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s H I ACCURATE, terse i timely I VOLUME XXXIV ll iPEHIORCOURTjf I OPENS ON MAY 21 I Judge M. V. Barnhill To . I Preside Over Term Of Two Weeks w m 8 bank case interests The May term of Warren county sc superior court v ill open here on er .Monday morning. May 21, with] ai I judge M. V. Br rnliill of Rocky (pi Mount presiding and Solicitor W. H. I -- s. Burgwyn of Woodland looking I -fw the interest of the state. IG I v\r J With the exception of the two ?" indictments against former officials th H of the now defunct Bank of War- ro I I ten, the criminal docket as it stands *s today is one o' the lightest in h? years, there having been only three ar H charges bocked against de- io /endants for tria in the county's M I I highest tribunal of justice since the ru I I January term of court. H Former officials of the Bank of ar H barren?C. N. Williams, G. ?. C( Gregory, J. G. E. lis, L. C. Kinsey|St H and W. H. Dameron?are scheduled |ar I I to be tried at this term on two bills ' I I of indictments, or e charging these Uf I I five men with receiving deposits for I I the bank knowing it to be insolvent L I | and the other charging them with D I making false repoits as to the conI I dition of the bank, y other new cases docketed since the January term are: Ullyses Dui I Bary. negro, charged with larceny; 1 John Watson, negro, charged with ce larceny; Floyd Stegall, young white Bl tun, charged with seduction. m Cases continued from last term II of court are: W. C. Kersey Jr. and "A I Boyd Campbell, negroes charged Sl I with secret assault with deadly I weapon with inter t to kill; Romeo *? I Moore and Charlie Sanders, negroes Al1 I charged with manslaughter; Daniel tu I Kearney, negro charged with at I tempted abortion. I Appeals Fcr Aid oJ Ifl In Restoration Of =B Nat Meicon Home f a Wl I To the Citizens I of Warren County: ' CO We, the committee appointed by qj the United Daughters of the ConI federacy, are meed to make the following appeal, to which we hope B you may accede most graciously, as in I did the County Co nmissioners when cr I we approached them on New I Year's day, 1934, to buy the NathanI iel Macon property for the county, I with the promise that the buildings yc I -dwelling, crib with shed, and ro I smokehouse?would be restored in pI I some way. We hoped then to get re I the money from the CWA, and just Wl I k it had about approved the pro- 111 | jert, orders came for its suspension, 111 I out we continued to work believing j Mp would come from some source. I The county received the deed for. this property on yesterday at the I? regular meeting of the commis-1 sioners. Nothing now stands in the I way of having the work begin at|C once except the money for the pur-1 chase of the material for the resto-1 ration of the buildings above men- j tioned. ye The new organization, N. C. E. R. jg( A. that supplantts the CWA is|M ready to supply all funds to pay the I g, workmen, estimated at $1600. TheLj county is paying $1400 for seventy! acres with good tenant house. Our j ^ Part for material is estimated at | e( WW- A small contribution on the I ? Part of every one will soon bring in I n ^ amount and the work can be-1 i without further delay. Pleasej d0 n?t turn any one of our ladles J I a?wn when she comes soliciting J lour interest and help. L I This is a county project and we I I toed all our people working to- Ip (Continued from page 8) |n I Revival To Begin Ifi I Here On Sunday p A cordial invitation is extended jn ? all by the Rev, O. 1. Hinson to|el I attend ? - 1 ? revival services which I ^ I begin at the Methodist church at I Warrenton on Sunday morning I ^ I *ith the Rev. G. W. Perry of Rocky l I Mount doing the preaching. Twoj I services will be held each day, one 1 I ta the morning at 9 o'clock and the I I otner in the evening at 8 o'clock. I ^ I Work Is Resumed lb | On County Library|el ^ork resumed Wednesday morn- |h on Warren County Memorial jo: Librabry. Jesse Gardner said yester- |a 1H ^ ^bat he expected to have about Id ben men on the job today and thatjB e Vas hoping that the work would t( Bo along rapidly in the future. m I WARRENTON, C / loard Applies For Loan To Pay Teachers Salaries Back pay for teachers was ought a step nearer on Monday hen the Board of County Comissioners instructed Auditor P. M. ;allings to forward application of )tes for the Macon and Littleton hool districts to the Local Govnment Commission for approval, id told the County Attorney to epare necessary advertisement of ie sale of these notes. A ruling from the State Attorney eneral was received the latter irt of the past week, stating that e Board had a legal right to borw this money for the districts. It understood that the local bank is agreed to buy the notes, which _ tiucon C IU&UC 111 I/11C dUliiG Ui ?picJ"XV.U?