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Ml ACCURATE, terse I TIMELY jjtHiitd TRIAL 7 I DRAWS CROWDS (^unien!.- Completed Thurs-L I'dii? Afternoon; Judge To L M Charge Jury Today l{ sl'ECIAL VENIRE DRAWN J C0Ujijvl in tiie Ted Terrell mur-l. lias been in pro-1 der case. since Tuesday afternnon witn ins,lu sessions, completed ' arguments yesterday after '-In around t o'clock and court ad n-'-'ieu until ilus morning when jud'4 Clan son Williams will deliver 4 1 j!'!'charge .c the jury which was t sTecied irom a special venire of 75 J "||i summoned on Alcnday after-1 la,.:i mid night to appear here on I jaesaav morning to decide the fate I j ci [jie young Vance county man I ' nilom tiro state is seeking to con-I. net of first degree murder as a re-1 of the fatal shooting cf Andrew! smcli . also of Vance county, at Ir Simon i Bad-eye) Whit's service I' suticii near .\urlina on the night 11 0f March 7. 1937, I ^ Although trie state is asking fot I a first degree murder verdict, it is ! c fspivtiii tha: Judge Williams willL charge tire jury that under \he law j ;hey have a right to return a ver-I M x: of fust degree, second degree, I aiausiattgliter or "not guilty." I Tin case was tried at the May I kra last year and Terrell was sen-! lenceci t; ihe penitentiary for 20 Is years after a jury had convicted lt I of second degree murder. An Is appeal was noted at the time and I1 ;i:e Supreme court granted the de-lv fendant a new trial mainly on thelJ I grctmcs that Judge Grady, who was! I presiding at that time, erred in his|J I charge to the jury. Appeal bond! was set at $.'0,000. I With a special venire summoned! for the trial and an unusuaiiy array of counsel for both the state and the defendant, the case has at- ^ traded unusual in.erest as crowds 1 have taxed the seating and standing " capacity of the c-urt room day and night to hear the witnesses testify and lister, to attorneys fight their ? battle over evidence and make their 1 arguments to the jury. s o Arguments started Wednesday afternoon and ran through until ^ yesterday atternoon with a nigh: session on Wednesday night for two of the lawyers to make their addresses. A night session was also held on Tuesday night. p The defendant is represented by Bar,zet A: Banzet, John Kerr, Jr., n ar.d W. H. Yarborough of Louisburg. f ,u. i. . tho nrrkCPP.il iiJJiJUllS} lilt Clcllv 111 HIV :ion are William Taylor, Jr., and u Gholson & Gholson of Henderson. 0 According to the testimony, Ancretv Knight, a yung man of Henderson who weighed approximately a 110 pounds, and Jeff c Chicken) L Davis left Henderson on .he after- 11 toon of March 7 and rode to Whit s s station. After being there for some ? time. Ted Terrell, young man who "*eighs approximately 140 pounds, s ad who had been living at a cabin a at the service station for about two ' eeks. came to the service station. Knight and Terrell were brother:;- J in-latv and after their meeting in the service station the two of them n eft and rode to Henderson where 'key visited a man named Abbott. v Leaving Henderson they returned r w me service tation where they s tod some drinks. 1 A quarrel deveicped and Knight a W Terrell about the throat and rsack of his head with a pocket- 0 knife t Following the fracas, Knight took Etrell in his car and carried him ( Korlina in search of Dr. Foster. liable to locate the home of the r'ina physician, Knight then cart,sS the wounded man back to tie ^rvice stno . WVU1. J "Chicken Davis was then ca.llsd t Won to take Terrell to a doctor. r Carts s art'd out with him, but in- ^ stead of going to see a physician, ^ Datis. who claimed that his lie ** threatened with a bottle, drcve ' to the home of James Alston, negro. v.hcre Terrell attempted ' 15 horrow a gun. Told by Alston that he did not * d.e a gun, Terrell and Davis then 0Ve to the home of Ed Goodman, ' 'here he had previously stayed, and 'here he broke into the house, ;>e(Coniinued on Page 8) T'NDEItGOES OPERATION ( Card White, who recently under- \ 'tnt an operation at Paris Memorial Hospital. Portsmouth, Va-, is recupla.ing at his mother's home near I frtsmouth. Mrs. White who re- < ed with him for two weeks has t return; d to Warrenton. 1 m WARI Approximate^ 250 Name,! Added Registrat ion Books Registration books in the foureen voting precincts of Warren I :ounty closed on Seturday with apircxima.ely 250 new names added o the list of poteritial voters. Claude Haithcock, chairman of I he Warren Countj' Board of Elecions, said that while the exact lumber of new names added to the i looks had not beer, ascertained, re- I >orts coming from all precinc.s iniicated that mere than the usual lumber of persons had registered to :articipate in the primary of June i .. He estimated ttie number at be- 1 ween 200 and 250. Mr. Haithcock said that he knew 1 if no particular reason for the in- ' rease in registration this" year uness younger persons are taking nore interest in jxjlitics than was 1 he case in years past. Despite the fact that many new lames have been added to the books, he vote Saturday week is not exacted