9 accurate, terse I TIMELY VOLUME 10LRM$222j I 0 WMENTON citizens to Ray 49 Cents Less 9n $1W * aiuation As Re suit of County Cut i values are increased Citizens of VVarrenton will have p 49 cents Jess tax on the ..ohmtion than they paid last clki >??? vear.was revealed when the tax LPOfcs were turned over to Sheriff B j. pijinell for the collection of j531 taxes by the Board of County B Commissioner5 in special session yesterday. I The total tax rate that taxpayers B 0; Warrenton were required to pay B last year was $2.71. This year the total rate is $2.22. The reduction Comes altogether in the county B rate, the town rate remaining $1 B as for years. B The $2.22 levy is divided as folB lows: town rate, $1; county-wide B rate, including debt service, health B utd poor found, county fund and state school levy, 67 cents, reduc. B fd from S1.06; special school tax, fl toe. a five-cent increase; road tax, B 10c; reduced from 25c. i While the levy is 49 cents less I jjyjm last year, citizens v. ill not re* I ctive the entire benefits as the I valuations in the town have been I xcreased more than 7 per cent. In the revaluation of Warren | county property, the appraisers I :his year left the values at War[ reLton approximately the same as those of last year. Values in the I remainder of the county were reI duua to such an extent that the f county reduction averaged 17 per cent due chiefly to decreased value of farm lands Uncler the State law, the counties were not allowed to reduce valuations more than 19 per cent on an average The comns-ioners in order to comply w.th the State law raised all valuations I to come within the 10 per cent limit. As a result property in Warrenton is valued at about 10 1 per cent higher than last year. "Corporal Eagen," Rookie Comedy, To Be Staged Here "Corporal Eagen," a rookie comedy. will be presented in the auditorium of the John Graham high school on Thursday and Friday nights. November 12-13, according to plans which began shaping this seek when Miss Lois Clark of Bilox, Mis., arrived at Warrenton and began working with members of the American Legion Auxiliary, which organization is sponsoring the show, in the selection of a cast. The show is composed of three! acts which include a patriotic pa-1 geant with about 100 school chil-1 dren, an awkward squad made up J of business men of Warrenton, a I soldier and sailor chorus of men's I I voices singing old war songs, and I choruses of high school girls in I H singing and dancing acts. The committees in charge of the I show are headed by Mrs. A. J.I' I Ellington, Mrs. John Rodgers, Mrs. I A. C. Blalock, Mrs. Loyd Kinsey I and Mrs. Claude Bowers. I Dentist To Gather I S At Raleigh Monday I NORLINA, Oct. 29.?The annual! meeting of the Fourth District Den. tal Society of North Carolina will I mect in Raleigh next Monday and I Tuesday with Dr. Wallace F. Mus-1 < H tian of Norlina as its President. Dr. I Sam L. Bobbitt of Raleigh a former I H Warren County bey from the Axtelll H ne'Shborhood as its Secretary-Trea-1 surer and Dr. Harry N. Walters of I Warrenton one of its clinicians. I H the meeting men of local and I national reputation will appear onj. Program in clinics and ad dresses. I According to the society's consti- ^ ^B'Wion its object is to cultivate the I 'j' an^ science of dentistry together j M^th its collateral branches; to ele- , BTate and sustain the professional 1 ^aracter of dentists; to promote , 2r>i 1^"JUS them mutual improvements, intercourse and good feeling its members and the public. , Barren native honored i JJt James c. Harris, Publicity | ?f Louisburg College and son 'Ernest Harris of Warren 1 a ^ormer Franklin County 1who is the youngest charI * Member of the S. A. R. of the I attended the Yorkton cele I (l last week as a delegate from I Sj e' ^P?n his visit there, Mr. I SocfS Was honcred hy the S. A. RI Wty of the state of Virginia by |, I clth made. an Honorary member 0. ~LUCKY L By GR MAGAZINE ARTICLI STOPPED TRAINS , To qet rid oFan m insistent aqentr Mb Geor-qe Westing house M bouqht a maqa2jne~ Glancinq ?| li-iK if- k* ? ?1 mruutwjii It lie r CcU4 W that compressed 1 air was used to operate drills. 