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i ccurate. terse timely Mi'ESTONS f SOT GUILTY * 7nr Holds That fu^ ntEREST SH0WnN Me ^t0nstSrnoar1heVa^e E Service Stat* George E;v line. ana r rP with him. ' Kton. by Judge W. Ee found ^nv afternoon /B Tavlor on n ?jjfy "ere tried in Recorder's ?.' on a charge of receiving H,Vn goods knowing- bhem to have m stolen. r . charge was preferred against H ' men after Mr. Weston and j-fMi had failed to produce an vote to show ownership of goods 'Hard in the service station which jjaiiiar to goods stolen from a m far at Warren Plains a few K state produced evidence to ^Lr that the box car had been I^Ken into, that articles identical Ith those taken from the box car ! Ke found at the Pine Tops SerR Station, that those in charge tie senice station failed to show e whom the gwds had been Htitased. that Mr. Weston had Red cigar# similar to those stolen cigarettes, and one witness, who R articles in his car similar to Rs? stolen and who is now awaitRrial in Superior court on a Rrce of breaking into the box testified that he was peddling goods for Mr. Weston and that i Weston told him it was "hot *1fteither of the defendants went the stand, nor did counsel for s^Hem place any witnesses in the impair. On cross examination at' meys brought out testimony tendHg to show that the articles found the Pir.e Top Service Station were mmon articles, kept by hundreds IH service stations and used by J ^Bousands of persons, and succeed[ ' making each of the witnesses I ^ftte that he could not swear from I: own knowledge that the articles and at the service station were e ones which were stolen from the ipit train; however, they said it in their opinion they were the I P. Rodwell, Seaboard Airline ilway agent at Warren Plains, tified that two cases of shoes vsigmed to the Salvage Store and ree cases of cigars consigned to e Warrenton Grocery Company, ire stolen from the freight car. le shoes were Enaicott-Johnson id the cigars were Blue Ribbons. H A. Moseley. manager of the 'arrenton Grocery Co., testified iat he had three cases of Blue ten cigars ordered and that he pd to receive any of them. Harry Cohen, manager of the pge Store, testified that he had Nr. cases of Endicott-Johnson ims?men's white Oxfords?orderI and that he received only nine of them. Officer Flowers of the Seaboard "r';ne Railway Co. testified that in company with Sheriff W. TBnr.ell and other officers, went t,o B^ Pine Tops Service Station on arch 16 and found four boxes of Bue Ribbon cigars on a shelf be id the counter, and that two pair Encicott-Jchnson white Oxfords Here found upstairs. He said that B1 Weston was not present but the Bsian who was in charge of the Btion told him that she was sure Bre was a bill for the cigars there Bine place, she made a thorough Barch of the station but was unWje to find the bill, the railroad Bpte following day, Officer FlowB* stated, he had a conversation Bh Rav Weston and Mr. Weston j h- knw it was a bill around B stai:?n somewhere but that he j^ot going to tell him anything B'1 sot the whole thing B>?htened out. In answer to a question, the railroad man F '",at Mr. Weston never did get B^rs.ghtened out nnH to" Ivnmi*..* " vta xiiiii. r pi m= his testimony, Offi;ston stated that when Mr 4 Jan,3S brou?ht face to face Wdf Terror' the man wh0 15 ter tf)M r?hhinx the car and whc % cm ?fficers ^at he got the 4 frwv??ty ^ound in his posses'' % Weston- ^at Mr ich Terror looked at y \ir' L a foment or twc in eston denied knowing e ?e(J Pinnell testified that wher 4tion ustv!he Pine T?PS Service tfit uD . ^^icer Flowers hi a*s. 0 tairs v;here he found thi ?s in a'e Pair of shoes, he said HertyJU case said to be thi 4er pair eor?e Weston and thi ?c by v'as found in a roon (rw0f tne women there ti l0rr-lnued on Page 8) % WARREN KMni^V^''' ^v-/^VAVAVA%VA'.VW.'.V?.'^^^ BMOly'.,: ; . .-. .-. . ,;qi^>;.;.;.;.%:.:.;.'.S^^B^^^ rat JM Jp|? NEW YORK . . . Miss Benita Hume (above), is the latest of British beauties to turn her eyes to ;he West, visioning greater screensuccesses here in the United States. . . . She arrived this week, bound for Hollywood. 