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I ACCURATE, TERSE I TIMELY , IVOLUME XXXVII I'm MUCHADf^ I ABOUT UTILE Former Principal Says LittleI (on Football Players Was A Full Graduate V \\'AS GIVEN 16 UNITS I Grady Lin!e, star football player I 0f the Littleton High School over I whom a controversy arose among I sciiooi c:.i ia.s as to his eligibility I to plav in county contests, is a I s:i ultintc o. the Littleton school, ac. cording to K. S. Capps of WinstonI Salem, former principal. I It. r. loin r to The Warren Record, I Mr. Capps states that Little received | 16 units irom the Littleton school - ??iHnottnn had been I uj?cc; by a l'ootball enthusiast and I school board member so as not to I become involved in any conference I that would render him ineligible to I play football this year. Argument over Little's eligibility I to play football in county contests I began in heated form three weeks I ago when a conference among ofI ficials cf the Littleton, Warrenton I and Norlina schools was held in the I office of Supt. J. Edward Allen. At 1 this meeting Paul Cooper, head of I the Warrenton school, contended I that Little was a graduate of the I Littleton school and stated emphat. I ically that Littleton. Warrenton and I Norlina had had an agreement whereby no post-graduates would W be used on any of the teams in I county contests. Littleton repreI sentatives claimed that Little was I not legally a graduae in that he I had only 141-2 units, and furtherI more, tlrat there had been no I agreement as to playing graduates I on the team. The upshot of the I meeting, which at one time grew I to such heat and excitement that I one of the school men invited I another to "take off his coat," was I that games between Littleton and I Warrenton and Littleton and NorI lina were cancelledAs a result of news stories which I appeared in the Littleton paper I and daily press relative to Little and | the conference here, Principal Paul Cooper two weeks ago stated in an article to The Warren Record that there had been an agreement among the three schools in regard to playing graduates, that Little had been proven a graduate by records in Mr. Allen's office and, therefore, the games had. been cancelled by Littleton?not Warrenton and Norlina. Last week E. L. Riggan, a member of the Littleton school board, replied to Mr. Cooper's article, stating that Littleton had made no agreement about playing graduates on the football team in two years; however, Littleton was not anticipating using one of the two graduates on the team in county competition, but did intend to play Little who, he said, is not legally a (Continued on Page 81 Littleton To Play Oxford Today Littleton, Nov. 11?Having suffered it's first loss of the season to a strong, smooth playing team from Hillsboro High on Friday, Oct. 22, 13-6, Littleton came back to defeat Rich Square, on Friday, the 29th, by a score of 19-0, and Weldon on November 5, 6-0. Littleton expected an overwhelmingly victory in its game with Weldon, and consequently had loafed in it's practice. However, the Weldon team was greatly strengthened by the use of several Dlavprs TrVl/1 . nuc ilUb ailCillUiiB school. Littleton was frankly advised of this situation before the game, and willingly agreed to the otherwise ineligible players. Littleton meets Oxford Orphanage here tomorrow (Friday). A real battle is anticipated. AUXILIARY TO MEET The American Legion Auxiliary *111 meet on next Thursday evening, November 18, at 8 o'clock, In the home of Mrs. H. R. Skillman, *ith Mrs. Skillman, Mrs. N. M. Palmer and Miss Sadie Limer as I ioint hostesses. Mrs. E. E. Harris till have charge of the program. DAUGTER BORN Dr. and Mrs. W- Alex Mabry of | TVi-t- - -muam announce the birth of a daughter, Virginia Greene, on October 29. Mrs. Mabry was formerly Miss Jennie Greene, daughter of Dr- and Mrs. W. K. Greene of Durham. Dr. Mabry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mabry of Ridgeway. VESPER SERVICES A Vesper Candlelight Service will be held at Emmanuel Church on Sunday evening, at which time the Voung People's Service League officers will be installed. I WAR] Warren Farmers Soil Payments Are Greater In 1937 By BOB BRIGHT, County Agent The farmers in Warren county have earned a much higher per cent of their soil building payments in 1937 than they did in 1336. This nnvmpnt is cm */\ +V?? version payment. We are