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i | accurate, terse i i timely j volume xxxvii I HIt.H PRICES I STILL RULE ON I LOCAL MARKET | Tobacco KOIlliig irnu ituiivu I ton In Large Amounts As Leadership In Prices BeI comes Known I STILL HOLDING ITS LEAL I Averages Higher This Week I And Growers Are Greatly I l'leased With Them I Tobacco is rolling into Warrenton in unusually large amounts I from two states and many counties as it has become generally known I that the local market is leading the entire .Middle Belt in price average I per pound. I The lead Warrenton set up over I other markets several weeks ago I when she established a price aver on. rvniins hoc nnt age o: u\cx ^ ^.v. ? been overcome by the other markets in this belt and as a result more than 100.000 pounds of tobacco is being sold here each day the warehouses are open for business. Prices are higher and growers are more pleased than at any time during the years we have sold tobacco.'' one Warrenton warehouseman commented yesterdayTinning back to last week when averages were given in this newspaper through Wednesday's sales, the official average on Thursday was $30.12 per hundred, which brought farmers a total of $33,318,74 for the 110.620 pounds sold here. Friday 110.526 pounds averaged fon;i Kviv>cr rvrnrlnpprs $38,684.10. OOU.OT IV UW"S K* Beginhig wit this week, Monday sales brought farmers $54,042.60 when 180.142 pounds were sold here for an average of $30 52. Seventy thousand three hundred fortyeight pounds were sold here on Tuesday for an average of $30.02, which amounted to $21,118.46. Wednesday 164.892 pounds were sold here for a total of $50,819.74. or an average of $30.82 per hundred. Yesterday's sales had not been made public when this newspaper went to ' pressOfficer? Capture Large Still And Beer On Sunday A 60-aallon capacity whiskey manufacturing plant was captured and between three and four thousand gallons of beer were destroyed early Sunday morning when Sheriff W. J. Pinnell, Deputy Roy Shearin and Chief of Police Jack Scott made a raid in Nutbush township. nu miiaiwey ur men were ruunu at the still but the officers found 102 gallons of moonshine liquor at the home of Steven Kearney, negro, and he was taken in custody. Kearney denied ownership of the whiskey, Sheriff Pinnell said, claiming that it was stored at his home by another person. Nine cases of empty fruit jars were also found with the boozeThe still was not in operation at the time of the raid, however a run had been made Saturday night and the plant was still warm when the officers reached the scene, the sheriff stated. Sheriff Pirmell said that the beer and still together constituted the largest outfit that he had seized since he has been in officeLast week the officers captured a large still in Roanoke township- This still was completely outfitted and beer was found nearby but a run bad rover been made with the Plant. Littleton Eleven Wins First Game Littleton- Oct. 7?Littleton High school opened its regular football schedule last Friday by defeating a fast but light team of Aulander 26 to 6. Aulander scored in the first quarter and held Littleton. The locals began to "click" in the last bait and clearly outplayed the visitors in every department-'!r Charles Ray Rodwell of New York arrived nn * . .v. v?x* ?i tuiivouaj' iul " visit here with his parents. Mr. and Mrs- Howard F- Jone: Wednesday to spend a few day! Rocky Mount as guests of Mr 5Tli Mrs. Hugh Battle. They wll re'um Saturday. TOWN BOARD END PLANTING TREE, Planning Board Lays Plan For I Along Main Street Befon ceives Appropriation CiniVTCS riAXTmn * _ lj.vjiio 1111, V> VjUil HViVL 1 Plans of the Town Planning Board to plant a score of trees along the Main Street of Warrenton re( ceived the endorsement of the board of town commissioners at their reg- j ular session on Monday night and ' with it an appropriation not to ex- ' ceed $75 for the cost of this work. Mrs. C. R- Rodwell and Mrs. C. T. Bowers, members of the Plan-1 ning Board, appeared before the | ' commissioners and with Commis-' sioner W. R- Strickland, also a j member of the board, acting as spokesman, told of the Planning Board's tree planting Dlan. The! trees, probably maples or water oaks, will be supplied and planted by the Wise nursery. The planting of these trees will probably be delayed a few weeks due to uncertainty of the present plans of the State highway commission to widen Main street, by reducing the amount of sidewalk space in the business district. The commissioners authorized the Mayor and Town Clerk to sign a ten-year contract with the Carolina i Power & Light Company for power for the town pumps. This contract supersedes the present contract with the power company and gives Warrenton Ladies Painfully Hurt In j Car Overturn Mrs. W. J Davis and daughter,} Miss Bessie Davis, are recovering at their home here from painful bruises they received on Monday afternoon