>S
M ^CURATE, TERSE
? I timely
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1 ^demonstrate
?11 TO TERRACE
! l^^tr^,0Rnodgerf Fa^rn )
I 0OrTN?xt Wednesday j
r IraCTOR WILL BE USED J
> I BV BRIGHT .
*in? demonstration will be
I A ! , ? farm of W. D. Rodgers.
Held 011 r d one and one-hall miles j
I mA?l m warrenton on Norlina
i n Wednesday Morning, April
' ^on,\.,n O'clock. All persons /
fit iv uw I^Kat
are interested in terracing|Jl
Iare urged to attend this dem- c
I ^Kstrationll^B
40-horsepower Caterpillar Trac- t
lfi)r with a two wheel terracer will i
^ m the demonstration. I plan i
I secure a tractor of this type to ?
K "used in terracing work in the t
I have signed up at present I
M:e approximately 2,000 acres of 1
lm: . jo be terraced. The cost of 1
'f^Kxgout and putting up the ter- c
tj^E'ce rues from $1.00 to $2.00 per t
' I Here depending on the slope of the I v
' | ^Kud and the size of the fields to I ?
I He terraced. I would appreciate the J
! Kcperstion of interested persons inn
I ^Brs program. L
There seems to be some misunder- j t
I ^nading about special base tobacco 11
j iContinued on page 10) |c
HVarren Negro p
School Boys Win j
Judging Honors (
fi
The Warren County Training r
^mc'r.ool was one of the two schools!1
H the state to make exceptionally Is
1- ?* annual confer-j'
Hign aw v**v ?
H>.ce for negro students of vocationagriculture,
which was held at ?
te A. & T. College of Greensboro
t. April 10-11-12. The other
Ihool which made a good showwas
the Winfall High School.
I Competition among these two ?
Ihools for frst place in judging *
Intests was keen, but the Warren *
Bounty Training School took first t
lace by winning 3438 points as ?
lainst 3419 points won by the Win- v
111 High School. No other school
Iproached the 3400 mark, it was
I Taking the lead over its nearest
bponent resulted with the War- r
en County Training School being 1
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barged With Fatal ,
'hooting, Under Bond
Ben Howard. 21-year-old negro of
Isr townsnip wno Kiuea one
mber of his raco? and seriously
aided another during a fight
ich took place on Friday night, ?
irch 8. was yesterday bound over E
Superior court under bond of
50 by Magistrate W. C. Fagg, who j
ve him a preliminary hearing on
murder charge.
The delay in holding the hearing ^
as due to the fact that Jack West
as been confined in a Roanoke
apids hospital recovering from
be wounds inflicted by Howard. He ?
;as shot three times?once in the '
houth. once in the arm and once
I1 the shoulder. Norman Booker,
Continued on page 10)
Peoples Suffers
Heavy Fire Loss !
IA cow and a mule were killed and
I'Ia?cn, harness, hay, farming imPstnents
and a fowl house were deKtiyed
early Tuesday morning ?
f1? flames swept the barn of W. ;
l^ls Peoples, Elberon farmer, to c
ground. c
I The cause of the fire, which oc- 1
pried between 2 and 5 o'clock in c
P" morning, is not known. Mr. *
Peoples had just bought a new
and on Monday afternoon {
Pushed his shed which he was go- '
W fo keep it under. ?
1 WANTS SHRUBS
ose who have flowers and '
t.5 t0 dispose of when flower '
are cullG(d are asked to con- 1
K..'1 ^em to the Warrenton I
H'-er
-vmpany which is seeking
t ME^tify the grounds around the
Kj Pump in the northern part
H^Pearance around the water
nas already been improved by A
B^fw&l of dirt and rubbish and *
k is being made to ornament
Bj'- ^ith flowers, plants and t
9m 1
>?* at m. e. church *1
B?v5 m not be heid at the'
B'j^ church here on Easter, ^
1. Hinson, pastor, stat- 1
ft**. The Rev. Mr. Hinson f
ihe Easter program of |
^ i.;.*"1 be held on the fourth ^
WARRENT
Jury Says Over by
Is Not Guilty On
Whiskey Count
C. B. Overby, white man of
Vlacon, was found not guilty by a
iury on Monday when he was tried
n Recorder's court before Judge W.
kV. Taylor on a charge of operating
m automobile while under the influence
of whiskey.
