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0SC1OUS BOY
Lcoved Wijh Ear Severed
[ In Ice Comparment Of
I Freight Train
mOJCK OVER THE HEAD
L is-ye&r-old white boy, with
Ler good features, was brought
L yesterday by Sheriff w. J.
Led from Norlina, where he was
Lowed in the ice compartment
ri freight train at day-break by
[brake?*11 "bo found him with
L right ear severed and suffering
Un 3 blow back of his head.
| He was injured at Washington,
L c? by two negroes who were on
Ibe train with him and remained
hp reached Nor
fcconscious ? L
according to information he
Eve Sheriff W. J- Pinnell and
tillism A Bramberry, chief claim
Lent for the Seaboard Air Line
Eilway.
j ge tola the sheriff and claim
Lent that his name was Bentley
fcnaett, that his age was 16 years,
t acnths and that his home was
f 305 Green St.. Little Rock, Ark,
fee said that he had been visiting
L aunt. Mrs. Mary Webb, at 192
mMe St.. Fall River. Mass., and
ms returning to his home with
mso his aunt had given him. At
Washington, he said, he was on top
m the train and two negroes came
ftp to the running board on top of
Ke car where he was sitting and
fked for a cigarette. The next
King he remembered, according to
Ks testimony, was the noise made
In top o! the freight car by the
K/akemn at Norlina.
I Calls for help attracted the
makeman and the boy was removP
from the ice compartment. In
ic absence of Dr. H. H. Fester
flinty health officer, Dr. T. J,
olt was summoned and dressed
m wounds.
I Sixty cents was the amount of
loaey found in his pockets aftei
fe was brought to Warrenton anc
fetched out cn a cot in the office
Miss Lucy I. Leach at the cour
get where he remained all da;
& stupor wni/e trie snerui am
in agent endeavored to receivt
itructions from his relatives a;
where he should be sent ant
ney with which to travel.
In a reply to a telegram whicl
4 been sent from the sheriff's
Ice yesterday morning, his aum
ted from Fall River, Mass., tc
cd him to his home at Little
Kk, Ark., but failed to wire any
0D6V.
Later yesterday the boy said thai
i stepfather. N. E. Montgomery
is connected with the Arkansas
mocrat, a newspaper, and efforts
re being made to reach him. He
II probably be carried to the
tnty home to recuperate in the
ent that no funds are received
sn his relatives.
iolators of Fishing
Laws to be Punished
Stizens caught violating the fishI
laws in Warren county will be
Wed, E. Hunter Pinnell, game
fhn. assured yesterday following
tali to Raleigh on Wednesday
{te it was reported to the depart?t
of conservation and developM
that the fishing laws were be[1
violated in this county,
he complaint came from perch
other fish not named in the
ie law being removed from the
ers of Warren by the use of a
' without the proper supervi' e
law provides that "catfish
? suckers and gars may be taken
seine under supervision of the
*'!' ?ame and fish warden from
muddy waters designated
^ department of conservation
' development during July anc
^ al each year."
hnnell is anxious to have it
!;ly undersrn^ * <-- *
v. VVC1 W1C fcVU"VJ
\such fish as named above
fish not named in tht
are caught by a net it is
! under the law for himleputy
game warden to b(
M. MOSES DIES
as received here this weel
eath of D. M. Moses, reive
of the Kahn Taylorin;
Moses had a number o:
?re that he had made dur
20 years that he has beei
to Warrenton.
enD1NG convention
L Connell Jr., prominen
is attendine the
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*-<uon at Raleigh this week.
K. SON BORN
lo Mr. and Mrs. Jermai
rjl Erwin on Monday, July 2'
^ ^"-Robert Boyd.
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Littleton Citizens
Petition For Road
From Grove Hill
Petititioning for the conditioning
' and maintenance of a road from
i Grove Hill to Littleton by Long
School house, and 11 feasible extending
from Inez, a delegation of
Littleton citizens met with members
k,-vov/-i r\f prvnntu pammi.<y;inn
* U1 liAC A/Wax U vx vuvu*vj - ij?_i-M ,_,,,_
ers, Division Engineer David Rea,
, District Engineer W. H. Rogers, and
, local Engineer Joe Taylor at the
. court house at WaTrenton on Tuesday
morning.
