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11 ACCURATE, TERSE TIMELY m'oiUMN XXXIII ImWml I fflVGJN $300 Commissioners Discuss Pay-1 ' ment of Norlina School I District Audit Bill MuPPROYE road letter ' barren county received $300 in {J !^|beer licensee on Monday as twelve jl merchants appeared before the/J board of county commissioners at I' their regular session here and paid I' Ij25 each for the privilege cf selling I' tiie newly legalized 3.2 beer. l< n Licenses were issued to Hotel 11 Hotel Warren; M System, l( I 1 Parrenton; Pender Grocery ^u.,. I'arrenton; Puritan Cafe, Warren- I f )n: Boyce Drug Co., Warrenton; I u/us C. Walters. Wise; Blair's *1 srrice Station, Norlina; Norlina. t us station; Shell Filling Station, 11 ttletcn; a. & P. Store, Warren-1 < n; w. L. Bizzelle, Norlina. 11 Commissioner W. H. Burroughs I c Id members of the board that he I ? d received several letters from I f M. Pullen & Co. in regard to J f yment of audit of books for the 11 rlina school district. The com- 11 sioners were under the impres- 11 i that this order was to be paid J1 by the Norlina school commit- I i but the committee refused toj the item in its school budget. |,urn the commissioners refused 11 pprcve the district budget. The I' rney general ruled that the J lty school administration should j vouchers approved by the dis- I ; committee. The board appoint- I John L. Skinner a representa- I to confer with members of the 11 na school board in regard to I' matter in order to forestall I' action. board passed a resolution ji g it a condition precedent tori tent of back taxes by note)I 932 taxes would have to be I i full. Lucy Leach, Welfare Of-j ppeared before the board I ted that occasionally it was I y for the Rocky Mountl to make X-Ray pictures of I xatienfcs sent there by War- / oty and that the hospital! 1 that the county pay a | l charge covering bare 1 such pictures. Commis-1 Vail and Skinner voted to! this work. Ccmmissioners J turroughs and Capps voted l such pajinent. 11 m me commissioners approveu a letter sent by W. N. Boyd, Warren- ( ton business man, to the State highway commission asking that a , toll bridge be constructed over the Roaneke river between Warrenton and Lawrenceville with R. F. C. funds. Mr. Boyd pointed out in his ^ letter that ior several years high- ( way advocates had considered the " eventual construction of a road Ktrom Raleigh north by way of Louis^ burg, Warenton and Lawrenceville, va., to Petersburg, Such route, he 1 said, would shorten distance be- ! Btween Raleigh and Petersburg from 1 20 to 30 miles and give considerable relief to U. S. Route 1, on which 1 traffic is getting very heavy and ( fl increase as business conditions 1 I Tom Parrish of Fork township, ' having lost one cf his hands, was ' Bordered exempted from the pay ffient of poll tax until such order 1 Bb rescinded. H. E. Whittemore was Bput on the outside pauper list at ] B>- per month. Paul Robertson was ! Balso put on this list at $2 per 1 I H. C. Davis was employed to fix 1 a drain pipe at the Ccunty Home i B't a cost of $15. The board ordered ] 'hat Mr. Davis be paid $4.43 for ; additional work done at the County I The board ordered that $4 be .1 appropriated for the burial of Clyde Dickerson of Sandy Creek town a Wiper, and that an identi| , ,mcunt he paid for the burial Bo1 J- E. Massenburg. Bettie Williams and Wallace Hall > o?re ?r^ere(^ P'^ed on the outside i at $2 ner mont.h my*>i m board ordered that John c. l Powell be paid $3 to cover expense i carrying Mrs. Spencer West to I Rocky Mount hospital. i entertain seniors ( Wrs. B. N. de FoeWagner gave a I B^ltide and wiener roast for the I ^ senior class of John Graham High I ^B&chocl on Monday afternoon. I i stag dinner 1 Master Bobby Peete celebrated! I hinth birthday this week by l Braining a number cf his 1 hends at a stag dinner. I I ^ J. E. aiw | tre visitnrr, , ailu wmaren 'i t -VVi 31 WAR] DRIVER OF BEER TF AT NORLINA BY SI Fined $5 and Taxed With C Judge Taylor On Monday fore Magistrate Prid FOUR OTHER CASES AR A truck load of beer halted at t Norlina Saturday night by a mem- c jer of the State Highway Patrol i 'or failure to comply with North Carolina regulations was permitted I o move towards South Carolina s ruesday morning after the driver t >f the truck had paid a fine, of $5 f ind costs in Warren County Re- t :order Court and nrnriunad a hill of ? ? ? r v. c aden