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I accurate, terse timely Volume xxxi iffisAmjs iw OTMOI, Bill l/il UVMV Fervid Appeal for Bill Made gv Senator Ward of Beaufort County SEVEN HOURS DEBATE ?.wh. Jan. 29.?The Senate (I XVO*v-o?. Thursday passed through its seventh hour of debate on the MacUan substitute for the Lindseyyoung hill providing for State maintenance of the constitutional six months schools without reach, ing a vote. The Senate recessed at 2 o'clock until 8:30 o'clock Thursday night without reaching a vote on the bill, A motion to set 10 o'clock Thursday night as the hour for a vote on the question was ruled out of order when it was opposed. The argument Thursday, led by the dramatic Ward cf Beaufort, grew fervid. The Beaufort Senator marked himself as one of the strongest proponents of the measlure in a speech which continued lici more than an hour. It was the most extended and heated presentation of the current session. SenaItor Ward was supported by Ward of Craven and Senator Polger of Surry. Senator Grier of Iredell Kvas not committed to the bill, but Indicated he might vote for it with Amendments. Sentiment, which Wednesday apAeared to be cooling toward the ueasure. indicated a return to warmth and evidence seemed to AmdiciOe that the bill might pass by larger margin than was anticipated at the close of the Wednes debates. H The bill passed the Houes TuesBay and was taken up as a special Brrier by the Senate Wednesday, Ahen it was debated for four hours. An amendment was offered by Campbell of New Hanover to proAide for State maintenance of the ix months constitutional school term when adequate finances can >9 produced vlthout undue hardship on the taxpayers cf the State land suitable machinery is set up." The amendment, the bone of con er.tlon Wednesday, which was characterized by Lindsey of BrunsIwick as an effort to ''murder" the Iblil, has not been voted on. I Senator Ward of Beaufort made valorem levy If necessary. Horton Vs. Ward Stnator Horton of Chatham ques tiohed the Beaufort Senator, seek ^ to show benefits from th i the most spectacular appearance ol the session. The former Congressman held the crowded floor and picked gallery spell bound at times with oratorical phrases, drew laughter with humorous and prompt repartee when other Senators interrupted for questions, and won applause when he voiced sentiment and arguments with which the lobbies and galleries were sympathetic. Ward Is Frank He was frank and direct in his presentation. "I speak of principles and policies and not of men," he declared as he approached his subject. He deplored the land tax burden as it is now carried, declaring that it is "destroying the value of land." He insisted that the burden must be raised. Speaking directly, he said, "You have placed the yoke about the shoulders of the counties and they are unable to bear it." The Constitution did net intend that they should bear it, he stated, and added the charge that the opponents of the MacLean measure would attempt to keep the yoke there. "You and your State have been as cruel to schools as death is to its victims," he charged. He assailed the condition under which the State makes it manda "jiv on me counties to levy suincient taxes to maintain the six months schools, wh|n at the same time the State keeps immune from county taxation 45 sources of revenue. He was not afraid, he declared of driving corporations out of the State, launching an attack againsi fte tobacco companies. The State has plenty of wealth to maintair the schools, he said, laughing a the argument that the revenue could not be raised. "To be practical," Senator Ware ^id, "many comities are net goinj 10 operate the schools, and whei the women of this State see th schoolhcuse doors close on the! children, you will then have troubl such as you have never had be lore." T? operate the schools he point to sources of revenue svailablf He Indicated the equalizing fun ^ It is at present, a sales tax, an *85 not OODOsed t/> a rpasrvnnhl ! ] (Negro Threatens To Kill Family; Is i Chased By Officers RufllS TWnce nocrrn ~i k ???v5*v, ivvwiwj uaoiv from Baltimore, is sought by Warren officers on a charge of assault with intent to kill. I Moss' wife and children fled from their home near Macon on Monday s when the negro threatened to kill the entire family and telephoned ti e Office of Sheriff W. J. Pinnell fcr assistance. Sheriff Pinnell and ( Deputy Robertson responded and I reached the home about 2:30. They caught sight of Moss, armed with a shotgun, fleeing towards the woods and gave chase, but were outdistanced. Bloodhounds were secured from Louisburg and put on the track of the man. The trail was abandoned alter a five-mile chase that ended near Ageiasto iarm below Macon when darkness overtook the officers. Pinnell Warns Of Fire Hazard Caused By Brush Burning A warning to fanners calling attention to the dangers attendant upon burning brush was this week issued by E. Hunter Pinnell, Forest Warden of Warren County. Mr. Pinnell called attention to the fact that the warm, bright