North Carolina Newspapers

ss^MaccuRATE, terse zh timely xxxii Sure negro 7 " *?T mn?TliT?7'l mmi u> muiMv . In Jail Awaiting Trial 1^H' On Charge of Carryiing Concealed Weapon IK be TRIED MONDAY gforts of a Ridgeway negro to Bu^oozle of- !'s w ho were search Jais h.nm foiled when he was Kovered crouched in a trunk and KThe. as well as his brother who Ed him in. is in the custody of Kfr e. C. Lovcll. awaiting trial in Murder's court cn Monday mornarrest came about Saturday deputies from the DrewMr section went to the home of a ^ js-iuell negro to arrest him on -targe cf carrying a concealed At first the officers were refused 1 ^ jir-htance to the home and when went back Saturday night fol- , Bring a consultation with Sheriff ' K j. Pinnell and asked for Black;hey were told that he was not fiere. They went in and searched Hje hems but the negro was not in _ Before leaving the house one of s ,, I ie officers saw a large trunk and t I asked what it contained. Told that i 't contained old clothes, he picked s a^B:o one end and fcund the trunk J "^Bjduiy heavy. \ -fflicre is the key?" one of the 1 At ! juries inquired. 3iackwell has it with him," the of ^er came. IVi'ithin a few moments the trunk xiione into and the fugitive was discs-red. He was placed under bona :i S100 to face Judge Taylor and ids brcther, who locked him in tie trunk, was placed under bond 1 of $150. Neither gave bond. 1 Officers who made the arrest were ' Lie Bobhitt brothers, H. E. Brewer j asd Thomas Ellington. Roosevelt Train t Passes Norlina As 9 Over 300 Stare ? c I Actuated by the hope that his v Hjpecial train might make a brief s Bstop, more than 300 citizens of this r section gathered at Norlina on f Tuesday shortly before neon to i catch a glimpse of Franklin D. v Roosevelt. Democratic nominee for r the Presidency of the United States, Benroute from Raleigh to Baltimore There he spoke Tuesday night. I Rumors that the train would stop for water proved unfounded when it ran by waving citizens lining the track. A slender man dressed in pv siuoa a uie rear piauurm reI toning the waves of the crowd. I Some one guessed that this was h I J ess, son of the nominee; an older 1 r: heavier man sto:d in the rear n I c'ocr of the train. Some believed 11 that this was Roosevelt. The only h; I filing that those in the crowd were fead certain of was that the en- a I flneer piloting the train wore a n bead grin as h? saluted the crowd, s It was a good natured crowd of citizens and the sentiment freely ] expressed was that, while disappointed in not seeing Mr. Roosevelt, I % were glad that so many turned as a tribute to the nominee *&le passing through Warren coun- n I '? S> 0 | Another Republican " I into Koosevelt Fold r San Francisco, Oct. 26?Having n ^i-unced he had decided to sup- t. KW the Presidential candidacy of a franklin D. Roosevelt, John F Francis Neylan. prominent San t. francisco attorney and lifelong C ^Publican, asserted today there *as no party issue in the cam- e and that the choice between J Roosevelt and President Hoover J "es between demonstrated inca*<% and justified hope." Neylan made public a letter he ^ written to Governor Rcsevelt "-which he said that for the first -v in his life he wmilH vote for & Democratic Presidential elec- c ^ a Neylan asserted one cf the "for- tl tten men" of the present is "the d 'ominon stockholder in American ti ^porations." tl Find Mill Wheel Blocked With Eels r ? When Wollett's mill wheel stopW turning a few days ago, H. R. ^Clletf rmrnor manlo on inVPRt.iCfl.* VMA4V*, iliUVAV Mi* ??ii vwv-Q" t;on, according to W. T. Robertson r< ^ town on last Saturday. d Letting off the water, Mr. Wol- b; stt found the mill turbine choked: h *>th eels. Fifty-four pounds of eels ir ere removed from the wheel. ir gj ? ( Bar Associatior^ Head ' I \ J|f ! \jjJm s Clarence E. Martin, of Martins- t burg, W. Va., is the new president of r the American Bar Association, liav- g ing been elected at the fifty-fifth j. meeting to succeed Guy E. Thompson of St. Louis. Registration Books r Plocp Tnmnrrnw: c *v/t?v m, ^ f q Large Vote Urged The registration books close at unset Saturday, Oct. 29, J. Wallace Vinborne, chairman cf the State Democratic Executive Committee, itates in a letter to this newspaper jrging that an effort be made to yet as many names as possible on the books this year. Mr. Winborne