I $CURATE, TERSE
I TIMELY
mtFwimmj
mrmmm
^ons In Valuations Are
^WMted Several Taxpayers;
.Busy Session
K^xeojtive session
^Mpting in re?uiar monthly ses-j
"nurt house at Warren-1
Monda.v the board of county I
^mLissioners voted to continue the J
^WZfire protection work in the]
^Kjfor the coming year, went |
executive session to make I
^Ee0ent with T. J. Miles, Little-1
^K:;:i2en. concerning funds bor-1
L''from the county, granted re-1
jn valuation to several citi-1
en account of timber remov-1
Hf< /ro? their lands and attended I
K, number of other matters of!
or less routine nature that I
them in session until late af- (
All members were present
Commissioner Burroughs who I
^ s&nt from the county on his 1
K appropriation for forest fire!
^Lctionmet with the approval of
:en;bers present except Com-1
^B^ooer Newell who voted No.l
board ordered that Mr. Miles]
in hie I
iiH full 311 lniercav uui, vu .
by January 1 1931, at the rate I
1 per month, payments to be-1
i of July 1930. It was ordered I
aid payments are to be in-1
i by whatever sum he mayl
I as rent from his store,
board ordered that W .B.J
if Hawtree township receive j
ction of $15 per acre on his J
on tract containing 46 acres j
iw valued at $1,000 on ac- j
if timber cut and removal J
ast session. For a similar J
tie was granted a reduction J
on his Tally tract contain-J
acres and now valued at]
Goode of Sixpound township J
a reduction of $400 on the|
ontinued on page 8)
I of Education
ipproves Pupils
ying Class Rings
ird of education disap-|
the purchase of class rings |
ites from the schools of J
1 I
Ins county, tne memoers muue
fin at their regular meeting on
today when they passed an order
Iriidding salesmen from soliciting
ttdets for these rings without the
ipoval of the principal and ob|Ming
his okey to the contract,
lite board further ordered that all
Wb of this kind must be made
tier competitive bids, and stated
m they disapproved of this form
Kntravagance at a time of such
pucial depression.
^e rings have often been sold
piigh school classes at high
ps and many parents have felt
p it was an unnecessary burden,
be board heard a delegation from
ptleton advocating the appointN
of John Picot as a member of
r Littleton school board. The
N had previously nominated
p-B. R. Browning to fill the vacaused
by the resignation of
v E. Poster. Dr. Browning refused
accept the appointment and the
J?! named Mr. Picot as commit?man,
Gilliland was appointed a
rpf of the Macon school board,
^ing A. L. Nicholson, resigned.
M T. Harris asked that he be
(Continued on page 8)
IWu Dora Beck
Returns To State
RALEIGH, Aug. 7.?Miss Dora
who gave up her position as
?ttty superintendent of public
In Harnett County to ac1^
toe job as county probation
iter on Union County, Arkansas,
H resigned her Arkansas position
fJWl return to North Carolina.
Ita BecK' has won wl(*e
P^ity as a welfare worker, will
|w*l the remainrtor ??
VI Vlic 0?"?- I
M Rocky Mount and Winston-1
where she formerly resided.!
M ^ Beck was welfare worker atl
?*eck Manufacturing Company!
*'5 !*v*ral years ago and has fre-I
^ wttiy visited friends at Warren-1
witincc: leaving the county who I
* glad to hear of her return!
Carolina.
TO ATTEND meeting i
^hissioner John L. Skinner!
J?Auditor P. M. Stallings will!
the meeting of the State 1
commissioners association!
U.n^ville Beach on August 1
learned at the court!
^J^terday. other members of 1
may be present. Com-J
h 01161 Skinner is secretary
^r of the State association.
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OLD
The swimming pool .
out at the golf course r v \ \
has been a popular \
place as the thermometer
soared I / ^
around the 100 mark I ^
here for the past -' / J
several days. Many -I $
citizens have paused r' 7
long enough in their r /
swim to think what - //\T,
they owe to M. C.
