North Carolina Newspapers

II accurate, terse i t/mely 11 olVME XXX 10 MM 2ND 0BI' WINDOW IjfiUStt. Dreaming Room Is t on F(re, Tries To Escape I Through Window LjtlBS BACK INTO ROOM I gaming that his room was or ...'and walking in his sleep, Hariri o Guiger, South Carolina sales|L awoke to find himself hangK,. from a second story window al |j[K] warren on Monday night. I jnabJe to pull himself back tli-ough the window or to make his Les heard. Guiger attempted tc Ming himself over and drop on a l/!re escape He missed the platform Ld dropped to the ground, breakC, ^veral ribs as a result of the | rhe lower doors of the hotel near |:|;fre the salesman fell are said tc lyre been locked, preventing him Iff entering. He re-entered the L.u-d story window through the mi escape. I Cjiger's cries of distress caused imier occupant of the hotel tc E| for the police. Night Officer :reJ responded to the summons festered Guiger..s room. After an *t ir mnination Dr. F. F. wunuer wu: tmoned and administered surKal attention to the salesman, H Ginger's injuries are considered jt'ui, but not serious. He will ittably be able to leave his room Mr This is tire second time durKbis life that Guiger has walked i tis sleep, it is said. Warren Man Dies, I Another In Hospital Result of Jtxplosion j 3. Wiggar.s of Norlina, Seaaid brakeman, lies at the point ! death in a Petersburg hospital. E Taylor of Littleton, fireman, as buried at Littleton Sunday, bese men were injured last Friij when a Seaboard freight locoiotive exploded at Petersburg, ngineer Fred H. Drewry of Ralti died within two hours after engine exploded and ten cars i north bound freight laden with ermelons piled up at Dinwidcountv crossing one mile south Petersburg, Va. liggins was seriously burned ui scaled. Taylor suffered two taken legs, body burns and scalds. Drewrv, Wiggins and Taylor were c the engine cab when the locomow exploded and were hurled clear I the wreckage by the blast. Spirts set fire to the derailed B and flames enveloped several Petersburg firemen were forc(to resort :o dynamite to scatter f burning mass when it was found 9 iter connections were availale ^ other members of the train j*- S. s. Wheeler and Trainman - Logan, both of Petersburg, in S3ooso of the 50-car train, es M injury. Bjbe blast shattered the engine B i tender and hurled wreckage ?4tds of feet, said he heard two exploB? before the ten derailed cars V*ed along the track for several bot pressure in the boiler was beB^ bv surviving members of the B*1 to be responsible for the blast, Bjbough an official investigation B* Planned to determine the exact B5* of the explosion. B Hl'N'dred and five nSH COST FISHERMAN $534.50 b^lem, n. h? July 16?Here's B? tind of a fish story a lot of i""ucu would like to tell?butrthe same experience. B J Chabot, Nashua fisherman, B??nigned in district court and B1 tine of $534.50, for having 145 horn pout, this was 105 than the law in New HampB!e Wallace Hall fined Chabot 5 %ch fish, a total of $525, J *lth $9.50 for court cost K/ brought the total to $534.50 "!oes to prove that fishing is B 'b expensive sport. b* * fish story that IS A STOR? B^uan, p. r? juiy n._-someB. ^ht something about a man Bjj1 hog, and that's news, bul B',?r occurred to them that a B1"hght attack a fish with his H Ramos is dead, the result w* that, a fisherman, he to follow the native cusB,01 biting Off the head of his B ?at the fish slipped dowr B^oat, lodged there, anc B*^ him to death. . t ^B 1 I ? $1680.71 Net Cost f\C T D_! wi a wu rnmanes Held In Warren The net cost of holding the two ' primaries in Warren this year, exclusive of the items of voting bootlis, wa* $1680.71, according to , P. Moseley, chairman of the Warren county board of elections, t Mr. Moseley said that the costs of the booths were not included in the regular election expense, be cause this amount would have to be ' spead over several years as the booths were good for other elections. ! The gross election expenses , amounted to $1825.71, which int eluded expenses of election officials, i printing and all other items. Fil ing fees from candidates amounted to $145. This amount deducted from the gross costs gave a net cost to ' the county of $1680.71. The costs of 1 the voting booths was $262.50. ! Citizens Aroused Wlian Wmas Ara ? ? Itvu I! 11 VO 111 v > Short-Circuited i Two strange men, one said to i have been blacked-up, driving a > new Ford car without a license, aroused suspicions of Macon citizens as they parked around the streets on Wednesday morning. 