accurate, terse
timely
VOLUME XXJX
10SE sevSSM''
?-^Tn nil f
I f REVtrnvilli
I I veje(ts $6,500,00 Equalizing
fund At Night Session; f
Different Line-ups I
IRE AIDED BY HANCOCK I
RALEIGH March 14.?The House I1
of Representatives which yesterday lc
struck out nearly $700,000 in taxes I *
H jt" j,ad added the night before, last I
refused to concur in the/v
^^H^ate amendments slashing the 11
^Khool equalizing fund from $7,500,-h
000 to $6,500,000. I r
H xhe vote was 38 to 64 against con-1s
m I currenee. and means that conference h
M committees of both branches must Is
m reach common ground. I?
11
SEt* iv in
refusing to concur, the house I"
overrode Representative A. D. Mac-1
Lean. original exponent of an eight-1 j.
H m0nths term but who last led theL
fight for Mr. MacLean, however, putlf
the legislature on notice that her
was accepting the senate amended I j
education bill as a compromise only, I
an(j would be back to fight for anl'
H eight-months term and tax reduc-1 j
I tion. K
H The fight against concurrence was I
I led by Judge Winston, Hancock of I;
I Granville and Moss of Nash. I ?
The revenue bill passed second. 11
It was just such a performance as I v
I the 1929 house has become famous I ?
I for. It killed the Constitutional 11
I Convention by a change of mind, it I
H slaughtered the MacLean eight- ]
I months school bill, after passing it I ?
I cnce, and it came back and revived I f
I the Permanent Improvements bill 11
I after murdering it in cold blood. 11
Back Where It Was J"
As the situation now stands, the I *
tax on railroads stands where it was!?
I in the finance committee revenue ^
bill-two-fifths of one per cent of ?
assessed valuation, slated to raise (
$1,000,000 in revenue, just double the
present tax. The house Tuesday
night added another half million to *
take off yesterday.
ML The power companies have the
schedule as provided in the j
HKenue bill?2 per cent of gross in- ^
come, slated to yield $520,000 ? ^
M double the present levy. The house
B took off the extra $130,000 imposed j
I Tuesday night. '
The bus companies are left with
I the only material increase in the
I whole statute. Their tax was boostI
ed from 6 to 7 per cent of gross p
I income, representing an increase in \
I money of $60,000. c
An amendment to remove the c
I added bus tax, offered by Wells, of r
I Pender, was defeated. 34 to 47. t
Changing Votes s
The railroad tax was reduced on s
I ch amendment offered by Halstead,
of Camden, which passed 57 to 40,
after extended debate led by Macbean,
of Beaufort, for the reduc- C
tion, and Moss, of Nash, against it. '
The tax was increased Tuesday 6
flight without a roll call vote. 1
The power levy was cut by an
amendment offered by Norwood, of ^
Inauiax. It passed, 64 to 40, Tuesday
night the tax was boosted by a J
vote of 47 to 45.
MacLean For Cut
The house acted on the cuts after t
Mr. MacLean had voiced the opinion r
he did not think the railroad tax r.
I as increased would be worth the a
paper it was printed on when the t
I courts passed on the question of un- 1
I due burden on interstate commerce. 1
He urged the house to do the fair i
I thing, regardless of criticism, and s
I quoted the tax commission to the \
I afiect that the railroads were being t
I taxed to the limit. i
White Men Face 1
Mm Justice W. C. Fagg 1
Three white men faced Magis- ^
hate W. c. Fagg in as many dif|^H
etent cases here on Monday. Dis
orderly conduct was responsible t
f?r their appearance. ^
ri'1 Hudson, white, was fined $10 I
d cost for disorderly conduct. c
I H.. ,arhe Peoples, white man of
I h^ n ' Was t?und guilty of '
,fl ?g. drunk and disorderly and
H?eanng on the public highway.
1? aS ^10 and costs.
I Warl"SfJones' young white man
I ?t(m, was fined $1 and costs
I Of w!6aring on the public streets 1
-Plenum.
