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t?TO OPEN TUESDAY Fvnwted To !farint With Golden gopenins Day (6thTqiestion r?1 Kwi'lrehLep^ctinff a good opening. krt Soiifh CaroE eo: s0.8?frnm the East /jf comw > >? prices are too low. I general dissent in Eastern I IJ !0 some of the markets I < d out that the quality I ' jugs has been unusually I' j heavy rams through d they look lor better] Old Belt. The quality in this section is said I than of last year and 12 ; told Hie Warren v hey thought the sea- t nould be above thatu 1 % companies will be 8 the floors by buyers I notvn. R. B. Boyd r . V. Lawson, Im- Is [cGuire. American; c iggett & Meyers; h J. Reynolds; J. b. c V. Hall and J. J./v i??f ?nTO_ jf II-.- with lnaepenucui w?. v Lee number of persons are there for the opening sale. g I many farmers will not my tobacco they will proband to see how prices are ^ j greet friends. Business and c rxa! men as well will be on .. crs and the day will assume re air if the cries of Auc- .. v Jones ascends the scale of ^ M Convict Was j B.t: From Warren J BGE Sept. 19.?Brown cd Bill Wyatt, negro pris- ^ Is tie State, waited a long j make their escape, but is? caught a guard napping it at the State's Prison J in Hiddenite, Alexander i they made their way to s n State's Prison announced 11 siav Both were long term a p. 1 t Jas sent up from Frank- ^ in January, 1921, to r p'?o 20 years for assault with [a kill and Wyatt was sent l E H'amm ..uiivu tuiuilj III OCP" t ^^ ' 319. to serve 19 to 25 years \ degree murder. y remembered by local i ii Willie Wyatt, was sent i :i::'.er.*.:ary tins tolling Simon Watson, a r I 1?! Sbocco township. They w liquor, it is said. ] M -- :;c out Of lea the lower he smashed a water John Green called for time and placed the 1 in the cage. i *"? is a burly negro and ? Hu its county originally with * ... Ip 6dQg. rN1S cLl"R TONIGHT Pr weekly meeting of r??nKiwanis club which Lf tQnight at Hotel L een postponed on acL death of Henry A. v "ot President W. N. LvSam which Dr. H. N. (jwiT R- Strickland had ? given next Friday BAIT>-MORE ? from Ta,g?and Reuben Ht> tini?re yesterday. l pompanied home by * if k? ^as Been sick at r-?. er daughter in that tChaltimore Mr- Fagg ^ p!lsh P^on ship, 138 tat,,. . 15 relating to his -j interesting relics of I V" stained therein. 1'' FOR VETERANS \ K* ^'h of September, 1929,n Btdocfc in parish house 1 ] church the United.c the Confederacy will | M?5*5 to the veterans of the, < Kf' their wives andl fording to Mrs. Paul il are expected to at-ji sM? force next Wednesday. 1 l; CHAMPIONS OF N . i qui ,i ' . .4 . u; .. .it ; iv-:-:, < Above photo shows the Chicag* League, who will battle the Phila Championship of 1929. ro Hold Art Exhibit At Memorial Library Those who attended the art exlibit at the library last year again rill have an opportunity to view vorks of note and, if desired, make mrchases at the Warren Memorial ibrary from October 21-26, it was nnounced this week. The exhibit will be sponsored by he Woman's club, which was reponsible for that of last year when iil paintings were on display. This ear etchings and woodblocks will ompose the exhibit. The exhibits rill be by artists of note and it is reely predicted that many citizens rill attend. The pictures this year will be upplemented by a demonstration xhibit, which is in itself most ineresting and gives a very good idea f the process of etching and woodlock printing, according to a local itizen who has made a study cf he subject. The pictures are lent to tne local Voman's club through the oouresy of the American Federation of irts. Miss Mahood Writes ( 7or Home Companion This month's Woman's Home Companion carries a story, "The oily Jack-o'-Lantern," which was ,-ritten by Miss Julia B. Manooa if Lynchburg, a member of the acuity of the John Graham high chool. It is run in their department, "The Jolly Juniors" and is , story for children, written around iallowe'en, with the pumpkiin, lack cats, witch, broomstick and noon woven into the story. Many friends here are congratuating Miss Mahood. She joins hree other persons in Warren who lave been selling stories to national lublications. W. T. Polk, Mrs. Van C. Davis and Mrs. Charlotte Story 3erkinson have had several stories )ublished within the past six nonths. Revival To Begin At Providence On 29th Revival services will begin at 'rovidence Methodist church at Mton-Elberon on September 29, md continue through the week, he Rev. S. E. Wright, pastor of he Warren circuit, announced yeserday. The Rev. B. P. Robinson has >een conducting a successful re aval at Prospect church at Embro. uarge congregations have been at;ending these services and we feel :hat much good has been accomplished, the Rev. Mr. Wright comnented. MISS BOBBITT PROMOTED Miss Alice Bobbitt, daughter of Vfr. and Mrs. Fletcher Bobbitt of vfacon, has been assigned assistant :upervisor of music in the gramnar schools