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J3f \CCVRATE, TERSE pW TIMELY ? Tznmn, o^RQLUME XXXIV rngm win } 90111! IH RACE ohn S. Davis Enters RaceL 'K For House; Clark And I, Myrick For Board ( IM| ARF. IN THE CONTEST } Tom B. Gardner, secretary-treas-1* of the Town of Warrenton, and Ij of the Centre Warehouse,! ^K^-day definitely announced thai J* Enuld not be a candidate forl< (statement of Mr. Gardnery at rest a rumor that has per- 11 Kea for weeks and one which Mr. I uoiild tieitiier confirm nor I ( Br until lie called a representative 11 Warren Record to make an- J t ?..,::e;nent of his decision not to I i John s. Davis of Creek, former | ember of the House of Represen-11 tires. who has been on the fence 11 ^ several weeks, took the opposite |c Kree from that taken by Mr. ji roner. Mr. Davis quite definitely I ? jounced that he was in the race J c regain his old seat in the House I Representatives. ne Creek citizen, who in the I j arse of a series of newspaper at- I is upon the board of county I ^Kimissioners last summer stated I f )! ,; he was seeking1 no office, ad-l? Bitted that his statement of that I ? me might prove something of an I r barrassment to his candidacy.!). ; for that statement Mr. Davis I ould have entered the race earlier, I I^But he said a few days ago that the I sstence of his friends made him I it was his duty to again J t Become a candidate. | I Otis F. Clark of Inez annomiced I ? Hat he would be a candidate for L ^Bcard of County Commissioners! Bid J. T. Alrrick of Vaughan an-l. for the same office. Mr. I. Bans. Mr. Clark and Mr. MyricK I ^ re the only new candidates to JC Bate their appearance this week. 13 Wr.;i all members of the Board I! Education and the Board of!J ^Bir.:," Commissioners have made I j^Ho formal announcements, it is be- L Bred that all will be in the ra re j. I sang me voters osexi un vxiexx lion. Unless one or more of them iou!d decide not to run, to date re are 34 candidates appealing to s voters, witn the probability ntothers will enter. They are: For Senate: Prank H. Gibbs, T. i. Rodwell, W. A. Connell Sr. For House of Representatives: ohn Dowtin, Haywood Aycock, ohn S. Davis. For Coroner: B. R. Rooker, Jastr Shearin, Frank M. Allen. For Board of Education: C. W. Me. Harry Walker, David Limer, IP. T. Harris, R. A. King, N. H. techall. i Fur Register of Deeds: Joe C. Wl. Z. M. Newman, Henry bnteomery. Mrs. T. A. Baxter, Ess Delma Bobbitt. For Recorder's Court: Judge W. r Taylor. Edward Petar, Macy Tidren. to Clerk of Court: W. K. Newell, L L- Nicholson. Tor Sheriff: W. J. Pinnell. Tor Board of County Commis oners: John Clay Powell, John L. ^er. R. L. Capps. W. H. Burghs, H. L. Wall. E. G. Allen, 'tis F. Clark, J. T. Myrick of touehan. , i ~ '< Large Crowds V Attend Meetings I i I The series of revival meetings I IB' conducted at the Warrenton J, Japtist Church by Dr. Arch C.I' Jr. this week have been well I ^ tended with increasingly large I ^ '' "est being shown. Members ;'f denominations have been in at-1 ndance and many favorable com- I ( ^Tent5 have been heard on the 11 of the minister's sermons. K Cree will preach the closing 11 ^ nnon of the series on Sunday I ^ and leave on Monday morn- I H* ^or Salisbury. N. C? where he I. j^Jastor of the First Baptist!' l*hUe here Dr. Cree said that J, deling was his hobby and that I W( expected - - ? vu eonauct a private I j this summer covering England 11 many of the countries of con- J < Natal Europe. He asks that any r ^ ?'?ested citizen who would like to 1, him on this tour to get hi i Mi with him. In the past 25 years \] Ne has toured more than 1 ^P**tty foreign lands. I Cree has been spending the n as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J] ? Rodwell. i B^ and Mrs. J. "B. Miller and ' 155 -^the Laurie Herrings spent ^htrday ?t NorWfc. a WARRENTC Son of Charlotte Story Perkinson Is Murder Victim Raleigh, April 11.?The closing :hapter of an ill-fated romance, in vhich Miss Ethel Collins, 30-year>Id Raleigh Sunday school teacher, vas a principal figure, was enacted ,his afternoon over the grave of ,he woman's murdered sweetheart n Warren county. Last rites for Richard Perkinson Jr., 25, whose attentions to Miss Collins resulted in his death Moniay at the hands of her father, who ,hen turned the gun on himself, vere