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I i accurate, terse / H T/MELY / moLUMEXXUX ~~ fiHirt. IHI.I. I mimii today Kenate Education Committee V Favors Total Of $7,500,- j DUO Equalizing Fund i chasge is expected ralEIC-H. r^lnrcii 7.?If memof the Senate Committee 011 |a:;or. are able to carry out ^Kir own u'1*'1"- tllc Hancock K.lC0] bill will be reported back to He senate tins iiui'iung. Except Hr some changes in the admin^B-:a[;ve features, in line with ^Eme of the suggestions of State ^Superintendent Alien, the bill is. Hot expected to be materially,1 Hhanged from the lorm in which, passed the House. I ly the meeting yesterday mornthe committee voted to keep I IBeret its own action until the bill' reported. It was reported, how- j ^ ver. that the committee was) ^Czrply divided on the amount of / ^Ke equalizing fund with a small! ^majority favoring the Hancock ^Bj.OOO.OOO six months equalizing gmund and Sl.500.000 extended term! ^Mquahz:ng fund. How many of Dr. Allen's recom-1 ^Bendations were carried out. the ^Committeemen have not revealed. I fact, they are not yet through I their amendments. It is I however, that there will/ i|l0t be any change in the matter 011 ie scale of county superintendents ilaries, for the purpose of equaling, as was suggested by Dr. lien. The committee meets again at 1:30 o'clock this morning, determ- ( Hied to finsh with the bill by the < lime the session starts at 11 o'clock. If it is, the bill will be set on Frilay's calendar unless it is set as , | special order for some other ses|*flnce the school bill has been ^Hned of, the General Assembly 's task will be to discover ^Hys and means of raising the ^^Ktta money set up in the Hanlock equalizing funds, admitting 1 Hiat it is adopted. Higerton Re-visits I His Old Heme Town H "Walter Egerton of Raleigh was 1 I Warrenton on Monday and I ^Vuesday shaking hands with old| ^ riends. For a number of years Mr.' ^Bgerton was in the employee of ^Billiard & White Co. in the place business now occupied by tne ^Kash Company store. Leaving Warrenton he went to ^Blebane where he was married. After | few years in that town he moved j Raleigh where he is now work- 1 ^ ng. In the days before the World bar when, in place of the hops the j ^Bounger set now pull, the young ^Bten of the town gave a ball in ^Bonor of the young ladies, there was bio figure more active than that of ^Walter Egerton. T. L. Brodie, G. H. ^Blacon, Bully Moss, Stephen and bvilliam Burroughs, Pryor Allen, bill Day, Tom and Faucette Harbison, and John L. Skinner of Litbleton are other members of the bid social set that memory recalls. I Most of these men are scattered to b'e {our winds, but this week when baiter Egerton re-visited Warren^b after several years absence he a few of the older boys and ^b&ough new friends still here to to? a glad welcome. j^Pitton' Alston Dies At Old Still Site Alston Alston Jr., "Button," 31-1 ear-old negro, was found dead at | ^Bjd still site near "No Bottom" on i Wurday. Coroner Pinnell investi-1 ^^ dved the death and deemed no in-1 I The still had been removed but! Several beer vats were in place. It' believed that "Button" had been Baking the beer formed when rain 1 ater collected on the reminants of j ^h leit in the vats and that! |^B?isoned liquor was the cause of 1 IB*1aWr Harris Dies 1 IB^ear Here Wednesday i Palmer Harris died at his home| Bear V/arrenton on Wednesday . j^B^rnoon. Cancer of the stomach is 1 I^B^rted as the cause of death. Mr.l J^Bhrris vas about 50 years of age. 1 j^BJ^ersl arrangements had not! ^de at time of going to pess. 1 Harris is survived by his 1 WR^jM>ne son and three step-1 ? 