accurate, terse I
1 timely
volume^ xxxvii
I Judge Halts
j County (
judge's Expressed Belief Thai
It Would Be Impossible To
Get Impartial Trial Re
sponsible For Delay
|I A IS WITHDRAWN
IH fhanues Mind About Sum
' T r
jjH monini; Special jury r i um
( Another County
) The trial of members of the
Beard of County Commissioners for
failure to carry out recommendations
of grand juries was halted for
this term of court yesterday morning
when Judge Paul Frizzelle ordered
a juror withdrawn and the
case continued.
The expressed belief on the part
of the jurist that due to the prominence
of the men and the office
which they filled it would be imU
possible to get an impartial trial
was responsible for the case being
delayed after two witnesses had
testified
hi stating in court Wednesday
afternoon that he was contemplating
having a special venire summoned
here because he felt that it
would be in the interest of justice
I to do so. Judge Frizzelle said that
I he meant no reflection on either
V members of the board or jurors of
ill this county but in a case of this
I t.vl)e would be impossible to diI
vorce politics from the trial- "It is
just one of those things which canI
not be avoided,'' he said before adI
jouming court until the following
1 morning to think further over the
! I matter.
At the opening of court yesterday
morning Solicitor Tyler asked the
jurist if he desired the special
venire summoned here and the jur<1
ist replied that he had inten"l
tion of doing so the preceeding afs
temoon but after reflecting over
the matter Wednesday night he had
come to the conclusion that ne
should not summon a jury here for
the next term of court since he
would not be here himself and, consequently
he would withdraw a
juror and leave the case open for
the judge who followed him here.
Immediately prior to his decision
Jos. P Pippen, who assists the distrist
solicitor in prosecuting, stated
that he was not in sympathy with
the prosecution because he was
familiar with circumstances surrounding
the case and felt that the
commissioners had done what they
could to carry out the recommendations
of the grand jury. His request
to be excused from the prosecution
was granted by Judge Frizzelle
before the decision was announced
to continue the case.
The development of the case into
what appeared to be a serious trial
of the commissioners came as a
complete surprise to the citizens of
this county, as was evident Wednesday
afternoon when surprise registered
on the faces of those in the
court room as Judge Frizzelle sent
the jury into an anti-room and
made known his views in regard to
I ? ayeuai venire, it nad been iree- j
ly predicted that the state would
take a non-suit since the commissioners
had called an election to
vote for funds for repairing the
The unfavorable conditions at the
jail had been pointed out by Dr.
G H. Macon and W. N- Boyd, as
well as in the reports of several
grand juries which were read by
Mr. Boyd, when Judge Frizzelle reQuested
the jury to retire from the
room and stated that he saw no
advantage in proceeding with the
case unless a jury was selected from
another county or the case was
sent to some other county to be
Seeking to have the case thrown
out of court, Julius Banzet reminded
the jurist that the commissioners
had called an election here for
the purpose of repairing the jail
and that this was defeated by an
overwhelming vote which, he said,
was evident that the majority of
the citizens of the county felt that
the jail was not in as bad condition
as painted by grand juries, that
the people of this county had shown
their faith in t Vl G V\TT
... V44V VWillii*WOiVilVl o WJ
reelected ihem to office repeatedly
and that his observation had been
that grand jury reports were more
0r tess a form which were copies
from one another. "They remind
me>" he said, "of the typical post
Card sent from the beach by also^?st
everyone, reading, 'Having a
ltle time; wish you were here.'"
(Continued on page 8)
I
WAF
Trial Of
Commissioners
I
Queen of Queens,
X '<1
j. P'A'S'
1 LONG BEACH, Cal.. , , . Miss
Gwen Stith of San Pedro, was acclaimed
winner of the first annual
"Queen,of Queens" contest held
| here. The contestants were girls
j .who had previously been chosen
"queens" of various events ?Rodeo,
Beauty and so on.
Tobacco Brings
Good Prices On
Local Market
The Warrenton tobacco market,
which opened last week with prices
pleasing to farmers, has continued
to bring satisfaction to growers as
the market has shown an upward
trend from the open sale when the
weed averaged slightly better than
$24 00 per hundred.