held in Wise today at 2 p. m. The 61-year-old father, W. L. Collins, of 705 Boylan Drive, was juried in City Cemetery here yeserday afternoon, following services :rom a funeral home. Death Row Message The mother of Perkinson, who las been active in efforts to save Thomas Cooper, negro, from the leath chair for a murder in Durlam, yesterday afternoon received i message of condolence from the loomed man, now on Death Row. Cooper wired Mrs. Perkinson: "I is sorry you son got killed for rou have help to keep me living." Arranged Marriage Miss Collins, who has been active or years in church and Sunday chool work here, revealed that she ind Perkinson had planned to wed lext Sunday. He was to have been >aptized today, she said. " 'If I am baptized Wednesday, vill you set the date for next Suniay for our wedding'?" Miss Collins luoted Perkinson as asking as they alked for the last time before the raeir shootinsrs ended their plans. She promised him she would agree o the plan, she said. Perkinson, the son of Mrs. Charotte Story Perkinson) prominent Raleigh newspaper woman, had :ouited Miss Collins around two 'ears. The romance had its beginling in a meeting of the two while 3erkinsor was under observation at he State Hospital here as a psy:hopathic patient. He continued he courtship after being released ollowing a few months at the hosjital. Miss Collins' mother is emiloyed at the institution. The father of the woman had enered objections to Perkinson sev;ral months ago and his attitude vas approved by his son, Graham Collins. Miss Collin's mother, how;ver, sided with her and a family ift followed, climaxed by the murler of Perkinson and the suicide of he father. Relating her story of events leadng up to the shootings at her home vlonday afternoon, Miss Collins ;aid that she and Perkinson had >een detained in the country Sunlay night when a truck the young nan was driving became stuck in he mud. It was not until 10 o'clock Monlay morning that the two were able .0 reach Raleigh and then they vent to the home of Mrs. Perkinson on Arlington Street, Hayes3arton. Pleads For Life "When we came back the front loor was locked," Miss Collins reated. "I had left the latch off so ve could get in. Then we heard ftichard and daddy talking in the ront room. Richard was saying, Don't kill me, Mr. Collins. I love ill of you. Don't kill me.' "The windows were all locked. I jegan knocking at them and shoutng at Daddy, 'Don't kill Richard, ? rPhavll Daddy. Don t kui mm. ** I electrocute you if you get the blood ;tain on you.' "Then We heard a shot, but not a ;hing else. Nothing hit the floor. Richard must have just slumped to ;he floor. "We tried to get in the front ioor. There were a lot of neighjors all standing out on the street, out they were afraid to come up on the porch. Daddy came out in the nail. " 'Don't come in,' he shouted. It'll all be over soon.' "Then we heard another shot. I ion't remember much of what happened later." Questioned by Coroner L. m. warring, Miss Collins and her brother blaimed each other for the tragedy. Graham said it was the result of I Miss Collins ignoring her father's ivishes concerning Perkinson. She | accused her brother of prejudicing} tier father against her. i Service At Home Brief funeral rites were held for Perkinson from the residence of his parents on Arlington Street at 11 o'clock this morning. The funeral party then proceeded to Wise where last rites were conducted. Dr. Milton A. Barber, rector of (Continued from Page One) tjp Mi >N, COUNTY OF WARREN, On Top of Crime > ' >^QWwj^<xwRvTOt\ \ jflSP? jHHWift jM LOS ANGELES ... A miniature radio set, weighing less than two pounds and worn on Sam Browne ( Lolfo Kw rvAli/'nmon r\r\ <1nfv io t.ViP k/VHO +JJ ^/vuvvutvu vu ) ?v ??v newest development in the crime chase by John Law. The set was invented by R. 0. Gordon. Funeral Services For Capt. Palmer Held In S. Carolina i Mr. H. L. Falkener, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Massenburg, Mrs. W. P. Massenburgj Miss Speed Massenburg, 1 Mr. Jim Robertson of Macon, and Messrs. Edmund White and John C. Burwell attended the funeral of Captain William Palmer at Bennettsville, S. C., on Wednesday. Captain Palmer, who was born at Warrenton, was mortally wounded by an enemy in Venezeula as he was leaving his bath on March 