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accurate, terse timely VOLUME XXXI SUPERIOR COURT BEGINS MONDAY Judge Cranmer to Preside; Large Number of Criminal Cases On Docket A SMALL CIVIL DOCKET Judge E. H. Cranmer of Southport will preside over the January term of Superior court which convenes here on Monday morning with ' more than 30 cases on the criminal docket. Murder, manslaughter, attempted rape and larceny are charges which are docketed among the list. Whiskey cases have practically disappeared from Superior Court calen(dars in Warren. This term finds larceny and breaking replacing it as the cause bringing most citizens into the toils of the law. Despite the ssriousnes of some of the charges, there are no cases on the docket of county-wide interest. Principal interest will probably cen Iter in the case of State against Eugene Harley, Fred Jonggoes and Louis Geberski, white men, charged with -entering a filling station at Norlina several months ago. It is not the original count that is expected to bring the crowds into the court room when they face the judge. They are the trio that tore up jail fixtures and for weeks have made life miserable for Jailer C. E. Lovell and worried other officials by their conduct fn the: local bastils. Next week they will also be tried for destroying county property and for other misconduct, i Lee Jackson, negro, is charged u ~"~?n?n<T .Tim Fitfcs at '* ~ise LllUlUCiHi& v*?? s^Rin the night of April 1.8, 1930. r'itts jjpvas clubbed to death. Jackson was Hrrested at Richmond on SeptemjBber Id and brought to the Warren county jail. He escaped from the Bbastile but was later recaptured. I Allen Green, r.cgro of Wt.rrenton, will face Judge Cranmer on a charge of manslaughter. Green was O driving the car that crashed headIon into an automobile driven bj James Rudd, negro, on the War renton-Norlina road on Sunday afternoon, &?ntember 14. Rudd was B instantly killep. His case was con(Continued on page 8) Town Lends Water | Company $1,00G Shifting finance from one depart. Bmtnt of the town to another ir Border to maintain credit, the towr commissioners agreed without disBsenting vote at their regular rr^ct "g Monday night to lean the War enton Water Company $1000. This Bacnon came after W. R. Strick HiHiiU itUU OUUUllttCU tfc ICJA/l I V/X CABjerditures of the recently con^Ktructed water plant in north War{Kenton and explained the need for ^ unds to take care of bills which Hp ere past due. I Mr. Strickland pointed out thai total cost of the mineral re^ ncval plant was $7,395.96, and thai Bhe water company had paid prac^Bically all this money except a B&OO note held by the Bank ol Varren. with the loan from the Hewn and anticipated collections foi Kb is month, he said the water com^Bany will be practically out of debl Hnd soon have a balance of its own I Other matters coming before the Hommissioners were of routine naHure. Wvlen Flee From Still HAs Officers Approacli Five men flushed at a still or ^Hhocco Creek in Fork township bj Beputies J. C. and E. D. Davis Huesday afternoon made gcod theii Bcape into the ambush. Hot chase as given the men but a coat dis. ^Brded during the flight through Die woods was the only thing the Ricers were able to pick up. The Bat contained one pint of beer. 1 The still, which was of the oi Barrel type, was not in oneratioi I pen the deputies made their ap prance and scattered the men Fee barrels of beer were destroy 3 and the booze outfit was brough 5 Warren+cn. Officers Nab Man And Booze Outfit Raiding in Sixpound township onstable R. O. Snipes and Rober innell arrested Alvin Harris, ne r?. at a still Monday afternocr r oil barrel steam outfit and tw arrels of beer were destroyed. N biskey was found. BOARD MEETS ?nly matters of routine natur ere before the board of educatioi t their regular meeting on Mon I ipm WARRENTON, COUN **y-^r"1* c-* S -e"1 '*7- ^ y^jf^juWB3S8f- - jjv' " *V- -' <' - v >, <*..^ i Man Found Hiding In Moore Home On Tuesday Night Harvey Brown, white man cf ' Henderson, is in Warren County jaii, awaiting trial at January term of Superior court on a charge of i breaking into the home of James Mocre on Tuesday night. Hiding in a recess upstairs, the r robber was discovered by Mrs. Gor don Farmer as she passed from her i room to her kitchenette of her 1 apartment shortly after 9 o'clock. Mrs. Farmer was badly startled I and unable to cry out, it is said, > but made sufficient noise to attract the attention of her husband who came out of his room in time to see the robber running down 1 the stairs. Mrs. Fanner telephoned 1 the police and Night Officer C. E. 1 Lovell responded. Accompanied by several citizens drawn to the home by the report of the entry, he