On Wednesday, official figures
reveal, the local market led the entire
middle belt by maintaining an
average of $28.79 per hundred- On j
that day 49,624 ~ pounds were sold
here to bring iarmers $11,z4z.ua.
The official averages of yesterday's
sales on the various markets were
not available here last night.
P. T. A. Holds
First Fall Meeting
The Parent-Teacher Association
held its first meeting of the year |
in the auditorium of the John i
Graham High School on Tuesday
afternoon with a large crowd in attendance
The program, which featured
Modern Trends of Education,
was presided over by Mrs. C. E. Rodwell,
president. At the outset of
the meeting the high school band j
rendered music, and later Miss;
Emalyne Evans, Home Economics!
teacher, discussed her work. Miss
Mary Frances Rodwell, Commercial
teacher, gave a paper on the advantages
of typewriting and short- j
hand, and C. H. Drye, Vocational |
teacher, gave an outline of his work j
in the school. Miss Elba McGowan
gave a review of the Collins Festi- j
. M-Viir-Vi ?rill nrnvirte entertain- ^
V CIX >\ ?? ??? ^ . -v?v
C
ment here the last two weeks in
October and the first two weeks in ^
November- 0
x
The fourth and seventh grades
and Miss Boyd's department in high , f
school were each awarded $1-00 for t
attendance record. This money is ^
to be turned over to the Book Fund c
for the library. |v
Following the afternoon of busi- ,c
ness, and informal tea was given 1
the school faculty in the hall of the f t
building with punch and wafers *
served from an attractive table dec- (t
orated in red dahlias. Mrs- G- H. j ?
Macon and Mrs. H. W. Rodweil I
with other members of the organi- J *
zation assisting. jc
jt
MRS- CONWAY RETURNS 3
Mrs. William Conway, who spent t
several weeks in the mountains of t
North Carolina with her mother, t
Mrs. Katherine P. Arrington, recuperating
from an illnes, return- c
ed to Warrenton with her husband,?
on Sunday. Mr- Conway remained jT
here until Wednesday when he de- ^
parted for his home in Kentucky- ?
Mrs. Arrington is expected to join 3
her daughter here Sunday. t
?
Mr- and Mrs. Howard F- Jones f
and Miss Ann Taylor visited Mrs. <
Mary Mercer in Rocky Mount Wed- 1
nesday afternoon. ?
Mr. Yancey Kerr of Yanceyville
is a guest of his brother, Congress- <
man John H- Kerr. They were vis- ?
litors at Williamsburg, Va., yester- 1
[day.
4
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'renton, county of wai
CRIMINAL TERM "
SUPERIOR COURT
ENDS THURSDAY
30-odd Cases Removed From
Docket In Session of Little
County-Wide InterExcept
Indictments
LOYD FOUND NOT GUILTY
Action Regarding Public Officials
Sets County Buzzing
With Talk
I
The criminal session of the September
ter mof Warren county Superior
court came to a close yesterday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock after
30-odd cases had been removed
trom the docket during a week of
tourt which was of little countyvide
interest with the exception of
the indictments against members of \
the Board of County Commission- ,
;rs and the Register of Deeds. \
The action in regard to the pub- i
ic officials set the county buzzing i
.^ii. x?ii- 1 x. iii.ii- is - " ?
>vmi i/cuti, uui nine iime oi me |1
;ourt was lost on these cases nor |
vere they heard by a crowd which <
iver-taxed the seating and standing i
:apacity of the court room. The <
ibsence of many from the temple of <
justice when these cases came up t
;o be heard was attributed to the <
'act that the cases came as a surprise
to many. <
As a general thing the wheels of 1
justice moved rapidly during this <
;erm of court without much ado in <
;he presence of a crowd lighter than i
usually present for court weekBuck
Loyd's case probably was '
leard by more people and required 1
nore time for its disposal than any
if the other indictments. After
nore than a day of court he was
iound not guilty on a charge of 1
arceny which was booked against ?
