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I ACCURATE, TERSE I TIMELY I "vOLUMN XXXIII I rmurt'o mart i CLOSES on 27th I Will Hu? Additional Week If I Weather Becomes Bad, I Directors Decide I sales have been light I The Warrenton tobacco market j close Friday. January 27. pro- I riding t'1? weather is not suffici. I ently bad to prevent producers from marketing their crop by that I ''Announcement to this effect, I iras made Monday morning when ? ?< tv,0 Lnh#r>cn hoard I the directors vl mv I of trade met. They agreed that the I 27th should be the closing date, I but expressed their willingness to keep the market running for an ad- / I ditional week if the weather become i so bad that the farmers cannot get | I into town with their crop. One million, one hundred and I fifty.eight thousand, five hundred I and twenty-six pounds of tobacco I had been at the two warehouses in I Warrenton up to January 1, accord. ing to figures released by the agriI cultural department. An average of S9.59 per hundred was maintained. I The average last season for the I Warrenton market was $5.34 per ; I hundred. i I The report places the average : I price for the 1933 crop in the State 1 I at $12.21 per hundred pounds. This I I figure compares with the season's i I average price of $8.93 on the 1931 i crop. The report pointed out the i | greater portion of the 1932 crop : had been sold and new bright belt : i markets, the largest in the State already had closed. Asserting soles of 1932 were only 63 jter cent of the volume for the i previous year the statement declared "there arc ample grounds for justifying the $12.21 season's average price.' The December average state price was $11.02 on 27,185.772 pouncis J j ?,I4K rr?oonoo= 5>uiu ?* > tvm^iucu \mui i^xoj,oo^ pounds a year ago, averaging $6.74 per hundred. 'Season's sales thru December totaled 268,403,318 pounds compared with 422,631,212 In 1931. Warren Stands Fourth In Property Tax Reduction With a property tax reduction of $83,823 in 1931 under the amount raised in 1930. Warren county stood fourth among the 100 counties of the state in the percentage of re. duction that year with 36 per cent, ] the current issue of the University j of Nortn Carolina News Letter re- ] veals. The compilation was made ' from statistics gathered all over the i state by the University's depart- < ment of rural social economics. , Currituck leads the 100 counties t by a cut of 53.4 while Tyrrell is < second with a reduction of 38.4 per i cent. Columbus comes third with 1 a drop of 37.5, then Warren. i Warren county reached third place by showing one.tenth of one < Iter cent better record in reduction 1 than Vance which cut $164 306 frnm . I the $457,103 in 1930 to $292,979 ill 1 1931. a reduction of 30.9 per cent. | I Warren cut $83,823 from the $232,- ] CC7 in 1930 to $148,848 in 1931, a re- 1 I duction of 36 per cent. The total property tax reduction I I for the State as a whole was $12,. ? 227.745 that year. The figures were t I obtained from the State Tax Com- c I mission and reflect the assistance I given by the state to the counties in I the complete support of the six I months school and maintenance of ? I all public highways by the State, f functions hitherto carried out by i I the counties. < ? 1 Negro ESoy Escapes ] From Reformatory ; Notification was this week re- 1 I ceived here that Clarence Moss, ( " "^ro boy of near Norlina, escaped 1 on January 15 fr0m the Morrison 1 I Industrial Training School in Hoff- 1 man< N. c? taking with him three t companions: Charles Knox, James ? Bethea, John T. Leadbetter and f George Jeffreys. 1 Moss had been an Inmate of the 1 school for about two years. Inves. f ligation reveals that he has not re- 1 turned to his home in this county. I Nr? ? - - - 'w.-?un could be ascertained by 1 his authorities for the escape. Information as to the whereabouts or 1 Motives of any or all of these boys is urgently requested, and should 1 he communicated to Miss Lucy 1 kooh. welfare officer, or directly to t L- L. Boyd, superintendent of the I ^ Mesdames W. A. Mabry and Julius Banzet of Ridgeway were c visitors here on Thursday. ' g ^ Rented in^ Jungle - Paul Redfern of Georgia, mAeard from since he hopped off in ao at* tempted flight to Africa in 1927, has been reported alive in th? interior of] Brazil. An expedition plans to search],' for him in the jangles. Peanuts Benefit Under Government Allotment Plan By HOWARD F. JONES SR. The