accurate, terse timely v0ll)mn xxxiii reemployment | OFFICE HERE | . .. Names"And Q"?1'" I'nns of Warren Perw?rk ja.rhemjsin charge '' . ?,tional reemployment ? under the direction f the Vnitccl States De"uieFSrronncl's Grocery Mompany. I The pur})ose of the new! Aftice is to list the names! End qualifications of those! Ivho are out of work. Labor! Ased on projects made pos-j lible through the use of I federal monies are to be se-| Mured from this office, and! 111 employers are asked toI Mire their cooperation in I Miring help. I J. A. Rhem is in charge of the! Mffire. He is assisted in filling out! ftie questionnaires by Miss Mamie I Msardner. I The reemployment department J Bras organized here last Saturday | Bhrn a representative of tire de-I Martment of labor came to War-J Button and selected a committee] Kmpcsed ol R T. Watson, L. C. r Ainspy. Stephen Burroughs and r Aaul Bell to take charge of the ] vox Mr. Burroughs was named] Ahairman by the other members of] Ate committee. I? I Those who are out of work are I Asked to go to the office and reg-r Ber their qualifications. They are 11 Asked to list the type of work they |j re best suited lor first. Next they]; ire to give their secondary qnalifi- J, Bations. J. It is expected that the most of 1 he men hired from this office will i e used on Federal or State pro- ' sets in this county. However, it is ossible that some will be selected j ar work in other parts of the j wintry. One of the questions sked is if the applicant is eligible | d mork away from home. , Chairman Burroughs requested 1 esterday that employers come to : ? office before hiring a man of 1 ny type to see if there was not one a tne list eligible for the work. Commissioners To Return Today Commissioners John L. Skinner 'me ot his daughter. Mrs. Lewis ^(om Uith Wll?m hP mac*e ^iS ? .<.? u years of age atl c time of his death. He had been 1 feeble health tor some time and 1 *ith paralysis of the throat. \ Bpiscopal Services I I Here On Sunday 1 Services will be held at Emman-1 Episcopal church on Sunday I at 11 o'clock, it was an-1 B^nced yesterday. 1 the services Sunday will be the! held in the Episcopal church! for a month due to the ab-1 ?f the rector, the Rev. B. N.l Foe-\Vagner, who, with Mrs. I has been in Canada. They! ^T^-d to Warrenton yesterday. I J* Betsy Peav, alter a visit to 1 ^hsses Lucy and Edith Burwell, today to visit relatives at Ra ?] WAR Board Expresses Desire To Purchase Warrenton Bonds A desire to purchase town of Warrenton bonds was ex- ^ pressed by commissioners on Monday night when they ! were in session for more ] than three hours discussing ^ finances, the hotel, listening 5 to requests of citizens and adopting an ordinance tax- * ing chain stores $25 a year. < Providing the town bonds ] are accessible, they are to i be bought with funds turn- ? ed over to the town by the 1 Warrenton Rail Road Co. < Four thousand of the $19,- 1 800 which came from the j railroad in the form of divi- i dend checks was ordered in- ? vested in this manner. The ? remainder of the money is 1 being held temporarily in c case an emergency arises in connection with Hotel War- ^ ren which is threatened by a receivership. Notice served on one of the commissioners that application had been made by Gurney P. Hood, Commissioner of Banks, for a re- f ceiver to take over Hotel Warren brought forth a lengthy discussion c which terminated with the com- t missioners agreeing to hold a spe- , cial meeting Thursday night with * i rootnrc; r\f tho hAtol f /-?