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accurate, terse timely volume xxxi ? T? T/"^ A tali A mATHOSPm MBoard Provides AccomodaI tions for l'auper Patients 4! Park View Hospital I4SKS repeal of law I Meeting in regular session at ftVarrenton on Monday the board of ftnunty commissioners ordered that mh? county purchase one bed in CView hospital, Rocky Mount, ft? be used for pauper patients of Warren county. The bed was pur[chased for one year at a cost of $3 [per day. payable quarterly. I Dr. B. C. Willis, surgeon at the Rocky Mount hospital, appeared before the board advocating the [purchase of the bed by Warren [county. The plan had the endorsement of the Warren County Medi? Tf fc understood that cal sociei\. j.* ~ ? /nothing but curable cases will be accepted and they must be recom. Mmended by the county health of iicer. I Dr. H. H Foster of Norlina, new Health Officer, succeeding Dr. W. D. Rodgers under the plan of ro t?t:or_:n operation in the county, appe?, i before the board to ask for ii^v'ruction and suggestion. No special recommendations were givI The board ordered that property owners be exempt from payment - nrnnprtv destroyed in, ^ >1 taxes uu t"~i? Ehe recent cyclone in the northern Section cf Warren county, subject Eo the approval of the county atw h. Pridgen was allowed a re^E:ction of $1,000 valuation on his ^parage property in Norlina cn acHount of building being destroyed Bv fire since the last assessment Roeriod. J. J. Crinkley was allowed E 50 per cent reduction on the listed value cf a homestead note of John BKearney. I The board ordered that Mrs. Annie Byrum be paid $3.00 for one month on account of physical disabilities. J. H. Little was granted l$4 a month cn account of physical disabilities. Robert Brown, col., was exempted from the payment ot poll; wax on account of physical disabil Upon motion cl Commissioner Capps, duly seconded by CommlsIsioner Skinner, it was ordered that T otriclatnro ho rormpctprf to Vlit. jjv,5W4Mviug ?? , abolish the act relative to Warren County paying the premiums on official bends. I The board ordered that C. C.l Hunter be exempted from payment, of tax on a $3250 note for the year j 1?30. the note being considered! worthless. | The board ordered that $58.25 be appropriated to the Eastern Carols Chamber of Commerce for Tax Relief Campaign expenses, after N. G. Bartlett. secretary of the organization. appeared before the bedy and outlined the purposes and accomplishments of the chamber. He vas introduced by L. C. Kinsey, prominent Warrenton business man, who is a member of the committee on tax relief. Russell Palmer and Jchn C. Davis were each paid $15 for the capture of stills. It was ordered that $5 per month be paid to Buck Weaver on account of physical disabilities, and that Mrs. Ann Shearin be paid $2 per month for the same reason. The board ordered that $3 per month be paid Mrs. Robert Felts en account of physical disabilities. Upon motion of Commissioner Fleming, seconded by Commissioner Burroughs, and with no opposing *cte, it was ordered that W. H. Uameron & Co. be relieved of 50 P? cent of the Corporation excess tax now assessed against said comply. including the year 1930. Commissioners Make Personal Contribution First Monday always witnesses a stream cf poor people through the commissioners room at Warrenton aid. Depression has increased this number. Telling pitiful tales ask that the board give them seme relief, in many instances this ic ~ u?ne. but often the board finds |i,self unable to heed the requests. I Monday an aged colored woman I'Ppeared before the board asking Jt'iat railroad fare for her daughI 'er be advanced by the board. She lai<J the girl was stranded in a I Northern city and that she was Powerless to help her. The board lIelt that it could not help her, so Imember went down into his for 50 cents to aid in paying I ,e railroad fare, and as a result I Mother and daughter will probably P re-united. ? sti Jury To Decide Pusey Case; Two Negroes In Affray After see-sawing from one court to another for several weeks, the case of O. S. Pusey, white man of Warrenton, charged with reckless driving of an automobile that caused injury to Whit Nelson, 'negro, on Sunday night, January 4, has come to a standstill in Recorder's court, and a jury will decide the outcome of the case on Monday morning before Recorder W. W. Tavlor. The Pusey case was first tried by Magistrate Prank B. Newell on Monday morning, January 5. Pacts of the case lead the magistrate to find probable cause and the case was sent to Superior court which convened the following week. The higher tribunal remanded the case to Recorder's court which for various causes has continued the case for several weeks. The case was set for Monday morning but upon request of John H. Kerr Jr., attorney for Pusey, a jury trial was granted for Monday morning. Arthur Williams land Dock Sanders, negroes, were called before the court to straighten out an affray which occurred in the negro barber shop at Warrenton. Williams had a warrant sworn out against Sanders charging him with assault