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C. yp =) eee cate > af i tu _ ve ike ‘ Ld 5 s | LS ah [Am Educa tion I BEAR THE TORCH that enlightens the world, fires the imagination of man, feeds the flame of genius. I give wings to dreams and might to hand and brain. From out the deep shadows of the past I come, wearing the scars of struggle and the stripes of toil, but bearing in triumph the wisdom of all ages. Man, because of me, holds dominion over earth, air and sea; it is for him I leash the lightning, plumb the deep and shackle the ether. I am the parent of progress, creator of culture, molder of destiny. Philosophy, science and art are the works of my hand. I banish ignorance, discourage vice, disarm anarchy. Thus have I become freedom’s citadel, the arm of democracy, the hope of youth, the pride of adolescence, the joy of age. Fortunate the nations and happy the homes that welcome me. The school is my workshop; here I stir ambitions, stimulate ideals, forge the keys that open the door to opportunity. I am the source of inspiration; the aid of aspiration. I am irresistible power. Board of Education WARREN COUNTY JESSE GARDNER, A. B., Chairman MISS AMMA D. GRAHAM, A. B. J. K. PINNELL J. D. RIGGAN F. B. NEWELL * STANLEY W. POWELL + J. EDWARD ALLEN, A. M., ex officio Secretary MISS EDNA ALLEN, * Resigned. Statistical and Financial Officer + Nominated in June Primary. (74m) OUR RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS It is the purpose of the school administration, in the report following, to render an account to the owners of our care of their interests in the great business of conducting successfully their school system. We have attempted to give our people the best possible, and at the ie aggregate expense. Of these ee we are proud: first, a corps of teachers in our grades who are really equipped to teach, and to carry on effectively the process of education of the youth of the county. We are but little troubled with foolish flapperism among our teachers; with dangerous religious views, not at all. Second, we have a system of high schools that is both effec- tive and accessible. It is not uncommon for sixty per cent of our graduates to enter college, though we do not operate these schools primarily for college preparation. Practically every high school boy or girl in the county can attend high school without expense until ready to enter college, as a result of consolidation and transportation. Vocational education goes hand in hand with cultural. Third, we have a system of permanent records of the work, vital facts and environment of each pupil who enters the schools, and of those not in school also, which is as near perfect as that of any county in the State. We have in the courthouse these records by races as a county unit, and another set by schools. Each school of high school grade has a duplicate set of the same. What each child has done, and the conditions under which he has done it, are matters of perpetual record. Fourth, we have the co-operation of the people of the county in our program of better schools, to what we believe has hitherto been an unprecedented degree. We have not forced transportation (ais) upon any district, or consolidation, against the expressed wishes of the people or the authorities concerned. Our difficulty has been to provide all of the facilities that have been asked for. The people of Warren County have been cheerfully willing to make sacrifice of comfort and means to provide better education. Bar- barously bad streaks of red mud, masquerading under the polite name of roads, have not deterred them; distance has not stopped the demand for better schools. Scores of children ride 30 to 35 miles per day to get their fair Oph On in the life of the com- ing decades. Fifth, our Negro population, which comprises the largest per- centage among the counties of the State, being 64.2 per cent, is contented in a sense of fair treatment. Of the 42 Negro schools, 25 are modern Rosenwald buildings, twelve have been recently remodeled and three others are in fair condition, leaving two that are disreputable. Following a squabble five years ago, the Ridge- way building, a Rosenwald house, was destroyed by fire of incen- diary origin and has not been rebuilt, because of lack of funds. We will not employ any teacher who with reason is suspected of entertaining improper ideas of the relations between the races. COUNTY RANKS LOW IN SCHOOL EXPENDITURES In school expenditures, our county is far down the list, being 69 from the top among the 100 counties. That is, only thirty- — one counties have a lower expenditure record than Warren, while 68 have a higher expenditure than we. For 1924-25, the last year of compiled figures, ours is $18.81 per pupil, while in the highest, New Hanover, it is $46.42, and in Caswell county, the lowest, it is $16.66. We are $21.61 lower than the highest and only $2.15 above the lowest. This is extremely significant when we remember that our white teachers receive salaries higher than those of any other county in the State except eight. It means that the money goes for actual teaching rather than for other matters. The average monthly salary of teachers in the grades and departments of the white schools is $98.26, and the average teacher of the grades has 33 children in her room. Our current expenses for schools are lower than those of any (2:3) Location and Size of White Schools VIRGINIA MECKLENBURG BRUNSWIC a eae \ , meh SS ROANOKE iY) A y Metalia or Gi e y 8 aise / i 4 SMITH) 6. FQ vine chBenin Yi S | CREEKATHAWTREE; SIX POUND RIVER Drewry., |t e ‘ t oP @ : \ ‘ ' eFepe. pe @ Ms \ wine Gee, ra @ + @® Epworth N\ SUA Peer Fiains 0 mddon © y (i diiae i yes b~ Vang han - sis SS F Tih ‘“2>% Littleran i \ HS 1] ope Warrentony \ Ww @ms |} ~h Johnsons 8 Se e 7° Embryo ‘ z A \ IARRRENTON : JUDKINS c N \ | be > DB \ eS S y Crikie | vam / ‘\ mica! de AftonsiElberon Grove Hill © & = ' SHOCCO GragmP ISHING CREEK/ & Vick porol ‘ at J ) E s 1 é So, K ¢ 4 | i, , Arcola is hee FORK R “aH! ! ae NK 1 Ne WARREN COUNTY : ho 2 White Schools County Scale pate wee terest Miles: JE Buen c7¢ Henderson NC We have five Accredited High Schools; three others are not standard, but of five or more teachers; five schacls of two teachers, each confined to six grades except one or two emergency cases; and six one-teacher schools confined in the main to the first four or five grades. Each high school has a music teacher, and there are twe' vocational teachers. (Sm) other county in the State except 15; rank, 85. Of every dollar of our school money, 79 cents goes for teaching, one and three- quarters cents for administration, and 1934, cents for operation and maintenance, transportation, fuel, janitors, furniture, sup- plies and all items of this class. Our white school property in Warren County is estimated to be worth $325,000, and the colored buildings and grounds $75,000. This represents $165 per pupil of enrollment, against $109.99 two years earlier. In Washington county in the same year, there was $258 worth of school property per pupil, which is the highest in the State, and in Cherokee, $21, which is the lowest. It will be seen by comparison that our children are well housed. RESULTS OBTAINED GIVE WARREN HIGH RATING Remembering that our expenditures per pupil are lower than those of 87 of the 100 counties, we next see some noteworthy results: 1. The scholarship of our white teachers is higher than those of any other county in the State except six: Durham, Currituck, Wilson, Gaston, Guilford and Mecklenburg alone surpass us, ac- cording to the State’s canvass of teachers’ certificates in all of the counties. We have no teachers with non-standard certificates. 