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11 ACCURATE, TERSE TIMELY 1 VOLUME XXXVII I rOOJ'IiALL ROW" M | STOPS GAMES;1 A Difference Over Eligibility Of j Littleton Player Causes Games Cancelled I LITTLE IS STAR PLAYER Argument over the eligibility of I one of the star players of the LitI tleton football team last week grew I into a heated squabble in the ofI fiee of the superintendent of schools and resulted in games being cancelled between Littleton and NorI lina and Warrenton. I Friction arose over the right of i 11 for I Grady Little, star otux wi-w i the Littleton team, to play in con- j ; tests with VVarrenton and Norlina. | I Warrenton and Norlina officials , contended that Little was a grad- 1 t uate of the Littleton school and i that they had had an agreement j i at the beginning of the school year j ; with the Littleton coach whereby , no graduate would be permitted to J 1 play on either of the teams. The | Littleton coach, it was stated, said / that he had no recollection of such * agreement, and representatives of that school argued that Little was not a graduate. He was given a diploma from the Littleton school last year with 141-2 units. Littleton representalives pointed out that it required c' 16 units for a student to graduate P JL and asked the question why was it W if he were a graduate he could not n enter college- Representatives of K the other teams contended that j " when a student was given a di- I ploma that signified that he had j11 been graduated from the school, re- h gardless of the number of units he " had acquired. w Littleton argued that if he had t! been graduated with 141-2 units he had not been graduated in the q proper manner and therefore it was c' the fault of school officials not 0,1 present this year and Little nor the 11 team should be penalized by mis- n I takes which might have been made o: 1 by school officials. b Supt. of Schools J. Edward Allen h took no active part in the discus- ? sion; however, in a letter to the ? various principles later in the 11 week in which he discussed various school matters he referred to the b I . meeting as follows: 0 d "Athletics?From the conference ^ held in this office this week there E came two or three concepts which had not been entirely clear to some of you. perhaps. First, this office y has never had, nor does it have ^ now, anything to do with the rules and agreements concerning football jc games. When two teams are going 0] to play, it would be well to have b, the agreements in writing hereafter a to the end that there shall be no b misunderstandings. If two teams cannot agree about rules it is best 0] that they shall not attempt to play a, each other at all." I In another paragraph the super- tc intendent stated in part, "I advis- ai ed all Present, and T here nut it in t> black and white, that only on one ni condition can graduation, or uncon- n ditioncd promotion from seventh ai grade, be annulled?and that condi- n> tion is, if it is shown that a student la obtained such by fraud, that which h is so obtained by him can be an- ei nulled. la According to reports from Little- d ton, "Little is one of the smoothest gi and hardest running backs ever tl seen in high school football anywhere around here. As proof of a this fact, he has made 13 touch- tl downs this year in three games." gi tl WARREXTON PRINCIPAL tl GIVES VIEW OF MATTER n By PAUL COOPER II Principal John Graham School I a princ'Pats' meeting In Mr. tl ?"ens office last week the Littleton ei School officials cancelled the foot- a1 ball games that had been scheduled t( with the Norlina and John Graham o High Schools- There was an agreement made between the three schools before the season began that | ^ in games played among themselves no high school graduate would be allowed to play on either team. The Littleton officials said that they did not remember any such agreement G flYlfl - " -- ?v. v-numiea trie games because si the other two schools would not fi Play Littleton with graduates. st The question of whether one of b; the Littleton players was a graduate teas definitely and emphatically set- A tied by Mr. Allen who said the boy K tt'as unquestionably a graduate. N. The Norlina and John Graham Schools would not approve his play- H ?f>. Hence?the games were can ?uea by Littleton, not the other S schools. The Norlina and John Graham Schools would have played the games on the dates scheduled ri and by the agreements made, but the Littleton School tailed to recog- V J 'Continued on page 8) WAR] | , Season's Starlet Lovely Augusta Wallace, daughter of Louisville Times Editor Tom Wallace, proves Hollywood doesn't "'monopolize ail stories that