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ToLUMEXXXVII
Superior Coi
With I
Court Officials Faced Witt
Heavy Criminal Docket;
Hull Week Reserved For
Trial Of Cases
IUZZELL to preside
?.r Cases of Outstanding
I r Public Interest Found On
Criminal Docket
judge J. Paul Frizzell will be
confronted with a rather large
docket when he comes to Warrencon
Monday morning to preside
over the September term of Warren
County Superior Court. The
docket, which is to be presented by
Solicitor Ernest R. Tyler, contains
(more than the usual number oi
cases and as a result of this the
entire first week of the two week's
term has been set aside for criminal
cases alone. As a rule only
three days of court are held open
for matters of a criminal natureWhile
the docket is heavy and
envolves several cases which are
expected to require a considerable
amount of time to try, few of the
indictments are of special countywide
interest due to the fact that
many of the defendants are unknown
and there is little blood, mystery,
sex or romance, which always
arouse interest, connected with the
cases.
Should the unexpected thing
. nni1T1fv mm mis
Happen sum ujh,
sioners be tried for failure to carry
out grand jury recommendations in
regard to repairing the jail this
would draw many to the court
house on account of personal interest
in the men who were indicted
at the last term of court, but
in-as-much as the commissioners
have called a special election to
raise funds for making the improvements
at the county bastile it
is thought that this case will be
non-suited after their position has
been explained to the solicitor and
judge. Likewise should Register of
Deeds Josph C. Powell, who was indicted
for malfeasance in office at
the same time the commissioners
were indicted on account of the
jail, be tried this case would probably
be of county-wide concern.
Opinion appears to be divided over
the outcome of this indictmentThe
biggest cases at this term of
court come as the result of box car
robberies at Norlina several months
ago which resulted in a shooting
scrape between several alleged rob
Ibers and railroad detectives. The
men indicted, strangers to most of
Warren county, are Alvin Johnson,
Julian Johnson, Williard Coggins,
Furman Hobbs, C. B. Medlin and
Clinton Robertson- They are all
charged with assault with intent to
kill, and with the exception of C,
B Medlin, are also charged with
box car breaking, entering and receiving.
The defendants are said
to live in Vance county.
J. D. and D. M- Winkler, young
white men of Mecklenburg county,
Va, are again booked for trial in
connection with the robbery of the
Swan Sandwich Shop and Beei
Garden at Norlina more than a year
ago when the night clerk, Clyde
Jeff Coat, was disarmed, left tied tc
a cot, and the place looted of several
hundred dollars worth of property.
Juries have not been able tc
agree at the conclusion of former
trials and mistrials were ordered
Following the last term of court
when a mistrial was ordered, the
bonds of the defendants, who prior
to that time had been held in jail
were lowered considerably and the
men were able to raise their bailOther
cases booked for trial are
as follows:
John Hill Jr., obtaining monei
under false pretenses.
Nathan Evans, foreerv.
George Hawkins, manslaughter.
John Rush, forgery in one coun
H &hd larceny in anotherW.
A. Powell, trespass, appealec
from Recorder's court.
Whit Perry, breaking, entering
larceny and receivingRobert
Burton, hit and run driV'
tog doing personal damage.
Phil Alston, assault with a deadl;
Weapon.
J- W. Carroll, arson, continue!
from last term.
Whit Jiggetts, false pretenses, con
ttoued from last termJack
Oakley and Robert Edward;
H taking, larceny and receiving, con
hnued from May term.
Rruce Grissom, receiving stolei
(Continued on page 8)
WA
irt Opens
leavy Docket
I
l,Man And Two
Boys Charged With
Theft Of Weights
Warfare between China and
Japan, which has caused the rest
? of the world to become gripped with
| tension, may have been responsible
for involving one young white man
{and two boys of Warren in trouble.
i I ITO. _ i_J 1 ' ?
me tnu was uruugiii into itecoraer's
court on Monday morning to
face a charge of larceny which was
booked against them in connection
with stolen iron which has become
value since the conflict began in
the Far East
The two boys, Grady Lester and
Rodger Harris, said to be about 15
or 16 years old, and Paul Collins,
who is reputed to be around 22, are
alleged to have gone to Panacea
Springs and removed window
weights to sell on the scrap iron
junk market at a price in the
1 neighborhood of 50c per hundredweight.
