i accurate, terse i I TIMELY 1 tyOLOIE XXXVII miS HILLED AT mm STATION I'ith Throat Cut In Fight, Mjerrell Returns With Gun, J Sl?ls Andrew Knight /pLACED IX WARREN JAIL ifd Terrell, charged with I I murdering Andrew Knight at J I "Bad-O1' * service station Sun- I ? - 1,1. was brought to the I I ijjrren county jail on Wednes- i I iyv by Sheriff Pinnell from I gfnderson where he had been I jn a hospital receiving medical I attention for knife wounds I I since giving: liitnself up in J I flarKsvilie. Va., Monday. He is I fXpectcd to be given a hearing I nest week. Andrew Knight, young man of | Henderson. was killed Sunday night I aro'kia 3.30 o'clock by ltis brother-1 in-law. Ted Terrell, also a young J r::: o: Henderson, at Klnton (Bad-1 mr whit's service station between! Korlina and Ridgeway. Ire murder was committed with! Ms sisuihiti proeurred by Terrell af-1 mm :he two men had met at the! service station and engaged in a! rnras in which a knife was used I or Terrell by Knight I With his threat badly cut, Ter-| rell is reported to have left the ser- I ?n.id come nearly to! IB Vice fclrtuvii _ W'arreiiton where he broke into the house of E. W. Goodwyn, secured a Isnouun and then returned to the I service station where he kicked a I cocr open and fired a load of shot I into the breast of his brother-inllaw Death came instantly. I After the shooting Terrell fled land his whereabouts were not known until Monday when he called Vance cour.ty authorities from Clarksville, |Va.. and gave himself up. I Vance county officers went to I Clarksville for Terrell Monday and Icarried him to the Maria Parham Ihosphal where he was placed under Igearb while being treated .for knife, [wounds. After his recovery he will Ibe turned over to Warren county Hie trouble between Knight and Terrell is alleged to have started over whiskey. Local officers claim that both men were bootleggers, and give Bad-eye's place the reputation of a bad place for whiskey and women. Several women were said tft hov.*, Ivi/im r> f cfnfi/vn r? f I vu iicnc wcv-ii tixc otcxvxv^xx cxu kxx\^ tim eoi the fight and witnessed the trouble. The station was raided last week by Sheriff Pinnell and Deputy She:.rin and several gallons of illegal whiskey were found concealed in the walls of the building. It was understood that Terrell had had previous trouble with the Knights and at the present time is estranged from his wife. Knight was 29 years old. He is survived by his widow, who before marriage was Miss Florence Neathen; a tv.o-year-old son, Andrew (Continued on page 8) Senors Guests Of Juniors On Cruise Desiring a unique program and working cn the theory that nothing could be more delightful than a Chfc with the seniors of the John raham High School as guests, the juniors, for the annual junior-senior anquet on Friday night, chartered ?1 sllio front Joy Live, christened it fr! Senioretta" and sent out the radiogram: i-c: SteaJoretto. on the High _ ? oau with the Juniors on their next voyage to Happy Land. APP I B deck reserved tor sports. Supper I servei in the dining room saloon. H Point o! embarkation, pier 60; sailI cate, 7:30, March 6, 1937." I At seven bells the party gathered 0r- "?ier 60," and at 7:30 Captain Cooper, his mates, crew aird others 1 I ^ S5'i for Happy Land. Admiral 1 B^en and his wife, Rear Admirals! ar(i, Moseley and Boyd and their! B*'>t; also booked passage. TheI Briers, wishing to do nothing in a ^1- way, also carried with them! B ^ ^uggist and his wife, Dr. and B''~ J B Boyce, their physician! wife, Dr. and Mrs. C. H.j B 'ar-d their contractor and his I "e Mr. and Mrs. H. P- Reld. B" was reserved for sports! I Continued on Page 4) I Mary Wagner and Clarence 1 ?