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necks of steady cam. I
rV- :::e thirty-odd candidates I
Kj_* public office in Warren I
K7await their fate at the!
m::r.:or:ow when citizens of the!
K-r go to the 13 voting pre-1
t to cast their ballots to de-1
Tvmocratic nominees. |
inumber of candidates to be
upon makes certain that
wnt will be late in being- anj
and it may be Sunday
7 before results in a num.
j^ses will be known. At the
me thq number cf candi?eking
office is expected to
t an unusually heavy vote. I
electorate will have plenty
didates from which to
inert) are ten citizens
i place on the board of
; nine on the board of
mimissionqrs. Four citie
to represent the county
ower house), while two
zens are seeking to go to
S. Four citizens want to
r of Deeds; two want to
two want to bq coroner,
don citizens are seeking
>n of township constables
if the townships with six
: this job in Warrenton
. Ehringhaus of Elizabeth
il Fountain of Rocky
aii Allen J. Maxwell of
are asking the support of
citizens in their race for
in Morrison is seeking reas
United Status Senator,
pposed by Tam Bowie,
Grist and Bob Reynolds.
olds is running on a wet
tussell Wins
aise For Recital
10 recital given in the
se on Tuesday night by
Russell, daughter of Mr.
dwin Russell of Macon
ized here as a decided
g lady, barely 16-years
who has given years to
of music commented,
difficult program in a
I and artistic manner,
n was full of variety
nified Mozart numbers
lovely dedicate Butterfliopin
and on to the
Crymes, of Oxford, delegate to tne
State convention in Fayetteiville last
year on July 3-4, made a report on
the convention. J
About 30 delegates attended the
convention, which wUs held In the
courthouse. Mr. Nicholson read the J
90th Psalm and D. N. Hunt led in ,
prayer as the devotionals part of
the program. Mr. Hunt also pronounced
the benediction at the close
of thei meeting.
Wilson And Fleming i
Capture Large Still J
A 200-gallon capacity copper still
was captured near Jerusalem church $
early Tuesday morning by Carey (
Wilson and Claude Fleming!. Mr. j
Wilson stated that the whiskey j
outfit was not in operation at the j
time of seizure, but that it was still i
warm and indications were that a j
run had just been completed. No ]
men were captured. Beer estimated ^
at 1800 gallons was destroyed. J
Hilar.-. Scherzo of Chopin. She I
Bsech to oach number and tool
Me credit, for har excellent work I
Knot be given her as was shown |
Bp appreciation of her audience." I
Has Russell, a pupil of Mrs. John I
Mvil of Warrenton, was ably as-1
Hi by Miss Daphne Person ci I
Bcoa in several vocal numbers the I
M'a of which was attested in the I
H-'se of the audience calling for I
f. Davis President j
Of Association]
??s'SBORO, June 2?Dr. R. B.i
Mr-S- prominent local physician, I
Hotted president of the North!
Hia Hospital association at aj
M-seating of members of that!
M? with members of the South 1
H?ta and Virginia Hospital as-1
M&as in Richmond, Va., this!
according to members of the!
?5boro party who attended the!
H-'r officers of the state associaV1
fcected at the mooting were
^ Newell, of Henderson, first
^Iiss Bess*e ^her,
|g fc1, S9cond vice president;
er' ^^son' secretary and
R, Phipps
I Resigns Pastorate
t
n>.. ^ Phipps tendered his
K, ~on ^ Pasior of the PresbyK^UP
of churches which inKtp.
,'arrenton. Littleton and
?vnaL near the Rider I
r^tood in this county.
VPhipps will have a church!
7r'-ar the home of his family.!
j; 'n-s mother is left alone in 1
B-4 home by the death of Mr.l
father. |
P. Beaenger, D. D., will,
j. ^ appointments on the,
^te next Sunday, June 5th j
K at Warreriton at 11 j
IL; a- m. and at Gruver,
at 3, and at Littleton at,
tyi
Picture of World
Tour Nets $25 For
Memorial Library
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Approximately $25 was netted for
the Warren County Memorial Library
as a result of a silver offering
taken at the Parish House on
Wednesday night when William T.
