f^RATE, TERSE
timely
^
|S[1 tariff
p INCREASED
, fnnlidije Goes The
esidef In Protecting The
W^> Of The South
lPptvou^roR!'LAN
B rwrTON J311, ^
e in the tariff on
M ceDVs been ordered by Presi?s
as far as the
MM" iuv^o
eat couJd go under tne iaw,,
Mjpas made effective immediately. I
Be Tariff Commission recomBnded
the increase in its report
Rmitted a week ago. This means I
B increase from four to six cents I
Rund on shelled peanuts and from
Bee to four and one-half cents on I
Rebelled peanuts. The bulk of the '
Rinuts affected by this tariff are I
Rovn in Virginia, the Carolinas and I
Rcongressmen Kerr and Deal who
Rited the White House this week, I
Rre assured the president would
R: as soon as the routine of pre-1
Bring a proclamation could be /
Rttcn out of the way. The execuRe
order this afternoon did not
Rme as a surprise.
R Effective At Once
Rlmediate imposition of the tariff |
Rs desired by growers so as to
Rply to the first shipments of
Rinest and Japanese peanuts, due
R arrive about February first, as I
Riay would have been an impetus
R dump foreign peanuts on the I
RDemocrats urging an increased
Ranut tariff do support the theory
Rat it is unfair to penalize pro-1
""'"modifies While!
icers 01 ia?
Bowing manufacturers of finished
Boducts to have protection. In
Bier words, in a tariff protected
Borld it ought to apply to all alike.
High tariffs work both ways
Bough, and it is in order for China
E impose a tariff on cotton goods
Bom America. As peanut growers
Bll insist upon a still higher tariff
B^peanuts in the forthcoming
BjBrevision by congress, it is notl
probable that China will retaliate.
Face Bankruptcy
Blteports Item Eastern North CaroBa
peanut growers state that they
Be faced with bankruptcy, and that
Bore adequate tariff protection is
B' We have sold at a loss for the
st two years," says a prominent
eanut grower in Gates county. "It
impossible for us to compete with
nported peanuts. If the tariff is
lot raised to a level where we can
ompete with Japanese and Chinese
Beanuts, the farmers in this section
ill be bankrupt."
I Th^e was no tarif on peanuts
Jtior to 1921, but importations had
ii w sucn large proper- 1
a tariff of three cents a
s included in the emergenact
of that year and in
,ct was raised to four cents
i peanuts.
imports, were reduced to
aratively small quantity
tariff became effective, but
years have been heavy. It
ight out in hearings that
ilds in North Carolina are
undred pounds an acre,
in produce three thousand
m acre, while men can be
t W cents a day and women
that.
resent increase is a result of
estigation ordered by the
in 1926, The Tariff Commiside
exhaustive investigations
i Friday of last week subits
report to President
well Continues
Peter Williams
_ ? .Kinpt at assmation was te- I
ftitmuing a case in Recorders!
ontainuing a case in Recorder s I
feurt tee on Monday. Two other i
were heard. 1
I Peter Williams, negro, was to be!
fied on a charge ol iorciable tres-1
f ss, but some one crept to Peter s,
Wone on Sunday night and emptied 1
load of shot into his hand and!
fie, necessitating the hand being 1
1 J- T' Coley, white, as a result oil
f altercation with Seymour Read!
feral weeks ago, was before the!
f c?rder. it developed that Mr. I
f ley has paid the hospital bill of I
l b. Reid, amounting to $150, the!
I e*endant was discharged upon pay-1
Bment of cost. 1
I John Meadows, negro, was charged',
fw disposing of mortgaged prop-1
l y' Judgment was suspended!
lUM payment of cost. I
ij?* Taylor was charged!
j? reckless driving. This case was|
ST'^ued under former order.
1
To Marry
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Crown Prince Olaf of Norway
and Princess Martha of Sweden
figure in royalty's most recently
announced engagement. The royal
couple, shown above, have been secretly
engaged for two years, but
announcement was withheld pending
completion of the prince's
studies at Oxford.
