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aCCURATE, terse ~?*/?ri v 1 11TH-" * gsMONOF "Joilim COURT n'Clack Before Jury In Verdict of Guilty ] ^ Richardson Case | ^hryJ* tried .pnce and arguments in two Zee of indictment ' nT the docket submitted in c0urt on Monday morn!! resDonsible for one of the !7 **~4 * s. sessions that has been wir5'since Judge W. W. Taylor ?b<en presiding. Coi-t began around the usual r 0f 10 o'clock in the presence r j large number of citizens from L township who had come to jen or to testify in the case of e State against Jesse Stansburry, ilie man charged with lassault, overly conduct and being drunk, id came to a close a little before e hour of six after jurymen conrred in their opinion that Charlie ichardson. negro, was guilty of sault. The charges preferred against lansburry were the outgrowth of a iseball game which he attended as spectator and engaged in a fight 1th Howard Salmon, captain of ce of the teams. Stansbury did ot testify in his own behalf. Salion told the court that Stansbury c.e on the ball diamond staggerg and using profanity in the premie of ladies. He said that he told ;e spectator in a polite way that e would have to leave and that tansbury asked him what he had do with it. The baseball captain id that Stansbury cursed him Ind he knocked him down and the mtator had expressed his willing. Jess to qui: the fight, he turned to fcve when he was struck by Stansroth a rock back of the head i that he then turned and knock-. the defendant down again, a uber of witnesses placed on the Bd by the State upheld Salmon's ount of the affray. tosses for Stansbury said that 7 did not hear the defendant Drofane laneuaee. and said ii he did not act like a drunk & however, one of the S tans bury' nesses admitted on cross examinin that he saw a bottle in the iet of the accused. Witnesses 0 testified that after the fight ; over and while Stansbury was his way from the diamond, that toon's brother threw a rock at insbury which struck him, and it while Salmon had Stansbury the ground that Willie Harrison, rat a 200 pound white man, kick. Stansbury. The testimony as to dng was denied by Harrison and other witnesses of the fight. her the evidence in the case 1 been heard and speeches by aer Overby, representing the detain, and Joe Pippen, prosecutes number of citizens from River ?ship testified that Stansbury ! a reputation for drinking, cursed fighting the women in his 9nKr>?>U -1 ? ? isiuuuiuua. juage Taylor at first led Stansbury $15.00 and costs I gave him a 12-month suspendI road sentence, but after it had In pointed out that the defendI ' as unable to pay the costs in lease, Judge Taylor sent him to Ircads lor 65 days. rotter against brother occupied I attention of the court from land mid-day until 6 o'clock as Ins Banzet endeavored to free prlie Richard, negro, of a charge Fault and John Kerr Jr., workI on evidence to convince a jury the defendant had gone to the Pe of his brother, Joe Richardson j P? he was not there and firedj potgun from the outside through j Pjntiow into a room where two Ptn and several children were. F so?e time the jury was unit to reach a verdict in the case it appeared as if a mistrial F he ordered, but the judging F niter stating that they had unable to jmttpp .0..vw uuu VV1011CU J^e another effort, returned lury room for a minute or V and then told Judge Taylor % had agreed that Charlie ^ison was guilty. The defenB *'as sentenced to six months, B^ to work the roads, by Waiting for the verdict of Bjt; in the Richardson case, Alston, negro, was tried on B^j- of assault. He was found EDITORIAL change tf'l Jones, editor of The WarB^tord. this week assumed Bj*'f the Vance News-Leader, /Paper own and published by B*as Publishing Co., for HenW ard vicinity. mb. * * IV ' 7c?rci is being editH jon ones Jr-> assisted by as ass?ciatej editor ~ 4 i CITIZENS SUGGES1 DDirrc nr pai a i\ivl<ij wi rm (Jones Would Have Government Aid Upon Agreement Not to Plant Editor, The Warren Record, Sir: "Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread" does not deter me from trying to help the economic situation confronting us brought about by prostrate Agriculture. I recall distinctly Mr. Hoover's promise to the farmers of this Country as candidate Hoover and his promise of "a few hundred million spent to place agriculture on a parity with manufacturing" influenced millions of farmers in the South and West to vote for him. It is true that Manufacturing and Agriculture are on a parity, both having fallen into the ditch under the Republican