accurate, terse timely 0MEXXXII bents crowd h?:\ schools creased Enrollment Over Entire County; 638 Are present At Warrenton LrA TEACHER HERE ffjren county schools opened on morning with Increased en^ats in every school with the option cf Macon and it is bewi that there other students will U in later. tL.k on enrollment of 638 the Ill" ?" An Graham school at Warxenton pn the year's work on Tuesday ? the largest number of pupils He history of the school. To aid [jiing care of this increased enjjent, Mrs. Beaufort Scull, teach, for several years in the Areola jooL has been employed as an jjtional teacher here. The Areola yfls are transported to Warrenton y year. jfany patrons gathered with the! pchers and pupils in the school jditorium on the opening morning )r brief exercises preceding the astrent of classes. Invocation was fevered by the Rev. B. N. de Foefener, Episcopal minister, who L pronounced the benediction, c remarks were made by Supkendent of Schools J. Edward k by Principal J B. Miller and be Rev. J. A. Martin, Methodist Two songe concluded the) v-eased enrollment in tne coun5ipols in addition to giving anj (0 teacher at Warrenton may jjjpve an extra teacher at Af*?eron and at Littleton, it was jfnstThis. it is said, may depend ixfir lot how enrollment holds jp for the next two weeks. Fwins Dress Alike For Fifty-Two Years London.?Margaret and Agnes re twins. Iter looked alike and they rght alike. They agreed that all jr lives they would dress alike. Sat was when Margaret and ps were young. Sen, fifty-two years ago, came : triage?and separation. Margaret , are Mrs. Miller cf Holland ( rjve, Heswall. Cheshire. Agnes be- r a Mrs. Clemint of Dunedin, New , aland. , Hie twins never inet again, but . t< faithfully kept their promise i tess alike. ( They discussed their dresses in j giiar let.ers and exchanged pho- f paphs to show that the similarity ( u being maintained. , Ren their spectacles and watch j bains were alike! So* Mrs. Miller has just died at , be age of eighty-six. ( % Stands In Trap Until Leg Drops Off 1 *-lo*s, Calif.?Sandy, big shep- ] * bog belonging to Mrs. Ellis is home after a 29-day ab- i 19 String which he stood in a i '?til :he leg, which had been i fell off and he was able to t nimself home. He is practically | *e<ton. but Is expected to re I Negro Man 53 Rats In Crib 1 ylver, aged negro man oil I la. is better than a mouser I comes to killing rats, ac- 1 > information received here ll He is credited wroi kil- u its while clearing his corn It rodents, it was stated.!] 14 pounds. W IN U. S. PAPER 11 ^Y WEARS OUT DAILY 0UIS. Sept. 1 ? United! irrency is wearing out at! 1 of $10,000,000 a day, ac- L to W. O. Woods, treasurer \\ Inited States, in an address |i ollar bills circulate most 11 Wood said. They wear outu 1 sight months, while $5 bills jt Months and higher numbers 1 ] ' wiately longer. Jrj &S. BOYCE HOSTESS I J B. Boyce entertained her u a<l other guests at cards onl night. The high prize! ? --were of the club was won I J Haywood Duke and then prize was won by Mrs. ll ^odwell. The second, prize for | ( was won by Mrs. Edmund if L, ?*tra guests present were J Joe Taylor, J. P. Watson, l?? C. E. Rcdwell, L.' 1 Branch Bobbitt, R. J-;1 KL A- Williams and Miss Sal- , ] ^on. Pruit punch, sandwiches, 1 straws and cake were served. < 3 Democrats' Treasurer Bsk ^OM rwM Hk?'I f BMBi Frank C.'Walker, Butre, Mont, and New York, is the new treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. Mr Walker was pre-convention treasurer of the Roosevelt campaign I Democrats Donate More Than $32,000 To Roosevelt Func NEW YORK, Aug. 31.?Fron about 3000 Democrats scattere< across the country, the Rcosevelt Garner campaign managers have re ceived contributions of $32,500 during ithe last five diays. The total was announced at th< finance committee office in Demo cratic national headquarters tonight as a corps of clerks stopped worl for 'the day witn tnree man saw of letters remaining unopened . Two thousand, five hundred letters containing' a total of $9,835.6c were traced by committee member! directly to the nation-aide appea for funds made last week by Governor Roosevelt, National Chairman James A. Farley and the finance committee chairmen. The average of these contributions was a little less than $4 each. From several hundred others came larger