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I ffO STOKES
I IT LITTLETON
Robbers Enter Rose's 5 & 10
ffn( Store And Kenyon's
i Store Through Back
1 Windows
v0 .arrests are made
Loss Reported To
" T
In; $35; Rose's Loss is
Around $250.00
pro robberies committed at Litl^ton
during the early hours of
Hilda}' morning netted thieves In
je neighborhood of $300 when they
ded Harry Kenyon's store and
;sf s 5 and 10.
I xhe exact amount of money
ylen could not be learned here, but
IK TCs estimated at the sheriff's ofIr-e
that the robbers took around
&00 from Air. Kenyon's store and
SfiO.OO from Rose's 5 and 10 cent
I The money stolen from Mr. Ken rjn's
store was said to have repreLted
cash he collected in the form
K sales tax for the state. The cash
Ecured from the five and ten cents
pore was said to represent sales
lluch took place from the time the
lank closed in the afternoon at 3
I'ciock when a deposit was made.
F The thieves entered both buildtig
through rear windows, having
seen forced to cut heavy iron bars
riiich were across the windows at
I feme's store.
The money stolen from Mr. Kenon
was taken from a lock box, but
bat which was taken from the five
Ld ten cents store was acquired
Liter the lock had been knocked
Li! the safe doorOfficers
here entertain the view
pat both robberies were committal
by escaped convicts who are alleged
to have come through this
action from the state of Virginia
c Saturday.
Investigations are underway but
o date no clues have been uncovIfted
to lead to an arrestCongressman
Kerr
Home For Recess
Of U. S. Congress
Congressman John H. Kerr has
returned to his home here where he
hll remain until called back to
Washington for the next session of
Congress, which, according to some
sources, will be a special session.
IH Congressman Kerr arrived here on
Friday and continued on to Wilson
Bwhere he spoke at the Tobacco ExH
position which was in full sway for
H several days last week. Congress
I adjourned on Saturday night.
Bcongress expects to be
i called in special session
I Washington, Aug- 22.?Congress
IH scurried homeward happily today,
expecting nevertheless to be called
tock into special session in midj
In the interim, its members looked
for a renewal of the guerilla
I Warfare within the Democratic parp
which bean with the Roosevelt
I Court Bin and persisted to the end
I of the session which adjourned last
I It was regarded as inevitable that
I 'iEe principals in that controversy?
I Including President Roosevelt him(Continued
on page 8)
I Miss Wilker To Give
I Recital At Oxford
1 M,ss Drusa Wilker, pianist and
Wm ?I Henri Deering, will be presetted
in recital by the ParentI
w.aC"ers Association of Oxford on
Bg ay, September 3, at 8:00 p. m.
I.et Prooram will consist of works
Scarlatti, Bach, Chopin and
B 5ath An interesting feature of
I. concert will be the "Sonata in
minor," by Nathanial Irving
Bj Well-known a
TOr. and three times winner of
I Mendelssohn prizes in composi -on
offered by the Royal Conservatory
of Leipsic, Germany- Mr.
I Jatt dedicated this sonata to Miss
I i'il-r and it was given its pre
%e by her in a concert in Spar
Jnburg, s. c? under the direction
'he composeri
Returns from trip
T. J. Holt, H. W- White, Tom
' ^and A. D. Harris are expected
? teturn today after a week's vaca
?r' at Oakland, Maine
f
ul
REED TEACHER
BEGINS WORK
Miss Evans, New Home Economics
Teacher, Arrives
At Warrenton
Miss Emelyne Evans arrived here
/r t x _ t 1 *
uu muuuay io assume ner duties a.s
a George Reed teacher in the John
Graham High School. Her services
consist of outside classroom work
as well as giving instructions in
Home Economics in the school
house.