government of the United States is doing many things today because of the woeful and wilful failure of those charged with legislation to legislate in the interest of the masses. The things we are called upon to do today can be only palliatives?the hypodermic needle to relieve the condtion until fundamental legislation can be enacted. To this end through the active efforts of Congresmen Warren and Kerr of North Carolina, and of those Congressmen of Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama who represent peanut growers, peanuts were included in the Bill for the uplifting of agriculture to a parity with manufacturing and a parity with pre-war prices. There were only four basic crops in the Allotment plan as presented py tne uommittee on Agriculture, cotton, tobacco, wheat and hogs; but the peanut situation was so strongly presented by Congressmen Kerr and Warren and the Congressmen from the States alluded to above that their amendment to include peanuts was adopted by a flattering vote. Under present conditions peanuts are planted in about eighteen States of the Union, utilizing about one million acres. To turn this land over to the planting of cotton would nullify the fundamental purposes of the Bill?to reduce acreage. To continue this acreage in peanuts at the present price at the warehouse?about a cent to a cent and a quarter a pound, was out af the question. Under the Allotment Plan all of ;he grow of peanuts who desire to enter into the benefits of the Plan nust voluntarily agree to reduce ;he present acreage twenty per cent. When this is done, then the price of the 1933-34 crops will be enhanced or raised to approximately 4 1-2 cents per pound?the grower being given an Allotment Cer. tificate for the difference to the general market price and the 'fixed' rice. Thesp Cprt.ifirat.ps arp npen ? ""0w tiable and are redeemable at the CJ. S. Treasury. But bear in mind, ;hat these certificates are only is. >ued to those producers who reduce she present acreage twenty per :ent. In the interest of this great food product, now selling at pre-war irices to the man in the city, but sold to those who process them at ar less than the cost of production, t was necessary to convince the Congress of the condition of the iroducer and that the consumer vas now paying practically the ;ame price that he did when the :rop returned to the producer $35,. >00,000. Whereas, the crop now does lot return him over $10,000,000. To io this and overcome the firm purpose of the Committee on Agricul. sure not to include peanuts was lighly creditable to the work and he showing made for the necessity of this legislation by the Congressmen interested. Of course, the 3ill will have to go to the Senate ind to the President where its riends hope for its enactment; but n any event the peanut grower las friends in Congress who are tlert to his welfare. 1ANDITS GO UNAPPREHENDED The four negro bandits who held lp Mack Capps, merchant of Five ^orks, and robbed him to the ex. ent of about seventy dollars and a >istol on Tuesday morning of last veek have not been apprehended. 'A clean eret-awav." was the report, >f Lawrence Robertson, Deputy j sheriff. bp Mi WARRENTON, COUNTY O SHORT SESSION CRIMINAL COURT Only Four Defendants Are Tried, And Three Plead Guilty To Charges ADJOURNS ON TUESDAY One of the shortest sessions of criminal court believed ever held in Warren county came to a close Tuesday morning shortly after 10 o'clock without one of the seven I cases on docket being presented ! Kofnro tho inrv fnv Si. VPrHipt. i The brevity of the session was due to the fact that there were only four defendants tried and three of these plead guilty to the charges j which had been written on the j ' docket against them. Two of the J cases were continued until the next term of court and in one case the grand jury failed to find a true bill, j A note of surprise registered on the faces of many of those in the | court room when Solicitor Burgwyn said, "Your Honor, that completes the docket," and Judge Daniels j ordered the sheriff to take a recess until Wednesday morning when the wheels of court machinery were set in motion on the civil calendar. Down the steps and in the hall [of the court room the remark "that was the shortest session of court ever held here" went unchallenged. Court house officials questioned in regard to the statement were of the same opinion. But the fact that this was an unusual session of criminal court