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Hi I ACCURATE, terse I timely U yOLUME XXXV i mm mob I I irimwRo hi ** ~ If jake Prisoner, Guilty Of If Axe Slaying, Away From I If Sheriff John Moore If hundreds visit scene |f .Avenging tlie bnital murder of r. I If respected Fianklin county farmer, I | a mob of unmasiked men took a J |f jipgro prisoner from Sheriff John I |f p. Moore and two deputies on i If Tuesday at noon, carried him to I H BiiJiin half a mile of where three I H hours before he had chopped off I If the head of Charles G. Stokes, and I II lynched him. I |l While the battered body of the J H negro swung from a scrub oak, I i hundreds of persons, a number of I B ihem from Warren coumy, w&ucu. B [he scene where Roosevelt "Sweat"} II jyjrd hanged for the murder of 11 B [he 67-year-old farmer of the Ep- I B 50111 neighborhood. B The ride that resulted m rosing I B prisoner to the mob began I B about 12:4C o'clock from Louisburgl B alter it became apparent that feel-I a H jn> a as running high against the It H negro, being held in the county It H jail, and that a mob was gather-11 II .News spread quickly of the atro-lfc Hetties of the negro, a native of Id H hanklin county but who had been 11 Having in Norfolk and only recentlyI" H returned. Apparently gone sudden-1 H if insane, iie began his mad but jit H brief career in violence before 9 11 Ho'clock when Spurgeon Ayscue, ah Ha hit? man, gave him a lift in hisla - ? / V || car. Ward struct Ayscue over me head with a pop bottle. Ayscue got * the negro out of his car near the home of Mr. Stokes, who lived near * the place occupied by Ward's family and obtained a warrant from Justice of the Peace O. B. Frazier ^ against the negro for assault witii a deadly weapon. o It was to serve this warrant that * A. A. Fuller, sworn in as a special 0 (Continued on Page 8) ^ Mutilated Body Is Found On Track Jj Littleton. July 31.?Charged with f, the murder of William Alston, 25- s 7 ^ year-old negro whose body was ? mutilatec when it was struck by a I Seaboard Airline freight train near Darden's Lumber Company on s Sunday night, three negroes are be- i< in? held in the Halifax county jail t without bond to face trial at the b August term of Superior court, I which convenes at Halifax on Aug- b ust 12. Those charged with the crime * are Wilson Lee. Willie Mae Arringto and Annie Belle Arrington. In addition to this jtrio, Haywood Shearin and Minnie West, also negroes, are being held under $100 ^ bonds each for their appearance as v Material witnesses. Unable to post s their bonds, they were carried to s The negro, it was said, had been ? drinking, and it was thought at ? or>e time that he fell asleep on the track, but a thorough investigation C | oil the part of authorities led them v m ia believe that Alston was murder- e I ed and placed on the rails to thwart s suspicion. t' I The hearing was held Tuesday A I before Magistrate J. R. Kirkland, E who found probable cause and bound the three negroes over to v Superior court. ? iMiss Leach Issues b I Warning To Boys r I A note of warning to news boys i ! sounded this week by Miss Lucy Leach, county welfare officer, who Points out that a good many of the are violating the Child v I abor Laws by selling papers with- j ou| Permits. c be just too bad for Bj?' ^ said, "if a field worker r Department of Labor | B^~s here and checks up on those i I a are working without permits." t ^'Ployment certificates, or per- t |h3ch bv\be obtaineci ^om Miss *orfc. ' oys Qualified to do this All re^yREGlSTiR re?istered i? '6ntS Who have not 0ffice Win ? t !he Reemployment *hen work ! eligible for work fr??rani- arm3rtS Under the new 1,1 the offOUncement was made !n 'he up])fr 'Cfe' which is located ^ at War?' t?f the Dameron Warrenton, this week. 0 WARRENTON, CO j Grand Exdtdl^der HI I COLUMBUS. 0. . . . Judge James T. "Hallinan of the New York Supreme Court (above), an Elk for a quarter of a century, is now the Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, unanimously elected here. Woman Killed In Automobile Wreck Near Steel Bridge Av*a imimrv nrAmon WOO IHlloH V/iiC JUUlig YYUillUii nuu nother was injured critically and hree young men were hurt when wo automobiles collided near Steel iridge on Friday night. Miss Paralee Thomas, 30, of Alaiama was the young woman who lied in the WTeck. Her body was aken to an undertaking establishnent in Henderson. The injured, who were taken to a lospital in Henderson, are J. Arhur Branch of Chapel Hill, Miss Virginia Poovey, 20, of Charlotte, ,nd Sam Jenkins of Franklin, Va. Vhile all of them suffered painful nd severe cuts, they are expected o recover, according to reports eaching here Saturday from Henlerson. The driver of the second car, Thomas Willard Shaw of Baltinore, Md., and Charlotte, N. C., /as arrested by a Virginia state fficer on a charge of manslaugher and later released under bond f $100. Suffering minor injuries ie went to a hospital in South fill where he spent the night. The