The delegation bore endorsements
of the projects from the board of
I county commissioners and from the
: board of commissioners of Littleton.
1 Mayor John H. Taylor presented
y the contentions of citizens of his
1 section, after Commissioner John
; H. Skinner on behalf of the board
3 of commissioners had requested
1 that this work be done as soon as
possible.
1 The delegation presented the
' facts that the road under consideration
was practically impassable
' in winter and that it was necessary
' for several school bueses to pass
! over it. The construction of a road
through this section would render
c a service to many citizens in that
' section as it would give them more
' ready access to railroad facilities,
5 they said.
District Engineer Rogers told
I members of the delegation that the
l' State would co-operate with them
as fully as possible but that there
were several other equally as important
roads in the county and
that necessarily it would take some
I time for the State to put all roads
in good condition. He pointed out
that the State organization was just
beginning to function, and it would
, be impossible to make definite
. promises until it could be determined
what force and what monies
would be available. He said that he,
Mr. Rea and Mr. Taylor would ride
over the proposed route that afternoon,
and that he would do his best
j to meet with the wishes of the maj,
ority of citizens in that section and
, over his district.
i Mr. Rea said that he had recommend
to Prison Supervisor Sam
Scott that a prison camp be ss,
tablished near Warrenton, but that
i no definite site had been recoms
mended. Several sites had been sugi
gested and in the afternoon he and
I Commissioner Powell inspected
i these sites. Definite decision has
1 not been made, but will in all probability
be made public within the
; next few days.
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> Robert B. House
Speaks At Hebron
5 Robert B. House, executive secretary
of the University of North
Carolina, spoke before members ol
, the Epwortn League of HeWou
church on last Sunday morning a1
* rnoofi rtrr
r rn?-ir regular lumiumjr 1UW .
f Choosing as his subject, "Falhei
. and Sen," Mr. House pointed oul
i that the relation between fatui
and son should approach as neirlj
as humanly possible tnat relat'or
attained between the Heavenlj
t Father and His Son. His talk wa:
i' concise, comprehensive, illuminating
and inspiring, a member oj
the league said yesterday.
Mr. House, Mrs. House and chiln
dren are visiting in the home o:
f, Mrs. House's aunt, Mrs. Howarc
Palmer, near Churchill.
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WARRENTON, CC
ti Boyhood Pose
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^omer Presidedt Calvin 1 ^ j
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Seven new teachers have been t
selected to assist eleven former
members of the John Graham high a
school in carrying out the cur- c
riculum of the local educational in- f
stitution for the school years 1931- j,
32. All of the new teachers have f
had as much as two years' experi- a
ence in class rooms. r
The list of the faculty, their e
homes, the colleges from which t
they graduated, and their ex- J
pcrience in teaching is as follows:
Miss Elizabeth Morton, Green- ^
ville, N. C.?Graduate of E. C. T. C. t
?Has taught English and French
several years?Will teach English .
and French. J
Miss Ollie Rembert, Norfolk Vir- t
ginia?Graduate of Winthrop Col- 2
lege, Studied Columbia University ^
and Asheville Norman?Taughgt in
China Grove, Madison, and Greens- c
boro City Schools?Will teach Home ^
Economics. a
Miss Katnerme ciru, urceuswuiw,
N. C ?Graduate of N. C. C. W. c
Attended U. N. C?Has taught two
years in Taylorsville City Schools? i
Will tjeach Mathematics, Sconce, J
and History.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Black, Shelby,
N. C.?Graduate of Flora McDonald
Attended U. N. C.?Has
taught two years in Taylorsville
City Schools?Will teach Fourth c
Grade. t
Miss Alta Rudisill, Hickory, N. C. I
?Graduate of Lenoir-Rhyn.2 Col- c
lege, Has attended U. N. C.?Taught \
in the Taylorsville City Schools for t
two years?Will teach Fourth c
Grade. c
Miss Frances Person, Macon, N. \
C? Louisbury College, N. C. C. W. f
1 TT *T o?Toncrht. in Pineville I
Harris Chapel Baptist church near
' Hollister on Sunday morning at 11
o'clock, according to announcement
mada yesterday by E. H. Neal, sup1
erintendent of the Harris Chapel
' Sunday School. The Rev. George W.
