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I H ACCURATE, terse j II TIMELY j fxxxvni TOHAVEMTONj QUESTION OF TAX) own Refuses To Pay County) levy On Town-Owned Hotel Warren ;l ES TO HE submitted hf Town of Warrenton .will eni friendly suit against the Counf Wan-en with the view of se,g a ruling which might elimithe town from paying taxes on cipally-owned Hotel Warren. ??nr the county taxes on the i\[ picvv... Wel amount to $312.50 annuany. Town authorities take the view mat since the town owns the hotel r ?hould not be subject to taxation, 'ounty officials look at the matter rom the angle that the hotel is a .venue producing enterprise and ierefore it should be taxed. The question of taxing the hotel L- (jeen one of discussion since the ?n bought the property at public ction several years ago. Prior to it time it was a corporation and s on the county's tax books, but ?r it became entirely municipally ied citizens here expressed the v that it .-iiould escape taxation, remained on the tax books and town retaliated by taxing the key store located in Warrenton. urn Attorney Frank H. Gibbs ed the matter before the Board ounty Commissioners at their ar meeting here on Monday the following resolution was ed: rereas the Town of Warrenton, istructed the Town Attorney to ite Injunction Proceedings t the County of Warren to rethe county from levying and ing taxes upon the Hotel i property, and, j ireas it appears that a case upon may be submitted to arts with less expense, be it I that the County Attorney ith the Town Attorney upon lient of facts, if they can or submission to the courts, >per verification of pleadings r county officials." I Uncle Warrenton Man Dies In Raleigh K I Raleigh, Aug. 10?Fitzhugh TretzHB vaiu Ricks, well known Raleigh citK j izen who was identified for many I years with the late John A. Mills in I railroad and banking enterprises, I ted early yesterday morning after H an extended illness. Ifl Captain" Rieks, as he was known I to his many friends, was 62 years I old the son of the late Collin and I Louisa Vaughan Ricks. He was born in Franklin. Virginia, December 11, I 1875, and made his home in Raleigh for more than 40 years. Mr. Ricks came to Raleigh as a I printer's apprentice with the ChrisI ton Sun and later became associatI si with Mr. Mills, who built the I Sleigh and Southport Railway, I ttich later became a part of the H Norfolk Southern system. Mr- Ricks I Kmained with Mr. Mills in a busiII :ss capacity until the latter's death, | swing both the railroad and the Itochor Trust Company, a financial | Qstitu:ion identified with the Mills Qterests of which he was cashier, following the death of Mr. Mills, Ricks retired from active busies affairs. He was the principal distant of Mr. Mills in his various enterprises and lived for a number A Wars at the Mills home here. Mr. Ricks is survived by one sisjet Mrs Amasa P. Read of Littlea sister-in-law, Mrs. Sallie H. Ricks of Blacksburg, Va.,; and a jtother-in-law, L. W. Vaughan of franklin. Va. The following nieces nephews also survive: Miss jfc;en Ricks and Robert A. Ricks of R-acksburg. Va.; Miss Mary Vaughan ot Portsmouth, Va-; L. W. Vaughan, Mrs. James Moore and Mrs. RtUart Tripp of Norfolk, Va.; Collin neks Vaughan of Petersburg, Va.; RaFayette Cox of Washington, C.; Mrv. Richard Jeffress of Pal?er Springs. Va ; Vance Vaughan, p?R Vaughan, Carroll Vaughan and w - Vaughan of Franklin, Va.; 'r; Robert B. Robinson of Littlef'tzhugh T. Read of Warren I"*1' franklin A. Read of Wood; John Louis Read of Palmer Springs, * '< and Mrs. Arrington Davis of funeral service will be held ^ afternoon at 3 o'clock at the nited Church, of which he was a ^mber. and will be conducted by Rev j h. Shore of Roxboro. e body will remain at Brown's I ^r'tral Home until time for the *? Burial will follow in Oakwood (Continued on page 8) Will Brave Atlant ' r'"' MONTAUK, N. Y. . . . Ignoring this i roar over the Atlantic to set new tra retired planter of the Dutch Indies, Is crew aboard the sailboat, "The Hollanc return trip to Holland. The? skipper t forty-year-old-boat In about 25 to 85 d? Company B Men 1 Will Likely Reach Home Saturday .Members of Company