did not make it an interesting session. To the contrary it proved to be a very dull affair for those who j had gathered in the hall to see and ! hear. "I wanted to hear that new fellow Burgwyn make a talk," from one. "Me too, but he 11 have to go some to beat Solicitor Parker," from another. The nearest that Solicitor Burg. wyn came to making a talk before the jury was in a case against Junius Pearson, negro charged with breaking into the store of S. D. King of near Littleton and stealing six or eight boxes of shells and five or six dollars in cash. When the examination of the States' witnesses had been completed, Judge Daniel ordered that a non pros be taken, and the negro, who was represented by Gilmer Overby, was allowed to walk out of the courtroom a free man. Three of the cases in which lawyers were expected to marshal evi. dence and do battle with the Solicitor before the jury were not tried at this term of court. They were the cases against "Snowball" Jones, Warrenton negro charged with highway robbery; Sandy Griggs Jr., negro charged with as. sault with a deadly weapon; and John Burchette, negro charged with manslaughter. A continuance was granted in two of these cases and in the case against "Snowball" the grand jury failed to find a true bill. Bennie West, young white man, plead guilty to possessing whiskey. He was fined $100 and court costs. He paid $50 of his fine and was given until the January term next year to pay the remainder. He was given the extra time to pay the cost after the solicitor pointed out that he was engaged in farming and would be unable to raise that much money in an honest man. ner before his crop was sold. Tom Branch, negro charged with stealing a spotted ox from Walter A lcfrvn npp-rrt rvf t.hp Tnpz SPf*Hon. and selling same, plead guilty to the charge and was sentenced to jail, assigned to the roads, for a period of eight months. Branch had previously sworn out a warrant (Continued on Page 8) Judge To Meet With Officials Thursday Judge Frank A. Daniels, here presiding over Warren's January term of Superior court, will me?t with magistrates, constables, sheriffs, police and other officials of the county in the courthouse here Thursday morning at 10 o'clock to discuss local problems in the ad. ministration of justice and to instruct them in the powers and duties of their respective offices. The policy of Judges of Superior court meeting with public officials is being put into effect throughout the state in an effort to focus the attention of the people on their government and to raise the train. ing and standards of office noiaers. The movement is sponsored by the Institute of Government, which is headed by Professor Albert Coates of Chapel Hill. ' mm F WARREN, N. C., FRIDAY VOTE GOES OVER MERCHANTS POP Relative Position of Leaden Price Holds Lead; Mrs. Place; Mrs. L. C. Ki CONTEST TO CONTINUE 1 The total vote In the Merchant Popularity Contest being conductec by the Warren Record this weel crosses the million mark with nearly 200,000 votes to spare, i Relative positions of the leading candidates remain unchanged. Mis Martha Reynolds Price continues ir [ the lead, Mrs. A. J. Ellington ii second position and Mrs. L. C. Kin sey in third place, i The voting this week resulted ii an unusually small change in can didates' position, the fifth tabula tion of votes revealed. Mrs. Fred erick Williams, who last week wa in 14th place, moved to tenth po sition this week; Mrs, Macon Ay cock, a late entrant into the con test, moved frfcm 15th to 13th po sition. Miss Mary Ann Peoples this week moved up from cella position to 18th place. A heavy vote is being cast eacl week in the ballot boxes at Boyci and Hunter Drug Stores, and thi campaign is rapidly reaching i Says Skinner May Be Homely, But Is Able To Tall John L. Skinner, member of thi Warren County Board of Commis jsioners, having from time to timi i received newspaper space on ac I count of his activities with thi North Carolina Association of Coun ty Commissioners, on Tuesday re ceived publicity bver the radio. Mi Skinner is secretary of the Com missioners Association, which or ganization met with legislators a Raleigh on Tuesday. Carl Goerch, in his dally resumi of legislative news over Statioi WFTF, Raleigh, Tuesday, said "Polks, you may know that thi State Association of County Com missioners mat v jaeroters of thi legislature here today. Weil, tha guy Skinner from Warren count: may be homely, but he show