1H TARWATER HOSTESS 1
|H ^rs- John Tarwater was hostess 1>j
members of the Baptist Phila-1 i
thea class on Tuesday evening.! c
|H^ts' Pete Heavis, president, con-1
^^ed the meeting. Several reports L
^ *ere made. Mrs. B P. Terrell readl(
|Han article on the "Life of JaneH
and Miss Ida Allen gavel
B^cdon$ from the works of Jane!
jj^/pJe hostess served ice cream and Is
to the fifteen members! i
51
Charlie Riggan, 86,
Not Content To Be
Dance Spectator
If he hadn't used tobacco or arient
spirits, there is no telling what
le would be doing. As it is, in spite
>f his 86 years, Charlie Riggan, Conederate
veteran of Vaughan, still
ikes to go to dances where he is
lot content to be a spectator but
lances with a vim and vigour that
s astounding.
Mr. Riggan was looking unusually
veil as he chatted with friends at
he court house here on Monday.
Standing as straight as a pine and
noving with a brisk step, he laughly
aid that he was only 65, and then
;ave his real age as 86. There was
t boyish twinkle in his bright eyes
is he and John W. Allen, a comjatriot
in the sectional strife, swap>ed
stories.
When Mr. Riggan stated that he
ladn't been to many dances lately,
At. Allen added, "He goes to every
>ne he can hear about." While Mr.
Ulen and his cousin, Austin Allen,
lave recently suffered rather severe
ittacks of influenza, Mr. Riggan has
;scaped. "Charlie is just too tough,"
lis comrade said. "He is a regular
,Yarren county lightning knot."
Mr. Riggan says he chews the
veed and that ^he was not exactly
i ?? 1 ii- ? i.
i teetotaler, nowever, ne says iu> nut
lis tobacco, nor his wee drop of
vhiskey that keeps him young. He
ittributes his youth to his love for
he ladies.
Mr. Allen thinks that is correct.
3e says he has never seen Mr. Rigfan
in the least bit under the inluence
of whiskey and tells how
he ladies kept him at at Tampa,
ifr. Allen said that when the
'Boys" were ready to return from
he Tampa, Fla., reunion two years
igo that he had to hunt up Mr.
iliggan. "I found him surrounded
>y women in a big hotel and he was
lancing to beat the band.' I said,
Charlie, aren't you coming home?'
I have no idea of leaving,' he reilied.
And you know that man stay d
down there a week after we
eft." /'
Loving life, Mr. Rlggan has lived j
ong and well and friends all over <
/Varren wish for him continued ;
sood health. ??- " i
' i
Mr. Alston Gives His :
Side of Controversy t
r
The News and Observer having
ricked up a story verbatim from
ast week's Record, in which the j
:ontroversy between Edward Alston ,
if Fork and the Board of Comnissioners
was set forth, Mr. Alson
writes that paper giving his ,
ide of the affair. Mr. Alston's
tatement to the News and Observer
follows:.
"The commissioners of Warren
ounty and I are friendly and corlial
with one another, I except only
x-r.hairman J. L. Skinner who has ,
nade mistakes. ,
"Auditor Peter Stailings listed j
or tax 30 bales of cotton the sec>nd
time. He also listed $7,000 in
lontaxable securities and marked
hrough the items, saying he would j
eplace these items for tne sheriff j
o collect tax on them. I took this j
natter up with the county comnissioners.
Auditor Stallings in an
mgry tone said he would replace (
he items for taxation if it pleased
lim to do so. I replied, "If you do
. will shoot you". Here Chairman
'owell rapped for order. Later, outide
the auditor hailed me and ad- (
anced 30 yards toward me. I ?
urned and waited. Stallings came ^
ip within three feet and told me ?
must keep my mouth off of him.
lowever there was no further ]
rouble. "!