In Recorder's court Monday
morning Judge Rodwell paroled
Grady Lester in the custody of a
Mrs. Marshall and Rodger Harris
in the custody of his father with
the proviso that they appear here
the second Monday in October. Paul
Collins was placed under bond of
$200 to appear in court the second
Monday in OctoberOther
cases tried before Judge
Rodwell were as follows:
Frank D. Perkinson was convicted
on a charge of speeding. Prayer
for judgment was continued upon
payment of costs.
Prayer for judgment was also
continued over William Plummer,
negro, who was found guilty on a
charge of larceny.
James Richardson, negro, was ordered
to serve 60 days on the roads
or pay a $50 00_fine and court_ costs
after he had been found guilty of
carrying a concealed weapon. The
weapon was ordered confiscated and
destroyed by Sheriff Pinnell.
William West, negro, was given a
six months jail and road sentence
j which was suspended upon the coni
dition that he remain of good behavior
and pay court costs. The
charge he faced was larceny.
R. Rapids Man
Wins $100 Prize
1 _ _ , , ,
{ Carl C. Churcniii, postal employee
! of Roanoke Rapids, is the winner
! of the first prize, $100 in cash, in the
, | Dr. Pepper "Good For Life" Con.!
test, according to announcement
.! made Monday by the Dr Pepper
i j Bottling Company, of Roanoke
. Rapids, Inc. Winners of the other
, two major prizes are as follows:
j Second prize, a $50 bicycle, was
[jwon by Mrs- Wm. E. Murrill, of
iWeldon; Third prize, a $35 value
;! radio, was won by Mrs- Madison
[Armistead, of South Hill, Va.
, j A total of 25 awards were offered
, by the Roanoke Rapids bottlers in
. the thirty-day contest, which term.
inated on August 31st. Winners of
, fourth to twenty-fifth prizes were
, presented with one case each of Dr.
. Pepper. These winners included:
Mrs- Wallace Ingram, Chase
, City, Va ; Kathryne Wood, Roa.
noke Rapids, N. C.; Mrs. Elvin Kinker,
Roanoke Rapids, N. C-; L. W.
; 1 Gupton, Hollister, N. C.; Edna Waf;!
ford, Roanoke Rapids, N. C.; Mar.
garette C- Matthews, South Hill,
Va.; Herbert H. Bell, Roanoke Rapids,
N. C-; Mrs. Virginius J. BosIwell,
Chase City, Va.; Virginia
, Moseley, Lawrenceville, Va.; Doroithy
A. Shearin, Roanoke Rapids, N.
^ 'C-; Hugh Bugg, Roanoke Rapids, N.
C.; Nancy Glover, Roanoke Rapids,
N. C.; Mrs- Joe Gay, Roanoke Rapids,
N. C-; Mrs. E. T. Hardy, Victoria,
Va.; Mrs. Annie S- Rowe, Wel^
don, N. C-; S. J- Dickson, Weldon,
N. C.; Nora Hazel Crawley, Little1.
ton, N. C.; Ruby Wood, Roanoke
(Rapids, N. C.; Mrs. Sam Dixon,
'? Weldon, N. C.; Mrs- Ernest Li. nayward,
Weldon, N. C.; Mrs. Janie
Hayward, Weldon, N. C.; Donald TMidyette,
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
f Three judges worked diligently
i Saturday, carefully going over each
i and every entry in the contest, before
the final decision was an
nounced. Those selected to judge
the contest were: John F. McCur?>
ley, manager of the Brunswick
- Times-Gazette, of Lawrenceville,
Virginia, Howard Jones Jr., editor
1 of the Warren Record of Warren(Continued
on page 8)
Iff?
RRENTON, COUNTY OF WA
town to spend o
street work
time, cm
The Town of Warrenton will in
the next few weeks spend more
than two thousand dollars in resurfacing
streets not on the highway
routes of the town maintain
ed by the state, according to an
order passed by the Board of Town
j Commissioners at a called meeting
| on Monday night,
i The streets will be given a coat
of tar and gravel and the town
agreed to purchase a tank car of
tar to be placed under the supervision
of a Tarvia Company engineer,
after Harold R- Skillman, who
,has been in recent months supervising
street work, and W- R.