2. We have a greater percentage of our pupils in high school than any other county in the State except five of the 100. The © University of North Carolina announces to the world in the News Letter that we have more high school graduates per thousand of population than any other county except six. 3. It is pointed out elsewhere that our average white child goes to a school with a term of 159 days. The proposed ‘Eight Months Term” legislation will benefit us only by taking the bur- den of taxation off of the local district and giving it to the State or other large unit. 4. 'Tables on another page show that only an even dozen of the counties have fewer retarded children, or children too old for the grades they are prepared for, than Warren. This bespeaks good home surroundings, good ancestry, good school work, com- petent teaching. 5. Our colored schools are well handled. Only six counties (aL Om) have colored teachers with higher certification than ours, whereas in 62 counties it costs more per pupil to operate the colored schools than in Warren. 6. The publication of “State School Facts’? declares that in “Teaching Positions in Elementary Schools,” Warren county ranks third from the top. This means that, from the teacher’s point of view, three counties offer more desirable teaching posi- tions. Therefore, we are able to obtain excellent teaching at the State salary schedule. From the point of view of pupil, taxpayer and parent, it means that two counties only of the hundred give the pupil a better opportunity to get the full attention of the teacher, where a teacher handles one grade only or the minimum amount of conflict of work. ONLY 13TH FROM TOP IN CAROLINA 7. In the issue of September 1, of “State School Facts,’’ the measure of efficiency of the school systems of all of the counties is given, wherein it is discovered that Warren county ranks higher than all other counties in the State except thirteen, or that 86 other counties rank lower than ours. To accomplish this while our current expenditure record is lower than that of 68 other counties means a record not to be apologized for. TAX RATE LOW BY STATE COMPARISIONS 8. Facts prove the tax rate for-schools in Warren County is lower than in any other county in the State except four. Of course there are township road taxes and district school taxes; but all other counties with but few exceptions have the same. This low tax rate is doubly significant when we remember that the taxable wealth per inhabitant in Warren is less than that in 0 of the 100 counties of the State. Wein Warren have only $661 worth of property per inhabitant, as against $1930 in Durham county, the highest, and $465 in Wilkes, the lowest. There is only $1823 yer pupil of schcol enrollment, on which taxes can be collected for the education of that child, in Warren county, which is less than in any other county in the State except six. Ninety- three counties have more property to be taxed to pay for the education of each child than we have. The highest is Forsyth, in (US, which there is $8358 to pay taxes to educate each child; and the lowest is Wilkes, in which $1198 has to pay all the taxes for each child’s education bills. Our property shows a 27 per cent decrease in valuation since 1920, as against the average decrease in valuation of 14.3 per cent for the entire State. Real estate in Warren county is as a general rule valued for taxation in Warren county at this time at a higher figure than it can be sold for on the open market. LENGTH OF TERM NEAR TOP IN STATE The county had, in 1924-25, a school term of 146 days for each white child, which was en average higher than all of the other counties of the State except 19. In 1925-26, the average term during which a white child was permitted to attend public school was 159 days. We do not know what the average term for the entire State was for this session, but we believe Warren county is still further toward the top. Only the very small schools of Fishing Creek, Johnson and Pope operated for six months, serv- ing 110 pupils of average attendance; and these with one other, Vicksboro, are the only schools which were open for less than full eight months. Vicksboro was open for seven months and had an average attendance of 63. Thus it will be seen that out of an average attendance of 1849, 1676 were in eight months’ or nine months’ schools. Of these 317 were in the Warrenton school, whose term was nine months. Our truck also carries 20 children from Roanoke Township to a nine months’ school at Ebony, Va. The enrollment is divided as follows: Attending 9 months’ school, 406, or 15 per cent. Attending 8 months’ school, 1931 or 75 per cent. Attending 7 months’ school, 113, or 4 per cent. Attending 6 months’ school, 156 or 6 per cent. AVERAGE TERM RUNS 121 DAYS IN NEGRO SCHOOLS The average term in the colored schools is approximately 121 days. The county training school at Wise and the schools at War- renton and Littleton were operated eight months, and all of the (12) Distribution of Colored Schools VIRGINIA MECK RUARG la Elams ’ ’ ' ad eh | \, Plesant Hilt ROANOKE ~ z \ ot ee g re i] ia Wo e-\ ey County ! “Nera é : : / % oe enacecty Orne Trasning , eRising Swon + SMITH Oakvi ee RIVE H SIX PQUND - RIVER a a | CREEK i AWTREE i Pine Olive Grove \ \ Grove, v(t % i S, “ANorlina i :. pore or VRidgewor— ~~ W_ ! = se oem, x ee IS S o~ f 4 e Macon an oN a——/ ~ —_— N Bars ae Snow Hill asia cont ier ¥ Vaughan > ‘ * “) &mbro ie FUDKINSO sat «Baltimore; ooo bakers Liberia (ay u > fa Marm adv ne Thrift Hall ie . « Ong ~ erec, FISHING CREEK/ } ¢ E Old Well K 0 ee Groys! @ WARREN COUNTY Colored Schools JE Buck ce. Gea ee at ee ee Pr Hendersonnc Jerusiam FORK Mayflower For k& Beth lehem High Schools for the colored race are located at Wise and Warrenton, the former being an accredited school. There are six schools of three teachers, twenty of two teachers, and fourteen of one teacher. All buildings except three are in good physical condition. Twenty-four are “Rosenwald” buildings. (S138) Hy remainder for the constitutional period. Eighteen per cent of the negroes were in schools with eight months’ term, and 82 per cent in the six months’ school. One may ask whether this is not discrimination against the Negro. In reply we point out the fact that each race has as long a term as the children of the race can use. Indeed, the colored children cannot use a six months’ term. Our reports show that during the firs: mon‘h of the six months’ term, only 38.6 per cent of the Negro children enrolled are in attendance, and in the second month, only 44.2 of them are in attendance. In January, Febru- ary, March and the first half of April, the attendance is fair. The colored race has a longer school term than it can use, while the white children from the county attend the schools of nine months at Warrenton and at Ebony, Va., more regularly than they used to attend the old six months’ schools, and several districts now desire to lengthen the term in the white schools from eight to nine months. There