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J ACCURATE, TERSE I TIMELY SuMEXXXV Sm mmTJ jWICmRCASE M White Man Of Near LittleI Ion Given 2-Year Sen- I I fence For Assault ICHARGE IS CHANGEDI I ,4n appeal was noted in Warren J' K feunty Superior court on Tuesday I Miltemoon when Judge W. A. Devin J Heentenced Frank Lancaster, farmer I' aid carpenter of near Littleton, to SV roads for two years for assault-1 h# his neighbor, John Alston.! prominent farmer and lumberman. J ?jtii a hoe. Bond was set at $2500.11 j-'ihoragprf momentarily! IB ?e jury u?"" returning a verdict of as i K with a deadly weapon. The I: charge which was lodged against 11 Lancaster after he had fractured I: jOsron's skull and maimed him per- J; taps far life was assault withal deadly weapon with intent to kill. J bat after the case had been gone! into Judge Devin ruled that the I evidence did not indicate there I. Ins any intent to kill and ordered! this phase of the indictment re. J moved, which automatically chang- J ed the offense from a felony to n J' misdemeanor with a maximum I Bpfflishment of two years. I; I After the verdict had been re-1 timed by the jury, defense attor-1 nfi-s plead for the mercy of the I (tut. but Judge Devin deplored the I fid that Alston, a comparatively J , man enioving good health ! ??Hi been stricken down, deprived sf the use of his body and mental tallies by Lancaster and meted Hat the full punishment allowed by HBe appeal of the defendant came H a surprise to most of those who HWded into the court room. "He Hoff light"; "He had better taken &] two years"; and "I expected < Htta jhe would get eight or ten Mtsis" were the comments heard in Hit corridors of the court house and Hd the streets after sentence had 1 Hta pronounced. Unquestionably, sentiment ot tne Kople was with Alston as they . joked him over in the court room, or him work his way to the witless chair and attempted through elepathy to help him along as he i toped for words like "running ?ard" and "ground" in his efforts i o tell of the assault which frac- i Bed his skull and left him par- : ially paralyzed and with his ariculation in such condition that he is liable to think one thing and ay another." Claiming that it would be unfair 0 their client to try him at this hue when the state's principal witess was in such a condition that he is liable to think one thing ad say another," defense attoreys pleaded with the court to contae the case until the next term. ?t Judge Devin held that it would *? (Continued on page 6) Mrs. J. E. Patillo 1 Buried At Fairview Funeral services for Mrs. J. E. atillo were conducted from Fairew ceffletery on Monday after|ffl at 5 o'clock by the Rev. B. N. Foe Wagner, Episcopal rector, J the Rev. o. I. Hinson, Methodied Sunday night 1 e dome of her nieces and pnews, the sua : a"*-* ivxa* J ^Bsell Burroughs and Messrs. WilB? and Stephen Burroughs, with ^Br- she had lived for years. She si years old and for the past ^B'hal years had been an invalid. Patillo, the oldest sister of late James Burroughs of this 1 ^^J?ty. was preceded to the gravel ^B?S' years by her husband. She! no children. I ^ ^bearers were Hugh White.I White, Pitzhugh Read, Al-l Ellington. John Dameron and I R. Rod-well. I AT INEZ SCHOOL I BniI>ING ON SEPTEMBER ?5l ta?val, sponsored by the I People of shady Grovel will be held at the Inez! building on September 25, at I ^ ma'n *ea'ure' wasl ^B./ till be a negro minstrel.) *ill aisfv Kn |*ss say """ "c Ulner attractions, K pif andMIE AND CARE the Home p,6 Sale wiU be heW on Sa ?!;miture & SuPPl.v :1(lck This '?5' mornil,g at 10 by Circle i ? B PromotBiliary the Presbyterian all WARRl Grand Jury Asks That County Jail | Locks Be Repaired The locks on tiie cell doors of! the Warren county jail can be easily picked by prisoners, the grand jury stated in its report which was tendered to Judge W. A. Devin on Wednesday afternoon, and recommended that the services of a lock expert be procured at once to! prevent prisoners from escaping. The investigating body also found that the ceiling in the upstairs of the jail was in need of repair and recommended that special equipment be placed in the jail for bathing prisoners. While the bastile was the chief target of criticism, the grand jury also had something to say in regard to schools, school buses, and mag isiraies wnu iaueu i iiuuce Uiuil 1L-ports to the clerk of court. The report in full follows: Hon. W. A. Devin, Judge Holding Superior Court of Warren County, your Honor: We, the Grand Jury selected for Superior Court 1935 of Warren County, do beg to make the follow- 1 ing report. We have carefully examined witnesses and passed on ail : bills presented to us by Solicitor W. , H. S. Burgwyn. We have visited the County Jail! i and found that the locks on the j cell doors are not secure and can (Continued on Page 4) Graham School Begins Session With Enrollment Of 719 i With an enrollment of 719 students, the