weather of the past few days has caused many of the farmers to begin their brush burning activities of clearing new ground and tobacco beds. He asked that all possible care be used in handling this fire, and said that any citizen who allowed the fire to escape beyond his control was subject to arrest and prosecution. Fires arising from brush burn- 1 ing costs the county thousands of 1 dollars each year, the game warden ' said. The greater part of this loss ' cculd be prevented by a little care, 1 he held, and asked the co-operation 1 of the public that this heavy loss may be avoided. ? WuulU ru?i|wne i Payment of Taxes \ Until November i Bills to postpone enforced col- f lection of 1930 taxes in Warren ; county until November were introduced in the House and Senate on ( Wednesday by Senator T. O. Rod- \ well and Representative John S. < Davis. The bills have not been acted upon. < Citizens Contribute To The Red Cross While Warren county is yet far short of its Red Cross quota of $1,000, many citizens have contributed during the week, Miss Mamie Gardner, secretary of the local chapter of the organization said yesterday. Citizens of Warren have for several years been oversubscribing the county's quota in the annual roll call. Such was the case last November in spite of low prices received for agricultural products. In spite of the fact that industrial depression and drought have caused hard times in this county and no intensive canvass will be i made, local Red Cross workers have expressed the hope that citit zens, realizing the great need for 1 relief work now being carried on by the organization, will contribute as liberally as possible. The following ladies will be glad to receive contributions in their several localities and citizens are : asked and urged to make their do> nations as liberal as possible. Wari renton, Miss Mamie Gardner; Nor. lina, Mrs. W. P. Mustian; Macon, Mrs. E. H. Russell; Afton-Elberon, , Mrs. Stephen Bowden; Littleton, i Mrs. T. J. Miles; Areola, Mrs. R. L. t Capps; Manson, Mrs. J. K. Kimball. 1 Warren Gins 13,367 ; Bales To January 16 i Warren county ginned 13,367 j bales of cotton to January 16, - mmnsrpd with 17,644 bales to the 1 e same period last year, according to r figures released this week by the e Department of Commerce through - the Bureau of Census. State ginnings to January 16 - this year were 780,070 bales, com-! pared with 737,725 bales one year d ago. H ? e DAUGHTER BUKXN Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hedgepeth on Sunday, January 25, i- a daughter, Olie Elizabeth. ie Sheriff W. J. Pinnell was a visitor in Raleigh yesterday. A ^ - Iff Hi WARRENTON, COUNTY LUCKY ??P> ^ E SHE HAD A WOh first spring after Luth Bur bank's death, a pea tree, bearing three vari b lev) over ? A skilled ti ' J ? U ' vraruer iiuu -nunnrio uj Be done?Mrs. BurbanH sisted on attemptinq t graft.-One of those wh was successful proved be the finest peach develc Drought Sufferers Have Only One Meal Each Dav r Marvell, Ark., Jan. 29.?One meal a, day, consisting usually of bread and molasses and perhaps beans ar plain salt pork, is what the average drought sufferer's family jets out of what the Red Cross jives him. "But we're thankful to get that because it keeps us from starving," iaid Jacob Miller, a negro tenant bis community. "About all it do's is keep us alive though," he continued. Miller's case is typical of that cf most of the tenant farmers of this and other counties?whites and negroes alike. He has a wife and two children and has been receiving food from the Red Cross for three weeks. It amounts to about $5 a month. "We eat one meal a day," he - j-i ?. said. "If we tried to gee more uuu that out of the food we get, it wouldn't last two weeks." The food is allotted every two weeks. "We don't get enough at the one meal. If I ate all I wanted, there wouldn't be any left for my family so lots of times I do without. "The people over here, both white and colored persons, have just about killed all their hogs that didn't die. I lost five hogs and was afraid to eat them. I know lots of others who also lost their hogs. 1 don't know what was the matter with them?I suppose it was because they had not got the right kind of feed. "Now people are going to have to kill their cows as poor as they are, to get enough to eat." Miller's children are not in school because he said they did not have clothes to keep them warm. Many others are keeping their children out for the same reason. "If we have a cold spell, you'll ~ * * I1PQ see all kinds or sickucss uc\/auo^ people don't have clothes and food enough," Miller continued. Miller, like many of the other tenant farmers, saved nothing from last year's crop. His cotton brought ten cents a pound and it barely paid for the picking, he said. He could not pay for the food furnished him on that crop. He had bought a mule which he lost because he could not pay for it. And thus far he has been unable to arrange for food for hie year's crop ordinarily forthcoming starting in March. "The merchants I have seen tel. me they can't furiiish me," he said "People are going hungry nov j and if something doesn't happen J it's going to be lots worse." TWIN DAUGHTERS OF MR. AND MRS. G. B. HULL BURIEE Burial services for the twir babies of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Hul of Warrenton were conducted Wednesday afternoon by Rev. S. E Wright at Providence church, witl interment taking place there. Mr and Mrs. Hull lost one of theii daughters on Monday and th< other daughter died on Wednes day. They were born January 5. '-f , / : M 1 " / * ;/ , - ... 