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9 ACCVRATE, TERSE 9 TIMELY 9VOLUME XXXIV maiT hews I mu sunn B flesrro, Charged Assaulting B \v. b. Fleming, Given J Ten-Year Sentence 9 much interest jn case b a u'aireh county jury 9 spy! t>)''l< v- ;ttilay morning that Ru' ert Fields, OQ I ?epo, was the man " nu I^ly assaulted Walter B. jpjeming. proprietor of the IPairenton Service Station, on the night of November 4 Ijnd robbed him ot ?3/2 in bills snd several hundred [dollars worth of checks as [be lay hi an unconscious [condition on the edge of the sidewalk parallel with the Tarwater's warehouse and a few feet from -Mrs. Adelle Jones' corner. Willie Fields, srho faced trial with his Irother for the crime, was Ifound not guilty. I Robert Fields was sentenced to | tie sure prison by Judge Barnhiil | to serve a term of ten years. The jury was given the case yesterday mornin; a few minutes after 10 o'clock and reached a verdict after 20 minutes of deliberation. Trial of the t.vo negroes began on Tuesday afte.r.oon. All the evidence tail been riven at 11:45 on Wednesday momir g and John Kerr Jr. and Solicitor hurgwyn had finished their speeches when court recessed show 1:30 or Wednesday in order "f rhp bar to II 10 pzuilii iiiriuvw**# - ? I attend a toe.al at Henderson. Judge Barahiil delivered his charge yesterday morning. The case, waich was hard fourht brought overflowing crowds to the conn room. Tiere was much speculation as to .he outcome, but the perns of opinion among those Ttpexpressec themselves was that file jury wouri find Robert Fields pOty of the crime and free his bother. Mr. Fleming was on his way home ftcn ins ser ice station about 11 o'clock on the night of November 1 then he was struck down and rob I ok oy an unknown assailant. ?ie nsiound lying near the edge of the sidewalk with his head cracked and in a semi-conscious condition by Troy and Dick Right a few fees arte: he had been attacked ^tnd robbed. ill. Eight .summoned aid and the I injured man was carried to Dr Backers office where it was found i that te was suffering from a conof tl e brain. He remained unconscious or in a stupor until the following Tuesday. Cpoa being notified of the crime tariff W. J Pirmell drove here fraa his home and ordered bloodhounds from Enfield. While the touabs were being brought from I Infield Sheriff Pinnell began instigation which led him to arrest I Robert Field1 ( who had been m I Uri Fleming's employ until a few I minutes before the service station I lan dosed l is place of business Itnd started the homeward trek. I When the dogs reached here they l*?e carried to the Hawkins lot Ijctoss the street from where the |'*ault took place, where they | Picked ud s trnoU fkof i/wi * . ......... taal/ ICU 1<U to park, near White's gin, up a tok street to the Fields' home I I tok oi the depot. Robert Fields to already been arrested at that toe, but later that night, or morn!st, Willie and Lewis Fields were ^en into custody. Sunday the stick which had boen 'tod where Mr. Fleming was dou,'n and Robert and Willie Jtos were taken to Raleigh for J? %prlnt purposes. The prints on v,ere *uter identified as H ot Robert Fields. I J^ile Rouert and Willie Fields 'n jail their shoes were taken ton their feet and carried to a "to near the ball park where they 'Cont nued on page 2) I %ker Seeks A Mantle For Library ^ A. Tuiher, chairman of the committee of the Warren wumty Memorial Libra-y, yesterday ^ that anyone possessing a tatty mantle that they would he to tive for the new library *fldi.07 get in touch with him. Mr. bait that the mantle could boated either as a simple gift 15 4 memorial to some loved one. <3 WARRENTt Haithcock And j Walker Appointed I Loan Inspectors W. W. Haithcock of Macon, Route 2, and J. T. Walker of Norlina were named inspectors for War-| ren county at a meeting of! the Board of Directors of the newly formed Henderson Production Credit Association held at Henderson on Saturday morning, ac-| cording t o announcement mf-Lflp VPS^orrlair Kir TJ U1 ' j v-wvv* KSJ XX. IJ. j White, Secretary. Plans a e under way to have applications for loans taken care of it Warrenton without the trouble of gcing to the main office at Henderson, Mr. White said, and added that they would be announced