1 (iis problem of find- \ mq a means of oper- \ atinq brakes on trains was solved. Westinqhouse hirbrake %Teif. ori FIRE DESTROYS BLALOCK HOME Damage Estimated At Ap-( proximately $7,000; Other Homes Are Threatened Fire completely destroyed the i home and household furnishing of Capt. A1 Blalock, superintendent of the Warrenton Railroad Company, at about 12:30 o'clock on Wednesday morning. The family awaken- , ed to find the house in flames escaped but were unable to save any of their clothing or personal effects. The fire originated in the basement. From what cause is not known. Estimated loss was appi oximately $7,000, partly covered by insurance. The flames spread from the Blalock home to a stable, the property of C. C. Hunter, on an adjoining lot, causing an estimated loss oi $500. The homes of Mr. Hunter and R. B. Boyd were threatened I for some time. Water from buckets and garden hose was used on the Bovd home while the fire com pany fought the blaze from the Hunter side of the residence. Arriving at the scene of fire after some delay, the fire company found the Blalock home doomed. In a matter of seconds they had a hoze playing from the north side of the house. E. E. Gillam, street commissioner, made the trip to the Peck Manufacturing Company to borrow additional hose, which wks put in play on the south side of ' the residence in about 30 minutes from the arrival of the fire company. With two hoses playing on the fire the company soon had the fire under control, but not before the Blalock home was a mass of smoking ruins. Hundreds of Warrenton citizens attended the fire. Many of them aided in protecting the Boyd home and in fighting the fire. Negro Taxed With Costs In Shirt Case Walter Williams and Roosevelt i Bullock, two negroes arraigned be- i fore the bar of justice in connec- ' tion with shirts which have been missing from the wardrobe of Bob, Bright, Jimmie Mayfield, H. Hen- , derson and Gerald Allen, roomers at Hotel Warren, were taxed with ( the costs in the case Monday morn. . ing in Recorder's court by Judge W. W. Taylor. ] Williams was charged with hav- , ing stolen property in his possession and Bullock was charged with larceny. No other cases were tried before ; Judge Taylor Monday. , ' I JAIL IS INSPECTED A representative of the State ' Board cf Welfare was in Warren ? Wednesday inspecting the jail and county home. They \jrere found to be operating as well as could be ' expected, considering the equip-1: ment, the inspector is reported as!i having stated. j] Iir 11; WARRENTON, COUNTY Ol BREAKS I 1 -Miller t: J ?I9?0 h ftfc-lM-PW.Off. t t CAR OVERTURNS : AND IS BlIRNED; t Seven Occupants of Buick * Coach Escape Without * Seripus Injury c i Seven passengers riding a Buick coach escaped serious injury on s Sunday morning when the automo- 1 bile failed to make the curve at 13 the intersection of the Macon and 14 Liberia roads, turned over and was c completely destroyed. ? The passengers were Mr. and Mrs. e Sam Katz and Mr. and Mrs. I. Katz c and three children of Portsmouth, . Va. Following the accident they 1 were brought to Warrenton by W. 8 F. Alston and carried to the home J of Max Perman where slight bruises and a few cuts were attended. The party returned to Portsmouth on the bus shortly after the ac- a cident occurred. They were enroute c to Durham to spend the day. a Failure of the brakes on the vehicle ^ Ho hold was said to have been the s cause of the overturn. f Negro Fair Being [ Held At John R. * Hawkins School d \ A community fair promoted by e members of the negro race will be hdri at the John R. Hawkins high v school at Warrenton today and to- l morrow. The exercises are scheduled g to begin this morning at 11:30 a o'clock with opening remarks by the c principal of the school who will be followed with addresses by two representatives of A. &. T. College. During the two-day fair there will r be amusement contests, a time set t aside for visiting exhibits, a Hal- I lowe'en program, health demonstration and lectures. The fair closes Saturday night. ] Forget-Me-Nots To Be Sold Tomorrow c Forget-Me-Nots will be worn here r' tomorrow when the Parent-Teacher ^ Association will place them on sale c as part of the National-wide pro- i gram to remember the boys of the c World War. i. In commenting upon the drive, F the chairman of the State