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KOLUME XXIX
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v Warren Citizens View
On /)/sp/ay At /
Memorial Library /
f.V UXTIL MARCH 1
Hi rcccp'icn to the pictures /
mdscnpe club of Washing- /
I
I Hiq to those of Mrs. xutuiciuic ,
^Mrvs: m ho? been favorable
^Yn-eek at the Warren county
^Hioriai ibrary. This exhibit is I
H, sporsored by the Woman's
^Henitig on Monday at noon, the I
K: nill be continued unti' I
|Bch 1. Many Wan-en ixrsons, in I
of .. weather, have I
^Bed the exhibit:?;, to admire the!
K of irt and in some cases I
^Kurcbzse the paintings. Nearly
^Kpicture- are on display there.!
^Kty-four o: tin so were brought
^B by the Landscape club. Four
are on display through the!
Btesy of Mrs. Arringtcn.
^Humbers cf the . have been!
^Hrved paying particularly close!
^Ktion to the painting, 1Mother
E, Child.' by Gari Melchers. This!
to /
^Hxorti: Carolina Art Society for!
a gift
#i Mrs. Arnngtoii. This picture
I I be shown in the permanent!
Mbfriirr. o be opened in the Agri^Hiral
E'lilding at Raleigh.
picture,
hoc h?en Oil display at the
( Walter hotel at Raleigh, The
Is and Observer says that the
K Me.chers canvass show a
lo mair.y and a white child, and
pemed particularly fitted to be
E in :he North Carolina Art
pum as it portrays the tradiEl
devotion of a black mammy
I white child.
n presenting it to the State,
I Arrington states that it was
E in memory of the faithfulness I
Ifprth Carolina mammy.
Hugh the canvass is small, it
laractfristic of the work which
made G'iri Melchers one of the
most living American painters,
I whicr won for him places in
lire leading galleries in this
[try and abroad, including the
smburj, the National Galleries
erlin, the .Metropolitan Museum
Chicago Art Institute. He has
gold medals and signal honors
ever re has exhibited. In 1905
as mi.de an officer of the Leg
I of Honor."
ist night William Steen pleased
imber of art lovers at the librwith
a enjoyable talk on art.
Steen is a member of the Naal
Academy and a painter of
I. He spends his Winters at
pel H11 where he is now enfd
in printings for the alumni
Iciatior. He was a guest of Mrs.
pigton's while in the city,
lilliam T. Polk of Warrenton
I make a talk on collections and
Jin gereral Monday,
lie Wo nan's club is pleased with
Irecepnon the pictures are reIng,
a number commented last
It. "We hope that ethers will
I advartage of the opportunity."
Ik success of the exhibit is due
|he Woman's club, to the genPty
cf Mrs. Arrington, and to
luntirmg efforts of Charles A.
wno furnished the contact
f tile Landscape club and who
I given much time to the arJemen
of the pictures and to
Isary publicity in order that the!
c mijht have an opportunity!
Wing the paintings. I
ncert of Blind I
Musician Pleases
iPrognm of classical music and!
time favorites was enjoyed at!
Kvarrentcn school auditorium on!
Fay right when Edgar Hickam,!
fc ffiuican, gave a violin con-1
J He vas accompanied by Miss!
F bamerson. teacher of music!
Warrenton school.
proximately 200 persons wore!
fit. Funds netted will be used!
H>ariois school activities. Praise!
the concert has hPPl"t (roriovol
O""-'"1' I
Btabers Make Big 1
I Jiaul At Haithcock's
nknov.n robbers made a heavy 1
upon the stock of C. S. Haith-1
V- merchant at Marmaduke,!
Rirday evening. Clues are being!
^Bwed by officers but no arrests!
irtruders trundled away!
H1 seven barrels of flour, 800!
hds of sugar, seven or eight tubs!