now trying to complete 25 per cent of the applications and mail them (o the Raleigh Office for forwarding to Washington for payment. All applications that show full compliance and all soil building payments earned are being prepared for transmittal. Those producers that have earned all of their payments are being notified to come and sign their applications. Those producers that have not earned their payments will be notified to come in as soon as the supervisors check their practices. We will begin work on the 1938 program in December and those producers who did not cooperate in 1Q37 sbnnlH romp in nnrl fill out work sheets as early as possible. The soil conservation program is designed to suit all types of farmers and I am sure that there is not a farm in the county that could not benefit by working under the program. The cotton subsidy will be paid to producers qualifying for payment in 1938 and farmers should figure this in when they are considering the 1938 programI plan to put on several forestry thining demonstrations this fail and winter and would like for land owners that are interested to notify me as soon as possible if they are interested in thinning or setting out trees. Persons owning land in the proposed Fishing Creek Water Shed will receive a ballot within a few days to vote on the establishment of a conservation district; the ballots should be marked and returned at once. Those that attended the meetings know that the area set up in this district includes Judkins township, part of Fishing Creek, part of Sixpound and part of Warrenton townships. The district may be enlarged if the land owners owning land adjoining this district wish to have their land included in the area. This small area was selected because it is very difficult to set up a district covering a large area of land- Any person owning land in the district is entitled to vote and | if they do not receive a ballot, I will be glad to furnish them with one upon request. Plans Are Made For Employment Bureau Here A representative of the N. C. Employment Service will be in the court house here each second and fourth Wednesdays to register the names of those who are looking for work and those who desire laborers, George M. Suggs, manager of the Henderson branch office of the i Employment Service, announced when in Warrenton yesterday. Mr. Suggs said that the service is not operated in connection with relief measures and projects but was set up and is maintained as a clearing house for workers and employers. "Our main purpose," he said, "is to try to assist persons who are out of work in finding jobs and to help those who want workers to locate employees-'' Both skilled and common laborers are eligible for registration. 'The Employment Service does not ar range salaries, Mr. Suggs said, adding "that is a matter between employee and employer." All those between the ages of 16 and 64 are eligible to register, Mr. Suggs said- His office hours are from 9:30 o'clock until 1 o'clock when in Warrenton on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. Should there be a real demand for this service, a representative of the agency will come here more frequently, it was stated. Cotton Ginnings Show Large Gain Beniamin G. Tharringtori, special, agent for the Department of Com-1 merce, reports that there were 7,064 j bales of cotton ginned in Warren county from the crop of 1937 prior to November 1 as compared with 5,534 bales geinned to November 1 from the crop of 1936. TO PRESENT PLAT The Senior Class of Norlina High School will present "The Little Clodhopper" at the high school auditorium on Nov. 18, at 8 p. m. The public is urged to attend this en- j tertainment, for which there will be a small admission charge. j hr Hi RENTON, COUNTY OF WAR 7 WARRANTS FOR CHICKEN THIEF Steals Chickens From Man And Sold Them To His Wife; Arrest Results (JUST UN CASES IS $UiU.UU Indicted under seven separate warrants which were drawn against him for stealing chickens, Robert Crews, young negro man, pleaded guilty to charges of larceny in Recorder's court on Monday morning and was given two year road sentences in each case, to run concurrently, by Judge Rodwell. Crews is alleged to have been stealing chickens from various people over a period of many months and disposing of them to housewives here. Deputy Roy Shearin arrested him several weeks ago when he came to Miles Hardware