1 /' *.*3r tb ... r irrm ' r ? OF WARREN, J* c ? FRIDi ?: = breaks I L Miller tDHRFUL G/I ' !L * IflUnMu 1 of :Members O* Old Organization Are Requested To Meet "I respectfully Request that the members of the Old Warrenton Chamber of Commerce meet at my office Tuesday niyht, February 3, at 8 o'clock to decide on what disposition shall be made of a sum of money left in iriy hands as treasurer, for many rears. "H. b,. WALTERS." ?? oia j Chamber of CbJmmtTP?in Dr. Walters office on Tuesday night of next week, finis will probably be written to an organization that was formed at Warrenton 18 years ago, functioned efficiently ior two years and that has never been officially disbanded. The organization was formed at Warrenton in 1912 with practically every business man in the town a member. J. P. Scoggin, now ofj Scoggin Motor Company, was the! first president. W. A. Graham was | elected treasurer and served until; he left the county for the Mexican border in 1916, when he turned his bocks over to Dr. H. N. Walters, who was elected secretary in 1912 and has served in that capacity until the present time. The late T. D. Peck was president of the Chamber in 1921 when the last official act was passed, the donation of funds for a local road. Dr. Walters explained yesterday when he handed in the notice calling for a meeting that the present time called for all possible funds for various form: of relief now being carried on in the county, and that he thought it might be well for the money lyini idle in the bank for many years b< put into active use. He said that he had no authority to disburse ;his money without an order from the members of the old Chamber d Commerce, and for this reason asled that as many be present as posible. Hard Time* Cause Increase In Crimes Hard times is causing unusual amount of stealhg and other , crimes, Sheriff W. J. Pinneii saia1 yesterday. He askd that citizens needing the help o an officer call him at telephone ltt during the day and at 2061 duriig the night, or call his chief officer deputy, Law, rence Robertson, it any time. I ' NAT HAYES BECOMES ! ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CHAPEL HILL Jan. 29?Ar- [ j rangements have been made whereby the courses in steel structures given in the University's School of i Engineering by the late Dean G. M Braune are to le continued for , the remainder of tils year by Na, thaniel P. Hayes, structural en1 gineer of Greensboo, who has been . appointed associate professor of ci1 vil engineering. i Mr. Hayes is the son of Mr. and r Mrs. M. H. Hayes of Wise ana is e veil kncwn in Waxen county. He - is a graduate of tie University of North Carolina. H. ' . I - Urnr tY, JANUARY 30, 1931 VETERANS ASK n a on nnmjir\lil uwii r a i iTiE.ii 1 iold Meeting at Court House On Thursday Night; 154 Service Men Present HAROLD COLEY SpEAKS Veterans of Warren county meetng at the Court House last night vithout dissenting vote passed a esolution asking for immediate ash payment in full of all adjusted ervice certificates by the United States Government and ordered hat copies of the resolution be sent ,o both North Carolina Senators tnd to Congressman John H. Kerr. Dne hundred and fifty-four service men were present at the meet ng which was presided over by Dr. W. P. Mustian, Commander of jimer Post of the American Legion. Harold Coley, Nashville attorney, ivas principal speaker of the evening. He pointed out that the World War Veterans could not obtain what was justly due them without organization and that the American Legion was just the organization needed. He explained the purposes, ideals and objectives of the Legion, quoted the preamble to the Legion Constitution as typifying these, and urged every veteran present to become e member. He said that the bonus payment was a debt that the American Government owed > th? former service men and that it hac no right to evade or defer paymen of this debt. He asked that ever: man present fight for the imme diate cash payment of the certifi cates. The resolution submitted by i committee composed of Frank H Gibbs, John Mitchell and S. G Chappelle and unanimously passei last night by the service men fol lows: "Resolved: (1) That Limer Pos No. 25 of The American Legion, De partment of North Carolina, hereb; goes on record as beingJtfftent o x?0v"ia.tf6n' providing for the im| mediate cash payment, in full, o the full face value of all adjuste< service certificates by the U. S Government; that copies of thi resolution be immediately mailed t< all members of Congress frcn North Carolina, and to