/ r Littleton and $3,677.19 for aeon, dated May 20, 1934, and to n for one year. In the event that the loans are >proved and the notes sold, the >mmissioners instructed Auditor allings to issue vouchers for the nount due the teachers in these stricts for the past three years >on receipt of funds. .eadership Is Theme Dr. Brown's Talk To Graduates Character above all things else is e foundation of a happy and sucssful life, Dr. William Moseley :own of Washington, D. C., told embers of the senior class and iends gathered in the auditorium the John Graham school on inday night for the baccalaureate rmon. "Character is like the undation of a building: every ne a brick is removed the strucre is weakened and every time a rong deed is done it weakens the laracter." Pointing out that no person mid afford to be lacking in any the qualities that make a strong laracter, Dr. Brown cited the gos;1 according to St. Mark wherein rich man, seeking eternal life, ent to Christ and told Him that i had known and obeyed the mmandments since his youth and tirist said: "There is one thing iou lackest: go thy way, sell whatever thou hast, and give it to the )orf and thou shall have treasure heaven: and come, take up the oss, and follow me." "You have been told time after Tie during your school career that >u are to be the leaders of tomorw, but you should consider what ice leadership. You'll never be a al leader in the true sense of the ord unless you have character, lless you are willing to sacrifice, lless you have the ability to say ) when you know a thing is rong." Leadership also requires courage, r. Brown said. "I am not talking (Continued on Page 2) iolf Tournament To Be Held Here The first golf tournament of the ;ar will be held on the Warrenton >lf links next week, beginning on bnday and continuing through aturday, with match play each ly, it was announced yesterday. Qualifying play will be held toiy and tomorrow and scores turn1 in by tomorrow night to arrange ights for the tournament begining on Monday. * Qualifying players will be put ill ights of eight on Monday and uesday. On Wednesday and hursday the four winners in each ight will continue to play the :cond round of elimination. On riday and Saturday the two Winers in each flight will continue le elimination match, with each ight winner being presented a rize. In addition consolation \ournalents will be played by lossers of ich flight. The tournament is open to both len and women and the commit>e requests that all members join i the get-together tournament. | BURTON MADE COLONEL Colonel Tom Burton, Mrs. Burton nd daughter, Sarah Kearny, have Jturned to Warrenton from Kenlcky where Colonel Burton has, een on the tobacco market for sev-1 ral months. Colonel Burton recently received is commission from the Governor f Kentucky. Mrs. John Mitchell, nother Warrenton citizen, had the istinction of being commissioned a Kentucky Colonel while on a visit > Mrs. Burton in Kentucky a few nnths ago. ' 4? hp 10 OUNTY OF WARREN, N. Amount Paid For La Service Warrei 1929-30 $21,503.97 1930-31 17,969.09 1931-32 22,364.18 1932-33 17,489.70 1933-34 19,032.24 $98,359.19 PRINCIPAL STILL DUE $ 74,750.00 5,325.00 31*000.00 21,050.00 23,650.00 1,250.00 1,500.00 2,850.00 $161,375.00 Less 14,506.25 $146,868.75 OTIIER THAN SCHOOLS: $209,000.00 69,000.00 $278,000.00 Less 38,306.00 $239,694.00 May Fish Three Days A Week, Says , Warden Pinnell It is illegal to fish but three day: a week now and those caught vfcv lating the law will be prosecuted E. Hunter Pinnell, game warden warned this week. Mr. Pinnell said the state-widi closed season on fishing went int( effect the first of May but that hi had not made any arrests yet dui to the fact that a lot of people weri not familiar with the law and hi did not want to pounce down upor them without a warning. "How ever," said the game warden, have been warning people since thi first of the month and in the fu ture those caught violating the lav will be arrested and prosecuted. During the closed season fisher men may fish three days a weekMondays, Fridays and Saturday: This law, which is in effect fron May 1 to June 1, does not apply ti private fish ponds but does appl; to creeks and all other fishin holes, Mr. Pinnell said. To Sell Poppies Here May 26t! Warrenton will be called upon I honor the World War dead am give aid to the war's living victim by wearing memorial poppies oi May 26th. This day, the Saturda; before Memorial Day, will be "Pop py Day" throughout the Unitei States and will be generally ob served by the wearing of the littl red flower of Flanders Fields. "Daiwvtt TIqu" VlPl* L^osurva-iitic UJL will be directed by the America: Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Loyd Wooc president of the local Auxiliar unit, has announced. Women c the Auxiliary will distribute poppie on the streets and receive contri butions for the Auxiliary's welfar and relief work among the dis abled veterans and their-families. Organization of a corps of volun teer workers to distribute the mem