Wl-^d, four or five bags of meal, |
M^otth of pocket knives, and ^
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Builds Exact Mo
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Here is an exact replica of Comr
monoplane "Floyd Bennett" built t
d'hotel of the Great Northern Hotel,
of aluminum and duralumin. It h:
inches long, weighs 102 pounds and
motors which revolve them at a sp
The original of that model is uow <
GRAND OLD MAN,
STATE, DIES SUDE
RALEIGH Feb. 21.?The body of
Benjamin Rice Lacy, treasurer of
North Carolina for twenty-eight
years, who died Thursday morning
at 10:30 o'clock at his home in the
city, will lie in the State in the
rotunda of the State Capitol building,
where he had been for so
long a familiar and honored figure,
Friday from 12 to 2:30 o'clock, and
the funeral services will follow at
3 o'clock at the First Presbyterian
church of which he was a member
and an official.
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Mr. J-iacy, who was it yeais ui i
age, had been a sufferer from heart
trouble and asthma for many years
and his death followed a severe1
heart attack Wednesday night. He
had been confined to his home for
the past ten days by illness.
Flag At Half Staff
The flag on the capitol fluttered
at half staff Thursday in memory
of the departed State official and
drapery of black and white was being
hung, particularly in the rotunda
where the body will lie in
State. The State offices-"were closed
immediately to remain closed
until after the funeral. j
Both Houses of the General Assembly
paid tribute to the late
treasurer at the outset of Thursday
morning's sessions. The Senate
Negro Who Shot
Windsor Policeman
In Jail At Raleigh
RALEIGH, Feo. 21.?With five
pistol wounds in his body, Percy
Miller, negro, alleged slayer of
Chief of Police Pat White of Windsor,
was in State's Prison Wednesrr
r~?onrH "n cr t.llP
uajr J.U1 -?_
time he will be carried back to
Windsor on March 17 to stand
trial for his life in Bertie County
Superior Court.
Miller was captured Tuesday
night at Harrell's Quarter on the
Roanoke River in Bertie County by
Sheriff John W. Cooper of Bertie,
who with two other officers, rushed
Miller to State's Prison to avoid
any attempt to lynch him. Feeling
has been running very strong
in Bertie since Chief White was
killed when he interrupted a crap
game and was allegedly shot by
Miller.
Sheriff Cooper and his aides arrived
at State's Prison about 1:39
o'clock Wednesday morning with
Miller. At the prison Wednesday
afternoon it was said Miller, was
getting along fairly well despite his
weakened condition caused by the
five pistol wounds in his body.
Miller told the officers that he
lay in the Indian Woods swamp
for two and one-half days while
200 men searched for him. At one
time bloodhounds searching for
him passed within fifty feet of the
negro, he said.
A LINDBERGH LETTER
In opening the new Pan-American
air mail line, Colonel Charles
Lindbergh brought on the first
flight a letter to an inhabitant of
Warrenton. The message came
through the air and then by train
to Mrs. R. Z. Egerton from Mrs. J.
C. Myrick of the Canal Zone.
MINISTREL SHOW
A blackface minstrel will be given
at the Afton-Elberon school auditorium
on Friday evening, March
, at 8 o'clock, according to a letter
received yesterday.
Mrs. Venerable Lawson of South
Boston, va., is spending this week
with her husband wno is buying
tobacco for the Imperial Tobacco
Co. on this market.
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New York City. The plane is built
is a swing span of 96 inches, is 66
! itg propellors are powered by tiny
eed of 1500 revolutions per minute,
circling over Antarctic wastes.
TREASURER OF
>ENLY AT RALEIGH
and House voted that when they
adjourned today it should be in respect
to the memory of the veteran
state official. Judge Francis D.
Winston, Representative from Bertie,
made the motion in the House.
In the Senate, Senator Willie M.
Person first made a motion for immediate
adjournment, but it was
amended, on motion of Senator
Lawrence, so as to apply after the
transaction of business.
"If Ben Lacy were here today,"
Lawrence said, "he would tell us
'attend to your duties first."' Both
Lawrence and Person spoke briefly
1 in trobute to Mr. Lacy.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the First Presbyterian
church Friday at 3 o'clock, conductor!
hv tbp nnstor. T")r. W. McC.
