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"What are you doing here, Sam?"|
"Boss, I just eunuching up at the
palace."
ONE OF OUR VISITORS
She was about eight, red-headed
and frank. She had just returned
from a motor ride to Warrenton.
"Have a good time?"
"Yes. Got a good ice cream cone,
but kinder ruined it when I took a
drink of that horrid water."
THE WORLD NEEDS
And this comes from a mother
of several stalwart sons:
So many Gods, so many Creeds,
So many paths that wind and
windWhile
just the act of being kind:
Is all the sad world needs.
It was Emerson, if memory
serves correctly, who said: "There
is always time for courtesy."
WE'RE INTERESTED
"I wish you would write a piece
- ? ? ? i
about the fellow wno aiways uuirows
his neighbors paper."
That's the comment we pass
along.
We are interested in having its
lesson bear fruit. Come this way.
VIEWS OF THE WEEK
A small boy with a July fly. The
first I had seen this year and 'tis
August.
A young girl, neatly clad, rolling
one younger brother, guarding
another and a nurse overlooking
the whole situation.
A steer cart, loaded with the Saturday
sack, leisurely moving homeward.
fwn vnnner bovs popping their
I v *?O V
green gallusses as they moved along
Main street; proud, obviously, of
being in fashion.
Seven girls in a rumble-seated
small car, hailing the grown-up
"curb sparrows" of an evening.
Two women with the seams in
their stockings crooked.
A county commissioner, holding
a watermelon aloft, and walking
home, probably with a gift from a
constituent. i
A magistrate all dressed-out for
an important hearing.
A letter from a citizen: "I want
to subscribe to your paper. Whom
shall I contribute the money to." To
us, gentle Geraldine.
Two cars, racing neck and neck,
over a hill. Glad I was not meeting
them.
A concrete truck used by a road
gang forcing two cars from the
road as its drivers of a Saturday
afternoon sped headlessly down the
road, and hearing the man next to
- - 8 >
( Continued un ? >
/, ? 10 &aVe Jhe C0UrC -"^USC .
:;.vd. a step recommended I
'si3in by the grand juries I
juDty. was finally taken at J
n on Wednesday when the J
nf;s signed a contract
permott Heating Co. of
[lo cost is to be $2267,
s expected to commence /
e six applicants for the /
le bids were opened,
)ughs moved that the
epted. John L. Skinand
it carried withl
rote. VV. R. Strickntractor.
wanted the
Hull of Warrenton
Littleton, as Hull &
$2610. Other bids
Plumbing & Heat-I
- B. F. Kern, Oxford.
/gjshford Plumbing & HeatRaleigh,
$2948. and the
al bidder. Dermott of Dur5
oi Confederate veterans
heir spokesman before the I
to W. Allen of Warren ton,!
ed the body to allow the
ml appropriation per
ill Confederate widows in
lis is allowed by law and I
[ unanimously. Twenty-1
$ will receive the extra I
vis bidding at $580 as
) by H. P. Reid wasl
ontract for building a I
)ttage and two-room I
e at the Count}- Home. J
there had been con-|
ntly. Dr. G. H. Ma
Ins given credit for two dogs,
e best of the day was given to
[Honing the State road funds
nous townships.
[to Boy Killed
l^lien Misses Cab
ppg to catch a ride for a
t isa town on a Ford lumber
I bought Matthew L. Lassiter,
to-old negro boy of the Grove
section, to his death Saturday
Bra when he missed his grab
lie cab of the truck and was
p to the ground by the wheel
Hinging trailer. First aid was
be by Dr. W. D. Rodgers and
ago placed in an automobile
Kced for a Henderson hospital
Ml came within a mile of
ston and he was brought back
m: tegro was walking into |
Bicd was just a little this side
H Box Mill when the truck,
He by Carson McNair, white
H approached enroute to WarHe
He hailed for a ride and
Hmer slackened his pace sufH-"
lor the boy to overtake
H Running along side the
Hie boy grabbed for the cab
used. The trailer was on him
Hp" and his body crushed beH*
boy's death was regarded
Bp; accidental and an inquest
bought unneccessary.
