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kvery ] i accurate, terse i timely m0jjme xxxi BTkmSI farm to cut Letcher* Are Sot Overpaid, | ilajority Tells Represent- j I atjve John S. I)avis *v ' iriZEXS PRESENT I The majority of the members of ike county board of commissioners I":f. r_o: in favor of any cut in tocher's sa.'ary. according to ex-1 Missions made when Representative Davis appeared before that! cdv cn Monday to ask endorse-1 tfEr of his bill to cut wages of! rate employees from 10 to 30 per! Bet. The cut to affect school ^filers as well as other em-1 Willie .Mr. Daws asked for offi-j Bal e-r.corscir.en: or expression on I Kree occasions during the mornMr,r session, the board took no of-1 Mck action. Several members, howBer. expressed the opinion that a Jaiiie: cut might work an injusm-rp ana that some employees v.uM periiaps be cut and others Beuid nor. These members were! Mmtmous in their opinion that! Bachers were not being overpaid J Ind their salaries sheuld not be I Bcuced. In addition to the board Members, several citizens present Miso stated that they believed that! Bachers salaries should not be cut. I B Mr. Davis, accompanied by Con-j Hessman Kerr, asked that the Hoard endorse \Y. X. Boyd, War- j Hnon business man and member' B the Warrenton Township road ' R<a:d. as a member of the State j ^ iyhway commission to be appoint- J Hi by Governor Gardner. Tiie board Bar unanimous in its endorsement B" SJ^ied a petition to be carried > the Governor. mRobert Pinnell received a county! ucher iC);' Si'00 as part of $400 re- ' I I Led to be paid him for injuries. [ceived in line of duty by a spe-J i (Continued on Page 8) Duke Medical School IToBe Dedicated 20th DURHAM. April 1.?Formal dedibn oi the Duke University school medicine and the Duke hospital, April 20. will attract distinguishrepresentatives cf the medical ofession from all parts of the ite and distant states as well. A ogram covering the entire day s been outlined. Among the speakers for the day !1 be Dr. David Linn Edsall, dean Harvard medical school; Dr. vis Hill Weed, director of Johns robins school cf medicine; Dr. fen H. Welch, of Johns Hopb: Dr. W. S. Rankin, of Charp: Governor O. Max Gardner of p. Carolina. Dr. Thurman D. F ?f Wake Forest college, B(j (Jncvc n a u? *., \fuien, 01 iNew *orx, the board of trustees owm-nt, will make the ntation of the $4,000,ld Col. John F. Bruton, accept in behalf of the rsity board of trustees. P. Few of the Univer:side at the various puburt C. Davison is dean ;e medical school, and M. i is superintendent. bits in drawing ontest on monday dolt, young daughter of Mrs. T. J. Holt, and Billie eld winning numbers and n on Monday presented pair of the white rabbits been attracting much ator several days in the show of Boyce Drug Co. B.eginWednesday Mr. Boyce gave ^ coupons with each 5c * at the soda fountain. Dis1 of numbers encLed on Satpipils to give fo program saturday Ms of Mrs. John Burwell's class will give a recital over wptf, Raleigh, on SaturJf?rnoon at 4 o'clock, it was ?ced yesterday. Members who part in the recital are - -<4ucy Gillam, Mabel Car-1 ^ary Robert Wood, Emily 1 Russell and Dorothy 1 Carroll v.ill also give a reci-1 station on Friday night, i K " at-1.45 o'clock. 1 n.\s ONE CASE 1 court had a brie! sesEaster Monday morning one case was brought bem.* sanctum of law. Mrs. B.l ^Bj'^as found guilty o! givted check. She later made ?r-od. Judgment was susUM payment o! costs. V Family Negro Draws Knife On Officer; Breaks Into Home; Is Jailed A pistol hanging in a holster for a iraction of a minute probably saved the life of Ottaway Fields, negro, who pulled a knife and made two lunges at Chief M. M. Drake who attempted to arrested him late Sunday afternoon for creating a disturbance in Ramsay's Cafe. Apparently crazed by liquor, Fields created such a disturbance in the local cate that Dick Ramsay, prcpritor, summoned the police officer. Instead of submitting to arrest the negro pulled a knife. As Chief Drake reached for his pistol, it clung for a moment in its holster and Fields darted into the crowd and through an open door, temporarily making his escape. He was arrested about an hour and a half later by Night Police Officer C. E. Lovell in the home of John Sommerville. Sommerville who was away from home at the time that Fields fled, returned to his home to find that his house had been broken into, furniture and china smashed and Fields lying in a stupor on the floor. He summoned the night officer. Tried before Mayor Frank H. Gibbs on Monday, Fields was fined $10 and cost for creating a public disturbance. He was sent to Recorder's court under $500 bond for resisting an officer. One thousand dollars bond was required for his appearance in Superior court on the housebreaking count. Unable to raise the necessary bonds, Field is being held in jail. Institutions Caring For County's Poor Warren county is well represented in the institutions and orphanages of the State, Miss Lucy Leach, welfare officer, said this week, in pointing out eleven institutions and fcur orphanages which are caring for Warren's unfortunates at pre} s:nt. Miss Leach said that the in' stitutes and orphanages are so crowed at this time that it was necessary to wait a long time to get any one placed, but that she felt it well worth trying as these inmates are well cared for. The comity is represented in the following institutions, the welfare officer said: Jackson Training School, State Hospital in Raleigh, State Hospital in Goldsboro, Morrison Training School, Caswell Training School, Eastern Carolina Training School, State Hospital for Tubercular Patients at Sanatorium, M f"! flhilrirpn's Hnmp at. flrppns boro, State School for the Deaf and Blind, Sarmacand. One recently returned from the Orthopedic Hospital at Gastoina and one just admitted. In addition, Miss Leach said, children from Warren are in the following orphanages: Methodist Orphanage at Raleigh, Episcopal Orphanage at Charlotte, Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville, Masonic Orphanage at Oxford. Jury List Is Drawn May Term Court Jurors for May term of Superior Court have been drawn as follows: First week?R. T. Hardy, W. T. Paschall, N. Lee Loyd, S. H. Dillard, Jesse Gardner, Kasper Killian, J. Dameron, Claude King, S. J. Harris, M. C. McGuire, W. E. Mulchi, Thurman Overby, B. O. Ayscue, F. C. Rainey, R. A. King, Macy E. Bolton, Morton W. Alston, John C. Davis, C. H. King, W. A. Bobbitt, W. T. Davis, L. A. Thompson, C. W. Fleminor W .T Ball P. E. Hillard. W. P. Alston, J. T. Harris, J. V. Cawthorne, W. T. Roberts, W. B. Fleming, R. A. Leete, J. H. Fleming, C. P. Pope, H. C. Haithcock, J. D. Holtzman, W. W. Capps. Second week?M. R. Newson, B. G. Tharrington, E. W. Blalock, F. R. Pegram, A. L. Nicholson, J. L. Aycock, H. K. Kenyon, A. T. Hanselman, W. G. Little, J. E. Brewer, M. R. Jones, C. K. Sadler, J. C. Jones, J. B. Stegall, J. E. Tucker, J. L. Overby, Joe Stallings, W. M. Stallings. Mrs. Crosland To Leave Hotel Warren Mrs. A. B. Crosland, for several years manager of Hotel Warren, has handed in her resignation to the Hotel Committee, effective on April 14. She will go to Marion, S. C., where she will make her home with her son. No successor to Mrs. Crosland has yet been named, though the committee is considering several applications and expect to make their decision in the next few days, H. A. , Moseley, chairman of the committee, said yesterday afternoon. In Wat WARRENTON, COUNT Declares North Caroli Unlpss ft C.Vinnofia System; Praise GOLDSBORO, April 7.?North Carolina faces ruin unless It de-1 velops an agricultural system able; to compete with the economic setup of the world, Hugh McRae, of Wilmington, president, told the 19th annual convention of the Noi^th | Carolina Conference for Social | Service tonight. Mr. McRae suggested the inauguration of a definite and long-time program to teach farmers the necessity of adopting live-at-home' practices. "I recommend that steps be taken; to develop effective organization of, the most influential interests in' each separate county, adapting the, plans to be followed to the local needs, but gaining initial inspira- j ticn from counties like Cleveland,' Rowan, Sampson, Cabarrus, Albemarle and Craven?which already have gone far on the road to success," Mr. McRae said. Praises Live-at-Home Praising Governor Gardner's live-at-home program, the Wilmington man said that the interest arcused by it should be capitalized and brought to bear full fruit. "The activities of this conference may be likened to the functions of a lens," he continued. "Asia focusing rays of light through a sun-glass we can grind together facts until they kindle inspiration. By a reverse process, we can then enlarge and disseminate this knowledge until it becomes a part of accepted public policy. "The farming methods of North Carolina, as of that part of the ; South lying east of the Mississippi Fiver, have become obsolete. AdContract Let For Erection of Negro n 1 l t i ocnooi /\i wise The contract for erecting the! main building at the Warren coun- J ty Training School, Negro school