* n??n KilVVlUiO \JX K11V llUllti X \JX Ullv pui Y pose of determining the most feas- ~ ible course to pursue. * Preceeding the discussion of the t hotel by the commissioners, R. T. y Watson, president of the Citizens Bank, was before the board asking C that the receivership be fought. He pointed out that the men who are d it present in charge of the opera- d tion of Hotel Warren are good bus- ci iness men who are giving their t< time free of charge and that if a f< receiver shoyld be appointed it j would meair Tmtre'C&S&fjr BSpense. j The annual appropriation of $150 tor the volunteer fire company was made by the commissioners after W. H. Burroughs appeared before the body and pointed that it was customary for the town to donate this sum before the firemen left C( for their convention, which is to be held at Elizabeth City TuesdayWednesday-Thursday of next week. b Miss Amma Graham was again p before the board in regard to the s street and her property on Wilcox v (Continued on Page 8) j ~ ; . s Uepositors in ' k Bank Of Warren J Receive Checks v F Checks amounting to ap- c proximately $20,000 were c yesterday mailed out from B the Bank of Warren to claimants whose founds l were on deposit in the local n institution when it failed to * open its doors on the morn- \ ing of December 24, 1931. i The checks represented a 10 ^ per cent payment on file claims. ] The issuance of the checks to depositors yesterday marked the third payment that the bank has made since it closed. On December 1, 1932, the bank paid 20 per * cent, turning loose $36,000 to claim- * ants, and on March 30, 1932, a 10 per cent dividend was paid which a vnrvrncnntod $10 000 ttlp thrpp d9.v- tl 1 L jy* ^OVUVVVl Y?v,vvu. _ ^ ments made by the bank amount & to $77,600. a h Advertises Property re For Taxes Due f Town and county property on 5 which taxes have not been paid are 0 being advertised this week. The advertisements will appear once a week for four weeks. The names of delinquent tax- 1 payers in nine townships of the county are carried in this newspaper. The commissioners gave J. C. Hardy of the Norlina HeaaYight three townships. t The list of names carried in The ? Warren Record this year is some- f what longer than the list published 1 last year, but not as much so as might be expected considering the. 1 times. A check-up reveals that there ] t are around 200 more names this f year than last. * The town list also shows a slight I increase. t tt? JRENTON, COUNTY OF WAI Tentative Budget For Warren Is Expencte< Within Few Days; The tentative budget for ti ;he county of Warren is ex- b pected to be approved within the next few days by the ^ Board of County Commis- p doners. ine commissioners met in pi special session here last Fri- f0 fay and went over the pro- ?tr( posed budget item by item er n an effort to hold down m spending for the fiscal year ^ L933-34 to the minimum. 19 Commissioner B urro ughs vas appointed to work with in He Auditor Stallings in prepar- j: ng this budget for submis- at lion with levy to raise neces- to sary funds. As soon as Mr. Burroughs and Mr. Stallings to :omplete their work the ten- at Welfare Officer's F Pay Cut; To Work 3 Days A Week Miss Lucy Leach, Welare Officer for Warren Nc du ounty, is now only working H{ hree days a week, due to pa he fact that the State has ve withdrawn its appropriation c0 AM (.UAM/Iamaa AW.'AAM UnlP ui rtiiGiiurtiitc uintci. nail he salary of Miss Leach co: lie lad been received for her luties as such officer. no Her remuneration for the three ays work is $33 a month. In ad- fis ition she is allowed $25 for her ye: ar and other expenses, making a "1 atal appropriation by the county wr ar this work of $58 a month. va Swat, ? - . * furors Are Drawn g September Term Superior Court i Jurors were on Monday drawn Ju >r the September term of Superior .g ourt as follows: eai First week: F. L. Harris, S. B. jrc Catkins, James W. Limer, Charles be . Haithcock, W. M. Fleming, G. C. tai aynter, W. E. Mulchi Jr., J. W. ro( hearin Jr., S. D. Stallings Jr., G. 7. King, E. B. Stegall, S. T. Tucker, co; . P. Newsom, M. A. Paynter, V. G. Se hearin, Boyd King, C. V. Hicks, rathan Manning, J. E. Adams, Ed 1 ). Capps, Z. M. Newman, F. M. Bg .lien, J. W. Harris, T. A. White, E. V. Shearin. Dennis Harris, R. L. . 