H puck was the property of E.
H'fir lumber man of Warren toell
Wins Laurels I
W Spotting Contest
H Carmell Jr., young farmer
H";a Plains, added other
B^uiels from State contests I
Hp? recently when he won I
Bpin a Tree Identification1
HP'-u under the ausnir.es of
department of State
Vs There were 84 contestants
H't to classify 50 species of
B Taere are approximately
Bjk?t kinds in the State.
B'^iiled with a score of 94.
Bunnell and John Cary
B; Inez won a cross-cut saw
g ? ?late competition by
B- ^ 18-inch pine log in 18
B Last year Mr. Connell
Bf silver cup in the crop
Bf-;?n trials and a cash
B ^5 in the '"hog-calling"
B5'- the year before.
Inning hits house
BkLlf lightning is believed to
Irresponsible for the fire
I^royed the home of Bebe
B'' negro. at Ridgeway on
K' ^8ht. His five-year-old
1^' suffered kpvw*
, wtteir, ?v c wurns ana
^1 thp f Henderson hos5
the h0lKamily were at home
e caught fire about
(5.
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
\fLfi?T', ^^jBP 3KvCW^Sot
Photo shows Thomas A. Edison,
donor of the Edison Scholarship,
congratulating Walter B. Houston
of Seattle, Wash., 16-year-old high
school boy who was the winner of
the coveted prize.
I HERE - THERE
H A column of comment on |
persons and things seen |
here and there over the
roads of Carolina.
I By BRODIE JONES j
ABOUT THE PLACE
There were quite a few chuckles
for readers packed inlp a sentence
from "Looking Both Ways," Jonothan's
column in the News and Observer,
the first of the week. It
is his yarn but here goes:
A white man, a prominent banker,
was touring Europe. He passed
a negro in Constantinople. They
both looked around and there was
recognition.
"That you, Sam, the boy who
used to work for me back in North
Carolina?"
"Yessir, boss; and I'm sho glad
to see you "overheah."
WARRENTON, COUNTY
Till 1 niifrt
WTO BRINKS
NO NEW EVIDENCE
Harvey George And Rufus
Fisher Returned To Jail
To Await Court Trial
BONDS $2,000 AND $1,500
A preliminary hearing which
promised possible new angles to a
story told the Coroner's jury here
the evening of July 4 and throughout
the 5th when a verdict placed
Harvey George and Rufus Fisher
behind the bars on account of the
death of E. D. Omsby, textile employe,
yesterday failed to bring any
new light. The two white men, in
jail here since the evening when
Mr? 1 f - - * -
ivir. vjinsoy was iouna aeaa in road
between Macon and Warrenton,
were returned yesterday to await the
deliberations of a jury at the September
term of court.
Magistrate W. C. Fagg presided
yesterday at the court house while
evidence for the State was presented
by W. T. Polk and Frank H.
Gibbs. The defense attorneys, Julius
Banzet and George Green of
Weldon, did not submit any testimony.
All attorneys took copious
notes of the testimony while George,
chewing tobacco, listened with an
undisturbed air, and Fisher, seemed
unmoved.
The hearing, beginning at 10
o'clock, ended in early afternoon
and the two men were given again
into the custody of Jailer Lovell.
George is under a $2000 bond and
Fisher, $1500.
Auto And Horse
Races Feature Fair
RALEIGH, Aug. 20.?Both horse
and auto racing will be features of
the North Carolina State Fair,
October 15 to 19.
During the first five days of Fair
Week, horse racing will be the feature
attraction of the afternoon.
