IACCURATE, TERSE
XlM ELY
5j3CHEERS '
pWJUITAl
,,niei That Mill Man- w
J^r is Innocent On All a]
"J Serious Charges ^
shouts of sppno\al tang out m ..
^/.. " ..::oom and startled people sc
;?estreets last Saturday after- VI
2:20 o'clock when a Warren Iol
fl^ty jW' drawn froin a special I
Br^eofoO men. said in its ver-Jtr
that Lloyd C. Kmsey, former I hi
siio-o1' t,ie Peck Manufactur-|w
... -was not guilty of any 're
Jui $ we counts in the bill oflbi
jictffifnr charging him with em-/S?
il.? Warrenton Bonded Ware- tf
cotton certificates, issuing jot
^Mrveko'sse receipts for cotton which J tt
^Mql so: exist, and misappropriating in
^K-0is from cotton delivered tolw
^Company.
;.Cn 3 demonstration as took fc
ace when the verdict fell from g?
the lips of one of the jurors is be- g?
jvs'to be unprecedented in the ia
j^jrr of Warren county courts, w
~^.z:c screamed and men shouted
j; f.-er.is of Air. Kinsey and Mrs. cc
^ irsey ie- their seats and rustled h(
if bar to offer congratulations,
to praise the attorneys for the >
they made in behalf
die defendant. Some of the au^ certe.
which was composed most ;:
o; somen unfamiliar with court
^fcocedure. expressed their delight
ci kisses and hugs for the de^Ksdan:
and his wife. Si
WTien the bedlam broke loose &
Judge Devin rapped for order and *n
^ heriif Pinnell shouted for silence,
out it took several minutes to bring in
quietness to the room. Judge Devin Wl
then adjourned court, got his hat
I and walked out without any com- pi
ment, and the demonstration con- 2:
No case in the annals of Warren ai
has stirred and divided the peace- ec
loving citizens of this quaint old th
town as has this criminal action. m
Friendships of years standing have tu
been strained and in some instances
Ibnta as various individuals have d?
I expressed their views and made su
Itheir stand known in no uncertain vs
Iter.::; A.
I As evidence came forth and as or
[the attorneys for the prosecution th
land defense presented their cases
be court room contained many ca
(citizens who were divided on the ?f
pssue, but when the jury returned de
Rts verdict after dinner on Satur- wt
^Bday it was delivered to a crowd ?jj
Hrtiich was composed mostly of M
defendant who were hoping for ^
^ cquittal. bc
The popularity of Mr. Kinsey and Wl
^Kie prominence of the directors of ?
^ he Peck Manufacturing Company
^Vhich also owned the bonded ware- UI
^V-se as well as a private ware ar
was responsible for the un- of
^Kal interest in this case, which *n
^feened on Thursday morning.
Most of the testimony was in the
form of figures and the State sought ^
ttace and prove the ownership
cotton on which receipts were ^
^Hedged to have been hypothecated,
the -
uiuuus cauing out of
^fthese numbers did not drive inter- 1 ^
^Bsted spectators from their seats, \ M
The jury received the case Sat- 1
^krday morning around 12:30 o'clock |_
returned its verdict that after-1 1
^ ?n at 2:30. As the jurors filed 1
the courtroom the tension was l
^ uch that a whisper could be heard 1
the room, but when the verdict I ,
?1;tn it brought forth a noise y
spectators give a football team
^*hea a touchdown is made. \ .
^ The defendant was rpresented l
V John Kerr, Jr., of Warrenton, j
phoison and Gholson of Hender- I81
?r'i Will Yarborough of Louis- I ^
Solicitor \v. h. s. Burgwyn i
1 H resented the state, and Julius
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^mistead Boyd Is Ivu
| Admitted To Barl^
M^istead Boyd, son of Mr. andr|
N. Boyd, -was admitted t0|re
_^ar all the privileges of a >
attorney by Judge W. ^-L
'r>^e presiding over the May .
^ Superior court, on Satur-1 .