as soon as they can be com- I pleted. No instructions have been receiv- | ed, according to Secretary White, cut it is expected that applications for loans will begin in the next week or ten deays. Much Criticism Of Court Due To Jury, Declares Barnhill Much of the criticism of the courts is in reality a criticism of the jury, Judge M. V. Barnhill, presiding over January term of Warren county Superior Court, told members of the Grand Jury here on Monaay moaning. Mistakes of Judges can be corrected by the Supreme court, he j pointed out, but if a jury fails to i return a fair verdict, then that error can not be corrected as it is final, the jurist pointed out, and urged that evidence in each case be fairly weighed. Of course, he ' added, where the jury does find a person guilty and the jucije fails to punish, then criticism of the judre is correct. He asked the co-operation of the grand jury and the petit jury in the trial of all defendants and promised to do his part with a view to cutting down the number of cases on the court docket. Judge Barnhill's charge was largely in the nature of a detailed analysis of the Grand Jury's duties with instructions on how to obtain information needed to bring court action in o~der that evils might be corrected. He asked particularly for an investigation of any rumors of cases hushed up in Magistrates courts and for an examination of the manner in which jurors were selected, pointing out in the latter I regard the importance of a jury of men of intelligence and good moral I character. Farmers Classes To Be Held At V aughan LITTLETON, Jan. 18.?Attention of the farmers who live in the communities of Vaughan and Cal. vary (Halifax County) is called to the announcement of a series of evening classes to begin during the week of January 22, announces A. 1 W. Packer, Vocational Teacher of: Littleton High School. These classes will be held for the benefit of the local farmers in se| curing ideas on the modern method of farm management. Such topics will be discussed as: The Agricultural Adjustment Acts, which includes the discussion in detail of the cotton and tobacco contracts; Hov/ we can best use land held out of production; Soil improvement crops; Reclaiming eroded land and preventing soil erosion; Importance of improved seed and varieties; Fertilizer recommendations, and any subject the farmers care to have discussed to give the most modern method of farm activities. Mr. Parker is very anxious to have those in Vaughan community meet at the Vausrhan School Mon- j day night, January 22 at 7:30.' Those farmers whc/ live in Calvary community (Halifax County) will meet on Thursday night January 25 at 7:30. The permanent dates and hours for the classes will be decided upon at this first meeting. DR. CULLOM WILL PREACH D-. W. R. Cullom of Wake Forest College will preach at Brown'3 Tnwuamr 01 ftf; wiuron on ouxiuajr, uauuiuj ?? 2:30 o'clock, according to announcement made yesterday. The public is cordially Invited. HOME DESTROYED VAUGHAN, Jan. 18.?The home of Stiffe Bell was destroyed by fire last night. I Iff Ms )N, COUNTY OF WARREN, 1 ?Z3 Miss Lenore Right, Hpmetitend, I**., free style women' swimming champion of the U 8. lowered two I national records in a meet of | Olympic stars at Miami, Florida. I Both records were set in 300 yards 1 events. Court Recesses On 1 Wednesday Account Of Perry Funeral Court recessed here Wednesday around 1:30 o'clock until the following morning in order that members of the bar and other officials and friends might attend the funeral of Col. Henry Perry, clerk: of Vance county Superior court, wliich ! was held at Henderson on Wed- j nesday afternoon. j COL. HENRY PERRY CLERK I OF COURT FOR 38 YEiLRS HENDERSON, Jan. 15? Colonel Henry Perry, 77, for 38 years clerk of Vance superior court, died of , heart failure at his home here to- J I night shortly after seven o'clock. | He had been In failing health for several months, and a rains t the advice of his physician insisted on attending last week's term of criminal court. He suffered, several minor heart .attacks during^ the day Sunday and a severe one early Sunday evening. He appeared to rally, . ? however, though his condition was j not materially improved today. | Shortly after nightfall