to be unusually large. Those tell versed in politics point out that here is not as much interest in the ' /ixiiiaiy mio jtfti ao vu WMU.I WW :asions due to the fact that all of hose holding public office in War- 1 en county do net have opposition, ' ,nd, too, there is no gubernatorial 1 ace this year to bring out a large ' ote. ' In the heated campaign of 1936 iround 3,300 persons went to the , lolls to cast their ballots. The conensus of opinion among politicians s that hardly more than 2,800 votes fill be cast in the primary of ^ une 4. , 3roject To Beautify ] County Cemeteries 1 Approved By WPA j . < A county-wide WPA project to < eautify and improve cemeteries < las been approved, but work of this < ature will not be s.arted until after ( be end of this fiscal year, Miss .ucy Leach, county welfare officer, tated this week after receiving a ?tter from H. M. Lilly Jr., field < upervisor out of the Henderson < nice. Miss Leach said that for some ' ime she had been trying to get such project approved and that while lr. Lilly had sanctioned it he had written "it is inadvisable to start a roject of this sort so near the end f the fiscal year." Efforts will be lade to get the project started as ocn as possible after July 1, Miss each said. The welfare officer also stated: Of course we are very anxious that very one get private employment then it is possible to do so, but if ny one in any part of the county i in need of work and can find wne, we think it best for this peron to come to the welfare office ny Wednesday afternoon between he hours of 1 and 4 o'clock to ign-up with the employment office nd then make application in the telfare office. This referral is sent o the WPA office and if accepted he applicant will be notified to go o work. These referred to wm .rust be of relief status." Miss Leach said there are many leedy people in the countj', with 10 plans for the coming year, inufficient food and often sick. Cases leeding aid at present, she said, re: One white woman with no uoney needs teelh pulled; two colred women with no money have to lave insulin every week. jraveley To Hold Memorial Services Littleton, May 26.?Hon. L. L. Jraveley of Rocky Mount will hold Memorial Day Services at the Bap ist Church in Littleton Sunday light at 8 o'clock. The exercises J tre sponsored by the American ' jegicn Auxiliary- 1 Mr. Gravely is prominent in the * tlethodist Churchman, chairman of 1 he Board of Directors State Sani- ' orium for Tuberculosis, is largely esponsible for the establishment? of j he Western Hospital for Tubercu- 1 osis at Black Mountain, and State 1 senator. i TO HOLD SERVICES j Rev. L. L. Kent of St. Paul's 1 Church in Louisburg will hold ser dees at Emmanuel Church Sunday. DAUGHTER BORN Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Haith :ock of Badin on May 19. a daugh ;er, Neysa. Mr. Haithcock was fornerly of this county. >0 lir Hi JENTON, COUNTY OF WAI Her flays record editor Objects To Attacks By Palmer; Does Not Like Position Taken By Paper CANCELS "SUBSCRIPTION Resenting the policy of The Warren Record in publishing as either free matter or in paid space articles signed by a citizen in which attacks are made upon officials of the county and taking particular offense to a political advertisement carried in this paper last week in which John B. Palmer, citing records from the court house, inferred that he had been granted a special privilege while serving as a member of the Board of County Commissioners, John L. Skinner of Littleton, secretary-treasurer of the State Association of County Commissioners, airs his grievances in a written article this week and requested that his paper be canceled. In addition to condemning the paper for donating or selling space 'to certain persons seeking to injure my reputation by publishing matter that was either misleading ;r false," Mr. Skinner orally accused this newspaper of never mentioning the honors paid him by the state Dr giving him credit for the work le has done in an effort to better conditions in Warren County and throughout North Carolina. Accusing Mr. Banzet of receiving mere than the law allowed in tax foreclosure procedings, Mr. Palmer nade the following reference to Mr. Skinner in his political advertiseneni last week: "Warren County vs. \rthur Barnes and wife, Hadie D. 3arnes: "On account of $3.44 t*xes. On mction of Julius Banzet, Atty. 'or county, 2 lots River townshipstruck out in tax foreclosure for ?26.87. Report of sale to J. L. Skinner, then County Commr., May 23, 1932. No costs taxed in bill of ios:s as shown by record'." Mr. Skinner's article follows: "Littleton, N. C. "May 26, 1938. 