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THE WARREN RECORD
Telephone Number 17.
HOWARD F. JONES,
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'My Country 'Tis of Thee, Sweet Land
of Liberty."
FRIDAY, MARCH 9TH, 1917
AN ESSENTIAL STEP
It is essential to the material
prosperity of this community
and to its unity of purpose that
we have an organized body of
our citizens ready at all times
to give expression to popular
opinion. A "clearing house" for
public sentiment, and a rallying
nucleus around which our citi
zens can labor wisely and under
standing for the town's wel
fare. This organization may be
called a "Chamber of Commerce"
(though we believe this would
be a misnomer) ; or "Merchant's
Association," or "Practical
Pushers" the P. P.s. Its name
is not essential; its purpose, its
aims, its methods, its views of
civic duty; its willingness to let
"bye-gones be bye-gones" and be
practical pushers for this town
and county is the only essential
question to be asked of the
would-be-member. Our former
efforts have been :Vhort livi - t
came togetherfi saw through the
4-T cn ...
umtu leiiuws semsn purpose in
being there (so we judged),
made a motion or two to set the
"world afire," and because it did
not burn, became indifferent,
and subsequently a "knocker".
The slogan for this association
of practical pushers should be
"Warrenton's Welfare."
We can give you a concrete
example of our meaning of or
ganized effort: the question of
a High School for Warrenton
was advocated before the Board
of Education and as a tax payer
and citizen of this town, there
was not a single other citizen
present to advocate Warrenton's
claims, in the face of ably pre
sented claims by a near-by town.
We were actually told by a mem
ber of the board of education
that our motives were entirely
r"3onal and that thee tcs no
evidence to sustain our conten
tion that the town of Warren
ton desired a public High school.
The facts are: this town does
desire a public High school; the
facts are that more than two
years ago Mr. Hal T. Macon, as
a Committeeman of this school
district, paid the expenses of the
editor of this paper to make of
fical request of Superintendent
Joyner for the establishment of
a High school here, and the war
rant for that expense was sign
ed by Mr. J. M. Gardner and Mr.
Macon and is on file- in the office I
of the Superintendent of schools;
the facts are that our people are
unanimously in favor of a High
school, and yet, because of the
lack of organized opinion, the
one man whose duty it was to
know and DID know was told
that his motives were entirely
personal, and therefore the
school should be given to this
near-by town that when we
were ready we could "get one
also."
This instance is cited to show
the people of Warrenton that
they need some organized bocty
(be it ever so small) to speak
with power and with public sen
timent behind it. We should
organize Now, and should be
ready not only to have greatness
thrust upon us; but ready and
determined to achieve greatness.
FLYLESS AND SANITARY
In another column will be
found an appeal from the Pres
ident of our Civic League, Miss
Amma Graham, asking for the
earnest co-operation of our citi
zens (wMte and colored) in an
effort to make this town sani
tary. The water and sewerage
plant contributes greatly to that
end, but there are back-doors,
alleys and dark corners whicii
have been left for a more con
venient season", needing your
careful consideration if YOU Mr.
Householder, Mr. Merchant are
going to do your part. Kill the
flies NOW; drain the wet places;
lime the erround around the slop
barrel and other places giving
out unpleasant odors, and if we
may be permitted to say it,
members of the Medical profes
sion, take a little quinine every
day "for thy stomache's sake,
and thv oft infirmities;" for the
State Board of Health says it will
keen malaria far from thee.
Having the poor with us always,
as the Bible plainly states, we
believe the town board would
have authority to donate to san
itation a limited amount of lime
for such householders as may
make application through the
town's sanitary officer for lime
for such purpose. An ounce of
lime (a preventive) would be
worth a pound of cure of a pain
racked body.
We are publishing this weeK
a contribution from an official
of the Colored Young Men's
Christian Association just orga
nizea m tms town., vve uesue
to commend this movement.
"Love worketh no ill to its neigh
bor," and if we can get organi
zations established whose pur
pose it be to "hold together,
work together and pray togeth
er" for the uplift of humanity,
this paper stands ready to lend
the helping hand. No man liveth
to himself, and therefore has
some influence upon all with
whom he comes in contact- If
this influence will, "Jift actively
and sympathetically the lazy, un
stable, unprogressive, shirking
and idle young man" to associa
tion with an organization trying
to work together for the welfare
of all, such associations will do
much good.
The Industrial, educational
and textile edition of the Char
lotte NEWS was a credit to the
State, and to the live printing
office which made it possible. To
ills 1Z was especially welcome, pe-
i pQiioa txtq naorl ifa "nlinr! Vmilr1
cause we used its "School build
ings" as an object lesson for our
citizens, by clipping the many
views, of handsome school build
ings it contained and posting
them as an object lesson for our
citizens, whom we are urging to
"go and do likewise."
WISE ITEMS
How good the sunshine seems to us
all! . ,
Too much rain last week for there
to be any news.
A few mother ventured out in the
rain last Friday to attend the moth
ers' meeting at the schoolhouse. The
teachers treated the ladies to delicious
ice cream and cakes, and it is to be
regreted that more mothers could not
have responded to the kind invitation.
Perhaps it won't rain the first Fri
day in April, so that all the mothers
can attend the meeting. We hope so,
anyway. - s
Owing also to the bad weather,
there was no meeting of the B. Y. P.
U. last Sunday evening, or no meet
ing of the Missionary Society in the
morning.
Mr. Rodney Coleman from Burling
ington and Mr. W R Coleman from
Rocky Mount visited their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Coleman over Sun
day. Dr. T. J. Holt has returned from a
several days' stay in Savannah, Ga.
Mr. M. H. Hayes spent the week
end at home.
The sewing circle met with Mrs.