* Richmond were week end I *sts of ReV. and Mrs. B. N. de I I ^'a?ner- Mrs- Wagner return- 1 I er.t^ith them on Sunday night to 1 I ^eat StUart Circle hospital for 1 01 W J Four Cases Are Tried In County Court Monday Four cases were tried in Recorder's court on Monday morning and three others were continued until the fourth Monday in March to be tried before a jury. Stephen Henderson Jr., negro, was found eniltv of nn nseonlfr uHtVi ? W ^ ? ? Maa MWUMIbtaV (V illll Ul deadly weapon and was given a four months road sentence which was suspended on the condition that he pay the court costs and remain of good behavior. Found guilty of abandonment and non-support, Clyde Burgess, negro, was ordered to the roads for a period of four months. John Plummer and William Manson, negroes, were each convicted on charges of operating automobiles without a driver's license, v Judgment was suspended over both t! of them provided they procure driving permits from the state and pay ^ tte costs in the actions. Kinton Whit, operator of the ser- ^ vice station between Norlina and ?. Ridgeway known as "Bad-eye's place," was not tried on Monday on a charge of possessing whiskey for the purpose of sale due to the fact that he called for a jury trial, which automatically set his case for P the fourth Monday in March. Oth- ? ers who asked for jury trials are: c E. B. Harris, charged with assault 8 with a deadly weapon; Willie Hicks c and Mary Carter, charged with pos- rsessing whiskey for the purpose of h sale. Also continued was a case I3 against Robert Arrington, charged e with hindering and delaying an of- c ficer in the performance of his duty. t Mieeincr I* lr 4TAWWlAAg A f AU11 X O ? Found In Tennessee c h Raleigh, Mch. 10.?Plans of Ral- ^ eigh police to drag Rocky Branch t for the body of Christian Wyler, a 83, well-to-do retired business man, were hailed early this morning by news from Knoxville, Tenn., that he ^ had been found bf -the" lYaveler's a Aid there and sent to Louisville, ^ Ky-, to the home of a daughter. Traveler's Aid officials in Knox- E ville told Captain Bruce Poole of the Raleigh Police Department that the old man, apparently affected mentally, had more than $200 when 0 found wandering on the streets, ^ blasted the theory that he had been robbed of cash here by assailants who disposed of his bag, containing about $20,000 in securities, which was found Friday on a bank of the creek, near the southern limits of the city. I Wyler was here Thursday en I route from Louisville to Norlina, where a daughter, Mrs. Emma Holtzman. lives. Another daughter also lives in Warren county, Mrs. Kas- ^ per Kilian of Ridgeway. A reward of $100 had been offered by the j. daughters, who were notified early F this morning that their father was ? QQ fp Jt] Police believed, after discovery of c the bag of valuables, that they had been stolen from a tourist, but when E a man's hat was found floating in ^ the creek near where the bag was found, they intensified their search ^ for Wyler, fearing that he was the " victim of foul play, and enlisted the aid of firemen to drag the creek today. Early last night, police establish- c ed definitely that Wyler was last ^ seen about 11 o'clock on the night of March 4 at the home of Dr. J. c P. Owen, 725 South Boylan Avenue, a where he sought to rent a room for A the night. He left upon being told jj the family had no rooms for rent- a On the following morning, WylePs f: suitcase and a basket containing extra items of clothing, were found ? ? ~ Iwn v-? r?Vi oKmif UI1 a lUUii UC&iuc i/ixc uiaiivxij uuuuu one block from the Owen residence, t: The stock certificates, together f; with a large number of property n deeds and mortgages, were in the ij suitcase and there was no evidence b they had been disturbed, police said, b Police investigation showed Wyler arrived here at 9:20 last Thursday night, had intended waiting over until 2 a. m. for a train to Norlina, c but for some reason left the Union c Station to search for a private room t to remain over-night. Wyler's wife o died last month and he was en ]\ route to Norlina to make his home a with his daughters there. F Misses Mary Frances Rodwell and Louise King accompanied a group of girls from John Graham High C School to Gold Sand on Tuesday to a a basketball game- Among them r were Misses Elizabeth Boyce, Hicks, I and Frances Pridgen. r Ijp Mi URRENTON, COUNTY OF \ Speaks Here P|te' - *fW*W f K*Xv!v.*"'*v.v'. i ,V vl . A///A\^'Av!vl'Xwikv B;y\ t'f-'joffPflr M. G. MANN, 'ho addressed farmer of Warren in he court house here on Friday of ist week. He spoke on the FCX nd the Cotton Growers Co-operaive Exchange. >tand By Own Organizations, Says Mann In Talk Here The one-third of the America,n ieople who live on the farm receive nly one-tenth of the nation's inome, M. G. Mann, general mana;er of the State's two largest farm o-operatives declared here at a neeting of farmers in the court iouse here on Friday afternoon, as ie stressed the necessity for farrnrs "to co-operate in order to reeive what is rightfully theirs." iihnu? /??!