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accurate, terse TIMELY XXXI MS libra? fumCHDRIVE Funds >Vith Which To Continue Work; County J Appropriation Is Cut M.[UL IS PLACED AT $850 $550.00 drive for funds to con.j m, the operation of Warren coun-1 Library will be launch-1 Hp K on Wednesday, Oct. 28, Mrs. a. i Lawson. member of the finance] ^Hmjiijt(ee, announced this week. J BH^tawson pointed out that the H^g expense of the library is j Eja year, allowing for only al new books. and that only $5501 ^Kthis amount had been appro-1 Bgted-$30O coming from the town J Bfarren and $250 from the coun-1 The county cut its appropria-j an 50 per cent this year, she said, j Wfte following district committees I Have been appointed to put over the I Kve: Mrs. L. C. Kinsey, chairman! H the finance committee; district J He. l?Mrs. H. C. Montgomery,] Human, Mrs. Guy Gregory, Mrs.] Hchn Dameron; district No. 2?Mrs. I Hftorge Scoggin, chairman, Mrs. T.J HHolt. Mrs. Julius Banzet; district] H 3?Mrs. John Mitchell, chair-j Han, Mrs. William Polk, Mrs.) Htipheus Jones, Mrs. A. V. Lawson; I Htrict No. 4?Mrs. Claude Bowers, I Kairman, Mrs. S. 0. Nunn, Mrs. W.I p.Rodgers. Miss Mildred Allen;] Hd&rict No. 5?W. T. Polk, chair-] Han; W. H. Damercn, M. C. Mc-j Girre, Ed Gillam. H Committees will also work the Hraintv as the books are used as ^Hnuch in the country as in town, H,' Lawson said. Mrs. Kinsey and 1 Hifrs. C. R. Rodwell will have gen. Aver thp drive. IKiitl Vioivi* - Lawn Party Ends In A Cutting Scrape On Monday IA lawn party at the home of lilliam Perry had an abrupt end- , e on Monday night about 7.30 , fdocis when one member of the ; kto race at the gathering began pving another. James Moss, negro who worked it R. 0. Snipes before the latter kan supervising road wcrk in Frren county, received a deep ash in his stomach from a kniie : the hands cf Stephen Terry, neo who has been in trouble on veral occasions and who recently ;urned from a reformatory. Moss' objection to Terry's pro- : nirv at rho parKerine was said I have been the immediate cause the assault. Terry was arrested later in the iht on a back street at Warreni by Sheriff W. J. Pinn?U and 0. Snipes and placed in the j. arren county jail, where he is 1 ting held until Moss recovers from is wound to testify at a prelimi- j try hearing. ^ Charlie Ctoke, another negro imtcated in the fracas, is in hiding, , poke, it was said, has also been m , buble frequently and has passed pe at the reformatory. 1 Negro In Jail To Await Outcome Of Victim's Wounds 1 [Thomas Adams, negro of the P?cco section, is being held in the [arren county bastile without bond baiting the outcome of wounds fich he infliced upon Harry L. piiams, negro, with a shot gun pday afternoon about 7:30 < Ifilliams, shot in the left should|is being treated in the Jubilee PPital at Henderson. One of his Ks is punctured, it was said. ? cause of the shooting is unf-^n. Adams was arrested at Lick fJet Sunday night about 10:30 |fr by Deputy L. O. Robertson f ?hffieo Pcwpii Iand Robert Brown, vere arrested yesterday by J. J. Pinnell in connection , shooting. i Problem Is ittled By Fashion tlNGTON, Oct. 20.?That d fashion puzzle?evening seems about settled for the in the capital in favor of toers. ty commentators noticed 1 any of the most handsome-1 attendants at a recent j hncnic concert removed their after entering; but never% long kids were there, ' and white, and the word is ( ^ seen throughout the ( SJ. Ellington Injured During Bad Fire At Dameron's Gin Darting into the gin office to retrieve books before they were eaten into ashes by rapidly spreading flames, A J. Ellington, gin operator, suffered asphyxiation and received slight burns on his face last Saturday afternoon about 3:30 o'clock when the cotton gin and storage nouse oi tne w. H. Dameron Supply Co.. in North Warrenton were completely destroyed by fiie and about^ 160 bales of cotton were damaged.