"The commissioners ordered that
: be taxed on only one lot of 30
tales of cotton and that the other
tmount be deducted. They also r
tassed an order under which Audi- r
or Stallings will not be allowed to ^
)ut anything on the books unless r
"* J J- ?? *??? KnorH "
iraerea 10 qo su uy mc uvuiu. ^
Vaughan Postmaster i
Dies Monday Morning J
O. D. Brown, postmaster at
* ji-j <jf. Vlis
k/augnan, cueu auuwwj ?.
lome on Monday morning. Mr. ^
3rown was about 60 years of age. ^
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock and
nterment was in the old Brown
:emetery near Vaughan.
Mr. Brown is survived by his
vidow, one son, Vernon, and three
laughters, Bertha, Ethleen and
/irgil. 1
t
SMALL FIRE c
A small fire in a pile of shaving (
it the Box Mill Monday night was i
esponsible for the alarm being r
urne din. No damage resulted. i
hf Mi
WARRENTON, C<
Here Is I
:'$$$ : . 2:
% <&& '? ^mSWm
j" ^ ' ^ " I
Here are the men whom Presi
j'ears. 1. Colonel Henry L. Stim
Andrew W, Mellon, secretary of t
TYilbur, secretary of interior. 6.
agriculture. 8. Robert P. Lamo
2? William D. Mitchell, attorney
Tickets Being Sold
For Auxiliary Movie
Tickets are being sold here for
'Dream of Love," a winning photoplay
which comes to the Imperial
>n Monday evening oi next week,
rhe attraction is brought to War enton
under the auspices of the
American Legion Auxiliary of which
Mrs. N. M. Palmer is president.
Proceeds from the show will go
,o Oteen for former service men.
rhe attraction here is being pronoted
by the Ways and Means
committee, headed by Mrs. L. C.
iinsey. Others members are Mrs.
iV. D. Rodgers Jr., Mrs. W. L. Wood
uid Mrs. A. C. Blalock.
Thomas W. Davis
Dies On Wednesday
Thomas W. Davis of near Marmiduke
was buried yesterday afterloon
in the family cemetery at the
)ld James Davis place. He died
Wednesday morning after an illless
of about a month. Mr. Davis
vas 68 years old.
The funeral services were conlucted
by the Rev. R. E. Bricklouse
and the Rev. &. E. Wright,
lis nephews served as pallbearers.
Mr. Davis is survived by his widow
ind two sons.
Says Lindbergh To
Leave Mexico Today
MEXICO CITY, March 13.?Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh plans to
itart tomorrow morning for the
Jnited States, it was said on reliible
authority tonight.
Lindbergh will fly via Tampico to
3rownsville and from there to New
ifork, it was understood.
ENTERTAINS GUILD
Miss Will Jones was hostess to
nembers of St. Mary's Guild on
Tuesday night. In the absence of
he president, Mrs. Jack Scott, the
neeting was conducted by the
dce-pesidenr, Mrs. Frank Hunter.
Instructive papers were read by
kfrs. M. C. McGuire, Miss Will
rones and Miss Margie Green. Dermic
refreshments were served.
iVIVUW > W..
Those present were Mesdames F.
?. Hunter, M. C. McGuire, W. R.
Boyce, Annie Guilford, Ray Weson;
the Misses Margie Green,
3essie Taylor, Kate White Wiliams
and Georgie Tarwater.
The next meeting will be held
vith Mrs. M. C. McGuire.
FEDERALS PURSUE REBELS
MEXICO CITY, March 13.?
federal troops were reported in ac"iironit.
nf retreating rebel forces
/IVt7 w. __
mtside of Saltillo in an official gov- j
jrnment bulletin issued this after-;
loon which stated that the governnent
troops occupied Saltillo this
norning.