^K^ing. He was presented to 1 '
H* court by William Taylor Jr as I
Ewtdson and namesake of the 1 _
Armistead Boyd, and alL
successor to this illustrious I
^ "^ -^ved attorney of Warrenton. 1
recently graduated!
,'rorn Duke University, Iras i
--'".ded where he will practice,
tWs newspaper has been 1
h j. accepts position lr(
J?nes Hed?epeth of Conway 1
^K/^epted a position with thel
B^' %ce Motor Company. y
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WARRENTO
^legro Uses Axe
In Fight; Victim
Is In Hosnital
?
Felled by the blow of an axe
hich was swung in the heat of an
rgument over a dog and a pig,
falter Alston, negro of Inez, lies
i the Jubilee Hospital at Henderin
in a critical condition, while
fallace Alston, negro of the same
iction, remains incarcerated in the
fan-en county jail to face charges
: assault or murder.
A misunderstanding over the
ade of a pig for a dog is said to
ave been responsible for the fight
hich resulted with Walter Alston
oeiving a blow that knocked his
rains out. Sheriff W. J. Pinnell
lid yesterday that physicians at
le hospital give the injured only
ae chance out of 99 of living and
lat in the event he survives his
ijuries the chances are that he
ill never regain his mental fac:ties.
Sheriff Pinnell said that from inirmation
he had been able to
ithpr Wfllt.pr Alsf-.nn woe aHmw.
ither, Walter Alston was advanctter
crushed the former to earth
ith the axe.
Authorities are awaiting the out>me
of Alston's injuries before
siding a preliminary hearing.
day Term Of L
Superior Court
Ends Wednesday
The May term of Warren county
aperior court closed on Wednesiy
morning at 10:30 o'clock, bringg
to an end a civil docket which %
as comparatively short and lackg
in interest to the county as a
hole. .
The criminal docket was com- *
eted on Saturday afternoon at
SO nVlnrlr U'hpn n inrtr soifl t.Vint.
loyd C. Kinsey was not guilty on
ly of tiie counts on which he facl
trial, and on Monday morning
te wheels of justice were set In ti
otion on matters of a civil na- E
ire. S
The major portion of this two- n
ty session of civil court was con- d
imed in the trial of J. C. Watkins b
A. M. Rigsbee of Durham and di
T. Abbott of New Jersey, the P
lly case to go before the jury with ir
,e exception of divorce actions. a
The Watkins-Rigsbee-Alston case w
me into court as the aftermath b;
an automobile and truck acci- tl
int which occurred on the highly
between Ridgeway and Manson te
>out dark on the afternoon of tl
ay 21, 1933. The WTeck occurred, p,
was stated, shortly after Mr. Ab-jtl
>tt, who was operating a truck i jr
r\r*4- v* n *1rn r] fftAf AM fVlfl I .
COt, pcU&CU auuu 1/ ll/Ul 1CUI UH Ui.iv
ghway to repair a puncture. It
is stated that Mr. Rigsbee drove ^
) and parked opposite the truck .g
id that Mr. Watkins, with three ^
his children in his car, drove
to the truck. ol
The jury awarded the plaintiff ^
50 damages, but this verdict was '
t aside by Judge Devin.
Other matters before the court a]
volved questions of law which ^
;re settled and judgments to sign,
id the trial of two divorce cases,
aose granted divorces were Emma
Watkins vs. Ollie Watkins, and
ahala Carter vs. Wash Carter.
'oung People Meet
At Rocky Mount
Norlina, May 30.?Rocky Mount
ill be the scene for the annual B
eeting of the Methodist Young ir
?ople from the eighty-seven; R
lurches which compose the Rocky ] p
bunt District, on Saturday, June d
h, at 10 a. m. Dr. G. W. Perry, 1!
id the young1 people's division of el
irst Church of that city will be p
jst to the many visitors expected tl
i attend. The program will con- h
st of reports from the presidents ri
: the local divisions and county si
nions, discussions of various o:
tiases of the young people's work, e:
rief addresses. Mrs. Earl W. Brian n
! Durham will be the principal
>eaker. Mrs. Brian has recently
;turned to North Carolina from s
etroit, Mich., and will resume her. it
irmer duties as Confernce Direc- o
?r of Young People's Work. A pic- j R
ic dinner at West Haven Park ii
ill follow adjournment at noon, n
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-ocal Woman Win f?