John Graham High School opened for the 1935-36 session on Wednesday morning with brief exercises in the auditorium. Those taking part in the exercises were the Rev. L. C. Brothers, the Rev. R. E. Brickhouse, the Rev. O. . r. Hinson, Mrs. Harry Williams, president of the Parent-Teacher Association, and Paul Cooper, prin- . cipal. Following the addresses of those taking part in the opening exer- J cises, and instructions from Principal Cooper in regard to the rental of school books, and bus routes, the students returned to their ; rooms where iiiey were assigned (Continued on Page 8) R. L. Wilson Is J Named Head Of i Police Force J R. L. Wilson was appointed chief of police and tax collector for the , town of Warrenton at a called meeting of the Board of Town j Commissioners on Wednesday . night. For his services he is to re- . ceive $85.00 a month, the board j agreed. Officer Wilson has been on the ( town police force for several years, having come to Warrenton in 1932 , iis ?i special oincer iur uudmuoo men here whose firms were suf- , fering from an epidemic of rob- j berries at that time. After serving in this manner for a year, he was employed by the town as a regular night officer and served in this capacity until a few months ago when Chief M. M. Drake resigned from the police force. Since Mr. Drake's resignation he has been ' acting as chief, assisted in looking 1 after the peace of the town by Deputy Sheriff Roy Shearin and Night Officer Kenneth Short. There were no other changes made at the meeting Wednesday night. The board delayed selecting a commissioner to replace Cliff Bobbitt, who resigned to become mail carrier for Route 1, until the regular meeting in October. Wise School Holds Opening Exercises Wise?Wednesday, Sept. 18, parents, teachers, and about 150 pupils assembled at Wise for the opening exercises of the 1935-36 school session. After a few remarks by the principal, the audience sang the uoxoiogy. Mr. H. Evans Coleman, chairman of the school board, made an excellent talk on "The Teacher's Part in Education." Mr. T. H. Sledge, principal of the school, made a helpful talk on "The Parents' Part in Education." Mr. Sledge then explained how school books may be rented for use by the pupils. ije Mi iNTON, COUNTY OF WA1 | Michigan Quadruplets LANSING, Mich. ... The famous CI u A /loff tn ri crht. flhoV oa-iuii aiiu -*o? ?-them reporting at a local kinderga Mr. and Mrs. Carl Morlok, for the ci now 5 years old. Their father is a to Company B To Resume Drills On Tuesday Night Company B will resume drills on Tuesday night, Sept, 24, at the regular time, Lieut. Harold R. Skillman stated yesterday. Drills were discontinued several weeks ago on account of the fact that Capt. Claude Bowers and several of his men have been participating in the national rifle matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. Capt. Bowers and his men are expected to return to Warrenton this week. The results of the shooting match are not known, but it is understood that ttie men from Warren "shot fair." Business Men Hear Dowell Speak On Merchants Ass'n Around 25 business men of Warrenton gathered in the court room on Monday night to hear W. L. Dowell, executive secretary of the Horter Carolina Merchants' Assoliation, outline the benefits of such m organization and to ascertain if She people of Warrenton favored in association for this town. 1'he small crowd present manifested little interest and no action was taken. Mr. Dowell was introduced by Congressman John H. Kerr as a man familiar with all the problems lonfronting merchants and as a person capable and willing to do all l>- i */Vlvo Lllctl 15 UUllttUliy puooiuit ouxfv these problems. In his introduction Congressman Kerr praised the town and its citizens, pointing out that during the many years that he had lived here he could not recall but two business failures. He attributed this unusual record to the type of citizens here and their business judgment. 'Our people are conservative and dependable," he said. Commenting on the changes which have taken place here, Judge Kerr said as he looked over the crowd he did not see but one man present who was in business when (Continued on Page 4) P. T. A. To Hold FIwol Moot Tiipeflayr * UOl ??VV? . ~ j. The first meeting of the ParentTeacher Association of the John Graham High school wil be held in the school building on Tuesday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock, announcement was made by Mrs, Harry Williams, president, at a meeting of lire executive committee which was held in the home of Mrs. Joe Taylor on Thursday morning. Mrs. Williams, who has recently returned from the State convention held at Chapel Hill, presided. She read a letter from the State president, following which plans for lire coming school year were mapped out and literature was distribut ed tc the members of the committee. The association will again sponsor a lunch room