made 1 a search and found; the man hiding under the rear steps of the heme. Brown was given a hearing befnro IWn crist.ro W C! F&firsr the . following morning at which time he plead guilty to the charge, it is said. He was unable to raise $250 L bend required and is in jail. Relations Club To Meet On Monday The International Relations Club will meet at the library on Monday evening, January 12 th, at 8 o'clock. The discussion will center about the two papers?"VThy we should study International Affairs," written by Mrs. C. R. Rodwell, and "Significance of differences in the various nations," by Bignall Jones. Those who have decided on the particular countries they will represent in the course are asked to make a survey of the origin, social, , economic and political conditions i of his or her chosen country. This information may be found in clear r and concise form in Bowman's "The New World," which may not i be taken from the library because : it must be used as a reference book and kept always accessible. The course is open to all who , care to take it. There is no cost f ttached except the small cost of k the text book, "This World of Nations," by Pittman E. Potter. Other ] books needed will be found in the " International Mind Alcove. The 1 course of study was arranged by ' Amy Heminway Jones, Division Assistant of the Carnegie Endowment '?fcr International Peace. Dr. Nich. ' ' olas Murray Butler, President of 1 ' Columbia University, is Director 1 of the Division of Intercourse and I " Education sponsoring this course. 1 < ! Medici Prints To j 1 Be Displayed Here i ' Endeavoring to bring art into J the homes of Warren county and ; at the same time enrich the treas- < ury of the Woman's club, 133 prints ! 1 from the Medici Art Society of 1 Boston will be on exhibit and for i sale all next week at the Warren ] " County Memorial Library. Twenty- i five per cent of the proceeds from ( ' the sale of these Prints will go to i . the Woman's club. < - The collection was secured for the library through Mrs. Katherine P. ! Arrington, president of the North < * J?A-? UMnfn?TAti +ho Carolina Art society, no WCVCi WAV I Warrenton Woman's club, headed ] by Mrs. G. H. Macon, is sponsoring i I the exhibit and sale. i The Medici prints are considered ' jthe nearest possible to the original, J and according to R A. Shirley of ] ' the Boston society, an unusually J fine collection has been brought to i 5 Warrenton. The same prints as 1 " offered here, Mr. Sliirtey said, are 1 (Continued on page 8) % 2 Negro Injured When 1 Hit By Automobile i Whit Kearney, negro of near ] l- Warrenton, was seriously hurt on 1 Sunday night when he was struck < t by an automobile driven by C, S. ' Pusey, white employee of the War- 1 renton Bex and Lumber Co. Kear- 1 ne> suffered concussion of the ) , brain, lascerated scalp and a brok- ' * en ankle. ! Mr. Pusey was arrested on a ? charge of reckless driving and given a preliminary hearing before ~ Magistrate Frank 13. Newell on , 0 Monday and bound to Superior . 0 court under $200 bend which he gave. Kearney, accordirig to the evl dence, was walking along the roadt, e near the box mill when struck hy j a the car. Mr. Pusey said he was - meeting a car at the time and fail-j; I ed to see the negro. CYCLONE CAU -g > "* - - ~ J.>, ' .." > '* > "' . / ' .' , 4 . < . . xv.vX ; > ' ,f : ' .' '' '' f . . :- V '.4'.: C: ' 5;';'.-. > ' :" - -' ;: " i- .-.?; ''< >' ^ >: :,- ' 1 jV- I f v>s& - K* ' ..." * A, . ' ' . *gf -V?v-: *! The lower picture shows where three sons were kliled and a fourt blown down by the fierce wind. BOARD FAVORS TAX LAW CHANGE Requests Representatives To See That Measures Are Passed By Assembly The Board of Commissioners of Warren County favor the abolition Df law exempting stocks in foreign corporations from taxes, the addition of cne cent to the present gasoline tax to work the county roads under State supervision and direction, and a bill taxing electric energy as a means of raising T'Jiow alen fnvnr a. tax cn i^vtxiuu. xixvj stock dividends not to exceed 1 per cent to be used as a means of reducing property tax. Meeting in regular session here m Monday they voted that Jchni 3. Davis, member of the House of Representatives, and T. O. Rodwell, lumber of the State Senate, be requested to do all in their power to see that these measures were carried through the 1931 session of the General Assembly which convened this week at Raleigh. i The motion was made by John L.! Skinner and seconded by R. L.j Dapps. The board refused to okey a proposal made before them by Representative Davis. Mr. Davis asked that income frcm real estate be used as a basis of valuation. The representative held that a piece of pioperty bringing