McGuire and Ed V)
Gillam, "Mac and / \NuS-.'
rti. j. ? i. ?- - ? i. ^ 1 ^
onony, wunout ^ \
whom, it is conceded,
there would have ^
been no pool. Con- _j-?
tributions of money A
by citizens who have
made good in other
sections and still re- '
tain a tender memory
of their boyhood Vvl
home were big fac- "Ov \\
tors in its erection as \\ V\
was the aid of W. H. \\v
Dameron, wealthy \AA
local citizen. Among jO
the former are _S
George Allen of New
York, Jim Watson of
New York and Warrenton,
the late W. N\
K. Williams of Grand I \
Rapids, Mich., and
Warrenton, and his
brother, Harry Wil- I
liams of Chicago and [_
Warrenton. Others tfSfl
have contributed ac- HLpO
cording to their Vr j\
means and us a re- |T" ((i*
suit. Wnrrpnhnn has 1/ t
one of the best E^Y-j f
swimming ]>ools in I b V
this section and an fl
A-I nine-hole golf [H V
course.
The spirit of fun k a
at the pool is de- BL S M
picted in the cartoon I
by Henry Anderson, B M
employee of the \
Citizens Bank, and I (1 \
a frequent visitor at I II /
the swimming 'hole'. I I
SAYS ROAD WILL
BE TRUNK LINE
Commissjflrier Hill Claims
Much Traffic Will Go Over
Louisburg Road
The road from Warrenton to
Louisburg will in the course of
years be a great trunk line road
running to Raleigh and for this
reason great care must be used in
its location. John Sprunt Hill, high
way commissioner, pointed out in
a letter this week to John Clay
Powell, chairman of the county
board of commissioners.
Mr. Hill said that the present
reads were both poorly located and
that in order to shorten the distance
between Warrenton and
Louisburg several changes would
probably be necessary in the location.
This matter can not be determined
until figures of engineers
are checked over. Engineer L. C.
Cook and party completed the survey
of both routes several days ago
and the highway department will
probably make the check of figures
in the near future.
The Warrenton-Louisburg road
has been added to the State system.
This is quite different from
taking over a road for maintenance,
Mr. Hill points out.
Commissioner Hill's letter follows:
Biltmore, N. C.
"Hon. J. C. Powell,
Tnez. N. C.
"My dear Mr. Powell:
"Your letter of July 18th has been
sent to me here where I have a
summer cottage. The LouisburgHenderson
road has been maintained
for past year by State Highway
Commission and generally speaking
the road is well located and every
dollar spent by State is expended
toward the making of a first class
road. But the roads from Warrenton
to some point between Kearney
(Continued on page 8)
Car Wrecked On
Return From Funeral
!
Driving north at a fast rate of
speed, a Ford roadster, occupied by!
three Hartford, Conn., negroes,
crashed into the Oakland of Dr.
W. W. Taylor at Double Bridges below
Wise Sunday night about 2
ov>i,v?fc smfl.shine fenders and rip
V VAVVU, w
ping the wheel from the Taylor I
car, and then turned over three)
times, it was said. Occupants of both
automobiles escaped injury other
than minor scratches.
Dr. Taylor, accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Taylor,
Miss Kitty Gregory, and Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Poindexter, was returning
from Richmond where they
had been to attend the funeral of
Mr. Sam Wallace, an uncle of Mr.
Poindexter.
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WARRENTON, COUNTY
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Pellagra Not As
Serious In Warren,
Dr. Rodgers Says
While there is much Pellagra in
Warren county the disease is not
the serious problem here that it in
other North Carolina counties, Dr.
w n Rnderers Jr.. health officer,
told members of the county board
of commissioners at Warrenton on
Monday. The health of the county
is good outside of the prevalence of
this disease, Dr. Rodgers said.
Dr. Rodgers pointed out that
Pellagra was not a contagious disease
but epidemics of it were caused
because of similar conditions existing
in a given community. It is primarily
a disease of undernourishment.
Where citizens eat plenty of
vegetables and drink milk Pellagra
does not exist, the physician said.
The Health Officer deplored the
fact that during the past year many
milk cows had been sold from the
farms of Warren county causing a
gi eater shortage of milk. He said
that a quart of milk a day was not
an excessive amount for a person
to drink and that this food was
the best known preventative of
Pellagra.
School Folks To
Meet Here Saturday
School principals, committeemen,
and truck drivers will gather at the
l i?v,o?o Kativrriav morn
COUrt Xiouoc jliciu vi* _
ing for business purposes connected
with the opening of the schools of
Warren on September. Following
the transaction of business they
will, with court house officials, be
guests at a barhecue dinner at
12:45. Admittance to the cue will be
by card.
Jule B. Warren, secretary of the
North Carolina Educational Association,
will meet with the piincipals
at 9 o'clock at which time various
phases of school work will be discussed.
/
The truck drivers are expected to
be present at 10:30 when a member
of the State highway patrol will be
here to instruct them in road law
and proper driving of the school
trucks. The colored truck drivers
... j. rvotrnlman at 2
Win wiui iiiv -- -a
o'clock.