26. The following account of the shooting, with a sketch of Captain Palmer's life, taken from the Pee Dee Advocate of Bennettsville, S. C., of April 5, will be of interest to friends and relatives of Captain Palmer in ' Warren: Details on the death of Capt. William W. Palmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Palmer, of this city, and Word war ace, who was Kinea in Caracas, Venezeula, on March '16, revealed that his death resulted from being shot n the back by Gerald Charles Sola, as a result of trouble that started more than a : year ago over a personal mattter. An authentic report from Washington says that Capt. Palmer was at the Caracas Country club and had 1 left the shower baths to go into the locker-dressing room. He was unclad, and according to his antemortem statement, Sola fired two shots into his back, and then shot him three times as he lay prostrate. The weapon used was a small calibre revolver, and at first it was thought that Capt. Palmer might (Continued on Page 5) Train Nearly Hits White House Party Miami, Fla? April 12.?A narrowly averted accident involving members of his party today marked the departure of President Roosevelt for Washington at the conclusion of a two-weeks fishing trip in Bahaman waters. A train narrowly missed striking a combination automobile-trailer, carrying General Hugh S. Johnson, national recovery administrator, I and other party members, as they were en route to the docks to greet \ the President after he arrived on the yacht Nourmahal from the Gulf stream fishing grounds. | The trailer barely cleared the tracks by inches as the train roared by at a crossing in the residential I district midway between the hotel f headquarters and the docks. J Besides General Johnson, those in t the machine included Donald Rich- . I berg, general counsel for the NRA; I Marvin H. Mclntyre, presidential j secretary and a number of White, House correspondents and their, wives. 1 o OTACC thn A ponce escort uancu U?JU . tracks in front of the on-coming train. The driver of the automobile followed, despite a shrieking whistle of the locomotive, and just I managed to get the machine across the tracks in time to avoid a collision. Arriving at the docks the party greeted the President as he walked down the gangplank of the Nourmahal and entered a large automobile to be driven to the railroad station. | Mr. Roosevelt, in high spirits, appeared to be in excellent health 'and he had a good tan. imn N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1 VANCE-NOT TO= VOTE SENATOR Agreement Is Reached Between Executive Committees of Two Counties MEETING ON SATURDAY Vance county voters will not participate in the election of the State Senator in the June primary this year, according to an agreement between the Democratic Executive Committees of Vance and Warren counties. Ih the primary of 1936, Vance will furnish the State Senator at which time the Warren voters will take no part in the nomination. A called meeting of the Warren committee was held in the court house here on Saturday at noon for the purpose of concurring in the resolution already passed by the Vance committee and approved by the State Democratic Executive Committee. Chairman Jesse Gardner called for a discussion of the resolution. S. J. Satterwhite of Nutbush opposed the measure on the grounds that it would disfranchise Warren voters every four years in so far as the election of the Senator was concerned. .John Kerr Jr. of East Warrenton supported the resolution, pointing out that the nominees were selected from the two counties in a system of atternation and j claimed that it was fairer and more economical to let the county furn- I ish the nominee vote to elect him to office. , I W. E. Davis of Fork motioned that the resolution be adopted* The motion was seconded by J. W. Burroughs of Shocco. Mr. Satterwhite called for a record vote. Upon roll call by the secretary, votes were re-, corded as follows: For?W. E. Davis of Fork, Edward | Petar of West Warrenton, John II. Kerr Jr. of Fest Warrenton, J. W. Burroughs of Shocco, Harry Fishel. of Judkins?5. Against?S. J. Satterwhjte of Nutbush. J.C. Hardy of Norlifia. and D. L. Robertson of Pishing Creek?3. In addition the vote of C. M. Haithcock of Sixpound, represented by written instructions to the