in no income was not able to pay tax. He asked that f the board had no power to make fVi? aecAs? this recommeimat/iLm IA/ WIp Muwvw (Continued on page 8) Limer Post Favors Payment Certificates Unanimous vote in favor of the Pederal government paying at once the adjusted compensation certificates held by veterans of the World War has been given by Limer Post, Mo. 25, of the American Legion. The vote came after a lengthy discussion, in which many of the members of the post spoke briefly in expression of their views. It was decided that the action of the post be communicated at once to Congressman J. H. Kerr of this district and Senators F. M. Simmons and Cameron Morrison, of North Carolina. Commander L. C. Kinsey tended his resignation at the meeting last night, stating that press of other ' " * ' -1? matters prevented nis giving time to the duties of Commander. His resignation was accepted and Dr. Wallace Mustian was elected to head the post. rjegj52M& ? T " M! * ^5 % -T.. 'vW v " "'*' ' Wt' ' ' ., .? ' * *_ v," "* ?*^5.*'- -' irreh J9E; , . ;& TY OF WARREN, N. C., F1 SES HAVOC IN WA - IS 1 MMMMIIIIH| ill in1 I'1!1 '|i i - .' -W' ill* P - :v| *#?,2 111 i .*?& <>< ? J<&tv ' ?J?K wm&fr?' 1H > - *4 4iW0Mam:S< ' h '; W vS&ig? -< -. ?&& "j w. . * k "?/'* .. : |? Xv v W/X' V/Xw - -> . ><.'A- <?;.1%?AS g5H|HgK%>^Z<&<SgKM%v . . . . . . - 'x: . '' ' ' : * :V .. ' '^ ' j"..... ' ..: * .x:/<?KraES^>;:.V^.:.;. >;>: >%:?: <:>;: : >&$< . /.? / > r & '< A , WAV'' ?" a at ' t t^MWan. $ : . :x : <:-<<: : WfnHirapW: :&w ' ' "-?v" - r^ :. - ,*. : the house of Jim Dunston, colored, h fatally injured. The upper picturi Three Men Face Judge Taylor In Recorder's Court Disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon, larceny, and violation of the Eighteenth Amendment composed the three cases given a hearing in Recorder's court | on Monday morning before Recorder W. W. Taylor. Another case of larceny, involving Jesse Quinchette and Louis Henderson, was continued until January 26. Charlie Jones was found guilty of constructive possession of whiskey and fined $5.00 and the cost j of ccurt. Evidence was induced to show that Jcnes had bargained for the whiskey, but at the time the fluid had not come into his possession. Moses Levester was assigned to work the roads six months in this district as penalty for acting in a disorderly manner and carrying a concealed weapon. Levester, it seems, created quite a disturbance at the home of Alford Tubbs and threatened to shoot several people. Foster Ayscue and Ncrman Stevenson were fined $25.00 and costs ana assigned to work the roads for a period of six months as the result of stealing gasoline. The road sentence was suspended upon payment of fine and costs. Negroes Arrested On Robbery Charges It is possible that Wade Dowtin and George Alston, negroes, stole because they were hungry, but judging from the evidence one v/ould believe they planned to open a store or supply a neighbor. The two negroes were arrested by Constable R. O. Snipes and Frank Pinnell and Buck Wilson, railroad detective on last Friday. They were charged with stealing 500 pounds of meat from Sam Ingram on December 31; five chickens from J. H. Harper cn December 31, and five chickens from George Myrick the same night, with breaking into J. H. King's Servicfe Station on December 28 and stealing goods to the value of $100. The same night, according to the charges, they also stole 50 pounds of lard and 200 pounds of meat from Robert McKnight, rnd | 500 pounds of meat frcm Jim Alston. I TTiov Tiroro crixrpn B. nrpHmlnur? O-' ? ? hearing before Magistrate W. C. Fagg on Wednesday, He found piobable cause and bound them to Superior Court under $300 bend each. Unable to raise this amount, i they are in Warren county jail. tm^ajusyrJOT - *v ;>s.,r> gra-_ r - ..: . .. % war RIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1931 RREN COUNTY ' : :: ?&. fv*? J ' ' :* ' ... vT \ v ' " -v ' ' > ;:Et:' ' v - ' . .. teWyy'. r^-i^J'vXv'X;:.:;; > ' ' V>?' * iw? - ' ' : HP %n ; . ,* * - ' j| sg&& v-^SIpM-" ?'.v-.v ;f'^?-. '...\V , >-*:v.;.v:;.;:;.v.>X.>:<<<vX*: iwxwSwfejfM-K -:;X;..::-.-.. ' ' ' y'v. . .<.... <#?., *" . . , '?? . , . . '<;?'