8
I timely
Jmexxxv warrenton, c,
*' bethklT^"": Ilr. Win. E |
h was here Friday and Thompson (above), had a lot oi
I Mr Palic t?'t'inir a number of help this month in celebrating hu
Haturday 0011' town and 100th birthday, scores of the more
IKfiin" citizens v? *
i-J over property which would I than 1800 babies he helped bring in
a desirable for a post office inj the world during his long years of
t event the government erects I ? ^cc' onging the town for the
Eji a buildin*" here in tire near|J!f!L
|Se no lease on property was Whiskey Sales
L,n by the government official, Total
Bvasstated that he found severalj l^irst
Etes here that met with his ap- r Our Days Her
Iroval as a suitable location for a j _
Lt office. Among the places hel Four hundred and fifty-two do
Cd over were the Harrison Tay- iars and eighty-five cents worth <
L corner, where Miss Bessie Tay-j liquor has been sold at Warrentc
[or maintains ner military establ- j since the liquor store opened hei
foment; the Standard Oil Com- on Monday, it was learned la
U property, opposite Hotel War- night from L. B. Beddoe mana^i
the a. A. William's corner, of the store. This is considered =i
there W. R. Lancaster carries on be in excess of the amount sold t
^mercantile business; the BenILittleton where the control boai
Well property, where his home is I also set up a store
'mi and also between the Cici- Sales h q
as Bank and R. R. Rodwell's to $m4n ' " aay4 amountc
jto 8M8.40, which was ten dolla
^ Jmore than the business transacte
Although some of the places [yesterday?the fourth day that tl
mioned weie found to be toojstore has been open Tuesdav
I. - a mm,it of the fact that (sales ran up to $86.20, and on Wee
I[Toffices are not erected adja- nesday the receipts amounted 1
pt to other buildings, some of the $99.90.
loperty was found to be suitable, on the opening day at Littletoi
was said. where Halifax county also has
Mr. Dauch, according to those store, the Warren county store so]
contacted while here, apparently $33.00 worth of whiskey, wines ar
oked with favor on a new post gins. The following day the salt
See for Warrenton, but made no there amounted to $25.00. Tt
tonuses. He did state, it was said, amount of business done there c
at the prospects of receiving Wednesday and Thursday cou]
ich a building would be much not be learned here last night,
are favorable if the people of the The opening of the store her
lira would cooperate with the on Monday, which permitted J
overament and not increase the quor to be sold legally in th
rice of their property in the event county for the first tme in I
ie project was approved. This co- years, brought no public |gathei
ration was assured him by the ing or display of enthusiasr
rsiness men he contacted. There was a small gathering befoi
The present post office, it was the store when the doors swur
id. is lacking in space to carry open at 9 o'clock, but the crow
1 the work and oftentimes be- soon dispersed and at no tin
ores conjested while the mails throughout the day was there
e being put up. rush to have orders filled. Wa:
renton, apparently, accepted tl
Irs. B F Moss opening of its liquor store as
rv 'a 1 would have the opening of ar
Dies At Littleton other new business.
There have been no arrests ft
Littleton. July 34.?Mrs. B. F. drunkenness here since the |stoi
? died at her home near here opened, so far as it could be lean
Thursday morning of last week, ed last night, and not any of thoi
Imrai services were held satur- wno nave visnea me siuxe cu
? morning from the home, con- made purchases have been seen c
Wed by her pastor, the Rev. H. the streets under the influence i
tod Miller, assisted by two sons- liquor in the least, it was stated la
' Dr- B. A. Bowers, Gasto- night by an officer. There hai
and Rev. w. C. Martin, Rocky been one or two persons seen c
jjtint. Interment took place in the the streets slightly inebriated, bi
. * burial plot at Corinth a check-up at the store yesterds
Mrs Granville county. showed that these men had n.
