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I ACCURATE, TERSE f TIMELY f)UJMN XXXIII ~~ fmcco prices! disappointing! veraiies of From 10 to 12 a Cents I'airf At Opening a Of Eastern Markets Lower* meet sept. g I Tobacco prices wove dis-J mpointing to growers on] Be opening of the eastern lirolina markets on Tiies-I -un? nu average of] gv H/KI1 -fw 10 to 12 cents was paid I M- the jrolden weed. The opening of the mar-1 It was marked by umisu-j Ely large breaks. Wednes My the prices were reported I I he slightly higher with I Inch smaller quantity of I hacco offered. I MA protest mee.tijig was! lied at Raleigh yesterdayI hen growers of the state! Met to ask government in-1 Mrvention. Action at thisl Meeting had not been re-! Erted late yesterday after-1 Mon. but it is expected thatI Msteps will he taken before! ptember 6 when represen-l Mtives of growers will meet! n pi>nn I II Kaieign 10 ~iIduction plan f?r nex^ >'ear if/ a process tax foi' the fesent crop, proceeds of hich are to be used for e growers benefit. Farm agents in 57 counties growL flue-cured tobacco are holding tanization meetings this week. Ling to the selection of three fiates each to attend the stateie business meeting of tobacco wers to be held at State College Wednesday, September 6. Dean 10. Schaub has announced, it. Schaub. last week asked the p agents to hold these county rungs not later than Saturday, ptember 2. at which time the urers will set up temporary asiations and will elect three growrepresentatives. At the same e, the county meetings are asked prepare suitable resolutions and grams which the growers may ire to have presented to the Aglltural Adjustment Administra). At the state meeting on Sepiber 6. the county delegates will pare resolutions for the whole i-cured area and these together h those from the individual pties will be sent to Washington. F Schaub has asked that only Bcro growers be selected as del? to represent the various JUtiPS nt tho ptnfrv tvtAAfmre It- ! V4iv ovate iiicctxn&? MV Bdesired, he said, that the state Beting shall be a serious business Bherin? and not the usual "hot B" mass meeting which in the 1st has resulted in nothing being Bomplished. B is also desired that the meetBs in the 57 counties shall result j I the formation of county tobac- i I associations which will later I Baleamate into a state federation I necessary and can go to work i Bnediately in putting into opera- | B acre* ge reduction plans under Bract with the AAA. Mr. Schaub1 B the AAA will certainly at-1 B?t to secure parity prices for Bacco this fall looking to a speB program for the weed next B^a. The domestic allotment B5 will probably be used based ' he grades of tobacco produced a given area. Bnder such a plan, growers will Bsken allotments on which they B| be paid an increase over the price in return for con^ cts *or a reduction in acreage B fe? market demands. The al ... iui me whole llue-cured will be that amount of the Bed consumed in this country and be divided into states, counties individual larms. As in the of wheat, administration of B allotment plan will he under B supervision ol the county couB^1 associations. Bs*bin? delinite has been said Washington that this is the plan be lolloped but indications are ib is. The tobacco program is B?e complicated than the wheat ^pbo the various grades ot the ?town in the different secBp5 blr, Schaub said. B1^ loyd cook ot Hertford was ol her mother, Mrs. R. ?! ^Pes lor several days this week. B* bas as her guest on Thursday Elizabeth Morton ot 0 WA Skinner Receives Appointment Local Government Board John L. Skinner, member of the Warren County Board of Commissioners, this week received his commission as member of the State Local Government Commission, it was learned here yesterday. Mr. Skinner was appointed a member of the governing board as a representative of the county commissioners of the state. J. C. Denny of Gastonia represents county attorneys on the board, and Earl H. Horner of Burlington represents Mayors of the state. Other members of the board, composing an executive committee are Charles H. Johnson, State Treasurer; Stacy Wade. Secretary of State; Baxter Durham, State Auditor; Dennis Brummitt, Attorney General. Tne Local Government Commission will hold four regular meetings annually and as many called meetings as may be necessary, it was stated. Open Season On Doves Begins Today Sportsmen may turn to the fields today for dove shooting but those who are for squirrels are required by the law to wait until October 1, E. Hunter Pinnell, Warren county game warden, said yesterday as he gave the press a list of names of those selling licenses and the prices that are to be charged for the permits. Combination hunting and fishing licenses are available this fall at a fee of $3 each, a saving of almost 30 per cent over the licenses purchased separately, the game warden stated. Purchased separately the fees for the two statewide licenses would be $4.20 under the new schedule adopted by the general assembly of 1933, or $2.10 each for hunting and fishing, Mr. Pinnell explained. The $3 fee for the combination hunting