* Exhausted from working in the heat and with his lungs filled with smoke, Mr. Ellington was carried fiom the fire to his home in south Warrenton where he was confined to his bed for several days. Chances of his condition leading into pneumonia abated when he became able to leave his bed yesterday. Cause of the fire which resulted in damage estimated by W. H. Dameron, head of the company, at $35,000 is unknown, however, it was slaid that the blaze got its start from a match that was struck while cotton was being unloaded. Responding to the alarm, firemen mounted their truck and drove into Main street without delay, but at that point the truck was headed scuth and rushed to White's cotton gin instead of to the Dameron gin in the northern part of town. Although the company lost only a few minutes at the wrong gin. the fire had gained such headway by the time the firemen arrived that the gin and seed house were beyond saving and the fighters turned their efforts towards saving the U?1 /v* lxrinrr am +VlO many ui uuubviA vu v**v lot. Practically the entire populace responded to the alarm and many gave assistance in rolling bales of cotton back from the inferno, and : smothering little blazes which were) just beginning from some bales of, the cotton. Mr. Dameron said yesterday that the company would not rebuild this yfar. The company is handling part of its cotton at the Macon and Nor. Una gins, while some of it is being ginned by White's gin. Insurance covered a small porton of the $35,000 loss. Report On Jobs Shows Upswing WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. ? A thread of optimism ran through reports today by thirty cities to the President's organization on unemployment relief. A number reported business establishments reopened and employment improved. Some said additional forces were being added to department stores in anticipation of Christmas trade. Reopening of business establishments was reported by Rochester, Providence. New Bedford, Lewiston, Me.; Lynn, Mass., and Atlanta. R.enortc from other sections in j New England indicated increased activity in many lines. The New England Council called this report ;he most encouraging compilation in recent months. Sentiment in Pittsburg steel centers was said to have improved on account of an expected increase in orders from the automotive indus- > try and railroads. Wilmington, Del., was cheered by news that a local machinery firm was to start on a $400,000 order. "There was an optimistic outlook in Chicago wholesale and retail markets during the last week," a report from that city said. Reports from New York City said the number of applcants for jobs, on the basis of a six-day week, declined 2.13 per cent last week; p -frw om the numoer 01 requco W AV/A, vu? ployed increased 2.94 per cent. Wife Burns Money Hid By Her Husband i BERLIN, Oct. 21.?Fearing to de. posit his money in a bank, H. Raczabowski, a green grocer here, hid 3,000 marks in a stove. With the first cool days of fall his wife built a fire, which ccst the couple just 3,000 marks. The wife took the ashes to the Reichsbank in an effort to retrieve the loss. PERSONAL MENTION Congress and Mrs. John H. Kerr and Mesdames T. J. Holt and G. B. Gregory on Monday attended the Sesqui-centennial celebration of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis 150 V/-vrb-f rmm years agu cn> * wi?wv??. Mrs. Joseph S. Jones, county i nurse, and baby, Lucy Pettway, re-1 turned to their home at Ridgeway J on Tuesday after spending several ( days with Mrs. Jones' people in Cincinnati. fie? WARRENTON, COUNTY < LUCKY ?By CI BAGGV TROUSER START CHEVALIER' While still a lad, Maurice Chevalier, entered a contest for amateur actors, i )i tr\ /~i ^ m UUI I UVY 111^ a IIUUC u pair of pants and I paintinq his nose \ red, he went on the (n staqe and made a \\ hit. From that time l\ his only occupation V has been that of an. ) actor- J Previously he had /) hai/ed as carpenter W electrician, doII *** 1 painter, salesman. District Meeting Woman's Auxiliary WWII A rn \\7 neia At w arrenton Sixty or more representatives of! the Woman's Auxiliary from the seven parishes in the Granville district which embraces Warrenton, Littleton, Oxford, Townsville, Henderson, Middleburg and Louisburg gathered at the Parish House of Emmanuel Episcopal church on Wednesday for the bi-annual dis trlct meeting. < The meeting which began around 10T30 o'clock in the morning and came to a close about 4 in the afternoon, was