*? Ia/wva fnv Aiif formorc lilC UiliJ HUjJC xui u ui iiivA u o receive their true share of the lation's income." he declared, "is or them to organize and through o-operative marketing receive the ugh dollar for the products they lave for sale, and through co-operaive purchasing secure, at a reasonhie margin and of a known qualty, the supplies they have to buy-"' Mr. Mann is general manager of he Farmers Cooperative Exchange ,nd of the N. C. Cotton Growers Jo-operative Association. Declaring that "we are making irogress, but slowly," Mr. Mann minted to the increasing interest of armers in working together. "Tolay there are some 10,500 farm coperative purchasing and marketing issociations in the United States, o say nothing of the co-operative 'roduction Credit Associations," Mr. lann said. He pointed out that during the irief span of time the co-operative (Continued on page 4) A. Williams Dies In Texas -- * uv/xfv?Qv r\f "ETrtcrnr .N. A- Williams, tt uiuwiv/i v?x x.v?0v.. Villiams and Lee Williams of Waren county, died at his home in lew Boston, Texas, on Monday, 'uneral services were held at New ioston on Tuesday. In addition to lis two brothers who reside in this ounty, the deceased is survived by nother brother, J. Y. Williams of lllerson, Va., and a daughter. Mrs. ). V. Bunn of Henderson. 3xford Singing 5 Class Here Monday The Oxford Orphanage Singing ilass will make its annual visit to Varrenton on Monday, March 15," or the purpose of gi\?ng a concert onsisting of music, songs, drills, nd dances in the High School Ludinorium at 7:45 p. m. The pubc is cordially invited to attend. No .dmission will be charged, but a ree will offering will be taken. LENTEN OPPORTUNITIES Calling them "Lenten Opportuni ies," MISS i-ilicy J-ieacn, rouinj wciare officer, says that the departient is trying to aid many interestig and pathetic cases which will e described to any one who is wiling to help them. ATTENDS CONVENTION Miss Mable Carroll, representative if the Warren Plains Baptist hurch, left Tuesday for Charlotte o atttend the annual convention f the Woman's Missionary Society, tfiss Carroll is the daughter of Mr. nd Mrs. R- K. Carroll of Warren 'lains. DAUGHTER BORN Mr. and Mrs. J. Haywood Duke of lhapel Hill announce the birth of , daughter. The Dukes were former residents of Warrenton, Mrhike being for a number of years nanager of Hotel Warren. mm BARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, REDUCE NUMBER" ON WPA RELIEF 43 Farm Families Removed From List At Meeting TJprp Mnnriav 102 FAMILIES LEFT ON Following a policy which is being carried on throughout the state to reduce the WPA relief load through the cancellation of farm families who are now in a position to find work on the farm, representatives of local relief agencies met here on Monday morning with state officials and removed 43 farm families from the list of those eligible to work on WPA projects in Warren county- After the list had been culled, the names of 102 families were left in the active file. The meeting was called here at the request of Mrs. Tom Bost, head of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, and Emma H. Ashton, assistant director of field social work. The purpose of the conference was two-fold, Mrs. Bost stated in a bulletin asking that the meeting be held here: 1 TV? on/MiQinf t.ViP variolic acrp.1l X XV/ I cies with the fact that the WPA has been instructed to reduce the working load, and that the reduction is being made by canvassing the farm families in an effort to send them back to their normal occupation. 2. To discuss resources within the state that might be made available to these farm families who have been released and who will be applying to the welfare offices. The conference was well attended here and the consensus of opinion among those who studied the variouscases carefully was that 45 names could be removed from the list of those asking for government help in Warren county. Among those present for the meeting here were: Miss Emma H. Ashton. assisted supervisor of field social work, Raleigh; Miss Attawa L. Dixon, associate supervisor employment division WPA, Raleigh; Miss Lucy Leach, superintendent of Warren county public welfare; Miss Mildred Frazier, welfare secretary; Miss