Ij ACCHtATE, terse i
i timely i
ItfX'in ~
lllflll VOTE IS .
ImTiymREM
(her >""?' ifci'lofs Are cast;
I H.uucek's Vole Surprise !
m i\> observers i
.. ?? jj;ads the ticket!
JVD?V" __ <
the polls in lal'^r ,
>?r;!l ; lwd been expected,
uirib,1"\vir,en cast more than <
>,;tfS r? in the P?man last f~ t
J10JU" ;,.v xpressed their pref- (
urday 8s ''1 tv state and nat
for V.OUt*k. f
i
^aiaiuoa;- ue ^ Frank H.
t;\fuommated as State Sen- ;
Gib'05 ** , warren county ?t
aior'?n'plt,u"of the Legislature;
lost ** seat 0,1 1
/jjio toiJi'ci of County
i'rs; former Siieiil'f K. E. Davis was!
chosen as Coroner, and Sheriff W.I I
I Piuiell was reiurned to office. 11
Conceded 10 be one of the biggest j1
arpiises in the election was the I *
;te given frank Hancock for Sen-1'
or over Seuaur Robert R- Rey-l'
lids, the latter having been ex-/'
cted to carry Warren by a size-1
le majority. As it- turned out,!'
crock carried the county. 11
'uiigressman Jolm H. Kerr, who Is
opposed by 'Itoy Barnes of 11
on. had the honor cf leading/'
entir e ticket in this county as J
i overw helming v ote he elimi-11
i las opposition in tlie Second I'
iwsional District. Alvin Flem-11
: .Norliua. v.lio entered county-1 i
poinics tor the tirst time thisl<
vhen he became a candidate 11
e Board ot County Commis-1
was second high man on I'
fee-, trailing Judge Kerr by Is
few votes. J
id been freely predicted. 11
IHStanley Winborr.e piled l'P a ii?6?- .
I ja ority in this county, and also J
Barer the state, in ins race with Paul
Ior.idy for utilities commissioner.
I Wlirle the entire membership of
l:he Board of County Commissicnflns
had opposition, only two new
me l were elected to the board. John e
Icity Powell, who has been a mem- (
bet of the bcaid for many years, y
was retired irom office by Tom Har% r
Iris of Inez, and Mr. Fleming comes c
Ion the board to repiesent district
|Nc. 3. Under the districting plan a
I both Henry L. Wall and Sam D. r
Ik ng could not be commissioners s
Idi.ring the same term of office and
IVr. King lost on. to Mr- Wall in e
llie race Saturday.
Claude Bowers, who was running e
trains: William Burroughs im dis- j
kict No. 1. was defeated for office j
iy a little better tlian 100 votes.
s given a substantial t
lead over his opponent, W. J. '
Stearin in district 5.
Ja the race for coroner, Davis led
Stearin by around GOO votes. A. D.
feis. who was also a candidate J
' "i this place, was left far behind, c
Q
CONGRESSMAN" KERR LEADS 1
TICKET IN Jt'N'E PRIMARY c
Poiltng more votes in Warren 1
MWmt.- !,?? u, A
inuii lit uiu t'.\u ye?io
*?n there were around 200 more I
Wots cast than in the primary
jast Saturday, Congressman John H. s
Ketr defeated Iris opponent, Troy y
T- Barnes of Wilson, by an over- t
whelming majority as every county \
to the second district voted in favor ]
oi returning the Judge to Congress, t
Wile Barnes' home county of '
Wilson gave him 3,921 votes to ;
*?'s 4,070. the Congressman's j
vts,: county o: Warren gave him
a ten ol approximately 4 to 1. The j
wtf 101 Kerr in Warren was 2,493 ,
to Barnes' 658- ]
0 loars ago, which was an off- ,
"Won year. Judge Kerr was given j
? rotes in Warren while his op- ,
P0I1?t at that time, O. A. Dickens 1
: ven 658 ballots. ,
a i'int two state races in Satu^- I
primary, Robert Reynolds,!