campaign says: r "Nothing further can be done for J those who are sleeping in Flanders 4 Field. The crimson poppy of Mem- ? Drial Day will always keep fresh the cherished memory of their r supreme sacrifice. r "But for those who are still living e and still suffering because of s wounds, injuries, diseases, ailments, ? incurred as a result of the service J! to their country, much can still oe * done. The wearing of a Forget-MeNot on Forget-Me-Not Day, there- 1 fore, means much more than the ^ expression of a sentiment; it carries e with it as well the fact that the E wearer is performing an unselfish ^ service in assisting unfortunate and I e needy disabled American veterans.' c By remembering the living we can 1 best honor the dead." ' v r T,7. ? , ' ? -jfe i * ~*r' c' *. 1 * .*5tt 1 * v :* ' 4? ^ I. * irrru u . .-- * ? . V.. t F WARREN, N. C., FRIDAY, Physicians Endorse Work of R. Cross | In Warren County The Red Cross in its fight on Pellagra earlier in the year dis- ' ;ributed yeast to suffers in Warden county. The physicians of iVarren praise this work on the < jart of the relief organization as i part of the publicity preceeding he annual Roll Call which "will be- < I in on November 11th. Their en iorsements follow: < "As part time health officer of 1 Varren county. I wish to take this < pportunity of expressing my ap>reciation to the Red Cross for its fforts'to help control the pellegra ituation in this county during the Irought of 1930. ' "As we are all aware, the Red Jross supplied yeast, free of cost, o patients suffering from pellegra fho were not able to buy it. Many atients were able to gain strength auch faster by the use of this east. "When you are called upon to oin the Red Cross, just think of hese pellegra sufferers and what our money meant to them last ear (and there will surely be lany of them this winter) and I m sure that you will leave off a ew of your cigars, cigarettes, rinks, etc., and gladly contribute. "H. H. FOSTER, M.D." "Red cress work represents pracical constructive work of mercy as ias been demonstrated in our couny in many ways during the past welve months. "The value of vitamins contained 11 Brewers yeast for the prevention ?f pellegra and as a most valuable .djunct in the active treatment of he disease has recently been re ognized by the medical profession. Jnfortunately pellegra is more pre'alent among those unable to provide a mixed and well balanced Liet, and it is in such cases that irewer's yeast is most essential. "The thoughtfulness and genero- i ity of the Red Cross through its i ocal chapter in making Brewers ( reast available in unlimited quan. i ity and without any cost to any \ >ne needing in Warren county i ihould be greatly appreciated by 1 very citizen in the county aware ; rf these facts. c "The doctors in the county know- 3 ng where it has been so valuable ind so much needed greatly appre- < :iate the free distribution of it by < he Red Cross. 1 "W. D. RODGERS JR., M. D." 1 "The Red Cross, Salvation Army < ind other nationally known and lo- I :al welfare organizations will prcb- 1 ibly make from now until Thanks- i living day, the most concerted and i tupendous drive for funds ever be- < ore attempted in this county. 1 "The exigency of the situation 1 lemands it, and it behooves all of t is to contribute according to our < neans. "In our county, with small in- c lustrial population, our major need 6 vill be among the farmer folks, ? specially for clothes. c "I sincerely hope that our people ( vill respond and contribute to the ? ocal representatives of these or- t ;anizations, in order that the funds i ,nd other articles may be systemati- < ally and properly distributed. t "THOMAS J. HOLT, M. D." ( "I have observed with interest the i esults obtained from the free dis- g ribution of Brewer's yeast by the t led Cross in the" treatment of pel- t (Continued on Page 8) s A I Legion Drive To * Close November 11 8 i A meeting of the membership g cmmittee of Limer Post No. 25, ^ American Legion, will be held on ,londay night, November 2 at 8 i ('clock in the club rooms of Com- t ?any B. The drive will come to a c lose on Nevember 11 with a bar- c iecue for all members of the local iost ] Commenting on the progress nads by Limer Post in its drive. M. Caldwell, department adjuant. writes as follows to Harold R. ikillman, local adjutant: 1 "We are more than pleased to I iofo +*iat. vnur drive for complete r IW WV ?