< *s ' rs&yr&y / * ; r ' < stood before Monday's cyclone. The e is of one of the colored churches RED CROSS AIDS TORNADO VICTIMS I e National Field Representative Takes Charge Of Relief Work Relief wcrk in the tornado struck area of Warren county is being conducted by the National Red Cross working in conjunction with the local chapter and interested citizens of both races. Mrs. Elise Mullikan, National Field Representative cf the American Red Cross, arrived in Warren on Tuesday morning and with Mrs. Katherine P. Arrington, county chairman, and R. M. White of Ncrlina, made a survey of the field. Getting in touch with leading citizen relief work was immediately begun. Appeals for old clothing yrere made through the schools at Wise, Norlina and Warrenton on Wednesday, and on Tnursday generous supplies received, together with food, were distributed to the needy families. Mrs. Mullikin reported to a1 special Red Cross relief committee,) representing churches and civic organizations of Warrentcn, the result of her survey at a special called meeting at the home of Mrs. Arrington on Wednesday night. Her survey showed that more persons were affected by the tornado than was at first believed. A special advisory committee of nine members was appointed to assist J the National Representative in her work. Members of this committee are C. R. Rod well, P. B. Bell, R. M. White, C. C. Perkinscn, R. C. Cox, R. R. Jackson, S. G. Chappell, J. E. Allen, N. H. Gholson. The expense of the relief work will be borne by the National Organization, the local chapter and from contributions from Warren citizens. It was the consensus of the Red Cross meeting that the disaster had hit at a hard season but that Warren county wished to show its usual spirit of good fellowship and do its share so three places were opened for contributions of money or supplies and any citizen wishing to give any amount, no matter how small, can j do so at Burrougns grocery company, Warrenton, Walker's Drug Store in Norlina, and Perkinson I Brothers Company in Wise. Contributions have already been made along various lines, Rodwell Brothers having sent nickel spoons, tin cups and enamel plates, Tom Wiliams offering free transportation for any lumber necessary in (Continued on page 8) i ===== ^?ix Warrei Killed J Strikes Northern Section of Many Are Injured; H Results; Church RELIEF IS BEING GIVEN Six persons are dead, t"\ dozen painfully hurt as a rei over the northern section of afternoon, destroying thousar erty and making several fam: The dead are Jim Dunstc Edna Harris, negro student a ing School at Wise. Seriously injured are Mai the Warren County Traininj Training School To Reopen High School Department Soon The Warren County Training School at Wise, badly damaged and forced to close by the tornado of Monday afternoon in which one of the students wa& killed and a teacher painfully injured, will re-open its high school department and the seventh grade next week, it was learned yesterday at the office of the superintendent of schools. Work in the lower grades will not be resumed until next session, it was said. Members of the Board of Education met on Tuesday morning with Superintendent J. Edward Allen who was on the scene shortly after the tornado struck the school, and went to the school to inspect the damage and make plans for resuming work. W. F. Cradle of the Rosenwala foundation and G. H. Ferguson, assistant director of negro educaI firm and insnpcfnr nf Rnsenwalri schools, met with the board at the school on Tuesday morning. Mr. Cradle promised that he would make application for aid from the Rosenwald fund. State Superintendent of Schools A. T. Allen, telephoned Supt. J. Edward Allen that money could be borrowed from the State literary fund on long term note, to be used with Rosenwald money in restoring the buildings. Wednesday the board was again in session and received bids for the reconstruction of three of the buildings of the school plant. The contract was awarded to Jack Smiley, local contractor. The high school pupils and the seventh grade will be housed in these buildings for the remainder of the .session. The work of the mechanical department will not be resumed as the tornado destroyed the garage and workshop at the school. The main building will be torn down and replaced by a new one next year. Furniture from this building has been removed and stored in the Centre Warehouse at Warrenton. School officials expressed the hope that school work could be resumed next Wednesday. Rodgers And Macon On Board of Health Dr. W. D. Rodgers Jr. and Dr. G. H. Macon were named members of the Warren County Board of Health at a meeting here on Monday attended by John Clay Powell, chairman of the board of county commissioners; J. Edward Allen, superintendent of schools, and F. H. Gibbs, Mayor of Warrenton. Dr. Rodgers and Dr. Macon were recommended for appointment on the board at a recent meeting of the Warren County Medical Society. A meeting will be held at the court house next Monday at 12:30 o'clock at which time a Health Officer will be elected. Dr. H. H.