The charged was booked against
tlr. Overby on the afternoon of
\pril 1 when he was taken into custody
at Norlina by Chief W. N. Car;er
of that town after he had stopp:d
at a railroad crossing and inluired
of the officer if a train was
:oming.
According to the evidence before
he jury, Mr. Overby and G. B. Hull
ode to Norlina on the afternoon of
\pril 1 to try out Mr. Overby's new
lutomobile. Reaching that town,
;he two of them entered Walker's
Drug Store and bought coca colas.
Awhile in the drug store, Mr. Over)y's
conduct caused Mr. Walker to
:all 'him down. Later Mr. Walker |
isked him to leave the store, whicn |
vas also being patronized by ladies I
it that time.
As Mr. Overby and Mr. Hull were
eaving the town, they stopped at
he Richmond division of the Seaward
Airline Railroad and one of
he men called to Chief Carter and
isked him if a train was coming.
3hief Carter approached the car
ind accused Mr. Overby of being
oo drunk to drive.
Mr. Walker testified that Mr.
Dverby was using profane language
n his drug store and that he had
o ask him out of his place of busiless.
The drug store proprietor
tated that the defendant appeared
o have been drinking too much.
B. H. Hawks, who was in the
trug store at the time, corroborated
vfr. Walker's testimony.
J. V. Cawthorne testified that as
le was entering the drug store Mr.
Dverby was attempting to open the
loor from the wrong side. He said
hat he saw him driving his car and
hat when he reached the railroad
rack he stopped the car and callid
to the chief to know if a train
vas coming. "Mr. Overby was prety
high up," Mr. Cawthorne stated,
ater amending this statement to
pretty drunk.''
Chief Carter stated that when he
eached the car he observed that
Ax. Ovrby was drunk and told him
hat he could not drive his car. He
(Continued on page 10)
Pre-School Clinic To
Be Held Littleton
Littleton, April 18.?On Thursday,
^.pril 25, from 10 o'clock to 3 o'clock
here will be held at Littleton High
chool a pre-school clinic. All parints
in this district are urged to
:ooperate in getting every child
rho will enter school next fall here
hat day for physical examination.
Plans will be announced later regarding
the methods of transportng
these children for that day. The
ihildren are invited to spend the
mtire day at school. They will be
ntertained by the first grade and
i committee from the ParentTeachers
Association.
Dr. R. S. Mcgeachy, health officer
>f Halifax county, assisted by his
lurse, will give the physical examination.
Stunts And Play At
School Auditorium
A program featuring a play,
;ymnastic stunts and folk dancing
vill be presented in the auditorium
>f the John Graham High School
in Friday night, April 26, announce"
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nent was made this wees, riu-1
:eeds are to go towards removing
he debt on the athletic equipment.
The play which is to be presented
at this time is "The Ghost
Story," by Booth Tarkinton. Charicters
were selected from the high
ichool student body as follows:
Raymond Modlin Jr,, George;
Sydney Kline, Floyd; Jim Frazier,
Tom; John Williams, Fred; Sarah
3almer Moore, Mary; Sarah Virginia
Colerider, Grace.
Warrenton Golfers
Tie With Louisburg
Neither team walked off with
nctory in the golf match played
lere on Wednesday afternoon be;ween
Warrenton and Louisburg.
rhe game ended with a score of
11-21.
The best score of the afternoon
vas made by Word 01 ixjuiswui8,
vho completed the eighteen holes
vith a score of 77. Alpheus Jones
ind Graham Boyd played the best
?ame among Warrenton players.