another1. severe attack came and he died before a doctor could reach his bedside. | Colonel Perry is survived by his widow, Mrs. Janie Hall Perry, of New York city and Mrs. Flora McKinnon Perry, of New York City,! widow of Henry Leslie Perry an j only child, who died ten years ago,' and two sisters, Mrs. A. O. Zollicoffer and M~s. W. H. Nicholson, both of this city. j Colonel Perry was widely known to judges and lawyers over the1 state. He was perhaps the oldest | superior court clerk in North Car- j olina, both In age and point of service. He was first elected to the of-1 fice here in 1892 but after four I yea~s was defeated in the Populist' wave that swent the state. In 1900 he was reelected, however, and had held the office continuously since that time, and never missed a term | of court in the entire period until last October when illness kept him at his home. i Colonel Perry was one of the county's outstanding citizens, and a lifelong Democrat. When l-eslie Perrrv. died ten vea~s ago, the pa rents and the widow donated to (} Henderson and Vance county the H. ^ Leslie Perry memorial library, tax 1 j supported institution and one of t the greatest benefactions in this1 \ section of North Carolina. Colonel Perry was a native of j Franklin county, but came to Hen- ' ( derson in his early manhood and ; has lived here until his death. He i , was affectionately esteemed by (j those who knew him and his name' s was a household word in Vance s county. i Gholson Not To 1 Oppose Solicitor , Rumors that T. P. Gholson, Hen- * derson attorney, would opoose W. H. S. Burgwyn for the solicitorship of the third judicial district were i this week branded as false by Mr. j Gholson. I Reports that Mr. Gholson would 1 oppose Solicitor Burgwyn at the i next election began circulating here t several days a?o. t When approached this week in r regard to the rumor, Solicitor \ Burgwyn stated that Mr. uaoisou i had not only notified him by a t lette- and through a telephone con- | versation that he would not oppose him but he had also pledged his support to him in the coming elec- ^ tlon. ' irmt N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 Several Emergency Teachers Ineligible J For Federal JRelief Emergency t e a c h e rs of . Warren county whose husoands are making $1,000 or nore annually are not elig- ( ble for emergency relief, ' md those whose family incomes are as much as $50 a : nonth are only eligible in ] inusual circumstances, ac- 1 lording to a ruling made by < .ioy M. Brown, Technical i supervisor of the State ] Emergency Relief Adminis- ] ;ration, in a letter sent to < Fesse Gardner, Warren ; :ounty chairman of Relief ] md Civil Works Adminis^ ] ;rator. ^ , s Numbers of Warren teachers ' without employment who have gone - ??i- M*i^amorfon piQCQ'aQ r U WOIit Willi lUUUM^HiWVU ilasses in vocal instruction, and. ilmilar work, are effected by this, >rder and it is expected that a. < jreat number of such classes will, i >e discontinued. There are about 20 1 iuch in the county, according to 1 Mr. Gardner. New <classes will be i itarted up only after Mr. Gardner 1 ias made a thorough investigation *nd certified to Rfleigh that the ;eachers come within the classifica- i ;ion of those entitled to Federal : elief. l 1 Teachers recommended through ! ;he office of the Si^jerintendent of 1 Schools were forwarded to Raleigh ' 'or approval by Mr. Gardner. Mr. Gardner said yesterday that after ' he state approved: these teachers re was supposed to Requisition them 1 or work, and gt that time would 1 nake a thorough hivestigation of heir needs. Due tc; a misunderitanding a number of these went ,o work as soon as. State approval vas given without his orders, he aid. Mr. Cnrdnor Mr. Browi j or a ruling and onWednesday re- , :eived the following letter: , Dear Mr. Gardner: "I have your letter in regard to j he employment of emergency ( eachers. A woman whose husband ( s making $1,000 or more a year , vould certainly not be eligible for , elief. I should say one in a family j, vhose income is $50 or more a' j nonth would not be eligible unle.rs ( here are some unusual ci'cumstar - !, es in that family that would plainly j < how that the income is insuff: - . ilent for anything like a decent i < iving. Teachers selected for any of J ,hese emergency positions should ', >e registered with the reemployment " >ffice. They must also be invest!