which will supply hot lunches for those who wish them, it was stated. Though the association will sponsor the lunch room, it will be under the supervision of Paul W. Cooper, principal, and Miss Fannie House Scoggin, teacher of Home Economics, a member of the executive committee stated. A reduction in dues from 50s which was charged each member last year, to 25c for this year, was made by the committee. ' w \ amn *REN, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTE Start School Days \ ( i Morlok quadruplets, Helen, Wilma, 1 e) are now in school. Photo shows c rten, each tagged by theit parent, e jnvenience of the teachers. They ire j, cal constable here. a c - _ j ? Project For An Armory Here Has t Been Approved * The project calling for the erec- " tion of an armory at Warrenton jiias been approved, but the allegation committee has not yet allotted the funds to construct the . building, Lieut. Harold R, Skillman ^ stated this week. After the money v has been allotted, work will start within ten days, Lieut. Skillman said, stating that he had received f his information in a letter from t the adjutant general. t A. A. Williams, member of the _ committee appointed to select tire site on which the building is to be ^ located, said yesterday that his 0 committee would not select the p property until one of the army of- v ficials from state headquarters ar- jrived here to look over available p sites. "We have several places in i, mind but we have not chosen a a site," he said. , > a Town Strives To Keep Parking Off t Warehouse Streets 1 r Cooperating with warehousemen 1 in their efforts to keep the streets clear for farmers freighting their tobacco to tiie Warrenton market, J the town has ordered "No Parking" signs placed on the south side of Market street, leading from Main street to Boyd's warehouse, and the north side of Franklin street, leading from Main street to the Cen- g tre warehouse. c The practice of parking cars on a both sides of these streets, one of 0 the warehousemen stated at a rc- t cent meeting of the Board of Town Commissioners, causes congestion 1 on these streets and makes it al- J most impossible at times for trucks to roll into the warehouses. e Tire "No Parking" signs were ^ placed Tuesday and on Wednesday p officers began to tag cars as a a warning. People who continue to a disregard these signs and park on c these streets will be "pinched," a ? member of the town police force a stated yesterday, requesting that ' this warning be passed along . through this newspaper. s y I Postoffice May s Use Taylor Site tv It is possible that the post office a which the government proposes to build here will be located opposite ' the Home Furniture & Supply Co, ^ on the lot owned by Harrison Tay- p lor's wife and other heirs, however v no definite decision has been j* reached. L. H. Walker, government official sent out by the post office depart- n ment, was in town yesterday conferring with Taylor and others who t offered sites when he was here sev- j. eral weeks ago inspecting property which had been submitted follow- j ing a call for bids. j; The Taylor property was not in s the bids opened at the post office r several weeks ago, but it is under- ^ stood tiie government agent was t; figuring on this property yesterday. Mr. Walker said last night that S he was not in a position to say where the new federal building would be located, but he stated t that in his opinion the site would v be picked within ten days. I v Mr. James Polk was a visitor at a Richmond and Old Point Comfort n this week. c > fcfll MBER 20, 1935 Subs* COURT FINISHES CRIMINAL CASES lank Case Is Again Continued, Due To Illness Of Defendant \ LIST OF THE CASES The criminal docket of Warren ounty Superior court, light by vir pas continued, was completed on Vednesday at 12 o'clock and court idjourned until Monday moming Phen matters of a civil nature will ie taken up. The bank case was continued on iccount of the illness of W. H. lameron?one of the five former ifficials of the defunct bank chargd with violating the state banking aws. Mr. Dameron is under the are of an eye specialist in Philalelphia. The other defendants, !arter Williams and Guy Gregory f Richmond, John Ellis of Warrenon and L. C. Kinsey of New York, iere here when court opened on Jonday, but Judge Devin held that t would not be feasible to try the ase with one of the men missing nd granted a continuance. Removal of the bank case from Postponement of the bank case eft only one criminal action on the locket of paramount interest. This ?as the case against Frank Lanaster, farmer and carpenter of tear Littleton who assaulted John dston, farmer and lumberman of he same section, with a hoe, fracuring his skull and maiming him >erhaps for life. The Lancaster case started Monlay morning and ran until 2:30 'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Durug the entire trial the court room ?as packed with spectators who istened attentively as the two irincipals and other witnesses retted circumstances connected with , tragedy which shocked .Littleton nd River township, iii which ommunity both men lived. The trge and prominent array of counel also attracted many into the emple of justice to hear this case, he defendant was represented by "oik & Gibbs of Warrenton, Willie .ee Lumpkins of Franklinton and (Continued on Page 8) Respect For Law Needed To Check Accidents-Deviu Obedience to the laws was sugested as a possible means of hecking the number of automobile ccidents which are daily snuffing ut the lives of those who travel i">c~i ?t\irrV\iTfn trn an/1 aa a /I wmint tic -Align way a aiiu a?