secretary, was cast for the motion. There existing a vacancy in the chairmanship of Smith Creek township committee, upon motion of John H. Kerr Jr., seconded by D. L. Robertson, T. R. Williams was appointed chairman of the Smith Creek committee. Man Shoots Wife And Is Shot By His Brother-in-Law A two way shooting affair took place between negroes at Marmaduke on Tuesday night when Sidney Powell, avenging the shooting of his sister by her husband,\ Owen Powell, picked up a shotgun and fired a load of shot into the back of his brother-in-law. According to an account of the: shooting given by Deputy Lawrence Robertson, Owen Powell went to the home of Sidney Powell, where his1 wife was staying since leaving him, and tried to get he to return to his home. Lack of success in patching up domestic relations led to anger which caused Owen Powell to whip out a pistol and fire at his wife, the ball taking- effect in the hip. The noise that accompanied the pistol shot reached the ears of Sidney Powell who was out in the yard. Returing- to the house and finding his sister shot, he got his grji and fired at his brother-in-law, the shots taking effect in Owen Powell's back. | The woman was carried to a Henderson hospital where it was reported yesterday that she was re-covering. Owen Powell's injuries were riot regarded as being of a serious nature. The two men were given a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Macy Pridgen. Owen Powell was placed under bond of $250 and bond of $50 was set for Sidney Powell. PRESIDENT SAYS THAT HE HAD MARVELIOUS TIME April 12.?President Roosevelt told newsDapermen aboard his special train en route to Washington today that lie had a "perfectly marvelous time Just lazying around," on his two weeks vacation cruise which ended this morning at Miami. Sitting back in the observation section of his private car, Mr. Roosevelt took off his coat as he talked with newspapermen in the first "on the record" interview since he left the White House. ISfrui 934 Subscri] No Arrests Made Of Men Who Ran Over Negro Child Meager details picked up here and there indicate that the car which struck Earle Williams, 5-year-old son of Arthur Williams, negro, early Sunday night between Roy Davis' Jiervice station and the town limit, breaking his leg and injuring his head, contained three white men ana one negro, me occupants had been drinking, and that they were known to occupants of the car just back of them who stopped and rendered assistance. No arrests have been made so far as could be learned here yesterday, nor were full details of the accident available at the sheriff's office. The boy is recovering in a Henderson hospital. Jesse Richardson's wife, negro who lives just across the road from where the accident occurred, said that she picked the boy up from near the center of the road as he I tried to drag himself across the concrete. She said that the car that struck the boy and one back of it stopped when the accident occurred. According to her; a negro man admitted that he was the driver of the automobile which inflicted the injuries, and she was under the impression that there were three men in the car which was being driven by the negro and that there was one white man and one white woman in the" second vehicle. The white woman, Richardson's wife said, objected to the men in the car which struck the child going with her to take the injured boy to his home, which is located opposite the Davis service station. Richardson's wife said that she went with the woman to carry the boy home and that the negro man went with them. The others, she said, stated that they were going for a doctor. The white woman and the negro man left shortly after carrying Williams to his home, and none of them have been back since, she said. "They seemed to have been drinking and the ones in the back car seemed to have known the t>nes~m~ the front car," the Richardson woman declared. Adorpheus Thompson, who runs a service station a short distance from town on the Norlina road, said tnat one of the men in the car which struck the boy came to his service station shortly after the accident and that his name is Iziah Murphy and that he lives at Henderson. Mr. Thompson said that the man asked the way to Henderson and started walking up the road but that he cut off