\i .?l0SS was tlle widow B made a purchase there.
athT' V'h? 1>rece^ecl her in Manager Beddoe said that on
, ( 5ears a?o. She is survived one man has come to the store ui
Q?.Sons' D- s- Moss, Enfield; der the influence of liquor sim
msht Litt'elon: an<d seven the opening and that he was ushe:
ilia- ? 'lIrs' B- A- Bowers, Gas- ed out immediately with the ii
' rs" J- w- Bowers, Little- formation that he could not mal
wVan Dortch, Roanoke a purchase there as long as 1
oiujt'v, C' Martin, Rocky showed signs of viis drinks. Tb
id rs' J- W. Crews, Littleton; action was in accord with the la*
Little^ EVa and Marie Moss which prohibts the sale of booze '
'ven t,?n' A'so sun'iving are those who persist in drinking 1
?,CW"Wr v* ,lve excess'
' All in all, this ha^ been one i
i ? ? the quietest weeks that the tov
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t"11 to Advertise . ?
Property For Sale Robert Lowe Is
,934 taxes Buried Tuesda:
-^^con.uet,
Sheriff w. J. Pinnell stat- Gaidners c . . Frei
J*1* and asked that those ty. on esfy *?roJJ.fold son
not paid their taxes to do erick Lowe, fo " M Lowe, wl
and avoid the embar- Mr. and Mrs. Robert
itl f having their names died Monday a ^acj be<
'' el'nquent taxpayers. in Wilmington w servic
- taken for treatment. Ane
^Wees
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ftt owners
r,ed\??
.v/ ue mecteai ^^ery
lor Warren County
iNorlina Toda
WPm Library are to be elected i 1 O
>?ay night, July 30, **en\ "^ery ?1
>W meeting lor this pur-1 ^0rUna ca ent *aS m
r be held. The meeting hast ^ -priday, annoU a,
*' WBed at 8 o'clock by C. M?^ week. aS sald, tYl? w
*?. secretary-treasurer. Friends ^ year, ft season atl 0,
J* library are invited to attend ^ad a go pXt3ectmg a g
^ Part in the election. I charge aTe
M \in C*T this summer. d tb
fcowthy Powell is visiting! seas annotmcemen wit
JKes Littleton this week. I nning 6ayS' s and Frida"
nM^lvey Mien ol Oxlord visit- the can
?^tiveS here Sunday. ^would be
he W;
3UNTY OF WARREN, N. C., 1
I FIVE CASES IN
COUNTY COURT
Disturbing Public Worship
And Assault Cases Occupy
Court's Time
NEGRO PLEADS GUILTY
Charges of assault and disturbing
public worship occupied the
greater portion of Monday's session
of Recorder's court when five
defendants, all of them negroes,
were brought before Judge W. W.
j Taylor on various counts. Court
. was in session until around 3
o'clock in the afternoon, with the
i _. .
; assault and disturbing public wor|
ship charges lasting for around
r two hours.
> The court found that Herbert
Shearin was guilty of assault with
~ a deadly weapon and ruled that
he should work for the State Highway
and Public Works Commission
for two months, or pay a $10 fine,
the court costs and remain of good
? behavior for a period of two years.
Louis Edwards, who was mixed up
in the fracas with him, was found
^ guilty of simple assault. Judgment
'n was suspended upon him provided
re he pay the court costs.
st
The jury which was drawn to try 1
Vernon Arrington for assaulting a '
0 female was excused in the after- 1
* noon when the defendant, through 1
his attorney, entered a plea of '
guilty. Arrington was tried several '
'd weeks ago on the same charge but 1
rs a mistrial was ordered after mem- ]
"d bers of the jury deliberated for ap- '
ie proximately two hours without ar- (
s riving at a verdict. This week '
Judge Taylor accepted his plea of (
:0 guilty and sentenced him to the
roads for six months, sentence sus- f
n, pendea on tne condition tnat ne
a pay a $5.00 fine and remain of good 1
Id behavior for a period of two years. 3
id The cost and fine amounted to '<
?s nearly $50.00. 1
1<? Jack Alston and Clarence Green (
in were found not guilty on charges
ld of larceny and receiving stolen <
goods knowing them to have been <
;e stolen. The evidence In the case <
1_ was that Green had found a tire in 1
ls the road and carried it to his '
57 home. The tire was similar to one 1
r" missing off a school bus but no evi- 1
n- dence was brought out by the state 1
l'e to prove that it had been stolen, ;
'' nor was the tire identified as the 5
d one missing from the bus. (
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The case against Ray Weston
r_ and Beulah Dean, who are chargie
ed with possessing whiskey for the
.. purpose of sale, was continued un- j
til the second Monday in October. ^
jr Prisoner To Face i
[I Robbery Charges ;
">A ?? 1
5C
lcj Henry Davis, white man of
,n Goldsboro who was sentenced to
the Warren County Prison Camp .
