J V ACCURATE, TERSE / JM TIMELY mSlS! U0 MAN FIRES ^t.puties Abandon Car And ych Rides To Warren- I 1 W ton and iNoriina I CALLS FOR GUN I fly HOWARD F. JONES JR. I Ming discretion the better part I valor. Federal Commissioner J. C. / ij^Krd}' and Deputy Sheriff Elmore J abandoned their car between | " tcon and Wan-en Plains and] Ti^Ech-hiked their way homeward/ '"^Kiesday noon when they were ap- / -? :::ed by Exum Clark, white! on the property of Jos. C. I kMi;:;, and ordered away with pro-1 ^Bine language while a gun dangled I mon disao-f /b his side, as i? red into the woods a shot was instigating rumors that whiskey being manufactured on the ell property, which is located the farm of Jim Frazier, the si Commissioner and Deputy Iff went to the place Tuesday ing. After scouting over the the officers came in contact a negro working in a field, conversing with him Mr. approached in a car and the s started walking away. Mr. ordered them to halt, it was nd got out of his car with in his hand and came to they were standing, a countenance of wrath and mlarv spiced with profanity ant told them to leave the , according to the officers, ederal Commissioner and iheriff kept their guns under d agreed to leave as soon ile. With anger increasing I s between his demand that r out, Mr. Clark called ife to bring the shot gun , house, it was stated. His on her way to him as the eaded for nearby woods, . er or not she had the gun I hey were unable to say. As tney ( disappeared into the ambush a shot fas fired back of them. , The two officers found their way , lo Macon where Mr. Hardy caught f train to his home at Norlina, and fir. King rode a truck into Warren[on. Later Mr. King returned with Officer R. 0. Snipes and brought his car to town. No still was found by the officers, put it was said that several sites [where liquor had been manufactured kere apparent. No arrest was made khen Officers Snipes and King re- 1 turned for the car. ^ I Shady Grove To Have An All-Day Program An all day program will be held at Shady Grove church, Inez, on Sunday morning, March 30, beginhg at 10:30 o'clock, the Rev. S. E. bright, pastor, announced yesterThe five churches embraced in the Warren circuit will take part ? the program. TV /> m "i. u. i. Kowe, of Duke UniverBsity and Dr. M. T. Plyler of the IKcrth Carolina Christian Advocate we to appear on the program. BTfceir subjects have not been anB tranced, but it is understood that they will talk on the subject of I The meeting will open with a Bt-usical program and various phases j church activities will be discuss k both at the morning and afterI r-oon services, it is said. A basket I dinner win pg served picnic style | H tn the church grounds at noon. The H public is invited to attend. Judge Rodwell Tries I Two Cases Monday I ??ly two cases were before Judge 0. Rodwell in Recorder's court' ' ttarrenton on Monday. B. Brown was charged with ^B the woods on lire. The ver ct of the court was that he was 01 Kuilty. Judgment was suspended I Payment of cost in the case i 'State against Jack West, alias,| t?st West. West was charged I *:? trespass. 1 r practice under way 1 _ ^actice is well under way for the j fciiior dass play of the John 1 G^am high school, it was an-1 ^nced here today. "All at Sea" I ^ be presented in the auditorium! ''_lr'e local school on Friday night, I ,,?nl and indications are that | 7s eat's attraction will score a hit I ^ to that of the past two years. 1 V. D. c. TO MEET 1 r&gular meeting of the XJ. D.l o^S.meet wilh Mrs- N- M- Palmer' n "iday, April 4, at 3:30 o'clock. u Wets Gain In Poll As Literary Digest Tabulates Votes "But the South hasn't spoken yet, and it's still anybody's race, The Literary Digest said this week in announcing the results of the third report of the prohibition poll. litis week those favoring modification lost a step, those favoring enforcement lost half step and those who are for repeal of the Eighteenth amendment gained a step and a half. Votes from 20 states and the District of Columbia are given in this report in which 1,244,483 votes are tabulated. Out of this number 333. 