Over Oxford Golfers "
e
Ladies of Oxford were badly de- ti
;ated in a golf match with War-|ti
;nton ladies on the local links on c:
hesday afternoon. The score was
11-2 to 7 1-2 in favor of War;nton.
1
c
Mrs. Jack Read of Palmer Springs y
as a visitor here Wednesday. n
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lie
N, COUNTY OF WARREN
Friar To P]
'^Dna^mHRP ... ^roSHHra
'
REV. W. M. I
rho will preach at Emmanuel Episc<
ay morning at 11 o'clock.
Mendicant Friar
To Hold Services
Episcopal Church
The Rev. Father W. M. Partridge,
le only mendicant friar of the
piscopal church in the United
tates, will hold services in Emlanuel
Episcopal church on Sunay
morning at 11 o'clock, it has
een announced by the Rev. B. N.
e Foe Wagner, Rector. Father
artridge will also hold services
1 the Warren County Prison 'Camp
t 6 o'clock Sunday afternoon and
ill hold a union service in St. Al
an's Episcopal church, Littleton, j
rat night.
Father Partridge, probably bet;r
known as "The Old Priest of
le Highway" will tell of his exeriences
throughout the thirtylree
states he has traveled, spreadlg
the word of God to those of
igh and low estate.
Father Partridge is the last of
le Mendicant Friars. Although he
a priest in the Episcopal church
e is employed by no parish or
;her organization and he carries
i his evangelistic work as did the
[endicant Friars of the middle
ges, dependent for his living on
hat may be given him as he goes
bout the country. He receives no
;ated income from any organiza(Coniiinued
on Page 8)
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THROUGH CAPI
By BESS HIN'
TIMEBOMB?U. S. Page, the
laden boomshell that exploded
lore than once in 1935 House of
.epresentatives, is laying plans to
ut some dynamite under his Blaen
county political enemies in the
137 Senate. Page avows he will be
lected to the Upper Branch and
lans to get a man of his own
linking in the House. Then he
opes to sweep the "Elizabethtown
ing" clan. During the recent sesion
Page and Senator Bunn Frink,
f Southport, crossed swords sevral
times, often to the great amuselent
of their colleagues.
LINES TIGHTEN?Around the
tate Capitol lines are being drawn
1 the contest between Lieutenant
rovernor A. H. Graham and Clyde
.. I
1. Hoey for Governor. Prom an;
idications the administration is
ot going to be active in the camaign.
Some Ehringhaus men are
)r Graham while other friends of
le Governor are for Hoey and both
ides talk the matter openly. Howver,
it is difficult to find non-parsan
observers to venture a predicon
on the outcome of this Demoratic
contest in its present stage.
SUMMERSILL?Down in the
Turd Congressional District you
an find plenty of people to tell
ou that State Senator Ed Sum
lersill, of Onslow, is going w ai-?
mm
, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 31,
reach Here
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'AKTKIDuE
)pal Church at Warrenton on SunJury
Costs For
May Term Court
Nearly $1000.00
Jury services for the Mt^ term of
Superior court, which came to a
close on Wednesday moiibing, cost
Warren county taxpaye|&;. abound
$900, it was teamed yestefday from
Clerk of Court William Newell. Mr.
Newell said that up to date $894
had been paid out to jurors and
that there are a few more to present
their tickets. He stated that
he had not figured what the entire
cost of this term of court amounted
to, but that he imagined that it
would be in excess of $1200.
