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f ACCURATE, terse I TIMELY i xxxviii IfflO JAILLD ON I MURDER CHARGE K innocent Bystander Receives Mortal Wound As He B Watches rigui Bfjir BY KOCK AND STICK K jniest and Jesse Alston, negroes I nez. were bound over to B super'"1, court on Tuesday afterK noon <? murder charges as a result i death of Trim Williams, B negro also of Inez, who was fatally B wou'ided on Saturday night in front K of Eugene Davis' store when he re-J B ceived a blow across the head which I B aas intended for Jesse Alston, negro. I tic blow is alleged to have been! B sancit by Ernest Alston. according to the evidence given B ai the hearing conducted before .Magistrate Macey Pridgen, Ernest j a!ili jimphey Alston were quarrelhig mner a tree near the store. Jesse I H .gv.jn. a half-brother of Murphy, I came to where they were standing K ana after becoming envolved in the ^Miuss walked off and picked up a H rc(i. Ernest had a club in his hand. B Jesse threw the rock and it struck) K Trim Williams, who had started to' the automobile of Alton Alston with I B 3 pair of plyers. The lick caused to stagger toward Ernest I, ;Tvho then struck him across the head once and hi; at him again * he Was ou the ground but ^ Us club against a root of the S Williams died later in a ? ky Mount hospital from a fractured skull. Walter Alston, grandfather of Ernest. said that Williams was not uu . nl.??ricnn when H coming towards hb ? ? , he was struck; however, other witI gases stated that after Williams I had been hit with the rock he I staggered towards Ernes; Alston. I None of the witnesses indicated that Wiiliants was involved in the quarI rei in any manner. Walter Alston H and also Aton Alston testified that I they tried to get Ernest to leave be lore ite got into any trouble but that fee was reluctant to go and said that I he won't scared of the boys.'' The fuss started around 9:30 o'clock at night. One of the witI cesses said that lie thought it was I something about one of the men's mother, and another said it was fl Change Announced In Hunting Season I Morehead City, July 14.?The sate board of conservation and de velopment today changed the open I ifason 011 quail and turkeys from I Member 20 to February 15 to De oember 15 to February 20. I ?as'e 'aW VV'" 80 int0 e^ec' this I The board directed the division I c water resources and engineering 15 make a thorough study of the |H Wed pollution of the Roanoke H Cho,van rivers by a pulp firm. 1^1 ^ ^ion Ras instructed to re 1?*- iio uuuuigA at a special mccu i? of the board to be held in the Great Smoky Mountain park in Oc~ber. Fishermen lodged the cornled S. Johnson, chief engineer of te conservation department, an Wced that the U. S. geological had agreed to match funds ';t establishment of a laboratory to 5?dy the state's waters and make Siyses. Potato Growers Submit Samples ' J E?erton seems to have ftart- J ? something last week when he ecght six white potatoes to the {C"of The Warren Record which *st?hed a total of i 1-2 pounds and j!fd who could beat them for j eight. On Tuesday of this week J. D. Jfw exhibited a half dozen j-tf.s grown on his farm which 'W the scales at 51-2 pounds, on Wednesday Lawrence Rob- j fyj?1 lcft a siRtilar number of po- j g.,yS !lere u'hich exceeded those H?* Mr- Holtzman in size. Mr.| f:''Pound S'X potatoes we'shed I U-TV-~ w" recognition ton ,.as laffis Pinnell of Warren??Siandi'l?C'C(1. as one of the four at' ti "rainees for the past toag? **'. ^MT Camp at Fort ^ve ihic I young men t0 reSatigne L "or were Je*n Rucker Vs t . Birmingham, Ala., Ted Driver nf 'ct?f Char!otte and John 01 Spencer. W A World Famous Photog Warrenton In Search Magazine's Pi ( By CHARLES PARKER, In NewS and Observer Alfred Eisenstaedt, the internationally famous pictorial photographer. visited North Carolina this week-end to make pictures for! "Life," which is planning a picture story of the modern South as revealed in Jonathan Daniels' new book, "A Southerner Discovers the South," which will be published tomorrow. Accompanied by Mr. Daniels, the noted photographer concluded in Washington, D. C., yesterday a tour that in two weeks has taken them from the Tennessee Valley .through the Deep South, and back up the Atlantic seaboard?along the route followed by the Raleigh author as he gathered material for the book last summer. In North Carolina, the "discoverers'" avoided the conventional promotional views, centering upon the industrial Piedmont?"Gold Avenue" ir? + Vvn hnnk" onH erv>n+. oil rlov Raf urday in Warrenton pictorializing a Southern town on Saturday afternoon. Warrenton was selected because it appears in the book. Any number of towns in the State would have presented virtually the same picture. Agricultural, recreational and other pictures that would appear esThree of Four Cases In Recorder's Court Continued Monday Requests for continuances and jury trials were responsible for three of the four cases scheduled to be tried in Recorder's court this week