5 Burch of Windsor will conduct the
' services.
f Services will be held Sunday
morning and Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock. During the remainder of
f the week services will be held at 8
I o'clock. The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Gillis Games Jr. Is
Given Preliminary
Hearing Monday
Principals and witnesses in the
case of Gillis Games Jr., negro
charged with assaulting his siter,
Belle Games, with a deadly weapon
on June 29, came into the court
room on Monday afternoon for a
preliminary hearing before Magistrate
Macey Pridgen and were told
that they would have to come back
in September and face rial in Superior
court,
Counsel for Belle Games waved
| hearing on the ground that the case
would have to be sent to a higher
tribunal and that it was no use of
wasting an afternoon going into
evidence when the same ground
would have to be covered in the
higher court.
The late date of the hearing was
due to Belle Games' condition. Following
the assault she was carried
to the Henderson hospital with a
broken arm, a badly cut head and
a bruised body. According to the
story told by Gillis Games Jr., when
he surrendered to Sheriff W. J.
Pinnel, he was in a field near his
home when his sister came upon
him and began to beat him with
a hoe handle. He became so^incensed,
according to his testimony,
that he hardly knew what he was
doing as he wrestled the hoe handle
from his sister and beat her with
it.
Gillie Games Jr., was represented
before Magistrate Pridgen by R. S.
McCoin and John H. Kerr Jr. Belle
Games was represented by Julius
Banzet.
Circulation of Books
Shows An Increase
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Circulation ox ine dook.s 111 vv <**. ?
ren Memorial Library the past year
increased nearly 3,000 volumes
over the previous year, it was revealed
at a meeting of the board
of directors of the library on Monday
night. Books circulated the
year just closing totalled 16,573;
the previous year 13,874 were boxrowed.
W. T. Polk, president, presided
ever the meeting Monday night
and submitted report to the State
Library Commission for the approval
of the directors.
Plans were made to raise funds
for library purposes and with this
end in view John Mitchell, Blgnali
Jones, S. E. Burroughs and C. A.
Tucker were appointed a committee
to promote a dance in September.
Present at the meeting on Monday
night were President W. T.
^olk, Secretary C. A. Tucker, Bignall
Jones, John Mitchell, J. Ed1
ward Allen. Mrs. C. R. Rodwell, and
Miss Mabel Davis, librarian.
\ Revival Services
1 At Harris Chapel
j
Revival services will begin at
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)UNTY OF WARREN, N. C., 1
TIP GREEN TOHAVE
JURY TRIAL
1
Assault and Trespass Cases
Tried In Recorder's Court
On Monday Morning
DRAWN FOR JURY DUTY
"Tip" Green, Warrenton negro,
will be tried before a jury in Recorder's
court on Monday morning
on a charge of possessing liquor for
sale. His case was docketed for trial
before Judge W. W. Taylor this
week, but due to the request for a
jury trial, the case was continued
until the first Monday.
Green, known to the streets of
Warrenton for many years, was arrested
Saturday night by Prohibition
Enforcement Officer Edward
Davis and John Cary Davis. Herbert
Clark assisted in bringing
about the arrest.
The following names have been
selected for jury duty on Monday
morning: W. H. Riggan, W. H. Wes- c
son, J. E. Frazier, C. C. Hunter, A. 1
W. Hall, Frank Serls Jr., Raymond v
Modlin, J. A. Dameron, W. A. Con- v
nell Jr., Allen Hilliard, R. R. Rod- (
well, F. R. Hight.
Only two other bills of indictment
faced Judge Taylor and Solicitor i
Daniel in Monday morning's session
of court. Joe Jackson, negTO charged
with assault, was fined $5.00 and
costs, and sentenced to three
mOnths and a day in jail, assigned
to work the roads. The latter sentence
was suspended upon condi- ?
tion that the costs and fine were '
paicj by 4 p. m. July 25, 1931.