B are faring well and enjoying their training hi in Mississippi, according to a tele- J sil gram received by this newspaper j br from Capt. Harold R. Skillman on to Wednesday. M In the message which was wired from Ashe Nurseries Captain Skill- re man said: "Company in fine shape, m few men have been sick. In spite hz of considerable rain enjoyed man- fa euvers greatly. Probably reach (m home Saturday." j of The company left Warrenton twoj weeks ago Sunday morning for tne ci annual encampment. pr CO Dove Season To 011 Open September 1 vi( I de The season for dove hunting will1 mi remain open from September 1' su through September 30 when it will pa close to reopen on December 20 until January 31, Game Warden E. o Hunter Pinnell announced this ** week. The qual and turkey season will not open until December 15, but rab- j bits may be hunted from November sli "rr??1 ~ ? 1C MIUOM fllQ hirH Pll zu uniu jreorutuy ?wi, wxicu uxv vu season also closes, he said. Pc O'possum and Raccoon may b? up taken with gun or dogs from Octo- Oi ber 15 to February 15, but the sea- [ son for trapping these animals does j sh not open until November 1. The th same is true of mink and muskrat. th Places where licenses may be pur- j se: chased are listed as follows by the hi game warden: en Warrenton, court house; Norlina, its Delbridge's Store; Littleton, W. R. Wiggins' Store; Inez, Davis' Store; m Elberon, Aycock's Store; Vaughan, he Jesse Harris' Store; Areola, R L. W Capps' Store; Drewry, J. C. Wat-: he kins' Store; Roanoke township, Jones' Store. tr: ? ac To Hold Institute Of Singing At Macon he | ov Professor Will H. Ruebush of the, in Ruebush-Keiffer Co., Dayton, Vir- ar ginia, will conduct a two weeks (be singing institute at the Macon so Methodist Church, beginning Aug-1 pe ust 22, under the auspices of the fri Macon Methodist and Baptist ohi.rfhM and Gardner's Church | V11U1 V41VW _ __ The attendance from other churches " is not prohibited provided those who wish to attend will make the necessary arrangements with those in charge, it was stated. th Mr. Ruebush, it was said, has had te considerable experience in conduct- M ing singing institutes and comes to at Macon highly recommended. The CI classes will be held in the afternoon 14 and evening, and there is a possi- th bility of a meeting being held on in Sunday afternoon, August 21. Fur- w: ther announcement will be made or next week. . Churches interested in sending Ci delegates to take part in the insti- re tute are requested to see Simon di Gardner, or Edwin Russell at Macon or Jesse Gardner at Five Forks. IN CANADA E ~*? " ** ?. Mr. and Mrs. T. I. CfteeK 01 .inez o and Mr. William L. Martin of War- H renton recently left for Canada R where Mr. Cheek has been employed a] for the past several years as a to- is bacco curer- They are expected to visit Niagara Palls and other points di of interest before they return home w about the last of September. H tr 10 WARRENTON, COUNTY ic In 38-Footer age of speed in which airplanes vel records, J. G. Kuijt (left), a shown with two members cf his I," preparatory to leaving fcr the >xpects to make the trip in this lys. "hree Defendants Face Rod well In Recorder's Court Improper operation of motor vecles and quarreling were response for three defendants being ought before Judge T. O. Rodwell face trial in Recorder's court on onday morning. W. H. Currie was found guilty of ckless driving, but it having been ade known to the court that he id made restitution in full to the mily of the injured party judgent was suspended upon payment costs. Pound guilty of driving drunk larlie Alston, negro, was given the ivilege of paying a $50.00 fine and urt costs or serving four months i the roadsElijah Blackwell, negro, was conned on a charge of assault with a adly weapon. He was given a four onrns roaa sentence wniun was spended on the condition that he ,y a $25.00 fine and court costs. heriff Slightly Hurt In Wreck Sheriff W. J. Pinnell received a ght bruise on his head and a small t on his arm'last Friday when his intiac automobile turned bottoms > on the road between Wise and ne. The accident occurred when the eriff's car struck a rough place in