st last week for giving a worthless
/e check, will be turned over to Edgo,n
combe and Wilson county officials
to face robbery charges in those
iy counties, it was learned yesterday
from Sheriff W. J. Pinnell,
Officers from Rocky Mount and ^
ly Wilson were here on Tuesday and ^
l- it was stated that robberies com:e
mitted in those places have been (
r- traced to Davis. (
l- Davis was given a 30-day sence
tence in Recorder's court for giv- (
le ing a worthless check to Willis <
is Neal. ,
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Littleton Man Has i
Narrow Escape !
of
rn Littleton, July 24.?While driv- ,
- ?<i_J
ling to Roanoke Kapias oauumtyn
I morning, H. M. Darden miracu-L
lously escaped serious injury when ,
he suddenly became ill and lost
y control of his car. I
The automobile crashed into the f
;d Deep Creek Bridge and left the j
i- highway, traveling down a 15-foot .
1- enbankment and coming to a stop ,
of in an upright position.
io Although rendered unconscious, ]
is Mr. Darden got out of the car and
;n climbed to the side of the road,
es where he was found by passersby. ,
ry He was rushed to the Roanoke
In Rapids Hospital where he remainh.
ed unconscious for several hours.
His injuries were found slight;
however, it was necessary for him
to remain in the hospital for a
V few days on account of his illness.
an USES OLD BRICK
de A brick 215 years old was placed
in a tobacco barn furnace on the
n- farm of John H. Stegall this week,
se Mr. Stegall, in town yesterday,
ad said that the brick, bearing the
date 1720, was taken from a?chimat
ney on the old Jim Davis planta;h,
tion, now a part of the Davis
/s. Hicks tract of land near Oakville. J
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FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1935
7)
Mrs. Max Baer
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LONG BRANCH, N. J When
"Miss Mary Sullivan gave up her
position as a Washington (D. C.)
Coffee Shop hostess to become Mrs.
Max Bear she stepped into the lime
light in a manner almost startling.
Within ten days there werp rumors
of a marriage rift, which both deny
County Schools
To Open Session
On September 9
All white schools of the county
md the negro high schools will
)pen on Monday, September 9, provided
that this date be approved by
she county board of health as be- j
ng safe from the point of view of
she present prevalence of infantile
oaralysis, according to a resolution
passed by the board of education
n session here on Monday. Negro
jlementary schools will open on
September 2, subject to the same
condition.
Bids on the annual audit of the
state and county accounts of the
Warren County School system
vere opened. The bid of $175 by
Elkins & Durham was the lowest;
md it was ordered that contract
yith this firm on state's form be
jxecuted.
The attention of the board was
sailed to the fact that in the set up
jf the school budget appibved?by
She board of commissioners that
jroceeds of fines, dog and poll
saxes were therein set up to proride
certain items of current expenses,
including supplements to
she salaries of adult drivers of
school buses, physical inspection of
school children, the pay of the
sounty board of education, and a
a email items in addition.
IVH UltlMU
It was reported to the board that
;he commissioners 'had rejected a
request that funds be borrowed
from the PWA for the construction
af three gymnasiums and certain
additions to the John Graham
tiigh school at Warrenton and had
also refused to allow an item of
&1000 for payment on lands at
Warrenton white school. ,
Adults To Operate
Fourth School Buses
Not over 25 per cent of the school
auses of the county will be driven
ay adult drivers during the coming
school year, it was learned yes;erday
at the office of Superintendent
of Schools J. Edward Allen.