White, and interment will be in
Oakwocd cemetery.
Survivying Mr. Lacy are his
widow, who was Mary Burwell, of
Raleigh, and the following children:
Mrs. R. Y. McAden of Raleigh; Dr.
Bsn Lacy Jr. of Richmond; Mrs.
Charlie Ross of Fayetteville; Mrs.
J. J. Lane and Misses Frances and
Nan Lacy of Raleigh; and Dr.
Thomas Lacy of Moyock. One sister,
Mrs. Agnes Van Wagenen of
New York, and a brother, Dr. John
Lacy of Miami, Ariz., also survive.
Asks Citizens To
Communicate With
Office of Sheriff
"All persons wishing to get in
touch with me are asked to communicate
with Miss Gayle Tarwater
in the office of Sheriff Wilof
Warrorttrvn 99 Mrs. .Tne S.
I iidlllO ClU II BIMWI
Jones, county infancy and maternity
nurse, said yesterday.
Succeeding Mrs. O. D. Williams,
who resigned, Mrs. Jones assumed
her duties as county nurse on February
1. Mrs. Jones was county
nurse here several years ago. She
was succeeded by Mrs. Williams.
j Historical Society
Offers Wrist Watch
A wrist watch has been offered
by a member of the County Historical
society for the most meritorious
contribution to the history
of Warren county. The paper must
be documentary, giving information
as follows:
First, In regard to the Indian
tribes who inhabited this section
j prior to the English colonists.
Second, It must treat of the Colonial
period, discussing schools i
and education, earliest churches,1
social and political life and general
activities of the colonists.
Third, It must discuss the passing
of Bute county and formation
Worrori
U-L rvaiivii>
Fourth, It must show Warren's
part in the several wars in wnich
our country has engaged and discuss
conditions in Warren during
I the period of reconstruction.
! Fourth, xj must give due con'
sideration to outstanding men,
| women and events.
Fifth, It must mention places or
shrines of special interest. They
should be accompanied by photographs,
where possible.
The value of the paper may be
further enhanced by copies of old
documents, Bible records, etc. A
bigligraphy should be attached to
the paper.
"There is no age limit in this
contest and it is hoped that the
value of the prize may induce members
of the Historical society and'
other adults to enter the contest,
which closes July 4th," an interested
citizen said yesterday. J
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OF V/ARREH, N. C., FRID/
Citizens Walk With
Stiff Legs As Sleet
Covers The Ground
No; Warrenton persoo|^fl^H
lost their 'ligion 9-"
in an
Jt WP PHused
C9ff* -gged yester-W
might, for the
-that painted a landscape
tlPTo' master can equal, with Its
covered trees and dangling ioecycles,
afforded a precarious footing yesterday.
In addition wires were \ broken
down and Warrenton people were
without electricity until nearly
noon. A blown fuse and frozen
switch caused the Peck Manufacturing
Co. several hours loss. The
switch could not be thrown to
change the blown fuse until work-'
men of the Carolina Power and
Light Co. braved the danger and
mounted the loaded wires to chip
ice away.
Yesterday afternoon the sleet had
turned to mush and citizens were
wishing for rain, rising temperature,
or both.
Officers Make Raid
Near Virginia Line
"It was the prettiest still we ever
raided," R. O. Snipes, deputy sheriff
of Warren, said here yesterday in
commenting on a raid made on
February 18. The officers have been
rather busy of late in chasing after
contraband outfits and after telling
of other raids the deputy went into
details about the raid of February
18.
Deputies Snipes and Frank Neal,
accompanied by Weldcn Hall, raided j
the plant near the Virginia line.
Five men were present and the still
was going full blast, Deputy Snipes
said. But as the officers approached
the moonshiners slipt across the
Virginia line, only a few paces away,
and were safe from pursuit.
The Warren officers destroyed
3,000 gallons of beer and about fifteen
gallons of whiskey and smashed
the plant. Later they fcuncl near
the same place about twelve gallons j
of the contraband.