Warrenton will play Oxford at
Dxford on Wednesday afternoon,
April 24.
lip Mi
ON, COUNTY OF WARREN
An ?aat?r li
'Easter Dawn and Easter Sunrise Ser
the United States on April 21st. Photo
of the crowd of 50,000 people who gat
set up on Mt. Davidson, near San Frai
Government Will |
Appeal Tobacco
Case, Kerr Says
The Department of Justice will
appeal its case from the Federal
court of Kentucky which held the
Kerr-Smith Tobacco Act unconstitutional
and the Department of
Agriculture will continue to carry
out its program in regard to the
Act, was the opinion expressed this
week in a statement released by
Congressman John H. Kerr. The
statement follows:
"I have not read the decision of
Judge Dawson, Federal District1
Judge of the State of Kentucky, in 1
which he held the Kerr-Smith Actj
Unconstitutional.
"Having presided"over the Super-(
ior Courts of my State for a number
of years, I am sure that Judge
Lawson's Opinion was governed by
the law, as he sees it, and was in
no sense an attempted thrust at
this Administration's Program.
"Whatever may have been the
success of much of the ProgTam of
this Democratic Administration to
rehabilitate our economic life, this
Act?the Kerr-Smith Act?has administered
a complete recovery to
the tobacco-growing Industry of
this Nation. To deny this is foolish.
"I assert, with no fear of successful
contradiction, that no Federal
Act has ever brought more direct
benefits to a Government, or Industry
than has this Act.
"I am informed that the Depart(Continued
on page 10)
THROUGH CAPI
By BESS HIN
ANGER?Senator John T. Burrus,'
of Guilford County, apparently still1
can't forget his primary campaign
and some folk believe he is preparing
to jump into the race for Governor
along with Lieutenant Governor
A. H. Graham, Clyde R. Hoey
and all comers. Charging that the
revenue department and the highway
department of the State tried
to defeat him, Burrus predicted that
the next Governor of tnis staie
will not be a sales taxer. Some political
wise-acres interpreted his
speech in the State Senate as the
opening gun in his campaign for
Governor.
MUD?Senator Carl Bailey, of
Washington County wants the
world to know that he is opposed to
diversion of highway funds under
the plan of Senator Newman, Chairman
of the Senate finance committee
and others, to levy the three
per cent sales tax against gasoline
and take the cash out of money
collected under the State's present
six cent per gallon gasoline tax. "I
will be opposed to any diversion
until my people are taken out of
j? -rqUav t.nld the
tHG muu, ociidi/vyx *<lvaj w__ _
Upper Branch of the General Assembly.
His people are still in the
mud and it will be still muddier in
his home county of Washington if
highway money is spent on all the
things that have been advanced
before this session of Legislature.
PROMOTED?Senator Lee L.
Gravely, of Nash, did himself some,
good as chairman of the Upper,
House's appropriations committee
j
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, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 19,
? I
mn 1
ro8^^yBbB5wjpw^^w
.'ices will be held this year throughout i
above is a general view showing pait <
hered at the base of a gigantic cross (
icisco, last year. j
Young Boy Is
Painfully Hurt In i
Crash With Car |
Fitzhugh Read, 12-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fitzhugh Read of ,
Warrenton, is recovering; at his
home from painful injuries he suf- \
fered late Monday afternoon when .
the bicycle he was riding was in
collision with an automobile being
driven by J. M. Gunter.
The accident occurred at the intersection
of Fifth Avenue and
i v? 4- nf fV\a V*Arvin
JT JL Ulll/ OtICCI;, Hi iiuuu Ui W1C AXViilt
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Taylor. The
bicycle was trav/ing west and the
car was traveling south.
As the bicycle and car struck
young Read wa thrown up on the
fender. He recdfr'ed a bad blow on
the head and his entire body was
bruised.
Following tiie accident his injuries
were treated here and later, after
he had regained consciousness, he
was carried to a Rocky Mount hospital
where he was X-Rayed for a
fractured skull. No fracture was
found, it was stated.
Although he is still confined to
his home, Read's condition yesterday
was reported as much improved.
ATTEND MEDICAL MEETING
The Warren County Medical Society
was represented at a medical
meeting held at Rocky Mount last
night by Dr. G. H. Macon, Dr. W.
D. Rodgers, Dr. F. P. Hunter, and
Dr. H. H. Foster of Norlina.