^fcetsinj re-election to the United 1
j^Raes Senate, won over his oppo-|i
Congressman Frank Hancock 1 (
Oxford, by a majority of around I?
votes, while Stanley Win-ll
?#? was returned to his present I
tw 'jt utilities commissioner by I
U*tod over Paul Grady of approxi- I
tO.OOO votes. I'
| I IN HOSPITAL 1'
and Mrs. T. E. Powell of near It
^Htorrenton were advised by wire I
^Bn Wednesday that their son, Dr. I
^Powell of Elon College, had!
5!'(n opera ted on for append!-11
and was getting along nicely.!
Powell said that the message I:
|Hfc not siate what hospital Dr.!
was in. but that he was of I
rH
lie was carried to the 1
trtRiey Hospital in Burlington.
?1
WAR]
Large Docket In
Recorder's Court
Here Monday .
.
An unusually large docket Including
a variety of cases was presented
aefore Judge T- O. Rodwell in Re;order's
court on Monday morning.
Charlie Cook, young negro of
Warrenton, was found guilty of secretely
peeping into a room oc- ;
;upied by a woman and was sen;enced
to the roads for two years. |
Jook has served time in a Reforma- '
;cry and has been to the roads once jefore
on a similar charge. '
Found guilty of trespass and do- i
ng damage to personal property, i
Jonathan Williams, negro, was or- (
lered to pay into the office of the
ffierk of Court $10.00 to cover damhp
did Tn riavp Shpprin'c put.n- '
mobile.
Ben Edwards, negro, was found
suilty on a charge of operating a
motor vehicle while under the influence
of whiskey and was given
i four months road sentence which
ivas suspended upon the condition
hat he pay a $50.00 fine and court
josts. 1
rnomas farks was also convictea j
rf drunken driving and was given 1
Tour months on the roads, sentence
.uspended upon the condition that
re pay a $50,00 fine and court
losts.
Requests for jury trials resulted
vith the following cases being con;inued
until the fourth Monday:
Soscoe Fitts, negro, assault upon a
emale; Myrtle Fitts, assaults; Rob rt
White, James White, Willie
3avis, affray; Willie Davis, assault.
A case against Robert Towns,
legro, was sent to Juvenile court,
md a larceny charge booked against
rheodore Roosevelt Taylor was sent
ip to Superior court.
Miss Burwell To
Replace Mrs. Mary
Howard As Clerk
Mrs- Mary Terrell Howard, an )
mployee of the Warrenton Water
Company for the past nine or ten :
ears, on Monday night offered her
esignation to the Board of Town
Jommissioners.
The Board accepted Mrs. How- j ?
rd'c refipnntion with expressions of v
egret and thanks for her faithful; 1
ervice.
Miss Olivia Burwell was appoint-!
d to fill the vacancy caused by the!
esignation of Mrs. Howard and is
xpected to assume her duties on
'une 30 when the resignation of
frs. Howard becomes effective.
Mrs. Thompson
Dies At W. Plains
j
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy
r. Thompson, who died at her resilence
near Warren Plains last Frilay
afternoon, were held from thej
Varren Plains Methodist Church1
in Saturday afternoon at 4 o clock,
rhe final rites were in charge of
he Rev. E. R. Shuller with the Rev.
t. E. Brickhouse assisting. T
Mrs. Thompson was 66 years of c
ige at the time of her death, ,
vhich was attributed to complica- j
ions. She had been ill for three .
veeks. The daughter of the late .
3ob and Sallie Mustian Carroll of '
;his county, she was married to
rhomas L. Thompson about 40
rears ago. He preceded her to the
grave by one year.
She is survived by three sons, "
Vfacon, Robert and Phil Thompson, s
rll of this county; five daughters, t
Miss Carrie Thompson, Mrs. Roose- 1
relfc Hale, Mrs. Willie Turner, Mrs. c
VT. W. Hamm, Mrs- R. S. Thompson, 5
rlso of Warren county; and four- c
;een grandchildren, including Rob- t
;rt H. Thompson, whom she reared, c
i
SON BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Overby of
lear Warrenton announce the birth
)f a son, Robert Thomas Overby, on ]
June 3. Mrs. Overby was formerly i
Miss Jeanette Harris of Halifax. 1
i
DAUGHTER BORN 1
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Harris of 1
Macon announce the birth of a j
daughter on June 4. Mrs. Harris %
was formerly Miss Brown of Littleion.
