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s. a I ACCURATE, TERSE I I TIMELY I I a XXXVIH ~~ I mwwt^ km mm issues! ' .Auihori/e Issuance of Twol a L'ond Issues Here By Over. I i a whelming: Vote / it WORK TO START SOO.Vj i a Willi opposition expressing itseil / i a in a total for both issue of oniy 26/ vote.'. Wanvnton citizens and tax- / a pay* "v;it 10 tlie Town Hall onf Tu.\-riay and by their ballots au-l therzed .he Board of Town Coin- / ii::.n?oners to issue bonds in the/ sum 01 $10,000 for the purpose of/ a inipi-oiiut' the streets and providing/ fire protection. I Icru" ? A total t i 263 votes was cast in j the special election which was call-1 ; r the purpose of determining! ?en.inient on the proposed issuance! 01 j 1.000 worth of bonds for curb! atia sutter work and $4,000 worth! of bonds for better fire protection.! The issuer were separated and the! vote was as follows: For Street Ira-| provetnent, 116 for and 14 against;! For IFire Equipment, 121 for and 121 against. There are 251 qualified! voters on the registration books. I The commissioners met cn Wed-1 nesday and accepted the vote and! it is expected that at their regular! meet.tig in April they will order the! band; issued. Curb and gut.er work! will probably start within 30 days! and the arrangements for better! lire protection are expected to be! started right away. Due to assistance available now! *' ' ovnunri S15.000 ! IirOiU run piuji.tv, -r ?v.orii:. of curb and gu.ter wcrk may beamed a: a coat to the town of around $5,000. Streets which are to ce improved are Front, which is back of the court house; Franklin, which runs by the negro Community Center; Bragg, which runs from the Centre warehouse to the rear of H. .el Warren. Other needed work about town will probably also be done at the same time. Tickets To Auto Show Being Sold By Contestants Tickets to the Automobile Show and Merchants Exposition which is to be held under the auspices of the Warren.on Lions Club during the week of April 18 are being dis- 1 posed of in rapid order by the en- ' thusiastic group of young girls : from over the county who have entered the contest in an effort to win ore of the three valuable prizes offered those disposing of the largest number of the cardboards I prior .0 the opening of the show, Mrs. Tom Connell, who is in charge of the advance sale of tickets, stated this week. The winner cf the first prize Will be presented a beautiful diamond ring; the second highest will receive a lovely Bulova wrist watch, and the third highest is to receive an attractive bracelet. Mrs. Connell stated that it is to the advantage of the public to purchase ticke.s now as they are only 10c per ticket, while after April 16, which is the Saturday before the exposition, the price will be 25c per Pointing out that each ticket entitles a contestant to 100 vctes, Mrs. Conned said .hat next week she would prepare for publication the names of the contestants and their individual rating. The sale chairman also stated that on Wednesday, March 30, she will visit the various schools to check-up on sales and requested that each contes.ant bring her money and tickets with her to schotl on that date. Mrs. Connell's headquarters are ht the trailer located on the ccurt square, she. I MC 1UU11U during the school recess hour and in the af.ei noons. She stated that ii is not too late for any girl to enter the contest; now and have; a chance of winning cne of the three Littleton Postoffice Leads In Sales Littleton, Mch. 24.?Littleton Post ffice led an third class offices of e State in the to.al sales of U. S. aeings Bends from Sept. 1, 1936, 1011211 August 31, 1937, and ranked sixth in per capita sales. Through cooperation of the Post ffices author.zed to sell these ?nds they have become the most Jfclj' dis.ributed security in the . n'*ecl States. This sale and distribution is proving of immense ''aIue t(> the public and to the gov ? WAI Bowers Receives Commission Major Of First Batallion Capiain Claude T. Bowers of Company B, Warren county military unit, was on Tuesday appointed majcr and assigned to command the first battalion, 120th Infantry, of the North Carolina National Guard as a successor to Maj. E. C. Boyette of Charlotte. Cap:ain Bowers, who