The still was constructed of cop-i
per and had a 40-foot copper worm,
according to Mr. Snipes. The worm
extended for 20 feet under the river,
doubled, and returned in a parellel
line. The capacity of the outfit was
125 gallons.
Raiding a steam outfit located in
Parkton, Shocco township, on February
2, Deputies Neal and Snipes
and Fred Egerton destroyed 1,500
gallons of beer and about ten gallons
of whiskey.
a nnnnor. cHii nf 30 eallons caD
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acity fell prey to Officers Neal and
Snipes on February 6. They destroyed
450 gallons of beer.
Mrs. M. E. Cawthorne
Die;s Warren Plains
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cawthorne,
71, died at her home at Warren
Plains on last Friday morning at
2:30 o'clock. Cerebral hemmorage
was the cause of death. She had
been in feeble health for about a:
year.
The funeral was conducted on
Saturday afternoon by the Rev. B.
N. de Foe-Wagner, rector of Emmanuel
Episcopal church, of which
Mrs. Cawthorne was a communicant
and active worker for many years.'
Mrs. Cawthorne is survived by j
two sons, John and Wallace Cawthorne
of Warren Plains; two
daughters, Mrs. Malcolm Stewart
and Miss Mary Cawthorne of
Warren Plains; five brothers, H. B.
White, Boyd White and Chfarles
White of Drewry, Wallace White of
Henderson, and John White of
Gibson, and by one sister, Miss
Netai White of Drewry.
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JLjlIllUdy JUdVIVll T W IV1I |
Stop Flow Power Here,
Limbed frosted heavily with sleet (
tumbled across the power lines of
the Carolina company early yesterday
morning and interrupted service
until 10:30 o'clock. Most of the
damage was on the Main street line
near the Baptist church.
Supt. G. J. Farmer and James C.
Moore worked with Linesman P. E.
Lewis and Baker Plummer to repair
the damage as rapidly as possible.
The fire siren line was torn
down for a long distance, but general
current was flowing along the
wires before 11 o'clock.
j REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Only one transfer of real estate
has been recorded during the past
[ week in the office of the clerk of i
i court, that of H. L. Falkener, trustee,
to the heirs of Tasker Polk.
Stem
k Y 22, 1929
XT X iT?JX,.. -
ln cw marine
Corps Head
... Major General Wendell C. Neville,
above, is the new commandant
of the U. S. marine c6rps. He
was appointed recently by President
Coolidge to succeed Major
General John A. Lejeune, resigned.
Neville is an Annapolis
graduate of 1S92 and was made
teajor general in 1923.
Negoes Pay Fine
And Cost As Result
Of A Recent Affray
Sol Kearney and Trim Williams
Davis, negroes are out of pocket
quite a bit as a result of a recent
affray that landed the pair in Recorder's
court here on Monday.
Kearney was taxed $10 and onehalf
the cost. The remainder of
the cost and a $25 fine was Davis'
lot.
George Woodard will have to face
a Superior court :fudge. When he
appeared here before Judge Rodwell
on Monday morning on a
charge of larceny and store breaking,
the Recorder transferred the
case to the higher court for lack of
jurisdiction
Possession of liquor cost John O.
Green, Warrenton negro, $10 and
cost and his booze was confiscated
to boot. Sheriff Williams, Deputy
Neal and Chief Drake paid a visit to
a negro barber shop here on last
Saturday and Green was arrested as
a result.
R. C. W. Hecht Dies
As Result of Auto
Wreck Near Manson
R. C. W. Hecht of Ridgeway died
in the Henderson hospital yesterday
morning at 4 o'clock as a result of
an automobile accident at Manson
Tuesday. The car which Mr. Hecht
was driving turned over several
times at the curve just west of
Manson on Tuesday. The cause is
not known.
Funeral services will be held in
the Lutheran church at Ridgeway
on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Hecht was born in Germany
72 years ago. For many years he
had lived in the Ridgeway section
where he gained the reputation of a
successful farmer. He is survived by
his widow and several children.