5 NEW PE 5 l I: : . * P^M8P8888^^^mK^^^^^W 1 The above is a recent picture c iate, who on Monday became Fresi )f office was administered by Chie spite of a heavy rain thousands wi Riggan Barbecues Colonel Powell's Big, Yellow Her They all reeeived something, wi tithe exception of W. T. Powell, anc Col. Scrap" is minus his big, plump yellow hen. Jack Riggan got th( hen, Snipes the liquor, and Johr Davis, negro, was given a six-month.' road sentence. It's a long ways from Col Powell's home at the ppor farm t< Jack Riggan's barbecue stand. How the hen made the trip was revealec in the trial of John Davis on i charge of possessing whiskey, bartering whiskey and receiving stoler goods before Magistrate W. C. Fagg When the trial was over, Davis wa; bound under $300 bond to Recorder'! court. Monday Judge Rodwell sentenced him to six months on th< roads. ' 3 3 Several smti'i aniues nau w?s-,-i cf1i>n irom cia.e to lime frrrn tht county home. Col. Powell is longsuffering, but when he began to mis.' the chickens, he set his son, Augustus, to watching for the raider. Or Thursday night the young man sav Jim Mayfield, a county boarder slip into the hen house and comi out with the yellow hen. He was followed to the home of John Davi: where he bartered the hen for ? pint of liquor. Later a search warrant was obtained and Officer Snipes went t< the home of Davis where he fount the hen, minus its head, and ? further search revealed a pint o whiskey hid in a corn crib on thi premises. The liquor, the hen ant Davis were brought before Magistrate W. C. Fagg. After the tria Mr. Snipes gave the hen to Jacl Riggan for a barbecue. Roosevelt Sends Message To Hoovei ALBANY, N. Y., March 4.?Gov ernor Roosevelt today sent the fol lnurinc mneratulatory message t< President Hoover: "Please let me extend to you tto felicitations and good wishes of th people of the State of New York oi your inauguration. Mrs. Roosevel and I also wish to send to you am Mrs. Hoover our personal congratu latioxxs and good wishes." ASKED TO SEND NAMES All members of the Children' chapter of the United Daughter of the Confederacy are.asked t send their names to Mrs. Palme Scoggin, their leader, at once. Th time of meeting will be announce later. Mrs. Annie Guin'ord was i Norlina on Tuesday morning. Mrs. Ed Overby and children c Warren Plains were in town Wed nesday afternoon. lip ? WARRENTON, C ;ESIDENT ^ S^Mi:::':'<"^wfc^s^^^wffi^S^'w83^-::':?888888888888888ft$te aaHg88888^SSS83888888g8BBaBBHWPww^?>iff::^^^^^^^^ jllll|^p:-:^ ?^&" -Z " ' :iiifiMMIiH^HI^B M; wwB^HWWM a:;:;::;: VWW: )f Herbert Hoover, Republican cand dent of the United States. The oai ;f Justice William Howard Taft. ] tnessed the ceremony. Assaults Brother With Hammer; Will i Face Judge Rod we i Seymour Reid, white man I Areola, is today nursing a sore hei , and his brother, S. B. Reid, is und i bond for his appearance at R - ' " ? L ? HT/vv. 1-1 v? i coraer s couri/ uerc wuiiua,v uim > ed with assaulting his brother wi a hammer. A group of men were gathered } Capps store in Areola on Saturds r according to evidence revealed the preliminary hearing befo 1 Magistrate W. C. Elington here t i Wednesday afternoon. Seymo 1 Reid, a lover of the hunt, was b moaning the fact that the rain h: 3 prevented him hunting the last ti 5 days of the season, as has heret fore been his custom, and said th ; he guessed he would have to ta the two days he felt due him 1 soon as the rain cleared. ; S. B. Peid, standing nearby, e pressed his opinion of a man hur 3 ing after season was closed. War followed and S. B. Reid ended t 1 controversy by grabbing up a har r mer and striking his brother a ;i > along the tide of his head. Qui 5 a bump was raised, but no scrio injury followed. 3 A warant was sworn out and 1 B. Reid was brought before Magi | trate Ellington. Monday Judge Ro well will hear the case in Recorde 5 court. 