j at Wise, was awarded on Monday to Strickland Brothers of Zebulon at' a cost of $16,992, by the Board of j Education in regular session at j Warrenton on Monday. Castle contract Company of Raleigh was j second lowest bidder. N. D. Holloway of Broadnax, Va., was highest bidder naming the price of $23,511. Three local contractors, M. P. Burwell Jr., Jack Smiley and H. P. Read, were unable to bid on the work, due to a ruling of the State departments that bids must be submitted by contractors who had been licensed by the State Board of Examiners of General Contractors, it was explained at the office of the superintendent of schools yesterday. The new building will be of brick veneer, contain twelve rooms and s>n auditorium, and under the terms of the contract must be completed by June 25. It will replace the building destroyed by the tornado in that section several months ago. Funds for the erection of the building will be obtained from the Rosenwald Fund, the General Education Board, and the county of Warren. W. F. Credle of Nashville and J. H. Ferguson, Rosenwald representatives were present on Monday to assist in the opening of the bids. The board will meet on Monday to open bids on the heating and lighting of the building. The board ordered that all committeemen whose term expires in 1931 be re-elected. Mrs. Arthur Nicholson was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of a member at Macon several months ago. Committeemen who will serve again as a result of the board decision follow: Wise, H. Evans Coleman, Churchill, H. E. Rod well; Oakville, John W. King; Vaughan, M. D. Nelson; Macon, Fletcher Bobbitt; Norlina, J. L. Overby, Boyd White; EmbroAspen, C. N. Hardy; Oine, Will Martin; Epworth, S. D. King; AftonElberon, Axtell, Sandy Creek, Shocco, M. S. Dryden, Robert P. Fleming; Warren Plains, G. W. Hester; Drewry, J. C. Watkins, Albert Paschall; Inez, Frederick Williams; Warrenton Special Charter, T. V. Alien; Littleton, W. R. Wiggins, Fishing Creek, W. T. Davis; Fork, M. T. Pridgen; River, B. W. Wright; Liberia, L. W. Haithcock; Roanoke, J. W. Reid. The re-organization of the board was postponed due to the failure of the Legislature to pass the omnibus bill approving members. The present members hold over until the bill is passed. Under the present law the board members are nom'inated by the voters in the primary | and appointed by the General Assembly. . fj. t ren Sh i OF WARREN, N. C., FR na Faces Ruin s Its Agricultural s Governor's Program vancement in othr parts of the na uon nave leic vne average iNorti Carolina tenant farmer with nc more chance of success than i handloom against a power loom. "There can be no dissent to th< statement that a poor farmer 01 pooi' land following poor method; has net future. "There are enough fairly gooc farmers on productive land, usinj modern methods, to supply thi markets of the world. "To convince ourselves of this wi have only to contrast the averagi cctton farmer of North Caroline with the average farmer hi thi States of Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico. "The farmers west of the Mississippi River can -produce cotton a from 5 to 7 cents per pound less than the average cost in this anc the South Atlantic States." McRae of Wilmington, stated thai his hearers would probably be surprised to know that the South ha: the worst agricultural system in the world. He said that on a trip acros: several Southern States some time ago, he watched through the trair window all way, and did not see a family, and not a single farm house fit to live in. "I had been called Lc make a speech, and when I made the above statement I thought foi a while I would be lynched, bul David R. Coker of Hartsville, S. C the best farmer in the United State: and who has done more for farming than any other one man, uphelc me in my statement. If you save your civilization you have got tc develop a tetter system of agricul ture," he said. y Hold Memorial Services For The Late B. B. Williams Memorial exercises for the late B B. Williams were held by the Warrenton Kiwanis club at its meeting on Thursday nigjat of last week at which time Julius Banzet and Congressman John K. Kerr eulogized his life, Mrs. John H. Burwell rendered a musical program and John Dameron sang an appropriate solo Mr. Banzet spoke of Mr. Williams as he had learned to know him through th.e close association of law partners. Pointing out that the trend in other lines of business was to the corporation, he said that the legal profession still retained the partnership with its close personal solution and intimacy. Through this association he said that he .had learned to greatly respect and admire the man. Although Mr. Williams must have had his personal troubles, as have all other men, Mr T2r*vM7.?