I ACCURATE, terse I TIMELY I I VOLUMN XXXIII I mm u/ven" I PKLSON TERM I Younir Wiiite Alan Pleads Guilt} 1<> Assault Upon m Resist or " ? noirroes on tho m. cots of Wtinvufon on tho night of July 1. As a rrsriir of Jiis attack upon Mr. Poivc.'I. IV;- :- Williams and Ed Bolton. Moore en mo before the court on two counts, each charging assault with intent to kill. He was sentenced to prison lor not less titan IS moat its nor more than three years on one count, and on the other rhn:ire he is to serve time lor not less than 12 months nor more than two years. He plead guilty to the charces. Wniskcy was credited with being responsible lor Moore running amuck. He testified that he had been drinking excessively and that he had no reeolieei ion whatsoever oi pouncing tinon Mr. Powell and bentin: him to a state of uncon[ sciousness with a stick, nor of atI tacking Bolton and Williams with ' the club a short time thereafter as i the two negroes walked along a ' back street. Mr. Powell was walking down Main street between tho hours of 11 and 12 o'clock on the night oi I July 4th. when a man stepped lrcin the shadow? ci the Warrenton Grocery Company building, seized I him in the collar and began inI dieting blows with a club. George I Robinson, theatre employee, rush| ed to the scene and the assailant I censed his blows and fled behind a building into the night air. As a result of the attach. Mr. Powell was coniinod to his home for several days with serious wounds on his I scalp. Shortly alter the assault upon I the register of deeds, Peter WilI hams and Ed Bolton were attacked I as they walked along a bach I street. Williams received severe I blows across his head and face and I his companion had his hand inI mrcd. Moore, crazed from drink, was I tad under a bridge at one of the I local warehouses later that night I and taken into eustodv. I There was no evidence that bad Wood existed between Moore and the men he attacked. He said that he only knew Mr. Powell by sight and that he knew neither of the JiPCToes. Littleton Board Holds Meeting LITTLETON, Sept. 21. ? The Board o? Commissioners met at a regular session on Thursday night, September 7. and the following business was transacted: The dance tax. which was levied in August, *as reduced from 55.00 to $2.50. I The Municipal Water Pumping contract with the Carolina Power and . Light Company wak renewed with a rate five cents cheaper than beI tore. The comnMssioners authorized I the renewal of two notes due I Peter Pirsch k Sons Co.. in the I amount of 5737.50 each, due in one I and two years from date, and also 1 kernel payment of accrued inter[ t?- on past du( nntpc nn?n _ W ? wtion. the board ordered twenty I eight street lights he cut out in the city. The ones remaining will I te mainly at street crossings and intersections. The board mot again at a speI cial meeting on September 11, an^ I 0^ered payment ol interest on I bonds, which were defaulted on I December l. 1932. This interest. att?unts to S3.210.00. B Fiddlers To Meet At B School Tonight idlers Iron over Warren and veil as from I Virginia are expected to gather at I Warrenton sehool auditorium I l?night at 3 o'clock for an old time I Fiddlers- Convention. I The convention is sponsored by I ^ John Graham Council of the j?i?r Order, and according to R. . Snipes m eharge of tire public cr'd of the moctingr-a real treat I 4 in store for those who enjoy I */xi fiddle music and dancing exH dibits. WAR Mann Urges Cotton Farmers To Hold ' Crop Higher Prices ( Urging cotton growers to hold their cotton for higher prices which he said should result from the acreage reduction campaigns, increased consumption and general rise in commodity prices under 1 NRA, M. G. Mann, secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association, addressed a meeting of Warren County farmers in the court house here Monday afternoon. ' Don't sell a single pound of your ^ cotton at piesent prices if you don't t +/-x '? TV/T%. *-1 iux\u i/u, ivii. ivituiii tuiu lilt? grUW- f ers. Ho ix)inted out that with the 1 rise in price of things the farmer has to buy, nine-cent cotton will ^ buy no more this year than six- C cent cotton would buy last year. ^ As indications that cotton prices , will rise before another planting . time, Mr. Mann pointed to the re- * (.Continued on Page 4) C " " i Cotton Options c Are Not Negotiable u Bright Declares b c Options