from the highway. The service station operator j stated that from what he gathered | from this man there were two white j men in the car which struck the boy j and that the vehicle was being driven by a negro. He said that the man's actions led him to believe that he had been drinking, rvxruifw T.am-pnrp Robertson said ? ? , that he was unsuccessful in his ef- 1 forts to get in touch with the sheriff of Vance county Sunday night, but that he talked with him Monday, j requesting that he check-up on Murphy. Deputy Robertson said l;that he later got in touch with the Vance sheriff and that he was told that efforts had been made to check ( up on Murphy but that Murphy was i so drunk nothing could be gotten ' out of him. No reports have been made here since, it is understood. I The injured boy was given first aid treatment by Dr. F. P. Hunter' Sunday night and carried to a Henderson hospital by Fred Watson, ( employee of The Warrenton Service; Station. | Episcopal Services At Parish House, I I > Holy Communion will be cele- ( j brated in the Parrish Room of Em, manuel Episcopal church on Sun day morning at 8 o'clock, and at 11 o'clock services will be held in the I Parish House, the Rev. B. N. de Fo? Wagner, rector, announced this1 week. The services are not being held' in the church due to the fact that I the organ is undergoing repairs. Heretofore when the organ has been worked on it has been put back in time to furnish music for the regular services, but this week the bellows is being mended and it will be impossible to complete the task and . get the organ back in playing con -1 dition by Sunday, it was said. SHERIFF IS IMPROVING Friends of Sheriff W. J. Pinnell, j who suffered an attack of pneumo- j nia several weeks ago, continues toj improve and is able to get around a little at his home. ri? . ... c>t<? 151 3tion Price, $1.5 war Intellectual Giant X ^?S8W1| immtmmimiaamimBM*-,--. "1 CHESTER, Pa. . . . Charles Fritz (above), 6 years old, 5 ft., 4 in., tall, and weighing 120 pounds, entered school jast Fall and advanced from the first grade to the fifth in .6 months. Teachers say he is exeep- ' tional in all. studies and the mentality of the average high school freshman. Neither of his parents attended college. Senior Play To Be Presented Here On Thursday Night "The Red-Headed Stepchild," the senior play, will be presented in the auditorium of the John Graham High school on Thursday night, April 19, at 8:15 o'clock. Practice on this three-act comedy drama has. been under way for more than a week and it was said yesterday that the students are getting along fine with their lines. The play is being coached by Miss Elizabeth Morton. The cast and the part played by the senior hnvs and cirls is as fol lows: Mrs. Edith Russell, Elvina Roberson; Mrs. Oliver Woodruff. Helen Hunter; Mrs. Emory Scott, Mildred Wilson; Briggs, A. C. Blalock Jr.; Lucia Russell, Ann Seoggin; Dudley Russell, Jeff Palmer; Richard Russell, Willis Harrison; Elizabeth Russell (Bess), Frances Reid; George Garrison, P. D. Jones; Ethel Ashley. Elizabeth Rodwell; Lucille Christy, Nannie Margaret Brown; Flora Farnum, Alvis Kidd. Court Convenes, But No Cases Are Tried On Monday Although Recorder's court convened and remained in session for ?V?aiii? nn nacoc urora trip.'I QUUUb till liuui^ in/ vuk/v/u ??v*c v*ov?> on Monda}- morning due to the fact that witnesses who were to appear in the two cases on docket failed to make their appearance in the Temple of Justice. Rain and bad roads prevented the witnesses from getting here, it was said. The cases scheduled for trial this week involved Richard Turner, Matthew Mills and Willie Medlin. Turner is charged with assault and the other two men are to face trial on a charge of stealing chickens. Mitchell Officer Of Group Four Bankers Henderson, April 7.?Bankers of the distri.ct known as group four met in annual convention here Friday night, with an attendance estimated in excess of 100. The territory embraces banks in Warren, Franklin, Vance, Granville, Wakj, Durham, Orange and Johnston counties, and nearly every bank in the distr.ct was represented. In the election of officers Gordon Hunter of Roxboro was chosen president; John Mitchell of Warren ton, vice president; and Robert DeRossett of Raleigh, secretarytreasurer. Ben Roberts of Durham was named as a member for the group on the executive committee of the Nor;h Carolina Bankers association. The slaes was unanimously adopted as presented by the nominating committee, which was composed of W. E. Hogan of Chapel Hill, E. S. Booth of Durham, and K. L. Burton of Henderson. MACON HURTS BACK Dr. G. H. Macon has been con * i - *--- 4-Vtic? Trrrxolr rm flf iinea to ms in/me; cxixo ?rw? ?