LI.ULmuI 1?X A A..y\u TA
ncrucri nuuvcr .10
Greeted By Crowd
ROCKY MOUNT, Jan. 21. ?
Herbert Hoover, president-elect,
this afternoon got his first glimpse
of North Carolina since he shattered
political precedent and placed
the State in the Republican column ;
in last November's general election.
At that, however, the nation's
next president got but a fleeting
glimpse of the State in which his
candidacy played such an important
part in the political upheaval, as
his special train, bearing him to
Florida for a vacation at the Belle
Island estate of J. C. Penney, made
but one stop in Tarhelia, a pause
of nearly ten minutes at South
Rocky Mount, where he was greeted
by a crowd of more than a thousand
people and where he came to
the platform of his car to exchange
greetings and engage in a running 1
conversation with Republicans lead- i
ers of the city and section.
Mr. Hoover's special train, made
up of seven cars and running over
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, 1
crossed the North Carolina line
shortly after 3 o'clock this after- 1
noon, and with the exception of the
single stop here, made primarily for
operating purposes, lost no time in 1
speeding across the State.
Makes Appearance
The special reached the South 1
Rocky Mount terminals at 4:30, and
oHVkmiopVi railrnnri officials had Pre
_
viously declined to reveal toe schedule,
at least a thousand persons had
gathered to greet the president-elect.
Hardly had the train roJed to a
stop when he put in his appearance 1
on the rear platform of his private
car and, doffing his hat., bowed, 1
smiled and waved to the crowd,
which applauded heartily and gave
sporadic cheers. 1
A delegation of Republican leaders
of the section, headed by John C.
Matthews of Spring Hope, presidential
elector and State executive committeeman
from the fourth district,
greeted Mr. Hoover and broached
informally several matters of outstanding
interest.
At the outset the president-elect
evinced interest in North Carolina
with the statement that his ancestors
came from this State. Members
of the welcoming delegation were
quick to mention Guilford and Randolph
counties and to tell him that
they were west of Rocky Mount.
"We have some mighty good
Quakers up in that section now,"
Mr. Matthews countered. "For instance,
there's Mr. J. Elwood Cox."
"Yes, I know Mr. Cox," was Mr. i
Hoover's rejoinder. i
The spokesman followed up his
reference to Mr. Cox with the declaration
that Stewart W. Cramer
"is another mighty good man we
have down this way."
Mrs. A. H. Fitzgerald of Richmond
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. G.
Gregory.
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WARRENTON, COUNTY
WANT WHISKEY
AS A MEDICINE
Warren County Medical Society
Favors Its Being
Supplied In The State
VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS
Pure whiskey, sold under propei
supervision as provided in the Volstead
act, should be available tc
physicians of the State for medicinal
purposes, the Warren Countj
Medical society said here Wednesiay
night by an unanimous vote
All members of the society were
present.
The society expressed it confiJence
that the rank and file oi
iruggists of North Carolina would
teep whiskey from finding its waj
into illegal channels and would be
in a position to properly treat diseases
for which whiskey is ofter
prescribed. One of the physicians
pointed out that in treatment oi
diseases common to older persons
and in diseases of children good
whiskey was often a life saver
'The State of North Carolina says
however, that the only way to gei
whiskey is to violate its laws. Peoplf
mow that the only way to get whiskey
for medicinal purposes now
and its quality is questionable, is
from illegal sources. This is don<
and will continue to be done as
long as the law stays on the books"
"I hope," he continued, "that th<
legislature will look at this matte:
in a broad way, and I believe i:
provision is made for good whis
key, sold legally for medicinal purnoses.
that the cause of health wil
be promoted and real temperanc<
will be served."
Auxiliary Wants
Patriotism Taught
February 1 is Flag Code Week ii
the North Carolina public school'
and the American Legion Auxiliary
believes that this is a good tim<
for patriotism to be stressed. Mrs
N. M. Palmer, president of th<
Limer Post Auxiliary, in an opei
letter to the public this week says
It is only through the school
that we can reach our young people.
It has been wisely said "The
world moves forward on the feel
of little children."