granted cotton growers F for destroying a part of their crop t] this summer are not negotiable, R. a H. Bright, county agent, said yes- y terday. h These options will be sent to the tl county agent to be turned over t p the growers as soon as permission is secured from Washington. After g that period growers may exercise c these options at any time that cot- b ton is selling for 9 1-2 cents a b pound or above. si Mr. Bright explained that it wras o the government's policy to release si these options simultaneously all it pver the. south, and pointed out If that any other course of action n might work an undue hardship tl upon the growers who might re- w ppivp t.hpir nrvt.inns 1 ato d1 si Taylor And Kirkland J] Sworn In As Lawyers'? ? |d William Taylor of Warrenton and n Robert Kirkland of Littleton were ir sworn in as lawyers by Judge R. ci Hunt Parker shortly after 2 o'clock tl on Monday afternoon. p After signing their credentials, Judge Parker pointed out to the two young men that theirs was an 1 ancient and honorable profession, one which offers the greatest opportunity, except the ministry and possibly medicine, for a man to develop himself and win the respect tri and esteem of the people with whom ,f< he associates. ci A lawyer, Judge Parker said, can'0 do a lot of good or he can do a . lot of harm, depending upon the character of the man. ''An attorney a is an officer of the court and it is w your duty to see that justice is a done." I p After advising the men to use' p their spare time now to study,' o Judge Parker wished Taylor and | v Kirkland a long, honorable and v lucrative career. J n Eoth men earned their law de- ic grees at Wake Forest College. e Ii Kerr Speaks At J Peanut Meeting b |b RICH SQUARE, Sept. 21.?Plans :E were laid here Tuesday afternoon1 e to further carry out to a successful | n culmination the stabilization of b peanut prices, by the Steering Com- tl mittee of the Eastern Carolina t; Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of s this movement. In the absence of i Chairman J. H. Matthews, Secretary N. G. Bartlet acted ac Chair- ^ man of the meeting. Congressman -y John H. Kerr was present and r made an address to the gathering, c Judge Kerr will accompany the i( committee to Washington for the s furtherance of plan at later date, a The meeting went on record to ]\ ask for a minimum of 3 1-2 cents b (Continued on Page 5) t TOMMY HARRISON MOVES STORE TO ROANOKE RAPIDS ! LITTLETON, Sept. 21.?T. N. \ Harrison, who has been in the drug s business in Littleton for a number c of yeais, moved his stock to Roa- t noke Rapids this week to go into a business there. The people of Lit- ^ tleton regret very much to see Mr. a Harrison leave. t HOWARD IN NEW OFFICE a J. C. Howard, government field r inspector, announced this week j I that he would be in his new office, r which is located in the Farmers' \ Mutual Exchange on Main Street, t every morning from 8 until 1 p. m. i Iff Hi RENTON, COUNTY OF WA JUOGESTRESSES 'ARE OF ORPHANS Fells Grand Jury To Make Careful Investigation Of Guardianship Funds EXAMINE SCHOOL BUSES The Grand Jury had not made its report at the close of court yesterday at 5:30. The orphan child is a vard of the state and if here is any one person who leeds the protection of the aw more than another it is he faherless and motherless hild, Judge R. Hunt Parker old members of the Grand lury on Monday morning n instructing that body spe:ifically in regard to investgating the reports of guarlians. "Tco frequently do guardians se funds of children for their own enefit and the children never reeive a cent of the money," Judge 'arker said. "I want you to see hat the funds of these children re safeguarded, and if you find in our investigation that a guardian as not compiled with the law in his connection, I want you to reort that guardian in name." Ending his instructions in reard to guardians, Judge Parker harged the jury to examine school uses, particularly as to their rakes and steering apparatus, and Be if the drivers are over 16 years f age. Every ten hours some peron dies from automobile wrecks 1 North Carolina, and during the ist ten years automobiles killed lore people in this country than he United States lost in all its ars," he said. Most of the accients, Judge Parker cited figures to how, occurred on Sunday afteroons between 7 and 8 o'clock. More ran 90 per cent of the drivers