presided over by Mrs. Maurice Clifton of Louisburg, district chairman. The principal talks of the day were made by Miss Rena Clark of Tarboro, who brought to the women here a message from the triangle convention which she attended at Denver, Colorado, and by the Rev. Mr. Craighill of Rocky Mount who talked on "The Ideal Sunday School." The ladies were welcomed to Warrenton by Mrs. A. A. Williams. Response was from Mrs. Wall of Henderson. Noonday prayer was delievered by Rev. Meredith of Oxford. A paper on religious education was read by Miss Katherine Hilliard of Oxford. Box Work was discussed by Mrs. M. C. Taylor of Oxford, and United Thanks Offerings was gene into by Mrs. Foster of Louisburg. A paper was given by Mrs. E. G. Peoples of Oxford. Prayer Parter. ship Plan came from Mrs. George Gillam of Franklinton, and a paper entitled "Christmas Social Service" was prepared by Mrs. J. D. Scott of Ridgeway. A luncheon consisting of chicken salad, beaten biscuits, pickle, sandwiches cf all kinds, followed by cake and coffee, was served by members of the Woman's Auxiliary, assisted by members of the St. Mary's Guild. The basement of the Parish House was decorated with autumn leaves and flowers, and the tables were decorated with yellow flowers and yellow tapers in silver holders. Injuction Issued To Bar Public Nagging CHICAGO, Oct. 21.?A Chicago court has issued and injunction) against nagging in public. It wasj directed against Peter Dowidaltis by' Judge Joseph Sabath in favor of Peter's wife, Victoria, who is suing for separate maintenance. The pair TTvt/laT* fVin in I mil 3 gruucry SLUIC. uuuti VIM/ AM? I juction Peter must not stop while waiting on a customer and ask his wife what she did with the $1.25 he gave her last week, or engage in other forms or nagging. Sees After 20 Years; Anxious to View Film NEW ORLEANS.?"One of the first things I want to see is a movie, and they tell me this Marline Dietrich is pretty to look at, too," Joseph Forsythe, who at seventy-one has just regained his sight through an operation, said recently. The sugar cane planter had been blind twenty years. I / ttrmi OF WARREN, N.j C., FRIDA1 breaks I R. Miller i Powell Says Wife Not Struck By Hit And Run Driver " The report appearing in a num- ; ber of State papers that my wife was struck by a hit and run driver . is erroneous and an injustice to the lady who was driving the Ford ; coupe which struck my Pontiac and J caused my wife to overturn and re- ; ceive a injured wrist at Mocksville ] late last Tuesday afternoon, Joseph C. Powell, Register of Deeds for I Warren county, said this weak upon 'his return from Mocksville and Winston Salem where he went immediately following the accident. Mr. Powell said that the driver of the Ford, a Miss Fry, of Charlotte, remained at the place the collision . ? i?i i- ?_ ; -P _ i -u:i J occurred untu ms wue ana cnnaren had been rushed to medical aid, and after leaving her address with some ' of the crowd which had gathered, she caught a bus headed for Win- ] ston-Salem where she was hurrying ' to be at the bed-side of a sick relative. "According to evidence of witnesses she was responsible for the [ accident, but she appears to me to be a fine lady and I don't think { that she should be classed as a [ hit and run driver," Mr. Powell said. According to evidence furnished 1 by witnesses of the wreck, the regis- 1 ter of deeds said, the Pontiac was on the right side of the road, head- ' ed south, and was not traveling fast. 1 The Ford was running about 50 miles an hour and headed north. Just before the two cars met the [Ford made a dive across the road and crashed into the Pontiac, completely wrecking both right sides of the automobiles, causing me fontiac to overturn and Mrs. Powell to receive an injured wrist and two of her three small children with her to sustain bruises. Mr. and Mrs. Powell and three children and F. C. Alston, who drove Mr. Powell to Mocksville Tuesday night, returned to Warrenton Saturday night. ^ Mrs. W. F. Mustian Recalls Incidents About Tornado Mrs. Wallace F. Mustian, active 1 in relief work following the tornado i in the northern part cf the county i early in January, relates the part ! that