'Mr. Howard Jones, Editor, Warren Record, 'Warrenton, N. C. uear Mr. jones; "I read with considerable interest n your last week's issue that I am ;he proud owner of two valuable ots in the town of Littleton, pur:hased from Warren County for vhich I have never paid. "I do not know what the record ihows but I do know that I never )ought the lots referred to nor any >.her lots in the town of Littleton >r anywhere else except one fornerly owned by an ex-slave of my amily, one Bob Skinner, col. If it s necessary for me to go into deails with reference to the purchase if this property they are as followsrhe town of Littleton had sold this ot for six years past due taxes, the Jcunty of Warren had sold the ;ame property for past due taxes or five years. To prevent the loss >f the property to our servant I jaid ALL accumulated taxes, costs, penalties and interest and took itle to same. I immediately wrote )ld Aunt Ella Skinner that I had protected her interest in the mat;er and that if at any time she ranted to return home that she ihculd have her home back upon he payment of the accumulated ;axes and costs. I also stated to ler that if she was unable 'to pay die amount I had paid for her that [ would give her a home in the louse for the rest of her life and vould see to it that her taxes were laid each year and I would retain ;itle to the place. I loaned 'this old reman the money upon several oclasions to pay her taxes and I think hat I had a perfect right to do this "avor for her if I wanted to do so. [f there is any question in the nind of anyone of my right to in sure a home for an ex-slave ot my family I will thank you to tell them ;o bring their complaint to me in person and they will be told a plenty. "I will state further that if any person, newspaper or other agency Insinuates that I ever failed to pay for anything that I purchased anywhere or at any time from anybody ihey do not tell the truth. I state igain that I did not buy the Barnes lot, I did not receive any deed for same and hence did not pay for it. Is that clear? "On more than one occasion you have either sold or donated space in your paper to certain persons seeking to injure my reputation by publishing matter that was either (Continued on page 3) mn\ IREN, N. C. FRIDAY, MA\ I Sand Hogs Meet B l^'V: ^ ^!-.; v *.. >* % * ??#?ls Hundreds of feet below the waters the Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel is York and New Jersey. The tunnel one-way. /The south tube is aireac completed next year. As a climax 1 hog crews from each shore meet ne Plaster Falls, Woman - i . Kiot Uccurs At L,our No Injury Results 1 Falling plaster which sounded like the explosion of a shotgun, accompanied by the scream of a woman, alarmed hundreds of spectators in the court room on Wednesday afternoon and brought about a state of temporary confusion as many spectators in the back hallway of [ the building raced down the stairway with the belief in mind that | the floor was giving away under the unusually heavy load of humanity which occupied practically all sp>ace in the Temple of Justice to hear the arguments in the Ted Terrell j ! murder case. Three C. M. T. C. Vacancies In County ,itr Warren County boys desiring to attend the Citizens Military Training Camp to be held at Fort Bragg from June 10 vi Juiy ia uiuuiu make application at once, a news release from Fort .Bragg states. According to information received here five young men of this county have already qualified for attendance at the camp this year, which leaves only three vacancies to be filled from Warren countyThe boys who have qualified for this 'training are Joseph Lee Harrelson, Norlina; Menaclus Haywood Aycock, Warrenton; John Edward Adams, Manson; 3am Williams Pinnell, Warrenton; Thomas Kincaide Harrelson, Norlina. Young men between the ages of seventeen and twenty-nine desiring ' attendance at the camp are request- 1 ed to make application with the C. M. M. C. Officer at Fort Bragg or to 1 get in touch with Major C. T. Bowers of Warrenton who is county chairman for Warren. The following physicians have volunteered to examine prospective ' trainees free of charge: Dr. H. H. Poster, Norlina; Dr. L. H. Justis, Littleton; Dr. W. D. Rodgers, Warrenton. Littleton Scouts Win Camp Honors ' Littleton, May. 26?The Birch Tree Boy Scout Patrol went on a camping trip to Camp Balance Rock, Friday May 20 and Saturday, May 21. Two cars took Scoutmaster Rev. Rees Jenkins with the Little- ! ton Scouts: Rees Jenkins, Jr., Billy ! Palmer, Bobby Patterson, James Leach, James Myrick, Robert Thomas Currin, Jack Perkinson, Rudolph Topping, Leigh Glasgow, and two Warrenton scouts, Fitzhugh Read and Bill Davis. Littleton competed in all of the I contests and won the relay race, | the clean-up camp grounds, and cabin, the compass, the stunt, and I the personal appearance. Littleton won first place in the camp and received the first prize which was a fine Scout axe. Four other troops besides the Littleton troop were there. BAPTIST SERVICES Special services will be held at the Warren'ton Baptist Church on Sunday morning ajt 11 o'clock and at the Macon Baptist Chinch on Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. The services will tie conducted by the pastor, Rev. R. E. Brickhouse. ' too: ' 27, 1938 Snbsci elow The Hudson of the Hudson the north tube ol "holed through" to connect. New is designed with two tubes', each iy in use. The north one will be ;o the two-year digging job, sand:ar center of the river bed. Screams, And