/ *? ^ _ _ s-enrollment between Oct. 20th 1 nd Nov. 11th is meeting with the f ame splendid results that your arlier efforts this year resulted. I. Ve are confidently expecting your t ost to be among the Posts in this r Jepartment which succeed in qual- a fying for a Special Citation for a lost Distinguished Service, offer- 3 d by the national organization nd bearing the signature of r rational Commander Stevens, to v very Post which succeeds in' c quailing or exceeding its entire F 931 total prior to midnight No-(F ember Eleventh." I Srrn , OCTOBER 30, 1931 SHERIFF MAKES TAX SETTLEMEN1 New Books Are Turned Ovei To Pjnnell And 1931 Collections Are Under Way S. A. L. MAKES PROPOSAI The Board of County Commis sioners, in special session oi Thursday, accepted the settlemen 3f Sheriff W. J. Pinnell, congratu lated him on the showing made turned over the new tax books tt tiim and ordered that he procee< with the collection of 1931 taxes. r\\r- r> *v* r> avmrvlntr j/iaixA. uuiuaiu, auuibui cni^nvj,y 3d by the commissioners to aid h she settlement, also added hi praise to that of the commission ;rs. The sheriff showed a collec iion of 77 per cent, excluding thi 10 per cent due the county by thi Seaboard Airline Railway Com' pany. Julius Banzet, county attorney ;ent to Norfolk following the reg' ilar October meeting to attempt i settlement with the receivers o: he Railroad, reported to the comnissioners that these officials pro :osed that all penalties be remov 3d and that an additional 10 pe: rent discount be allowed the rail oad. The commissioners, whili ;aking no definite action on thi jroposal, expressed themselves a; jeing strongly opposed to an: such concession. Following the settlement witl ;he sheriff the commissioners turn. :d their attention to revision o: she jury list and concluded theii aeeting about 3:30 o'clock. r *i v v LiDrary increases in Size And Usefulness As Years Roll Or By WILLIAM T. POLK Since the Warren County Memo ial Library was started some year: igo, it has been confronted with in:reasingly hard times. Despite this t has steadily increased in size anc rsefulness. During this time, it hai ncreased its number of- volume; ;rom none to nearly five thcusanc ind its circulation from nothing t< jver fifteen thousand volumes i fear. And it has done this, althougl ;ach year it has faced the prospec )f closing up because it did no lave enough money to run on. Ap propriations from town and count: lave paid a little over half of it; ;xpenses each year. And each yeai ;he treasurer would wonder when ;he balance was coming from witl vhich to pay the bills, and whethei t was ccming at all. This year, th< lounty appropriation being cut ir lalf, he wonders even more. But i las always come from somewhere md we hope that this year it wil io likewise. It has always been a mystery tc mtsiders how the Library continu. :d to operate. But the solution i: ;imple. The people of the town anc >f the county, realizing the value >f the Library, have freely anc jladly given out of their pocket; .he money necessary to keep it go ng and growing. It has not beer :asy, in every case, to give monej ;o it; and it has not always beer ;asy to pay the bills, buy the book; md in general to administer the nstitution. But those who have fiven what money they could have ;he gratification of knowing thai he Library will give back to them nliroo thoir famUipq nnri friend? ar more than they have given tc t. And these who have given theii ime and services have the plea. ;ure and satisfaction of working to. ,rether on an enterprise that is a ;reat and increasing benefit tc Warren county and Warrenton. The Library is not only a memo, ial to the veterans of the World War, it is alscf a striking evidence if the good sense and unselfish coiperation of the people. Mrs. Stanley Powell Dies At Inez Monday Funeral services for Mrs. Stanley W. Powell were held at the Ine: baptist church on Tuesday afterloon by the Rev. R. E. Brickhouse nterment was in the Perry-White amily cemetery. Mrs. Powell died on Monday norning at 4 o'clock. She had -een in