accurate, terse timely volume xxxvi 0FIREMEN fO GATHER HERE at warrenton riv t t?i? rttn fON'TESis m torn after town of Eastern d central Carolina, members of ? NoUh Carolina Colored Volun' Fire Association will move to Lenton next Tuesday for their u- sixth annual meeting. The Trie "days of the convention are to jj crowded with activitycontests to determine the best i?s and the best individual 11 -nn Knf TT-?5Dn II ivrfcrmances wm ue uun ubun^vu I ge representative towns and members, all competing for the more I -haa wortil of Prizes and for I Jfce honor and glory of their posI session. I Tr-f program opens Tuesday I Korr.mg at 10:30 o'clock in the I courthouse, on Wednesday there | till be a parade of all the compI sries. and Tliursday?the last day t; :he convention?will be given I over to the races for tire prizesI There will be a dance each night I ef the convention, and possibly there will be some baseball games, tne opening day's program at the court house will be featured by a wrd of welcome from Mayor William T. Polk, an address by Conpessman John H. Kerr, and a I speech by Sherwood Brockwell Xcrth Carolina Fire Chief. Members of the local company have been working hard for the access of the occassion, and they hove received the cooperation of many of their white friends. Warrenton is the home of Peter Collie. veteran secretary. C. S. L. A. Taylor is president of the associa1IKS. MCGUIRE HOSTESS Htr.o.mg her house guest, Mrs. A Venerable Lawson of Tuscaloosa, Ala. Mrs. -M. C. McGuii'e was hosier to her club and other friends it seven tables of contract bridge last Tliursday evening. The sb porch, living room and dining torn were tastefully decorated in quart::::?? of zennias of varied hue Tally tords were handed by Miss Bessy Garland Lawson. Punch was served during the evening. Mrs. tason was presented a gift while Mrs- A. A. Williams and Miss Prances Robertson of Lynchbutg were awarded top score prizes for club and visitor. Mesdames J. H. Kerr and E. E. Gillam won the consolation prizes for club and visitor- Attractive novelty gifts were presented Miss Julia Mahood rf Lynchburg. Miss Nora King of Raleigh. Miss Frances Robertson of L'TifVihtivrr "VT?.? a it ~e .mo, x-iniviiiuu Alien ui Washington. D. C, and Mrs. W. AGraham of Kinston. An ice course followed by salted nuts was servI Ed after several progressions to the following guests: Mesdames Law son. w. A. Graham of Kingston, H Momcn Allen of Washington; fees Julia Mahood and Frances Robertson of Lynchburg and Miss Nora King of Raleigh: Mesdames A. J Williams, B. B. Williams, R- R Weston. F. M. Allen, V- F. Ward, J- H Kerr. E. E. Gillam, Jack Scott, 1- B. Boyce, C R. Rodwell, L. B. Beddoe, j. p. Watson, Edmund ^ite. H. F. jenes, W. R- Basker 'ill, IV. N. Boyd, W- D. Rodgers, G H. Macon, T. J. Holt, and Misses I felt and Lucy Burwell, Mariam fed and Elizabeth Boyd. MRS. MACON HOSTESS I Complimentary to Mrs- A. Vj?'son 01 Tuscaloosa, Ala-, Mrs. feemon Allen of Washington, D. and Misses Julia Mahood and fences Robertson of Lynchburg, v ^ ^ Macon entertained at a r'd?e luncheon at- her home on feday moniing. Tlie home was eeora:ed with many summer flow?s' After several progressions, the I !!StS Wrc invited into the dinine Thc 'able was centered with t^j er llowl of varied colored peteceiV rl the guests of *K>nOr Jltjj attractive compacts, and trim f P Wats0n was presented a Urn 0!' making high score. Those rft. ?"ther than the honorees Ellis i sclames J- B. Boyce, J. G. H. vi ,, R- Palmer, Alpheus Jones, Davit a,,ers' M. C. McGuire, Roy * aid j. p. watson. tome T H' Wilcier returned to her alter Goldsboro on Wednesday He h S!