1 > Tire reason for the assault gc i back father than the hunting di f pute, rumor has it. It goes ba 5 to an altercation between Seymo 1 Reid and J. T. Coley in which IV Reid suffered a slashed throat tb 1 necessitated his remaining in t ? Rocky Mount hospital for sor time. Mr. Coley married S. B. Rei< daughter, and it is undterstood tb Kof nroorj TVTr Reid ai | 1/I1C txixan Mvi/nwit i Ccley left ill feeling between t I* brothers. * Oxford Singers To ) Be At Littleton 13t 3 The singing class of the Oxfo b Orphanage will appear in concert i! the Littleton School Auditorium t, Wednesday night, March 13, at i | o'clock, a committee from Roj - Hart Lodge No. 497 A. P. & A. announced yesterday. For years classes from tl orphanage have been making th s appearances here. The reputation s; merit they have established and t o worthiness of their cause, it is fe r will guarantee a large attendanc e ?, d MAKING SURVEY Engineers of the State Highw commission are surveying the ro n from Hollister to Liberia, it v reported here yesterday. The n ?f survey, it is expected, will wipe c many curves in the present hig way. arrrtt OUNTY OF WARREN, I | Alston Threatens To ] Bring Shotgun To Next Board Meeting Edward Alston of Fork doesn't hink much of Warren county's ^ i 'oard of commissioners. Neither, 'or that matter, does the board of " education rank very high in his estimation. He is not backward in ' | saying so. The citizen of Fork is J rather an extensive land holder and ^ taxes get pretty close to his skin. V?? Vine orvv> fivonrl nisretuiuic lie vuiuuivu iiAHAself to rather bitter language, but on Monday he broke loose for fair. f( After intimating that the members i s( of the board w.ere a bunch of thieves, he called former chairman Skinner, who was leaving the room, ^ back, with the remarks that he was one of the worst in the lot. But that was only by way of preliminary to K warming up. Next he was going to bring his shotgun. Auditor Peter M. j1 Stallings is to be the object of the Fork citizen's sanguinary wrath, j That is if Mr. Stallings makes any more changes in Mr. Alston's property, or so the irate citizen said. " "If you make any more changes I : am going to bring my shotgun and e blood will be shed," the Fork citizen s< is quoted as saying, j Mr. Stallings bristled under the ! threat and it looked ilke fireworks. S1 i The chairman rapped for order. The ?j j tumult died. Mr. Alston later remarked to j friends on the court green that he ; didn't take back a word he said. ! d I Dr. Branch To Bring oi Many To P. T. Meet . Indications point to a banner n tb meeting of the Parent-Teacher as- s] [n gociatiop at the local school audi- b torium on Friday, Mar^h 15, when b Dr. Ernest A. Branch, State director E ~~ nf Oral Tvpipnp will cive nn il- . V- j O-" "J " ? O- ' "" ? ? lustrated lecture on the structure a and care of the teeth, a member of the organization said yesterday. j, 11 "Dr. Branch is sent here at the s expense of the State in order that the public may have a better under- ^ standing of the relation of teeth ' to health and the proper care of u er the same. We feel that the impore" tance of this lecture will cause i( S" many to attend," the member A th added. 2 The director of hygiene will use g at X-ray pictures as well as stereop- c i.y. tican slides to illustrate his lecture. t In Some of the X-ray pictures, it is h 're said, were made of mouths of Waron ren children. ur Dr. Branch will address the teach- a e- ers of Warren at the court house c ad on the following day. r vo Miss Esterbrook To j ke Address Club Women i as U ?- ? -i-i ..r At- ~ 1 Tne next meeting ui tnc p x" Woman's club will be held at the t] l'" home of Mrs. W. n. Connell, with a Mrs. Connell. Mrs. H. A. Moseley hp and Miss Cate Gardner as hos- a tesses. At this meeting Miss ^ Esterbrook of State college will give a talk and demonstration on j us interior decoration and refinishing g old furniture. She is an authority s' on her subject and can give much d_ that will interest those who love the , beautiful and wish to apply this o love to the enhancement of the c ies home- n ^s_ Not only club members are urg- IV ck ed to hear Miss