of | ars that figured in wrecks had ; riven more than a year, and a lajority of the accidents occurred i clear weather on dry roads. Exuding the speed limit, driving on le wrong side of the road and assing on curves and hills was 1 (Continued on Page 4) Mrs, Mollie Isles Dies At Weldon LITTLETON, Sept. 21. ? Last ites for Mrs. Mollie Bobbitt lies, 3rmerly of the Aurclian Springs ' ammunity, who died at the home j f her daughter, Mrs. Fuller Rob- i ison in Weldon Thursday night fter an illness of short duration, ere held from the home Friday fternoon at four o'clock, with her astor, the Rev. Mr. Wilson of lalifax, pastor of Mt. Tabor Methdist church, in charge of the serices, assisted by Rev. E. H. Mc/horter, pastor of the Weldon letnoaist unurcn. interment, iui>wed in Mt. Tabor Methodist cemtery at Aurelian Springs. Mrs. des died of pneumonia from which tie suffered only a week. She was tie daughter of the late T. J. Bobitt and Mrs. Anne Neville Bobitt, and tne widow of the late T. [. lies. Mrs. lies had spent her ntire life in the Aurelian Springs eighborhood until the death of er husband five years ago. Since hen she had spent most of her ime with her daughter in Weldon. !he was a lifelong member of Mt. 'abor Methodist church. The deceased is survived by five aughters, Mrs. June Collier, Mrs. Vill Robinson of Aurelian Springs, Irs. Wilson Lucas of Jackson, Mrs. Jeorge Sauls of Raleigh, Mrs. Fulir Robinson of Weldon and three ons, Hubert, Robert and Elliott 11 of Aurelian Springs, one sister, Jrs. W. N. Thornton, and one rother, J. H. Bobbitt, both of Litleton. METHODIST SERVICES "Suffering In A Loving Father's Vorld," will be the subject of the errnnn at the Warrenton Metho list cnurch on Sunday morning, he Rev. E. C. Durham, pastor, mnounced yesterday. "A True Vision of Life" will be the subject :t the evening services. The public is invited to both of hese services, Mr. Durham said, .nd added that he was going to nake a real effort to do some (reaching on the positive side of eligion. iie extended a special initation to the new teachers and to he teachers who have been here jefore to attend these services. *' atfti iRREN, N. C., FRIDAY, SE1 Campaign To Cut Tobacco Acreage Brought To Close Warren county's tobacco reduction campaign came to a close on Wednesday night with a signup of more than 90 per cent of the growers, according to R. H. Bright, county agent. Four hundred and five growers signed contracts, according to Mr. Bright, representing approximately 5,000 acres, estimated to yield 4,000,000 pounds of tobacco. Illicit Love Affair Ends In Murder; Woman Sentenced An illicit love affair between two members of the colored race ended in the death of the woman and with the daughter of the man being brought before the court to face t;:'al for murder here Tuesday. Ethel Davis, frail negro girl of about 20 years, came into court and told a pathetic story of the tragedy that had entered her home as a result of the conduct of her father, Richard Davis, and his paramour, Helen Vinson. The sickly looking negro girl plead guilty to firing the fatal shots into the body of the Vinson woman. The defendant testified that the shooting occurred at her home when the Vinson woman came there in a rage because a note she sent Richard Davis had been intercepted. "She had abused my mother and was coming forward with a knife in her hand when I shot her," the girl said. The two pistol balls fired into the body of the Vinson woman brought death to her that night. % After hearing the evidence in the case Judge Parker said: "I wish I had her father ibefore me for trial; I would know ekacfty what tt t i 4- v. TTa In LU UU Wllili 111111. lie 1C3 1 CO^UIIOIUIC for the whole affair." The defendants father was not in court for the trial but he was brought here the next day by officers upon the request of the judge. Judge Parker gave him a severe verbal lashing and ordered the sheriff to run him out of the court at once. Pointing out that he was giving the lightest sentence possible under the law, Judge Parker ordered that Ethel Davis be sent to the Central Prison at Raleigh, to be worked under the supervision of the State Highway and Public Works Commission for a term of two years. Gain Shown In Auto Licenses RALEIGH, Sept. 21.?For the first time in three years a comparison of the daily total of State automobile license issuances with the registration