irrnt
DUNTY OF WARREN,
ioover's
dent Hoover has chosen to co'nstitut
son, secretary of state. 2. Walter F,
reasury. 4. James W. Good, secrets
James J. Davis, secretary of labor,
nt, secretary of commerce, 8. .Char]
general,
Two Men Killed J
When Bible Tries
To Break Record
OCEAN SPEEDWAY, DAYTONA '
BEACH, Fla., March 13. ?Lee {
Bible, 42-year-old Daytona Beach
garage mechanic, rode' to a spectacular
death today when the (
36-cylinder racing car, with which
he was attempting to break the j
world's speed record of 231 miles
an hour, went out of control and j
crashed into the sand dunes, striking
and killing outright Charles
Traub, a news reel cameraman. j
The accident, which was one of <
the most gruesome in the history
of beach racing here, occurred im- (
mediately after Bible had crossed j
the measured mile course at a speed j
of 202 miles an hour. It was wit- i
nessed by a crowd of approximate- f
ly 20,000 spectators, wno nnea me 1
sand dunes for miles. ]
Roaring over tne course at such
a terifflc speed, the car, owned by j
J. M. White of Philadelphia, quickly
disappeared in a haze that hung
over the beach, and those who sat
in the grandstand, a mile away,
were unable to see just how the 1
accident happened. 1
Eye-witnesses, who were stand- '
" ]
ing on the dune?, at the end of j
the mile, declared Bible attempted (
to run too far out on the course
near the surf. They said the
driver, eveidently believing that the f
car would run into the ocean, lift- j
ed his foot too quickly from the j
accelerator. With the power shut i
off so suddenly at that speed, the
car started to swerve from the i
course. j
wit.npssRs said Bible probably i
slammed on his brakes and at- f
tempted to swing the machine t
back into control, but in doing so,
turned the steering wheel too far. t
The machine went out of control, i
spun around twice on the beach ?
and turned over. It bounced high ?
into the air, going into a barrel
roll, and smashed into the dunes 1
with a terrific impact. Traub, who 1
was standing on the beach taking }
pictures of the race, attempted to
get out of the way, but the car
was traveling too fast.
Big Rayon Plant t
Closed By Strike [
ELIZABETJITON, Tenn., March v
13.?Arthur Mothwurf, president of J
the American Glazstoff corporation,
told a committee of strikers this
afternoon that their wage demands s
were "out of the question" and that 0
the huge Layton plant, employing
about 1,700 persons, would be closed r
down indefinitely. The entire plant s
was shut down at noon. ?
Several hundred employes in three *
departments went on strike this t
morning, following the action of t
another department yesterday. Most f
of the strikers were women. t
jjteffl
MARCH 15, 192
|^g-Z
Family
e lifs cabinet for the next four
. Brown, postmaster general. 3.
ry of war. 5. Dr. Kay Lyman
7. Arthur M. Hyde, secretary of
les F. Adams, secretary of navy.
Dawes May Be U. S.
Minister To England
WASHINGTON, March 13.?Alihough
he has relinquished the
nno nrncirlcmmr onH rpt.limpH t.A
Chicago, the question, what will
Dharles Gates Dawes do next, renains
a subject of lively specula;ion
in the capital.
Of course, it is known that he
las gone back to his Chicago bank,
md that he plans to go to San
Domingo soon to help organize the
iscal affairs of that nation. It is
ilso known that he has been makng
plans to go to Europe this
Summer.
When that was first mentioned,
;he inference was that this Eurojean
trip would be a personal af:air.
Now, however, the idea is
gaining credence that he will not
jo as a private citizen, but as
America's new ambassador to Great!
Britain.
Error Gives State
Trial Marriages
The House of Representatives
vas so intent on raising taxes and
owering them again that it comDletely
overlooked the fact that in
passing the Reveuue bill it made
Vorth Carolina the first State in
;he Union to adopt trial marriages.
It came about this way.
Section 159 of the Revenue bill
)rovides that the State shall colect
a tax of three dollars for each
narriage license. That is as it was,
>ut:
Section 159 is included under
Article Two, Section B of which
ipecifies that: "Every State license
ssued under this article shall be
or twelve months, shall expire on
he 31st day of May of each year."
"It's certainly a radical Legislate,"
observed Judge Winston as
t was recalled that Soviet Russia
TvTnrfVi Hamlina wptp the onlv
IlllU U1 V14 ( ?.? w
states adopting trial marriages.
Amendments have been prepared
o restore permanency to Tar Heel
narriag.es.