being postponed. One of the cases continued will be heard next week and the other two will be tried before a jury on the fourth Monday in July. Mathew Hendricks, negro, was the only person to have his case heard Hofrtra .TnHtrp R.nriWPll MOllflaV morning. He was found guilty of assault on a female and prayer for judgment was continued over him for a period of twelve months on the condition that he pay court costs and remain of good behavior. Exom Clark, charged with possessing beer and equipment for manufacturing whiskey, asked for a jury' trial. Around 150 gallons of mash and other paraphernalia used in making liquor was found hid in a pitt in his hog pasture recently by Warren county officers. Hal Connell, charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of whiskey and the reckless use of firearms, also requested that his case be heard before a jury. Mr. Connell's rifle exploded, it was said, and the ball entered Roy Hayes' garage at Norlina and missed the proprietor by only a short distance. The other case continued was booked against Curtis Alston, negro, charged with failure to support his illegitimate child. This case was set for July 18. Oxford Group To Meet Here On 20th Members of the Oxford Group Movement will hold a meeting :n the dining room of Hotel Warren on July 20, at 8 o'clock, followed by other meetings the next day, the Rev. Reese Jenkins of Littleton, Presbyterian minister, announced this week. Members of the Group from Washington, Richmond and Farmville are expected to be present, he said. The Oxford Group Movement, known also as "A First Century Christian Fellowship," is an interdenominational religious movement which is influencing the lives of thousands of persons in Europe and America, and through them influencing social and political life in a marked way. . All who are interested are invited I to be present at these meetings. Mrs. Kearny Williams of Grand Rapids, Mich., is expected to arrive in Warrenton today for a visit. Miss Mary Wagner returned Monday from a visit of several days at Scotland Neck. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Evans had as their guests last week end Miss Molly Jernigan Winborne of Raleigh and Mr. Leighton Roper of Zebulon and Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Grey Egerton of St. Petersburg, Fla., arrived yesterday to spend several days with his mother, Mrs. R. Z. Egerton, in the( home of Mrs. E. S. Allen. lip ft RRENTON, COUNTY OF WAJ rapher Visitor At i of Pictures For Life ctorial Story of South sential to a well-rounded picture of the modern South?of these, Eisen- 1 staedt made few on his tour. No Stranger Here "It was not necessary," he explained, "I have hundreds already." And that was one reason he was selected by Life to do the picture story of the modern South. Although Eistenstaedt has been in the United States only three years, he is not a stranger in the South. He is no stranger in North Carolina, as it was here that he made many of the shots in the Charlotte division of the Southern Railroad, which appeared in "Life." He also made the Cotton Festival in Memphis, and prior to this trip had made numerous pictures in the TVA area. He can draw on all these, in addition to the nearly 1,000 new exposures he will have upon his return to New York today. One thousand pictures! About them and the little tan zipper bag that contained them at Warrenton there is a story: Mrs. Katherine Pendleton Arring~ iLa 3 tun WOO XXaVXXXg W1C uxooxxxguxsxxcu guests out lor juleps with Mayor Polk and Senator Gibbs and others in the magnificently comfortable Arrington home. (Continued on Page 4) Officers Discover Booze Apparatus In Bottom of Pit G. W. Clark was taken into custody on Saturday when Warren and Halifx officers made a raid on his premises near the border line of the two comities and discovered a 60gallon copper still, 80 gallons of whiskey and around 480 gallons of mash. He was carried to Halifax where he is to be tried in Recorder's court next Tuesday. The manufacturing equipment was said to have been discovered in a pitt about eight feet deep and about twelve feet wide. Captured with the still, which was an oil j 1 burner type, was a compressed air ' tank. - 1 Mr. Clark's son, Exum was arrest- 1 ed in Warren county about two ! weeks ago after a similar pitt con- ' taining equipment for making whis- 1 key had been discovered on his place < near Warren Plains. The younger.1 Mr. Clark is to be tried by a jury,' in Warren county the fourth Mon- 1 day on a charge of possessing beer.1 and equipment for making liquor. | ' Deputies Harry House and Exum.1 Porter of Halifax county joined!1 forces with Sheriff Pinnell and 1 Deputy Shearin in making the raid 5 on the senior Clark's place. The of- 1 ficers worked together on this raid, 1 it was stated, due to the fact it was 1 not known on which side of the line the still would be located in the event it was found. ' Marcus H. Allen Dies At Littleton'1 ?? 