THE WARREN R
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John White Hicks, Fori
Warrenton, Recalls ]
Of Personalis
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By JOHN WHITE HICKS
Youth is remembered as the hapv\rr focHnfliinp vears.the morning "V
Author of "How to Wi
and Influence Pec
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,
glow of life. Recollections
come in
rr.ARRNri
of friends
swarms! These
e
eyes saw. v
them and these hands grasped
theirs. Glistening eyes and happy
voices made every occasion a grand d
time. All was new, beautiful and (r
full of meaning- Swift moving
happy days too | e
l years ended the
soon. One is inclined to wish that t
the gay spirit of youth could have i
been fetained forever. The then_ £
twi> young are now the very old and
light is near, many having already e
answered their call. f
As we review their lives a
light comes before us and we see,8
that gSod Influences are worth more ,4
E than material successes. Only the
streams of good set going are still I
t flowing strong.
The Record told of the dfeath
> Anderson Brame. Andy and I were r
i in a class of ten or more at the
John Wharton school for two
: 1871-72. His sister, Rosa, was also!®
i a pupil there.
;
Andy was a boy capable of deep
I friendship. His Voice, his eyes, his
manners expressed hfs good fellow- a
ship so clearly one could feel it.
has been said that that which .It
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2 DARROW
Criminal Laws
century
Nearly three-quarters of a
ago, a school teacher boxed the
ears of a little boy because he was
restless and fidgety and squirming
in his seat. She boxed his ears so
that he cried all the way home. He
was only five years old at the time,
but he felt he had been treated
with cruelty and injustice; he
learned to hate cruelty and
with a hatred that has kept
him fighting all his life.
That boy's name was Clarence
Darrow, today probably the
criminal lawyer in America
.and certainly the greatest
lawyer of his time. His name
has flashed time and again in bold
head-lines across every newspaper
in the land. He is a crusader, a
rebel, a fighter, and a champion of
injustice
bestknown
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criminal
Made Hih the Greatesi
rer of His Time
have never been able to read th(
story of an execution. I always lefi
If possible on the day of a hanging
I am strongly against killing."
Society makes criminals, he says
and any man might be guilty oJ
any crime.
Darrow himself has known whai
it is to face trial. He was once
of bribing a jury, and had t(
use his own powerful eloquence ir
his own defense- The most
expression of gratitude he evei
experienced was during his owr
trial. A former client of his met
him and said, "Listen, you savec
ac used
touching
je
't
,
came to wot
nhood while I lived in Warrento
t was understood then that tt
ttractlve young woman and tl
aim natured, mild mannered Cu:
'rice were sweethearts. I am gli
jj,
secondhand
dollars.
traditions.'
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Hi Fjoght Thro^h S^cn Court^
Hot Seven Tears for the.
of a 85 Harness
calls to mind his father, John E.' i(
Boyd, who died in the early eighties. I was told that Mr. John Boyd j
-
in
had four sons at Randolph-Macon1 i
College at the same time.Walter, r
Henry, John and Willie. Miss Pan- f(
nie Boyd married W. P- Massenburg, ii
known to his friends as Doc. Two
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MIC
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thumbed
Blackstone.
might have
remained
country lawyer
days
happened goad
something
He admits he
all his
a
hadn't
if
to
him into action.
He and his wife decided to buy a
small house in Ashtabula, Ohio,
from a dentist- The price was
thirty-five hundred dollars. Darrow
drew five hundred dollars out of
the bank (and that, by the way,
was all he had in the world) and
agreed to pay the rest in yearly
The deal was almost
finished when the dentist's wife
point blank to sign the papers.
"See here, young man," she said
scornfully, "I don't believe you'll
installments.
accomplished,"
Notice the date
renew your
refused
ever earn
thirty-five hundred
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on
your label ant
subscription.
uuiiu
tuiu
munstcuu
nuyu were r
|' sons of Dick Boyd whose large plan- y
tation on the Roanoke was later li
owned by Dr. R. S. F. Peete.
t
Mr. Armistead Boyd owned a mill li
i
the north bank of the Roanoke, a
I remember going to that mill with e
on
much enjoyment as possible from
the stingy fates. Each day must
be sufficient unto itself, keeping in
view only the direction and the
journey's end. I cannot realize that
I am old. Where can the long day
have gone? It has been only a
short time since I started on the
road with all the world before me
and immeasurable time ahead fot
the joQrney I was to take: now the
pilgrimage is almost over and the
day is nearly done. How endless
the unexplored road appears to be
and how short the footworn trail
seems now."
haf f>to nninn r»f fViocA
ffnnd
my brother Silas. We drove through
the Peete farm to the river. The
miller came in a boat and took us
and the grain across the river and
then down the canal to the mill. X
mention this to show the
ties pe'ople often had in those days
to get "to a good mill. li
Miss Tempe Boyd graduated at
RandoTph-Macon Woman's Coll-ge,
Lynchburg, In the same class with
my daughter, Elizabeth, now Mrs.