1 A call for officers revealed that 1 the wires were out of order from Macon to Warrenton and from Macon to Littleton. Investigation by Manager Stanley of the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Co. of Warrenton, showed that the wires had been short-circuited on each side of town by means of 1 clothes wire being wrapped across each wire. Whether the strangers were responsible for the short-circuit and whether some business house of Macon was to be robbed could not be determined. Constable R. O. Snipes arrived on the scene immediately after being notified, but the men had left town. Suspicion of robbery has led officers to keep a close watch on the town since the discovery of the short-circuit. MRS. WARD ENTERTAINS The following guests with fourteen of the regular club members enjoyed a delightful morning of auction bridge on Thursday morning at the home of Mrs. V. F. Ward: Mesdames Joel Whitaker of Indianapolis, S. O. Nunn, J. B. Boyce, W. R. Baskerville, T. J. Holt and Miss Margaret Graves of New York. The living room and sun room were tasteful in pink phlox and lovely zenias and petunias. Mrs. M. C. McGuire won high club prize and Mrs. T. J. Holt high visitors prize. Mrs. S. O. Nunn, a recent bride, was presented a lovely gift. An elaborate salad course was served by Misses Sara and Caroline Ward. NIGHT CLUB MEETS Mrs. A. A. Williams was a charming hostess to the night club on last Friday night. Bright Summer flowers added attractiveness to the living room in which four tables were arranged for auction bridge. The hostess served orange ice and cake. Mrs. R. J. Jones received high score prize and Mr. Van Alston mens high prize. Those present j were Mr. and Mrs. W. k. jsasKerI ville, Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Ward, Mr. land Mrs. Edmund White, Mr. and I Mrs. W. H. Alston, Dr. and Mrs. T. IJ. Holt and Mesdames R. J. Jones, IW. F. Graves and Messrs. Van I Alston, Herbert Alston and A. A. I Williams. PERSONAL MENTION | Mrs. Bob Redwine and son and | Mr. Williams of Louisburg were I dinner guests of Mrs. Tom Burton Ion Wednesday. Miss Sara Oliver of Pine Level I arrived today to be in Warrenton (until Sunday when she, Miss Mary I Willis of Asheville, Katherine (Moseley, Elizabeth Boyd and MilIdred Allen will leave for a week's house party at Virginia Beach. J Miss Katherine Arrington returnled yesterday from Orange, Texas, (where she has been on an extended (visit to her former roommate of I I Spence School, New York. ? I Misses Isabel Tarry ana m?u ici Tarry of Townsville were dinner i guests of Mrs. R. B. Boyd Jr. on : Tuesday. Miss Margaret Graves of New i York is visiting her mother, Mrs. W.j F. Graves. : : *!"*) ; Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Watson were; , visitors in Raleigh on Thursday hight. , Mrs. Hodijah Meade and daughter, Lucy Palmer, of Aurora Hills,1 1 Alexandria, Va., arrived yesterday to spend several days with relatives here. bp W; WARRENTON, COUNTY T LUCKY By CP HE GAVE TH^ THE^i u % w ^ "*; ^HBinff^1 C '^ \ -*1^8 jp ! Big Warehouse At Drewry Destroyed By Fire On Sunday A 1Q rcra ctnra era u-arphnn^p Qt Walston Brothers, merchants, at Drewry, was completely destroyed by fire just before day Sunday morning, and the origin of the blaze is believed to have been incendiary, acording to one of the brothers. He said he believed he knew who applied the torch, but that he had no way of proving it. In the warehouse was stored a car and a half of hay, 75 bushels of Irish potatoes and numerous other supplies for the store. Only the direction of the wind saved the entire holdings of the Walston, including their larere store and several residences. Chemical tanks were applied to other buildings, and were effective in preventing the blaze from spreading. There is no firefighting aquipment at Drewry, and, other than the means employed, citizens were helpless in combatting the flames. The house was in a light blaze when the fire was first discovered, and there was no chance at that I time to save the structure nor any! of its contents. The property loss was only partially covered by insurance. 25 Farmers Attend Mass Meeting Here A mass meeting of cotton farmers called for last Saturday afternoon | resulted in approximately 25 growers j meeting with O. E. B. Leake of i State College in the office of the Register of Deeds where boll weevil j control methods were discussed. | ? KB K. V HI I.L-CONN tLL The following invitations have been received at Warrenton: Mr. and Mrs. Will Allen Connell' request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter, Norma, to Dr. Reece Berryhill on Saturday, the 2nd of August, at nine o'clock in the morning, "Fairfield," Warren Plains, North Carolina. SMALL FIRE AT MILL A spark from an electric switch -AJ-? ? ni/?lrpr.Q room irmt OF WARREN, N. C., FRIDi ! BREAKS L Miller I pbut keptthe food] Louis Pasteur discovers thai" food spoilage was caused bv action of LIVING & forms,or germs, and x that air-tight canning #/ would preserve| foods indefinitely? HlL n ^nLfl fi also founder nimm of pastevq ffflgj INSTITUTE TON i|iti TNT ATM TNT OF l||' HYDROPHOBIA if chtrI Company