has been in command of Company B for a number of years, was recommended for appointment as major several weeks ago by Col. John Hall Manning, commander of the 120th Infantry. On Tuesdav he went to Raleieh for examination and following this was sworn into office. Major Bowers' promotion leaves 1st Lieut- Harold R. Skillman in command of Company B and it is expected that he will be officially appointed to cap.ain upon recommendation of Major Bowers. Second Lieut. A. J. Hundley is next in line for promotion in the local company. A state auditor is expected here today to check-up on army equipment, which will relieve Major Bowers of this responsibility and place it in the custody of Lieu;. Skillman. Young Democrats To Stage Dinner And Dance On 1st The Young Democratic Club of Warren county will hold a Rally Dinner next Friday, April 1, at Hotel Warren at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. George Ragland of Littleton, vice chairman of the N. C. Young Democratic Clubs, is in charge of the arrangements for the dinner and has invited a prominent guest speaker for the interesting program, at which time Mayor William T. Polk of Warrenton will preside. Tickets for the dinner went on sale Wednesday at $1.00 per plate and may be obtained at Hotel Warren or from agents downtown. Early reservations coming in from different towns indicate that a large crowd will be present to enjoy the program and dancing which will follow in the lobby of the hotel. The dance urder the direction of John Allison has been widely advertised and extra space is being arranged. Paul Jones' Orchestra of Rocky Mount will provide the music: for the dancing public and for Democrats young and old. P. T. A. Sponsoring Card Tournament The Parent-Teachers Association of John Graham School is sponsoring a Bridge and Rook Tournament at the Warrenton Golf club on Friday evening, April 1, at 8 o'clock for the benefit of the Elementary School Library. Prizes will be given for ladies' and men's high score in bridge and also in rook. Then prizes will be given to the six lucky names drawn. Refreshments v.ill be served. Tables will be $1.00 each. Each foursome will be expected to bring their nwn cards. Tables may be re served any time up until noon, Fri- j day, April 1, by seeing any of the following: Mrs. Palmer Hancock, Mrs. G. H. Macon, Mrs. Barker Williams, Mrs. W. R. Baskervill, Mrs. W. J. Coker, Mrs. W. D. Rodgers, Mrs. Walter Gardner, Mrs. Clyde Rodwell, Mrs. Rcbert Shaw, Macon, Mrs. Stephen Bowden, Elberon, Mrs. Harry Williams, Inez"Come and have a jolly good time, as well as to help buy books for the new Elementary Library,'' is the request which comes from the sponsors. Two Cases Tried In County Court Two cases were tried in Record-1 er's court on Monday morning. Joseph C. Powell entered a plea of guilty to a charge of driving an automobile while under the influence of whiskey and was fined $50 and taxed with court costs. In addition, he lost his driving permit for twelve months. James Harris, negro, admitted that he possessed moonshine whiskey and was given a 30-day road sentence which was suspended on the condition that he pay the court costs. ATTENDS CONVENTION Mrs. Johnnie White left Saturday for New York to attend the International Beauty Convention being held there this week. She is expected to return Saturday. Ije M tRENTON, COUNTY OF WAJ J Capt. Claude T- Bowers cf Warrenton who this week was appointed major of the 120th Infantry, North Carolina National Guards. I Tarwater Urges Lions To Attend P. T. A. Banquet i John G. Tarwater, president of | the Warrenton Lions Club, said yesterday that he hoped the club would be represented by a large membership tonight when it is to be entertained by the ParentTeacher Association which has arranged for three prominen; speakers to appear here at a banquet to be given a,t the John Graham School at 7 o'clock. Membe:s of the Boards of Education and County Commissioners will also be present for the occasion. The theme of the meeting to night will be "The Growing uom- ] munity," and the speakers will be Clyde Erwin, State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Prcc. E. W. Boshart, Vocational Guidance Director of State College; and Major