First on program, Flag Code weei
February 1st. Flag codes can bt
bought of the State Department ol
the American Legion Auxiliary
Raleigh, for one penny each. Please
have the teacher of the junior department
in each school teach thi.<
flag code for fifteen minutes eacl
day the first week in February anc
make it a permanent thing in the
junior department. Encourage sing+
Ofofa or\rycr onH Mo+.i rmQ
UIg' Ui bilC kJiavg uviig uuv*
Anthem every day of flag code weei
and once per week during the the
entire school year. Study the constitution.
There is a law in North Carolina
making the teaching of the constitution
in school conpulsory. We
believe the teachers and superintendents
will see that this law is
enforced and that the constitutior
is not taught as a part of civics 01
history, but elevated to a course bj
itself. A great woman once said
"Two or three people together car
move the world." If this be true 1
know that the faithful teachers
each at their post of duty, can move
North Carolina until there is' nol
one indifferent citizen, not one mar
or woman, boy or girl, in whose
hearts there is not a flaming loyalty
and response to the call of oiu
country's needs.
V. W. Stewart Killed
In Train Accident
V. W. Stewart of Baltimore, Md.
brother of J. D. Stewart of Macor
R. F. D., and R. T. Stewart oi
Middleburg, was killed last Thurs"
* rri.1. nrUn*! frrrrt fo d
day, January iiwi, wucu IIVYU AW0I
passenger trains of Pensylvarue
railroad crashed into a freight oi
which Mr. Stewart was conductor
The accident occured near Aberdeen
Md., in a dense fog.
Mr. Stewart was about 40 yean
of age and spent his early childhood
and manhood in Warrer
county. He leaves a wife and three
small children In Baltimore and e
good many relatives and friends ir
this county and Virginia, whc
grieve and deplore his untimelj
passing.
J. D. Stewart attended hie
bother's funeral in Baltimore last
Sunday.
Mr. Jim Ridout was a visitor at
Warrenton yesterday.
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OF WARREN, N. C, FRIDA
February 22 To Be
, Warren County Day
i In Public Spools
;
By Miss MABLE DAVIS
February 22nd, has been designated
as "Warren County Day" in
the schools this year. This is done
that our high school pupils, and
1 incidentally all citizens of the
. county, may have opportunity to
, | learn something of the history of
, our own county.
Every school in the county will
r be asked to put on a special program
on that occasion and invite
patrons and citizens of the com|
munity to attend and take part in
the celebration. The County Historial
association will supply all the
; material it has been able to collect
to date. This together with any
' other that may be collected from
' reliable sources may be used at the
discretion of those in charge of the
exercises at the schools.
I A general history of North Caroi
lina is taught in the seventh grade.
j followed in the high school by
s | ancient, mediaeval and modern and
II American history, but where is one
. to learn anything of the history of
, j his own people andi county? Our
t limited knowledge om. local history
; is appalling. Any orsefyou meet can
tell you something aBbut the Goths
, and Vandals but feW know how it
5 happened that withii a period of
; twelve years the State thrice turn5
ed to Warren county for its chief
. executive. Probably one in ten may
> be able to name those three men
f I whose ability was recognized and
f I sought by the State, but of their
. subsequent careers who knows any.
thing?
j We do not know that, and much
; 1 besides that would interest us, because
nothing has been written
about them, or more probably be
II. _ A. 1- _ _ 1, 9 X XV _
cause mat wmcn appeared m me
newspapers at the time was not
preserved. It is our misfortune,
'' rather than our fault, that we
l know so little. But it will be our
, fault, yours and mine, if those who
' follow us have no better opportunl5
ties to learn Warren county history
' i than we have had.
^ Furthermore we need to have our
' attention, called to out resources
. Wre are told that we need new en|
terprizes; that the county could sup'
port a much larger population, and
j there are sources of wealth probably
going to waste. I do not know
about these things, but a study of
natural resources may prove profit:
able. From a purely material stand!
point a study of Warren county
'?would sem to justify the occasion.
?, There are other reasons no less imJ
portant.
| There are men who feel no shame
{ to admit that they know nothing
.'whatever about their antecedents.