1 Fear Of Law Drives Negro Into Cold Creek Waters Fear of the law drove Otis Lee Green, negro, into a cold creek last week but even this measure failed to deceive officers who were hot on his trail as he fled from a whiskey still which they swooped down upon just as he was bending over a tub to take a drink of tne firy fluid. When tv.e word was shouted that lonr" ic Pnmiiicr f^TPPn U'hn 1 Li IV. 1M VT tu VVAiAUA^ y ?..v Iwas at the still with several other j negroes, postponed taking his drink and "lit out'' down the creek. Mud rising from the bottom of the water showed that the negro stayed in the creek and when officers came upon 'rim only his head was above the surface of the water. He was taken into custody and brought to Warrenton. Other men at the still, which was located in Hawtree township, escaped the raiding party composed of Sheriff W. J. Pinnell, Chief M. M. Drake, Night Officer Lee Wilson and former chief E. L. Green. Several gallons of whiskey were seized Green was tried in Recorder's court on Monday on a charge of manufacturing whiskey for the purpose of sale. The evidence was that the negro was not seen taking any part in the operation of the illicit liquor manufacturing plant. He claimed that he came across the | still a few days before and that he' was there drinking when the officers approached. A non suit was granted. I Playing Samaritan Costs Perry Purse I Playing the part of the Good! Samaritan cost William Perry, treasurer of the Warrenton Fire Department, his 21-je\vel Hamilton watch and ten dollars a few days ago when he became the victim of a ' carefully planned robbery scheme, i Development of the robbery plon began on the streets of Warrenton about two weeks ago when Perry was accosted by a stranger who introduced himself as a close friend. of friends and acquaintances Perry had known in years gone by. After talking about various people known' to Perry, the stranger, who had shown that he had a wollet heavy with money, told the negro fireman that he was here in search of real estate and asked for assistance in finding some property about Warrenton which he described by name and tract. Acquiescing to his wishes, Perry led the man to some land which he had described lying in the vicinity of the ball park. lhe trap was sprung on Perry there when another man leaped on him from behind bushes, shoving him to the ground. ' Both men then searched him and after gettiong his watch and money fled. Perry said that he was scared, , but while they were robbing him he | told them that if he had just had , his gun there would be another tune [ ringing out. GARDEN CLUB TO MEET ' ? ? OorHpn Club will } lne warrcuwjii ? r meet with Mrs. Henry Boyd on ' Wednesday, April 3, at 3:30, Mrs. 4 Joe Taylor announced yesterday. , The subject of the meeting will be ' "Wild Flowers." UNION TO MEET The Warren County Union of the ' Epworth League will meet at Shady e Grove church, Inez, on Sunday 1 night, March 31, at 8 o'clock, an3 nouncement was made yesterday. br Wi TON, COUNTY OF WARRE TOWN PRIMARY ON APRIL 4TH Commissioner J. B. Boyce Says He Will Not Be Up For Re-election ELECTION ON MAY 7TH Citizens of Warrenton will gather in the court house on Thursday night, April 4, at 8 o'clock for the purpose of nominating a mayor and seven commissioners to govern the town of Warrenton. Those nominated Thursday night will be voted on the first Tuesday in May. Jim Boyce, one of the six new men who were nominated two years ago when the old board, with the exception of Herman Rodwell, was swept from power by a large and unexpected crowd which congre gated in toe court room, is the only man the present board of town commissioners who is not expected to be a candidate for reelection. Mr. Boyce told a representative of this newspaper more than a year ago that he would not be a candidate for relection after his present term expired and yesterday he stated that he had not changed his mind in this respect. ''I don't have toe time," he said, "to look after my business and serve on the board, so I made up my mind a long time ago that after 1 served my term out I would not be a candidate for reelection." Possibly there are other members of the board who will vacate their berth on the board in favor of new men, but not any of the other gentlemen have