Polk and James Fathman of Chapel
Hill e,xhibted moving pictures of a
round-the-world cruise they were 0:1
last year.
Mr. Fathman operated the picture
machine and Mr. Polk commented
on various scenes of interest
as the audience were given
a sight-seeing tour in pictures of
interesting places of the old world.
The tour led from New York to
Spain, to Egypt, Inc.fa, China and
Japan, Hiwaii, through the Isthmus
of Panama to New York.
The Parish House was crowded to
its capacity and appreciation of the
pictures have been expressed. Mrs.
Alpheus Jones and Mrs. J. E. Adams
dressed in Asiatic costumes, standing
at the entrace to the room, collected
the silver offering.
Rural Carriers Hold
Meet At Henderson
TTRMn^RSON. May 30.?Rural
letter carriers from the district
centering in Henderson met here
today in their annual convention,
re-elected 11 old officers, formed a
ladies' auxiliary and adopted a resolution
commending the State
Highway Commission for the vast
improvement in the condition of
State highways and county roads
since the commission took over their
maintenance last July 1.
The district comprises the five
counties of Vance, Granville, Warren,
Franklin and Halifax and re#
presentatives were present from all
of them.
The good roads committee, consisting
of Z. U. Patterson, of Oxford;
M. P. Sanford, Stem, and
George Davis, of Inez, in its report
to the convention, embodied a resolution
on ithe "fifty percent improvement"
in the condition of the
roads under State maintenance, and
ordered thlat it be sepft to Chairman
E. B. Jeffress at Raleigh.
Old officers re-elected are: B. C.
Nicholson, of Essex, who presided
at today's meeting as president;
Roy Qrymes, Oxford, vice president;
Sam Davis, Warrenton, secretarytreasurer;
D. N. Hunt, Oxford,
chaplain for life; executive committee:
Vance county, M. B. Garrett,
Henderson; Granville, M. P.
Sanford, Stem; Warren, George
Davis. Inez; Halifax, W. W. War
ren; Franklin, R. W. Wiggins, Louisburg.
Delegates to the State convention
which meets July 3-4 at North Wilkesboro,
werq elected to consist of
J. S. Milne, Henderson, and M. P.
Sanford, Stem; with P. S. Kearney,
of Oxford, and L. W. Hall, of Stem,
as alternates.
A woman's auxiliary was organized
at this meeting, with Mrs. P. S.
Kearney, Oxford, president; Mrs.
W. M. Stanbury, Littleton, vice
president; and Mrs. M. P. Sanford,
of Stem, secretary-treasurer. It
starts off with 12 members. Mrs. J.
M. Dunn, of Efland, State president
cf the Woman's auxiliary, was present
at the meeting and spoke and
organized 'the district unit.
It was decided to hold a basket
picnic for all carriers andj their
wives and families, in the distrct on
Labor Day this year, and J. S.
Milne and M. B. Garrett, of Henderson
were named as a committee
to make arrangements for the
Dicnic. which will be held at the
Washout, a bathing resort near
Henderson.
Mr. Nicholson, as president, spoke
on what is going on in Washington
with respect to legislation concerning
rural letter carriers. Roy
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Views of the
By JOHN C. B. EHRINGHAUS
(Democratic Gubernatorial
Candidate)
I plant myself squarely upon two
jropositions: First, a conscientious
mtline of a program and policies
vhich fit the necessities and reitricted
spending which the times
mpose, and yet will preserve the
'undamentals and essentials of govsrnmental
activities demanded by
>ur Christian civilization; and secrndly,
that I am first of all a Demo-1
rat and neither ashamed nor afraid
o predicate my candidacy upon the
record of my party which is inseparably
connected with the record
)f the achievements of our people
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ind tne progress Ui UUX K/vm?v.
We must balance the State's bud.
and do courageously all of those
hings necessary for the accomplishnent
of that difficult task. Strict
jut sane economy must be practiced
n every department and activity.