1 Littleton, July 14.?Funeral ser- [1 vices for Marcus H. Allen, age 74, 1 were conducted from his home on;s Roanoke Avenue on Monday after- 1 noon at 4:30 o'clock. The Rev. Mr. ' Fisher of Roanoke Rapids, Rev. Rees Jenkins and Rev. W. T. Phipps of- 1 ficiated. Interment was at Calvary Church near Littleton. Rev. Fran-, j cis Joyner read a poem at the grave. Pallbearers were: John Mayfield of Norlina, John House, Harvey Myrick, Bob Patterson, Roscoe Hammell, and Charles House of Littleton. ( Mr. Allen died at his home here j on Sunday morning at 5:15 o'clock j after an illness of two years. He j j was the son of the late Randolph'] and Mary J. Allen, a member of an. * it., 1. old and disunguisneu , was well known throughout the | State. Surviving Mr. Allen are his j widow, the former Sally Grogan of , Wilston-Salem, and the following children: Mrs. W. A. China of Roa- ] noke Rapids, Mrs. Douglas Smith of . Elizabeth City, Mrs. Floyd B. Wood of Washington, D. C., Marcus Allen j of Florence, S. C., amd Randolph Al- ] len of Warrenton. ] HORNE VISITOR HERE Mr. Graham Home of Venezuela, South America, arrived Tuesday to i visit relatives here. He came by , eral days in New York before com- ] ing here to be with his family who 1 are guests of his grandmother, Mrs. John Graham. He is on a three i months leave and will also visit rel- : atives in Rocky Mount and Raleigh, i irmt RREN, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY NEGRO FARMERS" IN SESSION HERE Congressman and Commissioner of Agriculture To Deliver Talks Today WELCOMED BY W. T. POLK approximately ouu negro rarmers epresenting around 30 counties vere here yesterday for the openng session of the annual two-day neeting of the Negro Farmers' Inititute which is being held in the iourt house. Outstanding features of the meetng yesterday morning were talks by J. M. Ellis, agricultural engineer, ind J. F. Criswell, farm managenent specialist. Their topics were 'The Soil" and "Farm Managenent." Yesterday afternoon "The Farm family Cow'1 was discussed by A. C. Simrey, dairy specialist. Others on he program for the afternoon were: iV. C. Davenport, "Getting Better Sows in Hertford"; T. T. Browne, poultry specialist, "How to Have More and Better Farm Poultry"; Mrs. S. D. Stallings of Gates Coun;y, "My Poultry Business"; Mrs. Aniie Johnson. Rowan county home igent, "Value of the Garden Campaign"; Miss Marietta Meares, iome demonstration agent, "The 3arden Campaign in Craven Coun;y," C. S. Wynn, negro agent of Warren, served as chairman of the projram last night which included a welcome from Mayor William T. Polk, a talk on "The Contribution >f A. & T. College in Rural Negro Life in N. C?" by Prof. J. C. McLaughlin, director of the agricul,ural department, and a speech by Rev. T. W. Thurston of Craven (Continued on page 8) Public Projects Receive Attention Of Many Citizens The various projects presented jefore the Board of County Comnissioners at their regular meeting ast week by citizens interested in raking advantage of the federal ;overnment's proposition to con.ribute and loan money to carry on work of a public nature has caused ;onsiderable comment, with more ;han passing interest being attach;d to J. G. Kilian's suggestion of jetting the government to put up 125,000 for a dam on Fishing Creek, ibove No Bottom, for a pond which would cover several hundred acres if land that the county would be :alled upon to donate. His idea s that the county could acquire the property at a small figure, and turn she pond into a money-making proposition by the county issuing "ishing licenses. The other propositions submitted so the commissioners, including an irmory, more room for teaching at Littleton, building a modern county rome and adding to the court rouse, have also been talked some, >ut around here sportsmen and those who desire a place for picnicing, notorboat riding, swimming and similar recreation have discussed ,he proposed fish pond more than she other propositions. It is possible that a mass meeting will be called here in the near future to ascertain sentiment of the rublic in regard to the various prolects. With The Sick Miss Frances Reams, young laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Iteams of the Afton-Elberon section, s recovering at her parents' home :rom the result of the fracture of 30th bones of her right arm. Mr- Raymond Bowen was carried ;o Park View Hospital yesterday to :e operated on for appendicitis. Mr. Johnnie James is recuperatng in Park View Hospital from an iperation for appendicitis. Mr. C. W. Newton is in Watts Hospital, Durham, for observation ind treatment. Mr. Robert Lynch is receiving ;reatment in Duke Hospital, Duriam. Mrs. E. W. Whitby is in Duke HospitalMiss Anne Macon is spending the Month of July witn Mr. ana rars. John Tarwater at their summer oome, Timberlake, near Lynchburg, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs- O. D. Williams and sons of Raleigh are expected to spend the week end here with his nother, Mrs. Whit Williams. ton: 15, 1938 Subscript Heads