Mr. Allen explained that the budjet
provides for the employment
af eleven additional adult drivers
at a salary of $20 per month. Since
;he 1934-35 drivers payroll carried
17 student drivers this means,
roughly, that only one out of every
r?i,r cf-.ndent drivers may be re-j
LV/UA
placed by an adult driver. Such
adult drivers will be selected only
when it is impossible to secure good
student drivers, Mr. Allen added,
as the state only provides $8.50 for
the payment of adult drivers and
the county had to provide the remaining
$11.50.
Ten new buses are expected to
be in service. The state has assured
the county that it will obtain
these, Mr. Allen said. They
will be larger than the ones In
present use. School buses are expected
to be routed within one mile
of each student attending school
living more than one and one-half
miles from a school, unless road or
other conditions make it inadvisable.
This is in compliance with
the state school law and it is exneeted
that early in September an
r
agent of the school commission
will be in the county to check these
routes with school officials.
RECOVERING
Miss Margaret Scott, daughter of
J. G. Scott of Ridgeway, is recovering
at Norfolk, Va., from the attack
of infantile paralysis she suffered
three weeks ago while visiting
her aunt, Mrs. A. B. Topping.
According to her father, she has
begun to regain the use of her toes
on the leg where she was effected
by the disease. J
Subscript!)
COMPANY B WINS
THREE TROPHIES
Conduct of Men Wins Praise
From General; Local Officers
Are Pleased
BEST SHOT IN REGIMENT
With coveted honors in their
possession, members of Company
B returned to Warrenton early
Sunday morning from Camp Glenn
where they underwent two weeks
of intensive military training.
The company not only won the
esteemed rifle trophy this year, but
one of its members?James (Edwin)
C. Overby?led the entire regiment
in shooting to win for the
company the individual high score
rifle trophy.
In addition, members of Warren's
military unit took first place
in the field meet to win for Company
B the athletic trophy.
Out of five cups the company
competed for as a unit, the boys of
Warren won three and took second
place in the other two.
aesiaes matting an enviauie record
on the rifle range and the
athletic field, members of the local
company proved themselves good
soldiers and high-type men, according
to Capt. Claude Bowers
and Lieut. Harold R. Skillman.
Both t'he commanding officer and
'his first lieutenant were high in
their praise of the manner in
which members of Company B behaved
themselves. Lieut. Skillman
said that he saw less drinking at
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ucunp lines year tutui cvci u ciuit*,
and Capt. Bowers said tviat the
morale of his men was splendid.
Not only were the men complimented
by their superior officers,
but according to reports reaching
here from the camp the entire
company came in for praise while
at Morehead City. It was stated
here that Gen. Don Scott said that
in his opinion Company B was the
best company in the entire regiment,
and that on several occasions
he referred to "Capt. Bowers
and his Splendid company."
Despite unfavorable weather, the
boys of the local unit made an average
of 204 out of a possible 250
to win the rifle trophy. This is
the seventh or eigth consecutive
year that Company B has come
home with this honor.
The individual high score rifle
trophy went to Edwin Overby
when he made a 236 out of a possible
2?0. His brother, Charles B.
[Overby, ran him a close second for
this honor, shooting a 235 out of
a possible 250.
Following is a list of events won
by the Warren boys on the athletic
field:
100 yard dash: first place, John
Drake; second place, Earl Connell.
220 yard dash: first place, John
Drake.
Broad jump: first place, Earl
Connell.
High jump: first place, John E.
Floyd; third place, Gordon Haithcock.
Shoe race: second place, Jasper
W. Loyd; third place, Thomas G.
Overby.
Shot put: second place, James
Edwin Overby.
Fancy diving: second place,
James A. Moore.
TCie company this year qualified
thirteen expert riflemen, thirteen
sharpshooters, and 25 marksmen.
Their names are listed below:
| Those qualifying as expert riflemen
were James E. Overby, Charles
B. Overby, George E. Weldon, John
E. Floyd, Nicholas B. Mustian,
Thomas G. Overby, Roy A. Cameron,
John O. Drake, Bernard P.