B Wips Cup In Rifle Match At Morehead City Company B of Warrenton won the silver cup for best rifle score of any company in the 120th infantry this week at Morehead City, a telegram from Capt. Claude Bowers to former Capt. Stephen E. Burroughs announced yesterday. The Warrenton company has won the rifle trophy for the past several years, it is said. The Clip this year was giv^n by Captain Burroughs. Members of Company B are expected to return to Warrenton on Sunday. Experiment Stations Plan Farm Picnics Five field day exercises and farm picnics are planned for the branch station farms of the North CaroCtotirm Hunnor An 11L1CL UA^/Ci Jllltiiu uiuviv/n V4U<> x*ig ?J.M gust and early September by superintendent of the farms cooperating with Fred E. Miller, director in charge of branch stations, and the agricultural specialists of Sate College. As announced by Mr. Miller, the field day exercises are as follows: Tobacco .'Branch Station, Oxford, August 7; Blackland Branch Station, Wenona, August 14; Mountain Branch Station, Swannanoa, August 21; Upper Coastal Plain Station, Rocky Mount, September 4, and the Coastal Plain Branch Station, Willard, September 11. No picnic will be held at the Piedmont Branch Station at Statesville this year in respect to tne memory of the late Frank T. Meacham who died last May. Mr. Meacham was superintendent of this station from the time it was established until his death this spring. He was also responsible for the beginning of ;he plan to have an annual picnic at the farms during the summer. At one time, Mr. Meacham had 7,000 of his neighboring farmers and farm women at his picnic. Mr. Miller says the North Carolina Jersey Breeders' Association will hold its annual meeting at the Swannanoa Station on August 22. The Jersey breeders will attend the picnic on August 21 and hold their annual business meeting the following day. Some excellent speakers have been secured for the farm picnics. In addition there will be exhibits featuring the research work done at each farm. Personally conducted parties to study the field plots will' be a part of the afternoon's program at the picnics. A special pro| gram for the women will also be : held at each picnic, promises Mr. Miller. RETURNS TO NEW YORK Walter Parker, secretary-treasurer of Duke Power Co. and member :of the board of directors of the | Duke Foundation, has returned to I New York after spending several | days at Warrenton as the guest of | Mr. and Mrs. Edmund White. ignited couon 111 IXXC - at. the Peck Manufacturing Company last Thursday. The fire was soon extinguished by employees of the mill but not before five or six. hundred dollars loss in cotton was' suffered, mostly due to water used in fighting the fire. No damage was done to the building. I I Wife Wanted LONESOME MAN WITH matrimonal experience desires to enter into matri mony with pleasing young woman from 18 to 30 years of age. If interested communicate with H. C. Gil1 bert, Warrenton, N. C. .. / ri ce Men Face Recorder On Pistol &POI: \Y, JULY 18, 1930 SMOKERS HEAV^oSS Greatest Determined Cause Of Forest Fires In Warren, Records Show BRUSH BURNING SECOND A lighted match, thrown carelessly into a brush pile, a cigaret stub tossed aside to be fanned by the breeze into a roaring fire that carries destruction in its path and turns the beauties of nature into an ugly, blackened ruin, was the greatest determined cause of forloot firoc in Worron rrmntv fho VkV ili V/U AAA TTCVAAV/AA VVUAA VJ ViAV past ten months, according t orecords kept by E. Hunter Pinnell, Forest Warden for Warren. Eight of the fires that burned over timber in Warren county were charged to smokers. Brush burning held second place with a total of seven fires to its credit. Incendiarism came third with five. Hunters set two; the railroad was responsible for two, and lumbering operations were responsible for three. Moonshiners were blamed for one. Revenue officers used fire in destroying a still, neglecting to extinguish the flames. As a result 25 acres of land were burned over before the forest fire fighters had the flames under control. Fifty-five forest fires were fought by forest wardens this year, but they were not entinguished until more than 1700 acres of land had been burnt over. The number of men engaged in fighting these fires varied from one man in some instances to 35 in another. The costs ranged from 60 cents to $45. The total cost of the fires was $261.04. The loss in timber runs into thousands of dollars. have a piece of shrapnel removed! from a wound he suffered in the World War. It is understood that he will be gone about three weeks from his office. Mrs. Mustian accompanied Dr. Mustian to the Tennessee city and will remain until after the operation. The children will remain at iNorlina with Mrs. Mustian's sister, Mrs. Lillian Brinkley, of