Miss Evans was expected to arrive
here last week but she was
ordered to the Woman's College of
the University of North Carolina
for a week to receive instruction
under the State Supervisor of Home
Economics, Miss DennisThe
duties of the George Reed
teacher, who works ten months out
of the year, are outlined as follows
by Miss Evans:
Teaching in the day school program,
supervising and directing
home projects for each student,
conducting adult classes where
communities are interested, participating
in community activities
which have as their objective the
betterment of home living. The
course of study in the school room
includes the following: instruction
in foods, training in home beautification,
home nursing, clothing
construction, personal grooming,
home and family relationship, and
child care and training.
Teachers of vocational subjects
are under the supervision of local
principals and superintendents, but
not in the regular state alloted
number of teachers. Two-thirds of
her salary is paid through the State
Division of Vocational Education of
the State Department of Public Inct
rnntmno
OV1 14V/IMV/&AO*
During the two months she is
employed when school is not in session,
Miss Evans will devote her
time to home visiting, supervising
home projects, conducting classes
for adults or out-of-school youths
where they are desired, and assist
in other community activities. When
not in her field working, Miss
Evans may be located at the John
Graham High School during work
hours.
Brief Session Of
Recorder's Court
Here On Monday
The following cases were disposed
of during a brief session of Recorder's
court on Monday morning:
James Crosson, negro, was found
not guilty by a jury on a charge of
possessing unstamped liquor.
A nol pros with leave was taken
in the case of the state against
Harry Alston, negro, charged with
abandonment and non-support.
Dee Pre Galloway, white, was convicted
on a charge of operating a
motor vehicle while under the influence
of whiskey. He was given
a four months road sentence which
was suspended on the condition that
he pay a $50.00 fine and court
costs.
Found guilty of operating a car
without a driver's license, Willie
Jones, negro, was given a 30 day
road sentence which was suspended
on the condition that he pay a
$5 00 fine and court costs.
Baptists To Hold
Series of Revivals
Revival services will be held in
Baptist churches of Warren county
during the months of September
and October, the Rev. R. E. Brickhouse
stated this week in connection
with the announcement of services
at the Warrenton church on
Sunday morning. The service of
worship at the Warrenton Baptist
church is to be conducted by the
pastor at 11 o'clock Sunday morning.
At the Warren Plains Baptist
church revival services will be conducted
from September 12 through
September 17 with the Rev. L. RO'Brian
of Asheboro assisting the
Rev. Mr. Brickhouse.
From September 20th through
i September the 26th the Rev. J. EKirk
of Greensboro will assist the
pastor with revival services at the
i Macon Baptist church.
The revival to be held at the
Warrenton Baptist church will be
conducted from October 25 through
l October 31 with the Rev. M. L.
1 Banister of Oxford assisting the
. j Rev. Mr. Brickhouse during the
t meetings.
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WARRENTON, COUNTY OF ^
Organize For 1
8 I |b ^ A#*v ^
WASHINGTON, D. C. . . . Republ
from 15 states met here with Joh
Committee Chairman, to begin or
country for the 1938 Congressional
HALIFAX MAN IS AI
CAROLINA AND VII
SEEK BREAK CHI
Willie Jones, white man of Aure- o
lian Springs, is being held in the J ij
Warren county jail to face trial in o
Superior court on a charge booked ' a
against him in connection with (A
chicken stealing in this county. A (n
brother, Albert Jones, was also ar- ti
rested on a similar charge in tl
Bracey, Va., but escaped from Vir- j
ginia officers before he was carried ' V
to jail. Warrants are also out for ci
several other men on the same J o
charge, it is understood- si
Willie Jones was arrested in Hali- ti
fax by officers of that county on b
Saturday. Albert Jones was arrest- w
ed in Bracey Wednesday by Vir- (si
ginia authorities and was being car- j V
ried to jail there to face trial in o:
that state on another charge be-' n
fore being brought to North Caro- j A
lina when he escaped. j si
The two men,, along with several h
others, are etfeiised of stealing1 v>
chickens in this state and Virginia 1 o:
President Yet I
Undecided As To
Cotton Loan Prices
Washington, Aug. 24. ? While
President Roosevelt declared at his n
press conference this afternoon that n
he had not decided whether he y
would ask the Commodity Credit' e;
Corporation to make nine or ten L
cents per pound loans on the 1937' h
cotton crop, it is generally believed, li
based on talk of Department of; a
Agriculture officials, that the lower t<
figure will be adopted.
