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II volume XXXII
SiEN COUNTY
m RATE LOWER
BLe of Four Counties In
state To Decrease Tax
I Rate For Debt Service
others show increase
The county-wide tax rate of
mrren county is lower than that
Df any bordering county, according
t9 figures released by the North
Carolina Tax Commissicn.
I Franklin county has a countyBride
rate of $1.12; Vance 81c; Hal^ >?r
75c: Northampton, 90c. War.
Il.n's rate is 61c.
I Warren county is one of four
Irount:es among the 100 in the
State that decreased its debt service
rate, according to the same
Ijource. In 1930 the rate for this
purpose in Warren was 18 cents.
Hie board of commissioners lowered
hfcis to 13 cents in its 1931 levy. At
Le same time that Warren decreased
her rate 5 cents, Vance
I county raised her's 5 cents as did
Halifax county. Northampton's debt
service rate remained the same as
tie previous year, four tents.
Franklin county found it necessary
to double her levy fcr debt service,
la 1930 it levied 25 cents for this
purpose; the rate in 1931 was 50
cents.
Debt service levy is to provide
funds to take care of the debts of
a county, as its name implies. Several
counties of the State had been
'for years falling behind in the payment
of obligations. Under the
Mounty government act these counties
must levy a rate sufficiently
high to take care of such obligations.
This need in some counties
made it impassible for taxpayers
a these counties to feel the full
effects of reductions caused by the
Sate taking over the six-mcnths
schools and roads.
Warren county's financial affairs
c'fVi nrripr appordinST to a
1 amber of the board of county
tcamL-iioners, that Warren was
tie to reduce this tax nearly a
ird, in spite of a 10 per cent decease
in valuation, while the great
ujority of the counties of the
Sate found it necessary to order
c increase for this purpose.
Attractive Farm Life
Needed For Children
Money is not needed In large
amounts to create a wholesome
home atmosphere but leather more
time and thought in planning.
Children should be included In the
family councils and their help solicited
in making the best of whatever
confronts the farm home.
This in brief is a recommendation
of the committees on family
living which have been working
T.th a group of State College extension
specialists during the past
path in helping to develop a more
Icsible farm program for the
pte in 1932.
I "That the children may not be
limed against farming as a meaans
'livelihood, we suggest, first that
Ifood needed on the place be
I Jdnno#! nf V.^ i_ ^ i
ai/ iiume. xNexu, we ieei
t the heme can be made so
trenient, inviting and attractive
2". the children will feel free to
-eg their friends to the home in-)
of taking them elsewhere," l
y the committee reports. "This
every member of the family j
s&t to keep a record of all that
I1 earned and spent, as well as
I171' Everychild should have the
p responsibility of seme project
Iteh as the care of a calf, pig or
Itaden from which he would reall
the profits-"
I committees also recomI^ttsded
that wholesale recreation
|* Provided in each home," says
1^ DeHaven Woodruff, spa"
^sts in child care at State Ccdl?'
Many worries in the home
I Jten discourage the child from
I thai la an education. Parents
m encourage the child to think
Mfotot w 5 aUd t0 educate and
I f?r his work in life4
185 Ouch^ r'5F>ds an education
I No jVj, other business man.
Ibe causeci ^ *ose
l^dWilUams
Kills Heavy Hogs
H U*PinrV?i*>~ ~ x-A-i -r
-WJ (v, U 101,111 01
l V,'ere ktled by BOyd
I 05 PaschaU, according to
1submitted, to this offce.
I ttnnthT ,tlle 5wine were fourteen
1 \l was stated, and one
H oitt.^es at 526 pounds, an
Pou^' ^ and the third at 449
I H 1?wfrr'an J?hn H. Kerr has
spd&? to Washington after
the holidays here.
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Officer Shoots
Negro In Leg; Is
Lodged In Jail
Jim Ware, powerful 250 pound
negro who was shot In the leg
Saturday night by Chief Harvey of
Littleton after he had struck the
officer in the face, was brought to
Warrenton Wednesday and lodged
in the county bastile to await trial
in. Recorder's court Monday morning
on charges of resisting arrest
and cursing on the streets.
