accviute, terse TIMELY I 0LUME XXXVII IffmoEs" 1 /die when car I LEAVES ROAD ]V0 Instantly Killed, Three I Seriously Injured When I Speeding Automobile Overturns Sunday I o.V LOUISBURG HIGHWAY other Wrecks Bring ijjnor Injuries To Passen- i I gers In Warren I i*o negroes were instantly kill- I jjjnd three others were seriously! Bounded on Sunday afternoon! jioand 4:15 o'clock when the eight- I cylinder Pontiac sedan in which! H^v were traveling towards War- I renton left the Louisburg highwaly ] IfOout two miles from this town! isd overturned several times. I As the car whirled and bounced I I trough the air all of the occu-J pants were thrown from the ma-1 chine and the lives of H. P. Alston I and Bessie Lee Daughtery were I snuffed out. Shade Alston, who! Iras said to have been driving the] vehicle, and Geneva and Margaret] Alston were picked up in an un-]j conscious condition and carried to] jubilee Hospital in Henderson] where they remain this week in a|| critical condition. I, High speed and whiskey were], said to have been responsible for]] Bihe accident. Witnesses are alleged]. Bio have stated that the car was}] traveling at an excessive rate of] speed and swerving across the road], B shortly before the accident occurr- I I M. C. McGuire, with others in}' his car, was meeting the automo- I' bile as it roared down the road on],' the wrong side of the highway. | I rearing uic toi nvu?? ? he pulled off the road and stopped as the approaching machine swerved across the road, began turning over and landed on top of a six or eight foot embankment approximately fifteen feet from the highray The car was said to have turned over four times and each ume the hurdle was made some of { the passengers were thrown from the machine. Officers stated Tuesday that in the event the driver lives a charge of manslaughter will be booked against him. The car, a complete week, was the property of Henry T. Alston of Inez. THREE AUTOMOBILES IN WRECK ON MACON ROAD Three automobiles collided on the Macon road, two and one-half miles from Warrenton, on Sunday bringing injuries to one of the passengers of the cars, a Miss King of Roanoke Rapids, who received cuts about her leg. Other occupants of the cars were not seriously hurt. According to reports of the acci cent, Miss King was riding with I I Raymond Johnson of Roanoke Rap-1 ^ I Ws in a Chevrolet when he attempt-1 I ti to pass Enouch Davis, negro, who 1 I 'as also traveling towards Macon-1 I Before getting by Davis' Ford, John-1( I wn met C. D. Newman of Hender-1 I ?n, who was traveling towards I' I ^arrenton in an Oldsmobile. New-I E Qan's car was said to have been I I forced into a ditch and the Chevro- I I ^ and Ford collided- Neither of 1 B the cars overturned nor was seriou-1 I If damaged. I I A hearing is expected to be held I B here next Wednesday to attach I B blame for the accident- T. P. Ghol-1 B son will represent Newman and Alls-1 B "rook of Roanoke Rapids will repre-1 B Johnson. It is not known 1 B whether Davis has counsel for the I | C?t OVERTUNRS AT MANSON I I WITH INJURY to passenger! B A car containing six persons who I B *ere returning to their homes at I I er*derson early last Friday morn-1 B following the dance here Thurs-1 H a> n'?ht overturned at Manson I B arid brought injuries to the back of I B ?r'e ?f the occupants, Bill Bishop, I proprietor of the Pine Tree Lodge-1 I the only one injured to any 1 I end. was carried to a Henderson I I n!fPltal "here he was given medi-1 H111 attention| Others in ? ? ? vnC auiomoDiie, wmcn l I said to be the property of S. S. I I tevenson and driven by his son, | I J" s' Jr., were Mrs- Bishop, Dick I I . erreH, Miss Hunt and Jakel %nis. I Jflss Rachel Reid returned SunI night from a week's vacation Iin Norfolk with relatives m \ Will Rogers Metfiorial I ' ' ' COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. . . . 1 The "Will Rogers. Shrine of the t 8un, where one of the West's most colorful rorifton "Thn Will P Atror o I Memorial Rodeo." will be held In p September. 