lim as the result of between eight ?
md nine hundred pounds of tobac- 7
:o having been stolen from Alex
January. \
Charlie Hunt and H- D. Weldon 1
lubmitted to a charge of forgery i
md were each given a sentence in f
State Prison of from three to five ?
rears which was suspended upon
he condition that they meet with *
he terms in the following judgnent:
"It appearing to the court '
hat full restitution has been made
md that neither defendant has a
iriminal record, sentence is sus>ended
upon payment of court costs
ind the condition that they remain
if good behavior for five years, and
lpon the further condition that ?
leither shall be discovered in the c
lightest degree intoxicated-"
The case against J. W. Carroll of .
his town, in which he was charg- .
id with arson in connection with
he burning of the Powell building
lere several months ago, where he
ormerly operated a restaurant, was
hrown out of court after several of
he state's witnesses had testified. .
The Winkler case which had al- i
eady been tried several times, was
:ontinued until the January term- 5
rhe two young men of Virginia, r
nho are charged with robbing the ^
>wan Sandwich Shop and Beer s
Sarden at Norlina, are out of jail
in bond- e
Clinton Robertson faced trial in e
our separate bills of indictment,
* - " -1 -J V, i +
nree 01 which cnaigeu nmi w?u i
iox car breaking, entering and re- t
eiving, and the other with assault t
irith intent to kill. On the assault t
harge he was sentenced to State f
'rison for ten years. As a part of t
his sentence the court ruled as
ollows: "Evidence tends to show a
hat the defendant is of low intelli- c
fence. The court orders that the
>risoner be examined by prison c.ficials
and be dealt with as a result
if the examination. On the other
hree charges he was given a five
'ear sentence in each case which is
o be suspended upon the condition 1
hat he remain of good behavior af- p
er serving the 10-year sentence. i
Furman Hobbs also had four ]
:ases booked against him as the re- (
:ult of box car robberies at Norlina t
vhich resulted in a shooting scrape 3
vith railroad detectives- On an as- I
;ault charge he was given ten 1
/ears in State Prison and in the ?
hree charges of breaking, entering t
md larceny he was given five years \
:ach, to be suspended upon the
londition that he remain of good
jehavior after serving the 10-year
;entence. (
C. B. Medlin pleaded guilty to a 11
;harge of breaking and entering j1
ind was sentenced to the roads for J s
;hree years- He entered a plea of (i
(Continued an Page 8) \<
irrpu
IREN, N. C. FRIDAY, SEP!
Inspect W
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Picture of the 49 farmers of W
panied County Agent Bob Bright (
enjoyed a fish fry at the home of
REPAIR JAIL OR SI
TO ANOTHER
RECOMMEN
Recognizing the efforts made b;
;he County Commissioners to rem
;dy the "deplorable'' conditions a
-1 o TTrUi/i'l
jLLV Jfclll llliuu&u a wuliu ioouc vvmw
Eailed to carry, the grand jury ii
its report to Judge Frizzelle lat
Wednesday afternoon recommendei
ihat the county spend $5,000 a
mce, if possible, to relieve in par
;he conditions and that if unable to
io so that all white prisoners b
sent elsewhere for safe keeping an*
;hat the jail be used for one rac
)nly.
The investigating body also rec
immended that an annual audit b
nade of each county office and tha
2ach office be required to publisl
quarterly a statement of receipt
md disbursements of that officeThe
report, which was highl
commended by Judge Frizzellf
reads as follows:
Warrenton, N. 0.
September Term, 1937,
Superior CourtBfon.
J- Paul Frizzelle,
Judge Presiding,
September Term Superior Court:
if our Honor:
We, the Grand Jury for the Sep
;ember term of Superior Court o
iVarren County, desire to make th
following eport of duties perform
:d by this body while empaneled a
i jury:
We have carefully and diligentl:
:xamined witnesses and passei
Skillman Asks
Poultry Exhibits
Be Made Earl}
Stating that poultry exhibiting i
lomething new here, E. A. Skillman
lirector of the poultry exhibit fo:
he county fair, suggests in the fol
owing article that plans for exhib
ting birds be made early in orde:
hat the fair promoters may knov
vhat to expect:
"Poultry exhibiting is something
lew to us, surely new to the di
ector. Let us all work togethe:
ind plan early- At the presen
ime eighty lineal feet of shelving
s ready for coops.