Harry Price of Hendersonville where
she and her husband teach in the
'School. 21
I My father told me that he made
a contribution towards the
of the first Randolph-Mason
College at Boyaton about 1840. He
cast bread upon the waters which
returned to his granddaughter 15
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building
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as
lars.as
le was blessed with children. Loo
ag back sixty years I see the plea
nt face of John C. McGraw in tl
flme of life, while now there
tie fourth generation.
The "appointment of David Coll
lames as head of the road cor
lission for tK6 first district is
rise choice. I first knew him
.is tenth year, watched him grc
a manhood and enter profession
fe. I know the manner and mat
ig of the man. He is thought!:
urveys questions from every ang
nd his activities have been pro;
rly guided.
His father, the late David
larnes, was aid-de-camp to Gove
or Vance during the Civil War ai
owers,
o
D
>ultry d
on c
oy S-
last week with Mr. and to
W.
Kimball.
Mrs. WMr. C. M. White went to Char- P<
lotte and Salisbury this week on| vi
business. He was accompanied as d*
far as High Point by Mrs.
and Charles White Jr. who will ti
ai
spend several days with her
ents, Mr- and Mrs. W. H. Bowen. =
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wilson have V
returned from a visit to relatives
in Charlotte and Lincolnton. They
were accompanied home by Mrs.
Mamie Neely, who will spend
ofiVa-, spent
th
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in
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p.
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of
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rat-oi Hove nHf.h hpr
June
Keeping
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flock
unwis
1i
sev.
Hfliiffht.pr. Mrs.
i
le Wilson.
Mr. Charles L. Kimball and
odaughter, Ann, are the guests of
e- Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball. Miss
a- Rose Kimball plans to return to
,n Delhi, Canada, with them,
lis Mr. and Mrs. Dorest Nichols of
he near South Hill spent Sunday with1
little
F
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pe Mrs. Nichols' parent's. Mr. and!
1(j Mrs. N. L. Williams and Edison
j. liams returned home with them to
spend this week.
Mrs. Lucy Brown and Mrs. Rids.
he dick of Gatesville are the guests of
is Mrs. Riddick's daughter, Mrs. J.
CWatklfls.
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p.
The Record told of a visit to Wa
enton by William McDowell D
/horn I have known from his i
ancy- I cannot write of him as
oy as he'became a man in ma
ters and conversation by the tir
ie reached his teens. His first wo
las for me and his aunt said to
idy friend, who wrote me about
hat sne thought William's ordei
ife was in some measure due to 1
ssociation with me. He was bles
d witn a good mother, a woman
uperior qualities of mind and hea
nd life was a good little telle
rtien he came with me. My be
?ishes are with him in his f
way Los Angeles home.
His aunt referred to, is Miss E
ice McDowell, daughter of t:
ite Dr. Archie McDowell, long pre
lent of Chowan College. Miss M
loweli has been a life-long teach
nd her work and influence for goi
ave oeen far-reaching- She w
t one time dean or lady princip
f Meredeth College.
58 Green Avenue,
treenville, S. C.
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cently.
r.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Palmer
ed Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Capps
W
visitid
on1
in Sunday.
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of
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rlcnuracie.
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Miss Louise Williams spent last
week with her iister, Mrs. Dorest'
Nichols, near South Hill,
Mr. and Mrs. E. Milling of Clncinnatti are spending several weeks
with Mrs. Milling's parents, Mr-1
and Mrs. J. A. Kimball.
Misses Betty Jean and Ferrebee
Watkins and Barker Watkins Jr.'
visited their grandmother, Mrs.1
Vance Harris, in Henderson re-
iter Superior court judge. Coll
5 a nephew of Mrs- Sallie Vaughi
lawkins of Charlotte, widow
ihohias W. Hawkins, a Warrenti
eared man, one whom I admir
or his warm friendship and stei
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ay
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rouitry
Growers
Rural listeners continue to find
in the weekly
radio talks presented by specialists
of the State College Poultry
partment on the Carolina
Features program.
