I ACCURATE, terse
I TIMELY
^LUJVIE XXX
(jlIlt'SreWAKT
k FOUND
fudge Sentences Woman To
penitentiary For Killing
I of Bryant Bragg
lr\ TO OTHER CASES
I with the Stewart-Bragg case
Biding in a verdict of "guilty of
manslaughter" and a sentence from
- "i vpars in the penitentiary,
no with the conversational con- J
t-tures of "what's going to hap en"
ending a curiosity-suspense
Bhich had pervaded the crowded
Burt room and hung about the
Beets and firesides, Warren Superior
Court tinned its attention
nth unrulfled calmness last Fri sy
morning to other matters upon
It: docker. The sentence of the
reman, found guilty of killing
ragg with a pistol wound in the
lack, was this week changed by
fudge W. A. Devin from 7 to 10
ears to from 5 to 10 years, which
ay mean less than 5 years if good
Behavior is shown.
in the manslaughter case which
d'owea, Coleman Bullock of the
Sanson section, charged with killBag
a negro there three years ago,
jury was unable to agree after
^liberating through the night,
aturday morning they were disBissed.
The second jury did not
Blay long in finding him guilty
nd the negro was sentenced from f
months to two years in the State
enitentiary.
in still another case in which j
Bman life was involved, William 1
Bitty of the Wise section, drew
Be longest sentence of this court,
e was sent to Raleigh for from
B to 20 years after the jury had
Bund him guilty of murdering
Bcuchev" Haskins, another negro,
Ilith ar axe. State's evidence was ,
It conclusive enough for murder j
I the first degree, it was said. The
pie occurred during the Christlas
holidays.
A case against Charlie Frazier,
pite citizen of near Warrenton
ba a son-in-law of a former ,
plice officer here, was continued. ,
this trouble arose over the death ,
1 a young negro man who was ,
tot following an argument over
me feed at the home of Mr.
razier. .
Conditioned upon good behavior ,
pd a bond of $200, Herbert Mtmn, j
bite citizen of the Warren Plains
hcon section, had his sentenced .
duced from one year in prison to
eedom. He is to show that his :
lp?le by Judge W. A. Devin is
inging results or he will be call- .
! upon to serve his time upon rei?t
of the solicitor.
Bessie Mitchell, negro woman
cm whose home John "Buddy"
Eton, now on Death Row at the
ate Penitentiary, fled at the time
'in Pinnell was killed and Rob
nnell badly wounded?, was ;
tind guilty of resisting an officer,
-'cement was suspended upon paytnt
of costs at the May term.
The case against Henry Thornit
for ~ disposing of mortgaged
"operty of Frank Ryder was con- J
cued as were other criminal
tses with the exception of Frank
raswell, accused of the murder of (
D. Ormsby, textile employe, who ;
as found dead on the Macon1"renton
road on the night of 1
4. 1929. Harvey George is
ing time for this crime. The
could not connect Braswell
t the case and found htm not
ty- Late Monday the court 1
W its attention to the civil <
^ and there it remains this <
"ting with lawyers arguing the i
Her case. (
enry Price, 74, ](
Dies In Texas ?
pep?\Pr'ce" ^a brother '
a - vayi. t. c. Price of Warrenton, 1
^ in his home at Fort Worth, I
*&. last Tuesday. He was the 1
' of the late John M. and Mar- I
m- Reynolds Price and had been I
bad health for about four months. I
^Pir. pnce departed from Warren L
unty for Missouri many years I
j3- The last 25 years of his life 1,
re spent at Fort Worth. He never I
J^ed. Surviving brothers areL
R and Judge T. Price, both of 1
H^TVRNS TO WASHINGTON 1!
toward F. Jones, secretary" to !
I "essman John H. Kerr-, de- 1
^d on Monday for Washington,
C., after attending the marof
his daughter, Miss Ella
g Jones, to Dr. Rives Taylor, <
H'e 011 Saturday evening. r
The A1 Smiths,^
>Bronzed by a warm Florida su
didate for president, is shown h
Jr., resting after a round of go!
"Happy Warrior" seems correct!