that was satisfactory to the c State policeman. c Transporting beer without the 8 proper bill of laden, operating a 1 ;ruck with improper lights and r jootlegging gasoline were the c jharges under which the driver of I ;he vehicle, Victor Topkis, and his t :ompanion, Harry A. Drake, were ? trrested by the patrolman and run s n to Warrenton. Here they were s jiven a hearing before Magistrate f Vfacy Pridgen who placed each of v iiem under bend of $1,000 to face rial before Judge W. W. Taylor In v Recorder's court on Monday morn- t ng. c The men were unable to give Final Exercises 1 To Be Held In Eight School Tonight Graduating exercises will be held ;oday and tonight in six white and l ;wo negro schools of the Warren c :ounty system. v This morning at 9:30 o'clock Ed- h icaticn Day exercises will be held o it the Wise school, followed by a r basketball game between the Wise 1 and Drewry schools at 11 o'clock, Robert B. House, executive secre- I tary of the University of North \ Carolina, will deliver thei commence- I ment address at the John Graham ri high school auditorium tonight at t 8 o'clock. At the same hour Prof, e F. W. Tlmberlake of Wake Forest o College will speak at the Norlina i( school auditorium. r Graduating exercises at Macon and at Vaughan will be held to- 1 night at 8 o'clock. R Promotional exercises will be held * at the Afton-Elberon consolidated s school tonight at 8 o'clock, when 4 Dr. H. A. Ellis of Henderson will e deliver an address. Final exercises will be held at the Warren County Training school, negro school at Wise, and the Jchn R. Hawkins negro school at Warrenton tonight at 8 o'clock. The literary address for the Hawkins school will be delivered by Dr. G. 3. Shaw. DrinciDal Mary Potter school, Oxford. ? The Rev. H. A. Ellis of Hender- ,j sen will preach the baccalaureate a sermon in the Littleton school au- 0 iitorium on Sunday morning, May e 1, at 11 o'clock. A musical recital s ivill be held at the school on Tues- p lay night and on the following f ivening at 8 o'clock class day ex- p ;rcises will be held. Final exercises t ivill be held on next Friday night t when Hen. W. H. S. Burgwyn of Woodland will deliver the com- g mencement address. t The baccalaureate sermon for the f Drewry school will be delivered on r Sunday evening, May 7, at 8 o'clock v by the Rev. H. A. Ellis of Hender- s son. Grade exercises will be held at 5 this school on Thursday, May 11, t at 8 o'clock, and seventh grade t promctional exercises will be held Friday evening, May 12, at 8 o'clock 1 when Prof. A. C. Reid of Whke Forest College will deliver the liter- t ary address. ( f Miss Mary Gardner J Is Valedictorian i Miss Mary Lee Gardner, daugh- i ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Gardner c has won the distinction of deliv- i ering the Valedictory address for ? the class of 1933 of John Graham High School. The honor is confer- ( red for the highest average in ? scholarship during the four high i schcol years. i Miss Kathleen Capps of Areola t was valedictorian of last year's class, and Miss Mabel Carroll of 1 Warren Plains was the choice two ' years ago. < TO ENTERTAIN s Mesdames E. C. Durham, Sydney i O verby and T. B. Gardner will en- ( tertain the senior class and teachers of Johu Graham High School < in the home of Mrs. Lloyd Wood a tonight, immediately following the s graduating exercises. Iff Mi IENTON, COUNTY OF WA MJCK ARRESTED [ ATE PATROLMAN !osts After Hearing Before ; Preliminary Trial Begen Sunday Night E TRIED ON MONDAY >ond but were allowed to remain >ut of jail under the guard of Magstrate W. C. Fagg. When their case was called on Monday morning John H. Kerr Jr., ittcrney for them, pointed out to he court that his clients were rom Wilmington, Delaware, and hat he was expecting evidence to irrive from their home on the 2 >'clock mail. He asked that the ase be postponed until 3 o'clock ind Judge Taylor complied with lis request. Both the afternoon nails failed to produce the letter ontaining the evidence and Mr. Cerr asked that the case be coninued until the following morning. Solicitor Daniels objected to a pecial session of court on Tuesday, tating that he had to be in Haliax court on that date. The case fas called. Topkis, Mr. Kerr pointed out, fas owner and operator of the ruck and Drake was merely acompanying him on the trip down (Continued on page 3) Milam Palmer, Dies At Norlina As Result Heart Attack