Wise P.T.A. To Take
Part In Celebration
WISE, Feb. 21.?Wise high school
will celebrate Warren County Day
on Friday February 22, at 7:30
o'clock. A very interesting program
is being arranged by faculty and
students including on outside speaker.
The Parent-Teacher association
will hold its February meeting in
connection with this and some very
important business is to be discussed.
Loyalty to home, county and
school will bring a large number
to the school auditorium Friday
night.
Former Warren Man
Dies At Forest City
FOREST CITY, N. C., Feb. 21?
Austin Allen, who haa been making
his home here for some time, died
this morning after a lingering illness.
He was the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Allen of Axtel,
Warren county.
The body will leave here late tonight
for Enfield where the funeral j
services will be conducted Friday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
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School Fol
County Birt
School Here Joins
Others In Program
Of Sesquicentennial
Exercises at the John Graham
u:/?u iui. i i?
mgu auuuui iius morning m ooservance
of Warren county day in
the schools, will be featured by an
address from Miss Edna Allen, and
by a program in which school
Leaders will review the days of old
Warren. The program commences
at 10:30 o'clock, after invocation by
the Rev. Dr. J. T. Gibbs. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
The morning's program follows:
Song, "America"; Invocation, Dr.
Gibbs; "Why We Observe Warren
County Days," talk, Mr. Beach;
"Sketch of Old Bute County," John
Welch; "Historical Sketch of Warren
County," Helen Gibbs.
"Warren's Response to the Call
to Arms," Alice Burwel; "The Resources
of Warren County," Katleen
Capps; Address, Miss Edna
Allen; "Warren County Hymn,"
school; Report from grades on
Memorial fund.
The school children of the county
have been asked to contribute
five cents per capita as a nucleus to
the triple marker to the memory of
cu: three Warren county governors,
James Turner, 1802-05; William
Hawkins, 1811; and William Miller,
1814-17. Governor Hawkins
died in 1812. Others interested
wili be given an opportunity to contribute
to the marker later.
A similar program with different
speakers will be carried out at all
of the high schools in the county.
The smaller schools will also render
programs.
Company "B" Boys
Victors In Contest
Taking the lead at the start Co.
"B" defeated the Bunn quintet
here on Monday night in a fast,
i i i.uA of oc on
ciean game uy me wuu> ui
The Junior Order team of Bunn,
known as the Bunn Amateurs, enjoy
the reputation of being the
however, didn't seem to handicap
best in Eastern Carolina. That fact,
the locals, for they held them from
the start.
Tdi'rell, Weldon and Mptt Overby
starred for Co. "B", Richardson
and Winston taking the honors for
"The Amateurs."
Company "B" journeyed to
Louisburg last night to meet this
same team where they contested
for the championship.
Warrenton's line-up was as follows:
Overby, right forward; Weldon,
left forward; Daniel, center;
Terrell, right guard; Prescott, left
guard; Overby, left guard.
Bunn's line-up: Richardson, right
forward; Winston, left forward;
Harton, center; White, right guard;
Strickland, left guard; Miller, left
guard.
Tonight Co. "B" plays the Durham
Machine Gun Ci>. here in the
new armory.
rDTC. nt>Af crpvirPS
"Luxury, the Assailant of the
Adolescent," will be the morning
sermon subject at Emmanuel
church, Warrenton, and "Envy, the
Mastery of Meanness," will be discused
at the evening hour by the
Rev. B. N. de Foe-Wagner. The
minister says "all are invited to
these special studies." Services will
be held at the Church of the Good
Shepherd, -Ridgeway, at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
MRS. HOWELL'S MOTHER DEAD
Mrs. D. B. Howell was called to
Bertie county this weex on account
of the illness and death of her
mother, Mrs. C. W. Spruill. She
died on Tuesday and was buried
near Windsor on Wednesday. The
sympathy of Warrenton friends is
being extended Mrs. Howell.