IVe must preserve the State's credit
:'irst, and all expenditures must b?
limited and restricted in keepting
vith the State's income. We must
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Gubernatori
By ALLEN J. MAXWELL
(Democratic Gubernatorial
Candidate)
With all the power within me. 1
have sought from the beginning oi
this campaign to impress upon our
people the simple fact that only
through reduced governmental costs
can reduced taxation be achieved
To soy that there cannot be a substantial
readjustment in thq cost oi
public service that has been multiplied
four times in ten years, tc
mqet radically changed economic
conditions, is a confession of bankruptcy
in statesmanship and a disregard
of the necessities of our
people.
We are standing at the forks ol
the road. As it seems to me one
le'ads to more oppressive taxation,
to sustain a level of public expenses
beyond our means?that burdens
ocrrir.nitiire and shrinks business and
industry; the other leads to a readjustment
of these burdens to meftt
our necessities, and to maintain an
inviting field for producer, capita)
and labor.
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Stat# Librn
RIDAY, JUNE 3, 1932
SAYS MAXWELL"
IS MAN OF HOUR
Charles U- Harris Speaks At
Warrenton In Interest OlF
Maxwell's Candidacy
MUST REDUCE EXPENSE
"The cost of running our State
government has increased from
$3,000,000 to $45,000,000 per year
during the part fifteen years, and
unless some steps are taken to curtail
expenditures, homes will continue
to be sold under the auctioneer's
hammer and businesses
tnrown into DanKruprcy, unaries
U. Harris of Raleigh told a comparatively
small audience in the
court room on Tuesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock when he came here to
speak in the interest of Allen J.
Maxwell, gubernatorial candidate.
Pointing out the fact that the
State was operating at a deficit and
that there is little hope of increased
revenue through additional sources
of taxation, the speaker averred
that there was only one thing to
do and that was to follow Maxwell's
plan of curtin taxes by reducing
governmental expenditures. "You
may-shift taxes, you may remove
them from land and apply them in
the form of 'a sales tax, but they
will be passed on to the consumer
and the poor will continue to be
oppressed under the heavy burden
of tax until the expenses of operating
this State are cut," he said.
Mr. Harris acclaimed Mr. Maxwell
as a tax expert, a wizard of
finances, and the most suitable man
in North Carolina today for governor.
Claiming that the high
position Mr. Maxwell holds
in the public confidence and
esteem of North Carolina has been
earned by a conspicuously successful
discharge of duties in public positions
of successively Increased importance,
the speaker traced his
life from the time thiut he was the
editor of a country newspaper to
his present position. He said that
Mr. Maxwell was appointed assistant
principal clerk in the State
senate in 1899. In 19)1 he became
jgrincipal clerk, and La 1910 he became
secretary of the- Corporation
Commission where he served until
a vacancy occurred on the Com
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mission ana ne was appouncu uu iu.
Mr. Harris said that Mr. Maxwell
wrote most of the most important
opinions and decisions of the Commission
and that no order of the
Commission was ever reversed
while he was a member. He was
appointed to his present position of
State Commissioner of Revenue after
the resignation of Mr. Doughton.
The speaker said that if Mr. Maxwell
were made governor of North
Carolina that ha would enact a
policy of reducing the costs of departments
and institutions at a
minimum of injury to the efficiency
of these agencies. Hg said that Mr.
Maxwell was advocating a standardization
of the system cf transportation
for transporting children
to the schools on a state-wide basis
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HERE FOR BIRTHDAY
Mr. and Mrs. WL1 Graham of
Kinston were here Wednesday to
commemorate the birthday of
Mrs. John Graham. She was 88
years of age on that day and was
greeted with best wishes and happy
returns of ithe occasion by
friends and relatives.
Mrs. Gregg of New York, nee
Miss Mary Garland Allen, arrived
yesterday for a visit in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund White.
al Candidates
By R. T. FOUNTAIN
(Democratic Gubernatorial
Candidate)
Thq response of North Carolina
Democrats to the pledges on which
I base my candidacy is so marked
that on June 4 I am confident I
will have a commanding lead if not
a clenr majority over both of the
other two candidates;.
Herewith, I set forth briefly the
things for which I will earnestly
> strive after I am elected governor?
; pledges embodying cardinal princir>ioc
of fhA rvmoers tic Darty, and
. including the only definite proposals
far economy which have been made
in this campaign.