'owell, P. Freidenoerg, A. B. Pas- j hall, Gill Allen Jones, J. Roy ' cft >verby, H. P. Reid, Henry Wiggins, i. R. Bobbitt, O. B. Perkinson, J. j"u Harris. tel ty. Second week: J. E. Frazier, Willis ittle, Luther Paynter, W. C. (Jon- ^ er, A. G. Spain, A. B. Laughter, I. R. Tharrington, Sam P. Cheek, i. J. Harris, W. R. Rogers, John Vesley King Jr., E. E. Newell, A. i. Nicholson, W. E. Loyu, V. D. ch 'egram, R. L. Yancey, Eli Tucker, ... c" fol Morrison Farm Is k Under Blue Eagle bi w CHARLOTTE, Aug. 9.?Cameron A1 Morrison's grand-scale farm near Ti Jharlotte is flying the NRA colors, ini ',Of course we are running a farm nd we are not required to adopt sa he hours prescribed for industry," In aid the former governor and sen- Bi tor, "but we adopted the new ours because we thought it was to ight to do so and because we want- av d to." no So at the Morrison farm visitors hii ind the hired men quitting about ra o'clock in the afternoon instead sei if the proverbial sunset. The 500 hogs, the 6,000 chickens, Y (Continued on Page 8) Banzet Member Caswell Board si? Al Julius Banzet has been named a fu rustee of the Caswell Training Pi Jchool of Kinston, an institution m: or the feeble minded, it was nc earned here this week. si; The Warrenton attorney was se- he ected upon the reorganization of co he board of trustees. There are of ive on the new board. The old W >oard consisted of seven members, ac Dr. G. H. Macon was a former of rustee. R< . w k. trrnt *REN, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGl County Of A J To Be Approved Rate Undetermined p ative budget is expected to A e approved and the rate ixed. No information as to rhat the tax rate will be I c his year could be learned K ending this meeting. After the tentative-budget is ap- w oved it must be tabled for 20 days . >r the inspection of taxpayers in *r der that they may protest any iS jms contained therein. At the h; id of the 20 day period the comissioners will meet to adopt the idget and turn over the book to ir ie sheriff for the collection of R 33 taxes. pj The commissioners at their meetg on last Friday revised the jury ;t, ordered that Hugh Davis be C< ven contract lor building a porch ft the county home at a cost not exceed $30, and ordered that the unty be authorized to sell Frank Gibbs, Mayor of Warrenton, one sh wn of Warrenton municipal bond bo par and accrued interest. co pe larrelson Says be More Game In Ri O C North Carolina mi 'There is now more game in in >rth Carolina than at any time wc iring the last 20 years," J. W. mi irrelson, director of the State Deth rtment of Conservation and Dc- bo lopment, writes E. Hunter Pinnell an unty game warden, in pointing st< t that there has been a consider- or le reduction in the price of a mbination hunting and fishing F ense. 1 The combination license may w be bought for $3. The purchase separate state-wide hunting and hing licenses will cost $4.20. Last ] ar tiiese licenses sold for $4.50. as! 'hese reductions," the director at ites, "are in .Jceepto# with the an rious other tendencies of the fai ; r $ anzet Building c? ?' UI Law Office Here g. - ' Construction of law offices for by lius Banzct, Warrenton attorney, So underway on a lot in the south- m( 5t corner of Mrs. John Graham's. n0 >nt yard. The new building is to s0] 27 feet by 33 feet, and will con- ty In two offices and a reception te, Dm. Mr. Banzet said yesterday wi at he expected the building to be st? mpleted about the middle of no ptember. ; Since coming to Warrenton to th; gage in the practice of law Mr. nzet has occupied the building on Tl e courthouse square. This build- w I, which belongs to the estate of. M e late B. B. Williams, is to be ' Pi1 Id, it is understood. It has been w mored that the county was con- j j nplating purchasing the proper- w W iurton Says Prices F Good In Georgia