Myrtle White this week. On last Wed
nesday in spite of the rain, nearly
twnty were present at the home of
Miss Tanner.
Mr. B. L. Rawlings was in town a few
days last week.
We hope that a large crowd will at
tend the musicale given by the pupils
of Miss House, on Friday evening,
March 9th. There will be a box party
after the recital and a voting contest.
A box of candy will be given to the
girl receiving the largest number of
votes.
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THE WAKttN HECOUD
An Unconscious Linguist.
Men have traveled safely, if not al
ways placidly, throughout Europe with
no other language than English at
their command, but few have been so
lucky as a correspondent of a New
York paper whose English was actual
ly taken for French by the French
themselves.
While he spoke no language other
than English, this gentleman had nev
er had any trouble in traveling in Eu
rope. In the only instance when he
greatly longed to be able to speak an
other language he was helped out of
a predicament in a most unexpected
way. At a railway station in Paris
he could not make the porters under
stand that he wanted his baggage.
Finally he exclaimed:
"Oh, b'gosh!"
One of the porters replied, "Oui, ban
gazh, oui, oui, bah-gah," and he soon
produced the American's trunk. That
was the first time he knew that the
French have the word "baggage" and
learned hove they pronounce it.
Are These Studies Useless?
You, reader, who have been through
the public school mill, ask yourself
some questions. What good to you
of what ultimate utility are such
things as apothecary's weight, alliga
tion, aliquot parts, cube root, dram,
the long method of the greatest, com
mon divisor, least common multiple,
troy weight, unreal fractions, the ap
positive, the objective complement, the
objective used as a substantive, con
junctive adverbs, the nominative ab
solute, geometric theorems, the gerund,
etc.? What do you know about them
today? Yet think of the hours and
days and weeks that you pored over
them when you were in the public
schools! If they have brought you no
ultimate utilit3r, then they will bring
your children no ultimate utility, and
if they lack ultimate utility there can
be no question that the time spent in
their temporary, fleeting acquisition
was "wasted childhood." Grand Rap
ids Herald.
Mexico's Army of Bell Ringers.
It takes a great army of men to keep
the church bells going in Mexico. It Is
estimated that in Mexico City alone
there are more than 2,000 bell ringers
regularly employed. On days of re
ligious celebrations the number is aug
mented, as the ringing of the bells
must be kept up almost constantly
through the day and night on such oc
casions. The most striking feature of
Mexican life to the casual visitor to
Mexico is the noise of church bells.
Every little hamlet and many of the
ranches in the country have one or
more Catholic churches, and each ed
ifice is equipped with one or more bell
towers. The great cathedral which
stands near the national palace in
Mexico City has sixteen of these tow
ers. London Globe.
Heavily Laden Sportsmen.
An American sportsman tells of an
incident he recently witnessed at the
well known Shaba, or lower barrier,
of Nadoo creek, in north China. A na
tive shooter had his gingal with him,
a most uncanny looking weapon. That
there might be no question as to its
length, it was placed upright along
side the American. It exceeded his
height by two feet two inches, making
the piece of ordnance over eight feet
in length. Sportsmen in this country
sometimes complain of the weight of
their guns six and a half to seven
and a half pounds. So it is astonish
ing to behold a Chinese hunter carry
ing a twenty-four pound gun all day
long.
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, Medal For a Dog Trench Hero.
Members of the Toronto Humane so
ciety presented to Bobs, a fine collie,
a medal in recognition of his devotion
to his master in the war trenches in
Europe. ' .
The dog's owner, Private John Mun
roe, formerly mayor of Elk Lake, had
been serving with the Princess Patri
cias in the war, and Bobs went along.
For eight months they were together
in the trenches. Both were wounded
and treated in the same hospital be
fore returning to Toronto. A studded
collar was also presented to Bobs by
the Princess Patricias.
Compressed Air Pressure.
The highest known pressure to which
air has been compressed is 4,000 at
mospheres (about 60,000 pounds) per
square inch, but this was a laboratory
experiment. The safe limit of pres
sure for use in the arts today is large
ly determined by the strength of the
retaining vessel, or 3,000 pounds per
square inch. To obtain these great
pressures especially designed air com
pressors have to be constructed.
Imitation Gems.
The opal is more difficult to imitate
than is the diamond. But, from artifi
cial alum, rubies which really are ru
bies can be made, and very cheaply.
If the coloring agent is titanium oxide
the product becomes a genuine artifi
cial sapphire. Only in interior struc
ture do these stones differ from those
made by nature.
Unrealized Dreams.
Every man has an unrealized dream
or two. We personally have a number
of them, the foremost being some day
to own a pocketknife that will stay
sharp. What is yours? Detroit Free
Press.
Difference of Opinion.
"Casey is me pertickeler friend, Oi'd
have ye know."
"G'wan! If he was pertickeler he
wouldn't be yer friend." New Orleans
Times-Picayune.
Good maxims are germs of all good.
Firmly impresoed on the memory, they
nourish, the will. Joubert. '
IviAKKlED
Mr. Marvin J. Rose, of Warren coun
ty, to Miss Zenie Harris of the Cokes
bury neighborhood.
Mr. A. H Frazier was in Warren
ton Saturday. '
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Misses Mattie and Lucy Tucker, of
Warren Plains, ysrere in town Thurs
day afternoon.
We regret to learn that Mr. Edgar
Wood had the misfortune to break his
arm the other day while cranking an
automobile.
Mr. Walter Williams, of Ashville, N.
C, after spending several days with
his mother Mrs. Kate Williams, re
turned to his home Thursday.
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Mr W. H. Dameron returned from
a business trip to Richmond Wednes
day. Mr. D. T. Reavis, of Shocco, was in
town Thursday afternoon.
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