1 I solemnly promise to work for:
i Assumption by the State of the
, present 15-cent tax rate on land
! for school purposes, ias provided for
: in the MacLean law, and an admin.
[ istration of the public schools that
. will not interfere with their efficien;
cy.
i A public health program commen.
I surate with the needs of our people
A balanced budget
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Criminal Docket
Of Superior Court
Ends On Friday
The criminal docket of the May
term of WaJrren Superior court
came to a close last Fridlay afternoon
after a verdict of guilty had
been pronounced in the case of the
State against Solicitor Cromwell
Daniel of Littleton, and on Monday
matters of civil nailre were brought
before Judsre Walter Small of
Elizabeth City who has been here
presiding over the two weeks' term.
Mr Daniel enterqd a plea of
forcible trespass, which the State
accepted, and prayer for judgment
was continued for two years upon
condition that the defendant pay
the costs at this torm.
A truq bill was returned by the
grand jury charging the Littleton
man with embezzling $382.50 from
S. T. Wilson of near Littleton, but
it was pointed out that full restituf
ir\r? V>o/^ Konn rvi o /-} o o virl fVio C+ofo
UXW-Li. uau WtCli illCWXVi, C41XU. UilV^ KJ l/C4> (AJ
accepted the plea of forcible trespass.
The Case of thq State against
Henry Holloway, charging larceny,
was being fought last week as this
newspaper went tc plross. Later,
charges against the defendant were
dismissed whqn the jury was withdrawn
and a mistrial ordered.
The Byron Bpown will case has
taken up practically all of this term
of civil court. The suit to break
the will of the rich negro was commenced
on Tuesday morning and
was not turned over to the jury
until yesterday afternoon.
Before beginning the will case,
the court disposed of the case oi
Swift & Co. against the Poplaii
Mount Mercantile Co. and J. C
Brauer by ordering that the plain,
tiff recover of the defendants the
sum of $1200 and that each party
pay the costs of its witnesses, and
the court costs to be paid by the
defendants.
Bob Reynolds Is
Visitor At Warrenton
Bob Reynolds of Asheville, candidate
for the United States Senare
and running on a wet platform
was a visitor here. Thursday
morning. He qwas accompanied tc
Warrenton by David Xj. airain.
also of Asheville, and while here
greeted a number of friends whom
he made here six years ago when
he was running against the late
Senator Overman. Mr. Reynolds
was very optimistic over his outlook
for wearing the Senatorial
toga.
Other Democratic candidates for
the National Senatorial sea/t are
Senator Cam Morrison, Tam
Howie and Frank Grist. Neither
Mr. Morrison nor Mr. Grist have
visited Warreniton during this
campaign, but Mr. Bowie was here
about a month ago.
Quarterly Conference
At Macon Sunday
The second quarterly conference
for this year will be held at the
Macon Methodist church Sundaj
morning at 11 o'clock. <the Rev. E
C. Durham, pastor, announced
yesterday. All officials are urgec
to be present.
The Rev. Mr. Durham is visiting
relatives and friends at Sanford
but expects to return to Warrentor.
today, according to the post
card which carried the above anneuncement.
WINS HONORS
Miss Mabel Carroll, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Carroll, returned
home Tuesday after a most successful
year at Chowan college. She
not only made the highest average
in the freshman class but also the
Viicrhpst made bv any student in the
?mo._?
college, her average for the year
being 96 3-5. In addition 'to her
course she was a member of student
council and held several offices in
the various organizations connected
with college. Shq was an honor
graduate of the John Graham high
school.
REVIVAL BEGINS SUNDAY
There will be an old-time Pentecost
revival meeting at the North
W^arrenton Baptist churcih beginning
on Sunday morning at 11
o'clock, it was announced here yesterday.
The Rev. E. M. Bryant will
preach. The singing will be in
charge of Dutch Liles. Miss Mary
Woodlief will play the music.
ATTEND GRADUATION
Mesdames V. F. Ward and W. N,
Rovd attended the closing fcxer
c:ses of Peace Junior College at
Raleigh and witnessed the graduation
of their daughters, the Misses
Caroline Ward and Elizabeth
Boyd.
MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
NUMBER 23
JURY SUSTAINS
ATTT1T UTIT I
KKUWIN WILL
An Estate Valued At More
Than $100,000 Involved
In Legal Battle
AN APPEAL IS TAKEN
A Wan-en county jury yesterday
afternoon at 5:45 o'clock returned
a verdict sustaining the wiU of the
late Byron Brown, wealthiest negro
in Warren. The Propounders,
upon receipt of the verdict, noted
an appeal to the Supreme court.
' An estate valued at more than
rL $100,000 is involved.
The jury was given the case on
, Thursday afternoon around 3
t o'clock following an hour's charge
( by Judge Small.
; The stream of oratory that
echoed throughout the courthouse
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as leading attorneys irom tout
counties argued for and against
the breaking of the will began on
Wednesday night and came to a
close yesterday morning around 12
! o'clock.
Hast year when the case was
! tried before Judge E. H. Cranmer
the jury was unable to return a
verdict after deliberating for more
. than 24 hours and a mistrial was
ordered.
Members of the jury were J. T.
j-iuisey, rranit nainey, r. j. xiuui
ertscai, R. A. King, I. J. Hicks, M.
, P. Nicholson, F. L. Harris, S. B.
Fleming, A. B. Odom, N. M.
Shearin, Sod Fleming and T. R.
Riggan.
Byron Brown, wealthiest negro
of Warren county, died on January
' 1, 1931, leaving a will in which the.
| bulk of his estate was left to his
' son, Grover C. Brown. Claiming
that their father was not mentally
capable of making a will at the time
when he bequeathed his property,
other members of his family are
seeking to have the will broken.
The defense is represented by
Julius Banzet of Warrenton, George
Green of Weldon, Bennett Perry of
Henderson and Bob Kittrell of Henderson.
Plaintiff's attorneys were
Kerr & Kerr of Warrentqn and
, Yarborough & Yarborough of Loulsborg.
" " ? -- - ...
' Every inch of legal ground was
hard fought with both sides noting
exceptions from the rulings of Judge
Cmnll
V7 a:ici Lilian.
Tuesday and Wednesday the propounders
of the will put witness after
witness on the stand to testify
as to the mental condition of Byron
Brown during 1924 when the will
was written and in 1927 and in 1929
when two codicils were written.
These witnesses were leading business
men of Henderson and Warrenton
who had known the deceased
for years and who testify that in
their opinion he was of unusual
sound mind for a man of his ago
and race, and gave as their opinion
that he knew what property he
owned and the consequences of his
acts, as well as the natural objects
of his care when the will and ccdicil
were drawn.
1 The caveators witnesses were
! members of Byron Brown's family
' and near neighbors or botn races
who testified that in (1917) Byron
1 Brown suffered a stroke of paralysis
I and that since that time had suffered
other attacks and that follow>'
ing these strokes his health and
, mind began to give way and that
in their opinion he did not have
; sufficient mentality to know what
lie was doing at the time he drew
the will and the two ccdicils.
Caveators' witnesses further testified
that Byron Brown had stated
on sevqral occasions that he intended
to treat all his children alike
when he bequeathed his property,
and that all held equal places in
1 his heart.
The caveators contended that
* this was the intention of the de1
ceased, but that he did net know
' the extent of his wealth and there;
fore in leaving Grover Brown the
i residue of his estate, which totalled
1 around $100,000, that he did not
' know what he was doing. They of'
fered as evidence the taxbooks of
the county in which the deceased
had only listed a few thousand dollars
of real estate, and the estimate
of $40,000 put upon the estate by
A. A. Bunn, collector, as evidence
of their contentions.
The defense held that the amount
of property listed was no indication
of the amount of property which
the deceased knew h? had, and Mr.
Bunn said that the sum of $40,000
placed upon the estate, was merely
done to simplify inheritance taxes,
as this tax was based upon inventory,
and it was much easier to increase
the amount due the State
than it was to decrease it in the
qvent that the estimate was made
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J I/V/V WU5".
Mr. Bunn was the attorney of
i Byron Brown and drew both will
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