orial flowers throughout the city i going forward rapidly under th leadership of Mrs. John Rodger: chairman of the Auxiliary's popp committee. A large supply of th poppies has been ordered fror Oteen where disabled veterans hav been given employment during th winter and spring making the littl paper flowers. "The purpose of 'Poppy Day' is t give everyone an opportunity to pa individual tribute to the men wh gave their lives in defense of tti nation," said Mrs. Wood. "The lil (Continued on page 2) Board Praises Work Of Newel The work of making a new inde of transcripts of judgment bein completed by Deputy Clerk < Court William Newell came in f( praise from the Board of Couni Commissioners at their reguk meeting on Monday. Commissioner John L. Skinne who cajiea tne ttltCllblUll vtjl xja board to Mr. Newell's efforts, sa: that the work had been done ei tirely voluntarily, was outside h regular line of duty, and had been necessary to have it done t an outside agency would have co the county at least a thousand do lars. Miss Elizabeth Stackhouse is e: pected to arrive tonight to sper some time in the home of Dr. ar Mrs. G. H. Macon. ' '-'t s ^ ' * arrrtt C., FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1934 ist Five Years On Debl i County Schools PRINCIPAL INTEREST $10,540.00 $10,963.9 9,690.00 8,279.0! 10,020.00 12,344.1! 7.915.25 * 9,574.4! 11,352.50 7,679.7 $49,517.75 $48,841.4! BY DISTRICTS BY COUNT} WARRENTON WISE LITTLETON MACON NORLINA VAUGHAN AFTON DREWRY $13,500.01 Sinking Fund On Hand Total, $160,368.7 DISTRICT BONDS COUNTY For Congress if TOPEKA,, Kas. . . . Mrs. Georgia N. Clark (above), prominent young leader here, has been assured the Democratic nomination as a candidate for Congress from the First Kansas District. i 'v-1 0 y Final Exercises To Be Staged At School Tonighi Graduating exercises will be hel: 1 at the John Graham high schoo auditorium tonight where the pro 0 gram will consist of numbers b; d the graduates. There will be m s literary address. 1 The senior roll for 1933-34 includ y es 42 members as follows: Nannii " Margaret Brown, Edith Capps, Iol: 3 Carroll, Verneta Clark, Myrtli " Davis, Alice Hunt, Helen Hunter e Alvis Kidd, Ella King, Hazel Lufsej Grace McNair, Ruby Lee Modlin e Gladys Mustian, Katherine Mus 11 tian, Avis Odom, Bessie Pinnell l- Hazel Powell, Mary Pbwell, Jose y phine Pruitt, Pauline Pruitt, Eliza * beth Rodwell, Frances Reid, Elvini s Robertson, Ann Scoggin, Ma - Weaver Iris Leigh White, Mildrei e Wilson, J. T. Ayscue, Paul Bell, A - C. Blalock Jr., George Davis, Mar tin Fowler Charles Fleming, Wei - don Hall Jr., Aubrey Harringtor - Willis Harrison, Peter D. Jone: s Jessie Martin, W. A. Miles Jr., Jef e Palmer, Graham Morris, Woodro\ 5, Parker. y Ann Rodwell and James Coke e are mascots. 11 Miss Nannie Margaret Brown i e Valedictorian, and Miss Edit! e Capps is Saluatorian. e Class officers are: A. C. Blaloe Jr., president; Ann Scoggin, vie 0 president; Nannie M. Brown, sec y retary; Weldon Hall Jr., treasurer. 0 1 Says Unemployment Files Need Renewim There is a special need at thi ] time to get the files of the activ registrants in the National Reem ployment Office in Warren count in such shape that it will show th '? actual number of lxsople who sti 3 desire work and will be available fc )r work, Miss Mamie Gardner, i ,y charge of the local office, state | UAllO nvv??. ,r> "All those who have not renewe 15 their registration card within tl" id last 60 days should notify this o1 i_ fice by letter, phone or person; is call," she said. "Those not renewe it within the 90 days will automatica ?y ly become inactive, and will remai st so until your request for renewal i_ made. All that has to be done is I ask that your card (be kept in tt Active file." c id Mr. T. P. Gholson and Miss Ar id nie Herbert Lamb of Hendersc i were visitors here last night. Stem Subscriptioi rSCH00LSlMVE r LOWERED DEBT 7 . 9 8 School Head Says Debts Of 5 Schools Reduced $100,1 000 In Past 5 Years 3 DEBTS ARE COMPARED T By J. EDWARD ALLEN Supt. Warren County Schools The public is not well informed about the financial affairs of the public schools, and the editor of the Record has asked this office to give the people of the county the real figures, which we are here doing. " The fact is, that the school system is in better condition than the fi. nances of the general government, 5 speaking in terms of indebtedness, as can be seen. The indebtedness of the schools is one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, plus less than ten thousand in back salaries. The school property is valued at well over five hundred thousand dollars, and the insurable property is insured to_ day in schedule insurance policies whose coverage is $347,555.00. This means that the clear net worth of all school property above all indebtedness is well above three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The total indebtedness of the county