W. T. Burton of Warrenton thinks . ances are bright for higher price bacco thsi fall, according to the nc lowing taken from the Henderson Fa per, in which town he auctioneers: h0 HENDERSON, Aug. 7.?W. T. j m( irton, auctioneer of the Fanners po arehouse here, has written W. J. J sic ston, manager of that house from ; lo^ fton, Ga.,- where he is auctioneer- ho g, saying that tobacco prices in of e Georgia belt are not as un- pl< tisfactory as some have claimed. or his letter to Mr. Alston, Mr. irton said: ^ "Things are looking pretty good me. Our first three sales have eraged $14.68, $15.38 and $15.50? t so bad. Common tobaccos selling gh; medium very well and good M< ther cheap so far. Our chances gu em awfully good for prices." sei Varrenton Service 1?? I T? Jaw \C #1 rrlo DH Ol&llUIl uuuci Liagiv/ The "Warrenton Service Station rei jned the N. R. A. blanket code on va igust 1, according to information Ct rnished this newspaper by W. B. eming, owner. Due to a slight isunderstanding, Mr. Fleming did >t add his name to the list of jners at the meeting at the court iuse last week, but signed the de and turned it in at the post- at fice. As a result, the name of the rii arrenton Service Station was in- pr Ivertently omitted from the list w? signers carried in the Warren Hi scord last week. c Sprm 1ST 11, 1933 Sub m RECEIVER OR LOCAL HOTEL iction To Be Heard Before Judge Parker At Roanoke Rapids Today 5 REQUESTED BY HOOD Judge R. Hunt Parker ill decide tomorrow mornig whether Hotel Warren I to be thrown into the ands of receivers. The decision was placed i the hands of the Roanoke apids jurist by Gurney P. iood, the Commissioner of anks, who is seeking to >1 1 AoL k AV? /J /-l r. vi /-] w 1? J Jiictl UUIIUJ) clIKl IlULtJS IltJIU y the defunct Bank of /arren. It is believed that the receiverip will be fought. Directors and md holders of the hotel were in nclave last night, and it is excted that one or more representees of the concern will appear fore Judge Parker at Roanoke ipids tomorrow morning at 10 dock to argue against the appointsnt of a receiver. The Bank of Warren holds bonds the amount of $7,000 and $2500 >rth of notes. The Town's invest;nt in the $150,000 hotel is $98,0, plus taxes for four years. Four ousand of this amount is in nds, 74,000 is in preferred stock d 20,000 in common stock. Other >ck is owned by business houses individuals of the town. armers To Make Tour Of Inspection Over County Today More than 100 farmers have been ted to gather here this morning 8 o'clock to start out on the nual tour of Warren county rms. The tour is sponsored by 5, Vocational . Agricultural rvg. rtment of Warren county. Toe mmittee in charge is composed R. H. Bright, A. W. Parker and R. Frazier. Twentv farms have been selected the committee for inspection, me of these will be visited in the >rning and others in the afteron. In addition to looking over ne of the best farms in the coun, those on the tour are to be entained at a barbecue and brunsck stew. The time and place the, :w and ,cue are to be served has. t been announced. Following is a list of the farms at are to be visited: F. F. Limer, J. K. Pinnell, Ed irner, W. L. Harris, C. E. Clark, . S. Robinson, F. R. Ryder, R. Alston, J. V. Shearin, N. G. tts, Robert Newsom, R. A. King, . W. Haithcock, J. W. King, W. Ball, R. P. Pterkinson, J. H. Hicks, . L. Paschall, O. A. Brauer, J. T. alker. ire Siren Blowing An Hour Earlier Since Tuesday the siren has been jwing at 5 o'clock in the afterons rather than 6. The Cit5 ithers agreed to changing thu ur 01 sounding the signal at their meting Monday night when it was inted out by one of the commisiners that business houses in folding the code were closing an ur earlier and that it might be benefit to managers and dm>yees to know when quitting time rived. fo Services In Methodist Church There will be no services at the ;thodist church on Sunday, Aust 13, and Sunday, August 20. tither will there be any midweek rvices at this church, according announcement made early this :ek by the Rev. E. C. Durham, stor. Mr. Durham ana iamuy icn/ wanton on Tuesday for a two weeks cation, to be spent at Sanford, lapel Hill, and in Delaware. [err Speaks At Water Carnival Congressman John H. Kerr was Eden House, oh the Chowan /er, yesterday where he was the j incipal speaker at the annual iter carnival and beauty pageant. 