e road and threw him from under e wheel. As he tried to regain his at and pull the car back into the ghway it suddenly turned into an nbankment and pitched over on ; top. Sheriff Pinnell climbed from the achine and walked to Wise where i was picked up and brought 10 arrenton. The car was said tc ive been completely wrecked. The officer stated that he was not aveling fast at the time of the cident. In fact, he said, the road is familiar to him and he knew at it was in such condition that i could not travel at a rapid rate er it He stated that he was tryg to miss a bed of rock in the road td the front wheel of his machine came wedged against the stone in me manner and when this hapned it caused his car to Jolt him am under the wheel. . C. Moore To Conduct Services In the absence of the minister e Rev- C. R, Jenkins, who is atnding the summer conference al ontreat, there will be no service; the Warrenton Presbyterian lurch on Sunday evening, August However, the minister stated iere will be a service Sunday morng, August 21, at 11 o'clock, which ill be conducted by J. C. Moore le of the officers of the church. At the Littleton Presbyteriar hurch on Sunday, August 14, the gular morning service will be conicted at 11 o'clock by Mr. Moore. EPISCOPAL SERVICES Services will be conducted a mmanuel Episcopal Church 01 unday morning at 11 o'clock b; obart T. Steele of Burlington, th* ev. B. N. de Foe-Wagner, rector .mounced this week. The publl invited to attend. The Rev. Mr- Wagner left on Mon ay morning to spend his vacatioi ith the Rev. Frank Carpenter 1) bymarket, VajL - * ^7^ arrot OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, TO STUDY S1TET FOR FISH POND Representative of Department Of Conservation Expected In Warren Today SUPPORT IS PROMISED Representatives of the Department of Conservation and Develop; ment will be in Warren county to| day to study the site on Pishing , Creek, between No Bottom and the ! old Ridgeway road, which is being ' advocated as a federal project for the construction of a fish pond with | a dam which has been estimated to I cost around $25,000 and back water 1 over between two and three hundred acres of land. K In a letter received on Wednesday H of this week from Commissioner J. w D. Chalk of the Department of Con- ^ servation and Development he stat- n ed, "I feel sure that the project will ti meet with our approval and we will v I... t-rt wirtAmmonrl IF " | wu gxau iu iuv/v/uuuvi*v4 *vi The Commissioner said that he g had talked the matter over thor- v oughly with Game Warden E. Hunter Pinnell, John Kilian and E- G. < K, Hecht on Tuesday but in order to make a first hand report either he or Mr. Kugler would appear in Warrenton Friday of this week in order to look over the site of the proposed lake. He also said that if possible the department would have its en- ^ gineer make the preliminary survey and lay all the water levels in order C to determine what land will be u needed. 0. Allocate $2,200,000 e; For State Highways ? Improvement Work ti Raleigh, July 11.?Governor Hoey a late yesterday allocated $2,200,000 n from the highway fund surplus for f widening narrow roads and bridges, tc removing flat curves and otherwise ti improving primary highways* a: The Highway Commission, which h sought the allocation, will apply for tl PWA grants of $1,800,000 as a 45 per w cent supplement to total $4,000,000 ir for the program. The Governor expressed confidence the Federal aid i \ would be given. 1 a nnn nnn imnmmmsrt. nrn I " V?,WVW,VWW ?M*r>W|WM.VMIV * , gram for primary roads will equal t allocations made by the Govejrnor j within the last thirteen months for 1; additional work on secondary roads, d . He allocated $2,000,000 in addition t< | to the regular appropriation for sec- r< ; ondary roads in July of last year w ' and a similar sum last May. w ! Chairman Prank L. Dunlap and l? members Qf the Highway Commis- tJ . sion will confer with Dr. H. G. Baity ' I of Chapel Hill, special PWA engi- k 1 neer for North Carolina, this week 15 I to prepare PWA applications to be I made by Monday, when the State II hopes to submit its permanent im- J 11 provements applications under the 1 