when the Ford automobile in which they were traveling toward Warrenton overturned at Creedmoore. Mrs. John Davis, who was riding with them, escaped injury. The accident is believed to have been caused by Miss Davis losing control of the automobile as she traveled down the highway on a roadbed which had become slippery j on account of rain. She was said to have been driving around 30 miles per hour when the car slipped off the road and overturnedThe party was returning to Warrenton from a visit to Walter Davis and family at Clayton, Dr. Richard Davis and family at Greensboro, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davis at Stuart, Va. Mrs. John Davis of Fort Wayne, Ind., who has been undergoing treatment at Greensboro, was accompanying them to Warrenton for a visitBook Truck To Soon Start Rounds Warren County Memorial Library's book truck, painted in silver, is expected to start in a week or so j on its rounds throughout the county, leaving books in the various' communities with those who desire | literature but find it inconvenient1 to come to the library. The traveling library, which is a school truck equipped with shelves for books in the middle and seats ' on each side where patrons may rest while looking over the books, is being tried as an experiment. Should it prove popular with the public it will most likely be continued; should it reveal there is no demand for such a service, it is expected to be discontinued after being put through the test periodThe truck will not stop at the homes of individuals throughout the county but will stop at designated places in the various com- ; munities. Later the truck will re- 1 turn and pick up the books which have been borrowed. i The schedule on which the I truck will run will be published in ; this newspaper at a later date. Mrs. J. E. Adams Is Named Supervisor, ' Mrs- J. E. Adams of Warrenton,' i active Meredith College, alumnae, j has been chosen as one of the six' > vice-presidents to supervise the' > fifth annual "Meredith Week," which is being held from October 3 ( 1 to the 10th. Mrs. Adams is in charge of the Greensboro division. ( bp a WARRENTON, COUNTY 01 ORSES PLAN OF S ON MAIN STREET Having Score of Trees l'laced ! Commissioners And Re ui $o.uu ror worK WITH POWER COMPANY the town a reduction in power costs of around 30 per cent. It was also agreed that in the event that during the period of the contract if a lower rate goes into effect for this class of service the town will receive the benefit of such reductionDuring the life of the superseded contract several reductions were given the town. D. M. McC. Sloan, of the local Power Company, who presented the new'contract to the board, announced that the new rate was retroactive to January 1, and as a result the town would be given a credit of around $300. Possible plans for a one-hour parking limit in the business district were postponed and may be taken up around the first of the year when the town may adopt a town automobile tag system. Chief Scott was instructed to mark out the angle parking lines at the post office and put parallel lines in place of them after it had been pointed out that the present lines formed a "bottle neck" and impeded traffic at this pointPayment of bills and other routine matters occupied the remainder of the time of the short session of the board. Judge Rodwell Hears Variety Of Cases On Monday A variety of cases, many of whirh flrr.mrmlflted on the docket during the two weeks Superior court was in session here, were disposed of by Judge T. O. Rodwell in Recorder's court on Monday morning. Convicted on _a charge of larceny, Bennie Johnson was given a 12months jail sentence, assigned to work the roads under the supervision of the State Highway and Public Works Commission. A 90-day road sentence given Norman I. Haithcock on a bad check charge was suspended upon the condition that he pay into court the amount of the check and also the court costs. The state took a nol pros in the case against William Wilson and Cladie Wilson, who are alleged to have gotten a negro to purchase whiskey for them after the A. B. C. store at Norlina failed to sell to them on the grounds that they were intoxicated at the time they tried to make the purchase. A. D.Robertson, negro, who fac cu nicu uii mu tiiaigco?iTvaacaomg unstamped liquor and peeping into a room occupied by a woman?was given a 60-day road sentence in each case. The road sentences were suspended upon payment of costs and the further condition that he remain of good behavior. A capias was ordered issued for Whit Jiggetts, negro, when he failed to appear in court to face a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. The state took a t nol pros as to John Hill Jr., negro, j who faced a similar charge. Willie Harris, negro, was found! guilty of larceny and received a 60day road sentence which was suspended upon the condition that he pay court costs and remain