Although four men were required
to reduce the negro to order and
carry him to the Littleton jail after
he had been shot by the officer
he was dispassionate when Sheriff
W. J. Pinnell and Deputy Lawrence
Robertson removed him from the
jail at Littleton Wednesday morning
and displayed no efforts to give
trouble as he was being brought to
Warrenton.
Ware shunned authority and became
rebellious Saturday night
when Chief Harvey attempted to
arrest him as a suspect in connection
with the robbery of the Littleton
Supply Company which was
entered and deprived of a large
number of cigarettes on New Year's
night. After Chief Harvey had been
struck in the face and knocked
down by Ware, he got up and
struck at the negro with his blackjack,
but a negro girl, who was with
Ware, ran between them and received
the blow on her head. Unsuccessful
in his efforts to strike
the negro, the policeman wliipped
i out his gun and fired at him three
times, one shot taking effect in the
leg. It was then that he was carried
to jail.
Chief Harvey suffered a bruised
face and the loss of his glasses.
Biruce Howell Thanks
Citizens For Support
On the eye cf counting the votes
in the Hunter drug Co. toy auto.
inooile contest, Bruce Howell, well
known young boy of Warrenton,
asked the Warren Record to thank
citizens of this community for the
support given him.
Approaching a representative of
thi.i newspaper, Bruce said, "I want
you to put a piece in your paper
the nking people for voting for me
in the automobile contest. You
kn )w more about writing than I
do, so you fix it up and I will come
by the office and pay you what
yen charge."
Attention was called to the fact
that the paper would be printed
before the winners were announced
and it was suggested that he might
want to wait and see whether or
not he won before le published his
piece.
"No," Bruce said "I want to
thank them for voting for me
whether I win or lose. Yc,u fix it
up and I will pay you."
Early in December the Hunter
Drug Company announced that it
would give to the holder of the
most votes at the close of the contest
a toy Stutz automobile.
Twenty-five votes were given fear
each 25 cents paid in trade or account.
Much interest has been
manifested and many children's
Antflvo/1 in fho PnnfPRt.
UalilCO V-U AAA VAAV WMwwv.
Votes were counted last night af-1
ter the paper had gone to press.
Results will be announced in the
next issue.
Married After 43
Year Engagement
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Jan. 6?
Tom Escue has revealed that he
and Sarah Sullins were engaged for
forty-three years before they finally
married just before Christmas.
Both are 60.
Escue, who is known as "the
watermelon king of the Ozarks,"
said he and Sarah became engaged
when they were 17. A few days before
they were to be married they
had a quarrel; so the wedding was
postponed. They set a new date.
Another quarrel intervened.
"That went on for years," said
Escue.
To Pay No Further
Bounty On Hawks
No further claims will be paid
loc Virmntv on hawks, crows and
"O WW?
wildcats, E. Hunter Pinnell, coonty
game warden, stated this week. Mr.
Finnell's announcement was made
following a letter which he received
from Charles E. England, State
game warden, in which it was
pointed out that the discontinuation
of pay was due to the fact that
the amount set aside in the budget
to pay bounty on predatory wild
life had been absorbed.
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WARRENTON, COUNT
American Olympic SI
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\
Bill Taylor, who is coaching th
winter Olympic Games at Lake Pk
winners. Eddie.Murphy is skating
picture.
Henry B. Daniel
Is Buried At Macon
On Wednesday
I Funeral services for Henry B.
Daniel were conducted from his
home at Macon last Wednesday afternoon
at 3:30 o'clock by the Rev.
R. E. Brickhouse, his pastor, assisted
by the Rev. Rooch of Norlina.
Interment followed in the
family cemetery.
Mr. Daniel died at his home on
December 22 at the age of 61 years.
Although he had been in poor
health for two years, death came
as a surprise to his family and
friends. He was a member of the
Macon Baptist church.