*f coin f/hpfio troubles were not V cuivt) viivwv brought into his contacts with his clients and fellow citizens. He was a valuable and respected member ,of the Warren county bar, and his ability as a lawyer was widely recognized. Congressman Kerr spoke of Mr Williams, the citizens. Telling how he had known him since bis boyhood, Judge Kerr said that he had always found him industrious, as a boy on the farm, and as a member of the legal profession. He was ambition that reached its goal. Public spirited, he gave of his time and of his means to serve his fellowman, and in return received honors at their hands greater than befalls the lot of the average man. He was not only honest in his dealing with his fellowman, Congressman Kerr said, but was intellectually honest, and won the respect of those who knew and loved him. To Give Concert At John Graham School A musical concert will be held in the John Graham high school on Friday night, April 17, at 8 o'clock unripr the direction of Prof. M. J, Benyunes of Chowan college, according to announcement made yesterday by Principal R. C. Cox. Advance tickets will be placed on sale. The principal purpose of Prof. Benyunes in giving the concert at Warrenton, according to school authorities, is to interest the public in the formation of a high school orchestra. He has organized these in several other schools of this section and last Fall was granted permission by the board of trustees to organize an orchestra here. Miss Elizabeth Stackhouse of the Macon school faculty spent the Easter holidays with her parents in South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Tucker were visitors in Richmond last week. lould H 1 IDAY, APRIL 10, 1931 BOYD ENDORSED ! PAD OTA TP IAD I 1 run Oliilti JUD j Commissioners Petition Govj ernor to Make Warrenton x Man Member Road Board IS SUGGESTED BY DAVIS a 1 W. N. Boyd, chairman of the 3 Warrenton Township road board, on Monday received the endorsement I of the Warren County Commission> ers for a position on the State high3 way commission to be appointed by Governor Gardner. 3 The endorsement, bearing the 3 names of the commissioners, and in 1 addition the signatures of Repre3 sentative John S. Davis, Congressman John H. Kerr, J. Edward Allen, superintendent of schools. Bignall Jones, editor The Warren Record, t J. C. Hardy, editor of the Norlina 3 Headlight, was carried to Raleigh * on Tuesday to obtain the signature of Senator T. O. Rodwell before it ' was presented to the Governor. Mr. Boyd's name was placed be? fore the board by Representative 5 Davis, who spoke in high terms of > the character, experience and abili! ty of Mr. Boyd. Congressman Kerr 1 accompanied Mr. Davis and also 1 spoke on the qualifications of Mr. ! Boyd. * The petition sent to the Governor ' VPari.C ?J.Q fnllAWR' "The undersigned Board of coun; ty Commissioners of Warren coun ty, State of North Carolina, at our '> monthly meeting held this the 6th. > day of April, A. D. 1931 upon motion ' upon which is upon record in our ! minutes; unanimously endorse Mr. ' W. N. Boyd, of Warrenton, North Carolina, for one of the State Highway Commissioners, to be named by you pursuant to statute recently enacted by the legislature of 1931. W.e all personally know Mr. Boyd and know him to be one of the most useful and one of the very best business men in our State; he has had much experience in the super vision of highway construction and ' the management of our County sys: tem; he is interested in the public ' welfare of our State and in our ' opinion would be an ideal public 1 official in the administration of the ' Highway business so contemplated 1 in your recent splendid law. We in vite von to investigate Mr 'Rnvrl 1 whan you consider the selection of 1 the State Highway Commossion, we do not think you could find a bet! ter man for this important duty. : District Meeting Of U. D. C. Is Held Here Wednesday Approximately 70 ladies repre' senting chapters in Henderson, Ox ford, Louisburg, Raleigh, Cary and ; Warrenton gathered at the Parish s house here Wednesday for the dis> trict meeting of the United ' Daughters of the Confederacy. The ; meeting which opened around 10:30 with invocation by the Rev. T. J. Gibbs and concluded with lunch. eon about 2 o'clock was presided over by Mrs. Frank Allen, presi dent of the Warrenton chapter. [ Guests were