laccurate,
terse
timely
L'fil.t'ME XXiX
SfAND His
'flAN? ESCAPE
r!,ale:7shm1,der d^sl?"
Lon,eH \Vhen Plane Crashes
caJnedMe\ico City Landing
vrist awji bbu1sed
' nP7 r^rtl
I MEXICO CITY. Fe0.
Ifcarles A Lindbergh and his darkled
fiancee. Miss Anne Spencer
^How. were saved from injury or
Kh this afternoon by the famKs
aviator's skill u hen their plane
fashed and turned over as Lindfrgh
attempted to land it with
fe smashed wheel at Valbuena
flying Field.
Lindbergh's right shoulder was
f slightly dislocated" and had to be j
le-set. His wrist was bruised also.l
Miss Morrow was not injured, al- 1
Mhough badly shaken and fright-j
I Lindbergh's shoulder was re-set!
It the Lady Cowdray Hospital,
Ihere he was taken after an unfuccessful
attempt to administer'
fnaesthitic had been made at the
fnbasy. The anaesthetic was
Hven the flier at the hospital while I
fe had the shoulder reset. I
I Later he returned to the embas-j
I' and was able to sit up and talk
Her the mishap with his fiancee,
Hid her iamily. They were all dis*
* A ~ I
II to discuss the accident m a
t manner.
ibergh returned to Valbuena
to inspect his plane at 6:20.
ibergh circled the plane over
>ld before landing this afterand
then, as the plane ded,
he waved his arm to the
n officials, signalling them
e knew the right wheel was
id.
officials acknowledged the
but were unable to offer
ly assistance, as the plane)
was sweeping rapidly down
the field.
Lindbergh's skill in handlplane
which had lost its
vheel in leaving a nearby
field, appeared to have
he affianced couple from
injury when the craft tumver
after racing along for
10 yards on the flying field,
lier and Miss Morrow were
len they came from the
1 machine.
'tors, who had witnessed
J-off from Valbuena Field,
? ~r _ j
^wucu iu uie siue ui uie uamageu
^Kne?an awful moment when it
^ts feared both occupants might
^Bt have escaped so lightly.
^ '1 have nothing to say." Lind^Brgh
told reporters as he attempt^B
to compose himself after being
^ sured his fiancee was not injur^B
He added, however, that the
^Kht wheel was lost when they
^Bided at an adjacent field be^Been
the time of their return
^Bom a pleasure flight of about
^Bree hours.
Calls Him "Augustus"
^ 'Augustus will speak for me,"
Hid Miss Morrow, looking anx^ isly
at the tall, blonde aviator
^^iose nerve and skill had saved
I? from disaster when he reald
the plane would be landed on
t wheel. Augustus is Lindbergh's
ddle name.
Lindbergh insisted that the crash
fs not an accident, but merely a
phap." The machine was runPS
at a slow speed when it turnl
over, due to the aviator's careI
handling, and for that reason
jjp probably the damage was no
MFm
1Cent Haircut And
iegro Girl Said To I
Be Cause Shooting!
A girl and a fifteen cents hair I
B or so rumor has it, is respon-1
^Bf for Chicken Wiiljams being 1
ugitive from the law, and fori
Hhd Alston lying at his home in 1
Bdy Grove recovering from thel
yfe of a bullet ploughing |
ough one side of his head. I
A dispute over slow payment of!
Bab cut is said to have been the 1
i^Baediate cause of the shooting,!
1 ihe fact that Chicken Wil-l
B15 and ?avid Alston, negroes,)
i^jed with fond eyes on the same.
yas a contributory factor. I
^B^n "Williams asked Alston to|
B tom 15 cents for a hair cuti
the week beiore and was!
his pay the next day, it!
^ that Williams jerked a!
Bpbte Pistol and shot Alston!
ihe head. 'Williams es-l
Hp Dr. Macon was summoned!