Near t House Yesterday; To Any One As Result The scream came from Mrs. Kearney, court stenographer, as plastering fell from the ceiling to the floor and on furniture in the Clerk of Court's office where she was sitting at the time. As the crowd started pouring down the back steps they were met and stopped by Chief of Police Jack Scott, who happened to be standing near the Clerk's office when the crash occurred. No damage was done to either Mrs. Kearney or the Clerk's office and order was soon restored in the court house. Singing Class To Appear At Norlina The Oxford Orphange Singing Class will give a concert in the auditorium of the Norlina High School on Thursday evening, June 2, at 8 o'clock, Harry Walker announced this week. Mr. Walker said that an entirely new program consisting of music, songs, drills and rhythm band had been prepared and that he is hoping a large crowd will be on hand to enjoy the entertainment. There will be no admission charge but an offering will be taken. Memorial Services For War Veterans Deceased World War veterans of Warren county will be remembered on Sunday, Memorial Day, when their graves are to be decorated by members of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary. The Legion is requesting that all those who have flowers which they would like to give for this purpose to bring them to the court house Dn Sunday afternoon by 2:30 o'clock in order that they may be carried to the graves throughout the county by the comjnittees. Those who have flowers to donate but are without means of getting them to the court house are asked to get in touch with Mrs. A. 0. Blalock. d_ii. t? I Ulli l u lycuvti Address At ECTC Greenville, May 26.?Mayor William T. Polk of Warrenton will deliver the commencement address at East Carolina Teachers College on Monday morning, June 6. Dr. Samuel McPh. Glasgow, pastor of the Independent Presbyterian Church, Savannah, Ga., will preach the baccalaureate sermon. DAUGHTERS AND JUNIORS TO HOLD JOINT PICNIC Norlina, May 26?The Daughters of America and the Jr. O. A. M. will have a joint picnic supper a't Brauer's Spring near Bishop's Filling Station on the Warrenton and Norlina Highway Thursday, June 2, at 6:45 p. m. Every Junior is expected to bring his wife, and every D. of A. is expected to bring her husband or his wife. Each family is requested to bring a basket. Mr. and Mrs- J. P. Scoggin returned on Wednesday from a visit of several days to their daughter, Miss Ann Palmer Scoggin, at Boston. rw?" i *t?*',sw iption Price, $1.?>0 a Year Board Case Is Reopenei Durham Negro Found Guilty On Stick-Up Charge James R- Redmand, dudish negro, wiiom Pink Rodwell, negro of Norlina, identified as the man who held him up at the point of a pistol on the afternoon of Jan uary 8 as he left the Warrenton post office and robbed him of $80.00 he had received from a money order, was convicted of highway robbery by a jury on Tuesday. Sentence had not been passed last night by Judge Clawson Williams who is presiding over this term of Warren County Superior court. Although Redmand denied the charge and brought witnesses here from Pitt county who testified that he was there at the time the crime was committed, Rodweil remained firm in his identification and told of accompanying Sheriff W. J. Pinnell to Durham where he identified Redmand from a group of pictures and later picked him out from several prisoners who had been brought him from the cells of the Durham jail for him to look over. Rodwell's wife accompanied him to Durham and she, too, identified Redmand as the man who came to her husband's home on the afternoon of the robbery. Sheriff Pinnell stated that Redmand's physical appearance and the clothes he wore when he was taken in custody at Durham on suspicion fitted with the description of the man given him on the afternoon of the robbery by Rodweil. It was brought out in court that the defendant was of a nomadic nature and as he roved about the country he had been convicted of crooked dice charges. His name has also been linked with a gang of flimflam artists working out of Durham. He was in a poker game when taken in custody on suspicion by Durham officers for Sheriff Pinnell. The Redmand case, which started on Monday afternoon and developed into a long drawn out affair, was 'trie urst indictment iu gu ueivi c a i jury for a verdict. After this trial i attorneys started their task of selecting jurors from a special venire of 75 men to try the Ted Terrelll murder case which has occupied the attention of court since Tuesday at noon. The charge of breaking, entering and larceny which has been booked against J. D. and D. M. Winkler, brothers of Virginia, since April, 1936, when the Swan Sandwich Shop and Beer Garden at Norhna was broken into and robbed was removed from the trial docket by the state taking a nol pros with leave. The state also took a nol pros with leave in the case against members of the Board of County Commissioners, charged with failure to carry out Grand Jury recommendaI tions. but on Wednesday afternoon when Judge Williams learned