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VOL. XXII
(TUESDAY)
VARRENTON, N; C., TUESDAY, MARCIH 20TH, 1911
(FRIDAY)
NO. 55
A SEMLWEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS o jf WARR C OUNTY
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ARCOLA ITEMS.
Farmer's Union will have a
Tn .:j,t rftprtinnn for the
i cp tinff i iiuajr
tion ot important business.
anSaC-. tliP nfterncon the people of
il ;tv will come together for
it com1"" ,
,,rnnse CI
1 ; Fair in the fall.
arranging for a com-
PUTTING IT OVER IN COUN
TY AGENT WORK
fflr.d to report Master Clar-
rnvr.lescent. Clarence
V vi
' v,n ir. a nuopit -
'S everal veck. His father, Mr. R.
V.nos has returned and Mrs. Lin-
Arinon is now with him. We
will roon sufficiently recover
,p he 1U
beathoKe
Aft r a k 'ears absence we
rlad to a hearty welcome
'urs S V 2uke and family as res
I L ' our community. Mrs. Duke
enl , .v.. t'A Vintn" from
moving w u "
lltiffiore, Md. This seems to be the
oB.-coming year," for a number of
residents ot our vicinity, x acre
rmer
-place !&e hme
Ur Willie King spent Saturday
Sunday with his home peopie at
energy,
of the
'uscalum."
oInce the recent bright days the
i nl.'on nn niW
tBJers nae
, .an hear the language
wman, the ding tlong of the farm
. ,1 1 J 1
hi, the song ot tne oiras me u
t'of the frog3, and soon we can
idy and admire nature while she
steriously clothes the earth about
with beauties which pens can sel-
b describe. Last, but not to oe ior-
tten, the roads will now permit the
ssaje of cars.
A large crowd attended Sunday
Lol last Sunday. We expect the
t school this year in the history of
thlehem church.
Slessrs Sam King, Herbert Thar
igton, called to see some of the
ung .ladies near here Sunday,
tssrs. Robert Arrington and Albert
leman visited at Grove Hill, tne
grnoon. ' .
. few days before the game law
s out, Mr. S. B. Reid visited his
end, Mr. B. G. Tharrmgton near
z, and had a successful hunt on
trip. They killed a rabbit, three
keys and thirty birds.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Davis visted
Mr. W. E. Davis' Sunday.
Ur. R. L. Capss is building a large
pciry room adjoining his store
Perplexing Plurals
Uittle else had just reaceh the grade
school whf-re the study of gram-
ir is a part of the day s work,
fionj other things she was greatly
rested in the singular and plural
m of words. She knitted her little
w and looked puzzle when she ask-
her mother:
Is the plural of bird burden?"
'Why, dear, hew could you think
it?" the mother answered.
! Well," explained the child, "father
jd Willie Blank was a bird, and I
rd you say that he and his brothers
i sisters vere such a burden to
ir mother." Exchange.
S. G. Rubinow, 'of the office of Boys'
Agricultural Clubs, has received a copy
of a letter issued by the Davenport
(Iowa) Commercial Club, , describing
the method empdoyed by that organi
zation in "putting over its countv
agent work." The letter is worth
while reading, self-explanatory, and
as follows:
"In the summer of 1913 the secretary
of this organization and the president
of the First National Bank, who is a
live one, and wanted to make solid with
the soil tillers, toured Scott County in
a 1909 Cadillac visible, distributing lit
erature, calling meetings, ticketing the ,
bell cows of every township, and doing
other needful things in connection wrin
the formation of a county agricultural
organization. The Commercial Club
provided an office, furniture, steno
graphic help, and other hecessararies;
the government $1,200 a year; the
business men of Davenport dug up
even a larger sum, and the farmers of
Scott County yielded $129.19. With a
favoring wind their moans could be
heard for miles.
"Cheered by th results, we inducea a
kindly u.Illionare with a penchant for
agricullvvt) to guarantee the payment
of any deficit that might be incurred,
and launched th Scotto. County farm
improvement upon a chilly world. Then
we bought a second-hand Ford car and
a tank of gasoline, hired a solemn
young man from Ames, and we were
ready for business.
"Our success was not exactly imme
diate. Although the young man from
Ames can tell from looking at a rolled
oat whether it w.s planted with a drill
or a shotgun, and is equally proficient
in other directions, he was at first the
object of considerable suspicion. Some
farmers met him on the wrong side of
their front gate, with their hands vu
their Ingersolls, and some of them
shced their stock in the barn when the
second-hand Ford car hove in sight.