contributions totaling nearlj $23,000. While most of these also are believed by campaign officials to have been a result of the fund appeal, the letters did not so state. Farley and the finance committee have set $1,500,000 as the amount they will probably need to run the campaign. J. R. Nutt, treasurer of nic xvu^uunuaxi iiai/iuiiai wnuiuuucc, said last night his party's national campaign would probably cost $1,250,000 to $1,500,000. Nearly every one cf the letters containing money or checks received it the Democratic headquarters also enclosed some campaign suggestions >r reports of Democratic progress n various sections of the country, t was announced. "Here's a dollar to help pay Hooker's way cut," wrote several men ind women. Ano.her contributor said: "If it weren't for Hoover prosperity I could give more." Hundreds were from anonymous ionors who signed their letters "The forgotten Man." The campaign suggestions are beng studied closely by Farley's aides vho said they expected 'to get much lelp from them. Club Members Wives Bar Night Meetings SAGINAW, Mich., Sept. 1?Wives )f Exchange club members tcok wer the eiuh's weeklv luncheon neeting and voted unanimously to )an night meetings. "A husband's place is in the tome, helping his wife with houselold tasks at night," a resolution )assed by the wives read. The wives igreed, however, with Miss Burnice R. Bibbs, a speaker, who said: "The reason husbands tell ?0 nany lies is because wives ask too nany questions." HONOR HOUSE GUEST Honoring her house guest, Miss Vnne Wheelis of Rocky Mount, Miss Millie Lancaster entertained at a ive course dinner on Friday night, following the dinner party a dance vas enjoyed. These present were he Misses Anne Wheelis, Willie jancaster, Margaret Blalock, Leah rerrell, Mary Drake, and Sara 3rickhouse, Messrs. Jack Kidd, Paul Bell, David Rodwell, Woodrow Par :er, Jeff Palmer and P. D. Jones. TO SELL ICE CREAM Home-made ice cream and cake vill be sold at Jerusalem church on Priday, Sept. 9th., at 8 p. m., ac:ording to announcement received 'rom Wise yesterday. AUDITOR HERE P. P. Wal of the firm of James M. Williams & Co., of Raleigh, certified Dublic accountant, is at Warrenton - i six ;his week making tne annual aucm >f the county books. ijp hi WARRENTON, COUNT Light Sentences May Be Cause Of i Increase In Crime "There is a decided increase in the number of cases ccming before this court and it may be due in part to the light sentences imposed by me on the law violators," Judge W. W. Taylor asserted in Recorder's court on Monday morning. This declaration came from the Warren county jurist at the end of one of the cases on the docket that held court in session all day. Judge Taylor said that it was his nature to be lenient in tnose wno came into his court, but declared that if his leniency was going to create a disregard for the law?a willingness to take a chance on the presumption that if found guilty punishment would be light?that he would have to become more severe in an effort to check the crime wave. The jurist said tha; several years ago little interest was attached to Recorder's court due to the fact that there were seldom more than | one or two cases to be tried and that some weeks there were no cases 1 at all on the docket. Now, he said, j there are so many cases to be tried . that most every Monday becomes an . all-day session and sometimes court . lasts for two days. "It is beginning to have more of the appearance of a Superior court than of Recorder's ' court," he said. I Prices Rise On Tobacco Markets In South Carolina i i WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.?South 1 Carolina growers are getting materially higher prices for tobacco 1 according to reports from the U. S. ! Department of Agriculture tobacco market news service. These reports i are based on the analysis of sales at Darlington and Pamplico where , Federal-State tobacco grading servr ice is in operation. These reports , show not only a strong upward trend i in prices as the marketing gets L under way, but also a distinctly better ranger of prices than prevailed a year ago. Many grades of cutters and lugs are now selling for higher prices than were paid as long ago as 1929, although the present general level is somewhat below that year. The opening sales in South Carolina on August 16th, were