cannot be any discrimination against the race which has a longer school term than is used. DEFECTS SORELY NEEDING CORRECTION The problem of school financing has ever been, and now is, beset with serious difficulties whose solution is not yet avail- able, though conditions are not perhaps as bad as they have been. Foremost of these has been the inadequacy of funds. This of itself is much abated. Next in the list of undesirable conditions are the following: BURDEN OF SCHOOL SUPPORT IS NOT EQUAL (1) The burden of taxation is unfairly distributed. One county pays three times greater taxes per hundred dollars of property than another, to obtain the same or an inferior speci- men of exactly six months’ schooling. One township or one dis- trict, or one family, pays only two thirds as much taxes as another, to get, right here in Warren county, the same eight months’ term with high school advantages and a teacher for each grade or each two grades. Warren county believes that the State ought to be the unit of school taxation; or that the Equaliz- ing Fund ought really to equalize taxation. And a county unit Amlas) instead of the district unit, of local taxation, with district govern- ment of schools as at present, would be fair. REALTY AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ALONE PAY FOR SCHOOLS (2) The sources of school taxation are segregated upon an unsound basis. It is a fact worthy of much pondering, that whereas the other functions of government in this State are sup- ported in their entirety by franchise, licenses, privilege taxes, income taxes, and gasoline taxes, the school system must be paid for entirely by an ad valorem tax (except the pittance from the present equalizing fund which does not equalize), and the dog taxes and fines. School support is practically a function of the counties. County government is supported by an ad valorem tax. This ad valorem tax is subject to many and flagrant abuses. It affords to many well-to-do people vast opportunities for evasion and concealment, and tends to make real property, and the people who own real property, whether productive or not, contribute more than their just portion of the funds for the support of the public schools, the public roads other than the highway system of the State Highway Commission (which is one-eighth in War- ren county, leaving some 300 miles of road to be supported by local money), and the other local functions of government. The constant tendency therefore is to cause the public to resent school progress, feeling that it is conceived in iniquity of taxa- tion and born in oppression of the “unfortunate” man who can- not hide what he has. THE WILL O’ THE WISP OF CHANGING VALUE (3) While the funds for the six months’ school budget re- main constant, yet there is a dangerous uncertainty about special tax revenues, which are half as much as the other. A district spends about what the tax books call for the year, only to find that during the year two thousand dollars of its revenue has been wiped out by reduction, allowances and disappearances. Result: the district is to be crippled by a two thousand dollar debt which it did not make and which it could neither foresee nor prevent. This has happened in Warren County many times; the past year furnishes instance of it. Norlina, Warrenton, Littleton ( 15 ) Where County's 29 Trucks Travel VIRGINIA MECKLENBURG BRUNSWICK ZN ~--Vaug han par eens Littleton f @ JUDKINS aZonnsonk Emor eo retn spe 1h ‘ rae er iP ey. Odell a oh Gee er" “xn Greve Hull x hose & a < Ry, ; FASHING CREEK/ < a z ] , 4 E 4 en al ; | | : | Inez , ae ai FORK F R We ¥ Aa fehqecu “KR LIN” WARREN COUNTY Truck Routes County Grades eee ae eee High Scheol Scole fet*4t Miles henderson Nk Last year there were 872 children who went to school by truck. The trucks traveled 606 miles per day. The largest number carried was 76; the smallest was 17. The longest daily trip was 40 miles; the shortest was twelve miles. Not counting the Summer overhauling, expenditures included $4024.55 for drivers’ salaries, $3097.44 for gas and oil, $3546.65 for repair parts, and $1643.88 for labor. The total cost including transportation was less than the cost of con- ducting school would have been on the old basis without the use of any trucks at all. ( 16 ) and other districts are suffering from it now. Tabulations of dis- trict taxes which accompany this, will afford ample proof. SCHOOLS OPERATED BY BORROWED MONEY (4) The schools lose thousands of dollars every biennium by tardy payment of taxes. The school year begins on July 1. Great sums have to be spent in July, August and September for repairs, alterations, furniture, fuel and a hundred other things that must be ready when school starts. All of our eight months’ schools, employing a hundred teachers, begin on or near the first Mon- day in September, and salaries are due a month later at the rate of ten or fifteen thousand dollars per month. No taxes worth speaking about are paid until the latter part of December. The bulk of the collections are in February, or later. In a few words, two-thirds of the year’s school fund are spent before practically any of them are received. The county schools, as a result, pay great sums to meet inter- est charges for money borrowed in anticipation of taxes that could be collected raonths earlier than they are now received. In many counties, a discount is allowed for early payment of taxes and a penalty is added for late payment, which renders this neces- sity for interest charges inoperative in its entirety. Our tax rate could be reduced ten cents ver thousand if this were done. TRANSPORTATION AND CONSOLIDATION ARE PAYING Transportation and consolidation have not only built up in Warren county a system of high schools ranking among the Six highest in the whole State in efficiency, but the trucks have actually saved to the county more than five hundred dollars over what would have been paid for schools if we had not had a single school truck. A comparison of 1920, the last year in which we used no school trucks, with the past school year, 1925-26, will prove this. In 1920, there were enrolled in the county 1650 white neers in 39 schools with 81 teachers; in 1925-26 there were 2506 white pupils in only 20 schools with 89 teachers. Fifty-five per cent of the school census was enrolled in 1920, while 86 per cent of it is (RU) enrolled now. There were 210 pupils in high schools six years ago in Warren county; last year there were 554. | There were 20 pupils per teacher in 1920, while last year there were 281-6 pupils per teacher. Therefore, on the basis of the same number of teachers as in 1920, we should have required last year 125 teachers, which number was 36 more than we actually had last year; and the added cost would have been $28,800.00. The gain in enrollment in seven years is 856 pupils. Allow- ing our 28 pupils per teacher we should have required 30 more teachers than were actually in service six years ago. We really have only eight more, because it requires by the use of trans- portation and consolidation, 22 fewer teachers to teach the 1650 pupils who were enrolled six years ago. The difference of 22 teachers would have cost $17,600 for salaries alone. We actually spent for transportation last year $17,666.24, and had on hand at the end of the year an inventory of $600 of new equipment carried over; wherefore it