- , count of a sprained back which he suffered Saturday night when attempting to move a post. at his home. I'Yiends are glad to learn that his condition is improving and that he will probably be down-town in a day or so. I Mr. T. L. Brodie of Raleigh was a business visitor here this week. * / MOST 0|#HE NEWS Con*TIME NUMBER IS ACREAGE CHECK IS COMPLETED Adjustments Made In Tobacco Contracts; Papers Sent To Washington COTTON NEXT PROGRAM The tedius task of correcting tobacco contracts, which has been under way for several weeks, has been completed and the papers will be mailed to Wash ington this morning or tomorrow, Bob Bright, county agent, stated yesterday afternoon. Mr. Bright said that all contracts in Warren county were adjusted without resorting to the policy of the horizontal cut which was adopt? _r j.i ea in some parus ui uie state. It is expected that as soon as the contracts are approved in Washington checks will be mailed to Mr. Blight who will send them out to the farmers. With the completion of the tobacco contracts, Mr. Bright and his oifice force will go to work at once on the cotton contracts. Deputy Says He Knows Nothing Of Cigaret Robbery Deputy Lawrence Robertson said yesterday that some investigation had been made but that he knew nothing other than what appeared in the newspapers in regard to a truck loaded with cigarettes being held up by men with a machine gun between Norlina and Weldon last week. The following account of the alledged robbery appeared in the daily press last Friday morning: Bowling Green, Va? April 5.?Two men found handcuffed to a tree near here this morning said they were victims of a hi-jack gang which had taken a truck loaded with $25,000 worth of cigarettes from them. The pair Identified themselves as I. H. Paxson of Norfolk, Va., and Sam H. Young of Winston-Salem, N. C. -'a They said six or seven man, armed with machine guns, trapped them on a road between Norllna and Weldon, North Carolina, at 3:30 a. m. today as they were en route from Winston-Salem to Norfolk. The gang unloaded the cigarettes and placed the two truckmen in the empty van.' Hours later they were handcuffed to a tree, their eyes bound with adhesive tape and abandoned. The two men were released after their shouts had attracted the attention of a negro worker who notified John Pitts and Robert Upshur. who lived near by. Pitts and Upshur sawed the links of the handcuffs and brought the two diivers to Bowling Green, where they reported the theft. Mrs. Lucy S. Heuay Dies At Littleton Litteton, April 12.?Mrs. .Lucy a. Heuay, widow of the late J- H. Heuay, died at the home of her son, I. O. Heuay, on Saturday morning, April 7th, after a brief illness. She had been in declining health for nearly two years. She was born in G:anville county on January 4, 1859. Funeral services were conducted at the home on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. Rufus Bradley of Littleton. Interment was in Sunset Hill cemetery with a host of friends and relatives paying loving tribute and respect to their loved one. The floral offerings were- beautiful. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. R. E. William's of Oxford, and the following sons and daughters: I. O. Heuay, Mrs. F. A. Lancaster, Mrs. Hattie Reid of Littleton; J. A. Heuay, Mrs. R. W. Lancaster of Warrenton, and J. W. Heuay of Norfolk, Va. Pallbearers were J.~A~Heuay, J. W. Heuay, I. W. Heauy, J. B. Keia, George Williams and Jimmie Williams. Littleton Nine Wins Over Macon Team J The Littleton High school team defeated Macon High school team on the latter's diamond Friday by a 9-8 score. An eighth inning rally gave the Littleton fteam victory when Benton hit a two-bagger with three on bases. Drake, Macon catcher, hit a homer in the first inning. Batteries for Macon: Tharrington and Drake; for Littleton: Stansbury and Taylor.
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