Mrs. Mary E. King
Dies At Areola
Mrs. Mary E. King, widow of the
late William Y. King, died at the
home of her son, John King, near
Areola last Friday morning. Burial
services were held Saturday at the
Methodist church at Areola and interment
followed in the church
cemetery. The services were in
charge of her pastor, the Rev. Mr.
Harrison, who was assisted by the
Rev. S. E. Wright, a former pastor.
Grandsons served as pallbearers.
Mrs. King, who had been preceded
to the grave by her husband
about 20 years, was in her 88 year.
She had been in declining health
for some time and was making her
home with her son at Areola when
death came. She is survived by
11 ?rnftwwio onH -TrVhrmip
Uiree ?>UI1?>, J. unuiuu anu
King of Areola and Charlie King of
Inez; three daughters, Mrs. Charlie
Haithcock of Warrenton, Mrs.
Tommie Tharringtcn of Rocky
Mount and Mrs. Linda Arlington
of Hollister.
Farmer Makes More .
With Hens and Cows
RALEIGH, Jan. 6.?-Sales of poul_
try and eggs from a flock c? 20
hens and the milk from four cows
has netted D. I. Massey, of Wendell,
Route 2, in Wake County, more cash
money than his ten-acre tobacco
crop, County Agent J. C. Anderson
says.
Receipts from the poultry flock
amounted to $98.15.
Milk sales aggregated $138.00.
The two totaled $236.15.
Mr. Massey said he had not sold
all of his tobacco yet but that he
was positive: the total receipts, judgI
ing from what he has received for
what he has sold, will be far below
the return from the fowls and
cows.
Onslow Farmers
Sell 1,583 Hogs
JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 5?A total
of 1,583 hogs weighing 310,403
pounds were sold on the Richmond
market by farmers of Onslow County
during the past year, reports
County Agent N. M. Smith.
These hogs netted the growers
$21,710.86 after deducting all selling
costs. Twenty-two car loads were
Included in these shipments.
The highest price received was
$7.43 a hundred net with a low
price of $5.07.
Smith said the hogs were all fed
under the "Shay'' method and were
sold co-operatively. No records were
available on shipments made by
trucks or sold on the local market
he said.
{ OF WARREN, N. C., FRID,
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caters in Good Form
\ i!
e American skating team for the
icid, N. Y., says our boys are sure
through Burt Taylor's legs in the
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Two White Men
Found Cuilty On
Whiskey Charge
R. D. Carroll and Everette Carroll,
two young white men of good
reputation, were found guilty in
Recorder's court on Monday morning
of possessing whiskey. They
were each fined $5.00 and taxed
with the cost in the action which
brought the total fine to $40.70.
The two men were arrested by
Carey Wilson, acting as deputy
under Special Prohibition Enforcement
Officer Edward Davis, near
the outskirts of Warrenton on the
night of December 22. Two halfgallon
jars of booze were seized by
Mr. Wilson and several days later
the men were arrested.
2 No evidence was inincteg before
Judge Taylor to indicate that the
defendants had the whiskey for the
purpose of sale and they were given
good reputations by Ed Rooker Sr.,
Clerk of Court John D. Newell, and
l Auditor P. M. Stallings.
Willie Davis, negro tenant on the
farm of J. C. Pridgen for two years,
was found guilty of disposing of
mortgaged property. A six months
jail sentence, assigned to work the
roads, was suspended provided he
pay the costs in the case and settle
with Mr. Pridgen for the difference
that he owed him.
The charge against Davis was
brought by Mr. Pridgen due to the
fact that the negro, who was farming
on shares, sold a bale of cotton
without the landlords consent.
A case against John W. Watson,
negro charged with disposing of
mortgaged property, was continued
until the following Monday morning.
Mrs. J. B. Harris and Miss Minnie
Harris left last week for Franklinton
where they will make their
heme for several months.
AN APPEAL
D?ar Friend,
There are many in the county
who have had all their food
taken from them. Unless immediate
aJd is given these people,
they will be forced to beg',
steal or starve, since there is
so little employment in the
county.