make chorus girls dramatic stars In six short reels. Two Beasons back, Augusta was a Broadway chorine. - Today she bids for dramatic stardom in the smash hit, "Room Service." ? Carnival Man Pleads Trespass In Recorder's Court Jerry Brennon, 20-year-old Penn ylvania carnival man who was harged with attempting to steal a j ocketbook from a negro during the iir held here week before last, sublitted to a charge of trespass in lecorder's court on Monday mornlg and was taxed with court costs. Counsel for the defendant stated 1 open court that in submitting is client to a charge of trespass rat he was not admitting that he as guilty of any crime but that lis course was being pursued due to re fact that there existed some uestion over the juridiction of ReDrder's court to try the larceny harge and that rather than run re risk of forcing his client to relain in jail until the January term E court at great inconvenience to im and at expense to the county e was submitting him to a charge E trespass. The state, through olicitor Pippen, expressed its willlgness to accept this plea. Prnnnnn TOCl.fi flrrpst.ed ill GoldS" oro, where a.fair was then going n, last week by Claude Fleming, eputy sheriff, who was informed by [enry Falkner, negro tenant, that irennon attempted to lift his purse n Wednesday night, October 13. In court Monday Falkner stated lat he was standing before a blanet concession and a few minutes fter taking out his pocketbook to lan a friend 25 cents he felt some tie going into his pocket, reached ack and grabbed Brennon's hand nd told him that he could not ave his pocketbook. Later that ight he said he saw Mr. Fleming a the fair grounds and told him bout it. Mr. Flbming stated that Falkner iiri him of the attempted robbery nd pointed out Brennon to him lat night but admitted hat he did ot attempt to arrest the man then or during any of the several days nd nights after that which Brenon remained here. He said he delyed in making the arrest because e did not think he had sufficient ,'idence to get a conviction but iter he had- acquired more evience and as a result of this had Dne to Goldsboro and picked up re man. A negro girl stated that she was t the fair close by Falkner and iat she saw Brennon attempt to 2t his pocketbook. She said that lis was on Wednesday night but lat she did not mention it to Falk? +i,rt f/->n/->TT7imfr Raturdav CL UUI/U (/IXC iVUUTT?.t| ? ight. Counsel for the defendant told le court that Mr. Fleming watch3 the accused man for some time Iter Falkner had reported the at >mpted robbery and that he did ot see him attempt to steal any(Continued on Page 7) !1 Make Honor Roll At John Graham Twenty-one students of the John iraham High School made the ;holastic honor roll during the rst month of this session, the list lbmitted for publication yeterday y Principal Paul Cooper revealsGrande 2.?Anne Dryden, Mary lice Rooker, Anne Rodwell, Sarah Kearny Burton, Mary Tasker Gibbs, [ildred Anne Hancock. Grade 3?Patsy Capps, Mariam iight, Anne Weaver, Jane ReavisGrade 6?Fairfax Mitchell, Lucy eaman. Grade 6?Margaret Rodwell. Grade 7?Nancy Loyd, Doris Hars, Nancy Moseley, Vivian Harris. Grade 10?Alpheus Moseley, Dick yard. Grade 11?Billy Peete, lie IB; EtENTON, COUNTY OF WAI JUDGE SAYS GUIL NOT GUILTY; W NEGRO DEFA The aequital by a jury in Recorder's court this week of a negrc charged with purchasing whiskej from the A. B. C- store for a white man who is on the "prohibited list'' brought about a strange situation in that the white man was tried on the same evidence a few weeks ago and was found guilty bs the court of sending the negro tc purchase the whiskey for him in violation of the law, which makes it illegal for any person who has been adjudged a habitual drunkard to purchase liquor or for any one cioc iu jjuicuase 11 xur mm. a hsi of the ineligible buyers is kept at the various stores. Evidence in the two cases was that a few weeks ago officers saw Johnny Johnson, negro, enter the rear of a building with a package of A- B. C. whiskey- Immediately before he entered they saw Lewis Taylor, white man who is on the "black list," open a ginger-ale anc walk to a partitioned off place in the rear of the building. The officers stated that as Taylor walked into the secluded portion of the building with his opened ginger-ali Artie Explorer Pleases Audience At Auditorium Harold D. Eide, Artie explorer delighted his audience in the auditorium of the John Graham High School Wednesday night when he appeared here as the second feature on the program of the Entertainment Festival sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association, bringing chuckles and chortles of laughter