Bj^ndered aid and David
^ wovering. 1
flK 5tL?oting occurred late Sat-'
htar Siiady Grove.
-1.
Check Flashers
Nailed Into Judge
Rodwell's Court
Names on checks and no funds In
bank were responsible for two out
of the three cases tried in Recorder's
court here on Monday. Case
number three dealt with liquor.
W. H. Davis was charged with
erivine a worthless cherlr .TuHcrment.
was suspended upon p(ayn^ent of
cost.
T. N. Hunt was fined the costs
and $2 for the benflt of the prosecuting
witness when he was found
guilty of giving a worthless check.
Sylvester Hunter was before the
Recorder on a charge of possessing
whiskey. Judgment was suspended
upon payment of cost.
Flames Destroy
Brooder House And
Chicks On Saturday
Maybe it was because the business
men were already en route
downtown and had a good start, so
to speak. At any rate, when the
fire siren sounded here Saturday
morning at 8:30, numbers of local
citizens were at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Haithcock and
had a good wait before the local
fire company appeared.
A flaming brooded house was the
cause of the alarm. It was hardly
the work of a half minute to extinguish
the blaze after the water
poured from the nozzle. But before
that time "Mr. Haithcock has lost
his brooder house, his brooder and
about 85 ten day old chickens.
"I had one hundred thoroughbred
chickens in the house," Mr.
Haithcock commented yesterday. A
few bad died, as the first ten days
are always the hardest with young
chicks. It was hard luck that they
1 9 - J. 11 1 J L.
were Duraea just as mey naa govten
through the most dangerous
period."
Comrades Remember
When Daughter Of
Veteran Day Dies
Adversities come. The memory of
that comradship of the days of the
World War remains. And so it was
that when E. H. Day of Norlina
was down on his luck with one
child ill with diptheria a'nd another
wrapped in the calm sleep of death
that his buddies of Limer Post
01 the American Legion remembered.
Jessie Virginia Day, three-yearold
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.
H. Day, was taken ill on Wednesday
morning and died that night.
Funeral arrangements were made
bv the local Dost of The American
Legion and yesterday a guard of
honor, composed of Commander
Claude Bowers, Henry Montgomery,
Will Harris, Faulk Alston, Harold
Skillman and Oscar Willams, accompanied
the body to Rosemary
where interment was made.
Officers Destroy
Huge Liquor Plant
WISE, Feb. 28.?Federal Officers
Wickam, Wilcox and Easter working
out of Richmond and Deputy
Sheriff W. E. King of Warren
county, destroyed a huge plant at
4 p. m. Saturday on the old Boyd
Rusell farm one-fourth mile from
Roanoke river. The operators
had completed the run 'evidently
and had refilled the boxes less than
an hour before the officers arrived.
The fire had not gone out and the
mash had not become wet through.
A 500-gallon steam doubler was destroyed
and ten boxes of mash
which would have produced about
4,800 gallons of beer.
Coming up a path from the still
the men met a Negro woman going
to a Spring. Asked what she
knew about the still, she exclaimed
in terror, "I swear 'fore God. I
never seen one." A few hundred
yards farther a Negro man, Sylvester
Hunt, was seen to run into
a house and out again with a container
in his hand in which was
about a pint of whiskey. He was
placed under arrest, but it was
evident that he had nothing to do
with the plant. He said he thought
they would search the house, but
it was all right if he took his pint
out doors. His mother is sick with
pneumonia and he said the pint
was medicine.
Hunt faced Judge Rodwell in
Recorder's court at Warrenton on
Monday. Judgment as suspended
upon payment of cost.
The quickest way to make yourself
miserable is to start wondering
why you aren't happier, <
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WARRENTON, C
Scene and CI
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BMW?l?P
Here are the scene and principal
monies to be enacted in Washingtc
and Charles Curtis become 31st pi
United States. Chief Justice WJ1!
president, with the exception of I
administer the oath of office to J;
capitol, after ceremonies in the Ser
into office.* The inaugural ceremon
and simple, but custom has added
tures. ^Preparations have been mt
elaborate inaugurals in recent year
Writings Of The
Late T. J. Taylor
May Be Published
Some of the writings of the late
Dr. T. J. Taylor will be published
if plans of his niece, Miss George
C. LaCoste, are carried out. This
was made known yesterday in a
communication from that lady to
The Warren Record.