will be proven that instead of paying out the $17,600 for salaries, it cost us $17,066.24 to care for the same number of children that the teachers would have taught. We have, therefore, saved by transportation $534.76 in one year, in teachers’ salaries alone, and have better schooling by far in addition. | (ise) r WARREN'S EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND By HOWARD F. JONES, Former Superintendent of Education The citizens of Warren county have just pride in the character and achievements of our ancestors who came to this county when it was a wilderness inhabited by Indians and covered by a mag- nificent forest of oak, pine, hickory, walnut, interspersed with dogwood and the fragrant honeysuckle. It was a fit setting for a great civilization. History says: “The county is delightfully undulating, and its habitants elegant and refined.” The humorous and sarcastic Colonel William Byrd, of “Divid- ing Line” fame, could not have had this section in mind when he ridiculed the inhabitants along the border on the North Carolina side, describing them as “mere Adamites, innocence only ex- cepted,” for he returned home and advised his kinsman and friend, William Raleigh Duke, to “go to that section, for it is the finest I have seen anywhere.” William Duke came, settled at what is now known as Ridgeway, named his home ‘Purchase Patent,” placed glass windows in his dwelling (the first in all this section), persuaded Miss Mary, daughter of Edward Green, to marry him and raised a large and interesting family. The Dukes, the Alstons, the Twittys, the Palmers, the Milams, the Fittses, the Greens, the Davises, the Wards, the Boyds, the Burwells, the Williamses, the Worthams, the Christmases, the Howes, the Joneses and the Ransoms claim descent from this couple. As early as 1735, the Kearneys, Eatons and Joneses came to this county, for the Colonial Records contain entries of Crown lands by these gentlemen—they having families and slaves suf- ficent to meet the requirements of the King’s representatives. The early settlers of Warren were from Virginia, coming to North Carolina in the determination to escape the pomp and cere- mony of Church and State of that Colony, with its incident high 19%) taxes, unjustly laid. They were “Round Heads.” Many of their ancestors were followers of Cromwell, and doubtless came to America to escape the wrath of CHARLES II. Some of them claimed descent from ‘The Commission of Forty’? who ordered the head of CHARLES I laid on the block. Colonel Wharton J. Green in his book, “Recollections and Reflections,’ speaking of this matter in connection with his “wilful ways” as a boy, says: “Being a Tyrant hater by nature as well as by inheritance, one of my grandfathers having been of that honorable ‘Commission of Forty’ (afterwards known as Regicides) that cut off the head of one CHARLES STEWART, about the last of that Crown- wearing tribe in England.” EARLY SETTLERS WERE MEN OF BOOKS AND PROPERTY These early settlers were not ordinary men in any sense. They were well informed, owned books and slaves, were men of religious zeal, with the Book of Books upon the Family Altar. They were imbued with the spirit of independence. Each was sufficient unto himself in personal matters, but Empire builders in the sense that they worked together for the public good. Hence churches, roads and grist mills soon appeared, and representatives were selected to attend the Colonial Assemblies. They took first rank there and were alert for the preservation of their rights as Englishmen. Their estates grew with the growth of the county and though they had large families, yet each member was well- provided for in the distribution of their respective parents’ estate. At this early date this section was known as “Edgecombe Precinct,” and the old land grants,record that fact. It was not long, however, before the population and business so increased that a demand was made for a new county to be formed from the northern end of Edgecombe, and thus Granville was formed, and again prosperity so abounded that the southern end of Gran- ville was cut off and Bute County was formed, and during the Revolutionary War (1779) Warren and Franklin were formed from Bute—neither county being willing to retain the obnoxious name of (Earl) Bute. You can readily see the reason when you consult history. “There were no Tories in Bute’—‘“the inhabi- tants rose as one man in the Cause of Liberty.” ( 20 ) CITIZENS DEMANDED FREEDOM FROM CROWN IN 1774 Even as early as 1774 the men of Bute met and passed certain resolutions in which they demanded freedom, pledged themselves to care for the families of their brother soldiers who fell in battle, gave notice of a willingness to “march as far as the ‘Potomack,’ ” and beyond if they could get guns and ammunition, elected their officers, and thought they had done nothing but a patriotic duty. This was two years before the Williamsburg (Va.) Resolutions; a year or more before the patriots of Mecklenburg resolved for Independence, and about two years before the remainder of the Colony was ready to declare for Independence at Halifax, Apriel2 1776. It is not surprising, therefore, that when the ‘Embattled Farmers of Lexington fired the shot which was heard around the World” that Bute county had no duty of crushing the Tories in her midst; that had been done when they organized to fight in 1774. Philemon Hawkins, Senior, a wealthy gentleman, was Governor Tryon’s right hand man here, and Governor Tyron, representing the King, was most obnoxious and cruel to the early patriots. General Hawkins had nothing to say after “Bute rose as one man” and formed its military company. He, too, must have joined hands with his neighbors, for his sons were ardent and influential patriots—Benjamin Hawkins being on General Washington’s staff, and afterwards our representative in the U. 8. Senate, and Indian Agent by appointment of Congress. He serv- ed long and honorably in this position. It is quite a coincidence that the Legislature of the State should have called Colonel Haw- kins to act as commercial agent in making purchases of all things needful at home and abroad for the defense of the State in the War (1780), and that North Carolina should again turn to War- ren County in the War Between the States to select Mr. John White to purchase all supplies needed abroad for the defense of the State. Both appointees were worthy and well qualified. And again it may be interesting to note that North Carolina turned to Warren Coanty to find its United States Senators—the county having both senators and for a short period (Macon and Hawkins served 47 years), and at the same period Warren County ( 21 ) furnished William Miller, as Governor; Nathaniel Macon and James Turner, as United States Senators; Weldon N. Edwards, as Congressman; John Hall, Judge of the Superior Court, and Oliver Fitts as Attorney-General. Lack of space prevents me following this very interesting matter further. We have every reason to take pride in the achievements of our ancestors; but it should be such pride as will make us “‘worthy sons of noble sires.” Unless it does this, then “our preaching is in vain.” THE MAN FOR WHOM THE COUNTY WAS NAMED I cannot close without some notice of that great patriot, Dr. Joseph Warren, a Major General in the Provincial forces, who fell