cai talk." Speaking briefly before the Com missioners, Governor Ehringhau declared he had no intention t( interfere with local government, bu hoped to set up a co-operative plai to assure a more economic and ef ficient government for the best In terests of the people. He referrec to recommendations to the Genera Assembly in his inaugural speed and asured the commissioners h< was deeply sympathetic with th< purposes of the gathering. Outstanding of a number of resolutions, most of which reaffirm t stand taken at the annual convention of the association, adopted bj the commissioners were: Unanimous opposition of th< Bowie-Murphy-Flanagan bill proposing to eliminate tax penalties and discounts. Approval of an act to require th( Highway Commission to accept t 30-day prisoner. Approval of a legislative measure to permit land owners a longei period to redeem property sold foi taxes. An act to give back to the counties one cent of the State gasoline tax for payment on road bonds and interest. Taking up other proposed county guvcx iiiiicui/ xcxv/xxxxo ctxxu. uxxaxxgco the commissioners went on record as favoring a horizontal reduction in property values and equaliza. tion according to local requirements, They also favored an act setting up the salaries of constitutional county officers as a maximum in order to give the county boards the right to reduce salaries to a level of ability to pay. Another resolution endorsed a change in tax listing time, moving up the period from April 1 to January, and a corresponding change in tax settlements. There was much opposition to any change in tax listing time, but the motion carried after considerable debate. The question of excessive court fees charged in handling tax foreclosures developed a lively discus, sion but final action was reached after former Senator Whedbee, of Pormiimpns ermntv. informed the body a bill would be introduced in the <3?l eral Assembly to take care of that matter. "The present act enabling: counties to take land for non-payment of taxes is making either a criminal or a servant of man and some new law ought to be enacted to put real manhood back into discouraged land (Continued on page I) i Sterol if, JANUARY 20, 1933 Subs MILLION MARK IN I CLARITY CONTEST i Unchanged; /Miss Martha R. A. J. Ellington In Second insey In Third Position FOR TWO MORE WEEKS s climax, although the winner still i remains problematic. The contest c will continue until 6 o'clock on Feb ruary 1, nearly two weeks off. Next week will witness the last published I tabulation of votes, until the issue s of February 3, when the winners 1 will be announced in this news, l paper. Voting to help your favorite win is a simple matter. Ask the pari ticipating merchants for your votes - with each cash purchase or pay ment on account. Mark your candL - date's name in the place provided s on the ballots and dron them in - the ballot boxes in one of the two - Warrenton drug stores. Merchants giving ballots in the - Merchants Popularity Contest are i, Boyce Drug Co., Hunter Drug Co., r Carolina Power & Light Co., Home Furniture & Supply Co., Cash Co., i Allen, Son & Co., Rodwell Brothers e Hardware Co., Miles Hardware Co.; e Warrenton Department Store Co., i (Continued on Page 8) Unchecked Petty Crimes Beginning c Downfall-Judge i e Petty crimes and small violations _ of moral and legal laws; allowed to e go unchecked, are the beginning of ' _ a trail that leads to the peniten. e tiary, Judge Frank Daniel, presid- : - ing over January term of Warren I - county superior court, on Monday ] \ morning told members of the Grand . Jury, charging them to be diligent - in their investigation of charges | t coming before them. Negligence and carelessness In i 8 handling public funds, if allowed I it to go unnoticed, often lead to a pub. 1 I, lie official being brought into court ] ? on a charge of embezzlement, the 1 - Judge pointed out, claiming that b prompt investigation in such cases ; t would not only save the public i/ monies but would tend to halt a , i practice that leads to official cor. ( ruption. He stressed the importance . of examining the offices and ac- \ s counts of the officials of Warren. ( 3 Judge Daniel confined his brief , t address to the Jurors to outlining i the qualifications and duties of . . members of that body. He closed _ his remarks with a brief tribute to ( j the citizenry of the county, and f 1 expressed his pleasure in being per1 mitted to hold court in Warren. 