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I ACCURATE, TERSE I TIMELY fxXVI" MDEALW7 ME CONTINUED Ltsident. In Message To', I Congress. Says People < I Must Not Re Let Down t LNTS ADEQUATE NAVY J C Washing'0"- J*n- 3.?President jj loosevelt toid Congress today that 11 IT 1938-39 budget cannot be bal-!, Of jj ftced disclosed new piano ^ ?v. 1 ftck monopolists and business j buses. ?nd cal!'-'d for PromPt en- j Mctaent of his recovery-reform pro- j Iran, including a wages-hour bill. , M cheers, applause and rebel yells ] Ijeeted him as he appeared in the j | Mouse chamber and read his 4,000- |( ford message on the "State of the I ftuion" which put the second regu-1 K;-session of the 75th Congress to I, Erk. Hie message was transmit!- I, over more than 300 radio stations T ft listeners in this country and I, M Contrary to earlier reports which jj betted interest abroad, Mr. Roose- ls ftjt devoted only nine paragraphs I* ft world unrest. He restated this! ation's desire for peace and fore- J, Est the livelihood of an expanded) fry builomg program by warning) fat al peace-loving countries must I ft strong enough to force peaceful I, ftution of conflicts which threaten I, We added that "we I, YUU.a ust keep ourselves adequately , rong in self-defense." ( No Retreat I He was equally frank in discuss- y ig domestic problems. He bitterly y sailed a small minority of busi- y ess men whom he accused of seek- t ig to thwart New Deal objectives, i e attacked monopolists and finantl domination by the few. He re- ( cted substitution of the dole for ? ork relief, and proclaimed that ( lere will be no retreat from New j eal objectives and principles. , Reminiscent of charges made last { eel: by Secretary of the Interior t aroid L. Ickes and Assistant Atmey General Robert H. Jackson i at capital is on a sit-down strike ' tainst government to force liquida?n of the New Deal, Mr. Roosevelt weeded that capital and reasonile earnings on capital are essen- f il in a democracy. But, he added: ( Jiiuse of the power of capital q selfish suspension of the employ- j er.t of capital must be ended, or j ie capitalistic system will destroy ] self through its own abuses.'1 , Tae President said he would send' 'other special message to Congress i revision of business laws, but J eantime he said there are numer- . is business practices which "most j iueve should be ended." Among j em, he said, are: Tax avoidance, { cessive capitalization, investment, ite-ups, security manipulation, ice rigging and collusive bidding 1 defiance of the spirit of anti- 1 ast laws; high pressure salesman- 1 dp; the use of patent laws to en- j lie larger corporations to main-1 to high prices; unfair competi-j to; intimidation of local or state J (vemment to prevent the enact- ( pt of laws for the protection of ' Gets Applause s U roar of applause went up as ! P- Roosevelt entered the chamber ' prtly before 1:30 p. m- Senators, pgressmen, government, riicmttor _ o? and crowded galleries stood and Bve tin a noisy ovation. There B*t a rattle ot applause when he Bounded farm legislation, when he lad for a wages-hour bill to bal- 1 the increased purchasing pow- P to accrue to the farmer and when ! whip-lashed monopolists. ' snt, tonight, it did not appear B4'- the President's message, re- t Bided by some as more conciliatory r' ward business than those of the | at, would heal the breach between ^ 1 hservative Democratic members d the New Deai. Senator Royal I; Copeland, (D.-N. Y.), complain-1 B that the President gave no as-V. B""* that the government Willi. interfere with honest endeavors J i business. He said he was "disap- j (fitted in ww +u ....... me message cud not 11 " Senator Carter Glass, (D.-j -.one ol the New Deal's critics,!, ''it was "a. very agreeable mes-j j*~'rom his viewpoint." ?nator Burton K. Wheeler, (D.-1 J"', who led the Senate light! B*?t Mr, Roosevelt's Supreme i "^ expansion program, dismiss-1 tit message as a "good political 1 J*?