of good behavior. James Williams, negro, asked for a jury trial and his case was automatically continued until the fourth Monday. He is charged with larceny. ine state tuu?. a nui pius in one case against W. B. Williams, negro, charged with illegal purchase of A. B. C- liquor, and judgment was suspended in the case against Thomas P. Davis, negro, charged with careless and reckless drivingChurch Leaders Attend Meeting Rev. R. E. Brickhouse, J. Willie White and J. Edward Allen were in Bunn on Wednesday and Thursday to attend the 137 annual meeting of the Tar River Baptist Association. The association embraces 63 churches of which 58 were rep resented at tne two-aay meeting* An estimated crowd of 600 was present for the opening of the session. arrrn ? WARREN, N. C. FRIDA1 LUMllSJilUlNMS i ?vmiii it in v ? it lUWdtUMJAlL ; AT LAM MEET Clerk Instructed To Invite Jail Builders To Come To Warrenton For Conference On Matter BOARD HAS A QUIET DAY Few Matters Before Body And Adjournment Comes Early In Afternoon The Board of County Commissioners, in regular session here on , Monday, agreed to hold another , meeting later in the month for the purpose of diseussing the jail situa- , tion and plans with men who handle equipment and are familiar with jail construction. No date for the meeting was set , by the board, but it is expected that it will be held as soon as it will be convenient for jail builders to meet here with the commissioners. The clerk to the board was authorized to write letters inviting jail men to meet here with plans, and as soon as they have been heard from it is expected that Chairman Burroughs will call the board together. The jail question was injected into the meeting Monday but it did not turn into a lengthy discussionThe commissioners agreed that they had to take some action and the best thing for them to do was to invite the jail men here and discuss possible plans with them. The meeting Monday was unusually quiet and adjournment came in the afternon around 3 o'clockThe board agreed to recommend to Collins Barnes that a section of the . road near the home of P- D. : Shearin in River township be worked, and that a road at Macon, ! which is at times used as a detour, be opened up and permanently maintained by ' the state in order that school buses may travel over it and avoid the danger of passing 1 over the Seaboard Air Line Railroad tracks which at present are passed over twice almost within the town of Macon. The road desired is about 400 yards in length. The board turned over the 1937 tax books to Sheriff Pinnell and made the following appropriations: 1 (Continued on Page 4) Board Orders Tax Books Turned Over To Sheriff Pinnell Having made a satisfactory settle- ' ment of funds handled by him in 1936, the Board of County Commissioners on Monday turned over the tax books to Sheriff W. J. Pinnell for the collection of 1937 taxes. The books were recently audited, as required by law, and the auditor's reports disclosed that the I books lacked only 91c of checking with the auditor's report for a period covering a year's collection of taxes. The total taxes to be collected i from the new tax books amounts i to $121,874 31- As a general thing the sheriff collects between 85 and 90 per cent of the total levy. Services At Four /~>l 1 c i 1 i^nurcnes juiiuay Services will be held at each of the four churches of Warrenton on i Sunday. The Baptist, Methodist and Episcopal churches will each hold services at 11 o'clock in the morning, and at 1:30 o'clock in the evening the Presbyterian Church will hold services. The Methodists will also have a service at 7:30 in the even- : ing. At 9 o'clock Sunday morning the Rev. Mr. Wagner, Episcopal rector, [will hold Holy Communion at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Ridgeway. A cordial invitation is extended by the various ministers to the public to attend these servicesi* r?_ 11. xt I IViayor r Uin Udmca Director of League Mayor William T. Polk has been elected a director of the League of Municipalities, it was learned here this week. One of the purposes of j the league is to protect cities and towns against adverse legislation. | iRfffl] if, OCTOBER 8, 1937 Subsc U151K11T1?M11WU i?M to IltLiilitlvli Nine Chapters Representing In Meeting At Parish House Wednesday STATE REGENT PRESENT The sixth district meeting of the national society of the Daughters , of the American Revolution was held in the Parish House of Emmanuel Episcopal Church here on Wednesday with 68 representatives ol the nine chapters embodied hi ; the district present. The meeting was first presided over by Mrs .M. 0- McGuire, regent of Warren county chapter, and Chen turned over to Mrs. T. E. ; Cheek of Durham, district director. following is the program which was carried out: Pledge of Alleg- : iance to the Flag, Mrs- S. P. Cooper of Henderson; America's Creed, Mrs. Harvey Eeason of Raleigh; Ritual, Mrs. T. G. Stem of