We had a little money in our
Charity Chest but that is not
available, and it is impossible,
it seems, for us to get more
money from any source. We are
asking that each chairman or
any citizen interested to call a
meeting and put on a food,
money and clothes drive at (
once. Give every Warren county
citizen an opportunity to make
a contribution to this drive by
going from house to house,
frcm store to store. Have things
collected and put what you need
for your own community in
some central place, sending to
my office what is left over?
These people are our responsibility.
Most sincerely,
LUCY I. LEACH,
Welfare Officer.
People must not starve, nor
be Without any clothing in War-'
rcn county. I beg every one to
respond to Muss Leach's appeal
as given above. To meet the
situation it is necessary that
some gift, however small, come
from each.
J. T. GIBBS.
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\Y, JANUARY 8, 1932
CITIZENS BANK IS
CO. DEPOSITORY
Commissioners Postpone The
Payment of County Bills
Until Next Monday
DEPOSITS TO BE BONDED
Masting in regular session at
Warrenton on Monday, the Board
of County Commissioners named
the Citizens Bank of Warrenton as
County Depository and postponed
payment of current bills until Mon.
day in order that proper securities
might be obtained and turned over
to the chairman c<f the board ^tc
protect all county funds on deposit
as required by law when tax money
will be deposited.
For the first time in many years,
perhaps during the present century,
the county failed to pay its
current bills on the first Monday
in thq month. This was due to the
fact that the Bank of Warren,
which closed on December 24. was
fiscal agent of the county. While
funds in that bank were covered
by proper bonds, it is stated, pay.
ment of bills werq necessarily de.
layed until another depository
could be designated.
The board first suggested that
all bills be held over to the regulai
February meeting, but R. T. Watson,
president of the Citizens Bank
had told them that it would only
take a few days to obtain neces
sary bonds, it was decided to mee
on next Monday and pay thesi
bills.
"Upon motion duly seconded." th<
minutes naming the Citizens Banl
as depository read, "it is hereby or.
dered that the Citizens Bank o:
Warrenton, N. C., be and is hereby
designated depository for the Ccun.
ty of Warren. It is further urdsrec
that said bank give approved se
curities for the protection of coun.
ty funds en deposit in the amouni
of the average daily balance^ Upor
delivery of said securities;, the
chairman of this board is hereo;
authorized to accept same. It ii
further understood and agreed b;
and between this board anil th<
Citizens Bank that the said banl
is guaranteed any depreciation o;
any securities given at the time o
sale."
Drunkards must go to the count;
jail in lieu of the County Home o:
State hospital, according to orde:
passed by the commissioners, win
further order that the counts
wculd not be responsible for th<
bills of any inebriate sent to th<
State hospital.
The board ordered that the Clerl
of Court's annual statement be giv
en to The Norlina Headlight fo:
publication at the price of $20.
Upon motion of Commissione;
Skinner, seconded by Commission
er Capps, it was ordered that the
Statq Highway Commission be re.
quested to construct the Warrenton-Louisburg
highway any route
it may deen proper so as to besi
serve the public.
J. T. White of Smith Creel
Township was relieved of the pay.
ment. of rioll tax for the year 193.'
when it was established that h<
was mere than 50 years of age. C
G. Moore of River township was
given credit for a lot valued al
$300 whqn it was determined thai
the property was listed against hin:
through error.
Escaped Prisoner
Is Recaptured
Willie Lewis, negro store breaker
and jial breaker, became into the
clutches of the law last Thursday
when he was arrested near Vaughan
on a larceny charge by Sheriff W
J. Pinnell end Deputy Lawrence
Robertson.
The Warren county officers were
after the negro this time in connection
with the robbery at Neal's
store and filling station Monday
night of last week. Officers were
after him two years ago for breaking
into Capps store. After he was
captured in connection with the
Capps robbery and placed in the
Warren county jail, he escaped. Later
he was recaptured, tried, found
guilty, and sent to Halifax county
where he worked the roads.