978 favor enforcement of the prohibition amendment; 383,117 citizens are for modification, and 527,388 favor repeal. The questions propounded by The Literary Digest are: (1) Do you favor the strict enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Law? (2) Do you favor a modification of the Volstead Law to permit light wines and beers? (3) Do you favor a repeal of the Prohibition Amendment? The Digest poll is regarded as specially significant because of the accuracy with which the magazine has forecasted presidential elections, and because it is the first opportunity the citizens have had of making themselves heard on this question where it has not been confused with other issues. Baptist To Hold Series of Meetings! Dr. Charles E. Maddry, Raleigh, General Secretary of ihe Baptist State Convention, has planned a series of forty-five Mission Rallies to be held p* central points throughout the State during March and April. The meetings are open for i everybody and it is expected that hundreds of leaders in the Baptist churches, men and women, will attend them. The purpose of thgse Rallies, Dr. Maddry explains, is to carry fresh information to the people, thereby inspiring and encour- t aging them to greater missionary c activity, i Dr. Maddry has requested about .j forty pastors to aid in conducting j these special Rallies, which will be- \ gin in each case at ten o'clock in ? the morning and continue till about r four o'clock in the afternoon. 3 The following is the itinerary 1 for the week of March 31-April 4, for this division of the State; < Greensboro, Monday, March 31; Durham, Tuesday, April 1; Henderson, Wednesday, April 2; Scotland Neck, Thursday, April 3; Chowan College, Friday, April 4. 1 The speakers for these Rallies are: * Dr. George T. Waite, Richmond, Va? Dr. J. A. Easley, Rev. J. 3. Tinner, Rev. G. H. Payne, Rev. ^ J. L. Carrick, Rev. Oscar Creech and Dr. Charles E. Maddry. During the same period, March , 31-April 4, Rev R. E. Brickhouse | will speak in Mission Rallies at < Smithfield, Bute's ureea, naieigii, ( Mt. Gilead and Sanford. t B Company Stands j Federal Inspection 5 i Annual Federal Inspection of Co. | B was held here in the Armory on { Friday night with Captain Page of i the U. S. Army inspecting officer in charge. The officer and enlisted j personel as well as the clothing and i equipment was given a thorough , check. J Though the outcome of the inspecticn is not known at present, it is generally felt by those who are familiar with the militia that this 1 organization will be given a creditable rating by Capt. Page. Captain Page, Federal Inspector, * and Major Demsey of Wilson, State Inspector, arrived Friday afternoon j and inspected the company's cloth- ' ing and equipment. That night the ] officers and men were inspected by 1 the officers. General J. Van B. Metts, Adjutant General of North Carolina, Col. David, U. S. A. Senior Instructor for North Carolina, Capt. Woodward, 3 U. S. A. 1st Batallion Instructor, ? and Sgt. L^nge, U. S. A. Sgt. In- 3 structor, assigned to the 1st Batal- j lion, were also present for the In- < spection. After the check-up and , before the company had been dis- ( missed, Gen. Metts told the officers ( and men that he was proud of Warren coimty and the type of soldier that the county has always ' produced. Col. Davids and Major Demsey also made short talks. The company was in command of 1st. Lieutenant Harold R. Skillman ! in the absence of Capt. Claude T. 1 Bowers, who is attending a Company Commanders' School held at I Port Benning, Ga. iff Ik WARRENTON, COUNTY C IT'l %' ^ ? I ^ I ,, , ^ jr v f George Washington's day with ' ;he present time. The performance, vhich has been practiced for some ;ime by the young boys and girls >f the society, is under the general iirection of Mrs. W. K. Williams. In addition to the entertainment , iy the children, Mrs. Hannah B. Irrington will play several popular )ld time favorites on the piano, and . Mrs. R. B. Boyd Jr. will also enter- , ;ain those present with instrumen- ' ;al numbers. Mrs. Van Davis will , jive a reading, "When We Were ifery Young," by Alice Melne. No admission charge will be made jut a silver offering will be taken 'or the benefit of St. Andrew's Mission at Leaksville, N. C., in which ;he Junior Society has been interested since last Fall. Members of the society taking part are Ann Scoggin, president, Eliza- j aeth Wagner, vice president, Vivian Lawson, treasurer, Betsy Taylor, secretary, Katherine Williams, Sara Massenburg, Kitty Gregory, Nancy , Ellis, Belford Wagner, Berlyn ? ? T*- ?