Senator F M. Simmons and Senator Came ron Morrison, and a copy to thi National Commander of the Ameri can Legion; "(2) That the Department Com mander is hereby authorized an; directed to use his best efforts t< secure the enactment of such leg islation, and is hereby authorizec to take such further steps as t< him shall seem expedient to ac complish this." Advocates of Cash Bonus See Victorj WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.?Despite Secretary Mellon's oppositioi to cashing veterans bonus certificates, advocates of the plan wer< openly claiming today the Senat< Finance Committee would approv< some such proposal. Their claims were strengthenec by the announcement of Senatoi Couzens, Republican, Michigan, on< of the two members of the com mittee who hold the "balance oJ power" that he favors paying th; veterans the full face value of theli certificates. Meanwhile the House Ways anc Means Committee, in which the legislation must originate, was ready to begin hearings today or a number of cash payment bills costing from $855,000,000 to $3,400,000,000. Friends of the legislation were confident the committee would approve one of the measures. Officials of the government departments were called for testimony today. Mellon's statement before the Senate committee yesterday gave strength to the belief of many Concessional leaders that President ftsover will veto any bill calling for cash payment of the face value of 'he certificates. They believe, too, he would be likely to disapprove one of the less expensive measunS calling for cashing the certificaes at their current value. I Couzettj announcement was im| portant ii view of his position as . one of th two independent ReI publicans o the Finance Commitj tee who, by noting with the Demo| crats, can cntrol the committee, The other, L^ollette, of Wisconsin, has not enounced his position. Despite Couzers declaration that he favors redemjion of the certificate at full fao value, leaders did not expect legation of this (Continued OLpage 8) ' \ \ rtj . - - ?*\= : Mr*. ?'***"* I +V CS??rt -iiesday .wer Brief Illness Mrs. M. S. Davis, oldest graduate , of Louisburg College, 94, died at the home cf her daughter, Mrs. E. S. Allen, here Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock. She had been ill with i Grippe for only a few days. Brief funeral services were held from the. Allen home Thursday { morning at 10 o'clock. Burial ser- { vices were conducted in the family i cemetery at Louisburg at 11 o'clock. ; Services at Warrenton were con- i ducted by the Rev. J. A. Martin, < assisted by Dr. J. T. Gibbs and the i Rev. R. E. Brickhouse. Services at : the grave were conducted by the Rev. A. D. Wilcox, assisted by the Rev. L. S. Massey, former president of Louisburg College, and the Rev. J. A. Martin. Active pallbearers were six of her grandsons, Lawrence Egerton of Greensboro, C. D. Egerton of Raleigh, George Davis of Louisburg, and J. Edward Allen, Gerald Allen and C. P. Allen of Warrenton. Mrs. Davis is survived by one sister, Mrs. Caroline Painter of Baltimore; two sons, the Rev. E. H. , Davis of Zebulon and M. S. Davis of Louisbure. Mrs. E. S. Allen of 1 Warrenton, Miss Mabel Davis of i Warrenton, Mrs. R. Z. Egerton of j Warrenton and Mrs. Ivey Allen of ? Oxford, and by several grand chll> dien and great-grandchildren. 1 Mrs. Davis was born near Loulst burg cn October 13th, 1836, the ! daughter of the late Major Daniel a. Hill and Susan Irwin Toole Hill. ' On June 10, 1857, she married the late Matthew S. Davis, wno at the 1 time of his death on February 26, - 1906, was president of Louisburg ' College, from which Mrs. Davis re1 ceived her diploma in 1853. It was at that time known as Louisburg Female Seminary. In early life Mrs. Davis joined ? the Methodist church at Louis'U, ? uie oldest member f [ of that church at the time of her . death. f Mrs. Davis came to warrenton 1 fiom Louisburg in 1924 and has I. since that time been making her s home with Mrb. E. S. Allen. 3 ? Recorder's Court Has Light Docket g With a comparatively light docket, Recorder's court was held - on Monday morning for the first 1 time since the- Monday morning J before Superior court convened - here on January 12 and handled i the following cases: } Herman Deral, negro, was before Recorder Taylor on a charge of assault upon a female member of his race. Evidence in the case pointed towards assault with at' tempt to rape and the case went r out of the jurisdiction of the lower court to Superior court, j Prank Tally was found not guilty of possession of whiskey, and the State failed to find Lewis Fields guilty of larceny and storebreaking. Jesse Quinchette was taxed with j the costs of oourt as penalty for t being found guilty of possession of 1 i-i-? 