Stake races with a $1,000 purse will
be run, in addition to races in the
open classes. More than $7,500 is
being offered as purses for these
races, and 104 horses are already entered
in them, including North Carolina's
best, as well as many good
horses from other states.
rnu y. m i il/\ ?nnoc trrill ho ViplH fin
X lit/ a Ul/U iciV/Co w Aii w\/ *iv*u v..
Saturday afternoon, under the rules
of the American Automobile Association.
The State Fair track is
considered one of the leading halfmile
dirt tracks in the South, and
many American racing stars will
be there. In addition there will be
a group of British racing stars, who
are now touring the country.
Filling Stations Must
Pay A License Fee
Operators of filling stations in
towns of the county are required
to pay $10 and rural stations are
taxed $5, according to Sheriff O. D.
Williams who had the machinery
act of the last legislature as his
authority yesterday. The section
is 153 of the 1929 act.
??i- if rlpnr that
1 Wei 110 0U AlJLOrl^W *w v.vM.
this is the law under which I am
required to act, and I would appreciate
it if owners would come to
the office and pay. If they do not,
a deputy will call for the collection
of these amounts," the Sheriff
said.
Sunday Storm Heavy
In The Wise Section
WISE, Aug. 21.?The storm of
Sunday night wrought havoc around,
blowing down several trees, one of
which crashed through a dining
room window at the home of A. G.
Perkinson. The old gin was moved
from its site and a garage belonging
to Oscar Perkinson was blown
over. All the lights went out and it
was 10 o'clock Monday night be[
fore most of the houses had power
again. A horse, the property of J.
R. Paschall, was killed at a negro
church, it being in the hands of a
tenant.
Three Cases Heard
In Recorder's Court
?v,nfru"o Recorder
Three cases wcic Ul.?v.v
Rodwell when he held court here
Monday morning.
The case against J. W. Carroll,
charged with assault on a female
and continued from last week on
account of sickness, was nol pros.
James King was fined $25 and
ccsts on an assault charge.
Zack Gains was sent to the county
jail for four months, consigned to
work the roads of any county in the
State, on a charge of larceny. '
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OF WARREN, N. C., FRID
John L. Skinner Is
Named Secretary
For Sixth Time
Unanimously and for the sixth
time, John L. Skinner, member of
the Warren county board of county
commissioners, has been named
secretary-treasurer of the State
Association of County Commissioners
of North Carolina. Mr. Skinner
returned from Asheville last Saturday
after spending three days in
that city in session with his association
and with the association
of county accountants.
Col. C. L. McGhee of Franklin,
president, was re-elected by acclaimation.
Mr. Skinner said that
keen interest was shown through
out the meeting in the program
and that the affairs of county government
were given close study by
those to whom they are now intrusted.
"We had them there from
the sea to the mountains, and
everybody not only seemed to have
a good time but said that they got
a whole lot of good from the meeting."
Mrs. A. A. Wood, 45,
Buried At Fairview
Mrs. A. A. Wood died at her
home here on Monday morning
following a lingering illness of 17
weeks. She was 45 years of age.
Funeral services were conducted
at the home by the Rev. R. E.
Brickhouse and interment was in
Fairview cemetery on Tuesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
Active pallbearers were Ivey
Crawley, Sam Wallet, Ezra Harris,
Wilbur Harris, Stephen Hamlet,
Loyd Wood, Edga Wood and Robert
Powell. Honorary pallbearers
were W. G. Rogers, Dr. G. H.
Macon, Curtis Overby, Wilton
Strickland, Keppel Falkener, E. L.
Green, Oscar Williams, H. A. Moseley,
Edward Rooker Jr., A. C. Blalock,
P. M. Stallings, Dave Hall,
Weldon Davis, Wilbur Overby, Cary
Wilson and J. Edward Allen.
Flower girls were Elizabeth Rooker,
Flora Wilson, Eula Wilson, Ertie
Boyd Warren, Lucy jperkinson, Cora
Green.