> a ucuimcui o crime in general by Judge W. A. levin in his charge to the grand ury on Monday morning. Judge Devin said that practically very day we hear or read of accilents on the highways in which ieopIe are killed or maimed for life nd property is destroyed. These ccidents are causd some times by >eople passing one another while oing over hills and around curves, nd some times by flaming youths /ho take chances when they get ehind he steering wheels, the jurst opined. "I don't know what the olution to tiie problem is unless re inculcate into our people a deire to obey the laws, not because re fear arrest if we fail to obey hem but because they are our laws nd we respect them," he added. Judge Devin said that some imes we don't agree with the wisom of some of our laws and are rone to criticise the legislature /hen it is in session and to attack he integrity of our representatives, ut that we should realize that hese men are chosen by the peo-^ ile, that in most instances they are' ren of character and that they re acting for what they consider he best interest of the people whom hey represent. Touching on the liquor question, udge Devin said that the past legslature enacted a law permitting everal counties, among them Waren, to vote on legal control of hiskey. The people of your couny decided that legal control was tuonnnuea on rage ti TLENDID ATTENDANCE AT MACON BAPTIST REVIVAL ' There has been a splendid atendance at the revival meeting ?hich is in progress at the Macon laptist church, it was stated this ,'eek. Services are being held daily ,t 7:30 p. m. by the pastor. The aeeting will last through Sunday, losing Sunday night. ri -I I ?0 n Ywir Warren Farmers Join In Protest Over Low Tobacco Prices A delegation of around 25 Warren county tobacco farmers joined hundreds of Vance county growers at a mass meeting in the court house at Henderson on Wednesday afternoon to voice their dissatisfaction at prices which prevailed on the opening of the Middle Belt markets and to appoint a cmmittee 4-? AM/4 4Virt MVA! AA 4* mflAtivi.'Y tu attciiu tuc piuirou niccmis which was held a Raleigh on Thursday. Simultaneous with the meeting at Henderson, a protest meeting was being held at Sanford. A similar meeting was held at Oxford the day before and from Durham comes reports that farmers '- here are dissatisfied. In addition the governor has received a petition signed by several hundred growers of Beaufort county asking that action be taken. Will Connell Sr. and Will Connell Jr. v/ere the spokesmen for the Warren county delegation at Hen derson. The committee named at Henderson was authorized to frame resolutions embodying the growers' views and present them at the Raleigh meeting which was called to decide upon a definite course of action to bolster the tobacco prices. Proposals put forward at the Henderson meeting were: An order by Governor Ehringhaus closing all the auction warehouses until an agreement could be reached with manufacturers. An immediate sign-up of growers on a four-year contract, cutting next year's crop by not less than 30 per cent and enforcement of stronger contracts among the growers. Barring of scrap tobacco from warehouses when it is bid in for less tlian 6 cents a pound. Discontinuance of the purchase of excess tobacco allotment certificates by growers whose crop was les than their own allotment. A government bonus for growers similar to that paid in Georgia in 1933. Woman, Believed Victim Foul Play, Buried At Fairview Funeral services for Mrs. Myra G. Hayssem, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. E. L. Green of Warrenton were conducted from Emmanuel episcopal unurcn yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Interment followed in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Hayssen's body was found floating in Mirror Lake at St. Petersburg, Fla., on Sunday morning by a policeman. She had been battered and slashed about the face, and two young men, Clyde Hadnot and Ernest Wilmot, are being held in the city jail at St Petersburg, Fla., charged with her murder. Mrs. Hayssen was a nurse at St. Petersburg. Mrs. Hayssen was twice married. Her fust husband, Thomas Winston Goodrich of Henderson, preceded her to the grave by twelve