W. A. Graham, Supt. of the Kinston City Schools. Scout Troop Is Being Organized At Norlina An organization meeting was held for all boys interested in Boy Scout wcrk in Norlina on Wednesday evening at the Junior High School. Twenty-six boys and eleven men were present at the meeting. Games, songs and contests were held the first part of the program for the entertainment of the spectators Following this, the Field, Executive outlined to the boys what it means to oe a jooy oeuuu turn hew to make the most out of the Scouting program. He urged the boys to live up to the Scout Motto of Being Prepared and Doing a Good Turn Daily to somebody. Three Patrol Leaders were appointed. They are J. P. Williams of the Bulldog Patrol, Kincaid Harrelson of the Tom Cat Patrol, and George I Burchett of the Wolf Patrol. Among the out of town visitors were Major Claude T. Bowers, A. W. Bracey and Wm. K. Lanier of Warrentcn; N. M. Thornton, Simon (Continued on page 8) U. D. C. Members To Meet At Raleigh Members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy are urged i by Mrs. John Huske Anderson,' state president, to attend the ninth district meeting which is to be held in Raleigh on Thursday, March 31, at 10 o'clock. An invitation is also extended members of the 0. C. C. i to be present. ; Governor and Mrs. Hoey are to i?i mWc mhf trovernor ?>e spcuiai guuiw. ? . j will speak at the luncheon hour and Mrs. Hoey will entertai.i at the mansion following the luncheon. No delegates are to be appointed from the various chapters to attend the district meeting, Mrs. Anderson said, but an invitation is extended to all members to be present. EPISCOPAL SERVICES Services to be held in the Episcopal churches at Warrenton, Lit? 5 ?rp. announced I'lCLUIl fcUlU as follows by the rector, \he Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner: Emmanuel?Sunday, 8 a. m., Holy Communion; 11 a. m., Morning Prayer; Wednesday, 8 p. m., Lenten Service. St. Alban's, Littleton, Friday, 8 p. m., Lenten Service. Good Shepherd, Ridgeway?Sunday, 3:30 p. m., Evening Prayer; Thursday, 4 p. m., Lenten Service. armt RREN, N. C. FRIDAY, MAI A. I WIllIAis" BURIED SUNDAY Prominent Warrenton Citizen Succumbs To Attack Of Pneumonia DIES AT DUKE HOSPITAL i Funeral services for Alfred Alston Williams, prominent citizen of this town who died in Duke Hospital at Durham on Saturday morning at ; 6:10 o'clock with pneumonia, were conducted from Emmanuel Episcopal Church, of which he was senior warden, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner, rector. Interment followed in Fairview cemetery. 1V/T** txrillin roc*' cnrl^iAM 411 j.vj.1 . vv .lilian io ouuucii ouliuuo 111ness, which preceded death by a week, came as a surprise and shock to friends and relatives. Although 66 years of age, time apparently rested lightly on him, as was evident not only by his appearance but also by the fact that Ire was seldom ill arid remained, active until his recent, illness. Ten days before his death, Mr. Williams was on the golf course and appeared to be enjoying life as ! he mingled with friends there. He , was taken ill on Saturday and on , Sunday night was taken to Duke , Hospital where his condition re- j mained grave until death came early last Saturday morning. j The' sen of Henry Williams and Van Kearny, Mr. Williams was born i at the family estate in Warren county, Shocco township, and spent j his boyhood days there. Reaching ( manhood he went on the roads as a representative of a hat company , and worked in this capacity until a j few years go when he retired. Since returning to Warrenton to [ remain with his family all the'. time, Mr. William;; had 'taken an ac-! j tive part in the business, religious and social activities of the town.1| He had been a member of the ves- j try for many years, had served as a member of the Board of Town Com-! missioners, and at the time of his death was the senior member of.1 the Williams Motor Co. He is survived by his wife, who before marriage was Miss Kate ^ Pretlcw of Franklin, Va., one son, ( A. A. Jr., a daughter, Miss Katha- 1 rine Williams, who is a student at 1 Mary Baldwin College, and one sister, Mrs. John B. Davis of this county. Those who served as pallbearers Sunday were V. F. Ward, J. P. Scoggin, Dr. C. H. Peete, Tom Frazier, Tom Burton, Hugh Holt, Van Alston and Dr. T. J. Holt. OUT-OF-TOWN CITIZENS ATTEND FUNERAL Among those who attended the fnnnfol r\f TV/Tr A A "\X7illiamc VlPfP iiuitiai ux xux. 11. 