A meeting of the committeemen!
will be held at 12 o'clock. 4
BOY WINS TOURNAMENT j
John Baird Jr., young son of Mrs.
Ruth Baird of Warrenton, was the
winner in the men's tournament at
the Warrenton midget course which
ended on Friday night. Young
Baird scored 51 to eliminate Roy
Davis on last night of play.
DAUGHTER BORN
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E.
Rodwell of Warrenton on August t
6, a daughter.
trren
OF WARREN, N. C., FRID
OLE AT WAR
All Members Of
Local Faculty Are
Named for 1930-31
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With the election of Miss Florence
Mackie of Guilford College - as
teacher of Home Economics, and
Miss Arline Lindsay of Lexington
as teacher of Science and French,
all members of the faculty of the
John Graham school have been
chosen for the year 1930-31, according
to announcement made yesterday
by R. C. Cox, principal.
Miss Mackie is a graduate of
Guilford College and comes to Warrenton
with a record of five years
of successful teaching. Last year
sne was a member of the faculty of
the Harmony Farm Lite scnoot in
Iredell county.
Miss Lindsay is a graduate of
Eton college and has taught in Salisbury
and Durham.
For the first time in its history
the local school is to have a teacher
of agriculture. R. H. Bright of Columbus
county has been elected to
fill this position. Mr. Bright comes
to Warrenton highly recommended
by the State Agriculture college at
Raleigh where he was an honor student.
He arrived in Warrenton early
in the summer and after making a
survey of his field returned to State
College and took a special course in
agriculture.
The faculty for the coming year
is composed of R. C. Cox, principal;
R. H. Bright, Agriculture; Miss
i? ???J n/n
JYLanam I3Uyu, i.vj.ai/ncxxic*i/iv/o, iumo
Helen Thompson, English and Latin;
Miss Arline Lindsay Science and
French; Miss Florence Mackie,
Home economics and Civics; Miss
Rosa Hamilton, first grade; Miss
Anna Cahoon, second grade; Miss
Mary Randolph, second and third
grade; Miss Rosebud Kimball, third
grade; Miss Frances Robertson,
Fourth grade, Mrs. Virginia Pearsall,
fifth grade; Mrs. B. B. Williams,
fifth grade; Miss Jennie C.
Alston, sixth grade; Mrs. H. V.
Scarborough, seventh grade.
County Receives
Money From State
Reduction Fund
The sum of $11,427.13 has been
received from the State tax reduction
fund to aid those schools of
Warren whose terms extetnd beyond
six months, it was learned yesterday
from the office of the Superr\-f
ephnftls.
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Littleton school will receive $1498.78
of this amount; Vaughan $40.62;
Macon $922.80; Wise, $3435.79;
Norlina, $1469.95; Afton-Elberon,
$693.11; Warrenton, $3366.08.
Superintendent Allen pointed out
that Warrenton and Wise received
larger appropriations than other
districts due to the large enrollment
in the negro schools at these places.
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WOMAN SUDES
INTO DEEP WELL
Narrowness of Pitoe Makes
Rescue Impossible; Despondent
Over Health
Despondent over ill health, Mrs.
Lizzie Robinson, 39, widow of the
late Matt Robinson, ended her own
lite by jumping down a well at her
home near Macon on Sunday night
at 8 o'clock.
The body remained in the well
for four hours before it was brought
up with the aid of grappling irons
by Will Martin, well digger of Warren
Plains. The pipe was only fifteen
inches across, just allowing
room for the body of the woman
to squeeze through and making
rescue impossible,
Mrs. Robinson had been suffering
Pellagra for some time and was
apparently recovering. Shortly after
Dr. W. D. Rodgers departed
from her home on Sunday, she took
a dipper and told the children that
she was going for a drink of water.
A few minutes later she called and
as the children rushed to the door
told them good-bye and slid down
into the pipe. Neighbors were hastily
summoned, but all efforts at rescue
proved in vain. The well was
about 35 feet deep. The light from
a flashlight showed the woman's
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1163a aoove water, uut one uau uccix
dead for some time before her body
was brought out.
Funeral services were held at the
home on Sunday afternoon at. 5
o'clock by the Rev. Dr. J. T. Gibbs
and interment was in Fairview
cemetery.
Mrs. Robinson is survived by
three children, the eldest of whom
is about 17, and by two brothers.