car in which the party of Dur was traveling was going lorth, and is understood to have een en route for Virginia Beach or a week end outing, while the ihaw car was traveling south towards Norlina. Miss Thomas was a student at he University of North Carolina ummer school. Branch, most serjusly hurt of the three carried to he hospital in Henderson, is a rother of Johnny Branch, former Jniversity of North Carolina footall star. Scoggin Motor Co. Incorporated The Scoggin Motor Company of Varrenton was incorporated this .'eek with an authorized capital tock of $25,000 and subscribed tock of $10,000, the latter being ield by Mrs. Kate P. Scoggin, Miss Catherine H. Scoggin, and J. P. icoggin 01 warrenton. At the same time the Scoggin Chevrolet Company of Henderson ?as incorporated with an authorizd capital stock of $50,000 and ubscribed stock of $20,000, the later being held by G. R. Scoggin, Irs. Thomas Shearin and J. P. Icoggin of Warrenton. The certificates of incorporation, ,'hich were filed in the office of Itacey W. Wade, Secretary of Itate, licenses botii concerns to my, sell and otherwise deal in lew and used automobiles. Littleton Theatre Will Open Today Littleton's new Haliwar Theatre, aider the management of J. H. Joyd III, will nave a gaia opening m Friday night, August 2. "Every Night At Eight," a Paranount picture starring George laft and Alice Faye, is the feature, t is being shown in Littleton for he first time in the entire South, t opens at the Paramount Theare in New York City on the same late. Reports from the West )oast say that this is Mr. Raft's est picture. He is ably supported >y a big cast, including Patsy Kely, Walter Catlett, the Three Ralio Rogues and Frances Langsord. This is the first motion picure to take advantage of the new :raze for amateur radio programs, n addition to this feature, there vill be "Moans and Groans," a (Continued on Page 4) Iff? UNTY OF WARREN, N. C., Over $1,000 Is * j Taken In By Two Whiskey Stores More than $1,000 worth of liquor, wine and gin was sold in Warren county last week by the two stores set up by the Control Board, it was learned yesterday. The bulk of the sales transpired at Warrenton where revenue from alcoholic beverages passed over the counter amounted to $988.00 Sales this week have been lighter than last week. More than twice as much liquor was sold here last Saturday than any other day since the store opened on July 22; however, there was no evidence of drunkenness on the streets. Officer Lee Wilson said that not a single arrest was made Saturday and that the crowd on the streets was unusually well behaved. WHISKEY STORES MUST CLOSE AT 6 O'CLOCK It is illegal for liquor stores to remain open after 6 o'clock in the evening, according to a ruling received here this week from Attorney General A. F. Seawell. The ruling of the attorney general came by request after difference of opinion had arisen over the wording of the Pasquotank Act, which states in one paragraph that stores "shall be closed on Sundays, Cil affirm o T7C nnrl nf.fnUlicL.irl UMJ o cum via jo vouauiioii'ju as legal holidays, and on week days between six o'clock p. m. and nine o'clock a. m.," and in another paragraph "shall open said stores after nine o'clock in the morning and close them at six o'clock p. m.( unless otherwise ordered by the board." Stating that he could see no conflict in the two sections, the attorney general said: "The law intended positively to prevent any sales between 6 o'clock p. m. and 9 o'clock a. m.; as between 9 o'clock a. m. and 6 o'clock p. m. the hours of sale may be regulated by the control board." Coroner, Summoned To Scene, Fails To Find A Corpse Coroner Jasper Shearin found no corpse when he rode into Norlina yesterday morning before light to hold an inquest over the body of one of the four negroes reported to have been killed at 12:25 o'clock iwhpn t.he Pnintiac in which thev were riding was struck by a truck of the Epes Transport Co. of Durham at the intersection of highways Nos. 58 and 1. When the truck crashed into the automobile the force of the impact demolished the car and seriously injured the negroes, but none of them were found dead when the coroner and Deputy Roy Shearin arrived at the scene. Following the accident, Deputy Shearin was notified that one of i the negroes was dead, another was jnot expected to live, and requested to bring the Coroner of Warren county with him. When the deputy and coroner arrived at the scene they found that all the negroes had been injured and that two of them were (Continued on page 8) Masons To Meet - m ? it At hranklmton A district meeting of the Lodges of the 19th Masonic District A. F. and A. M. will be held in Franklinton on Wednesday, August 7, with the Franklinton Lodge as host for the occasion, announcement was made this week. Grand Master Chas. B. NeWcomb of Wilmington, Grand Secretary John H. Anderson of Raleigh and other Grand Lodge officers will be present, it was said. Officers of the various lodges will meet at 5 p. m. for an afternoon conference, and at 7 p. m. a barbecue dinner will be served. The evening meeting will be held at 8 o'clock. Grand Master Newcomb will be heard at this time and the Master Masons degree will be conferred upon a candidate from Louisburg Lodge No. 413. Lodges of the 19th district are ? - - ? T located at FranKiinion, uuiuaums, Epsom, Youngsville, Henderson, Norlina, Warrenton and Littleton. Harry Walker of Norlina is D. D. G. M. of the district and will preside over the meeting. All Master Masons are invited. 