Raleigh. The past spring was unusuany cry, Warden Pinnell pointed out yesterday. For this reason the number of acres burnt over was larger than would be the cause in normal years. Yet the wardens in many | cases held the fires to a small number of acres; "In"two instances to one-half an acre. Without this [prompt response to alarms unquestionably the loss would have run into many more thousands of dollars, Mr. Pinnell said. ' We feel that we have a good organization over the county," Mr. Pinnell said. "The men have responded readily to the call to fight fires and will continue to do so. But after all, the greatest ally we can have is public co-operation. There is little excuse for smokers setting woods afire. A brief pause tc make sute that a cigaret stub is out may save thousands of dollars worth of property. To set brush afire and then let it spread to another man's property is unexcusable negligence. When the people awake to the terrible toll that carelessness and disregard for the rights of others are taking in Warren, I feel that much of our annual loss from fire will be ended." The sign of the fire wardens are to be found all over Warren county, i.ir and citizens are urged to notuy them promptly of any forest fire. (Continued on page 8) Carpenters At Work On Local Store j Carpenters are busy at work on The Warrenton Department Store building preparing for the moving of the men's stock of goods over into the department now occupied by the ladies' department. The store will continue to operate its departments, but the men and ladies deparments will be in the same store. This step is being taken in order to cut costs of rent, it is said. W. H. Alston, manager, said they would be in the new quarters by September 1. Rumors that a large chain grocery store would occupy the building vacated by the Warrenton Department Store could not be confirmed. IN HOSPITAL NORLINA, July 17.?Dr. Wallace P. Mustian left Tuesday for Memphis, Tenn., where at the United states Veterans Hospital he will Stealing Charge Theft of a pistol from Hayes Gar- ( gae at Norlina early Sunday morning led to the capture of John O'Bryant, Clem Thomas and D. J. Hackney, white men of Chatham , county, at Petersburg, Va., a preliminary hearing before Magistrate J. C. Hardy on Sunday afternoon, and their trial in Recorder's court ' at Warrenton on Monday. 1 Evidence revealed at the trial ' was that while L. L. Hayes was put- 1 ting oil into their car about 6 o'clock ( Sunday morning, the men entered 1 the office, buying drinks, waiting on 1 themselves cafeteria style. Shortly after they had resumed their jour- ] ney, Mr. Hayes missed a valuable j _ J ? 1 ? J 1_ _1 TT_ ii pisioi i rum ins aesK araw. ne nuufied Chief Carter who telephoned Petersburg, Va., police, giving a description of the men. Their arrest followed and a search of the car revealed the stolen pistol. All three were sentenced to the roads for 60 days on Monday, and appealed. Unable to give bond they were placed in the Warren jail. Later in the week Hackney and Thomas arranged bond. O'Bryant, rather than wait in jail, began to serve his road sentence on the roads of Durham county. Hannibal Russell, Kelly Russell, Calvin Russell, negroes, were found not guilty when they faced the Recorder on a charge of larceny. Judge Rodwell ruled that a case involving failure to pay dog tax came within the jurisdiction of a Magistrate and the case against Willie T. Alston, negro, was sent back to the Magistrate who sent the case to the county court. The court found that John S. Slaughter, white man, was not guilty of giving a worthless check 1 as charged. Evidence was that Slaughter had told the man to whom he gave the check that there was no money in the bank to cover 1 it, and was given merely as an evi- 1 dence of indebtedness. i i Henry Turner Coley 1 Dies in California News has been received here of the death at Brawley, Calif., of , Henry Turner Coley, whose wife | was formerly Miss Mary Wiggins, daughter of John Wiggins of the , Afton-Elberon neighborhood. Mr. ( Coley, who was originally from | Canada, was conductor on the Sea- ( board Airline 55 years ago. He was ( the son of Eleanor Stuart Coley , and lived at Raleigh for a number j of years. From there he went to Chapel Hill and then went to Call- ( fornia where he lived for forty-five , vears. , He is survived by his wife, two sons, H. D. and H. B. Coley, and two daughters, Mrs. H. S. Miles and Miss Kate-W. Coley, all of California. One Negro Killed, Another Wounded LOUISBURG, July 16.?Thomas Kelly, colored, was shot and killed and Ed. Egerton, colored, was wounded in the breast by Jesse James King, colored, with a shotgun, about two miles east of Centervide, Sunday night about 10 o'clock. Sheriff F. W. Justice and Constable A. S. Wiggs were called to the scene but could get no trace of