signified their intentions of not permitting their names to be offered at the convention next I week. The present board is composed of Dr. G. H. Macon, Jim Boyce, Clifiton Bobbitt, Macy Pridgen, George iScoggin, A. A. Williams and Herman Rodwell. William Polk is mayor. Bill Palmer Hurt In Auto Wreck . : r~ . __ ..J Bill Palmer, wno nas oeen ai me home of his mother, Mrs. N". M. Palmer, this week recovering from painful cuts and bruises he received early Sunday morning when the car he was operating overturned on the highway near Greystone, will probably be able to return to ills work at Durham Sunday. When the car swerved from the' highway and crashed after running: off the concrete curbing, Mr. Palmer was bruised from his head to his ankles. He received cuts on his , forehead, above and below his right eye, his back was bruised and his left leg was injured. Immediately after the accident and after he had crawled from the completely wrecked machine, Mr. Palmer was picked up and carried to the home of his brother-in-law, Edgar Brantley, who lives at Greyistone. He was later carried to a Henderson hospital where his injuries were treated and on Sunday I afternoon he was brought to the home of his mother where he was confined until yesterday. ! Mr. Palmer, who is an employee , of the Durham Sun, a newspaper I published at Durham, had been in jWarrenton to visit relatives. i THROUGH CAP1 By BESS HI> NEW JOB?Speaker Robert Grady Johnson, presiding officer of the present House of Representatives, is said to have his sights leveled on even higher marks. The current talk around Raleigh is that he will toss his hat In the rink for Lieutenant Governor when the primaries roll around next Spring. The head man of the House isn't having much to say about the matter for publication these days but his friends will tell you that he is getting his ducks in a row to give the other boys a run for their money in 1936. There are some who say that the name of Johnson on the ticket for two offices in one election might not be so hot but do not be surprised if State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson, a cousin of the Srvaker. finds other fields in which ? L to graze before next Democratic primary day. EXPECTANCY?Friends of Clyde R. Hoey, brilliant Shelby Democrat, expect him to announce his candidacy for Governor in the Democratic primaries of next year almost any day now. They will tell you that he can command at least 90 percent of the votes of his native Cleveland County without issuing a command. Still there are a lot of people who mm IN, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH NEW YORK . .'. The dime-store of the Woolworth millions, is thror Prince, Alexis Mdiyani. At least so alone from London for New York t< years ago. . . . She says they are pa not a penny v/ill be settled on t! Barbara shortly after their marria| U. D. C. To Hold District Meeting At Warrenton Oxford, March 27.?Warrenton was selected as the meeting place of the 1936 gathering of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, ninth district, at the close of the convention here with the Granville Grays chapter as hostess. The district is composed of Oxford, Louisburg, Raleigh, Henderson, and Warrenton. The sessions held in the Oxford Orphanage chapel, were presided over by Mrs. C. K. Proctor, district director, with Mrs. M. L. Peace serving as secretary. Mrs. W. D. Bryan, chaplain, led the ritual of the U. D. C., and the Rev. C. K. Proctor welcomed the visitors to Oxford and to the orphanage. Mrs. R. M. Ray, president of the Granville Grays chapter, extended greet'* ' ?