1 They seemingly overlook the fact
[, that great buildings must have
1 cfrnnor fminHoHAnc loiH ^nnn in f.ViP
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, ground before they assume propor[
tion; that what we are depends
' largely upon the principles for
which our forefathers lived or died.
Teachers and mothers have learned
1 that stories of national heroes have
a certain moral value. It is quite
: probable that we may find Just as
inspiring stories in the lives of those
5 Warren county boys who, while
1 ploughing our fertile low-grounds,
caught visions of larger service and
' went forth to lead their country^
men in the fight for liberty and
\ freedom of the seas. Who knows?
^, We shall not be able to learn all
' we wish to know in one lesson. It
' may be that the program will not
' come up to our expectation, but we
1 must begin our study, and it is
! quite probable that all may be able
to learn something more about
Warren county.
Afton-Elbern Girls'
Team Wins 2 Games
ELBERON, Jan. 23?Afton
Elberon girls basketball team has
\ won two games within the past week.
The first from the Warrenton team
' by the score of 27-22. The second
' was irom Macon nere, me score was
J 22-28.
l| The line-up in the Warren con
game: Warrenton?Leah Terrell and
', Helen Reid, guards; Edith Terrell
j and Edna Clark, forwards; Emily
s Reid and Bellen Mullen, centers.
Afton-Elberon?Blanche Burroughs
1 and Mary Peoples, guards; Marie
Pinnell and Louise Weaver, fort
wards; Hazel Ayscue and Mary
1 Bettie Short, centers.
> The line-up in the Macon game:
r Afton-Elberon?H. Ayscue and M.
Short, centers; M. Pinnell and L.
; Weaver, forwards; B. Burroughs
; and M. Peoples, guards. Macon ?
P. 'Thompson and M. Powers, centers;
V. Person and L. Haithcock,
t forwards; J. Rodwell and L. Shearin,
[guards.
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Y, JANUARY ^fll I
MSLLAWLL
APPEAR TONIGHT
Indications
Are That Many
Will Attend Local Talent
Show At Auditorium
IS SPONSORED BY CLUB
By PRESS AGENT
Folks that the public know intimately
in the lackaday world
ake on another role Friday night
when they step before the footlights
at Warrenton high school to present
what is heraled as the snappiest
home talent show of them all.
rhe curtain is supposed to rise at
1 o'clock and it will provided all
pf the cast have finished getting
tucked Into the costumes which are
a winning part of "Here Comes
Arabella."
The plot of the story is along
musical comedy lines with a bevy of
Warrenton girls stepping in the
chorus, but the play has more
snappy lines than any of the home
talent productions which have
pleased Warren audiences.
Miss Anna Williams plays the
lead as the winning Miss Arabella
who has love rewarded before the
curtain falls. Of course, there are
the intracies of the chase and the
melodies of heart that are free tn
chorus. L. C. Kinsey, who played at
Henderson in home talent, steps before
his first Warren audience, but
he will be flanked in a supporting!
cast which includes the veterans j
Zap AlLen and Shorty Gillam, and
then there is John Henderson who
was a "whang" in the last show.
Alfred Ellington is a theatrical
genius from the bright lights of
New York.
Then we have the small town old
maids with a wrinkle or two about
gossip. All in good nature but gotten
over in good lines. The costumes,
even Levinsky will admit, are
worth the price of admission.
All in all Warren and this im
mediate section may expect laughs
galore and the fellowship of a real
good time at the school, indications
point after observing several practices.
Miss Yvonne Page of South(
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J. L. Skinner Likes
Gardner's Program
"It looked very much like we
were going to get a $5,000,000 Equalization
fund for our schools and an
increase in the gas tax in order that
the State may take over the county
roads," Commissioner John L.
Skinner said here yesterday while
commenting on his visit to Governor
Gardner the day previous.
"Governor Gardner is the most
pleasant chief executive it has ever
been my pleasure to come in contact
with," Mr. Skinner continued.