-" Senate liberals, including! titor George W. Norris, CP-Neb),! J Senator Kenrik Shipstead, CP-1 found it "good" and | *'' '<>r thought.'' I ??ate Minority Leader Charles! talary of Oregon described the 1 *% as, "pleasing conciliatory,"! (Continued on page *) $1 WARR T own Board j Transacts Routine Matters Only Mattel s of routine only were 1 3 *-* uanae-LHAJ uj W1C UUUIU Ui "10WI1 Commissioners on Monday night in heir regular monthly meeting. A representative of the Carolina Power & Light Company presented i contract for street lighting for the ;own. The new contract provides 'or a substantial increase in light at jractieally the same costs that exsted under the old contract recenty expired, but does not permit any reduction in case the town decides ,o continue using the same amount >f candle power as at present. This 'eature caused the commissioners | ;o postpone action on signing the :ontract until further investigation. Some little time was given to a iiscussion of having curbing and 1 guttering work done on the back r itreets and the feasibility of pur- I hasing a fire engine, but no action vas taken as a majority of the , )oard was of the opinion that the t judget would not permit the neces- c iary outlay of fundsClerk. T. B. Gardner reported a 1 lividend from the Hail Road of ilightly less than $1500, which was ihmit Wfin in ovnocc nf tho hndifPf 'fVVV MA Wi M?V stimate of receipts, and that in \pril $2C00 worth of bonds held by ;he town would be paid into the own treasury. In addition it was SE atimated that approximately $300 J1 vould be received from the sale of ^ )f town automobile licenses. Com- b< nissioners Strickland and Jones vere in favor of carrying on street vork at a cost not to exceed $2000, vhile PWA was willing to pay half p he cost, a sentiment in which the est of the board failed to concur. ct Mayor Polk remarked apropos of b31erk Gardner's reading of fines m ind costs, that there was a great re- CI :ession in the crime wave over the ?' loiidays, which brought forth re- ** narks from the commissioners that iimilar reports had been heard rom over the county. w w Marriage Licenses ft Aire Issued Here tr W A marriage license has been issued a o one negro couple since the first o: >f the year, however permits were el ssued to several other couples since December 28 when the list, as taken ci rom the office of the Register of O Deeds, was last published in this hi lewspaper. H Those securing licenses on De- v :ember 29 were Richard Clanton and Vfaggie Taylor, Lee Burwell and ti iulia Edwards, Willie Jordan and " Dilla Dort^h, Saul Alston and Emma ln Polley, James Milton Williams and \nnie Games, all colored- ' cc On December 30 two liccenses were issued?ont to a white couple ;j md the other to negroes. The vhite couple seeking the necessary aapers to become united by the " loly bonds of matrimony was Wil- 11 iam C. House and Lorene Allen, 01 >oth of Franklin county- The other icense on this date was to Ernest 'c 3. Alston and Rosa M. McConn- c m The first and only license to be m .ecured thus far this year was is- y sued on January 1 to Ira Bumper m md Annie Mae Alston, negroes. a( A. B? Odom, 67, tr Dies At Vaughan bl fi Littleton, Jan. 6-?A. B. Odom, ^ age 67, passed away at his home on k( Saturday night after an illness of vi several days. Services were con- m iuced from his home in Vaughan M at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon by w the Rev. Mr. Trollinger. Interment ir was in the Macon cemetery. ^ Mr. Odom was born in Halifax, h: but later moved to Vaughan and there he spent many years, nis first wife, Roberta Powell, died in 1919, leaving the following children: E Mrs. M. M. Riggan of Hamlet, Mrs. rr J. C. Pegram of Littleton, Miss ir Grace Odom of Macon, Hermon w Odom of. Rocky Mount, Robert ei Odom of Hollister. He was later N married to Miss Lizzie Shearin of w Macon in 1922, and by this marriage o' leaves one daughter, Eleanor Odom. hi Contract Let For Paving Essex-Airlie'w . I" Littleton, Jan. 6.?The State li Highway and Public Works Gom- te mission, according to information ? received here, has let the contract j to pave the road between Airlie and Essex, a distance of approximately! 