-' j rated by you and you must certify f hat they are eligible for relief. In ( rther words, you requisition your ; eachers from the Reemployment , Offices other workers, but you must j ilso decide whether the teachers ( urnished you by the Reemployment j Office are in need of the relief to j >e furnished bv this employment, j t "Sincerely, " i, "ROY M. BROWN, Technical j Supervisor." f Negro Sent To Jail j In Order Sober Up , j Ed Baldwin, negro plumber of I iVarrenton, came into court as a vitness in a case but he left as a f jrisoner and has been spending VUo nrtvolr In f.hp COlintv Iflil. He ' ? ? ? ? pas released yesterday afternoon. The failure of Baldwin to be jresent when he was called to tesify in a case and the fact that i vhen he did appear he brought: Pith him an odor which Sheriff hnnell and Solicitor Bur-wyn deicribed as being one similar to ome alcoholic drink was responsi)le for Judge Barnhill ordering that le be incarcerated in the cour.ty . >astile. * Baldwin was subpoenaed as a . vitness in the case in which John Coleman, negro, was changed w.'.th (Continued from Page 6) Announces Change In Office Hours i J. C. Howard, government field < nspector, announced yesterday that 1 >eglnning next week he would not < >e in his office here in the after- ' loon and requested that those vhp j vlsh to see him come in the morn- 1 ngs. He would be out of town In 1 he afternoons, he said. j? THREE CONVICTS ESCAPE I Three convicts who escat>ed while I vorkin? a dirt road near Embro on 1 ruesday have not been captured. 1 ISmt 9, 1934 Subscrij LOCALMARKET AVERAGES 16.44 3,118,656 Pounds of Golden Weed Sold Here Prior To Christmas Holidays SHOWS A BIG INCREASE The Warrenton Tobacco Market sold 3,118,656 pounds of tobacco prior to the Christmas holidays, according t o announcement made this week by the Crop Reporting Service of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. The average price paid on the local market was 16.44 cents compared with 9.59 cents for the same period during the previous year. TOBACCO PRICES MORE THAN DOUBLE IN STATE RALEIGH, Jan. 13?Tobacco liv;d up to Its name of "golden weed" n North Carolina this season, oringing Tar Heel growers more ;han twice the amount they re?eived from their crop a year ago, the federal-state crop reporting service indicated today. With 470,840,955 pounds?or the major portion of the 1933 crop? sold through January 1, the report gave the average price as $16.11 a, hundred as compared with $12.11 i year ago when sales totaled only 268,412,876 pounds. Figured in dollars and cents, Tar Heel tobacco growers have received 575 836,477.85, less warehouse costs, for their crop this year as compared with only $32,505,889 for the crop (Continued on Page 2) Department Chief Says Kerr Helped "Your knowledge of the tobacco ndustry., and your unfaltering invest in behalf of the farmers who row this tobacco crop has ma;erially aided this section in securng imp oved prices for this type )f tobacco," J. B. Hutson, Chief of ;he Tobacco Section of the United States Department of Agriculture, writes Congressman John H. Kerr jnder date of January 12, thanking him for his assistance. The later nf the Deoartment Chief to 2or<gressman Kerr follows: 'Hon. John H. Kerr, 'House of Representatives. 'Dear Mr. Kerr: "I take this opportunity to say to fou that I have enjoyed working vith you in our endeavor to increase ;he income of flue-cured tobacco growers. Your knowledge of the ;obacco industry and your unfalterng interest in behalf of the farmers who srow this tobacco crop has naterially aided this section in se;jrir..j imp oved prices for this ;ype of tobacco. Your contributions save been most helpful, not only in ;he passage of the Act, but in ad/ising us in the development of a urogram that utilizes the power ;iven us under the Act. Your ad/ice and counsel was particular^ lelpful during the negotiation of ;he Flue-Cured Marketing Agreenent. ' We shall be delighted to con;inue to cooperate with you in our mdeavor to bring back prosperity ,o the American Farmer. "Very truly yours, "J. B. HUTSON, "Chief, Tobacco Section." Square Dance