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?iiOAR[IHOLDj
TO POSITION
"iiijB^kJalure Fails To Passl
ed H Omnibus Bill Appointing I
j New Members
5H-VLV routine business!
H Members of the board of educa.1
^H? nominated in the primary last/
^H; to take office on the first J
^Konday in April failed to take/
BL.r seats Monday due to failure I
trie legislature to pass the omnL >
His bill appointing these mem.
ftrs The old members will hold
Her until such bill is passed.
H .Method of electing the members
?j oSneation is for the i
H; the ocai u w
Hoters to nominate candidates in*
K primaries. Appointive power!
HLts with the legislature which r
Henerally appoints such nominees,!
H;:0 m turn elect a superintendent I
Kc schools. Last Thursday the I
Spouse passed under suspension of |
^Ktles the Senate bill to prevent!
Bounty boards of education from!
Hlecting county superintendents at I
^Keir first Monday in April meet. I
and stipulated that present!
Hoards continue in office until new I
Hoards are named by the General]
^Hssembly. Naming of the boards, |
Hccording to an article in the News j
Hnd Observer, is being held up I
Bending action on proposals before I
^ he Assembly to reduce the number j
: school administrations, districts,]
^Hnd actions upon a bill to limit the ]
^H^umber of county board members I
Teachers of Warren are opposed]
V merging of the Warren school]
district with that of other counties I
^according to resolutions adopted by I
Hhe Warren C0Wlty teachers on]
IIMarcn IS, in Wlliui was avoicu.
["That we oppose and view with
[grave concern proposals to do away
[with the Warren county school
lystem, an object of pride to us,
land to merge us into some sort of
[district system or division system,
losing our identity thereby. We retard
this as an opening into a
[regime of abuses in which the
leaching profession will become a
part of a political machine, which
Es sufficient objection to condemn
[such a proposed change. We favor
[and desire the retention of the
county system."
Matters passed upon by members
of the board were largely confined
to matters of routine.
Two Cases Before
Magistrate F&gg
Two cases, one growing out of an
affray and the other charging disturbance
of public worship, were
i tried before Magistrate W. C. Fagg
Ion Tuesday afternoon.
Magistrate Fagg found probable
cause and bound Leslie Scott, negro
alleged to have disturbed worship
at New Hope church, over to
Recorder's court. Judgment in the
case against Arthur Green, negro I
charged with an affray wae sus- I
IVm/fari
upuu puyineiit 01
Bw. Y. Finch, 70, 1
Buried Thursday I
Funeral services for William Y. I
I Pinch were held Thursday afternoon I
I at the home of his daughter, Mrs. I
I J. Van King oi Wise, where he 1
I died Tuesday night. The services I
I were in charge of the Rev. E. C. I
I Durham and interment followed in I
the Gardner Church cemetery at J
I Churchill. Mr. Finch was 70 years 1
of age. His health had been de. I
dining for the past year or so.
I Rato H. Harris I
I Dies At Churchill!
Rato H. Harris died at his home 1
H ' Churchill Wednesday night 1
about midnight following a stroke I
of Paralysis which he suffered I
Saturday. He was 48 years of age I
had been in declining health I
or about three years.
Funeral serviroc '
-vww VY IiA W COttlH
flueted this afternoon (Friday)
':om the Bethlehem church. Mr.
Harris leaves a wife and seven
children.
I Flying Sparks Cause
| Of Fire Alarm Here ,
I ,, ^par^s leaping from a wire at ,
the home of Mrs. J. D. Palmer j
*cre responsible for the fire alarm ,
temg turned in Tuesday morning
I at 7:30 o'clock. Although the local
I company responded to the
alarm, no water was thrown through |
I the hose. The sparks from the wire
I *cre due to worn insolation.