Jim Coppage, negro, was charged j
with forcible trespass and assault. ,
He was fined $25 and costs and c
given a six months jail sentence, ^
assigned to work the roads. The
road and jail sentence was suspended
provided he pay the fine and ?
costs by 4 p. m. on July 28, 1931,
a
Faculty Chosen For i
Local High School; "
7 New Teachers o
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CliiU KJ . 11. V. ??
Schools two years, Macon School c
one year, and China Grove Public s
Schools two years?Will teach sec- t
tions of Second and Third grades.
Miss Clara Williams, Sheloh, N. i
C.?Attended Campbell College, E. e
C. T. C., and U. N. C.?Taught (
three years at Shiloh, N. C., and r
four years at Pilot Mountain, N. C. t
?Will teach a section of the First i
grade. 1
In addition to the above the following
faculty members will return:
Miss Mariam Boyd, Miss Helen
Thompson, Miss Katherine Taylor, t
Mr. R. H. Bright, in the High (
techool. Mrs. Scarborough, Miss Al- ?
fitnn. Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Pearsall, <
Miss Kimball, Miss Randolph, and ?
Miss Hamilton. (
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GIRL SCOUTS TO HAVE SALE 1
Warren ton Girl Scouts will oonduct
a sale of pies and cake in the
Home Furniture & Supply Company
Store here on Saturday morning 1
beginning at 10 o'clock, according 1
to announcement made by a mem- ?
ber of the troop yesterday. 1
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FRIDAY, JULY 31,
SPECIAL OFFICER
WRITES PAPE1
Qfficer Objects to Articles
Published In The Warren
Record; Says Unfriendly
Editor, The Warren Record, sir:?
Mter reading Mr. Howard Jones Jr.,
irticle in The Record of July 24
is to the discrepancy in the prohijition
laws to have a few words in
vould like to have a few works in
ny behalf and in behalf of the present
laws. Mr. Jones refers especially
to the arrest of Dock Burgess
md the luxurious manner of the
irrest Sunday morning, July 19.
sheriff W. J. Pinnell phoned me
hat he had complaints from the
numbers at Fork Chappel colored
liurch, and that he wished I would
ook into this as he had another
rip on hand that day.
We went to this church for the
>urpose of enforcing the law, not
or the purpose of saving the bootegger
or the hip bottle carrier the
:ost of the case. If we had been
rying to save them this money we
vould have stayed at home and he
vould not have had to pay for the
Luxurious Arrest) referred to by
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Government Will
Furnish Burial Flags
For All Veterans
Regulation burial flags will hereifter
be furnished free of cost by
he United States Government for
[raping the caskets of deceased
eterans of any war. Two of these
lags, which are five feet by nine
eet and six inches, have been reeived
at the Warrenton post office
iy Mrs. Nannie Moore, postmistress.
In order to secure the flag it will,
ourse, be necessary that the proper
lischarge paper be presented to
?rs. Moore, according to specific
tistructions issued by the Veterans
Jureau at Washington. The flag
lay be received at county seat post
ffices or from government regional
iffices. No other post office in the
:ounty will be permitted to supply
hem, it is understood.
Should there be no flag available
,t the local post office upon the
lieath of a veteran, the family by
iling necessary papers with Mrs.
toore may proceed to purchase a
lag suitable for draping the casket
nd receive a refund from the Vete.
ans Bureau in an amount not to
xceed $7.00. The necessary applicaion
blanks will be furnished by
drs. Moore.
The following clause in the law
lativtrvn nlnpfioc fViot qvq or>Hf1nr1
ICilliCO tiiu V/iuooco biiav HIV Vtiuivivu
o the flags:
"Where a veteran of any war,
ticluding those women who served
s Army nurses under contracts between
April 21, 1898, and February
1901, who was not dishonorably
lischarged, dies after discharge or
esignation from the service, the
lirector shall furnish a flag to
Irape the casket of such veteran
md afterwards to be given to his
lext of kin regardless of the cause
if death of such veteran."