To Be Held Tonight A square dance will be held tolight from 9 o'clock to the early norning hours in the Warrenton Armory under the auspices of the Fohn Graham Council o{ the Junior Drder. Music will be furnished by flenn-Hedgpeth orchestra of Henlerson. The public is invited and nembers of the local order pronises a night of real fun. a TO OPEN FLOWER SHOP The Warrenton Flower Shop, inder the management of E. T. Ddom, florist representative here or a number of years, will be jpened in the Warrenton Dollar Store on Monday night. Mrs. Katherine P. Arrington win eave today for Henderson, Ky., to ipend some time with Mr. and Mrs. iVilliam Conway. Col. and Mrs. A. S. Pendleton of Raleigh were guests in the home of tfrs. Katherine P. Arrington on Wednesday. rft Crim ?!Si Session Court Expected To Be Ended Toda; The last case on the crim inal docket to be presentee at this term was being tried yesterday afternoon when court adjourned after four witnesses had testified in the case of the state against James Parker, Neal Robertson, George Gaines and Wiley Williams, four negroes charged with breaking and entering, larceny and receiving stolen goods in connection with the robbery of W. F. White's store at Norlina nearly two weeks ? , -w - - - - - - ? ago. It is thought that the case will be concluded by noon today when court is expected to adjourn until Monday when the grind on matters of a civil nature will begin. Paiker plead guilty to the charge and testified that Robertson was with him when Mr. White's store was broken into and robbed of merchandise said to be worth several hundred dollars. He said that the other two defendants received some of the stolen goods. Although the state's witness said that Robertson was with him at the time of the robbery, he admitted that Robertson did not receive any of the stolen property. He also admitted on cross examination that he testified at a preliminary hearing that no one was with him when he committed the crime. A. T. Allen testified as to the dependability ?f his bloodhounds and said that they followed a track Pom where Mr. White had seen the man to the place where Robertson was staying. Hearing someone at the door of her bedroom, which is in the same building with the store, Mrs, White awakened her husband. When he went to the porch door, upstairs, he ' saw a man leaving the building . from the first floor. He made an ! effort to shoot the fleeing man, but : before he could get the safety off the gun the robber was out of , range of gunshots, j Bloodhounds were brought from Enfield. The work of the dogs led to the arrest of Robertson. The 'stolen merchandise was found at a lumber camp and the other three defendants were arrested. John Coleman, the first man to be tried before Judge Barnhill at this term of court, received a sentence of 30 months. Stealing was the cause of this negro becoming entangled in the meshes of the law. I Testimony brought out during his trial convinced a jury that he had entered a blacksmith shop of Richard Thrower, nogro of Wise whose place of business is at Warrenton, and stolen a brace, bits, and a saw. In addition to the robbery of the blacksmith shop, it was alsc testified that Coleman had stolen - * ? A wood from the property 01 v/. i\. Tucker, and that he had attempted to steal a cow from a ne2ro named James Alston. i Thrower, the blacksmith, testified . that he discovered that a brace and bit had been stolen from him on December 28th and that he later found them at Hilmon Reavis' place of business. Reavis explained to the 'court that Coleman brought the brace and bit to his place of business and left them with the understanding that Ed Baldwin, negro plumber of Warrenton, would call for them. Baldwin testified that Coleman (came to him and told that he had !a brace and bit he would sell him. Before the transaction had been (completed, Baldwin said. Thrower came to him and inquired if he had 'bought a brace and bit from Colejman. Baldwin said that he told Thrower that the purchase had noi been made and later went with him to Reavis' place of business where the brace and bit were identified by Thrower as his property. Coleman, who plead not guilty to the charre of breaking, entering and stealing, endeavored through his testimony to influence the jury to believe that Lady Luck was re sponsible for his possession 01 tnej stolen articles. He said that he picked up one of the bits near the door of the blacksmith shop and that he found the brace and another bit just outside of the shop. Before, the blacksmith angle of the larceny count was concluded, Thrower recognized a saw on the table before the solicitor as his property. He apparently was sur(Continned on page 6) . 