1 V. . V / - ? armt FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1935 LITTLETON MANlE STKUCKWTH HOE John Alston In Critical Condition; Frank Lancaster Denied Bond; Jailed HEARING IS POSTPONED Littleton, July 31.-?John Alston prominent lumberman and farmei of near Littleton, lies in the Roanoke Rapids hospital in a critical condition as the result of injuries he sustained on Friday afternoon when he was struck across the head with a weed hoe in the hands ol Frank Lancaster, farmer of the Odell section. After Mr. Alston had been attacked by Mr. Lancaster he crawled back into his car and drove intc Littleton, a distance of five or sis miles, where he fell into a state ol unconsciousness from which he has not rallied. Reports reaching here from the hospital, where he was carried immediately after .arriving at Litflnfrvvi 01*0 fft fh o> fV?of V*ic KlV/bUU) U1U W VAll/VU luau ilK condition is grave and that in the event he recovers the use of his body that he will probably suffer from mental disorders the remainder of his life. The blow which he received from Mr. Lancaster, it was said, fractured his skull and caused paralysis to set in. Following the assault Mr. Lancaster was arrested and placed under bond of $1000. He was later taken into custody and brought tc the Warren county Jail where he is being held without bond until a preliminary hearing is held. The hearing was expected to be held before Judge W. W. Taylor in Recorder's court oil Monday morning, but {Solicitor Pippen asked that it be postponed until the results of Mr. Alston's injuries are known, This met With the approval of counsel for Mr. Lancaster, Frank H. Glbbs, and . was sanctioned by the court. "She hearJS^is scheduled to be held either today (FYiday) or Monday morning. The assault upon Mr. Alston was _ A_ A 5 1 _ . _ A. J X A A M Wf A M V> AVV* aiinuuieu lu anger wmeii w?i> uum several years ago during the construction of a house and kindled into action more recently over the threshing of wheat for Mr. Alston's brother, Bob Alston. It was stated that Mr. Alston gave Mr. Lancaster the contract for constructing a house several years ago and before the building- was entirely completed Mr. Lancaster left the job. The carpenter, it was said, claimed that Mr. Alston liked by $10 of paying him all his money, while Mr. Alston contended that inasmuch as he did not finish the job and it was necessary to employ another carpenter that he did not owe him the $10.00. Recently, the story goes, Mr. Lancaster got Bob Alston to thresh out some wheat for him, and when the time for settlement came Mr. Lancaster told Mr. Alston that his brother owed him $10 and that he could get the money from him. Mr. Bob Alston is credited with having stated that 'he had nothing to do with that matter and insisted that he be paid for iiis work. Mr. Lancaster refused, it was said, and the wheac thresher got out claim and delivery papers for his toll of wheat. Friday afternoon Mr. Lancaster stopped Mr. Alston as he was driving his car and the two men had some words, it was said. According to reports, Mr. Alston started to step out of his car and Mr. Lancaster crashed him across tfie head with a weed hoe. Charles Lee Terrell Is Brought Home Charles Lee Terrell, who has been critically ill for several weeks, titqc hrnnorhf to the home of his CVHO Mi w mother, Mrs. B. P. Terrell, on Sunday from Washington, D. C., where he was in a hospital for some time. The trip was made in the T. V. Allen ambulance with Pettis Terrell and Norman Novell. They were also accompanied to Warrenton by Miss Edith Terrell of New York, who has been with her brother since his illness in Washington, and Mrs. Jeff Terrell of Washington. Mr. Terrell's condition is thought to be somewhat better since his arrival here. Miss Grace Wagner is spending several days at Atlantic City. Mr. C. N. Williams of Richmond was a visitor at Warrenton yesterday. Sot Subscript I, ? , | Ancther Astor Heir i NEW YORK . . . Mrs. Join I Jacob Astor 3d., (above), is the [ mother of a new Astor heir, a son i being born last week. Mrs. Astor is the former Ellen Tuck French, whose marriage to young Astor was one of the big social events cx . 