* 1 " * mgs, to wmcn ivuss auuuu <ju?uatu of Warrenton responded. After routine business Mrs. J. E. Woodward of Wilson presented Mrs. W. S. Bernard of Chapel Hill, U. D. C. State president, who outlined the year's program. Other talks were made by Mrs. J. W. Parker of Farmville, Miss Mamie Parker of I Graham, and Mrs. W. E. Murphy of Farmville. Mrs. John H. Ander(Contlnued on Page 5) Mrs. Addie Mustian Buried On Monday Funeral services for Mrs. Addie Mustian, who diectsat the home of 'her brother, Charlie King of Wise, on Sunday morning about 3 o'clock, were conducted at Jerusalem church on Monday afternoon at) 2:30 by her pastor, the Rev. Mr. Wilson. Interment took place in the familv burying ground. Mrs. Musian was 66 years of age at the tfme of her death. Her health had not been good for some time, she having suffered a stroke of paralysis about ten months ago. She is survived by several brothers and sisters. TAL KEYHOLES TTON SILVER would like to see him run for the Senate against "Our Bob" Reynolds in 1938. Mr. Hoey is accustomed to making up his own mind and fighting his battles in his own way. The best thng to do is to watch him and his smoke and not pay too much attention to hearsay. RAIDERS?The folk who hope to take a part of the gasoline tax money to support other than roads have not, as yet left Raleigh. They are hanging around in the hope that they can divert when the Legislature gets in the throes of a deadlock on the biennial revenue measure. It looks very much like the General Assembly may reach such a deadlock, so if you are interested in getting the money you pay in gas taxes expended on your roads now is a good time to set up and take notice. TROUBLE?Some people who ?fhp State CaDitol for aiuiuiu w?v ?m fun or more profitable reasons are of the opinion that the House of Representatives is divided on major questions because of the Speakership race two years from now. Here are some of the Representatives J of the present House who are considered candidates for Speaker in (Continued on page 6) Emi 29, 1935 ~ Subs hrough With Prince f ?? ) heiress, the former Barbara Hutton igh with her hnsband, the Georgian she said while making ready to sail ) ask divorce. They were married two rting '' the best of friends'' and that he Prince. Photo shows Prince and [e. Judge Taylor Faced With Knotty Legal Problem A knotty legal problem arose before Judge W. W. Taylor in Recorder's court on Monday afternoon as preliminaries to the Ray Weston case got underway. After the case had been called and the-bill of indictment charging Mr. Weston and iiis brother, George, with receiving stolen goods knowing them to have been stolen, John I Kerr, Jr., who with Cromwell Daniel represented the defense, requested that the state's witnesses be segregated before any testimony was given. This request was granted by Judge Taylor. Solicitor Pippen, who with Julius Rnnzet was looking after the prose cut'on, then arose and asked that the court remove from the room the defense's witnesses. To this request defense counsel replied that they had summoned no witnesses and did not kr)w whether they would use any. "We have summoned no witnesses here and we can't tell whether we will use any until we hear what your men say about our clients," the defense argued. Mr. Pippen: Your Honor, we have summoned no witnesses here either. Mr. Kerr: I beg your pardon, but you have. He then read the names of those on the back of the warrant wh'ch had been served by Sheriff Pinnell. Mr. Pippen: No, Sir, those men were summoned by Sheriff Pinnell to appear in Magistrate's court, which has nothing to do with this court, and not a one of them is under subpoena to be here this afternoon. At this point Judge Taylor remarked: ''I am frank to say that I don't know what course to persue in this matter. The defendants are in their legal rights in asking that the state's witnesses be removed r?rnnm cmH KlP st&t.G II Uiil 1/11(7 ^/Uui u x >?* ?% .... _ _ has a right to ask that the defense winesses be aken out, but the defense says it has no witnesses and yet it wants to reserve the right to call some in the event accusation are made which it wishes to answer." Mr. Pippen and Mr. Kerr were up and down, reminiscent of tots on a see-saw, arguing the question pro and con when Mr. aniel, who had also been in the arguments two or three times before, stated that in the event any witnesses were called by the defense that the defense was willing that they be separated before any of them went on the stand to testify. And thus ended about half hour's argument and cleared the way for action in one of] the hardest fougiit cases which has been heard in the court room in months. Rev. Mr. Brickhouse | Announces Services ' Services will be held in the Warirenton and Macon Baptist churches Inn finndav. the Rev. R. E. Brick house, pastor, announced this week The services at Warrenton are tc be held in the morning at 11 o'clock, he said, |and at Macon at 7:30 o'clock in the evening. Speaking of the services at Macon the Rev. Mr. Brickhouse said thai an interesting missionary program will be rendered there by several members of ttie church. The services will close with a brief address by the pastor. % V rit - . cription Pw\ .