The Warren record (Warrenton, N.C.). 1929-12-20 [p...

i ACCURATE, terseJ TIMELY ^(volume xxix

mmwoHft HELD IN JAILl .;[ is Denied Accused SlayerKf Brvant B. Bragg At

Hearing On Thursday

Murt room crowded

;;yiishly dressed and apparently<-fctly composed, Lillie Mae

L'wr:. accused of the murder of

^nt b. Bragg, reputed boot^er.on Sunday morning, sat

the preliminary hearing

(Lyre Magistrate W. C. Fagg in

Court house at Warrenton yes,v

morning. A large crowd,

#»sed almost entirely of men,

^1. ^ the court room. Justice Fagg

^; her to the Warren jail, with- hqii denied. to

H-; privilege ui

rait the deliberations of a jurythe Jenuary term of court.

H fte woman, about 30, is accused

H; shooting Bragg Sunday while he

Hiss sitting at a breakfast table in

^ ti home of Mrs. Josie Lester ISsdgepeth. just off Route 50, one- I^"rnile west of Ridgeway. IHe was brought dying to the ofof

Dr. F. P. Hunter by Willie IHvri and Walter Jones, who were IM^bers of the breakfast party,

was shot in the back, the Jfrom the 32 Smith and Wes- J

H- ;a:.:downward. Wounded,!struggled with the woman and

H; ;he melee the gun was thrown

a window, thus preventing, it Jan intention of the Stewart!ending her own life.

^ Deputies Frank Neal and C. E.JHind! went immediately to the JMore after the police officers had

"ipo who accompanied}IIZUC.CU

Lgg to be held. He had died

[son after reaching the doctor's

Reaching the scene, they were

reeted by the woman who said, "I

tilled him. Take me." From theme of the shooting until her arts:.

she said she had driven to[enderson to see her folks and reamed

just as the officers came up.

In the testimony before the corsr'sjury che woman said thatklihot was accidental.'fro eye witnesses testified thaten they were lifting Bragg intoa car to bring him to Warrenr.

the woman rushed out, saying,Brig. "I killed him and I want

^Btisshim before he dies. I killhimbecause I loved him."

^Bhcg is survived by a wife andBv children. t

3.*agg and the woman were to^B:t;.:rSaturday night, accordingtrstmiony given, anu they had

up early in the morning tosome booze. She was to pre-his breakfast for him. Latermorning the fatal shot

floe.s jury, empanneled

suggestion of Dr. F. P. Hun*sad Dr. W. D. Rodgers, countyofficer, found after going

into the evidence during a !

hour session held in the 1

&n Funeral uarlors Sunday that 1

Icame to his death from a

round inflicted by Lillie

and Peace of Henderson ^id yesterday morning forends of the late Bryant |end will assist the State inKecution. Williams & Ban- ^i Gilmer Overby of Warrenecounsel for the woman.

; BRYANT BRAGG ISBURIED IN GRANVILLE 1

PERSON, Dec. 18..FinalBodie Bryant Bragg, aged (

10 was killed by Lillie May ,

near Ridgeway last Sunday ]^ were held Tuesday after- {ar- 3 o'clock, and interment ,

fd at the family cemetery in <

^ county. Rev. Lucius R. )Pastor of the North Hen- ,

Baptist church, was in |f the services, assisted by j

I -^-.vasea was the son ox ]and Elizabeth Haswell (

the latter surviving. He if horn in Granville county, iF** 26, 1897, but had lived in If&rson lor the past 14 years. 1addition to his mother, Mr. iis survived by his widow, (fighter. Frances Elizabeth 1one brother, Marvin H. 1and four sisters, Kenton <(J oi Henderson, Mrs. W. R.and Mrs. A. B. Wilson of iE*d- and Mrs. R. B. Blackley j' ^ham.

jMay Lamb was already 1K,, t°r appearance for 1statutory offenses said to Iscommitted at Henderson.' 1

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UNABLE TO TAKE1OVER ROAD NOWHill Says Warrenton-LouisburgRoad May Ba Taken 1

Over In The Summer 1

WRITES CHMN. POWELL 1

"We will be unable to take over c

the road for maintenance at this <

time," John Sprunt Hill, commis- 1

sior.er of the fourth district, writesJohn C. Powell, chairman of the ?Warren County board of county t

commissioners in reference to the ]