His advice was as welcome as a case
of smallpox, and was followed as liter
ally as the ten commandments. And
when he insisted that there were bet
ter methods of testing . seed corn than
by looking at.it nsely through a pair
of 10-cent specs; that cholera serum
was not invented by black-hearted con
fidence men to seperate the farmer
from his loose change; that alfafa will
grow in Scott County, and that spray
ed trees yield more and better fruit
he was looked upon as' a hopeless and
dangerous lunatic.
"Two vears eluDsed. ! Tested corn
came up, and untested corn did not;
serum-treated hos lived,and untreated
hogs died; sprs.yed orchards bore
fruit, and unsprayed orchards did not;
alfafa grew and thrived and returned
Th farmers began to
111 u. AWAVAW w
MACON ITEMS.
Mr. Lewis Thompson gave an oyster
supper to a few of his friends last Fri
day evening, Among those" present
were, Messrs H. B. Hunter, E. P. Fitts,
W. G. Egerton, J. L. Coleman, J. W.
Watkins, H. W. Thompson, Henry
Thompson, Howard Overby, Rev. R.
R. H. Broom, and Rev. Herbert Scholz.
Mrs. E. P Fitts assisted Mrs. Thomp
son as caterer. The occasion was a
very pleasant and enjoyable one, and
all present are indebted to Mr. Thomp
son for a pleasant evening. '
Mrs. M. P. Perry returned last Fri
day 'from a trip, to Wilson where she
visited her daughter Mrs. . Stewart
Morrison. Master Stewart Morrison,1
her grandson, returned with her.
Col. Fred A. Olds, of Raleigh, visit
ed the High School here last Friday
morning and highly entertained the'
pupils with a number of historical
stories.
Our old friend, Mr. Robin Redbreast
has come to see us again.
Messrs John Nicholson and W. G.
Coleman were in town last Wednes
day. Mr. Jimmie Stewart, of Five Forks
community, is reported quite sick. May
he soon recover.
MrsvCora Phelps is visiting her sis
ter in Charleston, W. Va., this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Overby, of
Ridgeway, attended services here last
Sunday afternoon and visited their
kinfolks.
H. B. Hunter visited in the. home of
Mr, and Mrs, E, B. Stallings last Sun
day. Mr. John Nicholson, .who has been
sick for some time is reported conval
escent. Mrs. Charley Sharp, of Burlington,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. JohnNowell.
Miss Lucy Thornton, who has been
spending the winter in Burlington, re
turned home last Monday,
Mr. Tom Frazier, of Warren Plains
was here last week sporting the ladies
in his fine automobile.
Mr. Hiram Nicholson was here last i
Saturday learning the art of Sales
ship in his brother's store. -'
Mr. A. B. Odom is reported to be
considering the proposition of becom
ing a citizen -tf our village. '
GROVE HILL ITEMS.
The farmers around here are busy.
Some of them, have started to plow.
We are having a good Sunday school
at Grove Hill fechoolhouse. Come and
join us. r " C
Mr. 0.: C. Davis is spending a few
day with his f amily this week.
Little Vera and Randolph Harris, of
Ringwood, are visiting their grand
mother, Mrs. T. A. Harris.
Mrs. Mollie Pittman is spending a
few days with her sister, Mrs. C. S.
Tharringtonil-
Master Eugene Davis visited his
grandfather, ;Mr. M. T. Duke Sunday.
Miss : Pauline Warren spent Thurs
day night with Miss Florine Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Hardy spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. John Wemyss.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. White visited
in the home ; of Mrs.' Pattie Lambert
Sunday. .
- Some of . eur neighbors are still kill
ing hogs.
Mr..W. T.lHardy killed (a nice fine
one Monday. ;
iff'- , -.
Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Harris took a
business trip jte Littleton Monday.
We think that Mr. J. E. West is
supplying the County with j turnip
salad-. . . '
-1 j "VIOLET."
OUR ANNUAL RALLY
MR. I. W. MEDLIN TO BE
WITH US
THE TEACHERS' ASSOCIA-TION
On account of the rain Friday night
and Saturday, few teachers were pres
ent Saturday. President Fleming,
Mrs. .Flemingl arid Miss Bond, of Nor
lina school rere present, also Prof.
Homes, - Misi Church and Miss
Vaughan, of jVaughan; Miss Skund-'
berg, of Alston; Prof. , Duncan and
others. --v,4 ' :-
t Notice chahge in advertisement of
Burwell Drug Co., also Statements of
Citizens . Sank, of Warrenten, and i
Sank ef Macon.
-Rumor has it that there may be
smile upon the young man from Ames. I : anges in the town government af
Mr. I. W. Medlin, of New Bern, N.