CHILD DIES
Bettie Gore Miller, 16-months-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Miller of North Warrenton, died at
Rex hospital, Raleigh, on Tuesday
night. Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday afternoon by the
Rev. Mr. Davis, pastor of the North
Warrenton church.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
White?H. A. Gray and Miss Ruby
Pulley; N. C. Henderson and Miss
Mae Weldon.
Negro?Junius Higgs and Emma
Towns; Robert Person and Rosa1
Barnes; Arthur Lee Jones and Mary
E. Burwell; James Edward Debson'
and Jessie E. Davis; J esse Alston 1
and Ada Belle.
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MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
NUMBER 8
ks Observe
hday Party
Old Warren's 150th Anniversary
Serves To uecall
Deeds Of Its Citizens
Of Yesteryear
SOME NOTABLE FIGURES
County Was Formed From
Bute On Feb. 12, 1779;
Home Of Famous Men
Today in all the schools of
the county the sesquicentennial
of the formation of Warren
county is being celebrated
with programs of historical
papers, speeches and
patriotic songs. It is true
that the celebration takes
place just ten days late, for
the division took place on
February 12, 1779, but the
event loses none of its ardor
on that account.
Ashamed and too patriotic
to longer bear the obnoxious
name of Bute, its citizens one hundred
and fifty years ago, through
its representatives, divided the
county, naming one section in honor
of Joseph Warren, hero of Bunkers
Hill, and the other in honor
of that great patriot Benjamin
Franklin.
At one time Warren and Franklin
counties were a part of Granville.
In the year 1764 Granville
was divided and Bute was formed
and named after the Earl of Bute.
This personage made himself so
obnoxious by his behavior in die
trying days preceding the Revolution
and during that struggle that
its inhabitants rebelled. It has not
been for nothing that the legend
has arisen that "There were no
Tories in Bute."
For thirteen years tne name of
the ill-famed English Earl. And
then Warren was formed and the
story of its formation is today being
told in the schools from one
end 01 the cotinty to the other.
1
The hardy pioneers that first
crossed the Roanoke from Virginia
and settled in what is now Warren
county were probably too busy to
think about making history, it was
their lot to conquer the wilderness.
But the deeds of these men and
women and their descendants have
made history of which no county
need to be ashamed and in which
the present generation takes just
pride.
Way back in the days of 1764
when Granville county was formed
from Edgecombe, William Eaton and
Edward Jones went from the section
which is now Warren county
as Granville's first representatives
in the General Assembly.
Tom Person, one of the early
patriots of what afterwards became
Warren, was with Richard Caswell,
the State's first governor, one of the
two men the governor sent word to
the Regulators at Alamance that he
would not pardon. General Jethro
Sumner, a leader in the fight for
Ampricnn Tnrienendence. was from
this county. He was buried in Warren
but was moved several years
ago to the Guilford Battle Ground
near Greensboro.
Warren county's first representatives
in the General Assembly were
Senator Nathaniel Macon and Representatives
John Macon and Joseph
Hawkins.
Nathaniel Macon, born in this
county in 1757, leaving Princeton
univeifity, served as a private in
the Revolutionary war for several
years before being called to the
legislative service of his country, in
which role he achieved fame. He
was elected to the State senate in
1782 and was succeeded there by his
brother, John Macon, in 1785.
Nathaniel was elected to congress in
1791, and was speaker of the national
house of representatives from
1800-1816 when he was sent to the
senate where he served until his
resignation in 1828 to return to his
? 1? ?- Tjrt
home on tne. KoanoKe rivetic uicu
nine years later. Macon, at his request,
was buried on his plantation
and stones from the nearby fields
covered the mound. John Randolph
of Roanoke said of him: "He was
the wisest man I ever knew."
During Mr. Macon's service in
congress, Warren county also furnished
three governors of the State,
James Turner, William Hawkins
and William Miller. James Turner
later went to the senate and was
there with Macon while Weldon N.
Edwaids of Warren was a member
of the lower house of congress snd
William Miller, another son of the
lounty, was governor of North
Carolina, and John Hall, during the
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