"He has the interest of the farmers
at heart and is doing all that he
possibly can to reduce the tax load
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UXA XCftJi wvuwi
If the State does take over the
county roads, and the gas tax was
not sufficient to pay all the expense,
then a law was favored by
which the county could levy a tax
on real estate not to exceed 10
cents on $100. "This is much better
than the average of about 60
cents on the $100 now paid by
landowners as a road tax," he said.
Mr. Skinner is secretary of the
State association of county commissioners.
He and Claude L.
McGee of Franklinton, president
of that body, have been at Raleigh
several days working for legislation
that would give better county
government.
LANIER-EDWARDS
Miss Eva Eugene Edwards, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Edwards
of Macon, and Mr. William K.
Lanier of Warrenton, were married
at the home of the bride's
sister. Mrs. B. C. Robertson, at
Emporia, Va., on Wednesday afternoon
at 4:30 o'clock. After a bridal
tour to Washington and other
points north, Mr. and Mrs. Lanier
thu moVo fhpir home at Warrenton
W Ui liiUuu
where Mr. Lanier holds a position!
with the W. A. Miles Hardware Co.
CHILD DIES
Dorothy Williams, the four-yearold
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. German
Williams, died at her home at
Embro on Wednesday. Pneumonia
was the cause of her death. The
funeral will be held in Virginia
this afternoon.
EPISCOPAL SERVICES
The Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner
announces services in Emmanuel
Church for Sunday morning at 11
o'clock, tnd Sunday night at 7.30.
ri
Denies Rumor
Here is vivaciuas Constance Talmadge,
film star, as she arrived
in New York recently from Europe.
One of her first statements
to the press upon her return was
a denial of her rumored engagement
to Townsend Netcher, Chicago
millionaire. Netcher was at
the pier, however, to welcome
Constance home.
Landscape Club Is !
A Mutual Society .
i
The Woman's club feels quite <
fortunate in securing the exhibit '
of the Washington, D, C., Land- 1
scape club at the Memorial library t
from February 15 to March 1, a <
citizen familiar with its activities 1
commented this week. i
This club is an organization at i
the present time of 43 members, 3
all with a mutual interest in out- *
door painting. The club includes the 1
leaders of the profession in Wash- 1
ington, men with national reputation
and high awards. It also finds 1
place for the promising younger t
men whom they can help by active <
association and instructive criticism, i
and for all those sincerely interested i
whose work conforms to a high *
artistic standard. 1
Each year several exhibitions are i
held in local art galleries, libraries \
and other public buildings, drawing <
more and more people and con- <
tinually setting a higher standard, i
Travelling exhibitions are sent out (
and always carefully received. 1
Among the cities in which exhibi- ?
tions have been held are Lynchburg,
Charleston, Charlotte and Tampa.
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Shot From Ambush 1
And Loses His Hand 1
(
Peter Williams, negro, about 60 s
years old lost his hand as a regoult a
of some one firing at him with a i
shotgun from a window Sunday t
night about 8 o'clock while he was 1
siting in his home near Areola talk- )
ing with his daughter. R. O. Snipes, t
deputy sheriff of Warren, responded t
and began an investigation but was (
unable to find evidence leading to i
an arrest
W. H. Allen of Enfield brought t
his blood-hounds to Williams' 1
home but to many people had s
gathered around the place by the ^
time he reached there and the dogs i
were unable to straighten out the 1
track of the fugitive. c
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KNOCK DOWN COTTON STALKS \
NOW, M. C. WINSTON ADVISES I
"Tell the fanners of Warren r
county to knock down all the cot- r
ton stalks if they expect to grow a
any cotton in 1929," M. C. Winston t
said as he stopped in our office for 4
a minute yesterday. Boll weevil was t
the reason given. t
"If the fanners will knock down r
the stalks now, so they will lie flat e
on the ground, many of tTTe weevils c
will be killed by the cold weather," 1
Mr. Winston said. c
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KINSEY DIRECTOR r
Loyd C. Kinsey was elected a t
director of the Bank of Warren at v
a stockholders meeting held here t
recently. Other directors are C. N. f
Williams Jr., B. B. Williams, W. fc i
Dameron, J. G. Ellis and G. B. s
Gregory. Mr. Gregory was re-elect- 1
ed cashier. S. M. Gardner was re- i
elected manager of the insurance t
department and assistant cashier. L
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MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
NUMBER 4
MAY RE-SURFAS
NORUNA ROAD
County Will Have To Wait
. Its Turn On New Highway
To Louisburg
MERIT IN ITS PROPOSAL
Chances are good that the Norlina-Liberia
road through Warrenton
will be resurfaced this Summer,
iccording to letters to the county
commissioners and to Congressman
John H. Kerr from John Sprunt
Hill, commissioner.