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EPISCOPAL SERVICES I
Morning prayer will be held at i
Emmanuel Church on Sunday morn- 1
ing at 11 o'clock, and Holy Communion
will be celebrated at Good
Shepherd, Ridgeway, at 9 a- m.
Sunday morning, the Rev. B. N. de i
Foe Wagner, rector, announced this i
week. 1
Ur Han
tENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C.
OFFICIAL RETURNS IN
WARREN COU1
CANDIDATES "g a I
g fj :
I 8. %
? a 3
K to A i
SHERIFF
W. J. PINNELL 191 137 235 H
J. ELLINGTON 179 111 160
BOUNTY COMMISSIONER
01st. 1
W. H. BURROUGHS 158 107 196
3- T. BOWERS 202 140 196
list. 2
rl. L. WALL 87 171 268
5. D. KING 280 73 120
list. 3
\LVIN L. FLEMING 212 209 317 !
SV. J. HECHT 120 29 76
list. 4
J. C. POWELL 120 103 93
J. T. HARRIS 231 133 295 !
list. 5
i. L. CAPPS 154 144 250 <
IV. J. SHEARIN 97 89 136 I
OORONER
rASPER W. SHEARIN 152 172 87 I
i. E. DAVIS 190 75 290 <
D. HARRIS 21 3 18
STATE SENATE
?. H. GIBBS 193 110 235 !
OR. W. W- TAYLOR 176 132 159
[J. S. SENATE
REYNOLDS 260 111 128 '
IANCOCK 110 134 264 I
JTILITIES COMMISSIONER
STANLEY WINBORNE 237 153 171 I
'AUL GRADY v 106 80 208
MEMBER OF CONGRESS
OHN H. KERR 266 201 312 !
7ROY T. BARNES 105 45 80
In Band Show
tfllMl Undecided
stances under
Marie Cox of I
instant death fi
a shotgun on
while visiting i
sister, Mrs, Ro;
a coroner's jury
tleton yesterda
o'clock returned
child came to h
charge of a w<
of a person or
us."
The little gir
have been in thi
I with two other
I ? anri 2 wan
UNCLE DAVE MACON - - ?
vho will appear with the Warren ^oor with the 1
bounty Band at the John Graham blown off follow
ichool on Tuesday night at 8 o'clock 8 shotgun,
ind at the Norlina school the fol- According to
owing night at the same hour. the jury, Mrs. C
-? room when the
Uncle Dave To Play
For Band's Benefit Warren P
Impi
The Warren County Band, man- _
iged by Dr. A. A. Phillips, is spon- Through wor)
oring Uncle Dave Macon & Co. at negroes of War
he John Graham High School in proving their f;
Varrenton on Tuesday night at 8 'heir living com
I'clock and at the Norlina High ed from repor
Ichool on Wednesday night at 8 Amos, negro ho
ivinok Proceeds from the enter- Wynn, negro c<
ainment are to be used in pur- activities wnicn
ihasing uniforms for the band under their dep
nembers. The county i
lows:
NO PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES "Fifty of the
No services will be held in the Warren county
Presbyterian Church in Littleton 011 county two weel
Sunday morning nor in the Pres- wheat, livestocl
jyterian Church in Warrenton that tion, and gener
light as the Rev. C. R. Jenkins, of the county.