Strickland, chairman of the street
committee, submitted figures to the
board and recommended that the
j work be done. Gravel for the
I protect will be shiDDed from Grev
stone over the town-owned Warrenton
Railroad under a special
gravel rate that enables the railroads
to compete with trucks.
At the same time that the commissioners
okehed the street project
they put a proviso in the
agreement that the work must be
started within a short time in order
that the tar might be laid before
cold weather.
Supt. Skillman said yesterday
BOND VOTE
TUESDAY
Voters To Decide Whether
Warren County Shall
Issue $20,000 Bonds
LITTLE INTEREST SHOWN
The special election which was
| cauea several weens ago Dy me
j Board of County Commissioners for
the purpose of allowing the voters
of Warren county to decide whether
or not $20,000 worth of bonds shall
be issued for repairing the jail will
be held next Tuesday, September 21.
The proposed bond issue has not
apparently created any enthusiam
diction is freely made that a comparatively
few ballots will be cast.
Although the registration books
have been opened for several weeks,
as required by law, there have been
few names added to the books.
Claude Haithcock, chairman of the
Board of Elections, said this week
that he had not heard of a single
person who had registered in order
i to take part in this election. When'ever
there are local candidates out
for office or matters of a political
j nature to decide new names go on
1 the books, but this election is different.
Some people seem to think that a
new jail is badly needed; otners are
of the opinion that the present jail
is sufficient- Neither group is organized,
and consequently, no concerted
effort has been made to get
the public to vote either for or
'against the bond issue!
The election was called by the
commissioners after the entire membership
of this body had been indicted
by order of Judge Henry A.
j Grady for not carrying out recommendations
of grand juries which
had stated in their reports to the
court that the jail was unsafe, unsanitary
and unfit for use.
j The commissioners were unable
(to raise the money required for
remedy the situation without a
'bond issue which necesitated a vote
of the people. Twenty thousand
dollars was the amount of money
estimated to be necessary for makling
the improvements. In the event
the election carries and the entire
$20,000 is not used, the remainder
of the money will go back into the
general fund of the county.
j t
Revival Services
At Macon Church
Revival services will begin at the
Macon Baptist Church next Monday
evening at 7:30 o'clock, the Rev.
R. E. Brickhouse, pastor, announced
this week. The Rev. Jones E. Kirk
of Greensboro will assist in conducting
the servicesENTERTAINS
FOR GUEST
Miss Ruby Connell entertained
20 young people at a steak supper
Monday night in honor of Miss
Nancy Walthall of Ashland, Ky.
Miss Walthall left Thursday for W.
C. U. N. C
f
armi
RREN, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTI
VER $2000 ON
WITHIN SHORT
r FATHERS DECIDE
that under present plans only
short sections of the street would
be blocked off at a time, so as to
cause a minimum of inconvenience
to citizens- He also added that the
town will be in need of a number
of laborers as soon as the tar tank
arrives.
The board passed an order that
the Power Company, the Telephone
Company and the Telegraph Company
refrain from cutting or trim
ming any more trees in the town
until they had secured approval for
such work from the planning board
and requested the town clerk to notify
the utilities of the board's action.
It is likely that a one-hour park- .
ing limit will be put into effect .
here to handle traffic on Main and i
Market streets and perhaps other i
streets of the town at the regular i
meeting in October. While the j
matter was discussed and a majority
of the board favored the plan, .
action was deferred until a regular (
meeting night in order that the ,
ordinance might be valid, after '
some question of this point was ,
raised. ,
A license to sell beer was granted j
Will Carroll. ' j
,
Mrs. Bowers Is
Named Member ]
Planning Board !
i
Nominated by Mayor Bill Polk j
and confirmed by the Board of ,
Town Commissioners in called ses- (
sion on Monday night, Mrs. Claude ,
T. Bowers will replace Charles A
Tucker, resigned, as a member of
the Town Planning Board.