TAL KEYHOLES
TON SILVER
and went down the line in oppo- :
sif-inn t.n t>ip Senate's general sales
Tax. Now friends of Senator Grav-1
ely are promoting him to run for
the United States Senate against '
Senator J. W. Bailey. But the State
Senate apparently is enough for ;
Mr. Gravely. At least he has con- ;
tinued so far to turn a deaf ear to
the demand that he seek to hitch 1
his wagon to a higher star.
1
BIG MISTAKE?One Washing- :
ton correspondent for a North Car- (
olina publication got his wires cros- '
sed on the Rayburn bill whic would 1
put almost complete control of
power companies within the hands 1
of the federal government. This
"special" wrote that Tar Heel representatives
in both Houses of Conress
were receiving numerous communications
in favor of the bill.
Admitting that he was all wet this
same correspondent later wrote that 1
he was mistaken and that the let- 1
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OFFICERS FIND STILL
RUNNING FULL BLAST i
A still running full blast was captured
near Ridgeway on Tuesday 1
afternoon, it was learned yesterday ]
from the sheriff's omce. ino men
were at the manufacturing plant <
when the officers arrived. Several
gallons of whiskey and approxi- l
mately 100 gallons of mash were destroyed.
I
i
Mrs. Ben Ballard and Miss Mary
Elizabeth Cheatham of Franklinton \
were guests of the Misses Nena and
Rie Parker Wednesday. ,
Smu
1935 Subscri]
SEVERAL CASES
IN COUNTY COURT
Young Negro Invites Officer
To Have Drink; Is Fined
$5.00 And Costs
ROAD SENTENCES GIVEN
Issuing an invitation to an officer
;o have a drink of whiskey was responsible
for Anthony Harris, a
iVarrenton negro, being tried before
Judge Taylor in Recorder's court
Monday morning on a charge of
possessing and transporting whiscey.
A jury found the negro guilty
ind he was fined $5.00 and costs.
Evidence before the jury was that
Harris was standing at Night Officer
Short's car talking with Erwin Pinlell,
who was listening to a radio
jn the car, when Officer Short, who
lad just made his rounds, approach;d.
Harris, it was testified, stepped
jp to the officer and asked him if
tie would have a drink. Refusing
;he invitation, the officer searched
Harris and found a pint of Keystone
;vhiskey.
On direct examination Pinnell
stated that Harris offered the officer
a, drink before he searched him and
discovered the booze, but on cross
examination he said that he could
not be positive whether the invitation
was extended before or after
the arrest had been made.
Officer Short testified that the
negro stepped from the car up on
the street and asked him to have a
drink before he had looked for any
liquor on him.
Members of the jury which convicted
the negro were T. R. Frazier,
B. H. Hawks, J. G. Williams, W. J.
Coker, H. C. Weaver and Will Carroll.
(Continued on page 10)
White Man Jailed
On Robbery Count
Dick Munn was placed in jail on
Monday to face trial in Superior
court on a charge of breaking into
Vivian Shearin's home and stealing
money from a dresser drawer. He
is alleged to have stolen around
$3.00.
The arrest of Munn took place
after bloocKiounds, brought here
from Rocky Mount, followed a trail
from the Shearin home to the Munn
home.
Munn was given a preliminary
hearing before Magistrate Macy
Pridgen on Monday and bound over
to Superior court under bond of
$250. Unable to raise bond, he went
to jail.
Entrance to Mr. Shearin's home
was gained through a back door after
a staple had been pulled out of
a screen door and a glass broken in
the back door.
Local Boy Scouts
To Attend Jubilee
Boy Scouts of troop No. 24 expected
to attend the Scout Jubilee,
which is to be held at Chapel Hill
on April 25-26-27-28, are Charles
Tucker, Ralph Williams, John
Bruce Bell, Randolph Miles and
Billy Peete. They will be accompanied
by Scoutmaster J. E. Derrick.