with a deadly weapon?a knife. The trouble was born from empty pint bottles which Williams had to sell to "Snowball" Jones and which Sanders commented upon to another negro. Words followed and Williams picked up a piece of iron. A grapple followed and Williams claimed that Sanders had him on the floor with a knife in his hand. Sanders claimed he only had a key and that he was acting in self defense. The case ended with Dock Sanders being taxed with $1 and the court costs. The costs in the case was approximated at $27. Corroborated evidence pointed (Continued on Page 8) Jesse Stevenson Is Recaptured In Warren County Jesse Stevenson, notorious police character, who broke out of the Vance county prison camp last month, was recaptured in Warren county Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by a detail of five officers, two of them from Warren county and three from Vance. Stevenson ie Vianlr nn fVio Vanco omint.v roads with additional precautions being taken to insure against escape again. Stevenson was serving a two year term on the roads for driving while intoxicated, according to officers, and made his escape by breaking his shackles at the prison camp about the middle of last month. He was serving a term of two years, but was made eligible for a parole at the end of six months on good behavior. His escape will cause him to serve the entire term, it was announced. Officers Snipes and Robertson of Warren and Cash, Tucker and Gupton of Vane went to the home of Stevenson's father in Warren county Wednesday and arrested Stevenson without trouble. The five officers surrounded the home and advanced, the escaped convict giving himself up to the officers. Stevenson is also wanted in Warren county on several charges, it is said, and will be turned over to the Warren authorities when he has completed his term on the Vance county roads. Local Quint Loses To South Hill Five The town's basket ball team came home frcm South Hill Thursday night with the little end of a 29-32 score. The local boys played well, it was said, and the game was interesting throughout. The South - - - i?- - * s i? Hill quint leaped to tne ieaa m uic beginning of the indoor match, but the Warrenton boys continued their fighting spirit and were able to overlap the score of the Virginia boys. However, they failed to maintain their lead and at the blow of the final whistle the South Hill team had the game by three points. The line-up for South Hill was composed of S. Bugg, center, who won the title of all-prep-schoolcenter, while attending school; R. P. Perkinson, guard, former cap tain cf the V. P. I. team; and D. Bugg, forward; Humbrickhouse, forward; Smith, guard. Warrenton's line-up included E. Weldon, center; P. Terrell, forward; Flody, forward; E. Overby, guard; Alien Peoples, guard. Substitutes! were Jack Shannon, Roy Haithcock, I: W. B. Overby. i lip IS; WARRENTON, COUNTY LUCKY i ByCR. DEUTCHLAND UDEH V.I IV. ?wl JCAI IIV. J Treaty went into effect, Germany's army was cut to joo.ooo menThis released a tremendous man-power and oave such an impetus to Germany's industrial comeback that she now stands second only to the United States in j|^ V^^e'of exports ?Nt**'" J.'r-.-j-^xr.^^t' -- ^^^&vafiWHW8wl lISs^ TO LET AIRPORT CONTRACT 10TH Expected That From 30 To 60 Days Will Be Required To Complete Work Tho /*nnfrQ/?f. fnr t.b^ ArPP.t.lon of v..v/ w. ? ? an airport on the old Macon road a few miles from Warrenton will be let on February 10, it was learned here yesterday. The main lease has been signed by W. H. Dameron and a few minor leases by other property owners are expected to be executed within a few days, it is understood. The airport to be established near Warrentcn will be the largest between Richmond and Raleigh, according to E. E. Gillam, former president of the Warrenton Kiwanis club, which organization was active in its efforts to have the airport located near here. Work is expected to begin within a few days after the contract has been let and, according to T. H. Chapman, Government representative who was in town last week, from 30 to 60 days will be required to complete the work. Praises Condition Of School Trucks Warren County has the best lot of school trucks seen in two years of inspection, S. W. Farrell of the State Highway Patrol told members of the board of education here on Monday after he and another member of the patrol had made an inspection of the county's fleet of trucks. Every school truck with one exception was at Warrenton on Monday and Superintendent Allen and the entire board of education accompanied the patrolmen as they made their examination. Absence of one truck was due to a temporary breakdown. Preceding the inspection of the trucks Lieutenant Farrell addressed truck drivers assembled at the local school auditorium, calling attention to various phases of their duties and offering them a number of suggestions. He asked that all truck drivers report the number of any car passing their truck while it is loading or unloading passengers. All rear doers to trucks that can not be controlled from the drivers