says that it is net only important to the State that a large majority be piled up for the Democratic nominees, but it is also important to each county that its citizens cast their ballots. He explains as follows: "Suppose some matter cf statewide importance should come before the State Convention during next four years. If so, you would wish your county to have its full j strength. In accordance with the Democratic plan of organization, ;hat strength will be determined by ;he number cf votes cast for Governor in the coming general elecicn. If you have 7500 Democrats, md all vote for Governor, your :ounty would have 50 Convention 'otss. If any fail to vote, that t trength would be cut off at the ate of one for each 150 votes. Thus, rom a selfish standpoint alone, it c s important that the Democrats ^ rcte. From a Party standpoint it j neans Party success." . f Attorney-General r"*"l 1A.S-M ? g I o apeaK At ^ourt s House On Monday J Attorney-General Dennis G. ;j irummitt will speak at the courti:use in Warrenton on Monday at f 2 o'clock, according to announce- ^ lent made this week by Jesse Gardler, chairman of the Warren Couny Democratic Executive Committee. 1 \ The reputation of Mr. Brummitt . s a speaker is expected to draw ? nany citizens here, Mr. Gardner aid. e " r Rodwell Heads 1 Bar Association [ T. O. Rcdwell was elected chair- 1 lan of the Warren County Bar As- ' cciation at a meeting held in the ffice of Polk & Gibbs on Tuesday light. Julius Banzet was named ecretary. William Polk was /appointed to t epresent the Warren bar at (lemcrial services to be held for 0 he late Judge Garland Midyette t Jackson on October 2, and John v Cerr, Jr., was named to represent j he association at the Institute of j rcvernment. (3 Members of the Warren Bar presnt were W. T. P-clk, F. H. Gibbs, A udge W. W. Taylor, John H. Kerr, b r., and Julius Banzet. 1139 Are Enrolled ^ In High Schools Five hundred eighty-eight white a hildren and 551 colored children, t total of 1139, were enrolled in i he high schocls of Warren county'"V uring the first month of the school v arm, it was learned this week at he office of the superintendent of a chools. ti This gives Warren the highest lercentage of high schcol enroll- J nent of any county in the state, iuperintendent Allen said. METHODIST SERVICE There will be held at the War- f( enton Methodist church next Sun- o ay night (fifth Sunday) a service ei y the pastor. Since this is per- j oi aps the only service to be held j a: l town that night, the public is ci ivited to worship there. w {ft WARRENTON, COUNTY C Sportsmen To Meet At Warrenton On November 5th Sportsmen of this county are re[uestecl to meet at 2 o'ckck Saturlay, November 5, in the courthouse t Warrenton for the purpose of liscussing changes in the game aws and for the selection of dele:ates to attend a State-wide meetng of sportsmen which will be held a the House of Representatives at taleigh at 2 o'clock Tuesday, Noember 15. E. Hunter Pinnell, county game warden, said that he wanted as nany hunters and fishermen as >:6sible to attend this meeting with uggestions in mind for improving he game and fish laws. Recomnendations are to be drawn up and ipproved and at least two represenatives selected to attend the State neeting. In a letter to game wardens hroughout the State J. W. Har elson, director of the Department >f Conservation and Development :aid in part: "In 1930 there were held throughHit the State meetings of licensed lunters and fishermen by counties or the purpose of making recomnendations to the Department of Conservation and Development rela ,ive to changes in the hunting and 'ishing laws. These meetings were -ery successful and gave this Delartment and the legislature valuible information regarding the jame laws. "This is an earnest appeal to the icensed hunters and fishermen in Sforth Carolina. The Department -ries in every way to administer the :ish and game laws for the benefit of those who buy licenses and .he Department feels that those who lo buy the licenses are the ones who lave the rights to recommend adjustments in the game and fish aws." School Heads Of Four Counties In Meeting Monday County and City school superinendents and accountants of Northtmpton, Halifax, Vance and War en counties met in the office of the superintendent of Warren county ;chcols on Monday to