The following scouts successfully
passed examinations on Wednesday
for Tenderfoot, First and Second
Class Badges. Those passing the
Tenderfoot test were James Boyce,
Richard Boyd, Owen Flowers, Loyd
ttUma <-?*-?/-I A Vnir
tunsey, d U112U1 iVLiuiu anu xu i/xjliaa
Williams. John Bruce Bell, Randolph
Miles, James Carr Moore,
Billy Peete and Bill Ward passed
the examination for Second Class
Badges, and Ralph Williams and
Charles Tucker, the two patrol
leaders, passed the test for First
Class Badges.
Badges were awarded at a Court
5f Honor held last night.
Welfare Worker
Gives Aid To Many
The Welfare Department has been
ictive in finding homes and work
tor the less fortunate, the following
eport, submitted yesterday by Miss
Cucy Leach, reveals:
1. One white boy has been admitted
in a reform school.
2. One crippled white girl has
aeen sent to an orthopedic hospital.
3. One white baby has been placid
in a good home.
4. Home and employment has
seen found for an old white man.
5. Home and employment has
Deen found for a negro man wfco is
nentally handicapped.
6. Employment has been found for
;wo colored women.
7. A colored baby has been adopted
in a good home.
ri)
ption Price, $1.50 a Year
Company B Wins
High Praise At
Annual Inspection
"Your Company B is without a
doubt the best organization I have
seen on my tour of inspection,"
Colonel Adolphe Huguet, Senior Instructor
of North Carolina National
Guard, and U. S. Inspecting Officer,
stated following the 13th annual inspection
of Company B, local military
unit, held in the armory on
Tuesday night.
In addressing the company at the
close of the inspection, Col. Huguet
said, "Your good showing here tonight
was not by accident, but
shows much thought on the part of
your commanding officer, Captain
Bowers, the other officers and noncommissioned
officers, and much
work on the part of every man in
the outfit.''
The inspecting officer stated that
there was only one thing which he
could possible criticise ana tnat was
the absence of the American Flag
on display in the armory. "If you
just had 'Old Glory' here in your
armory, you would have been absolutely
perfect," he stated.
The army officer reached Warrenton
Tuesday afternoon and made
an inspection of the equipment and
records of the organization prior to
the inspection that night. While
here he was the guests of Captain
.Bowers at Hotel Warren. The Col,onel
was entertained at dinner at
the hotel by Captain Bowers who
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Good Friday
Services To Be
Held Here Today
A cordial invitation to all Christian
people to attend the three-hour
Good Friday services, to be held in
Emmanuel Episcopal church this
afternoon from 12 to 3 o'clock, has
oeen issued by the Rev. B. N. deFoe
Wagner, Rector.
In making the announcement, the
Rev. Mr. Wagner said "I hope the
people of Warrenton and community
will feel that they can give at
least one hour, if not all three, to
this service in commemoration of
the death on the Cross of Our
Blessed Savior."
"While it has been customary in
past years to have all ministers of
the town and county take part in
this service, which I had earnestly
hoped would again occur this year,
but due to previous engagements, the
other ministers will not be free to
take part at this time," Mr. Wagner
stated; "iiowever, I do hope that
not only members of the Episcopal
faith will attend this service but
(Continued on page 10)
Miss Lawson Thanks
Golf Club Members
The following letter received this
week from Miss Estelle Lawson of
Chapel Hill, the only woman to ever
win tiie North-South Open for
Women, is in response to a telegram
sent her by the Warrenton
Golf Club following her victory at
Pinehurst last week:
"Chapel Hill, N. C.
"April 14, 1935.
"To my Warrenton Friends:
"I want to tell each of you how
I appreciate your sweet telegram.
I can't tell you how it made me feel
to know you folks wre thinking of
me.
"Tiio msnv messages todav have
almost overcome me and I wish I
could truly express all I really want
to say to thank you. I only hope I
can have the good wishes of your
club always.
''Thank you again for thinking of
me.
"ESTELLE LAWSON."
Miss Lawson took part in a tournament
played here last summer and
her playing on the Warrenton golf
course won her many expressions of ^
praise as a fine golfer and "delight-1
ful partner."
Miss Ada Limer Is
Buried On Sunday
Burial services for Miss Ada
Limer were held at Providence
church on Sunday afternoon by the
Rev. L. C. Brothers, Methodist
minister serving the Warren Circuit.