other than for schools is given as $239,694.00. The total value of the property is not determinable?the most of it is of such nature that no valuation can be placed (Continued on Page 8) I Work Beerins On Louisburg Road; Sand-Clay Type Work oil the Warrenton-Louisburg road began this week with the construction of a sand-clay road from a point near Afton to the Franklin county line, it was reported here last night. The sand-clay road is being built, it was said, with the promise that the state highway commission will c surface it with tar and gravel ii the money becomes available. The Warrenton-Louisburg road was divided by the state highway , commission into three divisions, it t was said. The divisions are as follows: five and one-half miles to Af* ton; 5 1-2 miles to Franklin county I ' line; and 51-2 miles to the inter" TTnv?nvc*/~?vi_T,nniclnlvrr ^ road, tlie latter stretch having been 3 completed four or five months ago, it was stated. Construction of the sand-clav s road is under the direction of Nello 1 Teer, with a Mr. Higgs as foreman. p / To Make Religious Census Of Town > A religious census of the town and " suburbs of Warrenton will be made " on Sunday afternoon, May 13, ac* cording to plans made by reprec sentatives of the four churches in 3 a meeting held in the Baptist L- church on Tuesday night. A central committee, composed of W. N. Boyd. Methodist church; Joe l> Taylor, Episcopal church; A. C. Blalock, Baptist church, and Stewf art Crinkley, Presbyterian church, v was appointed to zone the district I to be taken and determine the r number of canvassers neeaect. The purpose of the census, acs cording to local ministers, is to de11 termine the number of those attending or belonging to any church k and those who have not affiliated e themselves with a church. In this - connection the ministers of the four churches ask that "the citizens of Warrenton and suburbs remain at home on Sunday afternoon until after a member of the canvassJ ing committee has visited your home." The canvass will begin is promptly at 2:30 o'clock and should e be completed by 3:30. it is underi stood. y Those taking part in the census e are requested to meet in the Sunday school rooms of the Methodist ,r church promptly at 2 o'clock Sunn day afternoon where they will be d assigned a working partner and a district for the drive. The followd ing information is desired and will ie be placed on cards by the canvasf sers: Name; Address; Age; Date of :il Birth; Attend Sunday School; :d Where; Church Member; Where; I- Denominational Preference; Local n Church Preference. is ;o RETURNS TO WASHINGTON ie Congressman John H. Kerr, whc has been spending several days here, expects to return to Washingl ton tomorrow. Judge Kerr holds >n little hope of Congress adjourning for several weeks yet. ' tt*5 a Price,SWie_ a Year Lindbergh Suspect PO^OX l . ^^^^n^.ardner (above), sent from here and, now serving a short term at Leavenworth Federal Prison, had in his possession, it has been learned^ a piece of jew1 clry purchased in Paris with some of the Lindbergh ransom money. TM 1 f I - 1 . 1 own tSoara Malts Tax Advertisments For Thirty Days The Board of Town Commissioners, holding a session of brief duration hi their regular monthly meeting on Monday night, ordered that the advertising of the names of delinquent taxpayers be postponed for 30 days. This step was similar to one taken by the board of county commissioners earlier in the day and \vas taken after Chief M. M. Drake, tax collector, had reported that he had already collected 85 per cent of the taxes for the present fiscal year. The use of boisterious and profane language around certain business houses of Warrenton, both white and colored, was discussed, and Chief Drake was instructed to see if he could not enforce better behavior on the part of both races. Mayor Frank H. Gibbs read a report of the Municipal League showing that much money had been al located to hundreds of other towns 01 llIC StclLU 1UI" bUlCCU iiiainutucmv,^ by the State from its Federal Funds, but that Warrenton has been appropriated nothing in spite of the efforts of its street committee to obtain the town's share of this fund. No definite action was taken. New Candidates Enter Race; Filing Books Are Closed j Five additional Warren citizens signified their intentions to run for! offices in Warren county and plunged down the filing fee before the filing books were closed at sundown on Saturday night. Forty-six men filed for the principal offices in Warren county and in addition there are a number of candidates for township constables. This number was reduced by one yesterday when L. Owen Robertson of Warrenton who filed as a candidate for Coroner last week yesterday announced to this newspaper that he had changed his decision and would not be a candidate. Included in tlie live new uanuidates are Lloyd Kinsey of Warrenton, M. S. Dryden of Afton-Elberon, Harry M. Walker