7 miles. When completed this will ol give Rocky Mount a continuous n hard surface route direct to Little- ei ton. n I X? % ENTON, COUNTY OF WARi William Powell 11 P*^ mmm <bwu fou'll remember him as the faoous detective Philo Vance in the novie version of S. S. Van Dine's < hriller, the Kennel Murder Case. , ran ume s r.ianap iviuraer uase vill appear in serial form in this lewspaper soon, with Philo Vance nee more as the suave sleuth. fohn Bell, Standard Oil Co. Agent, Is Put On Pension List John Bell, who for 25 years repreinted the Standard Oil Company i this territory, was notified on the ay after Christmas that he had jer. placed on the company's rerement list. Apparently delighted rer his retirement, he stated yesirday that at present he had no ans for the future. Mr. Bell has been replaced as the rmpany's agent in this territory f J. F. Lufsey, who for approxitately twelve years has been assoated with him in the distribution ; gasoline, oil and kerosene in larren counts' and a part of Hali- ' ix county and a part of Virginia. | During the years that Mr. Bell; as connected with the company he itnessed vast changes which reected themselves in his business as rikingly as perhaps in any indusy, as the horse and buggy gave ay to the automobile, oil stoves nd heaters disappeared in the face f electric stores, and lamps flick- ( red out for electric lights- jj Mr. Bell said that- when he be- 1 tme affiliated with the Standard t il Company as its local agent that t s traveled this county, a part of i alifax and into certain sections of! irginia on a wagon which was awn by horses or mules- At that. me there were no automobiles in le county and his work was pri-1 arily to distribute kerosene. Howre r, before he had been with the 1 impany long, Dr. C. H. Peete and c ie late W. H. Dameron purchased i le first automobiles to be owned in 1 lis town and from that day until s lis there has been a steady inease in the consumption of gaso- c ie over the county and through- s it the state. 1 While the distribution of gasoline j ise to the first place and continues e i hold its lead in his line of busi- t ess, Mr. Bell's kerosene sales re- 1 ainded heavy due to the introduc- 1 on of tractors and other farm t orhinprv in t.hp rnnnt.v whinh in idition to consuming kerosene, r so burn motor oil as do cars and v ucks. I With the passing of the horse and | iggy, the increased consumption of lei, better roads and more compe-! tion in his field, the oil company j ;pt pace with the times by pro- j ding trucks for its agents and for i iany years before his retirement i [r. Bell sat behind a stirring wheel 1 ith his foot on the accelerator go-' < ig over the county rather than be- j ind a dash-board with a whip in Is hand crying "Go Long Mule." 1 ? ? : ! EPISCOPAL SERVICES ( Morning Prayer will be held at i mmanuel Church on Sunday i lorning at 11 o'clock, and at 3:30! i i the afternoon Holy Communion ] ill be celebrated at Good Sheph- i d Church, Ridgeway, the Rev. B. . de Foe Wagner announced this i eek. On Sunday afternoon at -4 ( clock an instruction class will.be i eld in the Rector's Study, he said- i ' ' < DR. HIGHSMITH HERE j Dr. Henry Highsmith of Raeigh as in Warren county yesterday vis- , _ - _t ??/! To of nierhf. rJo lllg" Hie St'IlUC'ia anu inov v?v- , vered an address at a county-wide j iachers meeting held in the baselent of the library at 7:30 o'clockU. D. C. MEETING Members of the United Daughters : E the Confederacy are requested to , leet in the home of Mrs- Kathrine P. Arrington Friday after- t oon at 3 o'clock. \ AT * ' T-" mm REN, N. C. FRIDAY, JANl LOCAL PLUMBER" GIVEN CONTRACT W. R. Strickland Awarded Job of Installing Plumbing In Warren Jail NO WHITE WO MEN IN JAIL The contract for installing plumbing fixtures at the Warren county jail, which at present is being re. nnrtelpd t.n nnrrv out recommenda dons of grand juries, was on Monlay awarded to W. R. Strickland of Warrenton at a cost of $900 by the Board of County CommissionersMr. Strickland's bid was $296 lower than liis nearest and only competitor for the job, Bremann ind Rodwell of Raleigh, whose bid Cor the work was set at $1196. Both bids were submitted on plans irawn by H. Stuart Davis, architect if Louisburg, who first submitted ;he plans to authorities in Raleigh In order that the commissioners would have the assurance that they neet with the requirements of the itate sanitary regulations. The state approved Mr. Davis' ilans, which include four sanitary :ompartments, on the condition that io white women be confined in the ail. xne states sarnie ty reguiaions call for five sanitary comlartments, but in view of the fact hat rarely ever are white women :onfined in the jail, here, the state luthorities agreed to approving the * ilans on the condition that the :ommissioners agree to make ar- 1 angements with another county to rake care of any white women pris- ' iners or to place them in a sanitary 1 ilace at the county home. In the event there should be gny , vhite women prisoners, it is expected that for