>ending some time here in ret B?m? ?f her sister Mrs- Marga % 8f5^a? 01 Old Glory at Berlin I ^ l ^ ilx ^ * pfcture of the flag, Old Giory, as she was run to the top of the pole In the American section of Olympic Village'^which houses jUncle jSam's champion athletes to the world's greatest gport festival. Bellboy Confesses Brutal Slaying Of Girl At Asheviib Ashville, Aug- 10?Tire myster ious hotel room murder of Helei i/icvengei, yuuiiy vueawemug cu-eu was solved yesterday, Sheriff Law rence Brown said, with the arres and confession of Martin Moore 22, a negro hotel boy. Moore, after hours of grilling made a signed statement that hi crept into the girl's room at thi fashionable Battery Park hotel th night of July 15, bent upon rob bery, and brutally slew her whei she cried out and he became pan icky. The Negro youth said he did no expect to find the New York Uni versity student in her room, sinci the door was unlocked, "but whei I got in there she screamed, am .hat's why I shot her. "She screamed some more", hi added, "and started to run out. struck her with the gun. Whei she fell on the floor I struck he several times more to stop he screaming, as I was scared, did no want to be caught " The arrest and confession of thi hotel employee ended a three week investigation of a crime which ha< baffled authorities at every turi and led to the detention and sub sequent release of eight persons. Release Gaddy The last of these was release! this afternoon after Moore made hi confession was Daniel H. Gadd5 28 year old hotel night watchman who has been detained for ques tioning almost since the crime. Previously Sheriff Brown, th chief investigator in the case, hai regarded Gaddy as the "key to th whole mystery" and said that "whej Gaddy gets ready to talk, weT break this case wide open." Sunday he released the nigh watchman and said he was "com pletely exoneratedThe pajama clad body of the 1 year old student was found in he second floor room at 8 a. m. Jul; 6, by her uncle, Professor W. J. Clevenger, of N. C- State College with whom she was traveling. A bullet had pierced her hear and lodged in her back and he face had been mutilated by a sev ere battering with some heavy in strument. Her legs were throw; under her body, and officers sat the position indicated that she wa on her knees pleading for her lif when she was slain. Negro Gives Tip Mocre was arrested Saturda: night on the tip of Banks Tayloi Negro pantry boy at the hotel wh had been secretly detained pine Thursday night for questioninj Moore, the sheriff said, was ques tioned all night before a confes sion was wrung from him. Although many mysterious clue turned up during the long investi gation, Sheriff Brown said that i was the pantry boy's 'tip and th bullet taken from the girl's bod that made possible a solution. Brown said that Taylor told hi." that hall boy had recently com into possession of a pistol. Th sheriff took Taylor to Moore' home and confronted him with th story. Moore, at first, he said, de (Continued on page 8) hr 9i WARRENTON, COUNT 1 Two Negroes Killed, Two Badly Hurt In Wreck' I Two negroes were Instantly killed, two others were seriously injured ' and another received a slight cut on his head last Friday afternoon about 3 o'clock when tile Ford V-8 they were riding towards Warren\ ton left the highway on a slight : curve on the Warrenton-Warren Plains Road and crashed head-long ? into a tree a short distance north 1 of the Warrenton Box and Lumber c Company. 1 I The force of the impact brought 1 I immediate death to Henry Johnson ? i and Peter Davis and serious injur- ' | ies to James Sommerville and Gas- ( j ton Davis. Herman Coleman, the k j fifth occupant of the car, was 1 : bruised and received a slight cut : about the head but his injuries E I were not of a serious nature. Sommerville was reported to have died s while on the way to a hospital in Henderson but this report was later ? ' iouna to Be erronious and it is 1 thought that he will recover. Gas- c ton Davis received a broken jaw- 4 bone and internal injuries but he is ** reported to be getting along very ^ well in a Rocky Mount Hospital where he was carried after being ] placed in jail here. Reckless driving, believed to have been brought on by whiskey, is