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VOLUME XXVIL
U S. REFUSAL PUTS
CRIMP IN PARLEY
Supreme Court Declares Child
Labor Law Invalid In -The
North Carolina Test Case.
TO PROBE STEEL MERGER
After six weeks of practially fruit
less efforts, the conference at Genoa
i7 expected to break up this week, as
results of the momentous events of
the week now closing.
Following the receipt of the Rus
sian reply to the Conference's settle
ment demands, in which the Soviets
insisted on the integrity of their com
munists doctrines, no matter whether
thev interfered with the restoration
of normal conditions in Europe or
not the French government declared
it would no longer take part in Rus
sian negotiations at the Italian city.
JI. Barthou, leader of the French
delegation, suggested that the late
Allies, neutral countries, and the
United States meet at ine iiague m
June for an expert consideration of
the Russian problem.
The French invitation to the United
States was transmitted to the Wash
ington government Monday by Am
bassador Child. On Tuesday it was
announced in Washington that the
United States would not partrcpate
in the proposed new conference at
The Hague.
The child labor law was on Mon
day held by the Surpreme Court to be
unconstitutional and not valid.
The decision of the court was ren
dered in a case brought by the Gov
ernment against the Drexel Furniture
Company of North Carolina and was
one of the three cases brought in that
State testing the validity of the law,
and in all of which the United States
District Court decided against the
Government.
Federal inquiry into reported plans
for a merger of a number' df the lar
gest independent steel concerns, in
cluding Bethlehem and Lackawanna
Companies, was ordered recently by
the Senate, in adopting a resolution
of Senator LaFollette, Republican, of
Wisconsin, calling upon the Depart
ment of Justice and Federal Trade
Commission to take steps designed to
prevent the combination.
Presidents of the more than half a
dozen independent steel companies
mentioned in connection with the re
ported projected merger were called
upon by the Federal Trade Commis
sion for "full and specific informa
tion as to the plan of proposed merger
before the plan is consumated ' or
actual transfers made."
The commission's request, made af
ter receipt of the La Follette reso
lution adopted by the Senate, was ad
dressed to the presidents of the Mid
vale Steel and Ordnance Company,
Republic Iron and Steel Company,
Lackawanna Steel Company, Inland
Steel Company, Youngstown Sheet j
ad Tube Company of America, Ben
r'ie Hill Steel Company and the Beth
lehem Steel Corporation.
Announcement was made in connec
ts with the request that the com
mission had its attention called form
ally to the projected merger last De
cember 27 and since that time it has
had the matter under investigation.
The amount the Government will re
er from alleged war fraud cases
Wl11 be many times the amount
Ranted to defray expenses incident
0 their prosecution," the House Ap
PrPnations Committee declared in
sporting a bill carrying $500,000 for
se by the Department of Justice as
fecial investigating and prosecut
es' fund.
Explaining the need of money and
Slstance, Attorney General Daugh
y told the committee, as revealed
(lavP1tf 6d hearinSs made Public t0"
y that about 275 cases, ranging
era?1 SVeral thousand dollars to sev-
that "th n dllars' were PendinS and
s?vn. i. ! total amount involved ag-
Ttea $192,000,000
VJ I
so
ftat thp n
toijrht- K "cpii uneiu, 01 justice
cceL i de(Wtely equipped "for
thee dlsPosition of the cases,"
defraudlttee declared those who had
War sh i the Government during the
with n be Prosecuted to the limit
could c Vigor the Government
unjUstmmand while those upon whom
tled tSUSpicion might rest were en-
UsPicion
- wiow promptly that such
as not justified.
T
FIGURE WIZARD
OF WASHINGTON
Miss Catherine Selak, 26, nevrl?
appointed. Chief of. Statistics of the."
Bureau of Internal Revenue, yis"
known as a "figure fiend," and the
youngest woman ever to head a,o-'
ernment division.
Two Youn g Men Bound West.
Messrs. Eug;ene Gay Jr. and Ralph
Fanelty. left here late Wednesday
night on a roaming tour, information
in hand today points out.
Both gentlemen had stopped work
ing for Warrenton business houses
last week. They left in Mr. Fanelty's
car and previous to going had drop
ped a few hints about a cross coun
try tour to San Francisco.