Bowling, Clarence P. Ridout,
Frank E. Ridout, Earl B. Connell,
Albert H. Paschall.
Those qualifying as sharpshooters
were Waverly B. Hawks, Ollie
u. Jjeonara, tiugn jj. friagen,
Romey E. Moore, Rupert N. Lovell,
Prank P. Hawks, Edward F. White,
Herbert C. Tucker, William O.
Davis, Thomas H. Elliott, Arthur
G. Kelly, Jasper W. Loyd, Robert
A. Tharrington.
Those qualifying as marksmen
were Douglas M. Mustian, John R.
Smiley, Alton K. Overby, Major R.
Wynn, Claude W. Wells, Jesse L.
Ranes, Thomas H. Ellis, Clarence
A. Davis, George E. Deal, Henry H.
Pitts, Clarence A. Hayes, Fenner
Peoples, Clinton H. Neal, Churchill
P. Brown, Robert L. Daniel, Melvin j
G. Haithcock, James E. Hawks,
Paul B. Bell, John O. Stallings,
Charlie P. Peoples, Bernard P.'
Connor, William K. Lanier, Victor
H. Riggan, Walter V. Cawthorne,
Edward L. Rose.
Miss Mary Prances Rodwell returned
last week after spending
several weeks at summer school at'
Chapel Hill.
$
k tT?V
on Price, $1.50 a Year
"G-MAN" No More |
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CHICAGO . . . Melvin H. Purvis
(Above), youthful 'G-Man" of the
U. S. Department of Justice who
tracked the nation's master criminils,
during the last 5 years, including
Dilllngec, is now on vacation after
resigning. It is reported he will establish
his own detective business
here.
Warrenton Tax '
Rate Again Set At
$1 Per Hundred
Warrenton property owners will
pay $1.00 on the $100 valuation?
the same as they paid last year?
the Board of Town Commissioners
agreed on Wednesday night when
they met to approve the budget
which will guide their expenditures
in 1935-36.
The budget adopted was substantially
the same as last year,
practically the only change being
made was to allow five per cent for
emergencies. This will amount to
around $800, it was said.
The figure set for operating tne
town and paying off bonded indebtedness
during the coming fiscal
year is $29,388.76, of which $19,903.76
is for the general fund and
$9,485.00 for the bond fund.
Both the bond fund and the general
fund have surpluses.
Police Force To
Bear Down On
Public Drunks
Drunkeness will not be tolerated
on the streets of Warrenton in the
future, Officer Lee Wilson stated
last night and asked that this
newspaper broadcast this warning.
The police force, he said, has
been lenient in the past with those
who came on the streets of Warrenton
under the influence of whiskey,
but this indulgence has come
to an end.
The officer stated that he, as
well as his fellow custodians of
the peace, 'had been instructed by
the Board of Town Commissioners!
to arrest every person, regardless
of his or her color or station in life,
who is seen on the streets under
the influence of whiskey. "And we
of the police force not only intend
to arrest those who are drunk but
likewise those who show tohat they
are under the influence of whiskey
in the least," the officer stated.
Continuing, Officer Wilson said,
"We have had our instructions and
we intend to carry them out, but
we would like to pass this warning
along in order that we may save
some people some embarrassment
and the expense of facing trial."
Drunken Arrests
Show A Decrease
Lynchburg, Va., July 25.?1The
availability of good whiskey at
moderate prices in the Lynchburg j
ABC stores was given by Chief ot
Police Virgil B. Grow as the most
probable reason for the decline in
the amount of drunkenness here
during the first six months of 1935
as compared with 1934.