credited with causing the accidentThe car in which the five negroes ; backed into another automobile 1< only a few minutes before the 5 . wreck occurred, and when officers I 1 reached the scene of the accident r I, they found a pint of bootleg whis- e . key in the Ford containing the c j dead and injured negroes. They f were neither passing nor meeting a t car, wagon ncr truck when their J , vehicle left the highway, traveling J g at a speed estimated to be between s ,, 50 and 60 miles an hour, and crashj ed into the tree. ii Gaston Davis, who was operating t j the automobile, and Coleman were t taken from the scene of the wreck t and placed in the county jail, but J t Davis was later released under a s $500 bond to be carried to the hos- J 3 pital. There was no charge against t j Coleman and he has been released 6 j from jail. v All the negroes, except Sommer- r > ville, lived at and around Warren f I Plains. Sommerville lived in War- t i renton and was night watchman e r for tire Warrenton Railroad Co. r The death of the two negroes r t Friday afternoon makes a total of I 17 persons who have been killed In c e automobile accidents in this county 1 s since the first of the year. 1 c 1 Revival Services At ? Vaughan Church t c } The meeting of the Vaughan t 3 Methodist Protestant Church start- r r ed on August 2nd with a joint ser- c i vice of Baptist and Methodist con. gregations. Rev. Joe Roach conduct- t ed the services of the evening. I B The pastor of the M. P. church, c j Dr. T. N. Johnston, was assisted by f e the Rev. Leo Pittard of Greensboro. 1 j Services were held each evening at v j 8 o'clock. Thursday afternoon there was a special service for the young v I boys and girls. The discussion for t . the afternoon was based on "Rela- $ tionship Between Boys and Girls-" a 8 On Friday evening, Mary Eliza- e r beth Adams, talented four-year-old v daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. s 1.1 Adams of Vaughan, sang the solo n i, part of "A: the Cross," while the C junior choir joined in on the chorus- f t A duet, "Beautiful Garden of Pray- c r er," was sung by Mrs. Will Fishel 1 - and daughter, Margaret. I The Rev- Mr. Pittard closed his r a service Friday evening with the old t 1 hymn, "Best Be the Tide That * s Binds " i e Commenting on the services, one s of the members of the church slat- 1 ed, "We' are very happy to be hon- r y ored by having Rev- Leo. Pittard to f , hold our revival for two years in t o succession, and we appreciate the I e part that both denominations took I ! throughout the week." f NO SERVICES SUNDAY There will be no services in the i s Presbyterian churches at Warren- c - ton and Littleton or at Gruver I t Memorial church on the third or f / > BimHflvs rtiiA to 'the absence y of the minister. The Rev. C- R. Jenkins, pastor of these three churches, n will be away for two weeks visiting e at his father's home in Charleston, e S. C. Services are to be resumed on I 's the fifth Sunday- < Mrs. R. B. Boyd of Oxford was a r. week end visitor here. s . k irmx If OF WARREN, N. C. FRID/ WARREN SCHOOLS TO OPEN SEPT. 9 Date Nine Days Earlier Than Last Year; Negro Schools Opened Monday ro STOP ~FOR PICKING The Jchn Graham High School md other white schools of the War en county school system will open >n Wednesday, September 9, it was earned yesterday from Supt. J. Edyard Allen. The date set for the be;inning the 1936-S7 session is nine lays earlier than last year when he opening was postponed until September 18 on account of the jrevalence of infantile paralysis in -his section and throughout the fate. Thirty-nine of the negro schools? ill of them except Wise Training s School, the Hawkins High School md the Norlina School?opened ast Monday, but they will close lown for a brief period when coton picking time arrives in order hat the students may help their amilies with farm work. h n Incensed Negro Is Charged With w ES. * T-l fi ivuinuig 1 uuattu