OXFORD SINGING CLASS AT
LITTLETON ON NEXT FRIDAY.
The Singing Class of the Oxford
Orphanage will give a concert in the
Littleton Graded School at 8:30 p. m.
on May 26, it was announced yester
day by Postmaster Wood of Littleton
who is one of the committee in charge
of entertainment.
REVIVAL SERVICES END
AT METHODIST CHURCH
'The Rev. A. J; Parker, after preach
ing for more .han a- w?ek. strong
gospel sermons in' the Methodist
Church here, has returned to his home
at Gibson.
Mr. .Parker preached at 1U a. m.
and 8 p. m. and assisted Dr. Gibbs in
revival services.
It is the opinion of those who heard
the Rev. Mr. Parker that he is a
strong, able and convincing preacher.
The attendance was not large.
NAME HEADS FOR
LOCAL BALL TEAM
W. Brodie Jones was elected man
ager; Milton C. McGuire, field cap
tain and Miss Will N. Jones, secretary
and treasurer of the Warrenton Ball
Club at a meeting held here on Wed
nesday. The town team is waiting to
hear from Henderson, Oxford and
Louisburg before deciding upon hir
ing ball players to enter a four-town
league. Tentative plans would limit
each of the clubs to a $300 salary
-
scale.
The town team is practicing every
afternoon from 5:30 to 7 o'clock and
promising material is developing.
The town, team, with Loyd pitching,
will play Cokesbury next Wednesday
for the opening game, if the. old-time
rivals can come to Warrenton.
DEPARTMENT HAS
ITS LAST MEETING
The last meeting of the Literary
Department of the Woman's Club be
fore adjournment for the Summer
was held at the home of Misses Julia
and Lillie Belle Dameron on Tuesday
afternoon. The attention of the club
was given to the choice of a course of
study for next year.
Outlines of " "Recent British and
American Literature" and of "South
ern Literature" were presented. The
club decided to study Southern liter
ature. In this course there will be
presented the lives and works of ora
tors, short story writers, novelists and
poets. Special attention will be given
to the literature of North Carolina,
which is worthy.
' Mrs. J. A. Dameron Jr. and Mrs.
C. R. Rodwell are the committee in
charge of assignment of papers and
dates of entertaining.
Any one wishing to- join this de
partment of the club will telephone
Mrs. Dameron within the next - ten
days. ' i
WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN,
POLK WAS ORATOR
ON MEMORIAL DAT
Says Conflict of Last Century
Result of Long-Standing
Racial Differences.
TALKS TO KINSTON VETS.
The Kinston Free Press. .
Honorable Tasker Polk of Warren
ton was Memorial orator in Kinston.
His splendid address held-spell-bound
the large and appreciative audience
which met at the Grand Theatre to
do honor to the memory of the immor
tal deeds achieved by the heroes of
1861-65 and of 1917-18. Mr. Polk's
eloquence was perhaps never surpass
ed on a similar occasion her .e
The stage of the theatre was at
tractively arranged for the occasion,
the Stars and Bars and flowers form
ing the chief decorative attractions. C.
Felix Harvey Sr. presided and the
program was opened with the U. D. C.
memorial hymn, sung by the audience
to the tune of "Nearer My God To
Thee," the words being flashed on the
screen.
F. E. Wallace introduced the speak
er of the occasion in a few well-chosen
words. . ,
Mr. Polk expressed his pleasure at
being in Kinston again, saying that
he noted many improvements here
since his first visit, which was on a
political mission in 1916. He came,
he said, to bring a messagewhich
he hoped would help keep memories
of the past afresh in the minds of
the people. The word picture of the
Confederate soldiers,' return home
from Appomattox was most impres
sive., ine changed conditions wrought
by the terrible four years' conflict
would have crushed less dauntless
spirits, he declared. He attributed
the reconstructed South of today with
its great wealth and resources to the
unflagging courage of the men who
went back in 1865 to what had been
prosperous homes, to find wreck and
ruin.-strewneverywhere.:--,. - - - v v
He declared that the South never
had a ghost of a chance to win the
war; it entered' the conflict against
great odds. The North had already a
standing army equipped, and had
credit. The South had to raise an
army, equip it and get credit. After
the battle of Gettysburg the average
soldier under Lee's command, Mr.