Funeral services for Henry Miam Palmer, for 19 years a mail arrier working out of Norlina, fere conducted from the home of lis sister-in-law, Mrs. J. D. Palmer, f Warrenton, on Tuesday afterloon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. B. C. ; Thompson, pastor of the Norlina Methodist Church, assisted by the ' lev. E. C. Durham, pastor of the Varrentcn Methodist Church, and )r. J. T. Gibbs, retired Methodist ainister of Warrenton. Interment j cok place in the old Palmer cemtery at Six Pound, with members I the Norlinjfc Council of the Junar Order taking part in the final ites. Mr. Palmer died at the Norlina lotel, where he made his home, on Monday morning about 2 o'clock ollowing a heart attack which he uffered Saturday night. He was 8 years of age and apparently had njoyed good health for the past ew years, although his health was (Continued on Page 8) Allen Characterizes IV Blow At School Syst Of Outstanding Characterizing the Griffin-Mac,ean School Machinery bill Intro-' luced in the Senate Wednesday as t blow at the public school system if the State, J. Edward Allen, Suprintendent of Warren county chools, yesterday gave this news>aper a synopsis of outstanding eatures of this measure as prelared from a copy of the bill sent o him by the N. C. E. A. legislate committee. Some features of the bill are ;cod, but the majority are bad, Ar. Allen said, adding, "It is our rank opinion that should this neasure be enacted into law it could do more to destroy the chool system which we have spent 0 years in building than anything hat could be done by this legisla LUC. Outstanding features of the bill isted by Mr. Allen are: "1. The State Board of Equalizaicn is abolished and a State School Commission is provided in its >lace to operate schools for 160 lays, if a county and district reluest that term. , "2. All present districts are abolshed and no taxes may be levied n them for school operation. New listricts are to be set up and new nembers of committees for these, is of May 1st. 1933. "3. No high school may be iperated with less than 80 high ichool pupils in average attendance ind charters are to be abolished vhere the school population is less ;han 2000. "4. Where districts have issued jonds these are to be known as special bond tax units' and no rfhAr lnr<nl taxes are to be collected. "5. The basal salaries of county superintendents would be $1,400.00 ind determined by the number of ;eachers. "6. The State School Commission :ould take parts of one county and nnex to another county for ;chool administration purposes. "7. Special taxes for agriculture irrrtt RREN, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY HOUSE SPEAKS HERE TONIGHT Graduation Exercises To Be Held In School Auditorium at 8 o*Clock REV. WAGNER PREACHES Robert B. House, executive secretary cf the University of North Ca-olina, will deliver the commencement address to members of the graduating class of John Graham high school in the school auditorium here tonight at 8 o'clock. Mr. House, a graduate of the old John Graham schcol, has spoken here on several occasions and it is expected that citizens from all over the county will be present to hear V?i*v-? on/1 4-/% mifnooo fhn OQ mnrr>hQi?o null aiiu biz vv xuiiwtM ww mwiituwiu of the graduating class receive their diplomas. Members of the graduating class are Vera Bowden, Sally Davis, Mary Lee Gardner, Ruth Gupton, Lucille Harris, Rachel King, Lottie Neal, Selma Qveri^, Anna Ridout, Rosalie Brown, Hazel Davis, Eula ] Evans, Lillian Gupton, Estelle Hamlet, Dorothy Hoffler, Hazel Limer, Ethlyn Odom, Lula Powell, Annie Short, Rivers Riggan, Elizabeth Taylor, Ethel Thompson, Elizabeth Vaughan, Dwight Durham, J. T. ( Gupton, Horace Hunt, Maurice t Limer, Edward Miller, Eva Thar- j rington, Susie Thompson, Elizabeth j, Wagner, Frederick Gupton, Roy Haithcock, Lee King, Manley Mar- r tin, Allen Peoples, Walter Shearin, ? Eden Tharringtcn, Thomas Welch. t : g WAGNER PREACHES AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM c Chosing as his text the psalm, t "We spend our years as a tale that c is told," the Rev. B. N. de Foe j Wagner, Episcopal minister, deliv- s ered the commencement sermon in -] the John Graham high, school au- t ditorium on Sunday night at 8 ( o'clock to an audience that filled the ^ room to its capacity, c Invocation was pronounced by t the Rev. E. C, Durham, Methodist minister. Scripture reading