0 P FAIR TO BE HELD : ON OCTOBER 4TH; n Larger Premium List For 1{ Warren's Second Agricultural Fair a c: ENDY BROTHERS TO PLAY a si The week of October 4th is the . time which has been set for the " Warren County Agricultural Fair ivhich its sponsors, the Warrenton ? Lions Club, claim will be even bigger and more enjoyable than the fair which was held last fallb The fair this year, the second to fl oe held in this county in many ,'ears, offers a larger premium list, nore shows to provide entertainnent, and a new and larger build- S1 ng in which are to be placed exlibits. a From a list of several competitors y seeking the privilege, the fair com- ^ nittee of the Lions Club granted 0 ;he Endy Brothers the right to play Ln foirurau fViio roor Tho Ti!nH\7 t XUil m?J VilAkJ JVHli JL AAV MAAUJ Q Brothers have ten rides, fourteen e ihows and 35 concessions, also an y jutstanding free act, to offer en- y ;ermaint to the fair-going public. e The premium list is nearly twice y is large this year as last and will ij (Continued on page 3) tl Five Persons To b Be Given Eye Sight ^ Test At Clinic a u Stating that it is necessary to lave a specialist sign the applica- s' dons of those who are applying for P lid through the Blind Commission, Vfiss Lucy Leach, county welfare jfficer, stated this week that she e plans to carry five persons to Dr. a K. A. Newell's office in Henderson a today to have their eyes examined. P Miss Leach said that Dr- Newell y tias already held two clinics here e under the auspices of the Warren si County Welfare Department and that the eye-sight of fourteen of ti the sixteen examined was so bad c that they became eligible for aid b under the blind provision of the So- $ sial Security Act Many of those desiring aid on account of their poor eye-sight were too feeble to come to the court F house here, Miss Leach said, so Dr. b Newell gave them examinations in J their homes. F Checks, which average around ^ $13.00 each, have been received for 1 the fourteen eligible applicants, the welfare officer stated. ] Miss Leach said that the Blind Commission paid for the first clinic and that she was hoping that the Lions club would pay for the secondMrs. Sarah J. King i Buried Wednesday t s Funeral services for Mrs- Sarah c Jane King of near Warrenton were t conducted from the home at 2:30 1 nvinek on Wednesday afternoon by * the Rev. L. C. Brothers, Methodist j1 minister serving the Warren Cir- i * cuit. Interment took place in the:1 Harris family burying ground- I* Mrs- King, who was 87 years of r age, died at the home of her son, W. B. King, on Tuesday afternoon, s She had been ill for practically two i months. t The deceased is survived by one t son, W- B- King of Warren ton; I three brothers, D. M. Harris, J. J. t i Harris and S- W. Harris, all of t Warren county; three sisters, Mrs. J S. A. Loyd, Mrs. W- J- Smiley of ' near Warrenton and Mrs. W- J- i Carter of Vaughan. Her husband ] has been dead for 30 years. 1 lie & VARRENTON, COUNTY OF \ COTTON LOANS i TO START SOON commodity Credit fCorpo^ation Plans to Make First Advance Within 10 Days p >LANS BEING RUSHED Washington, Aug- 31?Spokesmen or the Commodity Credit Corloration said today that the first t oans on this year's cotton crop nay be made within 10 days. C Officials hurried preparation of. orms for loans, which will be at he rate of nine cents a pound. ?hey said the forms will go to coton belt points within this week. E as unaer previous cotton loan' d: irograms, officials said banks and e< ther private lending institutions ir robably will advance cash to grow- p; rs under an agreement that the overnment agency later will take a: ver the loans if the original lend- g( rs desire. a Cotton storage receipts from ri 'arehouses approved by the govern- ti rent agency will be the basis for p )ans- , 15 To obtain the loans, growers must r< gree to participate in the 1938 el rop control program Congress has greed to consider at its next ses- h ion- ir Loans will carry four per cent e: iterest and will mature July 31, P 938. If they are unpaid, the gov- st rnment corporation will agree to se ike them over, probably a month w efore maturity. m Loans up to $150,000,000 can be te landled by the corporation with jnds borrowed from