Warrenton-Louisburg route. Mr. '<

Kill says that the road funds in £

the district are much smaller thans

they used to be. jDave Rea, fourth district engineer,

recently assured citizens here c

that work would start on the route ^

early in January. Mr. Hill's letter: £

"I beg to acknowledge receipt of \your favor of December 2nd. Inote what you say about theWarrenton-Louisburgroad."At the first meeting of the State

Highway Commission in 1930, Iivill recommend to the Commis

11.i- xi .J fwAVM TXr«-» *

sicn mat uic tuau num .«iwiLon,Warren County to a point 1

near Kearney in Franklin county 8

be added to the State system, but *

ive will be unable to take over the J

road for maintenance at this time. 1

Aciding a road to the State High- (

way System is one distinct matter, l

md taking over a poorly located, 1

:rooked, worn-out road is another 1

proposition. Before a road can be ^

:aken over by the Highway Com- *

mission for maintenance, it has toje properly located. Generally (speaking, I would say that this roadsannot be taken over for maintenanceuntil about June 1930.

"Meanwhile, survey has beenordered by the Highway Commissionfor the entire road from War- v

renton to a point near Kearney,0

ind sometime during the next few c

weeks it is my understanding thatState Highway engineers will make E

;his survey and give us all neces- E

sary information for proper loca- c

tion of this road. It is the prac- r

ice of the Highway Commission to v

:'ollow the old road as near as r

practicable, bearing in mind the iv

:ost and distance, hence I do not pr\ v» rrt\ C

inticipate any very great Ulldllgt/ |

n Warren county, but the part of

;hc road in Franklin county can s

ae shortened from one to two c

niles by a new location and the

:ost of construction and mainxnancecan be cut down many

thousands of dollars by a new lo- (

nation.1

"Please assure your people that (

C am doing all I reasonably can to ,

3ush along this work, but as you .

tr.ow each county has to take its c

;iun, and the road funds in the £

Tcurth District are very much r

.mailer than they used to be, which j ]

orces us to proceed slowly." I c

HUWARRENTON. CO

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the county's childhood glad tits from the business men a:

Mrs. Sallie S. Miles, 1Dies At Her Home

Here WednesdayRemains of Mrs. Sallie Snow

Wiles, the mother of W. A. Miles, Cnominent merchant of Warrenton, t'vere laid to rest at Fairview ceme- hi

tery yesterday morning following n'

services from the home at 11 P)'clock. She was 78 years old. Shelied early Wednesday morning j aTom the complications of age. Is

Mrs. Miles was born here on Jan. t<

!, 1851, and spent her entire life V

n this community. She was for- fi

nerly Miss Sallie Snow Johnson. |8'«3er husband, who died many years jRtgo, was Alexander Miles. Their 01

surviving children are W. a. Miles ti

jf Warrenton. J. E. Miles of Wilson,and Mrs. John Eads of San p:Vntonio, Texas. tl

Mrs. Miles, though confined la

slosely to her home for many years, 31

vas only sick four days before the c

summons came. She was a faithulmember of the Baptist church. Jrhe Rev. R. E. Brickhouse of the

3aptist church. Warrenton. andhe Rev. J. R. Phipps of the Presjyterianchui'ch, Littleton, con- wlucted the funeral services. n.

Active pallbearers were C. R. sitodwell, C. T. Bowers, W. K. w

janier, A. C. Blalock, T. R. Frazier, tl

ind Walter R. White. Honorary j djallbearers included E. S. Allen, J. P

A. Gardner, W. N. Boyd, H. A. w

doseley. M. C. McGuire, E. E. w

Jillam, James R. Boyce, J. L.

\ycock of Elberon, F. F. Jones of 11

Clberon, W. M. Gardner, Dr. W. 1

X Rodgers. W. D. Rodgers Sr., J. .

Villie White, John C. Burwell, J. JS. Rooker and Frank Serls Sr. ^

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Chief Drake Warns g

Of Auto Thieves wIV

"Cars are being stolen every day t(

-be sure to take your key out w

-i. tt/1711- nar nn the streetvueil leaving jviu

md do not leave packages in the

:ar."This is a warning word given the

lublic by M. M. Drake, chief of

>olice of Warrenton. It follows tj

lose upon the theft of' two m

nachines here within the past SI

veek. Dr. C. H. Peete has received10 trace of his Ford coupe which n<

van driven from the streets here h'

Saturday evening. Mr. Hendricksif Palmer Springs is looking for

lis Chevrolet coach which was

tolen on the streets here Wednes- li;

lay morning.ec

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ENTERTAIN ARTIST Gla

Messrs. Henry Parton, Walter L. .