11, ii iinMiiiw on Sunday afternoon were: Mrs. Sue Pretlow, Robert Pretlow and son, Bob, Mr. and Mrs .George McCanu and daughters, Misses Ellen and Sue McCann, Mrs .Thomas White and Misses Minnie and Fannie Pretlow of Franklin, Va.; Mr. and MrsHenry Bourne of Tarboro; Mrs. Finley Gayle of Richmond; William | Dameron of Clayton; Robert Baskerville of Durham; Mr. and Mrs. Spottswood Burwell, Mrs. Walter Burwell, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Alston, Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Clements, Mr. and Mrs. Joe S. Cheatham, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. T. D. Peck, Mrs. Alex Ccoper of Henderson; Mrs. Louis Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Morton t Alston, Misses Marinie Williams and Perry White, Edward Williams, Frederick Williams and Miss Beaufort Scull of Inez; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fuller, W. C- Burroughs, Richard Davis of Afton; Misses Helen Holt, Laura Ellis, Betsy Rodwell of Raleigh; J. w. Horner of 1 Oxford; Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Powell i of Henderson; Alfred Plummer of < Middleburg; Mrs. T. F. Heath and 1 Harlwell Heath of Petersburg, Va-; i Fabius Pendleton of Richmond; i Mrs. L. J. Peoples of Townsville, ] and Mr. and Mrs .Rob Davis of i Henderson; and Mrs. Marmaduxe ] | Hawkins of Raleigh. ' Warrenton Golfers Tie With Oxford I Warrenton and Oxford tied for honors in a golf match played here : on Wednesday afternoon. The score was 9-9. accepts position Mr. Edward Duke, who graduates in accountancy this June from New York State University, has accepted a position as head accountant with the American Handicraft Co. of New York City. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Duke. i \ \ &ro) JCH 25, 1938 Subscript Federal Engineer Inspects Panacea For Hospital Site Panacea Springs, one of the several sites in this state which have been strongly recommended to the federal government as a desirable location for the proposed $1,500,000 veterans administration hospital, was inspected on Tuesday afternoon by Charles H. Stratton, consulting engineer. 1 Mr. Stratton, who was met at the ; Springs and shown over the property by a delegation of approxi- ' mately 50 citizens representing Littleton and other nearby towns ' which are endeavoring to have the eld summer resort turned into a 1 hospital for former soldiers, appeared to be impressed with the property, but, as was expected, ' committed himself only to the extent of saying that "it is a very nice site." He drank some of the famous water there and following I hie frvnt* r-f incruspfinn ronuocfpH ' LllMj l/U U1 A / U1V11 A V\JMWWWWM that a map of the property, which had been prepared by C. H. Poster, be forwarded to his Washington of fice. The engineer came to Panacea from Wilson and Rocky Mount where he looked over locations suggested by those towns, and left the Springs after a stay of about half 1 and hour to visit a site which Tarboro is recommending. He came to 1 North Carolina about ten days ago 1 to make a tour of 37 communities which are making determined bids for the location of the hospital. Upon his return to Washington, Mr. Stratton will make recommeniations to a veterans administration board. Later a sub-committee will make a more complete study of tiis recommendations and from their findings the site will be selected. It is probable that the definite location will not be known until after July 1, when the federal ap- ' propriations for the new fiscal year will be announced officially. Among those from nearby towns j joining with Littleton citizens in welcoming Mr. S:ratton to -the ( Springs were Frank H. Gibbs, W. M "RmrH onH "HnuucirH .Tnnpjs .Tr. nf rr. ? una nu ?? u i u?u u.uuu u J. u Warrenton; Frank Spruill and ?emp Battle of Rocky Mount; 3arol Wilson, Julian AlLsbrook, H. ( 3. Loy and F. P. Wilmer of Roanoke Rapids. Who? j The name of the person pictured above may be found in one of the ] advertisements in this paper. ( Miss Wilker Honored ] By Musical