seat are to be nailed up in order to prevent children from falling out or coming from behind vehicles into the road. He asked that the drivers pay particular attention to keeping the glasses of the truck and the body clean inside and out. The morning session of the board of education was devoted to the school truck inspection. Meeting in the afternoon they disposed of routine ousiness umy. WOMAN'S CLUB TO MEET The Warrenton Woman's club will meet Tuesday in the home of Mrs. o. R. Scoggin. The meeting Is called for 3:30 o'clock and a full 1 attendance is asked. irmt OF WARREN, N. C., FRIE BREAKS I Millpr ii I.. WARRENTON TO HAVE STOP LIGHT To Install Automatic Signal Light At Intersection Of Main And Macon Road An automobile stop light will be installed at the intersection of the Macon load with Main Street of Warrenton as soon as it can be obtained, according to an order of the board of town commissioners in regular monthly session here on Monday night. Commissioner E. E. Gillam called the attention of the members to danger caused by drivers dashing into main street at thi3 point. He urged that an automobile signall be installed here, halting traffic periodically north and south and east and west. After a brief discussion the order for the street committee to purchase and install the light was passed without dissenting vote. The light will ccst less than $100 to install, it is believed. The commissioners also took note of double parking and delivery of goods through the front doors of local stores. Commissioner J. B. Massenburg brought this matter to the attention of the board, telling the members that he had been requested to do so. Following a discussion of the matter, Mayor Gibbs instructed Chief M. M. Drake to stop the delivery trucks from block, iug the streets and to put a halt to this double parking. C. A. Tucker, member of the finance committee of the Warren County Memorial Library, was before the board asking for funds for library purposes. The board had been contributing $300 a year for this cause and ordered that the same amount be paid Mr. Tucker for the library this year. The beard ordered that the roof of Company B armory be painted, ana" that an additional light be installed on Ridgeway Street. Other matters were of a routine nature. New Organization To Aid In Relief Work In County A new organization to assist with welfare work in the county wasj bom on Wednesday afternoon when ten young ladies of the town met at the home of Miss Katherine Arrington and formed the "Black Cat Club." The purpose of this orginization, it was pointed out, is to raise funds with which to assist in the alleviation of suffering among Warren's destitutes. The club will work in conjunction with Miss Lucy Leach, county welfare officer, and it is understood that money will be raised by sponsoring dances, novelty sales and parties. Members of the club are Misses Bobbie Jones, Anna Cahoon, Sara Ward, Katherine Arrington, Mildred Allen, Nonie Taylor, Rose Kimball, Mary Randolph, Tempe Boyd, Lucy Boyd. Miss Arrington has been president of the club and Miss Allen vice-president. Miss Sara Howard' Ward was named secretary. Smi I AY, FEBRUARY 6, 1931 STUDENT STRIK' LOCAL PRINCIPAL! Suspension Follows Altercation With Prof. Cox On Tuesday Morning DRINKING IS CHARGED Jack Graham Riggan, student at the John Graham High School who on Tuesday morning struck Principal R. C. Cox several times in the face, and Hayward Davis, student, who was with him at the time, have been suspended from the school. Riggan and Davis were called into the principal's office on Tuesday morning and charged with drinking at the school the previous day. They denied the charge. Asserting that the principal had called him a lie, Riggan is said to have asked Mr. Cox to take cff his glasses and to have struck him in the face several times. He was caught by W. J. James, truck driver, who was in the office with John Cawthorne, another truck driver, at the time, and pushed out of the door. Davis made no effort to assault the principal. Principal Cox then telephone for the police to have the boys removed from the school ground. He explained this yesterday by saying that he thought the boys must have been drunk. Officer Lovell responded and, after consulting with the school man, returned down the street and sent Jack Riggan, father of Jack Graham Riggan, to the school for a consultation before further action was taken. Conflicting reports as to the affair have been made. The most U/iHp-cnrpaH rvf fhoco ic fViof. nrin^L ' "?V4A, UjyiVMM V* U11V/UV/ AO WlilA v 1AJLV1 pal Cox called Riggan a liar, and was invited to take off his glasses and upon complying picked up a chair, and that the boy held the chair with one hand and struck him in the face with the other. This is denied by Principal Cox and (Continued on page 8) Welfare Officer Spends $291 During The Past Month In giving relief to destitute citizens of Warren county, the Welfaie Department spent $291 for fcod and medical attention during the month of January. Miss Lucv Leach, welfare officer, reported on Monday. Contributions