Desiring1 to further show their
love and loyalty to the late Dr.
? ? " t nAvi<llA+An otl/1
Tayior, mrs. v. ju. itcuuicia/ai cu1u i
Mrs. C. N. Williams have returned
to Miss LaCoste $225 which she
paid for a monument to her uncle.
"This generous gift," she said,
"will enable me to publish some of
my uncle's writings, and thus he
shall go again into the homes of
those he loved and whom he served
for 41 years.
"Many friends have urged me to
publish his 'Old Times In Warren.'
I will endeavor to do this soon."
Dr. Thomas Jerome Taylor, former
beloved minister of Warrenton,
after working among the people of
Warrenton for 41 years died at his
home here on April 8th, 1926. The
character of the man and his ability
as a writer will lend interest to
publication of his writing, it is
predicted here.
Teams Lead In Both
Games With Weldon
Basketball teams of John Graham
high school struck the stride
of spectacular play here Monday
night to win from both teams of
Weldon in fast games at the Co.
"B" armory, the old Opera House.
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The gins won sy wj <si, uuu ww
21 to 16.
Pettis Terrell, playing by special
permission in the first half of the
high school game, stepped gingerly
along the court to hurl goal after
goal. Woodrow Parker followed him
in thq second half. Tall Jack Shannon,
Short Red Drake and Bishop
Robinson, with John Hudgins made
up the rest of Warrenton's shortsuited
warriors.
Anna Weaver, a member of the
Afton-Elberon championship team
last year, was a star forward for
the Warrenton girls. She seemed to ;
have uncanny accuracy when it
came to tossing the ball accurately.
Edith Terrell, playing the other forward,
was in the game every minute.
Belle Mullen, Emily Reid, and
Leah Terrell made up the rest of an
aggressive team.
John Hunter Newell served very
acceptably as referee and those who
attended the contests were much
pleased.
START NIGHT SESSIONS TO
WIND UP PRESENT SESSION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27?The
Senate went into a night session
tonight in an effort to wind up the
work on the second deficiency appropriation
bill. Roll call after roll
call was forced by Senator Harrison,
Democrat, Mississippi, who is
fighting the House reapportionment :
bill, next in line, on the Senate's i
jalendar. i
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OUNTY OF WARDEN, N. C.,
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tiief Characters in
WBSmSr pRS $ M- - Hi
characters of the traditional cere- / J
tn, Match 4, Avhen Herbert :Hoover /1
esident and .vice president*of the 1If
liam H. Taft, the oi)ly. living ex- 11
Lhe outgoing chief executive, will \M
ioover on the east pi(??ico^f the \1
late chamber have indqetedi Curtis \
ies proper are comparatively brief ^
inaugural address and oth|r feaide
this year for one of thf roost
* Ifll
Teeth To Be Subject F
Of Branch's Lefeture 1
Dr. Ernest A. Branch, Sta^e director
of Oral Hygiene, will lecture on
fV?o cfmmfiira onH Pfirp hf t.iiA
U11U Ul/A UVUU1 W W?*u w>* V <w? w w _
at the next meeting of the Warren- F
ton Parent-Teacher association ^
which will be held on Friday, March
15, Dr. H. N. Walters, local 4?htist, h'
announced yesterday, rc
Illustrating1 his lecture with X-ray .
pictures, some of which were made
of mouths of children in Warren, a
and stereoption slides, Mr. Branch ec
will begin with the prental develop- |"c
ment of the teeth and carry the i?
process through until the permanent
teeth are in place. a.'
si
Measles Destoys &
2 Perfect Records _
F
For many years they had attend- c
ed school with a perfect attendance
record, but this week Elizabeth and
Pettis Rodwell, children of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Rodwell of Warren h(
? - ? in
Plains, are ansent. "
Elizabeth and Pettis are confined ec
to their home for a few days with W
measles. Elizabeth is in the seventh W
giade and Pettis is in the tenth
grade at the John Graham high So
school. This is the first time either B;
have ever been absent from school. &
Dr. Branch will address a county
teachers meetings here March 16. ?