3
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New Frenchj\mbassador |
vXvrvaMflai^ 1
M. Andre de Laboulaye, long in
the Freneh diplomatic service, is the
new French Ambassador named to
the United 8tates to succeed M. Paul
m ,a~i
vwuuoi*
Town Board Holds
Short Session On
Monday Nighl
The town commissioners held e
short and uneventful meeting or
Monday night when only matter!
of a routine nature were disposed
of. After the regular monthly bill
had been checked and ordered
paid, Bill Polk came before th<
board requesting a payment on th<
town's donation for the library, bui
action on this matter was postponec
until a later meeting in order thai
records might be checked.
Although the old board may meei
in any number of special session:
during April, there will be only on(
more regular monthly meeting be.
fore the city's affairs are turnec
over to the new commissioners wh<
will be voted into office on May 2.
Robbers Break
Into Bank, Closed
For Two Yean
The Bank of Macon, for mor<
than two years in the hands o:
liquidating agents, was broker
into one night last week. The rob'
ber or robbers failed to get anj
stnetVk thft Hoflinnf. 1TVQ+.1f".1lt.ifVn_
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The bank building was enterec
through the back door and effort;
were made to smash the safe, bul
the thief or thieves were unsuc.
cessful in their attempt. No clue;
were left.
Senior Play To Be
Presented Tonighi
High school graduates are toda:
busy arranging the stage and othe:
final details for the three.aci
comedy, "Who Wouldn't Be Crazy,'
which is to be presented tonight bj
the senior class in the auditoriun
of the John Graham High Schoo
at 8 o'clock.
For the past week students hav<
been practicing their parts undei
the direction of Miss Elizabeth
Morton, a member of the faculty
and according to one who has wit.
nessed the rehearsals, the comedi
gives promise of a howling success
Those taking part are Margarei
Flowers, heroine; Edward Miller
hero; and Hazel Davis, Anna Rid.
out, Lula Alston Powell, Sallj
r>n.vis Rosalie Brown. Elizabeth
Taylor, Mary Lee Gardner, Manley
Martin, Thomas Welch, Dwighl
Durham, Horace Hunt, Roy Haith.
ccck, J. T. Gupton Jr., and Aller
Peoples.
Miss Aleta Holland of Greens,
boro spent the week end with Miss
Julia Bullock at Hotel Norlina.
Dons Walsh Toga mm
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Senator John E. Erickson of
Montana, retiring as Governor of that
? - ? A 41ia nn.
state to be named to nn out wc ....
expired term of the late. Thomas H.
Walsh, has had his appointment
protested, but bids fair to be seated.
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RRENTON, 'COUNTY OF WJ
TO PERMIT SALE
BEER IN STATE
Francis Bill Passed By Assembly;
To Provide For
Strict Regulations
MAY BE SOLD ON MAY 1
RALEIGH, April 5?With the
Francis beer bill having victor!,
ously run the legislative gauntlet of
the General Assembly, friends of
the measure yesterday turned
their thoughts to framing a supplemental
bill clarifying conditions
under which-'the beverage may be
sold, setting up regulations and
penalties and imbedding teeth into
enforcement provisions.
rpU/\ r. 11?-??-?1
Aiic aujjpiciuciii', ucuig uuimuu..
rated upon by several Senators
and Representatives, will be intro.
duced in the Senate within the
next few days, it was indicated by
? Senator Roy Francis, of Haywood,
father of the bill to allow sale of
beer of 3.2 per cent alcoholic content
by weight in North Carolina
on and after May 1, 1933.
t Yesterday the beer measure rode
to triumph on third reading in the
1 House by a vote of 75 to 27, was
i sent back to the Senate which hastily
concurred in three amendments
and the bill will become the low of
the State upon ratification today.
One amendment make^ it a misdemeanor
for a person to give or
sell beer to minors under 18 years
cf age, instead of 16; another repeals
all public local legislation
affecting sale of beer; and the
third permits outdoor advertising
as well as newspaper and radio
advertising of the beverage.
A measure taking care of the
latter amendment had been passed
under suspension of rules in the
Senate a few moments before the
} beer bill came back for concurrency
It was introduced by Senator
Stover P. Dunagan, of Rutherford.