welcomed to War. renton by Miss Amma Graham and responce came from Mrs. Brvant of the Oxford chapter. s The principal address of the ' meeting was made by Mrs. Glenn , Long of Newton, State president, ; who told of the work being done : by the entire chapter. Mrs. Single, ton of Henderson talked on the i value of preserving southern his, tory, and Mrs. Anderson of Raleigh, 1 who is connected with the Jefferson Davis highway, spoke of the work that is being done in beautifying this roadway by planting flowers around the markers which are located ten miles apart on this | highway which runs from coast to coast. Costumed in a dress that was made during the War Between the States, Mrs. Herman Rodwell rendered a solo?"Southern Girl." The cotton of which the dress she wore , was grown, picked, spun, dyed, and woven on the plantation of Philaman Jenkins, grandfather of Mrs. Frank Allen. Vernon Mabry Home Is Destroyed By Fire Vernon Mabry's home in the Af, ten neighborhood was completely ; destroyed by fire last Thursday . night between the hours of 12 andj 1 o'clock. The origin of the firej which destroyed the six-room house j ' is unknown. A few bed clothes andi . a small amount of furniture were i saved. The loss was estimated at $1000 which was largely covered by > insurance. Mr. Mabry received his check on Saturday. # ave A < Mayor And Board ^ U /\ f* AM It% 1T1C1UUCI9 U11UOC11 All Less Than 5 Minutes Establishing what is perhaps an , all time record for briefness, citizens re-nominated Mayor Gibbs and the seven members of the town board at a primary held at the court n house on last Friday night. Less J than fiv>e minutes after Chairman Julius Banzet called for nomina- ( tions a motion to adjourned had \ been received. About 35 citizens t were present. v The meeting was called to order by Chairman Banzet. Citizens voted c to make him permanent chairman c of the meeting. He appointed Big- t nail Jones to act as secretary. r Mayor Gibbs was nominated by 1 Whit Watson. M. C. McGuire seconded the nomination. C. R. Rod well moved that all the present e members of the town board be re- j elected. Whit Watson seconded the c motion placing the names of H. A. j Moseley, C. F. Moseley, J. B. Mas- \ senburg, J. E. Rooker Sr., Frank r Serls, W. R. Strickland and E. E. c Gillam in nomination. All nominations wer.e unanimous. v The regular election will be held 2 on May 5 at which time the new j form ballot will be used and the 1 same rules and regulation as used c in the county el?ction will govern. Routine Matters Occupy Attention Of City Fathers Passage of bills and other routine matters were the only business to occupy the time of the board of town commissioners in regular monthly session here on Monday night. C. P. Moseley served as secretary in the absence of R. J. Jones who was confined to his home on account of illness. All members were present with exception of H. A. Moseley. Ed Gillam wanted officers to see that citizens observed the traffic light go and stop signals at the intersection of Main Street and Macon road. No official action was taken, but comments were provoked from various members. Mr. Gillam said that he had noticed several citizens were disregarding the light. One of the members told about seeing a heavy lumber truck, stop, the breaks failing to hold and startimnlr fho V?ill Thrnwino1 1A1? UV/VV11 Vltv AMMt the truck into low gear he came back up the hill and ran through the red light. The commissioners ' expressed the opinion that these drivers would soon be going down back street. C. F. Moseley said he did not know how well people were observing the law, and confessed that in c a moment of absence-mindness he 6 forgot all about the light and ran ^ through it. Commissioner Frank f Serls said that he had stopped com- I ing down Main street, going all c around a block to avoid the light. 1 He moved that the meeting he ad- 1 journed. * Plans Made To Have J Girl Scout Troop J Tentative plans for organizing a 1 Girl Scout troop were begun on j Wednesday when a leader of the * scout organization of Henderson met with several girls here in the John Graham high school. Follow- v ing a discussion of plans for form- 0 ing the local organization, the e Misses Vivian Lawson, Nancy Ellis, ? TJVVIf onH "RpfQV R.ndWiSll were J.XU1CX1 XXU1U WAAVt chosen for patrol leaders, and the 4 Misses Louise Milby, Katherine Wil- z liams, J.ean Williams and Mabel f Duke were selected as assistants. ^ All girls 10 years of age and over c are eligible for membership. The 11 next meeting will be held Wednes- t