Rea Says Taylor
Farm Most Suitable
Prison Camp Site
The farm of Dr. W. W. Taylor is
ine of the most suitable sites in
he State for a prison camp, D. M.
lea, district engineer with head[uarters
at Greensboro, said on
Wednesday when he lookM over
he property with John Clay Powell,
ihairman of the board of county
:ommissioners, and a Mr. Rodgers,
vho came with him. Mr. Rea and
Jr. Rodgers were sent here by Sam
3. Scott, supervisor of prison
lamps in this state, to look over the
;ite which had been offered by the
>oard of county commissioners.
Both representatives were pleased^
t was said, with the Taylor propirty,
which is known as the Bailey)verby
place, located between Warenton
and Macon, and it is thought
hat a favorable recommendation
vill be given Mr. Scott by the men
le sent here.
ENTERTAINS PRINCIPALS
Prof. J. Edward Allen entertained
1- - -u v\?n?nmQk ftf th?
'lit? uiv/ipww
:ounty and Prof. Combs of Raleigh
it a dinner party last week. In adiition
to Prof. Combs, Mr. Allen's
quests included the following prinjipals:
Miller of Warrenton King
)f Macon, Chappell of Norlina, and
Sarly of Littleton.
CHILD BURIED
An infant daughter of Mr. and
VIrs. Charlie Harris of Macon was
juried at the Macon cemetery on
Saturday afternoon. The child was
jorn Friday.
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EDWARD DAVIS
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Writer of Court Story Replies
To Criticism of Special
Officer Edward Davis
Mr. Edward Davis,
Special Prohibition Enforcement
Officer for Warren County.
Dear Sir:
The article of mine which appeared
in The Warren Record last
week relative to the discrepancy in
the prohibition law as it functions
. over Warren has drawn a reply
from you which is carried in this
issue of the paper,
i The purpose of my article was to
show that justice is being miscarcarried
in this county through the
recently created office for prohibition
enforcement which is in your
charge. The assinity of the law
was apparent in the case against
Doctor Burgess in which his infringment
of the prohibition law
cost him twice as much simply beta
usee he was arrested by a special
officer, in this case yourself. The
article, which was topped by a byline
for the reason that it was written
in an unsual order, was written
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McGuire, Fully
Clad, Pulls Negro
Caddy From Pool
Calls for help sent M. C. McGuire
into the swimming pool fully
clad on Monday afternoon where he
rescued Douglas Kearney, negro
caddy, and pulled out Nathan
Green, negro employee of the golf
club who had| faltered in his efforts
to save Kearney.
The water was being turned out
of the pool and the caddy was
sweeping the bottom when he went
too far down the slope of the concrete
and water rushed over his
head. Nathan Green, who was assisting
in cleaning the pool, attempted
to rescue the young negro,
'but on account of the depth of the
Water, he, also, was helpless.
Mr. McGuire, who was supervising
the change of water, jumped
into the pool and pulled both
negroes out.
William Hunt Goes
To Asheville on 15th
William Hunt, employe of the
Carolina Power & Light Co., will |
be transferred to Asheville around
the 15th of August. He will be replaced
in the Warrenton office of
the company by Frank Hart of Oxford.
Mr. Hart, who recently lost
his wife, has no family, it is understood.
Mr. and Mrs. Hunt have made
manv friends since coming to War
renton nearly two years ago. Mr.
Hunt who is a present president
of the Warrenton Kiwanis duty
lias been unusually active in the
civic life of the town. He is head
of the local troup of boy scouts, a
member of the golf club and has
been generous with his time towards
things for the betterment of
the town. Mrs. Hunt has had an active
part in the social affairs of
Warrenton.
Many friends here have been ex!
pressing regrets upon learning of
the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Hunt J
and wishing them good luck in their
new home.
Golf Tournament
Has Happy Close
The five-town golf tournament
came to a happy close for Warrenton
clubbers on Friday afternoon
when the local team was entertained
at a barbecue and brunswick
stew on the Warrenton course by
the four other teams which lost out
in the match which had been waging
since early summer between
Wake Forest, Henderson, Roanoke
Rapids, Louisburg and Warrenton.