from the Grand Jury report of this court that all the recommendations had not been carried out he ordered the case reopened. A case against Whiv Perry, charged with breaking, entering and larceny, was continued under former order, and the charge of trespass booked against W. A. Powell was removed from the docket, judgment having been complied with. REV. KENT TO PREACH AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH SUNDAY Rev. L F. Kent, rector of St. Paul's Church at Louisbimg, will officiate and preach at the 11 o'clock service in Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Sunday morning, the Rev- Mr. Wagner announced yesterday. At 8 o'clock Sunday morning Holy Communion will be celebrated in the local church and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon evening prayer will be conducted at Good Shepherd, Ridgeway, the rector stated. The public is invited to at-! tend these services. TO ARRIVE TODAY Congressman and Mrs. John H. Kerr are expected to arrive today from Washington, D. C. Judge Kerr is scheduled to deliver a commencement address in Bertie county tonight. DAUGHTER BORN Born to Mr- and Mrs. J. D. Odom of Areola a daughter, Matilda Jane, ' on May 12th. ^OST OF THE NEWS I ALL THE TIME NUMBER 21 Ordered i By Williams Nol Pros Granted Earlier In Week, But Grand Jury's Report Causes Change JURY IS NOT SATISFIED mvin nncn nnnincf TV?omhora of thfl A lie ecuDC aenuiov w* Board of County Commissioners charging them with failure to carry out Grand Jury recommendations was ordered re-opened on Wednesday by Judge Clawson Williams when he received from the Grand Jury serving at this term its report which states that the former recommendations had not been satisfactorily carried out. Earlier in the week Judge Williams had granted a nol pros with leave after learning that the county jail, which was condemned by several Grand Juries as being unsafe, unsound, and unsanitary, had been j repaired since 'the last session of court here. The original indictment was drawn against members of the I Board of County Commissioners at the May term of court last year upon instruction from Judge Henry A. Grady, presiding here at that time, when he learned that former recommendations in regard to the jail and other matters had not been complied with. Unable to borrow the necessary money to carry out the proposed improvements, the commissioners called an election to vote on a $20,000 bond issue l'or altering and remodeling the jail. The issue was defeated by an overwhelming majority of votes. Recognizing the effort made by the commissioners to remedy the situation, the Grand Jury at the | September term, of court recommended that the board spend $6,000 at once, if possible, to relieve 'the_ conditions. The board then secured bids on plans which met with state requirements and borrowed $5,000 to have the work done. The Job was recently completed and approved by the state authorities at a total cost to the county of around $6,000, the other thousand being taken out of the general fund. The Grand Jury serving at this term pointed out that while it found the jail proper in a much improved condition and fairly satisfactory, certain recommendations of the former Grand Jury, such as replacing iron bars with steel bars, had not been carried out and that windows and screens be installed In the I jailer's quarters. The present report also stated that recommendations formerly made in regard to painting and re| pairs at the County Home had not j been carried out, nor had a repair I shop for school buses been erected as recommended by two former Grand Juries. Commenting on the report yesterday, William H. Burroughs, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, slated that the recommendations in regard to the County Home and school bus garage had not been carried out due to the fact that the county did not have the money to do so, but that "these items would be included in the budget for next year. He said that the court was informed to this effect at the last session and 'that bids have already been received for the garage and have been called for to make the improvements at the PAMnttr Wnmo The report in full follows: "Hon. Judge Clawson Williams, "Judge Presiding, "May Term of Superior Court. "Your Honor, "We, the Grand Jury of the May term Superior Court of Warren County, make the following report of the duties performed by us while I acting as a Jury. "We have carefully examined all witnesses and passed upon all bills presented to us by the Solicitor. "We visited the following places by committee and find: "PRISON CAMP: We find the sanitary conditions in general to be satisfactory, the prisoners comfortable and well pleased. "COUNTY HOME: We find at the County Home that the painting of all 'the buildings as specified by the January Grand Jury has not been carried out- Due to the urgent need of this work, sills, windows and door frames and the buildings in general are unnecessarily deteriorating. We find that the main roof of the Supt. dwelling has been painted (Continued on page 3) . .. J