1934. i r : Bright Urges Growers To Save Second Leaves l Tobacco barns of Warren county are running lull blast now as lar> mers of this section toil from the ! wee hours of the morning until far '< in the night harvesting the golden " weed. The tobacco crop this year is one ! of the best that the county has ex>(perienced in many seasons, how1 ever the leaf is ripening unusually fast and some producers are hav ing a hard time getting one barn [ cured before another has ripened too much. i Bob Bright, county agent, said i this week that some farmers are i making a mistake trying to save all ! their tobacco when the crop is I ripening faster than they can han die it. He advised that the first , leaf be sacrificed in favor of the second when both are ready for the barn at the same time. "If the first leaf on the stalk is too ripe to cure properly, it is better to leave this and start on the second leaf than to house it and have the-second leaf too ripe before Ihp first, is cured." the countv aeent opined. "If every leaf is taken, in 1 cases where the crop is maturing faster than it can be handled, farmers will find that they have gone all the way up the tobacco stalk curing damaged tobacco. In 1 some instances it is better to sacrifice a few leaves and catch up than to have the entire crop damaged by trying to save the first 1 leaves," Mr. Bright said. The rapid ripening of the 1935 crop of tobacco is attributed to the unusual amount of rain which fell in this area a few weeks ago. Exploding Bottle Causes Loss Of Eye Littleton, July 30.?John Threewitts, employee of Wie Orange Crush Bottling Company, located here, lost his right eye Tuesday morning when a bottle exploded. Following the accident he was carried to a hospital at Roanoke Rapids where his injuries were attended. The cause of the explosion or the details of the accident are not known. tir n nil warren rarm ueox. Committee Meets The Warren County Farm Debt Adjustment Committee met last Monday and considered four financially distressed farm debt cases. Harry F. Watkins of Durham, state representative of the North Carolina Farm Debt Adjustment Commission, met with the committee and assisted in the disposal of these cases. All financially distressed farmers of Warren county are urged to file their applications with this committee and avail themselves of this free and comparatively easy method of solving their financial The Warren County Committee, as appointed by Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, are: A. S. Bug# of Warrenton, chairman; R. L. Capps of Areola, vice chairman; Jesse Gardner of Churchill, secretary; and W. A. Delbridge of Norlina and E. H. Pinnell of Warrenton, members. Miss S. Beatrice Overby serves as acting secretary for the Warren county committee and her office Is located in the ERA headquarters at Warrenton. Misses Willie and Alice Robinson are visiting in Candor. * ^ ^ .> lAW?t5 ion Price, $1.50 a Year Opening of Schools Is Deferred Until September 23rd The opening of all schools of Warren county has been deferred until September 23, following a ruling of the Warren County of tTnnUU TTAof tr TVliu I uutu u vj. xicaitii jrcotci vi?jr. action was said to be due to safe-' guard against the spread of infantile paralysis in the county and is subject to review by the board on September 1. Last week the Board of Education had set September 2 as the opening date for negro elementary schools and September 9 as the date for the opening of all other schools, subject to ruling by the Board of Health. Discretion of parents and guardians siiall govern in the matter of allowing children to use public swimming pools and attend public gatherings. The Board of Health bv unanimous vote aerppri that, the ban placed on these activities several weeks ago should be lifted. The board adopted a resolution requiring that all school bus drivers shall be subject to a careful physical examination, which shall include a testing of the eyes. Such examinations shall be conducted by the practicing physicians of the county at a fee of $1.50. No Active Cases Paralysis In County, Says Health Officer There are no active cases of infantile paralysis in Warren county at present and the quarantines have been lifted from the homes of the seven persons who suffered from the disease during the recent epidemic which threatened to sweep the state, it was learned yesterday from Dr. G. H. Macon, county health officer. With the exception of one negro child who, still shows the effects of the "disease, all of those who suffered attacks of paralysis recovered without deformities, Dr. Macon said. The county health officer also stated that there are no cases of typhoid fever in Warren. He attributed tiie absence of this disease to the typhoid vaccination campaign which was conducted in this county last summer. Former Negro Register Deed Dies Mansfield F. Thornton, respected negro and for 22 years Register of Deeds of Warren county, died at his home near Warrenton on Tuesday afternoon at the age of 85 years. Funeral services were conducted from his home yesterday afternoon. "Uncle Mansfield," as he was known to the people of Warrenton, is believed to have held the place of Register of Deeds longer than ~ ?