Co. to collect for -chickens he had sold to Mrs. Miles. It was stated that he had at times stolen chickens from Mr. Miles and tnen turned around and 'sold them to Mrs. Miles. Officers had been trying to capture the chicken thief for some time but they did not know who they were looking for until Mr. Miles informed them that he thought he had the right man spotted. The next time Crews came to his store to collect for chickens he had sold to Mrs- Miles, Mr. Miles notfied the sheriif's office and Roy Shearin came to the hardware store where he took Crews in charge. On the way to jail, Crews made a break for freedom and was shot twice?once in the hip and once in the leg?by Deputy Shearin. Neither of the wounds proved to be of serious nature. The costs in the seven warrants amounted to around $120.00. The part of this which constituted Re corder's fees, Solicitor's fees and Clerk's fees went back into the general fund of the county. State To Check On Behavior Of Paroled Prisoners Defendants who are convicted in court and given a suspended sentence upon the condition that they remoin of good behavior will be checked-up on in the future to see that they are walking the proverbial straight and narrow path. The job of seeing to it that the convicted men are complying with the terms of the judgment on which they were allowed to escape jail and road sentences will be handled in this county by Steve Kennedy who comes to Warren for the first time under the supervision of the State Probation Office, which just recently inaugurated this service for the various coun lies. ivir. rs.enneuy, wnu is pruuation officer for the second probation district, is to carry on his work in eleven counties. He was here on Tuesday and Wednesday for the first time. Mr. Kennedy said that it was not his duty to recommend suspended judgments, or the paroling of a convicted person, but to checkup on such cases and. encourage these people to remain law-abiding, lead better lives and thereby prevent them from becoming harden criminals and "repeaters" in the jails and prisons. "Our work is humanitarian in that we are trying to redeem those who have fallen by the wayside, and should prove of financial benefit to the county by preventing these paroled persons from being brought back into court to be tried," the probation officer stated. Mr- Kennedy has no regular schedule for coming to Warren county. He is notified by the court when a person has been given a suspended sentence on the condition of good behavior and will come here to make investigations without giving notice to the fact. MISS EMMA KELLY MOSELEY IS NAMED SCHOOL PROCTOR Greensboro, Nov. 11.?Miss Emma Kelley Moseley of Warrenton has been appointed a Proctor in Gray Dormitory at Woman's College. Proctors are house officers in the student government set-up at Woman's College and are appointed by the House President. Miss Moseley is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moseley. MISS GARDNER ELECTED EDITOR "PINE NEEDLES" Greensboro, Nov. 11.?Miss Finetta Gardner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Gardner, of Warrenton has been elected Freshman Editor of "Pine Needles," the annual yearbook of Woman's College ttrrw REN, N. C. FRIDAY, N0\ To Atten mmm . ^ ? MRS. W. T. BOST, Commissioner of Welfare, who is be here next Friday to take part the District Welfare Conferer Her subject will be "The Devel ment of an Adequate Program Public Welfare." Committed Named To Assist In Takirn Nation-wide Censi A committee composed of Howi Jones Jr., chm., Dr. G. H. Mai and Fred Moseley has been i pointed by Mayor William T. P to assist the Post Office Depa ment in taking the nation-w census of employed and partu employed for the Town of Warn ton. ... In appointing a committee for t work Mayor Polk was acting at i request of John D- Biggers, Adm istrator of the Census of Pari Employment, Unemployment a Occupations, who expressed his i dire for a committee for the to in order to give the census "I educational and publicity an which will dove-tail with the wi of the Post Office Department, that we will get a complete enri ment of all the unemployed a partly employed:" Mr. Jones said yesterday that understood that the duty of 1 committee is to give full public to the census so it will be th oughly understood by the public a particularly those unemployed partially unemployed. The succ of the census will