Her husband ended his own life
several years ago.
Allen To Leave On
Tuesday For West
J. Edward Allen, superintendent
of Warren county schools, will depart
on Tuesday for Tacoma, Washington,
to attend the General Grand
Chapter meeting of the United
States Masons as a delegate from
North Carolina. Mr. Allen is foreign
correspondent for all Masonic
bodies of North Carolina.
. The itinery of the school man will
Itnke him to Montreal. Canada, and
from there to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The journey then leads across Canada
to the western side and down
into the upper part of the United
States. The return trip will be made
through Canada to Niagara Falls
and back to Norlina on September
4.
Superintendent Allen was granted
a leave of absence by the board
of education at its regular July
Meeting. <
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vV arrenton Tax Rate
To Remain At $1.00 i
City Fathers Decide
Although financial depression has
caused the shrinkage of approximately
$100,000 in listed valuations
for the Town of Warrenton and in
spite of the fact that the bonded in^.ebtednss
of the town will call for
the expenditure of $1,000 more for
the coming year, the local tax rate
will remain at $1.00 on the $100
valuation. This was decided at the
regular meeting of the town commissioners
Monday night, at which
time Commissioner Gillam, H. A.
Moseley, C. F. Moseley, W. R.
Strickland and Frank Serls were
present. Commissioners Massenburg
anH T?nnlrer oro nn the Southern
tobacco markets.
Economies will be affected in the
general fund allowing a five cent
reduction here and an increase of
five cents to take care of the add?d
indebtedness. These figures were
worked out by the finance committee
and presented to the board by
Mayor Frank H. Gibbs.
The greater part of the time of
the board was taken up with a discussion
of complaints against Ramsay's
Cafe. Part of the members
favored closing the local negro cafe
as a public nuisance but after discussion
it was decided that Ramsay
be asked to close his place on
Sunday and if this abated the
trouble drastic action would not
be taken. R. T. Watson, president
of the Citizens Bank, complained'
to the board that use of loud and
profane language' of drunken negroes
around the doors of the cafe
was objectionable to people in his
neighborhood. Other prominent citizens
have from time to time comniainoH
ncoinst the disorder around
this place of bisiness and Ramsay
was warned by Mayor Gibbs
several months ago. Mr. Watson
lives within 50 yards of the negro
cafe.
The board, upon request of Commissioner
Gillarn speaking in behalf
of the Kiwanis club, voted a
sum not to exceed $15 for removal
of a few trees on each side of the
government landing field to be established
near Warrenton as a part
of the mail route to South America.
Surveys have been made of the
field by Government engineers and
a lease has been forwarded for signatures.
Work will not be started,
however, until the crops are removed.
Other matters before the board
were of a routine nature.
Lutherans Will
Observe Confession
The four hundredth anniversary
of the Ausbury Confession, will be
observed at St. Paul's Lutheran
church, Ridgeway ,on August 24,
at 10 o'clock a. m. with a German
' - - * ? i-l ll.L
service and at j p. m. in angiiau,
the Rev. H. C. Bierman, pastor, announced
yesterday.
The Augsburg Confession is the
oldest Protestant confession of faith,
and the pattern after which nearly
all confessions of the Protestant
churches are patterned, the ministei
said. In all Protestant countries
this anniversary is celebrated by
special services.
"St. Paul's Lutheran church,
north of Ridgeway," the minister
continued, "has been fortunate in
getting two able speakers to address
the audience assembled on the
church ground the fourth Sunday
in August on this subject.
"Dr. H. Nan, president of Immanuel
college at Greensboro, will
speak at 10 a. m. in German. Rev.
H. B. Hemmeter, president of Conccrdia
College, Conover, will address
the assemble at 3 p. rn. in
English.
"Dr. Hemmeter is known as one
of the great pulpit speakers of the
Lutheran church. He is called upon
to address large audiences on special
occasious all over this country.
St. Paul's congregation is very fortunate
in getting him and all that
attend may be sure of enjoying his
address and profit thereby.
Several Negro Schools
Begin Work for Year
In order that there may be a recess
to allow children to pick cotton
several of the four-months ne01
n enhmU nf Warren have begun
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there 1930-31 session and others will
cpen next week ,it was learned yes
terday at the office of the supeilntendent
of schools.
Schools which opened on Monday
include Jordan Hill, Mayflower,
Fork Chapel, Stony Lawn Vaughan,
Johnson Baltimore, Baker, Axtelle
special.