C, Epworth League Secretary of the
North Carolina Conference, M. E.
Church, South. is to visit the Warren-
ton, Macon and Hebron leagues in
April, and direct the organization of a
league at Warren Plains. His visita
tion will embrace the third Sunday and
?riday night and Saturday before.
traveling man was eating in a
fy restaurant one very hot summer
r-
t- , ctiL naiicu ju
customer: . i shoed flies frnm tliA
at the f . timp.
er energ-cric but vain efforts at-
ctd the attention and arrmsr1 the
JPthy of the traveling man, who
'uld it not be better to have your
wws and doors screened?"
WJU ye, I s'pose that would help
"Plied the woman, after think-
S VYl am a t, . .
- --uienx, "tut 'twould look mieht
Exchange.
n .1.1
fir v red un?le was found y
I Preacher prowling in his barnyard
on night.
rnW ?alhUn " said the Poacher
..wism to be prowling around
' 111 ram and cold."
JW orders, sah," the old man
Dor's orders"? said the preach.
allnlu, t0 g PrWHn:
Xexacty; sah'M said
btS e ordered me to eat
tn Sacremento -Bee.
ebit 0TlS .the bachelor, is like a
Wins? ? Cheese sandwich
J1 one enjys at nisht
hanee esrets in the morning.
&ry- v.. 7
U'tv Jl S quarrelin aain?
-Th? , and make UP?
... . Anat's thp
"uuie. is we kiss
makeup." Ex.
snmp cave him buttermilk. A few in
vited him to supper. J The live bank
president began to believe some of his
own agricultural predictions. The sec
retary of the organization began to
hope. And the farmers began to give
up money.
"Another year slipped by! The second-hand
Ford car and the young man
are welcome guest on every farm.
The live bank president is known as
the farmers' friend, and his rural de
posits make him blush. The secretary
of this organization calls the farmers
by their first names and hopes one of
them may some day join the Commer
cial Club. The government still pro
$1,200 a vear; the business men
, y-,
ter the new election.- We understand
that one or more of the present town
Commissioners will not serve longer
than the present term. In this con
nection the names of Messrs. V. F.
Ward, John G. Ellis, William Bur
roughs and others have been mention
ed as live, progressive citizens who
would make fine Town Commissioners
one or all of them.
Mr. J. A. Meeder, of Ridgeway was
in town Monday -
Mr. A. G. Hayes, of Norlina, was in
town Monday. ,
Mr. Will Mabry, of Ridgeway, wasd
-
in town Monday. " :
Mr. J. J. Crowder, of Ridgeway, was
in town Monday.
Mr. Wallace Cawthorrie, of Warren
He CarwTalk Business.
' An associate of Charles M. Schwat
remarked to me the other day that the
steel man's very best story , deals with
his interview with Lord Kitchener soon
soon after the war began.
Mr. Schwab was in London to get or
ders for Bethlehem. There are things,
however, which do hedge about a lord
that are difficult for. an American man
ufacturer to negotiate.
For a long time it was hard sledding,
and the ice seemed a yard thick in the
British war office. Finally, after Mr.
Schwab had stumbled half a dozen
times over, the "my lord," ..General
Kitchener smiled and said:
"Suppose you-sit down and tell me
briefly as an American business man
just what you can do."
As evidence that, the king of Bethle
hem was up to that task is the fact
that he brought away in his inside?
pocket orders for suppliesrortb $128,
000,000. Moral. No matter what their sta
tions in life, really big men have a
common language. Girard - in Phila
delphia Ledger. r -
The following is the program to be
observed in the formation of the pa
rade on Thursday morning April 5th.
The Parade will be lead by the Rocky
Mount Band the, Band that gave us
so much pleasure and good music two
years ago. The speaker will be one
well worth hearing, and we hope to
announce his name in Friday's edition.
Cut this order of parade out of this
paper in-order that. you may become
familiar with your respective places
in the line of march. This is Child
ren's Day, and Parents' Day, and the
young folks of the County are espec
ially invited to see the children and
the parents enjoy the day and inci-
dently enjoy it themselves. Each
school will be lead by its teacher and
Committeemen, and will carry a ban
ner with the name of the school, and
any other information of general in
terest desired.
The line ef March will not be a long
one, and teachers and committeemen
can and should be with their respec
tive schools.
Let's show the folk all of our happy,
bright children. Warren stands ahead
of a number of the BIG counties of
the State in the number of children at
tending school every day and let's
prove it
The following is the order of Pa
rade, Prof. J. L. Duncan in charge:
Warrenton
Norlina
Macon
Wise
Littleton .
Vaughan
Oakville
' Vicksboro
Churchill .