depend on a co plete and immediate response order to give a quick and adequ: picture of the unemployment siti tion in the United States. On November 16th and 17th, 1 Post Office will deliver blanks 31 million homes in the Unil States. Those unemployed or oi partly employed should fill thi cards in and return to the lo Post Office not . later than midni? of November 20th. Home Eco. Girls Sell Tobacco $50.7 Fifty dollars and seventy-f: cents was realized by the Hoj Economics Department of tne jo Graham high school from the si of tobacco which was donated farmers and warehousemen a sold on the floor of Boyd's wai house here last Friday in the pri ence of students and many othi who gathered around the pile witness the unusual sale. The money will be used, it v stated, to purchase equipmc which is badly needed by the Hoi Economics Department for the n building which has been constru ed at the John Graham schc Part of the fund will be used make the down payment on a n electric range. The tobacco was solicited by gi of the Home Economics Depai ment. In discussing the sale, M Emalyne Evans, head of the depai ment, said, "The girls of the c partment showed a willing spi and worked hard in getting the t bacco, but had it not been for t splendid cooperation wmcn iv shown by the farmers, the war housemen and the buyers such sale would have been impossib We are grateful to them all." Recently the Norlina and Afto Elberon schools sold tobacco he in eimildr fachifiTI fit. t.VlP Cpnf XXX OX111XACXX -? ?- ?"? W..I Warehouse- Norlina netted $69 and Afton-Elberon made $17.00. DAUGHTER BORN Mr. and Mrs. E- W. Hayes Jr. Palmer Springs, Va., announce t birth of a daughter, Prances Eliz beth, October 26, 1937. Mrs- Has was formerly Miss Peggy Weaver Warren Plains. Miss Estelle Boyce is recover! from a fall down the school ste which occurred this week. IRmi rEMBER 12, 1937 Subscripti id Conference Wm", - k' hi it JK Igs mm? klik :^$Pr JH in NATHAN H. YELTON, ice- Director of Division of Public Asop sistance, who will participate in the of Welfare Conference which is to be held here next week. Mrs. B. L. Rawlings, J Native Of Warren, T~V A 1 1 u*? ^ Liies At Kicnmond irc* | Funeral services for Mrs. B. L :on Rawlings of Richmond, formerlj lP" Miss Nettie Gardner of Churchill olk ! were conducted in Richmond at the ht-, Rawlings home, Winsor Farms or ide , the Gun Club Road, at 2 o'clock or 'lly Sunday afternoon. The final rite; 3n" i were in charge of her pastor, Dr | Rives of Sentenary Church, whe his | was assisted by her former pastor the' Dr. Latham. Interment was ir in- Hollywood cemetery. ;ial Mrs- Rawlings, the fourth daugh. ter of Mr- and Mrs. Winfield Scotl Gardner of Churchill, died Fridai wn afternoon at 6 o'clock at Johnsonthe Willis Hospital after a short illness g'e She was thought to have been im3rk j proving Friday morning and hei so death came as a shock to relative: 311- and friends here. nci She is survived by her husbanc and two sons, William Byrd anc he Jarne* Scott Rawlings. In- additior the she leaves her parents and the iity following sisters and brothers: Mrs ?r_ Lula G. Harris of Macon, Mrs. T 'nd v. Allen of Warrenton, Mrs- C. W or childers of Richmond, Mrs. W. R ess Bowers ol .Littleton, ivrrs. oesst m- Gardner of Churchill, B. W. Gardin ner of Roxboro, H. M. Gardner ol ate Georgia, S. M. and J. H. Gardner ia- of Churchill. j Reared in a Christian home, Mrs he j Rawlings as a young girl, became to united with the church and took an ied active part in the religious work ol aly the communities in which she lived, ose At the time of her death she was cal a member of Centenary M. E !ht church, which, before her illness, she attended regularly and served in various fields of activity. After attend school in the county, _ Mrs. Rawlings completed her edu5 cation at the John Graham Academy and Louisburg College. She was ive married on October 10, 1906, to Byrd ne Lundy Rawlings of Lawrenceville, hn Va-, and made her home there for ale several years before moving to by Richmond. no Among those from here attend -e- ing the funeral were Mrs. T. V. ;s- Allen, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Gardner, jrs Mrs. S. O. Nunn and C. R- Rodto wellPallbearers were J. D. Barkley of .as Lawrenceville, Va., Dr. J. McCall mt Thompkins, H. W. Easterly, George p0 B. White, R. K. Carter, Lacy KirkSiv myer, Charles Hughes and W. A. jt. Jones