II t?A J
JMCLUiO. Officers
Capture
Mammoth Outfit
In Raid Tuesday
One of the biggest whiskey
seizures in several years was placed
in Warren jail at W'arrenton on
Tuesday afternoon following a raid
by Sheriff Williams and deputies
at. Cal Crossan's place near Macon.
One hundred and thirty-seven gallons
of booze, and 45 dozen cases
of fruit jars were checked into the
jail by W. H. Burroughs, member
of the board of county commissioners.
The county also received
a complete steam boiler plant, with
all copper appurtenances.
The Sheriff nabbed "Uncle Cal,"
too, because he found 48 gallons of
booze in his crib and because the
steam outfit was operating on his
premises and in clear view of his
house, it is said. The sheriff" said
that he and Frank N'eal, Elmore
King and Arthur Stevenson of
near Macon, destroyed 4,000 galnf
hoar Onerators of the
IUHO V* wvv?? ? ?
plant were not seen.
Appeals For Help
For Three Families
"Help is much needed for three
families," Miss Lucy I. Leach, welfare
officer for Warren, says. One
white family of seven children,
with a baby two weeks old, is sick
with influenza. Two colored families,
one included seven children
and the other four, and both deserted
by the father, are in need of
assistance.
"Any help which may come from
the warm hearted people of this
county will be appreciated," Miss
Leach said.
To Hold Conference
Providence Saturday
With the Rev. L. B. Jones of
Weldon, presiding elder of this
district, in attendance, the first
quarterly conference of the Warren
charge will be held at ProvicatnrHov
The visiting
Uii UMVWAMV*^ . ?
ninister w:.ll preach at 11 o'clock,
dinner will be served at the
church, followed by business discussion
of church affairs.
The Rev. S. E. Wright is urging
ill church members to attend.
i
Breaks Out Coffin,
Disrupting Funeral
QUERETARO, Mex., Jan. 23.?
\ funeral party here was thrown
nto panic when Jose Lozano
'came to life," broke from his cofin
and dashed out o' the ceme;ery
as he was about to be buried.
3is friends scattered in ail direccions,
man]' stumbling over tombstones
in their haste. Lozano had
suffered a cataleptic spell and had
seen pronounced dead.
SON BORN
Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Boyd
sf Erwin en Thursday morning,
Jan. 23, a son.
WARRENTON, COUI
X928
ere with his pon,-Alfred E.. ?>mitfcj (
:f at Miami .Beach; Fla. The title
y to befit the New Yorker1 in this
Charged With <
Stealing Tobacco,
Men Face Fagg 3
11
Charged with stealing tobacco:]
from S. J. Satterwhite, prominent .
farmer and legislator from near
Manson, W. H. Malette of Boyd ton, ]
Va., and Buck Mayfield of near
Macon, were yesterday placed in
Warren county jail under $500 j
bond each following, a hearing be- >
fore Magistrate W. G. Fagg. The <
men had been nabbed following <
sleuthing by Officers Frank Neal <
and Claude Coleman, working with <
Mr. Satterwhite and Buck Wilson.
The tobacco was traced to South
Hill and Malette and Mayfield ar- .
rested by Virginia officers. Later ,
the Warren minions of the law i
were brought here to face Judge ]
Fagg yesterday. At the trial May- ]
field admitted the possession of ,
$10, property of Mr. Satterwhite, j
and the officers, with Mr. Satter- :
white, went to his home and re- .
trieved it. <
; ? ^ 1
Checker Flayers l o
Meet Here Jan. 1
Checker players of this immediate
section will have opportunity
to compete with the best in adjoining
counties at the armory of
B. company, Warrenton, next Friday
evening commencing at 7:30
o'clock. Plans for a checker party,
with a small admission charge, are
being perfected by the Woman's
Auxiliary of Limer Post of the
American Legion. Refreshments
will be served.
Those who travel say that Warrentch
has more devotees of this
game; than any other section in
this end of the State. Macon has
a few faithful pushers and The
Henderson firemen include a number
of "good ones" among their
membership, it is said. From Virginia,
over in Mecklenburg, particularly,
comes the news that they
have some "old time checker players"
there.