day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. * Relations Club To Meet On Monday The Foreign Relations Club will meet at library on Monday even- _ ing at 8 o'clock. The topic for the t evening, American Diplomacy, is ^ an interesting one and will proba- ^ bly call forth some interesting dis- p cussions. The different phases of z the foreign service and foreign p policies of the United States will t be discussed by Captain S. E. Burroughs and Mrs. C. R. Rodwell. In the general discussion following, ( the old theory that the stronger Presidents have not chosen nor desired strong men to fill the high- h est place in their cabinets may be ^ challenged. b The meeting is open to all who 0 may care for a better understand- e ing of the working of the Depart- v ment of State. s Garden MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 15 MRS. PENDLETON DIES THURSDAY Funeral To Be Held From Home This Afternoon At 5 o'Clock rOWN'S OLDEST CITIZEN Mrs. V. L. Pendleton, Warrenon's oldest citizen, died at her lome, "Old Pendleton Place," yeserday afternoon at 2 o'clock. She vas 93 years of age. Mrs. Pendleton had been in defining health for several months. She suffered a slight stroke of pa alvsis nn Riinriav fWvn whinh shp lever recovered. The family was at ler bedside when the end came. Funeral services will be conduct;d from the home this afternoon it 5 o'clock by the Rev. R. E. Bricklouse, her pastor, the Rev. B. N. le Foe-Wagner, and Rev. Isaac lughes of Henderson, whose father laptized the Clark family. Internent will take place in Fairview emetery. Mrs. Victoria Louise Pendleton vas born in Pitt county on October 14, 1837. She was the daughter of fames Simpson Clark and Martha janier Clark, and a great grandlaughter of Abraham Clark, one >f the signers of the Declaration n Independence, and was descend:d from the Washing tons, Hardee md Sellers of Eastern Carolina. Mrs. Pendleton was twice marled. Her first husband was Robert jeckie Jones of Mecklenburg coun;y, Va., and her second marriage vas to Major A. S. Pendleton of Portsmouth, Va. She was married ;o Mr. Jones in 1854 and within one 'ear became a widow. One daughter Hiss Helen Leckie Whitaker, was )ern to this union. She became the vife of Major Arthur S. Pendleton n 1872 and to them were born two ions, Milo W. Pendleton, deceased, ind Col. Arthur S. Pendleton, and >ne daughter, Mrs. Peter Arringon with whom she made her iome. Mrs. Pendleton, whose family spent the summers at Shocco Springs, attended school here as a ittle girl, later attending Warrenion Female Institute. She moved to barren ton to make her home ihortly after the Civil War and laught for a short time in both he Graves Wilcox School and the ft'arrentcn College. Later she, (Continued on i^aga 8) Delegates Named At Co-op Meeting Held Wednesday M. G. Mann, secretary-treasurer >f the North Carolina Cotton Grow. irs Co-operative Association, met vith Warren county farmers in the :ourt house Wednesday for the purxisc of electing delegates to the listrict meeting to be held in Louisjurg on April 15 and to give a ver)al repor? on the present state of he co-operative association. The five men chosen to repre;ent Warren in the district meeting *ere W. A. Connell Jr., Warren :lains, H. J. Ellis, Macon, T. B. ?Veldon, Norlina, J. C. Brauer, jnr-unci a t. Pone. Macon. The >urpose of this district meeting is o nominate one or more nominees or director of the State association. After explaining the privileges vhich were given members of the organization in choosing their leadrs, Mr. Mann intered into a disussion of co-operative affairs. He old those present that this was he ninth year of the State organiation, and regardless of all the suferings of agriculture and general usiness depression, that the assoiation is passing through one of its aost successful seasons. He said hat this was evidented by the fact hat regardless of an unusually (Continued on Page 8) Faxes Must Be Paid Now, Drake Says The period of grace for late taxlayers expires with the close of his month, Chief M. M. Drake, own tax collector, announced yessrday morning with the request of ress notice calling attention to citiens of the town that his matter e given prompt attention in order o prevent additional expense and mbarrassment. COMMISSIONER SKINNER NEVER MISSED MEETING Commissioner John L. Skinner las never missed a board meeting uring his four years service on the oard of education and his six years n the board of county commissionrs, it was learned here Monday rhen bad weather brought up the ubject of absences.