Axtelle '
Warren Plains No. 1
Warren Plains No. 2
Manson
Merry Mount
Metalia
Embro
Oine
Af ton
Epworth
Elberon
, Marmaduke
Grove Hill
- Nutbiish '.No,, tjl : ?"
Nutbush No. 2 ' "
Ridgeway
Alston
tierman- :Htt
Sandy Creek
Limer :
Burroughs
Paschalf1
WARREN PLAINS ITEMS.
(Received too late for Friday's edition)
We are glad to know that the
earth has opened, and that the farm-.
ers have commenced their farm work.'
We are 'also glad to find that some of
the Farmers' tobacco plants have ap-'
peared above the ground. -
We are very sorry to know that Mr.
R. A. Carroll is loosing his hogs on
account of Cholera.
I would advise the farmers to look
out for snakes, for Mr. J. B. Stegall
was at work in his new grounds when
he had a battle with one. '
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Carroll were pleas- .
ant visitors in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. G. E. Stegall Sunday.
Mr. J. B. Stegall was a pleasant
visitor of Mr. Dick Williams Sundav.
Mr. R. H. Frazier and Mr Earnest
Hawkes were the pleasant visitors of
Mr. N. A. Stegall Sunday afternoon. '
Mr.J. H. Stegall, of Oakville, was
a pleasant visitor in the home of Mr.
N. A. Stegall Sunday afternoon.
We are glai.to know that Mr. R. A.
Carroll has opened up a Grocery store
in our villag"e.
Mr. N. A. Stegall was in Warren
ton last Monday on .business.
Miss Pauline Harris is visiting her
Grandfather in Union Level, Va.
Miss , Maggie Williams has returned :
from a visit to relatives and friends
in Raleigh, bringing with her Misses -V
Virginia and Carrie Wood.
Their, is a great deal of Measles
around here at present. We learn
that Mr. Heriry Thompson entire fam
ily has it and little Bobby has Pneu-
monia with it.
We are glad to report that Robert
D. Carroll is still improving. He is .
now able to get around with his fath- ;
er over the farm.
Mr. Paul Palmer, of Va., was a pleas- .
ant visitor m the home of Mr. E. P.
Fitts iast Sunday and Monday.
THE TROOPS RETURNING
Won't v
'j
cm Air iin Avon -more: DUt tne iaii-
ers-God bless 'em-are parting with , Plains, was in town today.
about a thousand. The sun shines, the -Doctor Morton, of Norlma, was in
Viirdc: fino- the corn grows as thick as itown today, .
cloverrthe' hogsT of old S., the al- !-Mr. John PoweU, of Fishing Cre.k,
f af a is cut twice a week, th. orchards was in town today. .
Sroan with the weight of sanitary, ' -Mr. Rob Alston, of Fork, was m
snraved fruit, and th Scott County town today.
FParrrin,prov;met Leu. is consid- -Mr. X W. Shea.n d
. m m . X. J A-M MA M V 1
ered to be the best aing-ousieu i
zation in the whele blamed State.
Extensive Farm News.
was in town today. ,
was in town Monday.
Mr. Van Davis, of Alston, was in
town Tuesday. ,
The Record sympathizes with Mr.
and Mrs. J'. K. Loyd, of Norlina, in the
A bachelor had been persuaded by
v,Q loriioc' aiA nf i church to spelk at
biiv lMuiwu w , - . i t
an entertainment provided they would j death of their young daugnter, wnicn
furnish him with subject matter. In joccured Saturday.
a spirit of mischief he had been given j We regret to learn that Mr. James
as subject, "Woman: without her, man j W, Stewart, a prominent citizen and
would be a savage." On the night of,! old veteran of Six pound township who
the entertainment he arose and said: lwas taken quite ill last Wednesday,
"My subject, which I consider a very continues very sick. We shall hope
fine one, is nevertheless not of my own ! for his recovery.
choosing, but has been .furnished me The Farm Loan Board has fixed the
by the ladies, and is: "Woman: with-irate of interest at five pex cent for
out her man, would be a savage." Ex. loans made to farmers on real estate.
vs : V Now is the time for farmers who wish
; to get in line to receive this govern
New. Teacher; -Who canHell me a rnent aid to f rassia
thing of importance that did not exist , See Mr Frank Newell, County Farm
a hundred years age?" Agent-he can tell you what steps te
Little boy: "M." Window. take.
Learning to Live.