Oxford; Welcome, Miss Amma Graham of Warrenton; Response, Mrs. J. MBrewer of Wake Forest. An address was given by Mrs. Eugene Davis, state regent, and a report of committees was given by Mrs. S. W- Sparger of Durham, af- : ter which the following state officers were recognized: Mrs. G. O. Moland of Hendersonville, state chairman of Approved Schools; Mrs. n. Wnvnfi Snp.nnfir of Wilmington. state Vice Regent; Mrs. Hubert Patterson of Albemarle, District Director of C. A. R.; Mrs. R- HWhitehead of Burlington, state , chairman Memorial Hall Memory Book; Miss Virginia Home, state Recording Secretary, and Miss Elizabeth Home, state chairman Good Citizenship, both of Wadesboro; Mrs. O- M. McKaughan of Wake Forest, state chairman of Filing and Lending Dept.; Mrs. J. S. Welborn of High Point, state chairman Geneological Records; and Mrs. EA. Branch of Raleighr-fltftte Corresponding Secretary and Chairman of Radio. Mrs. S. P. Cooper, past State Regent, was elected district director to succeed Mrs. T. E. Cheek of Durham. The sixth district was invited to meet with the Cornelius Harnett Chapter in Dunn next year. This district will be hostess to the state convention in Raleigh in 1938. Chapters represented in the sixth district are from the following towns: Chapel Hill, Durham, Wake Forest, Raleigh, Oxford, Louisburg, Dunn, Henderson and Warrenton. Luncheon was served at Hotel Warren. Air Mail Week To Be Observed Here As a preliminary to Air Mail Week, which is being celebrated in North Carolina from October 11 to 16, an airship landed at the government airport near here yesterday afternoon around 5:15 o'clock on a survey flight through this state to determine the condition of the various landing fields. The plane, which was brought here from Rocky Mount by Dick Pell of the Gulf Oil Corp. and C. A. Sikes of the Eastern Air Lines, remained on the local field for only a few moments before taking-off for Raleigh. It was met by Postmaster Fred Moseley- Others were there earlier in the evening to receive the ship but left before it arrived here two hours behind schedule. Commenting on the fact that October 11-16, inclusive, has been designated as Air Mail Week, Postmaster Moseley is urging citizens to use the air mail extensively during this period. (Continued on page 8) vx?i? \i7i_ r: a I anus win i iisi Games of Series The Yanks won the second game of the World Series yesterday by defeating the Giants 8-1. The score the preceding day was 7-1 in favor of the Yanks. Comparatively little interest has been manifested here in the series this year. This may be due to the fact that both teams are from New York- The majority of baseball. fans at Warrenton are pulling for the Giants on account of the fact this team is composed of several North Carolinians- | ^k Ai'? ription Price, $1.50 a Year Warren Couni Run Throug ii.scd.pea i rusty racauy wounded by Vance Officers Vester GUi-ton or north Henderson, one ot one three trusties who walKed away irom the Warren uounty Prison oainp on Sunday nignt, died in Maria Parham Hospital Weunesday night irom gunshot wounds he received on Monday as he attempted to flee from Vance county authorities. The other two men surrendered and have been returned to the camp L1CIC. Acting on a "tip,'' the officers found Gupton, Howard House oi north Henderson and Robert Knight oi Greensboro at the home of Nellie Inscoe in the Flint Hill section oi Vance county. As the officers approached the house Gupton and House fled from the rear and the former was dropped with gunshot about 100 yards from the home. House surrendered, as did Knight who, not being fully clothed, remained in the house when the officers arrived. 'The gunshots which brought down Gupton perforated both his large and small intestines. None of the men were armedGupton and House were serving terms for holding up the Carolina I Service Station at Henderson some | time ago. Knight was serving a sentence or rrom two to nve years when the three men took French leave. Officers who captured the convicts were City Policemen G. S. Eastwood, J. C- Hudgins, J. EParks and Highway Patrolman T. E. Cooke Jr. A coroner's inquest was held yesterday and the verdict returned was that it was a justifiable homicide. iNoriina Barber Swallows Poison; Is In Hospital Grey Overby, Norlina barber, who attempted to end his own life last Friday night by swallowing bicholride tablets, remains in a critical condition at Park View Hospital, Hospital, Rocky Mount. However his condition was said yesteraay w have shown gradual improvementMr. Overby was in the barbershop at 8 o'clock in the presence of his sister-in-law and niece when he swallowed the tablet, or tablets, cast the bottle in a waste-paper basket and remarked "It will all be over in a few minutes." Dr- H. H. Foster was summoned but Mr. Overby is said to have objected to any medical treatment, claiming that it was his wish to die. He was rushed to Park View