disappointing to growers, but the subsequent improvement has been rapid. The early offerings consisted principally of primings and lugs. Lugs continue 'to represent nearly three-fourths of the tobacco cn the market, but more tobacco on the straight side of 'the grade is appearing. There has been an increase loaf />/ffat?nrl a An finaH I v^utcci o aau icai uncxcu, wxixui^u mostly to fourth quality or lower. Prices so far reported range from 50 cents per hundred pounds fcr nondescript tobacco to $57.00 for second quality lemon cutters. Convict Makes Try For Freedom; Shot In Arm By Guard Richard Wright, negro convict, is recovering at the Warren county prison camp from a buckshot wound he received in his left arm on Monday afternoon when he attempted to escape from Guard Wilton Strickland while working in the Embro section. Dr. G. H. Macon, prison camp physician, stated yesterday that the wounded man suffered from the loss of a great deal of blood but that he was getting along all right. Wright was fired at twice by Guard Strickland. His body was sheltered by a tree when the first shot was fired but the second shot took effect in his arm and he dropped to the ground after running1 approximately 150 yards. The fugitive was placed in a prison truck and brought to the camp here where he received treatment from Dr. Macon. Wright was serving time for larceny. He was sent hejre from Franklin County. PERSONAL MENTION Messrs. C. P. Allen and Allen Halliard are visiting at Baltimore. Miss Ora Lee Smith of Albermarle and Miss Dorothy Newsome of Durham were week end guests of Miss Alice Burwell. Kenneth Romney, sergeant-atarms of the House of Representatives, was a guest in the H. F. Jones home Monday night and Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Turpin of New York were supper guests of Mrs. R. B. Boyd on Wednesday night. Mr. George Snuggs, a member or. J the Littleton high school faculty,' was a visitor here Sunday night. - - - > Tb< *r ' ?r ; m * . . " ?$. > * - ' H; t \V" irrtn ' H > r OF WARREN, N. C., FRID JURY DISAGREES IN WAGNER CASE To Be Tried Before New Jury In Recorder's Court On Next Monday , FENNER PEOPLES TRIED 5 i Jury members failed to agree on 1 u/hofhor rw-r r?r?f Mow TXTa-fmat* moe ^ II ?VV*4V1 vyi iiu U 1I1UUJ ?* MgllUl TV Uu I guilty of reckless driving on the I night that his Chevrolet and the' Chevrolet of J. C. Moore collided near Roy Davis' service station and Judge W. W. Taylor ordered a mistrial. The case will be tried before a new jury in Recorder's court next week. The accident occurred one night several weeks ago just beyond the curve at Mr. Davis' service station on the Warrenton-Norlina road. Mr. Wagner was driving his car towards Norlina. Mr. Moore's car, driven by James Moss, negro, was traveling in the direction of Warrenton. The two cars struck just a few feet beyond the point of curviture, and both automobiles were damaged but occupants of neither were injured. 2 According to the State's witnesses Wagner's automobile was traveling around 50 miles per hour as it rounded the curve in front cf the station a little on the left of the center mark on the hardsurface and before it straightened completely it crashed into the car driven by Moss which was traveling around 15 miles 1 an hour. ' Wagner and his witness 'testified : that both automobiles were traveling at approximately the same rate 1 of speed?35 or 40 miles per hour? 1 and that he was on the right side ' of the read when Moss cut into the 1 curve and crashed into his vehicle. 1 The jury deliberated over the case for more than an hour before the < members came into the court room to announce that they were unable i to reach a verdict. Members of the i jury were Henry Montgomery, Paul Bell, W. W. Kidd, W. P. Rodwell A. ] W. Ridout. I Wagner was represented by John J H. Kerr Jr. Fenner Peoples, 17-year-old white boy of north Warrenton was found guilty of assaulting Albert Paschall and was taxed with court costs. Garley Whitaker, Jack Elmore and Frank Wright, three white men . from Scuth Carolina, were found not guilty of disorderly conduct at ( Norlina. They engaged in an affray i with D. B. Overby and Edwin Wat- | kins Jr., but after listening to the evidence Judge Taylor held that the i Norlina boys were the aggressors and | that Whitaker, the one whom Wat- ] kins pointed out