
in the Children's Hospital at
Cincinnati, Ohio, was a guest of
Howard Jones Jr. Thursday night.
Dr. CNeil was in North Carolina
to visit his parents who live at
Henderson.
I
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THE NEWS
^HTTHE TIME
NUMBER 34
BOARD CALLS
BOND ELECTION
SEPTEMBER 21
Voters To Decide Whether
Bonds Shall Be Issued
For Remodeling And
Repairing Jail
\GREE ON BOND ISSUE
rudge And Grand Juries Say
That County Bastile Must
Be Rebuilt
September 21st was the date set
y the Board of County CommlsIoners
in special session here on
Wednesday afternoon for holding
n election for the purpose of leting
the voters decide whether
ends in the sum of $20,000 shall
e issued for repairing and remodelng
the jail which has been forenost
in the minds of the commisioners
since the May term of Suterior
court when Judge Henry A.
Jrady ordered the entire body lnlicted
for not carrying out former
ecommendations of grand Juries
/hich had advised that repairs and
mprovements be made there. The
ase against the members of the
ounty governing body was contlnud
at the last term of courtThe
commissioners had agreed
ome time ago to call for a bond
ssue after it had been learned that
he necessary funds could not be
aised otherwise, but the date for
ailing the election could not be sec
intil the board had given public
LOtice of their intentions in this
natter and offered voters an opK>rtunity
to appear at a subsequent
neeting and show why the proposd
election should not be called.
WeHnocHoi; a ftflrnnnn won t.hn
late set for the public hearing and
mly one voter came here to proest
against the election- Finding
limself alone he made no verbal
ibjections before the commlwripirs
but let It be known that he ,
vould return to his township and
vork for- the defeat of the bond
ssue.
k
Opinion is divided over the prostects
for the bond issue canylng
vith the consensus being that it
vill be defeated by a large vote.
Some think that the bond Issue
vill carry due to the fact that In
his election only the votes of
hose who go to the polls will be
:ounted, whereas in some elections
he names of those on the registraion
books who do not concern
hemselves to the extent of going to
he polls are counted as being
igainst a public issue.
The commissioners themselves are
leither publicly advocating the pasage
nor the defeat of the bond is;ue.
Their position In regard to
he matter, it seems, is that they
lave been ordered by the court to
epair the jail, they have no funds
>n hand nor the power to borrow
he amount needed for the recomnended
repairs and that their only
ilternative Is to call for an election
ind let the people decide the mater.
Donkey Ball Game
At Littleton Tonight
Rare and hilarious entertainment
s promised at Littleton tonight and
;omorrow afternoon when a donkey
caseball game will be played at the
fair grounds between members of
the Littleton Lions Club and a
team composed of "old timers"
gathered from various towns and
communities of Warren and Halifax
counties. The club had Its
donkeys and everything in readiness
for a game two weeks ago but
It was postponed on account of
rainLocal
Firemen
Expected Home
MemDers 01 me warren ton mo
company were expected to return
last night from Farmville where
they have been this week attending
the annual convention of the
North Carolina Colored Volunteer
Fire Association.
The company, 27 or 28 men
strong, left by truck on Monday to
attend the three-day convention.
The fire truck was connected with
hose and left here with one or two
veteran firemen ready for service
in the event of a fire while the
company was gone.
Last year Warrenton was host to
the association.
I