of Norlina, and Marvin Drake of Macon, all candidates for membership on the board of Education, and J. T. White of Norlina, candidate for board of county commissioners. Mr. Walker, who is at present a member of the "board of education, only filed last week. Messrs. Kinsey, Drake, Dryden are candidates out as new material during the past week. Polk Is Chairman Library Movement William T. Polk of Warrenton, president of Warren County Memorial Library, was named chairman of the Citizens Library Movement of North Carolina at a meeting of the organization held at Chapel Hill on Monday. Around one hundred representatives from all sec tions of the state were present. The immediate objective of the Citizens Movement, it was determined, will be to fight for countywide library facilities for all of the 100 counties. To this end regional and county chairman will be appointed and they will cooperate with field agents of the State Library Commission. Mr. Pok was one of the principal i speakers of the afternoon session i presided over by Secretary Robert B. House of Chapel Hill. Mr. George Suggs of Littleton was a visitor here yesterday. ' - in mm r MOST OF THE NEWS fca&AlX THE TIME ^ I NUMBER 19 ___________ * SALE LAND FOR TAXES DEFERRED ? Commissioners Order Sale Of Property Postponed For Thirty Days PAY RENT FOR FARM Advertisement of property of delinquent taxpayers was deferred for 30 days by order of the Board of County Commissioners in regular session at Warrenton on Monday. While no delegation appeared before the Commissioners requesting this action, several of the members stated that they had been approached by several farmers of the [county who said that they would [be able to pay their taxes as soon oc fhow t.hpir envernment [checks for crop reduction which are expected to reach the county before the deferred date of advertisement. The lease relative to the Warren County Memorial Library, presented to the Board by C. A. Tucker, secretary-treasurer of the library board, was ordered adopted. The commissioners ordered that S. W. Powell be paid $1.50 rent for house occupied by Other Tucker, pauper, that Otis Green be paid $4 for pauper burial, and that Sam Sneed be paid $6 for trip to Goldsboro. The auditor was instructed to correct an error in the valuation of R. E. Leete real estate in Hawtree township. The commissioners ordered that the county rent from H. A. Moseley a farm in Roanoke township for the remainder of the year at a price of $40. The farm is to be occupied by Ira Grissom and family, who were ordered to move immediately from the home they now occupy in Sandy Creek township. Three Face Judge Taylor In County Court Monday Three defendants, all of them negroes, were brought before Judge W. W. Taylor in Recorder's court on Monday morning to face charges of carrying a concealed weapon and engaging in an affray with deadly weapons. Miles Miller, arrested by Fred Bobbitt and J. T. Ellington, plead guilty to having a concealed weapon on him when arrested by the officers a short distance from his home. The negro claimed that he had been cleaning the gun and that was the reason that it was found on him. The officers testified that they were looking for the negro on another charge at the time the pistol was found on him, and the defendant admitted that he had been in trouble on other occasions. His sentence was three months on the roads. Phil Perry and Washington Alston were found guilty of engaging in an affray in which a razor and rocks were used and were each fined $10 and taxed with court costs. Perry plead guilty to the charge. Alston contended that he was not guilty, that the fracas was brought on by Perry. However, evidence revealed that one of the negroes had used a razor and the other rocks in the encounter. No serious injuries resulted from the fight. ? - - - ? 11 Miss Leach l ells Of Work In April Activities of the Welfare Board during the month of April are shown in the following report made by Miss Lucy Leach to the Board of County Commissioners and the Board of Education: Home Placements: One white boy placed in good home, one white boy legally adopted in good home, six colored children placed in good homes, one white girl placed temporarily in good home, one colored boy temporarily placed in good home, one colored man from County Home placed in home, one old colored woman placed in good j home. Parolled Under My Supervision: One white man from State Prison, one white boy from reform school, one colored man from State Prison. Hospital Cases: Seven sent to hospitals, five still in hospitals'; five children had tonsils removed in clinic at a reduced rate; two in State Sanatorium for T. B.; two to Orthopedic Clinic in Goldsboro; ono to Duke Clinic in Durham. One very undesirable family has been moved back to Wake county from whence it came. Six cases with physical handicaps (Continued on Page 8)
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