Stringent regulations governing
the sale of the beverage will be
contained in the supplemental bill
now under consideration, but no
>
* provision of which has been finally
settled upon.
&
f It was learned yesterday that the
1 supplement is modeled after the
- iron_clad Brooks high-license law
7 which was in force in Pennsylvania
for 40 years before prohibition and
I which several other States adopted.
5 Strict regulations for dealers,
t with stiff penalties for ncn_con_
. formance feature the plan which
5 the legislative collaborators are
considering.
Congruent with the Francis
measure, it prohibits selling of beer
alone in places specifically main.
I tained for that purpose.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to
f issue or sell beer on premises of
r any school, college, university,
' charitable or correctional institu.
' tion or at any dance hall.
f No Sunday Beer
1 In no case would sale of beer be
1J allowed on Sundays.
Brewers or manufacturers of
' brew would be forbidden to have
f any financial interest, direct or in1
direct, in any retail establishment
, handling beer.
Licenses for sale of the beverage
T would be issued by county com.
missioners with the approval of
t the Superior Court, and the
, commissioners would hear peti.
tions from residents remonstrating
' against applications for licenses.
1 No license would be granted to
an applicant unless he were 21
' years of age, and unless he has
never been convicted for a felony
i or for gambling or for violating
provisions of the act. Applicants
found making false statements
shall be prosecuted under perjury
? laws.
Licenses selling any beverage not
authorized by law would forfeit
their licenses and be liable to pun.
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Littleton School In
State-Wide Debate
LITTLETON, April 6?The Littleton
high school teams taking
I part in the state.wide triangular
debate Friday morning, March 31,
won one ana iubo one.
The affirmative team composed
of Miss Offie Lou Harris and Neil
MacRae debated against the Oxford
team in Weldon and won the
decision, while the negative team)
composed of Miss Louise King and
Elbridge Singleton lost to the Weldon
team in Oxford. The Oxford
affirmative team defeated the Weldon
negative here in the High
School auditorium.
The query argued was "Resolved
that North Carolina should adopt
a sales tax as a feature of the
State system of revenue."
arrett
UtREN, N. C., FRIDAY, API
Main Rush Over
At Office of Seed
Loan Agent Here
Although the main rush is over,
there are still farmers and tenants
applying for government seed loans,
J. C. Howard, field agent, stated
this week. Mr. Howard said that
it is no longer necessary to allot
certain hours to applicants from
oertain townships, and requested
this newspaper to call attention to
the fact that those coming from
any section of Warren now can be
waited on mcst any time.
Forest Fire Fighters
Extinguish 31 Fires
D *. M_tL
Lsunng x asi itiuuui
Thirty one fires were) extinguished
during the month of "March by
the Warren county forest fire brigade,
according to figures revealed
yesterday by E. Hunter Pinnell,
forest warden.
These fires occurred in all sections
of Warren and covered a
total area of 791 acres. The ccst of
extinguishing these flames amounted
to $57.82.
Incendiary was the leading
cause of fires in the county, Mr.
Pinnell's report disclosed. Smokers
and fires caused by brush burning
were, in the most part, responsible
for the other fires.
Any one seeing a fire is request
ed by Mr. Pinnell to call tiie tower,
man. The number is 1160. Mr.
Pinnell said the tcwerman would
send a man to the scene immediately
upon being notified.
Return of Beer
Is Welcombed ByCities
of Nation
CHARLESTON, W. Va., April 6.
?State police were instructed today
by Superintendent P. D. Single,
ton "to ignore beer being carried
in privately owned motor cars by
private individuals for their own
consumption" after beer becomes
legal in states adjoining West Vir.
ginia tomorrow. Sale of beer in
West" Virginia lsn*f fegal tSflSf!
June 9. }
ST. LOUIS, April 6.?Gala celebrations
are planned in St. Louis
tonight for the return of beer.