3Iark and Schofield, prominent gl

irtists who were present at the

^rt Exhibit at Raleigh, and Mrs.

?ayce of Richmond, accompaniedvfrs. Katherine Arrington, presilentof the North Carolina Art So- ^

:iety, home Monday of last week ^

tnd were entertained at an elabo- M

ate dinner that evening. Mr. WiliamPolk was also a guest at the ve

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onight and Monday night at 1

nd Kiwanis club of Warrent

ro Provide Dinner JFor Inmates CountyHome Christmas

Again the embracing- spirit of .

hristmas will reach to the unfor- ,

.mates of the county home. Thecard of charities will carry Christmasdinner to them as in years past.Mrs. V. L. Pendleton, chairman,nnounced yesterday that the Uidies of the south end of Warren- dim would provide provisions this m

ear. They are requested to leave tu<

I muit, confectioneries and otner *"

Dod things either at Burroughs or hl

iggan Grocery stores on Monday w

r Tuesday. The board of charieswill see that it is delivered. ^tl

The Thanksgiving dinner was Qrovided this year by the ladies of ^le north end of the town and the sr.dies of the south end are given a]a opportunity to supply the iehristmas feast.

iim Bob Rodwell To D

Give Organ Recitali

A Warrentcn boy who left home jnith the reputation of "Warrenton'slusical genius," and who has since aiudied au New York and abroad tl,'ill appear in an organ recital atie Baptist church on the 5th Sunaymorning at 11 o'clock. The M

rogram which "Jim Bob" Rodwell'ill give is for the benefit of thepifnrp work in Warren countv.Mr. Rodwell, who has been spendlgseveral weeks here with rela- ws

.ves and who will remain through thle holidays, came to Warrentonom Birmingham where he haseen organist for the first Methoist church. Voice selections will belcluded in the 5th Sunday pro- q(ram.Numbers of Warren persons willelcome this opportunity to hear se

Ir. Rodwell and to have a part, ^c

30, in the program of welfare al

ork in the county, it is said. ar

cl<YOUNG MOTHER DIES sp

Remains of Mrs. W. J. Dupree, to

were buried in the family plot; her old home in Johnston counryesterday afternoon with a localinister performing the ceremony.he died Wednesday morning in

a home on the Sam Harris farm

?ar Macon. She is survived by herasband and six small children. P*!

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GUESTS AT RALEIGH a

J. C. Hardy, editor of The Head- sp

dht, Norlina. and Brodie Jones, piiitor of The Warren Record, were tu

nner guests of Governor and Mrs. mi

nrrfner at the Mansion at Raleigh th

st night. The entertainment was

ven in honor of the press of the

.ate and was well attended.

PERSONAL MENTIONMr. Alfred Williams, student at D(

roodsbury Forest, Va., is spendingie holidays here with his parents," do

:r. and Mrs. A. A. Williams. to

Mr. Howard Daniel of Duke Uni- ch

;rsity is spending the holidays a

ith his parents near Warrenton.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20,

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the trees which will bring;on.

MLDREN WRITESANTA LETTERSId Man of The ChimneyWill Need Full Sack WhenHe Comes To Warren

EEL YULET1DE SPELL

Many letters have been given toncle Sam in Warren County adressedto Santa Claus, but manyore childhood prayers have beenitered to empty chimneys. Christiasis the day upon which theBart cf childhood holds the magicand. Older persons feel the spell.A few of the letters have been ad"essedto The Warren Record andlese have been passed along to theId Man of the Chimneys, the genemanof ruddy glow and a readynile, with the urgent plea that heiswer one and all. A few of thetters received:

Macon, N. C.Dec. 7, 1929.

ear Santa Claus:I am a little girl seven years old.go to school at Wise and I am

the second grade. I want youplease bring me a doll, tea set,doll carriage, and lots of goodings to eat.

Your little girl,ARGARET PEETE THOMPSON.

Warren Plains. N. C.ear Santa:Bring me a doll and bed and

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itcn ana ring ana a lot oi gouaings to eat.