1 MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 3 WORK STARTED COUNTY LIBRARY J ^orce of Ten Men Excavating Basement For New Library Building ; DESIGNED BY DETRICK Excavation was started on the Court Square on Wednesday preparatory to the erection of a modern home for the Warren County Memorial library. Ten men . and foreman have been at work for the past two days n vi 4-Vi s\ tirnyilr V? n n UrtAM 1M?A 0.11U tlic WUI1\ IldS UCC11 pivgressing rapidly. When actual construction will be?in is not definitely known. C. a. ... .. Thcker, chairman of the building committee, pointed out yesterday that the work was being done by CWA forces and under the circumstances was not being built under contract and therefore it would bo bard to state any definite date for the erection of the building. However, he added that bids had already been let on some of the material. The building, designed by William Henley Detrick, of Raleigh, ;i. architect of the Hugh Morrison : High School at Raleigh and a num- . t?r of buildims at Wake Forest * College, will be 28x40 feet. The first floor will be used for the library ^ proper and will contain a fireplace. Mr. Tucker asks that anyone hay- v.: ing a pretty mantle they would be willing to contribute to the library to get in touch with him. The basement will be well lighted and will .r be used as an assembly room, Mr. < Tucker said. - . . Before designing the library, according to Mr. Tucker, Mr. Deltreck came to Warrenton and made a study of the court house ar.d square and designed the library in harmony with the court house and worked, his plans with the whole ?quare in view to take* care of any necessary additions or building that may be erected there during the coming years. . ' 1 . .. ? Future Farmers Banquet At Norlina _ y The Norlina Chapter of Fiture Farmers of America held its annual banquet in the High school auditorium on Thursday evening January 11, 1934 at 8:30 o'clock. The No:lina boy's had as their v guests, their fathers and friends, which included the local school board, County Demonstration Agent : and the Agriculture Teachers of V Warrenton and Littleton. A very delightful dinner consisting of barbecue, corn bread, slaw, wntn salad. Dickie, hot coffee and - j apple pie was served. After the riinner the following prccram was I given: ... - . ... Welcome?Everett Yancy, presi| dent of Local Chapter; P. P. A. I Music ? Woodrow Singleton and I Theodore Champion; The Creed? JWeldon Rooker; Talks?Mr. J. H. ICowles, principal of Norllna high I'School; Mf. R. H. Bright, County I demonstration agent; Dr. H. H. I Poster. . .. I The banquet was prepared and I served by Miss Mary Louise JohnJston, Domestic Science teacher, asJsisted by the girls of the departI ment. The auditorium was beautifully J decorated by Hugh Perkinson with Winter greens and trailing cedar. I Mrs. R. T. Mulch* Buried At Wise I Funeral services for M-s R. T. Mulchi were conducted yeste*day I afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Wise I Baptist church by the Rev. J. O. I Walker, pastor, assisted by the Rev. I ,J. L. Midyett, former pastor of the I Norllna Methodist church. I Mrs. Walker died in the State I hospital at Raleigh on Monday I afternoon at 7 o'clock. She was 65 [years old. Surviving are her husband and -< iX~ * Mrs Tjftwis 1/110 lUUUWtug vuiuuvu. 'iVhite of Wise, John Mulchi of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Jimmie White of Wise, Ira Mulchi of Detroit, Mich., Willie Lee Mulchi of Detroit, Mich., 'Joseph Mulchi of Wise, and Miss iSmma Mulchi of Wise. Pallbearers were Elvin Mulchi, Arthur Knott, Leonidas Currlii, :[jOnnie W'ight, Otis Wright and Garland Ragland. 1 JURY HAS NOT REPORTED The Grand Jury had not made Jits report up until last night.
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