Society < i Friends here will be interested to :now that Miss Drusa Wilker has j recently been invited to become a ] rharter member of the Rho Chap- ( ler of Pi Kappa Lamda at Converse College, the highest honorary nusical fraternity in this country. Membership is by invitation only ;,nd is dependent upon scholarship, [terforming ability and personality, inhere are only fourteen chapters of < this organization and Converse Col- i I age is the first college in the south to become a member, it was said- < Miss Wilker was selected as a can- 1 rlidate for this honor by a committee composed of the Dean, the Dean ' Emeritus, and two members of the < Converse School of Music. ACCEPTS POSITION Mr. William Duke, who recently completed the McAllister Embalm- ' ing School course in New York, returned Sunday to New York where he has accepted a position with the New York Funeral Home after a visit of several days with his part:nts, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Duke. < ? 4 ion Price, $1.50 a Year Little Cut In > Tobacco C State To Make E>rive To List Intangibles The si;ate of North Carolina is determined thai intangible property snail oe listed xor taxation, r. u. Gardner, auditor of Warren county, stated this week by way of warning to those who have failed to list . solvent credits. Mr. Gardner said that last Thurs- : clay he and W. H- Burroughs, chairman of the Board of County Com- ( missioners, attendee, a tax asses- i sors' meeting in Raleigh and that Thos. W. Alexander, who explained the intangible tax, let it be definitely known that the state was going out after this tax money in earnest. The auditor quoted Mr. Alexan- < der as stating that some time in : April each county will be asked to furnish state authorities with a complete list of the names of those i who hacl listed solvent credits in : the cour.ty in order that this list > might be checked against the list ; of those who have filed returns with i the s.ate More than that, said Mr. Gardner, the state will send a group i of men to New York to check the i accounts of brokers in an effort to prevent those who have stocks from escaping the tax. Later, it was said, men will be sent into the counties of the state to check the mortgages and other evidence of indebtedness on recorc. in the office of the Register of Deeds. Mr. Alexander, according to Mr. Gardner, said that because March 15, the liist day for filing returns without a penalty, has passed there 1 is no need fcr any cne who failed to file a report to think that he or 1 she is going to escape the tax. "The state is determined to learn the names of those holding intangible 1 property and to collect the tax due on it," Mr. Alexander is reported to have said. Part of the intangible tax monies collected by the state :s returned to the counties and towns from which it is collected, it is understood 1 According to the new tax law all " ;hose holding intangible property, such as chattel mortgages, stocks ' ind other evidence of credit must file a report with the Revenue De- 1 oartment. Although extemptions 1 ire allowed, the law requires that a ' (Continued on Page 8) College Offers ! $300 Scholarship J A competitive examination for a , ;300 scholarship at S.rayer College , n WdcViino-tnn D O wil be held Jaturday morning, March 26, at 10 'clock in the Roanoke Rapids ligh School, announcement was nade yesterday by L. B. Conner, egistrar. The examination, which is open to ligh school seniors in good standng in schools of Warren and Hal(Cor.tinued on Page 8) Officers Destroy Still And Beer A 60-gaillon capacity copper still tvas captured and around 200 galions of beer were destroyed on Tuesday when Sheriff W. J. Pinnell and ieputies made a raid in Shocco and Pork townships. The officers also located stwen sites where illicit whiskey plants had been operated but the stills had been removed. A raid was made in Hawtree township on Wednesday but the plant had been removed before the ifficers arrived. Cotton Ginnings Show Big Gain There were 16,007 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, ginned and to be ginned in Warren county from the crop of 1937 as compared with 12,319 bales from the crop of 1936, according to a rerwirt. submitted bv Benjamin