"*" *?-a??rm-,Q nronn ]
pastor, will be at tne rresuyicnau
foung Peoples Conference at Dav- 9 a. m. and co
dson College from June 8 to 15, tween Wise, Bui
innouncement was made this week, son, Greenwooc
Warrenton at 1
Miss Jo Carty, who was operated farm Wnen se
>n last week for appendicitis at eon.
floanoke Rapids where she teaches, "The afternoi
,5 spending a few days here with ed to cover all
:ier sister, Mrs. Duke Jones. em section of t
we had covered
SILAS GREEN TO COME Vicksburg and
Silas Green, popular negro min- munities rain ;
istreal which has played here for farther. Howe'
many years, will return to Warren- quite a bit of
ton next Thursday with his show. (Continn
tu ten
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1938 Subscrij
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
NTY, JUNE 4, 1938
/H
W 0 Q ?
01 01 ? S
0) 0) C
m v, o a) S
,.6 ? S
2 .M ? G
G 3 >? g c .S ?> o c o3 .
ESM-C-Ss^O1?0 o
?ZMcofc>??|i<K!z;WH
30 82 125 47 72 147 188 53 35 224 193 1829
11 23 50 34 60 116 240 73 8 65 213 1343
72 86 138 60 64 106 195 50 37 147 210 1626
SO IB 37 OS S7 Ids 00B 73 fi 137 196 1509
79 76 145 45 62 150 260 53 43 198 222 1859
27 25 28 30 69 97 128 67 0 76 154 1174
90 87 163 55 88 190 356 91 35 235 316 2444
20 17 12 12 32 42 48 26 7 48 66 555
29 33 129 36 80 119 200 62 23 78 179 1284
B1 67 51 40 51 137 219 61 20 199 208 1793
11 79 131 55 7 6 Q9 955 11 36 148 215 1717
SO 27 38 22 62 166 156 76 7 130 168 1234
32 46 113 31 30 94 122 19 17 106 119 1170
14 56 48 , 41 95 135 257 98 22 163 227 1741
2 3 14 -.7 11 29 48 8 4 17 45 230
91 55 112 59 70 143 301 83 15 165 269 1901
20 49 63 23 65 117 127 43 28 120 131 1253
15 71 62 63 51 134 204 46 18 170 216 1552
S3 33 113 45 80 124 217 81 23 109 188 1584
31 63 45 136 80 173 283 70 19 187 270 1977
22 35 23 28 31 63 100 33 22 80 100 931
36 85 153 68 116 219 328 83 41 196 334 2498
17 20 25 14 21 42 95 40 0 89 65 658
ler's Jury Fails To
lame In Child's Death
i to the circum- and neither she or the two children
which 11-year-old could describe the circumstances
loanoke Rapids met under which the killing occurredom
the explosion of At first it was believed that the
Tuesday afternoon little girl was toying with the gun
n trie nome 01 ner ana tnat sne acciaentany purrea tne
' Grey of Littleton, trigger while looking down the barempaneled
at Lit- rel, but after an investigation was
y afternoon at 4 made and it was found that the
a verdict that "the barrel of the gun was 26 inches
er death by the dis- long and that where the load came
:apon in the hands out of the house approximately
persons unknown to tallied with the height of the dead
child, the jury was unable to say
1, who was said to definitely how the shooting occurr;
Grey home playing ed. The gun was found about six
small children, age feet from the body of the dead
found dead on the girl, it was stated,
eft side of her face Solicitor Joseph P. Pippen assisting
the explosion of ed Coroner Jasper Shearin and the
jury in making an investigation,
the evidence given The child was the daughter of
Jrey was in another, Mr. and Mrs. Early Cox of Roanoke
i weapon was fired Rapids. .
Negroes Postoffice Closes
roving Work With Local Stores
? and observations The Warrenton post office started
ren county are im- ^is week closing on Wednesday
arm methods and afternoon as are business houses of
iitions, it is indicat- the town during the summer
IS given ay a. a. months.
me agent, and C. S. In announcing his decision to
ounty agent, of the cjose on Wednesday afternoon,
are taking place postmaster precj Moseley stated that
artments. ^ practically all post offices in towns
'gent writes as 101- the size of Warren close on Saturday
afternoons but that since so
leading farmers of many people come to town to get
made a tour of the their mail on that date he thought
:s ago to observe the it best to remain open then and
s, home beautifica- take Wednesday afternoons off.