The party is to be progressive
and the tournament is to decide
who is the best checker player in
attendance.
CHILD DIES
Funeral services for Audrey
Louise Smiley, 14-month-old daugh- v
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Smiley, j n
were held at the Warren Plains "a
Methodist church on Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock by the Rev. j.
R. E. Brickhouse, pastor of the j,
Warrenton Baptist church. Death t
occurred early Saturday morning j.
in the Smiley home in North War. I
renton as a result of rickets. The' ^
child is survived by her parents and1 j.
cne sister. j.
f
NEW COMMISSIONER s
Friends of Hon. Stanley Win- r
borne of Murfreesboro are glad to1 c
learn of his appointment to the' e
Corporation Commission by Gov- p
erncr Gardner. Mr. Winborne is t
well known and popular here. The [ p
job carries a salary of $6,500 a year, j
UTPtt
^TY OF WARREN, N. C.,
Montgomery Book
Aids In Spread Of
Warrenton's Fame
Fame of Warrehton_ - has spread
far and wide and one of the
agencies responsible, of recent
years has been the book of Mrs.
Walter A. Montgomery of Raleigh
who lived here for many years.
This newspaper has recently received
a letter from Hamilton B.
Tarry, a brother of Mrs. R. B.
Boyd Jr. of Warrenton, with the
following clipping from the book
page of the Memphis CommercialAppeal:
D. D? DAYTON, Tenn.
"Have you any kind of a
sketch of old Warrenton, in
North Carolina?' I would like
to know something about its
early establishment and the
people who established it."
Answer?We have a book called
"Sketches of Old Warrenton, North
Carolina," written by Lizzie Wilson
Montgomery, published in Raleigh,
N. C., by Edwards & Broughton in
1924. In her chapter Historical
Sketch of Warrenton she writes:
"History records that during the
American Revolution 'there were
no Tories in Bute,' and its patriotic
people could not endure the
name of Bute, that being the name
of the former favorite, friend and
prime minister of George III. In
1779 the county of Bute was divided
(the line being run by a Mr.
Cliristmas) into the counties of
Warren and Franklin. Their pa.
triotism, however, seems not to
have been sectional or local, but
national, as the names of the two
counties indicated. Warren was
named for Dr. Joseph Warren, the
patriot and soldier who fell at
Bunker Hill, and Franklin for
sleek Ben Franklin,' the Boston
patriot, the great philosopher, and
America's greatest statesman 01
that era, the son of a tallow chandlei
and soap boiler,'
"Warrenton, the county seat of
Warren County, was incorporated
in 1779. A plot and survey of the
streets and lots and public squares
was made In that year by Wm.
Christmas, a citizen of Franklin
County, and afterwards a state
senator from that county.
"The act of the Legislature
(1779) appointing commissioners
ind trustees, namely, William
Johnson, Philemon Hawkins, Edward
Jones, John Faulcon, Adkin
.VfcLemore and William Duke, for
iaying out and carrying on the
town. A square was set aside for
the court house, lots were laid out,
numbered and sold by subscription
it fifty dollars each, space was set
iside for the prison and stocks.
Purchasers cf the lots were reluired
to build within three years
i brick, stone or well-framed house,
not less than 20 feet long, 16 feet
wide, and at least 10 feet pitch,
with a brick or stone chimney,
rhere had been a small settlement
it the forks of the Shady Grove
md Halifax (the ou stage coach
ine) roads, consisting of a store
louse containing groceries, comnonplace
dry goods, tobacco and
iquors, blacksmith and wheelwright
shops for repair of vehicles
ind shoeing of horses of the stage
ine, and for the convenience of the
leople in the surrounding country.!
3efore the town was incorporated
he citi stage line (Halifax road)
an from the forks of the road in
i southwest direction along the
.outhern border of the Col. Wm.
fl. Johnson place, afterwards the
lome of Wm. Eaton Jr. It is menioned
as passing the Kemp Plumner
Jr. residence, the John Wation
place, the Alex S. Jones home
Woodley) and Gilliam Wilson
itore, on the road to Salisbury over
rar River where Louisburg now
itands, and on to where Raleigh is
low situated.