as the man who | struck him, was acting in self defense. When Whitaker was arrested a pint bottle nearly full of whiskey was found on him. For this offense he was found guilty and ordered to remain in jail for two days. i Jerry Peoples, white man of north < Warrenton who figured in the fight t between the Riggans and Peoples j two weeks ago, will be tried by jury t the first Monday in September for i carrying a concealed weapon. t Rudy Vallee Says Its A Pack of Lies 1 I NEW YORK, Aug. 30.?It may be ' that Rudy Valle has agreed to give 1 Fay Webb Vallee $50,000 cash half ( of the $100,000 Vallee home In Holly- c wocd and $1,000 a month alimony 1 for life, but? ? "It's all a pack of lies," Vallee declared today, in Boston, when asked about it." And? "It's manufactured out of whole cloth," declares former Magistrate Hyman Bushel, attorney for both s Rudy and his mate. "There nas been t no settlement agreed upon or sug- I gested, of such figures or any other." s Meantime, tomorrow, there is to ? be a conference between Vallee and e the lawyer. Whether the la rigorous t Pay will be present has not yet been decided. And there is no denial that j on Friday the wife of the crooner plans to start West, presumably for Reno, to begin divorce proceedings. Fay, with her mother and father, are still at the Vallee apartment at s 55 Central Park West. c c Negro Funeral Home ] To Be Operated Here a Carpenters are busy remodeling the old Wortham building at the corner of Main and Franklin pre- I paratory to the opening up of a I negro funeral home by E. A. Jordan j1 of Henderson within the next few a weeks. Th^ Warrenton home will be v operated as a branch of a Hender- I son establishment owned by Jordan. / 2imii AY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1 a Blow From Piece Iron Proves Fatal Negro Blacksmith John Burchette, Warrentcn negro, vas on Tuesday afternoon placed jnder bond of $250 by Magistrate W. C. Ellington to await trial In Superior court for fatally striking John Reid, local negro blacksmith, vith a piece of iron while the two vere engaged in play. Apparently there was no hard 'eeling between the two negrces, according to Ed Baldwin who was in ;he blacksmith shop at the time &eid received the blow. Baldwin 1 1.1 i. .CI 1 said mat uic two men seemeu tu ae in friendly mind and were throw.ng water on one another in a playi'ul manner when Burchette picked up a small piece of iron and threw it at Reid. The missile found its ivay to Reid's head. The injured man walked 'to the office of Dr. W. D. Rodgers where it was found that he was suffering ircm a fractured skull. He was sent ;o a Rocky Mount hospital where iie died Monday afternoon. Monday night Burchette went to W. C. Pagg and gave himself up. He was represented before Mr. Elingtcn by John H. Kerr Jr. Big Clouds Hinder Scientists As They Observe Eclipse Big clouds wasted more than half the $1,000 a minute which astronomers from several nations spent to study yesterday's total eclipse. Onlv about half the expeditions had the all-important corona blotted out by clouds, but these included a high percentage of the largest and most elaborate plans to do something new. The "Radio Eclipse" was a success, and the Kennelly-Heaviside layer was caught in the act of rising during totality the same as It is supposed to do at night. The "Einstein" measurements of Northwestern University were completed in light clouds. It will reluire months to calibrate the readings. - Ships at sea saw the moon's shadow distinctly racing 2000 miles an hour over the waves. Prom an altitude of 10,000 feet in an airplane aver New Hampshire, Dr. Clyde Fisher of New York saw the shadow sweep across snowy cloud tops. A census of queer things done by animals indicated' 'that birds are more sensitive to eclipses than fourfooted creatures. Spectators fared better than as;ronomers, for 'the eye was better ;han the camera in this eclipse, and nuch that the plate missed excited ;he admiration of millions. Texas University Gifts $1,000 A Day Austin, Texas.?Gifts to the University of Texas have averaged ^1,000 a day since it was founded 19 years ago. The gifts have varied Tom large sums of money and ;racts of land to letters, pictures ind memoranda. To a $1,000,000 hospital ccnstruct:d by John Sealy at Galveston for ;he university's college of