hear John L. laithcock, chief cf the State divi;ion of Accounting discuss school inances. In his discussion Mr. Haithcock ;ave instruction on how to keep iccounts of state and county school unds, how to prepare operating >udget and determine salary ratings f teachers under certain conditions, riie three hour discussion was haracterized as being very beneicial, by Superintendent J. Edward Ulen. In addition to Superintendent Alen, and Miss Edna Allen present irere T. J. Long, county supsrintenlent of Northampton county, E. M. tollins, superintendent cf Vance ounty schools, H. M. Lynch, suprintendent of Enfield schools, F. - A. JLUCKer, supexiiiteiiucm, ui owi,and Neck schools, and accountants rom Roanoke Rapids, Northampon, Vance and Halifax counties. Missionary Union To Sponsor Contest The Tar River Woman's Missionary Union will sponsor an associaional stewardship declaration conest at New Sandy Creek church n Sunday, October 30, according 0 announcement received here this reek from Mrs. T. A. Crawley of lollister. The meeting will begin at 1 o'clock and last throughout the ay. Mrs. Crawley urges that all Y. W. l.'s, G. A.'s, R. A.'s and Sunbeams e represented. Mrs. Bowers Wins In Times Contest Mrs. Claude Bowers was winner cf Norge Electric Refrigerator, and wo season passes to Raleigh heatre in The Raleigh Times Vho's Who contest that closed last reek, it was learned yesterday. Mrs. Bowers also was winner of j $750 cash prize in a similar conost held last winter. Money Needed To Buy Negro A Foot Money is needed to buy a foot | or a negro man who had his cut ff and to have operations performi cn three children, two white and ne colored, who have cleft palate nd hair lip, Miss Lucy Leach, ounty welfare officer, stated thisft eek. g "5. I j "' Jr?arrot )F WARREN, N. C., FRIDAY FOUND GUILTY ON WHISKEY COUNT YV?I1 If WIA117M T rw/^ol To I T' vii iinu w 11 UIA.U1 ID Tried For Possessing Intoxicating Liquor LITTLETON MAN TRIED Four out of the five cases coming before Judge W. W. Taylor in Recorder's court -en Monday morning resulted from violation of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act. Larceny of automobile license was the other c:unt. John Hudson, white man of near Littleton, plead guilty to a charge of possessing whiskey and was fined $25 and taxed with the costs in the action. He also received a two-year suspended sentence. Hudson was arrested by Special Prohibition Enforcement Office Edward Davis and Deputies Carey Wilson and C. J. Fleming. During the raid John Vincent, a negro, was seen on the Hudson premises with a quantity of bo:ze in a charred keg. He plead guilty to possession and was fined $5 and taxed with the costs. Hilmon Reavis, negro operator of | a meat market at Warrenton, was found guilty by a jury of possessing whiskey for the purpose of sale. He was fined $25 and costs and given a two-year suspended sentence. Reavis was placed under arrest several weeks ago following a raid made on his place of business by I Sheriff W. J. Pinnell, Deputy Lawrence Robertson and Chief of Police M. M. Drake. A pint of booze and a number of empty bottles were seized in the raid. I Sheriff Pinnell testified that he 'had reports that Reavis was selling whiskey and was informed that if he went there cn Saturday morning he would find some. He said i that he and Chief Drake entered the front of the market and that Deputy Robertson went to the rear jof the building. When they entered, the sheriff i testified, there were several people Jin the market and he called the (proprietor to one side and informed liim that he had a warrant to search his place. Reavis, Sheriff Pinnell said, told him that ho had no objections to a search being made of his place of business but requested that the search be postponed until 'he cleared his building of its natrons. The officer testified that he granted him this request but when the last customer was waited on and left the market that Reavis ran into a back room where he kept old automobile tires and junk and locked the door. Sheriff Pinnell said that when Reavis refused to open the door that he forced himself in just as Reavis finished pouring some whiskey out. A search of the ro:m revealed a pint of whiskey, and five or six empty bottles were found in a locked drawer. Reavis told the court that he was unaware of the fact that there was any