Deputy Robertson commented
yesterday that Lewis was orderly
when the arrest was made last
Thursday, but that he and Sheriff
Pinnell had to chase him like a
dog aner a 1UA uciuic mcjr Wiuu
get sight of him?every place they
went the negro had just left.
He was brought to Warrentcn by
the officers and placed in jail to
face trial in Superior court.
Miss Sue Harris has gone tc
Chailotte to accept a position foi
the year.
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Wilson Cast a"" '
Decide Powers Of
Davis* Deputies
Whether or not deputies appointed
by Edward Davis, special prohibition
officer for Warren county,
have authority to act as officers
when not in company with Mr.
Davis will be decided in the January
term of court when Carey Wilson
will face charges of transport- .
ing whiskey. j
i Tne warrant cnargmg ivir. wusoii
with transporting whiskey was
. sworn out Monday by Will Ball as
! the (aftermath of the arrest of R.
D. arid Everette Carroll, two white
i men from whom Mr. Wilson took
; two jars of whiskey on the night of
December 22. The two men were
tried in Recorder's court on Monday
and found guilty of possessing
' the bcoze. After the case was over,
Mr. Ball drew the warrant and Mr.
! Wilson was placed under $50 bond
by Magistrate W. C. Fagg to face
trial in Superior court.
! Whether or not Mr. Davis' de,
puties have authority to act as of[
ficers when he is not with them is
a question which has arisen in the
courts and in the minds of citizens
\ of the county on numerous occasions
since they have been making
arrests. The whole inatter hinges
' on the interpretation of the wording
of the special prohibition act
" which was written into law by the
past general assembly.
1 The special act appointing Mr.
' Davis reads that he shall have all
onH cnithrvrit.v nf the
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sheriff of the county in the enforcement
of the prohibition laws, but
3 whether the intent of the bill was
c give Mr. Davis the power or to give
the power to his deputies is the
( question which has brought forth
' discussion.
Mr. Davis argues that the sheriff
' has the power to have deputies over
" the county, and according to the
bill, he should. Exponents of the
' special act maintain that the sheriff
1 has deputies appointed for the en3
forcement of all the laws, and that
^ the sheriff hias the authority to
5 deputize a body of men if neccesf
sary to go with him on a raid, or to
2 assist him in making an arrest, but
: as soon as the specific raid or ar*
rest for which they were appointed
' is made, that the men whom he
appointed are no longer his depuf
ties and are net cloaked in authorr
ity.
r Soon after the matter arose in
3 Recorder's court Judge W. W. Tay'
lor wrote Attorney General Dennis
; G. Brummitt for a ruling on the
3 matter. The attorney general's reply
was that in the bill he saw :noj
11 authority for the appointment of J
. I deputies, however, he stated, that
rjwas his opinion rather than a billing.
r The bill naming Mr. Davis as
speciaj prohibition officer and the
' letter from the attorney general in
full follow:
The General Assembly ctf North
, Carolina do enact:
't Section 1. That Edward D. Davis
of Warren county, be and he is
. hereby appointed special law enforcement
officer for said county
[ for term ctf two years. Said officer
, shall have all the power and au_
thority of the sheriff of the county
j in the enforcement of the prohibit
tion law within the territorial limits
t cf Warren county,
j Sec. 2. That the said special law
enforcement officer shall receive
the following compensation:
Five dollars for each still cap
taken, five dollars for each still
I worm taken, ten dollars for each
still kettle taken or twenty dollars
, for each complete outfit of still,
worm and cap taken, which com;
pensation shall be paid by the
county commissioners out of the
general county fund. For the arrest
{and conviction of any person vio_
lating said prohibition law saia 01,
ficer shall receive the sum of
twenty-five dollars to be taxed in
, the bill of cost against such con.
. victed person if fined or to be paid
, by thg county in case said person
, is sentenced to prison.
i Sec. 3. That this act shall not
, have the effect, however to relieve
, the sheriff of the county of the performance
of any duties imposed
[ upon him in the enforcement of
any of the criminal laws of said
county.