2 ^ 5 Littleton School J Closes On Account i ! Of Scarlet Fever j The Littleton Graded and High 1 ; schools were closed for the week on 1 . Monday morning upon the advice of , 3 Dr. Horace Palmer. Several cases ^ of scarlet fever were reported, and ; with the prevalence of influenza, [ it was considered wise to discon- 1 tinue the schools for a week to s , prevent spreading of these diseases. 1 The schools will open again on c . Monday morning, January 23rd. J ; Mrs. Rosa Joshnston i Buried At Littleton ( I. LITTLETON, Jan. 19.?Funeral , services for Mrs. Rosa Johnston, [ of Wilson, who died Monday after. t noon at the home of her niece, Mrs. . W. A. Harris, were held Tuesday . afternoon at 3:30 in the Baptist s church. Due to the illness of her e "Drtrr TT TD/iTf C yctouux, J.VC V. XI. XVCIU J.VAJ.A1GX , XV\JV. ? i Rufus A. Bradley, pastor of the v i Methodist church, conducted the s services. Interment was in Sunset t Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were: b Paul Johnston, J. N. Moseley, Hunt si Johnston, Percy Harris, Plummer r Harris and Prank Jones. C Mrs. Johnston would have been v 91 years old in February, she was Littleton's oldest citizen. She was a lifelong member of the Baptist } church, and up until a few years ago she took an active part in the church work. Mrs. Johnston taught in the Warren and Halifax county schools for over 50 years. She is o survived by one son, James L. u Johnston. Her husband, James r Johnston, and another son, Walter C Johnston, preceded her to the grave ? several years ago. For the past four years she had made her home with a her niece, Mrs. W. A. Harris. p tl Mrs. G. H. Macon and daughter, lj Miss Ann, returned to Warrenton v on Thursday after spending a week with relatives in South Carolina, s Champion Liar ^ t Phil McCarthy of Denver, Colo., is * the champion liar of America. He went after the title with a story of a 1 cockered cat. made mouser by science, I . . . and won the award of the Bur- c lington, Wis., Liars' Club.. 1500 &1- { leged liars competed. { i Grand Fury Seeks Reason Magistrates t Have Not Reported Recommending that the Auditor find out why four of the county's Justices of the Peace had not made their report, that a few repairs be made at the court house, and that a recommendation of a former Grand Jury be carried out, the Grand Jury completed its duties and tendered its report to Judge Prank A. Daniel on Wednesday. The report in full follows: Grand Jury's Report January Term, 1933. ''Hon. Frank A. Daniel, Judge, Presiding January Term, 1933. Superior Court, Warren County, North Carolina. "We, the Grand Jury selected for the above term beg to make the following report. We have carefully examined witnesses and passed on all bills presented to us by Solicitor W. H. S. Burgwyn, and tiave examined witnesses and made presentments in all matters brought to our attention. "We have visited the County Home by Committee, and found the property and premises clean and in jood condition, the inmates when questioned seemed to be satisfied. "We had a committee to examine a the jail and found it in excellent j condition. One door hard to open a should be remedied. j "All offices in the Court House ? ifter being visited by committee ij were found to be in excellent con- \ iition with the exception of a plank i n the floor of the Clerk of Court's f office. This should be replaced. We ilso find the floor in Supt. of Ed. i jcation's office has settled causing iust and smoke to come into the rffice from the furnace. We recomnend that a wider moulding be placed there to remedy this trouble. \lso recommend the sky light in .lourt Room be thoroughly cleaned. c "We find the Clerk's Office Trust r unds and all other funds covered 0 >y bonds and real estate, as pro- ri 'ided by law. ^ r "We find that in each case ad. ninistrators have furnished bond by :urety and personal. ''We find the following Justices if the Peace have not reported: C< I. Evans Coleman, L. O. Reavls, 31 r. E. Moseley, J. D. Riggan Jr. We ecommend that the County Audi(Continued on Page 8) Special Session Of 4! Recorder's Court J Here Wednesday a Recorder's Court convened in a tl pecial session on Wednesday aft- P< rnoon to consider the case against tl tola and Elsie Falkener, young T rtiite women of Sandy Creek town, w hip, who were in the custody of b< he sheriff, and to prevent their eing kept in jail until the next uj ession of court. Cola Palkener was ly epresented by Attorney Gilmer es iverby. Defendants were charged li< rith immorality; both called for 15 (Continued on Page 8) tc iVants State To JJ Refund Gas Tax p> tr The State should refund counties <w ne cent of the six-cent tax levied pon gasoline, J. L. Skinner, secetary of the State Association of tounty Commissioners told the Joint ommittee on finance Tuesday. Mr. Skinner said the association! Iso favored placing all thirty.day j st risoners in camps maintamea uy iu le State Highway Commission, re- se eving counties of the expense in- gt olved in their upkeep. 