James Johnson, negro, who is aleged to have pulled up from 400 to 00 hills of tobacco on the farm of j. O. Reavis of Manson Saturday cJ ught because he was mad with his mployer for not buying him a pair if shoes, was given a hearing in tecorder's Court on Monday and p' lound over to Superior Court by rudge Taylor on a charge of des- T 'udge Taylor on a charge of de- B troying the crop of another. c The case was not gone into fully c a Recorder's Court due to the fact K hat brief evidence disclosed that s( he charge was of a felonious na- " ure and beyond the jurisdiction of udge Taylor, but according to the I tory told outside ef the courtroom, ohnson, a Humpter, S. C. negro, tad worked for Mr. Reavis for two lays when he asked him to adance him money to purchase a al lew pair of shoes. Mr. Reavis' re- w usal, it was said, led Johnson to ake his revenge out on his employ- 131 r by destroying his tobacco crop. ** The negro was placed under ar- W est Sunday after bloodhounds of li t. I. Burroughs, Dabney township w onstable, Vance county, had been ised to bring about his capture. lr Permitting her 14-year-old son to ^ iperate the family car while she " at by his side was responsible for a Jrs. Stephen Bowen being brought r< lefore Judge Taylor to face trial m a charge of permitting a minor o operate a motor vehicle. Judgnent was suspended upon payment . if costs. c Judgment was also suspended in he case of the state against Macon c] Joore Jr., who was arrested on a g; harge of operating a car on the ? lublic highway with a straight exlaust and without a muffler. He vas taxed with the costs. John Carter, charged with driving r( fl-io inflnprtrp rvf wVlis- _ :ey, was found guilty and fined 50.00 and taxed with the costs. He p ilso had his driving license revok- B id for two years. j Having concealed about his per- E on a pair of home-made wooden ? :nueks was responsible for C. N. Mc g, llellon, negro, being arraigned be- T' ore Judge Taylor to face a charge E if carrying a concealed weapon- g, The negro pead guilty to the charge w mt according to Sheriff W. J. Pin- E iell, the only witness to testify in he case, he claimed at the time of lis arrest he did not know it was inlawful to have them. The statute -j tates that it is unlawful to have j/ irass, iron or pewter knucks but v nakes no reiereiice iu wuuucn iv :nucks, it was said- Judge Taylor t ook the position that the only pur- "< >ose for having the knucks would p ie to use them as a weapon and rr ined McClellon $10 00 and court r< losts. lc Prayer for judgment was contin- tl led upon payment of costs in the d; :ase against Richard Drake, negro, a: Ie was charged with assault on a si emle ci Eddie Hicks, negro, chrged with tl (Continued on page 8) B E RETURN FROM COAST E James Polk and Henry Hunter v iltts returned Sunday from an ei lutomobile trip through the west- li rrn states to the Pacific coast. E Riey were gone from Warrenton li ix weeks on their trip. n i&tw iY, AUGUST 14, 1936 Sub | Who Wants Dimples? liociiKSTEii. N.'. V . Gilbert \above), demonstrates the dimple producing gadget which she invented and will exhibit at the National Inventors', pongress, at Springfield, Mass., 'early in September. Knobs press into the cheeks to imprint dimples. Sfurse To Give Smallpox Vaccine To School Children Mrs. Joseph S. Jones, county urse, was instructed by the War;ii county Health Board, in sesion on Wednesday^ to give the nallpox vaccination to children ho are to enter school for the irst time this year. It is pre.inied that she will be at her ofce in Warrenton on certain days ) give the treatment and on othr days she will be in various secons of the county immunizing 'Sie hildren. She was working in the junty yesterday and could not be ;ached for details of the cam aign. The health board meeting on 'uesday was attended by W. H. urroughs, chairman, Wm. T. Polk, ounty Supi. J. Edward Allen, Dr. . H. Peete, Dr. G. H. Macon, Dr. ufus