the Recon- w truction Corporation. bi Will Be Limited G AAA officials, working on the ti absidy payment part of the gov- ai rnment's program to bolster prices tl nd income of cotton growers, said 01 tiese adjustment payments would ni e limited by past production rec- ir rds of cotton farmers. hi This reversed a previous ruling y which AAA, official said, farm- M rs who failed to reduce acreage iiis year under the soil conservaion program would have benefit- b< d more from adjustment payments w iian farmers who restricted plant- cl igs- & At first, AAA lawyers ruled that a tie Congressional resolution order- si ng these payments?representing tie difference between average w larket prices the day cotton is sold nd 12 cents?applied to the entire w 937 crop- hi Later, the lawyers decided the a! ubsidy could be limited to only 85 er cent of the growers' normal or [\ base" production. Under the latter ruling, officials xplained, a farmer with a base creage of 100 acres that averaged bale an acre could receive subsidy T ayments on only 65 bales of this c< ear's crop, even if he planted sev- it ral hundred acres and harvested S sveral hundred bales. a In addition, farmers who cur-, ol ailed acreage under the 1937 soil, tc onservation program will receive ! rr enefit payments averaging about ( 10 an acre. ,s< p SON BORN k Mr. and Mrs- Herman Middleton tiggan of Warrenton announce the irth of a son, Herman Middleton N r., on Monday, August 30th. Mrs- b; tiggan before her marriage was M liss Gretchen Eugenia Moore of w attleton. , O 7armers Should Carry < Program In All Itj By BOB BRIGHT ci Those farmers that have signed h y_ 937 work sheets to comply with P he 1937 Soil Conservation Program d hould carry out the program in all n if its phases- I have not been no- ^ ified officially of the rules and t] egulations governing the subsidy hat will be paid on the 1937 coton crop, but it is my understand- a ng that only those producers that b lave cooperated in the program will b >e eligible to receive a subsidy pay- t] nent- S( The present outlook is that the o ;ubsidy will be about three cents ji ser pound on 65 per cent of the ij )ase pounds. For example we will a ake two producers with the same s; )ase poimds and assume that one s s working under the program and d he other is not. The base pounds c 'or each producer is 5000 pounds, y rhe farmer cooperating will receive i subsidy on 65 per cent of 5000 t; sounds or 3,250 pounds assuming b ;hat he received nine and one half s i&r-.. Mi irrra BARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, I CHIEF STEALS ~ MONEY AFTER CUTTING WIRES -i Jobber Enters Home While Price Family Is At Dinner; Throws Pocketbook In Walk 4 -OSS DISCOVERED LATER !hilrf Ones To Investigate Noise; Family Believed It Came From Street A thief entered the home of Mrs. C- Price on Saturday night while inner was being served and walk3 out with a pocketbook containlg $12.50 after cutting the telehone wires. The robbery was discovered round 8:30 o'clock when Mrs. Euene Gay went for her purse to pay servant- After the family had msacked the house in the belief lat Mrs- Gay had misplaced her ocketbook, the purse was found ring in the walk with the money ;moved. Other items in the pock;book were left. The telephone wire was found to ave been cut near the box on the iside of the house, and the belief (pressed by Miss Martha Reynolds rice is that the thief anticipated ;aying in the house for some time :arching for money and cut the ire to prevent any one being summoned from the dining room by the AAIA5JU15. The family heard the door open hile they were in the dining room at when little Miss Lula McCraw ay, who went to see who was lere, returned without finding nyone, it was taken for granted lat the noise came from the street r that it was the milk man, and 0 more thought was given to the latter until the search started for e pocketbook. ; _ ' [AN CHARGED WITH THEPT OF SHOES AND -CLOTHE* Tommy Williams, negro, was lund over to Recorder's court this eek under bond of $300 to face a large of entering the home of elma Games, negro, and stealing suit of clothes and a pair