Alston Enjoys Cruise
In Southern Waters
ai
"We found them 75 miles from hi
shore off Florida, drifting to sea, p<
with a cargo of liquor. Their rud- m
der had gone bad and they had ei
been helpless for three days. The ti
captain took the two men on board w
and left the whiskey in the small ui
open boat." This was one of the ^
comments yesterday from Herbert ds
Alston, poplar Warrenton citizen,
in describing incidents of a short ^
trip to the Bahamas, Vera Cruz ai
and Mexico City which he made ^
with Nick Alston of Ne^ York and cc
Wrarenton. "Mr. Herbert" came
home yesterday. ^
He was much impressed with g)
Mexico Citv. "Wonderful scenery, ??
" v>a
fine climate, and we had a good ^
time." They spend a day at Ha- ^
vana, and enjoyea many other tl]
points of interest as well as the fine
cuisine on the boat and the unex- p<
pected incidents of any pilgrimage, b
CHAPLIN SERIOUSLY ILL
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27.?A sud- th
den relapse, accompanied by a tem- tv
perature of 101 degrees, today caus- ge
ed Dr. Cecil Reyn61ds, noted brain m
specialist, to remain at the bedside
of Charles Chaplin, film actor, who at
is extremely ill. Dr. Reynolds said &
that Chaplain had developed in- Wi
testinal influenza and that his condition
was serious.
SHARKEY GETS DECISION 0f
Flamagino Park, Miami Beach, tr
Fla., Feb. 27.?Jack Sharkey of se
Boston won the decision over W. L. w
Stribbling in a ten-round bout ry
here tonight. lei
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FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 192:
Inauguralfe _
rank Allen Hurt
When Thrown From
A Road Machine
I
Painfully but not seriously hurl,
rank Allen, road supervisor of
rarrenton township, is confined to
is bed with a bruised shoulder and
2ad as a result of a fall from a
>ad machine on Monday morning.
Mr. Allen was working the roads
tst north of the ice plant when
sudden jerk by the tractor causi
him to lose his balance on the
>ad machine and topple off. He
nded on his neck and shoulder,
e was carried to his home here
id has been confined to his bed
nee. A member of the family said
jsterday that he was quite sore
s a result of the fall.
'uneral Services Held
or Mrs. J. T. Ayscue
Mrs. J. E. T. Ayscue died at her
ime at Inez on Tuesday morng.
Funeral services were conductl
at the home by the Rev. S. E.
'right, Methodist minister, on
'ednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Ayscue is survived by four
ns, Herbert, Dave, Percy and
liley Ayscue, and by one married
lughter.
krt Exhibit Draws
Numbers To Library
Judging from general commjent
id personal inspection, the art exKi+
of worrontnn hroueht many
IU1U (tv ?fW??v.- w
;ople to the Warren County Meorial
library and awakened gen ally
an appreciation of the picires
shown. The exhibit, it is said,
as a credit to the Woman's club
ider whose auspices it came to
rarren. The exhibit will end toiy.
The address of Mr. Steen last
hursday night was well received
id the speech of William Polk on
,'onday evening has been highly
mplimented.
Several of the works of art have
;en sold to Warrenton citizens,
ihool children from many sections
me to the library during the exbit
where teachers explained the
ghlights of interest in the picires.