?Thp Growth of the town seems'
o have been very slow the first I
:5 years. Few houses were built,'
n architecture no particular style
i'as followed, each one building
.ccording to his original plan. If
. second story was built it was
,fter the pattern of the 'salt-box
louses' of New England, so-called
iecause of the resemblance to the
iox made to hold salt and kept
langing on the kitchen wall. (This
tyle of house was adopted to evade
he tax put on two-story houses
milt in the colonies.) The saltox
house was of two stories in
root, the back part of the roof
Ijping down so suddenly as to
nake a half story, and then down
iver a single story, the protruding
aves of which formed the back
iorch. At an early period of the
own the families of means and
irominence lived on their estates
(Continued on page 8)
\ '
Hrm
.jtiKSNM
FRIDAY, JAN'^ 44, 1!
CfifiTiilED wm
ATTEMPT TO ROE
Thompson's And Harris' Evi
dence Brings David! Katz
To Magistrate's Court
HELD UNDER $1000 BONI
Adopting the tactics of Sherlocl
Holmes, master detective, Bucl
Thompson and Ben Harris, younj
white citizens of the Macon section
gathered material for a story o:
evidence last Friday night at Macon
which cculd not be denied ii
a hearing here this week befori
Magistrate W. C. Fagg and Davie
Katz, white man, is at liberty undei
$1,000 bond, charged with attemptec
robbery of the Bank of Macon. Lei
Wheeden of Roanoke Rapids signet
the bond.
The two men drove to Egerton'i
store near midnight where Mr. Harris
sleeps. A strange car standing ir
front of the Bank of Macon arousec
their curiosity and after standing
there a few minutes, it was driver
away. They followed, talcing thf
number. The car passed them. The]
played hide and seek up and dowr
the road for a few times and the unknown
machine slipped away towarc
Norfolk. Macon Thornton, thi
mayor, and others were aroused
There was evidence of attemptec
robbery of the bank.
The next day, Harris and Thompson
went to Roanoke Rapids anc
spotted the car. Then Mr. Katz
They said that he was evidentl]
"standing-by" to help the would-berobber
make an escape last Fridaj
evening when they rolled upon the
scene.
B Co. Basketeers
Win One, Lose One
Playing hard but bucking an unusually
strong team, Co. "B" wenl
down in defeat before Middleburg
basketeers by the score of 35-15 ir
a game played at Henderson last
Friday night, but staged a comeback
Wednesday night which showed
that they had not forgo;ten theii
floor "work or the way to the goa
when they pushed a 29-19 victory
over Creedmore's town team.
The boys played a good game wit!
Middleburg and worked hard, it was
said, but the Vance county quinl
has a team of stella type and is frequently
matched with Raleigh anc
larger places. M. Jackson, with 14
points, and J. Jackson, with 11, lec
the scoring for Middleburg, while
Terrell with 6, and Floyd with onlj
one less, led for Warrenton.
With good floor work but without
the ability of sending the ball
through the goal, Warrenton's team
was trailing the small end of a 16
score when the whistle brought the
first half to a close in the game
Wednesday night between the town
of Creedmore and Co. "B". The
second half was a different story,
Dale, who had been tossing the ball
from most any place on the floor
through the basket and who made
15 of the 19 points for Creedmore
and never missed a foul shot, was
held down, and the boys of Co. "B"
pushed forward with 21 more points
whereas their opposition only gained
4 point. Loyd Daniel did unusually
nice work for the local boys and
led in individual scoring with 8
points. Mutt Overby, Terrell, and
Floyd made 6 points each. Dale and
Mangum built the entire score for
Creedmore.
Line-up for the teams:
| Middleburg: Ellington, Breedlove,
Cerrin, M. Jackson, J. Jackson, Holloway,
Steed, Collins.
Creedmore: E. Mangum, Dale,
Fleming, R. Mangum, Bullock,
Simons.
Warrenton: Terrell, Floyd, Daniel,
E. Overby, M. Overby, V. Loyd, Weldon,
J. Loyd, B. Overby.
PERSONAL MENTION
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Bramberry
of Norfolk have been here
this week, awaiting trial of railroad
cases in which Mr. Bramberry
as chief claim agent of the railroad,
was interested.