With the growers who cooperate ^
,in next year's farm program assur- n
ed 12 cents a pound for this year's u
production under the subsidy plan, r,
the difference between nine and ten Sl
cents is not regarded as extremely u
imnnrfont.
mijvv/A VUA vi
Senator James F. Byrnes, author v
of the amendment to the deficiency w
appropriation bill which pledges g
the government to pay subsides to ti
(Continued on page 8) a
Thomas L. Feild i]
Dies In England ?
d
By HOWARD F. JONES SR. r
The announcement by the Lon- a
don Daily Telegraph of the death ii
of Thomas Littlejohn Feild recalls
that family to memory of many 1
citizens of Warren county. His
father, Dr. George Feild, and DrWilliam
Howard attended the
father of the associate editor of ;
this newspaper during a critical v
illness and, therefore, the county h
now has four Howard Feild Joneses, f
Though the family has disappear- n
ed from this county, the name still! r
survives. h
London Morning Post, Friday, 1
April 9, 1937.?The funeral of Mr- b
Thomas Littlejohn Feild took place f
at the Golden Green Crematorium a
yesterday. The Rev. E- G. Turner,
J Vicar of St. Giles Cripplegate and ^ y
(Continued on Fage ?> |?
CREW AT WORK ON ROUTE 1 j
A surveying crew of the State jHighway
force is at work in the' t
northern edge of Warren county
mapping out a route which if followed
will slightly change U. S.
Route No. 1 to eliminate the dan- . fc
ger on this road at the double1 ?
bridges over Smith Creek near the a
i Virginia line. A number of fatal (
! automobile accidents happen at c
these bridges almost every year- \
irmi.
VARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, A
-
938 Campaign
^ ^
lean National Committee Women
n Hamilton, Republican National
ganization work throughout the
campaign. ?*%
^RESTED AS
IGINIA OFFICERS
CKEN THIEF RING
ver a period of several months. It!
> alleged that Willie Jones was1
ne of the men who stole chickens
nd an automobile tire from Mrs.lex
Walker of near Norlina three
lonths ago. It was stated that a
ire found on his automobile was
tie one stolen from Mrs. Walker.
Sheriff Pinnell received word here
Wednesday night that if he would
Dme to Virginia with additional
fficers to reinforce officers of that
;ate late Wednesday night the enre
bunch of alleged thieves could
e rounded up. Sheriff Pinnell
'ent into the border state six men
Lrong on the hunt but neither
barren county officers or Virginia
fficers could locate the men at the
lany "spots" which were visited,
lbert Jones was arrested' as he
;epped off a train a hours
iter and was being taken to jail
hen he escaped from the Virginia
fflcers. v
)avis To Open
Department Store
On September 1st
J. Boyd Davis, who had been conected
with the Warrenton Departlent
Store Co. for a number of
ears when the entire stock of that
stablishment was purchased by
eggett Bros, several months ago,
as restocked the building with
idies' and men's wearing apparel
nd will open for business on Sepember
1.
Mr. Davis is the sole owner of
oth the men's and ladies' departlent
and will operate his business
nder the trade name of the Warenton
Department Store in the
ame building which was formerly
sed by this concern.
Mr. Davis will have Mrs- Lloyd
i/ood, who was formerly connected
nth the Warrenton Department
itore, on the ladies' side to look afsr
this department. He will look
fter the men's trade.