Jones, and Joseph C. Powell, :cretary. The meeting was called i Dr. Macon, county health officer. highway Group Has 'Cue-Stew Members of the highway force ad especially invited guests from tarrenton, Henderson and Louisirg attended a barbecue and runswick stew given at Weldon's md by the highway forces of tarren, Franklin and Vance counes on Wednesday afternoon. There ere around 80 persons present for le occasion. Short talks were lade by Wm. T. Polk, Judge T. O odwell, Oscar Pitts, director of le state highway prison system, nd L. G. Whitley, assistant di:ctor. MRS. HINSON HOSTESS Mrs- O. I. Hinson was hostess to [embers of the Young Ladies Misonary Society of the Methodist hurch on Tuesday night. Miss largaret Hunter, presiding was in large of the program. Mrs. Hinson ave an extra chapter of the repe book of helpful hints and cor:ct recipes which was the feature E the evening. Delicious refreshlents demonstrating some of the rnnon cAftrn/1 IMTicc TTlli'n TPrvvrl WC1C OUVCU' J.VJL100 UtMC X' U1U Vinson assisted in serving- Those resent were Mesdames Macey ridgen, J. C. Powell, Margaret arnes, W. A. Graham of Kinston, E- Allen, W. H. Wesson, A. J. llington, John Rodders, Paul felch, Mark Perry, Virginia Pearall, J. A- Dameron, Timothy hompson, Misses Louise Allen, dith Broom of Fayetteville, Mararet Hunter, Lucy and Edith Burell, Zenobia Lancaster, Elizabeth ooker and Mariam Boyd. PHILATHEA CLASS MEETS Mesdames Ruth Baird, John 'arwater, and Miss Annie Belle CcCraw were joint hostesses to the . L. Pendleton Philathea Class In le home of Mrs. J. E. Rooker on 'uesday night. The program on Dur Association" was given by the resident, Mrs. Robert Bright. Each iAvntao? nracotif onenraro/1 frt flip icniuci yibobiiv uiiotibibu w v?v ill call with a Bible verse. 1?ie foliwing were appointed to serve on le nominating committee: Mesames A. C. Blalock, A. D. Harris nd Ruth Baird- Several amusing ;unts were put on by the stunt jmmittee- Those present other lan tile hostesses were Mesdames ;ob Bright, A. C. Blalock, A. D. [arris, B. P. Terrell, H. P. Reid, Igin Lovell, W. L. Wood, E. R. 7ood, L. O. Robertson, P- W. Coopr, Early Shearin, Raymond Modn and guest, Mrs. Morrissette of lichmond, Herman Riggan, Wilam Fleming, Misses Mamie Garder and Ann Rodgers. rb _ j Sti>U' i scription Price, $1.50 a Year I Y Y UK 11 Y n. mcis.ary jones Dies In Canada Result Pneumonia Hamilton McRary Jones, Warren county boy who rose in the field of electrical engineering to the general managership of the International Power Company of Canada, died in a hospital at Montreal, Canada, on Wednesday morning at 5:30 o'clock. His death came from pneumonia which developed following an attack of influenza which carried him to his bed about a week agoBefore being made general manager of the Canadian utility, Mr. Jones, who was graduated from the University of North Carolina hi Electoral Engineering, was con- ' nected with Westinghouse Electric Company for about 20 years- His home for the past eight or nine years has been at Montreal, but several months of each year were ; spent in foreign countries. The body will arrive at Norlina 1 on the 6:58 train tonight and fun- ' eral services will be conducted from Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Saturday afternoon ait 3 o'clock. The eldest son of Mrs. Adel Jones of Warrenton and the late George Jones, he was born in Warren county, in 'the Afton-Elberon neighborhood, in August, 1883, and had he lived until the 20th of this month he would have been 54 years of age- His early boyhood days were spent at his country home and with relatives in WilmingtonIn 1912, Mr. Jones was married to Miss Helen Baker of Denver, Colorado, daughter of the president of the University of ColoradoIn addition to his wife and mother, he is survived by two brothers, Ernest Jones of Evanston, 111., and George Herbert Jones of Burlington; two sisters, Mrs. W. H uameron 01 warremon ana miss Rowe Jones