the Red Cross played in giving aid to victims. Eer article, one of a series prepared by local Red Cross workers, follows: "About 4:30 one afternoon during the earlier part of last January I started for a walk. As soon as I was in the open I noticed a very peculiar funnel-shaped cloud mov ing very hastily in the sky north or | Norlina. All of a sudden a terrffic roaring of wind followed the whole universe seetned to be changed as if some demon had charge of the elements. I became a little freightened. However, I continued my journey and upon my arrival down town, I'll say after a period cf thirty minutes. "The news had drifted in from the storm area and vent something like this: "A cyclone! ifour killed several (Continued on page 8) 5tero f, OCTOBER 23, 1931 JOHN ALLEN, J. P., HAS LONG RECORD Term of Service Exceeds That of Kinston's Claimant By Eight Years WANTS TO SHAKE HANDS The spotlight of news in North Carolina may focus upon the freaks which Kinston has boosted for several years in a bedazzling manner without any interference from Warrenton, but when citizens of that town depart from their fish, dog and snake stories and begin to claim the attention of the State for having one of the oldest magistrates in North Carolina in their midst, well, that's a different tale and one that Warrenton dcesn't like, for people here believe that this is the home place of North Carolina's veteran justice of the peace.. Prom Kinston this week comes a story about Kenneth F. Roscoe, who is about to round out a half century of service as magistrate. The dispatch says he has probably held a commission longer than any other magistrate in North Carolina. In the person of John W. Allen, Warrenton offers a man who has already rcunded out a half century of service as magistrate and has gone eight years into the next half century. Cognizance of the service Mr. Allen has rendered the State during the 58 years he has served as magistrate was taken during the recent session of Warren county Superior court when the picture of Warrenton's veteran justice of the peace was welcomed to the wall of the court room by Judge W. C. Harris of Raleigh after a tribute had been paid Mr. Allen by Solicitor R. Hunt Dorlroi* /-if D nn vinlr/\ Dnr\i/lp When approached in regard to the competition Kinston was offering Warrenton along the magistrate line, Mr. Allen said, Well, I've got dim beat by eight years, but I would like to shake Brother Foscoe's hand." Limer Post To Give Barbecue As Climax Membership Drive Climaxing the membership drive of Limer Post No. 25, American Legion, a free barbecue will be given an Armistice Day, Harold R. Skillman, adjutant of the local post, announced yesterday. Mr. Skillman, said that only members in good standing would be eligible to this feast. A meeting cf the legion was held on Monday night, and according to Mr. Skillman, there were a number af new members present. The adjutant announced another meeting for Monday night, November 2, at 8 o'clock in Company B's clubrooms, and urged as many members, as mll n c Mnr>_morviV\orc nrhn ore olioH WCii ao xiuii'iiiguiwcid waav/ uj. ble to the organization and interested in the work to be present. W. W. Pegram Dies At His Home Here Funeral services for W. W. Pegram, who died at his home at Warrenton Sunday night, were held at Littleton Monday afternoon with Interment taking place in Sunset Hill cemetery at Littleton. Mr. Pegram had been sick for about a month when he succumbed to accute Brights disease. He was about 36 years of age. Mr. Pegram had been making his home at Warrenton for the past six years, being employed as billing clerk and salesman for the Warrenton Grocery Company. He was reared in Vaughan, the son of Wyatt Pegram and the late Mrs. Pegram. He is survived by his wife, who was before marriage Miss Mabel Brown Df Vaughan, one daughter, one son, and three sisters, Mrs. E. L. Riggan, Littleton, Mrs. Jesse Harris, Vaughan; Miss Virginia Pegram, Richmond. Mrs. Alice Felt, 77, n 1 A > CI ouriea m jnaruu Mrs. Alice Felts, 77-year-old resident of the Wise neighborhood, was buried last Thursday afternoon at old Sharon cemetery. Funeral services were conducted at the Wise Baptist church by