Miss Bessie Taylor will also be
i the store with Mr. Davis and
Irs. Wood, although Mr. Davis has
.0 connection ^ith her millinery
epartment. She has rented the
ear portion of the building from
? -frvnvnncn oovrt7_
II*. I^a,VI2> 1U1 UiC i/Ui puuw ui vuiij
ig on her hat business.
bearing Horse Is
Fatally Injured
Rearing back in an effort to preent
being shod, a valable riding
lorse belonging to A. J. Ellington,
ell on her. back Friday after ioon
at a local blacksmith shop and
eceived a blow which resulted in
ier death early Sunday morning,
'he spirited animal is thought to
iave struck her head on a hard surace
when she went over and broke
, blood vessel.
Mr. Ellington obtained the horse,
^hich he named "Lady Take A
low," from Greensboro two years
.go and was just beginning to enoy
horseback riding on her when
le suffered his loss. The horse was
hree years oia.
PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES
Services will be held at the Presiyterian
Church at Warren ton on
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and
ji evening service will "be held at
3ruver Memorial Church on Sunlay
at 7:30 o'clock, announcement
pas made this week.
I
UGUST 27, 1937 Subscri
$10,000 GOES i
GENERAL FUND
ABC STORES.
Gross Sales for First Year Of
Stores Operation $65,704;
Second Year Gross Sales (
Show $87,563.71 t
c
MEMBERS UNDER BONDS t
t
First Year's Operation Ex- <
penses Were Heavier Than *
For Second Year
?
Ten thousand dollars has been 1
turned over to the general fund of
the county by the Alcolholic Bev- ?
erage Control Board since the sale 1
" ' 1 1 1! t 1 *
oi wnisxey Decame legauzea m
Warren in 1935, according to a 1
statement submitted to the press
this week by J. B. Boyce, chairman
of the board, in which facts per- ^
taining to the operation of the ,
store are set forth. Accompanying .
the statement, which is printed below,
is a balance sheet which is
printed elsewhere in this paper.
"As most of you undoubtedly
know this business was begun in
July 1935 without a dollar furnish- f
ed by the County or without the use i
of the County's credit. In other i
words we began business without t
any capital whatsoever. c
"There are three stores in the 1
county; one in Warrenton, one in c
Littleton and one in Norlina"The
gross sales for the first |
year were $65,704.79, and the second 1
year $87,563,71. The profits the first 1
year were $7,782.48 and the second
year $13,949.56. < t
"The increase in profits the sec- 1
ond year over the first year was 1
partially due to the increase in 1
sales and also due to the fact that J
there was a good deal of expense c
(Continued oil Page 8)
i&. :?~?: !
$6,800 Project J
Started For Clerical <
* Work In Warren ,
i
A $6,800 project has been started j
in Warren county for the mainte- f
nance and operation of clerical
work in county offices, according ^
to announcement made on Wednesday
by W. Felix Wheeler, second
district director of the Works
Progress Administration.
The project, which is sponsored
by the superintendent of public
welfare, calls for an appropriation
from the W. P. A. in the sum of 1
$6,200- Under the plan, sponsors (
are to contribute $600.
The work considered includes
cross-indexing records for the benefit
of public offices; such as, sup- ,
erintendent of public welfare, clerk
of court, county auditor, register of '
deeds, superintendent of schools,
and city manager.
Brother P. W. Cooper i
Is Killed In Accident ]
t
P. W. Cooper, principal of the ,
John Graham High School, was ^
called to Enoree, S. C., Sunday ,
morning on account of the death
of his brother, W. E Cooper, who
was instantly killed Saturday night
in an automobile-train collision.