Schools to open on Monday are
Pine Grove, Shocco Chapel, Young,
Dakville, Rising Sun, Ridgeway.
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ALL THE TIME
NUMBER 32
COUNTY-WIDE TAX
RATE TO BE $1.06 !
Schools Need More Money;
Rate Is Raised 4 Cents
On $100 Valuatjfon
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MANY DIFFERENT RATES
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The county-wide tax rate for
Warren county will be $1.0? this
year compared to $1.02 for the past
year. The board of county com
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uiiaaiuiici s ueuiucu tunv mc iviucent
increase was necessary in order
to take care of five cents increase in
school taxes which was partly due
to decrease in valuation of real
estate.
To the county-wide rate school
and road taxes will have to be added
and the taxes will vary in different
sections of the county, larger than
last year in some instances and
smaller in others. With twelve different
road rates and 16 different
school rates, the average rate over
the county is hard to determine.
The road rate in the different
townships follow:
River, 30c; Sixpound, 10c; Hawtree,
37c; Smith Creek, 15c; Nutbush,
40c; Sandy Creek, 10c; Shocco,
10c; Pishing Creek, 25c; Judkins,
35c; Warren ton, 25c; Fork, 48c;
Roanoke, 55c.
The special school rates:
Wise, 40c; Churchill, 15c; Oakville,
15c; Vaughan, 20c; Macon,
40c; Norlina, 57c; Embro, 15c;
Oine, 15c; Epworth, 20c; Elberon,
25c; Axtelle, 20c; Warren Plains,
15c; Drewry, 20c; Warrenton, 40c;
Littleton, 40c; Inez, 12c.
The county-wide rate for 1929
and for 1930 is as follows:
1929 1930
Gen. fund 15 .15
Bonds ? 20 .18
Health and poor 05 .07
Pensions .07 .01
Schools 60 .65
/ ' $1.02 $1.06
Jurors Selected For
September Court
Jurors have been drawn as follows
for September Term of Warren
county Su^fertor Court:
First Week?J. H. Spraggin, L. R.
Harris, F. H. Cheek, W C. Curtis,
J. M. Stephenson, Louie Daeke, J.
A. Wilson, W. H. Alston, N. Lee
Loyd, C. M. Haithcock, F. F. Limcr,
S. E. Allen, S. H. Dillard, W. E.
Twitty, J. T. Harris, J. A. Dameron,
J, H. Bender, Kasper Killian, W.
J. Pinnell, Furman Overby, J. E.
Warren, A. J. May, W. H. Martin,
Jesse Gardner, F. B. Newell Jr., A.
P. Watkins, J. B. Jritchard, W. E.
Mulchi, B. O. Ayscue, Macey E.
Bolton, R. E. Davis, John C. Davis,
C H. King, H. M. Fuller, H. P.
Reid, L. H. Benson.
Second Week?C. F. Burrows,
Morton W. Alston, J. A. Dowtin,
John A. Daniel, W. R. Conner, C.
P. Allen, Smith Wyckoff, W. F.
Dill, C. R. Hight, J. W. Neal,
fitonhon RnnrHpn W Clifton Bob
bitt, J. T. Harris, S. D. King, Willie
L. Harris, F. C. Rainey, R. A.
King, O. A. Rose.
Brummitt To Be
Convention Speaker
The Hon. Dennis G. Brunimitt,
Attorney General of North Carolina,
will be the principal speaker
at the Warren Baptist Sunday
school convention to be held at
Gardner's church, Churchill, on the
fifth Sunday, August 31.
A committee composed of J. H.
Kerr, E. S. Allen, Jesse Gardner,
C. R. Rodwell and J. Willie White
will entertain the visiting speakers.
Plans are being worked out for
a big day at Gardner's church it
is said and a Sunday school leader
yesterday expressed the hope that
the meeting would be well attended
J. Edward Allen is president of
the Sunday school association and
J. Willie White is secretary.
Eucane Serious Iniurv
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When Car Overturns
Headed for Littleton at a late
hour to carry a friend and pressing
too hard on the excellerator as the
car approached the curb on the
outer edge of Macon, Ed Mustian,
in a model A Ford roadster, with
his companion, W. E. Loyd, left
the highway and overturned five
times Monday night about 2 o'clock.
Both men escaped with only a few
bruises and scratches. The car was
badly damaged,
FIELD DIRECTOR HERE
M. G. Mann, director of field
service of tiie North Carolina Cotton
Growers Association, and Hugh
Johnson, field representative, were
in Warren last Friday visiting
members of the association.
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