Chief Grow referred to a state-!
ment compiled yesterday which revealed
581 arrests for drunkenness I
during the first half of this year as
compared with 737 arrests for the
first 'half of 1934, a decline of 156
arrests this year. j
In every month except April, the |
number of arrests has been fewer!
this year than last. I
The fact that whiskey can be
purchased legally whenever anyone
desires it has the psychological effect
of decreasing the appetite,
Chief Grow thinks, and moreover,
the quality of alcoholic spirits is
vastly superior to the bootleg stuff
once resorted to whi,ch "made you
do crazy things'.' i
A comparison of the arrests for
intoxication follows:
1934 1935
January 114 94
February 109 96
(Continued on Page 6)
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MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
NUMBER 29
COUNTY-WIDE TAX
RATE IS66CENTS
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County Commissioners Reduce
Tax Rate 2 Cents
On $100 Valuation
SCHOOL RATE IS RAISED
' ^
Warren county's tax rate for the
present fiscal year will be 66 cents
on the $100 valuation as compared
with 68 cents last year, according
to the tentative budget of the
county adopted by the board of
county commissioners in session
here on Wednesday.
Reduction of expenses in the
peneral cost of the countv allowed
a four cents reduction, but a two
cents increase in the rate for school
debt service cut the reduction in
half.
Commenting: on the reduced tax
rate, Jchn L. Skinner, former
member of the board of county
commissioners, and a member of
the State Advisory Government
Commission, said yesterday that
Warren had one of the lowest tax
rates of any county in the state, if
not the lowest.
The actual rate adopted by the
commissioners this week Ls the
same that was adopted in 1933 and
seven cents higher than the rate
that Drevailed in 1932?before the R
horizontal reductions in valuations ty
that at one stroke reduced Warren
county's taxable wealth one-fourth.
This reduction was responsible for
the increase of 1933 and additional
calls for relief caused two cents
boost in the rate last year over
that of 1933. This year reduced
county expenses allowed two cents
to be cut off the rate that prevailed
last year.
General fund expenses call for
25 cents of the 66 cents levied by
the commissioners; health and
poor calls for 15 cents; county
bonds calls for 10 cents, and the
remaining 16 cents is to be used
for county school debt service.
So much for the county-wide
rate. In addition several townships
have road bonds to be paid
and there are school district bonds
to be paid, and back salary items,
already advanced by the board, to
be repaid at Norlina an Macon.
IXiere was no change made in
the rate for roads in the eight
townships of the county that in
years passed voted bond issues.
Roanoke, with a rate of 70 cents,
tops the list and Warrenton with
a 10 cent rate is at the bottom.
Littleton school district bonds
call for a levy of 50 cents, the same
as that which prevailed last year,
and the highest for that purpose
in the county. The school tax rate
at Vaughan was hosted from 1 to
3 cents. Macon school districts received
a substantial reduction in
taxes this year. A 40 cent levy for
bonds last year has been done
away with as toe bonds have been
paid. In addition the debt service
tax in that district has been cut
from 34 to 26 cents, and the levy
for teachers' salaries has been reduced
from 30 to 25 cents. Two
cents were added to the Norlina
school district levy to take care of
back salaries for teachers advanced
by the county, but the bond levy
I was reduced from 62 to 30 cents,
and a 5 cent levy for a school audit
last year was omitted from this
year's budget. Tvie school rate at
Drewry was raised from 10 to 11
cents, and the rate for the Warrenton
Special School district was
cut from 43 to 40 cents.
The estimated valuation for the
county is $9,053,835.
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Vaccination Period
Ends On July 31st j |
The period of vaccinating dogs
against rabies ends next Wednesday,
July 31, E. L. Green, inspector
'f"- n'or?onfnn tnumshilY stated
XUX V* UHUlitUii
this week. Mr. Green said that he
had vaccinated around 400 dogs
but there are a hundred or more
in Warrenton township which have
not been immunized. He urges dog
owners to give this matter their
attention at once.
The law, enacted by the recent
legislature, says that all dogs must
be vaccinated against rabies. Failure
to comply with the provisions
of the law carries a penalty of not
less than $10.00 or a jail sentence
of not less than ten days.
LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS
The American Legion Auxiliary
met on Thursday night at the ; !
home of Mrs. J. E. Frazier with
Mesdames E. T. Harris, E. R. Wood
and O. L. Robertson as joint hostesses.
There were sixteen members
present. Following the program
and business, an ice course
was served.
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