Mr. Tucker submitted his resignation
to the City Fathers at their
regular meeting on the first Monday
night in September, giving as
his reason for resignation the press
of other duties. His successor was
held over from that meeting due to
the number of other matter before
the board.
At the same time he named Mrs.
Bowers a member of the Planning
Board, Mayor Polk appointed S. E.
Burroughs as chairman to fill the
office vacated by Mr. Tucker.
Free Clinic To Be
Held At Henderson ,
A free orthopaedic clinic will be j
held every third Wednesday in ,
each month at the Central School
building on Williams street in Hen- (
derson, Miss Lucy Leach, welfare .
officer for Warren county, stated (
this week and announced that all ,
I I J
cases of this type from this county |
are welcome to attend the clinic,
which starts at 1 o'clock.
The clinic is a part of the Social
Security program and is under the
| auspices of the Vance County
1 Health Department and Vance
County Welfare Department, Miss
Lgach said.
Girl Scout Seek \
Stove For Cabin 1
i !
The Girl Scouts, who often times 1
serve others, are now calling on |1
others to serve them. They need j j
a stove for their small cabin In *
north Warrenton and are request- 1
ing that citizens look around their
premises in an effort to find one '
which might be donated- Either a
wood stove or a laundry stove is
desirable.
The Girl Scouts are holding their
meetings in their cabin in the af-,1
ternoons. The cabin is used in the (1
'morning by Mrs. William Davis for 1
her kindergarten work|
Any one having a stove to donate 1
is asked to get in touch with Mrs- '
Hugh Holt, head of the organiza- 1
tion, or one of the scouts. ^
ENTERTAIN AT DINNER I
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wood enter- j
, tained the following guests for din- i
ner on Sunday: Mr- and Mrs. Mai- i
vprn Overbv of Dorches. Mr. and 1
Mrs. Herbert Overby of Rocky <
Mount, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Overby |1
of near Warrenton, Mr- Curtis j
j Overby and children, Ollie Collins j
: and Curtis Allen Overby, of War- |
jren Plains and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Perkinson of Wise.
ENTERTAINS CLUB
] Mrs. W. D- Rodgers entertained
! the members of her card club in
;her home on Wilcox Avenue on
J Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
3MBER 17, 1937 Subscription
RIDOUT LEADS '
STATE MEN AT
CAMP PERRY,
Warren Man, Member Of 13
Company, In Line For
National Marksmanship
Honor (
WINS HONOR FOR STATE
Other Members of Rifle Team
Make Good Record At
Rifles Matches
Clarence P. Ridout, a member of J
Waren county's Company B, won Q,
what is termed in military parlance w
'the first leg on towards the dis- p
tinguished marksmanship medal," f(
in the individual contest neia at 01
the National Rifle Matches at
Camp Perry and gave this state
the honor of having a man to qual
Ify for the first time in many yearsRidout,
one of the three men to ^
jo to Camp Perry from Warren c
county as a representative of the a]
state team which is composed of a]
twelve men and captained by
Claude T. Bowers, shot against
more than 2,000 competitors representing
132 teams in the national g
individual match which is held to
select the best 140 riflemen in mili- T
tary companies of this country.
Should he win twice more, or "get
O1
bis second and third leg" in the
stride for the coveted honor, he
will be awarded the distinguished ^
marksmanship medal which Cap- ^
sain Bowers described as the most v<
sought after token offered the in- 01
iividual at Camp Perry and one tc
which is worn by few men- g<
ir
While Ridout's score enabled him
;o lead the state team and to be- ?
some a competitor for the markmanship
medal, he was not alone ^
h upholding and strengthening the
reputation for fine shooting which ^
members of Company B began
suilding for their organization
nany years ago. Brantley Overby,
mother one of Warren's men, dis- ^
singuished himself by making the
lighest total score in all the indi- '
/idual matches, and Bernard Bowl- tj
ng, another representative of Com- ^
pany B, was in first place among
;he men of this state in the Rounanian
match. Neither Overby nor w
Ridout shot in the Roumanian con- P
;est. K
w
Captain Bowers expressed himself
as being highly pleased with
she showing that the North Caro- 01
ina team made at the national ^
natches. While he has not re:eived
official scores for all of ^
she matches which the men par- ^
sicipated in, he said what information
he did have indicated that the
Sforth Carolina team would rank
cc
ligher this year than heretofore.