medicine, le added a bequest of $12,000,000. iV. J. McDonald of Paris, Texas, ias given $1,250,000 for an astroaomical observatory. Mrs. Miriam liUtcher Stark, Orange, gave $150,(00 to build a home for the $1,000,)00 collection of bocks, paintings, nanuscripts and statuary she pre;ented 'the university. Was Beaten 1040 Times, Woman Says San Jcse, Calif.?One beating has ent many women to a divorce court, >ut it took 1,040 of them to send drs. Mabel Schwartz seeking separition from her husband, Jack. Mrs. Schwartz's complaint, filed here, numerates tne oeatings, i.uiu 01 hem, in 19 years of married life. Half-Holidays End Here Wednesday Warren ton business houses and < teres will remain open on Wednes- i lay afternoons for the remainder j i >f the year. The last of the half ' lolidays enjoyed by employees dur- 1 ng July and August came to an end < >n Wednesday afterncon. < i ENTERTAINS CLUB Mrs. Ray Weston was hostess to ier club on Thursday morning. I Jxtra guests were Mesdames Roy J )avis, W. D. Rcdgers, L. C. Klnseyl ,nd Joe Taylor. Mrs. R. J. Jones' ran high club prize and Mrs. W.! ). Rodgers won high visitors' prize, i i chicken salad course was served. rti |ggM^^50 a Faces Lotter^^^j^Pj ^ ? v~ I As a result of his position as head ^ of the National Moose Lodge propa- fe gation department, Sen.. James J. Davis, Pa., and former cabinet mem- Q] ber, faces federal indictments with _ others which charge Moose, Eagles 7 and Shrine with violating lottery , laws. it ? a! S6 Mrs. Mary Allen & Fatally Injured In i Wreck; Man Jailed CI HENDERSON, August 30?Mrs. Si Mary Allen, 35, was fatally injured, ^ and her husband and their baby a: slightly cut and bruised when their w car and one driven by Lewis Koplon a were in collision en Federal high- R way No. 1, five miles north of Hen- *r derson, near Middleburg, about 5 fcl o'clock this morning. Mrs. Allen, w who suffered a fractured skull, was brought to Maria Parham hospital a here, where she died four hours later h at 9 o'clock. P Koplon was taken into custody C1 and was held in jail pending a coroner's inquest this afternoon. ^ Wi:h him at the time of the crash cl were his brother and his father, S1 neither cf their party being injured. AUAHV. ....... nnU .A V....... koAn ^ iiic uracil wtto oaiu. tu iiavc hktcm a head-on collision, and Mrs. Allen * was rendered unconscious by injuries ' sustained in the impact. J a The Aliens were riding in a Model a T. Ford touring car, with Mr. Allen ,v( driving, and were headed toward Z( Henderson. The Koplons, who said w they were from Alabama, were ^ travelling northward, and were riding in a Model A Ford coupe. Both cars were badly damaged in the smash-up. . There were no witnesses to the ac- w cident, so far as could be learned1, E other than those in the two cars. It was reported that another car hap- . pened along soon ofterwards, but j left in a few minutes, going in the direction of Norlina, ostensibly for ^ a doctor. It was said that that car never appeared at the scene again, u nor did a doctor arrive prior to Mrs. ? Allen's being brought to the hospital here. Deputy Sheriff G. N. Tucker ? was called to the scene and brought yi Mrs. Allen to Henderson. 1 w *r m 1 bl Young Boy lakes p Nap In Asphalt Pit ? With his body half buried, Carson Pridgen, 4-year-cld son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pridgen, was found asleep in a pit of asphalt Sunday after- o: noon by his mother. Perspiration, it tl was said, prevented the asphalt ai from sacking to the body of the ^ young boy and he was none the V worse fcr his nap. & The baby went to sleep in the b( pit of asphalt, which was 8 feet by le 4 feet deep, and as he slept his body slowly sank into_the mixture 1? which had become soft on account B of the hot sun. His body was half n' surmerged when found late Sun- ec day afternoon by his mother who w missed him at his home and was nv.r,uln fr* him of VlrtmP ftf W UiiaUXC llU 1 lliu lull* MV V41V ?