7C He said a general revaluation in hould not be made at this time, w V: v<'.'-a MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 4 COURT RECESSES UNTIL MONDAY fury Had Failed To Reach Verdict In Brown-Fields Case Late Yesterday rHE EVIDENCE IN CASE Court was at a standstill through. iut yesterday afternoon while memiorc nf t.hA Inrv deliberated over he case of Lewis Fields, negro who s suing Grover C, Brown for 3,000 for damages he received while iding on a truck with the deendant's son, Thurston Brown. Judge Daniels announced earlier n the week that he would be in laleigh Friday, so there will be no :ourt held here until Monday when he case of Alfred Ellington against he Weldon Coca Cola Bottling Co. s expected to come up for trial. The Fields-Brown case, the first md only civil matter which has ;one before a Jury for a verdict durng this term of court, was comnenced Wednesday morning and resterday about 1 o'clock it was jiven to the jury. They had not eturned a verdict at 6:00 o'clock. Evidence brought out in the case vas that Thurston Brown was driv. ng his father's truck when he was isked by Fields for a ride. Brown cold him that he had the cab to ;he truck full, but he could get in ;he back of the truck. Fields accepted the ride. The truck over;urned on a curve near the home )f Frank Newell and Fields received a broken leg. He had a hos. cital bill of $230 and his doctor's >ill was $25. No one else was inured. Julius Banzet, representing Brown notioned for a non-suit Wednesday >n the grounds that the boy was tcting beyond the scope of his luthority, that Grover Brown was crobably home asleep and had not nstructed his son to pick up Fields. ?olk and Gibbs, representing Fields, nduced evidence to show that the my was under 16 years or age ana hat Grover C. Brown had employed in incompetent agent as a driver. Fudge Daniels ruled with the plainIff and the case went before the ury. Alfred Ellington's case will prob. ibly occupy the attention of court hroughout Monday and Tuesday .nd on Wednesday is expected that he case of A. B. Laughter against Sheriff W. J. Pinnell. The action s taken for the purpose of preenting Sheriff Pinnell from collect, ng a special school tax at Norlina or Its agricultural teacher. 3ver 1000 Warren Familes Receive Aid During December One thousand and three WKrren ounty families received aid during Jecember from relief and welfare rganizations, according to figures eleased this week by Dr. Pred W. forrison, director of the Dover's (ffice of Relief, Raleigh. Nearly 500,000 individual North arollnians are being provided with le necessities of life in the various dunties of the State. Dr. Morrison lid. A total of 122,281 families were dually given aid in the various junties during the month of De;mber, Dr. Morrison continued, n the basis of four to a family, 59,124 individuals were thus af>cted. In addition to these families 1,912 non-family persons were VMM At J <M DA/1/ltVlKAK , v en axu 1x1 This represents an Increase In le relief need of more than 100 ;r cent, over October and more lan 50 per cent over November, he total number aided In October as 241,784 and 352,704 in Novem;r. The estimated relief need for Janiry and February shows an equalproportionate increase. Careful itlmates show that 143,325 faml;s will need help in January and 1,272 families in February. Hie gh rate of Increase Is attributed ? the fact that family reserves mailable for use during previous onths have become exhausted, irtlcularly is this state of affairs ue among families dependent upi agriculture for their living. Ais8 LaCoste Suffers Stroke of Paralysis Miss Georgia LaCoete suffered at roke of paralysis yesterday mornig around 6 o'clock. Although rious, her condition is not re. irded as critical. She is around l years of age and was apparently i good health up until yesterday hen she suffered the stroke.