"Dr. W. W. Taylor
"Recorder
, "Warrenton, N. C.
"Dear Sir:
"Your letter of October 9 received
I have looked at Chapter 461,
Public Laws of 1931. I am unable to
see any authority in that act for
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WOMAN'S CLUB TO MEET
The regular meeting of the Wom
an's club will be held with Mrs. A.
A. Williams on Tuesday afternoon,
'January 12, at 3:30 o'clock. J
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TOWN FINANCES
IN GOOD SHAPE
Board Orders That Payment
Be Made On Street Improvement
Note
ORDERS WALL REMOVED
Warrenton's financial affairs are
In good shape with a surplus on
hand sufficiently large to meet cur.
rent needs and to allow the town
to pay a substantial amount on note
made several months ago for street
resurfacing work, it was revealed at
the regular meeting of the board of
commissioners on Monday night.
Town officials nancmng iunas are
bonded and all funds of the town
in the Citizens Bank, town depository,
are fully protected by securities
as is required under the State
local government law.
The greater part of the night's
session was taken up with a discussion
of these questions and with
routine matters. Fireworks broke
loose after a motion had been made
to adjourn when it was pointed out
that a wall that encroached cn
town property had not been removed
by Mrs. John Tarwater as
ordered by the street committee.
Following a short discussion the
board ordered that the matter be
placed in the hands of the town's
attorney for such legal action as
might be necessary.
The question of this particular
encroachment on town property
was brought up at a meeting of
the board several months ago and
has been up for discussion at several
subsequent meetings. The
street committee reported that repeated
requests had failed to obtain
the desired results.
Lenoir Man Makes
Change; Swi tches
Cows for Tobacco
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RALEIGH, Jan. 6?R. A. Croom,
cf Lenoir County, switched his major
interest from tobacco to cows
four years ago and now he boasts
| to the world of the wifdom of his
change.
A. C. Kimrey, dairy extension
specialist of N. C. State College,
tells the story of Mr. Crcom's success.
Croom sells milk, cream, butter
and buttermilk from 20 cows to
provide a dependable Income for
the farm, Kimrey says.
"When Mr. Croom decided, to keep
a few cows, cotton and tobacco were
still selling at fair prices, but he
felt that he needed a mare dependable
source cf income," Kimrey re*
lates.
"He first bought up such cows as
he could find lo<;ally, not knowing
what kind of market he could develop
for his dairy products. Mr.
Croom is an excellent butf* Qnaker,
so they established the ^ 1 business
on the basis of butter'ahd buttermilk.
Now the Crooms have 20
cows in miiK wim a numoer 01
young ones coming along."
Kimrey says Croom is producing
most of his cow feed at home and
grows those kinds suitable for heavy
milk production. He recently converted
two old tobacco barns into
a feed and lounging barn for the
dairy animals, and has ample storage
place for the Idspedeza and
other hays produced on the farm.
Four years ago Croom bought a
purebred Jersey bull from N. C.
State College, and now has a number
of his daughters in milk. The
heifers some of them at two years
old give more milk than their
mothers being better producers!
than their dams at three times that
age. j
"I still grow tobacco," Croom said,
"but without my cows I just
couldn'fl have made a go of it this
year."
Girl Scouts Hold |||
Regular Meeting
The Cherokee Troop of Girl
Scouts met Wednesday afternoon
for their regular meeting in the
Scout room. After the meeting was
called to ordqr by Chairman Redwell,
the minutes were read and
approved. The treasurer gave no
report on account of bank failure.
The floor was then opened for
nomination of new officers and the
following were elected: Sarah Palmer
Moore, chairman; Helen Holt,
secretary; Sarah Massenburg, treasurer.
Laura Ellis was elected flag
holder.
It was moved and seconded that
the scouts organize a basket ball
team. The foHowing officers were
elected: Katherine Williams, captain;
and Mariam Boyd, manager.
It was then decided to adjourn and
to meet again next Wednesday
ready for basketball practice.