of Winston-Salem. She also teaches high school :lasses through the eleventh grade n the R. J. Reynolds high school. PERSONAL MENTION Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Jones attended the funeral of Mr. Jim Arrington yesterday afternoon. Mrs. T. Neal Barnett of Richnond and Miss Elise Flippen of tfew York are guests in the home )f Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Rodwell. Mr. R. H. Gregory of Shanghai, 2hina, was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Mr. Jack Coleman of the ship Xittery, United States Navy, was a juest of his sister, Mrs. C. R. Rodveil, this week. - . , iiiiii iriBW "V. Ijr 11* WARRENTON, COUN ATIONAL LEAGUE flpyf*? flw I fimL <iy 3 Cubs, Champions of the National delphia Athletics for the World's Kinsey To Direct American Legion Loyd C. Kinsey, general manager of the Peck Manufacturing Co., and a director of the Bank of Warren, was named commander of Limer Post of the American Legion at their meeting last Thursday evening. Mr. Kinsey has been active in Legion circles for a number of years. Other officers named were: Vice Commanders, Dr. W. F. Mustian, James Russell Palmer, and Thomas I. Gillam; Adjutant, W. Faulk Alston: Finance Officer, Simon M. Gardner: Service Officer, John Rodgers; Guardianship Officer, John W. Adcock; Sergeantat-arms, W. Boyd White; Chaplain, I Rev. S. E. Wright; Historian, S. E. Burroughs; Athletic Officer, John G. Mitchell; Child Welfare Officer, O. D. Williams; Americanism Officer, Harold R. Skillman; Membership Officer, C. A. Tucker; Publicity Officer, Bignall S. Jones. The Executive committee is composed of C. T. Bowers, H. C. Montgomery, Walter M."" Gardner and Jasper W. Shearin. The officers are ' to be installed at the regular meeting of the post on October 10th. Highsmith Speaker At S. S. Convention Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, State supervisor of high schools and superintendent of the First Baptist Sunday school of Raleigh, was the principal speaker at the Warren County Baptist Sunday school convention which will be | held at Norlina on September 29th, j +vio fifth Rnndnv nf the month. Several local speakers will also take J part in the program which is being arranged by J. Edward Allen and J.l Willie White. It will be the first meeting with the Norlina Sunday school in about five years, and persons there are making every effort to provide ample entertainment for the eighteen Sunday schools of the county which are expected. "Families who attend will bring dinner, and these will be served on the grounds," Mr. White says. Reports for the year will be read by each of the Sunday schools *? i-T- ~ represented ana onicers ior mcoming year will be named. Feast Is Postponed When Pot Drops Editor of Warren Record, Sir:? Last Tuesday night a small crowd of friends and relatives gathered at the home of Mr. G. H. Miller to enjoy a rich brunswick stew which was cooked with care, and thick with chicken and meats. The stew was done and ready to serve about 8 o'clock. It was to be served at the I tobacco barn. As they were carrying it frcm the house to the barn the stick through the handle broke, the pot fell, the bottom came out and it all spilled. The crowd of people that followed frowned and walked off. The dogs smiled as to say, people prepare for themselves and the Lord prepare for us. But it was reI j nitrht with barbecue neweu which was enjoyed by the same crowd, however the rain broke up the games and washed much pleasure away. ENJO^. FISHING TRIP After a three-days fishing trip at Oracoke, Edmund White, M. P. J Burwell, Roy Davis, Ollie Ellis of Garysburg and"" John Dameron returned to their homes on Wednesday evening. They reported a fine i outing and fair luck. j > - r mm ?^ TY OF WARREN, N. C., -*1 Judge Orders Three Other Men Jailed In Omsby Murder Case "Butler Jones, Frank Braswell, Rhoden Davis," the voice of the law broke upon a tense court room. Judge Small had just sentenced Harvey Gecrge on Wednesday to not less than two nor more than five years for the death of E. D. Ormsby on the Warrenton-Macon road July 4. The three men, who had been witnesses in the case, came before! the bar. "Sheriff, these men are in your1 custody. Place them in jail. Mr. Clerk, have the grand jury to come into ccurt on Thursday." The other defendant in the origi nal indictment, Rufus Fisher, was freed. The case did not go to the jury as George's attorneys, after a long conference, submitted him as being guilty of manslaughter. Yesterday Harvey George was talking to the grand jury in secret session. Jones, Braswell and Davis were in jail. Jcnes and Braswell are young white men. Rhoden Davis is a negro. The jury commenced hearing testimony in the case near noon on Tuesday. On the night of July 4, upon the request of Harvey George, Constable R. O. Snipes and Deputy Sheriff Frank Neal went from the service station at the intersection of