ORCED TO SWALLOW KNIFE
UT THE BLADE WAS CLOSED
TORONTO, Feb. 27?Angered by
ie small amount oi money he had,
io hold-up men tcday forced Anilo
Aygusta to swallow a jack nife
ore than four inches long.
Aygusta said one of his assailants
tempted to make him swallow the
life with the blade open, but the
is closed.
INAUGURAL TRAINS
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27.?The first
two Hoover inaugural special
ains from California with 150 pasngers
aboard was on its way to
ashington today. The second, caring
about 100 excursionists, will
ave here tonight.
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Negro Fired Upon
With Shotgun; Loses
Sight of One Ey<
A victim of an unknown assailant,
Robert Harris, negro, wil
travel through life without thi
sight of one ey#.
Harris was standing talking t<
a girl in the yard at the home o
Walter Snead in Fork township or
Sunday night when ae was firer
upon with a shotgun. Several sho
lodged in his face and one destroyed
the eye. Dr. Macon gave firs
aid. A crowd of negroes weri
gathered at the home of Sledgt
when the shooting occurred.
Armed with a warrant, Deputie
Neal and Snipes went to th<
scene of the shooting and arreste<
Alex Johnston. They went fron
their to the home of Robert Wil
liams. He wa$ not present ant
word was left with his wife that h<
was wanted by the law. Johnstoi
was brought to town and lodged ii
jail. Monday morning William;
came to town and surrendered t<
the officers.
At the preliminary hearing be
fore Magistrate W. C. Pagg nc
evidence could be produced to shov
that the defendants were connecter
in any manner with the shooting
and the case was dismissed.
Haithcock Suffers
A Broken Leg When
Struck By A Tret
Struck by a falling tree, Harvej
Haithcock, white man of neai
Macon, suffered a broken leg or
Monday while cutting timber.
The injured man was brought t<
Warrenton by Maoon Thorntor
and first aid was given by Dr. G
H. Macon. Later Haithcock wa;
taken to Watts Hospital, Durham
where an X-ray was made and th<
limb set. Reports from that citj
last night were that Mr. Haith
cock was convalescing nicely.
Little Smiley Girl
Dies At Hospita
Dorothy Mae Smiley, six-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Env
mett Smiley of North Warren ton
died in a Rocky Mount hospital 01
Tuesday night following an opera'
1 tion.
Funeral services were held at thi
North Warrenton Baptist church a
2:30 by the Rev. R. E. Brickhous<
and interment was made in thi
1 Warren Plains Baptist churcl
cemetery.
Tom Tharrington, 72
Dies At Norlina Home
Tom Tharrington, 72, died at hb
home at Norlina early Tuesda]
morning. Old age was given as th<
cause of death.
Funeral services were held at th<
Macon cemetery on Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, by th(
Rev. R. E. Brickhouse.
Mr. Tharrington had made hb
home in Warren county for a number
of years, at Norlina, Embn
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ana iviauun. nc id oux vivw
widow, seven sons and on<
daughter.
"Aunt Bet" Jones
Dies After Stroke
A village character has passed ir
the death of "Aunt Bet" Jones ai
Warrenton and many of the count]
knew her. "Running on" as usua
on Tuesday that night she wa:
stricken with paralysis and diet
yesterday.
"Aunt Bet" had been a cook anc
then a restaurant operator, but always
"a character." She carriec
original good cheer to many personi
and the folks knew her as one wh(
usually brought the atmosphere ol
interest about her anywhere, an]
time.
Her son, Walter, was with hei
when she was stricken and rendered
every assistance until death released
her spirit.
E. S. ALLEN AT RICHMOND
E. S. Allen, prominent merchant
and citizen of this town, was carried
to Richmond on Tuesday for 8
minor operation. He was accompanied
by Supt. J. Edward Allen
Miss Edna Allen and Gerald Allen
Miss Edna Allen remained at Richmond
with him. He is expected home
within the next two weeks.
SECOND IN HOSE IN U.S.