"Please see or communicate witl
rour director as soon as possible ir
egard to your individual plans. W<
rery much wish to know how mucl
pace will be required"We
believe it is the business o:
ixhibitors to furnish coops equipp
id with feed and drink dishes.
"The management plans to hav<
wenty-five plain box coops twen
y inches high, two feet wide anc
welve inches deep, with front o:
wo-inch mesh poultry netting
loor extending six inches in fronl
o support feed and drink dishes"These
will be available to first
irrivals in order of arrival on Monlay,
October 4."
Rev. Buff aloe To
Preach At Littletor
A. R. Buffaloe of the Union Theoogical
Seminary in Richmond wil
>reach at the Presbyterian churcl
n Littleton on Sunday morning ai
.1 o'clock and at Gruver Memoria
Church at 7:30 o'clock on Sunday
ivenlng, announcement was mad(
yesterday by the Rev. Reese Jen
:ins- Mr. Buffaloe Is pleasantly
emembered at Littleton where h<
tssisted in the tent meeting helc
here last fall. The public is incited
to be him again.
PROLIFIC SOWS
Pigs were being born in rapi<
)rder and large quantities at thi
'arm of Prof G. E. Cheek of th<
Wise Training School this week- Hi
:aid that one sow dropped 17 pig:
ind within 24 hours four droppet
11.
Smo
PEMBER 24, 1937 Subsi
arren Farms
rarren County who last week accoma
tour of farms of the county and
Nathanial Macon- Story on page 3.
END PRISONERS
UL, GRAND JURY
DS IN FULL REPORT
y upon all bills presented to us by the
- solicitor.
t COUNTY HOME: Through a
i committee we have visited the couni
ty home and find the inmates very
e [ well cared for. They seem well cari
ed for and contented- We find that
t recommendations made by the May
t' grand jury have not been carried
0 [ out in respect to repairing roof on
e main building and screening in place
3 J used for the washing and airing
e of eating and cooking utensils used
by the inmates- This jury recom
mends that this condition be given
e prompt attention. We further rect
ommend that a shed room be built
1 adjacent to the power plant builds
ing for the storage of oil and kerosene,
rather than the present sysy
tern of storing these items with food
i, supplies.
SCHOOLS: A committee has examined
the office and records of
the Superintendent of Schools, and
finds them in excellent condition.
We have made careful inquiry into
the condition of busses and find
them in a very high state of efficipncv
Wp finrl however, that at
.??. ... ?, , ?
"' present the bus repair shop is not
* sufficient to care for more than one
e bus at the time and we recommend
- that a repair shop and storage
s house be built on property owned
by the school system, situated at
y Warren Plains- We find that the
i (Continued on Page 5)
Jail Breaker
Eludes All Search
? By Local Officers
s Officers have been unsuccessful
i, in their efforts to apprehend Albert
r Jones, who escaped from the War
ren county jail last Friday night
- by sawing his way out of his cell
r and then cutting the bars to an up7
stairs window through which he
lowered himself to the ground on
I blankets he took out of his quar
tersr
Jones is alleged to have obtained
t the hack-saw blade by tearing his
I blanket into strips and casting the
improvised rope on the outside of
i the wire enclosure where some one
i attached the blade.
J Another prisoner in the hallway
i of the jail saw Jones as he sawed
his way to freedom but was afraid
f to give the alarm, it was sttaed, be
cause the fleeing man threatened to
kill him if he opened his mouth.