G.O.P. Publicity J N. C. Cotton Crop Less Than In 1937, Statistics Reveal North Carolina's 1938 cotton crop is estimated at 911,000 acres in cultivation as of July 1, accorded to the report released today by the Cooperative Crop Reporting Service of the United States and North Carolina Department of Agriculture. This estimate is 82 per cent of the acreage in cultivation on this same date last year and is only 70 per cent of the ten-year average plantings from 1927-1936. The total acreage planted in the United States was 26,904,000 as cdmpared with 34,471,000 planted in 1937, a decrease of 22 per cent. The 18 per cent decrease in acreage rur North Carolina was the smallest for any state except Tennessee and was 6 per cent less than the average for all states. Last year North Carolina harvested 780,000 bales from 1,103,000 acres, tcondnued on Page 81 County' Old Age Quota Filled; 141 Applications Filed With Warren county's Old Age Assistance quota practically already filled and 141 new applications on file in the o?Sce of the welfare department, it is evident that some needy people will be unable to receive this type of financial assistance, Miss Lucy Leach stated this week. Efforts to raise the quota of this county failed, although the county commissioners expressed their will ingness ior me uuumy tu yaj wo part for 300 persons eligible for Old Age Assistance, Miss Leach said. The state board was not able to match funds for more than 240 persons entitled to this aid, according to the welfare officer. At present there are 234 persons in this county being helped in this manner, whicn allows only six more cases for the coming fiscal year. Referring to the large number of new applications which her office would be unable to handle due to the fact that the county's quota is practically already filled, Miss Leach said that she regretted exceedingly that the county would be unable to take on all the people eligible for Old Age Assistance, but a shortage (Continued on page 8) Revival Services To Be Held At Macon A week of revival services will begin in the Macon Baptist Church on Monday night at 8 o'clock with the Rev. T. E. Walters of Gastonia assisting the Rev. R. E. Brickhouse, pastor, in conducting the services. The Rev. Mr. Walters is a son-inlaw of W. P. Rodwell. He has assisted in conducting services in this county prior to this time, and, it was stated, made a strong impression upon those who heard him preach. All Stars To Play Oxford Saturday The Warren All-Stars will play the strong Oxford team at Warren ton on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Yesterday Oxford won its 14th straight victory, which indi cates the strength of the Granville county club. The locals have added several new players in preparation for the game, it was stated. vo L aw10 ? ion Price, $1.50 a Year Crop Subsidies For 1938 0 Warren County Cotton Growers To Receive $110,000 c Farmers of Warren county who pnnnprnt.pri with t.h#? cnvprnment in its plans to curtail over-production of cotton will receive subsidy pay- ^ ments within the next few days amounting to around $110,000. ^ Announcement was made at h Washington recently that the gov- tl ernment will make available at Ci once through the Agricultural Adjustment Administration the three p( cents a pound subsidy on cotton fe promised to cooperating farmers, j and yesterday County Agent Bob Bright stated that he had been no- p afied that he could expect the ap- jj plication blanks here t^thin the next ten days. g. To secure the subsidy, which will jr range from two to three cents a c pound, the grower must produce his c cotton sale receipts. In the application he must certify that he has not knowingly overplanted his 1938 i acreage allotment under the new AAA program. Mr. Bright said that there were s around 2,900 farmers of Warren en- p titled to the subsidy payments. Few farmers of this county overplanted their acreage, he said. Payment of a subsidy equivalent to the difference between 12 cents tl and the ten-market average price on t the date of sale of cotton produced t. in 1937 was authorized in an amend- 1 ment which Senator James F. f Byrnes offered to the deficiency ap- f propria tion bill last summer. At the c (Continued on Page 8) ii John J. Crinkley, t; Prominent Citizen, I Dies On Tuesday t: V Funeral services for John James 1 Crinkley, prominent citizen of this a county who died at his home at e Warrenton on Tuesday evening at f 6:45 o'clock, were conducted from b the Presbyterian Church here on J11 Wednesday afternoon by the Rev. I' Rees Jenkins, his pastor. Interment | * was in Fairview cemetery. Mr. Crinkley was 71 years of age g when he was claimed by death. For the past twelve years he had been in declining health, and for a year . or more he had practically been ? confined to his home. The son of the late Andrew and Janet Stewart Crinkley or England and Scotland, Mr. Crinkley was born p in Stradford, Ont., Canada. He j came to North Carolina as a boy and a became one of the most