Washington, Feb. 27.?The Department
of Commerce reports that ol
672 hosiery businesses in the US
in 1927, Carolina was second with
117. Pennsylvania led with 277.
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MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
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NUMBER 9
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WILLIAMS GIVES
. OUTLINE ON BILLS
Representative Explains Purport
Of Patrol Act And
Bill Regarding Sheriff
DISTRICTING BILL IN AIR
Representative B. B*r Williams,
who was in town for the week end,
heard various views of his constituents
in refrence to bills be'
fore the present legislature and
B particular in regard to county mate
ters. He was not committed either
for or against the redisricting plan
s when he returned to Raleigh on
3 Monday afternoon. The legisla1
ture had passed the highway
1 patrol bill, and the bill in regard
" to pay for the sheriff. Since his
departure the bill in reference to
3 a solicitor for the Recorder's court
1 has become law.
1 "Some people had the idea that
5 the patrol bill, which does not be5
come a law if the State bill passes,
was designed to create a special officer
to waylay everybody on the
} roads for some minor infraction of
' the automobile law," Senator Williams
said. My idea in the bill
" was to give police protection to
sections which do not have officers,
he added. "It is provided, too, that
if the work is not satisfactory that
the commissioners may discontinue
it December 1." Senator
i Williams pointed out that police
protection to outlying sections was
f needed, according to his survey of
r the situation, and that he thought
1 the work would be done for the
county at a profit in dollars and in
J general satisfaction.
1 He said that his bill in regard to
' the pay of the sheriff was merely
5 a master to simplify oid laws. "It
^ will not cost the county any more."
Some talk wag heard here yes[
terday in refrence to the provision
in his bill which requires the county
commissioners to pay "bonds of
all county officials. The commissioners
are against this provision,
| according to their minutes.
In a letter last week to the edi.
tor of The Warren Record, Mr.
. Williams said in part:
, "The only bills I have introduced
1 have been several that cover gen
eral Banking conditions throughout
the State, one of which would
5 save the Banks at least $6.00 per
t thousand on all Bonds required to
< be given by Banks.
2 "As to local Legislation I have
1 introduced a bill to place the
Sheriff salary at $5250 which was
the amount given me by the
f County Commissioners as being the
cost of the office to the county.
All fees collected by the sheriff and
his deputy will go into the general
fund. Instead of being an increased
cost to the county, I believe that
it will be a saving to the county of
at least $500 per year.
"It will enable the officers and
auditor and clerk of the court and
sheriff to more easily keep up with
their accounts. The Solicitor's Bill
simply places the solicitor on a
salary of $400 per year and raises
the fee to be ->aia by each defendant
convicted to $4.00 instead of
$3.00. This bill will cost the county
n^tViinor anrf thp solicitor will D6
on a salary and not dependant on
a conviction in order to get his
? pay.
"As to the rural policeman this
j bill was introduced on account of
3 a petition of over 275 names of the
r best and most prominent citizens
1 of my county. This policeman is not
3 a patrol and will not interfere with
I tourists. If a statewide Patrol Bill
passes there will be ro rural policel
man for Warren county. The sal.
ary of a policeman was set at
I $125.00 per month. R. O. Snipes is
5 named in the bill as policeman. At
> the present time Mr. Snipes, in
f my opinion collects at least the
r sum of $100j.00 for serving papers.
Under my bill all papers, arrests,
: etc., made by him will be turned
. into general fund. We have two
. policeman for our town and no
protection at all for the remaining
portion of the county."
Bill In Regard To Auditor
; Representative B. B. Williams in
troduced a bill at Raleigh yesterday
t which would empower the board of
county commissioners to name the f
, auditor for Warren county, rather
. than have him elected as at present.
! STABBING CAUSES PANIC
New York, Feb. 27.?A six foot
iron worker, who police said, went
suddenly insane, stabbed two men
and a boy and threw hundreds of
home going workers in a panic In
. the crowded Time Square subway
l station tonight before he was conquered
by a policeman,
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