especially from the children present. Next Wednesday night at 8:15 o'clock the Lucille Elmore Revue will be presented. Miss Elmore petite artiste and her assistants, David Hartley and Walter Anderon, gives promise of an highly entertaining evening- Miss Elmore singer, comedienne, dancer and outstanding woman ventriloquist, is a wMinor r-misin nf Fred Stone and played in his productions on Broadway, notably "Stepping Stones." At the entertainment this week Eide told his audience that he was born in Norway and at the age oi sixteen years sailed as the youngest member of an American-Norwegian exploring expedition and spent in all 20 years in the land of ice and snow. He gave a detailed account of his life on Spitzbergen Island with his surveyor's instruments and his camera, parts of his lecture being illustrated by slides. The party built a city in the shadow of the North Pole and his experiences partly humorous and narfiv nqthefie entertained the au h"" dience for an hour. He told, day by day, of the ups and downs of a life in the North. Three years of his life were spent with Eskimos with no connection with the outside world- Eskimo food of raw meat ,raw fish and blubber was enjoyed, he remarked, after getting used to it and Eskimo clothes were worn after his clothes wore out. This island was reputed to be rich in coal and oil and the American-Norwegian expedition was the first, to claim the land for their countries. The scenes were beautiful and interesting and the narrative of the city that Eide had helped build pleased the audience. Mrs. O. W. Williams Buried At Littleton Littleton, Oct. 28-?Last rites for Mrs. O. W. Williams, who died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the home of her daughter, Mrs- W. D. Poole in Asheville, were conducted at the home of her grandson, J. D. Pope, Sunday afternoon with burial following in the family plot in Sunset Hill cemetery. Mrs. Williams was well known here, having spent many years of her life in this community. She Was 87 years and 8 months old. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and'Mrs. Franklin Drake. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs- W. D. Poole of Asheville, Mrs. Carl Bobbitt of Philadelphia, and Mrs. J. D. Burton of York, S. C. CARNIVAL AT MACON The Parent-Teacher Association will sponsor a Hallowe'en Carnival at the Macon High School on Friday night, October 29, at 7 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. Amusement will consist of a play given by the high school, Bingo and other features. arrnt IREN, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTO TY; JURY SAYS HITE MAN PAYS; NDANT GOES FREE they heard him tell Johnson to 1 "come on in; everything is all ' right." They further stated that 1 as Johnson walked in and placed ' the whiskey on a table for drinks ' to be poured they entered and as ; they were placing the two men un ' der arrest Taylor stated he had loaned Johnson a dollar and that 1 Johnson denied this. | Recently Taylor was tried and ! convicted by Judge T. O. Rodwell. I This week Johnson was tried before , a jury and found not guilty. The ; two officers who made the arrest ; and gave the same evidence in both cases were Chief of Police Jack Scott and Deputy Sheriff ?Roy ShearinIn arguing the case before the jury counsel for Johnson pointed out that the warrant in which his client was indicted charged him with purchasing the whiksey know I ing u.ai ne was uuing su iar a aian i who was on the ineligible list and that there was no evidence present1 ed to show that he was aware of i this fact, nor was there any positive i proof that he bought it for Taylor. Application May Be Made Now For t Loans For 1938 , Applications are now being re. j ceived by the Farm Security Adi j ministration for rural rehabilitation i loans for the next crop year, Theo. :' F. Stallings, County Supervisor in j charge of the Rural Rehabilitation supervised loan program of the ;' Farm Security Administration in , Warren county, announced early j this week from his office here. j Mr. Stallings stajfed that a coni j siderable part of the work of his ! office consists in assisting Rehabili,' tation farmer to make out practical , ] Farm and Home Management plans | | and in advising them in their farmj ing and home operations. "In order , j that maximum attention may be j given to -that important phase of ,1 the work next spring we are doing [ what we can to spread the lending - activity over a longer period. Farmers thought to be qualified for ; these loans should therefore be advised to make their application earI! ly this fall," the Supervisor said. I "These loans are limited within . the