III, of Richmond. iol. t0 Education Week Is Ovserved Here rls :t- Taking cognizance * Education iss Week, November 7-13, the John :t- Graham school held a program in le- the auditorium yesterday, at which rit time Mayor William T. Polk made .0- a talk on "Ways to World Peace." he An Armistice Day Program was as given by Mrs- Scarborough's seventh e- grade pupils and a Pledge of Allega iance to Schools was taken by the in I etnrient. bodv. Band music was a feature of the occasion, in ;re Mrs. Robards Wins ,er .00 First Grand Prize The winners in the final week of the Electrical Dealer's Missing Word , Contest were announced at contest he | headquarters in Raleigh yesterday. :a~ The first grand prize, choice of 'es j either of the three major electrical ?f appliances or an ensemble of houseI hold appliances, was awarded to j Mrs. Frank B. Robards, Chesnut ng street, Henderson. Mrs. Robard's ps entry was selected for its sincerity (Continued on page 8) st?lc ion Price, $1.50 a Year Store Manger Pleads Guilty To Hiring Young Boys Failure to comply with state labor laws Was responsible for John W- Dowling, manager of the D. P. Pender Store here, to be arrainged before Judge T. O. Rodwell in Recorder's court Monday morning on a charge of hiring minors without obtaining employment certificates from the office of the Superintendent of Public Welfare and working them ten hours per day. Mr. Dowl lllg SUOIIllbteu tu WlC cuaxgc, wiixoxi was brought by a representative of the Department of Labor, and was fined $500 and taxed with court costs. Celebrating his arrival home in too boisterous fashion resulted with Ed Braxton, negro, being brought to trial on charges of transporting moonshine liquor, carrying a concealed weapon and assaulting a female. Braxton, who lives in Maryland, ' was said to have returned to his I former home near Inez to visit relatives and began celebrating his arrival by taking a few drinks of whiskey and shooting a pistol in the air. He pleaded guilty to possessing whiskey and a pistol and i was taxed with the court costs, [ which amounted to $tiz, $ou oeing the minimum fine for carrying a concealed weapon. The pistol was ] ordered confiscated by Sheriff Finnell. He was found not guilty on J the assault charge, i Davis Joggetts, negro, charged i with larceny, was placed on probai tion for a period of two years. A case against Edward Jones, i negro, in which he is charged with bastardy, was continued until the i first Monday in January. Lucy Bullock, negress, charged with possessing whiskey for the purpose of ; sale, called for a jury trial and her r case was continued until the fourth Monday. 21 Persons Found i To Need Glasses At School Clinic i ' Twenty-one persons were found | to be in need of glasses at the eye ! clinic held for school children at the John Graham school last Fri' day under the auspices of the War' renton Lions Club which was work\ ing in conjunction with the Blind ' Commission of the Social Security \ Act. ; The total number of those examined is not known, but it is understood that many went through the ' clinic. Applications were made out 1 only for those found* to be handi! capped by faulty eye-sightIn sponsoring the clinic the Lions ' Club agreed to pay for the glasses 1 of the indigent. Some of those examined are able to buy their own glasses and they are expected to do so. Work among the blind, both preventative and treatment, is one of the main objectives of Lionism. Baskervill Hurt In . Football Practice Robert Baskervill, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Baskervill of Warrenton, and a member of the Duke football team, received injuries to his leg Tuesday during practice for the Duke-Carolina game Saturday which will render him unfit to participate in any more games this season. Baskervill, a substitute guard who had been in every game to date, and who was exDected to be in action during a considerable part of the game with Carolina Saturday, tore ligaments in his right knee while playing with the second team in a scrimmage against Carolina plays run by the third club. During the same afternoon of practice that Baskervill was rendereded useless to the squad for the remainder of the season, Elmore Hackney, ace ball-toting back for the Blue Devils, received a sprained ankle which sent him to the hospital for observation and treatment, but it is thought that he will recover in time to play Saturday? m _! HIT T"> ? jvir. ana ivirs. .Dasneirvjui vioiocu their son in Durham Wednesday and upon their return here reported that his leg was in a plaster cast but that he was getting along nicely and would most likely be on the gridiron in the role ol a spectator during the clash with the Tar Heels. TO GIVE DANCE A dance will be held in the armory atg> Warrenton on " Friday | night, Nove>-..