special session bond act. Meanwhile, work of highway com| missioners will include detailed d specifications of the roads on which g( ,Uhe $4,000,000 fund is to be spent. c 1 Paramount for consideration will be ' 16-foot roads, dangerously narrow ^ j bridges and flat curves where the e ' most fatalities have occurred. E j Although Chairman Dunlap re- R ': quested of the Budget Commission y ' a $40,000,000 special session provi- v 1 sion for standardizing State highways, the Governor declared it his n intention to "specialize on pressing needs without reducing -mainten a ance" . ^ j "The present allocation is made f, nnssihle because it was not neces I sary to divert any highway funds < to the general fund during the past k . fiscal year," he said, i Commenting on the highway sur[ I plus, he added, "The money has . been paid by those who operate s motor vehicles and they are entitled q to have this money applied as fully t [ and completely as possible to the ^ betterment of the highways. ... It e is more important to have safe roads t t and roads capable of use all the 8 , year around than to maintain a r large surplus." t Simultaneously with the announc- a ment yesterday that $2,200,000 in r hiehwav fund surplus had been al I; located to improvement of primary a highways, George W. Coan, Jr., fc y State WPA administrator, revealed ; that total repairs and improvements r ( to farm-to-market roads under the I c WPA program had reached nearly $10,000,000. 1 Eleven projects, in all, were ap- s i proved yesterday by Administrator ? t Coan, totaling $256,752 to give employment to 1,117 workers i Spot AUGUST 12, 1938 Sufcjcrip 'Miss American Legion" I TEW YORK, N. Y Miss Evelyn o. leyes, "Miss American Legion," dth Vic MacKenzle, National Conention Director of the Legion, as hey appeared here to invit6 Gover- ^ or Lehman and Mayor LaGuardia c< 5 the Legionnaires' National Con- jt ention in Los Angeles, Calif.; in y September. Miss Keyes is making ,. nation iwide air tour inviting State and City officials to the conention. State Cotton Crop h Worst In Years; S Acre Yield Low re fi The cotton crop this year finds a ae worst conditions in North Carona and Virginia, according to the fc rop Reporting Service as of Aug- ir] st 1. In fact, the Service points ii( ut, the prospective crop of 453,000 cc ales in North Carolina is the small- l* >t for 37 years. The yield per acre T f 338 pounds last year was 40 per ci ;nt more than this year's indica- fc on of only 240 pounds. sv Continued rains of June and July C re held responsible for most of tc orth Carolina's poor prospects, irst, the spring was too cool and ri jo dry in May for good germina- 01 on. After replanting, rains set in el nd boll weevils emerged earlier and ec eavier than usual. According to cc le Crop Reporting Service the boll oi eevils are now propably the worst w 1 the State's history at this date, at re \lleged Trouble ^ Oyer Woman Is ec Blamed For Killing j* Ed Lewis, negro about 18years old, ied in a Rocky Mount hospital yes- ^ mnrnimr frnm a WDIind he uaj w ?. j Bceived at Inez on Tuesday night m 'hen he was shot in the abdomen ai 1th a pistol by Ed Dowtin. A girl in ! said to have been the cause of ae trouble between the two negroes.'w' A preliminary hearing has not yet |m een held for Dowtin. At present he i ?* i being held in the Warren county,01 til. n* fc \nnounces Musical Program At Macon ? A program rich in musical and [ ti ramatic talent will be given in the Q' ocial hall of the Macon M. E. in 'hurch on or about the 19th of this al lonth, Miss Helen Thompson of tl lacon announced this week. Those w xpected to take part are Misses A >rusa Wilker, Lilly Belle Dameron, tc lartha Harris and Mesdames Clem p: Sfeldon and Margaret Harris ai Waters. oi The exact date of the entertain- je lent will be announced later, Miss tc Tiompson said and requested that s many as possible be present for ai tie enjoyable evening. A silver of- D ering will be taken. D b< Speeding In Business Section Must Cease ti Speeding through the business u: ection of Warrenton must stop, tl Ihief of Police Jack Scott warned bi us,, moot ttip officer stated that je iiio le has stopped