* Foster of Norllna has been recom- J mei.ded for this post by the medical society and it is expected that he 'vill be elected by the board to succeed Dr. W. D. Rodgers, incumbent, under the system of rotation in effect here for years. Boydton Man Jailed 1 UI LiIllCI 1115 V I L. J. Harris, young white man of Boydton, Va., charged with breaking into the store of F. J. Brown near here on Monday night, plead guilty yesterday morning at the preliminary hearing held before Magistrate W. C. Fagg. Unable to ?;nn hnnrf hp is in iail await a uj*3C yvvw ing trial at the January term of Superior court. Harris was arrested in South Hill by Virginia officers and brought to Warrenton yesterday by Constable R. 0. Snipes. MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 2 _ 1) veaiea a sueiie ui ucvaotau^i gituwer than was realized the night before and brought forth stories of marvelous escapes and experiences as thousands of people journed to the site of the Jim Dunston home and to the Warren County Training School where the tornado was at its worst. The twister struck shortly before 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon. The tornado struck a grove in which was located the home of Jim Dunston. Giant oaks lying twisted on the ground and the blackened ruins of a home here tell their tragic story. It was here that Dunston and three children were killed and a son fatally injured, while his wife and baby .escaped death. The house was blown down and the rennncfVif fim TTnrnrifipH rp lixaiiio vzo.u51.Ai/ iuv. w*i? v* .w ports are that the woman with the baby in her arms was blown for fifty yards. Dunston and his sons were found dead in a cotton field many yards from the home. It is reported here that a hunter saw the cyclone strike the negro home, and according to his account Dunston was carried several hundred feet into the air. Rising into the air the tornado passed over the outlying districts of Wise and again dipped near the Warren County Training School. Locust Grove negro church was demolished and the debris from the building litters the grave yard nearby. The riegro Christian church, located across the road from the training school, was lifted from its foundation. The rest of the building was carried off in the air. Where it was deposited is not known. It is reported that a roof of a building was seen in the air a mile from the church. The main school building that housed between four and five hundred negro pupils, still stands but it has been twisted many feet from its foundation and badly wrecked. A giant tree is deeply embedded in one corner of the building. Seventyfive yards away one of the buildings * stands, but it is also off its foundation. The girls' dormitory nearby was wrecked as was the garage that housed the school trucks. Twisted and overturned machinery lies in the ruins there. Anotner dormitory, 50 yards to the left of the girls' building, is standing. A hearse was backed before this building Tuesday morning to carry away the body of Edna Harris, negro girl, who fled from the dormitory to be struck by a piece of flying timber and, caught by the force of the wind, swept for many (Continued on Page 3) ' i rersous iy Tornado County Monday Afternoon; uge Property Damage Is Blown Away TO STRICKEN FAMILIES vo seriously injured, and a suit of a tornado that swept Warren county late Monday ids of dollars worth of propilies homeless. >n, negro, and four children; it the Warren County Trainnie Adams, negro teacher at g School, broken ribs; Sam -A 11 g o o d, three-year-old negro child, broken leg. Those suffering minor injuries were four children and the wife of Wallace Allgood, negro; Ella Cobb and daughter, negroes; Jasc Balwin, negro, reported hurt; Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson and little son, Mr. L. M. King and Miss Edith King. Property damage, according to survey of Mrs. Elise Mullikan, field representative of the American Red Cross, who is directing relief work, included: Home of Badger Davis, negro, hlrmrn nff fnnnrtotInn rhimnAUS M1UT111 VI* IWlUiUUVtUll | V?*UMVJ H blown off house of Mrs. Willie Robinson, white; barn and packhouse destroyed at the home of W. J. Bishop, member of Warren county board of elections; home of Robert Leete, white, moved off foundation, roof off, kitchen and outbuilding blown away; home of Sam Mayfield, negro, off foundation, kitchen blown off; home of Rose Thomas and nine children, negroes, demolished; home of Annie Duke, 77, negro, house off foundation, kitchen blown away; Locusr, Grove negro church, demolished; negro Christian church, blown away; main building Warren County Training School, off foundation and wrecked beyond repair; dormitory and garage demolished and agricultural building blown off foundation at Warren County Training School. Daylight Tuesday morning re
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