whiskey in his place of business. He claimed that the liquor was left in his junk room by some one else. He said that frequently people went back into the room where he kept water and that only a few mornings before the raid he went back there and discovered some whiskey that some person had i left there. Walter Spruill testified that be fore tiie raid was maae tnat ne saw two men go into the junk room with whiskey in their pockets. Kit Christmas and Herbert Plummer also testified that they saw people go into the rear room frequently, and Plummer said that he had' warned Reavis to lock the door and keep people out. He said that Reavis locked the door after his warning and that it had not been opened again until after the officers came. Reavis was represented by John H. Kerr Jr. Morrison Stevenson, negro, was fined $5 and costs for possessing a small amount of whiskey. John and Herbert Taylor were found guilty of larceny and driving a car with improper license. The automobile was the property of John Taylor and the license was stolen and placed op the car by Herbert Taylor. Judge Taylor sentenced Herbert Taylor to four months on the road and taxed John Taylor with the costs in the action. FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETS The finance committee of the Warren County Memorial Library met in the office of Polk & Gibbs on Monday night. Plans were discussed fcr a campaign to secure funds beginning on November 11. It was pointed out in choosing Armistice Day as the time of beginning ; the campaign that the library was : mnded as a memorial to those who ? ;ave their lives in the World War. I ISlmii ^odBMn AN AF All those interested in the Warre know the situation which it faces ir The county having ceased its a] the library is sure of getting is $250 Town of Warrenton. Last year it cost the library $12' ncmically operated. This year, after effcted, it will cost about $1000. This : service, rent, lights, water, heat, ins Where is the library going to ge Last year it got $250 from the the balance about $745 from gifts a: This year it will need, and mus $745, to meet its maintenance cost. Otherwise it will have either to change in its operation which will c The library is one of the few : during the depression years, 1930-3 able service without going into deb no money but no deficit^ And each as follows: 1930 circulation 1931 circulation 1932 circulation The library now puts out over about six cents a, book. The library now has over 1350 r receives from it valuable service. D must depend primarily on each of keeD it a ecine concern. The annual drive for funds will Day, and since the library is a mem men who gave to their country in t sure of devotion,"! the day is an ap] With these facts in mind, every his contribution as large as he can, darkness of the depression, may co light." W1 Deft Fingers Fashion Garments As Ladies Respond The Tarwater stcre building on Main Street has had the appearance of a garment factory this week as deft fingers of Warrenton ladies have been fashioning clothes from cloth supplied by the Rod Cross for the pcor and needy citizens of the county. Sixty-four garments were cut on Tuesday when Mesdames A. D. Williams, W. N.\Boyd, A. C. Blalock, Jchn Baird, J. B. Massenburg, W. R. Baskervill and Misses Speed Massenburg and Elizabeth Rocker reported for work. Thursday the production increased with the addition to the force of Mrs. George Scoggin, Mrs. J. P. Scoggin, Mrs. John Tarwater, Mrs. John Dameron and Mrs. Charles Tucker. Mrs. Edward Rooker, Sr.. and Mrs. R. T. Watson, members of the local chapter cf the Red Cioss, have been present supervising the work and lending their assistance in fashioning the garments. With the National Red Cross sending 10,000 yards of cloth into the ccunty and with hundreds of citizens in dire need of clothing, more workers are needed, Mrs. ; Watson said, and expressed the hope that other ladies of the town and county wculd assist. Those willing to aid are asked to meet at the Tarwater store buildinig next to the Carolina Power & Light Company each Tuesday and Thursday for the next several weexs. Fugitive Nabbed By Sheriff Pinnell Sandy Griggs, Jr., negro who has been a fugitive from justice since the afternoon of September 3 when Willie Lee Terry, negro of near < Paschall, was struck over the head 1 with an axe and seriously injured, I was captured this week by Sheriff ' W. J. Pinnell. Following his arrest, Griggs was J given a preliminary hearing and placed under bond of $150. He is < to be tried at the January term of ' Warren county Superior court. < Griggs, it is alleged, went to the ( home of Terry late in the afternoon of September 3 and for seme un- * explained reason struck Terry in < the head with an axe. The blow 1 fractured the negro's skull and at * first little hope was held for his ' recovery. 