You can't learn to live. All yon can
do is to keep on learning to live. That
is because at each, particular age we
must live in a different 'Way on account
of the new conditions in which we find
our constitutions. A. young baby, hav
ing mastered all the intricacies oi
nursing bottle and rubber nipple, may
thrive and be happy, but that only
proves that it has learned to live with
respect to that particular period of its
existence. As it continues year after
year in the school of life it will have
to change its diet many times.
Never at any time would it be prop
er to hand you a diploma certifying
that you have learned how, to live.
You graduate from the school of life
only at the grave, and then the only
thing that can be safely asserted is
that you have learned how to die.
Life.
Roanoke"
Shearin
Aspen
Odell
Inez
Creek
Connell
Areola
Hamlet
River No. 1
River No. 2.
; At"-this hour Tuesday afternoon we
believe that the boys are in good Old
North Carolina. They left the Border
Friday and ar expected in Raleigh .
this afternoon at six o'clock, The De- "
partmenfhas ordered the Third Regt.
f tomobilize at the Fair Grounds, of
ficially designated as "Camp Bickett,"
hi "honor of Governor Bickett. The
latest information is that they will be
mustered out by April 1st. It is prob
able in our opinion, that they will be
held together awaiting developements
in our controversy with Germany.
Here's a welcome to the state Capital,
and may you be speedily returned to
your homes and loved ones.
SINGING CLASS
The Singing Class of the Oxford
Orphanage will be in Warrenton, Mon
day night, March 26th. This is a
Pupils, teacher, and Committeemen treat that Warrentonians always look
of all the schools of the county will forward to with much pleasure. Don't
assemble at the Warrenton GrdH -frfo,a Vi a (igf Tinv fail tn n'rf.f?'nt-
school building in time to begin the
parade promptly at 11 o'clock. To
prevent confusion the foregoing ar
rangement has been made. Teachers
will please take notice, and see that
the pupils are in the right position.
It is needless-for the Record to urge
Masons or other citizens.
FEDERAL FARM LOAN
BOARD ISSUES WARN
ING TO FARMERS
Young man: So Miss Ethel is your
oldest sister. Who comes after her?
bmall brother: fNobodv ain't
According, to a newspaper report,
the Federal Farm Loan Board has is-
come yet; but pa says the first fellow sud the following warning to farm-
that comes can have her Clipping. ers:
"Wednesday oi tms ween me reuexai
Farm Loan Board, at Washington, is
sued a warning to farmers to beware
of organizers throughout the country
Mother: "You were a long time in
the conservatory with Mr." Willing
last night, my child.
Daughter: Did you ever sit in -the
conservatory with father, before you
married him?
Mother: I suppose I did ...... ,
Daughter: Well mother, it's the .same
old world." Tit Bits.
Wnat WaS to- 4.:,. lnan aanmfl
. t Wiiu arc pi umui-uift xxux " :
tions with a view of getting them
Pending the Verdict.
President John Powell of the Fore
Hiver Shipbuilding company said at a
banquet in Boston:
"The shipping business was never sc
good as it is -today. It will remain
good, too, for years after the greai
war is over. They who prognosticate
disaster for us have biased minds.
They remind me of the major.
"The major had been hurt in a rail
road accident, and a suit for damages
had been instituted. As he clumped
along Tremont street on his crutches
two or three weeks later a friend shoot
him by the hand and said:
" 'Can't you get along without youi
crutches, major 7 .
" 'Well, my decror says 1 can,' the
major chuckled, 'but my lawyer says 1
ean't "Detroit Free Press. -
A certain chemist advertised a pat
ent concoction labeled : "No more
colds No more coughs! Price Is.
112 d." . "
A man who bought the mixture came
back in three days to complain that he
had drunk it all, but was no better.
"Drunk it all! " gasped the chemist.
Why, man that was an india-rubber
solution to but on soles of your boots.
Tit Bits.
Don't forget the date Monday night
March 26th. The Singing Class will
be here. '
The farmers will have to be "up and
doing" with their farm work as soon
selves appointed secretary and Treas
urer, at fat salaries, or jtherwise pav
ing the way to political preferment.
Complaints have been made to the
board the past few weeks that pro
moters are working among farmers
all over the country, and the board
has accordingly issued this warning
to put the farmers on guard and be
ware of "Greeks bearing gifts."
"Before the board issues a charter to
any association a careful investigation
will be made, and if it is shown that
the association was organized for per
sonal profit the charter will not be
granted. The farm board says that
borrowers from the banks will be put
to unnecessary expense if they allow
themselves to be heavily taxed by such
organizers. The board advises farm
ers to organize themselves -into small
units so that the work of keeping the
records of the. association can be done
gratis by one or more of the members,
has been such that work ceultl net hend thereby save all the, stockholders
done. ' ; from burdens.