Hospital. Mr. Overby is said to have been despondent for some time and one occasion before this started to end his life with a shotgun when the weapon was seized from him. He] recently received treatment in a Richmond hospital and was believ ed to have been getting along very well since his return from the hospital. Mr. Overby is a married man of around 42 or 43 years old. W. B. Harris Goes To Leaksville Store Leaksville, Oct. 7.?W. B. Harris, well known druggist of High Point, has been added to the staff of the Carolina Drug company and will be in charge of the prescription department, according to an announcement made this week by Glenn Dallas, store manager. Mr- Harris, who is a native of Warrenton, N. C., has been connected with the Ring Drug company of High Point since 1932, nrV?fm noccoH t.hp Nnrt.h Carolina State board. He is a graduate of the Georgia School of Pharmacy where he made an unusual record. Mr. Dallas, who will continue to manage the store, pointed out that he felt fortunate in securing Mr. Harris as a prescription druggist, as he came here highly recommended by every one who knew him While in High Point he not only enjoyed a reputation as a competent druggist but made a large number of (CoaV 3d on Page 8) I ???. MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 41 ty Fair To ;h Next Week j [j Ouenini? Dalaved Two Days On Account Bad Weather, Lions Decide To Run Fair All Next Week STARTED ON WEDNESDAY Crowds Good As Clear Skies Enables Displays To Be Carried On Delayed two days in opening by inclement weatlier, gates ol the warren County Agricultural Fair swung wide 011 Wednesday at noon to receive the puDlic and will remain open through next week. The lirst day and night of the iair brought several thousand persons through the gates to view the unusually large and attractive display of exhibits and to enjoy the midway and yesterday afternoon indications were that attendance would be heavier for Thursday than on the opening day and night. The fair was expected to open on Monday morning with a large parade winding its way to the grounds on the Norlina road at 12 o'clock but rain which started falling Sunday and continued intermittently through Tuesday night caused the parade to be eliminated and made it impractical for the fair to open until Wednesday afternoon. Between showers on Sunday hun dreds of persons drove to the grounds to witness equipment and see the rides on the midway erected but they found work practically at a standstill due to the fact that cars and trucks were unable to move about the muddy field without the aid of a tractor even though truck load after truck load of shavings had been spread on the grounds as protection from the mire. Despite the rain and mud persons came from all sections of Warren on Monday to place their exhibits in the fair building whicn had recently been erected by the Warrenton Lions Club which is sponsoring the fair. The attractive arrangement and type of the more than 1500 exhibits which have been entered has brought forth exclamations of surprise and comments of a complimentary nature from those who walked through the hall. The exhibits, which represent practically every phase of home and farm life, with the exception of livestock, would compare favorably with those found at the State Fair. They were judged on Tuesday and more than 200 prizes were awarded. While the fair was unable to open on schedule, the weather cleared in time to carry out the original plans of permitting negro school children of the county to enter the gates free of charge on Wednesday afternoon. Tuesday was iContinued on Page 41 Norlina Youth Gets Long jTerm Assault Charge Henderson, Oct. 6.?Henry Clough, young white man of Norlina, plead guilty today in Vance Superior Court to a charge of attempted criminal assault on Miss Sylvia Swan of Petersburg, Va. He was immediately sentenced to from 10 to 12 years in prison by Judge J. Paul FrizzelleClough and an unidentified male companion are said by officers to have met Miss Swann and Mrs- G. F. Perkins, also of Petersburg, at a beer garden near Norlina, and find ing that the two women were en route to Florida, asked to ride with them as far as Henderson. The four set out together and a few miles from Henderson Clough is said to have threatened Miss Swan's life unless she left the car with him. The unidentified man left the car and disappeared when it was stopped, and Mrs. Perkins ran to find a telephoneShe summoned officers who fV-io trono frt finrl nnlv thfl I. tauivu Wll/ WV ? ? J two women. Clough was arrested by Warren County Sheriff W- J. Pinnell Sunday at his rooming place in Norlina and was identified by Miss Swan and Mrs. Perkins as being the man sought. He had been held in jail without bond awaiting trial during the present term of Vance Superior Court. John L. Skinner of Littleton was a visitor here yesterday.
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