*? % ' '" ??iW ?= Large ^rowd Treks To Norlina To See Streamline Train A crowd estimated from 1,000 to 3,000 poured into Norlina from all sections of foe county on Sunday morning around 10 o'clock to witness 'the passing of the Zephry Twin, first of the two light-weight, streamlined, stainless steel, dieselelectric trains of the Burlington railroad, which was making an exhibition run from Washington, D. C., to Miami, Florida. The train reached Norlina at 10:20 and paused there long enough to nick no Mr. Baewell general manager of t'he Seaboard Airline Railway Co., Leigh R. Powell, former president of the Seaboard and at present a receiver of the company, and Charles H. Gattis, general passenger agent. Governor Ehringhaus boarded the train at Henderson and rode to Raleigh. As the train rolled quietly into Norlina, the crowd, which was strung out up and down the rails swerved along with it until it came to a stop, but it was not stationary long enough for close inspection 01 for questions to be asked members of the crew. It was stated by a representative of the Seaboard Airline that the train traveled for less than one cent a mile but in making this statement he added that "this is nol official, however" He also said the train had a siren which could be heard for three miles, but this was not sounded in approaching Norlina. A horn, which made a noise similar to an automobile horn, wa: used to clear the tract} at Nor line when she rolled in. Six Being Treated For Mad Dog Bites Norlina, March 27.?W. A. Del bridge had a very fine birddog t< go mad Monday. Saturday whil the three children of Mr. Delbridgc Dorothy, William and Helen Gray were playing arouncV the dog it bi 1 all three of the children. Sunda 1 mnrnincr the animal seemed to b ' normal, but Mr. Delbridge decide that he would take him to the hom of his brother-in-law, John 'W Shearin, near Hollister, in Halifa: county, where he would be allowei to run loose and have more freedom Monday morning before 12 o'clocl Mr. Delbridge received a phone cal from the Shearin home that th dog was acting strangely and h ' rushed to Hollister to have the do; killed but he did not get there be , fore the dog had bitten Mr. Shearh i and two other members of hi family. Examination showed tha the dog was mad. The six persons are taking thi Pasteur treatment. Work Started On Liberia-Essex Roac Work has started on the roat from Liberia to Essex, which, it ha! been est!mated, will afford a savin; of around eight or ten miles foi those traveling from Warrenton t< T~> ?nl?TT l\/TA1ir>f muuj ic. The road which is to be rebuilt i: only about 11 miles, a saving o! around two miles from Warrentor to Essex, but it is pointed out thai this stretch is the only part ol Route 43 which is not hardsurfaced and it is predicted that when thL part of the highway is completec people traveling to Rocky Moun from Warrenton will go througl Essex rather than the present rout< which is said to be about eight mile: further. The contract of hardsurfacing the road was awarded to the GregoryChandler Co. at a cost of $57,793.60 It is thought that the road will b< completed in six or eight months. Many Here For Orphanage Concert Despite inclement weather, thi concert nresented in the auditor ium of the John Graham Higl School on Monday night by the Ox ford Orphanage singing class wa well attended. Practically all seat on the main floor of the auditoriun were occupied by citizens from War renton and various sections of thi 1 county. Around $65.00 was realize< from a silver offering. 