- ? tv * v-, riM^r TTornnn smuey, inomas m.uukuj, , Dickerson, John Cawthorne, Charles Terrell, Tliomas Frazier, Raymond Modlin. THAD PAGE HERE Thad Page, son of Robert N. Page, former candidate for the Governorship of North Carolina, was in Warenton yesterday afternoon in the interest of the candidacy of Josiah W. Bailey for the United States Senate. Mr. Page reported much enthusiasm for Mr. Bailey from over the entire state and said that indications were that he would defeat Senator Simmons. SON BORN Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Davenport of Sanford on March 26, a son. Mrs. Davenport before her marriage was Miss Eunice Ac'lams. < She is the granddaughter of Dr, and Mrs. J. T. Gibbs of Warrenton. I t v"' ' mm wak 4+ rt ti T f*j? trrat )F WARREN, N. C., FRIDA 3 COURTING SEAS( y f?? - f i HeMp/1 Lespedeza Brings Profit To Hastings In the Spring of 1928 County kgent C. L. Hall, Halifax county, 7a., secured forty pounds of Korean .espedeza seed from the Virginia Extension Division with the understanding that the entire amount was ;o be loaned to the one man who would plant this seed and give it she best care and attention. J. S. Hasting agreed to meet all the retirements. The forty pounds of seed were planted on wheat in the Spring of L928. When the crop had matured ,t was threshed with an ordinary wheat threshing machine. Approximately 300 pounds of seed were saved in this way. In the Fall of L928 about 30 acres were seeded to wheat and rye on the Hasting farm. This was seeded in the ordinary way with a wheat drill. Around the first of last March the entire 300 pounds of lespedeza seed were sown on the thirty acres of wheat ind rye and harrowed in with a peg toothed, iron drag harrow. The [espedeza crop received no other attention until the seed was ripe and ready to harvest. An ordinary hay rake was used to Dunch the lespedeza soon after cutting. The crop was then put into :ocks and threshed with a new threshing outfit equipped with a ielf-feeder and clover seed attach- | ment. When the crop was all threshed It was found that 16,000 pounds of lespedeza seed had been harvested from the thirty acres. Veterans Have Until April To File Claims World War veterans have until April 6th to file claims and evidence in disability cases, it is announced. Evidence must be submitted prior to this date, to show service connections for a disability other than a nervous and mental disease, etc., unless there is an official record of the injury during service or at the time of separation from active service. These limitations by section 206 and 209 of the World War veteran act. Fiddlers To Hold Meet At Vaughan a fi/Miprs convention will be held at the Vaughan school house on Friday evening, April 4th, at 8 o'clock. Prizes will be awarded to the best players. Every one is cordially invited. A small admission charge will he made. The convention is for the benefit of the Vaughan Methodist Protestant church. DISTRICT MEETING OF U. D. C. The district meeting of the U. D. C. will be held at Oxford on Thursday, April 3. All members who can arrange to go are requested to notify Mrs. F. M. Allen as soon as jJbssible. Smd Y, MARCH 28, 1930 )N c?* W p Robbers Make Hauls In Various Sections of County A series of robberies reported from various sections of the county has disturbed the peace and caused loss to many. Either robberies or attempted robberies have been reported for Saturday night, Sunday night, Monday night and Tuesday night. Whether they were committed by the same person or persons is not known. In every case the robber or robbers made their escape. Turning the switch on a Ford with a pocket knife here about 11 o'clock on Saturday night, an unknown negro was heading lor Macon when he stalled the car near the Allen Service station on tlie edge of town. Ai-mnHnnincr the machine he at ? tempted to run off with the car of Mr. Allen and had succeeded in running it about 10 yards when he stalled the second machine. Hearing the noise, Mr. Allen came from the service station nearby and the negro made a break for