Each Friday a representative of
the department prepares timely in-'
helpful information
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Farm'
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formation for those who take part ''
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ager the Insurance ai
ered his resignation to
which resignation has
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Stokes county farmers report tl
est small grain crop of rece
ears with excellent acre yields b
lg secured at harvest-
Org
rectors
nt
special attorney for the
"When my luck began to change,"
Darrow says, "everything seemed
I position with an Insurai
The Board of Di]
I~
much.three t.hnnsanri fin!-
a
ilckens
dollars
j
city.
Poultry
rm, as
Wil-'
in all your life."
Darrow was furious- He refused
to live in such a town. So he shook
the dust of Ashtabula off his feet
and headed for Chicago.
His first year in Chicago, he made
only three hundred 'dollars.not
even dhough to pay his room rent.
But the next year he made ten
times
D£
of
iltural e
ently passed away,
ng
witness
published
smith's shop. He was fascinated
with the wit and eloquence of these
country spellbinders. He loved a
scrap himself; so he borrowed the
blacksmith's law books and began
to study law. On Monday he would
take his law books to school, and
while his pupils were studying
geography or arithmetic he
through the pages of his
an
one
Culling
pic at t
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trouble and I'd like to help you out
IH be glad to kill the chief
against you and it won't cost
you a cent."
A few years ago, Darrow
a book, the story of his life and
I remember I stayed awake far intc
the night reading the chapter ir
which he outlined his philosophy o!
life.
"I am not sure of how much o;
how little I have really
he said- "I have blundered on
my way and I have snatched a:
impelling force,
splendid Warrenton women were r
his sisters, Mrs. W. J. Norwood and y
iMrs- J. G. King. Their beautiful f
old home stood a few miles north- b
east of Louisburg. n
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!er Steed. There were two colon
aembers. one of whom was Ossii
lawkihs. Mr. C. A. Cook introdu
d me to them, made a talk In n
lehalf, and they approved my a
ilication for a scholarship to tl
itate University, l'or which I than
d them and grasped the hand
very member. This was my lifi
irst great thrill.it meant a me:
al uplift. This obligation is st
of)c
years;a|
the'j,
set of harness worth five
But to Clarence Darrow there
was a principal at stake. Injustice
had raised its snarling head and
incident
blacksmith
blacksmith
lounty Commissioners, along Wi
fajor Buck Williams and Alexai
neWjt
j8
Comes from the heart goes to the
heart. I do not remember having £
seen him for fifty years or more, n
but he* had already shown that his w
purpose was to live a good life. His h
feet had already been set in
right faith, his upbringing having L
been in a good home. His entire
life was In touch with the same' s,
surroundings, people and
a
His was a gentle soul and his life e
has left warm sunshine in the mem- I
ory of all who knew him.
The death of William J. Boyd n
The first case he ever handled is
still talked about by the old-timers
In Ashtabula, Ohio. The burning
issue involved nothing more vital
than the ownership of a
nroo
I never knew the younger Robe
V- Alston, but remember his fat)
r, Major Rob, with gratitude. I
ras a member of the Board
,n
ly
Mrs. Pat Holloway, who recently la
returned from a visit to her sons ci
in Texas and California, is spend-:
ing several days with Mrs. R. T. &
friends in this 8*
:rt Walston and other
la
community.
I
| Mrs Turner strane of Roanoke, I
T- I
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ine unaeraog.
+V»r» nnllnnio nrVinr-i T
inter
lncenti
hat makes it a do.ight to wri
bout Warren county and her pe
ile.
Mrs. Lula McCraw Price, who r
VI
he fought it as he would have
fought a Bengal tiger. He was paid
only five dollars to fight the case;
but he fought it at his own expense,
through seven courts for seven years
.and won it.
Darrow says he has never been
ambitious for money or prestige. He
says he has always been a lazy cuss.
He started out in life teaching a
country school. One day an
happened which changed his
whole career. There was a
in town who studied law when
he wasn't busy shoeing horses.
Clarence Darrow heard the
argue a law case in the tin-
!es Of Years Gone
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Drewry Items
Native Of
Boyhood MemoriesB
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A Small-Town Insult J
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NOTICE TO FARMEI IS
We are still giv
corn under our
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of Our Insurance Depa
been connected with th(
Company of Henderson,
ance, and our Insuranc
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Grind
With Corn T
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ing a full bushel of meal
one-eighth tolling plan.
for a bushel of
Mr. W. A. Hunt,
the additional duties of
rtment
First
and is
Depa
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Chair
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