policies of a high tariff :and the deifying of the sold dollar. The Farm Board's Plan to destroy one third of the present grow, jing cotton crop is silly in conception, because it is impractical in its application. Therefore a serious?a deplorable condition confronts our cotton growers. Many remedies are offered, but none that I have seen (even Senator Smith's and Senator Carraway's) touches the real crux of the matter. They propose an iron clad agreement to plant no cotton in 1932-^an agreement with the Government and enforceable with penalties. Thus far is good. States cannot and will not handle the situation. There must be 'a plan by which the farmer profits by his sacrifice? The Plan Bearing in mind candidate Hoover's statement at St. Louis that a few hundred millions of dollars spent for agriculture would be a duty, then I suggest that the Government go into the market and buy. all middling ccftton upon a basis of the average price it has cost the buyer (speaking of the 1930 crop.) This may be 14 cents, perhaps less. As 'a part of this purchase there must be a signed agreement from every land owner that he will not plant or permit to be planted upon his lands one acre in cotton for the year 1932. Enact a tariff that will prevent the importation of a bale of cotton at less than 25 (Continued on Page 8) Reduction For Earlv I ^ Payment of Taxes Citizens paying their taxes on or before September 1st will be granted a deduction of two per cent, according to the Machinery Act of 1931 which reads as follows: "Shall any taxpayer desire to make a prepayment of his taxes I between July 1, and October 1, or any year, he may do so by making payment to the county or city accountant, city clerk, auditor or 1 treasurer, as the governing body may determine and shall be entitled to the following discounts: If paid on or before July 1, a deduction of three per cent; if paid on jor before August 1, a deduction of two ana one-nan per cent; n paiui on or before Sept. 1, a deduction of two per cent; if paid on or before October 1, a deduction of one and one-half per cent. "Whenever any such payments are made, the auditor or county accountant shall certify the same to the clerk to the board of county commissioners, and the same shall be credited, together with the discount, to the taxes levied to the person, firm or corporation, which credit shall include the discount upon the above basis." Rally To Be Held At Jerusalem On 30th A home coming and rally will be held at Jerusalem church on August 30, when all absent and former members, all former pastors, and worshiping friends of the church are expected to gather, according to announcement made by Laura H. Tarkington. inose unaDie to tome are asked to send a message to be read to their former friends and associates. Sunday School Meet To Be Held On 31st The Warren County Baptist Sunday School Association will meet August 31, for the fifth Sunday meeting with the Bear Swamp Baptist church in Halifax county, J. Willie White, secretary, announced yesterday. Dinner will be served on the ground in picnic style and an interesting program has been prepared for the big representative; attendance which is expected, the secretary said. interesting citizens to preserve some |of the surplus foods that have been produced this year and have held J several canning demonstrations in i different sections of Warren. 'I Iff? WARRENTON, COUNTY < " PLANS TO RAISE RM COMMODITIES Gibbs Would Have Federal Farm Board Destroy Principal Crops Surpluses Editor, of The Warren Record Sir:?Since my telegram last week to the Chairman of the Farm Board in regard to the cotton situation has received the publicity it has, I would appreciate an opportunity to let the people know more in detail my position in respect to same. I think that it is generally conceded by the best informed people of this country that farm commodity 1 surpluses consitute the greatest obstacles to a return to normal con ditions here 'and elsewhere in the world, and that the rule of supply : and demand, wether justly or un- 1 justly so, controls the situation. 