Wildcat Bounty Is
To Be Discontinued
Bounty offered for predatory
tirds and the wildcat will be disnntinuett
April 1, according to a
etter received " yesterday from
Charles H. England, State game
rarden, to E. Hunter Pinnell, couny
warden. Twenty-five cents will
>e paid for Cooper and Sharp
kinnea haws, 15 cents for crows,
ind $2.00 for wildcats.
"Termination of the bounty
noney on April 1 becomes necesary
because we feel that it would
five an opportunity to those who
vould violate the State game law
o kill game animals and game
lirds under the pretext of hunting
or hawks, crows and wildcats."
he letter said.
rii
9
Teachers Suffer
Defeat At Hands
Of Their Pupils
Fighting gamely the teachers
went down to a 16-24 defeat when
they met tneir pupils of John Graham
high school in a basketball
game at the armory on Monday
night in one of the two games that
featured the evening entertainment.
Although the teachers team numbered
former stars, the teamwork
of the younger team was too much
for them. Mrs. Mary Eleanor Grant
and Miss Edith Burwell substituted
fnr turn r?f tVm toophorc in makinc
iv* vn v wi uiv ***
out the sextette. The work of Mrs.
Grant as guard and Miss Julia
Mahood as forward featured the
teachers' game. Other members ot
the faculty team were Misses Annie
Harris. Nell' Benthall and Mary
Glassom,
The girl students team played
like clockwork. Its members were
Belle Mullen, Edith Terrell, Leah
Terrell, Clark, Dickerson and Reid.
The stellar work of Pettis Terrell
with his uncanny ability to.hit the
basket, playing for the town boys,
proved * too much for the high
school quint in the other game of
the evening, and the game ended
with a score of 17-12 in favor of the
town.
Playing for the town were L. O.
Robertson, -errell, Weldon, Baxter,
Robinson, Newell, Clifford Robertso
and George Prescott. Members
of the school team were Shannon,
Drake. Robinson, Connell and
Haithcock.
n 1 r* 1 l 11
Sunday School Folks
Meet On 5th Sunday
Members of the Warren County
Baptist Sunday school convention
are called to meet at Sulphur
Springs church, south of Elberon,
on the fifth Sunday, March 31, it
was announced here yesterday by
J. Edward Allen, president and J.
Willie White, secretary. The morning
session will begin at 10.45 and
a basket dinner will be served on
the grounds.
In a letter to Sunday school
workers, Secretary White says:
"This will be a very important
meeting. The Sunday school program
of the Tar River association
will be presented, this being a campaign
to be finished next July whose
purpose is greater Sunday school
efficiency. It is highly important
that every Sunday school shall at
this time be well represented in
order that each Sunday school may
understand what the campaign is
about."
Mrs. Laura King Dies
At Home Of Her Son
Mrs. Laura King, widow of Peter
King, died at about 5 a. m. Friday
morning at the home of her son,
J. Ivan King at Wise after an illness
lasting but a few moments. She
was dead before a doctor could arrive.
Mrs. King was 63 years of age
and is survived by five children,
Lawrence, J. Ivan and Claude, all
of Wise and Mrs. Lottie Dowell and
Mrs. Blanche Dowell of Washington,
D. C., and by five step-children,
Dr. Malvern King of Texas, Dr.
Vance King, of Petersburg, John
Wesley King of Oakville, Mrs. Cora
Darnell of Durham and Mrs. Ida
Ellis of Warren county.
Funeral services were held at 3
p. m. Saturday at Jerusaleum
Methodist church of which the deceased
was a member. They were
conducted by Rev. J. L. Mid yette
and interment was made in the
church yard cemetery.
Former Warren Man
Killed In W. Virginia (
HENDERSON, March 4?M. T.