G. Tharringtcin from the Department of Commerce. MISS DAVIS IS PROCTOR Miss Mary Delia Davis, daughter of Mrs. Sam Davis of Warrenton, has been chosen as one of the new hall proctors for Gray Hall at the Women's College of the University of North Carolina, according to an announcement received here this , week from Greensboro where the j college is located. T? * % MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 12 ? arren rop Expected State Accepts County Weed Quotas Calling For Very Little Reduction CUTS IN MANY COUNTIES Warren county tobacco growers will be able to plant approximately as much tobacco under the new farm act which was adopted by voluntary vote a few weeks ago as was grown in this county last year, it was learned yesterday from tiie office of County Agent Bob Bright. Last year approximately 5,800 acres were planted to tobficco in this county and under the new farm act Warren growers will be able to produce the weed on as many as 5,600 acres, the agent said. Warren county's allotment, which had been figured in the county agent's office, was carried to Raleigh on Wednesday by Bob Bright, Ed Turner, Walter Smiley and W. N. Boyd and was accepted by state authorities without altering tha base acreage which was submitted. Many counties of the state sustained a loss of base acreage when the figures were presented in Raleigh and consequently these counties will be forced to cut their acreage considerably under the new program. Wilson county, for instance, had its base acreage reduced by 1,300 acres by the authorities in Raleigh. Mr. Bright said that he was highly pleased that Warren's allotment was not reduced and that farmers cf this county will be able to plant about as much tobacco under the agricultural adjustment act of 1938 as was grown before the new law was put into effect to curtail production. There are 7,2<5.6 base acres signed up for tobacco in the county with 500 acres not signed-up. The 7,275.6 acres are alloted to a total of 981 land owners and tenants, including 250 new producers who will be permitted to grow on an average of about one acre of tobacco each for the first time. While naturally base acreage and allotments vary, the average farmer of the county will have a base acreage of about seven acres which will allow dim to plant around 4.9 acres of tobacco. The county agent said that his office would begin at once working on the base acreage for cotton and that allotments would be secured as soon as possible. Mr. Bright requested that those producers who have not filled out vork-sheets should do so at once if hey are to work under the new arm program. Boy Hit By Car Is Recovering Milton Abbott, 9-year-old son of Vfr. and Mrs. M. T. Abbott, is recovering at his home in the AftonElberon community from injuries le received on Monday afternoon trVior-i Ha TI7QC jct.mip.lr hv an aiitomO rt liVyil liv IT UW WV? MV?a WJ . ^ jile driven by a traveling salesman is he darted into the highway after i ball. The young boy was struck by the lender of the automobile and knock;d against the hardsurface with sufficient force to gash his forelead, scar his knees and bruise his aody. He was carried to a Henderson hospital where he was under nedical care until Wednesday when tie was returned to his home. He was said to be getting along nicely yesterday. The automobile which inflicted the injuries was said to have been driven by a Mr. Gaite, a traveling salesman- He stopped immediately and accompanied the boy to the iiospital. Powell And Wilson Curious About String A piece of string suspended above the ground in places as much as 100 feet and extending for a distance of three quarters of a mile had T. E. Powell and S. G. Wilson puzzling ? wmriortr UfoH nocrluv q ftpr U Vd l/lic liijroiAiXj' uvux.vuuiv v..... , noon. I Mr. Powell, who lives three miles northeast of Warrenton, on the old Macon road, said that he noticed 1 a piece of small wire or string suspended from tall trees about nis place as high as 100 feet a,bove the ground in. some places. Following the string for a ways and finding that it continued towards the home of S. G. Wilson, he called Mr. Wilson to see if he could throw any (Continued on page 8) ?
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