and cautioned sev- tl ral persons about traveling faster si han the law allows through town a; ,nd in the future he was going to t< nake arrests rather than continue o warn motorists against speeding ,nd driving recklessly through War- R enton. ei Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell will h ie week end visitors at Vade Mecum Mrs. D. F. Blaylock spent Wed- N lesday in Raleigh as a guest of Miss ? dances McGee. * C Mrs. W. Duke Jones returned to ler home here last Saturday after ti pending a week with her patents it Belhaven- a Dr. John Smith of Rocky Mount ivas a visitor here this week. V T 'mP,- irV ? x ** "h ' " ! Vm ~ tion Price, $1.50 a Year Bounty-Wide"' To Remain Soard Asks Solon To Legalize Bond Issue For Armory Representative T. H. Aycock, who in Raleigh attending the special :ssion of the legislature called by rovernor Hoey to secure supple lental funds for Public Works Adlinistration grants, has been reuested by the Board of County ommissioners to endeavor to get a fecial act through the general as:mbly which will enable this couni to vote on bonds for the erection f an armory for Company B. Under the law, the board of comlissioners has been informed by ounty Attorney Julius Banzet, the iunty cannot put the armory pro:ct before the public for a vote on le issuance of bonds unless authory is granted to do so by the legis,ture. No special act is required to sublit the court house and scfiool ouse projects, which have also men recommended and approved by le county, but like the armory it iquires a special act to place the sh pond project on the ballot for vote. The difference in the armory and sh pond projects and the projects ir the erection of school houses and improvements to the court house 2s in the fact the latter two are mstrued as being necessary ex;nses while the former two are noi. he statute, it was stated, gives a ty the authority to issue bonds ir the construction of an armory, rimming pool or other recreational inter but does not grant this power i a county. The fact that the county has no ght to Include the armory projec: 1 the ballot in the proposed bond ection unless a special act is pass1 by the legislature for Warren lunty was brought to the attention board members by Mr- Banzet ho suggested they get off a letter ; once to Representative Aycock iquesdng that the special act be . iopted. The letter was written by r. Banzet Monday afternoon, sign- , 1 by Chairman Burroughs, and ( nt to Mr. Aycock by special de/ery. ( Acting at the request of many ( ho attended a mass meeting here .'o weeks ago and registered sentient in favor of securing federal ( d for carrying on various projects i this county, the commissioners at . ieir meeting on Thursday of last eek ordered that application be , ade to the government for a grant ; ' $45,113.75 to supplement a fund : $67,361.25 which this county pro- , jses to raise through a bond issue , ir the erection of an armory, conruction and additions to school auses and for improvements at the >urt house. On Monday of this week a delegaon appeared before the board relesting that the question of buildig a fish pond on Fishing Creek, Dove No Bottom, be submitted on le ballots to be used in the election -- i i. i u hich the board has agreed co num. dvocates of this project were told ) get their plans worked up in roper shape, including the cost, id that this would also be included i the ballot with the other promts provided the law permitted it > be done. John G- Kilian, E. Hunter Pinnell id E. G. Hecht appeared before the epartment of Conservation and evelopment in Raleigh Tuesday in ;half of the fish pond project and [so contacted Representative Ayick in regard to a special act for lis recreational center. Should Representative Aycock be nable to get the special act through ie legislature it is expected that ith the armory and fish pond proicts will be left off the ballot but lat the other two projects will be ibmitted to the voters for their pproval or rejection in an election ) be called at a later date. "hJTn^tr CrviiV^ 'M'oCiepnhTirf? of lvnaa xvj.aj.jr upvv/u 0 ;aleigh is a guest of relatives here. Mrs. T. A Baxter and Miss Kathrine Baxter spent Tuesday in Duram. Mrs. J. D. Newell, Mrs. Norman fewell and Sonny are spending thi-, reek with Mrs. W- J. Edwards at Jreenville. Mr. A. W. Bracey is visiting relaives in Marion. Miss Ann Burwell of New York is guest of her family here. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Pridgen spent' Wednesday in Richmond 4 grfAf OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 32 Tax Rate I 85c On $100 | Slight Increase In Majority Of School Districts Due To Loss of Intangibles LEVIES FOR ROAD BONDS Warren county's; tax rate for the fiscal year 1938-39 will remain the same as was in effect last year when the Board of County Com- * 'i missioners set the rate at 85c on the $100 valuation. While the county-wide rate remains the same there is a slight increase in most of the special school districts which was made necessary by the state taking over taxes from intangible property. The Warrenton district was harder hit in this manner than were the other districts due to the: fact that a great portion of intangible taxes were taken from this town. The 85c county-wide levy is made up oi ine iouowmg items: uenerai Fund, 22c; Health and Poor Fund, 32c; County Bond Fund, 8c; County School Debt Service, etc-, 23c. In addition to the county-wide rate levies are made in seven townships to take care of road bonds which were issued, before the state took over the roads. The townships and the rates are as follows: River, 30c; Hawtree, 30c; Nutbush, 25c; Fishing Creek, 25c; Judkins, 35c; Warrenton, 10c; Fork, 50c; Roanoke, 70c. The taxes in the special school districts on the $100 valuation are: Wise, 13c as compared with 6c last year; Vaughan, 5c as compared with 4c last year; Macon, 26c as compared with 22c last year; Warrenton, 40c as compared with 30c last year; Norlina, 13c, the same as last year; Afton-Elberon, 4c this year and 2c last year; Littleton, 50c for each year; and Drewry 6c as compared with 8c for last year. The board also adopted a tentative school budget calling for a total outlay of $29,895.60, of which sum the eonntv raises Si21.295.60 from the 21c levy which is made in the county-wide rate for school purposes. The remainder comes to the schools from poll taxes, fines, forfeitures and penalties, dog tax and intangible tax. The tentative budget was adopted at a special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners on Monday and will remain open for 20 days during which time it will be open for inspection of citizens and for any changes which are found necessary. In addition to working over finances and paying several bills the board agreed to give Edward Davis the job of building a wash house at the county home at the price of $440.001 jli Braswell Serving For T. H. Aycock Former Sheriff J. S. Braswell < f Richmond county has been sent to Warren county by the State Highway and Public Works Commission to replace T H. Aycock as superintendent of the Warren County Prison Camp while Mr. Aycock is ;?-? TDrt loirrV* o ttanHinC tVlP RnPP.iftl SPS ui x\iaict5ii avuviivuj.it} ??*v ~? sion of the legislature which convened on Monday morning of this week' - I EDUCATORS HERE Supt. and Mrs. J. E. Allen had as their luncheon guests on Saturday Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, Director of the Division of Instructional Service of the State Department of Public Instruction; Mr. H. Arnold Perry, State Supervisor of Elementary Schools, and Prof. Armstrong of the Department of Vocational Education of State College, Raleigh. TO LEAVE FOR CAMP The following children will leave on Sunday for Vade Mecum Camp for two weeks: Misses Jean and Edith Allen, Mary and Elizabeth Weston, Mary Catherine Allen, Patsy Rodgers, Fairfax Mitchell, Mary Spottswood Baskervill, Margaret Rodwell, Jane Peete, Mary Arden Tucker and Lula McGraw Gay. Miss Lucy Grimmer of Robersonville is visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Grimmer. Mr. Franklin C. Rook of Birmingham, Ala., and Mr. Bill Rook of Goldsboro are guests this week of Dr and Mrs. W. D. Rodgers. Mr. Branch Bobbitt is spendingsome time on the tobacco market in Lumberton. !
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