the pastor and by Rev. Midgett of Norlina. Mrs. Felts died cn Wednesday. DIES IN BALTIMORE News was received here last night of the death, in Baltimore of George Feild Littlejhon, a former resident of Warren county. Mr. Littlejohn was related to the Fealdsof this county and formerly lived in the' Elberon section. ri> = CW'.e B???WOn . RfesS. "K5.JT Wounded While On A Squirrel Hunt Returning to his native county to visit relatives and spending th? afternoon in the woods near his old home place, Nick Riggan, white man of Portsmouth, Va., was accidentally killed by his brother-in-law, Fred Butler, also of Portsmouth, while squirrel hunting in the Embro section late Saturday afternoon. Mr. Butler, it was said, stumbled while looking up at a squirrel and the discharge from has gun took effect in the side and heart of Mr. Riggan. He died shortly afterwards. M. L. Riggan, a brother of Nick Riggan, was hunting with the twc Portsmouth men when the shooting occurred. Warren county Coroner Frank Allen, who visited the scene after the news of the death reached Warrenton, deemed an inquest unnecessary. Mr. Riggan, who married the daughter of S. W. Bell, left Warren county about 15 years ago and was working in the Navy Yard at Portsmouth. He was 34 years of age. Mr. Butler is the husband cf the lormei Miss Grace Bell of Warrenton. The two men left Portsmouth to spena the week end in Warren county. Mr. R-ggan was buried at the home place of his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Riggan, near Embro, on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. S. E. Wright. He is survived by his wife, father and mother, and the following brothers: M. L. Riggan, Joe, Frank, Zeb, and Hampton Riggan. Pallbearers were his five brothers and Roy Perry of Portsmouth. Shirt Case Is Aired In Recorder's Court Here On Monday 1 The shirt racket, according to the phraseology of John H. Kerr Jr;, attorney in the case, was revealed in Recorder's court on Monday morning as Bob Bright and Jimmy Mayfield told of their joint ownership cf wearing apparel in an effort to attach blame to some extent on Prank Watson, negro who had one of their shirts in his possession. According to Messrs. Mayfield and Bright, they roomed together and owned their clothes jointly and sent them to the laundry as Mayfield and Bright. Shirts and other wearing apparel, they said, had been missing for some time, and they had notified the laundry to be on the lookout for any one bringing their property to the cleaning establishment. Later two shirts were brought to the cleaning house by Frank Watnf thom heinc marked with OVA If \J ilU WA VMVM* ~ ~ 0 the laundry mark of Bright and Mayfield. They were notified by Mr. Johnson, fnanager of the Harris and Gardner Pressing Shop, and a warrant charging Watson with larceny was sworn out. Messrs. Mayfield and Bright both identified their shirt in the court rcom Monday morning but neither of the two could swear that Watson had stolen the shirt or that he had received it knowing it to have been stolen. Watson claimed that he purchased the shirt from Roosevelt Bullock, bell hop at Hotel Warren where Messrs. Mayfield and Bright live, and that he did not know that it was stolen. The negro was found not guilty. Rooster Sute and Ethel Blacknall, negroes, were found guilty of fornication and adultery. Sute was sentenced to jail for a term of six months, assigned to work the roads, and the woman was given a jail sentence of 30 days which was suspended upon the condition that she pay the costs in the action. Receiving money and telling lies was the count that had Junius Alston in court, but the charge was not heard on account of the fact that Solicitor Daniels asked for a nol pros. John Johnson, negro who is in the toils of law on a whiskey count, was not tried Monday due to the absence of witnesses. The case was continued until Monday morning. Many Citizens Hear W. T. Polk at Library Many citizens crowded into the Warren County Memorial Library last Friday night to hear W. T. Polk talk on a recent trip he took around the world. Mr. Polk discussed practically all the countries he visited and told many things of interest regarding the customs of the