Interment followed in the family
burying plot at Providence
church.
Miss Limer, who was 60 odd years
of age, died early Saturday morning
at the home of her brother, D.
P. Limer, with whom she had made
her home lor a numDer 01 years.
She is survived by four brothers
and two sisters: John, Francis,
David and William Limer, and Mrs.
Emma Payne and Mrs. Mable
Averett of Durham.
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number 16
HARD TO OBTAIN
BOOZEVERDICT
Citizens' Sentiment Against
Turlington Act, Solicitor
Pippen Holds
no let up in efforts
"It is practically impossible to
obtain a conviction in a whiskey
case tried in Warren county unless
the defendant enters a plea of
guilty," Solicitor Joseph P. Pippen
told a representative of this newspaper
in court on Monday, adding:
"You may quote me on that statement
if you like."
The solicitor attributed the failure
of the state to obtain convictions
to sentiment against the prohibition
laws.
"I believe we have as good jurors
in Warren county as we do any
where but sentiment against the
Turlington Act is so strong that it
is almost impossible to convict anyone
on a whiskey charge," he said.
But failure of juries to convict
will not cause the solicitor to relent
in prosecuting those who are in the
toils of the law on account of booze,
according to a statement Mr. Pippen
made in court as he went before
a jury on a whiskey case. At
that time he said: "Gentlemen, I
don't know whether you approve or
disapprove of the law against whiskey,
but your personal view or my
personal view should not have any
influence on you in trying a case,
and as long as I represent this state
as solicitor I shall prosecute as
forcibly as my ability will permit,
regardless of the\ station in life of
the person who is being tried.*'
Two Negroes
Killed In Auto
Wreck Sunday
Two negroes lost their lives and
three others were seriously injured
Sunday afternoon about 5 o'clock
when the car they were traveling in
overturned near Brown's church,
fi*m milfic- fr/\in Worront/in
CVUUUt live lliueo 11uu1 t*
Massenburg Kearney was fatally
injured, his two-year-old son, James
Edward Kearney, was instantly
killed, his small girl, Clara Etta
Kearney, was seriously injured,
and his wife, Magnolia Kearney,
was bruised and scratched. "Sat"
Davis, driver of the car, had his
arm broken and received a fractured
skull, and a Jones negro suffered
a broken arm.
The small Kearney child died instantly
from a broken neck he received
when the car overturned, and
the father died Sunday night in a
Rocky Mount hospital. His small
daughter was also carried to the
Rocky Mount hospital but she is expected
to recover from the lacerations
she received about the head.
Davis and Jones were carried to a
Henderson hospital where their injuries
were attended.
The cause of the accident, which
occurred on a straight road while
no other vehicle was approaching,
is unknown. Although the negroes
claimed they were not driving fast,
marks on the road indicated that
the car was traveling at an exces
sive rate of speed. There was no
evidence of drunkenness, it was
stated.
Mrs. Williams Is
Named PTA Head
Mrs. Harry Williams was elected
president of the Parent-Teacher
Association for the next school year
at the closing meeting of this organization
which was held at the
John Graham High School on
Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Williams
succeeds Mrs. Claude Bowers.
Other officers chosen for next
year are: Mrs. J. W. Taylor, vice
president; Miss Mariam Boyd, secretary;
Mrs. H. W. Rodwell, treasurer.
Before electing the new officers,
reports were heard and other business
pertaining to the organization
was transacted. A vote of appreciation
was given Mrs. Claude Bowers
fnt* fVio nmrlf rlnnp hv her as TJTesi
w**v nw?? v.w.%. ?
dent during this school term, and
to the teachers for their attendance
and co-operation.
Miss Rose Kimball's third grade
succeeded in bringing the largest
number of mothers to the meeting.
The meeting closed with the singing
of "Onward Christian Soldiers."
Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Jones
arrived last night from Washington
to spend Easter here.
Congressman John H. Kerr is expected
to arrive today to spend a
few days here.
Miss Anna "Cohoon of Suffolk arrived
last night to visit Mrs. W. A.
BurwelL