Polk said, knew that he was fighting
a losing battle. Yet there was no in
dication of lost courage. North Carb
olina's splendid part in the country's
history from the Revolutionary days
down to the present time was elo
quently portrayed. No star is bright
er than hers, he said.
In referring to the Civil War, he
said the underlying cause of the
struggle Jbetwen the South and the
North could only be understood by a
close study of the history of the set
tlers of the two sections. The North
and South weye peopled by those of
entirely different temperaments and
the differences which finally precipi
tated the conflict existed for years
before hostilitise actually began. The
hot-headed politician of the South and
the Abolitionist of the North could
not aaree and the fight was on. He
declared that no tongue or brush
could portray the horrors of the four
years' struggles, nor truly picture the
courage of the men. General Lee, he
said, took charge of as gallant an
army as ever commander reviewed,
and fought as long as there was any
hope, and then only surrendered when
jt was no longer humanly possible to
continue the struggle. He emphasiz
ed the fact that less than 8,000 men
followed Lee at Appomattox when
Grant had 120,000. In paying tribute
to North Carolina, he said that the
fact that the State had 126,000 men
under arms during the conflict out of
115,000 voting population, was elo
quent testimony of the valiant "re
sponse. The roll call of the long list of
Southern heroes who distinguished
themselves as leaders of the men who
wore the grey was most impressive.
Mr. Polk closed his address with a
beautiful peroration of the old sol
dier, saying that he didn't have long
to live and that in a few short years
all who fought with Lee and" Jackson
would cross over to join them. He
closed writh the following quotation
from Scott:
Soldier rest! thy warfare o'er,
Sleep the sleep that knows not
breaking;
Dream of battle fields no more,
' Days of danger, night of waking, j
N, C, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1922
OKG STREET WAIF
PUTS DEAL ACROSS
Aaron . Sapiro Convinced New
York Magnates Co-operative
Selling
Is Practical.
HAS OFFICES IN NEW YORK
The New York World.
A waif on the streets of San Fran-
Cisco, a protege 01 Julius ivann,
- si t -t -r f n
Chairman' of the Military Affairs
Committee of the House; a law stu-j
dent, then an associate of Attorney
Weinstock: in the practice of law;
finally master of law .as related to
co-operative selling of fruits and vege
tables in California, to-day occupying
pemanent offices at No. "1606 Equita
ble Building in New York City, and
here to attend to the legal details of
vegetable selling. The biggest deal
ever planned in the United States, in
volving $1,000,000,000 of products an
nually.
This in brief is the career of Aaron I
Sapfro. Monday night last he "sold"
co-operative selling to a company of
New York's biggest financial, indus
trial and transportation men in a
speech- which is said to have been
something novel and rare even in this
Clty .
The'.caller at No. 1606 Equiatble
Building finds a young man of tense
nerves - who keeps his ideas on co-
operative selling at his tongue's endi
and confesses that it is the one pas
sion of his professional life.
f A Business Dinner.
The dinner was given by a promi-
ne.nt New York financier in honor 'of
a nromiTiPTit visitor and to it he in-
vited those men whom he estimated
as the most influential in this
city
along the three basic lines. It was
stipulated that there was to be no
specific publicity, so that no account
appeared in any newspaper. The men
at the . dinner together could come
close to decidine- the economic
f;n,i,i r.oKwvP v,o mot,nnniia
. -
nnT.enf wprp thov snil sc inimf asd the!
4.T
Most of them at least many of
them sat down to the feast prede
termined in their minds against co
operative selling of agricultural prod
utcs as a national policy. Objections
were numerous danger of food
hoarding; danger of inefficient conduct
of the business, scrapping of business
machinery in existence, which, under
co-operative selling, might be wasted
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been stenographers there they would
have noted in their books to despair
Sapiro talked like machine gun for
rapidity, and yet, so say men who
attended the dinner, his presentation
was so lucid, so based on legally
sound foundations, so promising of
better conditions for the railways,
banks and people, that when he had
sat down he had "sold" co-operative
selling to these listeners.