1 Griggs disappeared after inflict- 1 ing the blow and had remained out 11 of the reach cf Sheriff Pinnell until this week when he was taicen into custody. \ FIFTH SUNDAY SERVICES E Services will be held at the Pres- t byterian church at Warrenton on Sunday, E. A. Skillman announced " this week. i Miss Mattie Wiggins Dameron, a r student at N. C. C. W., and room- f mate, Miss Lou Nissen of Winston, c spent the week end here in Miss |t Dameron's heme. ' d i / rit Price, $1.50 a Yt 'PEAL I n County Memorial Library should i the coming year, oprcpriation, the only money that i, the amount appropriated by the < 15 to operate, and it was ecoall possible economics have been r is not much for full-time librarian .urance, etc. it this $1000? ? county, $250 from the town, anjd 1 nd private subscription. t get, about the same amount, c a c close up or to make some radical v :urtail its benefits to the people. j institutions which have been able t 1-32, to render increasingly valu >t. It has finished each year with ] year its circulation has increased, < i ..13874 * 16573 j 18060 j 1500 books a month, at a cost of t < egistered borrowers, each of whom uring the coming year the library i these to do all he or she can '"to t < be held on November 11, Armistice ' torial to those Warren County 1 he World War "the last full m|eapropriate one. 1 friend of the library should make in order that the library, amid the ntinue to be "a dwelling place of ] LLIAM T. POLK. I i ( State Board Hears 1 Claims For Wise School Thursday 1 Meeting with the county board ' of education in the court house on Thursday afternoon, members of 1 the State Board of Equalization ' heard claims of citizens of the 1 Wise school district, as presented < by John H. Kerr Jr., attorney, in 1 matter of the retention of a ( high school at Wise. * After Mr. Kerr had told the J members that the citizens were no longer looking to the Board of Education for any relief, Chairman Attmcre stated that this was ' hardly fair as the Stat? board was responsible for the abolition of the j high school. A few minutes la^r j he was contradicted by Prank Spruill of Reeky Mount, another member of the State Board, who i stated that he did not think the < local Board of Education had been 1 quite fair to Wise and blamed for- ?' mer action, of the board \nr much '< of the present contention, stating that the State board was perhaps i not entirely without blame. The ( State Board of Education may have t made an error of the head, but not r cf the heart, he said, and moved i that the board make a tcur of in- \ spection to the Wise district. The citizens of Wise are asking * that a high school, abolished at 1 Wise, be re-established. Before ^ leaving on the inspection trip fcr \xr\on PViotrmon Atfmnrp said no ^ V Y lOU VliUlli iiiMii *?vvu?vaw w?v. decision would be made at this < time. Members of the State Board of Equalization present were Mes- ' srs. Attmcre, Spruill and Powell. 5 Roosevelt Continues I To Lead Hoover In * Literary Digest Poll c i President Hoover will have to draw more than 586,150 ballots be- fc fore next week to overtake the lead v ;hat Franklin D. Rcosevelt has in ;he run for the White House, the e semifinal report of The Literary r Digest's 20.000,000 ballot poll reveals, r The sixth tabulation of votes re- v :eived by The Digest shows that 2 President Hoover has a total of 1,- o )95,274 votes and Mr. Roosevelt 1.- C 548,237 votes. 