on the same day of the preceding year shows a gain of more than 1,000 cars registered. Up to Wednesday night 376,467 pairs of 1933 licenses had been issued, compared with 375,198 to the same dav in 1932. Beginning on January 1930 the license comparison showed a steady drop as compared with the preceding year. In April this year an upward trend started but only last night did this year's total get up 1,000 above last year's on the same day. Grand Jurors Guests , At Prison Camp Members of the grand jury were entertained at the prison camp on Wednesday by Supt. T. H. Aycock. Dr. G. H. Macon, prison physician, was also a guest for the occasion. Mrs. R. Hunt Parker visited relatives here this week. Mr. Armistead Boyd left this week to study law at Duke University, Durham. I Miss Caroline Ward returned to Chapel Hill this week to resume her studies at the University of North Carolina. Messrs. Armistead Boyd and Pett Boyd returned Saturday night after visiting the World's Pair. Mr. John Drake left this week to resume his studies at the University of North Carolina. Miss Elizabeth Boyd returned to Duke University this week. PTEMBER 22, 1933 Subsc Squirrel Shot Sixty-seven squirrels with 68 shots is the record related by Walter Allen, 83-year-old citizen of Axtelle here yesterday. A group about the court house was discussing squirrel hunting' when Mr. Allen said that he killed 67 squirrels a few seasons ago. He related that all the squirrels were shot from the same limb within a period of a few days and that he did not leave his yard in making the kill. One time only he missed. "I wasn't racing with anybody; if I had been I might have killed some squirrels," Mr | Allen concluded. Child Falls From Two-Story Window; Not Seriously Hurt Jane Reavis, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Reavis, escaped serious injury when she fell from a second story window of the Reavis apartment to the ground. The child fell when a screen against which she was leaning gave way. The fall was broken by privet bushes beneath the window. Examination by a physician revealed only slight scratches and bruises. Tobacco Companies Make Proposals WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.?While agricultural adjustment administration officials worked with buyers of flue cured tobacco seeking to devise a plan to guarantee parity prices for 1933 tobacco when markets open next Monday, public hearings on tne government's proposal to license buyers were postponed from Thursday until 9:30 Friday in the Mayflower Hotel here. Government officials and Governor John C. B. Ehringhaus, sitting in on the secret meetings, were nopeiuj tnai aeiaus wouiu ue i L-au,? for presentation Friday. Considerable progress toward definite agreement was reported from conference rooms. Meanwhile large domestic tobacco manufacturers submitted to agricultural adjustment officials an alternative proposal, superceding the department's licensing plan, designed to bring parity prices for tobacco they purchase on 1933 markets. Under the proposals these manufacturers, consumers of the higher grades of tobacco, would agree to purchase between the reopening of bright leaf markets next Monday and June 30, lao-i, an amount of tobacco equal to consumption demands in recent years at a price approaching parity. They did not offer to purchase any surplus beyond that actually consumed domestically. Tobacco already purchased this year would not be included in the amount yet to be purchased after 1 *? >-? vinvt "!\ /T?-l o TT IIIIAI K.Ul/5 ICUpCH \JI1 iiCAi/ xviunuaj. Agricultural officials are studying the plan to determine if 't would provide any real relief from existing low prices. It might be (possible that in purchasing only amounts needed for consumption manufacturers could spend less money than usual on bright leaf markets and officials have not determined how near parity prices are already being paid domestic manufacturers. It was understood that machinery of the plan was the obstacle confronting administration officials in the efiort to formulate a definite agreement with exporters, depreciation of the dollar in foreign markets, it was said, will enable exporters to pay parity prices with little additional burden. Exporters are understood to look with favor upon a proposal similar to the suggestion of domestic manufacturers revised to lit their particular situation. Reynolds, American, Liggett and Meyers and Lorillard are among parties to the proposed agreement governing domestic manufacturers. J Tobacco exporters want separate agreements to apply to their pur chases of tobacco and officials muse examine their proposal before deciding finally on the domestic proposal. The domestic manufacturers have proposed that they enter into an agreement to pay prices approaching parity for the flue-cured they buy for the remainder of the marketing year ending next June 30. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Boyd and Miss Mary Russell Burroughs were visitors in Raleigh yesterday. Mr. F. P. Hunter of Portsmouth visited Mrs. P. M. Stallings for several days this week. ri ription Price . v .. "V3' 1 '* , t ' de I /ibvivry ? Red ^ross Asks [ Aid For Storm Swept Section Warren citizens are urged to contribute to the Red Cross fund for * the victims of the storm swept coast of Eastern Carolina. Boxes for contributions have been placed in Hunter and Boyce Drug Stores & and the Citizens Bank, and W. N. DattaI /iVioivmon /vf 1 ?"?/"> 01 hhfi D I <_x, ciiaixiiiun ui viic iwui ter, issues an appeal that dona- CI tions be made promptly as the need ^ is urgent. w Checks may be mailed to W. N. Boyd, chairman, Warrenton. tl Calling attention to the help y given to people in the tornado- v stricken section of the county a few years ago, Mr. Eoyd says that ^ we now should do what we can to S aid citizens in the coastal section f of the state. ? In asking the aid of the Warren county chapter, - P. Krick, di- ^ rector Noith Carolina hurricane re- k lief, on Tuesday wired Chairman n Boyd as fellows: 0 "Incomplete survey area devasted by hurricane indicates hun- h dreds of homes destroyed, those t damaged over a thousand with loss of life to date sixteen together Sf jwith injuries to many. These fig- n ures increasing daily as information b scaps in from outlying and isolated d sections. Counties most seriously w affected Craven, Carteret, Dare, o Tyrrel and villages on banks. Red \\ Cross rushing food and supplies to t( isolated sections via coast guard beats. Hundreds of families now be- ai ing fed and given emergency as- d( sistance by Red Cross. Governor y< Ehringhaus yesterday designated oi Red Cross official relief agency and H urged people of state to contribute in to relief fund. Suggest that you em- p] phasize in publicity that Hopkins se Federal Relief Director has ruled sc (Continued on Page 4) re Trial of Civil Cases t r? ** l a' to negin monaay fc w Trial of civil matters will begin p Monday morning, Judge Parker -j stated in open court here this week, jg The criminal docket is not expec- p, ted to be completed before "Satur- ' day afternoon. In addition to the w case that is at present before the 0f jury, there are two other cases to jn i be tried at this term. Pearl Billings, tjwhite woman, is charged with aiding and abetting in larceny and re- Wi ceiving, breaking and entering. The ai Billings woman is charged with be- ai ing a member of the gang that jj| robbed Buck Bell's filling station bj [and the Manson depot. The other tt case is the state against F. A. Lancaster, charged with trespass. VI h: Conference Discusses Cotton Relief Plan 5 h WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.?Dele- a, gates to the cotton conference r( after being advised that President Roosevelt had completely recovered G from his cold, went to the White w House today to discuss "a specific bl f nlon fnr pnftnn VP- _. ami IHIHAV^V-XACIUV., iwx vv/uwv?? - ~ j-| lief." se Senator Bankhead (D. Ala.) who also was sent to the White House ^ to confer with the President's sec- ^ jretaries after the conference had ^ been advised a delegation of not more than 15 would be received, re- a( ported the chief executive would oc talk "on cotton only." tc Bankhead said inflation, one of the chief demands of the confer- 0j ence, would not be discussed. u< "The president is all right and a glad to see the committee," he said. "We will discuss only a spe- sc cific and immediate plan for cot- tl ton relief." ki Because so many of the delegates n to the conference have returned n home virtually the entire group w remaining here went to the White w House. n] Senator Thomas (D. Okla.), a g; leader in the conference, particu- ti larly on the inflation question, ex- n pressed his regret he could not go a] because of a previous engagement. S) Meanwhile, opposition to proposals of the Southern group for n currency expansion was voiced by C( Senator Lewis (D. 111.), who re- ia w/Mif A/1 of 4-Vio. TT/M1CO HT1 C\ leu do on(j ry mi/0 axvumv w?