of ioesThe clothes which Williams wore hen he was given a hearing be>re Magistrate Macey Pridgen ere identified by Harry Cohen as jing a suit he sold a boy who lived t the Games' home. flrs. Jones Member Of Graham Faculty Mrs. Duke Jones was elected on uesday night by the executive immittee of the school board as a lember of the John Graham High chool to teach the fourth grade as successor to Miss Huldah Nobles f Greenville who resigned recently ) accept a position in a ninelonths school at Wilmington- Mrs. ones, before her marriage, taught ihool in Roanoke Rapids. For the ast two years she has conducted a indergarten here. Mr. and Mrs- Charles Warren loore of Norlina announce the Irth of a daughter, Nancy Motley ioore, on August 30th- Mrs. Moore as formerly Miss Sarah Beatrice verby of Norlina and Warrenton. Out Conservation s Phases, Says Bright mts for his cotton on the market e will then receive two and one alf cents per pound on 3,250 ounds or $81.25 subsidy- The proucer that refused to cooperate will ot receive any subsidy. This gives ie cooperator an advantage over le non-cooperator of almost oneaurth the value of the cotton. I do not know just when the rules nd regulations will be available ut I would advise all producers to e sure that they have qualified for tieir greatest payment under the ail conservation program. We send ut notices from this office showing 4-VtA rvrnrliipor cfon^e or\rl LK>t 11UW bilC [/iV?UVV4 WWM44VW M44M f he is short in his conserving creage we advise just how he Is hort and the crops that he may ow to qualify- Crops that proucers may sow now to qualify are rimson clover, vetch and Austrian ("inter peas I presume that it will be some ime before any cotton is marketed, ut producers should keep their ales slips when they sell. * 4 ' . , Smn j&. SEPTEMBER 3, 1^7 Sub? Prisoners Recs After Sa * Four Men Saw Five Bars In Wa Down Blanket Rope to Strec Flee In Early Hours of ALL BACK IN WARREN BA! The four prisoners who fled from a here in a stolen automobile during V the early hours of Wednesday w morning after sawing their way out ti of the. Warren county jail were cap- w tured.ih Vance and Franklin coun- tl ties within less than 24 hours af- tl ter their escape and have been re- ji tnrnari tn t.ViPir ppIIs rohlr.h hn VP h been repaired- r< The stolen automobile, a 1937 b black sedan which belonged to Al- cl ton Wemyss of this town, was found abandoned in a muddy road near V the city of Henderson early Wed- b nesday morning by Vance county a authorities and a few hours later a Freeman Hobbs was picked up by w Sheriff Hamlet at his parents' V home in Henderson after being no- h tified by them that he was there, ri Hobbs, a 19-year-old boy who was injured in a gun battle with railroad detectives at Norlina several ji months ago and who was being b held here to face trial in Superior c court on a charge of robbing a box n car, has not recovered from his si wounds and when picked up by of- p ficers was said to have been partly g in a stupor from whiskey and o weakness brought on by his injuries, s After questioning Hobbs and rid- o ing over various sections of Fran- a lin county where he is alleged to t' have put his comrades out, Sheriff n Pinnell and Deputy Roy Shearin, li accompanied by Chief Jack Scott, t returned to a barn near Lake View c Wednesday night about 8:30 o'clock Two Defendants 5 Face Rodwell In Recorder's Court Larceny and possession were the charges which brought two defendants, both negroes, before Judge T. O- Rodwell in Recorder's court on r Monday morning. C A love for music was responsible ^ for Gundy Richardson entangling v in the meshes of the law.