Judge Says Too
Many Batchelors
Sitting On Jury
'"Kiere are too many batchelors
on this jury to decide a divorce
case," Judge Devin said in jest on
Wednesday morning as he looked
over the twelve men who had been
picked up by Sheriff W. J. Pinnell
to determine whether the bonds of
matrimony should forever be severed
between Jaine Beddingfield and
Linwood Beddingfield, white couple
who came into the temple of justice
to sound the notes of marital
(Continued on page 8)
TAL KEYHOLES
rON SILVER
tempt to unhorse Congressman
"Hap" Barden in the primaries of
next spring. Barden is a first termer
but he proved himself a popular
man in over-coming formidable opnnsit.inn
in 1932. Summersill is a
young man but no novice at the
game of politics and if the pair lock
horns it will be an affair worth
witnessing.
FOUNTAIN?Former Lieutenant
Governor R. T. Fountain claims he
is in excellent campaign fettle these
days and is letting no grass grow
under his feet in his effort to unhorse
Senator Josiah William Bailey.
Still bitter from his defeat by
Governor Ehringhaus in 1932, Fountain
has been actively campaigning
for several months although the
primary is a year in the offing.
The Senior Senator, it is said, remams
unperturbed and not even
the Fountain opposition or the
plea of ex-service men has moved
Senator Bailey in his opposition to
immediate payment of the soldier's
bonus. Even his severest critics
should give Bailey credit for the
courage to follow his convictions.
WHERE IS IT??More than several
interested parties in North
Carolina would like very much to
know the whereabouts of the Raytthumps
bill, known to be
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fern
lyjb sue
FARMERS APPLY
FOR ALL0TMEN1
Bright Announces Commit
teemen To Assist In Filling
Out Applications
SHOULD KNOW ACREAGE
Cotton farmers must apply foi
an allotment of cotton under th<
Bankhead Act regardless of whethei
they signed a contract in the cur.
j tailment program, Bob Bright
'county agent, states in a letter t<
'farmers and lists the places when
| committees will be located to assist
'in filling out the applications.
In commenting on the letter
Mr. Bright asked this newspaper t(
request that those receiving letter;
bring envelopes with them wher
thev meet with the committeemen
in the various townships.
The letter from the county agern
is printed below:
"Dear Producer:
"You, as a cotton farmer musi
apply for an allotment of cottor
under the Bankhead Act. This ap
plies to both contract signers anc
non-signers. For your convenient
the local committee will bey at th<
following places the week of Jun<
3 to 8, dates inclusive, for the purpose
of assisting you in filling out
your application. You are requested
to go to the place designated ir
your township and make applica
tion.
"At the time you make application
for an allotment under th<
Bankhead Law you should knov
how many acres of cotton you hav<
planted in 1935. 'This does no
mean the permitted acres,' but th<
actual acreage planted to cotton.
"Fishing Creek Township, R. L
Capp's Store; Hawtree township
C. C. Perkinson's Store; Fork, J. C
Powell's Store; Judkins, J. P. T
Harris' Store; Nutbush, J. C. Wat
kins Store; River, S. D. King':
Store; Roanoke, H. L. Wall's Home
Sandy Creek, W. E. Turner's Home
Shocco, Pinnell's Store; Sixpound
Churchill School; Smith Creek
Mayor's Office, Norlinar Warren
ton, County Agent's Office.
"Any one holding 1934 cottor
certificates will please turn then
over to Mr. J. T. Walker, in thi
County Agent's Office, by June 8
1935. The law requires the 1934
certificates to be reissued for us<
in 1935. The 1934 certificates wil
not be accepted by ginners in 1935
"The local committeemen wil
turn in all Bankhead Application:
to the County Agent's Office or
June 10, 1935! any producer failing
to make application in the townships
may come to this office anc
make application.
"Very truly yours,
"R. H. BRIGHT,
"County Agent."
Miss Lucy Leach
Heads Red Cross
Following a visit of A. J. Berres
Jr., field representative of the Red
Cross for North Carolina, the selection
of Miss Lucy Leach was announced
as acting chairman of the
Warren County Chapter until the
November election of officers. W
Norwood Boyd who has been chairman
for the past three years resigned
because of pressure of business.