'Our men did remarkably well considering
the fact that they were ^
shooting against some teams which ^
same into camp weeks in advance
)f the matches to practice daily,"
;he team captain stated. ?
m
In addition to the three mem- m
)ers of Company B who compose ei
i fourth of the state team which
Captain Bowers carried to Camp tj.
Perry, John Williams of Warrenton CI
iccompanied the men as an order- VJ
y. The team, which traveled on a ai
special train from Washington to m
Dhio. returned to North Carolina ri,
Sunday after spending three weeks ~
it Camp Perry. w
49 Checks For Old w
Age Assistance *
The August report from the War- *
ren County Welfare Department, '
submitted by Miss Lucy Leach, welfare
officer, reveals that 49 checks
were received under terms of the
Social Security Act for old age as- b]
sistance and that 14 checks were b
received for the blind. Her report a:
follows: S{
Number of active parole prison h
rases handled, 11; number of checks i:
received from the Blind Commis- F
sion, 14; number of checks for old y
age assistance received, 49; num- o<
ber of checks for aid to dependent
children, 5; number of child labor a:
certificates issued, 4; number of A
garments distributed to indigent w
from the sewing room, 456; num- e;
ber sent to the blind and deaf J
school, 7; number sent through a
Duke clinic, 10; one boy from East- E
ern Carolina Training School at
Rocky Mount paroled; one girl
from Samarcand Manor, who had
been on parole in this county, was "V
returned to her home as her parole B
was ended- il
i Price, $1.50 a Year
Fobacco Gro
Pleased 1
Warehousemen And Business
Warrenton Market Has
1937-38 Season; Aroui
Floors of Thre
^rowd Frolics On
Eve Of Opening Of
Tobacco Market
The spirit of fun reigned here on
Wednesday night when a crowd esmated
at between two and three
lousand persons gathered in front
E court square to attend the good
ill rally arranged under the ausIces
of the Warrenton Lions Club
)r the enjoyment of farmers and
thersThe
entertainment, which was by
ay of demonstration to growers
lat they are wanted and apprecited
here, featured a welcome by
[ayor William T. Polk, a speech by
ongressman John H Kerr, square
nd round dancing, boxing, music
ad free lemonade.
The frolic, which took place imlediately
after the mayor's and
jngressman's talks, started around
:30 o'clock and lasted until the
ee hours of Thursday morning,
he street had been cleaned, roped
Ef and "Christmas" lights strung
/erheadFollowing
a cordial welcome by
[ayor Polk who told the crowd that
le key to the town was theirs and
Diced his appreciation for events
E this type "because they have a
mdency to bring people closer toother
and give more understandtg
to each others problems." Conressman
Kerr praised the Lious
lub for the entertainment, spoke
: his pleasure at being able to come
jfore so many of his friends and
idress them, and then began his
ilk in which he praised the Rooseelt
administration for the stride
Wch has been made toward imroving
the economic conditions of
lis country through increasing the
urchasing power of the farmers,
hom, he said, had cooperated to
le extent of 90 per cent in his
trm relief programsClaiming
that foreign markets
ould no longer take care of overreduction
in this country, Judge
!err said that American growers
ill have to produce in accordance
ith America's consumption, and
Dined that crop control was the
ily solution. He stated that prior
i the World War America was in;bted
to foreign nations and that
ley were willing and anxious to
ike all this country offered in paylent
on account but since the
forld War other nations had be>me
indebted to America and they
a longer took care of the overreduction
in America by letting
lis country dump commodities on
leir markets in settlement of aclunts.
,
Continuing the theme of curtailent
and cooperation, Congressan
Kerr said that since the govt's
program had been put into
feet crop values have doubled and
i j 1 4*-* _
lere nau ueen it Luiica^iiuiiig
ease in purchasing power- "The
ilue of tobacco in the flue-cured
ea has increased from forty-two
illion dollars in 1932 to one-hun:ed
sixty million last year," he
lid, and predicted that the crop
ill bring as much this year as
st. "And business prosperity alays
depends upon the purchasing
)wer of producers," he emphasiz1
in closing.