*v?.v his neighbors. ^ h( AH Veterans Urged r To Attend Meeting There will be a regular meeting of Limer Post No. 25, American Legion, on Thursday night, Sept. 8, C at 8 o'clock, according- to Henry N Montgomery, publicity officer. Mr. a) Montgomery said that he was hop- pi Lng that every white ex-service man, regardless of whether or not he is N i member of the Legion, would at- m ;end this meeting as there are seme w -hincrc pnminp- nr> at this time that lc ivery man who wore the khaki jhould know. ai p< PUBLISHES STOBY w Friends cf Crichton Alston m Thorne, Mrs. Van Davis, will be inlerested to know that the maga- w zine section of the Philadelphia si Public Ledger carried one of her I re stories on August 21. The Spinet'h Doll is the title of the story. j e MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME Year NUMBER 36 IFFICER ORDERED tO RETURN BREW l'-?Tnftr Qqvc Vnuorhmi ? U1 L VII U1 J VJUr^o ? mwq ? Not Guilty Manufacturing Intoxicating Liquor IAID ON 14TH OF JULY Tom Vaughan's home-brew and traphernalia were carried to his ime Monday afterncon by Special rohibition Enforcement Officer iward Davis after he had been iund not guilty of manufacturing toxicating liquor. The Warrentcn white man was ^quitted by a jury which returned s verdict approximately fifteen linnfoc of tor t.Ho Vtarf rgued for the State by Solicitor romwell Daniel and for the de:ndant by Julius Banzet. Mr. Vaughan's home was raided i the 14th day of July by Special fficer Edward Davis and Deputies >hn Carey Davis and C. J. Flemig. Mr. Vaughan was not at home t the time but when the officers . arched his house they found 16 >ttles of beer, a quantity of mash, capper, several crates of bottles nd a jar full of caps. The beer and paraphernalia were irried to the jail here and left for ife-keeping while a bottle of the everage was sent off for an nalysis. Following the analysis a arrant was served on Mr. Vaughan nd his case was set for trial In ecorder's court last Monday mornlg, but due to the request for Jury ial the case was postponed for a eek. The beer, the bottles, the capper nd caps and jugs and pans were auled into the court room and laced before the Solicitor as the ase was called. Mr. Edward Davis x>k the stand and testified that e found these articles at the home t Mr. Vaughan. When the officer x)ke of the alcoholic contents of re beer Mr. Banzet objected on le grounds that Mr. Davis was not chemist and therefore should not e allowed to testify what the mixrre contained. The solicitor eneavcred to have Mir. Davis testify s to his information about the con;nts of the beeverage, but Mr. Ban;t contended that the information as not competent and the court eld with him. Deputy John Carey Davis was illed on the stand and hi3 testilony about going to the house of Ir. Vaughan and what they found as similar to that of Mr. Edward (avis. Mr. Banzet argued that no evience had been induced to show rat Mr. Vaughan was selling the eer and that he had a right by iw to have it in his home for the se of his family and bona fide uests. "You can even have whiskey i your heme for yourself, your onWi trniii* f HonHe ca iaao n ?l U1UJJ Uliu J VUi iiivttvw ?V *WtiQ MM su do not sell K," he said. Solicitor Daniels argued that it as illegal to manufacture any eeverage containing over 1-2 of 1 er cent of alcohol and calling at:ntion to the bottles and other araphernalia, asked the jury to jnvict Mr. Vaughan of manufacuring spirituous liquor. A short while after the verdict f not guilty had been returned by re jury Mr. Davis collected the rticles which were on display in le court room and he and Mr. aughan were seen riding together j Mr. Vaughan's home where the utiles of brew and equipment were ft. Members of the jury were Ed Black, George Hester, G. B. Hull, oyd Wilson and H. B. Sorrell. A umber of other citizens were calli fcr jury duty but were excused hen they expressed the opinion lat -hey were opposed to the proibition laws and stated that they d not think it was wrong to make une-brew. bother Mrs. Blalock Dies In Virginia City W. C. Miles, brother of Mrs. A. . Blalock of Warrenton, died at ewport News, Va., on Tuesday Fternoon following a stroke of 5* olxrcHo Ai uijtwu. Funeral services were held at ewport News on Thursday afterr>on. Attending from Warrenton ere Captain and Mrs. A. C. Black. , Mr. Miles was born and reared ; Warrenton. He went to Newjrt News more than 25 years ago here he has been engaged in the ie:cantile business. Mr. Miles is survived by his idow and two daughters; by two sters, Mrs. A. C. Blalock of War nton and Mrs. E. G. Shaw of enderson; and by four brothers, rnest, P. K., Boyd and Forrest,

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