in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. Her personal appear- ance, his kind address and humanity won its way to all hearts. Dr. Warren was so incensed at the massacre of the colonists in Boston that he was outspoken in his condemnation. His oratory and the truth of his remarks cut the British to the quick. General Gage in command of the British troops gave orders that he should not again speak in the town, at his peril. Dr. Warren took fire at the tyrannical threat, and requested permission to deliver the oration at the anniversary of the massacre, the place being Old South church. General Gage heard of it and filled the doors and entrances with soldiers with bayonets, to prevent Warren’s en- trance and speech. Warren procured a ladder, climbed through a high back window, and pressed forward to his post. “In the bloom of manhood, flushed with the spirit of Liberty, the youth- ful orator advanced.” The British officers, seeing his coolness and bravery, made way for him. In words that breathed and burned he “spoke of the early history of the Colonists and of their rights and the claims of justice, and how these rights had been trampled down, how violated by the tyranical power of England. His de- scription of suffering, agony and blood of the colonists chilled even the spirit of the British. The scene was sublime—the cause of Truth prevailed. The day passed without any violence.” Such a man and such a patriot did our patriots select to honor in the name of our county—our sister county choosing the patriotic name of Franklin. “Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.” ( 22 ) WARRENTON GRADED AND HIGH SCHOOL Member of Southern Association of High Schools and Colleges HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS—4J. Y. Kerr, Principal, A. B., University N. C.; Mariam Boyd, A. B., N. C. C. W., Greensboro; Helen Thompson, A. B., Duke University; Tempe Boyd, A. B., Randolph-Macon, Lynchburg; Emma Bryant, A. B., Winthrop College; Elizabeth Peay (Voc., H. E.), Lander, A. B.; Lilly Belle Dameron (Music); Mrs. R. R. Rodwell (Music). ELEMENTARY TEACHERS—Mrs. H. V. Scarborough, Mrs. T. R. Tunstall, Mrs. Virginia Gibbs Pearsall, Frances Robertson, A. B., Salem; Dorothy Schaefer, Mrs. J. C. Gardner, Rosa V. Hamilton. LITTLETON HIGH AND GRADED SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL -TEACHERS—C. U. Williams,, A. B37 U. N.C; Jessie Sutton, Cliffie Williams, A. B., N. C. W., Greensboro; Elizabeth Morton, Henrietta Alsticn (Music). ELEMENTARY TEACHERS—Lorena Miller, A. B., Coker College; Helen Dickson, Agnes Edwards, Florence Dean, Pattie Thorne, Mrs. Ae Tie Ivey. WISE HIGH AND GRADED SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS—W. -J. Early, Principal, B: S., Wake Forest College; Blanche Banks, A. B., Meredith College; Emily Milam, Lucile Ransom (Music). ELEMENTARY TEACHERS— TE Th » = es TS & PQ ND ty shat? aa os ous =H Oo AA OA ee John Williams Wise 30 53 160 $ .50 Charlie Ball Wise 25 56 160 52 Henry Bell Churchill _ . 12 30 160 ue) Cree Haithcock Churchill 25 19 160 4 Gid King Oakville 14 24 160 1.71 Horace Ellis Oakville 20 van 160 1.16 John Dowling Norlina 30 60 160 44 Henry Seaman Norlina 20 26 160 1.07 Weymouth Hayes Oine 24 22 160 1.89 Frank Stegall Oine 28 30 160 92 Cleveland Neal Embro eos 48 160 51 Jesse Salmon Epworth — . 14 17 160 2.03 J. L. Pinnell Afton 20 28 180 wi2 Ira Weaver Afton 20 31 160 61 Lewis Fuller Afton 30 76 160 20 J. B. Pritchard Vicksboro 14 39 140 1.46 Thos. Paschall : Drewry 26 46 160 .D0 Ryron Brewer ; Drewry 22 38 160 1.04 H. P. Wilson Drewry Pag h 30 160 62 James Harris Inez ) 35 a0 120 sts) Jack King Fishing Creek 35 24 120 My? Richard Davis Fishing Creek 28 22 120 ye Norman Tucker Fishing Creek 40 are 120 1.45 Jack Shearin Fishing Creek 26 23 120 45 R. D. Fleming River 12 23 120 1.76 Roy Grey River 14 18 120 1.94 Albert Moseley Roanoke 15 27 120 1.41 Total for county: 28 trucks; miles traveled, 634; children carried, 879; per pupil mile, $.98. Where trucks are operated only 120 days at public expense, the two additional months’ operation is cared for by subscription of patrons. ( 382 ) MACON HIGH AND GRADED SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS—Martin J. Davis, Principal, M. A., Uni- versity North Carolina; Sallie Allen, A. B., University INE? @e*> Mirson lee les Harris, A. B.; A. A. Cone, B. S., Alabama Tech., Auburn, Ala. (Agri.); Josie Rodwell (Music). ELEMENTARY TEACHERS—Dora Tyler, Mrs. V. G. Shearin, Mrs. A. A. Cone, Mrs. S. S. Reeks. NORLINA HIGH AND GRADED SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS—Dwight M. Castelloe, Principal, A. M., University N. C.; Frances Smith, A. B., E. C. T. C., Greenville; Louise Hay- WardmeAcs 5. WN; C. Caw: Greensboro; Mrs. Q. M. Wiggins, Victoria Adcock, Mrs. ‘N. ee ’Gholson, B. M. Durham Conversateo ry (Music). ELEMENTARY TEACHERS—Frances Robinson, Sara Towe, Minnie Cawthorne, Mrs. J. B. Haymore, Mrs. Nellie Register, Emma Dunn, Susi¢ Rooker. ( 33 ) AFTON HIGH AND GRADED SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER—Leslie D. Bell, A. B., Lynchburg College. ELEMENTARY TEACHERS—Florznce Mustian, Willa Matheson, Mrs. L. M. Moretz, Mary Belle Sullivan, DREWRY HIGH AND GRADED SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS—Herbert Scholz, A. B., Elon College; Judith Boyd. ELEMENTARY TEACHERS—Etta Fleming, Mrs. L. O. Reavis, Helen Read, Mary B. Kimball, A . B., G. C. W., Greensboro. (aoe) COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOL, WISE FOR COLORED CHILDREN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS—G. E. Cheek, Principal, M. A., Knoxville College, B. A., Shaw University; James A. Dillard, Annie B. Eley, B. S., Shaw University. ELEMENTARY TEACHERS—Mrs. E. B. Cheek, B. A., Knoxville Col- lege; Mrs. Edna W. Dancy, Helen Bradshaw, Effie Alston, Maria Poston, Mabel Hannah. VOCATIONAL TEACHERS—J. L. Bolden, Vocational Agriculture; Vivian Clark, Vocatisnal Home Economics. , WARRENTON COLORED SCHOOL HICH SCHOOLS aL EACHERS—J- JAc. ‘Lester,’ Principal; 7 B-1 8... shaw University; Lucile Lemon, A. B., Clark University, Atlanta, Ga. ELEMENTARY TEACHERS—Burwell Thornton, Cora Harris, Aurelia Green, Mayme Haley. ( 35 ) White Teachers With Certificates Held, 1926-27 High School Principals’ Certificates: J. Y. Kerr, .C..:U. Williams; \W. v)-pWarlyio ea Davisne sa lliemAticns Mrs. L. R. Harris, D. M. Castelloe, Herbert Scholz. Class A Certificate, High School, Grammar Grade and Primary: Mariam Boyd, Helen Thompson, Tempe Boyd, Emma Bryant, Frances Robertson, Jessie Sutton, Cliffie Williams, Blanche Banks, C. L. Pearce, Frances Smith, Louise Hayward, Leshe D. Bell, Aaron A. Cone, Agnes Edwards, Rosa V. Hamilton. Class B Certificates, High School, Grammar Grade or Primary: Elizabeth Morton, Lorena Miller, Helen Dickson, Emily Milam, Dorothy Schaefer, Mary B. Kimball, Mrs. V. G. Pearsall, Florence Dean, Esther Umberger, Judith Boyd, Mrs. L. O. Reavis, Willa L. Matheson. Class C Certificates, High School, Grammar Grade or Primary: Mrs. J. T. Bell, Mrs. C. L. Pearce, Josie Rodwell, Mrs. Q. M. Wiggins, Victoria Adcock, Frances Robinson, Sara Towe, Florence Mustian, Elizabeth Peay, Mrs. T. R. Tunstall, Mrs. R. L. Bell, Lucy Reeks, Mrs. V. iG. Shearin, Etta Fleming, Mrs. E. D. Chewing, Mrs. B. D. Scull, Willie Robinson, Mrs. H. V. Scarborough, Mrs. Eva T. Gardner, Crystal Bobbitt, Carrie B. Dunn, Mrs. S. S. Reeks, Emma