- He was * convicted of stealing a jew's-harp t from the Rose's 5 & 10 and was or- * dered to pay the court costs and * remain of good behavior. Loyd Scott was found guilty of t having moonshine liquor in a gov- fl ernment whiskey bottle and ^vas h fined $5.00 and taxes with court b costs. e h Mrs. Delbridge rb Dies At Littleton t c Littleton?Last rites for Mrs. .Tnspnhine Cates Delbridge, 72, who ^ died here at her home Saturday * morning, were conducted at the v residence Sunday afternoon, with her pastor, the Rev. W. T. Phipps, n pastor of the Littleton Methodist v Church, in charge of the service, s assisted by the Rev. Francis Joy- v ner, Episcopal minister, and the s Rev. C Rees Jenkins, pastor of the v Littleton Presbyterian Church with r burial following in the family plot in Sunset Hill Cemetery. a a Mrs- Delbridge had been in declining health for several weeks. She was the widow of Joseph Del- e bridge. She was a member of the ? Methodist Church- t Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. <j J. G. Kelly of- Hampton, Va., Mrs. v Dorma Taylor and Mrs- J. D. Pope, L both of Littleton, Mrs. T- S. Stan- t ley of Lawrenceville, Va., and Mrs. v Stephen Perkinson of Weldon; s three sons, W. A. Delbridge of Nor- c lina, A- R. and Joseph Delbridge of Littleton; one sister, Mrs. Fannie Ellington of Littleton, and one 1 brother, Willie Cates of Lawrenceville, Va. i I DPTTTUVS TO FT.ORIDA t J.VJU M. JkVA ' A V ? P. D- Jones left yesterday with f his employer, Tyn Cobb, for the 1 mountains of North Carolina to ? spend a day or so before continu- i ing to Orlando, Pta-, where Mr. ] Jones is employed by the Tyn Cobb ( Florida Press. Mr. Cobb, whom Mr. Jones accompanied from Florida to Chapel Hill last week end, was a guest of Mr. Jones in the home of [ < Mr. and Mrs- Howard Jones Wed- < nesday night. 1 I Mr. and Mrs. Claude Haithcock 1 and daughter, Edith, spent Thurs- 3 jday in Durham, .3 : ->? : I ^ . cription Price, $1.50 a Year iptured wing Out Jail rren County Jail And Escap ;t, Steal Automobile And Wednesday Morning STILE WITHIN 24 HOUR! nd when Charlie Medlin, 18, an Millie Jones, 27, stepped out of th roods to meet Hobbs, as was sai 3 have been arranged when the rere put out of the automobil* tiey found themselves covered b tie officers and were returned t lil here. Medlin was being he! ere to face a charge of box ca Dbbing with Hobbs, and Jones i eing held on a charge of stealin mcKensThe fourth fugitive was Tomm Williams, 30-year-old negro who ha een in trouble from time to tim nd who was arrested this week oi charge of stealing clothes. H 'as captured in Henderson b 'ance authorities at the home c is wife Wednesday afternoon an eturned to this county. Manner of Escape The four men escaped from th ail here after severing five iroj ars with hack-saws. Two bars wer ut in the white cell, one in th egro cell, and two from an up tairs window through which th risoners lowered themselves to th round by means of blankets. One n the ground they traveled up th treet for 200 yards to the horn f Wemyss where they stole his ca nd fled to Franklin county wher svo of the men were put out in th eighborhood of the home of Med n's grandmother, while the otta wo men continued into Vane ounty. Hobbs is alleged to hav (Continued on page 8) 5upt. Allen Tells Of School Affairs For '37-38 Sessioi By J. EDWARD' ALLEN, Supt. Warren Schools. At a recent meeting of the Wai enton district committee, Mr '???? ?ftr Tamocj 'nf Wqrrpntn '(iodic vai l)J UUiivo vrx II M> A w...v 'as elected to teach fourth grad 'ork in place of Miss Hulda Tobies, resigned some weeks ago, i he John Graham High Schoo Irs. Jones formerly taught in th toanoke Rapids Graded School. A shipment of some twent housartd supplementary readei or use in the schools of the count ias just been received. These wi e distributed as soon as the nec ssary blank forms for bookkeepin iave been received- Their use i equired of all students in all grade elow high school, and the flat ren al fee from $1.00 to $1.40 will b ollected in the several gradesThere has been much dissatisfac ion about the textbook used in tti Inglish language, adopted for state ride use- It appears that it is ne a use to any great extent, but pei aission has been sought to u: /hat are called "workbooks" t upplement it. These are some /hat like spelling tablets and at old by the principals. The Stat /ill supply a new language boo lext year without costDrivers are now being examine ,nd are taking out their busses s s to be ready for the first ru text Tuesday morning. The la equires that every driver stand a xamination to be given by M 