According to Mr. Cooper, who returned
to Warrenton on Tuesday,
the cause of the accident has not
been determined. His brother was (
traveling alone when he met his |
death. j
The deceased is survived by his ;
wife and three small children. In <
addition he leaves his father, W. T j
Cooper of Enoree, Spartanburg '
county, S. C., and the following sis- <
ters and brothers: P. W. Cooper of i
Warrenton, Luther Cooper of <
Columbia, S. C., Mrs. L. C. Holmes 1
of Lanford, S. C., Mrs- Boyd Bobo
of Columbia, S. C., Mrs- E. T. War- 1
dell of Laurens, S- C., Mrs. W. H. (
Dilburn and Mrs- Carl Roberts, I
both of Greenville, S. C., and Mrs. '
J. D. Marler of New London, N. C- <
1
Half Holidays
Come To A Close
The half-day holidays which employers
and employees of business )
houses of Warrenton have enjoyed i1
on Wednesday afternoons during i
the summer months ended this 1
week. Beginning with the first 1
week in September, business houses ]
| here will remain open for trade on j1
Wednesday afternoons as during i
other afternoons of the week. i
rfi
ption Price, $1.50 a Year
PRKMHM iJST
BEING PRINTED
List of Fair Prizes Larger
And Premium List Has
Been Increased ^
The premium list of the Warren
bounty Agricultural Fair, which is
,o be held here under the auspices
)f the Warrenton Lions Club in
he fall, has been turned over to ?
he printers and will be turned out
)f the presses for distribution to J
;he public within a few days.
The list this year is not only
.lightly larger than last year but
ilso represents substantial increases
n prizes for those whose exhibits 0
ire adjudged prize winners- This, ^
loupled with the fact that the list 0
s to be placed in the hands of n
potential competitors for the awards a
earlier than last year, is expected f(
o increase interest in the fair this w
rear. t]
n
Miss Nobles Resigns a
As Member Of John w
Graham Faculty *
ti
Miss Huldah Nobles of Greenville, a
or three years a member of the ^
lohn Graham High School faculty, ?:
esigned last week as a teacher of a
he fourth grade, leaving one va:ancy
in the school which is ex- v
jected to be filled by the executive w
lommittee within the next two or w
;hree days, probably today- Miss 0
Cobles resigned to accept a position b
n a nine months school at Wil- d
nington. w
Wlien school opens here on Sep- ^
ember 7 there will be five new w
V
nembers of the John Graham facllty.
They are: Miss Emelyne s]
Svans, Home Economics teacher;
Bryant McDaniel of Tennesse, a
:oach and history teacher; Miss P
Elizabeth Wagner, a first grade t(
eacher; Miss Maxine Strickland of o
Stedman, a seventh grade teacher;
ind a fourth grade teacher to sue- J
:eed Miss Nobles.
Jt is also understood that there,
vill be a considerable change in the
'acuities of the Littleton and Norina
schools this year, with four or
ive new teachers in each place- j;
Change Made In si
Compliance Check 5
In Warren County 0
By BOB BRIGHT *
The supervisors or those that o
rave been checking compliance un- b
ler the soil conservation program ti
n this county have been working
n pairs. This will have to be dis- t<
continued due to the decreased ap- ti
iropriation for field work. In the si
future supervisors will work alone 9
ind the farmers are requested to e
issist the supervisor in checking n
compliance. The supervisor can d
lot fill in the forms properly un- ti
ess the farmer gives them the in- b
formation. a
The expense for checking com- ti
iliance is taken out of the funds ti
;hat are set aside to pay the far- c
ner and the farmer will be saving n
"or himself if he helps the superior
in checking compliance- I *
(Continued on page 8) d
Congressman Kerr *
Tn Co To Hawaii
Congressman John H. Kerr was
me of the twelve members from
;he House of Representatives ap- ii
pointed by Speaker Bankhead to c
join twelve members of the Senate v
in a trip to Hawaii this fall. Judge I
and Mrs. Kerr, whose son, James J
ST. Kerr, is stationed in Hawaii
with a tobacco company, expect to r
accompany the delegation from a
Congress which plans to sail for v