Plans were made for an active
life saving program of education
for the youth of the county and
James Mayfield has agreed to
head up the work for the second
consecutive year. The chapter is
considering sending Edward P,
Grant to the Red Cross Life Saving
School at Brevard to take the
advanced First Aid and Life Saving
courses which will fit him tc
teach in Warren. county upon his
return. Mr. Grant took preliminary
work in senior life saving under
Mr. Mayfield last summer.
Officials pointed out the fact
that the Red Cross is no longer
taking any part in the relief work
of the county but is engaged in a
purely educational program. The
only service that might be even
remotely construed as relief is the
distribution of powdered yeast to
pellagra sufferers in Warren county
by the Red Cross on doctor's prescription,
in an effort to stamp the
disease completely out. Emphasis
if-irvwevpr is laid on Drevention rath
er than the curative side of this
work.
Mr. Boyd's work as chairman
was praised and it was under his
term of office that a program of
nursing for girls in the high school
and first aid and life saving for
both boys and girls was fully developed.
Miss Leach expressed herself
as desirous of carrying on this
educative work.
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iscriptioi .,.. 1
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Field Worker
^nH
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5 MISS CORA B. HARRIS
1 who will address Warren women in
i in interest of providing better
homes.
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Urges Women To
t Join Crusade For
1 Better Homes
' "Join the Crusade" is the appeal
that Miss Cora A Harris, Field Representative
of the Federal Housing
Administration is making to every
woman in North Carolina. Miss
Harris is concentrating her efforts
in stimulating the interest among
women toward recapturing the
spirit of the traditional American
home, through the Federal Housing
Administration.
Continuing, Miss Harris said,
"This is a Woman's War. She is
in the vanguard of the troops and
her courage, determination and enthusiasm
will lead others on to
victory! We must enlist the support
of the women of North Carolina
and of this Nation if we are
to bring the Better Housing prog-j
ram to that degree of success fori
. wmuu we ttu xiupe.
3 "In the great housing movement
; in which Great Britain has been
; engaged for a number of years j
which has proved 'highly successful',"
, women played the most important
. part. Fetter th^SO.OOD homes tvere
built in the United States last year,
j with a population of more than
5 120,000,000, while England built
; 300,000 homes with a population of i
only 40,000,000. There is a shortage
( of nearly five million homes in our
; country today. Women, who spend
j 85 per cent of the American income,
are more responsive to moral feat1
ures of the program, but they play
. an equally important and vital part
1 in the economics of the situation.
, The fact that the State Garden
. Club, the State Federation of
j Women's Clubs and the number of
other important organizations have
endorsed the Federal Housing Program,
shows that women realize that
better homes mean better morals.
Such women as Miss Beatrice Cobb, I
Editor of the Morgan ton Herald
and Democratic National Committee J
. Woman; Mrs. R. H. Latham, for i
two years President of the North.
, Carolina Federation of Women's'
[ Clubs; Mrs. Charles Tillett, Jr.,'
Vice Chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee; Dr. Jane
, McKimmon, Assistant Director of t
I the Extension Service; Mrs. P. P.
Rankin, civic leader, and many
' more are working whole-heartedly
toward the development of a gigantic
Federal Housing program in
North Carolina. Chairmen of wom(Continued
on page 8)
Win Skates In 1
Word Contest
I
Grace Carroll and Richard Boyd
Jr. were winners in the W. A. Miles
Hardware Company contest which
came to a close on the afternoon of
May 25th. Each of these contest,
ants was presented a pair of skates
' for their success in building the
largest number of words from the
slogan, "Miles For Quality Hardware."
1 Young Mr. Boyd, who turned in
2,876 words, led Miss Carroll by
698 words. Her score was 2,178.
Interest, it was stated, was keen in
the contest which brought forth
lists of words ranging in numbed
from 29 to 2,876.