"Watch parties" will be held at
hotels and night clubs, whistles
and sirens of breweries will signal
the dropping of legal barriers, and
barrels and cases cf beer imme.
diately will begin moving from the
j plants on tneir way to retail cnan(nels.
I Some dealers said they would
send trucks with ice to the brew,
eries so the beer can be cooling
while in transportation. ApproxL
mately 2,500 federal licenses to sell
the beverage have been issued here.
CHICAGO, April 6.?The eve of
the new beer finds Chicago ready
for its share, but without any outward
indication that there will be
much ado about it.
In fact, hotel men, brewers and
others interested in the flow of
legalized brew said they hoped
there would not be any celebra.
tion.
Federal prohibition agents were
prepared to circulate around the
city tonight to see that there were
no violations of the law by pre
mature sales. Fifty of them were
assigned to the job.
The brewers said their trucks
were ready to leave their plants at
the stroke of midnight.
Most cities throughout the state
also were planning to welcome
beer's return without any unusual
celebrations.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 6?A
city that once was famous?for its
beer?the metropolis of Wincon.
sin?teemed with activity today for
its legal come.back.
The breweries of Milwaukee as
well as those in other Wisconsin
cities were ready to greet the official
lifting of the 13-year.old ban
on the legal sale of beer at 12:01
a. m., tomorrow.
Prospects of a ''large sized glass"
of beer to retail at five cents were
nr>f. hricht. Tavern onerators in_
sisted they would have to charge
ten cents a glass if the breweries
demanded a list price of $16 a
barrel.
CONVENTION CALL OFF
Announcement was made yesterday
that the Fiddlers' Convention
scheduled to be held at Macon on
Friday night, April 4, has been
called off. Reason for the change
of plans was not setforth in the
announcement.
IIL 7, 1933 Subscrip
(Tramp Pretzel Twister
Helen Hoffer of Heading, Pa.,
claims the world championship as
pretzel twister, her record being 48
pretzels per minute ... and maintainipg
this average. . . . Helen is not
complaining, what with beer on tap
and pretzels in demand.
Old Coins Continue
To Be Reported At
Newspaper Office
A penny issued a few years after
George Washington became President
was displayed at the office of
The Warren Record this week by
T. E. Powell of near Warrenton,
who commented: "These people
who have been showing old money
at your office for the past several
I weeks have new money compared
to mine which was some of the
first to ever be made in this coun.
try."
Mr. Powell's penny carried the
. date 1798. He said it was found a
short distance from his house four
or five years ago. The old stage
road, Mr. Powell said, came within
a few feet of his home, and he
expressed the belief that tms coin
' lost" by one 6t i the travelers
of colonial days as the carriage
passed his home. i
In addition to the 1798 penny, :
Mr. Powell had a pocketbook filled
with other old money. Among his
collection was a Spanish coin,
dated 1788, which was plowed up
on his father's place about two \
years ago by A. G. Webb. He also :
had a Canadian penny, 1854; a
United States trade dollar, 1878; a
silver dollar, 1879; a Mexican dollar, '
1859; a Columbia half dollar; a |
United States half dollar issued for :
the World Columbian Exposition in
Chicago in 1893; a German Mark; :
a Mussolini penny; Brazil money; ;
and a Hoover Prosperity Coin. t
J. H. Williams of near Warrenton i
also displayed some old coin here :
this week. His collection consisted 1
of a silver 3_cent piece, dated 1865; i
a 5-cent piece, about the size of a '
dime, dated 1831; a penny, dated 1
1817; five eight dollar bills of Confederate
money, dated 1855 and 1
1864; and an old penny, very small, '
with the date worn off.
Prank Serls and H. C. Fleming 1
of Warrenton also joined the rank <
of those displaying rare money. 3
Mr. Serls had a half-cent piece,
dated 1806, which he found in the i
mud a number of years ago while i
crossing Main street, and Mr.