failing health for several nonths, but was critically ill only , few days. Diabetes was given ,s the cause of death. She was :7 years of age. Mrs. Powell, who berore ner mar. iage was Miss Susie Gill, is surived by her husband and six chilIren: Mary W. Powell, Hazel R. owell, Blanche Powell, S. W. swell Jr., Bessie H. Powell and Doris M. Powell. ri ? vl,ie UtMfl IHH 1 1 ate ^bvtiVy - M*BIP ^ountyWid iShows A 3! H r Slaughter, Accused Of Beating Woman, Sought By Officers j Accused of beating a woman t senseless, Francis Slaughter is evad. ing Warren county officers who , hold in their possession a warrant j sworn out by Hazel Johnson who j was found Monday night about 8:30 o'clock in a dazed condition on the road between Warrenton and Macon. i s The woman was seen lying on the grcund with her arms across the road by John Henderson who was _ returning from Macon to Warren I ton. Constable R. O. Snipes, Night " Policeman C. E. Lovell and Dr. G. H. Macon went to the scene where they found the woman in a coma. > Aroused frcm her stupor she said - that she had been beat up by i Slaughter but did not remember f why she was in the road. Her in juries were not considered of a - serious nature. Slaughter was found by Constar ble Snipes but after an exchange of shots between the two Slaughter 3 escaped in the darkness. Later in 3 the night Sheriff W. J. Pinnell and > Deputy Sheriff Lawrence Robert! son made a search for Slaughter but were unable to appreehend hirR. 1 Mr. Henderson said that when he - was enrcute to Macon he saw the f woman in the road and some cars r and trucks nearby. Street talk is that Slaughter was on a car with several carousing cronies and that when they met up with the woman on the road a flow of profane language began between the two and ended with Slaughter striking the woman. Although others are implicated, only one warrant is in the hands of the sheriff. I Slaughter, believed by many to ' be a negro passing off as a white man, has a bad reputation in this | county, having at one time murder? ed a man, and having taken part j in destroying fixtures at the jail j where he was confined. J Warrenton Woman's j Story Is Selected For b 1931 Prize Collection t Crichton Alston Thome's story r "Chimney City" appears in "O. 3 Henry Memorial Award Prize r Stories of 1931," edited by Dr. 3 Blanche Colton Williams, chairman 1 of Arts and Letters. In the introduc. r ticn of the book the chairman 3 makes the following comment on 1 "Chimney City." * "Among tales of sentiment sub mitted, the chairman believed * Crichton Alston Thome's a rare first, a unique first. On requesting 3 it, she was not surprised to learn " from Nelson Antrin Crawford, edi5 tor of the 'Household Magazine,' in ^ which 'Chimney City' first appear3 ed, that it had already been reprint. * ed (London Sphere.) Strong yet de3 licate feeling throbs in the single " day's record of Silver and his moth1 er and Clarkin, a space long enough 1 for conveying the climax and sug1 gesting with fine restraint events 3 lcng past. There is poetry here, Li ! a vein of the rich and the strange; poetry in the author's initial para' graph, introducing the boy Silver; ' poetry, only half mad, in Clarkin's brain, which sees in the moonswept 1 moss of a dogwood, golden hair ' grown from a grave. If the author, who lives ten miles from the nearest post office, has not yet achieved her ambition to know more people than 1 a hotel clerk, she does better yet to 1 rely upon the Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, of which she doubtless has a copy old and worn. L Clarkin is a humble figure in the 1 long procession, from Lear to the present, of good men distraught." In the arrangement of the Prize Stories "Chimney City" was placed last amcng the selections. In commenting on this the author said: "The T's come last alphabetically which makes me feel as though I ' had stepped inside the back door ! of greatness." ; Baptist To Observe Home Coming Day Home-Coming Day will be cele. J brated at the Warrenton Baptist .church cn Sunday morning at 11 o'clock with special service of worship. The event marks the beginning of the sixth year of service i rendered by the church under the guidance of the Rev. R. E. Brick. house, pastor. Brief