CATHLEEN WILLIAMS.

Macon. N. C., Rt. 2.Dec. 18, 1929.

?ar old Santa:While you are on the way toe those children in my neighbored.please remember to call byid leave me a wagon, a tricycle,id a nice little trunk to keep my?thes in, a cap pistol and somearklers and a lot of nice thingseat.

Devoted little boy,CLARANCE GRADY JAMES.

Macon, N. C., Rt. 2.Dec. 18, 1929.

?ar Santa:Please bring me a air rifel, a capstol, dogs and some pop crackers,me sparklers and a trunk. I am

poor cripel little boy and have toend a lot of my time in the hostaland I need a nice little trunktake my does in. and please reemberto leave me a lot of niceings to eat.

Yours as ever,PERRY STEVENSON.

Maenn N. C.. Rt. 2..Dec. 18. 1929. '

ar old Santa:As this is my first letter pleasen't over looke it for I want youbring me a doll and a rocking

air, some ratelers, a trunk andnice little pink teddie bair sute,

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1929

Town Play*Children

Musical Programs,Telling ChristmasStory, To Be Given

Special musical programs tellingof the Birth of the Savior andChristmas sermons bringing themessage of the Child of Bethlehem,will be widely observed in Warrencounty churches next Sunday. Fromall pulpits comes the message toattend.Indications are that many will

dow meir neaas on tne baDDatn DeforeChristmas in churches hereand in the county. Some of thespecial programs here and in thecounty follow:

MUSIC AND CANTATAA Christmas service presenting

the "Coming of the Christ" in thecantata, "The Wondrous Light,"will be given at the Baptist churchon Sunday eening at 7:30 o'clock.James Robert Rodwell will be atthe organ and Miss Edna EarleAllen is the director.The sopranos are: Mrs. W. D.

Rodgers Jr., Miss Gayle Tarwater,Mrs. H. W. Rodwell, Mrs. T. R.Frazier, Mrs. M. M. Drake, Mrs. J.Willie White, Miss ElizabethRooker, Miss Mildred Allen, MissBelle Dameron.

Altos are: Miss Mamie Gardner,Mrs. A. C. Blalock, Mrs. ErnestHudgins, Mrs. A. J. Ellington, MissEdith Burwell, Miss Lucy Burwell,Miss Georgie Tarwater.Basses are: Mr. J. Willie White,

Mr. J. A. Dameron.Tenors are: Mr. J. Edward RookerJr., Mr. James Robert Rodwell.In the cantata five musical numberstell in the first part of the

shepherds watch and in the second,six musical selections bring the

4-Un imomnf r\ fUn nricrt mnnatury ui i/iic juuiiic,y ui cue wwc inun.

A cordial invitation is extendedto the public to attend.

EPISCOPAL SERVICESThe Rev. B. N. de Foe .Wagner

announces services for the FourthSunday in Advent.11 a. m., morningprayer; 7:30 p. m., motion pictureservice in Parish house, "ThePrince of Peace." Holy Communionat 11 a. m. on Christmas day.Evening prayer will be held at theChurch of the' Good Shepherd,Ridgeway, at 3 p. m. and HolyCommunion will be observed at 9a. m. on Christmas day.

ST. PAUL'S LUTHERANSt. Paul's will begin its Christmasservices Sunday night, Dec.

22, at 7:30, with an English service.Subject of the sermon will be "TheSavior Is Here." Christmas morningat 10:30 will he a German serviceand in the evening the children willglorify the new born Savior in songsof praise and joyful declarations.This service begins at 7:30."Worship with us and rejoice in

the new born Savior," the Rev. Z.C. Biermann, pastor, says.

COME EARLIER SUNDAYWith a program of special Christmasmusic, services at the Methodistchurch at Warrenton will beginat 10:45 instead of 11 o'clock

next Sunday morning. Christmascarols will be rendered by the jointchoirs of the Baptist and Methodistchurches who have been trainingfor many evenings to bring theirbest to those who will hear. A generalinvitation is extended all de_nominations.The Rev. J. A. Martin, the ministerwhom Warrenton has welcom-

ed from Enfield, will deliver a specialChristmas sermon following themusical numbers.