Mrs. Wood was born in Warren
county on November 9, 1884. She
was married to A. A. Wood on
October 11, 1905. She is survived
by her husband, three daughters,
one son and three brothers. Mrs.
Wood was not well for a long time
and was seriously ill for 17 weeks
preceding her death. During her
sickness she manifested great
patience, and expressed deep appreciation
for the attention and
kidnesses extended to her.
Mrs. Wood for many years was
a member of the Warrenton Baptist
church; and the touch of her
beautiful Christian life was felt by
all who came in contact with her.
She was a devoted wife and mother,
ever striving to do her best for
her home and her loved ones. She
has conquered the last enemy
which is death.
"Not for the dead in Christ we
weep,
Their sorrows now are o'er;
The sea is calm, the tempest past,
afovnol chnro
Uil tliai ClIV/lUH* w.
"Their peace is sealed, their rest is
sure
Within that better home;
Awhile we weep and linger here,
Then follow to the tomb."
Epworth Leagues Are
Filling Appointments
Regular appointments of the Rev.
S. E. Wright, minister of the Warren
Circuit, are being filled by the
Epworth Leagues of the different
churches and this general plan will
be carried out until the return of
the minister from Hickory, his
home, where he went yesterday with
Mrs. Wright. His friends are pleased
to learn that his condition is improving
gradually.
Mr. Wright has been quite ill for
some time, and goes to the mountains
for a rest and for general recuperation.
He is expected to return
here within the next few weeks.
Lewis Players Will
Show Here All Week
The Lewis Players, featuring Dick
Lewis, and advertising a change of
program every evening, will come
to Warrenton next Monday for the
week. The tent will be in North
Warrenton.
The opening attraction is "Sally"
and every lady, accompanied by a
gentleman, will be admitted free
on Monday.
This show was at Warrenton last
Fall and made many friends.
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SWD
AY, AUGUST 23, 1929
Average Ta
Cut 23 Ce
SPECIAL T
District Red. Fund
Wise $3253.98
Churchill 240.85*
Oakville 229.64*
Vaughan 616.22
Macon 877.72?
Norlina 1565.86
Embro 139.26*
Oine
Epworth 179.68
Afton-Elberon,
Axtell 440.18
Warren Plains 215.64*
Drewry 649.61
Warrenton 2356.37?
Littleton 1370.22
Inez
$11935.23
* Increased by other funds.
?Less credits to other district
State Tax Reduction fund doi
ren county where old tax rate wf
Seven New Teachers
Coming To Littleton
Seven new teachers have been
added to the Littleton school faculty
this year and every teacher
now holds a class A certificate,
Principal W. J. Early announced
this week. Littleton school will
open on Monday morning, September
2, at 9:30, and Prof. Early requests
that as many patrons as
possible attend the opening exercises.
New teachers will teach the first
six grades, and the Home economics
teachers, Miss Knox, is also teach
ing for the first time at Littleton.
"I feel that we are very fortunate
in the selection of our faculty and
every indication points to a most
successful school year," Prof. Early
said.
The faculty this year will be:
High School?Miss Lucy Burt of
Louisburg. English; Miss Lillian
Moore of Charlotte, Math, and
French; Miss Edith Breazeale of
West Minister, S. C? Science;
Miss Lizzie Gray Knox of Huntersville,
Home Economics; W. J.
Early, principal.
Elementary School?Miss Lillah
Glenn Nelson of Greenville, first
grade; Miss Floy Brewer of Monroe,
second grade; Miss Ida Holland
of Maysville, third grade; Miss
Estelle Isles of Thelma, fourth
grade; Miss Margaret Faison of
Faison, fifth grade; Miss Frances
Scarborough of Macon, sixth grade;
Miss Ester Baughn of Leaksville,
seventh grade.
Capt. John R. White,
73, Dies At Manson
Captain John R. White, aged 73,
died suddenly at 6 p. m. Sunday at
his boyhood home near Manson,
where he was visiting at the time.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home at 5 p. m. Monday,
and interment was made in the
family cemetery at Manson.