(viUpot.ion consisted of a
i' W
number of coins, ranging in date
from 1803 to 1903. His oldest coin, 1
the one issued in 1803, is a half. 1
cent piece. He also displayed two ]
dimes, one made in 1858 and the 1
other in 1870; a quarter made in 1
1877; a penny, 1831; 2-cent piece, 1
1864; a penny with a flying eagle 1
on it, 1857; a half dime, 1861; '
Philippian money, English money,
German and Pteruan mcey.
Announces Change
In Hours of Service
A slight change in the hour of
services this week has been announced
by Rev. B. N. de Foe
Wagner. Holy Communion will be
celebrated in Emmanuel Episcopal
Church on Palm Sunday, April 9,
at 11 a. m. Service in Good Shepherd
Church, Ridgeway, will be
I Evening Prayer at 4 p. m., instead
I of the 11 o'clock service scheduled.
I Hold Short Session
Recorder's Court
Monday's session of Recorder's
court was a short affair when the
only case to come before Judge
Taylor?a case against Haywood
Davis?was continued.
tion Price, $1.50 a Year
Commissioi
25PerCei
Jurors Drawn For
Two Weeks Term
Superior Court
Jurors for May term of Superior
court were drawn by the board of
county commissioners here on
Monday as follows:
First week?J. Allen Hilliard, E.
G. Williams, W. W. Kidd, H. F.
Jones, E. F. Benton, B. R Palmer,
C. W. Powell, T. P. Paschall, W. C.
Williams, M. T Harris, O. J. Salmon,
J. H. Newsom, C. B. Adams,
O. A. Rose, W. H. Abbott, J. Boyd
[ Stegall, N. M. Thc-rnton, Thomas
B. Weldon, E. H. Neal, H A. Hunt
Jr., A. B. Odom, J. A. Moseley Jr.,
E. F. O'Merry, Joe W. Gupton,
Robert P. Fleming, T. E. Powell,
H. W. Thompson, Boyd M. Reams,
H. M. Ayscue, B. H. Thompson,
Kearney Allen Peoples, W. A. Mus.
tian Jr., Leon King, W. J. Ball, W.
W. Kimball, M. D. Wilson.
Second week?Edward Petar, J.
Bcyd Williams, George W. Hester,
Gid O. Tharrington, Edward D.
Davis, J. William Limer, E. H.
Parker, T. B. Overby, C, B. Dickerson,
J. L. Henderson, S. N.
Brown, J. r1..White, Claude Abbott,
Albert Moseley, Ernest Davis, E. L.
Whitaker, H. W. Petar, R. K. Car.
roll.
Men Being Selected
For Forestry Work
WASHINGTON, April 6.?'Twenty-five
thousand unemployed men
in 17 large cities were being selected
today as the first members of
President Roosevelt's donservation
corps for work in the National forest.
Recruiting of additional jobless
will be done in other cities as soon
as government agencies can com.
plete machinery for one of the
largest piece-time mflDilizations
ever undertaken in this country.
Some of the men may start for
conditioning camps late today, but
most of the 25,000 will go Friday
and Saturday. After two weeks m
the military centers the recruits
will be sent to the tented camps in
national forests and parks. They
will work a maximum of 40 hours
>nd five days a week on the various
projects invoked in conservation.
Official city and state agencies
which already have lists of unemployed
men were charged with enrolling
the recruits today, picking
unmarried men between 18 and
25. The agencies will notify each
man personally of his selection
and he must be willing to share
a substantial part of his $30 a
month pay with dependent rela
tives. There will be no public registration
of jobless seeking work
until after this first class has been
taken care of.
The second selection of men
will be begun before the end of the
week. From 25,000 to 50,000 men
will be taken at frequent intervals
with President Roosevelt hopeful
if having 250,000 on duty by July
L.
Forests in the south and east will
receive the first men, Southern
forests being favored because of
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Miss Lucy Baskervill, who is
;aking a business course at Rich,
mond, and the Misses Kathleen
Bryson and Elizabeth Windslow,
students at Duke University, Dur_
nam, were dinner guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bas.
kervill on Sunday.