Clyde M. Satterfield, certifying case worker; Jeannette Sills, case worker: Mrs- Martin Hayes, supervisor j of Warrenton WPA sewing room; R. H. Bright, county farm agent, and two of his committeemen, Ed King and Walter Smiley; Mrs. H. S. Capps, home economist for Rural Resettlement; Prof. G. E. Cheek, principal of the Wise Training School; C. S. Wynn, farm agent for negroes; G. S. Rose, agriculture teacher in Hawkins high school; Harry Fishel, supervisor of Emergency Seed Loan in Warren county. Large Congregation Hears Bishop Kern I A congregation which overflowed the main auditorium of the Methodist church and filled a part of the Sunday school room of the building greeted Bishop Paul Kern of Durham when he came here to speak at 11 o'clock Sunday morning | Those who were unable to find space in the main part of the church, which was given additional seating capacity through the use of chairs placed in the aisles, were carried to the Sunday school room [ where the Bishop's sermon was Kmiinriit tn them through the use | UX VUgAiV v?# -w of an amplying system. The Bishop's message was well received by the unusually large congregation. Using as his text "The Signs of the Times," he spoke for 50 minutes bringing out various points which centered around the thought that in the present day world of remarkable scientific and mechanical achievement mankind had become careless of spiritual development. "In our external expansion we have undergone an internal spiritual shrinkage," he said after stating that family prayers were being left off in some homes due to the necessity of geeting children off to school and otherwise keeping pace with the fast and exciting schedule on which the world of today runs. Bishop Kern was introduced by the Rev. O. I. Hinson, pastor, after invocation had been given by the Rev. Dr. J- T. Gibbs. The bishop was a dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. W- N. Boyd, who also had as their guests Dr. C. H. Peete and the Rev. and Mrs. Hinson. iKrau MARCH 12, 1937 Subscript Senator Reynolds To Be Speaker At Automobile Show United States Senator Robert R. Reynolds has accepted an invitation to come to Warrenton on March 29 and make an address at the opening of the Automobile Show and Merchants' Exposition which is to run for a week under the sponsorship of t-.hp lnnal T.inns Club. His address is scheduled to take place at 7 o'clock at night and will be followed by a stage presentation of vaudeville attractions. In order that all within Boyd's warehouse, where the show and exposition are to be staged, may hear the Senator's address, arrangements have been made to install an amplifying system in the warehouse. There will be a change of program each evening of the exposition, which sponsors predict will attract large crowds here from a radius of many miles to enjoy the entertainment which has been prepared. House Blamed For Smash Resulting In Death Of Negro The death of Bud Kearney, negro, who died in a Roanoke Rapids hospital as the result of injuries he received on the evening of January 23 when the ox cart on which he and his wife were traveling homeward was struck by a car being operated by Dan House of Littleton was attributed to negligence on the part of the driver of the automobile by a coroner's jury which heard the evidence in the case yesterday morning. The car is understood to have been covered by liability insurance and it is expected that a settlement will be reached between the insur. ance company, via way of attorneys, and Blanch Kearney, who was painfully lurt when her husband received his fatal injuries- She had to ber almost bodily lifted into the mayor's office where the hearing was conducted. Poor visibility brought about by foggy weather and blinding lights from an approaching automobile were given as reasons for the accident by young House, who chauffers for Mrs. Dorman Taylor of Littleton, who carries a rural circulation route for the Raleigh Times. Evidence disclosed that the accident occurred on the WarrentonMacon road around 6:30 o'clock on the evening of January 23 and that both the ox cart and the automobile were traveling towards Macon. The Kearney woman stated that she and her husband had stopped and lighted their lantern before orof.f.inor hovnnH t.hp pit.v limits nf &www"'b Warrenton and that the light