and fishing license represents a saving of one third for the hunter and fisherman over the same class of permit last year when the cost was $4.50. Substantial reductions in all the classes of hunting licenses were decreed by the general assembly. The new fees are as follows: resident county hunting license, 60c; resident statewide, $2.10; and nonresident, $10.10. By comparison, the same fees last year were: resident county $1.25; resident statewide, $3.25; and non-resident $15.25. All hunters must have a license, the game warden warned. On the back of the license is given the open season for various kind of game and the bag limits. The permits may be purchased from the following men: Clerk of Court, Warrenton; W. R. Wiggins, Littleton; J. C. Watkins, Drewry; C. F. Burrows, Churchill; E. H. Pinnell, county warden. Connell Exhibits Fine Ears Of Corn Two fine ears of corn were exhibited here this week by Will Allen Connell Jr. One of the ears contained 58 grains to the row and the other 54. Each ear contained 18 rows. Mr. Connell said the corn was grown by him at Warren Plains. He wasn't sure about the variety but said that it was a mixture of two kinds of corn, one of which had been grown by his grandfather. "Just say it is a mixture of modernism and fundamentalism ?not too modern to be radical and not too fundamental to be stale. Parker To Preside Over Sept. Term Judge R. Hunt Parker of Roanoke Rapids will preside over the September term of Warren county Superior court. Court opens here September 21, with the first three days SG aside IUX~ U muiiai pwvu??, and the remainder of the two week; term for civil matters. STALLINGS ACCEPTS JOB WITH PRISON CAMI Pete Stallings this morning became an employee of the Warrer County Prison Camp. When asket yesterday what would be his duties Mr. Stallings replied that he hac not been assigned to any definiti job, but that he would probabl; serve in the capacity of guard o: truck driver. Mr. P. p. Hancock, who is con nected with the State Highwa Commission, was a visitor here yesterday. tjf? RRENTON, COUNTY OF V/J INDEBTEDNESS OF HALF DURING Sheriff Required to Collect Taxes Necessary In 192 Fiscal Year to Be Ap TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS 4 By BIGNALL JONES Warren county's tax bill this year will be far less than half what it was in 1928, the year before the great stock market debacle and the beginning of the present depression, it was learned this week at the office of the auditor of Warren county. This year the sheriff will be required to collect approximately $100,000. In 1928 he was required to collect $264,164.39. During this same period, the figures reveal, the total indebtedness of the county, with the exception of bonded indebtedness for schools, was reduced from $449,000 to $234,149. At the same time the school debt has shown a decrease and today stands at $173,230.62, making a total grand indebtedness for the county of $407,John S. Davis Writes An Article Ahmit Dnndle Riiors After giving his views on county governmental affairs in a number of articles published in this newspaper, John S. Davis of Creek, former representative from Warren county in the General Assembly, this week turns from political economy to natural history and writes an article on Doodle Bugs.j The habits and customs of these bugs are set forth by Mr. Davis as follows: Nearly every child some time or other has called "Doodle, Doodle, back down doodle before the spider catches you" just over a doodle hole with the magical effect of causing a little movement in the | sand or dust at the very bottom of ithe hole, as if the warning had been heard and understood by the little insect, to the wonder and astonishment of the child, whose 1 awakening mind observes only the I hypnotism of enchantment seemingly produced by the call. He does .not understand that his breath in calling has upset a tiny bit of sand (Continued on Page 2) Mrs. Ella Whitaker Dies At Littleton Mrs. Ella B. Whitaker, widow of the late Dr. Matt Whitaker, died at her home in Littleton Tuesday, August 29. Funeral services, conducted by her pastor, Rev. Rufus A. Bradley of the Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. Francis Joyner of the Episcopal Church, were held at the home Wednesday afternoon at sunset. Interment took place in 1 Sunset Hill cemetery. The music was especially appropriate, the selections being favorite hymns of Mrs. Whitaker. Among 1 these were "Look for the Beautiful" ' which was softly sung by the choir ! as the casket was lowered into the 1 grave. "Jesus Lover of My Soul", 1 as a duet, was sung by Messrs. Robert Clark and J. R. Ivey. Surviving are her daughter, Elizabeth and two sons, Charles and Exum Whitaker. A daughter, Effie, 1 and a son, Matt, died several years , ago. Mrs. Whitaker was a woman of high Christian ideals and was loved u-- n lrnonr hnr vjy an wiiv aucn . Active pallbearers were: Dr. B. 5 Ray Browning, J. M. Picot, J. H. ; Baucom, G. T. Vick, W. A. Bobbitt, 3 T. N. Harrison and W. R. Wiggins. Half Holiday Ends Wednesday i Wednesday afternoon half-holi1 days which have been enjoyed by ? local