At the beginning of the match
the teams had an agreement that
the losing clubs would entertain the
winning team at a 'cue and stew.
The Warrenton club became the
guest of honor last week when Roanoke
Rapids lost out to Louisburg,
thereby making Warrenton the winner
in the tournament.
About 35 representatives from
the losing teams gathered here on
Friday and golfed and swam with
members of the local team as the
barbecue and brunswick stew were
being prepared. About 100 people
were present for the event.
CLAIM AGENT HERE
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WilJJttlll XX. XJl UlUK/\,x A j t
Claim Agent for the Seaboard Air
Line with headquarters at Norfolk,
'Va., was a business visitor at Warrenton
yesterday.
MOST OF THE NEWS
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NUMBER 31!
BOARD DISCUSSES
COUNTY BUDGET
Unable to Consider Propolis
At Morning Session; No
Definite Action Taken
REDUCTION IS GRANTED
Meeting in specially called sesson
to consider the 1931-32 budget,
members of the Warren county
board of commissioner at the court
house at Warrenton on Monday
found their entire morning session
taken up with other matters not
connected with the budget and it
was not until afternoon behind
closed doors that they were able
to discuss ways and means of carrying
on county affaire for the present
fiscal year which began on
July 1.
Definite figures could not be
reached on Monday pending the
certification by the State of corporate
values, but indications are
that the tax rate will be reduced
possibly as much as one-third, ac
cording to oi^e of! the members.
Figures will probably be announced1
at their regular meeting on next
Monday.
The board at their morning session
granted a 25 per cent reduction
in the value of the machinery
of the Peck Manufacturing Company
and a $5,000 reduction in the
value of real estate.
J. P. Scoggin, Warrenton automobile
dealer, appeared before tha
board relative to the listing of his
property at Warrenton. Mr. Scoggin
said that he was afraid that an
eroneous opinion might be formed
from a minute of the board of last
first Monday as published in The
Warren Record. The miute to which
he referred was an order that two
buildings be listed against him for
taxation. Mr. Scoggin said that the
two lots referred to had been included
in his house property according
to custom and instruction
of the board of assessors, and that
the mistake occuned thrugh error
of the assessors in copying his abstract.
Mr. Scoggin asked that the board
in order to avoid future error list
these two lots for $500 and his house
property for $9,000, instead of $9,500
for the entire property. The
board ordered this done.
The board ordered that a tentative
rate of 6 per cent be fixed in
the budget for capital outlay for
school purposes.
After hearing a petition from a
delegation of Littleton citizens for
their aid in having the Grove HillLittleton
road conditioned and
maintained as soon as possible by
the State, the board passed the following
resolution:
"Upon motion, duly seconded, be
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To Erect Building
At Local High School
The Board of Education is this
week advertising for sealed bids for
the construction of a one-story
brick building at the John Graham
high school to house the agricultural
department, plans are
for a building 36x48 to contain a
class room and work shop.
Last year the agricultural department
was quartered in the
basement of the present school
with class room but no workshop.
Due to the consolidation of schools
under the State plan, pupils from
other schools brought into Warrentnn
will occunv the space formerly
I used by the agricultural depart|
ment.
The elementary school at Warren
Plains was closed this year by
order of the State and the pupils
brought to Warrenton. Much criticism
has been voiced E7"~local citizens
at the State's policy of
abandoning a building in good
condition and erecting another
building within less than three
miles.
Capture Two Men
And Still In Raid
Two white men and a 210 gallon
capacity still came into the hands
of the Federal Government on Saturday
when a raid was made in
the Afton-Elbron neighborhood by
.Federal Agent Donnell, J. C. Davis,
Cary Wilson, and three Watkins,
W. G? Bill, and L. B., of Vance
county.
Eugene Falkener and Henry Patterson
were the men captured at
the still. Following their arrest they
were carried before Federal Commissioner
J. C. Hardy who bound
them over to Federal court under
bounds of $500 each.
The still was operating at full
capacity, it was said, when the ofjficers
made the capture.
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