2 wnisitey. [ Negroes Await Trial May Term of Court I Luther Brown and James Win> bush, local negroes, are in Warren s ccunty jail awaiting trial at May i tetm of Superior court on a charge , of breaking into the store of A. W. j Powell on the edge of Warrenton the night of December 24. The ne! groes were also charged with steal ing 20 hens from Mr. Powell the same night. Brown and Winbush were arrested on Monday by Constable R. O. Snipes and given a preliminary ! i hearing before Magistrate W. C. ! Ellington, who found probable ' cause and bound them to the high' er court under $100 bond for Win' bush and $300 bond for Brown. Un1 able to raise this amount the ne' groes were placed in jail. i Miss Ruth Parrott Buried On Monday Funeral services for Miss Ruth Parrott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Parrott, were conducted at her home in North Warrenton Monday afternoon by Rev. Davis of Wake Forest, with interment taking place in Fairview cemetery. . Miss Parrott, who was 14 years of age died at her home Sunday after ; being ill one week. She was a mem. bor of the Warrenton Baptist church. - I r MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 5 M/\?T*Timr mn riTV l TfcTl mm\ iv MIAUL IN SEED LOANS federal Representative Explains How Farmers May Borrow Under Act WUST GROW A GARDEN Part of the $45,000,000 appro>riated for seed and feed in drought stricken of America will find its way to Warren county as the result of efforts of the loan committee of the local division of Governor Gardner's Council on Relief and Unemployment, it was learned here this week. Warren county was not at first Included in the section entitled to share in the seed fund. Members of the loan committee, accompanied by W. N. Boyd, chairman of the executive committee of the Warren division of the Governor's council, went to Raleigh last week to consult with a Federal representative, with the result that Warren County war included in the section entitled to Government Aid. Members of the loan committee are G. B. Gregory, chairman; Jesse Gardner, R. H. Bright and Jerman Walker. This committee, accompanied by W. N. Boyd, met with representatives from Vance, Person, Granville, Franklin and Caswell counties at Henderson on Tuesday and heard Dr. C. W. Warburton, director of extension for the United States Department of Agriculture, explain the purpose of the loan fund and steps necessary to obtain aid. Dean I. O. Schaub of State College, who was present with Dr. Warburton, will supervise the appointment of the funds in this state, with the assistance and advice of county farm agents and local and community committees. Community oommittees for Warren county are now being appointed and will be announced within a f0W Farmers who expect to obtain loans must agree to plant a garden for family use and to grow the feed crops needed for the livestock. Dr. Warburton explained after he had opened the conference with a brief history of the seed loan. He told how they began In 1918 under the stress of war conditions. The loans have always been well repaid by farmers, he said .except where no crop was made. However, there are always some who never intend to repay the loans and, because of these, rather stringent regulations must be devised. In the first place, he declared, the loans will be made to those who get their sole income from farming. The maximum to any one person is $600, and this includes all the tenants working under one landlord. In other words, the aggregate lean to the tenants of one landlord will not exceed $600. The loans will be made only to those v/ho cannot get local credit and who show that unless they get this government help, they will be unable to produce a crop in 1931. Interest Five Per Cent The loan will bear interest at five per cent and will be paid In installments. The farmer, howevef, will pay interest on the money for the actual time he has its use. The notes securing the loan will mature November 30, 1931, and will be protected by a chattel mortgage. Dr. Warburton displayed the application blanks and other forms to be used in obtaining the loans and explained their use. He said the amount loaned will be based on the requirements of the applicant foi seed, fertilizer, feed for work stock, fuel and oil fcr the tractor, and dusting and spraying material for the protection of the crop after it has been made. Loans for seed, he said, will be based on the approximate cost of seed required per acre, but in no case will exceed $2 an acre for corn, wheat, oats and tobacco, and $5 on other crops except truck crops for which the maximum will be $25 an acre. Loans - - -- - ? ? - j. - i .i a r loi fertilizer win oe at aouui 90 an acre except for tobacco and truck crops when it will be $10. Can't Barter for Gasoline It was pointed out to Dr. War. burton that good tobacco fertilizer could hardly be secured for $10 an acre, and he stated that seme leeway would have to be allowed for that crop. He declared that the money would not have to be spent nositivelv as designated in the reg ulation, but had to be spent for the purposes specified. In other words a person might save some out of his seed or feed bill and use it on his fertilizer bill. He made it clear, however, that no one could buy fertilizer with government money and swap the fertilizer for gaso(Continued on Page 8)
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