Two Handling Agencies
With headquarters in New York City
the North American Fruit Exchange
and the Crutchfield Company handle 1
the bulk of all fruit and vegetables in
the United States other than that
handled directly by the big co-operative
associations of New York, Michi
gan, Florida, California, Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, which for
years have succeeded in disposing pro
fitably of the products of their mem
bers. The co-operatives referred to
sold oranges, lemons, prunes and ap
pies, mostly.
Last week in Chicago the Federated
Fruit Growers was organized as a
national selling agency for co-opera
tive selling. Behind it is the Ameri
can Farm Bureau Federation. Repre
sentatives of the fruit and vegetable
handling concerns came to them there
and proposed tentatively a large fed
eration of all fruit and vegetable sales
concerns. I
Finally it was decided to offer to
buy out these two concerns the
North American and the Crutchfield
and to New York City came these
officials: James Nichol, - Michigan,
President; J. S. Edwards, California,
General Manager; C. E. Durst, Illi
nois, Secretary; W. D. Armstrong,
Washington; Sheridan W. Baker,
California; B. F. Moonaw, Virgina;
C. E. Stewart, Florida; N. R. Peet,
New York, Directors, to negotiate for
the Federated Fruit Growers.
Aaron Sapiro has cohie also to re
main, ana has the legal details in
charge.
These men all assert that co-opera
tive selling is to-day an accomplished'
GOLDSTEIN'S SMILE
THAT MAY VANISH
" " " v:
Nat Goldstein, who was dumped
out of the Kansas Gty Post' Office
because he accepted $2,500 to boost
Frank O. Lowden for the Presidency,
looks happy in this picture; but did
he wear this smile when Republicans
and Democrats joined in denouncing
him as an unhappy choice when Presi
dent Harding named him to be Inter
nal Revenue Collector .for the - St.
Louis District?
fact in the United States. This year,
a pooi BO& 25,000,000 pounds of wool
If or 45,000 growers, saved them $1,
000.000 bv eliminating middlemen
handlings, and yet did not advance
the cost of the wool to the textile
mills.
At East St. Louis and St. Paul
lvimn. anu eisewnere, live slock co
njr i T i ii j
operative sales associations have been
conducted, and it is claimed that in
each instance the grower , got larger
i"1"5 "ie '"
Wlth wool eliminating miUdle
cost the Prices, to the PeoPle were
not increased. It is asserted that
in many instances the ultimate con
sumer's price was actualy lowered
With success in co-operative wool,
livestock and fruitselling. failure was
met only in the grains. The co-oper
f - ymmmm -r
j
an(jjative cereals selling was begun
It
i i j i i -
was not a success nis year xne year
; a success this year the
vV Sn
co-operative, selling has bur
suuiicu tt, ueyci uexuit. uut tut; i.n-
Pre Sa? ' agricuirurai leaders, was
aue to wrong organization ana aamm
istration. They admit this failure,
but aver that it will be adjusted and
success be attain as m wool, iruit
and livestock
HOTEL STARTS MOTOR BUS
SCHEDULE TO NORLINA
The Hotel bus will leave Hotel War
ren at the following hours, Manager
A. B. Anderson said yesterday after
noon:
7:45 a. m. for Shoofly to Raleigh.
j -45
p. m. for Raleigh and South,
Trains 11 and 13.
1:40
1:40
P-P-
m:- for 12 to Portsmouth,
m. for 4 and 14, Richmond
and North.
m. for 3, Raleigh and the
3:15 p.
South.
7:00 p. m. for Shoofly to Weldon.
The bus will leave Norlina for the
Hotel Warren at"8:25 a. m.; and 1:10.
2:30, 3:50 and 7:45 p. m.
Miss Carey Batcheior Graduates.
Friends in Warrenton have received
invitations to the Twenty-ninth An
nual, Commencement of the North
Carolina College for Women, Greens
boro, from Miss Carey Batcheior, a
member of the graduating class."
Miss Batcheior, a neice of Mrs. Bes
sie Loeb, spend some time here before
entering college.
SCOGGIN AGENCIES
IN THREE COUNTIES
With the Studebaker agency for
Warren, Franklin and Vance Counties,
J. . P. Scoggin said yesterday that he
was unable to procure cars to fill
orders.