was burning on the cart at the time it was struck by the automobile. She also testified that the cart was on the right side of the road with one wheel on the dirt shoulder at the time of the collision. Several other witnesses, including the state highway patrolman who passed the cart shortly before the accident occurred, testified that the ox cart carried a light which could be seenHouse testified that just before striking the cart he met an automobile with bright lights which failed to respond with dimmers when he put on his dimmers, and that just as the car whizzed by he saw the steer cart a few feet in front of him. He said that the road was slippery and rather than chance slapping on the brakes he swerved the car to the left in the hopes of missing the cart but failed in his effort to avoid the collision by about 8 inches. He said that he was driving around 40 miles per hour and that after the wreck the car, which had a damaged wheel, radius rod and fender, traveled for about 75 yards up the road where he and Mrs. Taylor left It and went back to investigate the results of the accident. He said that he never did see the light on the steer cart. Mrs. Taylor's testimony was substantially the same as that of House, although she said that she was confident that the car was not traveling over 35 miles an hour at the time of the impactFollowing the wreck the injured negroes were brought to Warrenton where they were given first aid treatment by Dr. W. D. Rodgers. Kearney was carried to the Roanoke Rapids hospital that night and ' died the next night from a broken | leg and shocks. The hearing was postponed until this week on account of the illness of Blanch Kearney, who received an injured arm and a serious shock. ti ion Price, $1.50 a Year To Speak Here SENATOR ROBERT REYNOLDS, who will speak at the opening of the Automobile Show and Merchants Exposition here on March 29th. Warren Named In Place Of King As Re-valuator J. E. Warren of Littleton has been appointed to serve with D. LRobertson in revaluing real property in Warren county, Auditor T. B. Gardner stated this week. Bob King, who with Mr. Robertson was appointed by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting last weelj to head this work resigned. Mr. Gardner said. The men selected by the board to revalue property are expected to complete their duties in two or three weeks. Tax listers, who were also appointed by the commissioners on the first Monday, will begin their job on April 1. In naming the list takers and those who had been appointed to revalue property, it was erroneously stated in this paper last week that W. E. Turner was a tax lister for Sandy Creek township. Sam. E. Al? len is the tax lister for that township and Mr- Turner is assisting in revaluing the property. Miss Esther Jerman Buried At Ridgeway Funefal services for Miss Esthei Jerman were conducted from her home at Ridgeway on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock by the Rev. W C- Wilson of Norlina. Interment followed in the cemetery at Good Shepherd Church. Miss Jerman, who was 77 years oi age, died at her home Saturday morning around 9 o'clock- She had been ill for about a year. The deceased was the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. T. P. Jerman of Ridgeway, and was a sister of the late B- S. Jerman of Raleigh. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. T. B. Williams. Pallbearers were Julius Banzet, Edward Petar, Tom Grant, Henry Grant, Willie Mabry and Herbert Mabry. Test Brakes, Warns State Patrolman Claiming that some motorists are becoming somewhat careless of the mechanical condition of the automobiles and trucks they operate. State Highway Patrolman Parks Alexander this week requested this newspaper to notify drivers to see that fneir brakes are functioning properly and that lights on their vehicles, both front and rear, are burning. "It costs less money to have needed repairs made before an accident or arrest than it does afterwards." the patrolman pointed out. Revival Services Methodist Church Revival services will begin in the Methodist church on Sunday. March 21, with Dr. J. M. Ormond of Duke University in charge of the services throughout the week. Hours of services are 10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. METHODIST SERVICES The Young People will have