Rooker, who was killed at Charleston,
W. Va., Saturday when a cable ,
supporting a bucket in which he
was riding broke and threw him
and five other victims into the river, '
drowning them all, had not been
fnr cnmo mrnifchs TTft '
ill IlCiiUCi AVA UVUiV ...
was the son of Jesse Rooker, of the '
Norlina section of Warren county, 1
and was a cousin of James Burchett, 1
of this city, where he was well
known. Last reports were that his
body and that of some of the other i
victims of the accident had not been
recovered. It is presumed that relatives
will ask for the return of the
body to the old home in Warren
county for burial.
NO RECORDERS COURT
There were no cases heard in Re- ;
corder's court here on Monday. The :
case against William Read, charged
with striking his brother, Seymour :
Read, with a hammer, will be 1
heard next Monday. i
H
MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME I
NUMBER 11
APPROPRIATIONS I
BILL NOW READY I
Expenses of State Have Risen I
From 8 To 35 Million A
Year Since 1918
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
RALEIGH, March 14.?The appropriations
bill, providing for approximately
$19,200,000 expenditures
from the general fund for the
first year 01 the next biennium and
$19,150,000 for the second year, and
for expenditures of about $1,000,000
from special funds during each
of the two years, will be reported
into the House today. The only
material increase is that in the
equalizing fund from $5,000,000 to
$6,500,000.
For the State institutions and
departments the bill carries appropriations
differing little from the
amounts recommended by the Ad-.1
_t-? 3 i. /-i : i tiriiu
visury cuatet commission. wim
few exceptions, it contains none of
the special appropriations that
have been asked for during the
present session.
The bill provides for $10,000 for
the Confederate reunion at Charlotte
this summer. Fifty thousand
was asked. This is the largest single
donation. No provisions were
made for the New Bern pageant,
the Joel Lane house and many
other bills of a similar nature.
The greatest single change from
the institutional appropriations
recommended by the Budget Commission
is $8,000. The University
of North Carolina and State College
will get appropriations approximately
as recommended by
the commission.
For the newly created Industrial
Commission, which will administer
the workmen's compensation law,
the committee recommended $42,500.
Twelve and one half thousand
a year was recommended for the
Tax Commission. There was also
recommended $21,000 for the office
of State Purchasing agent but the
Governor lias now withdrawn his
support from this measure and the
office will probably not be created.
Including highway expenses and
all, the entire cost of the State
government next year will be about
$35,000,000. It was about $33,000,000
this year. For the year 191718,
the war period, the total cost
of the State government was i
$8,859,475.
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Officer Lovell Gives
Chase To Fleeing Man
With feet workling like pistons
and his 270 pounds of bulk hurtling
through space, Night Officer Lovell
inspired the fear that lent wings
to the feet of Emmett Short on
Saturday night in a chase that led
down Main street.-Chief Drake and
I. W. Page joined in the pursuit
and it was Paige that overhauled
the fleeing man at the end of a
250 yard rim.
Short, well known young man of
Elberon, grew a little boisterous in
his Saturday night celebration.
When the officers attempted to
arrest him he fled. He was hailed
into Mayor's court and fined $15
and costs on a charge of being
drunk and disorderly.
The chase started near the Citi- ,
zens Bank corner and led down
i
Main street for a block and then
to the foot of the hill at the jail
where Short; was overhauled.
B Co. Men Romp To
Victory Wednesday
In a fast but one-sided game here
on Wednesday night in the Armory,
Co. "B" defeated the Franklinton
five to the tune of 35-10. From the
beginning the locals had the visi- ,
tors at their mercy. Terrell and
Weldon wflre the stars among stars
for the home quintet, Terrell scoring
21 of the 35 points, while Weldon's
great work was his passing
and defense. Before the game was
over Coach Newell had run in the
entire second team and they were
still piling up points against the invaders
when the last quarter ended.
One of the largest crowds to ever
see a basketball game here seemed
well satisfied with the results.
SERVICE?RIGHT NOW!
In exactly 52 minutes from the
time a telegram was filed at the
Hunter Drug Co., local Western
Union office, going to Dallas, Texas,
a reply was received. The message
was relayed approximately
three timet each way, being sent
from here to Richmond, Va., and
thence to Columbia, S. C., and on