'arks Alexander- The words < he law are that "no person sha Irive or operate a school bus . . zhile same is occupied by childre inless said person shall be fuli rained in the operation of mot; 'ehicles, and shall furnish to tl uperintendent of schools a certif :ate from the Highway Patrol < (Continued on page 8) TELEPHONE NUMBER CHANGE Howard F- Jones announces thi le has been put on a private tel< >hone line and his number hi >een changed to 410-1. Due to tl act that his new number is m isted in the directory many pe ions who have tried to get the re: dence have been unable to do s 3e asks that you write in in yoi lirectory for future reference. EPISCOPAL SERVICES Holy Communion will be celebra ;d at Emmanuel Episcopal Chun in Sunday morning at 11 o'cloc ;he Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner, re tor, announced yesterday. The) spill be services at St. Alban's Littleton at 8 o'clock Sunday evei ing, he said . ;! i I J , V10ST OF THE NEWS W ALL THE TIME NUMBER 36 COUNTY SCHOOLS I TO BEGIN WORK , NEXT TUESDAY Approximately 2500 Boys And Girls Expected To Enroll S For 1937-38 Session Of Warren Schools d e FACULTIES ARE LISTED d y SO Principals And Teachers To Give Instructions; 19 y Mflw Tparhprs 0 d With their summer vacation ber hind them, approximately 2500 s young boys and girls will wend their g way to the doors of white school houses in this county on Tuesday y for the opening of the 1937-38 sess sion. 6 At one time the schools were exn pected to open on September 8 but 8 this date was later movd up to ^ September 7 in order to acquaint ' students with the new book system and assign lessons so that they may buckle down to work the following day without interruption. The basal e books will be furnished without cost n in the first seven grades, and the e supplementary books will also be e furnished by the state on a rental basis. e The faculties of the nine schools e which open on Tuesday include 80 ' teachers and principles, 19 of whom were elected by the various boards 1 this summer. The others are formll' er teachers in the Warren county school system. Following is a list of the faculty | members, with an asterisk placed before the names of the "new" teachers: 'C John Graham High School Paul W. Cooper, Principal. Miss Margaret, P. Williams Bryant McDaniel William W. Seward Jr. p; ,C, H. Drye ,, I Miss Mariam Boyd ' . . Miss Mary Prances Bodweli .4 Miss Maxine Strickland s Mrs. H. V. Scarborough n Miss Jennie C. Alston [e Miss Louise King k Mrs Virginia Gibbs Pearsall Miss Sadie Limer j Miss Maywood Modlin ie *Mrs- Cassie C. Jones Mrs. Beaufort Scull y Miss Rosebud Pettus Kimball Miss Mary Randolph y Miss Elizabeth Boyd jj Miss Frances Watson Miss Elizabeth Wagner ' , Inez School ^ Mrs. Alton Pridgen Afton-Elberon School Irby Bruce Jackson, Principal Mrs- Ersie B. Stewart Mrs Annette F. Daniel Miss Arnie Bell Roberts je Miss Virginia Aelise King Miss Ruby Clara Wall Drewry School Walter L. Wilson, Principal ,c Miss Etta Fleming ' Miss Judith Boyd Miss Madie Newsome ,e Norlina High School John H. Cowles, Principal ^ *Li Jj. carter *Miss Carrie Bowers ^ Miss Mildred Bullock Miss Mary L. Johnson ' Loverne B. Hardage Miss Hattie Noble Miss Helen L. Read Mrs. Nellie B. Register j "Miss Annie Sue Howell jj Miss Lucile Rodwell Miss Emma Dunn ' Miss Susie Rooker [y (Continued on Page 8) )r ' ie Brown's To Observe Jj Home Coming Day Home Coming Day will be cele0 brated at Brown's church the sec^ ond Sunday in September with two services in charge of the pastor, iS Rev- J. E. Ayscue, announcement 1C was made this week by S. E. Allen 0t; of Axtelle- Mr. Allen said that r_ dinner wouio oe served on tne s. grounds in picnic style ^nd that he o was hoping that all neighborhood Jr friends of the church, both present and former members, would be present for the occasion. t- U. D. C- TO MEET ;h The United Daughters of the k; Confederacy will meet with Mrs. J. c. P. Scoggin this afternoon at 3:30 re o'clock. This will be the first meetin ing of the fall and a full attendance is urged by Miss Amma Graham, president

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