to the Char- j ity Chest during this period totalled $109.79. Commenting on the expenditures, Miss Leach said the department was using its mcney only for rations or for the sick and that each case was thoroughly investigated before aid was given. She explained that key citizens in each township reported cases and assisted her in investigation. Miss Leach expressed her thanks to several girls in the county who had assisted her in office work. Without this aid she said that she would not have been able to carry on the necessary field work. Financial assistance from many citizens is greatly appreciated, Miss Leach said, especally as it was made ? -5 VN mnmr iMftn nnoo n icai oaui uioc ui iiiuiij uioi/anv/vo. These contributions have no doubt resulted in the saving of many lives, she said. The need for support continues and since few are able to contribute large sums, Miss Leach asked that as many as possible contribute a monthly sum. Institutional commitments reported by Miss Leach included one white girl to a farm colony for delinquent women, four colored women to hospitals, and one colored child to a clinic. Two negro boys have been sent to the hospital and five colored children placed in good homes. One colored girl and baby have been sent back to her people in New York State and three Juvenile cases disposed of. LOCAL MUSIC PUPILS TO BROADCAST ON SATURDAY Members of the music class of Mrs. John C. Burwell will broadcast a musical program over station WPTF, Raleigh, cn Saturday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, Mrs. Burwell announced yesterday. Members who will take part in the program are Misses Dorothy Murphy, Grace Wagner, Margaret Blalock, Emily Reid, Mable Carroll, Ethel Russell. SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ARE GUESTS OF KIWANIANS School principals of Warren county were guests of the Warrenton Kiwanis club last night at their regular weekly meeting at ! Hotel Warren. The club was featI uring a Live-At-Home program, and R. H. Bright, vocational agricultural teacher at John Graham high school, was the speaker of the evening. ri . .*<1 ^ V >id Organization { Donates Its Funds k For Relief Work The sum of $85.42 was this week . donated for relief work in Warren county by the old Chamber of Commerce of Warrenton when five of the remaining members met at the v office of Dr. H. N. Walters on Tuesday night to consider disposition of funds long idle in the Warrenton a; banks. a The action of the members on n Tuesday probably marked the end c of an organization formed here J more than 18 years ago with prac- b tically every business man in the & town a member. It functioned well t< for a few years and then ceased u for lack of interest. A meeting was ti called in 1921 when funds were contributed for local development. s Ten years later the purpose of meeting was disbursement of funds. No more money is in the "treasurer. * If the Chamber of Commerce is Jjj ever revived it will probably be as t a new organization. In making the donation for relief, b the members instructed Dr. H. N. Walters, secretary-treasurer, to turn the money over to Miss Lucy Leach, Welfare Officer, with the request f that she make it go as far as pos- a sible and to spend it with special j. reference to families with children. ^ Members of the old organization j present on Tuesday night were Dr. j, H. N. Walters, H. A. Moseley, J. P. Scoggin, W. A. Miles, W. N. s Boyd and C. E. Jackson. s t Warden Says 95 * Per Cent of Forest \ Fires Avoidable s < "Ninety-five per cent of our fires ' are due to carelessness and are en- J tirely preventable," District Forester L. A. Carter of Windsor told j forest wardens of Warren county gathered at the court house on Tuesday afternoon to receive in- 1 struction in forest fire prevention v and to prepare for the Spring fire season. Mr. Carter was accompanied to Warrenton by J. R. Miller of Windsor, chief forest warden of this district. Discussing the causes of forest fires, Mr. Carter stated that statistics shew that approximately 40 per cent of the spring fires result from land clearing operations on the farms, and that 95 per cent of the fire were due to carelessness and are entirely preventable. He asked that the wardens impress upon citizens the importance of using all possible care with fire in clearing lands. "At such a time as the present," Mr. Carter continued, "when everyone is being careful with money, the true value of our forest lands should be more apparent. Many a farmer has met his obligations by < cutting timber from his woodlands ( and has realized more than ever ( the value of having a piece ci for- ( est land growing timber for a rainy j ? ?