natives "His talk was intensely interesting throughout," one present commented yesterday. ? ! MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME i C?m? NUMBER 43 B SAVS DAUGHTER I AND COW STOLEN Conner Sues Son-in-Law For Return of Cow Alleged To Be Stolen; Wins Verdict W. C. FAGG TRIES CASE "He stole my daughter and he stole my cow," A. T. Conner, white man of Six Pound township, said of J. B. Collins Jr., on Monday afternoon while in the witness chair testifying before a jury in magistrate's court in an effort to get the cow oacK irom me iatner 01 me man who had his daughter. Mr. Connor failed to tell about the manner in which his daughter was stolen but he had plenty to say about losing possession of his cow. The animal was the property of Mr. Conner, whose daughter married J. B. Collins Jr. While Mr. Conner was away from home on account of illness and his son was looking after his property, the cow came into the possession of the Collins. J. B. Collins sold half interest in the cow to M. M. Hayes of Wise, for whom he worked. Later Mr. Hayes turned the cow back over to Mr. Collins. When Mr. Conner returned from the hospital he went to live with his daughter, Mrs. J. B. Collins Jr., where he remained for some time. He left there to make his home with , 't another daughter, Mrs. Shearin. While living with Mrs. Shearin, he tried to get the cow which was being kept in the pasture of J. B. Collins Sr. Objections came from the Collins on the grounds that the cow was the property of Mrs. J. B. 1 i fA UOiilllS or., Iiaviilg uccn given uvj her by her father before he went to the hospital. Claim and Delivery papers were taken out and the case, entitled A. T. Conner, plaintiff, vs. J. B. Col. lins, defendant, was brought for trial before Magistrate W. C. Fagg who handled the gavel as Julius Banzet, representing the plaintiff, and John H. Kerr Jr., representing the defendant, fought for the cow. The defense claimed ownership of - the cow on the grounds that before the animal was born Mr. Conner told his daughter that if It were a heifer it should be hers and in the other event it would be his. In an effort to convince the jury that members of the Conner family recognized the cow as the property of Mrs. J. B. Collins Jr., the defense pointed out that while Mr. Conner was away and his son was looking after his affairs, that the cow was not sold as was the rest of his property. The plaintiff denied ever giving the cow to Mrs. Collins. Mr. Conner said that it was true that his daughter had claimed the calf, but that it. was iust a claim like all children had about things around their home, some claiming a horse, others a cat, chicken, dog or pig, "I haven't given away nothing; that man sitting right over there (indicating J. B. Collins Jr.) stole my daughter and he stole my caw." The tax books hauled into the court room from downstairs failed to show where either the Conners or the Collins had listed the cow. The jury, confronted with only one issue in the case, "is the plaintiff the owner and entitled to possession of the property," decided in favor of the plaintiff, and A. T. Conner regained possession of his cow. Members of the jury were C. E. Jackson, Pryor Allen, Stewart Crinkley, John Hudgins, Raymond Rodwell and a Mr. Overby. Police Chief Needs Silencer For Frogs ' WINCHESTER, Mass. ? Police Chief William H. Rogers, accustom ed to restraining dogs, rescuing caus and performing kindred services, recently received a complaint which, officially speaking, is still "on the table." It was the appeal of a woman who wanted the police department to keep the frogs from croaking at night in the Mystic Lakes. PLAY AT MACON "Rose Time," a three-act musical comedy, will be presented tonight at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of the Macon High School. The entertainment is under the auspices of the Community Club of Macon, and is being directed by Miss Celeste Vance of the Wayne P. Sewell Co., of Atlanta, Ga. INFANT SON BURIED An infant son of Mr. and Mrs. R.1 D. Scott was buried last Thursday morning at Ridgeway. The child was born Wednesday and lived only a short while. JI
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