Warren county will have to wait
its turn before the WarrentonLouisburg
road will be built, Comnissioner
Hill said. "There is a
jreat deal of merit in this road from
Warrenton to Louisburg and I am
[ree to say that as soon as the
turn of Warren county comes for
idditional new mileage to the State
system, I will recommended this
road," he added.
The letter to the commissioners:
"I beg to acknowledge receipt of
four favor of January 7th. I note
vhat you say about resurfacing
road from Norlina to a point east
)f Warrenton on the Liberia road.
"The road program for the Fourth
District has net yet baen submitted
x> the State Highway Commission,
jut I am free to say that I will
recommend the resurfacing of the .
ibove mentioned stretch of road so
is to put it in first class condition
md I hope that the work can be
ione some time this Summer.
"I also note what you say "about
proposed addition to State Highway
3ystem of a road from Warrenton
Louisburg. The addition of roads
x> the State Highway System is a
natter that will be discussed by the
State Highway Commission and
Joint Committee on Roads of the
Senate and House of the Legislature
.r -XT tu 1- A. L. J
>i iNori/ii oarouna next weeti, ana
antil after this meeting I will have
10 definite idea as to what percenage
of new mileage will be added
luring the next two years. I am
pleased to say, however, that there
s a great deal of merit in this road
Irom Warrenton to Louisburij, and
[ am free to say that as soon as the
;urn of Warren county comes for
idditional new mileage to the State
System, I will recommend this road.
ITou understand, however, tliat in
he addition of new mileage, it is
he policy of the State Highway
Commission to treat all counties as
learly alike as possible, hence, it
viil be necessary for us to add mileige
in counties that have not yet
eceived their proper percentage
inder the State Road Law before
ve can do much more for Warren
:ounty. On December 12th, I revived
letter from Judge Kerr in
egard to this matter, and I en:lose
herewith copy of my letter to
lim, which sets forth this matter
lomewhat more in detail."
The letter to Congressman Kerr:
"I beg to acknowledge receipt oi
'our favor of December 11th. I note
vhat you say about condition of
oad from Warrenton to Norlina.
"I fully agree with you that con:rete
headers and a top dressing
ihould be added to the road. As soon
is we can get around to it, I will
ecommend that this work be done
>y the State Highway Commission.
Penetration macadam road is a
'ery substantial road and will stay
here as long as concrete and is the
ype of road used largely in north;rn
states. It is not up to our class
V, North Carolina standard.
"I also note what you say about
he Warrenton-Louisburg road, and
: fully agree with you that this road
hould be a part of the State Highvay
System. By examination of the
ecords of the State Highway Comnission,
you will find that Warren
:ounty started in 1921 with 46.6
niles on the State Highway System.
Jnder Act of the Legislature and
ulings of the State Highway Com
nission we have added 27 per cent
tew mileage, distributed as fairly
is possible to all the counties in
he State, twenty-seven per cent of
=6.6 miles is 12.58 miles of new road
o which Warren county was enitled.
Our records show that Waren
county how has 60.05 miles, or
ibout .87 of a mile more than the
;ounty is entitled to, while counties
ike Person and Lee have not relived
any additional mileage whativer,
and Granville county has only
eceived 3.8 miles. I think, therefore,
hat you will agree with me that
re are obliged to allot new mileage
o some of these other counties beore
we can add any new mileage
n Warren county. I wish to asure
you, however, that this road is
Is ted on my program to be recomnended
to the State Highway Sysem
as soon as it can be reached
a the regular order of business."