3 spoke last night before the hamber of commerce at Wilson. rii scription Price, $1.50 a v" r~~~ i'on'9 1** ?.v\r.o'A -**of ' ~ County Homef Mrs. Nannie B. Powell R was reelected to succeed herself as Superintendent of the County Home at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners here on Monday afternoon. C' Considerable interest had been V( manifested in the election of a suor perintendent for the County Home and the commissioners' room was filled with interested citizens at ai the afternoon session when Chairman John Clay Powell called for nominations. C< Commissioner Capps nominated ej Edward Davis, former - special s( Prohibition Enforcement officer for Wat ren County, for the position. Commissioner Wall nominated Joe tl Neal, farmer of the Littleton sec- ts tion. Nominations of Messrs. Capps n and Wall failed to receive a second. Commissioner Skinner nominated m Mrs. Powell. This nomination was tl" seconded by Commissioner Bur- f( roughs. Mrs. Powell was re-elected without dissenting vote. 1 ? One Case Before f0 Judge Taylor In tu Recorder's Court [? One case composed the docket that was presented by Solicitor Pr Guomwcll Daniel before Judge W. f? W. Taylor in Recorder's court on ur Monday morning. sit D. M. Burgess, negro charged sa with assaulting his cousin, Eugene fu Burgess, was found guilty and ord- in ered to pay half of the court costs ( except the $10 which went to Dr. m< Justls of Littleton, who qualified as cei an expert witness. The defendant oil ordered to pay all of that. The W other part of court cost was placed t*1 on Eugene Burgess. an D. M. Burgess cut Eugene Burgess with a knife after the lie had mi been passed. According to Eugene f0 Burgess he called D. M. a dadburn th lid XI AT gqiii fcho brand of lie was ^ more virulent; The Injury from the p< Irnifo rnnniroH covon cfitphoc TiV OI 1 1 V/U UVTV11 UViWiiVUi - - - I Justice testified that the wound 1 should heal without any serious aft- he er effects if it received proper care, wi The trouble between the two Bur- coi gesses occurred over credit. Evidence cei disclosed that D. M. Burgess was wil keeping store when Eugene Burgess ed prevailed upon him to let him have wa some sugar, promising that he would Sk come back at an appointed hour thi and pay. The debtor failed to come let to the store as he had promised and the next time the two negroes pr met D. M. Burgess reminded Eu- cli gene that he had not kept his co promise. The lie was passed, and D. bc M. Burgess brought the discussion at to a close with a knife. Cc ro M. Nelson, 28, tk Dies In Hospital; Funeral Today ^ LITTLETON, Aug. 10.?Meynardie Nelson, age 28, died Wednesday night in a Norfolk hospital from internal injuries received in a fall which he suffered Monday while at 1 work in Norfolk. The family was ho culled to Norfolk Tuesday when tit his condition was found to be seri- sti cinoo that, time nn hone was an V/ UO KJxtiuv VA.V%? __ _ _ held for his recovery. tio He is survived by his wife, who ' before her marriage was Mfss Kliz- tio abeth McNair of Laurinburg, and a tio two year old daughter, Gertrude to McNair, his mother, Mrs. M. Nel- see son, of this city, one sister, Miss cui Isabelle Nelson, and three brothers, tio William and Jack Nelson of Lit- < tleton and Whit Nelson of Rich- ed mond, Va. of Funeral services will be held here Friday. W r Tobacco Buyers On {J* Border Markets sec ma Six tobacco