by-Mr, i Wagner was from Sf. Paul''Dr. J. T. Gibbs, Methodist minister, pro- v nounced the benediction, ^ After briefly sketching the story j of Moses' leadership cf the children of Israel, Mr. Wagner used the Shakespearean thought that all life's a stage upon which each is called to play his part, to carry his message. He divided his talk into four parts, the prologue, the play, (Continued on page 3) lachinery Bill As em; Gives Synopsis Features of Measure or any form of supplement may be levied only upon a vote of the people. "8. All county wide school funds shall be apportioned to county and city units on a per capita basis. ''9. Drivers, mechanics and janitors are protected by Workmen's Compensation Act but teachers are not. "10. All school transportation equipment and supplies are to be delivered to the state and the state with the assistance of the State Highway Commission is to operate all school buses directly with a superintendent of transportation in charge. "11. Provision would be made for pay to members of the County Board of Education at a rate net greater than $100.00 per member per year whatever the number of members may be. "12. No teacher loaa is prescriD-,i ed in the bill but the new commis-! 1 sion is to determine that. 3 "13. Section 12 provides that < teachers may be auctioned off? 1 that is the salary schedule is not ] protected, but teachers may be em- < ployed for one salary in one coun- ' ty and another salary in another < county?but in no case will the ! salary paid be more than $93.00 I per month for the number of I months the teacher works, and that ' is subject to still further cuts if 3 the money does not hold out. This is the maximum salary proposed. 1 "14. Local communities, cities, towns and districts and counties would be permitted to supplement only on vote of people in new dis tricts which the State Commission would set up." i POLK SPEAKS W. T. Polk delivered an address i before the State Federation of Wo- : men's clubs at a breakfast in Raleigh on Thursday morning. Mr. Polk was accompanied to Raleigh - - r??ll. t>y Mrs. rum. - - - Ikrti 5, 1933 Subscr BLUE JdOLD REPOR SPREADING OVER Ambassador To Cuba l ^k i fl^H nuoK^^^? ^a i Promotion came fast for . Sumner l Welles of Maryland. No sooner installed as Assistant Secretary of i State than President Eoosevelt nom- J inated him to be Ambassador to C;ha. Beauty Pageant To Be Held Here On Next Thursday ... \ Thirty-four women from this xmnty have been chosen by busi less houses as their representatives \ n the Beauty Pageant which is to ie held in the auditorium of the rohn Graham High Schcol on next Thursday night, May 11, under the luspices of Limer Post No. 25 of he American Legion and the Le;ion Auxiliary. The fair lady who is voted the :ounty's most beautiful is to be itled "Miss Warren' and will be ligible to take part in the State leauty Pageant which is to be taged in Wilmington August 18-19. The winner in the State-wide conest will be designated "Miss North Carolina" and will be given a free rip to the World's Fair in Chicago luring the 1933 National Convenion of the American Legion. The pageant will get underway n the local school housg at 8_ >'clock when the county's paragons vill be ushered across the stage to yin favor in the eyes of the udges. Mrs. Claude Bowers, chairnan of the committee on arrangenents, said that all the details of .he pageant had not been competed but she expected that the ' judges will come from foreign parts. * In addition to gazing upon some 1 >f the county's winsome faces, here will be other entertainment, ifrs. W. D. Rodgers has been select;d to provide a musical program ind she has arranged for singing ind dancing. There will be tap lancing by Miss Sara Busbee of '< Raleigh, who will bring with her < i nianlof-. and several of her danc- ' ng pupils, piano music by Miss ' Drusa Walker, a ladies' and men's 1 luartet composed of Mrs. A. J4 El- 1 ington, Miss Mamie Gardner, Mrs. 1 Herman Rodwell, Mrs. Wallace Mustian, S. O. Nunn, Jchn Hender- < ion, Alfred Williams and Walter * Gardner. Richard Jones and Mrs. ' Humming Topleman of Hender- < son are also chosen artists for the occasion. ] The ladies who will take part in 1 she pageant and the business firms 1 sponsoring them are as folloms: Miss Anna Ridout, W. A. Miles Hardware Co.; Miss Margaret ' Brown, Warrentcn Grocery Co.; i Vliss Grace Wagner, Sanitary Bar- ' jer