Unable To Catch
Alleged Robber
Officers were unable to overtake j
and capture four negroes alleged to
have robbed Douglas Hunt, negro,
of $30 on the streets of Warrenton
Saturday. Sheriff Pinnell said that
he was able to follow the car which
Hunt claimed carried the robbers as
far as the Virginia line, but there;
the trail was lost. The robbery is
alleged to have taken place on the'
' street between Hotel Warren and
Dr. C. H. Peete's residence.
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MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
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NUMBER 22
VOTERS TO DECIDE
WHISKEY ISSUE
r: n. M.?
! Ctuzexi5 UIYC Yicno VU ITiaiter
At Special Meeting
Of County Board
VOTE THREE TO TWO
Meeting in special session here on
Monday afternoon, the Board of
I County Commissioners decided to
j hold a referendum to allow the peoi
pie of Warren to say whether or
not they want whiskey sold legally
in this county.
The vote was 3-2 with Commissioners
Powell, Fleming and Burroughs
expressing themselves In
favor of the referendum and Commissioners
Wall and Capps voting
against.
The votes were cast in executive
session after a delegation of perhaps
fifty persons had appeared
before the board to argue for and
against submitting the question to
the people.
Propenents of the dry cause were
in the majority at the meeting and
pled passionately to the commissioners
not to hold the referendum. <i
They pointed out that the will of , i
the people had been expressed two
-i.OTIAMi
years ago wnen me siaw: wciiu uijr
by a large vote and to call an elec
tion at this time would be an unnecessary
expense. Pronouncing
whiskey as an evil which God fearing
christians and upright citizens
should ostracize, and denouncing
those who sought to have the law
changed, the drys argued that to
sell liquor in this county would encourage
young people to drink and
breed crime. The legislature was
criticized for passing the law which
gives the voters in seventeen counties
the privilege of determing how
is the best way to handle whiskey,
and the character of Warren's representatives
in the general assem-.
bly was impeached for including
this county in the bill. Darts of
criticism were also hurled at
W I
favors repeal of the Turlington'
Act.
Those favoring a referendum
pointed out that the county went
dry by a small margin at the election
two years ago when the state
was voting for and against repeal
of the 18th Amendment, and held
that sentiment had changed to
some extent since the prohibition
law had been repealed and liquor
stores opened in bordering states.
Prohibition in this state was referred
to as a farce and it was
claimed that it was impossible to
enforce the law in Warren county
with sentiment as it is in regard to
whiskey. It will be even harder to
enforce the Turlington Act, the
wets stated, when and if bordering
counties allow the sale of liquor.
Continuing their arguments, those
desiring a change in the present
whiskey law contended that If
whiskey was sold legally here that
bootleggers would be discouraged
and that the people at large would
have more respect for the law.
Commenting on the fact that the
new law provides that the revenue
from the sale of whiskey goes to
the counties in which it is sold, repealists
claimed that whiskey flows
freely here now and argued that it
would be better to buy it legally
and let the county get the money
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Weston And Dean
Held For Court
% t
Ray Weston and Beulah Dean
were bound over to Recorder's court
yesterday by Magistrate Macy Pridgen
to face charges of possessing
whiskey for the purpose of sale.
The charges were preferred against
them by Sheriff W. J. Pinnell who
seized 81 pints of government whiskey
in the Pine Tops Service Sta
tion several weeks ago.
Magistrate Pridgen said that the
Dean woman claimed that it was
her whiskey. Mr. Weston, the
magistrate stated, denied ownership
of the booze and claimed that
he worked for the Dean woman.
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Loan Corporation
Taking Applications
The Home Owners' Loan Corporation
has just been authorized
to receive new applications for the
refinancing of home mortgages, It
was learned yesterday through
Joseph P. Plppen of Littleton, who
assists the corporation in looking
into the titles of property on which
loans are sought. All those seeking
loans must make new applications
by June 27, 1935, Mr. Pippen
said.