Phil M. Allen.,, -ho has been with
the Roy Davis Garage, became as
sociated with Mr. Scoggin this week
and will handle the Vance territory
for the local dealer. Mr. Allen will
have headquarters in Henderson.
Edwin T. Hicks will remain with ;
Mr. Scoggin and will have his head
quarters in Warrenton.
The Studebaker Service Station
here will "be in charge of Mr. J. E.
Threewits, .formerly -of Weldon and
Emporia. . .
Mr., Scoggin was optimistic over
the busines outlook in all three of
the counties in which he will sell
Studebakers. " ,
NUMBER 19
COURT TO CONVM
LI
HERE ON MONDAY
Judge Oliver Allen Returns To
Hold Blay Term of War
ren Superior Court. "
SHERIFF SUMMONS JURORS
Court convenes here on Monday
morning with Judge Oliver Allen, pre
siding.
The docket is a lignt- one, both civil
and criminal, and the indications are
that the term will be short. .
Sheriff Davis has summoned the fol
lowing jurors for the first wwk!
W. S. Throckmorton, J. A. Wilson,
J. D. Newell Jr.. G. E. WhitP. W. a
Coppersmith, J. H. Stegall Jr., B. E.
Short, C. W. Perkinson, R .S. Regis
ter, S. D. King, V. G. Shearin, Jack
Bobbitt, J. L. Williams, T. R. Evans,
Geofge Allen, P. G. Felts, R. L. Sal
mon, K. H. Clark, J. W. Pitchford,
Murphy Duke, T. A. Cheek, P. E.
Brauer, J. R. W. Abbott, R. P. Flem
ing, E. L. Hale, J. D. Odom, W. L.
Taylor, W. D. Gooch, R. I. Mulchi, J.
Wilson, Maynard Paynter, B. L.
Perkinson, J. W. Daniel and C. L.
Hayes.
County Finance Committee Meets.
The Finance Committee of the War
ren County Board of Commissioners
were in session a short while on Mon
day with the County Financial Agent
m. settlement of his quarterly ac
counts.
All entries on the Financial Agents
books were supported by proper and
legal vouchers.
The Finance Committee is composed
of Chairman C. C. Hunter, Walter Al
len and J. J. Myrick, assisted by P.
M. Stallings, County Auditor.
TWO COLTS DROWN
IN SUNDAY STORM
The severe rain that fell in parts of
Warren, on Sunday afternoon was ac
companied in some instances by hail
which did much damage.
In parts of Six Pound, Smith Creek
and the northern , end of Sandy Creek
Townships the hail made it necessary
to replant tobacco and cotton. Wheat
and oats were also beaten down and
corn destroyed.
In Warrenton a heavy rain did much
damage to gardens and washed up the
low grounds below the Hall place. The
rainfall was so great and sudden that
twp colts, one of them three years
old, .were drowned in the Hall low-
ground. They were the property of
D. C. Hall.
Reports from other sections, out
side of Warren give much damage
done and some lives lost especially
at a colored church at Princeton, in
Johnston County. The church was
unroofed, several were injured and
one person was killed.
DR. POTEAT SPEAKS
TO H. S. GRADUATES
The Rev. S. L. Morgan of Hender
son will preach the Commencement
Sermon of the Warrenton State High
School in the Baptist Church here on
Sunday morning, May 28, Supt. W.
C. Strowd said yesterday.
President William L. Poteat of
Wake Forest College will deliver the
Commencement address at the Opera
House at 8 o'clok on the evening of
June 1
The commencement exercises will
be held for two nights at the Opera
House and those who are on the pro
gram are busy preparing for the class
graduating exercises.
WARREN COUNTY MEN SEEK
LEGISLATIVE HONORS JUNE 3.
Vance county people are interested
in the candidates for the Legislature
from Warren county. In the Senate
race, Vance is in a district with War
ren and helps, in the election while
in the House this year a former
Vance county man is seeking the
honor. "
Howard F. Jones publisher of the
Warren Record, and former county
superintendent of schools, is the can
didate for the State Senate this year,
and, so far as has been learned, he is
without opposition. Walter R.
Vaughn, is the county's candidate for
the House. Mr. Vaughn is a former
Vance county man and is well known
here. - For that reason a number of
his friends are interested in his cam
paign. Henderson Dispatch.