Shop; Miss Vivian Person, Citizens Insurance and Bonding Co.; ' Miss Sara Howard Ward, Hotel ' Warren; Mrs. A. J. Ellington, J. A. ' Pipkin, jeweler; Miss Mary Lee Gardner, Warrenton Insurance Agency?Simon Gardner, Mgr.; Miss Ruth Gupton, A. & P. Co.; Miss Loyce McCord, Hunter Drug 3o.; Miss Elvina Robertson, Puritan Cafe; Miss Lcuise Watkins, Im- ' perial Theatre; Mrs. Claude Bow- ' srs, Boyce Drug Co.; Miss Mary ' Terrell, Carolina Power & Light ' 3o.; Miss Alvis Kidd, The Salvage '< Store; Mrs. Julius Banzet, "M" System; Miss Mabel Howell, The < Spot Store; Miss Iris Lee White, : Riggan's Store, Miss Margaret 1 Flowers, Boyce Motor Service; 1 Miss Katherine Burns, Jackson & Tucker; Miss Ann Scoggin, Burroughs Grocery Co.; Miss Louise Hawks, Warrenton Dept. Store; Miss Elizabeth Rodwell, W. H. ttameron & Co.; Miss Margaret Kidd, W. L. Wood, flour and feed agent; Miss Helen Reld, Gillam Auto Co.; Miss Rose Kimball, ?~ Txnrrifrori .Tnhn- I i,6XUUU AUioo ft ? ? son, Peck Manufacturing Co.; Miss Katherine Baxter, Service Shoe Repair Shop; Mrs. Erwin Adams, Warrenton Service Station; Miss Maxine Drake, Citizens Bank; Miss (Continued on Page 8) TED RAPIDLY WARREN COUNTY Believe Disease Will Not Prove To Be As Serious At It Was Last Year PLANTS READY TO SET Blue mold, bane of tobacco plant jeds, has made its appearance in various sections of Warren county, rhe dread disease that afflicts the /oung tobacco plants has been reported in Nutbush, Smith Creek, Sandy Creek and other townships md it is believed that it is spread ing ever the entire county. Those who are in touch with the situation are of the opinion that ;he disease will not prove as disastrous to the plants this year as t did in 1932 due to the fact that he plants are practically grown row and will be sefl out within the lext few days. No Gala Celebration At Warrenton As Beer Comes Back Warrentonians held no gala celebration for the return of beer but' quietly accepted the legal flow of the amber-colored beverage with more than the usual crowd down .own from early Sunday night un;il after 12 o'clock, when bottles and glasses were passed over the coun;er to thirsty customers. Within an hour cr two after the oamy broth had been made legal n this State for the first time in !5 years, those who had anxiously iwaited the return of the beverage lad blown the suds from a glass >r so and gone their way. There vas no blowing of the siren here lor tcoting of automobile horns in ;he way of celebration and the town vas quiet and orderly throughout ,he night. In fact, there was not much ado about it; those who vanted a glass or bottle of beer :ame and got it, talked a few minrtes, and left. The beer sold and still is selling Ecr 20 and 25 cents a bottle. The draught beer is being sold for 10 ipnte a o-lace There is a difference of opinion about 3.2. Some have expressed disappointment in regard to the new beverage while others say that it is as good as it ever was. All ire of the opinion that the price nf beer will have to drop considerably before much of it is sold. L. J. Banzet, 57, Buried At Ridgeway Funeral services for Leon J. Banset of Leesburg, Fla., were conducted from the home of his nrother, Julius Banzet of Ridgeway,' yesterday morning at 10:45 n'clock by the Rev. B. C. Thompson pastor of the Norlina Methodist church, and the Rev. B. N. de Foe Wagner, rector cf Emmanuel Episcopal church at Warrenton and Good Shepherd church at Ridgeway. Interment took place in the cemetery of Good Shepherd church. Mr. Banzet died in Leesburg J Fla.. on Monday with anjina pec toris. He was 57 years of age and his health had been declining for some time. He had been living in Florida fcr about fourteen years where he was in the insurance business. In addition to his one brother, he is survived by his wife. Pallbearers were W. C. Mabry, | Plummer Collins, H. H. Grant, Edward Petar, Paul Brauer and J. A. Meeder. Juniors Present Flag And Bible Drewry The exercises held in the Drewry school house on Sunday afternoon when a Bible and flag were presented the school by the John Graham Council of the Junior Order and the Norlina Council of the Junior Order were witnessed by 200 or mere people. In the crowd were representatives of various sections of the county, with the majority coming from Nutbush township. The exercises, which got under way a few minutes after 3 o'clock and lasted for about an hour, were presided over