1 Assuming that this diagnosis of our 1 present economic troubles is sub- 1 stantially correct, then what is the i surest and most effective way to remove the cause? In my opinion, it is by the government immediate- 1 ly purchasing and destroying (or giving to countries or people who otherwise would do without) a sufficient amount of cotton, wheat and ( lODacco 10 insure tne results de- j sired and after that is done there e will be sufficient time in which to ( try to devise some method to con- c trol these surpluses in the future, j Certainly the immediate results ? through a world wide improvement c in business conditions would more j than compensate for the outlay of money necessary to give effect to this plan. Now let us consider, aside from the humanitarian standpoint, the cost to the government of putting this plan ints operation for this year. It is my understanding that the U. S. Farm Board owns directly 1,300,000 bales of cotton and that it controls, through loans in excess of the present market value, 2,000,000 additional bales helds by the various cooperative marketing associations. That it also owns 200,000,000 bushels of wheiat. The combined pifssent market values of these farm commodities amount to approximately J $200,000,000. Suppose a sum equal to " this amount was invested in cotton 1 and wheat at present prices prior * to the government's announcement * that it would destroy these sur- * (Continued on page 8) * r Skinner Re-elected f Official State Body \ i John H. Skinner, member of the Warren county board of county commissioners, was re-elected secretary-treasurer of the State association of county commissioners at' the convention held at Asheville last ' week. r Members of the Warren county g board attending the meeting were ( Commissioners Skinner, John H. Fleming, and John Clay Powell. They were accompanied to Asheville by Joe Powell, register of deeds and clerk to the county board, and by g T. J. Harris. The Warren county t delegation returned Friday night. * c Imperial Installs New Sound Equipment 1 i The Imperial Theatre, Warrenton, is this week installing Western Electric Sound Equipment, c and will re-open on Saturday night * when a western picture will be pre- 1 sented. The latest improvements are em- 1 bodied in the new equipment be- 1 ing installed, according to Buck W alters, representative of Western r Electric company, who has been t supervising installation. The new equipment is the same i type installed in largest city thea- 1 ties and, according to the Imperial management, programs of sound ? pictures to be shown here will be i as good as are to be seen anywhere. Local citizens, learning of the 1 changes being made at the Imperial, have expressed their pleasure j that Warrenton is to have the latest equipment in sound pictures. < ] Canning Talk to Be \ ? ? * Made at Negro School i Negroes in Warrenton township ! are asked to be present at the War- I renton negro high school on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock when ] a talk will be m'ade on canning by a representative of the Warren ] county chapter of the American i Red Cross. < The local chapter of the Red Cross has been active this year in 1 r\ I './ : to r V* ' c>3F WARREN, N. C., FRIDA TOBACCO PRICES SHOW ADVANCES Spirited Bidding Is Reported On Fairmont Market On Wednesday EXPORT CO. ON MARKET RALEIGH Aug. 20.?Good quality tobacco sold at advanced prices yesterday on the border markets. Fairmont reported spirited bidding, with a few baskets selling from $40 to $46 a hundred. Tuesday's averages as officially given, was $13.99 as against $12.18 the same day a year ago. The average price at Lumberton yesterday was $14.17, although more than the usual quantity of poor tobacco was sold. The Expert Tobacco company's representatives same on this market yesterday to remain the rest of the season. Squirrel Season To Open September 1 The hunting season for squrrels spens on the first day of Septem>er, E. Hunter Pinnell, game Wardin, said yesterday. Mr. Pinnell callid attention to the fact that the >pen season on other game came at i later date and warned against shooting birds, rabbits, turkeys, luck, etc., while hunting for squirrels. Local Fire Company Goes To Tarboro Members of the Warrenton fire iompany are expected to return tolay and tomorrow from Tarboro vhere they have been this week atending a convention of the North Carolina Colored Volunteer Fire asiociation. SAYS SHE OWNS NO LAND IN RIVER TOWNSHIP "I don't own any land in River ownship and it is not my property hat is being advertised for sale," tlrs. Frank Allen of Warrenton said his week in requesting that this J- - J-l? ?.Ulio act be maae Known to wie pauiu. i drs. Allen said 'a number of people lad spoken to her about seeing her lame in The Warren Record among hose in River township who had ailed to pay their taxes and she vanted it known that she w*as not he F. M. Allen whose property is >eing advertised. WE THANK YOU The force of the Press Publishing 3o. acknowledges with thanks two watermelon received from Mrs. Dlivia Stallings of Macon and one nelon from J. L. Bolden, vocational .gricultural teacher in the Warren lounty Training School at Wise. MRS. WELDON HAS FALL Friends of Mrs. Alice Weldon regret that she is still suffering from he effects of a recent fall and >roken hip at the home of her laughter, Mrs. J. E. Rooker. MACON, ROUTE 1 Mr. and Mrs. Malvin King of .Veldon spent the week end with tfr. and Mrs. J. W. King. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Harris and :hildren, Leon, Myrtis, Mable and Dorothy, were dinner guest of Mrs. N. J. Perkinson on Sunday. Misses Eva Bell and Pauline Harris were dinner guest of their uncle Mr. H. J. Ellis on Sunday. Mr. J. D. Ellis and Mr. Jim Thompson were visitors in Warren;on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Ellis and famly spent Sunday afternoon in the lome of Mr. and Mrs. John Harris. Dr. Malvin King and son, Malvin Jr., and a friend of Texas is visitng his brother Mr. J. W. King. Mr. Nicholas Mustian called cn Miss EttJa King Sunday night. ~ "* * TT- rvn Miss Mr. j-jeun xiixiiio w \lma Robinson Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Harris and daughter Dorothy, and Mrs. W. J. Perkinson spent Sunday afternoon in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. rhompson. Rev. J. A. Martin was a visitor in the home of Mr. G. H. Thompson Sunday afternoon. Miss Helen Riggan of Danville, Va., spent Wednesday with her cousin Miss Lena Perkinson. Mr. J. R. Ellis, Mrs. Ella Ellis and Miss Helen Rigg'an were supper guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Harris an Wednesday night. Miss Helen Riggan has returned to Danville, Va., after spending two weeks with relatives of Oakville. * ",J a i ii T-\? Mr. J. w. ivmg ana urumei ui. Malvin King, Malvin Jr., land friend spent several days in Washington, D. C. last week. Stern T, AUGUST 21, 1931 i , ' INegro Is Killed When Car Is Hit By Train On Fridaj One negro was instantly killec and another injured Friday morn ing about 10:30 o'clock when thi Ford touring dar in which the tw< were riding towards Warrenton wa; struck by a Seaboard Air Line pas senger train, No. 18, at a gradi crossing a short distance wtest o: Warren Plains. Summoned to the scene of the ac cident, Seaboard Surgeons G. H Macon and W. D. Rodgers, Warrenton physicians, found Charlii Talley c^ead |and Fleming Talley driver of tine car, with a broker leg. The injured man was sent t< the Jubilee hospital at lienaersor and the body of Charlie Talley wa; turned over to relatives at Palmei Springs, where he lived, by Sherifl W. J. Pinnell after he and th|> county attorney deemed an inquest unnecessary. The train, which was in charge of Conductor Slam Kirkpatrick Engineer Buck Cap|?lle and Fireman Dick Wiggins, came to a hall within a few feet from where the car was struck, it was stated. It is not known whether the negro's failed to see the train 01 whether faulty brakes were responsible for the accident. The Ford cai was demolished. Welfare Officer Hurt In Automobile Wrecl Miss Lucy I. Leach, county welfare officer, suffered minor injuries Wednesday morning when her cai collided with another automobile driven by two girls in North Henderson. According to information reaching here Miss Leach was on hei way towards Henderson with a destitute to be placed in a hospital *when the car containing the twc women drove out of a side road in North Henderson and clashed intc her car. Her leg was cut, it was said fcind her automobile badly damaged Occupants of the other automobile were not hurt, it was Said. WILL CELEBRATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF CAB SMITH CENTER, Kas., Aug. 19? A1 Kersey is making preparations te journey to Detroit to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his ownership of a Ford car, which he will drive tc the Michigan city. The Kansas purchased the car in 1912, after Ian exchange of letters with the manufacturer, who invited him to come tc Detroit for a celebration when the car reached an age of 20 years "Henry Ford Said he would show us the town," Kersey said, "and we are going to give him a chance." CLAIM AGENT HERE William A. Bramberry, of Norfolk chief claim agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, was in town Friday land Saturday in conn^cftion with the train-auto wreck neai Warren Plains Friday morning which resulted with one negro being killed and another injured. SHADY GROVE ITEMS Miss Lucile Tharrington has re turned home after spending a fev days with her sister, Mrs. R. D Cheek, at Macon. Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Nelson am the Rev. Mr. Trueldve were suppe: guests in the home of Mrs. R. S Powell Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Williams o: New York were callers in the hom< of Mrs. B. G. Tharrington Thursday. Mrs. R. S. Powell spent Sunda; with her mother Mrs. Wile; Pridgen of Creek. Misses Pattie Florence Edward: and Ida Leonard and Mr. Willian King called in the home cf Mis: Lucile Tharrington Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Alton Pridgen o Creek called on Mrs. R. S. Powel Tuesday. -- * " n 1 am. Mr. ana Mrs. uan Dtuuesi/ am Mrs. J. B. Williams and childrei v;ere visitors in the home of Mrs E G. Tharrington Friday night. PERSONAL MENTION Capt. L. C. Kinsey returned Sunday from Camp Jackson where h< has been in training with othei members of the Officers' Reservf Corps. Miss Tempe Boyd is spending i few days at Chapel Hill, the gues of Mrs. Albert Coates. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Gregory anc [children of Richmond are expectei Saturday for 'a visit in the home o: Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jackson. -X" nUnwr, Mr. Forrest triagen ui v^iia^ Hill is visiting his parents, Mr. anc Mrs. W. H. Pridgen, at Creek thL' week. Mr. Frank Brown Allen was ? visitor in Windsor this week. tb Jsii &*> Bt0"sW0" He's a Fighter 5 "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, Governor 1 of Oklahoma, jumps to fame by shut3 ting down oil wells to prevent overr production and making interstate toll F bridges free. rt l? .1 /-v r Days Mother Ut Lee Remained In Coffin Three Days j APPOMATOX, Aug. 19.?At a recent meeting of the U. D. C. held > at the high school dormitory, Mrs. N. A. Wagers, who while addressing . the meeting on the life of the Lee family brought forth some interesting unprinted history connected with the life of the mother of General Robert E. Lee, whom she declares was delad for 7 days and her [ corpse laid to rest in the mausoleum at Stratford, and this happen. ed 15 months before the son, Robert E. Lee was born. Mrs. Wagers offers as her proof some papers she found in the per sonal scrap book of her father, Sen. ator S. L. Ferguson, which she pro. duced as proof of the fact and from . which she made the following ex. tract: [ "Robert E. Lee was born fifteen > months after his mother had been L buried. Mrs. Lee lay dead for seven > days, three of them spent in her coffin in the private mausoleum of ' the Lee family at Stratford on the , Potomac river. It was only by accident that she was discovered alive, yet she was recusicitated Hand restored to health and lived 21 years I longer in just as good health as she formerly enjoyed'. ( "While it is strange story about , a member of one of the most fam' ous families in 'all America, and ( the fact is not disclosed in history, it is unquestionable authentic. There is a record of it in Tebb and Vollum in the Library of Surgeon General, ( Army Medical Museum, Washing, ton, D. C., and Mrs. Charles H. Stuart, mother of the present m'asi ter of Stratford Hall knows the [ story. Ann Lee was the daughter of Charles Carter of Powhatan. Her first husband was a cousin named Carter. When he died she married "Light Horse Harry Lee," the dashj ing cavalry leader of the Revolution Light Horse Harry Lee's wife was in very poor health for a long ^ time before 1805 says Col. Warfield , Lee. She was subject to some sort ' of fainting spells. Physicians did not understand the cause nor were they able to find a cure. There were four doctors present at her bedside when she died in October 1805, and v all of them agreed of course that t she was dead. For four days, she l'ay in state in the Lee mansion in j a coffin with a glass lid over the casket. Then the casket was re, moved to the Lee mausoleum which was then a staunch brick structure f splendid in its simplicity. 