- As soon as the prisoner left the
- jail the young negro shouted the i
1 alarm. Bloodhounds were brought
f here but failed to pick up the scent '
> of the prisoner.
t Jones was being held in jail to
face a trial in Superior court on a
t charge of stealing chickensCo-operative
Club
Formed At Graham
i
' A Co-operative Club was organiz
ed at John Graham high school on
" ' "* *i.t- 1 ?* ?wAw.f?fli.eV?in TNfl" 1CQ 1
| rnaay witu migc manuciomy. m*mw
11 Katherine White Parker was elect- -1
1 ed president and Miss Kitty Wilson l
t was elected secretary and treasurer
1 of the organization. Business for
7 the school year was discussed.
l <
- TAKES TURTLE TO SCHOOL
7 Children of the John Graham
' High School were given a close-up i
i; of wild life on Thursday when i
- Henry Bryant Creech carried Sam- ]
J bo, his turtle, to school with him. 1
:The pet turtle of the young student
I was minutely inspected by his class1
mates?.
i
;, DR. GIBBS RETURNS 1
2' Dr. J. T. Gibbs has returned to i
s Warrenton after spending several '
i months with his children in Pelham, '
Sanford and Fayetteville. ,?
%
$?**
:ription Price, $1.50 a Year
Sam Allen Is.
As Regii
Court Permits Former Regis
Hand In Resignation After
Of Malfeasance; Grand
For Better Behavior
Bond Issue For
Jail Is Swamped
By Adverse Vote
The bond issue voted on Tuesday
to determine whether $20,000 should
be spent in repairing the county
jail was defeated by an overwhelming
majority whn 824 persons went
to the polls and 665 of these expressed
their opinion as being
against the issuance of bondsIn
one of the most listless elecHrmc
urhiph has hppn held in this
county in years, perhaps ever, 159
voters cast their ballots in favor of
the issuance of the bonds in the
election which was called by the
Board of County Commissioners after
members of this body had been
indicted for not carrying out recommendations
of grand juries in regard
to repairing the jail, which
has been labeled "inadequate, unsafe,
unsanitary and unfit for use."
Not a single precinct voted in
favor of the issuance of the bonds,
although the vote was close in
Shocco where eight ballots were cast
for the bond issue and nine against.
In Pishing Creek sentiment also appeared
to be closely divided, there
being 25 votes for the bond issue
and 29 against.
In Ronanoke township there was
not a single vote cast in favor of
the bonds- Twenty-one ballots were
cast against themFollowing
is the vote which was
cast in the various precincts:
For Againt
Sixound 7 56
R.ivor- 8 111
Hawtree 3 91
Smith Creek 3 18
Nutbush 3 27
Sandy Creek 4 8
Shocco 8 9
Fishing Creek 25 29
Judkins 13 70
W. Warrenton 33 69
Fork 11 48
Roanoke 0 21
Nor Una 5 60
E. Warrenton 36 48
Card Tournament
Nets Truck Funds
The tournament held at the Library
on Tuesday evening, which
was sponsored by the Warrenton
Reading Club for the bentfit of the
Book Truck, was declared by all
who attended, a huge success. Miss
Mabel Davis, with Misses Olivia
Burwell and Dorothy Walters and
Mrs- Alpheus Jones, welcomed the
guests at the door. Eighty guests
enjoyed contract-bridge, set-back
onH onanm-ams. the latter being
held in the library; the cards were
played in the basement. Both places
were elaborately decorated in lovely
fall flowers- Ladies high score prize
for contract, a bowl of bulbs, given
by Miss Mabel Davis, Librarian,
was won by Miss Elizabeth Boyd.
Mr- John Mitchell received a leather
bill folder as gentleman's high
score prize. This was given by Mr.
W- T. Polk- A cake of Ivory soap
was left with Mrs. W. R- Boyce as
the floating prize. Mr. H. P- Reid
won a deck of cards for playing setback,
and Mrs. O- I. Hinson was
successful in anagrams and received
a potted plant, donated by Miss
Olivia Burwell, president of the
Reading Club. An ice course was
served during the evening. Twenty
dollars was cleared. This has been
increased to $25 since the entertainment
by friends of the library
who were unable to be present or
failed to take a table on Tuesday
tiight.