;he Islands about October 1. o
The invitation to send a delega- b
;ion to the Islands was extended
Congress by the Hawaiian legisla- c
ture. The purpose back of the in- t
vitation, it was said, is to acquaint p
Congress with the growth, popula- e
tion and resources of the Islands,
with the possible view of becoming
a state
g
DRUGGISTS HERE c
Bill Harris and Bill Carroll, for- c
mer druggist at Boyce Drug Co , I
were visitors here Sunday. Mr. Har- s
ris, who has been located at High t
Point since he left Boyce's a num- i
ber of years ago, has accepted a p
position in a drug store at Leaks
wile-Spray. Mr. Carroll, who sue-1
reeled Mr. Harris here, is connect-: \
ed with a drug store at Dunn. 'r
I
MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
NUMBER 35
DWER PRICES
PAID FOR WEED
IN BRIGHT BELT
,ocal Warehousemen Attending
Opening On Two Markets
Report Lower Prices
Paid Growers
tROUND 20c AVERAGE
liXpected Higher Prices! In
View of Sales Made On
Border Market
While official averages were not
btainable yesterday afternoon on
tie prices tobacco brought on the
pening day of the Bright Belt
larkets, prices were not regarded
s being as high as had been hoped
or by growers and warehousemen
'ho had been led by reports from
tie Georgia and South Carolina
larkets to look for averages of
round $25.00 per hundred.
According to warehousemen here
'ho visited the Wilson and Rocky
fount markets yesterday morning,
tiere was a note of disappointment
mong growers when it became aparent
that the offering on the
pening day would hardly average
bove 20c per poundOne
of the warehousemen who
isited the Rocky Mount market,
'here 750,000 pounds of the weed
'as on sale, said that the tobacco
n sale appeared to be very good
ut from the sales he witnessed he
id not think the average yesterday
ould be in excess of $20.00 per
undred- Another warehouseman
'ho attended opening sales on the
Wilson market said that he was also
lightly disappointed in prices.
The Bright Belt opened last year
ith a price average of 23c per
ound and all indications pointed
i higher prices on the opening day
f the markets this season.
*egro Child Killed
On Route 1 When
Struck By Car
A 6-year-old negro child, Ethelyn
lendricks of near Norlina, was
itally injured on Sunday when
lie stepped in the pathway of an
utomobile of two tobacconists of
Richmond who were headed south
ver U- S. Highway No. 1.
Following the accident the child
,'as picked up and carried to the
ffice of Dr. H. H- Foster at Nor
na where she died within a short
ime.
There were several eye-witnesses
3 the accident and after an invesigation
Coroner Jasper Shearin
aid that he did not deem an bluest
by a jury necessary. He statd
that after talking to the witesses,
who said that the child
arted in front of the car and that
he driver made every effort possile
to avoid striking her, he did not
ttach any blame to the driver of
he car. Mr. Shearin did not have
he names of the occupants of the
ar with him when he was in Warenton
yesterday.
The child, a daughter of Elnora
lendrick, was on her way to Sunay
school with her young brother
'hen she ran into the roadrheatre
Contract
Let Thursday
The contract for constructing a
lew and modern theatre here adjaent
to The Warrenton Grocery Coras
awarded yesterday by Mrs. W.
I. Dameron to H- Frank Mitchell
rr. of BurlingtonWork
is expected to start on the
lew picture house on September 1
,nd it is thought that the building,
. hich will have a seating capacity
X ouu, win oe conipieiea uy j-tc vernier.
The motion picture house is being
onstructed for the Warren Theare.
The building which is used at
resent as a picture house is expectd
to be turned into a cifeORGAN
RECITAL
There will be an Organ Recital
;iven at Emmanuel Church on Frilay
evening, August 27th, at 8
'clock, given by Mrs. Gaston 8.
^oote of Portsmouth, Va. This is
ponsored by the Hannah Arringon
Branch of the Woman's Auxil
ary and St. Mary's Guild. The
lublic is invited to attend.
Messrs. Charles Tucker and Bill
Vard attended a dance at Scotland
feck on Thursday night.
>iL.