merchants came to a close on i Wednesday afternoon of this week. - Stores will now open at 8 and close i at 5 o'clock each afternoon, with r the exception of Saturday when they will remain open until 9:30 J under the NRA code. y Mesdames H. A. Boyd and W. A. Graham and Miss Mariam Boyd were visitors in Durham Thursday 'f -Jfr* / vali; J Etrm VRREN, N. C., FRIDAY, AW WARREN CUT IN PAST FIVE YEARS t Less Than Half Amount Of 8; Tax Bill For Present proximately $100,000 I PER CENT VALUATIONS | 379.62, about 4 per cent of j its valuation, and according I to information furnished ., . ft; - | this newspaper, places Warren next to the top in rank of counties. Affairs of the schools will be treated in a separate article to appear in a later issue. On December 1, 1928, when the new board of commissioners for that year were inducted into office, there were outstanding $130,000 in county bonds, $236,000 in township road bonds and $83,000 in notes. Since that time the outstanding notes have been paid off. Sixty-four thousand dollars have been paid on the county bonds, and $31,000 on the township road bonds, a total reduction in bonded indebtedness of $178,000. What this means in actual tax savings can be determined by multiplying this sum by 6 per cent interest charges, $10,680 annually. Under the present valuations, a levy of slightly more than 12 cents on the $100 valuation would be required to pay the interest on this debt alone. In addition there is a total investment in bonds and cash in sink(Continued on Page 4) Vance County Budget Increased 25 Per Cent HENDERSON, Aug. 29?Carrying an increase in actual money involved of slightly more than 25 per cent over last year, tne tentative < budget for county operating costs, other than schools, was formally adopted by the Vance Board of County Commissioners on Thursday afternoon of last week.' The budget calls for a total of $88,698.86, as compared with $69,858.80 last year, and the total rate of 56 cents per $100 valuation as estimated total county valuation of $16,000,000, as compared with 40 cents based on property valuation of $17,500,000 last year. Says Tobacco Costs Farmer About 14c. Geo. R. Frazier, one of Warren's ' best farmers, this week submits 1 from the daily press an article pre- J 'pared by B. F. Dean following a 'discussion that he and other farmers held at Oxford recently in regard to a fair price for tobacco atj this time. So much is being said about aj .fair price for tobacco at this time, 'the question arises ?What is a fair price for it? The writer gives ' !i'- '.xi'lmnfA nrtmrviloH l nerewitn u^tmicu couiuuic I from estimates and opinions of some of our best farmers. From a consensus of opinion, the farmer raising 10 acres of tobacco ' must have at least 100 acres of land ' in order to have sufficient pasturiage, wood land and cereal crops i sufficient for his own use. A con'servative estimate for the 100 acres of land with adequate improvements and equipment will cost a minimum of $3,000. Estimate cost of ten acres tobacco: Interest on cost of farm $3,000 at six per cent ?.$180.00 400 yds. plant bed cloth at 2 l-2c per yard 10.00 Fertilizer for plant beds 15.00 j Tools and repair of tools 10.00 Twine for tobacco 3.50 [Repairs to barn flues 5.00 5 tons tobacco fertilizer at I $18.00 per ton ? 90.00 j Taxes on place valued $2,000 21.00 j 20 cords of wood at $1.00 20.00 General repairs to buildings 10.00 Insurance on buildings and hail insurance 35.00 Three laborers at $15 mo. .. 540.00 Total expense $940.10 In this, the Old Belt, it is esti mated 10 acres of tobacco Is an average crop and will yield approximately 7,000 pounds, j 7,000 pounds at the present I price of 14c equals $980.00 Less warehouse charges 29.00 Gross income .$950.60 Total expenses 940.10 $ 10.50 So the landlord has a net income of only $10.50 out of which he must buy his light groceries, clothe his family and pay his doctor's bills, (nor has an occasional failure in I crops been considered, such as we (Continued on Page 8) fen: f> ffc nj /!+ (, j 1UST 25, 1933 Subs< WOMPSON PAID $50 FOR DAMAGES Money Believed To Have Been In Form of Compromise; Driver Guilty BACK IS HURT BY FALL R. S. (Stick) Thompson was paid $50 in Recorder's court on Monday morning for injuries he sustained in Warrenton two weeks ago when the wagon on which he was sitting was struck by a truck driven by E. Buckler, white man of Virginia. Mr. Thompson received the money from Mr. Buckler, through Sheriff W. J. Pinnell, after Judge Taylor had found the Virginia man guilty of reckless driving and assault with an automobile and ordered that he should pay a fine and court costs. The $50 was in the form of a compromise, paid, it is believed, to offset a civil suit. As Mr. Thompson testified he showed the effects of the accident which occurred on the west side of the Williams' hpme early Saturday evening, August 12. He was on his wagon waiting for a companion to return from one of the local stores with bundles when Mr. Buckler rounded the corner and failed to observe the wagon which was parked off the hardsurface. Although the force of the impact was