>V1 n ftiliA ntror fi I larl HlO clliy Utnci man wnu cfbi nuvu vnv olBce in Warren county. He was elected on May 20, 1878, a successor to I. H. Bennett, and served until 1900 when the State Constitution was amended and J. A. Dowtin went into office. The records at the court house show that the last deed written by Thornton was or. December 1, 1900. MANSFIELD F. THORNTON Warren county has lost a good colored citizen in the death of Mansfield F. Thornton on July 30, 1935. From my observation he walked the path of rectitude and was esteemed by both white and colored. \ For several years he held the cf fice of Register of Deeds, and his conduct of that office met all the requirements of law, and his politeness and attention to his duties met with no complaint from the white citizens of the county who had business with the office. As a citizen in private life since 1900, he has set a good example to his Race. He retired to his farm, and did not eat the bread of idleness. He was faithful to his Church and his Sunday School, and until his last illness walked a mile each Sabbath morning to attend to his religious duties. I think it can be said of Mansfield Thornton that he used the talents God had given him for which service the commendation of "Well done, good and faithful servant" closed the burden of old age in peace. 1 HOWARD P. JONES, SR. (MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME ' NUMBER 30 , LrTrGEORGIA PRICES A nAITVTTk OA miTO /iliumi/ L\3 LUIIIS Opening Price* On Georgia Tobacco Market From 6 to 33 Cents i RECEIPTS ARE HEAVY Atlanta, Ga., Aug1. 1.?Bright leaf tobacco auction began today in 15 cities in South Georgia, with opening prices reported by warehouses at from 6 to 33 cents a pound and better. Under the rush of heavy first day offerings and spirited bidding, exact figures on average prices were not available, but two warehousemen predicted the first day average would be around 20 cents a pound. For the 1934 season, the average for the state was 18.73 cents. Heavy receipts were announced from all cities making early reports on sales. At some warehouses opening prices were reported slightly above first day's figures last year, onrl of ntHoro fbotr uroro oKnnt fhn c*aai4 uu uwiug vxivjr ntig auuuv vtiv same. First sales on two of Valdosta's four warehouses were reported at 22 and 25 cents a pound. The state bureau of markets here said advices from the Red Ware- ^ house at Douglas indicated first day prices there would average around 20 cents. The same warehouse said opening sales ranged from 6 to 33 cents. The bureau said the Twin Brick Warehouse at Tifton gave opening prices at from 6 to 40 cents a pound, with the warehouse estimating a 21-cent average for the day. The Hahira Tobacco Warehouse reported its first sale of a 96pound pile of the loose leaf at 28 (Continued on page 8) No Cases Tried In Recorder's Court 'V, > Sly., JNo cases were tried in Recorder's court this work. Mrs. J. R. Harris was scheduled to face trial on a charge of obstructing a public out let, but her demand for a Jury trial was responsible for this case being continued until next week. At one time it looked as if Frank Lancaster .white man of Littleton charged with assaulting John Alston with a deadly weapon, would be given a hearng before Judge Taylor, but this was postponed until the extent of Mr. Alston's injuries are learned. It is expected that he will be given a hearing either Friday or Monday. After disposing of these two matters for the time being, Solicitor Pippen went over the docket and ordered supoenaed several persons who had been given suspended sentences provided they pay their fines and had not finished settling with the court. Rev. Arch Cree Dies At Louisville Avoh riron fnrmprltf [ XIIC IVCY. XUV11 Viw, of this county and father-in-law of R. E. Davis of Creek, died at his home in Louisville, Ky? on Friday morning. He was 91-yearsold and had been in feeble health for some time. The Rev. Mr. Cree is remembered here by older residents, having at one time been the pastor of Gardner's church and having taught school at Littleton. He left Warren county approximately 20 years ago. His son, the Rev. Arch Cree of : Salisbury, conducted services at the Methodist church at Warrenton for a week last summer. Funeral services were conducted at Louisville on Saturday. Must Vaccinate Dogs This Week Dogs of Fork township must be vaccinated against rabies this week, or else their owners must face the penalty of the law, Ben G. Tharrington, official vaccinator for that township, said yesterday. While the law requires that all dogs be vaccinated, and ample notice of that fact has been given, Mr. Tharrington said, a number of citizens have failed to comply with the law. Unless this is done at once, warrants for their arrest will be issued early next week. BOBBITT REUNION The annual reunion of the Miles Bobbitt family will be held at the home of Mrs .E. L. Harris at Inez on Sunday, August 4th.
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