Mr. Allen Zollicoffer of Roanoke
Rapids was a visitor here this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Brodie and
Miss Paige Brodie returned to Raleigh
on Sunday after "visiting in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
F. Jones.
Miss Tempe Boyd of New Bern
spent the week end here with her
mother, Mrs. R. B. Boyd.
Mrs. Katherine P. Arlington and
Miss Ann Burwell are visiting in
New York.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Dr. Rives Williams Taylor to
Miss Ella Brodie Jones, white; Will
Hendrick to Lizzie Harris, and
Walter Brown to Veanna Young,
colored.
J8& |
930
I pi^ Big ragiit? i
; Much "'speculation has heen
. aroused over the intended use of
i the new $30,000 speed ship which
was delivered to Colcnel and Mrs.
Charles A. Lindb'ergt at Los An,
geles recently. The plane, secretJy
built for the Lindberghs, is de
signed for long distai ce hops. The
1 Lindberghs are shown here just b'e'
fore the test flight.
i
Local Legion Post
To Take Part In
Round-IJp Week
Lloyd C. Kinsay, ccmmander of
Limer Post No. 25 of Ihe American
^ Legion, was interviewed today with
reference to the partici nation of the
1 local Post in the wees designated
^ by the State Commarder of the
' American Legion, department of
" North Carolina, as "Round-Up
: Week." Post Commander Kinsev
1 first minted State dnmmanrfpr Oen '
' K. Freeman of Goldsbcro as having i
said, "This the eleventh year of the ?
1 American Legion's existence finds I
5 greater demand being made upon us I
'< for constructive work than ever be- j
fore. The ranks of cur disabled I
1 comrades are constantly increasing c
1 making necessary conti rued leader- t
I ship for adequate hospitals. The r
: number of dependent orphan chil- c
r dren of our deceased comrades is f
increasing, requiring a arger mem- ^
; bership in the Legion to furnish
I funds, leadership and administration
l to insure them oppo -tunities to ,
1 which their fathers and mothers
i heroic service entitles them. The
i restlessness of cur peopl: due to adi
verse conditions in many sections of ^
! the State demands some unselfish *
, organization to lead in community ^
[ service. The growth of o pinions sub- F
versive to our form of government tl
; require constant vigilarce on the d
: part of men and women who having ?
; dedicated their lives tc service of b
1 State and Nation stand undaunted, fi
i in the face of such mo/ements for
strict adherence to the principles h
upon which our government was 0
founded and in the observance of \
; which it has been mainl ined. These
and the supreme importance of q
seeing that the Universal Draft bill a
(which will certainly tend to take y
the profit out of war as this bill pro- p
vides that in case of var money- ?
power as well as man po ver shall be
drafted), and other deminds to exservice
men are so impelling that
the Legion has decided to put these 4
matters frankly before every ex- t(
service man and endeavor to enroll ^
them in the American Legion be- "
fore February 1st. Cl
"In the past we have not really 1
tried to secure our membership so ^
early," continued Commander K:n- n
sey, "but this year we feel that we o:
should do so in order that cur d
Post, district, division and department
officers may devot; their full t<
time and attention to these pressing o'
needs, and that the legiilature aid o:
congress may know that our large tl
membership entitles us to speak l or ni
the ex-service men." t!