bounds of allotted funds to fi. nancially distressed farm families? whether on their own land or as tenants on rented land?who are unable to secure proper credit from I other sources to make a crop or to j purchase needed livestock and equipment." "Eligibles must be wiilling and : able to work and show ability to ; profit from instruction and guid. ance. There must be land, already available or obtainable, of sufficient fertility to promise a satisfactory return on human labor intelligently applied, and there must be a reasonable probability that a successj ful farm and home management plan can be worked out for the farm. In working out these plans special emphasis is placed on the production of sufficient food and feed crops for all the people and livestock located on the farm, there, by eliminating the necessity of pro' ducing larger amounts of cash ' crops, the returns from which would have to be used for the purchase of | feed and foodstuff that should be j produced on the farm- Thus cash ; crops are limited to an amount necessary to pay off the loan and meet other cash needs of the family. lilt; tunc given iui it]jajiutuu ui these loans is an important factor | in getting distressed families back i onto their feet," Mr. Stallings said. I "Many things which the farmer has to buy, such as livestock, farm equipment, lime and other soil improvement items do not bring their full return the first year and the longer credit period makes it unnecessary for the farmer to sacrifice needed feed and seed crops to repay his loan, as would be the case if loans were made for but one year. Where the borrower is a tenant," the term and provisions of his lease are, of course, important factors, particularly as regards luaus ior soil impovement items." Mr. Stallings is assisted in his work by Mrs. Lila T. Pearce, Rural Rehabilitation Home Supervisor. Mr. Vance E. Swift of Raleigh is State Director in charge of this phase of the Farm Security work. SON BORN Bom to Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Alston of near Louisburg on Tuesday, October 26, in Park View hospital, Rocky Mount, a son. Mrs. Alston was formerly Miss Margaret Hunter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hunter of Areola. 9 Uprn: BER 29, 1937 Subscripti LEGAL OPINIONS HOLD INTEREST Attorney General Rules That Town Must Pay Cost Of Holding Prisoners RULES ON BILL OF COSTS Opinions on two legal questions effecting this town and county are given in the current issue of Popular Government from the office of' the Attorney General at the request of two citizens of Warren. One of the rulings has to do with the town's obligation in regard to paying for the keep of prisoners who are incarcerated in the county bastile, and the other opinion is relative to the charging' of jail fees against prisoners in the bill of costs. According to the rulings the town must nav the cost of keeDiner its prisoners in jail, and when cases are tried the expense to which a prisoner may have put a county tor his keep should not be included in the bill of costs. A few weeks ago town and county were at odds over which should bear the costs of taking care of prisoners while they were in jail, and as a result of the discussion it was agreed that the town would pay the bill when arrests were made here for violation of town laws but when it was a statewide law which had been violated within the city limits the county would bear the expense of jail keep Following are the Attorney General's opinions on the matter: "To Dr. G. H. Macon. This office is of the opinion that it is mandatory upon the governing board of your Town to provide meals and quarters for its prisoners, whether kept in the city jail or county jail. We are also of the opinion that the County jailer is within his rights in charging your Town entrance fees and board for prisoners turned over to him by the Town." "To W. K. Newell. Inquiry: Should jail fees be taxed in criminal bills of costs or are they only a civil liability? "In our opinion," the expense of the upkeep of prisoners is not regarded by the law, as found in C. S. 1347, as costs in the ordinary sense of the word- A prisoner, as you know, may be confined in jail until the costs are paid or until he is entitled to discharge by taking the insolvent debtor's oath. vyuviuuoij iu vvuuiu uv uuuiuu w continue to keep and feed a prisoner, accumulating additional expenses, in order to enforce the payment of jail fees. Perhaps this common sense view of the matter was in the minds of the lawmakers when they made the provision in C. S. 1347, making reasonable charges for jail fees a charge against the prisoner. The statute simply