- i '9. under the | auspices of ft Lions Club. Music _ ' Hal Thurst^n's 'iiano, ceeds from the enter w. to go towards buying glasses t needy children of Warren county. MOST OF THE NEWS . time NUMBER 46 RELIEF WORKERS TO GATHER HERE Central Welfare District To Hold Conference At John Graham School uicc rptrn TO PDCsmi1 | IHICQ JUUAV11 XV x xvukjxx/u The Central Welfare Distelct, which embraces nineteen counties, will hold a conference here in the auditorium of the John Graham high school on Friday, November 19, beginning at 9:30 o'clock in the morning. In addition to the superintendents of public welfare in the various counties in the district, other persons prominent in welfare work, including Mrs. W. T. Bost. commis sioner of public welfare, Raleigh, will be present. The theme of the conference will be "A Forward Look in Public Welfare in North Carolina," which i3 to be taken up in an address by Miss Lavinia Keys, Regional Representative Social Security Board. The meeting opens at 9:30 o'clock in the morning with registration, which is to be followed by invocation by the Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner. Greetings will come from J. Edward Allen, superintendent of Warren schools. Mrs. Mary O. Linton, president of the Association of County Superintendents of Public Welfare, will deliver the annual address, after which Mrs. W. T. Bost will discuss "The Development of an Adequate Program of Public Welfare." Public Assistance will be the theme of Nathan H. Yelton, director Division of Public Assistance, and in open forum county commissioners will discuss matters with welfare board members. At luncheon, which is to be served in the cafeteria of the school at 1 o'clock, John L. Skinner, executive secretary and treasurer of the State Association of County Commissioners, will hold forth and recognize special guests. A steering committee on local arrangements has been appointed as follows: Hospitality, members of Warren and Moore County Boards of Public Welfare, which include Mrs- G. H. Macon, William Taylor, N. M. Thornton, W. B. Graham, Mrs. J. R. Page and John Currie; Registration, Mrs. Clyde Rodwell, president of the Warrenton ParentTeacher Association; Publicity, Howard Jones Jr., editor The Warren Record; Arrangements, Mrs. John Rodgers, president American Legion Auxiliary; Luncheon, Mrs. G- H. Macon, member Warren County Board Public Welfare. The meeting will be presided over by the president, Miss Lucy Leach, and Mrs, Lessie G. Brown will serve as secretary. Following is a list of the counties ana me superintendents 01 puouc welfare Included in the central district: Caswell, Mrs- W./P. Wilson; Chatham, Mrs. C. K. Stroud; Durham, W. E. Stanley; Franklin, Mrs. J. F. Mitchiner; Granville, Mrs. Lee Taylor; Halifax, J. B. Hall; Harnett, Miss Lillie Davis; Hoke, Mrs. C. H. Giles; Johnston, Mrs. D. J. Thurston; Lee, J. D. Pegram; Moore, Mrs. Lessie G- Brown; Nash, James H. Glover; Northampton, Miss Iris Flythe; Orange, W. T. Mattox; Person, Mrs- T. C. Wagstaff; Vance, Mrs. E. R. Austin; Wake, Mrs. T. W- Bickett; Warren, Miss Lucy Leach; Wayne, J. A. Best. Graham To Address n r*-? 1 f arents-1 eacners Supt. W. A. Graham of the Kinston City schools will be the guest speaker at the November 16 Parent-Teacher meeting in the John Graham school. Major Graham, as he is known to his native county of Warren, will discuss the topis, "Parents and Teachers Cooperation in the Development of Child Personality." Major Graham made an intensive study of this subject while Superintendent of the Wilmington schools and has continued his research in the Kinston schools. Every parent interested in the development of child personality is urged to be present. Conference Held At Local Church Quarterly Conference was held at Wesley Memorial Methodist church here on Saturday with delegates from Warren Plains, Macon and Hebron attending. The year's business was completed and lunch served in the Sunday School room _ - congregation. * . A