messages will | be delivered by Dr. J. T. Gibbs and by Rev. Brickhouse. There will be special music for the occasion. The : public is invited to attend. MR |jfi. il ... v - T 4 MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 44 Le Tax Rate 3 c Decrease Reductions Range From 25 To 50 Per Cent In Various County Divisions VALUATIONS ARE LOWER As a result of the State taking over the maintenance of the roads onH fho nnerntlnn of thft Six months school term, coupled with economies affected by the governing bodies of the county, Warren county taxpayers will find tltetr taxes decreased from one-third to one-half, dependent in which school and road district they reside. This was learned following a special meeting of the Beard of County Commissioners yesterday when they accepted the settlement of Sheriff W. J. Pinnell and ordered him to proceed with the collection of 1931 taxes. Due to overlapping road and school district it is difficult to give the average reduction in the townships. For instance the road rate m Hawtree township has been reduced 7 cents on the $100 valuation. The Wise school district is a part of Hawtree township and in this school district the tax rate has been reduced 12 cents. While the average valuations in the county have been lowered sufficiently to give a 10 per cent reduction, this reduction varies in different townships and shows an actual increase in Warrenton township. However, even in this township there will be a reduction in +Vio omniinf nf fanaif? | WAAVs V* wvnvj} j Likewise, in several of the townships both values and rates have been decreased, to the extent that citizens will be called on this year to pay just about half what they paid last year. The county-wide levy this year wil! be 67 cents compared with $1.06 last year, a reduction of 39 cents. This coupled with the reduced values will give a countywide reduction of over 40 per centThe county-wide levy is made up of 15 cents for general fund, the same as last year;. 10 cents for health and poor, a 3 per cent increase; pensions, 2 cents, an increase of 1 cent; state school, 17 cents, added by State law; county schools, 10 cents, a reduction of 55 cents; debt service, 13 cents, a decrease of 5 cents. Sixpound, Smith Creek, Sandy Creek and Shocco townships will have no road tax to pay due to the State taking over the maintenance of county roads. Last year three of these townships paid a 10 cent late for this purpose, and Smith Creek paid 15 cents. The State in taking over the maintenance of the roads made it mandatory that each township pay its own debt service. Due to deirnlnnfion TTTtfl-* O Pflrfolll V/iCiXOCU vaiuoibiuii tyimi U WA VM>U> specified sum to raise Roanoke township will have an increase of 5 cents, from 55 to 60 cents. The road rate of 25 cents in Fishing Creek township is the same as that cf last year. All other townships show decreases, as follows: River, 25c from 30c; Hawtree, 30c from 37c; Nutbush 22c from 40c; Judkins, 30c from 35c; Warienton, 10c from 25c; Fork, 35c from 48c. The tax rate in five of the special school districts was raised; re. mains the same in three districts, and is reduced in eight districts. Changes in the school district tax rates are as follows: Wise, reduced from 40c to 28c; Chin-chill, reduced from 15c to nothing; Vaughan, reduced from 20c to 5c; Macon, increased from 40c to 47c; Norlina, increased from 57c to 62c; Embro, reduced from 15c to nothing; Oine, remains at 15c; Epworth, reduced from 20c to nothing; Afton-Eiberon, remans at 25c; Axtelle, remains at 25c; Warren Plains, reduced from 15c to nothing; Drewry, increased from 20c to 25c; Warrenton, increased from 40c to 45c; Littleton, increased from 40c to 50c; Inez, reduced from 20c to 4c. U. D. C. To Sell Miniature Flags The banner which Southern soldiers followed during the Civil War will be recalled here on Saturday, November 7, when miniature Con. federate flags will be worn in the lapels of men's coats and on the dresses 01 women m ooservance oi Confederate Flag Day. The sale of these flags will be under the auspices of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the proceeds will go to the Confederate Womans Home in Fayetteville.

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