Dunn, Maz Perry, Clara Thompson, Mrs. C. J. Weaver, Helen Read, Jimmie Clark. Elementary Certificates, Class A: Mrs. J. R. Ivey, Annie May Koon, Evelyn Harrison, Bernice Hitchens, Dora Tyler, Mrs. A. A. Cone, Minnia Cawthorne, Mrs. J. B. Haymore, Mrs. Nellie Register, Susie Rooker, Mary Belle Sullivan. Elementary B Certificates: Mrs. John Rodgers, Pattie Thorne, Ellen Perkinson, Tullia B. Rezks, Kate Mayfield, Mrs. J. M. Moretz, Elizabeth Thompson, Bzaufort Hunter, Gertrude Harris, Belle Wood, Clara F. Pove. The Total Teaching Experience of these teachers is 650 years, and the average for all teachers in this county is seven years six months. The average teacher in the above list has approximately three years of college training or its equivalent, as shown by certificates. ( 36 ) State Salary Schedule For White Teachers High School Teachers’ Certificates, Grammar Grade Certificates, Primary Certificates: MONTHLY SALARY BASED ON LENGTH OF SERVICE 4 Yrs. 3 Yrs. 2 Yrs. iG, powve IN SLOSS) 1 a $133.33 $120.00 $110.00 $105.00 $100.00 Ciacci eee <4 110.00 105.00 100.00 95.00 90.00 ODES (2 105.00 100.00 95.00 90.00 85.00 Provisional Class C.._. 95.00 90.00 85.00 80.00 75.00 Elementary Teachers’ Certificates: Chece -/.\. $ 95.00 $ 90.00 $ 85.00 $ 80.00 $ 75.00 (CHES 1 Se 85.00 80.00 75.00 70.00 65.00 Provisional Elementary 75.00 70.00 65.00 60.00 55.60 Certificates Below Standard: eee en eee A ee ee ee ee ee Pee 28 2 $760.00 Rae ee eee oe) 88s ee eS TT ee ete ae 5500 eee ae en Se ee ON ote ee I ap Pe ne ne eh hbo. SO 50.00 WartieveeoccOln Se Grades 22.0 ae tee a eee ee oe 45.00 State Salary Schedule For Colored Teachers High School Teachers’ Certificates, Grammar Grade Certificates, Primary Certificates: MONTHLY SALARY BASED ON LENGTH OF SERVICE 4 yrs. SYCS: 2 VOTES, RYT: 0 Chocks ile Ss ee ae $100.00 $ 95.00 $ 90.00 -$ 85.00 $ 80.00 (igvemer ete; -90.00 85.00 80.00 75.00 70.00 Geicke (Cae a 80.00 77.50 75.00 72.50 70.00 Provisional Class C-- 75.00 70.00 65.00 60.00 57.50 Elementary Teachers’ oe $ 75.00 $70.00 $65.00 $60.00 $ 57.50 iassu bss. je 70.00 65.00 60.00 57.50 55.00 Provisional Elementary 65.00 60.00 55.00 | ‘ 52.50 50.00 Certificates Below Standard: a east Tle RNS Ae ore i Ae teeta eee gL mh aoe SIONAL Ate 2 ane ee ee a eS aS retens caret aay hee MROVIsIiONAl Bo 22s se ne re nm ee County Second Grade... -....-:...)---.---------- scan n nnn - $35.0 00 to pets County Third Gen me ge ae nel, get ee ee ee be ( 37) School Committeemen As of November |, 1926 DISTRICT Wise Churchill Oakville Vaughan Macon Norlina Embro Oine Epworth Afton-Elberon-Axtell Warren Plains Drewry Inez Warrenton Special Charter* Littleton TOWNSHIP Sandy Creek Fishing Creek Judkins Fork (Creek) Shocco Roanoke River Warrenton (Liberia, Baltimore) en ———————————————————————L—K$K$6§ appointed by the Board of Education, and the fi Kate P. Arrington, W. G. Rogers, R. B. Boyd, H. A. Mo seley, Boyd. Of these, V. F. Ward, Miss Julia Dameron, T. V. Allen, 1929 C. C. Perkinson Jasper Shearin Miss Irene Rodwell L. O. Haskins F. M. Drake M. C. Johnson Mrs. G. K. Marshall Abner Shearin R. S. Williams Hal D. Bobbitt R. G. Daniel Fate Weaver A. P. Rodwell W. W. Kimball N. H. Paschall Harry Williams J. A. Hudgins M. L. Cole W. E. Turner A. 8S. Bugg F. F. Ryder O. F. Clark J. B. Davis Haslet H. E. Sadler W. T. Powell details as required by law of School Committees. 1928 H. Evans Coleman H. E. Rodwell Jchn W. King W. T. Carter Fletcher Bobbitt J. T. White T. Alex Baxter JH ent Will Martin S. D. King M. S. Dryden G. W. Hester Philip Holtzman S. W. Powell Tavera ler W. R. Wiggins Robert P. Fleming W. T, Davis Frank Neal M. T. Pridgen W. C. Burroughs J. W. Reid W. H. Walker L. W. Haithcock 1927 Arthur Perkinson J. J. Nicholson C. W. Floyd W. W. Pegram W. Pryor Rodwell H. H. Hawks Joe Stallings H. L. Salmon J. L. Aycock Herbert Edmonds E. G. Overby J. E. Paschall B. G. Tharrington G. R. Scoggin N. W. Warren J. B. Pritchard Charles Haithcock ee Vee onearin W. E. Davis F. F. Limer M. G. King T. B. Fleming Ricks Mustian EY *The Board of Trustees of the Warrenton Graded and High School district is composed cllowing: Hon. J. H. Kerr, V. F. Ward, Miss Julia Dameron, Mrs. E. S. Allen, Tasker Polk, Thomas D. Peck, H. A. E. S. Allen, as Executive Committee, administer of the three named, ( 38 ) Colored Teachers and Certificates Held By Each High School Principal’s Certificates: G, E. Cheek, Mrs. E. B. Cheek. Class A Certificates, High School, Grammar Grade and Primary: J. A. Dillard, Mrs. Edna W. Dancey, Annie B. Eley, J. A. Lester. Class B Certificates, High School, Grammar Grade and Primary: Helen M. Bradshaw, Effie Alston, Geneva Poston, Mabel Hannah, Mrs. L. M. Williamson, Mary L. ‘Goode, Anna R. Goings, J. L. Bolden. Class C Certificates, High School, Grammar Grade and Primary: Emma B. Lewis, Helen Cross, Winnie B. Williams, Lucile Lemon, Mrs. V. H: Clark. Elementary A Certificates: ‘Minerva Hawkins, Geneva Madison, Mrs. D. A. W. Pugh, Mrs. Mamie O. Alston, Mary L. Arrington, Rosa E. Alston, Mrs. Cora T. Harris, Mayme Hayley. -, Elementary B Certificates: Rev. J. G. Lewis, Mrs. J. G. Lewis, Louise Howell, Bessie Copeland, Mrs. M. E. Strowd, J. L. Watson, Mattie Alexander, Mrs. Enolia Streeter, Mattie B. Alston, Sallie Mae Williams, Mrs. Lucy Watson, Willie G. Watson, Mrs. Lula R. Davis, Mary L. Merritt, Maude Philpott, C. C. Fitts, Mrs. A. B. Northington, Elnora Wright, Pollie Levister, Mrs. Nevie J. Powell, Mrs. Emma B. Williams, B. Thornton, Mrs. Arelia C. Green, Robert Ransom, Freddie Warwick, Lucy Wortham, L. C. Watkins, Mrs. L. C. Watkins, Viola King, Julia Ricks, Hattie N. Harrison, Mrs. Lula J. Sailman, Daisy B. Hawkins, W. J. West, Mrs. Nannie C. West, Mrs. Annette R. Green, Pattie Gatling, Mrs. Gertrude Banks, Clementine Harris, Bertha Ransom, Susie J. Franklin, Lizzie Sledge, Rev. E. L. Allen, Mrs. Lucy M. Boyd, Mrs. Mabel Falkener, Lunar P. Davis, Mrs. Birdie L. Plummer, J. H. Foster, Mrs. Mary C. Alston, R. L. Feilds, Mrs. Elizabeth Pierce, Josephine Somerville, Dora V. Shelton, Mrs. Annie B. Alston. ( 39 ) Seniors in the High Schools of Warren County 1926-1927 * Schools are listed in the order of their accrediting. MACON—Lucy F. Coleman, Maybelle Fitts, Annie M. Haithcock, Cree Haithcock, Lena Rivers Haithcock, Myrtis Harris, Walton Shaw, Willie P. Shearin. WARRENTON—Frances Benson, Margaret Brown, Mary Capps, Mattie Davis, Anna Drake, Rita Friedenberg, Elnora Gupton, Margaret Hunter, Bobbie Jones, Ida Mae King, Fannie Martin, Rachel Mullen, Alta Mustian, Mary Neal, Olive Limer, Addie Pinnell, Sara Ward, John Conn, Richard Davis, Frank Friedenberg, James Harris, Roger Limer, Douglas Mustian, Graham Reams. NORLINA—Katherine Baxter, Margaret Conwell, Jessie Dixon, Mildred Frazier, Helen Hawks, Lorena Hayes, Maud Hicks, Mary Howard, Lucile Hundley, Louise Inscoe, Lillian Ranson, Minnie Wilson, Nellie Wilson, Stephen Crowder, John Dowling, Carlton Duke, Baxter Haymore, Boyd May- field, Bennett Ranson. LITTLETON—George W. Alston, Hermon Hunt, Cora Lou Bobbitt, Edith May Bobbitt, Elva Lancaster, Elizabeth Miller, Mary Murphy, Gladys Myrick, Winifred C. Nicholson, Lucy Perry, Mary Powell Pippin, Belle Shearin, Gladys Shearin, Dora Thorne. WISE—Gideon W. King, Bradley King, Josie Mulchi, Annie Mary Gardner, Ella Mustian, Elizabeth Perkinson, Christine Perkinson, Florrie C. Perkinson, Virginia Salmon, Ava Stegall, Ruth Stegall. VAUGHAN (Recognized High School)—Joseph Riggan, Dennis Harris, Myrtice Harris, Nellie Gray Newsom. DREWRY (Recognized High School)—Lizzie Brewer, Lucy Brown Buchanan, Anna Seaman, Richard D. Paschall, M. J. Satterwhite. COLORED WARREN COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOL (Accredited High School)— Delia Alston, Lovest Alexander, Daniel Cheek, Horace Cheek, Alice Dowtin, Samuel Dowtin, Mary E. Green, Stella Green, Lena Hayes, Moses Henderson, Millie Long, Sanora Watson. * As compiled Dee. 1, 1926. ( 40 ) Location of Special Tax Districts VIRGINIA MECKLENBURG SY . rk é 4 i] \ GINE¢ WISE : OAKYILLE CHURCHTLLS ag OES rd et HA] AR EE! S| POUNDS RIVER 1 xs % iA Hy eS ie $4 ae u < S 2\ AAXTELL>— N \ ave. D Wey, chFT® & a MA Ke \ ; “NK LIN ¢ f S WARREN COUNTY Snesse A53. Pd unt yw School Districts--- o -%! Zi arp Ce (4 af 2, - Scale ac wg Miles T.E.Buck C.