Esterbrook, but ci ur every one who is interested is cor- o lr dially asked to be present at the meeting on next Tuesday, March IV he 12, at 3 o'clock. a F ne r p PLUNGE IN j he v g A resolution has been made jj I ftaeh Summer for several years a that a swimming pool would |l be provided before the next. ^ Always, though, the Winter ^ rcj winds made folks forget how ^ a|. hot July and August days were. j, on and tne good resolution was, 8 just like many others, forgot- i ?al ton before the 10th of every M January. But this year? lis Well, plans are getting under eir way early, and with McGuire n of just radiating enthusiasm and t! he Shorty Gillam working up o >lt, steam, with a whole lot of b e. other folks around here willing to lend a helping hand in it such a move, it looks like the h ay pool is to be a reality. b ad Plans are being worked out p 'as now, a suitable location is to c ew be secured, and in early Spring c )ut many may be yelling at the b h- close of the business day, "Let's o go swimming." p AiDAY, MARCH 8, 1929 100VER TAKES : OATH OF OFFICE Jew President Delivers Inaugural Address In HeavyDownpour Of Rain )AWES SWEARS CURTIS WASHINGTON, March 4.?Herert Hoover took his solemn oath s president of the United States Dday while thousands of American Itizens, men and women, stood bejre him, silent, in front of the ;eps of the nation's capitol. A drizzling rain dripped down, he throngs raised umbrellas. But ferbert Hoover, a serious, solemn gure in the midst of all the cereiony, stood bare-headed and let the ater fall upon his close cut hair as e spoke a distinct "I do," when re oath was read. Then he bowed low and slowly lised the open Bible to his lips and issed it, while all the thousands, ;aching far out to the borders of le capitol grounds, were silent that yen the soft patter of the light rain 1 ;emed noisy. ( Solemn Figure The new president of the United " tates was the solemn, sobered figure c f that whole gathering. Near him , ;ood Calvin Coolidge, smiling his t aiet little smile, plainly light i earted. He was a slight, but agile gure who had shifted the tremenous burden of responsibility of the ' residency to the broad shoulders f Herbert Hoover, and the weight [ready was bearing down with a dentless, solemn pressure upon the P ation's new chief executive. ( The day had begun with overcast ties and a chill wind blowing just riskly enough to make the many J anners of the capitol wave gently. ^ ly 9 a. m., the people were coming. . *"i Vi/mi* 1 n fnv? fViQvn nrava fVtAiicon/lo .11 UUIU lAVU tYUV/ 1/llVUdUfUUd round the capitol and by noon the } hole plaza, which fronts the cap- ] ;ol and lies between the house and ( snate office buildings, was closely acked. Many hundreds stood upon he roofs and cornices of the gov- , rnment buildings, looking down J pon the ceremony, A little after 11 a. m., Calvin Coolige and Mrs. Coolidge, and Mr. and ] Irs. Hoover came out of the White louse. Mrs. Coolidge was dressed in rey, with a fox fur neckpiece and ' arried sweet peas and orchids. Mrs. [oover wore a black wrap. She and er husband were unsmiling. Bids Farewell As the White House car rolled J way from the building where the loolidges had lived so long, Mrs. loolidge turned and waved a farewell to the servants who stood matching the final departure of a J listress they loved. At the White louse gates the car was stopped and Irs. Coolidge shook hands with the oliceman on guard, assuring him hat some day she would see him ; gain. 1 Crowds on Pennsylvania Avenue I cclaimed the executive party as It c ( Continued On Page 2 ) c ( 7armer Recovers Car; Alston Jailed 1 t J. F. Farmer, manager of the Car- ] lina Power & Light Co., has re- ( overed his car. Fred Alston, i egro, is in jail awaiting trial at c lay term of Warren Superior t ourt. He is charged with larceny f an automobile. i Mr. Farmer's car was stolen on c larch 1. Officers