2harles M. Seay
Dies At Norlina
Funeral services for Charles Amler
Seay, 56, who died suddenly at
is home in Norlina Wednesday
iter being in declining health for
iveral years, were conducted from
is residence Thursday morning at
1:30 o'clock by his pastor, Rev. J.
. Roach, assisted by the Rev- Mr I
Wilson, pastor of the Norlina Methlist
church.
Mr. Seay was a retired yard mu
nd a member of the Trainmen's
CimHinntr Qro
uuii' wiu Ttimg t*wv ?.-1 .
ife, Mrs- Flonnie Seay; two brothrs,
Boyd Seay of Richmond and
immie Seay of Beaverdam, Va.,
nd one sister, Mrs. Byrd Seay of
ieaverdam, Va.
MRS. WARD'S MOTHER ILL
Friends regret to learn that Mrs\
F- Ward was called to Lexington,
Zy., last Friday on account of the
lness of her mother.
If
* T OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
NUMBER 38
wers Are
With Opening
Men Wear Pleased Smiles As
Auspicious Opening For
nd 100,000 Pounds On
e Warehouses
AVERAGE OVER 24 CENTS
General Satisfaction Expressed
By Growers; Many Attend
Opening Sale
The Warrenton tobacco market
had an auspicious opening on
Thursday when around 100,000
pounds of the weed were sold from
the floors of the three warehouses
here for an offical average of
twenty-four and a fraction cents a
pound.
The high prices paid brought
satisfaction to farmers and pleasure
to warehousemen who found few, if
any, tickets turned following sales
Business men here also had smiles
on their faces as they followed the
chant of the auctioneer down the
rows.
While it was evident from the
opening of the first "sale that tobacco
was selling better than many had
expected and the prices were pleasing
to the growers, few predicted an
average as much as $24 00 per hundred.
The popular estimate ranged
from 20 to 23 cents per pound.
Some extra good tobacco sold for
nrnnnri 4flr npr nnnnri hilt as a ran
eral thing the lower grades brought
better prices in comparison than did
the higher grades.
The first sale was held at Tarwater's
warehouse, the second at
Boyd's, and the third at Centre.
Business men of the town followed
the buyers and growers during all
three salesAfter
figures had been computed
showing the average to be above
24c per pound, one warehouseman
remarked with enthusiasm, "Everything
points to a bright future'for
the Warrenton market this year; I
believe that we are going to have
one of the best seasons that we
have experienced in many years."
Kerr Would Have
Cantaloupe Grower#
Exempted From Bill
Congressman John H. Kerr returned
Wednesday evening from
Washington, D- C., where he interested
himself in behalf of the cantaloupe
growers of Ridgeway. Congressman
Kerr, according to reports,
in endeavoring to get the Ridgeway
growers excused from provisions of
thp Acrrir>ii1tiira1 Adjustment Bill in
order to save them money which
they are now required to pay out In
penalties for over producing,
j The Congressman's contention is
said to be that while he favors the
Agricultural Adjustment Bill he does
not think that the Ridgeway growers,
who produce only a small por
tion of the cantaloupes marketed iii
this country, and who live on land
which is chiefly suited for growing
these melons, should be held down
in production and penalized in the
same manner as growers in the big
cantaloupe producing areas.
To Hold Party For
I Benefit Book Truck
i .
A benefit card party, featuring
bridge, setback and anagrams, will
be held in the basement of Warren
County Memorial Library on
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock to
raise funds for the operation of the
library book truck, which is being
used this year for the first time to
distribute books throughout the
county.
The entertainment is sponsored
by the Warrenton Reading Club
which is calling on the public to
cooperate in the undertaking. Tables
may be reserved for either bridge,
setback or anagrams by getting in
touch with Misses Olivia Burwell
and Dorothy Walters and Mrs- Alpheus
Jones. Admission is 25c,
which also includes light refreshments
EPISCOPAL SERVICE
Holy Communion will be celebrated
at Emmanuel Episcopal Church
on Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock,
after which will be held Church
School, the Rev. B. N- de Foe Wagner
announced yesterday- At 11
o'clock in the morning Holy Communion
will be held at St. Alban's
in Littleton
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