freedom, in his hurry leaving his cap in the machine. Mr, Allen was joined by Percy Davis and Jake Lester and the trio chased the man into the nearby woods, where he succeeded in escaping his pursuers after an extended game of hide and seek. The Macon Grocery Company was entered on Sunday night by an unknown person or persons who broke into the back door and stole several hundred dollars worth of merchandise and about 200 pennies from the cash draw. The safe was not bothered. The robbery was discovered early Monday morning when Mr. Gilland, one of the partners, came to open the store. A burglar entered the home of J. E. Banzet at Ridge way on Monday night through a back window 1 -4.-1 ~ - "mf/ih onri Masonic dim C)i/Uic n wcn/vu m?*m ring from the bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. Banzet. Their sleep was not disturbed and no clues of the burglar were Left. On the same night the home of W. M. Galliher at Ridgeway was entered and several dollars was stolen from the trousers of Mr. Galliher and a pistol was also taken from the home. Again the burglar escaped. The following night Wycoff's Store at Ridgeway was entered through the rear window and a small amount of merchandise was stolen. The robbery was discovered the next morning by Miss Alice Wycoff when she came to open the store. PLAY AT MACON "Miss Topsy Turvy," a three act comedy, will be presented by the senior class of Macon high school at the auditorium on Friday evening, March 28th, at 8 o'clock. This is an unusually humorous play and will be thoroughly enjoyed by everyone, it was said. rij Rooker Is Only New Candidate Of Week For Warren W. T. Rooker of Norlina this week published his notice of candidacy and definitely announced that he was in the race for the office of Clerk of Court. A. L. Nicholson, merchant of Macon, also is seek rng this office which is now held by John D. Newell who is seeking reelection. Although the week has brought forth much canvassing and political talk it has witnessed no new situation other than the announcement of Mr. Rooker, though rumor has it that Sam Satterwhite of Manson will oppose Recorder T. O. Rodwell for the Senate and that J. A. Dowtin, candidate for the House of Representatives may be opposed by T. H. Aycock of Elberon and Jesse Gardner of Churchhill. Mr. Aycock v/ould not confirm the rumor when approached yesterday, but his friends say that it is quite possible that he will be a candidate. No word has been heard from Mr. Gardner as to whether or not he will be a candidate. John Taylor of Litleton, W. W. Taylor, P. B, Newell, Sr., and W. C. Fagg of Warrenton are active in the race for Judge of Recorder's Pnilff Ilavi nr>V\nwtrmfAM Af Tnnn XXT nswuiv. XJVJL4 4-4 4a4iU4?> V. week. Mr. Walter Hundley of Norlina was a visitor in' town on business this week. Mr Albert Bugg has returned from a business trip to Philidelphia. He was accompanied by Mr. Thomas Frazier. Mr. J. M. Peace of Henderson was in town this week. Mr. Joe Gupton 01 Areola was a visitor here recently. Mr. Robert Pittman of Grove Hill was here this week. Mesdames Thomas White and John Powell of Grove Hill were in town this week. Mr. Hugh Davis of Fishing Creek was a visitor here recently. Messrs. Fuller and Stephen Bowden of Afton were in town recently. Mr. Ed Turner of Sandy Creek was in town this week. Mr. C. W. Cole of Wise was a visitor in town recently. Mr Arthur Rodwell of Warren Plains roas here on business the first part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Rodgers and daughter, Patsy, were visitors in Raleigh on Sunday. Miss Cate Gardner and Mrs. Robert Johns of Raleigh spent Thursday here. Miss Stephenie Moore of University of North Carolina has returned after a few days visit in the home of her uncle, Dr. T. J. Holt. Mr. and Mrs. J. B Massenburg and H L. Faulkener were visiters at Richmond on Tuesday Mrs. J. Edward Allen, Mrs. Numa Weaver and Miss Louise Allen were visitors at Rocky Mount yesterday. Miss Katie Riggan is visiting friends at Raleigh. NEGRO ENDS LIFE Bennett Richardson, 51, negro, ended his own life on Tuesday near Hollister by blowing off the top of his head with a shotgun. No cause for the deed was given. MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 13 