* ? trip he has just made through the w South and West. bi "If this government attempts in- S! flation?mere puffing up of the w dollar?on the theory that It will w mean an increase in the price of jy cotton in one state or oil in an- tl other state," Lewis said, "as soon w as that demand is satisfied there S( will oe calls for inflation in other y commodities. bi "The result would be our money would lose its present standing ofgUi (Continued on Page 8) MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME ^ 1 NUMBER 39 iOBBBERY CASE DRAWS CROWDS 'our White Men ChanreH With Conspiracy To Rob Woman L HARD LEGAL BATTLE With interested persons rowding all available space dthin and others peering dthin from the corridors, he state was fighting late esterday afternoon to conict Frank Stewart, alias lim Stewart, Jesse Stevenon, Carol Knight and J. O. 'arrish of conspiracy to rob nd of robbing Mrs. J. M. Illis, north Warrnton storeeeper who was held up by lasked bandits and stripped f $112 as she was closing er store about 9 o'clock on he night of September 6. All evidence was in, it is undertood, with the exception of what lay be offered in the way of reuttal, for the state and all the efendants except Slim Stewart hen court adjourned around 5:30 'clock. It is doubtful if the case ill reach the jury before this afirnoon. Crowds, which have been heavy 11 court( increased yesterday. The Pendants were brought into court isterday morning and the battle /er their freedom began with arold Cooley of Nashville assist,g Solicitor Burgwyn with the .uaeuuwuu, jonn ri.err jr. reprenting Jesse Stevenson, and Gholm & Gholson of Henderson repisenting Parrish and Knight. Steart is without counsel. Jurors agreed upon after probDly futy men had been excused >r various reasons are W. P. Rodell, Marvin Overby, J. K. Harris, rank Overby, P. L. Harris, S. T. ucker, R. K. Carroll, Joe W. Neal, ick Mustian, George Hester, W. r?T . Harris and Waiter Smiley. Marshall Simons, young negro, as found not guilty on a charge larceny. He was accused of stealg a Ford automobile from Natan Watkins, negro. Watkins testified that his car as taken from his home at night id that he came to Warrenton id notified Deputy Robertson of le robbery. Simons was arrested j the deputy" sheriff as he drove ie Ford into Warrenton. Simons testified that he had paid Catkins two dollars for the use of is car to visit a relative, promisig that he would have the ve icie uitux uie next nay at lis clock. Simons said that while he ad the car out Thomas Giggetts sked him to carry him down the )ad a piece. The defendant said lat when he started out with iggetts he thought his companion anted a lift for only a mile or so it it turned out that he had cared him down in the Grove Hill ction before Giggetts reached s destination. They were coming ick towards Warrenton when iey were apprehended here about I o'clock the next morning. Simons also claimed that he had icompanied Watkins on several :casions to near the Steel Bridge i visit a girl. Watkins denied this stimony, as he did the statement : Simons that he had offered the ;e of his car to him on any ocision or upon any conditions. jonn iverr jr., who was xei-ucinting the defendant, argued to le jury that his client and Watins had been to see girls down ear the Steel Bridge, that on the Lght that Simons had the car he ent back to see Watkins girl, and hen Watkins found out that Siions had not only been to see his irl but had also used his car for le trip, that he became so indigant that he came to Warrenton nd claimed that Simons had ;olen his car. John Hymen and James Pope, egroes, were arraigned before the )urt on charges of storebreaking, .rceny and receiving. Danfel Davis, egro, testified that his storehouse as broken into and about four ushels of wheat were taken. He lid that he got on the trail of his heat and tracked it to Warrenton here he found it at White's Flour [ill. The wheat had been brought lere by Hymen and Pope. Pope as found not guilty. Hymen was mtenced .to the common jail of /arren county for 15 months, to 2 assigned to work the highways. Walter Vaughan, negro, plead lty to storebreaking, larceny and (Continued on Page 8) i