makes the prison fees a preferred debt of the prisoner, and when he has no estate the county must pay it. For this reason we think that such jail fees should not be included in the bills of costs as such." Dr. Green of Duke Methodist Speaker Dr. W. K. Green of Duke University will be the guest speaker for the observance of Layman's Day at the Norlina Methodist Church on Sunday, W. Carlton Wilson announced this week. The several churches on the Norlina charge will participate in the program. Dr. Green is the associate lay leader of the North Carolina Conference, and according to Mr. Wilson, he is regarded as one of the best speakers among the laymen of the state. Dinner will be served at the church during the noon hour, and every family is expected to bring a basketPRESBYTERIAN SERVICES Services will be conducted at the Presbyterian church here on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and at Gruver Memorial at 7 o'clock in the evening, announcement was made tiftoIow/lnTr DAUGHTER BORN Mr. and Mrs. Joe Henry King of Inez announce the birth of a daughter, Gladys Juanita, on Friday, October 15. PIE SALE The Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church will hold a pie sale at Odom's store on Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs- Horace Palmer and daughter, Miss Sue Blount, of Ben- I nettsville, S. C., have been spending the week here with Mrs. Palmer's 1 mother, Mrs. Sue B. White. ^ 1 ion Price, $1.50 a Year Fleeing Prisoner | Is Shot Twice By Deputy Shearin Robert Crew, negro, was shot twice late Wednesday afternoon by Deputy Roy Shearin when he fled as the officer started to jail with him to lock him up on a charge of stealing chickens. One of the pistol balls took effect in his hip and the other in his leg, but neither of the wounds caused him to hault his flight. As the lead tore into his hip he reached back, slapped his hand on his wound and attempted to put more distance between himself and the officer. The officer also began throwing gravel with his feet and after a chase for about a mile over various sections of the town the negro was run down and carried to jail where his wounds, which are not regarded as being of a serious nature, were treated. The lead did not strike a bone, it was stated. Crews, whom officers have been looking for many months, was picked up in Miles Hardware Co. and placed under arrest by Deputy Shearin. The officer stated that he told the negro that he was not going to put the handcuffs on him to carry him down to the jail but warned him if he attempted to escape he would be shot. Crews, Deputy Shearin said, evidently did not take the warning seriously and as they started down the side street to the jail he made a break for freedom. Deputy Shearin also stated that after the prisoner had been captured he made a complete confession, giving the names of the various persons he had stolen chickens from over a period of months and telling to whom the chickens had been sold. Episcopalians In District Meeting At Henderson Twenty-two ladies representing Episcopal churches, of Warrenton, Ridgeway and Littleton joined with approximately. VM.pther church workers from the towns of Louisburg, Oxford, Henderson and Townsville in attending the district meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary at Henderson yesterday morning. The meeting got underway in Holy Innocents Church at 10:45 o'clock after Holy Communion had been administered by the rector, Rev. Isaac W. Hughes. Mrs- W. A. Graham of Oxford, district chairman, presided, and heard reports from the following: Mrs. C. A. Tucker of Warrenton, United Thanks Offering Custodian; Mrs. J. H. Brodle of Henderson, Educational Secretary; Mrs. J. P. Scoggin of Warrenton, Box Work; Mrs. C. E. Foster of Littleton, Social Service Work; Miss Maude Cutler of Charlotte, Young People's Work; Mrs- J. C. Williams of Warrenton, Vade Mecum Conference; Mrs. H. G. Cooper of Oxford, General Convention; Mrs. M. G. Taylor of Oxford, Secretary. The outstanding addresses of the day were given by Mrs. W. J- Gordon of Spray, the Diocesan president, who discussed work being done by various churches and the recent General Convention held in Cincinnati, and by Mrs. Annie Cheshire Tucker, daughter of the late Bishop Joseph Cheshire and Missionary to China. She displayed a number of exhibits which she had brought from China. Greetings of the day came from Mrs- Waddell Gholson of Henderson and response was made by Mrs. Waddell Taylor of Oxford. Noon-day prayers were given by the Rev. Mr. Sanderson. The following new officers were elected: District Chairman, MrsEric Flannagan of Henderson; Educational