al farming activities
MAYOR POLK DELIVERS
eft Warrenton at COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
vered all points be- Mayor William T. Polk delivered
chetts Chapel, Man- the commencement address before
1 and arrived in 148 graduates of East Carolina
:00 p. m. where the Teachers College, at Greenville on
rved a picnic lunch- Monday morning. President Meadows
introduced the speaker as a
on tour was plann- man of literary and civic note, and
points in the south- added that just 20 years ago his
he county, but after fther, the late Tasker Polk, delivAfton,
Cool Spring, ered the commencement address at
Hecks Grove com- the collegeprevented
our going
per, the farmers got Many Warrenton persons are exthrill
in examining pecting to attend the June German
ed on page 8) i in Rocky Mount tonight.
)tion Price, $1.50 a Year
Commissioners To jr
Meet As Board Of
Equalization 20th
The Board of County Commissioners
will meet on Monday morn- (
ing, June 20, to sit as a board of
equalization and review for the purpose
of equalizing and adjusting tax
valuations. '
The third Monday in June is set
aside by law as the time for tax- .
payers to make complaints regard- 1
ing valuations placed upon their t
property and at no other time dur- t
ing the year have the commission- t
ers the authority to make adjust- c
ments on property unless it is at an I
adjourned meeting or in cases of t
extraordinary circumstances. s
At their meeting here on Monday
of this week the commissioners s
adopted six new orders, including '
the appropriation of a sum not to 1
exceed $100.00 for the purchase of
terracing plows for the use of citi- e
zens of Warren county. The plows '
or-o 1a Ka Pllhloot tA ( Via ArHor r\f tVlO 1
nib w wu cuwjvvv w VAAV UIUU w*
county agent and are to be used
under such rules and regulations as
he thinks sufficient and proper.
D. C. Barnes, highway commissioner,
was requested by the board
to have the State Highway and
Public Works Commission work a
road in Vaughan, known as the Old
Highway, leading east from the rail
road crossing to the intersection of
the state highway at white public
school building.
The commissioners agreed to appropriate
$5.00 per month for the
support of Miss Mary Dickerson of
Rt. 2, Henderson, and ordered that
a refund be made to R. I. Riggan's
estate for taxes listed in River town
ship for the year 1937, same having j
been listed in Judkins township.
Three lots in Norlina owned by
C. B. Harris and not listed for taxation
were ordered on the books for
the years 1933, 1934, 1935, 1930, and
1937.
Curbing Work
To Be Started Here
On Next Monday
Curbing and guttering work is expected
to be started here on next
Monday, according to announcement
made by Harold R. Skillman
to the Board of Town Commissioners
on Monday night.
Mr. Skillman said that PWA labor
had been definitely promised for
Monday by the district PWA engineer
and that the town was ready to
begin work on the project.
Citizens of Warren ton recently
voted a $6,000 bond issue for this
purpose.
Jack Scott To Play
Ball At Durham
Jack Scott, Warrenton's policeman,
will join a number of other
former maior league baseball stars
at the Durham Athletic park on the
night of June 15 when old time aces 1
are planning to hand Durham's
American Legion youngsters a se- 1
vere trouncing as a preliminary to
the Bulls-Portsmouth Piedmont 1
league contest. 1
Writing in the Durham paper re- |
garding the match, Fred Haney
states in part: "Most of the veterans
invited to participate in the 1
local contest have already accepted
and all of them are expected to be
in the fold by the end of the week. 1
And, while they have added several
years to their ages and they don't
get around as spry as they once did,
those old-timers still have the ambition
to win and, judging by the
amount of interest displayed in
their acception of invitations to
participate in the game, the Durham
baseball heroes of the future
are in for some hard sledding."
Soft Ball Players To
Meet Next Monday
soft ball teams In Warrenton and
Warren county are requested to
meet at the Fair Grounds on Monday
afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. Efforts
will be made at this time, it
was stated, to form a team from
the Lions Club, a town team, and
in the event there is sufficient interest
in the sport, to organize a
team composed of players from
the countyATTENDS
CONVENTION
Mr. Claude Haithcock attended
an insurance convention in Winston-Salem
on Wednesday. He was
accompanied as far as Durham by
Mrs. Haithcock and daughters who
will visit there for several days.