Captain White was before his
death one of the oldest surviving
engineers of the Seaboard Railway.
In recent years he has held government
positions in the post office at
Gibson. He was a member of the
Methodist church of Gibson and
was a man of the highest character
and integrity. He possessed many
friends throughout the State.
The deceased is survived by a son,
Adams Boyd White of Raleigh; and
two daughters, Misses Nancy and
Olive White of Gibson.
Come Home In Style;
Go Back In "Cuffs''
Coming home in style to visit
relatives, James Alston and another
more mvnrt.ine
negro oumptuuuu w
about Fork township until some
one questioned the "why" of the
automobile which Alston drove.
Sheriff O. D. Williams followed the
clues and had both James and his
companion come-over to see Jailer
C. E. Lovell.
Wednesday they didn't look
exactly like dusty Romeos as two
Virginia officers took them and the
car back to Franklin, Va. The car
was found to be the property of the
Camp Manufacturing Co. The
negroes had changed the license to
one from Carolina but the Virginia
tag was found under the back seat.
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MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
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silts; County
AX RATES
Special Special
Tax, Tax,
Valuation Old Rate New Rate
$ 646,828 40 25
460,449 25 15
200,537 25 15
255,693 30 15
473,507 48 35
904,773 62 50
232,314 20 15
199,070 15 15
105,170 20 15
856,867 30 20
309,209 22 15
679,797 30 15
2,477,601 45 35
753,435 50 40
519,069 15 15
$9,074,319 Av-38 Av-25
?.
bs not apply for districts in Waris
15c or less.
Brings Game Law
To Public Attention
>
The North Carolina game laws
are being brought to the attention
of the people of the State through
State Game Warden C. C. England
and his dupities in the 100 counties,
The Department of Conservation
and Development joins in the ap
i J. _ a ? ?i
pea I lo pxevexxi xoresi xxxca axxu
thus protect the game and its
cover." Posters are being placed
conspiciously in order that general
knowledge of the existing law may
prevail.
An outline of the amended act
makes it unlawful to hunt or trap
without proper license; to take or
kill game birds out of season; to
take in one day or in one season
more than the bag limits; to kill a
female deer; to buy or sell any
game except rabbits and squirrels,
or to take game by trap or poison,
| to hunt by auto or boat, or to bait
upland game. Furbearing animals
may be trapped in accordance with
the law and regulations.
The open season and bag limits
provide that squirrel may be taken
in Eastern North Carolina from
October 15 to January 15, with bag
limit of ten in one day; rabbit
from November 20 to February 15,
and there is no limit upon how
many either in one day or during
the season. Buck deer may be
trailed from October 1 to January
15th, but no hunter is allowed more
than two in one day or four during
a season. Bear chasers have their
inning from October 1 to January
15.
Furbearing animals, like the
opossum, raccoon, mink, skunk,
otter and muskrat may be sought
in Eastern Carolina from November
15th to February 15th, but the
State Game Warden advises a study
of the printed digest before going
too far afield.
?Bob White, and lordly turkey,
may be hunted from November 20th
to February 15th. The season for
the gentle dove starts at the same
time but ends January 31st.
And for the privilege of hunting
county residents pay $1.25; State
residents $3.25 and non-residents
$3.25. There is a combined rate
( Continued on Page 8 )
Skillman Represents
'B* At Camp Perry
Lieut, and Mrs. Harold R. Skillman
departed this week for Camp
Perry, Ohio, where Mr. Skillman
will take part in the International
rifle matches as a member of the
North Carolina team. Sgt. Duke
- - ? " ?i?
Jones and Pettis xerreu, wno qualified
for the team, did not go, du(
probably, it is said, to the fact thai
the National Guard officers wanted
more of the companies represented
at the school of marksmanship,
PERSONAL MENTION
Mr. Charles Ray Rodwell returned
this week from an automobih
trip to the Pacific coast. He drov<
more than 10,500 miles.