recovered the r utomobile and nabbed Alston in t 'ranklin county on Monday. Tues- $ ay they were brought to Warren- j 3n and Alston was given a pre- t minary hearing before Magistrate 7. C. Fagg, at which he plead I uilty. Unable to raise the $500 ond required by Magistrate Fagg, .lston was sent to jail. ? Mr. Farmer's car is reported to i ave been damaged to some ex- ( snt by the trip to Franklin, just 1 ow much lias not been determ- i led. f k * - l D _ _.L 1 f vieeung jrusipuueu Because of Measles Because of the prevalence of leasles here the next meeting of \ he local chapter of the Daughters f the American Revolution has ( een indefinitely postponed. i The organization was to hold \ ts meeting this afternoon at the ' iome of Mrs. James Poindexter, j ut yesterday her son, James, was ; 1 quarintine with measles. Be- \ ause of the larger number of ] ases at Warrenton, it was deemed ] est to postpone meetings of the rganization until the epedimic has lassed. i rii Sets Federal v I - Bench Record J ml % % m H Judge Joseph Bufflngton, senior b nember of tho United States cir- R ;uit court of appeals at Philadelphia, is said to have the distinclion of being a federal judge long-' ;r than any other man in United 1 states history. He was first ap- c jointed by President Harrison and ecently finished his 37th year of i> iervice. . t: Child Drinks Lysol; J Death Is The Result t Funeral services for Eleanor Mae I rhompson, three-year-old daughter d )f Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson i >f near Oakville, were held at c Jerusalem church at Wise on Wed- g lesday afternoon by the Rev. B. P. a rtobinson, and interment was made a n the church cemetery. s The child died early on Monday a norning as a result of drinking g Lysol on Saturday afternoon. The t jlder children, it is said, had been a leaning the house and Left several old bottles on a table awaiting further disposal. One of these J bo'lies contained a little of the ( iec'dly disinfectant, lhe little girl succeeded in reaching this bottle ind drinking some of the poison. A physician was summoned and 9 mtidotes given. Apparently the r ;hild was on the way to recovery, when Sunday night it suffered 1 mother attack and died about 2 f j'clcck on Monday morning. a The tragedy has shocked the comnunity and many expressions of * sympathy for the parents and chil- ? Vion fd ucii xiavc vcuu uuaiu. t Ben Cook President Of Young Democrats Ben Cook, former Warrenton boy, vho is now a practicing attorney at 3onca City, Okla., has been elected president of the Young Democrats )f that city, according to a dispatch arried in a paper of that State. The Oklahoma paper said: Een Cook, Ponca City attorney, :andidate for county judge in the ast election on the democratic icket, was named president of the Say County League of Young Demicrats Saturday afternoon at a neeting here. Mrs. Fred Spaulding )f Ponca City was elected secretaryreasurer. Charles Duffy, Ponca City attorley, retiring president of the Kay :ounty group, and Ben Cook were lamed as delegates from this county ,o the state convention of the organization at Altus on February 22. Approximately 30 persons attended ;he meeting here Saturday. c e 1NGER IS THE SUBJECT AT $ EPISCOPAL CHURCH SUNDAY "Anger, the Family Folly." is tne t ;ubject for the Sunday night ser- J non at Emmanuel Episcopal * ihurch, Warrenton, at 7:30, the Rev. B. N. de Foe-Wagner anrounced yesterday. On Sunday morning at 11 o'clock ,he rector will hold services at the :hurch of the Good Shepherd, , Ridgeway. c. ? TO CANVASS SUNDAY 1 s On Sunday afternoon from 2 ^ ontil 3 o'clock the members of the Young People's Service league t )f the Episcopal church will call v ipon the members of the church c tor subscriptions and renewals to rhe Carolina Churchman and The Spirit of Missions. They ask that you please remain at home dur- 1 Lng this hour and be prepared to 1 help your church and your service i league. i 1 Mr. Willie Prescott spent Sun- i day afternoon in Henderson. a MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 10 SOLICITOR IS NOT VAMED BY BOARD Jill Passed By General As ui.. Tj?? vr?