-iOST OF THE NEWS>
ALL THE TIME
NUMBER 23
rowPuiUs
NEW FIRE TRUCK
Centrifugal Pump To Be Placed
On Ford Chassis By
Roanoke (Company
TO USE 12 SIGNAL BOXES
The contract for a modern fire
>ump to be mounted on a Forfl
:ha&sis to be supplied by the town
vas awarded on Monday night to
he Roanoke Pump and Welding Co.
>f Roanoke, Va., at a cost ol' ap
iroximately $2400, by the board ot
own commissioners in regular ses;ion.
The contract for the Ford chassis
was awarded to Boyd-Boyce
Jotor Co. at a cost of approximatey
$700.
It is expected that the new fire
rngine will be delivered to Warren;on
within the next 60 days.
The Roanoke Company pump was
selected from a list of six by the
i*ire Committee composed of W. R.
Strickland, chairman; George Scog;in
and Bignall Jones, on Monday
it noon, and was the unanimous
:hoice of the board of commissionsrs
at its regular session.
The Fire Committee also opened
;hree bids for a chassis at its noon
neeting, but largely due to the difierence
In the submitted bids between
the Chevrolet and Ford,
rated to submit the choice of chasss
to a full board. The third bidder,
Dodge, was higher than either the
Ford or the Chevrolet.
Scoggin Motor Company offered
i Chevrolet chassis as specified for
;he sum of $575. Boyd-Boyce's bid
)n the specified Ford chassis was
1691.84. Following a discussion of
:he mechanical differences between
;he two trucks as they applied to
;he operation of a centrifugal pump,
argely led by Chairman Strickland,
;he commissioners voted six to one
;o purchase the Ford chassis and it
was so ordered. Commissioner
Deorge Scoggin asked for a recorded
vote and the secretary entered
the vote as follows: For purchase of
the Ford chassis: Commissioners
Strickland, Jones, Rodwell, Macon,
Mitchell, Holt, and Rodwell; against,
Commissioner Scoggin.
The completed truck will be fully
quipped with a centrifugal pump
capable of delivering a minimum of
500 gallons of water per minute and
In addition will contain a booster
tank for fighting small fires, as well
as a small chemical fire extinguisher.
fl UCUJUJUUatUi HUU 1/lDVUbMlj
similar to the one purchased by the
sown was here on Monday morning
and Its demonstrations from the hyirant
near the Water Company office
and at the pumping station
where water was lifted from a
reservoir won approval from a number
of citizens who watched the
tests
The board also voted to have Jim
Moore install twelve automatic
signal boxes in various seotions of
the town at a cost not to exceed
J700.
An alarm sent in from any one of
these boxes will drop an indicator
an a signal board in the Fire House
at the same time it cuts on the
siren, enabling the fire truck to
proceed directly to the fire box
from which the alarm was turned
In.
Heretofore in many cases the
M*.n*v.nvi havA Inef valuable time in
locating fires, a notable example of
this being the Dameron Gin fire a
few years ago. The Fire Company
proceeded to White's Gin in the
other end of town, and as a result,
it is felt by many that the delay
caused the complete destruction of
the Dameron Gin.
Warrenton All-Stars
To Play Henderson
The Warrenton All-Stars will play
the Henderson baseball team at
Warrenton Saturday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock. The game is to be
played at the' new Fair Grounds
fain..
RETURN TO WASHINGTON
Congressman John H. Kerr, who
was at his home here for the election
Saturday, returned to Washington
on Sunday afternoon. His
secretary, Howard P. Jones, left on
Monday to spend a few days In the
Waslitpgton office with Judge Kerr,
PROGRAM AT PROVIDENCE
The children of Providence Sunday
School will give a program at
the church Sunday night, June 12,
at 8 o'clock. The public is invited to
attend.