the present they will be lept at the county home. It may . >e in the future that another com- 1 lartment will be added to the jail. ' At the December meeting the >oard awarded the contract for renodeling the jail, with the excepion of plumbing fixtures, to H. P. Iteid of Warrenton >t a cost of >4,775, which was lower .By several lundred dollars than his nearest 1 lompetitor- Mr. Beid has done a 1 :onsiderable amount of his work but 'or approximately two weeks has lad his hands tied on account of he delay in securing a contractor 1 0 do the plumbing work. Mr. ' (Continued on page 8) Creech's Store ( Succeeds Riggan's t i Effective the first of the year, 1 N. H. Riggan's Grocery Store 1 hanged hands and in the future i1 vill be operated by his son-in-law,1) r. B. Creech, as Creech's Market ' md Grocery. Mr- Riggan started in the gro- 1 :ery business here about 43 years"' igo and operated his establishment 1 nmsell untu a comparatively iew 'ears ago when he retired from ictive work and turned the operaion of his store over to his son-inaw. Since that time the business las been run by Mr, Creech under he trade name of W. H. Riggan. 1 Before entering the grocery busi- 1 less with Mr. Riggan, Mr. Creech 1 pas manager of a Pender store here. 1 1 Oil Men To Meet Here Tonight 7:30j I1 Wholesale and retail oil dealers 1 ind their employees of Warren! i :ounty are to meet in the court bouse tonight (Friday) at 7:30 ] I'clock. \ S. Gilmer Sparger of Raleigh, i secretary of the North Carolina 1 Petroleum Industries Committee,1! ind other prominent North Carolina ] lil men are expected to attend and iddress the group. Matters of vital importance and unusual interest to ill oil men and their employees will be thoroughly discussed, it was stated. In the past Warren county deal- t ;rs were joined with the Vance and 1 Jranville County Association. One ( Df the steps to be taken at the s meeting, it is understood, will be \ the formation of a separate War. ren county organization. Not only oil men, but all persons engaged in automobile work and ether interested parties are invited and urged to attend. - m Mr. Arthur Ralph Bobbitt, a student at State College, Raleigh, has returned to his school after spending the holidays with his par- 1 ents at Littleton. Rev, R. E. Brickhouse attended he funeral of a relative in Cres- s veil yesterday. < ten: JARY 7, 1938 Subscripl Can Still Laugh Washington" ... secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace doesn't seem troubled about rutriors that the new 27,000-word prop Control Bill Is slated for a Roman holiday In the Congressional arena. Meanwhile, as Congress lays plans for an orgy of speechmaklng, rapidly rocketing detail food prices threaten to bring on a virtual consumer's strike and Mr. Wallace's Department publishes figures that less than naif of food-buyer's dollar actually goes to producers. Bill Payne Nabbed At Sanford; G-Men Make Capture Bill Payne, who became known as North Carolina's Public Enemy No- 1 following his sensational es :ape with six other prisoners from Caledonia Prison Farm in Halifax lounty last February, and his confederate in crime, Wash Turner, were captured in Sanford Monday eight by G-Men without a shot being fired. Surrounded as they sat in an au;omobile back of the old post office n Sanford, the desperadoes were luletly shackled and whisked out of :own to headquarters of the Federil Bureau of Investigation in Charotte for questioning about more than a score of crimes involving murder and robbery. The other five prisoners who yere with Payne and Turner when the seven men escaped from the Farm, commandeering a car and Una eluding 200 or more town, county, and state officers, including Sheriff W. J. Pinnell, Deputy Roy Shearin and others from this county, were previously captured. Payne and Turner were taken ;o Asheville Tuesday night to stand trial this month for the murder of Highway Patrolman George C. Penn. Although they have confesssd to Federal men numerous robberies, they have denied killing the patrolman who was alleged to have been chasing the bandits when he vas killed on August 22. The finger prints of the desperadoes were said ,o have been found on the car used jy the killers. Whitelocks To Hold Service At Areola Areola, Jan. 6.?S. E. Sykes of Rocky Mount has arranged for Rev. ind Mrs. Whitelock to hold religious services in the prayer meeting room of the house