Miss Mamie Williams has returned
home after spending some timf
at New York.
Miss Mattie Wiggins Dameroi
has returned to Warrenton afte:
sending the Summer in camp nea:
Marion, Va. She was accompanle<
from Durham Wednesday by he
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dam
eron.
NUMBER 34
Schools Is
Roads 22.5
Reductions Vary In Different
Townships In Accord With
Rates Prevailing Before
State Apportionment
VARIOUS RATES GIVEN
Cash From State Comes To
Relieve Burden Borne For
Schools And Roads
An average cut in school taxes of
23 cents and 22.5 in the mainte
nance of roads may be expected by
the taxpayers of Warren county, official
figures disclose.
Schools and roads which have
always been the biggest items in
cost to the taxpayers in this section
now share equally in honor in
the reduction which comes to Warren
county as a result of the equalization
fund, the aid to special tax
districts, and the revenue from
roads provided by the last legislature.
The average reduction will be 45.5
for the cost of roads and schools,
but a greater percentage will be felt
in some townships than in others,
due to the general policy of equalizing
taxation which prevailed in
I these special acts of the general
ft fo/\?wKl?? Tw rtf Urtxn fVi/\ Innp
aoociiiui,)'. j.11 ui/iiuio uic icuuv/uuno
> will not equal the average for the
1 county.
The general six months school
tax, applicable to every section of
the county, has already been cut 10
1 cents. Now comes this further
reduction, an average of 13 cents,
! which will be felt only by the
special school tax districts in which
are located much of the wealth of
' the county.
The reduction of the general
school tax was made possible by
| an increase in the equalization fund
from approximately $45,000 last year
to $59,000 now. There is where the
ten cents cut came. The special aid
fund for districts running schools
more than the six months received
$11,935, and that is where the re1
ductions will come to bring about
an average of 13 cents. The
actual reduction by school districts
i is shown in a table at the top of
this page.
In arriving at the apportionment
of the $25,600 from the State gas
tax, which is to be spent upon maintenance
in this county, the board
of county commissioners had each
road board submit the actual mil
eage in their respective townsmps.
The number of miles was divided
into the total revenue from the
State, showing an average of $55.29
per mile.
Then the attested mileage of the
townships was multiplied by the
per mile cost and the funds credited
to the township road accounts
on this basis. Roads already within
the State Highway system were
not counted under the act as being
entitled to receive any of the funds.
Road rates given in the table below
are subject to the plusage
, which is necessary to carry bonds
and provide sinking funds. The relief
from the State is to be spent
where it will be felt as the earliest
moment.
The prevailing rate by townships
for the road fund, which for main
' tenance is cut 22.5 as an average
i for the county, is shown in detail
by the following table:
: Last Year Now
i Nutbush Township 40 25
i River 30 15
, Sixpound 35 15
Hawtree 45 25
Smith Creek 44 25
Sandy Creek 35 10
Shocco 35 5
Pishing Creek 40 5
Judkins 35 10
oi
warrenion
Fork 45 15
i Roanoke 30 0
J Davis Ships Wheat
Out of The County
- ?
! "I am shipping wheat out of Wart
ren county," John B. Davis, promi
nent farmer of Shocco, commented
here on Monday. "Twenty-five or
thirty years ago this was common
practice, but I guess this is the first
time any has been shipped in several
years," he added.
Mr. Davis planted 25 acres to
- wheat. From this he grew 666
' bushels, averaging 26.6 bushels per
' acre. The average yield in the county
is around 12 bushels per acre, it
is said.
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HURT IN WRECK
i A small daughter of Lem Clanr
ton's, negro, was badly cut about
r the lower limbs and his sister-in1
law suffered a wrenched shoulder
r on Sunday when he lost control of
- his car enroute to church in the
Embro section.
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