HOUR CHANGED !A Christmas tree given by the i

Sunday School of the Presbyterian j

church at Warrenton will be held jimmediately following a Christmas (

sermon there next Sunday evening ]at the church. The sermon will be (

prepared especially for the youngerpeople of the church but a cordial Jinvitation is extended the oldermembers of the congregation andothers. The Rev. J. R. Phipps willdeliver his message before the ^presents are given from the tree bya jolly Saint Nicholas. The hour forthis service has been changed from '

6:30 until 7 o'clock. 1i

FINED $10 AND COSTS <

Judge T. O. Rodwell fined J. C. i

Collins, white man of Wise, $10 and <

costs on Monday for possession ofa Dint of whiskey. It was the onlycase of the morning. Mr. Collinswas nabbed by a Virginia patrolmanwho claimed that he saw himstick a pint under the steps of a

filling station near the VirginiaCarolinaline.

MOST OF THE NEWSALL THE TIME

NUMBER 51

3 Santaof Warren

All In Readiness For sCommunityCelebration HereTonight At 6 o'Clock

COLORED TREE MONDAYWith presents for hundreds upon

hundreds of children all ready andwith white and red bags of candy,apples, raisins provided in profusion,the Town of Warrenton isready tonight at 6 o'clock for itsCommunity Christmias tree for allwhite children 12 years old andyounger who may come. Mondayevening at 6 about the base of thesame tree will be stacked othercandy and gifts for negro children.Tickets have been distributed

through the schools to childrenfrom 6 to 12 years old, invitingthem to present their tickets, withtheir names, to the business menturned Santa Claus.who will beabout the tree. Children under 6will not need any tickets.Those in charge of the distributionof gifts are urging that all

persons avoid crowding. There aregifts in profusion and no one whocomes to Warrenton need go awayempty handed, the committee says.Members from community

churches are requested to meet withsingers here in the Court Houseat 5:30 to receive music and rehearsebriefly for the Christmascarols which are to be sung. Mrs.John C. Burwell is in charge of thisfeature of the evening's entertainment.The Monday evening music programwill be under direction of G.

E. Cheek of the Warren CountyTraining School and the Rev. J. E.McGrier of Warrenton.During the week E. E. Gillam,

general chairman of the Christmastree committee, has been particularlybusy and with him has been MiltonC. McGuire, who with Ed Gillamsought and found funds fromthe business men of the town withwhich to finance this undertakingwhich is being sponsored by theKiwanis club and the business,menof the town.The Christmas tree was presentedthe Tree committee composed of

Richard B. Boyd, P. T. Read andBrodie Jones by C. A. Tucker and itwas decorated under direction ofthis committee and with the loyalhelp of James C. Moore.The entire program period of the

Kiwanis club was given on Tuesdayevening to a discussion of variousphases of the Christmas tree programand on Wednesday eveningthe store room of Edmund White onMain Street, formerly occupied byPowell's Cafe, was crowded withvolunteer workers from the ranksof the club members and from thetown who tied 2,000 bags of candy.There will be more packages tocome.

Through the day the committeewill be busy completing last minutedetails, and it seems tonight thateverything augers well to enable theTown to say to the heart of itscounty's childhood, this evening."Welcome to Warrenton and thefull bag of Saint Nicholas."

B. P. Pitchford, 59,Dies In Florida

News has been received in Warrenof the death of B. P. Pitchford,a native of the county, who diedat Jensen, Fla., on December 4th.He was 59 years old and for thepast 28 years had been making hishome with his brother, J. J. Pitchford.Mr. Pitchford was born inFork township and lived for a

number of years at Warrenton Hewas a visitor here last Summer.He was a man of prominence in

iiis adopted State, serving as countycommissioner in Stewart countyand was successful in business. Heis survived by the following brothers,T. J. Pitchford of Manatee,Fla.; R. T. Pitchford of NewDrleans, La.; J. J. Pitchford ofJensen, and by a sister. Mrs. S. S.Pitchford of Route 5, Littleton.

TWO DAYS FOR CHRISTMASBoth the Citizens Bank and the

Bank of Warren will be closed on

Christmas day and the day folowng,officials said yesterday. Theinstitutions will be open from 8antil 9 o'clock on the evening ofChristmas Eve to render service tomerchants and to the shoppingcrowds.

ARRIVES FROM WASHINGTONCol. and Mrs. Howard F. Jones

arrived yesterday afternoon fromWashington to spend the Christmasholidays with their sons anddaughter. Many friends are pleasedto welcome them heme.