of Warrenton. News of Mr. Jones' serious illness was received here on Monday and Mrs. Dameron was on her way to his bedside when he succumbed a few hours before she arrived at MontrealMr. Jones will be buried here but funeral arrangements had not been completed last night. Mrs. Pridgen To Run Richmond Store Mrs. Macey Pridgen, who for several years has operated the Style Shop at Warrenton, left on Monday for Richmond where she has gone into the grocery business. Her husband and one of her sons, Sam Pinnell, are with her in Richmond at present, but Mr. Pridgen, who operates a pool room here, is expected to return to Warrenton in a few days. Their future plans are not known. The Style Shop is be- . ing operated at present by Mrs. i Joseph Powell, tut it is thought that this ladies' establishment will be sold at a later date. Littleton Board Holds Meeting Littleton, Aug. 13-?The Board of Commissioners of Littleton met in regular session on Monday night, August 10. At this 'time the tax collector, J. W- Harvey, was ordered to advertise for sale all real estate on which the 1935 taxes have not yet been paid, the sale to take place on the second Monday in September. Twenty-five dollars was donated to the Littleton Fire Department 4- /lAfuniT ^1*1 A AVr\AMAAA /I ol A /"V fltflC l/is ucii 46 or aDOve ior uiq uay wtu> mux:ated, compared -with $21.64 at last rear's opening sales. Seven warehouses at Lumberton, reported 800,000 pounds on their 'loors, with common grades predomnating. Prices ranges were $3 to >18 a hundred for common, $25 to >42 for smokers, and $50 to $60 for "ancy grades. Average for the first 10 piles sold was $33.40. Bob Ranlin, sales supervisor, estimated the iverage for 'the day would be $5 ligher than last year. The Clarkton market opened with heavy sales, estimates foretasting sale of 150,000 pounds during the day. Highest prices were 10 cents a pound, with an average >f 25 and 30 cents prevailing. No tags were turned during the norning. Reports from the Chadbourn, i^air Bluff and Tabor City markets laid better grades were showing itrength over last year's opening iffering while poor and -uimon jreaks were weaker. First offerngs were of good color but light ' '* * 1 .... n# ?n?lw rfmiffllt. Veig\lL UCCCIUOC U1 CCUi/ VUN/Mgasv :onditions. The largest opening day offerings n the history of the market, between 800,000 and 1,000,000 pounds, were reported from Whitevllle, where the first row sold brought in average of $25.85 a hundred. Walter E. Pierce, sales supervisor, estimated the day's sales would ex;eed 500,000 pounds. Highest prices vere 75 'to 85 cents a pound. Farm:rs appeared pleased and few tags vere turned. The Mullins, S. C., market open:d Its auctioning at 9 a- m. with nore than 1,500,000 pounds of the jolden leaf on the floors of the sight large warehouses there. Prices tor the first two hours averaged 30 lents a pound. Opening bids ran ;rom $5 to $60 a hundredweight. Dillon, S. C., warehouses were iammed with an estimated 300,000 pounds for the first sales- Pile prices were low, with first bids anging from $5 to $45 a hundredweight. Officials estimated upon the jasis of early sales the day's average would amount to $23 to $25 a hundredweight. n^nnrn UIDVVrs DUIVl/tilC 1T1AAVUU A u Warrenton tobacco buyers, two of ;hem accompanied by their wives, left 'this week for the South Carolina tobacco market which opened jn Thursday. M. C. McGuire is on ;he Whiteville market and Weldon ETall, Frank Newell and John Tarwater are on the Loris market Mrs. McGuire and Mrs- Newell accompanied their husbandsGIVES RECITAL Miss Alice Vaiden Williams of >Jew York gave an organ recital at Emmanuel Episcopal Church on 3aturday nightMrs. J. E. Adams and little son, Timmy, are visiting in Cape Charles, (Ta. ' Mr. Wilkins Lewis Jr. of Jackson was a guest of his grandmother, .vil o* uuv/j tv ahiauu, btiu nttaMiss Edith Broom of Fayetteville Is a guest of Mr. and Mrs- J. Edward Allen.