1 North Carolina is voting nearly 1 ;hree to one in favor cf the Demo- 1: :ratic nominee. A total of 36,830 are a listed from this State in this issue F if The Digest and of that number 1,597 votes of apprcval were given o President Hoover while 27,233 peo- c >les expressed their preference in r 'avor of Mr. Roosevelt. ONE FINGER FLOWN PLANE LONDON, Oct. 26.?An aeroplane vhich can be flown, manoeuvred, tnd landed with only one finger is he latest flying invention. tl The machine is of the auti-giro T windmill" type, and is being built t< inder license near Glasgow. b There is only one control for all novements of the machine. Apart rom the operation of opening and losing the throttle, the whole con- cl rcl of the craft literally can be; tl tone with one finger. r< ' 1 ' MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME ?r NUMBER 44 SHERIFF IS TOLD TA miirrr TAV 1U lAJLLULi 1/iA Judge Parker Dissolves Injunction At Hearing At Warrenton Saturday ro BE TRIED IN JANUARY The injunction preventing tha Sheriff of Warren county from colecting a special six cent levy in he Norlina Special Tax District was lissolved by Judge R. Hunt Parker it a special hearing held at the :ourt house at Warrenton on Satirday afternoon. The sheriff is emjowered to proceed with the collec;ions. The complaintant, A. B. Laughter, Norlina taxpayer, who is seeking X) have a special election authoriz ner f low HonlarpH invalid nn t.hft 'rounds of illegality, and who ob;ained the injunction on October I from Judge Harris restraining colection, will be heard at the January ;erm of Warren county superior :ourt. Taxpayers in the Norlina district nay pay this tax under protest. In ;he event that the plaintiff wins his ;ase at the January term of court, ;he county will be required to make i refund of such tax collected. Mr. Laughter was represented at ;he hearing by Polk & Gibbs. Citizens of Norlina who favored the election were represented by John H. Kerr, Jr. A special election was held in the Norlina Special Tax District on September 19 to determine whether ??? n lainr r?Af f/% J r nut till auuioiunai ig?j uw w exceed 7 cents on the hundred, dollars valuation should be levied for the purpose of retaining vocational agriculture in the Norilna High school. Election returns showed a majority of 1 in favor of the levy. Complaint of irregularities were shortly thereafter filed with the Jlerk of the Board of County Comnissioners and the commissioners net in special session at the courtaouse on September 26 to canvass .he returns and to hear the complaints. After the reading of sev;ral affidavits purporting to show rregularities in the conduct of the election, the board accepted the dew of John H. Kerr, Jr., attorney "or supporters of the election, that hey had no authority to go behind ,he returns and that the court was ;he proper authority for such investigation, and accepted the reurns. A levy of 6 cents was ordered ;o be made. In seeking the restraining order ,t was stated in the complaint "that ;he plaintiff, on information and be Id, tliclt txxc aaxu. cxccvxvii, ind the tax levy pursuant thereto, ire invalid and illegal in that: "(a) Names of voters were placed jpon the registration books with>ut the voters being present at the ,ime and without an oath being adninistered to them, and that one or nore of said voters so registered roted for the local tax, "(b) Applications were not made .n proper forms to the Registrar of election for all absentee ballots roted, "(c) All absentee ballots were not iccompanied by proper certificates, ;r sworn to, "(d) Names of all absentee elects were not posted in polling Dlaces, "(e) All absentee votes, together vith applications, certificates and mvelopes, were not retained, sealed n envelopes and delivered with the lection returns to The Board of Commissioners for the County of Varren, "(f) Some or all of the absentee allots mentioned above were net oted in favor of the local tax, "(g) The Board of Commissionrs for the County of Warren did lot 'Canvass and judicially deternine' the result of said election /ithin the meaning of Art. 17, Sec. 21 Chapter 136 of the Public Laws f 1923, and said meetings of said lommissioners on September 26, 932, and September 27, 1932, the atter through its agent, P. M. Stalings, Auditor, were not regular or djourned meetings and were not iroperly called, "(h) The returns of said election fficials showed a total of 221 votes ast when there were only 220 votes ecorded." . Fruit And Produce Store Opens Here A Fruit and Produce Store was tiis week opened at Warrenton. "he new business is located next ) the post office and is operated y A. D. Harris/ SEAMANS MOVE Mr. and Mrs. Peter Seaman and hildren of Axtelle have moved Into leir new home In Southeast War;nton.