prominent p lumbermen and farmers in this sec- p tion. His home, "Elgin," was one t, of the show places of the county e and on many occasions served as 0 grounds for Sunday school picnics j and other gatherings. I Surviving are his wife, who was ii Miss Mattie Lewis of Harmon, Tenn., three children, W. B. and Stewart J Crinkley, and Mrs. J. Edward Rooker, Jr., of Warrenton, and one brother, Brown Crinkley of Knoxville, Tenn. Pallbearers were Alpheus Jones, v Walter White, Macon Thornton, Ed e Blalock, Lawrence Robertson and o Jim Moore. e s Freak Vegetables * Are Exhibited Here c +. V An unsual cucumber and carrot p were brought to this office for dis- I play this week by Chief of Police Jack Scott- The cucumber was not IV unusually large but growing from it IV was another cucumber about the r size of the little finger and joining n with this were two other tiny cu- d cumbers. The carrot had the shape a of a man's body, but when it was^ o turned around it also had one of| tl the characteristics of a monkey. h t! Another Dentist May Locate Here ' Evans Coleman Jr. of Wise is seriously considering opening a dentist office in Warrenton, it was i: learned yesterday from his father, < c who stated tnat wnne an arrange-1i ments had not been completed, he n thought his son would locate here, fi The junior Mr. Coleman recently o graduated in denistry from the t Medical College of Virginia. In the c event he locates here Warrenton ri will have four dentists offices ' n ST OF THE NEWS "ALL THE TIME NUMBER 2S In Warren ver $300,000 !otton, Tobacco, Soil Conservation Payments Run Up A Large Total O-OPEJtATION IS ASKED By R. H. BRIGHT County Agent The cotton subsidy payment for /arren County will amount to aproximately $110,000.00. Payment ill be made to those farmers that ave not knowingly overplanted reir allotments. We have practiilly all of the sales certificates In ris office for the farmers and exact to send In appications within a ;w days after we receive the forms, do not know just how long it will ike the Washington Office to make ayment after they receive applica .ons. The farmers in this county are ntitled to the following payments 1 1938 provided they qualify: totton subsidy payment..$110,000.00 totton payment under the soil conservation program 125,000.00 'obacco payment under the soil conservation program 50,000.00 oil building payments... 36,000.00 'ayments to small farmers 40,000.00 Total payments.$361,000.00 I am giving the above figures for be farmers information and not for he purpose of trying to build up he importance of this office. Since 933 the Agricultural Adjustment Ldministration has paid to the armers of Warren County in exess of $1,000,000.00. Supervisors are in the field checkicr pnmnliflnpp nnri T wish tn lirore he farmers to give them their best ooperation in the work. And I 'ould like to have farmers report to his office any acts of the superisors that they do not approve of. Che persons we are using this year ire young and should be able to do xcellent work with the aid of the armer. The cost of this work will e deducted from the farm payrent and the longer it takes to do he work the greater the cost to the armer. The farmers in this couny have cooperated in the farm proram almost 100 per cent in the past nd I am sure that this year will lot prove an exception. Jons Host To Ladies At Annual Banquet The Warrenton Lions Club held is annual ladies night meeting at lotel Warren last night with round 100 Lions and Lionesses resent for the occasion. Attractive ats, given as favors, added mirth d the gathering which also found ntertainment in a stunt, dance, and rchestra music during the meal. 'ollowing the supper many of the .ions and their guests joined others a a public dance at the hotel. Episcopal Minister To Return Sunday Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner, who fas shocked and slightly injured the arly part of last week when his car verturned near Winston-Salem, is xpected to return to Warrenton on unday, but no services are expectd to be held on that day at either Immanuel Episcopal Church or iood Shepherd, of which he is recor. The Rev. Francis Joyner is exacted to conduct services in the littleton Episcopal Church Sunday. The Rev. Mr. Wagner was near ladison, about 20 miles from Vade fecum, when his car ran off the oad, missed a telephone post by a arrow margin and overturned in a itch. The car was badly damaged nd he was several days in getting ver the shock, although he made be trip on to Vade Mecum where e was going to teach handicraft in be Episcopal Church camp. Sank Officials Attend School John Mitchell, cashier of the Cit:ens Bank, and Pett Boyd, assistant ashier, have been in Chapel hui iiis week attending the second anual North Carolina bankers conerence in session at the University f North Carolina. Mr. Mitchell atended the first three days of the onvention and Mr. Boyd left Wedesday afternoon to attend the regaining sessions.
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