of Miss E. R. Davis at Areola on Friday night, January 14, at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. and Mrs. Whitelock are ministering in Rocky Mount. He preaches at the City Mission and Mrs. Whitelock handles the music ;here. Rev- Whitelock is recently from Roanoke, Va., but prior to his work 1 ? ? nonro L,nere, lie was paotui iui ten jtaw jf the East Side Baptist Church at Boston, Mass. In addition to conducting services at Rocky Mount, ae broadcasts three times a week. Band Concert At Graham School A band concert will be given in he auditorium of the John Graham ligh school next Thursday night at 1 o'clock. There will be no admis iion charge but a sliver onering vill be taken. The band is composed of around 20 boys who have been practicing on the various musical instruments since they were organized last March by W. T. Hearne of Henderson. Mr. Hearne will conduct the band at the concert here next week. Judge R. Hunt Parker of Roanoke Rapids was greeting friends here on ruesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. William Vinson and ion, Billy, of Baltimore are guests >f Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Macon. r arie ?toute -Miss Cllir ,.v. tion Price, ?llllc Short Session Of Recorder's Court Held On Monday What was expected to be a long session of Recorder's court turned out to be a rather short affair on Monday morning when only one case was disposed of by Judge Rodwell and Solicitor Pippen. Other cases were continued. Expecting, to hear Buck Loyd tried by a jury on a charge of affray which was booked against him as the result of a fight with Bill j Davis in November, and eager to | hoar tho oiririanpo in t.ho racpc against Foster Ayscue and J. T. Ayscue, two white men who were in an auto collision with Charlie Rodwell, negro, on Christmas night, a large crowd had congregated in the court room for these trials but both k cases were continued due to the absence of state witnesses. Davis, who received a broken leg when he stepped behind a local cafe with Loyd to fight after the canine ephithet had been used, was in the hospital Monday to have his leg, which is in a cast, inspected and treated. The case was set for the first Monday in February. The wife of Charlie Rodwell, who was seriously injured when the car; in which she was riding was in col-' lision with one driven by Foster Avopiio uroc: unohlp t.n anneflr in court Monday and the cases against the two Ays cues were continued until January 10. Foster Ayscue is charged with operating a car while under the influence of whiskey and J. T. Ayscue is charged with aiding and abettirg in careless and reckless driving and aiding and abetting in driving ilrunkNathan T'ownes, negro, was found guilty of cursing in a public place and was fined $10.00 and taxed with court costs. He was also charged wich assault and carrying a concealed weapon but was found not guilty on these counts. Subscribers Asked To Note Changes During the past few days hundreds of names on our mailing list have been changed as new subscribers were added, addresses changed and the expiration date of papers run-up. We ask our subscribers now and at all times to notice the date on their labels in order that if any errors have been made we may correct them at once and avoid any misunderstanding in the future. There is nothing complicated about telling when your paper is out by glancing at tne iaoei. ror instance, if your label reads "Jan. 1939'' or "Jan. 39" that means that your subscription will not expire until January 1939 comes and goes. We also take this opportunity to thank our subscribers for the generous response which came from the notices whicli we recently sent out and for the many friendly comments which were pinned on the back of many of the notices or on letters which, came with renewals. Claude D. Falkener Dies At Warrenton Funeral services ?