4 In the center was a circular stair. * way from the level of the ground and in three tiers were coffins which held the remains of seven generations of the Lees'". "There was h constant stream of , mourners in and out of the Mausoj leum and all gazed at the face of , the dead woman but no one detect5 ed signs of life. On the seventh day, j the old sexton arrived to sweep up j and also to bring belated floral offering which had just arrived. As j he swept, the old man imagined he heard a far off voice calling "help, , help". It seemed to cry but so weak ' was the voice that the sexton felt sure he was im'agining. Again he heard the faint cry, but so clearly that his courage deserted him and' , he fled. Outside in the sun light, he laughed at his own fears. "There j was nobody who could have called," he realized. So he returned to his , sweeping. He took up the flowers t and began to strew them on the lid of the coffin in which lay the j body of Mrs. Lee. "Help, help, help." j Again he heard the raint voice. The f Sexton looked down and staring at the face of the dead woman saw 1 the lips quiver Sand her eye lids j struggle. Frightened though he was, . the old man retained enough sense to remove the lid before he went ! for help. Mrs. Lee was taken to the (Continued on Page 8) MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 34 WARREN COUNT? HAS NO CORONER Edward Petar, Elected to Office In 1930 Has Never Given Required Bond A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE Due to the question of bond, Warren county has been without a regular coroner since the election of county officials in November, 1930, when Ed Petar was elected to this office. Two sudden deaths in this county within past 60 days were responsible for uncovering the fact to a number of citizens that this office was vacant when Clerk of Court John D. Newell had to swear Mr. Petar into office as a special coroner before he could' act officially in the Prescott-Bus accident, and last week when the question arose as to who should act in connection with the death occurring from an automobile-train wreck near Warren Plains. Following the accident Friday the county attorney ruled that it was not necessary to have a coroner sworn into office to take charge of the dead man's body at the rail road crossing. 1\Ar Ppt.ar npwr woe cxtrrvm tnfn * VVW4 T Vi HUM kj *? VI M ***VV office as Warren county coroner on account of the fact that he was unwilling to pay for his bond when the county was paying for the rest of the bonds for officials elected by the people. The amount of the bond for coroner is $20 a year or $40 for the two-year term for which he is elected. Mr. Petar said yesterday that he appreciated the people electing him to the office of coroner and that he would like to serve in that capacity, but he felt that he should not be called upon to pay his bond if the county was going to pay the bonds of other officials. "It is not so much the matter of the $40.00 as it is the principal of the thing," he said. MISS BOYD HURT Mios Lucy Boyd is recovering at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Boyd, from injuries to one of her eyes. While attending a house party at Rockingham she accidentally struck her eye with a todth brush causing painful injury. Examination by a specialist revealed that the injury was not as serious as at first believed, but she will have to wear clored glasses for several weeks. CALLED TO MARKET John C. Burwell of Warrenton, (buyer for the Expbrt Tobacco Co., left Wednesday for Dillon, S. C., where he was sent by his company to buy tobacco on the market there this season. SON BORN Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Browder announce the birth of a son, Doniphan Saunders Jr., on Monday, August 17. LITTLETON, ROUTE S Famers have been busy curing tobacco and some have begun saving their fodder. The revival meeting at Grove Memorial closed Sunday night. Rev. J. R. Phipps was assisted by the Rev. Mr. Landrum of Kenly. He preached some very intructive and impressive sermons and we believe all who heard him were spiritually benefited. Miss Belle Shearin and guest Miss Mary Ida Hardy of Rocky Mount, visited relatives in Durham last week. Mr. T. S. Walker and family of Inez spent last week in the home of Mrs. Wallie Hardy. Mr. Milton Woodlief after spending some time with relatives on this route returned to his home in Henderson Saturday. Mr. Joe Pitchford and son, Allen, of Jensen, Fla. were visitors in the home of Mr. J. V. Shearin Monday. Among the visitors in the home of Mr. R. H. Pike Sunday were Mrs. Pattie Wilson and sons, of Chase City, Va., Misses Mabel and Almeda Ellington, of Henderson and Mrs. Dan Shearin and children of Vaughan. Mr. Robert Boone is visiting relatives in Portsmouth, Va., this week. Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Marety of Durham and Mr. and Mrs. J. EdWin Stansbury of Littleton were week end visitors in the home of their parents Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Shearin. Miss Annie Perkinson who has been visiting Mrs. W. N. Bennett was accompanied home Tuesday by Miss Ollen Pike. Mr. Eugene Odom and family of Warrenton were visitors in the home of Mrs. J. B. Pittard Sunday.