Warren County NcArchives News.....LITTLETON WINNER IN COUNTY – WIDE DEBATE February 9, 1930
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Unkonw Newspaper Clipping February 9, 1930
Newspaper Clippings marked 9 Feb 1930– Undated & Unknown Paper Source Frances 
Jordan Tate Blair’s papers 
LITTLETON WINNER IN COUNTY – WIDE DEBATE
Comes Out Victorious In Discussion of Co-Op Selling of Cotton and Tobacco
  Littleton, Feb 9 – The schools of Warren county have just completed a debate 
on the co-operative marketing of cotton and tobacco.  The county was divided 
into two triangles, Warrenton, Norlina, and Littleton forming one triangle and 
Macon, Wise and Drewry forming another.  The query read as follows: “Resolved 
that co-operative marketing of cotton and tobacco would be beneficial to the 
farmers of Warren county.”  The first debate was held on Friday night, January 
23, Littleton winning in one triangle and Wise in the other.  These two 
schools me on Friday night, February 6 to determine the winner of the county 
wide debate.  Littleton won the debate by a unanimous decision for both its 
affirmative and negative teams.  The names of the debaters of the Littleton 
school are:  Miss Mary Faucette Ricks and Paul King, who debated the 
affirmative side, and Miss Frances Tate and Miss Virginia Tate, who debated 
the negative side.  All of these debaters are senior except Miss Frances Tate, 
who is a junior.  The Littleton high school is a member of the North Carolina 
debating society and will enter the State-wide debate on the Philippine 
independence question to be held some time in April.


Additional Comments:
My Aunt Frances was so proud of this that it was in her obit.

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