the Macon and Liberia road to a spot on the State highway about a mile and a half from Warrenton. There the officers found E. D. Ormsby, a textile worker, badly battered but still alive^ Lying near him was Rufus Fisher in a drunken stupor, both were on the hardsurfacsd section of the highway on the right hand side of the road with their heads facing toward Warrentcn. The officers went first to Ormsby and made a brief examination. His left arm was broken and there was n nnAM ?i v\ r\ v\ Kin Krtft /I ' I OTT f llOM a suai upuu ino ncau. xncj uiui turned their attention to Fisher, lifting him from the road. As they started for Ormsby a car driven by E. O. Falkner of Henderson came over the slight incline, and passed completely over Ormsby's body, dragging it for about 15 or 20 feet. Mr. Falkner said that his wheels did not touch Ormsby body. Lights cf an approaching car, he testified, blinded him. He stopped his car and came later to Warrenton where he was released by the coroner's jury. They ordered Harvey George and Fisher held. When George came to the filling station, the officers testified, that he tcld them some one had robbed him and taken the switch key out of his car. When they reached the scene of tragedy, George remained in the officers' car. Falkner testified that when he stopped George came over and said, "You was running down the road at 60 miles an hour and have killed a man." Snipes testified that he heard George make that statement. Evidence was brought into the court that there had been a general get-together during the late afternoon in a woods near the scene of d:ath. The State offered a suspender buckle picked up near the fence under which, witnesses believed, seme one had been pulled. It was a thfi one found on I ui AAllJia 1 U UV/1V1V vvr Ormsby, Coroner Pinnell said. Blocd stains were found on George's car light and hair on the radius rod, several witnesses said. The State summoned as witnesses for the trial 21 citizens. Many of these drove by the scene of the accident just after it happened. State witnesses were N. A. Jackson, J. W. Lislss, Butler Jones, Tump Jones, D. M. Weaver, Louis J. Taylor, James Boyce, B. P. Robinson, John Mayfield, Brown Crinkley, Prank Crossan, Rhoden Davis, R. O. Snipes, F. H. Neal, V. T. Reavis, E. H. Pinnell, Joe Braswell, Frank Braswell, Dr. W. D. Rodgers, Dr. G. H. Maccn, Travis Ormsby. George and Fisher were defended hv nenr<?p Green of Weldon and Williams & Banzet. Solicitor Parker was assisted in prosecution by Polk & Gibbs. What the grand jury will develop and another court reveal in reference to the death of Mr. Ormsby remains to be seen. EPISCOPAL SERVICES Morning services will be held at Emmanuel church at 11 o'clock and at 8 that evening, a motion picture service, the Rev. B. N. de Foe-Wagner announced yesterday. "A Maker of Men" will be the sub ject of the picture. Services will be held at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Ridgeway, on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. ATTEND MEETING E. E. Gillam of the Boyd-Gillani i Motor Co. attended a district meetI ing of Ford dealers with representatives of the Charlotte branch at Southern Pines yesterday. ? v** ? -*.1, SEPTEMBER 20, 192 wilIholdboycT funeral today Prominent Warrenton Citizen Dies Wednesday Following Lingering Illness AT ONE TIME AN EDITOR Funeral services for Henry A. Boyd, 74, who died at his home here Wednesday evening at 11:45 o'clock, will be held from the Methodist church this afternoon at 3 o'clock, with the Rev. B. P. Robinson and the Rev. Dr. J. T. Gibbs conducting the services. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery. Mr. Boyd was born in Warren county in July of 1855. After at tending neighborhood schools he went to Randolph-Macon college in the Fall of 1871 where he was graduated with the degree of A. M. After reading law at Richmond, he came to Warrenton in January of 1880 and commenced the practice of law with the late Judge Charles A. Cook about 1882. Being particularly interested in public affairs, though never an aspirant for public office, Mr. Boyd soon after coming here bought The Warren News, ? weekly paper, which ne ana tne late j/asKer foiK ran for several years. When Claude Kitchin first ran for Congress from the second district, Mr. Boyd seconded his nomination in the convention. After the severance of the partnership with Judge Cook, he followed the practice of law independently until 1902 when a malignant attack of typhoid sapped his vitality. Afterward he became associated with the late Ben Green and this partnership held until Mr. Green's death. From 1904 to 1906 he was associated with Senator B. B. Williams. Mr. Boyd retired I from active business a number of I * years ago. He was mayor of the Town of Warrenton for two terms and was a member of the board of trustees of the Warrenton high school. Mr; Boyd was a Stewart of the Methodist