slight, Mr. Thompson was jolted from his seat and landed on the ground in such a manner as to injure his back. He told the court that at present he was not able to wash his face due to the fact that he could not bend over to a bowl nor lift his hands to his face. Judge Taylor failed to affix blame in a three-way accident that occurred at Manson on the night of August 17 when two cars loaded with negroes returning from the firemen's convention at Elizabeth City and an automobile driven by R. M. Dunn, white man of Raleigh, wrecked. Several of the negroes were injured in the collision but no one was fatally hurt. Following the accident Constable J. F. Bobbitt arrived .on the scene andjgvore. out warrants for each of the drivers. He stated in court that he placed each of the operators under arrest due to the fact that he did not know who was in fault. I D. A. Willis, the first witness to be placed on the stand, testified that he was a member of the Oxford fire company and that he with other members of his race were returning from the convention at Elizabeth City. He said (that there were two carloads of firemen and companions and that he was leading the way homeward [in a Ford and back of him was a Buick being driven by James Hunt (Continued on Page 4) ! **? ?. I 1 warrenion jumurs Play Ball Today { The Warrenton Juniors are scheduled to play their sixteenth baseball game of the season this afternoon at 4 o'clock when they cross bats on the local dianfdnd with Oine's team. Only three games have been lost by the Warrenton I Juniors so far, according to the following write-up of Monday's [game with Henderson which was handed in by one of the local enthusiasts: I On Monday of this week, the Warrenton Juniors gave the Henderson American Legion baseball | team a 7-1 defeat behind the expert hurling of David Rodwell. ("Dave" allowed only five hits for Henderson. The locals "set the ball I rolling" in the first inning to give Henderson a fright that they never overcame. With three men on base, Bob Baskervill, local fielder, slamjmed a long homer which accounted (for four runs. Billy Terrell also hit 'a homer later in the game. HenJderson's lone run came in the fifth I inning. Their best hitter proved to be the short stop, ''Slim", who got two of the five bingles. The local Juniors have had an unusually good season this year, losing only 3 of the 15 games. They have played many very interesting, and they would appreciate the town's support very much. Oine is scheduled to play here Friday at ? r ho o orwiri crowd. 4 P. III. J-?CW5 iimw u. o . A CORRECTION In publishing: the county budget estimate for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, one caption, Tax Rate, Was printed, "Court Costs, 15c; jail and expense of Election, 10c," making up the total general fund rate of 25c. This should have read, "General Fund, 15c; court costs, jail and expense of election, 10c." The total of 25c is correct as printed. ri :ription Price, $1.50 a Year Dr. A. D. Wilcox To Speak For Dry Cause On Sunday Dr. A. D. Wilcox, president of Louisburg College, will speak in the Methodist church at Warrenton on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in regard to the eighteenth amendment. The public is invited. Dr. Wilcox is brought to Warrenton under the auspices of the United Dry Forces of Warren County, an organization formed here two weeks ago with Simon Gardner at its head, Miss Amma Graham vicechairman, Mrs. W. C. Williams secretary, and Harold R. Skillman as treasurer. In making the announcement of the speaking here Sunday afternoon, Mr. Gardner stated that similar meetings are to be held in every county of the state on Sunday and expressed the hope that there would be a good crowd present to hear Dr. Wilcox's talk. Code Ginning Price Is Given Approval RALEIGH, Aug. 29.?The minimum charge for ginning cotton allowed under the code?25 cents per hundred weight for seed cotton and 75 cents per bale for bagging and ties?has been adopted for North Carolina and Virginia ginners, it was announced here yesterday. The action was taken, officials of the North Carolina-Virginia Ginners Association said, to allow ginners of those states to begin this season's operations in line with stipulations of the code for the cotton ginning industry. Such a code already has been filed with the secretary of agriculture and hearings will be held soon in Memphis, Tenn. A committee of ginners representing all Southern States has concluded its conferences with administration officials regarding the code. Federal officials have classed gin labor as industrial labor with a minimum wage scale of 20 cents per hour for unskilled labor and ^25. cents, per hour for skilled labor. Ten hours per day are allowBtf with a maximum of 260 hours in any one calendar month. The association has requested all ginnprs of the two states to secure (Continued on Page 8) Brown Paving Co. To Construct Road The Brown Paving Company of Lexington will be given the job of laying 2.98 miles of concrete on U. S. Highway No. 1 from Norlina to Wise if the project is approved by the Federal government. The Lexington