' Another Ruth Smile
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*?- ' ?i-j-w Xfioa .Tnlia' Rnth.
AtOSl CUUllu; _ ;
step-daughter of Babe Ruth, is
happy. Daddy has signed a $52,000
contract for playing baseball another
year . . . and Julia, well she beautified
for New York state in St. Peters
burg annual festival.
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MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
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NUMBER 15
lers Order
it Value Cut
Give Horizontal Reduction
In Values Rather Than
Have Reassessment
RATES MAY BE RAISED
The Board of Commissioners on
Monday ordered a 25 per cent reduction
in the valuation of all real
estate in Warren county.
Given authority under recent law
to either give a horizontal reduction
or to order a new assessment,
the board chose the former on the
grounds that the cost of such assessment
would be almost prohibitive
under present conditions.
The cut authorized by the commissioners
will necessitate a raise in
rates in some instances and the
board filed a request with Representative
Dowtin and Senator McDuffee
to pass necessary legislation
authorizing such raises. In addition
to the hcrizontial cut authorized
further reductions in specific cases
are expected to be given at the
meeting of the County Board of
Equalization on the third Monday
in June.
The authorized reduction by the
board is said to have sounded the
death knell to any hopes remaining
that the schools of the county can
operate for any extended term next
year without full state support.
Maximum rates will not provide
sufficient funds in the special districts
to operate the extended term\
School authorities here expressed
the opinion that sufficient funds
could not be raised for this purpose
next year even if no reduction in
valuation had been given.
A petition bearing 21 signatures
was presented to the board asking
that A. C. Paschall be appointed
list taker for Nutbush township in
place of Morris Fleming, appointed
at the March meeting cf the
board. Petitioneers gave as their
reasons for desiring change that
Mr. Fleming was not a resident of
Warren county. Investigation revealed
that while Mr. Fleming listed
two-thirds of his land in Vance </
county, he listed his home and personal
property ' in warren. The
board held that to be sufficient
evidence that Mr. Fleming was a
native cf the county, and ordered
his appointment to stand. Mr, Paschall,
who appeared before the
board, told the commissioners mat
he had nothing against Mr. Fleming,
that he believed that he would
make an excellent list taker, but
applied for the place under the
impression that Mr. Fleming was
not legally qualified to accept it.
H. G. Haithcock was appointed v
cc-nstable for Sixpound township
and the board ordered his bond be
accepted.
Miss Carrie Helen Moore of River
township was relieved of all tax
penalties of 1932, settlement to be
made by Auditor P. M. Stallings.
This action was taken when it was
brought out that such charges had
been made through error.
Upon motion of Commissioner
Skinner, seconded by Commissioner
Wall, it was voted that Clarence
and Ollie White Perkinson be exempted
from the payment of poll
tax on account of mental infirmity.
- - 314.
J. K. Harris was given a creuio
of $1075 on his 1932 taxes when it
was revealed that his buildings had
been twice listed.
Laura Woodard was placed on
the cutside pauper list at $2 per
month, check to be given to R. L.
Capps. Mrs. Lucy A. Hueay was
placed on the outside pauper list
at $1.50 per month. Joe Robertson
was also ordered to be placed on
this list, his check to be $2 per
month.
The board appointed P. M. StalL
ings Jr. and T. B. Gardner to make
changes on tax books necessitated
by horizontal reduction in values,
their compensation to be $3.00 per
day each.
Macon Nine Wins
From Littleton Boys
Taking their third consecutive
game, the Macon baseball team
defeated Littleton's nine in a teninning
game by a score of 12-10.
The Macon team had the Little.
ton club 8.3 in the seventh inning,
and according to the report
reaching here, carelessness on the
part of the Macon players was
responsible for the increase in the
score cn the part of their opponents.
Eleven men were struck out
by Tharrington and a home run
was made by Davis. Haithcock led
his club in contacting with the
horsehide. Macon has ployed three
games and won three games.
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