€ Henderson fi-<. mes above are those of the townships; the heavier names, we ie Hee eae tax districts. All of the northern half of the ce except Roanoke township and a small part of River is special tax peas ee while the Afton-Elberon, Embro and Inez districts are the only anecls ax territory in the southern half of the county. In the non- epee re ae about 90 per cent of the people are of the Negro race. Wale on eaeile districts, though chartered, are operated as a part of the county sy ( 41 ) Table Showing Changing Values of Real Estate ( 42 ) Sheriff’s Sheriff’s Sheriff’s Tax Settle- Tax Settle- Tax Settle- District Books ment Loss Books ment Loss Books ment Loss 1923-1924 1923-1924 1923-1924 1924-1925 1924-1925 1924-1925 1925-1926 1925-1926 1925-1926 Warrenton $12,724.07 $11,534.33 $1,189.74 $12,312.67 $11,198.69 $1,113.98 $13,118.88 $11,970.68 $1,148.20 Littleton 2,404.29 2,168.49 235.80 4,488.97 4,184.78 304.19 4,620.24 4,262.05 358.19 Wise Bolas 3,298.83 213.70 SOLOS 3,902.01 162.47 3,388.55 3,200.21 188.34 Churchill 949.34 904.97 44.37 1,395./9 1aeY Dalry 53.07 1,349.46 1,295.56 53.90 Oakville 688.56 645.88 42.68 613.31 585.05 28.26 564.33 532.64 31.69 Vaughan 1,870.60 ial 96.09 2,218.66 22022 93.44 1,879.86 1,811.53 68.33 Macon 4,190.37 3,986.43 203.94 3,952.19 3,679.29 272.90 3,951.48 3,604.90 346.58 Norlina 10,572.89 9,431.89 1,141.00 Or fOOeIie 8,852.65 903.47 95296-2050 S407. te 819.13 Oine 418.44 382.66 35.78 454.32 424.00 30.33 439.12 400.76 38.36 Embro 422.50 363.72 58.78 466.30 421.64 44.66 437.11 389.67 47.44 Epworth 773.50 Weyeey 41.08 fake 679.56 34.55 cere 668.70 44.03 Afton-Elberon | Axtell 2,428.47 Pera) 102.68 2,494.48 202042 169.06 2,547.21 2,396.90 150.31 Warren Plains 1,075.85 1,003.35 72.50 1,127.69 967.14 160.55 994.14 947.50 46.64 Drewry 2,414.95 2,204.59 210.36 Pipa ieee 2,098.63 280.71 2,274.83 2,140.50 134.33 Inez 883.05 838.66 44.39 929.09 880.46 48.63 896.04 849.57 46.47 TOTALS $45,329.41 $41,596.52 $3,732.89 $46,818.33 $43,118.06 $3,700.27 $46,470.23 $42,948.29 $3,521.94 Sheriff’s Commission 1,323.33 1,342.70 1,319.18 $2.409.56 D2500 kot $2,202.76 rn ee Decrease of Valuation In School Districts ( 43 ) Valuation Valuation Valuation Valuation ee” 1923-1924 1924-1925 1925-1926 1926-1927 Warrenton $ 3,138,384 bed fd P2333 DEaehhO. Zoe $ 2,688,729 Littleton 769,034 852,493 883,251 800,043 Wise 1,090,149 1,097,062 1,061,415 1,066,641 Churchill 479,557 516,318 499,587 483,131 Oakville 254,122 2323 212,536 241,745 Vaughan 593,835 708,254 595,120 601,388 Macon 893,077 987,657 876,649 805,322 Norlina 1,578,084 1,490,467 1,417,196 1,248,210 Oine 254,971 274,394 197,664 188,299 Embro 190,548 213,046 261,708 198,687 Epworth 435,163 331,254 331,766 ga0;00D Afton-Elberon Axtell 940,694 854,027 871,292 768,558 Warren Plains 458,131 482,291 419,182 399,902 Drewry 892,476 872,239 833,138 858,272 Inez 539,204 568,389 546,365 588,369 Totals All Special Dist. $12,507,429 $12,186,647 $11,783,161 $11,270,801 Totals Non- Special Dist. 2,586,070 2,639,937 2,698,138 2,932,744 Totals for County $15,093,499 $14,826,584 14,481,299 $14,208,545 RECEIPES ss ee GIA Aa DIS RIGS od : Total All Rebates Sheriff’s Sheriff’s Total EHSAN Valuation Rate Sources Errors Commissions Settlement Loss Warrenton $ 2,776,292 45 $13,118.88 eer tae pe (Oreo $11,970.68 $1,148.20 Littleton 883,251 50 4,620.24 Zo4e(2 Zo 47 4,262.05 30SeLo Wise 1,061,415 30 3,088.55 89.36 98.98 3,200.21 188.34 Churchill 499,587 25 1,349.46 13-S0 40.07 1,295.56 53.90 Oakville 212,536 25 564.33 15.24 16.45 532.64 31.69 Vaughan 595,120 30 1,879.86 eo U 56.03 Siiebs 68.33 Macon and Bonds 876,649 43 3,951.48 235.06 Pi o2 3,604.90 346.58 Norlina and Bonds 1,417,196 62 9,296.25 563.14 255.99 SAT pele 819.13 Embro 197,664 20 439.12 37.40 12.05 389.67 49.45 Oine 261,708 15 AVAL 23.96 12.39 400.76 36.35 Epworth 331,766 20 Tawny ZoLBo 20.68 668.70 44.03 Axtell and 318,955 707.51 PEGS 20.89 Afton-Elberon BOL 00 T 30 1,839.70 65.05 Howe 2,396.90 150-31 Warren Plains 419,182 D2, 994.14 17234 29.30 947.50 46.64 Vicksboro 119,696 25 332.23 9.43 9.68 Sloe be 19.11 Drewry 833,138 25 2,274.83 72.40 61.93 2,140.50 134.32 Inez 546,365 15 896.04 20.19 26.28 849.57 46.47 TOTALS $11,902,857 $46,802.46 $2,221.87 $1,319.18 $43,261.41 $3,541.05 (aaa) District Warrenton Littleton Wise Churchill Oakville Vaughan Macon Norlina Embro Oine Epworth: Afton-Elberon Axtell Warren Plains Vicksboro Drewry Inez TOTALS Disbursement of Special Taxes Teachers’ Operation and Salaries Equipment Loans $ 5,096.45 $15,486.02 2,747.81 1,514.24 1,094.58 2,105.63 505.00 $ 132.89 657.67 420.00 112.64 e220) 586.28 B00. tL 3,245.79 2,505.77 962.70 5,008.65 389.67 250.00 150.76 536.75 131.95 1,407.13 403.92 585.85 555.00 284.50 108.00 313.12 727.00 933.23 480.27 549.25 141.92 158.40 $18,681.89 $3254.51 $29,936.80 ( 45 ) Totals $20,582.47 4,262.05 3,200.21 1,295.56 532.64 1,811.53 3,604.90 8,477.12 389.67 400.76 668.70 2,396.90 947.50 313.12 2,140.50 849.57 $51,873.20 Tax Books SCHEDULE I. RECEIPTS Real and Personal Property—$12,525,893 @ 60c__------------ $ 75,152.36 Railroads, Telegraphs, Telephones—$1,669,794 @ 60c_-_--....---- 10,018.76 Bank Ee xcess—$38,907.@) G0cl sl) ee See 233.44 Domestic Corporation Excess—$13,403 @ 60c_-----....----..--.... 80.42 Polls—3293° @* $1.50 220s ee eee 4,939.50 Dogs ....200c 5 font Tee aE ey See ee 2,486.10 Fines, ‘Forfeitures, “Penalties 24_2 2225) eee ee 2,030.12 DELINQUENTS Real &=Personal—-$2383,802) @ }G0Gi2 2 ee 1,402.81 Polls—80. @/ -$1.50..0 2 Se ee 120.00 Peter’ Johnson ’ (4 years’ *taxes) \ 555i y 17.29 17 Special School Districts and Two Bond Districts ‘transferred to this Fund____.._____- 43,261.41 TOTA] RECEIPTS eee eee $139,742.21 DISBURSEMENTS, Credits Allowed by Commissioners Real '& “Personal—-$239,388: @) 60¢2_ 2 ee $ 1,486.30 Polls—46 (@.°.$1:50-2 22). 2 eee 69.00 INSOLVENTS Real ‘&=Personal—-$25,881 @ 160cl2.3 3 ee 155.29 Polls—347 .@. $1.5022..20 203i 3 ee ee 520.50 Land ‘Sales—$244,989°" @: (G0 =...) ee 1,469.93 Polls—10>@.. $1,502 4. 27 oi ee ee 15.00 Sheriff's Commission® @ 3) per ‘centiis.0 ae 2,648.96 Paid: to,.County Treasurer eee 133,427.23 TOTAL’ DISBURSEME NT Soe ee= $139,742.21 Number of Schools SCHEDULE II. Number of Schools in Warren County other than City Schools supported in part by Special WHITE COL. TOTAL Local “Taxes 222 oe 15 3 18 Number of Schools supported entirely from funds appropriated wholly from State and County Six Months’? ‘Schoo|sFund 2-2) )s2 eee 4 38 42 County Superintendent's Office SCHEDULE III. Salary of7.County sSuperintendents 22s) 2a $3,600.00 Traveling Expense County Superintendent=2. ~.)8) =) sae 425.00 Mileage, Per Diem County Board Education and Miscellaneous___ 714.20 Other Office’ Expense, Stationery, Hiles,;ete:s. 2) ea eee 328.75 TOT A Ti oe lh dl os Sy Senet $5,067.95 Salary Fund Receipts SCHEDULE IV. FROM: Real and Personal, Railroads, Telegraphs, etc.