* r>? r<? aeiiiuiv na:) nut uceii v>citified To Commissioners IECRET SESSION IS HELD No reference was made to the apointment of a new solicitor for tie Recorder's court at the meetag of the board of county comlissioners here on Monday. A bill assed through the Generaly As;mbly by Representative Williams ills for the appointment and it as generally expected that the immissioners would name the ilicitor at this meeting. However, le bill, it is understood has not een certified to the Board. On motion of Commissioner fewell the board ordered that no irther reductions in valuation be lade except under extraordinary ircumstances, fire, removal of timer, error in listing, until second londay in July as provided by law. It was ordered that a clause reatlve to former Sheriff R. E. Davis eturning all county books to the ounty attorney be stricken out. Upon motion of Commissioner Jewell ilie board went into execuive session. Auditor Peter M. Stallings will lot be allowed to put anything on he tax list unless ordered by the loard, according to motion passed. Due to error in listing, Moot lead of Judkins was allowed a reuction from five acres to one acre, t was ordered that C. W. Thomas, olored, of Sixpound township be liven a credit of eighteen acres it $10 per acre and that he be given i tax reduction for one year on aid eighteen acres, it being found i fact that said land was listed at 10 acres, and there having been sold herefrom eighteen acres, leaving 42 icres. It was motioned by Newell and leconded by Skinner and ordered hat the Auditor call on the Board if Education for all refund taxes. Ordered that a note for $10,000, iated December 5, 1928, payable in i0 days to the Bank of Warren, be enewed. It was ordered that the purchasng agent get an estimate on wire ence to replace the wood fence now iround the jail. Ordered that county warrant for 10 now being paid to Goodman Shearin for outside paupers, be nade payable to each separately in he sum of $5.00 each. Motioned by Commissioner Stonier, duly seconded, with no op>osing vote, that a levy is hereby uade on the maximum amount of J1 schedule B and C taxes that are .llowed under the law to be colected and the sheriff is hereby auhorized to collect this maximum imount of all schedule B and C axes so levied on. Mrs. J. S. Jones, county health lurse, tendered her monthly report, vhich was read by the clerk and >rdered filed. It was motioned by Wall and econded by Burroughs and ordered hat the county pay $12.50, half the iost of admitting an illegitimate caby into the Greensboro home. Commissioner Newell voted "No." It was ordered that the auditor >lace the full penalty of 20 per cent >n all uncollected taxes, as providid by law. It was ordered that Mr. Edward Uston be charged on the tax list nth 32 bales of cotton at $75 per iale, and that he be given a credit if $600 cotton valuation as now listid. Also that he be charged with 7,000 worth of notes. The Auditor was instructed to list he B. S. Bronson notes for the rear 1926, 1927, and 1928, at their ace value without penalty. Two Cases Before Recorder On Monday Only two cases were heard in Reorders court here on Monday, dorris Hicks, negro, faced Judge todwell on a charge of simple asault. Judgment was suspended upon jayment of cost. John Davis, negro, was sentenced o work the roads for six months vhen he was found guilty of a iharge of possessing whiskey. ATTENND MEETING Mrs. Charlotte Story Perkinson,. vfiss Amma D. Graham and Miss jucy Leach attended a three-day neeting of the North Carolina Social Service Conference at Raeigh last week. W. T. Polk of War enton presided over the Thursday ifternoon session.