** Claude D. Falkner, 59, who died at his home near Warrenton 'ate Monday afternoon after a short illness, were conducted from the grave Tuesday afternoon. The Rev. J. O. Long, 'rvictnr nf the Weslev Memorial I Methodist Church of Warrenton, conducted the rites. Interment followed in the Macon cemetery. I Mr. Falkner is survived by his [widow, Maggie Edwards Falkner; two sons, Clyde P. and Eugene Falkner of Macon; three daughters, Mrs. George Edwards, Mrs. Alexander Ms.y and Edward Lynch, all of Warren county. BREAKS LEG Friends here regret to learn that Robert E. Johns, jr. of Raleigh, nephew of Mrs. W. D. Rodgers of Warrenton, slipped and broke his leg while at school this week. The young man had just recovered from a compound fracture of the same leg, broken October 3, and his most recent injury will necessitate his being in another cast for several weeksDAUGHTER BORN Born to Mr. and Mrs- George Cochran of Wise on January 2, a 11-pound girl?Shirley Belle. Mrs. Cockran was before her marriage 'Miss Inez Young. | PNEUMONIA ! Friends regret to learn that Ed jBlalock has pneumonia. MOST OF THE NEWS OoJ?S THE " ' -''f; NUMBER 1 KERRTOSEEK ASSEMBLY SEAT Frank H. Gibbs Is Expected To Become A Candidate For The Senate AYCOCK IS A CANDIDATE John Kerr Jr. will be a candidate for the House of Representatives and Frank H. Gi'/bs is expected to run for Che Senate in the primary in June when two citizens of this county are to be chosen to represent Warren in the State Legislature Mr. Kerr told a representative of this paper yesterday that he had decided that he would run for the lower House and that he would make a formal announcement to this effect in due course of time. Mr. Gibbs said that for some time he had been seriously considering running for the Senate and that while he had r.ot definitely made up his mind in regard to the matter that he thought he would be a candidate for the place. When questioned in regard to his intentions yesterday, William Taylor Jr., who also has been feeling out the political waters for several weeks with the possible view of running for the Senate, said that he had not arrived at a conclusion, at least for publication, in regard to his plans. He intimated, however, that he was still flirting with the idea of becoming a candidate for the Senate. | The announcement of Mr. Kerr places two candidates in the field for the House. T. H. Aycock, superintendent of the Warren county prison camp find a member of the House in the last General Assembly, stated a few days ago that he had definitely made up his mind to succeed himself as a member of .the House. Frior to that time he had let it be known that he was considering running again but had not fully decided to place his name before the voters of Warren until a few davs aeo. i ! Mr. Kerr's announcement comes more as a surprise to political prophets over the county than does the statement from Former Mayor Gibbs that he will most likely run for the Senate. Realizing the fact that it is Warren county's time to furnish a Senator in 1938 to represent both Vance and Warren counties in the legislature, those with a taste for politics and a nose for smelling out potential candidates have for the past month or more opined that Supt. Aycock would again be a candidate and prophesied that Frank Gibbs or William Taylor or John Skinner would run for the Senate. I Haithcock Home Etamaged By Fire | The home of Mr. ana Mrs. Charles S. Haithcock on Main j street was damaged by fire and | water on Tuesday night shortly after 6 o'clock when flames, bejlieved to have originated in a woodbox in the apartment of Mr. and i Mrs. Lawrence Rose and 'spread along the floor and in the ceiling, threatened to destroy the dwelling. The fire company responded immediately to the alarm and within 115 minutes from the time the siren I sounded the spreading flames were being checked and smothered by water flowing through a hose from the town's supply. Prior to the arrival of the volunteer firefighters the furniture had 'been removed from Mr. and Mrs. Rose's apartment and other parts 'of the house and efforts had been 'made to put the fire out by water j thrown from buckets. Most of the town's population responded to the alarm and stood by as the fire company extinguished the blaze| j Littleton Couple | Has Narrow Escape [ Littleton, Jan- 6.?Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wiggins of Littleton narrnwlv eseaDed serious injuries last Thursday night, December 30, when the car in which they were riding [overturned .at a point on the Lit| tleton Aurelian Springs Road. The ! accident, occurred, it is said, on ac1 count of there being no light placed on a detour sign in the road; such failure preventing Mr. Wiggins, the driver, from seeing the sign, in order to detour safely. Mr. and Mrs. Wiggins suffered only slight injuries, but the car was badly damaged.
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