King. Kelly received a full load in the abdomen and death soon followed; Egerton's wound is not considered serious. The trouble was not learned but is supposed to have been ! a combination of whiskey and women. ' < HONORS MR. PARKER 1 ? - ? J. a. _ i i complimentary to i/n. waitci Parker of New York, Mr. and Mrs. < W. R. Baskerville entertained at 1 four tables of bridge on Saturday I night. The house was artistic in ] lovely flowers of all kinds. Mrs. T. L. Williamson of Durham won ladies top score prize and Mr. Hugh Holt gentlemen's high prize. The fol- 1 lowing guests enjoyed a delightful ice course: Mr. Walter Parker, Mr. ; and Mrs. Edmund White, Dr. and Mrs. T. J. Holt, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Ward, Misses Lucy and Edith Burwell, Lucy Baskerville and Mesdames Williamson and K. P. Arrington and Messrs. J. J. Tarwater, ' Sumner Watson and Hugh Holt. DR. PEETE RETURNS Dr. C. H. Peete and family have l returned to Warrenton after spend- ; ing several days in Kentucky with Dr. Peete's brother, Mr. W. W. . Peete. r< MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 29 BOARD APPROVES INSOLVENT LIST Congratulates Sheriff Oscar D. Williams On Amount Of Taxes Collected TAX RATE IS DISCUSSED rne ooara 01 couniy commissioners and Auditor P. M. Stallings checked the insolvent list with Sheriff O. D. Williams in a called meeting of the board at Warrenton dii Monday. The board accepted the list and comgratulated Sheriff Williams on his collections. Sheriff Williams has collected approximately 96 per cent of the taxes ioi Warren. In view of present conditions, it is believed that his col .ections this year will put Warren to the forefront among North Carolina counties in per cent of ;axes collected. The board discussed with Auditor Btallings tentative figures relative ;o fixing the tax rate for the county. Due to the fact the road mainmance rates will have to be approved by the various road boards, figures could not be definitely determined. This matter will probably ae settled at the next meeting of the board. E. D. Davis was given a contract to build a small house at the county home for the sum of $475. W. T. Powell, superintendent of the rounty home, was given a $60 contract to whitewash the buildings it the home. The board ordered that land sales 3e turned over to county attorney, Julius Banzet, for collection. Pellagra Spread Alarms Doctors RALEIGH, July 17.?Dr. A. B. VTcCreary, State epidemiologest, this week expressed alarm at the rapid increase of pellagra in the 3tate, especially in the eastern half. Already the pellagra death toll for the year is over 500. In ^ June 748 new cases of the disease were reported, making a total of 1,442 for the first six months"of the fear. Last week 222 new cases were reported from 47 counties. "According to reports from the rarious counties of the State, and especially from the eastern part, ;he increasing number of pellagra :ases is reaching proportions which :annot be viewed without alarm," vrote Dr. McCreary in his weekly nessage to health officers. "The financial depression is unloubtedly responsible to a great extent for this increase. Yet the noney spent for corn meal, fat neat and molasses, which is the' ;hief article of diet in most cases, jould probably be used more judiciously in purchasing vitamine confining foods. There would be less julk, but more food. "The Richmond county chain ?ang, 100 strong, lists on its menu :orn bread, fat back and molasses, and with this some vitamine confining substances such as beans, fbbage and turnip greens. Three :imes per week they get fish and accasionally, very occasionally, through the year, they get beef roast and chicken. On this plain, sut wholesome food, no cases of pellagra have developed among Richmond county prisoners during the last five years, and those committeed there already suffering from the disease show steady im provement and are cured if their sentence is long enough. "This tends to show that fat back, corn bread and molasses are ill right to supply bulk to the meal as long as the necessary vitimines are supplied in sufficient luantity. Judicious spending on Ihe part of the suffers will tend to lower the present upward trend of pellagra". VISITORS AT RICHMOND Mrs. V. L. Pendleton and daughter, Mrs. Peter Arrington, motored to Richmond Saturday afternoon and spent the week end with Col. and Mrs. Arthur Pendleton and family. They returned Monday afternoon accompanied by Mrs. Joel Whitaker and daughter, Miss Courtney, of Indianapolis, who will remain for a visit of several days. BROTHER OF WILLIAM HUNT KILLED IN AUTO WRECK Friends at Warrenton regret to learn that Elder Hunt, of Oxford, orother of William Hunt, local salesman for Carolina Power & Light Co., was killed in an automobile accident Sunday morning while en>ute to Morehead City.