Secretary, Mrs. Archie Taylor of Oxford; Recruiting Secretary, Mrs. Ben Lassiter of Oxford; Secretary of Young People's Wnrt Mrs nnnrfld Stureess Of Henderson. A delicious chicken salad plate ; with sandwiches, coffee and cake was served in the Parish House. Those attending from Warrenton were Mesdames W- R. Baskervill, W. W. Cawthorne, A. W. Hall, B. B- Williams, Arthur Petar, Walter T. Williams, R. R. Weston, A. A. Williams, J. P. Scoggin, G. G. Williams, T. P. Heath, W. H. Alston, W. G- Rogers, W. R. Boyce, Jack Scott, Horace Palmer, C. A. Tucker, and Misses Rowe Jones and Kate White Williams. Mes- ; dames Charles Petar, H. W- Petar and Miss Sarah Petar went from'; Ridgeway as representatives of : Good Shepherd Church. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Williams and I daughter, Betty, are expected to . ] I spend the week end with relatives 1 in Louisburg. j : JpT OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 44 ORDER OF COURT HALTS BLASTING Highway Forces Temporary, ily Restrained From Using Local Rock Quarry LIAiVlAliHiS AKHi CLAliHISlJ A temporary restraining order was signed In Oxford on Tuesday by Judge Walter J. Bone of Nashville enjoining the State Highway and Public Works Commission and J. H. Burns from blasting at the rock quarry near the Peck Manufacturing Company until the matter could be heard before Judge R. Hunt Parker at Roanoke Rapids on Saturday morning, November 13, at 10 o'clock. It was set forth in the complaint that the defendants, or their agents and employees, are engaged in the practice of blasting rocks from a quarry situated about 200 yards from the property of the plaintiff and that such heavy charges of explosives are used as to throw stones 200 yards and' further onto the Drooertv of the Dlaintiff. that stones as large as 4 or 5 inches in length have been thrown upon the roof of plaintiff's mill and premises, knocking out about 25 or 30 windaw panes, that plastering in walls and ceilings have been cracked and that employees and their families, numbering about 250 persons, are frightened and kept in constant danger. It was also stated in the complaint that the plaintiff had appealed to the defendant to desist from the '.wanton destruction of property" and that the defendants have ignored these pleas. The quarry, which is understood to be the property of W. D. Rodgers Sr., was leased to the State Highway and Public. Works Commission several months ago and since that time blasting operations, which are ' frequently heard for a distance.of a mile or so, have been carried, on there by prisoners of the Warren, county camp. V. 5 Hit-Run Driver Takes Two Lives Oxford, Oct. 28.?William and James Hopkins, negro father and son, were killed instantly Saturday night while walking on Highway 15 near Oxford when they were struck by a hit and run car and knocked in front of an automobile driven by Kenneth Cutts of Stoval, now auctioneer on the Warrenton tobacco market. X7VIUUX1CC picaciitcu at a uuiunci a inqtiest held Sunday morning resulted in a verdict of unavoidable accident. The driver of the car causing the fatal accident has not been found. Chief Scott Gives Telephone Number Chief of Police Jack Scott's telephone number is 370-6. He requested that this information be conveyed to the public through this newspaper due to the fact that his number is not listed in the telephone directory and persons desiring to ring him at his home at night have been unable to do so without calling Henderson for in formation. He suggests that you write the number in your directory now for future reference. Enfield To Hold Crop Festival A peanut and cotton festival will be held at Enfield during the week of November 1 under the auspices of the Lions Club of that town. A varied program of entertainment has been mapped out for the various days and nights of the week. On Tuesday night there will be a cotton and peanut ball featuring Bob Sylvester and his orchestra, on TViiirsdav off.prnnnn Gover nor Hoey is scheduled to deliver an address at 3:45 o'clock following a parade of saddle horses. The C. C- Buck Shows are playing the midway during the festival. Among those from here attending the circus in Raleigh Tuesday afternoon and night were Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Rodwell and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Boyd, Dr. W. W. Taylor and Miss Leonora Taylor, Mr- and Mrs. Barker Williams, Misses Elba McGowan, Rose Kim ball, Mary Randolph, Elizabeth Boyd, Messrs. Frank Banzet, Pett Boyd, John Allison and Howard Jones Jr. Mrs. H. F. Jones is recovering at her home from a sprained ankle which kept her confined to her bed tor several days.