buyers pulled out of the Warrenton this week for the me opening Thursday of the South bri Carolina and Border Belt markets. ? Those leaving here and their mar- are kets are as follows: A V. Lawson, Weldon Hall and Prank Neweu jr., p Tabor, N. C.; John Tarwater, Loris, S. C.; S. O. Nunn, Mullins, S. C.; M. C. MuGuire, Darlington, S. C. Mr. McGuire was accompanied by i Mrs. McGuire. ore According to press reports re- lea ceived here last night, farmers Cil were well pleased with sales on the th< opening aay. An average price of an between $13 and $14 was indicated. Tb aft Mrs. Wycoff of Ridgeway was a Cit visitor here yesterday morning. Th MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 33 OTES 11 CENTS OR SCHOOL LEVY etention of Teacher# Of Agriculture In Four Schools In Doubt WOR SEVERAL ROADS The Board of County ommissioners on Monday )ted to make a county-wide :hool levy of 11 cents to ike care of repairs, insurnce, debt service other lan district debt and other aunty wide expenses of op rating the schools for the ission of 1933-34. Whether or not Agriculiral Teachers can be reLined under this levy has at been definitely deterlined, but the low levy ireatens this work in the >ur schools of the county in hich they were employed ist year. In addition the levy, three or ur cents under that requested by le Board of Education, is calling r revision of estimates and scimpg on other school features. The commissioners voted to apove a levy to raise a lump sum r county-wide purposes, with the iderstanding that if it were pos)le for the Board of Education to ve on one item, it might apply nds to other items in the budget which there might be a deficit. Commissioner Capps made the Jtion that the levy be made 10 ats. Commissioner Burroughs seeded his motion. Commissioner all said that he would like to see e Agricultural teachers retained id favored a 12 cent levy, but ited that in the interest of har any he would be willing to vote r 11 cents, in the hope that rough economies the teachs could be retained. Chairman >weh expteissea mmseii m invar ?? Mr. Wall's motion. Commissioner Capps said that regretted not being able to agree th these gentlemen, but that he uld not vote for more than a 10 nt levy. Mr. Burroughs agreed th him. Commissioner Wall movfor a 11 cent levy. The motion ts seconded by Commissioner inner. Chairman Powell broke e tie in favor of the 11 cent 'y. The vote was the same on an apopriation of $100 to continue vacations against smallpox in the unty, as recommended by the >ard of Health at its meeting held the court house on July 27. jmmissioners Capps and Burughs voted against the appropria>n. Commissioners Wall and [inner and Chairman Powell vot(Continued on Page 2) obacco Growers Hold Mass Meeting Here Thursday Farmers meeting at the court use here yesterday afternoon peioned Washington officials to mulate tobacco prices this season d to control next year's producn. rhe request for government acn was in the form of a resolun which read: (1) Do something help the price of tobacco this ison; (2) Set up a bright flue red tobacco division for producn control. Copies of the resolution were mailto Geo. M. Peek, Administrator the United States Department of riculture, and Senator Joslah lliam Bailey. rhe resolution was unanimously ssed by the 100 or more farmers o gathered here from various tions of Warren to attend a iss meeting which was called for ; purpose of asking the govern nt to act now to make tobacco ng a "living price." similar meetings, it is understood ; being held all over the state. iremen To Attend State Convention Members of the Warrenton Colid Volunteer Fire Company will ,ve here on Monday for Elizabeth ;y where they will take part in ; state convention. The firemen 3 expected to return here late lursday or Friday of next week er being in session at Elizabeth ;y Tuesday, Wednesday and ursday.