"We now have more than 7,500 al
members of the Legion in North w
Carolina, by far the largest men- p]
bership we ever had at tliis time of w
year. Commander Freeman has des- ci
ignated the week January 26th to
Feb. 1st as "Round-Up" Week to se- f(
cure 9,800 more members necessary p
to give us our State's quota tlis a
year. On Monday, the 27th the c
Post will set to work its committees a]
arranging for a meeting of the Pest c<
to be held Tuesday night at 8 P. M. b;
at the Court House when the Hon. C
Hodge A. Newell of Henderson will ci
deliver an address on thf aims and sj
purposes of the Legion. On Wei- ai
(Continued on page 8)
X
MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
NUMBER 4
LAWYERS BATTLE
IN PALMER CASE
Jefferson D. Palmer's Suit
Against Carolina Power &
Light Co. Holds Interest
?250,000 AMOUNT ASKED
Interest born of woman, intrigue
ind booze which filled the court
oom last week to every available
dot, swings this week to money,
sympathy and the battle of big
awyers as Jefferson Davis Palmer,
roune son of Mrs. J. D. Palmer of
Varrenton, seeks to recover $250,iOO
from the Carolina Power &
jight Co. for damages suffered
vhen he was shocked and burned
:y contact with a 6,600 volt wire at
he Warrenton Ice Plant on Sunlay
afternoon, September 30, 1928.
f is a case in which the social
;on ton may romance without any
ears of indecent testimony, and
he crowd this week has been
arge, but sense hasn't drawn like
ex.
The plaintiff contends that
hrough negligence on the part of
he power company that he was
:aused great bodily pain and that
hrough their carelessness his
arning capacity has been diminshed
and his prospects of busiitss
success materially reduced.
Phe power company seeks to prove
hat it was individual carelessness
>y the plaintiff and not the fault
if the company that the' young
Varrenton boy was injured.
Attorneys for the plaintiff, Mr.
'aimer, put four doctors on the
tand to prove the nature of his
n.juries. They told the jury in
nedical terms and then Mr. Palmer
howed them, bare to the waist, the
jurns upon his neck, about the
:ollar bone and upon his right arm.
[he withered condition of the
ight arm was pointed out as well,
s the slight tension which pulled,
lis neck to the right. When he:
ook the stand he told of having:
ilayed at the ice plant, with other'
wys, on many occasions and of thi:
Sunday evening upon which he wan
tto said that no one had
tijVUUU.
ver warned him not to climb the
)ole and that he had, with Jack
Cidd, on that Sunday afternoon,
>ut on climbers, property of Jim
Joore, and started climbing. Jack
wouldn't get but a foot or two up
he pole. Jeff said he went on up
ight away. He climbed upon the
ross bars, supporting the transformers,
and the "next thing I .
;rew I was in bed."
The Rev. B. P. Robinson told of
conversation with his son Ben,
oth of whom came here for the
rial, and of the fact that Ben told
ilm that he had climbed part of
he way up the pole. Ben, Jack
kidd, Paul Bell and John Drake
Did of playing there, but Jack
kidd was the only eye witness to
he tragedy. It developed in evience
'hat it was a rainy day.
Several prominent Warrenton citsens
took the stand to prove the
ne character of Jeff Palmer.
The Carolina Power & Light Co.
ad J. H. Stribling, superintendent
- .. ? ? J
i tne iticnraona uivisiuu ui
rirginia Power & Electric Co., here
d testify that the transformers in
uestion and the equipment was in
ccord with the best practices of
tie industry. He and Solicitor
'arker had a battle royal during
tie entire afternoon upon different
e tails of testimony and at times
tie evidence sounded like a lecure
upon electricity at a school of
ichnology. Other experts on elecrical
affairs went into great detail
j explain the questions which the
nunsel for the plaintiff asked.
)epositions taken in New York,
uoting electrical engineers, were
?ad by both sides and the plaintiff
ftered wires and pictures in evience.
The defense closed with the
jstimony of James C. Moore,
svner of the plant, and kinsman
f the plaintiff. Mr. Moore said
lat he had warned Jeff Palmer
ot to climb the pole which held
te transformers though he had
Dout six weeks previously been
ith him when he climbed a telebone
pole with the climbers with
hich he later mounted to his acdent.
The legal battle has beer; hard
>ught with Solicitor B. Hunter
arker and his law partner, Jack
llsbrook, of Roanoke Rapids with ,
harles Katzenstein of New York 1
ppearing for Mr. Palmer. Defense
)unsel for the Carolina Co. was led
Y James H. Pou of Raleigh and
ongressman John H. Kerr. Asso- .
ate counsel were W. H. Witherxion
of Raleigh, Pclk and Gibbs
ad Julius Banzet. Opening speech
(Continued on page 8)