charge of the services at the Methodist church on Sunday night, celebrating young people's work, the Rev. O. I. Hinson announced this week. The public is cordially invited. Mr. P. M. Stallings of Macon was a visitor in Warrenton yesterday. t THE NEWS W? j ALL THE TIME NUMBER 11 TOWN ASKS FOR $11,000 PROJECT Board Seeks WPA Aid For Street Repair And Water And Sewer Work WANT SHARE C>F PROFITS An eleven thousand dollar WPA project to lay sewer and water mains, curbing gutters and street work for the town of Warrenton was approved by the board of town commissioners in special session here on Monday night, and Mayor W. T. Polk was instructed to sign necessary papers and have them filed with WPA headquarters at Raleigh. In the event that the project receives the approval of WPA authorities, the town will furnish the larger part of necessary materials and the government will provide a small part of the materials and pay for all the unskilled labor. Should the project be accepted by WPA authorities and carried out in Its entirety, the town will be called upon to furnish between $5,000 and $6,000 for its part of the project. W- R. Strickland, chairman of the water committee and member of the street committee, In presenting figures to the board, pointed out that a number of streets here were in bad condition and that the,cost of making necessary repairs to these would exceed the town's part of the WPA project proposed. Part of the cost of this project will probably be taken from funds of the present year and the remainder from funds provided in the next fiscal year, in the event of approval. Contending that the towns Jn which the whiskey stores are located have to bear much of the expense of law enforcement, the commissioners instructed Mayor Polk to write Representative T. H. Aycock and ask him to add an amendment to the state whiskey law that the three towns of Warren in which the stores are located may i receive part of the profits from the sale of whiskey. After listening to arguments from P. H. Gibbs, attorney for the owners of the Puritan Cafe, and discussion of the matter with Lee Wilson, building inspector for the town, the board requested Mr. Wilson to consult Julius Banzet, county attorney, to see if his interpretation of the law makes it mandatory for the 1 Harrison Taylor building to be condemned. The board also ordered that Sherwell Brockwell, Insurance Commissioner, be invited to come here and pass upon the condition of the building. In view of the fact that the Standard Oil Company, which holds a lease on the property, and which has been given a conditional permit to erect a service station thereon, has only to April 1 to begin construction before the new zoning law prohibiting such building here becomes operative, the proposed conJ fUn V-** noil oH ueillllftbiuil UI l/XXC ULXXXlXAAAg vunvvt forth much discussion. The Greek owners of the Puritan Cafe, occupying part of the building located on the site leased by the Standard Oil Company, hold a lease of several years on part of the property. They have, according to Mr. Gibbs, made many improvements to the property, considered in the lease, and want the Standard Oil Com1 pany to pay them the cost of such improvements and damages incurred by them in having to move from their present site to one they deem less desirable. The Greeks feel that they have a just claim, Mr. Gibbs stated, and are in no sense trying to hold-up the Oil Company. In view of the fact that the building has been allowed to stand for several months without condemnatory action being taken, several members of the board stated that to hastily pass a condemnatory order at a time so close to the Oil Company's period of limitation, would be playing into the hands of the Standard Oil Company and would hardly be fair to the Greeks. If the law leaves no recourse except to condemn the building, then the law should be obeyed, one member of the board stated; otherwise he opposed such action at this time and wanted the matter to remain one between the Oil Company and the Puritan Cafe owners, with the town playing hands off. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Connell and Mrs. Timothy Thompson will spend several days this week in Chapel Hill where Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Connell will attend the State Garden School.