church and was superintendent of the Sunday school for 46 years. On September 28, 1881, Mr. Boyd and Miss Bettie Norwood of Warrenton were married. She survives and the following children: W. N. Boyd, Mrs. W. A. Graham of New Bern, and Miss Mariam Boyd of Warrenton. Mr. Boyd is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Panthea Masscnburg of Warrenton and Mrs. Mollie B. Ware of Covington, Tenn., and by two brothers, Will Boyd of near Warrenton and John R. Boyd of Littleton. He was a brother of the late Walter B. Boyd of Warrenton and of the late Ed Boyd of South Hill, Va. COURT TO ADJOURN FOR BOYD FUNERAL TODAY Warren Superior Court will adjourn this afternoon about 2:45 o'clock in order that court officials may attend the funeral of Henry A. Boyd, for many years a leading lawyer of Warrenton. Motion for adjournment was made by Senator B. B. Williams after the death had been announced to the court by Congressman John H. Kerr. In his remarks to the court yesterday morning Judge Kerr said, "When I came to Warren county, Mr. Boyd was the leading lawyer here and the most powerful factor in the county. He always remained faithful and true in the days which tried men. He had the respect of all. not alone as a strong, fearless lawyer, but as a true Christian gentleman as well." Crew Sworn In As Practicing Attorney James Winfield Crew Jr. of Pleasant Hill, Northampton county, was sworn in as a practicing attorney before Judge Walter M. Small here Monday afternoon. Solicitor R. Hunt Parker read the three oaths, and Mr. Crew was welcomed into the fraternity by the judge who advised him not to become discouraged if the first years of practice proved hard and unre munerative. "A love of justice is the finest trait cf a good lawyer, and you will find the older members of the fraternity always anxious to help you," the young lawyer was told. Mr. Crew was graduated from the law school of the University of North Carolina, and he plans, it is understood, to attend Harvard Law school this Fall. His father is one of the most successful farmers of his I section. rii | 9 LISTEN TO A TUNE _ -v ,.va y . x . ' > L ; x ? # Scotland?General Dawes, with the ever present upside-down briar, stops to listen to the skirl of the pibroch before going to the moor. Grand Jury Reports All Well With The C* Aim fir'e Atfaive WUiltj o nuuue All seems well in government circles in Warren county, according to the report of the grand jury made on Tuesday afternoon to Judge Walter M. Small. The body recommended that work be done on the read leading to the Home for the Aged and Infirm, and added a word of praise for the installation of a steam heating plant in the Court House. Judge Small did not discharge the jury after accepting their report with the thanks of the court, but dismissed them unless something further mteht annear which needed their attention. Wednesday they were called again and were in session yesterday due to developments in the George-FisherOmsby case. The report submitted by Foreman Paul B. Bell follows: "We, the Grand Jurors, selected for the above said term, beg to make the following report: "We have examined witnesses and"'passed oh nine Mils presented to us by the solicitor, R. Hunt Parker, and have found eight true bills and one not a true bill. "We have made seven presentments. "We have visited our county home and find the cottages well kept and the eighteen or twenty inmates of the home appear to be happy and well cared for, the cottages occupied by the colcred inmates needed some repairs, es pecially porcnes on two. we were told by the superintendent, however, the County Commissioners intended replacing each year one of the buildings until all of the worst ones had been replaced. "The road leading to the county home is in an unnecessarily poor condition and we hope the County Commissioners will see fit to see that something is done. The Superintendent says that in the winter time the road is impassable. "We visited the several offices of the Clerk of Court, Register of Deeds, Auditor and Sheriff, in the Court house and found them in a satisfactory condition, and that the County Commissioners were im i-1 Utf nrl/linrr O proving nit uuuuuig uy ouumg .. heating plant. "We visited the jail and found upon inspection that the rooms and cells were well kept and in a sanitary condition. The back yard has been fenced in which the Grand Jury thinks a very great improvement. The jailer, however, thinks it would be preferable if only property belonging to the county and the jailer be allowed on the lot. "Having thus completed our duties as we understand them, we respectfully ask that unless there is some other duty we have overlooked or some other matter which should be brought to our attention that your honor discharge us." Off Roads At 12; Robs Within 8 Hours Discharging one debt to the State for burglary at 12 o'clock one day, at 8 that nignt, Noah McCoy had entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Bobbitt for the third time. Judge Walter Small said, "Not less than 15 or more than uu j years," and the young negro goes back to the penitentiary. The youth, who came from down Littleton way, seems to have a mania for Mr. and Mrs. Bobbitt's home. He served time twice before for entering. This Spring he came back to the neighborhood from the roads at 12 o'clock and in eight hours he had entered the dwelling again. The negro is about 20 years old. ? MOST OF THE NEWS If i j ALL THE TIME [Mj NUMBER 38 ; | LAWYERS BATTLE j IN MURDER CASE i ? wP Witnesses Being Examined When Court . Recesses Late In Afternoon COURT ROOM IS FILLED j With interested persons crowding all available space within the room and others peering within from the corridors, the State was fighting late yesterday afternoon to convict John Macon, negro who killed Sam Pinnell and wounded Robert Pinnell, of first degree murder. His two attorneys appointed by the Court, Joe Pippen of Littleton and Gilmer Overby of Warrenton, were battling for their client. A Jury had finally heen pnnnnnfOivl crv>n offer fho mvw ? recess after many of the 100 men called as special venire had been rejected, the majority on the ground that they had formed the opinion that Macon was guilty. Court adjourned at 5:20 o'clock. Crowds, wnich have been heavy all court, increased yesterday. The young negro was brought into court early this morning and the battle over his life began. Jurors finally selected are Gardner Shearin, J. P. Newsom, Sylvester King, Glenn H. Weldon, H. M. Johnston, R. M. Duke, C. D. Shearin, Y. H. Bobbitt, C. P. Pope, W. S. Newsom, J. W. King and J. C. Jones. The story of the shooting was told the court yesterday by Coroner E. Hunter Pinnell, by Robert Pinnell, brothers of the slain man, and hv Walter Mnst.inn Thau want, te ? ??" ? -?"J .. w..? the heme of Bessie Mitchell in Sandy Creek township to arrest John Macon on May 3. The negro was wanted by Franklin county officers. Sam Pinnell was with them. He and Robert went to the back of the small house and Hunter Pinnell and Walter Mustian went to the front. The woman at first denied that Macon was there, it was said, but then he broke from the house, firing as he came. Sam and Robert Pinnell were struck and when Hunter Pinnell, hearing the firing, ran around the house, he said that .Macon alined at him. Pinnell dropped him with a load of shot, ran to him, and with Walter Mustian put handcuffs on him. He thin turned to his brother Sam who told him "I'm shot through the heart. I'm going to die." And later, according to Mr. Pinnell, added, "I don't mind dying but I hate to leave my wife and children " A ffar fVio frno fnr oil chnnt.intr nf liVl W4V liV/V/ iVi uxi U4ivwvii*g v* the mcraing the two Pinnell men were rushed to Henderson where Sam Pinnell died at 11 o'clock that evening. The shooting occurred about 8 o'clock that morning. Robert Pinnell was confined to the hospital for weeks and is still suffering from his injuries of that day. Mac an was treated for his wounds at Henderson, too, and later carried to Raleigh for safety. Judge Small had not passed sentence yesterday upon Phil Tally, negro, who was indicted for secret assault upon Lannie King, white man who operated a store at Wise and who was shot several months ago. Mr. King was in court on crutches. After hearing some of the evidence, through counsel, Tally eni-prprf a nlea of nolo contendere. T. J. Robinson indicted on the same charge was found not guilty. L. C. Wayne, former barber here, plead guilty of skipping a board bill which he owed Bob Dowtin. He was taxed with the cost and ordered to pay into court for Dowtin $73 and to pay it before the January term. Running into the Tarwater building, occupied by Boyce Drug Co, brought J. W. Carroll before the bar on a charge of reckless driving. He claimed that he struck the store on account of a mechanical defect in his car. The jury called it carelessness, and the Judge who first sentenced him to 30 days on the reads, relented on account of the condition of the defendant's wife and told him to pay costs and pay into court $25 for Mrs. Tarwater. Jailer Lovell may have another cook for four months. Anyway he has the custody of Jane Goode alias Jane Meredith. The judge told the jailer to work her at the jail or about the Court House. She was found guilty of bigamy. . Judgment was suspended against Charlie Ball who was operating a slot machine. He had the costs only to pay. He told the court that he did net know it was against the law. A case against B. V. Moseley, who formerly operated a service station at the edge of town, was nol prosed here, due to the fact that Judge Barnhill took the case under consideration when he sentenced Moseley to the roads in Halifax county where he was also ( Continued On Page 8 ) '
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