firm submitted a bid of $58,360.00 for the work, which, according to Raleigh dispatches, was low and accepted by the State Highway and Public Works Commission in session at the state capital Wednesday. Bids on 19 projects were accepted by the State commission and sent to Washington for approval as a part of the Federal roaa program.) Providing the Brown Paving Com-I pany's bid is acceptable to Federal authorities, it is presumed that the work on the road in Warren county will get under way within the next few weeks. Mrs. T. W. Rose Is Buried Thursday Burial services for Mrs. T. W. Rose of Savannah, Ga., a native of this county, were held yesterday afternoon by the Rev. E. C. Durham, Methodist minister of Warrenton who officiated in the absence of the Rev. B. C. Thompson, Methodist minister of Norlina. Interment took place in the old Parker cemetery near Norlina. Mrs. Rose, who before her marriage was Miss Gertrude Wiggins, died at her home in Savannah on Wednesday morning. Her remains arrived in Norlina yesterday morning and were carried to the Methodist church where they rested until carried to the cemetery for funeral services in the afternoon. Mrs. Rose moved with her hushnnri and two sons from her home in south Warrenton some fifteen years ago and established her residence in Savannah, where her husband is connected with one of the railroads. While they lived here, Mr. Rose was agent of the Warrenton Railroad Co. The deceased, who was about 62 years old, is survived by her husband and two sons, Maurice Rose of Savannah and Homer Rose of Florida. She also leaves two brothers, R. L. Wiggins and Fred Wiggins of Norlina, and a sister, Mrs. Wortham of Henderson. '> : > J \ ' ; i ?, MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 35 COTTON CHECKS STILL HELD UP First of 1658 Growers Contracts Forwarded To Washington Two Weeks Ago DELAY AT WASHINGTON No cotton checks have been received in Warren county, although they are being expected on every mail, Bob Bright, vocational teacher m charge ol the cotton reduction campaign in Warren, said yesterday. The first of 1658 growers contracts were forwarded to Washington two weeks ago and the remainder followed within a few days, Mr. Bright said. Delay in Washington is said to be respon sible for slow return of checks. Mr. Bright said a special form was to accompany the checks to be signed by the grower upon receipt of his money for plowing up a portion of his cotton crop. Options will be retained until all checks have been sent out when the government will make announcement covering the entire belt that the options may be used. This, Mr. Bright said, was to prevent any handicap to those growers who were late receiving their checks. CHECKS BEING WRITTEN, DEAN SCHAUB REPORTS unecKs i or rental payments on land where cotton was destroyed this summer according to contracts made with the Secretary of Agriculture, are being written At the will be made as4?t 56?SS are prepared. "C. A. Cobb, cotton production chief of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, notified me by wire last week that the checks for cotton destroyed are being prepared at the rate of 30,000 a day as the machinery becomes perfected," says Dean I. O. Schaub, director of the reduction movement in this state. "North Carolina farmers will get about three million dollars in cash for their part in cooperating with the government in this movement. It is expected that all checks will be sent to county farm agents by September 22." In the meantime, however, the Dean says those few men who have not yet plowed up their cotton according to agreement should proceed to do so at once. The definite time for carrying out the terms of the contract was on August 23. Some were prevented from plowing by unavoidable causes but those who are willfully failing to comply with their contracts are liable to get into trouble. The Secretary of Agriculture has the authority under section 10 of the contract to hire the work done and charge the owner with the costs. In addition it is expected that the names of those failing to fullfill their contracts will be published so that they might be held up to the scorn of their neighbors. Mr. Schaub received a telegram last week from Washington notifying him that county agents and local committeemen should officially call upon those few growers who have not destroyed their cotton to do so at once. It is expected that full compliance with the contracts will be observed by every farmer who signed. rnnnni?xioners To _ Consider Budget The Board of County Commissioners will hold Its regular monthly meeting here on Monday. Approval of the tentative budget is to be the chief item of business before the commissioners. ALLEN RETURNS Superintendent of schools J. Edward Allen returned to Warrenton on Monday after a visit to Norway, Me. Mr. Allen was accompanied by Dr. William Moseley Brown of Boston, Va., Major J. H. Tatsch of Long Island City, N. Y., and Mr. K. W. Parham of Raleigh. The party was accompanied as far as Washington City by John A. Livingston of Raleigh.
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