EPISCOPAL SERVICES
Holy Communion will be celebrated
at Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Sunday morning at 8 o'clock and
Morning Prayer will be held at 11
o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Wagner announced
yesterday- Services will be
held at Good Shepherd Church at
1 o'clock in the afternoon, he said.
' EYELESS CHICKEN
A two-day old chicken with no
eyes was exhibited here Wednesday
by Hughley Spruill, negro of Marmaduke.
Unbroken skin, mostly covered
by fuzz, was across each side
of the young bird's head where the
eyes are normally found.
||?0F THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
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NUMBER 39
Appointed
$ter of Deeds
ter of Deeds Joe Powell To
He Had Been Found Guilty
Jury's Recommendation
In Office Disregarded
MRS. POWELL IS DEPUTY
Allen Chosen From ^List Of
Ten Candidates; Chair
man Breaks Tie
Sam E. Allen of Axtelle was on
Wednesday morning appointed Register
of Deeds for Warren county
by the Board of County Commissioners
in called session to fill the
vacancy caused in this office when
Joseph C. Powell resigned on Tuesday
afternoon after having been
found guilty by Judge Paul Frizzelle
of malfeasance.
Mr- Allen was appointed from a
list composed of ten candidates to
serve until the next general election.
Upon suggestion of the board
he appointed Mrs. Joseph Powell,
who has been assisting in the office
for several months, as his deputy
for the present and went to
work immediately. An unusually
large number of persons here volunteered
to go on his bond until
this matter could be taken care of
by a bonding company.
In the removal procedure Judge
Frizzelle told Mr- Powell that evidence
that he had been repeatedly
intoxicated in office left no alternative
but resignation. Mr. Powell
turned in his resignation at once
and the jurist authorized the Board
of County Commissioners to ap
point a successor.
A grand jury at the January
term of court recommended that
Mr. Powell, who was Register of
Deeds for nine years, "conduct his
office with more dignity and with
dignity expected of his office-" At
the May term of court another
grand jury reported that he had
not carried out the former recommendations
of the former body and
Mr. Powell was Indicted upon order
of Judge Henry A. Grady, presiding
here at that time.
Among the witnesses wno were
called upon to testify in the case
were Sheriff W. J- Pinnell, Norman
Newell, Edward Allen, Frank Banzet,
William Polk, and William
Burroughs.
When the commissioners met
here Wednesday morning they went
into executive session and accepted
Mr. Powell's resignation, after which
they adjourned for 30 minutes- Later
they went into executive session and
appointed Mr. Allen from the following
list of candidates: Edward
Duke of New York, son of Howard
Duke of this county, C. A. Williams
of Smith Creek, Sam E. Allen of
Axtelle, Moses L- Cole of Littleton,
Robert D. Scott, at present of Raleigh,
Vernon Brown of Vaughan, L.
O- Robertson, D. L- Robertson and
James C. Moore, all of Warrenton,
and Jasper Shearin of Churchill.
The contest for the office was
close between Mr- Scott and Mr.
Allen, each receiving two votes- The
tie was broken in favor of Mr. Allen
by Chairman Burroughs. Mr. Allen
was nominated by Mr- Powell and
the motion was seconded by MrCapps.
Mr. Scott was nominated by
Mr. King and Mr- Wall seconded
the motion. After the tie had been
broken the commissioners gave Mr.
Allen an unanimous vote.
McGuire Goes To
South Hill Market
M. C- McGuire, who for years
represented the American Tobacco
Company on Warrenton warehouse
floors, will leave next week for
South Hill, Va., where he will represent
his company. He has been replaced
here by Tom Trayham of
South Boston, VaSince
leaving the Fairmont market
several week Mr- McGuire has
been station on the Oxford market
awaiting the opening of the markets
in Virginia. Mrs. McGuire will
Ko rrHfVi Viim nn t.hp South Hill
market but present plans are to
keep their home here open.
C. OF C- TO MEET
The Children's Chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
will meet with the Mises
Nancy and Jane Peete on Friday
afternoon at 4 o'clock, Miss Katherine
Reid, secretary, announced
yesterday.
Mr. John L- Skinner of Littleton
was here yesterday.
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