1 SON BORN Born to Mr. and Mrs. Renai ' Smith of Raleigh on Friday, Marcl 22, a son?Thomas Kenan Jr. Mrs , Smith was formerly Miss Matti ; Wiggins Dameron of Warrenton. i 1 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Connell ar rived Wednesday for a visit witi i' relatives here and at Warrei Plains. . MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME | g m NUMBER 13 LOANS MAY BE READY MONDAY J. C. Howard, Agent, Says He Will Probably Be Taking Applications Monday jlj LOANS LONG DELAYED Indications are that the seed loan office here will be open on Monday to receive applications from farmers who are turning to the government to borrow funds with which to finance their 1935 crop, it was learned yesterday from J. C. Howard, field inspector, who is in charge of several counties in this section. Mr. Howard said that he had been notified that the application blanks and other information pertaining to the loans would reach here by the end of this week but it was possible that a hitch would oci cur somewhere and for that reason i he could not say positively that his , office would be in a position to re! ceive applications by Monday. "You r may state," he said, "that from all indications the seed loan office will i be open and ready to receive applications on Monday." Mr. Howard's office is located upstairs in the court house, opposite Miss Lucy Leach's office. Long Session Of County Court Held On Monday Recorder's court ran until 6:30 o'clock on Monday afternoon in 1 clearing a docket which contained bills of indictments charging white men and negroes with assault with deadly weapon, manufacturing: whiskey for the purpose of sale, receiving stolen goods knowing them to have been stolen, carrying a concealed weapon, and transporting whiskey for the purpose of sale. The greater part of the day was taken "' up with the Weston case which re' suited with both Ray and George Weston being found not guilty. e Trouble between B. G. Gibson d and George and Jake Jenkins, white _r j.1 r ?? g men 01 me ljiiLiiauu scutiuu, ic * r. suited with Gibson being brought K into court on a warrant charging 3 assault with a deadly weapon and , with the Gibson brothers being tri. ed for simple assault. Evidence was j that Gibson shot Johnny Jenkins. e who at that time was on Gibson's e land, and that George Jenkins later accosted Gibson at a service . station and atterapted to settle } scores with his fist. Neither fists 3 nor shotgun wrought any heavy t damages, Gibson was found guilty and fined $10 and ;axed with court g costs. George Jenkins was found guilty of simple assault and let off with the payment of costs. Jake Jenkins, another brother who was at the service station when George ( Jenkins and Gibson clashed, was found not guilty of taking any part 3 in the fracas. Neither of the de3 fendants appeared anxious to give r testimony in the case, r John Simms, nef.TO who became ) entangled in the meshes of the law on Sunday afternoon when Sheriff 5 W. J. Pinnell chanced upon him f and several other negroes in a car i on the highway, was brought into fc court on a warrant charging him f with carrying a concealed weapon. , Sheriff Pinnell said that when he 3 came upon Simms he was sitting in i the car, around which several t negroes were gathered with a jar 1 of whiskey, and that after he? ? Sheriff Pinnell?had jumped up on 3 a bank and "covered the crowd" that he saw Sinrms take a pistol ; from a pocket of the car and that - in removing the weapon he dropp. ed it on the floor. The negro was ; found guilty and fined $50 and costs. Henry Collins, the negro alleged to have been pouring whiskey in a bottle from the jar at the (Continued on Page 5) Stronger Beer On Sale At Warrenton i Stronger beer went on sale in s Warrenton this week shortly after s the legislature had passed a law i permitting the amber-colored fluid _ tr> h<i sold in this state with an al g coholic content as high as five per j cent. Before the passage of this law, it was illegal to sell beer in North Carolina with an alcoholic content higher than 32. i When beer first went on the mari ket some of the beeverage was >. shipped into tlds state, and to Ware renton, with a:i alcoholic content of five per cent and above, according to beersters, bit the state later put - a stop to this and for the past sevi eral nionhs hardly any beer has a been offered for sale here with an alcoholic content above 3.2 per cent.
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