TAXPAYERS TO MEET SATURDAY Tentative Plains Formed At Mass Meeting At Warrenton On Monday DELEGATES ARE NAMED Taxpayers of Warren are called to meet in mass meeting at Warren tori on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for the purpose 'of offering resolutions, instructing the five delegates chosen at the Monday's meeting, and to perfect plans for a permanent organization over the county. Notices have been sent out by Will Allen Connell Jr., secretary, and committees are at work in each township in order to have as large and as representative crowd present as possible. Responding to an appeal from W. E. Turner, prominent farmer of Sixpound township, and individual members of the board of county commissioners, about 100 citizens gathered at the court house on Monday at 2:30. Frank H. Gibbs, Warrenton attorney, presided at the request of Mr. Turner, and Bignall Jones, editor of The Warren Record, was named secretary of the meeting. Mr. Gibbs stated the purpose of the gathering and after hearing irom Mr. Turner concerning tne organization of a taxpayers union in Warren to join with similar unions in the 50 most eastern counties in North Carolina for the purpose of tax relief, the meeting was thrown open for discussion and for more than two hours grievances were aired, plans and counter plans discussed, with numbers of impromptu speeches interspersing. Mr. Gibbs pointed out that the board of commissioners had appointed five delegates to attend the taxpayers meeting at Raleigh on March 31 and April 1. These men are Edmund White, Frank H. Gibbs, C. E. Jackson of Warrenton, Sam King of Littleton, and Sam Satterwhite of Manson. John S. Davis made the motion that these men represent the taxpayers union. Following discussion the sentiment was expressed that the meeting name five other delegates to represent the union and sit with the five men chosen by the commissioners. The following men were placed in nomination and unanimously chosen to represent the union: W. E. Turner, George Frazier, A. E. Paschall, Kasper Kilian and S. H. Dillard. John L. Skinner and John S. Davis were chosen as alternates. John Skinner, secretary of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, outlined six plans of this body having for its objective the reduction of taxes on real estate, including limited sales tax, abolition of present exemption of tax on foreign corporations, classification of property for taxation, a 1 per cent tax on stock dividends, repeal of certain tax exemption, and the imposition of a tax on electric TV/T*. GUnn.or al.CA noint^d CX1C1 gy . lUi. wnituiiu* ?- ? out that any relief would have to come from the legislature as county officials were powerless to reduce taxes. Mayor Gibbs read resolutions from the Buncombe Taxpayers Union giving its plan for tax relief. This union favors a sales tax; transferring schools to State to be maintained by indirect taxation, and limiting county expenditures to a specified percentage of the assessed valuation in each county, with a beard of municipal control. Clerk of Court John D. Newell made the point that it was not a question of amount of taxes paid but rather that the burden of taxation was unjustly distributed and real estate was bearing more than its just share. |W. E. Turner, granted Mr. Newell's contention, and seemed to express the concensus of the gathering when he said "we don't care how they raise the money, but we farmers must organize to see that there is no further increase on real estate and fight to have some of the tax already on us reduced." W. E. Turner was elected president of the Warren County Taxpayers Union and Will Allen Connell Jr. was named secretary. Those wishing to Join are asked to sign the following pledge: "We, the undersigned taxpayers j and voters of Warrenton and Warren county, North Carolina, hereby join together and pledge ourselves to work for our common welfare and the reduction of taxes. "We further pledge ourselves to withdraw our support from city, county or State official who refuses us relief and to support a candidate who is pledged to our relief. "We are seriously opposed to any | more bonds being iswed for any cause whatever except to pay the debts we already owe and we de(Continued on page 8)