by C. P. Tankersley Jr. of Henderson, district deputy, and the gifts from the two Junior Order Councils were presented by T. P. and Waddeli Gholson, Henderson attorneys, and members of the Raymond B. Crabtree Council of the Junior Order. Acceptance was by Mrs. William Kimball and J. C. Stabler, principal of the school. A few verses from the Bible were (Continued on Pace 8) ' ? * MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME L NUMBER 19 TOWN GOVERNED BY NEW BOARD Newly Elected Officials Take Oath of Office; Question Of Tree Is Halted PAINT CLAIM UNSETTLED Warrenton is being governed by the new board of commissioners elected here on Tuesday. Oath of otuce was administered in tne commissioners room on Tuesday night by Mrs. Mary E. Grant, notary* public, aft^r the old beard had met as a canvassing board and received the election returns. Members of the new board are H. W. Rodwell, W. Pryor Rodwell, W. C. Bobbitt, J. B. Boyce, M. T. Pridgen, A. A. Williams and G. R. Scoggin. Members of the old board who completed their term of office cn Tuesday night were Frank Serls Sr., W. R. Strickland, H. A. Mbseley, E. E. Gillam, J. B. Massenburg, and J. E. Rooker Sr. Mr. Serls and Mr. Moseley had served as commissioners for about 25 years; Mr. Rooker for about 18 years. Herman Rodwell was the only member of the old board to be retained. Frank H. Gibbs was re-elected Mayor. He has served continuously in this office since May 19207 After the new board had been sworn in Mayor Gibbs appointed committees as follows: Water?J. a. Boyce, chairman; W C. Bobbitt, H. W. Rodwell. Street?W. P. Rodwell, chairman; G. R. Scoggin, A. A. Williams. Finance?H. W. Rodwell, chairman, A. A. Williams, W. P. Rodwell. Fire?G. R. Scoggin, chairman; . M. T. Pridgen. Cemetery?M. T. Pridgen. No official action was taken by the board except to approve bills for the registrar and judges of the town election. Unofficially Mayor Gibbs was asked not to sign an order condemning a tree on Wilcox avenue as ordered by the old board the previous night. The board remained in session for some length requesting information from Mayor Gibbs as to the status of several affairs of the town. The final meeting of the old board on Monday night was a 'lengthy one with two controversial questions coming before the members. H. C. Montgomery appealed from a decision of the street committee regarding damages caused to his home by paint splashing from the recently painted town water tank. Citizens on Wilcox avenue sent in a petition asking that the street committee not be allowed to cut down a tree on that street. Other matters were of a routine nature. Considerable discussion was indulged in as to when the old board was to go out of office and when the new board was to begin to function. This was not clearly stated in the town charter. Reference to minutes covering several years showed that it had been customary for new members to qualify shortly after being elected. A new condition had arisen in the present case, however, in that practically h new board had been elected for !the first time in more than a score bf years, leaving unfinished business to be transacted, namely the 'street work on Wilcox Avenue and the Montgomery claim. Mr. Montgomery explained to the board that in painting the town tank that red and aluminum paint had splashed on the roof of his home, one side of his house, the porch and the porch railing. He said that he had obtained estimates as to the cost of painting the roof, front and two sides of his house and the porch, the price being $50. W. R. Strickland, chairman of the water committee, said that the tank had been painted by contract and that the town was not legally responsible for the damage, but under the circumstances he thought * ?-? ? that me property owner auwu uc given some compensation, but nothing like the amount asked by Mr. Montgomery. Asked what he would suggest, Mr. Strickland replied that the figure he had in mind was so small in comparison with Mr. Montgomery's claim, that it would sound ridiculous to him. He asked that the board inspect the property before rendering a decision. This was satisfactory to Mr. Montgomery. Before this action could be j taken the new board qualified and succeeded the old commissioners. A petition handed in by Mayor Gibbs at the request of W, M. Gardner, property owner on Wilcox Avenue, and bearing the names of i (Continued on page 3)