years. To that union were born two children. In addition to her children, Mis. Walter C. Flowe and Miss Alma C. Goodrich of Charlotte, she is survived by her husband Henry W. Hayssen; her parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Green; and the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. F. C. Morin of Petersburg, Va., Mrs. B. M. Reams of Warrenton, Mis. H. R. Henderson of Washington, D. C., Miss Cora Lee Green of Warrenton, and R. B. Green, E. C. Green and G. G. Green of Durham. Zone Church Meet At Warren Plains All Ladies of the Methodist churches of Warren county are urged by Mrs. John Burwell to make pilans to attend the Warren Zone meeting at Warren Plains on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 10 a. m. Mrs. Burwell also requested that each person bring a box lunch for herself and pencil and paper for notes or: the work of the fall. "Saturday is a bad day for a meeting but it is the best that could be arranged to suit all, so please iiconvenience yourself that day and hear Miss Elizabeth Lonet of Fayetteville," Mrs. Burwell said. "And come on time, she adaea. | MOST OF THE NEWS |H ALL THE TIME NUMBER 37 GROWERS ARE DISSATISFIED Prices Around 35 Per Cent Under Those Paid On Market Last Year TO HOLD MASS MEETING 1 it. _ -^looatioiaeuuxi, uurn on me warehouse floors and voiced loudly since the opening of the Bright Belt tobacco markets, has reverberated throughout the state this week as newspapers have related the sad story of tobacco selling six or seven cents lower than last year and of farmers holding mass meetings in an effort to get the governor to take some action which might tend to boost the price of the weed. Low prices have prevailed on all the markets, according to press reports and those who have visited warehouses of nearby counties. Protest meeting have been held at Henderson, Oxford, Sanford, and yesterday around 400 farmers gathered in Raleigh to take the matter up with Governor Ehringhaus. Around 160,000 pounds of to oacco were sold ilere on Tuesday for an average slightly above 16c. The offering has been light since the opening day, and there has been no improvement in prices. While tobacco men join with iarmers in expressing their regret m the low prices this year, they attribute this to the quality of the weed. They say that to a casual observer the tobacco looks good but when it is picked up and examined closely it is found to be lacking in quality. One of them told a representative of this newspaper yesterday that the tobacco seems to be washed out, that it had no body. Some of the farmers who brought high grade tobacco here on the opening day expressed thmselves as being satisfied with the prices they received, but unquestionably the majority of those who have disposed of part of their crop since the Bright Belt opened have been dissatisfied. "It is true that the tobacco you see on the floor is first primings and lugs, but it is as good as was on the floors last year when the market opened and the prices were five or six cents higher a pound," they said. Hundreds of farmers, many of them with tobacco on the market, and business men of the town were on the floors for the opening of the market Tuesday. First sale started at Tarwater's and alter this had been completed the crowd followed the auctioneer and buyers to Centre where the second sale got underway. It was in the afternoon before sales began at Boyd's and these were not completed until the following morning. TOBACCO GROWERS TO HOLD MASS MEETING SATURDAY Raleigh, Sept. 19?A mass meeting of tobacco farmers from all sections of the North Carolina belt, a meeting intended to unite thousands of growers in an effort to secure better prices for the 1935 crop, will be held in Memorial Auditorium here Saturday morning at 1C o'clock. Secretary of Agriculture Heniy A. Wallace has. been urged to at tend in order that he might hear the protest of the present low prices and the plea for immediate governmental action to raise them from the tobacco farmers themselves. The meeting was called by more than 300 representatives of the growers who assembled in the Hall of the House of Representatives here yesterday. They not only called the mass meeting but also chose a committee to draw resolutions on which the mass meeting will vote. Even while the protest meeting was in progress, prices continued to fall on the auction markets. WALLACE STATES TOBACCO ABOVE PARITY LAST WEEK Raleigh, Sept. 19.?Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, in a letter received by Governor Ehringhaus today, took the position that last week's tobacco prices, which drew protests from farmers at every Eastern North Carolina market, "were slightly above the parity level." The Governor said he was "amazed," both at the Secretary's statement and his "new figures." When Mr. Wallace addressed a (Continued on page 8)
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