____...........-.. $77,252.11 Pree alin Cee rund seme! 2 be he oe ee 22,970.93 Setemebeacher ‘Training tny.. 22... a4... Fabs ao noah Urine See 217.00 Sramemey OCAtiOnalm LGuCcaAtIONE® ...........22. 02-5 oe eee f.. 3,075.00 eC IMBIBOCH IME LAXGS 2teg ee (ie Ee eae 27,078.58 Nirnecm@ouney mtr eVICKSUOLO 62 224 Le ee 1,761.78 hantaweCounty.,ior Littieton White_—........:.....22-22 22s oe... 4,250.00 Swe omrim im ocnioolse =) ae bee TAOS EP 1,400.00 Maco, tuition and Dormitiry Fees_._~=__............-.------- 875.09 CINE AS Sa 0 = RS a 500.00 TOTAL SALARY RECEIPIS......--5--.-- SALARY FUND DISBURSEMENTS Sal eaveotmCounty ouperintendent-. 22........--.-_---2-.2_.- Total Salaries paid Teachers, Supervisors, Principals AnGmalmotnervemployees e228 522 3. See: diranspottauonerixpense. (See Statutes).....-_....----2_..- TOTAL SALARY DISBURSEMENTS---- ne ian) ely Ure 17,686.95 {eee $139,380.49 4 $ 3,600.00 118,093.54 Mak ok $139,380.49 Operating and Equipment RECEIPTS Property Tax and Polls) 222222 ee ee $19,376.51 Dorsee ee Ripe ae ARN By ee El doe lp PARRA MD) Fines, Forfeitures, “Penalties... dale ee ee ee ee eee ee ee OO sie Private Donations. SE SEN eel a 1,316.84 Rents =-_ once ee ee eee 205.00 Refunds:.s. = be ee eee 440.50 State. for*Special: Building® Fiancee eee 28,040.69 Borrowed Money, Temporary (Loans 92sec eee OSG aleL Special Local Naeremmmrmnine 16,300.72 Sale -School’ Property 2..3...262=2 2. eee 2,636.00 TOTAL RECEIPTS OPERATING AND EQUIPMENT_-_________ $90,218.59 DISBURSEMENTS Fuelvand? Janitors2.. 2 0 oe ee 7 Supplhes-2 8 2... Ate te es Zao leo |i Insurance ‘and* Renti.222.. 25.6222 Le ee ee eee LGD Transportation, (New) 222 2224523. on CA ety New Buildings. and* Sites? 2.2.2 25. So ee 7,542.01 Repairs s ewe fees : oS ee EE 85) Equipment, Blackboard, Desks, "Stoves, ClC. ee eee 3,676.46 Libraries see San oo ee eee 420.92 Borrowed Money Repaid and ‘Interest mn a 21,465.01 Temporary Loans Repaidmand Interests = ses een eee ee Refunds, Forfeitures and Taxes___-__-----_- ee eee eae eee 312.16 Expense Supervisor_____-........ wm Gr coy i ee tee eS 241.60 Expense Superintendent Public | Welfare aan ane 106.30 Census. 23x 2e2 228 ee eC 279.02 Halifax County, Littleton Colored] Schoo) say sae eee 150.00 County Commencement? 2.2 ere ee 225.00 Retainer’s Fee, T. Polk, ie (anne ea eee ae 25.00 Printing << 2203. ene ee ee 11.87 Phone > Service. see yee ens ee oe ee ee 50.36 Expense’ Employing. ‘Teachers: 2920 --=e ee e 25.55 Commencement Expense............ ee ack ES Aes dee ee eo 119.038 SUMMET EOC 100] ee eee eee pei a ee eee ere 50.00 Telegrams... Ch iy ool a ee 19.86 Expense County " Superintendent_ foi OO ee eee ee ee 425.00 Office Expense. 2232025350. i ee ee 328.75 Expense, Per Digm County Board Education and Miscellaneous.... 714.20 TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS OPERATING AND EQUIPMENT-_- $80,571.88 (ato) General Fund Balances ' SCHEDULE VI ASSETS Panne eameem une) O00 192G52 20 $10,220.91 Diewironm Halifax: County for Littleton, White__- ..... LOT ea Puemeremm uate. tor. Littleton....0-.0 95. 3,795.85 Pa@emeromima we DB Harris: 2.20 eee Ley.) ae eae ee 56.59 Due from Warrenton Graded and High School..__........... 8,611.79 PUcwerommenccts-shecelvable, Wise Col.-._.-__s_-:_....'..... 600.00 Due from Accts. Receivable, Warrenton, Col..__________.._...., 1,500.00 Due from 1926-1927 Coal Bills paid before 6-30-26____....._........... 250.63 Due from Tires and Supplies on Hand 6-30-26____..........________ 600.00 TORMMAC COTS Pe ey "$27,548.24 LIABILITIES WWemsite coonmibulldine “Account <..0.....$22.4......0.-22-- Leese _ $22,000.00 lem te vom Vial cme tere ee ee. 1,404.20 MUcmetuonmeroreotater loan Unused:...c.-2.-40 ot ec... ° 2,896.87 Ducmy seeLormotitemtoan WUnused___(—_-=.—__-...2s..--.1_.- a - 1,266.69 Diem uauenanetormotace, Loan’ Unused: _-_.....-_.2- 2 —---. eee... 261.69 Meme one orm@olored wschools 3). 2 22 oe... nel 523.48 omen Co Mm VeLrEancterreds. se. o.oo kein kel eee.) «© 2,147.95 Gtr wm riskt isa © 8 ee 8 2s. $80,500.88 SOURCES OF DEFICIT " Paid Through Total Cos BUNS District Deficit Janitor and Fuel © 6,872.92 $ 3,800.00 $85,012.92 Insurance 2,996.35 1,000.00 100.00 $1,896.35 Transportation 19,160.68 11,000.00 7,104.34 1,056.29 TOTALS $29,029.90 $15,800.00 $10,277.26 $2,952.64 Above deficit of $2952.64 is explained by a net loss of $3,541.05 (See page 44, last column) in the amounts of special taxes belonging to the several Special Tax Districts when final settlements were made of their accounts on the tax books, as compared with summaries of the District Taxes which were the guide of the school administration at the beginning of the schoolyear. ( 49 ) TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword—“T Am Education” 2-222 20 oe eee Page 3 Outstanding “Works: -of Excellence: =o. 3g ge Page 7 Low. schools Expenditures 22.2222 ae ee Page 8 Notable: Achievements ~ 22.2... SU Soa Se ee Page 10 County Tax. Rateoc == 9225 ee Page 11 Length: of” Term.....20 22522202 2 eee Page 12 Improvements:’ Needed: = .0..:is 52222 2 eee eee eee Page 14 Transportation: ~A- “Means of. Saving] oe Page 17 Wiarren’s. Educational Backeround» 2. sos eee BPagenloe By Howard F. Jones Percentage of: Children In’ Each> Gradese gee este Page 25 Regularity ~of Attendance! 2222) 222 C2 ee Pages 26-27 Attendance “and “Promotion. <0 22222 eee Page 28 Rating ‘According ‘to° Age_2) 3. eee Page 29 Age Grade Distribution_____ yo he oe ee ee ee Pages 30-31 Operation (of: ?Trucksi = 22 se ee Page 32 White: Teachers ‘With Certificates 0 2-0 222 nue eee Page 36 State- Salary Scaleics.2 22 26h Se eee Page 37 Names* of Committeemen!202) _- 30 = ee Page 38 Colored: Teachers! -and>5 Certificates] 2. >a ee ee Page 39 List-of. Seniors... ee ee eee Page 40 Changing “Valués“ofReal’ Estate. 2 ees Page 42 Decrease of Valuation\.In School DistrictSs 2. eee Page 43 Receipts In Special Tax Districts-__...._- NES NING 24 1 a Ph ee Page 44 - Disbursement, of-Special- Taxes_22 22 _-Page 45 Analysis of Tax Books _-_....__ go yee ee een aa ee ee ee Page 46 Number:-of “Schoolss2 or 2 Seen ee Page 46 County “Superintendéent’s* Office: 2 oe 2 ere Page 46 Salary Fund Receipts....___ TEEN RE ee Pn tS ae Page 47 Operating ‘and “Equipment } Fund? 222 eee eee Page 48 General:-Fund. Balancesi2_ 20.0 Page 49 INDEX OF MAPS Location and Size of White Schoolsi._-__________ 2 So ee rae en at ew Page 9 Distribution ‘of Colored) Schools2s ue 2) eae ee eee Page 13 Truck:.«Routes-2 320 8 Se ee ee ee Page 16 Special Tax -Distriets2250) 38 ae ee eee _Page 41 THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND THEIR FACULTIES Warrenton and; Littleton. 2220 2.2. 2 a eee Page 23 Wise. and> Vaughan. 0252.0 Se ee eee Page 24 Macon and -Norlina...) 28022. ee Page 33 Alton wand me rewry see see ete ty a Re ee Page 34 Wiseand Warrenton, Colored:o) 90) nse Page 35 ( 50 ) " pth w3at® z Inoswvy DUIMa!y PUD AO4SSTTO IO YsorM FUL PaL,WsodsorUl VI YY Mm uy IM UOSLOPUuSH ih. 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