- < - f i. day. in oraer ior our ioresi iauus to make the growth they are capable of making they must be protected from fire. Fire damages (Continued on Page 8) Federal Officers Nab Two White Men Carson McNair and Roy Walton, white men of Warrenton, were arrested by prohibition officers from Vance county Wednesday when they were caught at a still near Greenwood church in the process of manufacturing whiskey. The men ? were carried to Henderson and given a hearing before a Federal s Commissioner. The still was a 100- 0 gallon outfit and was in operation * at the time the capture was made. * Thirty-six gallons of whiskey were 8 oIcrv cni7or1 hv tho TPoHorc* mon S UiMV kJVUiVU MJ UA4V A VV?V* l?? tUVU) SMALL FIRE AROUSES LATE a SLEEPERS ON SUNDAY t An 8 o'clock alarm hustled many s late Sunday morning sleepers from t their covers to the heart of town r where smoke was seen winding its way upward from the M. Perman B store. The flame had not gained d much headway before it was dis- t covered and the alarm sounded, n It was not necessary to turn the town hose into the store, and slight ( damage resulted. The origin of the blaze is not known. PERSONAL MENTION Dr. G. H. Macon attended a ti meeting of the directors or cas- c well Training School at Kins ton on eg Thursday. Sheriff W. J. Pinnell, Ap * M. Stallings and Clerk ^ John D. Newell were * P Raleigh on Wedne^d^Friends were 8??' tt Walter Allen 0f,AXtelle * Warren- su ton yesterday. & 30B MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 6! " ; / JAYS BILL WILL INJURE COUNTY loard Frowns Upon Proposal to Defer Tax Payments Until November WITT DDOTFCT PASfiinF. Mlili 1 A UU 1 t "Payment of all taxes will stop nd the county cannot carry on its ffair if your bill becomes a law," lembers of the board of county ommissioners told Representative ohn S. Davis when he appeared efore that body in Warrenton on londay to secure approval of a bill 3 postpone collection of 1930 taxes ntil November. This bill was introduced in the House last w.sek by Ht. Davis and in the Senate by lenator T. O. Rodwell. Characterizing the bill as bad jgislation that would fail to obtain he relief sought, the board asked hat Mr. Davis notify them of the ay the bill was to be brought to he floor of the General Assembly hat members might attend in a ody and protest its passage. Mr. Davis pointed out that low rices for agricultural products ould make it impossible for many armers to pay their taxes this year nd that their land would have to te sold unless tax payment was leferred. With this end in view he ntroduced his bill after he had jeen approached by many citizens. The board countered with the tatement that the measure would top the payment of all taxes, as he citizens who were able to pay vould not until the deferred time, tnd that the affairs of the county nnmn +/\ o Via If TirifVi fVl a V vuiu wuiV/ vu u ttntV) *t tvit v**v ichools closing their doors, and the lounty probably unable to borrow noney on account of credit inured by the bill. Members admited that times were hard, but pointid out that in the event of failure o pay taxes it would be 18 months >efore the land could be sold under he present laws, and that the costs vere $1.00 for such action. The board neither approved nor :ensored a proposed bill of Mr. Davis' to reimburse Robert Plnnell >400 for hospital bills resulting ;rom injuries received when he went x> arrest Jolxn Buddy Macon more ;han a year ago. At that time Sam Pinnell, a brother, was mortally vounded. Representative Davis was asked ;o introduce a bill to repeal.the law equiring Warren county to pay the ionds of its officials. The present aw was put on the statute* books jy the late B. B. Williams. The >oard held that each official should >e required to give his own bond. Tucker Protests Slaying Of Trees Protesting against the needless slaying of trees and the marring >f the natural beauty of the town, A. Tucker asked that the board )f town commissioners put a halt ,0 the practice at the meeting of he town board cn Monday night, ifr. Tucker was present on business connected with the Warren bounty Memorial library when the luestion was brought up. In clearing a right-of-way for vires the Home Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Caroina Power & Light Co. have cut nany limbs from the trees along he streets. Mr. Tucker claimed that nany more limbs than was necesiary were cut off, and the pruning lone with no regard for the symuetrical outlines of the trees. He aid that' limbs had been removed n other towns with much less detraction and that if the employees f the telephone and power com any did not know the proper way '? - H 1? ? 1J Ua 0 cut on tne ilinos, ne wuiuu uo ;lad to go with a member of the treet committee and show them he proper way. Mr. Tucker, an rchitect by training, told the board hat he had made a hobby of landcaping and that the practice of he linesmen was fast ruining the latural beauty of the town. Members of the board agreed with Hv. Tucker that much unnecessary lestructicn had been caused but ?ok no official action upon the mtter. jrissom To Be Here February 11 and 12,,g# To assist taxpayers in- {fling ieir income tax returrisf' Ofllam rissom, W -4rrteiral revrwe;^?? -D<Haf ' W?rtt?fe^T on w*luu^?n tebd 12,'-according to "n&de yesterday bv tfJnfiaa' States Treasurer DeBftient. Citizens having trouble with leir reports are invited to conilt with Mr. Grissom on the above ites.
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